Disclaimer: Zelda, Link, Hyrule, Shiek, SSBM, etc. aren't mine…*sob* they belong to people who don't love them! I'm sorry, I meant nintendo. *cough cough*
If darkness is not the way to go
Then I feel I am lost inside
I am all that is good and fair
But for the dark secrets that I cannot confide.
A secret identity that is lost within me
A person who is not all that I seem
No one quite knows the secrets that fester
And what the cure to my illness is, I cannot deem.
For who can know where to run
When home turns you out and away and forever gone
When lovers turn and magicians laugh
And the battle I've fought in vain; it cannot be won.
Going as far as legs will take me
And then there farther again still
With angry, confused love chasing behind
I fight it, again and again, as if it is my will.
"Mercenary murderer, assassin, abomination
Go where you will, it will all end in damnation
For you have killed the light; there is no salvation
Go back to whence you came, receive the devil's salutations!"
If darkness is not the way to go
Then I feel I am lost inside
I am all that is good and fair
But for the dark secrets that I cannot confide…
This isn't who I am
But it is who I am forced to be
Standing here in front of your eyes
But the truth, you cannot see.
Zelda strolled through the courtyards disconsolately. Up until then, she had been so confident in her magical abilities. And then, the King and Queen of Hyrule, her parents, had brought a new wizard to their court. He was a young man, and handsome enough. He was charming and kind, and everyone in the castle loved him already, though he was still in his first week at the castle. Everyone, that is, except for Zelda. She knew there was something about him she didn't trust, but she couldn't think of what it might be. Or perhaps, she thought, it is just jealously. After all, I thought I was powerful enough to serve this castle's magical needs, but…but maybe not.
Zelda, lost in thought, did not hear the person walking up behind her until he was next to her. "May I join you, Princess?" Zelda jumped and turned to look at the speaker. It was Damion, the new magician. His curly brown hair flopped onto his face; his amber eyes looked at Zelda almost pleadingly. "Of course, Damion," Zelda said. "How do you like it in Hyrule?"
"Oh, I like it well enough," Damion said. "It is different that my home."
"Where do you come from?" Zelda asked, surprised she hadn't wondered that before.
"Very far away, I doubt you've heard of it," Damion said. "The King tells me you use magic as well."
"Well, I'm probably not so good as you," Zelda said. "After all, my parents did hire you when I was right here."
Damion formed a dinky fireball in his hands and flung it. It didn't reach halfway to the courtyard wall. Zelda formed a large fireball in her hands and flung it. It blasted through the wall, leaving scorchmarks all around. Zelda walked on ahead, leaving Damion behind, goggling at the scorched stone.
*
That night, Zelda had a small dinner in her room with Link. She voiced her concerns about Damion to him, but he just smiled and told her not to worry about it. The King and Queen would never do anything to hurt her. "Besides," Link said, putting an arm around Zelda and brushing away auburn hair. "From what you told me about your little walk, you could whip his ass if it came down to it."
Zelda smiled and leaned closer to Link. "Thank you, Link," she whispered.
"Anytime," Link said, gently kissing Zelda's head. "What are guys for?"
*
Damion wasn't at the King and Queen's dinner that night either. He was skipping supper that night for his dark soul's sustenance: evil plotting. With any luck, he should be able to pull off his plan…tonight. Zelda had certainly been fooled by his dinky fireball, but Damion knew how to bide his time and he knew his powers grew stronger at night.
Damion sighed and smiled contentedly. Zelda was right to distrust him. If only his Disillusionment Charm had worked on her, too…
*
Lil' Blue Muse: Mushy stuff? There was mushy stuff between Zelda and Link! SIMI!!! EEEW!
Winged One: (a.k.a. Simi/Me) Give me a break. Mushy stuff is all the rage, bucko. Besides, didn't you pay attention to the cool poem at the top? Or the last little * thingy paragraph or 2? Hello, there's intrigue, vice, murder…but you'll just have to read on and see! That goes for all you guys out there too! Please review, it's what my dark soul feeds on! More later if you guys like it!