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The Story of a Shadow: chap 4

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The Story of a Shadow
Chapter IV
Dead man

     Dark wasted no time studying farms and animals, and as soon as he knew what he thought was enough, he headed for Lon Lon ranch. It was evening and Dark guessed they would be eating dinner, which reminded him of how hungry he was. As a shadow he didn’t need to eat. (which was a good thing being locked up in a room for so long) but he had not eaten since…ever. And he was starting to feel dizzy. Sure enough the smell of food lingered outside the house. Dark, having not ever really eaten before in his life, had no clue what the smell was, but only knew that it made his stomach hurt more. Being the rude and obnoxious person that he was, he knocked on the door. He heard a “what in tarnation” and a “daddy sit down” Then the door opened, with Malon’s kind smile meeting Dark.


     “It’s you.” She said warmly, but Dark could tell she was surprised to see him. “come on in.” She opened the door to the house and Dark walked in, dazed by the sent in the room.
     “Would you like something to eat?” Malon asked, gesturing to an empty seat by hers. Dark nodded appreciably and sat down across from the owner of the ranch, Talon.
     “What do we have hear.” Talon said
     “Dark. My names Dark.” He said sitting down. The food looked like a cucco and there was a large picture of milk.
     “Dark, eh? Funny name you got there.” Talon frowned. In the corner of his eye Dark saw Malon give him a worried glance.
     “Well you can’t always judge a person by his name, Talon.” Talon gave him a suspicious look.
      “No, I reckon not. Well Malon get, Dark here some food.” Malon set down a big plate of roasted cucco and pored him a glass of milk.
     “It’s not much, but it works for three.” She said.
     “Three?”
     “Ingo, He works for daddy during the night. He’s in the stable now I think.” Dark listened carefully as Malon told him about life at the ranch. She seemed to open up to him like she had known him forever, but Dark guessed that was just a part of her kind hearted nature.
     Dark gobbled down the meal, almost chocking on it. He had never known the pleasure of food, and he liked it. Then Talon began to ask him questions.
    

      “So what brings you out here this time of night?”  Dark thought for a moment, careful of what to say.
     “I need a horse.” Was what he came up with. Talon nodded as Dark told him what kind of horse he needed, sounding very much professional
     “I reckon we can hook you up with something. But it wouldn’t be cheap.”
     Dark bit his lip and frowned. “Well actually I don’t have any rupees.”
     “Well then, you have a slight problem on your hands.” Talon said, not sounding to concerned.
     “Maybe we can give him a break, daddy.” Malon spoke up. Talon frowned at his daughter.
    “Them horses don’t come cheap, Malon. I can’t jus’ be given them away.” Thinking quickly Dark decided to bargain. “I’ll work for the horse.” He declared. Now Talon was frowning at Dark.
     “You wanna do that? It’ll take a lot of work to pay for a horse. It’s no easy job, working on a ranch.”
     “I’ll do anything you ask.” He said with determination.
     “He can work the afternoons with me.” Added Malon. Talon sat up from his chair.
     “Malon, can I speak with you outside for a sec?”  Malon nodded and then smiled at Dark
     “We’ll be right back.” Malon barley had enough time to finish her sentence as her father yanked her out the door..

     “Malon, don’t be getting to friendly with him. He may look like Link, but there’s something strange about that boy, and I don’t trust him.”
     Malon rolled her eyes “Daddy, give him a chance! He might turn out to be a good guy and a hard worker.” Talon frowned
     “Yeah well maybe. But he’s also gonna take morning shifts with me. And when he does afternoons with you, you don’t go anywhere alone with him okay?” Malon hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. “Thanks daddy.”
     “Yeah well don’t be thanking me yet…not yet.”




     Dark arrived the next morning bright and early. Since he had nowhere to go, Dark slept under a tree right outside of the ranch. He had a funny feeling that Talon didn’t trust him much, so he wasn’t about to ask to sleep in the same house as them.
     Dark met Talon outside in the horses field. He seemed happy to see Dark. ‘But that could all be a charade.’ thought Dark. Talon put Dark right to work, cleaning the stables, brushing the horses, feeding the cuckoos  and milking the cows. And by the time 11’o clock came around Dark was burnt out. Malon came out to the cuckoos feeding grounds where Dark and Talon were to give them a lunch break.
     “You catch on mighty fast, there Dark.” Talon said as he bit into his sandwich. Dark wiped his forehead with his hand and smiled at the complement.
     “Uh, yeah my dad was a rancher, too,” He lied. “I spent a lot of time helping him when I was younger.”
     “Is that so?” Talon said, impressed. He took another bite of his sandwich and looked down at his plate. Then he looked back at Dark and swallowed “I miss judged you, Dark. You seem like a hard working, honest man.” Dark choked down his sandwich and smiled in appreciation.
      “And I’m gonna make it up to you by doubling your salary.”
Dark’s smile grew wider. “Thank you, sir.”
     “And, if you like, after you buy your horse you might think about working here permanently. We could use a strong hand around here.”
    Dark was a little shocked by his words “Oh, wow. That’s..wow.”
     “Don’t say yes or no now, just think it over until you’re done with the debt then we can talk.” Dark nodded then went back to eating.



     So Dark worked his hardest to earn Talons respect and Malon’s favor. He worked humbly in the morning and during the afternoons he tried to woo Malon with Zelda’s advice, careful not to be a muscle bond thug without a brain, or a wishy washy girly man. Dark got along with Malon a lot. During his work hours with her they would talk about just about everything. The only one who didn’t take to Dark very well was Ingo, who took the night shifts. He never said much to Dark, but he could feel the man glaring at him when he was around Malon. He would notice Ingo spying on them a lot and wondered if there was something weird going on or this was just Talons way of keeping an eye on them.



     
     When Malon came out with there lunch that afternoon Dark had a bunddle of flowers behind his back, when she handed him his lunch he pulled out the flowers and handed them to her.
    "Here." He said with a dumb smile. Malon took the the flowers hesitently.
   "Thanks." She smiled.
    "Smell them."
    Malon bent her face into the flowers and Dark could tell her smile was strained. She took a short sniff and smiled the strained smile. Dark gave her a worried frown, then she sneezed.
    "I'm sorry, Dark. It was a nice offer but I'm alergic to these flowers.
    "Oh. sorry, here let me take them..." Dark reached for the flowers clumsly and accedently shoved them towards Malon The flower polen got him her eyes and she held her hands to her eyes.
    "ow, ow ow."
Dark reached for the water she brought out. "Here, let me wash it out." But he was shaking so bad and his hands slipped and the water spilled all over her dress. Dark looked at her, stunned. "Malon, I'm sorry." He pleaded. Malon waved a hand at him, keeping the other over her eyes and headed for the house. Dark followed behind.

     Malon grabbed a wash cloth and ran some water over it, she soaked each eye and when she was done, both of hers eyes where red and swollen. She sat down across from Dark, a new dry towel in her hands. She tried to soak up the water on her dress. Dark fumbled with his hands as he tried to think of something to say. Then he bluted out; "At least your chest looks nice wet." He stopped as he saw Malon's face turn to shock.
    "No that's not what I meant, I think your chest looks nice dry, too." This time Malon's jaw dropped.
"Are you feeling well, Dark maybe you need to go home and rest." Her voice was slightly irratated. Dark stood up.
  "Ye, yeah we should sleep togther." Dark flinched as he realized what he said. "I mean we each should get some sleep." Malon nodded but Dark didn't see, he was walking like a robot quickly out of the ranch. when he was out of her sight, he relaxed a little and let out a heavy sigh, smacking himself on the inside.
   



     The next day Talon and Ingo had gone to the market to deliver a huge shipment of milk and eggs, leaving Malon and Dark alone. After what had happened the day before Dark had decided that Zelda's idea was a bunch of horse droppings, and he decided to take a more "Manly" approach. Using the afternoon heat as an excuse, Dark lifted his shirt off and tossed it aside, he also took off his hat.
     “It’s hot out here.” He said, using child like innocence. Malon just nodded and Dark noticed that she was trying her hardest not to look down at Dark‘s chest, her face was completely focused on his face. Dark sat down in a grassy spot after she handed him his lunch and motioned for her to sit next to him. Instead, she sat across from him. Dark kept his eyes on her and smiled as he contiued to eat his sandwich. Malon shifted uncomfortably. “You’re acting strange today, are you well?”
     “Fine.” He said using a more sensual tone. Malon smiled nervously but said nothing.


     When they were done eating Malon was a bit more quiet then most days. She didn’t say anything as they began a special task of giving the cows a weekly medicine.
     “Would you go get the medicine bottles, Dark? They’re in the shed”  She asked.
     “Yeah sure.” He said and walked to the shed where the cows were held at night. The medicine bottles where on the top shelf and Dark had no touble reaching them. As he was about to go, he saw the lock on the door. He smiled and put the bottles behind a crate of Lon Lon milk . This was more like him, he was used to this. Dark stuck his head half way out of the door and called to Malon.


     “Malon, I can’t find the bottles.”  Malon turned to the direction of Dark.
     “They should be in there, just keep looking.” She called back.
     “Can’t you come help me look?” he said desperately. Malon looked around as if to see if someone was watching, then she stared to walk to the shed, her face was tense and nervous. Dark went back in before Malon came and stood off to the side. When she entered, Dark shut the door quietly and pretended to look for the medicine. Malon looked in the spot on the shelf then quickly found them where Dark had hidden them.
     “There right here you dope.” She said turning around with the box of medicne in her hands, Dark was right behind her and shrugged. Then he took the bottle crate from her and set them aside on another crate.
     “Just a minute.” He said as he looked at her. The ranch girl began to back away from this person, she drew her arms up to her chest.


     “Did I tell you how beautiful you look today.” Dark smiled.
    “Tha..thank you, Dark” She said as she backed up against the door. She slid one hand down to the door nob and trided giggling it. It was locked.
     “I have a confeesion to make, Malon.” He said getting closer
     “Oh really?” She half smiled and tryed  to move away  from the door, but when she did Dark slammed both his hands on the door close to each side of her face.
     “I like you, Malon” He said moving his face in closer. Malon sighed nervously
    “I think you’re cool , too Dark.”
      Dark frowned “You know what I mean.”
     “Dark, your scarying me, please.” She begged
     “I can’t control this any longer, Malon. I love you so much. Please say you love me too.”
    “Dark, I can’t… I don’t.” She tried to push him away, but Dark moved his hands from the wall and grabbed Malon’s arms and held them up. Malon screamed for help and thrashed her legs. Dark worked defencivly and was careful not to get kicked in the spot he had when he faught Link.


     “Dark, if you love me you wont do this!” She pleaded, and for a moment Dark stopped and pulled him self back. Malon wiggled her arms out of Darks grasp and ran to the other side of the room. Dark turned around in a daze and faced Malon. Suddenly Dark heard a crash and was knocked aside from the force of the door being knocked in.
     “I knew it!” Yelled an angry Talon, he aimed his pich fork at Dark, who was holding his arm in pain from the door. Malon raced from behind a milk crate to her father.
     “Are you ok?” He asked, not taking his eyes off Dark, who didn’t move.
     “Yes.”
     “Get inside your room and lock your door.” The angry rancher ordered. Malon ran out the door glancing at Dark in pain. Dark looked away in shame.
     “I knew I couldn’t trust you!” Said Talon, raising his pich fork closer to Dark. “Get out of this ranch! And if I ever see you come back, you’ll be a dead man.”
welcome to chapter three!!! I have a lot to say but you don't have to read all of it. But I do suggest reading things in Bold (if there ever is any)


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SPOILERS!!!!!! PLEASE READ CHAPTER 4 FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I think this chapter was okay....Dark just made a jerk of himself in just two days, but hey...you knew it was comming, right? can't just have a happy ending right away. Maybe I got a little carried away with the sugestiveness but I DID say you shouldn't read it if you're under ummmmm 13. something like that.

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I'm too worried to keep reading!