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I lied in my bedroll, staring at the stars that peeked through the treetops. It was hard to think, especially with the colors all giggling and chattering about Dark.
‘You saw the way he towered over us?!’
‘Ahhhh, I would’ve thanked him for destroying us…’
‘His eyes were staring into us, like, holy Hylia, it was so intense… I kinda liked it…’
‘He’s sexy…’
My heart was already beating like crazy before, but now? I think it’s just about ready to fly out of my chest.
Suddenly, dark, shadowy tendrils surrounded my body as they wrapped around me, immobilizing me. I tried to call out to the others but as soon as I opened my mouth, the shadows covered it until eventually I was in a capsule of darkness, unable to see, hear or say anything.
When I was freed, I found myself in the middle of a tiny island surrounded by water, the only life being a large tree from behind me, the room misty and dark making it hard to see. I wanted to pull out my sword in order to defend myself but it had been left beside my bedroll. I was defenseless, I couldn’t even bring the colors out to help me.
“It seems I’ve caught just the mouse I wanted to catch!”
My heart stopped. Could it really be…?
I turned around and bumped my nose into dark cloth. I looked up and stared, crimson eyes staring into my soul. It seemed that I had fallen into his trap. Me, a helpless mouse and him, a hungry cat.
“D-dark…” I breathed out. I then remembered his reputation with the others and backed away, though it didn’t stop the hammering of my heart in my chest. “What do you want with me!” I shouted, hoping to make myself seem braver, or at least more dangerous. However, Dark just laughed, and I couldn’t help but swoon by the sound of it.
"Oh, dear hero, I don't want much from you. All I ask is…" He bowed and stuck a hand out in my direction before looking up at me and smirking flirtatiously. "May I have this dance?"
'Yes!' All the colors exclaimed at once.
I hesitated a moment before placing my hand inside of his. "S-sure."
Dark grabbed my hand tightly and twirled me around, making me dizzy. He then pulled me to his chest, my face heating up and likely turning a bright red. It was then that I noticed that our surroundings and even the clothes we were wearing had changed.
We were now in a well-lit ballroom filled with many partners waltzing together, all shadowy and wearing rather gothic and "villainous" attire with blacks, reds, violets and gold accents. Even the decorations matched, the curtains a velvet maroon held open with golden rings, the walls a dark reddish-brown, the flooring the lightest thing being a white marble speckled with gold and black. The chandelier glowed a bright red-orange that somehow brightened the large room.
I was no longer wearing my multicolored tunic but rather a white dress and gloves with tall, black, high-heeled boots. The dress had a corset that didn't feel very tight nor very loose and had sheer lace for the skirt and top part of it and a large bow on the neck. My hair was even tied up in a white ribbon. Meanwhile, Dark's outfit was a white tailcoat and gold tracing over the top and small, shimmering, ruby rhinestones, his brooch matching them. His undershirt, pitch black, giving him a sort of "Holy Villain" appearance.
Our hands intertwined and I held his shoulder with my other hand, just as Dot had done whenever we had to dance together for a formal party, while he placed his right hand on my waist.
Once we got into position, I started to hear the music play, a royal organ echoed through the room, several strings instruments such as a cello and violins. I looked for where the sound was coming from as we danced and found the band sitting on a slightly elevated surface. There was no one playing yet the music echoed through the room and the bows of the strings instruments moved.
' Interesting…'
"Hero, look at me."
I suddenly remembered who I was dancing with and felt my heart rate pick up as I stared into his piercing gaze.
"You're the first thing I've ever cared about in this entire cursed world." He twirled me around. "You're so similar to the others yet so, so different." I was pushed away before being pulled back against him. "You made me actually want to protect something for the first time."
The song came to an end and we stood still in front of each other.
"You're the greatest, most beautiful thing I've ever seen before. Thank you."
In an instant, he was gone, along with the music and the ballroom and I stood alone in the middle of the forest, the sun shining through the trees.
Wait… Sunlight?
' EVERYONE'S AWAKE! WE GOTTA GO!'
I jumped at Green's sudden shouting, spurring me to run to camp as quickly as I could.
When I arrived, I found that everything had been packed up and most of the group were missing, the only ones still at camp being Hyrule, Sky and Wild, who had his Sheikah slate out and was scrolling through his items.
'They're probably looking for us…' Vio informed.
I felt guilty for leaving suddenly but I mean… It wasn't my fault, it was Dark's.
"Hey, guys…" I called out.
Once again I had people flocking to me, asking questions about my well being, this time being Hyrule and Sky rather than Wind and Twilight. Wild stayed behind and I'm sure I heard him calling Wind on the slate.
"Where have you been! We've been here for half the day searching for you!"
"I-uh…"
"You suddenly disappeared last night when Sky went on watch! Are you hurt or anything?"
"Well, um.."
"Were you kidnapped?"
"Well, in a way-"
"Was it Dark Link?"
"Y-Yes…?"
"Oh Hylia."
"Damn…"
Wild finally walked over to us, much calmer than the other two were.
"The others are coming back soon." He announced calmly, though his eyes stared at me in disappointment, almost like Time would if he were here. "In the meantime, Four, can you explain why you look like you just came from a ball?"
I looked down to see what he meant and saw that 'Oh… We're still wearing the dress…'
"It's a long story…"
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The group slowly got back together, Time and Legend giving me a lecture about how I "Shouldn't dance with darks or trust them because they're Good for nothing evil-doers and will kill you at any given moment" and "yadda yadda dark bad" and such. I didn't listen much nor did the colors because all we could think of was the dance and how charming and graceful Dark was when dancing and 'Calm down, they're gonna lecture us again!'
No matter what the others say, I will never be able to get over this crush. And if it kills me, so be it.
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I watched the heroes from the shadows. Well, more specifically, the hero of the Four Sword. He truly did have a way of getting dark beings to bend to his will, first being that shadow of his and now he's gotten me under his spell as well. Such a curious one he is…
"He's kind of cute, I suppose…"