Dargon: Hey, guys, Dargon here!

This is a little fanfic I made for The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords.

Based off of the manga on Four Swords, the four Links call each other

Red, Blue, Green, and Vio.

Hope you enjoy~!

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Nike: And, just because I need credit, I edited this, fixed grammatical issues, made the plot more interesting so that the story goes longer, all that good stuff. Review, please! Cookie! (::)

Dargon: Because I can't spell certain words even if it was for my life. :D

Nike: Not something to smile happily about…

Disclaimer: We do not own The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords the game or the manga. Credit to Nintendo and Akira Himekawa!

Green's POV

I scrambled to my feet as the old hag shot a pulsing, lightning-blue ball that crackled with electricity at me. I leapt sideways as the ball missed me by near inches and exploded on the wall behind me, creating a large, gaping hole riddled with cracks. Quickly, I glanced around to see how the others were doing. Vio and Blue were dodging large chunks of rock that fell from the ceiling as the whole chamber rumbled and split apart. Red was trying, unsuccessfully, to use the Fire Rod on the witch as the rod gave off feeble sparks and sputtered. I turned my attention back to the witch as she threw yet another volley of balls at me.

"We can't keep dodging forever," I yelled to Vio as I ducked under one of the balls, which shot past me.

"Well, there's nothing that can kill her but fire. And Red can't get the Fire Rod to work," Blue cut in.

Suddenly, the witch stopped. The balls floating suspended in her hand fizzled and popped into nonexistence. The chamber shook as the place began to fall apart. The witch, among the falling debris, began to grow larger and larger until her head brushed the top of the chamber. Her gigantic figure loomed above us menacingly.

"Oh my—" Blue began to say, as we realized what she had turned into. She had played her final and most powerful card.

The dragon, as fast as a striking snake, lunged towards us. The last thing I saw before the world winked out of existence was the gaping maw of the dragon's mouth stretched wide open and ready to swallow us whole.

"Green…"

It came as a whisper in the dark, among the white-hot agonizing pain that arced through me the same way the electricity zipped through the old hag's magic balls. I struggled to open my eyes as the darkness pressed down on me, stitching my eyelids shut. Blood pounded in my ears.

Thump, thump.

"Green."

THUMP, THUMP.

"GREEN!"

I yelped and my eyes shot open. At first I thought I was seeing a whirl of blue leaning over me. Then, abruptly the world tuned into focus and I was face to face with a blue dragon.

"AGGGHHHHHH!" I spun away from the beast, trying to get as far away as possible from the thing. Hard claws clamped down on my shoulders, wheeling me back around to face the monster.

"It's me, idiot!" The dragon hissed. "Blue!"

I stopped struggling and stared into the dark blue dragon's eyes. "W-W-What-H-How?!"

"Look at yourself."

I looked down at my hands. Or… What I thought had been my hands.

"Oh. My. Gosh." My voice came out as a small squeak. My hands were not hands, but taloned claws that looked menacingly sharp. Sharp enough to pierce through anything.

I squirmed to get out of Blue's grasp and he released me. I twisted around to look at myself, turning in full circles. A tail. Wings. Four legs…

I was a dragon.

I repulsively threw up.

"Ugh. Do that somewhere else, please?"

"How...?" I asked, still gagging. I waved my other arm, emphasizing my dragon body.

"The old witch turned us into dragons. I don't know why, or how, but she'd disappeared when I came to," Blue explained.

"The others?"

As if on cue, Vio and Red groaned at the same time. I looked past Blue to see a bright, violet colored dragon and a fiery red dragon stumble to their feet. Red almost stood up on his hind legs, but as if on instinct he lowered himself onto four legs. He blinked.

"Heyisitjustmeorareyouguysdragons?" He mumbled sleepily, his words slurring together. "OrwasitjustthatsugarIate? AmIdelirious?"

"No, go back to sleep, Red," Blue said, sarcastically. Red began to nod off, but Blue stopped him. "Okay, not literally."

Vio sighed. "Dragons. Of all of the creature she picked, it had to be dragons."

"What?" Red asked, suddenly not tired. "This is awesome! I mean, dragons are supposedly really like graceful and flexible apparently, and - " Red immediately tripped over himself and face-planted flat on the floor. "Uh, never mind."

"We have to go after that witch," I said. "The thing is, how do we know where she went?"

"I dunno, I was out cold the whole time," Red murmured helpfully.

"Oh, like THE REST OF US WERE," Blue said.

"Hold on. Dragons have keen senses, don't they?" Vio asked. He raised his head.

"What's that smell?" Red asked automatically. We all paused, staying quiet and very still. Suddenly, I could smell it too - and I could've sworn it was the smell of the old hag's.

"I knew it," Vio muttered. Then he said, "That's our lead."

"So… Do we follow it?" Red asked.

"I've NEVER heard such an incompetent question like that before," Blue said. "Let's go."

Vio nudged a charred, blackened piece of meat towards me. He had accidentally overdid the fire on a poor unsuspecting chicken while hunting, and this had been the result.

I shook my head. "I'm not hungry," I tried to protest, as my stomach involuntarily growled.

"C'mon, this is what predators eat on a daily basis, really," Vio said.

"Yeah, but isn't overcooked?"

"Hm. Maybe." He nudged the meat closer to me.

"I can't," I said, stepping away from it. "I don't think I can eat a living thing, seriously."
"You sure?"

"Yeah. I'll just like, uh, find a few berries or something."

We hadn't traveled far from the chamber; when we had finally shoved our way out it had been close to night, and we had decided to camp out on a bank near a small stream.

Red was fishing - or trying to fish - from the stream. Every time he caught a fish it would slip out of his talons. He finally gave up, his neck stiff from him angling it in an uncomfortable arch for so long. "Berries?" he asked.

I nodded. "Let's go find some." We went down the bank for a couple of paces, and found a cluster of berry bushes filled with ripe, red berries. Red plucked one off and studied it.

"Do you think it's poisonous?"

"Only one safe way to find out. Let's go ask Vio," I answered.

"What?" Vio had appeared behind me. Red held a berry out to him, and he took it, rotating it between his talons, inspecting each and every one of its features.

"It's poisonous, but because dragons have a better stomach system and more resilience to toxic food compared to humans, I'm guessing we're fine," he finally said.

"'Guessing'?" Red didn't look reassured.

"I'm absolutely positive that we'll be safe after eating these," Vio corrected himself. He popped the berry into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully. "Sweet. And tangy," He murmured to himself.

"BLUE!" Red called. "C'mon down here! We found some berries!"

Blue joined us a split second later, and soon the berry bushes' branches were bare and completely derided of its berries. The berry juice had been sticky, so we trooped back to the stream to wash up. I stuck my head and talons in the cool water a few times, then turned in a circle and lay down to sleep. I looked up and saw Red watching me.

"Huh. That's weird, seeing you do it," he said. He tried the turning-and-lying-down thing himself. Even though I knew he was (or used to be) a human, I couldn't help thinking of him as an animal. I directed my gaze up to the stars, where they had appeared, one by one, in the dark sky. I watched them twinkle for a few minutes, then without my knowing, I fell asleep.

Blue's POV

I stretched, letting my stiff limbs umcramp. I didn't remember going to sleep with my body tucked in like a ball, but apparently the whole night I'd been sleeping like that. Without warning, my wings suddenly shot out and smacked Red square in the snout. He yelped, jolting to his feet and looking wildly about for his attacker. When he didn't see anything dangerous, he relaxed and went back to sleep, not having seen me. "Idiot," I muttered.

"Oh, hi, Blue," he murmured in his sleep.

"Wake up." I nudged him with my taloned foot.

"Unnnnnnf." He opened one eye groggily. "Yes?"

"Wake up."

"I am awake," he murmured. He started to snore.

I stomped to a bush and tore a gigantic leaf off of it. Pushing down on the center of the leaf to create a bowl-like depression, I went to the stream and filled the leaf with water. Then I lugged it over to Red. He barely had time to blink before I poured the water over his head. He jerked up.

"COLD!" He yelped. He shook himself the way a dog does to get the water off himself, and I jumped back to avoid the ice-cold droplets.

"Tone it down, will ya?" Green asked crossly as he yawned.

I held back a snigger. "How can we when Red's got issues with water?"

"I do not," Red said, trying not to grin.

"We should get an early start," Vio said. "Who knows how much farther she'll get." He cocked his head to the side. "Actually, I do know. She's apparently moved around 2,298 kilometers farther than she was before."

"Okay, let's get," I said. Then I sighed. "I actually don't feel like walking. Is there an easier way?"

"Sure," Vio grinned. "Let me introduce you to flying."

It took awhile - no, scratch that. It took a LONG while before we finally caught on, but when we did, it was rewarding. We soared over a stretch of forest, following the scent trail of the witch. The witch's smell was so intoxicating and suffocating that we could follow her scent easily and pretty much without a problem.

"Hey, Red," I said. He glanced at me. "Watch this." I waited until I could see a flock of birds ahead of us, then sped up to catch up with them. I zeroed in on the bird at the center of the flock and snapped down on it, causing pandemonium among the other birds, who broke away from their formation in panic. I crunched down on the bird, enjoying the snack.

"Whoa!" he yelled. "Cool!"

"Make a turn to the right," Vio called out to us. "There's a human town straight ahead, and I don't think they'd take kindly to dragons."

Screams and cries of panic suddenly floated up to us.

Vio cursed under his breath. "Too late."

"DIVE!" Green yelled. We all tucked our wings in and shot for ground, making a clear landing in a clearing in a forest. I made a wobbly landing, almost having lost my balance in the air as I heard a sudden snap sound to my left in the brush of the forest, indicating that the village's hunters were after us. We landed with a soft thump amidst the grass. Vio swiveled his head around, then quickly motioned for us to follow him, leading us silently to a small, hidden cave camouflaged by the low-hanging underbrush. We huddled in there, with barely enough space to spare because of our sizes. Outside we could hear the hunters yelling at each other to spread out and search. I almost jumped when two of the hunters began to talk to each other right outside of our enclosure.

"What is it this time?" A hoarse-sounding gruff voice croaked.

"Dragons. The idiots," Another voice growled. "After the attack from the Chimeras, they just had to come swinging by?"

"It's fine. We'll take them out. We've been prepared for another attack like this for days."
"What do they want from us? We haven't bothered them in any way."

"They might just be looking for flesh to eat, or maybe the treasures the villagers have. Hold on," The gruff man's voice softened to a whisper. "Do you smell that?"

"What?"

"I believe," The man said, "We have found our targets." The man suddenly appeared at the mouth of the cave, glaring straight at us.

Red's POV

I almost yelped when the man appeared out of nowhere, startling me. Instead I stayed perfectly still, not wanting to give the hunter the satisfaction of seeing me flinch. But... the man wasn't making any move towards us. His gaze swept the area of the cave, then he shrugged and ducked back outside and out of sight. What the... ?

"What was that for? Are they in there?"

"No. I thought I sensed them in there, but they weren't."
The first person who had spoken sneered. "Your instincts are getting old, grandpa."
"Not as dull as yours," The gruff man replied, calmly.

"Whatever," the first person sneered again. "Let's search somewhere else." The sound of their receding footsteps grew dimmer and dimmer until they were completely out of earshot.

When Vio deemed the coast clear, I asked, "What was THAT?"

"I forgot to mention," Vio said, "That dragons turn invisible when staying in one position for long enough."

Blue snorted, while I smacked myself in the snout. "Is it safe to go out?"

"I think so. I'll check." Vio ducked outside. Soon after, he called, "Come on out. It's probably safer if we go through the forest a bit before flying again, just in case so the village doesn't spot us again."

We tromped outside. "Which way?" Green asked.

Vio cocked his head to the side. "That way is the village…" - he motioned to his right - "...and the smell is…" He paused, looking confused.

"What?"

"Is it just me, or does the trail split?"

We immediately stiffened up, focusing our senses. Vio was right; the trail split into two paths, each leading in a different direction.

Blue cursed. "Stupid old hag," he growled in frustration.

"How do we know which one to follow?" I asked.

"Should… we split up?" Green suggested, tentatively.

Vio looked thoughtful. "And each group follow each trail? That's not a bad idea, but what if there's a death trap on the other end for one of the groups? And what if it circles endlessly, mixing up your sense of direction and rendering you lost? How would you find your way back?"

"Good point." Green said. Then he added, as an afterthought, "As always."
"So, should we just pick a trail and go?" Blue asked. "Eenie meenie miney moe, catch a dragon by its toe, if it hollers let it go, eenie meenie miney moe." He ended up with his claw pointing to the trail leading in the exact direction opposite the way to the village, heading north.

"Okay, so let's go this way, I guess," I said, doubtfully. We began the journey north to (maybe) confront the witch, if she was even there.

Vio's POV

It took an uneventful couple of days of traveling before we met our first obstacle; a vast, midnight-blue ocean that spread out in all directions as far as we could all see. As we neared the beach running along the front side of the ocean, night fell and deepened the ocean's color to black.

"Would it be safer to fly or swim?" Red asked, coming up next to me as I studied the ocean ahead of us.

"Fly," I answered. "Swimming would cause more energy to be wasted than flying."

Blue launched into the air first, and we followed suit, streaking close over the dark waves. We continued out over the water for at least a few meters before a loud, splashing noise sounded behind us. I glanced over my shoulder just in time to see an ominous, gigantic figure the shape of a lump erupt out of the water, looming over us, silhouetted against the dark sky not far away, silent but menacingly terrifying.

"Um, don't look behind you now, but there's a monster chasing us," I said. Too late. The others had twisted back to see the monster already. We pushed faster, trying to fly as fast as we could away from the monster, but the huge beast was quickly gaining on us, sloshing its way through the water.

"What the heck is that THING?!" Blue yelled as we tried to make our getaway. The beast suddenly lunged forward and was within tail's reach when it sank down under the water, as quickly as it appeared.

"Wait… it just… W-What?" Red stopped, his eyes wide, as he stared down at the area of water the monster had occupied five seconds ago.

"Careful, it may be toying with us," Green warned. We swiveled our heads around, searching for any kind of disturbance. But we had forgotten to look downwards; I hadn't even comprehended the fact that a loud splash had sounded directly underneath me. Green yelled out, and a split second later, something grabbed my tail and yanked me downward, the ice-cold freezing water closing over my head. I twisted, struggling, trying to free myself of the black, enormous hand that had a tight grip on my tail as it dragged me down, down, down until I could see the ocean floor coming up fast. I forced myself to hold as much air in as possible and looked up to see that the hand belonged to the same gigantic monster that had been chasing us.

The beast was huge, and was the dark color of charcoal black. It was shaped like a lump, and only a mouth was visible on the beast, one that gaped wide open and contained sharp, rotating teeth. It had two arms, one of which was holding me. I slashed at the monster's hand with my talons. A chunk of the monster's gooey skin ripped off and dissipated into flecks of black dust in the water. The entire beast was made up of black matter. With the idea to rip off the monster's hand from its body in mind, I clawed viciously at the monster, tearing away almost the whole hand holding me when the monster slammed me against the ocean floor. The world blacked out for a split second as I fought against what was left of the beast's hand pinned me down to the floor, squeezing the air out of me. Don't pass out now. I grabbed the hand in between my claws and yanked on it, tearing it away from the beast's body. Now free, I kicked desperately up to the surface as my air supply dwindled quickly.

Green's POV

We watched with bated breath at the spot where Vio had disappeared with the monster. We were too afraid to ask the question that was on everyone's mind: Was Vio dead? With every passing minute it seemed there was no way Vio would've survived. We were about to give up hope when...

The surface of the water suddenly bubbled, and broke as Vio surfaced, spluttering and choking for air. The monster exploded out of the water in front of him, wailing in agony as dark, red blood spurted out of the area in which one of his arms used to be, staining the ocean water. Vio grappled with the monster, attacking and tearing off large chunks of the monster while dodging the beast's attempts to grab him. Suddenly, the monster slammed his fist down onto the water, creating a huge wave that sucked up Vio. He and the monster disappeared again under the waves.

"I'm helping him," Blue announced, about to dive into the water to help Vio. Just then, a patch of thick, dark red blood and what seemed to be intestines bubbled up, floating up from the depths of the sea. I could hear Red being violently sick behind me, but I kept my attention on the water. Soon after the blood and insides had surfaced, so did a black pool of goo moments later.

"That's the monster," I said. We looked at each other. "But Vio…?"

Vio suddenly resurfaced in the water right in the middle of the pool of blood and monster goo, coating himself with it, causing Red to throw up even more passionately. Vio flailed around in the water for a bit, until he reached a lone glacier floating in the ocean. He looked at it gratefully and scrambled onto it.

"Well, that was a slight setback," he called. "A little help, here…?"

We shot to him, landing on the glacier with him and nearly flipping the glacier over with our sudden, unexpected weight.

"Are you okay?!" Red shrieked.

"Are you?" Blue asked Red."You seemed a bit upset with your stomach."

Red nodded and patted his stomach comfortingly.
"I'm fine! Actually, I'm great! I've never - have you seen what these claws can do?!" Vio said, stabbing his claws into the ice and coming back up with a huge chunk of ice. "I have to say, I've missed fighting. This way of fighting is way better than using our swords."

"Shoot," Blue muttered. "I missed it."

"What was that thing?" I asked.

"I'm not sure," Vio admitted. "Nothing I've ever heard of before, really. I think it may have been a demon sent by the witch to stall us while trying to find her."

"Wow, something that Vio doesn't know about?" Blue said sarcastically, clapping a talon over his mouth in mock surprise.

Vio sighed and rolled his eyes. "My knowledge only goes so far. It's limited, y'know. No one holds all the answers to the universe."

Blue put a talon up. "If you're gonna start a lecture, save it for later. We've got to catch up to that hag."

Nike: And so concludes chapter one. We won't post the next chapter until we get at least, I dunno...two reviews! :D That's not too much to ask for, is it?

Dargon: Jeez, Nike, much is expected of the world.