Thank you to all the wonderful people who have favorite/followed as well as reviewed my story thus far. I'd like to give out a special thanks to: Fabdemonkinglink, Yukea, and SaraTheAngelic, for reviewing chapter three and not killing me for making Link a girl (I was a little nervous about that). I will admit that I'm a little surprised by so many people really liking my story so far, I just hope that you continue to enjoy reading my story as much as I have enjoyed writing. Anyways, on to the story.

Disclaimer: is this really necessary? ugh, fine. I do not Legend of Zelda, just the insane ideas that I put into this story.

Chapter Four: Forbidden

It was getting late and there was no way that she would make it back to Skyloft before curfew, so she decided to make the best of another glen that she had stumbled upon. Pulling her hat off she rolled it up and set it under her head treating it like a pillow, granted it was a pillow without the filling but it was better than nothing. She curled up in a tight ball as she fell asleep on the cold hard ground. Ghirahim watched her from the shadows as she slept, keeping silent vigil over the unconscious hero as she tossed and turned in her sleep.

The night was a particularly dark one seen as not even the moon shown on Skyloft let alone the surface. It was this darkness that had cloaked the hulking form of a giant skulltula as it scuttled towards the sleeping form of the hero. Before Ghirahim could react to the danger that it posed, the skulltula had sunk it's fangs into Link's shoulder drawing a pained whimper from her unconscious form. "NO!" Ghirahim cried out as he launched himself at the monster.

Link awoke to the feeling of searing pain in her right shoulder. When she opened her eyes she found Ghirahim standing over her with his sword drawn and defending her from a giant skulltula. She cried out in pain as she tried to move away only to find that she couldn't move, Ghirahim glanced back at her over his shoulder and the look in his eyes shocked her, his eye's held a mixture of pain, sadness, and concern. He quickly diverted his attention back to the monster in front of him, he already knew that the dull creature wouldn't recognize him as its master which meant he had no choice but to kill it, which was made easier by the fact that it had tried to kill his sky child. It had to die. Ghirahim rushed the skulltula, his movements were a blur as he knocked it on its back and driving his sword deep into its weak spot killing it instantly. Link groaned in pain as the venom began to flow through her system.

"Ghira…him….why?" she choked out as Ghirahim rushed to her side, worry written all over his face.

"Hang in there, Link. I need you to hold still so I can get the poison out and heal you, do you understand?" Ghirahim asked Link in a very serious tone, she nodded her head. Ghirahim focused his magic on her shoulder where the skulltula had bitten her and began to draw out the poison slowly, causing Link to cry out in pain. Looking down at her face he could clearly see the pain etched in her features as she bit down on her lower lip in an attempt to keep from crying out again. "Hush, sky child, its okay, no one is going to hurt you. You're safe now. Shhh." He soothed her gently as he finished drawing the last of the venom from her and quickly healing the wound.

Link opened her eyes and stared up at the demon lord in shock and confusion. "Why?" was all she could manage to get out as the stress and exhaustion of the situation slowly took its toll, her eyes getting heavier by the second.

Ghirahim looked down at her sadly as he spoke, "Alas, I'm afraid you wouldn't understand, sky child." Sitting back Ghirahim sighs as he ran a shaking hand through his hair, before leaning into the young hero's ear and whispering, "Go to sleep young hero, this was nothing more than a dream." He placed his hand over her eyes and using his magic put her to sleep, her blue eyes fluttering before closing and taking her away to the safety of her dream land. Placing a soft kiss to her cheek he got up a returned to the shadows of the forest to continue to watch over her as she slept through the night.

Link awoke the next morning feeling rather stiff and unsettled. She could have sworn she had been dreaming of the strange demon lord Ghirahim that she had met days ago, but it couldn't have been him, could it?

I hope you enjoyed it. It's really short, I know, I'm sorry. But I'm really not a fan of just adding random crap just to stretch out a chapter. If there are any spelling mistakes or missed words please let me know I will attempt to fix them, though I'm usually rather distracted with my own original story, work, and making jewelry. Anyways, I will be working on the next couple of chapters soon, maybe tonight, I'm not sure. Things will start to get much more interesting and dark. Also, Pipit and Groose will be making an appearance soon in the chapters to come. As always please feed the author! I love reviews, and the more I get the more excited I become, which leads to new updates!

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-Freya the Mistwolf