Hylian Rider: Ok, I just want to say that this is the first bit of romance I have written so don't start flaming me, I know the love stuff sucks.

Prince of Hyrule: Your telling me, you suck

Hylian Rider: Shut up! You helped, sorta, ok so I can't write romance, so what. Enjoy the story anyway please.

Chapter 1:

"Heltie." Called Zetherity and Link's rock exploded. Link used the impact to fly into the air rolling over and over at a dangerous speed changing his landing into a spin attack at the last second. The man, caught by surprise caught the attack in full. He lay on the ground holding his bleeding chest where there was an angry burn. Link dashed onward with the rush of victory in his mind. His sword flew point-first into the ground and stuck there solid. Link grabbed the man and used magic to blast him with a darker energy blast.

"I have discovered power. Do you think you can stand in my way?" Link asked. The man sent a stream of spells and Link but all were dodged or deflected with the upmost ease. Link had become the most powerful man in the universe. He ran back to the Master Sword and grasped the handle. An electric shock surged through the blade and burned his hand and he pulled back in shock. Oh well who needed the damn sword anyway, if it didn't like men with power that was it's issue.

"Now die." He sent three dark energy blasts at the man and called lighting from the heavens. All attacks hit the target. He lay wheezing on the ground. Link used magic to call an abandoned sword to his grip and stabbed the man in the neck. Zetherity now lay dead with his life's supply of magic up for grabs.

"LINK." The cry was from Zelda's lips. She had chased him down after Xilic told her what happened.

"Leave, I am power, I need nobody."

"Do you really believe that?" She asked, tears in her eyes.

"Can't you see what this is doing to you?" She conjured up water, Link saw his own image and saw a likeness of the Shadow, pain stabbed at him. What was power if it meant destroying all his friends the woman he loved and ruling in a death grip, what did it mean if power made him what he'd become what he'd been stopping for the last two years or so. Zelda walked up to him.

"Please I love you." She leaned forward and kissed him. Link relaxed completely in that moment. Link felt all of the powers he'd absorbed fly out of him. It was odd, he didn't rule over any more power, but his role as hero of time had been given more power, because it was what he had to do. He felt something wrong, he pulled away from Zelda, he didn't tell her anything about his choice, she already knew, he merely asked.

"What happened to Xilic?"

"That shadow's power infected him and there was a large fight, he lost and everything went wrong, he declared himself a dictator over all of Hyrule."

"He fell to power. That man got to him before I could. Come on!" He ran outside and whistled for Snowfire. What she said hadn't taken it's full toll on him just yet. He knew that he had to do his duty.

"Then I shall stop him, he is now an enemy of us. All we stand for." But suddenly Link felt a wind tug him and heard a voice say.

"Hero of Time, your part in this tale is over. Now you die." And pain entered every pore of his body, he was screaming writhing in pain, he was blind and couldn't hear Zelda, he didn't even know where he was, he kept fighting the pain, trying to escape willing anything, for blackness to come for the end, to die. Then it stopped, he woke on a large cloud he was wearing his normal clothes, but without the Master Sword or the Hylian Shield on his back. A man stood in front of him, Link looked over the edge of the cloud and saw Hyrule far below.

The man spoke, "Link, you are free to enter the afterlife, you've done well. Congratulations." The gate behind the man opened.

"Forget you, I am a hero, and I have defeated death more than enough times to explain everything." Link leapt down landing right where the castle roof was and saw Zelda at the foot of the doors, the Sword of Evil's bane on her back. Link leapt behind her and pulled his sword out of the sheath. She stared at him. It looked like she'd been crying recently.

"Link, I love you deeply, but if you keep doing this death and life again thing over and over again, I am going to tie you to the ground." He smiled.

"One of the downsides to loving me I'm afraid."

"Hate to break up your loving talk," Said an cold voice. "But I want the Hero of Time here dead. He can't threaten my empire!" Xilic was walking up to them, his long blade in hand and drawn, with a dark green cloak over his shoulders. Without waiting for the reply Xilic swung at him. Link blocked the blow, Xilic flung his sword backwards over his head to bring it crashing down on Link. Then his eyes grew wide, he looked backwards and saw Zelda holding his blade back with her own. Link swung forward to kill Xilic. But Xilic planted a solid kick in his chest knocking Link to the ground before turning and moving to take Zelda down. He would've done so, if Link hadn't jumped up and tried to stab Xilic in the back. The blow was avoided but narrowly.

"Please Xilic don't make us do this, we want to help." Zelda cried out.

"No, power has helped me. See if I need you!" he said. Then he lashed out at her Link blocked the blow.

"We were brothers, it was a good move, we are still brothers." Link told him.

"You are wrong, we were brothers but it was a stupid weak move of affection, we aren't brothers, we are foes to the death."

"I would've died defending you." Link said.

"How ironic, you now you get to die fighting me."

"Not today." Link used his magic to warp to the old Hylian cave the place they'd be safe for a while. He then kneeled and wept from loss and sorrow, Zelda sat with him and wrapped her arms around him.

HR: Well there you go, the first chapter, sorry it took forever, it is hard to write it, I hope you enjoy it, and for many unhappy people take notice that ZELDA ISN'T DEAD, YAY!