"You disgust me," that's all he had to say. It's all I could handle. It stung. I nodded once, not knowing how to reply to such an insult. "You lost to a human… No, a human child."

His long arms extended over the throne's arm rests which was custom made for Hylia, not some walking beast. I winced at my own thought. If he had heard me there was no doubt I'd be picking myself up from the ground. He had an immature way of expressing his anger.

Why in the hell did I revive him? Oh, that's right. I didn't want to be some useless weapon. Even though I had all the freedom I wanted. Nope. I'd rather be an abused piece of scrap metal than a useless freeman. I see the logic. Not.

I miss being about to wander around and discover things. Of course I had explored the underworld in every which way, studying in little bits to teach myself, but I never actually got to explore the land above. Demise lived in the underworld with me. Eventually he decided he would take over the above. So why not explore then? Because, of course, a trusty sword never leaves his master's side.

"What are you thinking about?" His voice cut through my thoughts and I instantly glanced up at him, biting back a retort that it was none of his business. "Well?" he snapped.

"Me," I answered, a bit of annoyance leaking into my tone. "How things were when you weren't here," my eyes widened slightly and I bit my tongue. Goddess damn me! A little fib wouldn't hurt anyone!

"Any why is that?" Okay, good. He's too lazy to get up and is just throwing insults from his throne. My shoulders relax a little. I will word this one better.

"Because, I was certainly nothing without you, Master," I can't help that smug look that tugs at my lip. What an idiot. Like putty in my hands. A few sweet words and his nerves were calmed. Not as big and tough as he looked. Still a total douche, though.

He looked irritated but still too lazy to haul his ass off that goddess-forbidding throne. My mind wandered adrift again.

The sky child had died in front of me; there was no doubt about that. My body was outlined in electricity and it went through his stomach. He had spasms of pain for several minutes before his eyes faded from turquoise to white. I could see that his sword now grasped loosely within his hand was dimming, too. Ha! Two in one shot. The sky reflected water was slowly tainted with red and the pitiful human passed away. Ha, not so heroic now, are we?

Yet, I can't help but feel a twinge of guilt. I wanted the Sky Child to live. What was his name again? Ah, yes… It was Link. Such an odd name, but I guess I have no room to complain. How many people do you know named Ghirahim? Exactly.

"Get out!" I jumped slightly, staring up at Demise before nodding once. Had he been speaking to me before? I didn't catch it. I rose from my kneeling positioned and stretched. The motion didn't do much but I had seen Link do it so much it had easily become habit.

I bowed slightly, "I'll be at my quarters if you need me, Sir." I glared at him from the corner of my eye. I should be the sir, not him. He's a big oaf that hasn't been doing anything but sitting there all day. At least I still had the moblins. The fear in their eyes was addicting. I could just kill them off slowly… One by one just to see that look. Ah, sweet stress relief.

I slowly returned to the present no longer within the King's chamber but coming towards the exit. There were three buildings. There was his building, the one that Goddess Hylia used to rest her head in. My building which was where the knights used to reside in. Then finally there was the prisoners' building. Which, of course we kept all low life creatures in. Deku babas, Moblins, Keese… The list could go on.

I whipped opened the door and instantly regretted my usual choice of thin clothing. The weather out here was freezing! The diamond holes didn't make anything any better. I had prepared to step forward, but ended up stopping. What the hell was that noise? I glanced to my left; then to my right. What was that? Everyone was already retired to their quarters. Ah well. I shrugged and proceeded forward, and found my face unhappily greeting the grassy floor.

"Ugh…" I clutched at the ground a second before quickly rising to my feet and looking back at what I had tripped over. A cradle? I thought it was simply a meal of some sort from Demise and began walking away. Until that 'meal' started to cry. I felt my skin crawl. Oh goddesses no… I grabbed the cradle, frowning at the blanket that hid this secretive prize, and blinked. It was moving! It took every muscle in my body to not drop it right then and there.

I decided to lie to myself. Maybe it's just a pet. Ha, right. What pet cries? Who would give Demise a pet? No, better yet where would you even get a pet? Oh right, this crying creature. I shivered and sighed. How lucky this thing was to have been trapped under such a snug blanket. I couldn't even pry it off with my one free hand. No point in leaving it here, I'd just have to come back and get it when Demise started to complain of the noise.

So off I went, heading into my much warmer structure. I walked over to the bed and set the cradle down. Finally it was time to see what this crying bundle was. My hand was shaking. Why was I dreading this so much? I grabbed the cloth and loosened each end, disposing of the material messily on the floor.

A faint gasp left my mouth. It was a baby. It wasn't just a baby. It was an infant. Its mouth opened wide in a loud scream as it flexed its fingers still adjusting to its body. Even through its fainted purple lips and faint red cheeks I could see the resemblance. The shaggy blond hair, messily hanging in front of those… turquoise eyes… Link.

…I was the hero's new caregiver.