A/N-Thanks for the reviews, The-Saiyan-From-Hyrule, maximushrule, and darthritter86.
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Malina brushed the blood from her brow, eyes narrowing as she met her eyes with Vaati. "You will not win." She said it simply, but with great force anyhow.
"And who, may I ask, is going to stop me? You are a failure. You did not finish your magic training or even realize that Tura was no longer on your side. If I die, he will kill you. It doesn't matter what happens, for I shall win." After saying this, Vaati smirked.
"I will never let that happen, you filthy dog, you." She growled back.
"And let's just see what you can do, then, brat!" He exclaimed and blue fire appeared within his hands. He forced it to Malina and-
"Wake up, girl!" Riste growled, his violet eyes glowing. "We have some very important things to take care of, and I do not want you botching it all up! This is a very important moment in your life! So wake up!"
Malina sat up, shocked into awakening. She gasped quietly, her eyes wide and fearful. She placed a hand to her chest, as though making sure her heart was still beating. It was just a dream. Malina told herself. Just a dream.
"What was it about?" Riste asked, obviously listened to her thoughts. "You look rather frightened. Tell me as we go."
"I was battling Vaati." Malina answered softly was pulling her boots on. He did not answer at this, obviously understanding her fear of Vaati. She knew that, in a way, Riste felt as though all of this was his fault. If he had trained Vaati with a stronger hand, or perhaps taught him a different way, then this might not be happening.
As they left Malina's room, Ceris did not leave his post, oddly enough. She gave him an inquisitive glance, but he merely shrugged and gave a quick look to Riste. At that moment, she realized that she had no idea as to what they were doing.
"What are we doing?" She asked blankly, looking up at him with the same expression that her voice held.
"Just as I would expect," Riste snorted. "Always not understanding, that Princess Malina of Hyrule for you. If you must know, we have hit the half-way point in your training. With this, there is something special I must teach you, under the full moon. No one can be around or see this, and you must humbly swear to tell no one about what happens tonight, not even your precious little Ceris."
At this, Malina blushed a bit, but nodded anyway. "What is he going to do, then?"
"Why, protecting Lady Delila, of course." Riste said, faint mockery in his voice. Malina narrowed her eyes at this.
"What is he really doing?"
"He really is." Riste said. "One of the rules for this is to feel all sorts of feelings. Anything from fear to love. It was interesting how my Master did it. After all, my family was long since dead and no lady had caught my eye."
"What do you mean?" It hadn't really connceted for Malina that if Riste was a Master of magic, then he would most likely need to have a Master as well.
"That is a story for a rainy day, which, as you can obviously see, is not today. It might rain in a couple days, however. Come, there might be clouds, and that would cover the moon. That would entirely ruin it, by the way. Hurry, hurry."
Malina did as he asked, quickening her speed.
What are you doing now, Vaati?
"Playing with my toys."
I'm not stupid. You're planning something. Come on, I can't tell anyone.
"Hm... I want to be there when he dies..."
Quit that.
"It would be rather funny to watch that brat's face as she watches her beloved Master fall to the ground, a look of pure horror on his face as he slowly dies..."
You have disturbing thoughts, you know?
"What happened to the Power I used to know? He would have killed at any given moment, especially an enemy."
Sorry, I've been thinking like those fools too much lately.
"Yes, you have."
I'll stop now.
"You just want to know what I'm going to do, am I right?"
Bingo.
"Fine. I suppose I might as well."
... Well? Are you going to tell me or not?
"Yes. I was just giggling over my plan. It should be fun."
Just get on with it...
"Of course. I'll take my shadows, of course, and make it look like I'm going after that brat. Her dear Master will want to protect her, but I've sent someone there in my stead."
Who?
"Ashrak."
You mean that man from so long ago? Is that who you keep sending dreams to?
"Of course. Who else would I send dreams to?"
Perhaps the Princess.
"Oh, shut up."
Anyway, what about the plan?
"Yes, well, Ashrak will disguise himself as a shadow and come at Riste. After he uses a few, simple things, he will blend into the crowd for a while."
I don't see where this is going.
"After that, he will get behind that fool and stab him in the back with the knife."
Oh.
"Then we will draw back. That will bring even more fire for Malina's hatred toward me, and I can't have her knowing too much about magic, now can I?"
No, I suppose not.
"Yes. Won't this just be so much fun?"
Yes, but why can't we be there?
"Because. I don't really feel like it."
You don't want to see that look of pain on her face, do you?
"Oh, go away!"
What's the plan after that?
"I'm not sure. I'd like to see what she does and then formulate a plan."
All right. Do you think that Courage might reveal himself soon?
"Huh. Even though you're Power, you're asking me a question like that."
You blocked off all of my senses when you gained complete control of me. How am I supposed to know what's happening beyond this body?
"I suppose this is a good point. For a little while, when I was attacking Kakariko, I could sense Courage."
And!? What happened then?!
"As quickly as the presense came, it disappeared."
What?! How could you just let it go like that?!
"I wasn't exactly trying to catch him. Besides, I think that Courage might show up again tonight."
Why?
"Because that fool that is that brat's boyfriend is contestant to be Courage."
And...?
"If he has any sense, he'll rush in to protect the lovely Princess from any harm that might come to her."
Lovely?
"Note the sarcasm in my voice."
Oh.
"So, what do we do first?" Malina asked, swinging her arms idly as Riste put up the force field.
"Be quiet for a moment, will you!?" He growled. "This is rather hard, you know!"
After he said that, Malina stayed quiet, chosing to instead listen to the voices of the night. In particular, the crickets, who could not lie. They usually, in truth, were singing about things. It could be annoying sometimes.
"I'm just waiting for the storm,
Seeing I don't fit the norm.
Right is left or left is wrong,
Vision clearer, vision strong,
Turn around and see the light,
Clouds surrounding, forming night.
Light and darkness seem to merge,
Like to, 'bout to, on the verge.
But I cannot seem to move.
Stars have stopped and won't resume."
They sang in one voice, and it surprised her that they were singing about a storm. Usually they just sang about what the day had been like, or cats, or even birds who feasted on them. Perhaps it meant something...? A sudden thought came to her, sudden and frightening:
"Another storm is coming, but not one from the sky. A storm that comes from the ground and makes fire. A storm that will make you take the eternal sleep if you are not careful. The fire that will come from the storm can wipe us all out, even the one who makes the storm. I warn you of this now. Be careful."
Redchest's voice echoed strangely in her mind, as though there was no end to it. Something was coming. Something frighteningly dangerous.
"Stop staring at nothing, girl, and sit down!" Riste exclaimed. She blinked and saw that he was sitting down. She could no longer hear the crickets, and it was silent. Although she could not see the force field, she knew it was there.
"So, what're we doing first?" Malina asked, knowing that no matter what she said, Riste would not believe her about her rising fear of this so called 'storm.'
"Shush." Riste answered, staring up at the moon. At this, Malina pouted. Why was it that he never gave her a straight answer? Couldn't he just answer her for once? She didn't know what was going, and she had a right to know.
Then, for some reason, his eyes widened as he stared at the sky. Riste stood up slowly and the sheild suddenly dropped. Malina stood up quickly, alarmed. What had he seen that had made him do such a thing? The look in his eyes was something of a pure horror that she could not place.
"Hi Miss Alice."
It was so simple, and it completely betrayed his face. He sounded as though he were greeting an old friend, and yet his face appeared to be facing death itself. It counfused Malina even more so, and she grabbed Riste's arm.
"Master?! Master, what's wrong?!" He did not answer. By doing so, more fear plunged into her soul. "Master, Master! Please answer me!" She begged. Still, no answer came.
That was when Malina felt it. The presence of many creatures coming this way, coming to attack them. The sky which had been so bright from the moon suddenly seemed dark. As she looked up to see what had happened, another feeling of despair and fear creeped over her body.
The moon was gone.
It was as though it had just disappeared. There were no stars, either. Blackness crept over the entire of the Zora's Domain, as though the world was finally ending. The only thing that Malina could do to keep from screaming was touch her bracelet and pray for the goddess's to spare her life.
"The pieces are in place." Vaati whispered. "Can you feel her scream, Queen of Areu? Do you feel the love of your life crying for her life, Courage? Do you feel death coming to you, Riste?"
Yuumei looked up, fear in her face. "What is it?" Sora asked.
"This isn't good." Was her only answer as she stood up.
Hurry, to the front!
Immediately, Ceris knew that Courage was within his mind. Somehow, he knew that there was no stopping whatever was about to unfold.
"Delila, follow me. Quickly!" Ceris demanded, grabbing her wrist and began pulling her out the door. Within his mind, Ceris wondered why Riste had assigned him to this annoying little brat. He should be protecting the Princess, not this girl.
When Delila finally stopped whining, they were half-way down the hall. Ceris glanced out the windows as they passed them. It was dark out there, too dark for anything to truly be fine. Especially because it had to be a full moon for whatever they were doing.
Malina. Her face flashed in his mind.
Is she okay?! He demanded Courage.
If we get there in time she will be. But you have to hurry!
Okay!
As they were nearly to the door, shadow creatures jumped out in front of them. Ceris was about to shove Delila behind him when he saw that the shadow creatures were behind them, too. There would be no point in doing that. Ceris drew his sword, giving a silent to prayer to the goddess's that nothing would happen to Malina while he defended this self-centered brat.
The shadow creatures all attacked at once, going after whoever happened to be closest. After a moment of Ceris slashing at them so that he wouldn't die, he realized that he had left Delila unprotected. He almost swore as he turned around, but cold fear ran through him as he looked at Delila.
These shadow creatures obviously did not attack as randomly as he thought, because, laying in her own blood with her eyes glazed over was Delila. It took less than a minute for him to understand the fact that she was not dead.
Not yet, anyway.
Ceris, let me take over.
Not understanding, he closed his eyes for an instant. When Ceris opened them again, all of the shadow creatures were gone. It surprised him, but he was too busy with other things at the moment to really understand what was going on.
Ceris knelt down next to Delila, whose eyes were slightly open. "I bet... you didn't see that... coming..." She said it horesly and began to cough.
"Lady Delila-" He began, but she cut him off.
"Hi Miss Alice."
And then she went limp, dead.
A/N- What do you think of that?! R&R, people! I don't like flamers, but you can say whether you like something or not! I'm willing to accept any suggestions that you have!