Here's my first try at a story, I hope you guys like it, if you have any helpful criticism, don't hesitate to tell me, I want to know how bad or good I did. Also, none of the characters except for Cody belong to me, they all belong to Nintendo, but I can still dream…

Chapter 1: A Hero's Worry

"I refuse to let you win!" A blonde haired, blue eyed Hylian boy yelled as he charged, sword drawn, at a black haired, yellow eyed Hylian appearing boy, whom was holding a pair of large daggers in each hand, his arms folded across his chest.

"Just give it up, you lost at the start, Link," The black haired boy said as he spun out of the way, as though he were dancing, twirling around and landing a heel on the back of Link's head, sending him tumbling forward. Was this how the Hero of Time was going to lose? To a 16 year old who had taught himself how to fight, was this how it was over?

"Now, get up, Malon was yelling at us for dinner a few minutes ago," Link's friend, Cody, said as he put his daggers in their sheathes on the back of his belt.

In a way it was, this was what Link and Cody usually did before they had dinner; they sparred for around an hour. Link had to get used to the feel of a normal sword, since he no longer had the master sword. So far the score between them was, Cody: 6 Link: 10.

Cody held a hand out to his friend, who got up and sheathed his own sword. He shook his head as he brushed the dirt off of his tunic.

"I can't believe you beat me," Link said, a little dismayed. 'The Triforce of Darkness is getting stronger, I can feel it.'

"Yeah, you had to let me win again, sometime," Cody said, putting his hands behind his head as he and Link walked towards the ranch house where Malon had so graciously allowed them to stay.

Cody stayed in the barn on a bed of hay, he loved animals, and Link stayed in the house with Talon, Malon, and Ingo. Cody had the choice of rooming with Ingo, but he had kindly said, "I'd rather be hugged by a goron."

Cody walked into the house with Link, the only difference is Cody swiped a bottle of milk off of the counter when nobody was looking, being the thief he was. Malon had laid out their dinner for all of them; she and Talon were already sitting at the table. Cody immediately sat down and challenged Talon to see who could get done first, of course Talon accepted. Link sat quietly, eating occasionally but mainly looking at his food, "Aw, come on, Link, I didn't beat you that bad," Cody said, through a mouthful of food.

"That's not what been bothering me, it's the Triforce of Courage," Link said. The room immediately went quiet, except for Cody, but he did eat normally now so he could talk.

"I know whatcha mean, the Triforce of Darkness has been botherin' me, too," Cody said, he raised his right hand and in the middle of the Triforce insignia where it was always meant to be empty space was a black upside down triangle that showed up on the back of his leather gauntlets, much like Link's Triforce of Courage.

Cody was under watch by the palace, ever since they found out that there was a dark side of the Triforce, as there usually is with all things that have to deal with Light, Link had been ordered to watch Cody and make sure he didn't become influenced by the spirit of Darkness trapped inside of the Triforce after Ganondorf touched it.

"So, why didn't you say anything?!" Link exclaimed at his friend.

"Didn't wanna bother ya, I thought you would just say I hadn't gotten used to it, yet," Cody replied.

"The Triforce isn't something you just get used to!"

"You got used to it."

"Yes, but you have the Dark Triforce!"

"So? Just means I have as much power in mine as you all have in all of yours combi-"

"Will you both be quiet and eat?" Malon cut in, she hated it when they started talking about the Triforce, because then Cody would brag about how since the Dark Triforce is half of the Triforce, it had just as much power as the Triforce pieces that Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf possessed.

Both sat there quietly and finished eating, both looking up at each other occasionally and laughing at how childish they still acted. Their excuse was that both had missed out on seven years of their life, though.