Fo: Howdy all, this is my first 'Legend Of Zelda' fan fic ^^ It's a combination of 'Ocarina Of Time', 'Majora's Mask', 'Wind Waker', and 'Twilight Princess'.

Taichi: Damn Fo... You sure it won't be lame?

Veemon: Yea... It sounds a little confusing.

Washu: I read the first chapter... It seems like it has a lot going on.

Fo: Not at all guys ^^ It'll come together. Okay! The story takes place after 'Ocarina Of Time' and when Link meets Zelda again. If you read the manga you'll know what I'm talking about. I want you guys to start reading, so I'll cut this short! I do not own 'Legend Of Zelda'! Please... Enjoy!

Ryuk: And don't forget to review!

Fo: I like reviews ^^

Taichi: No you don't! It takes a hour for you to even check 'em!

Fo: Lies!

Taichi: Weirdo...


Into The Dark We Go

Chapter 1: The Trick Is To Keep Breathing


It's been seven days since Links has been in a coma.

The Moblin King had sent his Moblin horde to attack Hyrule Castle and many were killed.

It was a tragic day many lives were lost and many homes were destroyed.

Link, Princess Zelda, Impa, and all of Hyrule's soldiers fought long and hard (Fo: That's what she said!) to protect Hyrule.

Many lives were lost that day and many were injured as well. Nobody seen the Moblin King's attack coming. It was indeed a tragic day. During the middle of the bloody battle against the Moblins, Link was shot by a poisoned arrow that soon sent him into a deep coma.

The arrow was thought to be for Princess Zelda's assassination, but it turned out that Link was the Moblin King's true target.

All of Hyrule was in a state of shock afterwards. And many didn't leave their homes during the evening, living in fear of the Moblin King's next attack. Princess Zelda had Link placed in the tallest tower of the castle and had ever doctor taking care of him. Link and Zelda had fallen in love after the death of Ganondorf , and she was crushed when he had slipped into a coma. She was in the library everyday searching for an antidote. Her personal guard, Impa had to slip her special herbs in her drinks at night so she can fall asleep. Princess Zelda was very determined to bring Link back.

"Princess... You've been up there for almost three hours!" Impa called out as she looked up at her princess.

Princess Zelda was up the on the third floor of the library, reading every book that was related to Link's condition. She was wearing a light pink silky gown that showed off her bare shoulders and stopped below her shoulder blades showing off her milky white skin, she had a jeweled and golden belt on that was loose around her hips, and she was wearing brown leather healed boots. She had her light blonde hair in a low braid with a light pink ribbon braided throughout the braid.

"I'm sorry Impa, but I have to find that antidote!" Princess Zelda exclaimed as she dropped the heavy brown book that she had finished reading.

Impa sighed, she knew this wasn't healthy for the young 18 year old princess.

"Princess Zelda please! You've been so busy for the past six days!" Impa pleaded to her princess.

Princess Zelda been like this ever since Link slipped into a coma. She was determined to save him.

She can't let him die...

She loves him.

"Give me another hour! Link doesn't have much time!" Princess Zelda exclaimed as she reached for another book from the shelf in front of her.

When she reached for it a hand wearing a black leather glove grabbed her wrist. Zelda screeched as the hand pulled her closer to the book case while Zelda desperately was pushing herself with her hand on the bookcase. Impa gasped when she heard Zelda screaming and hurried towards the staircase.

"IMPA!" Zelda screamed as loud as she can as she tried to pull away from her attacker.

"GUARDS!" Impa screamed loudly as she ran up the marbled stairs.

Impa could hear the two guards that were standing outside of the library storming into the room. Princess Zelda screamed and whimpered as her arm was being used for tug-o-war by her unknown attacker.

"IMPA!" Zelda continued to scream her bodyguard's name.

Then she had finally had got herself free when she landed on her stomach.

She quickly got up, but then she felt someone grab her arm from the behind (Fo: That's what she said ^^).

Zelda started winching in pain as the attacker twisted her arm.

"What do you want!" Zelda exclaimed as she felt tears forming from all the pain in that one arm.

The attacker didn't answer her.

Zelda was relieved when she saw Impa running up the stairs with the two guards behind her.

"Impa..." Zelda whimpered.

Zelda noticed that Impa had a look of horror on her face. She looked like she had just seen a ghost.

"Link?" Impa uttered as she gazed at Princess Zelda's attacker in shock.

Princess Zelda's blue eyes widened when she heard Link's name. She felt her heart rose into her throat from the name that slipped through Impa's lips. Zelda looked through the corner of her eye and saw sandy blonde hair, a pierced ear, and the very same hat that Link wears, but it was black.

"Link what has gotten into?" Impa asked as she glared at the attack.

The attacker didn't respond to Impa's question.

Princess Zelda looked over her shoulder to see if he really was Link. Princess Zelda gasped when she saw his face. He was Link, but something was off; he didn't have that soft tan that Link had or his baby blue eyes. He also didn't have that warmth that Link had either.

"Dark Link?" Princess Zelda mumbled, the Link look alike glanced at her with a smirk.

Her eyes widened, she was right...

It was Dark Link. Link had told her about him when he was at the Water Temple.

Link fought him, but he couldn't defeat him, because he had a conscious and he felt that Dark Link maybe had some good in him (Fo: I know Dark Link was defeated in 'Ocarina Of Time'. You can shove it! Not you guys, Readers... I'm talking about a previous Reader that reviewed a nasty flame on my A/U 'Dragon Ball Z' fic called 'I Can't Stand You!'. He or she was bitching about the change of Trunks' age. I guess he or she never heard of the term ALTERNATE UNIVERSE! I CONTROL THE DAMN KEYBOARD!).

Princess Zelda thought Link had defeated him, she doesn't understand why he is alive.

"Not one more step," Dark Link demanded as he drew his sword.

Dark Link smirked and pointed the blade at Impa and the two guards as he pulled Princess Zelda closer to him. Impa grunted as she threw a Deku Nut onto the hard stoned floor creating a giant flash and blinding everyone in the room asides her. Dark Link covered his blood red eyes with the back of his wrist and freeing the princess at the same time. Impa appeared behind Link's clone and karate chopped him on the back of the neck rendering him unconscious. Impa was shocked that Dark Link was so easy to take down.

"Men, take him to the dungeon!" Impa ordered as she picked up Dark Link's sword.

"And be careful! Who knows what this monster is capable of," Impa said glaring at Dark Link as the two guards dragged him by each arm.

Princess Zelda sat up and watched as Dark Link was being dragged away. Impa knelt down in front of her princess on one knee.

"Princess are you alright?" Impa asked as she placed a hand on Zelda's shoulder.

"I'm fine Impa," she said as she looked up at Impa.

Impa ran a hand through Zelda's loose hair in the front lightly brushing her hand up against her forehead. Impa sighed when she felt a small fever.

"You need to rest more Princess Zelda, you are making yourself sick," she said as she helped the young princess up.

"I'll be okay Impa..." she said assuring her she'll be alright.

"Princess Zelda I want you to rest in your bed," Impa said, Princess Zelda shook her head 'no'.

"I want to talk to him," Zelda said as she walked over to the stairs with Impa behind her.


In the dungeon Dark Link was tied to a chair. A couple of the palace soldiers were throwing buckets of ice cold water at Dark Link's face.

"Why are you here!" one of the guards shouted at Dark Link.

Dark Link gave the guard a smug look on his pale face and apparently pissing the guard off, because the next thing that the dark clone knew he felt a fist ramming into his jaw. Dark Link groaned as he felt the taste of copper in his mouth.

The other guard bent over leering into Dark Link's red eyes.

"You are never going to leave this room alive, boy," the guard said with a smirk.

Without warning Dark Link smirked at the guard and then headed butted the guard breaking his nose.

The guard fell back onto the floor holding his bleeding nose screaming in agony.

"You'll pay for that!" said the guard standing up.

A couple more guards charged into the cell and knocked Dark Link and the wooden chair to the ground and started stomping and kicking him while Dark Link laughed insanely.

As the men continued to beat Dark Link, the cell door opened with a loud 'clank'.

The guards looked over and they saw it was their Princess Zelda, they quickly got on one knee and bowed their heads.

Princess Zelda was wearing her royal garments (Fo: The dress from 'Twilight Princess'.) with a hooded lavender cape with the symbol of the Triforce on the back.

She looked at the four guards and stopped when she saw the one with the broken nose.

"Please go see a doctor immediately," she said sweetly, the guard nodded his head and left the room.

"Rise," she said motioning them with her hand.

The three remaining soldiers did so as they stood at attention.

Then the door was heard again with Impa entering the room.

Impa looked over at Dark Link and then at the three guards with her arms crossed over her busty chest. She was ashamed with the guards, they knew this wasn't the way they ran this kingdom. Princess Zelda gasped when she looked over at Dark Link; he was bloody and bruised. She then brought her attention to the three guards. She was disgusted with them.

"Leave us," she ordered in a soft tone.

The three guards hurried out of the cell leaving Zelda, Impa, and Dark Link behind.

They knew that the princess was upset.

Impa lifted the wooden chair back on it's four legs with Dark Link still tied to it.

"Don't try anything," Impa threatened him as she glared deadly daggers at him.

Dark Link chuckled a little bit as he spit blood at Impa's boots. Impa glared at him as she walked over back to Princess Zelda.

Princess Zelda walked hesitatingly towards Dark Link making small 'clicks' with each step she took in her lavender heels.

She stopped in front of the dark clone and took her tight leathered gloved hands to her hood and gently took the heavy hood down. Dark Link looked up at her with a smirk.

Princess Zelda took a good look at Dark Link; his outfit was the same as her Link (Fo: I'm using Link's outfit from 'Twilight Princess'.), except it was black; with jet black chainmail, black gloves, black tunic, black boots, and a black hat.

Dark Link looked up at her with a smirk. Zelda felt nervous being around him. She took in a deep breath as she picked up a rag on the floor. Zelda then dunked the rag in a bucket of water next to Dark Link. After she ranged the water from the rag in her hand she started cleaning the blood and dirt off of Dark Link's face. He just watched her with a curious eye as she cleaned him. Zelda smiled sweetly as she cleaned his face up. He had small bruises on his face, along with a fat lip and a black eye.

"I take it you know who I am?" Princess Zelda asked as she lifted his chin gently with her fingers.

"I do," he answered with a smirk.

Zelda sighed as she dropped the rag in the bucket.

"Why did you come here, you know you will be killed..." she said as she frowned.

Dark Link smirked and let out a 'heh'.

"I knew that if I was caught, you'll never that I was here. So I pretended I was taking you hostage." Dark Link explained.

Princess Zelda was shocked, his only intentions were to speak with her.

"Why?" she asked softly.

"I know how we can save your precious Link," he answered, Zelda gasped at his words.

"Impa! Free him at once!" she ordered as she looked over at her female bodyguard.

"Princess Zelda... I don't think that's a good idea," Impa said in disagreement as she walked closer to the two.

"Impa please!" Zelda begged her.

Impa caved in as she let out a small sigh.

She pulled out (Fo: That's what she said!) a dagger from her boot.

Impa walked behind Dark Link and cut the ropes that bonded his wrist with one swift motion. As Dark Link felt the ropes falling off his wrist he stood up. Princess Zelda looked up at him with hope in her blue eyes.

"Is it true?" Zelda asked him.

"I wouldn't be risking my life if it wasn't," he said as he rubbed his rope burned wrist.

"Why are you telling us this?" Impa asked as she crossed her arms.

Dark Link smirked, he knew that Impa didn't trust him.

"Because if Link dies, I die," he answered.

Zelda gasped as she stared at Link's clone.

"What do you mean?" Zelda asked softly.

"I am apart of Link, if he dies, I die," he said as he frowned.

Zelda shook her head and looked at Dark Link.

"The antidote! Where can I find it!" Zelda exclaimed as she grabbed his forearms.

"It's quite a journey Princess... You'll have to go through the Lost Woods, to Faron Forest, then through Ordon Woods, to Link's new home Ordon Village, then through Zoro's Domain, then we ride the river to Termina, then to the Great Bay, next we will have to sail through the Great Sea, then we would have to stop at Link's birth home of Outset Island, then we would have to pick up supplies at Windfall Island, and then we will have to sail to Camelot." Dark Link explained, Zelda knew it would be a long and dangerous journey, but she would do anything for Link.

"Would you take me there?" Zelda asked him.

Dark Link started chuckling.

"What's in for me?" he asked with a smirk.

"I'll grant you freedom," she said, Dark Link smiled at her offer.

"You have a deal," he said as he shook her hand.

"Impa get the guest room next to mine ready," Princess Zelda ordered, Impa gasped.

"Zelda!" Impa exclaimed.

Impa couldn't believe what Zelda was saying.

"Impa please... Have faith in my judgment," Zelda said as she looked at Impa.

Impa nodded her head and left the cell to prepare Dark Link's room. As the two watched Impa leave the room, they looked at each other.

"I'll see you in the morning," Princess Zelda said as she nodded her head.

Dark Link nodded his head and followed her out of the cell.

Princess Zelda was praying that Dark Link was telling the truth about the cure...

She new that the journey for wasn't going to be easy.


End of Chapter


Fo: End! I hoped you liked it!

Washu: I liked it ^^

Fo: Doh! I'm glad you liked the first chapter Washu!

Tachi: Average...

Fo: There's no pleasing you -.-

Ryuk: This chapter was named after the song by the band 'Garbage'.