Chapter One

The silence that followed Link's thoughts made Lon Lon Ranch a dangerous place to be in, especially when he was scarred; the scorched bow was still in his hands as he felt the name that was carved in it. His eyes converted from one end of the coral to the other in desperate hopes of seeing another sign that Malon was okay and not gone forever.

"Okay do you know what we have to do?" asked the girl's voice as she stared at the three boys that bowed with passion.

"Yes… we attack the Hero of Time and steal the Master Sword."

"Good. Now is there any questions before we do anything?"

"How do you know the Hero of Time? I mean we're not seriously going to kill him are we? He was your best friend!" shouted the youngest of the boys. His steel colored eyes shinned with disappointment but his voice left no trace of guilt.

"Cyric, be quiet! I'm sorry about my brother."

"…let me answer your question. We were best friends but now we're not and I want revenge for what he did! And we're not going to kill him… just painfully torture him!"

"… you can't! What if he knows it's you? How are you going to explain yourself?"

The robed girl took out a bow and pointed an arrow at Cyric; everyone's eyes were on Cyric and the girl, and each eye was filled with fear and caution. The girl grinned and placed her bow back in place.

"You're braver than I gave you credit for. Maybe you are that assassin I needed."

"You are a twisted person. Why did you change Malon?"

"Don't say that name! I'm not Malon anymore!"

"Are we going to attack or not?" asked the oldest boy. His silver bangs made a stunning appearance as his pitch black eyes stared hard at his destined target… Link. Malon's eyes twinkled with delight at the sound of his voice and instantly she feel into his spell.

"Everyone but Cyric follow me."

Cyric was speechless as everyone abandoned him. He stared at his older brother, the elder of the pack and he felt as though the bond between them were torn from their hearts. He watched as Malon and her gang of thugs raced off toward Link and tried to sneak up on him.

"Cyric Diamente! Are you going to let Malon and your brother do this to that guy?"

Link's sapphire eyes were as dry as the Gerudo Desert; he was done crying but yet he felt more sorrow flying toward him. He took out the two letters and tried to remember what he didn't tell Malon about in over 10 years, but nothing came to him.

Suddenly the sound of a branch of a tree breaking caught Link's attention as he looked toward the source but saw nothing. His nerves were high as the sounds of footsteps were haunting him with each step that hit the dead and lifeless ground.

"Who's there?" he asked… before he knew what was going on, he felt a soft hand aggressively pushing against his mouth, which meant he couldn't scream for help. He looked up at the face of the person and saw the one person he thought he wouldn't see again… Malon.

"It's been a while hasn't it, Link?"

Link exclaimed Malon's name but it came out to be a mumble. For a what seemed like an eternity he thought he saw the Malon he used to know, the kind and gentle girl that always called him fairy boy but suddenly a witch was in her place.

"Hiroshi, get the sword please."

The boy with the silver bangs, Hiroshi, gave Malon a blade that shinned with horrifying memories. Link could do nothing but stare at the blade that was held above where his heart was.

"Link, just remember to tell Talon I said hi when you get to heaven."

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!" shouted Cyric as he took out his bow and shot an arrow at Malon's hand.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"Brother! Don't do this!"

"Cyric, show Malon some respect!"

"Never. I won't go down to her level just to get Malon to like you! Link doesn't deserve this! If you're going to do anything to him you have to get past me first. Just Malon and myself," explained Cyric as he moved his black hair away from his eyes and landed near Malon.

"You'll pay for interfering!"

Malon took the blade and raced toward Cyric at full speed. Cyric dodged but he felt the blade hit his back. He felt his right arm twitch from the pain and he knew what the blade could do.

"Do you give up like a sore loser?"

"N-no. Never."

Cyric tried to shoot an arrow at Malon again but his left arm did the same as the right arm but then he felt his legs giving out of the pain. He screamed as the blade went through his right arm. His steel colored eyes then went blank and his whole body twitched.

Malon giggled, walked past Cyric and resumed her business. The blade was being lowered swiftly, when she saw the blood she thought she had gotten the ultimate revenge on Lin but when she looked closer she saw that the blade had struck Cyric in his already bleeding right arm.

"Damn you Cyric."

"Get out of here Link!"

Link's face was full of fear and resentment but yet a feeling to save this boy had stopped him from doing what the young teen was suggesting. Instead of fleeing, Link ran toward the boy, grabbed his wounded arm and ran with him away from Lon Lon Ranch.

Malon just stared at the amazing speed that Link was going. She gave a demonic grin and whispered, "I hope the winds of chance brings us back so I can kill you and take the Master Sword."

Okay, I don't like this chapter for some reason but I hope you'll all enjoy. I know it isn't that good but please once again no flamers. And I do not own Zelda or anything that belongs to Nintendo in anyway. Please read & review!