Link Meets his Darkness
Part 1: Dicovery
Note: This story explores Dark Link's (from Ocarina of Time) origins and how he is connected to Link. I have created a bit of a surprise as to where Dark Link originates. It is not my theory on his origins, it is simply an idea I thought it would be an interesting twist. Also, I did not put myself in the story, for those of you wondering. I am telling it from the author's point of view and used his name as the author because, again, I thought it would be interesting to have his name there seeing as how he is the one telling the story. One more thing before we continue. This story was in fact posted on another website but it was posted there by me (well, not technically me, the webmistress posted it and I submitted it to her). I am just trying to bring my stories to the eyes of more readers. (The site is called North Castle if you're wondering.) Well, hopefully you will enjoy this.
Chapter 1: A New Journey Begins
As a young lad in the land of Hyrule, I was used to hearing strange and remarkable tales. Including those of the Hero of Time himself. You may not know this, but, the Hero of Time, the great Link, was once my friend, and still is. I met him in his travels twice. Once, as a young boy. The other as a young man seven years later. Of course because the great Hero of Time sealed the King of Evil, Ganondorf in the Sacred Realm, that second time period never happened and all lost their memory of it. Except, as it was believed, for Link. However, I also remember these events. The reason for this being that I received a shard of the Triforce of Courage from Link. It seemed I was to have a destiny too. My destiny was to save Link from his darkness. When I met Link, apparently, the godess Farore saw my destiny and gave me a shard of the Triforce of Courage without Link's knowledge. Farore wanted me to remember what had happened in this alternate time so I would be able to assist him in his quests of the future. Seven years after the Link replaced the Master Sword to the Pedestal of Time and closed the Door of Time, peace and prosperity flourished. Link informed the Royal Family of these future events and they managed to capture Ganondorf as he reached the Temple of Time. Upon receiving the knowledge of what he would do to Hyrule, he was demanded to be put to death at the Arbiter's Grounds. After that, none had heard from him so it was assumed that the King of Evil was indeed dead. However Link was to have another adventure. You see his own evil incarnation, Dark Link, was never truly killed at the bottom of Lake Hylia in the Water Temple. He had survived his defeat at the hands of the real Link. This evil incarnation had vowed vengeance against his conquerer. Or was he an incarnation? The truth would be revealed to Link as he wandered the Kokiri Forest. A discovery was about to be made. As he strode through the forest, a Gerudo man appeared before him. This man was the doppleganger of the King of Thieves.
"No!" Link exclaimed "It can't be! How is it possible? What does it take to defeat you, Ganondorf?"
"No, I am not Ganondorf. However, your eyes do not deceive you. I am another Gerudo male."
"But, that's impossible. Only one man is born every hundred years in the Gerudo tribe."
"Yes, most of the time. However, sometimes we do have rare occurances of two or even three born within the same hundred years. I am his cousin, Fandoron."
"What have you come here for?"
"I have come with a message. Your brother has been sighted in Kakariko Village, attacking innocent people and causing mayhem. I fear he may move onto Goron City next. You must go and stop him, Link. I am asking you from a good heart. I do not possess the same evil as my cousin. What a horrible thing it was to serve him."
" It must have been. Thank you for the-" he suddenly stopped. "I'm sorry, Fandoron. Who did you say was attacking Kakariko?"
" Your brother, Link. Why do you ask?"
"Because I don't have a brother."
"Oh dear. I didn't realize you had no prior knowledge. Sorry to have troubled you, Link. Goodbye." At that point, he turned and ran out of the forest.
"Wait, Fandoron! Come back! What are you talking about?" But Fandoron was gone. Link was suddenly unable to think of what to do. He had a brother? And an evil brother at that? He stood there, trying to think of what to do next. He suddenly made a decision that he would come and see me in the little-known village of Verul. He decided to talk to me instead of Saria or Zelda because he knew I was the only other person who knew of how the future had happened before he saved Hyrule, and deduced that I would perhaps have knowledge of what Fandoron had said. In fact, I did. I had a bit of a confrontation with Fandoron, so much did he look like Ganondorf. He explained to me who he was and also told something alarming about the Hero of Time and his family history. I had not seen Link in over two months and was eager to tell him this grave secret. This was something that he needed to know. I heard a knock on my door. I opened it. Link was standing there, clearly distraught from his meeting with Fandoron."Link, it's good to see you. Please, come in."
"Joran, I need to talk to you."
"About what?" I already guessed, but I had to make sure. "Well, I met a Gerudo who claims to be Ganondorf's cousin. He, yes he, told me that my brother has attacked Kakariko and may attack Goron City next. How is ths possible? Why didn't I know about this before? Is he even telling the truth?"
" Link, Fandoron was indeed telling the truth. I had an encounter with him as well. Somehow, you came up as a subject of our conversation. He told me all about what happened to you and why it happened. It seems Ganondorf had something to do with this. And, why you didn't know this earlier is because your brother is someone you would never expect. You have met him, and your encounter with him is not a good memory. This is what happened."