Chapter One- A New Friend: It was a beautiful sunny day in Hyrule. Link was riding around on Epona in Hyrule Field, jumping over fences, and practiced jumping techniques. The grass was green and the flowers were blooming. and no monsters were in sight. He had forgotten his epic battle with Ganondorf yesterday. He remembered fighting him in a small barrier and on the outside was Zelda mounted on Epona, just standing there, just watching could have at least tried to help him save all of Hyrule. Link thought about this for awhile, forgetting he was riding on Epona. CRASH Epona had thrown him into a wall. "Ow…", Link rubbed his head then felt a small bump. "What was that for?!", he asked Epona, not expecting an answer. He looked up and saw Epona staring at a black horse. The horse had glowing red eyes. At the top of his head, in between his ears, was gray hair that ran down the back of his neck then flew with the wind. A black leather saddle covered his back with a dark blue Hylian symbol. His tail was made out of gray hair that flew freely with the wind. He had dark gray hooves with gray hair surrounding them that flew with the wind as well. Epona's heart skipped a beat, instantly falling in love with the mustang, not caring whether he was evil or not. "What's your name, handsome?", Epona whinnied to the dark horse. "Apone", he replied with a strong and deep neigh making Epona's heart melt. "What's yours, gorgeous?", he continued, whipping his mane back. "E-epona….", whinnied Epona in a shaky neigh. Apone could tell she was nervous, so he decided to comfort her. "How about we get a drink over by Zora's Domain?", neighed Apone. "S-s-sure!", whinnied Epona, still a bit nervous. With that, Apone leaded the way to the lake as Epona followed behind him, leaving Link clueless. "What just happened?", Link asked himself. 'So let me get this straight...my horse had just left with some other spooky looking horse, to go wander off? Where did he even come from? Riding around Hyrule field, next thing ya know, you get slammed into a wall then get ditched?', Link thought. Just when he was about to go follow them, he was stopped by a familiar stranger. "Where's my horse?", the stranger asked. This stranger had gray skin, glowing red eyes, and black hair. He was wearing a black tunic with a sword and shield on his back. He looked very familiar to Link but could not remember his name. "Dark Link!", Link shouted as the name clicked into his mind. "Yes, it is I, Dark Link! Remember me? You defeated me in the Water Temple! I hope you haven't forgotten.", Dark Link chuckled evilly. "But how? I killed you!", argued Link, pointing his sword at Dark Link. "You didn't actually kill me, Ganondorf just summoned me back before I could die, then revived me! You don't think you actually killed me, did you?", questioned the dark Hylian. "I could have if Ganon wasn't there to help you….", Link mumbled under his breath. "Why did you come back here...so late...after all these years?", continued Link. "I have come back to...KILL YOU!", yelled Dark Link. "No, not really. Actually I came back to apologize about attacking you...for no reason. Once I found out that I was created for one reason and one reason only, to kill you, I decided to turn my back on him and let you kill me, or at least seem like it. Now that he thinks I'm worthless, he let me go, so I want to be your friend…I think you could be a really good ally…", Dark Link said with a smile, putting his right hand on Link's left shoulder. Link was speechless. He was shocked of how Dark Link's attitude changed and how he was acting. "D-d-dark Link-", Link stammered before he was interrupted by Dark Link. "No, no. Call me Dark.", Dark said with a bigger smile, slightly blushing. "Ok then, Dark-", he said putting out his right hand, palm facing up. "-friends it is." "Best friends?", asked Dark, blushing more. "Forever.", Link said, blushing as well. Dark shook Link's right hand smiling and having a good feeling in his heart that Link wouldn't break his promise. "So, where is he anyway?", Dark asked breaking the silence. "Oh right...", Link said, forgetting about the question. "I saw him go towards Zora's Domain.", said Link, pointing towards Zora's Domain. "Zora's Domain? Why would he go there?", Dark asked. "I don't know, but he left with my horse...", said Link a little disappointed. "Oh, so little Romeo decided to finally take my advice huh?", Dark said, lifting one eyebrow. "You give your horse love advice?", Link said, snickering. "Ya, he's like a son to me...", Dark said, close to crying. Link burst out into laughter then Dark nudged him. Link was still laughing so Dark just knocked him over. Link was still laughing, rolling around in the grass. "Stop it! That's not funny!", Dark yelled at Link, who was still laughing. Dark kept telling Link to stop, nudging him on the ground. Link stopped laughing, wiping tears from his eyes. "Oh-ok-I'm sorry!", Link said in between laughs. "Should we go get them then?", Dark asked, blushing madly, crossing his arms. "Ok-let's go.", Link said in between chuckles. Dark and Link were used to riding their horses everywhere, so they realized they had to walk to get to Lake Hylia. "Oh ya! I almost forgot!", Link said, taking out his horse call. "Oh right!", Dark said taking out his own. Link played his own horse call while Dark played his own, playing a song that was Epona's song, backwards. None of their horses had come. "Now what?", asked Dark. "Umm...I guess...we walk...", said Link, unsure. So Link and Dark walked to Zora's, Domain without talking. "Finally! We're here!", Dark said, trying to catch his breath. "Wow, you are really lazy.", Link teased. "Whatever!", Dark shouted, crossing his arms. "Hey, I'm just kidding...", Link said, hugging him, looking at Dark in the eyes. "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings...I'm just trying to get comfortable with you...", Link said, putting his head on Dark's left shoulder. "I forgive you.", Dark said, hugging Link back. This caused a crowd of Zoras to stare at the two hugging. "Ha ha ha! Look at the so called 'Hero of Light'!", one Zora said, using his fingers as quotation marks. Link and Dark pulled away from each other, looking around and realizing they have caused a spectacle. Zoras of all ages were pointing and laughing at the two. Link and Dark were blushing madly, and Dark ran away crying. Link got mad at this so he unsheathed his sword and pointed it towards the Zoras circling him. " HEY! I SAVED ALL OF YOUR LIVES AND FOR WHAT?! YOU SHOULD BE TREATING ME AS YOUR KING AND BOWING FOR SAVING ALL OF YOU ZORAS! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES! DARK IS SENSITIVE AND YOU JUST MADE HIM RUN AWAY CRYING!", Link yelled at them, really mad now. The Zoras stopped laughing and felt ashamed of themselves, as Link stated. The crowd went away and Link went to find Dark. Dark was in a cave, hiding from the Zoras. "Oh, there you are!", Link said, sitting next to Dark. "I heard what you said...", Dark said, facing Link. "Thank you for standing up for me...", Dark said, pulling Link in close for a hug. "Anything for you, buddy.", Link said, returning the hug. Link pulled away from Dark, putting both hands on Dark's shoulders, looking at him in the eyes. "How about we keep our hugs a secret?", suggested Link, who was blushing and smiling. "Ok.", Dark said, hugging Link again. "Lets go find our horses, ok?", Link said pulling away from Dark, then standing up, putting a hand out for Dark. Dark grabbed his hand, stood up and said, "Lets go.". They looked around all over Lake Hylia and found no horses. "I'll go ask any of the Zoras...maybe they saw them.", said Link. "Ok.", said Dark. Link went up to one of the Zoras and asked, "Have you seen Epona, or a black horse by any chance?". "Yes, they were here, drinking from the lake, then went up to Death Mountain.", said the Zora. "Ok thanks!", Link said, smiling and walking back over to Dark. "She said that they went to Death Mountain.", Link said to Dark. "Death Mountain? I told him to take his date to a relaxing area, not all over the world!", Dark said. "Hmm…I wonder what they are doing…", Link thought out loud. A/N: CLIFF HANGER! Also I apologize for how the story was typed. It won't let me have large spaces in between words so sorry. I originally named Apone Epona backwards but then realized Epona backwards is Anope but I like Apone better so I kept it. I will hopefully be posting a new chapter every Friday. 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