A small gust of wind blew through arithen's long raven locks as he watched the castle that provided shelter for the girls. He sat perched on the roof watching a specific raven haired girl fall back asleep after nights events. his comfort however was short lived as another presence made itself known. He didn't even bother to look and see who it was as he was sure of who the fire red long locks of hair belonged to. "And to think i would be seeing you here." the woman released a small chuckle and stood next to him, "what are you doing this late watching the fourth principessa sleep talel." distaste formed in arithens mouth and responded with a swig from his flask. "what brings you here talal? has neferret sent you to protect the heir?" the woman stretched in a cat like manner showing absolutely everything much to his dismay, "ireh I was sent to teach her the craft of her people." arithen sighed displeased by his cousins lack of clothing and stood up, giving her his sleeveless coat to at least have her leave someting to the imagination. she looked at the piece of clothing that was handed to her in a curious but confused manner. "such odd nature for the mortals to cover themselves..." arithen scoffed at her comment, "athanasia dear you've been in your beast form far too long you've forgotten that our human forms need to be clothed. so please spare me the nightmare and zip up the coat completely." the woman emotionlessly did as she was told but then gave arithen a stern look, " we do not need to always abide by their rules arithen. you are one of us, not a mortal playing god who claims to give punishment to wrongdoers. leave your sister, come back to us." a low growl left arithen as he stared into nothingess the night provided. "i do not belong there, leave me be I will never return. have you forgotten I am cursed like my sister and mother." she sighed, "but you are not of them arithen. there is a reason the ancients still listen to your prayers. you are one of us, come back to your fellow sharehs arithen we are gods like the ancients you are neither cursed nor damned. please talel, if not for me then for Dorian. do it for your brother." he scowled at the mention of his older brother and decided to switch the topic, " you weren't being completely honest when you said you were here to teach anna the craft. what personal reasons do you have to be here?" that seemed to get her mind off the topic which calmed arithen down. he was not yet ready to touch the topic of what he was meant to do before the incident that took his older brother away from him anyway. not until his goal was achieved anyways. she looked to the window into the room of the raven haired principessa, " you must feel it as well, neferrets vessle as well as an old soul resides in her womb. however..."

" it wont make it."

she nodded her head sadly, "she saw the child, born in complete silence but.. arithen, do you feel some sort of attraction to the child? do you not recognize her soul?" arithen tensed as he released a dry laugh, "you mean to tell me that the child, who is chosen to be nefferets vessel, is the old soul of-" her head snapped quickly towards him shutting him up instantly, "and what would you do if that was so?" arithen released a dry animalistic growl that didn't seem to faze the female shareh standing next to him. she only continued talking ignoring his grumpiness over this simple fact. yet she knew a lot more than she let off. "I'm here to observe first hand the prediction of my teacher unfold. she said something interesting would happen, something not even they themselves would think of doing." arithen scoffed and turned to walk away, leaving the redhead standing there watching vigilant like the night owls, protecting the girls of her beloved uncle's wife.

rosh's pov***

a loud yawn filled the room as a grumpy ninja woke up and glared at me with terrifying crimson red eyes. and to be honest if looks could kill id already be buried in the center of the earth by now. "its time to wake up now!!" sheik growled annoyed and turned is back on me and faced anna, "fuck off..." now that wasn't very nice..... "sheik, wake yourself and your woman up its time to go and I wont say it again." sheik grumpily sat up and nudged anna to wake up, or well, attempted to. "there I tried now let me go back to sleep." he said laying back down. I frowned completely annoyed by his actions. " I know for a fact impa is awake don't make me get her on both of you." absolutely no reaction left the ninja nor the terrifying sleeping dorkus next to him. I huffed giving up and sat on the floor next to their bed thinking about ways to wake them up and keep them awake. then a miracle hit me.

fine if they wont get up then ill have to get my ultimate weapon.....

Nikkis pov*****

I groaned as constant knocks pulled me out of my sleep. it took me a while to register the time but when I finally did i cant say I was too happy about it. grumpily I left the comfort of my warm fluffy bed and opened the door to see a wide smiling fanged face and I deadpanned instantly. "Rosh its literally three in the morning. what do you want." Rosh laughed a bit embarrassed and scratched his neck, "well you see I have sort of a problem.." I stared at him annoyed urging him to go on with my glare. "I cant wake sheik nor Anna up and they sorta have to go some place super important with me." he said laughing a bit embarrassed again. I sighed and left back in my room to grab my night robe and followed the weirdo to my older sisters room. "so how do you want me to wake them up and why." Rosh skipped happily and looked at me with a cynical look, one that gave me a bad vibe instantly. I want you to shock them awake." I frowned confused at his words but thought nothing of it. yet again I was still half asleep. we got to the room and no doubt they were both snoring heavily, causing me an almost fit of hysteric laughter. "they're so fucking adorable." Rosh rolled his eyes. I sighed then got near them and spoke, "guys wake up I'm pregnant."

nothing.

Rosh gave me a straight glare, "what?" he crossed his arms and tapped his foot the way a stern mother does in the cartoons. "what was that???" I huffed, " you told me to shock them awake and I did that." Rosh face palmed so hard the sound echoed all the way to the hallways outside the room. I pouted a bit hurt at his actions. "nikki just do what I say." I nodded and he moved my hands to where my index fingers touched both Anna's and sheiks foreheads. i gave him a weirded out look but he ignored me, "i want you to feel a tiny little wave of energy flow through your finger tips and keep it small." I pressed my lips together in a tiny confused pout but did what he said. but instead of a tiny wave of energy I felt my entire arms go numb and get that weird tickling sensation you get when your arm falls asleep and instantly their pained screams filled the room.

"GAH NIKKI NOT THAT MUCH!" I felt Rosh pull me off of the poor couple wo seemed to be rolling in the bed as if they had just finished being tickled to death. "WHAT THE ACUTAL HELL REBECCA??!!" I squealed and hid behind Rosh as an angry Anna sat up completely pissed at the world. not just her but the ninja she was married to just looked at me with a look of both shock and 'you're going to regret this I swear' that almost made me piss myself. id hate to be their child to be honest. that's how scary they are. Rosh jumped happily "Yay you're awake now!!" sheik glared at Rosh, "I will kill you..." Rosh only laughed, "then get in line cuz there's a lot of others that are currently trying to do that." sheik growled annoyed and left to get ready for what ever it was leaving us with a feral looking Anna. let me remind you, Anna is NOT a morning person and the fact that her hands were currently engulfed in flames is really scaring me shitless right now. "so are we just going to forget I found out what my power was???" I squeaked behind Rosh. Anna hissed, " and are we going to forget you almost shocked me to death??" I squeaked and hid behind Rosh again who only laughed grabbing the small glass jar of water and poured it on the fiery woman making her flaming hands extinguish. "ROSH!!!"

before anything else happened I was pulled out of the room and was forced to run before anna had a chance to get back at us.

Volga's pov ****

"You're late principessa." Annareh rolled her eyes at me as she mounted the gray stallion with the shadow warrior following suit soon after. We briefly made eye contact and I could sense the hate and discomfort he felt and I couldn't help but chuckle. Rosh handed them both heavy black cloaks as he mounted his own chestnut stallion, "wear these, we don't want hunters after your skin now do we?" I laughed at his comment, "don't you already have hunters after you vampire?"

Rosh laughed, "aye but a strong vamp like myself can handle idiots with a bow and swords like kids playing ping pong." I saw Anna give rosh a look of pure shock and terror, "you're a what?!" Rosh laughed once again at her reaction, "a vampire little lady!" I heard the sheikah chuckle, "it makes sense now why Aaron called you a leech back then." Rosh scoffed at the mention of such term and after a while rode ahead to secure the area, leaving me alone with the now sleeping principessa and the shadow warrior. I did my best to ignore the glare that was being sent my way and it had come to a point where I would have none of it. I turned my horse blocking his path and gave him a stern look, " it would be time you got over that now boy. I have a dutie towards the dear principessa and I suggest you get rid of such childish behavior and learn to trust me if you want your dear lady to survive." He did nothing but scowl at me with massive amounts of hatred, "I'd rot in hell before trusting you..." anger filled me and a loud growl echoed in my throat, "this is not your choice. I will do as I wish and you have no say nor authority over me so get over it-"

"You either get away from her and the girls or I'll kill you. I'm not telling you twice."

At this point I could see him getting ready for a fight, completely ignoring the sleeping woman that laid against his chest. Very well if it's a fight he wants then it's a fight he'll get..

"Geez luis man that's a lot of hate!"

We both turned to see rosh giving us a stern look. If there's anyone in this group that does have authority over me and my respect it is rosh. With a sigh I moved forward leaving both of them behind me to where I could still hear them but was far enough to reduce the tension. I had no patience for a child's fit.

"so explain to me why we are leaving to esmera again?" I sighed trying my best to ignore him and heard Rosh answer, " Anna needs to see Athanasia, the ancient of time. plus I think it would be nice for you to meet your country." I snorted a bit at the way he mentioned his mate. his situation with her was rather amusing to see. "not my country and why does she need to see her?" I rolled my eyes. he seriously does not intend to neglect and ignore his duties now that he's married to Anna? what an irresponsible boy.. "you see, Anna needs to learn her craft and well whos best to teach her than neferrets shareh herself? trust me I want to see her as much as you do." I laughed getting both of their attention.

"not funny Volga! do you know how many times she's tried to kill me???" again a loud laughter echoed waking up a groggy princess. "please elaborate then Rosh. how many times did she try to kill you?" Rosh huffed, " ill have you know I don't remember at the time! I lost the count after 99...." I laughed ignoring Anna's confused questions demanding to be answered. I would enjoy seeing Rosh speak to her once again. Their banters were usually the best.

*************

Princess Zelda walked down her castle's hallways, having finished her daily duties at such a late hour. she walked alone, the soft piter patter of her light and gracefull footsteps being the only sound that echoed through the halls. the usual comfort she felt in her own home was gone and now replaced by a cold ominous feeling. the night seemed dangerous and darker than normal but its nothing new of course. its not like hyrules most wanted villians weren't sleeping under the same roof.  however, something was not right. as she walked she noticed a particular shadow that seamed to dance and shift but no light other than the soft moonlight was lighting the room. This was odd to see since the moon light was too soft to make a shadow dance that way. deciding to get closer and figure out what was going on she noticed that it was not a shadow but a petite figure of a woman. a woman she knew very well. at first glance you could say she was just looking out the window and into the moonlight, however this was not the case. her white night gown was shredded and the hems covered in dirt and grime. her delicate pale skin seemed dry and her arms and legs were covered in what looked to be blood and grime. her black hair looked messy and sticky and Zelda could only guess it was covered in the same grime and blood mix her hands and legs were.

"zaida what happened to you?" zaida slowly turned to her, her eyes glazed and emotionless Zelda could only guess she was in some sort of trance like state. she did not reply to her, only ignored her and continued to look at the soft silver smile of the night sky. again Zelda tried to get zaida to snap out of her trance like state but before she could speak a cold blade was placed against her throat. "tsk tsk.. your majesty shouldn't be awake this late at night.. hasn't your mother taught you to stay in bed during the witching hour?" confusion filled Zelda as she heard annas voice speak behind her. she could feel her breath warm the side of her neck and she realized this could not be her. yet it sounded like anna.. "who are you? what have you done to zaida?" the person hummed but refused to lower the blade keeping Zelda inmobile. "a little too clever aren't we?" she hummed again, her voice becoming both masculine and female at the same time. as if two people were talking in unison in an eerie tone. "killing you would do no good...however....."

"lord basius... the heir has left hyrule...." zaida's voice was barely audible, a small whisper that mingled with the soft breeze that entered through the window she was looking out of. 'no doubt she was in some sort of trance' Zelda thought, 'but how and why is she in that trance?' the person, err, man with Anna's appearance growled annoyed, " in that case..." she then looked at me, "your appearance would be better to use now but killing you would prove most unbeneficial... hmmm what to do what to do.." Zelda went rigid but kept as calm as she could, she had to convince it to let her live so that she could warn the others somehow but.. how? at this thought an idea sprung up and Zelda remembered all her manners and etiquette, " excuse me but is it not rather rude for you to decide if you should kill me or not that you have not properly introduced yourself? I would very much like to know at least the name of my killer." this got the persons attention quickly and a wicked laugh escaped her or his lips. in one quick move the Anna look alike stood in front of Zelda and her appearance began to change into that of a mans. eyes yellow and pupils slit like a serpent's, skin a pale olive green, slim but muscular build, raven blue short wild hair with two horns that resembled those of a goat. he had the most wickedest of smiles that sent a small wave of fear and uncomfort up Zelda's spine. sure she had been faced against Ganondorf and more evil men but this one gave off an animalistic vibe that not even Ganondorf himself let off and it terrified her to the core. with a small bow he spoke, "allow me to introduce my self your highness... I am basius the deceiver. one of Erebos' nine demonic generals. your murderer.."

Zaida turned to the two and spoke softly, "it would be troublesome if you killed her. she has valuable information. you should keep her quiet for now where no one can see her. she could be useful in the future." there. she saw it. Zelda saw the hint of life in zaidas eyes and knew she is not completely lost in the trance. shes fighting she could tell that much. basius nodded, "you are right dearest. but alas the witching hour is over and I am growing weary... you deal with her while I rest. this world is quiet tiresome." having said that he changed into a black dull mist and entered zaidas body as if it planned to take over her completely. she looked at me and sighed.

"a shadow you shall be and a shadow you shall remain. follow me and only me and disappear when there's need. no word shall you exchange with any mortal nor breath released onto this human world. this is my wish so mote it be."

it was as she said that Zelda became no more than a mere shadow, trapped to be no more.