Where am I? My head... I sat up, rubbing the back of my head. There was a bump about the size of a small lemon on it.
"Sorry about that..." said a female voice, "But I had to do it. You wouldn't come willingly and the patrol could've come along."
"Like hell you are..." I snapped, looking around for the source of the voice. She was standing in the corner, a very pale woman wearing a skimpy purple outfit, with long black hair and violet eyes. Already I didn't like her, but that might have had more to do with the fact she hit me on the head than her appearance.
"That's not very nice," she said.
"It wasn't very nice of you to kidnap her!" snapped a little gold light flying into the room.
"Tal..." I said, softly.
"That...thing has a name?" said the woman.
"Who you calling a thing, sister?" Tal snapped back, "I'm a fairy!
"You can't be a fairy!" the woman said, "Fairies don't exist!"
At that, Tal lost his patience. He darted around her head, pulled her hair, and managed to cause her to fall down.
"How's that for something that doesn't exist?" he said, obviously proud of himself.
"You win..." muttered the woman, standing up and dusting herself off. At that moment, someone else walked in, a green man. I reached for my sword...only to discover that it wasn't there.
"What have you freaks done with my sword!?"
"What's that light?" the green man said, following Tal with his eyes.
"He's a fairy," the woman and I said at the same time.
"He can't be a fairy! Fairies don't--"
"Don't start that again..." Tal said in a low, menacing voice, "I am a fairy, I do exist, and if you argue with me about it, you will be sorry. And please give my lady friend her sword, quiver, cape, and any other possessions she may have had with her, and then show us the door..."
"I'm afraid I can't do that." the green man said, then he turned to me. "Forgive me, lady. My name is Vorador. When my scouts in that alley saw you appear out of nowhere...and..the fairy..."
"I told you to drink some of that green potion as soon as you got into the alley!" Tal interrupted.
"Shut up, Tal.." I muttered, and turned back to Vorador, "So why didn't you just have one person ask me? I would likely have agreed!"
"And you might not have. We couldn't take that chance. Umah," Vorador said, addressing the woman, "Go see if he's awake yet. If he is, take him out and train him."
"He was stirring earlier, Sire," The woman, Umah, said.
"Good. He'll probably be waking soon."
"Who's 'He'?" I asked Vorador as Umah left. He didn't answer me, but instead asked my name.
"Aryasei, daughter of Link, son of Aram, son of Jiten..."
"Son of Taurus, son of Eros, son of Ares, son of Weenus..." Tal added, mockingly. There are times when I wondered if he was half pixie.
Vorador chuckled. "You...don't want us to call you all of that, surely?"
"Aryasei will do." I said softly.
"Good. It would be difficult to...refer to you by that name..."
Vorador then explained to me what was going on. I was in a place called "Nosgoth". There was a struggle going on between the Cabal, a group of vampires, furthermore, the group I was with, and the Sarafan, humans obsessed with destroying all of the vampires. Being a Hylian, and here against my will, I didn't particularly care what happened to either, though I found myself sympathizing with the vampires.
And, not long after...I did meet "Him".
"He" was a very tall, pale, muscular man. He looked as though a sculptor had become bored one day and carved him entirely out of a block of marble, except for his eyes. Perhaps that same bored sculptor had also been rich, and before breathing life into his creation, had made his eyes out of pale blue diamonds and black onyx. He talked with Vorador for a moment, then turned his attention, as everyone else seemed to be doing so far, to Tal.
"What is...this?" he said, narrowing his eyes.
"He's a fairy." I said, softly, stepping forward. Those diamond eyes fell on me.
"And I suppose you're an elf?"
"Actually, I'm a Hylian."
"I see." He resumed his conversation with Vorador. I didn't pay much attention to him, until someone burst in and shouted that Umah had been taken.
Vorador nodded, spoke to the vampire, and "He" flatly said he supposed he'd have to go save her.
"And the Hylian and her fairy will go with you."
"And once Umah is safe, the little elf--"
"I'm not an elf!" I interjected.
"The little elf," the Marble Man continued, "Will be coming back here, and staying here?"
"Just for that, I'll be your permanent companion!" I snapped.
"Stop arguing!" Vorador said, "You'll both go, and if it's convenient, she'll stay with you. His name is Kain, by the way, and she, Kain, is Aryasei, who will give you her full lineage when she's in a better mood."
"And I'm Tal!" my fairy friend said, sitting on my shoulder.
A voice...the Beast heard a voice. Her voice. "Where are you?" he called weakly. If she was there, she didn't show herself.
"Show yourself, please!" And her voice answered that she wasn't with him, but speaking telepathically to him.
"Don't lose hope," said Aryasei's voice, "I'll find my way back, as soon as we've saved...someone."
So the Beast would wait...and still, he wondered if he was only dreaming...
A/N: Thank you reviewers! The next chapter will be soon...really soon. I'm thinking of having a "Din's Fire" argument in here somewhere. (For those of you who've never played Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Din's Fire is a little spell that basically sets a whole room on fire. I do feel sorry for anyone on the receiving end of that spell!)