First ever fanfic! Ocarina of Time setting. Just what is the story behind Dark Link? Hear his thoughts in the Water Temple and follow him in his adventure afterwards with Link! Rated T for mild violence and language, although may change to M as the chapters continue~ I own nothing. NOTHING ;A; Well, accept the words here. Did this aaaaalllll on my own! Tell me what you think? :D I worked hard on this sucker. Oh, and hopefully the chapters will be longer as the stories continue ^^ That's the plan, anyway.

The Legend of Dark

Chapter 1
Water

It was the very first thing I saw. The roof of my world is covered in it. Past the it is another world. I can see a small island with one lone tree. There are also two doors on each side of the room. I say room because that's what doors are for, right? I guess I wouldn't know, but that's what the ugly man told me. Lord Ganondorf, he called himself. He said this was the Room of Illusions. I wonder, would doors would open for me if I tried to escape? I wouldn't know that either, because I can't reach beyond this water. This really is a room of illusions. The floor I stand on looks like a hazy sky that could stretch on forever, yet I don't fall through. It's like that all around me as well, like I could pick a direction and walk forever, but if I tried I would eventually hit a wall. That I would know, because I've tried. How am i suppose to guard what's on the other side of the door if I can't even pass through the water? That's my job, or so says the ugly man.

"One day, someone will pass through that door." He stood above me, on the other side of the water, gesturing to the door on his left. "I, who is the reason for your existence, command you to stop him from leaving this room. When only one of you stands, the doors will open. If you wish to taste freedom, you will slay him."

Seems easy enough. Or, at least it did at the time. That was seven years ago. I'm not sure how I know this, but then again, I'm not sure how I know anything. Like how to wield a sword. I often practice with this black blade of mine, trying to pass the time that stretches on like the illusions in this room. Are there walls to this time, or will I stay here forever? Somehow I know I'm not the only thing out there who was commanded to destroy this person. What if someone beat me to it? Will I ever leave this room? Sometimes I think I've left this room, only to wake up with a back ache due to leaning against the tree. I imagine it constantly, a floor like this one only without the sky. A sky like this one without the water. A world that is facing the right way. Walls that I will never reach. Land that will stretch on forever. Once or twice, I had a dream I was outside these walls.

"As I promised, I'll give the horse to you. However... I'll never let you leave this ranch!" I just smiled and shook my head. Fine. I know Epona more than you, and I bet she could jump over the fence that surrounds this property with ease. Only one way to find out...

I remember the wonderful breeze through my hair cooling me off from the warmth I didn't mind, the smell and sight of green all around me, and the pure satisfaction of rescuing the animal I somehow knew when it was just a foal. I don't have that in this room. The air is cold and stale. The sights will never change and it can only offer disappointments. Waking up to see my world made my eyes blur, and when I reached up to rub them, my fingers got wet. Damn water! I'm cursed, aren't I?

"Volvagia!" What? "Use the megaton hammer to hit its head first!" Oh, right! I have to pay attention. The last thing I want to do is fall in one of these lava holes. Then suddenly, one of them makes a weird gurgling noise. When I look over, I see it ripple and I immediately know that Volvagia is about to emerge. Taking my newest weapon, I rush over just as it tries to escape, hearing a loud clang of whatever its outer shell is made of, followed by its irritated roar. It stops moving for a moment, and I'm so perplexed by its strange green eyes that I nearly miss my chance to slay it with the Master Sword. Again it roars, this time snapping out of whatever confused state it was in to sink back into the lava. When it comes out the second time, it flies around above the platform I stand on. This is the first time I've seen a dragon.. but I have heard about them before. Does that mean this one can blow out- "AAHHH!" I jump and barely have time to roll out-of-the-way, but my entire left arm is now burned. I guess that answers my question!

When I woke up, I was sweating and breathing hard. The room still felt like a million degrees and my arm was pulsing so much I had to check if I was really burned. I wasn't of course, but after that dream, this room didn't seem quite as bad. However that feeling only lasted a couple of days. The dream was almost completely forgotten and I went right back to wishing I could leave this damn room. When I close my eyes and think hard enough, I can picture that sound I heard seven years before. It was when the ugly man was leaving. Yes, I remember. The sound of a door opening, then closing again. I can picture it now, too. It sounds so real. Oh, how I wish it was.

"It's the Room of Illusions." I whip around fast. That voice! That was a real voice! There's a male dressed in dark blue, looking around 17-years-old, and glancing around the strange room with his bright blue eyes. That voice couldn't have been his, it was too high-pitched. Maybe I've gone insane. What kind of illusion is this? Oh, but those eyes... They're so.. different. Different and pretty. I wonder what color my eyes are. This water doesn't let my see my reflection. I know is my skin is a dark gray color, and my hair is a completely black. But like the room, it looks as if it could stretch on forever as far as color goes. It's not much of a color at all, really. It's just dark. I always liked it, but it is nothing compared to this boy. He has bright blonde hair peeking out of his blue cap. Hey, I have a cap just like that. In fact, I have everything he does, aside from that fairy hovering around him, and it's all black. Wait, fairy?

"Link, look over there! There's the door!" Link, huh? What an interesting name. "I can sense the item near by!" I watch him walk across the water, and that's when i notice his reflection. It's on my side of the water.. something else is actually in my word. Although he is upside down to me, reflecting every step Link takes without reflecting his appearance. His shadow, it actually looks like me. It's wearing a black tunic and cap, holding a black sword in its left hand with a shield on its left, opposite of the boy who seems to be left-handed. It's hair is, of course, black, and it's eyes are.. red?! Are my eyes red too? The reflection reaches me as Link reaches the island, but then it disappears. No, it doesn't, it goes inside me! I turn around and Link is still going towards the door, but-

"Link, your reflection! It's gone!" He stops and looks under him, and my jaw drops slightly. So that's what I am? His reflection? He tries the door, and then that's when it hits me. Suddenly all I want to do it kill him. Why should he get to leave? Dammit, let me kill him! Next thing I know, I'm on the island. No way.. did I just pass through the water? I'm free?! No.. Lord Ganon said the doors wont open until only one of us stands. I wasn't allowed to pass until he entered the room. I was trapped for seven years.. He made me wait seven damn long years! I'll kill him!

"The door is locked." The little fairy sighs, before seeing me, now leaning against the lone tree on some island in the center of this stupid Room of Illusions. "Hey!" He looks up to see it rush by me. I scowl and swat at it, but it dodges my hand. "Be careful, it's Dark Link!" Dark him? Reflection.. shadow.. the darkness within him, is that what I am? Why I couldn't pass through before he came here? Seven long years... Agh! Goddesses, this is making my head hurt! He moves to a fighting stance. Fine, then. I draw my sword. His steps are cautious, and he studies my movements. I decide to mess with his mind and begin to do everything he does. He swings, I swing. Our swords collide somewhere in the middle and we both jump back. This seems to drag on for a while, and his expression shows he is tired of fighting. Yeah? Well I'm tired of being here! I will do anything to get out! I WILL KILL YOU!

He swings again, and this time I give him a surprise. Instead of mirroring his attack, I jump on his blade. Leaning in, my red eyes look into his perfect blue ones, and I can't help but smirk as fear fills him. I back-flip off his blade and watch him watch me. Why is he so quiet? Then again, I haven't said anything yet, either. All we do is stare for a while, and I am just reminded of how much I don't want to be there. I rush at him, and Link abandons his sword. I'm more than ready to stab my blade through his gut, and all he does is some strange movement? DIE, HERO! Wait.. is that fire?! It explodes from him like a dome, and I make a short cry while stumbling back. It's like that one dream I had! Dammit, it hurts! I can't see and I need to pass through-

And then I'm back in my world again, just under Link, and he can't see me. I'm not on fire anymore, either. Now I get it, I've gained the ability to pass through on command. I wanted to go up, and I did. Now I came back. I can move about this room, myroom, as I please due to being his reflection, but he can't. I am his shadow in solid form. I can't help but smirk while I watch my good side look around the room frantically. "This is where I was born.." I mutter to myself, not surprised he can't hear me. "And this is where you will die!" Then I jump up to his world, facing his back, swinging my sword, and aiming to kill.

Dun Dun DUN! What did you think? The next chapter is a bit more.. bloody. Just a bit.