Spoilers intended!
DISCLAIMER:
I don't own any of the characters, property of Nintendo, I've got no money, all the legal crap, blah...
My first FF! (Go easy on me please!) I've had this idea for a while now and decided to write it all out and see if it's worth any more chapters, so go grab some popcorn an' maybe a drink or somethin' and enjoy!
Also, this isn't spell checked but I went back and looked around a lot so it should appear almost perfect I think.
The Last Link
Prologue
"Princess! Look out!"
SLAP!
Midna, the Twilight Princess fell to the ground, hard. Coughing up blood as she looked down at her torn Twili clothes. She lay on the ground of the realm, that she thought for a few months anyway, to be home, but not anymore. She tried to regain her feet, but was kicked in the temple, sending her back onto the ground again. Down on all fours, a dark shadow loomed overtop of her. Yet, this was no ordinary, everyday, shadow, this particular shadow was jet black, and had small red crystals of fury within it. The hooded figure grabbed a hold of Midna's orange hair, pulled her up onto her feet, and forced her to look at her surroundings.
She looked into the sky, which was once a beautiful site to her, but now it seemed nothing more than a black cloud of death in her eyes.
Which was basically true because the sky of the Twilight Realm, indeed no longer looked like twilight at all, but more of a deep dark abyss of things yet to come.
All around her were either bodies of her fellow race or some Twili struggling still to protect they're Princess. Shadow beasts were heard all around her it seemed, in the air, running around her realm as they invaded Twili built houses, looking for more prey to hunt. She let a few tears fall when she took the whole scene in, but kept her face still. Listening to the endless cries of pain either from shadow beasts or from the Twili in general as the fight was still on, but it was still,quite one-sided.
Eventually it grew deathly quiet.
The hooded figure still had a steady hold of her as shadow beasts started to slowly circle around them both. In the air, and on the ground, Midna saw what had become of the Twilight Realm. "Foolish...and weak." rasped the figure. With a violent shove, Midna fell into the middle of the circle of shadows as the figure glided back along it's minions to stare at the princess.
"Did you honestly think that, after all that I've been through, that I would even decide to give a single shred of mercy towards you, or your people?" said the figure.
The beaten and tortured princess slowly struggled to her feet. "...You...coward!" she wrenched. "You will pay...all of you...you worthless shadows!!" She looked around at all the shadows, including the figure, making herself look as menacing as physically possible.
"Heh heh heh..." The figure moved slightly towards her. "I may have been naive and...careless, at our last meet Midna". He raised his right arm at her to show the back of his hand. Midna stared, wide eyed at it, and clearly saw that the triforce mark was on the back of his hand, and the top of the triangle was glowing a deep gold.
"I'm guessing you thought that you had won, the throne be yours, and the Light realm in peace-"
Midna began shaking in fear as she saw red and black particles swirling around her body in a circular motion.
"-but my god had a new change of plans."
Midna gasped, as the particles entered into her. She felt hot pain coursing through her body. Her screams of agony were deafening to the realm. Slowly, her feet had left the ground and she hovered above the figure and the shadow beasts. Her pain had stopped briefly, as she was on the verge of losing conciousness.
With a twirl of the figures wrist, there was a flash, and Midna was replaced by a small imp that she, and some people were quite fond of. Her blended skin with glowing teal-ish lines down her arms. The bright orange hair which packed quite a powerful punch in those needy times, and finally her Fused shadow helmet, still sitting on her head. The imp floated silently, staring down at her realm, or what used to be her realm. At a loss of power, breathing heavily, she quietly wimpered to herself.
"You shall live to see the last days of Hyrule, my little princess..." said the figure."You shall live to see the last of there ever being light at all, in the realm you've become so fond of. The imp opened her watery eyes, barely able to register what she was hearing.
"When all this is over...when Hyrule is nothing but a barren wasteland of shadows!!...I will find you...Zelda...and the boy myself..." Midna, and the shadow beasts were silent during the pause. "...and when I do...you all shall feel my greatest wrath!" A shadow portal appeared overhead of Midna. "You shall regret having anything to do with anyone in that cursed realm. You will regret ever meeting that light dweller!!" The figure screamed.
With that, he raised his arm up toward the portal, and Midna particled into it. The portal closed with the hooded figure still staring at it. "Bring the dead to the centre, pile them, they will be burned" ordered the figure to his shadows. "Take the struggling and weak to the dungeons, lock them up" he ordered again while still staring at the spot where the portal was.
He turned to his minions. "In two days time, we will land on the plains of Hyrule, on the third day, we will begin. Ordon... is where we'll start, and from there...Faron, and then Lanayru, and so forth!"
The shadows nodded, and made noises of agreement as they started getting to work, piling the dead as some others were waiting for other commands.
"Yet..." he said loudly. All the shadows stopped and listened. "Do not underestimate the people of the Light Realm, They will fight back...but against us, they're numbers will mean nothing!" A short pause. "If any should encounter, and capture either Zelda, Midna, or...Link...then you shall bring them to the Twilight chamber above the Arbiters grounds. Where they will wait until I have dealt with Hyrule..."
There was already a small pile of Twilli bodies near the centre of where Midna was standing. The figure shot a dark red particled black shadow ball at it from his hand and the pile went aflame.
All the shadow beasts screetched in there own 'happy' way. "Tonight, we shall celebrate in the throne room, for in two days time, we shall make our mark." A silent pause. "Soon, all of the Light realm will merge with the Twilight's wrath and we shall make darkness..."Complete darkness now surrounded the figure as he withdrew his hood.
"For I Zant, shalll fulfill my god's desire!!!"
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Well that's the prologue, tell me what you think, and we'll see about more chapters.
First FF
Alex Podetz