Mind boggling isn't it? A crusader named Link blessed with the Triforce of courage that couldn't escape the fact that he is a descendant of pass heroic Links and because of that his parents where hunted down and locked away along with him. A long time passed in the dark dungeon with candle lit hallways underneath the Shadow Realm's Hyrule castle.
"Food, boy." a guard said.
A couple guards threw some disgusting looking beige grub at Link. He watch as the guards walk away. Key and all. The grey rats with backbones sticking out added with ribs shaped their little grey bodies, scurried across the ice like floor and sniffed the aery looking grub. The rats scurried back to their home which was just a hole in the cement wall.
Link thought to himself 'How I'm supposed to eat that which even the rats look away in disgust, but I'm starving.'
The grub was out of his reach. Without food he could die, without water he could die, he could die without knowing even his name, and the fact he is a descendant of the most heroic men that ever set foot in Hyrule. At that moment he was skinny, dirty, angry, sad, and disgusted with himself.
'I don't know who I am. I don't know what I did. I've been here for as long as I can remember. Is it time for me to finely give up? Nobody would miss me.' those were the thoughts that ran though the hero of Hyrule's mind. Everyday, every hour, every minute, every second, he was getting closer and closer to giving up.
He heard foot steps getting closer to his cell which two Aeralfos guard. The dragon like creatures tightened their grip on their sword and shield as if they were afraid of who created the footsteps in the distance. A shadow being none like he's every seen before. A female with Hylian like ears, pale grey ceramic like skin, ice blue eyes, half shaved raven wired hair, and sliver beads pierced into the top of her left eyebrow. From little he knew about them he thought all of them were cruel males. She looked into Link's black colored filth infested cage. She saw the teenager in raggedy farm boy clothes covered in dirt.
"Your sure he's the one?"
"Eleanor, would I ever lie to you?" One of the guards hissed.
"You have before."
"But the past is the past." She rolls her eyes when she heard the guard say that.
The other guard unlocked Link's cell. She walked in, and bent down in front of the raggedy teen, she grabbed underneath his chin with her sharp pointed fingernails and inspected him. She was surprised that such a famous face was discarded and forgotten so easily. A guard threw her a sliver key covered in rust for Link's shackles.
"True, but trust me you really don't want to get on my employer's bad side. Ever."
She removed the newly shined metal handcuffs off her belt. She very carefully removed his rust covered hand cuffs, inspected his restraint marks on his wrists, then Eleanor used her cuffs to restrain his hands behind him. She also uses a black cloth to blind him just for kicks. It didn't seem like it but Link was happy nobody had touched him or came to see him in almost two decades.
"Stand on you feet, Blondie!" Eleanor ordered Link.
Link stood up, he was a little of balance and tried to use Eleanor for support but she just let him struggle until he finally managed to stand up without falling. She lead him out of the cell, she stop by the entrance and handed each of the guards a huge sack of Rupees.
"where are you taking me?" Link tried to asked nothing but a gasp of air exited his mouth. He had confused emotions of fear and happiness bubbling inside of him.
"Pitiful just like my employer said." She said out loud breaking the cold dead silence as they were walking up to the Shadow Realm's Hyrule castle.
Every single brittle bone in Link's body was feeling like they were going to shatter. Poor Link. They enter the castle, Eleanor lead young Link into the throne room. A person of the light realm would have expected Zelda to be sitting on the throne even know Dark Zelda is the princess of the Shadow Realm she wasn't sitting on the throne. Only one man could and that was the black skinned, white haired, red eyed, shadow of a hero called Dark Link.
Dark (Dark Link) sat promptly on the ancient looking Hyrule throne as he looked directly at his insignificant other.
Dark smirked why'll thinking "This is the descendant of all of them. Of all the so called heroes. If I kill this one the blood line would stop dead it's tracks. If I kill him I'll die with him. That's gonna be a problem."
His smirk faded away by the end of his one-sided self conversation.
"Unshackle him." Dark order.
Dark's deeply insane voice sent a shiver down Link's spine.
"As you wish." Eleanor did what Dark order.
She walk over to Dark and sat on the throne's cold arm. She was sort of Dark's guard dog. Link collapsed on the ground his muscles couldn't take it any longer.
"What's wrong farm boy? Can't handle a little walk?" Eleanor taunted.
'Why?' Link said in his head. 'Why am I mute? Why am I here? What's wrong with me? Why can't I move?' Link whimpered in pain. He still had the blindfold on so he couldn't see a thing.
"This is pathetic." Dark said out loud.
"Pathetic? More like a mistake of nature." Eleanor question.
"Don't you agree that he is nothing without Zelda, Navi, and his pathetic little friends. Without them he's just a helpless, worthless sack of bones. I bet he doesn't even know his own name." Dark ranted.
Link rolled over on his own stomach and crawled around helplessly towards Dark. Eleanor walked over to Link and took off his blindfold.
Link grabs her pale colored ankle and tried to say the word 'Help' but it just came out as gasps of air.
Eleanor was disgusted in the fact that such a low level creature was making skin contact with her. She mumbled the word 'Pathetic' and Link looked at her with sad hopeless eyes as if all his character was drained away just by hearing that one word. Her eyes meant his and he let go of her ankle thinking 'She'll rescue me.' He was wrong she kicked him in the face and smiled. This caused Link to bite his tongue. Dark just watch in amusement.
"You should of just stayed dead but again I literally can't live without you." Dark told Link.
'Dead. I would probably be better off then living like this. If I just closed my eyes and let go of everything. I could be free.' Link thought.
Link started to close his eyes. Eleanor put one foot on his stomach and shifted her weight on to him. He screamed out in pain.
"Don't kill him not just yet." Dark said which surprised Eleanor.
"Why not? I think getting his insides squished is a great way for him to go." She snapped back.
He stood up from his throne and looked her directly in her blue eyes.
"I'm King of the Shadow Realm you dare to question me." Dark's statement scared both Eleanor and Link.
Eleanor removed her foot off his chest along with the pressure.
"Where are you going to keep him?" She asked Dark.
"I'll keep him in one of the Twilight Realm dungeons."
"Didn't one of his ancestors escape from a dungeon with the help of Midna?"
"Yes, but the great thing about this Link he knows no one and so no one will miss him."
'Exactly! Then why am I still here?' Link asked himself.
Eleanor walked away into uncharted darkness. Dark walked over to Link and sharply glared at him.
"You don't deserve the name Link."
"My name is Link?" Link asked.
This surprised Dark. Dark bent down on top on of Link. Dark flipped him over then Dark put all his body weight on Link nearly crushing his insides. He could feel Link's body shake in fear. Dark pulled out a knife from his belt.
"I could kill you right know. I should." He said.
Link closed his eyes tightly and responded with "Then why don't you?"
Link guarded his face with his hands. Dark waited until he let guard down. As soon as he did Dark grabbed Link's blonde hair with his right hand and slammed his head into the floor with his left.
Dark told Link "I thought you were mute." as he sliced Link's throat.
Eleanor walked back into the throne room carrying a little cage with in it was a terrified Twilight Imp. Dark stood up.
"Dammit, Link! Why did you cut his throat? Didn't you want him alive?"
Eleanor yelled.
"He talked." Dark responded.
Eleanor slapped her own forehead. She glared at the Imp in the cage.
"Sqeeee!" The Imp said.
Eleanor open the cage and grabbed the Imp by it's bright orange hair.
"Sqeee Sqee!"
"Shut up! And be a obedient little Imp and open a portal to the Twilight Realm's dungeon."
The Imp did what it was told even know the Light Realm's Mirror of Twilight was shattered the shadow version remained in tacked. Eleanor held the Imp like a baby and pat it on it's head then put in back in the cage. Dark picked up the bleeding, screaming Link and threw him into the portal.
"Try to escape." Dark said to Link as Link was going throw the black with white scribed letter swirling portal.
Link turned into a dark wolf which caused him even more pain then he was all ready in. He whined as he landed face first into one of the dirt floors of the Twilight dungeon's cells. He looked at the portal as it blinked out of insistence.
'Why? Just why Farore? Why?' Link question as he was confused in why he was wolf and in that condition.
He wanted to give up but he felt like she was holding him back. He started to slip into unconsciousness as he looked throw the bars of the cell hoping for a kind soul. He closed his eyes and was sent to a dream land.
Blackness far and wide expect where he stood. He was human in a green outfit that fit him as if it was meant for him. He looked around as seventeen females that looked familiar to him ran by him giggling and whispering his name.
A eighteenth female walked in front of him. She stood out from the others she wasn't a farm girl or a commoner. She was a queen, no a goddess. She had long dark green glass bottled color hair in side buns, fully golden eyes, emerald skin, and was wearing a white dress.
"Link son of the four sword wielder and Movia, don't give up for you haven't started. (She hugs him) Hero of Hyrule, Hero of Time, Hero of Winds, Hero chosen by the Gods, Hero of Legend, and the Goddess's Chosen Hero are some of the titles that where bestowed on your ancestors that will be bestowed on you but you can't earn them if your dead."
The dreamland quickly turn into a nightmare. Just as he realized that a cut appeared on his throat and that gash began bleeding fiercely as the green lady disappeared as fast as she appeared. Scared the teen collapsed on to his blood stained knees. The seventeen girls reappeared in line in front of Link. They each stabbed him, why'll whispering "Link save me. Link save me." as his red blood slowly surrounding his legs.
As he was having a nightmare a curious Imp walked by the cell and saw the injured wolf Link. The blued haired Imp name Cyrah teleported Link to a safe haven. The Queen of the Twilight Realm healed the fragile beast and took the best care of him because this Link reminded her of a past Link that she once knew and loved. The Queen was torn between shattering the Light Realm's Mirror of Twilight doing that caused the Light Realm to be saved but at cost of never seeing the hero she fell in love with. Link afraid to open up his blue eyes, woke up on the Queen's lap being gently petted by her. Link whines.
"Shhh...Link it's ok I'm here." She whispered in his soft wolf ear.