Alright, this is my first collab. Starring: Demon Princess of Time as my co-conspirator of awesomeness. Actually, I give her most of the credit, so I suppose that means I'm the co-conspirator in this story :). The plot lines are based off the mangas, not the actual games. We'll be starting where the Four on on the river trying to reach Death Mountain. It'll be mostly quotes from the manga for a bit.

Neither DPT or I own anything. Well, she owns copies of the mangas, but that doesn't count.

Prologue

Vio's POV

"But something bothers me," I said, glancing at Red.

"What does?" Blue asked.

I pointed at the mountain. "We're heading for that mountain right?"

"Yeah," Green said.

"It feels like we're moving away from it." I was beginning to wonder if the others had the slightest clue what I was getting at.

"Maybe it's because we're being moved downstream," Blue said uncertainly.

"Where is the mountain located on this river?" Green asked.

"Upward," Red's ever cheerful voice answered. None of us knew how to respond to that. Well, until Blue let his temper get a hold of him.

"Are you stupid?! Who's idea was it to go by boat?!" he raged, hitting Red with his oar.

"Knock it off Blue!" Green cried

Of course no one else was listening to my suggestion to get to shore, so after attempting to get their attention a few times I gave up. Let them figure it out themselves, I thought.

Green and Blue had begun fighting again. At least it was over something worth while. I didn't appreciate Blue bullying Red all the time either, but I was hardly going to attempt to kick Blue's anger up another notch. That was Green's job. Suddenly, the boat rocked violently.

"The river suddenly became rapid?!" I shouted over the water. If you guys had just listened to me...

"Row correctly or we'll flip over!" Green called out.

"L-look ahead! Which way?!" Red was almost wailing. Whether from fear or the lingering pain from the oar, I didn't know. Green and Blue had a disagreement about that subject until we crashed in to a rather large rock.

I expected to plunge into the water, but instead I felt magic wrap around my body, transporting me out of the river. I could only hope that the others were with me when I crashed into the ground.

Line Break; Shadow's POV

I stood, watching the Four fight amongst themselves through the Dark Mirror. It was funny really, how they were all the same, and yet could be so different. I paused, thinking that I was technically one of them too, but shook my head. I was completely different, their shadow, their opposite.

And yet you wish to spare them, even if it's in the form of turning them, said this little niggling voice in the back of my mind. I didn't know why it took pleasure in irritating me, but it did, and was rather successful, however ashamed I am to admitting a voice in my mind was enough to set me off.

I thought about taking out my irritation on one of the nearby cyclops when an image from the Mirror caught my eye. I looked closer and grinned. The spell (I didn't know the specifics, I wasn't the one who cast it) worked, making the river rapid. My eyes widened as the Four suddenly disappeared.

"What?!" I cried (okay, more like screeched). "Mirror, where are they?" Nothing came up. I backed away from it, trying not to lash out at the nearest thing, which happened to be the Mirror. Breathing through my teeth, I rested my forehead on the wall. Where did they go? Somewhere outside where the the Mirror can't find them? But...how?

I blinked, feeling a breeze ruffle my hair slightly. Frowning, I looked around. There was no window. What...? Oh. Oh, no. I realized what was happening with a start. I groaned as he was taken by the magic and unceremoniously dumped in a field. Looking around I saw the other Links. Great, just what I need, people who hate me, I thought, squinting in the sunlight. Oh, it's daytime too. Joy.