Life After Legend
Chapter 5: The Dark Servant
The room was a dark, cold place. It was filled with shadow. No joy could exist here, except for the pleasure of malicious intent. It was here the Dark Master sat upon his throne. He called forth his highest servant.
"You are to free me," the booming voice of the Dark One said, "but first kill he who plagues me. You are to use him to free yourself, and then you are to kill him. I want him dead before you try to release me."
"How am I to free myself, milord?"
"Resurrect the shadow soldier, for he is your gate. I will give you the power you need." An orb appeared in the hand of the Dark Master. It was filled an imperceptible light that glowed a still green color. This orb passed from the hand of the Master to the hand of the servant. "Kill him, Mage."
One week had passed since link had attended the secret meeting. He was rushing to the castle. One didn't want to be late for a meeting with the King. It appeared that link would be late. He would have fared better if he had slept in his own home. To help be on time for the king's meeting, Link had stayed in town the previous night. He had forgotten about morning traffic in the market. This wasn't a problem in the richer areas of town, but in the poorer areas, the streets became flooded with people as soon as the drawbridge falls down. By the time Link had left his inn, the back streets were crawling with people. It took him a little less than an hour to reach the outer gates of the castle. He had only allowed himself half an hour to get in the castle. The guard at the outer gate were being total jerks.
"State your business," the guard said.
"I have a meeting with the King."
"Do you have written proof of the appointment?"
"No, but must I? Surely you've seen me around here enough to know that I am welcome at the castle?"
"I have never seen you before. You do not have written evidence you should be let in nor or you of a political position of power."
"I am a delegate of the Kokiri people. If you want proof, look at my clothes. They are from the forest."
"What I see is the designer clothes made by Galmia Pepe for men of the working sort."
Fed up, Link pulled a Deku net from his satchel and threw it at the guard. While the gateman was stunned, Link fired his hookshot at a nearby tree and pulled himself to the top, and then jumped onto the top of the cliff.
Link just strolled on into the castle from there on out. The Chief of Palace Security greeted him as he entered into the castle. Link tossed him a 20 rupee piece and told him to fire the gateman.
Link opened the door to the inner sanctum of the castle and let himself in. He bowed and said, "Greetings, your majesty. I am sorry to be late. I didn't know of how crowded the town was." As Link resumed a vertical position, he looked at who was there in the room. There was the King, Zelda, some purple haired dude, and a guy with tanned skin. 'Wait a minute. I know him.' Link thought.
"You're the thief that broke into my house!" Link cried.
"Knil! You broke into his house!" Zelda mocked.
"It wasn't anything personal man, honestly. I was hired." Knil tried to protest.
"You're the reason someone tried to assassinate my cow, aren't you?" Link shouted.
"My friend did it on his own free will," Knil cried out in defense.
"You had Kiir, go try to kill his cow?" Duke said.
"Dude, Duke, chill out man." Knil said trying to save his own hide.
"SILENCE!" the King shouted. "Stop your quarreling. There is business we need to attend to. Link and Knil, you two shall be going to help the Gerudo with whatever problem they have. You two will have to put aside your differences and work together. You two will also accompanied by Nansen, this mage."
Nansen, who had been silent this whole time, now stood forward. He was clad in a black robe with a gold trim. He had short purple hair and plain glasses on his face. In his left hand he carried a leatherbound book. Inside his robe he carried something else. Some sort of cyclindrical object.
"I believe," the King continued, "you might have need of a mage in the desert. You will leave tommorrow, but you shall join us for dinner tonight. The gaurds will show you to your chambers."
Link had some other business to do that day so he left Knil and Nansen to themselves. As they were walking down the hall Nansen asked, "Are you two relat-"
"No." Came Knil's reply. It was swift and cold.
"I heard both of you were orphans and you two look very similar."
"No." Knil said again with the same cold swiftness.
They continued the rest of the way in silence.
Thanks for the reviews. Thanks for all the constructful criticism. I would have had this chapter up sooner but they had the maintainence thing and then I left town for a day. Oh well here it is. R&R please.