Hey guys, Shinobi Kitten here . As most of you know by now this story is being written for me because I really, really loved TGK's idea to make Link dark and was surprised, yet happy when he used my OC Sheikah Silvia. Now I'm going to address some things that I've read in the reviews that have...let's put it this way...seriously ticked me off. (So much so I kidnapped this disclaimer) First off, YES ZELDA IS OOC!!! Though honestly, think about this. She's in the game for a very little time anyway and the times you see her as Zelda she feels guilty for what she did to Link and the giggly girl. We honestly don't know how she grew up without a world with Gannon in it. We assume she became a pure and wholesome princess. Plus it's FANFICTION people. And if you can think of another way to turn Link dark at all, please leave it in your next review. Next thing, yes Vincent is not spoken about much in this story. Cause A) He's only a plot device and B) he's in EVERY OTHER fanfic TGK wrote for Zelda. As for Silvia, she's my character...and he's doing a good job with her. Now if you are a good reader you can see where she is confused, hurt, in love with Link, but trying not to be (Chapter 1 & 2) but sure if you want the obvious in detail emotions spelled out for you so you don't have to think when you read I guess he needs to do it better. Um... anything else? Oh yeah, TGK doesn't own Zelda or Silvia, but he tries his best anyway. Hope you guys and girls enjoy the next chapter...now...off to read it!! .
A/N: LOL, thanks, love…
Tears of an Angel
Silvia hummed to herself a merry tune, her eyes closed in happiness and her mouth curved to a smile. And her good cheer was also evident with her Drakeus as well. He floated above her, his tail happily wagging and making his cooing noises. She stood outside Zelda's study room, waiting for the princess to finish with her daily lessons so that they may go on and do whatever the princess wanted to do for the rest of the day. Silvia was happy she didn't have to go through the same thing a princess like Zelda had to go through. But the real reason why she was so happy that day was because of what happened the night before. She replayed the scene over and over in her head, thinking about the kiss, her first kiss that she shared with Link. The way her dragon gave the nudge Link needed to lay his lips on her, his rough lips gentle and careful on hers. It was a magical night. Silvia had only one complaint and that was it had to end. Last night turned to this morning and Silvia had to go to the castle for her sworn duty. But she thought about what she was going to do once she was relieved of her duty for that day. It wasn't too hard to figure out that she was going to spend some time with Link. If anything it was as obvious as day. But she was going to have to get through the day with Zelda. Something Silvia never looked forward too, if only because the princess still had her moments about her break up with Vincent.
"How is she holding up?" asked Impa.
Silvia snapped out of her euphoria and looked over to Impa, who had came out of nowhere in the eyes of a normal Hylian. Even while in love, Silvia hadn't been forgetting about becoming a better Sheikah. And this time around she had become good enough to know that Impa had been heading to her position in the castle beforehand. If anything, something was telling her that she should focus on her training more than ever. Silvia stared at Impa, she always questioning her choice in clothing, and sighed, "She's doing better." It annoyed her that most of the time Impa seemed to care a lot more about Zelda than Silvia. But Silvia was used to it; she was a Sheikah after all. Distance was part of the job, unlike emotions. Besides, Impa was the mother Zelda never had, Silvia knew that much.
"Just better?" Impa asked. That was definitely not what she had wanted to hear.
"Yes, she's doing better," Silvia repeated. Drakeus came down and Silvia took him in her arms. "The princess still has her moments but she has been dealing with it well. Her outbursts aren't as dramatic anymore or as frequent. I think it's mainly because she has been busying herself with royal duties and such. Maybe it took a broken heart for her to do it but she's finally getting around to be the princess she should've been. It may have worked out for the best."
"True that could be," Impa added. She looked to the door, obviously wondering how Zelda was doing with her studies at that moment. A touch concerned about how she was handling it like she was. "But it isn't the way I would've liked her to snap to her senses," Impa said, her eyes still on the door. They turned to Silvia, "A broken heart is something that has to be nursed or it could leave a person bitter and vile. Different people handle it different ways. We Sheikah are the same. Though, our ways have always had us hide our emotions… we can't hide them from ourselves. You are going to be there for Zelda even though you have a special someone to see, right?"
Silvia wondered how her aunt figured out that she was, more or less, with Link. But that didn't matter. "True that I have someone to meet afterwards but it's still my duty to protect my princess from harm and so on. And like you said, that includes protecting her from emotional harm." Silvia held onto Drakeus a bit tighter, but the little dragon didn't mind. "She doesn't have someone to hold her tight and tell her it's going to be alright anymore. And even though we can blame a lot of people for that, I can try to help her through it."
Impa's eyes could've easily bore through Silvia. Red wasn't a color that settled with a lot of people. But they softened a bit, "So I don't have to worry that you are going to be with Link from now on, that you will still keep up with your duties that you swore to?" Impa only gave her version of a smile, but the meaning got through to Silvia. "Well there was no doubt about that. You are a Sheikah after all, and you're his daughter. But try to remember that you have to try and keep the two halves of your life apart from each other as much as you can. It probably has gotten so much more complicated and they will only keep getting more complicated if they start to intertwine."
Silvia sighed. Her aunt was not trying to give her that talk. Silvia knew what she had gotten herself into. She really didn't need her aunt to tell her things she already knew. But what probably got her a little bit irritated was that Impa was talking about things she was going against. "Impa, don't take this the wrong way but aren't you the one who has gotten into something with the King? The one that you were sworn to protect?"
Impa kept up her defenses. Silvia asked her a tough question indeed. No doubt that Impa wanted to tell Silvia she was right. But she still had that point to make to Silvia. Though, she had to smile at the thought that Silvia was getting to be a better Sheikah. No doubt about it. Anyone could make a guess at the King's and Impa's relationship, but it took another kind of person to say it with the confidence of knowing that its true like Silvia had just said it. Impa took a deep breath, "You have a point there. There are some things in life you have no control of. But, the point still remains. Things well only get more complicated. I didn't lie about that. And there are never any exceptions."
"I know Impa," Silvia said softly. She let go of Drakeus and he floated up over her head. "I'll keep them separated if I have to. I doubt the two even want to see each other anyways so that should be no problem."
"Very well Silvia," Impa said. She crossed her arms and looked at the closed door for a moment before she walked away, leaving Silvia alone to her thoughts.
Silvia sighed. She didn't like anyone, including her aunt, butting into her life. But she took whatever people had to say, much like how Vincent could've. At least she figured that people cared for her enough to worry about her and give her some advice. And that was okay because Silvia liked that. But there was a point where enough was enough. She wished she could sometimes just shut off the other people in the world so she could be alone. Or with Link alone. Either way was fine. But what mattered then was making sure that her princess was going to be safe and sound. She had to make sure that she wasn't going to do anything stupid. Or something to that extent. So she was going to stand outside while she waited for the princess to finish with her studies for the day. But right when she thought that, the door to the room slowly opened.
A heel clicked and out stepped Zelda. Her hair was a bit of a mess and her eyes seemed weary. Silvia figured that it must've been quite the lesson that Zelda had been put through that day. She raised her gloved hand and covered a small cough, enough to clear her throat. She looked right to see Silvia and smiled softly, "You know you never have to wait out here for me, Silvia." She looked around for a moment and turned back to Silvia, "I thought I had heard Impa's voice. Did she leave already?"
Silvia nodded. "Impa left. She had something to say and then she walked off," Silvia explained. She didn't like saying much, including to Zelda, about her life. People don't like asking follow up questions. But it was also that Silvia felt that there were some things better left unsaid. And Zelda didn't really care all that much to ask more about what happened usually. She was usually more wrapped up with her own life. At least she wasn't wrapped around Vincent like how she had been before. "That's all."
"What did she say to you about?" Zelda asked. She rubbed her temples and then her eyes, careful not to smudge her makeup. She smoothed out the wrinkles in her dress and looked back up to Silvia with open ears. "Did she have to say it so quick and then leave?"
Silvia sighed, "She was just telling me to stick to my duties." She leaned against the wall, "Impa found out that I have started something with someone and she must be worried that I'm going to pay more attention to him and forget about my Sheikah heritage and forget what I'm sworn to do."
Zelda looked at her strangely. "So you have a relationship with someone?" she asked. Zelda felt that she had to worry for Silvia then. Zelda's experience with her last relationship with Vincent had left her a bit cautious. And she was going to worry about her friend because she didn't want her to go through the same thing Zelda had gone through. She didn't want Silvia to end up with a broken heart that made her cry herself to sleep even to last night. She smiled softly, "Just be careful, okay Silvia? You know how bad some people can break off something special. So who is he?"
"I will be," Silvia stated. "And you already met him before, princess." After all, she was the one who had broken his heart after one of her earliest nights with her redhead piece of candy. "I really don't want to just outright and say it because I'm not exactly sure where we stand. But if anyone else in Hyrule can figure it out, I'm sure you could. You are the Sage of Wisdom after all." She looked from Zelda up to the ceiling, "He really is such a caring guy too…"
"Oh, I see…" Zelda said softly, most likely having figuring out right then and there. "I hope he treats you well then," she said before turning and walking away. Drakeus looked down to Silvia; it was obvious that for some reason that the princess had taken the news hard. And there was really no reason why she did.
Silvia watched as the princess began to walk away. She wasn't sure what Zelda figured it out. By the way she had been acting; she could've thought that Silvia hooked up with Vincent. And that would always be a giant, emphatic no. It would be a cold day indeed in hell when Silvia and Vincent made a couple. It wasn't that they didn't like each other. Sure Silvia was always a bit irritated at Vincent, mainly the way he carried that big, fat head of his. And he never had anything against Silvia. He could've been a bit disgruntled that she constantly busted his chops, but on the other hand his ego might've been so big that it could've ignored what Silvia threw at him. But they could hardly get along as friends, so being a couple was pretty much out the window as far as their relationship was concerned. And Zelda should have known that. So she didn't have to take the news as hard as she did. But then it dawned on Silvia what it was.
"Princess," Silvia said quickly, turning to the walking Zelda. She walked up to her quickly. She rushed out in front of her and stopped Zelda in her tracks, "Princess, could you explain yourself? Why is it bothering you so much?"
"I don't know," Zelda answered. She sighed and looked away from Silvia's eyes. That was the last place she wanted to look at. Zelda kept her attention on the floor, focused on the ridged lines that separated piece by piece of the floor. She swallowed hard, "I just don't know how to take you and Link being together. Maybe it's that… I've gotten use to him always there waiting for me that I don't think I can picture him moving on. I just always thought that –"
"Zelda," Silvia said softly. She closed her eyes, she really didn't want to look at Zelda. Just hearing Zelda made her blood boil. "You always thought that no matter what you would do, you could always fall back on the one person in the world that loved you like no one other. The person who risked life and limb to save this world only to find out the one person that mattered to him didn't give much of a care to him. You really just wanted him to just wait till you got bored with everyone else? Princess, that's not fair to him."
Zelda tried to step away but Silvia blocked her when she tried to move. "Silvia, could we just drop this? You're with Link and no matter what I say isn't going to change that now, will it? Can I just go up to my room?"
"No, you can't keep just running away, princess," Silvia added. She kept her ground, making sure Zelda wouldn't try to move away again. "That's what you really thought wasn't it? Zelda, that wasn't fair at all. And now you can't take it that he has found someone to shower with his affection. Can't you get over yourself just once, princess? It isn't about you here, it about Link and I."
"Silvia, I know already!" Zelda declared. "I got it already, you said more than enough. Okay Silvia? I got it."
"Fine," Silvia said, disgruntled. She sighed and let Zelda pass her. But then Impa came from the corner and asked for Zelda's presence down at the throne room. Silvia turned around and watched as both of them turn into the corner Impa had come from and walked away. Silvia crossed her arms. She decided to might as well follow them. She wasn't about to forget that she had to watch over Zelda even though, at that time, they weren't exactly eye to eye on something. She figured how much easier it could've been if there was some way to always know that the princess was always going to be safe but that she didn't have to be the one to always keep an eye on her. But that was just a dream. It was always free to dream, but it's not always okay to act them out.
She was a few steps behind the princess and her aunt. Zelda stayed quiet on the trip down to the throne room. But that didn't stop Impa from asking her different things. How were studies, how she was, very simple and frivolous questions. But Impa asked them anyways because she cared. But Zelda didn't really want to talk right then. Silvia knew her words had gotten through to her the way Impa probably wanted her words to get through to Silvia. So all Zelda could do was nod and shake her head or say a few words so that Impa would've been satisfied. The gentle clicks of Zelda's heels drummed in Silvia's ears when they didn't say anything for a while. It was painfully silent on the walk there. It didn't help that neither Silvia nor Impa didn't make a noise when they walk, and the only thing that did was Zelda. Zelda, with the ruffling of her dress and the clicks of those heels, she was just loud to just walk. Silvia really wanted to know how the princess could even stand those shoes for the long time she wore them. Day in and day out it was same type of shoe. She had to give Zelda a hand for that. Silvia sure wouldn't like to wear those shoes. Too noisy for one…
And then they finally came to the throne room. Zelda, in those heels, ran over to her father who sat in the grand throne. And was it a throne. Fit for any king to sit upon. Red velveteen cushion along with the back lined the same way. It reached high toward the ceiling, and it gave the King ample room to move and become comfortable in. Hyrule's symbol and mark was encrusted in the dark oak that made up the armrests and back. The phoenix carrying the golden Triforce, with the sacred triangles filled in with actual golden triangles. And there was the phoenix, a bright red on the oak. Elegant carvings ran around the throne's edge. A work of art if one had to say anything about it. And when Zelda ran up to it so she could sit by her father, it made sense why the King had it made that way. Impa walked up to them, like always she never rushed to do something. Always doing things one step at a time. But she went up there with the King and Zelda and smiled - an honest to goodness smile. Silvia watched the picture perfect moment. They were a family, always had been one, even if they didn't think so.
"So Zelda, how did your studies go today?" the King asked, loud enough for Silvia to hear when she was walking up. "I hope well as always."
Zelda nodded, "They went well, a little bit more work than I was used to but I was able to get through them as always." She looked up when Silvia had walked to them and smiled softly. Zelda seemed to be in a much better mood than she was a few minutes ago. When in distress, a girl like her could always count on her father.
"That's nice," The King said, smiling. He turned to Silvia. He was getting older. There was no doubt about it. His once vibrant golden hair now fell from his head a darker gold. His eyes have gotten use to life and not quite as exuberant as they once were, unlike Zelda who still had so much more of life to experience. But his blue eyes were always that calming blue, like the ocean would be on a serene day. "What about you Silvia? Still keeping up with your training to make sure my little one is going to always be safe?"
"Of course," Silvia answered. She smiled softly, "I always keep up with my training. Zelda should always be safe from harm."
"Well I never have any doubt about that," the King added. He chuckled, "But what about you Silvia? Are you doing well in your life? It's not easy knowing that you're always going to be by Zelda's side but you can still have your own life. And you have been giving a bit of free time by Zelda's request. And you have taken that time to do things you really like doing…"
Silvia was taken aback for a second, wondering how the King knew so much. "How?"
"Impa speaks of you when we are alone," the King explained. Impa cleared her throat to give the King a sign that he was saying too much. Impa knew that while Silvia knew, they didn't know if there was anyone listening in on that and take it the wrong way. Though the wrong way could've been the truth, still, some secrets are better just kept within the family. "When we are at dinner, of course. I'm glad that you have taken the time given to you to enjoy yourself."
"Um, thank you?" Silvia asked uncertainly. She wasn't sure how to take everyone's kindness all of a sudden. But it made sense at least. The King was with Impa and it only made sense that he would begin to wonder how Silvia would be. It was just a tad strange that it was both him and Zelda that were doing it at the same time. But Zelda had more or less gone back to how she was before. She was just a totally different person before and it was strange.
"It's no problem," the King said.
Silvia turned around to gaze at the throne room. Something was beginning to unsettle her and she didn't know what. She felt like something was going to happen and it was going to happen soon. The high, curved topped windows let the sun light enter like it would enter a cathedral. Or like the window that was hidden away at the Temple of Time. They let the light from the sun shine through and land on the elegant marble floors of the throne room. Some let some sun spill over onto the red velvet carpet that led it way over to the throne - a clear path to the King. And then the lights on the floor diminished and shadows showed themselves. Silvia looked up to see the glass off the windows shatter by someone – or something – bursting through.
Instinctively, Silvia quickly went over to her princess and used her body as a shield in case any thing came Zelda's way. Silvia looked long enough to see Impa do the same thing with the King. After the glass finally fell, Silvia looked up to see a few more people in the throne room. And 'people' was just a term. They had the vague shape of a person's body but they were all black, almost like living shadows. And more of them dropped down from the windows, coming through by some sort of hook and chain. She knew she had seen it somewhere before but before she could place its origin, the shadow people advanced on the royalty and their bodyguards.
"Zelda, stay behind me!" Silvia shouted, making sure Zelda would do just that so she wouldn't get hurt. As one came closer, rushing in with its version of a sword, Silvia dodged its attack and swept kicked its feet from under it. It fell onto its back and collapsed back into nothingness. Before Silvia could congratulate herself for her first defeat, another one came at her with the exact same way of attacking. Silvia was doing her best against the attacking shadows but they never stopped. As one was defeated, at least six more joined the fight to aide their cause, whatever that might've been. Silvia also had to keep checking behind her to see that no one was sneaking up on her and on the princess. After a quick check that Zelda was fine and no one was coming at her, she went right back to taking care of the current advancing group of shadow warriors. Silvia took them down like she had done so easily before. She was breathing hard then, she had been at it for a while and there was no end in sight. They only kept coming. But then she managed to look up and see Impa and the King doing their fair share of shadow extermination. They too were tired.
"Impa, there's no use! They're not going to stop anytime soon!" Silvia yelled out so her aunt could hear.
"Take the princess somewhere safe!" Impa shouted out her order.
Silvia nodded and quickly grabbed the princess' hand, no time to care if she did it roughly or not. They ran toward the exits that were behind the throne but Silvia didn't expect the shadow warriors that awaited there in case they tried escaping that way. A trio of them grabbed Zelda from the unsuspecting Silvia and held her while Silvia had to fight off the ones that grabbed her. She spun in place and decked one in the chest causing him to disperse. Another had come and attempted to grab Silvia from behind but she thought quick and grabbed his arms and threw him over. She elbowed an advancing shadow and then she was rid of the current pesky ones before rushing off to save the princess before they whisked her away. But before she could take another step, she looked over to see how Impa and the King were doing only to see them getting cornered with the throne at their backs. She couldn't believe what was happening but she knew she would have to get to the princess quickly before she could get to Impa and the King.
Silvia quickly closed the gap and took out one of the shadows holding Zelda captive. But right when she was about to take out the other two, she heard her aunt yell out. She turned around to see Impa wrapped up between two shadows that had their arms out and by their magic, had wrapped up Impa in rope like extensions of their arms, most likely keeping her in a very tight embrace. The King himself tried to save Impa but he got caught quickly as a few more shadows came and held onto him, making it impossible for him to move as they held him back. Silvia quickly turned back and quickly disposed of the two shadows that held onto to Zelda.
"Silvia!" yelled out a voice that made Silvia weak at the knees.
Her eyes widened. She didn't just hear his voice in the calamity that was going on. She didn't hear it so calm and coolly. But there was no mistake, it was his voice. She slowly turned around and saw him there. Dressed in the dark green tunic he started to wear as of late. He had his sword sheathed on his back along with a shield. Some shield he must've gotten from somewhere else no doubt because it sure wasn't a Hylian shield. No way could anyone've thought he was someone else. Even without his hat, he still looked the same. Only now his golden tresses could be admired. "Link?" softly escaped from her lips.
He had a smile on his face. "Yes, Silvia?" he asked before he chuckled. "You sound like you have just seen a ghost."
"Link, what's going on?" Silvia asked. She noticed how he was just walking up to her without a care in the world about the shadows. He walked passed them like they weren't even there. And they just let him pass without so much as an attempt at attacking him. Silvia was confused, she had no idea what was going on. First this assault on the family happened and then Link showed up out of the blue like the hero that he was and he just wasn't doing anything. And what was worse that she had to get snapped out of her confusion by Zelda's high pitched scream as she was held against her will by the shadows again. Everyone was held except Silvia. And down the red carpet came Link, in all his heroic glory.
"Silvia, calm down," Link said as he walked up to her. He put a hand on her shoulder, "Don't be afraid. Everything will be alright."
Silvia blinked a few times, "What do you mean everything will be alright? What's going on? Do you know where these shadows came from?"
"Of course I do," Link answered. He removed his hand from her shoulder and sighed. "I know that this is going to be somewhat hard to swallow, Silvia. But these shadows are mine. All of them. Each a piece of my soul that I can release at will to do some of my bidding. With me so far?"
Silvia was getting what he was saying but it just wasn't making any sense. "But why Link? Why did you attack the King and the princess like that?"
"Silvia, you can put up that front all you want but it won't work on me," Link said softly. He took a step closer and looked into her eyes. "Silvia, weren't you the one who kept telling me how much you really didn't like being the princesses' bodyguard, always having to be in her shadow… Always the distant thought on her mind, the King's mind, even Impa's mind? Don't you want to be able not to have to worry about some snobbish little princess whose only goal in life is too find the father to her child? Well I'm here to make that possible."
"Link, what do you mean?" Silvia asked.
"I'm tired how everything has been going on," Link explained once more. "I'm going to fix that. But there's just one thing I have to ask you Silvia before I go on and throw everyone in the dungeons."
"What is it Link?" Silvia asked. She stood her ground in case Link was going to try something. But she really didn't want him to do anything. She didn't want to be the one that had to take him out. But she stood there with her fist clenched ready for whatever he might've thrown at her. She was prepared for anything.
"I love you, Silvia," he uttered softly.
Except that. Her world went in slow motion at the moment. His words had hit her harder than anything he could've tried to do against her. He said those words and he really meant them. There was no doubt about it but she was at a loss. There was the man she loved, who loved her back, ready to take the throne away from the rightful owners. But he was doing it for a reason he really believed in. And she never thought that Link could be wrong about something. Maybe he thought he owed it to Hyrule to become the better ruler than either Ganondorf or Zelda could be. But she still had to make sure that Zelda was going to be safe. She couldn't just forget about that part. She stared into his blue eyes, "I love you too Link but…"
He put a finger on her lips, "You don't have to worry about Zelda again. She'll be fine in the dungeons, will she not? I just want to ask you one thing."
"What is it Link?" Silvia asked.
"Will you join me and make Hyrule ours?" he asked.
A/N: Hahahaha, yay I finished and you can't hear what Silvia's answer is till next chapter. Maybe it's enough to make SK proud, she is the Goddess of Cliffhangers as well…
