A/N: The used picture is from lychi at Deviantart and the picture is simply named as Zelda. I have the rights to use it for my stories.

This is part of my CaH Saga. =)

This story is also part of my "100 uploads for the year 2017". The current count is 50 and going downwards. So, we're halfway there! =D And since I wanted to give something special to mark the midway of uploads, I thought best to give bit more light to Dark's past. ;)

Enjoy of the story! =D

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Origins of Dark Link

Chapter 1: Chamber of Sages

The Temple of Light had many platforms within it but only eight of them were fully used. The Chamber of Sages was where the Sages of Hyrule met and talked about how to help Hyrule to stay in the era of peace. Each of the seven Sages had their own areas too where they could be on their own and contact their kind. The Chamber of Sages was special since those whom met at there could hear each other's thoughts as it was meant to be fully open and without secrets.

The six Sages often spend time in the Chamber of Sages for the sake of company. The seventh Sage, Princess Zelda, rarely visited the Temple of Light as she had different duties than the other Sages. She was the one whom made sure that the chosen actions of the other Sages were put into use.

Each of the platforms inside the Temple of Light were in the shape of a hexagon. Yet, only the Chamber of Sages had the mark of a Triforce in middle with six platforms slightly raised up from the floor. These six had the same design as their respective Temples and Sages were given. The seven platforms around the Chamber of Sages had each only one of the six platforms to indicate whose area it was. The seventh platform had the emblem of Hyrule which meant the picture of a red bird flying towards the Triforce.

The six Sages rarely spied on the Hero of Time. They knew that the Hylian male would do as was right and without hesitation. They also knew that the dark Hylian whom was often found close of the Hero wasn't any of threat either. In fact, the six persons simply wished to help him rather than judge him for things that weren't his fault.

The time never showed any of movement in the Temple of Light unlike in Hyrule. And it was nighttime when the six Sages brought a screen up into middle of the Chamber of Sages. The surprising thing was that the picture in was clear to each of the viewers without overlapping of any kind. The screen was showing life video from one of the rooms of Hyrule Castle. That specific room was the one which the Hero of Time shared with the dark Hylian. The two males were asleep but the dark Hylian seemed to sleep restlessly.

"Shouldn't Zelda be here too considering the topic?" The oldest of the Sages inquired while glancing at his comrades. Rauru, the Sage of Light, was partly like the leader of the six as Princess Zelda, the seventh Sage, was the main leader of all Sages.

Impa, the Sage of Shadows, shook her head. "No. She had more important things to do." She started calmly while keeping her gaze in the screen instead of looking around. "Besides, she already has told to me that she did see the Shadow back when she and the Hero were mere children. It was the Shadow that shocked her. Not Link being there." The Sheikah explained even though she was certain of others having already guessed it.

The Zora Queen Ruto nodded. "I can understand that."

Nabooru, the Sage of Spirit, looked around with a raised eyebrow before sighing a bit. "So, I have gotten the impression that the Shadow should've been there when Link came to the Spirit Temple for the first time. Right?" The Gerudo partly inquired but mainly searched for confirmation for her suspicions.

The rest of the Sages nodded. "The Shadow was taken by the time Link came to you." Rauru told bit sorrowfully.

The Goron, Darunia, slammed his hands against his platform quite strongly. The sudden and loud sound startled his comrades. "How did that happen?" The Sage of Fire asked in slight anger.

Rauru sighed and shook his head sorrowfully. "I don't know. Sadly, I didn't see it happen." He answered while, without bringing the thoughts into his own mind, wondered if there could've been anything he could've done to prevent it from happening.

"Zelda didn't see it either but I think she'd blame Ganondorf for it." Impa spoke calmly with a hint of a sorrow in her voice. She remember to have been more interested of getting Zelda away from Ganondorf that she had just barely noticed Link and his Shadow at the field back then.

Ruto crossed her arms over her chest and spoke bit defiantly: "I doubt the Shadow was much around even when Link started the quest."

Saria, the child of forest, sighed and dropped her gaze down. "You're right." The Sage of Forest started quietly before raising his gaze into the screen. "The Shadow had been lost from Link's sight by then. This is why Navi accompanied Link." She confirmed sorrowfully.

Darunia nodded while reminiscing about the first time he had met Link. "I remember having seen the Shadow but… You're right. Link didn't seem to acknowledge him. And that was pretty strange if you ask from me." He told with a slight frown, having calmed down by now.

Ruto nodded and thought back to the time she had trapped herself inside of Lord Jabu Jabu. "I remember that too." She started calmly with a slight frown. "The Shadow was pretty much screaming at Link every now and then. I recall having often glared at the Shadow and flinched at his sudden shouts but Link didn't seem to hear him at all." The Zora explained and slightly shivered at the memory.

Saria sighed and slumped a bit. "I think the fault's Mido's. He and Link took up on a bet and because of that he lost the sight of the Shadow." She explained while remembering how Link treated the Shadow back then.

Rauru nodded sorrowfully. "Kids can be so cruel sometimes." He half whispered sorrowfully.

Saria shook her head with a slight frown. "I think it was more of jealousy from both sides than cruelty."

Ruto rolled her eyes as the topic didn't really interest her. "Either way, it doesn't change the truth." She stated bit harshly.

"How far did the Shadow follow Link?" Darunia inquired and glanced around the area.

"He wasn't with him by the time he came to Shadow Temple." Impa answered while racking her brains in search of even slight notion of the dark Hylian.

Darunia sighed and nodded. "Nor was he at the Fire Temple." He answered while wondering if the Shadow could've restored Volvagia's sanity.

Saria's gaze stayed in the restlessly sleeping dark Hylian. "I didn't see him at the Forest Temple either." She answered sorrowfully.

Ruto sighed sorrowfully while slowly having fully forgiven the dark Hylian with time. "I guess something happened after he got the Zora's Sapphire." She concluded for the group.

Rauru nodded and slightly frowned. "He wasn't there when Link woke up in here. He wasn't even there when Link pulled the Master Sword out of its resting place." He explained while recalling the moment.

Impa took once a deep breath and tried to keep her voice strong but a slight hint of sorrow was still there: "Sheik told about a Shadow at Ganon's Castle."

Saria turned her gaze into the Sheikah. "Do you think that…?" She started without daring to finish her inquiry.

Impa didn't meet the Sage of Forest's gaze. "I didn't make the connection back then but yes… I it was the Shadow that accompanied Link all the way until he reached the Master Sword." She answered while wishing she could've changed the past.

Nabooru frowned while slightly dreading to bring her inquiry up. "Do you guys think things could've been better if the Shadow had accompanied Link fully or if things are better this way?" Her first notion of the dark Hylian was from the Shadow Incident not so long ago.

Rauru shrugged and chose his words carefully. "It's hard to say but things might have had different way if the Shadow hadn't left Link." He answered but slightly cursed inwardly for the unintended accusation within his words.

Unfortunately the Sage of Forest noticed the claim in the man's answer. "I don't think he left Link willingly." Saria replied while feeling the need to defend the dark Hylian.

Rauru sighed and dropped his gaze down in shame. "I doubt that too, Saria." He answered and raised his gaze into the youngest Sage. "I didn't mean to accuse him of anything. I'm sorry if it came out like that." The Sage of Light continued. Saria blushed slightly but simply nodded while accepting the apology.

"So, who took the Shadow?" Darunia inquired while wanting to pinpoint the moment of kidnapping. "As far as we've figured out, he was already taken before Link reached the Master Sword." He started with a slight frown.

"But he was there when Zelda threw the Ocarina of Time." Impa continued while narrowing the time gap quite a much.

"So, something happened between your and Zelda's escape and the Temple of Time." Nabooru confirmed and everyone nodded. "That leaves quite a short moment since it's not a long run from the gate of Market to the Temple of Time." She more or less stated out.

Rauru sighed sorrowfully. "I just wonder what it was and if it could've been prevented." He told while wondering what could've such trouble to have lost the Shadow on that road.

"Between the gate and Temple of Time were only Ganondorf and his monsters." Impa stated out bit harshly. "Any of those could've been the cause of the loss. I don't know how they could've done it but I wouldn't put it past the King of Evil." She concluded and the rest of the Sages nodded.

The six persons fell silent for a moment but the Chamber of Sages echoed with thoughts as they tried to figure out what could've happened back then. In the end, everyone fell into one idea. The fault was Ganondorf's. One way or another.

Eventually Saria sighed and broke the slowly forming silence. "It's just sad that the Shadow doesn't seem to remember the time he shared with Link." She half whispered while watching the sleepers in the screen. The Hero of Time was still sleeping calmly while the dark Hylian's night continued to be restless.

Darunia nodded with a sorrowful smile. "Link doesn't seem to recall it either." He answered while feeling bit bad for the duo.

"Maybe it's for the best." Impa stated surprisingly calmly. "At least for now." She continued in a quiet whisper without fully being certain of her words standing true.

Nabooru nodded with a kind smile. "They seem to have gotten quite close." She commented while watching the sleeping Hylians. "And that's a good thing. The Shadow is a Hero of his own accord." The Sage of Spirit told and most of the other Sages nodded.

Ruto felt bit uncertain of the Gerudo woman's words. She had to admit that her crush on the Hero was slightly hindering her thoughts of the dark Hylian. "Gotta admit you're right, Nabooru." The Sage of Water started and slightly shrunk under the gaze of her comrades. "The Shadow has done lot of good already." The Zora continued much to her own surprise.

Nabooru nodded while wishing she didn't get too close of the hard situation that happened not so long ago. "And he cleared the Shadow Incident quite amazingly too." She told and felt slight relief when Ruto nodded slowly but her relief was short lived.

"As far as I'm concerned, the Shadow Incident could've been avoided." The Zora Queen stated bit cruelly. Even if the dark Hylian wasn't at fault, she still partly blamed him for her father's death.

Rauru turned his bit stern gaze into the Sage of Water. "But only if the Shadow hadn't been taken." He stated with slight finality in his voice. Ruto simply turned her gaze away from the old man. "Even if Link wouldn't see him, the Shadow would've been of great help for him." The Sage of Light continued while still looking at the Zora.

Ruto snorted bit angrily but she couldn't deny the truth behind Rauru's words. "I guess you got a point in that…" She eventually grumbled and turned her gaze into the screen. Soon she smirked a bit and got the other Sages bit wary of her plans. "Well then, how about we bit aid the Shadow, hmm?" The Sage of Water half inquired without waiting for an answer.

Ruto already pointed her hand towards the screen while still talking. Before anyone could've said a word, she already called out her power and shot a watery blue light into the picture. As the strike hit the wall, it started to create waves. After those waves had spread and touched the rest of the screens, the picture started to zoom in towards the dark Hylian's head. But, as it did that, it also was getting blurrier before slowly starting to clear off.

"Is this Link's memory I'm seeing?" The words echoed around the Chamber of Sages. "But… If that's the case… Why does this feel right?" The confusion was clear in the dark Hylian's words. Soon after the screen's picture came into view. The dark Hylian was only a child, maybe around six or seven years old and he was standing in one of the clearings in the Lost Woods. Saria was there with him while offering him her Ocarina.

"Play something for me." The girl of forest requested with a kind smile. The dark Hylian hesitated while looking from the instrument into the girl's eyes and back to the instrument.

"Y-you can see me?" The question was brought out bit startled with both shock and curiosity. The girl didn't answer but she offered the Ocarina even more to him.

Everyone watched the small scene quite intrigued but Saria gulped once. "Seems like I was wrong about him not remembering…" She half whispered while clearly remembering that day. And once again feeling bad of having done nothing to prevent Link from losing the sight of the Shadow.

"I think it's time." Impa stated calmly while keeping her gaze in Saria after the youngest Sage had spoken. Saria sighed bit sorrowfully and nodded. The rest of the Sages glanced from Saria into Impa and back in full confusion.

"Time for what?" Ruto asked bit impatiently. She didn't like even one bit of being left outside of the knowledge two of her comrades seemed to have.

Saria took once a deep breath and looked at the Sages she held as her friends. "To let the Shadow know of his past." She simply stated before sighing and turning her gaze back into Impa. "I just wish Nogard would've allowed this long ago." The Sage of Forest said bit sorrowfully.

Impa nodded but she didn't fully agree with the child of forest's words. "The dragon's right, Saria." The Sage of Shadow started calmly. "It was too early. Memories told by others are different to memories regained back by one's own time. The simple difference is that the memories might contradict with each other and leave the person confused of what's the true version of the past. And, most of all, if the person whom told of the past time was intentionally lying or if it was just simply the way the other one remembers it." She explained and Saria nodded slowly as she thought the words through.

"I guess you're right." The Sage of Forest agreed with a small smile. After that she stood up and looked around the platform. "I'll go fetch him and the Hero. We'll meet at the Sacred Meadow." She planned out and the rest of the Sages nodded. They all were curious to see how things would go and how much their input was needed to help the Shadow with his memories. One by one the Sages opened a portal into Hyrule. Saria's one led her into the yard of Hyrule Castle while others took the Sacred Meadow as their destination.