Heart of Darkness, Chapter 1: Heart of a Hero

Hello peoples of fanfiction I'm here to bring you a LOZ story that will make you laugh, cry and weep, alright maybe that's way too exaggerated but still give my a story a chance I promise I won't disappoint you… I hope.

Alright I'll stop rambling now sooo, without further ado enjoy!


Link, Hero of Twilight in all his Hylian glory was splattered across his bed snoring the day away this was one of Links greatest hobbies… sleeping in, that is until a figure stepped into his room and stared in disbelief at the sleeping Hylian a smile creped itself upon the figures face as it shook its head. It stepped into the room and approached the sleeping Hylian it stood over him and placed its hands on its hips 'how can he still be asleep at 3 in the afternoon?' the figure asked itself, it approached the curtains that were shut making the room almost pitch black and parted them aside letting the sunlight flood into the room. Link groaned in annoyance and hid his face under the pillow to block out the sunlight the figure at the window now revealed to be the princess of Hyrule. She pouted and crossed her arms and tapped her boot on the floor in annoyance seeing the other Hylian making no effort in waking up, she walked up to the hero and pulled the blankets and pillows off the bed and he just cured up into a ball groaning. "Link come on it's time to get up sleepy head" she said poking the hero on the side,

"No uh, uh good dream" he responded wiggling around in the bed.

"Link did you forget you have training today at four remember," she said placing her hands on her hips and leaning over the glare at him, He opened his eyes to see the princess looking down at him and then hit him like a ton of bricks how could he have forgotten.

"Holy shhh…." He didn't finish the sentence and Zelda returned to glare at him, "I forgot thanks for reminding me whoo, were would I be without you" he responded rubbing the back of his head and laughing nervously.

"Hm let me think most likely laying in a ditch somewhere face down on the ground… dead," she responded tapping her index finger on her chin and he pretended to be offended and gasped obnoxiously and she just playfully rolled her eyes. "Alright get dressed and meet me in the mess hall you idiot," she finished giving him a playful shove and leaving the room she gave him a warm smile before she closed the door. He just sighed and got his hero's tunic out of the closet and changed out of his night wear. It had been three weeks since the whole twilight war incident ended and Link defeated the evil tyrant and restored the world, after his tearful goodbye to Midna, Zelda had a proposal for him if he wanted to join the Hyrulian army. That and also Link became Zelda's personnel body guard he ranked up quickly however and was already in charge of training the new recruits of Hyrule knights. He steeped out of his room and yawned and made his way down the long hall until he game across a large set of double doors, he opened the doors to see Zelda sitting at the end of a large table with a stack of papers next to her. He approached and sat at the chair to her right watching her finish signing a paper and placed it in the large stacks of paper, "Sooo, tell me your highness why does everything need your approval before it can be taken into action?" he asked stretching.

"Believe me Link I really wish it wasn't like this things could get annoying sometime, but that's the way it's been in the Hyrule royal family for generations now. And apparently for the sake of the kingdom I must assured that nothing that can disrupt the peace be allowed, however now I have my personal assistant to help me" she finished with a giggle and placed her hand on Links.

"Hey wait a minute I thought I was your bodyguard not assistant when did this happen," he said standing up and crossing his arms,

"As of now I order you to be so and as my bodyguard you have and obligation to obey my every command," she said to him in a mocking tone while Link just pointed an accusing finger at her,

"You're abusing your power to much woman!" he said as he headed towards a small door near the middle of the room, "so what would her highness like for breakfast today hm?" he said with a smirk.

"Link… its Lunch time" she said pinching the bridge of her nose,

"I knew that but this is my breakfast time so we're having breakfast" he said and entered the kitchen. Zelda just sighed and relaxed a little she still had a lot of paper work to get through and not to mention, attending those boring meetings with nobles and royal pricks as Link calls them. And almost every little girl thinks it's a dream being a princess but whoo boy are they wrong Zelda living anything but the dream, the only little joy Zelda has now a days his having Link around he never fails to bring a smile to her face. He came out of the kitchen moments later with two bowls of soup and placed one in front of her with a cup of tea,

"I though we were going to have breakfast" she questioned him with a mischievous smile on her face.

"You wanted Lunch! Make up your mind" he said throwing his arms in the air and sat down with a pout, Zelda just giggle and leaned in and kissed him on the cheek and he turned a little pink.

"Your wish is my command" he said rubbing his cheek slowly which made Zelda giggle even more, "Oh you're going to love this it's the soup Yeto taught me to make" he said picking up his spoon and dipping it in the soup. She was amazed at the taste she knew Link learned a lot from his travels she never imagined cooking would be one of them, "so, when is the announcement going to be made" he asked suddenly raising his hand to show her his engagement ring. She looked down at her hand to look at her engagement ring and tapped it with her index finger,

"In due time Link there's always a time and place for everything" she responded placing her hand on his and giving him a comforting smile, Not long afterwards that Link moved to the castle they began to have feeling for each other, But knowing she was a princess and he a commoner he never confessed. Until they day she told him she was actually affectionate of him they stared dating in secret, and not long after that Link proposed the nobles and councilors knew but if Link marries he was not to be king but Zelda's consort that was the only way they could marry. They of course agreed becoming king was never Links ambition which actually came as a shock he'd turn down such a post, and of course the announcement hasn't been made public yet which Zelda said it will happen when the time is right. He really loved Zelda but publicly announcing it had the hero of courage nervous after that day all off Hyrule would know, he actually wanted to go back to Ordon to a peaceful life again but he'd also give it all up for Zelda besides living in a castle is not so bad.

After Lunch Link headed outside to start the training of the soldiers that were arriving and he approached with a grin on his face, while Zelda stayed in there finishing up on the paperwork the last one that came up was the planning of the ball in which their engagement would be made public. She sighed and looked at the ring on her finger marring Link would be like a dream come true to her she smiled while looking down at it, she stood up and headed towards a balcony overlooking the backyard to see Link train the solders but as she got closer she heard laughter. She stepped out and saw all the men laughing and spotted Link leaning on a shoulder of one of them laughing hysterically and then one of them spotted her, when they all noticed her they stood in a formal pose but Link failed to notice as he continued laughing "and then a unicorn walks into a bar" he said. But the solder in front of him cleared his throat and motioned behind Link with his head he turned and saw the princess glaring down at him, his smile instantly faded and he cleared his throat "so you maggots think you got what it take to join the Hyrule army well let me tell you something right now your in a world of hurt!" He yelled at them walking back and forth with his hands behind his back,

"She's gone sir" one of the solders inform Link and he just sighed.

"I'm sooo gonna get it" he said with a pout and picked up his sword, "alright guys lets get back to training" he said standing in front of them swinging his sword around. "Yes Sir!" they responded and got into position and he began to teach them different attack patters to throw off opponents, back in the inside Zelda made her way back to the mess hall a little disappointed instead of seeing Link pass down his knowledge to a new generation of knights he was messing around. She did half expect that over the past few weeks seeing everything turn back to normal he turned into a carefree kind of guy, she knew the solders had a great respect for Link she thought it was because he was the hero of Twilight not because he was an idiot. He did still have his seriousness when t came to the matters of a sword and he was still the greatest swordsman in the castle, but sometimes she though it made her look bad to have a moron as a bodyguard though she knew he was just trying to have some fun. He did single handedly save Hyrule that kind of stress would have destroyed a person from the inside, so she figured he started to take things easy so he wouldn't have a psychotic breakdown but sometimes she just can't seem to figure him out. He was different then all the previous instructors Zelda had before the solders actually looked forward to training with the hero, even though he messed around often these new trained solders seem to be improved over the rest Hyrule seemed like a safer place all thanks to him.

Later that day Zelda was in her throne room with her head rested on her hand and Link later came through the doors with a sheepish smile on his face, he stood in front of her nervously as she glared down at the hero "my tasks are done your highness" he informed her. Normally he would address as a friend but with the other people in the room he acted formal,

"My thanks sir Link now you may accompany me to the council room" she said and extended her arm out to him, he took it and helped her off her seat,

"My pleasure your highness" he responded as he escorted her out of the room he held the door open for her but she seemed to ignore him, they walked down the hall in awkward silence until Link spoke up "are you mad at me Zel?" he asked her.

"Why do you ask" she responded still keeping her gaze forward as to ignore the Hylian behind her,

"Alright look I messed up but can you blame me things seemed to be tense around here so I was just trying to lighten the mood," he said as he stood in front of her to stop her from going further and gave her a pleading look and she just sighed.

"Look Link I know things are tense around here they always are but, you acting like that will make people question why I choose you as my personnel body guard please understand" she responded shortly after. And he just sighed in defeat and hung his head down,

"I know but I can't help it there doesn't seem to be a thing that brings joy to people's life anymore I'm sorry," he said afterward but she just continued to glare at him.

"Apology not accepted" she said sternly and crossed her arms and he looked at her with a mischievous smile,

"Oh come on Zel you can't stay mad at me" he said and tickled her sides and a giggle escaped her lips.

"Stop I'm mad at you" she said but couldn't contain her laughter "alright Link I forgive you," she said and he stopped and they laughed together for a while. She started walking away again and turned to face him shortly afterwards "I hate you sometimes" she said with a smile on her face, he just snickered and followed the princess down the hall to the council room. When they entered everyone but them was already there Zelda took her place at the head of a U shaped large table, and Link stood at her side while they all started to discuss the nation's current problems from currency issues to negotiations with the other inhabitants like the Zoras and Gordons. Link actually become bored out of his mind within the first two minutes he would prefer to be practicing right now, but he just stood protectively next to the princess the whole time watching everyone argue. It all stopped when a beaten and bruised figure entered the council room and fell on the floor in the middle of the place and everyone gasped in shock, Link took out his sword and shield and stood in front of Zelda protectively until he recognized the figure. Link put his weapons away and quickly approached the fallen man "Rusl what are you doing here what happened!" he asked as he helped his mentor up,

"Young man what is the meaning of this intrusion" one of the nobles asked standing from his seat,

"L-Link l-listen… the village… O-Ordon was attacked… we couldn't defend" he managed to say weakly.

"Rusl! Rusl!" Link yelled as the man seemed to lost consciousness and Link could only stare down in horror, something happened to the village he knew he had to go he had to do something. Zelda ordered some men to take Rusl to the medical wing and dismissed the council and saw Links terrified expression; she approached and placed her hand on his shoulder for comfort he took both her hands and held them in his own. "Zelda… I have to go" he said as he stared into her eyes but she understood that placed meant the world to Link and she nodded,

"I understand Link go I will not hold you back" she responded and cupped his cheek in her hand sliding her thumb across it as well, he nodded and dashed towards his room to gather a few things he will need he later heard a soft nock at the door. He turned and saw the princess slowly peek into the room she had a solemn look about her and he approached her, she closed the door behind her and Link approached her and embraced her in a hug and she did so as well. "I'll come back as quickly as I can Zel I promise" he said as he buried his face into her neck and a tear slid down her face,

"I know you will you always do" she replied afterwards as they separated and she stared at his ocean blue eyes as he stared at hers, she leaned in and locked lips with him it came as a surprise to him but he just embraced the moment as he placed his hands on her waist. They stayed like that a good while until they both back away for air and he leaned his forehead against hers and held her hands in his, "I'll miss you" she whispered to him and they parted and he picked up a small bag with his belongings and sighed. They both headed out the door and went separate ways as Link headed to the stables to get Epona, after he saddled her up he climbed aboard and pulled on the reins and she took of with a whinny and headed towards the gate. Zelda watched from a balcony as Link and Epona disappeared from view she held her hands up to her chest and sighed, a solder approached from behind her moments later "milady the wounded man has awoken" he said as she turned to face him.

"thank you solder dismissed" she replied shortly after he bowed and turned to leave and Zelda looked over the balcony one last time before heading back inside, she made it to the medical wing and saw the doctor and bowed when he saw her enter. "leave us" she said and he walked out of the room and closed the door she approached and saw the man groan as he opened his eyes slowly, "Rusl what happened out there" she asked him as he looked up to see the princess string down at him,

"Link where's… Link he cannot… leave… not allowed to enter… the village it's a trap… Zelda he's been set up," Zelda's eyes widen in horror as Link had already left and she quickly exited the room and grabbed the first solder she saw.

"Solder go to admiral Gillett and tell him to send his best men after sir Link he is in grave danger!" she told him in a panic,

"But milady…" he began but Zelda immediately cut him off,

"Now Solder we don't have time to waste!" she demanded and pointed at him to get going.

"Yes milady" he responded and raced down the hall towards his destination and she order the doctor to attend the patient, she just paced down the hall in panic "oh Link what have I done" she said to herself as she held her head in her arms. She entered the throne room and saw the admiral there standing in front of her chair "milady what is this about sir Link being in grave danger?" he asked, she sat of the throne chair and glared down at the admiral that stood in front of her.

"The attack was a trap to lure sir Link I ordered you to send your best men after him before its to late did you not hear my command," she responded a little harshly at the man,

"Yes milady my best men are on his tracks as we speak" he said shortly afterwards,

"Thank you admiral that is all" she replied and he bowed and exited the throne room she stared at the doors slowly closing worried for Links safety.

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Link however was racing through Hyrule field on Epona eager to reach his destination and he had no intention of stopping till he made it there, even as the sun was starting to set tuning the sky a bright orange he felt there was no time to rest. He actually felt tired after a while but ignored it even Epona sensed the eagerness to reach the destination as quickly as possible, what he didn't know however was there was a group of six knights a few miles behind the hero tracking him. The one in the lead signaled his men to halt he stepped off his horse his silver armor reflecting the moonlight his cold breathe escaping through the helmet, he kneeled down and observed the ground where some horse fresh horse tracks were on the dirt placed his hand on it. "These are fresh we're getting closed onward men" the leader commanded and claimed on his horse and pulled the reins, "Yes Sir!" they all responded in unison and followed after their leader into the cold night after Link.

For what seemed like hours Link was still going racing through Hyrule field not wanting to waste a single moment to reach his destination, until he saw the familiar tree line in the distance he stopped atop a hill overlooking the forest in the distance the sky was staring to turn from a dark blue to a lighter one the sun was staring to approach. Not wanting to wait any longer he pulled on the reins and Epona dashed forward both eager to finally reach their destination, but as he got closer he wished he had never seen what he was seeing the village was in complete ruin some of the houses caved in or completely gone, he saw the once green fields stained a dark red but there was no corpses mayor Bo's house seemed to be in the best condition. And then he saw Ilia some relief came to him seeing as someone other then Rusl escaped but something was wrong, she had no eyes and inside the sockets glowed a bright green what was the weirdest is she had markings on her arms that looked like Twilight markings. She giggled and headed off into the woods towards the Ordon spring she turned to look and Link and continued running off, he went after her wanting to know what exactly was going on he heard her giggles again and dashed in that direction.

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Soon afterwards a group of knights entered the village and saw Epona standing there in the middle her rider however gone, the knights dismounted their horses and the leader saw the tracks heading off into the woods "stay close and on high alert" he order. "Yes Sir!" they responded and followed the tracks but also being careful of their surrounding knowing anything could be hiding in the shadows, the wind picked up and seemed colder then it should be but the weirdest is they heard a whisper in the wind as it blew by.

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When Link made it to the Ordon spring he saw Ilia standing at the edge of the shore "Ilia what happened to you?" he asked her, she just giggled again and started walking into the spring then a bunch of hands that looked like they belonged to shadow beasts grabbed her and pulled her under while she screamed. "ILIA!" he shouted and raced towards the spring he started felling the bottom for any signs of his childhood friend even diving under for a better look, but nothing she just completely disappeared he resurfaced again catching his breath he was panting hard his breathe visible in front of him from the cold. He heard a giggle behind him when he turned he saw her standing there she placed her hands over her mouth as she continued to giggle, "Ilia what in the world is going on" she shouted at her as he approached but she headed out into the woods again ILIA come back." He shouted after her and ran in her direction he noticed that she was heading towards Faron woods, when he catched up again he saw her standing in front of the Faron spring "Ilia tell me what's going on right now." He demanded this time a little harshly as she just giggled again it was starting to irritate Link however,

"Your silly Link" she responded she sounded the same but also had a sinister voice at the same time, as if she and someone else were speaking at the same time she giggled again but Link took out his weapons.

"Ilia your possessed don't worry I'll save you I promise" he said getting in a battle stance,

"You're going to have to catch me first hero" she responded in her usual cheery voice this time and ran further into the woods giggling, Link ran after her in attempt to kill that demon who dared attack his village and posses one of his dearest friends. He actually looked forward to driving his sword through its black heart as he continued to chase it and he noticed they were in the lost woods now, "stop running coward!" he shouted when he lost sight of it he was on high alert now listening to any sounds in the area. What was strange is the usual little song that echoed through the forest wasn't playing anymore making it deathly quiet, he turned around and saw the thing right in his face he stared into its glowing eyes that seemed to pierce his soul he was startled and fell backwards. The figure just giggled again and kicked Links weapons away out of his reach and approached as he slowly backed away, "Your silly Link you've always been" it said in Ilia's voice as it approached and a grin spread across its face.

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The knights made their was deeper into the forest they haven't seen anymore of Links tracks and were lost, but every time the wind picked up a whispering voice would say 'This way' and that's what they have been cautiously following. They were trying to navigate through the lost woods that were deathly quiet until they heard Links voice off in the distance "Stop running coward," they all turned to face each other and headed in the direction of the noise knowing that Link has already engaged the enemy. They figured they lend some assistance that way if it was a trap at least Link would have a fighting chance with more help.

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Link was back up onto a tree while the figure slowly approached and Link kicked it in the chin and its head was forced to look at the skies, "sorry Ilia I'll take care of that later" he said as he dashed towards his weapons and retrieved them the figure however keep its gaze at the sky. He turned and saw it still facing upwards it turned and slowly lowered its head to face him but a sickening crack was heard, the figure had a sinister smile on its face staring back at Link "Link you silly little boy" it said and giggled and ran off. Link gritted his teeth and ran after the figure he was getting tired of playing cat and mouse with this dark being, when he catched up he recognized where the figure had taken his there in front of him the Master Sword was resting right where he left it.

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Back at the castle Rusl had almost fully recovered and forced his legs to carry him to the throne room where the princess was currently at, he approached the double doors and swung them open all of the guards present there turned to face him as well as the princess. "Rusl why are you here you should be resting" Zelda question him as he made his way over,

"Zelda listen what attacked us wasn't interested in us the attack was to lure Link" he explained in a panic,

"Yes I know I've send some of my best men to go after Link and protect him if necessary" she responded.

"But that's the thing what attacked us wasn't human whatever that thing was moved in the shadows as if it were one, not only that but somehow be at multiple places at once or there is more then one" he finished Explaining. Zelda places her hand on her chin as she looked to be in thought,

"Rusl if you were to see this thing again would you recognize it" she asked Links mentor.

"Of course why do you ask" he responded a little curious, she of course stood up from her chair,

"Alright Rusl come with me I have something I want you to see" she said to him and headed out of a nearby door.

"Yes your highness" he responded and followed her down a long corridor into a large room filled with many bookshelves, she told him to sit at the nearby table while she went to the back and got a large book with a black leather covering and weird light green marking on it. She headed back to the table and placed in down and flipped through some pages and stopped at a certain one "is this the creature you saw," she asked him and slid the book in his direction he took it looked at the figure that was a shadow beast.

"It looked similar to this but it had a more of a human physique" he responded and slid the book back across the table at her,

"mm huh" she responded and turned a couple more pages to a page that had Zant on it and passed it back at him, "so does this individual fit the description" she asked but he shook his head in respond and handed the book back.

"Zelda what we encountered in that village was like nothing we ever saw during the twilight war, but it seemed like it was from the same place" he responded standing from his seat.

"I see thank you Rusl I assure you I will personally look into this matter more" she said as he bowed and left the Library and she headed towards the back, she made sure no one was around before she tapped on three books in the back bookshelf in the back and it moved to reveal a secret door, she entered the room that had a lot of valuable looking items that have been there for what seemed centuries. Everything in the room was covered in cobwebs and dust and in the back laid and item with a sheet over it. She removed the sheet to reveal a mirror similar looking to the twilight mirror but smaller, "This was going to be opened as a wedding gift for Link but desperate times call for desperate measures." She said to herself and the mirror seemed to come to life and she stepped through into the world of Twilight.

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Back with Link he was staring at the figure that was standing behind the master sword with a sinister smile as he glared at it, "what do you want demon!" Link shouted at the being that just stood there staring and it giggled,

"Why you of course Link" it said but this time in a sinister voice and all traces of Ilia were gone. He gritted his teeth and held the handle of his sword tighter in his hands "you got me now let that girl go" he demanded,

"She was never here to begin with" it responded and giggled which then turned into a sinister cackle Ilia's skin looked like it melted, and out of it came a foggy looking shadow with crimson eyes staring at Link and twilight marking on it that glowed their usual light green.

"What have you done to Ilia?!" Link demanded stepping forward towards the shadow staring on the other side of the Master Sword,

"Let's just say she's in a better place" he replied in its sinister voice but also sounded as if it were mocking Link. Link dashed at the figure and attacked with his sword but it seemed to pass through the shadow, it stared down at the sword through its body,

"Ooh that tickles" it mocked and took the sword and knocked Link backwards it snapped the sword in half and dropped it on the ground, Link stood up and saw his broken sword at the shadows feet and he gritted his teeth and held his shield tighter. He wasn't entirely defenseless he still had his shield and the Master Sword was still there resting in its spot but he knew he couldn't take it again can he? While Link was in a debate the shadow slowly made its way over to Link The shadow once again in front of the hero and he swung his shield at it but it backed away from Link and continued his attack, with one final push the shadow was pushed into the Master Sword where he started to grunt in pain due to making contact with the blade of evils bane. It stood up and kicked Link with great force making him tumble down the steps of the pedestal and loose his shield, Link tried to stand up again but the arms came out of the ground and constricted him leaving him defenseless and hopeless.

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As Zelda exited the portal the swirls of dark blues and purples ended and she appeared in the Twilight realm a few feet from her was Midna, She had a smirk on her face and there were two guards at her side she approached and Zelda slowly approached. "Well I was wondering when you guys would finally decide to visit" Midna said as she stood in front of Zelda,

"Yeah Midna I need to discuss something urgent with you" Zelda replied shortly afterwards.

"Hm Where is that green hated idiot at" Midna said shortly afterwards looking around,

"That's what I need to talk to you about the green hated idiot" Zelda replied, Midna looked back at Zelda with a confused expression and then held her hand to her chin.

"I see well follow me it seemed we have quiet a bit of catching up to do" Midna said then motioning Zelda to follow as she headed towards the palace, Zelda nodded and followed after Midna as they entered the palace she could recognize some of the things from what Link described. And then she saw a room that seemed to fit Links detail as to where he fought Zant and Midna stopped and turned again, "Alright Zelda this way I got a good place where we can sit and have a chat" she said as she dismissed her guards and headed towards a door. they entered a small room that had some bookshelves in the back and a round blue and purple rug in the middle, there was a fire place in the back but the fire glowed a dark purple rather then its usual orange yellow. And lastly there was a small round table a dark blue color with two matching chairs on both side and a tea set neatly placed in the middle, Midna told Zelda to take a seat and get comfortable while she sat across from her. "Would you like some tea?" Midna offered,

"Um sure" Zelda responded and Midna clapped her hands and a servant entered and Zelda was surprised to see who it was.

"Zant go make some tea for our guest" Midna ordered and handed him the kettle,

"Yes milady right away" he responded with a hint of annoyance in his voice and he took off.

"So, how did this happen?" Zelda asked her as she saw Zant storm out of the room,

"Oh that, Well when peace returned to both our worlds my people had decided to execute him, I don't know why but I took pity on the fool and kept him as my personal 'slave' if you will" she responded. "But anyways back on topic what was this urgent business you needed to discuss with me?" she asked with placing her hands on the table clasped together,

"Well I don't really know how to explain but one of the villages in my kingdom was attack by a being witnesses describe to be of Twilight origin, but it wasn't a shadow beast or anything from the Twilight war but some sort of shadow" Zelda finished explaining as Zant entered the room again. He served both of them tea ad took off again but he stood right outside the door when their conversation caught his interest,

"Interesting hm I wonder what could it possibly be none of my people have left the twilight realm," Midna responded placing her hand on her chin deep in thought on the matter.

"Wait hold on not to get off topic but how did you know I was coming?" Zelda asked her curiosity getting to her,

"Oh that yeah I forgot to mention I know when someone is either entering and or leaving the Twilight realm, so when I picked up your life forced entering I thought you and Link had come for a visit so I went to see. But now that you mention it something did leave the Twilight realm a few weeks back but I was never able to identify who or what it was, I thought it was my mind playing tricks on me I was a little paranoid the first few weeks when I returned to power" She finish taking a sip of her tea.

"Really now an unidentified figure escaped meaning it was most likely from somewhere else hence why you could not identify the thing," Zelda added shortly afterwards and started to think what the thing could possibly be.

"Hey where is Link I'm actually surprised he didn't come with you" Midna asked her,

"Well whatever that thing was that left here attacked Ordon village and Link took off the second he heard about it, then I was told it was a trap, but don't worry I send of my best knights after him so if he dose run into trouble hopefully these troops will suffice." Zelda said as she took a sip of tea and she was amazed for a former villain Zant can make some great tea,

"I see well that's unfortunate I was looking forward to a visit from an old friend I hope he returns in one piece, but knowing that brave hearted fool he will" Midna said with a confident smile. A smile also came across Zelda's face knowing Link was a brave hearted fool sometimes,

"well I think I need to head back now and see what is the status of the satiation once Link gets back, and I know he will I promise we will pay you a visit" Zelda said as she stood up and Midna lead her out of the room.

"I'll look forward to it" Midna replied shortly afterwards and the both of them headed back towards the portal from were Zelda came, Zant however heard the whole dilemma and a sinister smile spread across his face "it's the master its got to be he has another plan I just know it."

One they were outside Midna noticed the engagement ring on Zelda's finger and got curious, "hey Zelda who's the lucky groom to be" she asked motioning towards her hand, Zelda looked down at her hand and saw the ring and a smile came to her face as she remembered,

"It's Link he proposed to me a few weeks back we'll tell you all about it when we come for a visit," Zelda replied turning once again to face the portal.

"Oh… um congratulations" Midna replied looking down at her hands that were clenched together and Zelda was gone, and then Midna got the feeling that something horrible has happened to Link in the other realm.

Once Zelda returned she headed back to her throne room and saw the Admiral there with two men they all bowed and she took her seat, "Admiral what have you to report" she questioned him,

"Milady our scouts reported back that Link has engaged the enemy and our knights closed in on his position but they disappeared into the lost woods, and we haven't seen or heard anything yet but we are still scouting the situation" he responded.

"Good have your scouts report back as soon as any sighs of sir Link is found" she said and dismissed him.

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Meanwhile back with Link while Zelda and Midna were discussing matter he was still battling the shadow…

the shadow approached Link and stood over him staring down at his hopeless prey and a sword materialized in its hands that was a pitch black color, he raised it above Link as the hero glared up at his opponent and the shadow drive the sword through Link's heart. Link let out a grunt of pain as blood started dripping from his mouth and he stared wide eyes at the wound, the shadow then reached in and drive his hand into the wound causing Link to scream in pain and the shadow entered Links body through the wound. Link looked down and saw the wound was completely black now and was slowly closing itself but with immense pain. Link clutched his chest and threw up a load of black substance on the floor and started getting dizzy. He saw the Master Sword and quickly headed for it he was making his way up the steps and threw up again, he got on his hands and knees when he felt the pain in his chest intensify and he fell to the floor grunting loudly in pain. He tried crawling to the sword as the substance continued dripping from his mouth and with a shaking hand he reached for it, his fingers slightly tapped it and a bright flash came from the sword as he fell limp on the floor.

By the time the knights had arrived they were blinded by a bright flash and they shielded their eyes from the brightness, when it was gone they saw Link laying on the ground and puddles of black substance staining the floor as they looked around. Link slowly stood up and the leader of the knights slowly approached "sir Link are you alright have you defeated the enemy?" he asked, Link slowly turned around to face the men he seemed normal again except the black goop dripping from his mouth. Not only have that but his ocean blued eyes where now a bright crimson color a smile creeps upon his face, he looks down at his hands clenching and unclenching them and looked up a the knight in front of him.

"I'm more then okay I'm alive" he responded with a sinister grin as he slowly approached the same arms the constricted Link now took hold of the knights, a pitch black sword materialized in his hand as he slowly approached the leader of the knights. The man could only stare in horror as he and his fellow men were left defenseless at the foe, who intended of finishing their lives, A scream of pain echoed through out the forest as a flock of birds took to the skies…


Alright everyone thanks for reading I really appreciate it thank you! So, what you think not to bad huh?

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Funny story is that I had this thing written out in a notebook I found recently and I've always wanted to bring it to life, the next chapter is done just need to type it so I hope everyone enjoyed and I'll catch you later…