Author Note: Well, here goes nothing. My first ever published fanfiction, and my first attempt at writing a mystery.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except what little plot there is. Nintendo owns the Legend of Zelda.

"You all have been gathered here today to be informed of an unfortunate death."

The first of the three goddesses, Din, the goddess of power, looked out over the small crowd. Nine boys and one wolf listened (or didn't listen) intently, some sitting, others standing, and most not giving a crap.

"Who died?" One of the boys asked, the only one wearing a red tunic and hat.

The second goddess, Nayru the goddess of wisdom, continued.

"The deceased is none other than… our beloved Navi the fairy."

A low murmuring arose, along with a few barely concealed exclamations of "Yes!" Two of the boys almost split their faces open smiling.

"It is up to you, heroes…" Farore, the goddess of courage, spoke solemnly, trying to disregard their exuberance. "You must find out who killed this loyal fairy, so the murderer will be brought to justice!"

"I bet it was Ganondorf." One of the Links (because we all know it's them) chimed in. Nayru shook her head.

"No… As the goddess of wisdom, I can assure you the killer is among you – or will be among you. Two of the Links never showed up, but they should be here presently."

"If you're the goddess of wisdom, why can't you just find out who the killer is?" The Link with the blue hat demanded. Horrified, his green counterpart shushed him.

"Have some respect for the goddesses!"

Din coughed slightly. "It's up to you now, heroes. We've arranged for you to stay in Hyrule Castle while you figure out this murder."

And with that, the three goddesses vanished.

There was silence, and then one of the more responsible looking Links spoke up.

"We should all get acquainted with our incarnations first. I'm Link."

"No, I'm Link, you doofus!" A younger Link argued. Not really wanting to fight just yet, the responsible Link cleared his throat.

"Well, we're all technically Link, so we'll have to figure this out. I'm Twilight Princess Link."

The same younger Link snorted. "You're the Twilight Princess?"

"Shut up. Since we're all named Link here, I guess you can call me Twilight Link. I guess." Twilight glared the younger Link down. "And who're you?"

"Younger Ocarina of Time Link, or Majora's Mask Link." He replied confidently. Twilight mused over it for a second.

"You'll be Majora Link."

"Majora is the name of the mask I killed!" The Link whined.

"I don't care. You're Majora Link."

Majora stuck his tongue out. "Fine." He turned to the Link next to him. "You go next, big me."

The Link cleared his throat. "I'm older Ocarina of Time Link. I guess I'll be… I dunno, Ocarina Link?"

"Good enough." Twilight cut him off before he could keep going. He pointed at a group of four perfectly identical Links wearing different colors. "You guys?"

"We're the Four Swords Links." The green one spoke up. "We already go by nicknames, so… I'm Green, and that's Red, Blue, and Vio."

Twilight didn't say anything, merely nodding at the other Link his age.

"I'm Skyward Sword Link." He stared Twilight down. "You can call me Skyward Link." He turned to the final remaining Link, the one that somehow looked almost like a cartoon. "And who're you?"

"I'm Wind Waker Link." The Link didn't seem to mind looking different than the rest. "And Phantom Hourglass Link. And Spirit Tracks Link."

"What do we call him?" Majora made his way over to the cartoonish Link, looking tempted to poke him.

"Hourglass Link," Skyward suggested at the same time Twilight said,

"Wind Link."

"I like Hourglass Link." The Link announced after a moment of contemplation. Skyward, who had been staring down Twilight, gave a triumphant smirk. Hoping to save some face, Twilight gave a low whistle, and the wolf trotted over. He stroked the beast's fur.

"This is Wolf Link."

"I thought he was the same person as you." Ocarina frowned. Twilight shrugged.

"You and Majora Link are the same person too-"

He was cut off by the door slamming open, revealing the two absent Links. The whole naming conversation was immediately dropped as Ocarina approached the door, glowering.

"Dark Link, what are you doing here?" He demanded.

"The goddesses summoned me and Shadow Link here because of some murder that supposedly happened." The darker side of Link smirked, stepping into the room. Following him at a safe distance was a second black-clad Link, although this one had purple hair.

"Shadow Link?" Vio narrowed his eyes. The shadow made no response, verbal or otherwise.

"Why would anyone invite you two?" Majora asked.

"We're suspects, duh." Dark Link rolled his ruby eyes. "What'd we miss? Who died?"

"Navi the fairy," Twilight informed him. His face split into a grin, revealing his strangely pearly teeth.

"Yes!" He whispered to himself, disregarding his own extremely displeased red fairy flitting around his head. "That stupid thing that kept telling the hero to conquer himself… hmph."

"Whatever." Skyward interrupted him. "But why are both of you here? Isn't Shadow Link just another name for Dark Link?"

There was a moment of silence, and Shadow Link gave Skyward a look. "…I'm standing right here."

"…Sorry. Or Dark Link is another name for Shadow Link…"

"We're completely different people!" Dark Link snapped. "I'm a manifestation of Link's evil thoughts and desires. That guy's just a shadow." He nodded towards Shadow Link, who flipped him off.

Hourglass stepped in the middle of them. "Guys, we need to focus. There was a murder of a poor, innocent fairy-"

"Bull," Ocarina choked out in the middle of a sudden coughing fit. Majora patted him on the back.

"-and we need to get to Hyrule Castle so we can settle down and figure out which of us committed this horrible crime!"

To be continued!