WARNING: Spoilers for Ocarina of time and possibly Minish Cap in Author's note! Read at your own risk!
Hello, everyone! Imperial-sama here with a new story for you all! So, as you all know, November is now over, which, sadly, means Nanowrimo is also over, for this year, anyway. So, this was the story I was working on for that whoooooole month. I will probably edit plenty of stuff out of this story, mainly because it is useless. Anyway, I noticed that there was a HUGE lack of Dark Link and Vaati as a couple on here, most stories pair both of them with Link. So, I decided to add to the stories involving Dark Link and Vaati as a couple!
Anyway, this story will take place in Ocarina of Time, but it will also have some elements of Minish Cap thrown in there, too. So, I'm kinda combining the two games. However, somethings will have to be changed...but I will try to stick as close to canon as possible, I promise! But sometimes, I will have to change canon a little, sorry about that everyone! I just wanted to tell you all that so you all would not get too confused and remember: if any part is confusing, then you can always message me!
WARNING: This story will contain yaoi, because despite the fact that Vaati looks very girly, he is one hundred percent male. All of the romance will mainly be between Dark and Vaati, but will also contain hints of yaoi between Link and Sheik. Speaking of Sheik, he will be a guy in this story. There might be some lemons in later chapters, there will be violence because Ganondorf is a violent person, there might be some OOCness, And the most important warning of all, THIS STORY WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR MINISH CAP AND OCARINA OF TIME! These are both great games, and I do not want to spoil these wonderful games for anyone.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Legend of Zelda. Nintendo does. If I owned Legend of Zelda, then Zelda would be less annoying.
Anyway, that is enough of my rambling! On with the story!
Chapter 1: Changing Winds
'Another failure.' Dark Link thought, staring at the dark mirror in front of him. Currently, he was spying on Link's progress through a dungeon. As usual, the hero moved through the temple with almost no trouble at all, killing any monsters that came his way. Soon, he would arrive in the boss room.
Dark sighed, laying down on his bed. He couldn't understand why Ganondorf just couldn't spy on Link himself. Usually, it was Dark who went out into the field and went into the dungeons to try to stop Link. Even though he was defeated in all of the battles with the hero, Dark was never killed. There was a reason that he was the strongest shadow in Ganon's army, after all.
Everything was normal up until three weeks ago, when Ganon took him out of the field. Dark Link remembered it like it was yesterday...
Dark Link was sitting in his room, laying down on his bed. He had nothing to do at the moment, so he settled for staring at the ceiling, musing.
What was he thinking about? Why, he was thinking about what he pretty much thought about everyday, his existence.
His sole purpose was to defeat the Hero of Time. He was created in the hero's image, except evil, but that was the thing that bothered him the most: he was a shadow. Technically, he wasn't even a human. He was just an artificial being created from dark magic.
A knock was heard, snapping Dark Link out of his thoughts.
"Come in." the shadow being called, sitting up.
A Gerudo woman entered the room, peering at Dark Link for a few minutes before speaking.
"Um...Lord Ganondorf would like to see you." the servant girl whispered, nervously looking down at the ground. Dark Link only tsked before standing up and stretching.
"Alright, I'll be right down." he said. He brushed past her, heading down the hall to the throne room. As he walked down the hall, Dark Link heard the other servants whispering about him. It was no secret that many of the women in Ganon's fortress thought he was handsome. They always stared at him, whispering and giggling when he walked by. However, Dark didn't feel anything for any of the women. Sure, there were some beautiful servants serving Ganon, but Dark Link felt no attraction to them whatsoever.
He only ignored the women and continued on his way. Within a few minutes, he arrived in the throne room. He bowed in front of Ganon, beginning to speak.
"What is it you wanted to see me about, Lord Ganondorf?" he asked.
"Rise." the Gerudo king replied, watching as Dark obeyed before continuing to speak.
"I want you to keep an eye on the Kokiri boy." Ganon said.
"Why, Lord Ganondorf? Shouldn't I be in the dungeons?" Dark asked.
"You dare question me?" Ganondorf roared.
"N-no! I was just curious!" Dark stammered, trying not to anger the dark lord. Call him weak, but he wanted to live, thank you very much.
"If you must know, I'm going away for a few weeks to talk with someone who can help us get rid of that pest once and for all."
Dark Link opened his mouth to say something, but he was interrupted by Ganon.
"You should start your new duties today, Dark Link." It wasn't a suggestion, it was a command.
"But Lord-" Dark was interrupted by Ganon.
"Perhaps I was not clear enough. I meant start your new duties now." Ganon commanded, leaving no room for any protests. Dark Link could only bow and obey.
"As you wish, Lord Ganondorf."
Dark sighed. Ganandorf didn't even tell him who he was talking to. As far as he knew, there were no other villains in Hyrule. Who could Ganon be talking to?
He looked in the mirror again, seeing that Link had finally arrived in the boss room. The hero looked around the room, being greeted by a dozen portraits of blank landscapes. The paintings showed a dark scene with dead trees leading up to a gloomy castle. Certainly not a very cheerful scene. Here, Link would face Phantom Ganon, another disposable shadow creature created by Ganondorf.
The green-clad boy walked up to a painting, running a hand over the surface. That is, until he heard a laugh.
'Well, looks like the battle's about to begin.' Dark Link thought.
Link turned around, seeing that Phantom Ganon had made his appearance. To the hero, the spirit looked just like the real Ganon, horse and all.
And then the false Ganon ripped his own face off. Now the hero saw the true face of his opponent, a skull with flashing eyes.
Dark watched as his mirror image got into a battle stance when Phantom Ganon disappeared into one of the paintings. The green clad man pulled out his bow and prepared an arrow, aiming at a painting. He looked around the room, trying to see which painting his opponent would emerge from. He found the phantom, only one problem: there were two of them.
Dark only tsked, this was the same trick Phantom Ganon used with all of his opponents. In battle, the evil spirit would disappear into one of six paintings, making a decoy of himself. So, it would look like there were two phantoms, when in reality there was only one. The decoy phantom would turn away before coming out of the painting, while the real phantom would attack his opponent.
'Let's see if the so called 'hero' can see the difference.' Dark thought, a smirk on his face.
He did. As soon as he saw the fake phantom turn back, Link whirled around and shot an arrow at his real opponent. Phantom Ganon only retreated into another painting, no doubt going to repeat his earlier actions. Dark Link's expression quickly turned into a frown. This could be bad.
'That was just a fluke. He won't be able to defeat Ganon's shadow.' Dark tried to reassure himself. However, something still told him this battle would ultimately end in Link's victory.
Link landed another hit. And another. And another. Soon, his opponent's stead had vanished, and the spirit was forced to leave his paintings behind. Now Phantom Ganon was facing his opponent head on.
Dark Link only shook his head, he could tell defeat was inevitable.
Phantom Ganon fired an orb of magic at Link, who only reflected it with a slash of his sword. The first reflected shot missed, but the ones that followed it did not. Again and again the boss of the forest temple desperately tried to land a hit on the hero, failing each time. His magic was used against him and with each blow that was dealt to him, he was getting weaker.
The process continued until the phantom gave a screech of pain, becoming limp and floating to the middle of the room. Blue flames slowly began to consume the phantom's body as a void opened in the middle of the room.
Dark was about to disband the image before he heard Ganondorf's voice.
"Hey kid, you did quite well. It looks like you may be gaining some slight skill, but you've only defeated my phantom. When you fight me, it won't be so easy!" the dark lord started.
Dark Link's eyes only widened. If Ganon was watching Link this whole time, then what was he doing? Ganon continued to speak.
"What a useless creation that ghost was! I'll banish it to the gap between dimensions!"
Dark only cringed as Ganon's phantom shrieked once more before the blue flames completely consumed it. The shadow being quickly looked away and disbanded the picture. He didn't want to see anymore.
The fact that Phantom Ganon was so easily disposed of for one failure slightly frightened Dark. After all, he had failed plenty of times and yet, he was allowed to live. He had heard of servants gossiping about other failed experiments, Dark Links that Ganon had created in the past.
Shadow warriors who were too weak to accomplish their mission, and were quickly annihilated.
Even though Dark liked to think he was different, deep inside he knew he wasn't. He could be disposed of as quickly as Ganon's phantom was, just for failure. From what Dark had heard about the other shadows, each one was made with one goal in mind: to kill the hero of time. However, none of them could do it. They were all sent to an early grave at Link's hands.
Dark always wondered why he wasn't killed after his first failure. He had faced the hero many times, and always lost. Sure, he was always beaten for failing his missions, but never disposed of.
'Maybe Ganon doesn't have enough power to generate another shadow being?' Dark thought, trying to come up with an explanation as to why he was still alive.
'Nah, Ganon's the lord of darkness. Of course he still has plenty of power to create another shadow being.' Dark thought again.
After fifteen minutes of thinking, Dark still couldn't come up with an answer. He definitely knew that Ganon had no attachment to him whatsoever. Everyone knew Ganondorf was merciless to everyone, even his own subjects. Dark sighed and laid back on his bed. This day was filled with so many damn questions.
Who was Ganon meeting with?
Would Link succeed in stopping Ganondorf?
And most important of all, how many mistakes would Dark be allowed to make before he was killed?
And...that was the first chapter! I really hope you all enjoyed it! Also, guess who is coming in the next chapter?
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