Ah, I know I said I would release an early chapter for this but... I started it but then I got sick as a dog. It was horrible. Being sick is not fun. Luckily, I'm much better now... So a happy St. Valentines day to you all. May you share it with all those you love, and hopefully, unlike me, you share it with someone real. Anyways, onto other things-
la generala - Yes, I made her very moody... Perhaps more than I would have liked but, oh well. And thank ya'll. :B
LadyZayriah - I tried, but I couldn't. D:
darthritter86 - To be honest, Vega's name was chosen mainly because I knew it was the name of a star. I know it's one of the brighter ones in the sky, but still dull compared to Sirius. I don't really know the history behind it, it just seemed to fit him... and that's normally how I choose a character's name. As for the revampage of my room, all that happened was we cleaned it up a bit. No time to do anything else because it was that bad... Oh me and messy room...
Legend of Zelda 4 life - Thanks. As for what Zelda's spell did to him... Hehe, you'll find out now and it can't really be cleared up within one chapter... Hehe...
She had gotten the spell wrong… it wasn't supposed to happen this way… "I… but I memorized the spell perfectly…" she said depressingly.
"But you're an idiot!" Vega snapped, crossly pulling grass from his hair. "That spell was far too advanced for you!"
Anger welled up in her and she clenched the grass in her fists. "And you're a rude and pathetic excuse for a star being!"
Growling in frustration, the star took a deep breath and forced out, as calmly as he could, "Let's just calm down… And we'll both feel better."
She said nothing but tried to compose herself. He was right. With spell working as it was…
"Wait… What's going on? What just happened?" asked an extremely confused Link.
Before Zelda could respond, the star said bitterly, "Thinking she was a high class spellcaster, she decided to try a very advanced spell. Now she mangled both our souls."
The page just stared blankly at both of them. "What?"
Vega remained silent, deciding to let the witch answer that time. Fidgeting with her fingers, she thought of not saying anything, but she felt the growing irritation of the star. "I memorized a spell the moment I saw him fall… It was very complex and it really has no other practical use except for imprisonment or coercion… I thought I might be able to use it when I finally encountered him… It was supposed to tie two souls together… just enough so that the two souls couldn't stray too far from each other… But… I must have said something wrong or translated it wrong…"
"No, you just don't have enough experience," snarled Vega.
She ignored his still present irritation. "Whatever I messed up… I messed up big time and now… We might as well be sharing a soul now…"
Link continued to stare blankly at them for a moment or two before bursting out into laughter. "I-I can't believe…" he couldn't even speak a sentence correctly without another burst of laughter in between words. He laughed so hard, he couldn't stand without hunching over.
"What's so funny?!" Both Zelda and Vega demanded.
Managing to stifle his laughter just enough so he could speak, Link sputtered out, "Haha, never leave a woman to do a man's work… Ahaha!"
"Belt up, Nancy boy!"
As with most of the language the star seemed to use, Zelda just stared at him strangely. Even Link stopped his laughter to give the same strange look. Feeling the puzzlement from Zelda, Vega just forked an eyebrow.
"You seriously didn't understand that?" he asked.
Zelda just confirmed it with a shake of the head. Link then finally caught that what the star had said was probably… offensive.
"Wait, what did you say to me?" the page asked. Just in case it wasn't something offensive, however, he checked his belt as he said that.
"I told you to shut up." said the star simply.
"And what was that other part?" asked Link suspiciously.
Vega thought got a moment before answering. "Hell if I'm saying it again, you have a sword." He said it as if it was common sense.
Link's nostrils flared and he stomped forward threateningly, but he did no action.
"Ooh, I'm so scared." The star said flatly, not even attempting to feign fear. "Really, you shouldn't be angry at me but at Ducky, here. She was originally planning to tie me to you."
The young witch shot the celestial being a dirty look. Between the two of them sharing two sets of emotion, she wasn't sure the anger and irritation would go away. She was just glad the page wasn't included, because the look on his face was absolutely poisonous. And it was right at Zelda.
"You were going to… Am I just some farm animal to experiment on?" he interrogated. His eyes bored right into hers, their smoldering glare piercing down into her soul. With a jeer and a bitter tongue, he said "Turning me into a wolf and making me your furry pet wasn't enough, apparently."
The blond girl said nothing but felt very uneasy. Link was not her friend. He was a sexist little boy with a talent for swords that couldn't see past his own nose. At the same time, when he put it like that it sounded horrible. It made her sound like a heartless wench-what witches were typically made out to be.
As she fingered the hat symbolizing her trade, she realized that was what bothered her. She was a witch and, while her prime motive for going on this journey was to find her family-if she had any-, the other part was to disprove the stereotypes that were normally associated with her kind.
"What in tarnation's goin' on?!" Talon's voice rang through the ranch.
It was then that the three realized that weren't supposed to be there. Worst of all, Link was a wolf the last time Talon had been around and there had been a very noisy confrontation to boot. Vega and Zelda were pretty much exhausted and covered in grass. How would that look with an unknown swordsman wearing a gnarly collar standing by them?
The star cursed quietly before looking to the two with him. He racked his brains for what to do and scowled as he realized he was now sharing a soul with a pathetic excuse for a witch. Greatly aggravated, he caught a glimpse of the night sky and furrowed his brow. It wasn't the time to be a whiny ass. What would they think of him if he just stood there feeling sorry for himself? He wasn't about to let them get the last laugh…
So without any word of warning, Vega ran. He felt the protest from Zelda, but he wasn't running away from the ranch-no, that kind of cowardice was too low for him. He turned the corner leading to the residency, climbed the wall like a mountain lion up a tree, tossed himself into the window he had come from and was back in the room he had escaped from. It seemed like a waste to have gone through all that trouble to get out only to go back… but at the same time, the sun was going to rise soon…
He yawned as he saw the first rays of the sun peeking out over the mountains of Hyrule, turning the sky from a dark navy to soft purples and oranges… He'd never seen the sunrise. Living in the skies brought a different view to the sunrise… a far less magical view. It was pretty… No, pretty was an understatement. It was beautiful and definitely a view he could get used to.
Unfortunately, he was reminded of his new condition as he felt a horrible feeling of embarrassment come over him. The witch forced him into that thinking he would have no choice to but to grant her wish-whatever frivolous desire it was. Still, he had to share his soul and emotions… with a woman. He had nothing against the opposite sex, but men and women had different thought processes, different reactions to different things…
He sighed, still feeling the embarrassment from the little witch. He sat down on the bed and kicked off his boots. He might as well get some sleep in before the girl busted in and decided not to let him have any rest whatsoever. He knew she was going to… that's what her emotions told him, or at least greatly hinted at. He grimaced but… there wasn't much he could do about it now. He had to live with it…
Because he wasn't going to go back to the sky.
"I hate him…" Zelda muttered into her pillow… "I hate him so much!" Even at that moment, she could feel the star contently asleep in the other room. Normally, she would think that he couldn't possibly understand the embarrassment she was going through… but she knew full well that he knew. They shared a soul now. The only thing she hadn't messed up enough was their individuality. They shared emotions… but not thoughts. The witch hoped that he felt her hatred for him in his sleep.
Still, she couldn't stay in the room forever. The morning was still passing by even as she moped. She took solace in the fact that Vega was asleep and couldn't reprimand her again, so she pushed herself off of her bed and went for the door. She thought of waking the star up just to spite him, but somehow she thought he would expect that. So she was going to not wake him up… to spite him…
She tried not to think of how that didn't make sense as she opened up the door and trekked down to the kitchen area. It was a nice little kitchen, very homey and what she could only assume was typical for a ranch. It wasn't terribly large, but then again, it didn't need to be. Ranches didn't usually play host to terrible amount of guests, from her understanding. It had the basic necessities and a nice little table where everyone could have their meals. There was a door leading to the outside, probably mostly for Talon and the ranch hand, Ingo, since they had to wake up so early in the mornings.
Zelda was a bit surprised to see that Malon was the only one there, preparing what seemed to be a late breakfast.
"If you're wondering," said the farm girl slyly, "I sent him off to get some eggs."
The blond girl bit her lip and felt her cheeks burn a bit and, perhaps a little defensively, she said, "I wasn't thinking about him! I'm telling you, nothing happened with me and Link, last night!"
"Sure, I believe you." She responded a bit sarcastically. "I have to say, I never expected that you have a boyfriend who was pageboy for the castle… He's a bit far from home, isn't he?"
"Yes, but he's not my boyfriend! He's not even my friend!" the witch snapped. The last comment suddenly reminded her of the sour note she and Link left on before Talon had decided to grace them with his presence. Getting a little flustered, she just forced herself to sit down by the table.
Malon just gave a little glance of almost disturbed surprise and then said carefully, "Alright, I believe you… So… is that other guy going to be waking up soon?"
Feeling a little bad for having snapped at the girl like that, Zelda avoided eye contact with the girl and fiddled with one of the creases of the table. "Probably not. He usually sleeps during the day."
"He does? How strange." Malon commented.
Not really. Not compared to last night. Zelda thought, remembering Zant. He had to have been the weirdest fellow she had ever seen… And he was after the sleeping star she was now connected to…
She remembered that Link also said he was a servant to a man called Ganondorf. Who was that? Where had she heard the name before?
"Malon," she said.
"What?" asked the farm girl.
"I've heard the name before but I'm not sure where… who is Ganondorf?" Zelda inquired.
Malon turned again from what she was doing and forked an eyebrow at the witch. She had an "are you serious" look about her. Realizing that she wasn't kidding, Malon said, "He works at the castle as the king's advisor. Everyone seems to love him, despite the fact that he's a foreigner. I really couldn't tell you much else, though. I've only to be Castle Town once in my life, and I was very little."
Nodding in understanding, Zelda understood why Link would know of him, then. Before he was caught up with her, he lived in Castle Town and worked at the castle everyday.
So if Zant worked for Ganondorf, then that must've meant that Ganondorf wanted the star… But if he was the king's advisor, then why did he need a star? Perhaps he was looking for the star to wish the king better as well? She wasn't sure. She didn't know him personally so she couldn't really say. However, from her experience the previous night she doubted that. Zant seemed very intent on getting Vega to go with him, no matter what the cost. The use of such strange magic and creatures didn't sit well with her… it just felt evil, really… But all that really proved was that Ganondorf was forceful in his methods, not that his intentions were bad. The magic was just something she wasn't used to, so calling it evil was really accusatory.
"I thought women usually spoke a lot in kitchens." Came Link's sexist banter.
The young witch seriously considered turning him back into a wolf but didn't act on it since Malon was present. Besides that, she did need to speak to Link about Zant and Ganondorf, and talking to a person did let her feel less crazy - even if the wolf really was human.
"I wouldn't know," Malon said cheerily as she took the basket of eggs Link handed her, "I'm the only girl here so no one to relate to. Thanks for getting the eggs! If you wait over with Zelda, I'll serve them in a few minutes."
The page pulled up a chair and sat across from the blond girl, looking almost bored. She wondered whether it was wise to bring up the conversation now in front of the farm girl, but she seemed to be busying herself with cooking so…
"So how do you know Zant?" she asked him.
"Hmm?" Link mused blankly. After registering the question he then said, "Oh, I said before: he works for Lord Ganondorf. I don't know him personally or anything like that, but just about everybody knows it. I just know that Zant is supposedly from a whole different realm. He somehow got here and now he works for select people in the Court- under the king's, orders of course."
That last part confused her a bit, so she asked, "Why not just work for the king?"
"The king already has his own private taskforce, and the deal goes to before the current king I think. Anyways, he seems to favor only Lord Ganondorf and I'm pretty sure Ganondorf has arranged so that Zant works only for him." He said.
"Oh… So… if Zant came here for Vega," she started.
Link nodded and finished for her, "It's most likely under Ganondorf's orders."
"Do you have any idea what he could want with Vega?" Zelda asked.
The page shrugged and said, "I don't know. It could be anything. I'd assume he has the same goals as us, though, being friends with the king and all."
"Okay you two, talk time's over," said Malon, "I just finished making breakfast."
Before anyone asks: No, I'm not about to explain what happened after Vega ran away. I'm pretty sure I gave you enough information that you have a good idea what may have happened.
Other than that... Uh... nothing to say, really...