I stomped towards the Eldin Volcano region. "Wait, Hanon, slow down," Shadow and Vio were having trouble keeping up with my long strides. "You're being to rash! That guy could be at the top of the dang volcano right now, for all we know." I pulled a small red circle out of my pocket and shook it in my violet-haired offenders face. "No he won't. I took his fire-earringy-thingy." "But-" Shadow gestured to the targets hung in various places. Ha. I pulled two metal objects out of the bag strapped to my belt. "I also took his clawy-shotty-thingies." I saw Vio facepalm, but hey, it's not my job to know the names of every single one of my brother's stinking items. "See, Vio!" Shadow laughed, "Stealing can be beneficial!" Vio groaned. "As, c'mon!" Shadow elbowed him in the ribs."I was just kidding around. Also, I used big words! Your favorite!" Vio raised one eyebrow, the dove back into his extremely thick novel.

"You're forgetting that Eldin is a vast region," Vio's monotonous tone reminded. "Finding your brother will be difficult, items or no items." I laughed. "Geez, Hanon," Shadow winced, "Your laugh is scary!" I grinned maniacally. "Look." I pointed my finger upwards. A crimson loftwing was circling over a particular spot. Vio sighed. "Touché."

We entered the region. "Oh, holy mother of Din it is hot in here." Shadow groaned. "Have I ever told you about how I don't like heat? I don't think so. By the way, I DON'T LIKE HEAT!" "Suck it up." I flicked his forehead. "I suggest you remove your undershirts, or you may get heat stroke. Then, you could die." "As, that's sweet." Shadow smirked. "Not a bit!" I surveyed the landscape,then turned around to face him. "If you died, all the blame would fall on me!"

I didn't really think that, if course. I cared deeply for my friends. (Ew, not in THAT way! Go away,shippers, GO AWAY!) They did as they were told. Shadow, being Shadow, left everything from the waist up off, most likely trying to get on my last nerve. He spotted me eyeing him and smirked devilishly. "So, Hanon, you like what you see?" I turned away. "Shadow, you're a slut, you know that." "Yes, yes I do." Vio rolled his eyes and sighed. "Shadow, we all know you don't really like her, so you can stop acting perverted now." "This is not perverted," the shirtless demon inched towards me, leaning in my shoulder. "Would you like to see perverted?" Um, no thanks much? Ugh, I love my friends, but Shadow can just be so... Shadow sometimes. I grabbed one of his purple eyebrows and yanked out a few hairs. "Idiot." He smiled.

We walked across rocky terrain for quite a bit, chatting about random things, Shadow constantly hitting on me. I swear, he's worse that Gavin! But at least he's nice about it, not pushy and crude. As he leaned in to fake-kiss my cheek, I saw my brother throwing rocks at a cliffside.

I started to rush at him, but hesitated. He didn't even turn around, but I knew he had heard me. "What do you want? If you've come here to tease me more, then feel free to. I don't care. It's what you seem to live for, any way." I walked up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"S-sorry..."

He turned around. "Can we talk? Somewhere else?" I nodded. Oh, I thought I was in for it. He called his Loftwing, and I copied. Then I turned to a rock, where my companions had settled. "You comin'?"

"No thank you," Vio smiled nervously. "Heights aren't exactly my strength." "Plus, you two should talk alone." Shadow concluded, winking.

"Alrighty then..." I took off.

-Time Skip-

Here. Why did he take me here, of all places? To a platform. One neither of us could ever jump off of. The pain was too hard to bear. Sky turned to me. "Hanon... Mom and Dad... and I ... we'd been... Well, keeping something from you. Y'know, before... they um, left this world." He sat down and patted the spot next to him. I sat, not knowing what to expect. "Hanon..." He sighed. Then he started a story.

"A long time ago, when the surface split open, demons rushed out. But, not all of them were mindless beasts. Some of them were intelligent, incredibly cunning. So, instead of killing, these demons... did things to people. Demonhood entered many people's DNA. Almost no one actually contracted demon traits, because the genes containing them are recessive. But, every once in a while, several recessive genes line up, resulting in...Well,...you. Your strength, your agility, your snarky attitude, the color of your bangs... that it their result. And there may be more sleeping inside of you. I'm sorry if this is too much for you to bear at one time, but... you had to know."

I laughed! "Nice joke, bro! Gotta tell Shadow that one!" His expression (I called it the "Vio-Stare") didn't change. "Um, that was a joke, right?" He shook his head. "I... I... I'm a demon?" "Just partially..."

"L-link." I sobbed, and tears began to fill my eyes and run down my cheeks. "Why *sniff* are ya tellin' me all this now?" "Well, I guess I..." I squeezed him tight. I hadn't hugged him like this since I was five. He patted my head. "Mom and Dad wanted me to tell you earlier, but I thought you weren't mature enough." I sniffed. "You still think I deserve to be your sister? The sister of the chosen hero?"

"The Goddesses do everything for a reason."

I smiled. Not my fake about-to-whoop-your-butt smile, but my real one. The one Vio said was lopsided, and made me look too sure of myself. "You still mad from earlier?" "Um, yeah, but I think I can let it go just this once." He winked at me, and we jumped off of that terrible platform together.

Hanon Sword

Oct. 3, Year of the Surface 02