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Chapter 4, stumbling through survival; Dark Link's chapter..
Three days and two nights she sat outside of the door to the meeting hall. Her masters voice could be heard clearly through the thick wood as well as the sound of his snores whenever no one else was around. Whatever business the king needed him for was important, more important than anything she had ever seen him do before. During those three days and two long nights she had caught glimpses of the prince walking the halls. On the third day she saw him watching her from around the corner and felt her cheeks redden. She must have looked pathetic sitting there in dirty clothes and with her hair in a mess, clearly not looking anything like a Twili should while visiting the castle. The prince on the other hand was every bit as elegant as one would expect. His long black hair had been fastened into a loose ponytail which started at the base of his skull and his robes where freshly pressed and draped around his body loosely as was custom of the Twili royalty. The dark, almost black, blue hues of his robes where outlined beautifully in bright silver which was hand crafted by only the best clothiers in the village below the castle.
"Are you awake?" She jumped a bit at the sound of his voice, being so caught up in his current looks as she was she had not noticed him actually approaching her. She stood quickly and attempted to adjust her dark black tunic into a more presentable position on her thin frame. He politely waited for her to finish before continuing his line of questioning.
"Have you been here the entire time, you know this is a war meeting right?" Her red eyes widened as he spoke and she looked over her shoulder towards the door quickly.
"My master didn't tell me what was going on. I just follow him as I always have." She answered softly as she looked down at her scuffed boots. She caught a reflection of his concerned frown in the polished marble of the floor at her feet.
"My father called sir Gannon here because there have been rumors of those who live in the realm of light have made plans to take over our peaceful home. As if to emphasize his point a twilight beast howled far off in the distance. She looked up towards the sound with a deep frown upon her face as she imagined what it could possibly be like to battle creatures of light.
"Girl!" She jumped at the sound of her masters voice and turned towards him as she slumped her shoulders in a terrified and defeated manner.
"Yes master Gannon?" She asked softly without looking up at his face.
"We are headed into the realm of light to prepare you for the fight ahead." He stated causing her heart to sink into her stomach. He did not wait for a response from her as he bowed to the prince and headed towards the main hall of the castle. She quickly dropped into a bow of her own and followed closely behind him. They passed by the village she had known her entire life and the house she had lived and served her master in without stopping. She could hear her heart pounding in her ears as she watched everything she knew pass her by. Their trek took them far into the forbidden lands beyond her home and to the ruins that housed the mirror of twilight which was said to connect the two worlds together for a Millenia. She had never seen it up close, but had studied it in one of the many books that her master had used to teach her to read. When she did catch the first glimpse of the legendary mirror her breath caught in her throat for a moment. She rubbed her eyes and gave it a second look; it truly was magnificent, and cracked?
"Master, the mirror.." She stated softly as she motioned towards it. He frowned down at her causing her to look at her feet instead of up at him or the mirror.
"There is only one chance for us to enter the realm of those light dwelling monsters." He stated as he pushed her forward. The mirror began to glow with strange markings that she knew could only be the work of the ancient Twili who built it.
"Come on now we must go through it as one of it may leave one of us behind." He stated as he took her by the shoulders and pushed her forward. The light was too bright for her sensitive eyes as she was shoved forward by his rough hands. The moment that she was suspended between the worlds felt like an eternity wrapped in a second for her but once it was over she only wished it had never ended. The world that opened up to her in that second was much too bright and full of strange sights and sounds.
The land nearby her stretched out in rolling sand dunes and oddly shaped buildings which blended in with strange green blotches in the distance, while an even stranger bright blue blob shimmered in the sun on the horizon. She backed away from the sights that bombarded her vision only to bump into her masters legs. She did not know if it was fear or curiosity that caused her to look up at his darkly tanned features and bright fiery red hair but what she saw there was not a look of surprise such as what she was feeling, but something more like someone who had just returned to a place they had been away from for a long time.
"Come, we must head straight to Hyrule Lake, and the Zora temple that is located below its waters." He stated as he stepped past her towards the steps before them. She felt her eyes widen on their own as she scrambled to her feet.
"Hyrule, Zora? Master you act as if you have been here before." She cautiously said as she caught up with him. He chuckled causing the armored epaulets he wore to shake along with his shoulders.
"Oh dear idiotic child, this was once my home." He stated as he looked over his shoulder at her, causing her eyes to drop down in shame and her eyebrows to furrow in surprised confusion.
Chapter 4: END
