The Legend of Zelda
Chapter Three
"We've found the boy," The man stated, walking gracefully into the pitch-black room. Two eyes darted around and stopped at where their owner must have thought he heard the voice.
"Where is he?" asked a powerful, sinister voice, showing much anxiousness.
"The city of Hardiya. His mother cannot be found, and we all know that his father exists no longer,"
"Ashes scattered across the world. It really is a sad thing, is it not?"
"No, it isn't,"
"That's the spirit!" The evil voice shouted happily, then the voice's source strode over to the other man, as if he could see perfectly. "Now, what are we going to do, soldier?"
"Scratch the boy out of the picture,"
"That's right! You really are a smart soldier. I was indeed wise in raising you to the rank of lieutenant, wasn't I?"
"I-I'm not a lieutenant, sir! Maybe you should get some sleep -"
"Yes, yes I was," he continued, pretending he didn't hear anything and making the new lieutenant blush – not that it was possible to notice. "Now then, time to finish the job, hmm?"
"Do you want me to -"
"No, no. It would be much more fun if I did it myself," the man seemed to vanish into thin air, his cackling still echoing in the room he was in before he disappeared. The soldier grinned, turned on his heels and walked out of the room, to find something to do before he got called down for another mission. Maybe he could go brag to the guys about his sudden promotion.
* * * *
"Damn it, why can't you just slow down?" Link cursed, making a sharp town to run down another street, which the Miniblin turned into seconds ago. His legs were beginning to tire, but he still wanted to stop the monster. If he gave up and left for home, he had no doubt that the imp would go back to its chaotic fun. "Please! Just a tiny bit!"
"Human dumb!" Aro giggled, looking over his shoulder to show Link his mocking laughter. He blinked when the boy smirked mischievously, but found out why in a bang, as he crashed straight into a wall and immediately fell over from the impact. Link caught up and pulled him to his feet, shoving him against the wall and blocking any way he might've tried to escape.
"Why… Why are you doing this?"
"Aro bored!"
"You're bored, so you decided to break as many laws as you possibly could?"
"Aro being in town is broken law already! Humans stupid!"
"We're just…" Link suddenly realized how dumb that law was, and the injustice in it. He quickly shook his head, "Well, I don't know! Your kind is known for not being good news, and you're definitely not making a better reputation for your species!"
"Humans mean!" He snarled.
"Even so, you can't vandalize all this property!"
"Aro does what he wants to does!" hissed the Miniblin, ears lowering dangerously.
"Aro doesn't do what he wants to do if it involves wrecking people's lives!"
"Oh, but he does!"
"I should kill you right now," He growled as he let go of the monster and backed up, "but you're damned lucky that I'm merciful. Now get out of this town or I will kill you, and don't doubt my words."
"Little boy can't kill Aro!"
"You'd be surprised," he started, unsheathing his sword, tossing it upwards, catching it, spinning around and thrusting it forward to have its tip less than a centimeter away from Aro's throat, "at what I can do,"
"Aro be going now…"
"Glad to know you had a sudden change of heart," He turned around, slipped his sword back into its sheath and calmly walked home. Until the breath was knocked out of him and he fell forwards, onto his face. The Miniblin perched on his back cackled and placed its hands around his neck, starting to choke the boy. Link kicked upwards and hit Aro straight in the chest, weakening his grip on his throat. He used a hand to pull one of the monster's hands off of his neck, then twisted it around to make him almost scream in pain. After all, he was rather frail, even for a Miniblin.
"Stupid human!" He repeated over and over as he leapt off of Link's back and bolted away, shaking his near-limp hand around as he ran.
"God damned local wildlife," The boy grumbled, getting back off of the ground and walking in the direction of his home again. Luckily, Aro didn't come back to annoy him this time.
* * * *
Aro was already outside of the city limits, dashing down a dirt path with inhuman speed. His race was known best for their speed and stealth, and was never one to be thought of as bulky and tough. They were also known for being determined at the same time as being cowards, which is almost an oxymoron when you think about it.
Ziiip.
"What the…" The Miniblin thought aloud in his native language. He could've sworn he saw something, and heard something along with it. But in less than a second, there was nothing. Absolutely nothing but the night air. "There was something…" He reassured himself, though he had no idea at all what it could have been.
In truth, a man just ran past him with godly speed, obviously imbued with magic and wanting urgently to get where he was going.
Aro just continued to run back to the 'town' he came from, deciding to leave the thought alone and just get back to report about how much trouble he had caused in Hardiya.
Ganondorf grinned. In just a few minutes he would be at the appointed destination, and it wouldn't be very hard to finish the job. He was just a boy, and there was nothing at all to defend him. If only the boy's father was alive to see what Ganondorf would soon do. Then he'd die as well, trying to help, of course. He was always a foolish, foolish man. Thinking about people else than himself. The notion was laughable.
"Time for some fun," he whispered.
Author's Note: This chapter was pretty short, but I still like it a bit. Now then, review! And gasp in awe, even though you obviously know what's going to happen next.