Hey everyone! Chapter 4 is up!

Hmm…seems like everyone wants Seb to die. This chapter is supposed to make readers less angry with him. However, there is somebody new to hate. . . .and she is. . .read.

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THE MISSING PIGMENT IN MY LIFE: Chapter 4

"I'll watch the sunset with you, I promise."

Malon stood by the railing of the balcony as she clutched onto Link's wilted rose. The red petals hung loosely on the base and the leaves were shriveled.

"He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me, he loves me not," Malon chanted as she plucked the petals one by one.

"He loves me not," she sighed as she plucked the last petal from the flower.

Malon peered behind her, through the glass doors of the castle, and into the ballroom. The lights were off and it was deserted. Everyone had gone home---even Link. She tossed the stem into the air and watched it fall into the fountain below her.

*I guess I'd better go home*

Her eyes were tired and the skin around them felt stiff from the evaporated tears. Malon's figure disappeared into the darkness as she entered the doors of the ballroom. A little rose petal, one that Malon had forgotten about, traced the movements of the light draft and rolled across the stone floor.

~Inside the Empty Ballroom~

The cascading moonlight poured through the glass doors and the click of Malon's heels echoed in the empty ballroom as she made her way back to the castle's main entrance. She passed into a dimly lit hallway that was lined with an exquisite red carpet, which cushioned every step she took.

A thin slit of light extended out from a partially closed door at the other end of the brief hallway. Malon heard muffled voices coming from the room that stood behind the door. The voices sounded somewhat familiar but she couldn't recognize them because they were barely audible to her.

*Who could they be?*

Malon crept closer to the door as she tried to keep her footsteps silent. She carefully peered through the crack of the door and her eyes searched the room for the two familiar people inside it---Zelda and Sebastian.

*What are they doing at this time of the day?*

Malon leaned against the wall and cupped one hand behind her ear to get a better earshot of their conversation.

"Well done, Seb. No one else could've given a more passionate kiss that you did," Zelda congratulated.

" Nonsense! I only followed your orders because you've imprisoned my sister and you promised to release her once I've completed your dirty task!"

"I don't know, Seb. You've been so cooperative and I don't know if I should let your sister go that easily," Zelda said with an evil grin on her face.

Seb pulled out a hidden dagger from his belt and placed it against Zelda's neck.

" You better let my sister go or else I'll make sure that you won't live to see another beam of sunlight peek through your pink and frilly window curtains EVER again!"

Malon jumped at sight of the dagger and accidentally knocked her elbow against the castle's stone wall.

"Ouch!"

"Who's there!?" Seb was startled.

Malon quickly ran down the remaining length of the hallway, turned right, and stumbled down the castle's main stairway.

She tried to hop into her wagon but her dress was caught by a sharp thorn from the rosebush beside it. She tore the piece of caught fabric from her dress and positioned herself onto the driver's seat of the wagon.

Malon glanced back to see if Seb was chasing after her even though she didn't understand why she was afraid of being caught. All she did was eavesdrop and it wasn't Zelda who might've been chasing after her.

As Malon rode off into Hyrule field, a man with a pair of glinting dark eyes watched her and held a piece of delicate green fabric in his hand.

~In Zelda's Room~

Zelda peered out of her bedroom window and watched Malon ride back to Lon Lon ranch.

"That snoop. . . I'll get her. . . for sure."

"But you can't kill her on your own. You need me to do the dirty work for you, remember princess," Sebastian said sarcastically.

Seb dropped a piece of green fabric into Zelda's hands.

" You have to maintain your clean reputation or else your citizens will lose their respect for you."

"You're right, Seb. I can't do this by myself."

"Good, I'll do this for you. . .but only for the release of my sister."

"Sorry, but that isn't possible," Zelda refused.

"Why?! Why can't you let my sister go! All she did was steal a flower from your stupid garden and she was only a child back then. You've imprisoned her for five years already! Why can't you let her go?"

"It's not that I don't want to, Seb. I can't let her go. . .she knows something about me that no one is supposed to know! She'll ruin my reputation!"

"Isn't imprisoning a young and innocent child for five miserable years already enough to ruin your reputation, Zelda!"

"I don't know. . .I just can't let her go. . . but maybe I can make it up to you by making sure that she gets all the things she needs and that she's comfortable."

"What is it anyway? Why do you have to lock up my sister?"

"I can't tell you!!!" Zelda screamed.

"Then can't I even see my sister?"

"No! She can't see anyone incase she blurts out my secret!"

"It has been five years! My sister is a young woman now! She can't possibly be locked up forever!" Seb yelled angrily.

"Your sister. . . she must really mean a lot to you."

"She's the only family that I have left," Seb's voice sounded painful.

Zelda sighed and said," Fine. . .I'll let her go, but only if you promise to leave and live in a place that is completely isolated from here after we're done with Malon. I'll only let her go after we've dealt with Malon and when you're ready to go."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll know the secret?"

"Why would I care if you know! You already know about my evil side and I'm satisfied as long as no one else knows. But if I find out in the future that someone has been spreading my secret. . . I'll make sure that you'll be the first person to die."

"Agreed! I'll do anything for the release of my sister."

The crickets chirped peacefully and night's blanket of stars shone radiantly in the sky as evil schemes were plotted within the cold castle.

~To be continued~

Umm. . . this was a short chapter and I ended it here for a reason. Chapter five is on its way so don't worry! ^_^