Fan Fiction ❯ Janus ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

A\N: It's been a while since I've written, ne? I had a major dry-spell in the fic department because Cyra, my muse, thinks fanfiction is a waste of time. Fortunately I just got a new muse for fanfics, and she immediately popped out two LoZ:OoT fic ideas! Lucky you! ^_^ I hope to get back to "The Fragile Web" soon too.

Shonia has a wonderfully twisted taste in plots and likes emotional torture...let's just hope she doesn't do what Malysa did and decide to torture me by not letting me write.

Shonia: I wouldn't do that! ^_^ I prefer to torture bishis! ^_~

Raevynn: Are you saying I'm not bijo?

Shonia: Of course not! ^_^ Perish the thought! ^_^

Raevynn: That "Mildly Evil" Eriol-ish look you're wearing is very disturbing, you know.

Shonia: ^_^

Janus

Prologue

She stared at the canopy of her bed for what seemed like hours, not knowing what had awakened her. The soft moonlight illuminated the diaphanous violet fabric of her bed curtains so that they seemed ethereal.

A frosty breath of wind from the window made her shiver even through her down comforter. Reluctantly she got up from her bed, took the pale blue robe from the hook on the wall and put it on as she went to shut the window. Once the latch was set once more, she turned, rubbing her arms through the robe to warm them, and started back toward her bed. As she was about to get back into bed, a glimpse in the long mirror set into the wall next to her stopped her in her tracks.

Rather than her own reflection, she saw the reflection of a young man dressed in a blue, gray, and white body suit with the red emblem of an eye on his chest. Eyes, red like embers, bore into hers accusingly from a finely featured face surrounded by corn-silk hair that fell to his chin in the front and shorter in the back.

She gasped and one of her hands rose to her mouth; the reflection did not move.

"Give it back..." the reflection whispered. "Please give it back to me..."

"What...what do you mean?" she asked.

"Give it back... My life... My love... My freedom... Give it back to me!"

"I don't understand!"

"Give it back!!!" The reflection slammed his fists against the glass of the mirror imprisoning him. "Give it back!!!" A spiderweb of cracks began to spread across the mirror. "GIVE IT BACK!!!" The mirror shattered and his arms reached out, icy hands closing on her throat...

She woke up screaming.

"Zelda!"

She was hyperventilating, dizzy; she slowly turned her head to her bedroom door, to see Link there, flanked by two of her personal guard. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that her mirror was intact.

"What happened!?" The young man hurried to her side.

Making a conscious effort to slow her breathing, Zelda managed to gasp out; "It...it is nothing...just a...a nightmare..."

The princess felt her Hero of Time's hands on her shoulders, a steadying warmth. She was grateful for it.

"Was it a vision?" he asked seriously.

She hesitated before replying; "No, only a dream." She sighed and leaned against his chest, feeling safe in his strong arms. "Only a dream..."

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A/N: Well, there's the prologue, didn't take long to write, more soon (sooner if I get a few reviews)!

Review onegai shima~su! ^_^