Chapter Ten
“What?” shrieked Auralii. “You’re going to kill me?”
“Yes, Princess,” sneered Ganon. “Why do you think I was so lenient? Did you think that I let all my guests stay in those rooms? I thought that you should get a nicer room seeing as I would be killing you. You haven’t really pissed me off.”
“You are one sick little piggy.”
His eyes narrowed. “Don’t ever call me that again. If you do, I will make sure that you will live to see Link join me, and then I’ll have him kill you.” He turned to Loki, who had already sheathed the knife. Auralii noted that the blade was very dull and he had held it very lightly to her throat. “Loki!”
“Yes, Master?”
“Take this spoiled little brat to her room. Do not give her any breakfast, or dinner either.”
“Yes, Master.” He took Auralii by the arm and led her back to her room. Once they got there, Auralii plopped down on the bed.
“Loki, does Ganon need you right now?”
“No.”
“Sit with me. I want to talk with you.” He obeyed and sat beside her. “What was it like before Link created you?”
“I didn’t really exist. I was his shadow before, but then I was given a form.”
“But Link still has a shadow.”
“Yes. It’s more of a symbolic thing. It’s magical. All of his darkness and evil was taken from him and put into me. Then, I had a form and I fought him.”
“So, Link has no evil in him?”
“He didn’t have very much to begin with. But after I was defeated, he went back to normal. It’s not supposed to make sense.”
“Good, because I don’t get it.” They were silent for a while. “Loki, how do you know when Ganon needs you? I know he yells, but you’re not always within earshot.”
“The yelling is for show. I just know when he needs me.”
“Can I call for you, too?”
“Yes, if I’m not needed by my Master.”
“How can I call you?”
“Just say my name. No matter how soft you call, I will hear. I’m in the shadows.”
“Okay, thanks.”
“Why would you want to call for me?”
She sighed. “You’re almost a person. No one else down here is like a person. I’m getting lonely, and there’s nothing to do.” She sighed again. “I wish you were a real person.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m lonely! I’m stuck in here with no one to talk to. You’re here, but you’re not a real person.”
“If I’m here for you to talk to, why are you still lonely?”
“Because to make someone less lonely, you have to understand what loneliness is. You don’t because you have no feelings.”
“Is that why you want me to have feelings? So you are not lonely?”
She thought for a moment. “No. It’s just that you look like Link and Liam. They have emotion, and they express it all the time. It’s eerie to see their faces without emotion.”
He stood up. “My Master calls. Goodbye, Auralii.” He walked out of the room and locked the door.
Auralii sighed again. All I do now is sigh. I wonder why. Wow, that rhymes. I could be a poet, and my feet sure show it. Kalunera taught her that when she was ten. I just wish I could get out of here without Link giving himself up. But to do that, we’d need inside help. Once Link gives himself up, even when he’s still outside of the Evil Realm, there will be no way he could help me at all. I can’t escape on my own. Loki probably isn’t the strongest minion that Ganon has, and even he can restrain me. Plus, once they get Link, who cares if I die anyways? Once he gets Link, he’s going to take over the world, and he’ll probably kill us all. Auralii felt that these were appropriate thoughts for a bad day like today.
