A/N- Thanks for the reviews, The-Saiyan-From-Hyrule and maximushyrule! I luv reviews. They make me happy. And Ceris is my favorite character. I'm not sure why, but he just is.

Disclaimer- I don't own Zelda

Vaati flicked his hair, smiling. The person was late. Not unusual, really for his clients to be late, but it was rather annoying anyhow. He glanced down at Impa, who was chained to the wall, but still in the throne room in case he needed her. Daysin was nowhere to be found, much to Vaati's pleasure. He would just make this harder.

A man walked in, his long, black cloak billowing behind himself. The man had dark, red eyes and his brown hair was fringed with gray. He had a large sword at his side and was dressed in chain mail. The man knelt down before Vaati, his eyes closing.

"I am sorry for the delay, my Lord and Master. There is much... going on down in the town. It is difficult to get through all the chaos." Vaati nodded, his face now showing boredom. He absently shined a ring on his shirt before speaking in a voice that matched his face.

"Yes, yes, I am aware of what is going on below my high place on the throne. Now, be silent for a moment whilst I explain what I need you to do." The man nodded, choosing not to speak. "There is a girl that I need you to find. Before yesterday, she wasn't much of a problem. But yesterday... she discovered that she had magic."

Vaati gave a dramatic pause. "This girl also happens to be the Princess of Hyrule. I would love to go after he and just kill her, but I do not believe that would be proper. Especially since she has some information that I need. What I would like you to do, Ashrak, is bring her to me. I will deal with her then."

"Master..." Ashrak murmured, half closing his eyes. "If you do not mind me asking, but what does this girl look like? And may I also ask what you want from her?" Vaati turned to the man, his eyes showing irritation, but he answered calmly.

"She most likely has violet eyes. If not, then she has red. I sincerely doubt that, though. She has brown hair and freckles. Her skin is pale and she will probably have a ribbon in her hair. The ribbon is pink. The girl's name is Malina, and she's thirteen as of about a week ago." The man quickly nodded.

"And also, sir..."

"That girl knows where the Book of Wisdom is." Vaati said flatly. "Somewhere in the back of her mind, somewhere in her deepest memories that no one can find, she knows where that book is. And it will also be likely that she knows where the Book of Courage is. I hadn't realized this until a few days ago, otherwise I would already have the Book of Wisdom, and perhaps the Book of Courage. Now go and find her."

Ashrak nodded and stood up. "I will bring her back, sir. Even if it happens to be with my dying breath, I will bring her back." Vaati smiled, but annoyance was still playing in his eyes.

"I do hope that you come back alive, Ashrak. It's fairly hard to find sorcerers these days, especially ones that will be on my side. Don't fail me." Vaati turned away from the other, a cold smile frozen on his face. The instant he heard the doors shut, he walked over to Impa.

"Don't you wish that you could move? Or that you had some power over me?" Vaati murmured. "Don't you wish that you could save your dear little Princess?" Impa hung her head in shame. It was terrible how helpless she felt.

Malina glanced up, her face burning. It was night right now, and Ceris had demanded her to tell him everything about her life. About the night were everything had gone wrong. What it was like to live like she did.

"To be honest, I hated it." Malina whispered. The two were alone in front of the campfire. Ceris was watching out for enemies and such. He had awoken her, insisting that no one was awake so they could talk freely, just be a little quiet about it so that no one woke up.

"Why?" Ceris asked blankly and the fire popped. Malina bowed her head, tears coming to her eyes as she thought about Impa's body, laying there. Was she alive? Was she okay?

"It was... just not for me, I guess. I had wear lots of jewelry and fancy dresses and sneeze into silk handkerchiefs and be surrounded by guards all of the time and learn lots of unhelpful things and... I didn't really have any real friends." Malina pulled her knees up to her chin, tears still threatening to burst from her eyes.

"Hey... are you crying? Why are you crying?" Ceris asked stupidly and Malina laughed shakily, wiping away her tears.

"I-I'm just thinking about my only friend. Her name was Impa, and... the night that Vaati came along... she tried to save me, but... I don't know whether or not that she's alive... he blasted her with this thing..." Ceris frowned for a moment, slightly confused.

"But... that shadow thing said that the Sage of Shadows had created him, right? So... isn't this Impa person the Sage of Shadows?" Malina stared stupidly at him before she finally answered in a single syllable.

"Huh?"

"Well..." Ceris began slowly. "It's a long story, and I'd rather learn more about you before I start explaining it all. What was Vaati like? I've heard stories about him, but I've never met the guy or seen him in his cell!" Malina shuddered at the question before answering.

"He was awful. He had violet hair and red eyes. He was wearing this big, black cloak and had a staff. The staff looked like it was made from wood, but I didn't get a very good look at it. It also had this black crystal on it... oh, and he had a book. It was really big and red." Malina said, fear creeping into her voice.

"A... book? How odd..." Ceris murmured. "I guess that's enough for tonight. You better get some rest. Tomorrow will be another long day." Malina nodded and stood up, her thoughts elsewhere than what they had been talking about.

Where, you might be wondering. Well, she was thinking about Ceris, and how wonderful his hair was.

"Wake up!" Shina hissed, shaking the young girl. "Malina, wake up! You can't just sit here and sleep all day! There are more shadow things attacking camp and we have to get you out of here! They're after you for some reason!" Malina's eyes shot open and she sat up quickly.

Then the scent reached her nose. The smell that those creature's blood made. Malina quickly stood up and slipped her boots on. Shina grabbed Malina's wrist and ran outside of the tent. There were, indeed shadows outside and the others were battling them.

Yuumei's weapon was finally known to everyone. She had a large saber, and was handling it fairly well. Yuumei smiled softly at Malina, whose eyes were wide. After doing that, she stabbed one of the shadows in the stomach and twisted, causing blood spurt from it. Malina felt sickened and hurried a little faster.

One of the shadows came up from the ground in front of the two and Malina couldn't contain a squeak. Shina put her hands into fists and she kicked the thing in the chin, making a disgusting crack noise. She kicked the thing in the chest, causing it to fall down.

"Come on, kid!" Shina cried in annoyance, pulling Malina even harder. A voice came out of the air, and Malina recognized it with a chill.

"Don't let the girl escape! Ignore the others, just capture her!" Vaati sent his voice. Marit blinked in shock at hearing this, and the shadow abandoned the axe wielding man. The other shadows did the same, going after Malina.

Shina brought her hands up in a defensive position, but felt slight despair. They were surrounded, and she couldn't possibly take out all of those shadows... there had to be at least fifty and more were being made all the time. Malina was having similar thoughts.

Malina quickly closed her eyes and found her magic. It wasn't as hard as the first time, in which she had Vaati's magic blocking her own. Malina sighed, as she glanced about. There had to be something that she could use. Something that her magic would use and... oh! The earth!

Malina knelt down and touched the ground. Pull it up, pull it up, pull it up! Malina thought to herself, drawing her fingers up. The ground around her did the same, and the thirteen-year-old smiled. Time to have some fun of her own.

"Get close to me." Malina said flatly, indicating to Shina. The girl did so, dodging a blow. Shina couldn't help but wonder how in the world that the girl was doing that... meanwhile, Malina was having her own thoughts. Like picturing what she wanted to happen.

Malina clenched her fist and, as soon as she felt Shina was close, unclenched them. The bits of rock and dirt went flying everywhere, knocking the shadows into each other with the force of it. Little holes were now in the shadows. Malina knelt down and repeated the process. Sweat began to show on her brow as she felt the magic take its toll.

Finally, a new idea came to Malina. She brought her hands up, and then down. A huge pitfall was created, trapping all of the shadows. Malina brought her hands together, and the pitfall filled itself in. For a few minutes, no one moved, as though waiting for the creatures to come back up. They didn't.

Marit walked over to Malina, his face grim. "We need to have a little talk, miss."

A/N- I wanted to make it longer, but I have to get off soon. Ah, well. Please, R&R.