Disclaimer: What else have I got to say except that I probably would have made a game out of this instead of written a story about it instead.
Chapter I: Dark Reincarnation
Fuck its dark. My body is fading fast and I have yet to find a body to take over. If it weren't for that damn boy, I wouldn't be in this mess. Hell, if I wasn't summoned by Ganondorf, I wouldn't be in this damn mess. I don't know how long it has been since I've left that godforsaken temple. It feels like yesterday, though I know it's been at least a good three or four years of dragging my dissipating carcass out of that deep-ass lake and into the Hyrule fields. Fuckin' goddesses have forgotten me. Was it not them that they wanted to test their first chosen one against only to throw me away into a forever dark abyss? Was it not I that was summoned against my will to do other's biddings? Damn them all to hell, I would've gladly taken being nonexistent over my current status. Born from the depths of the netherworlds my ass, fuck them, I was born from the forever lasting power of the goddesses themselves. Foolish mortals and their damn stories.
I even heard a story that almost made me laugh, if it weren't for the fact that I have no mouth. Oh I almost forgot my name is……. Well I have no name, but everyone just calls me shadow or in other words "Dark Link". I'll have my revenge, oh yes I will. He could have killed me but no, he decided that if I were unconscious that it would be good enough. Huh? What's this? I seemed to stumble onto a rotting corpse. It must have died…. Around the same time I abandoned the water temple. Let's see who this might be. He looks familiar…….Oh! oh yes, this is just what I have been waiting for. The perfect vessel to fuse my fading existence. Then, I will have my revenge.
The dark specter trailed its grisly hand across the face of the fallen gerudo king. The body of both creatures lit aflame in a fiery ball of black fire that dared to swallow anyone it entices as its flames licked at the two. A lone figure stood amidst the flames, and the flames were extinguished with a wave of the figures arm. A few black embers lay among the new being.
It was dressed in a black tunic with a few alterations to a traditional tunic. Some features included that it had a thin, flexible, black plate mail across the chest and a black shoulder plate with a silver trim that ran down to the elbow of the left shoulder. The hat had an unrecognizable crest on the front with a golden trim decorated with the insignia for the triforce. The creature had blood red eyes, a smirk played on it's face with small canines pointing outwards, dark grey skin, black hair with red tips, a strange white pattern that started on the left side of it's face and continued throughout the rest of it's body. On it's back it had two swords, one on to be pulled from the back of his left shoulder and a slightly smaller but more ominous looking sword horizontally placed on the lower back next to it's hip.
"Oh yes they will pay, the goddesses, the sages, the princess, but most importantly, the hero of time….. Link. You here that Link, I'm coming for you. I will succeed and everyone will know my name, not as Dark Link or Shadow or servant boy. They will know me as Asesino Tenebrosio (Spanish for Assassin Dark, but in Japanese it would be Dark Assassin)."
I will go after those damn sages first, everyone has a weakness and I will exploit it. The minute they start to doubt anything at all, like an assassin, I will silently possess them with my newfound power. Hahahaha, that is funny, I've never been able to make my own decisions before and this time I'm not going to do what that foolish Ganondorf had done and send six giant possessed creatures to guard what needs to be guarded. No, I will send many creatures that will spawn from the same hell from which I came from.
I will create them from scratch. Who needs size when you have power and speed? Now which sage to go after first? I could just get the princess, but that would be a mistake. I should complete my plans so that it would be impossible to stop me. I don't want to control the world, I just want revenge and the best way to get revenge on Link and the sages is to have them to turn against one another. So that either way I win.
It's boring without Link around. Ever since I became the forest sage all I do is explore the temple, collect books and read, or meditate. I miss him, his smile, his gentle caring eyes, his determined stoic face, his large bice…… well I guess I'm getting a little carried away. No one ever visits me and I only talk to Link every couple of days. Last time I talked to him, he sounded depressed that he couldn't find Navi. I'm going to tell him the next time I see him that Navi is most likely dead, no fairy can survive that much dark or depressing energy, I just can't break his heart though as Navi was his second friend he ever made. The last quest he was on took place in the land of Termina
Right now he's resting at the Lon Lon ranch. I don't know why, but I always seem upset or was I jealous? Whatever, anyways, I always seem to be upset whenever Link mentions Malon's name or Zelda, or any other girl for that matter. Maybe I'm being selfish and I'm just lonely all by myself. Sometimes I have moments where this creepy place makes me breakdown and cry until I go outside into the Sacred Meadow and remember that I have a job to do. Right now this would be one of those moments. I'm resting my head against the soft lush grass that never seems to grow or wither, just like my eternal body.
So the forest sage is already doubting herself. It's a good thing that early on in my life since I couldn't communicate through word of mouth that I developed a way to know what a person is thinking or is trying to say by the subtle movements, facial expressions, or other such things. Damn I may have to take this slowly. I have to observe all these sages to figure out how to go about this.
The dark figure that hid in the background of the Sacred Meadow was engulfed in a black flame. Out of the flame came a small green haired girl in a green tunic. The only difference with the girl lying out in the meadow and this girl was that this girl was semi transparent, giving her a ghostly look.
"Where is he?" asked a voice in the background.
"Hmm?" Saria sat up from her spot on the ground.
"I…I never got a chance to tell him I loved him," the voice appeared in front of Saria sobbing instead of way back behind her.
"Who are you?" The transparent figure raised its head to reveal an identical clone of her.
"I'm you."
"But how?"
"I'm your conscience or your inner thoughts." The transparent girl walked up to Saria and stood behind her while holding her shoulders.
"You love him, but he doesn't care. You're his best friend, yet he's not here. He promised to come back soon, but how soon was it when it took him several years to visit his friend. He had time for others and left you in this prison. Your duty? Are you sure that he didn't just imprison you here? You could have just as easily left your post. When has Saria of the Kokiri ever believed in destiny?"
Saria listened to what the voice was telling her, yet she tried hard to anything the apparition was saying, but the more the ghostly figure continued the more furious she became at Link. Silent tears streamed down her face as the ghost kept repeating the same thing over and over like a mantra. Too deep into her thoughts, Saria failed to notice the specter's hands trace over her eyes while they glowed a strange dark purple.
Even if that damn Link gets past the gaurds, how will he rescue someone that wants to destroy him? Now I will keep her in a time suspended cocoon until the other sages are dealt with and she is needed.
With a feeling of triumph, Asesino transformed back into himself and created a portal that appeared in the meadow and dragged the girl with him into the black empty hole.
Link had spent his week slaving over at the Lon Lon ranch, so that he wouldn't seem like a lazy bum or take advantage of Malon's generosity. Link stood still for a minute and looked towards the sky as dark clouds started to form, but they did not look like they were going to cause any rainfall, but it looked more like a sign of more ominous things to come.
Link was never one to talk, in fact he tried as hard as posible to avoid talking by either giving one or two word anwers or he would make gestures to signify what he was trying to say. The only person that he talked to was Saria. If anything ever happened to her he would die just to be with her. He wanted to so badly to tell her that he loved her, but was afraid that it might ruin their relationship and Link really valued the very few friends he had in this world. Hell, he wasn't that close to anyone else. After he rescued Zelda, they went their separate ways.
Link became a traveler that was hired to do odd jobs on the way while he searched for his friend Navi, while Zelda married off to a prince thus allowing her to gain full control of the throne. Link did not notice the red headed woman trying to get his attention until she plucked one of his hairs.
"Hey fairy boy, what are ya lookin' at?"
"Nothing Malon, I was just thinking is all."
"Really? I didn't take you as much of a thinker, but then again your just full of suprises, huh fairy boy?"
"I think I have to go now," said Link staring off into the distance noticing the ominous smoke surrounding Death Mountain, something that he had not seen since he fought Volvagia, which still brought up some painful memories of having to behead his cursed pet.
"Aww really? You just got here a few days ago."
"I'll come back, just as soon as I investigate whats going on and if I'm gone longer than expected, then I shall return here to tell you deal?"
"Fine, but I'm holding you to that promise fairy boy."
"STOP CALLING ME THAT."
"I should, but I won't," giggled Malon
"So where is your sworn brother?"
"Where is he?"
"Yes that is what I asked."
"He is protecting the lands like a man of his stature should, goro."
"Are you sure, in your time of dire need?"
"This creature has been terrorizing you and your people for weeks," Just a little longer. The more my mindless drone attacks and the less we see of Link, the more discouraged the sage will become. He will become bitter and I will capitalize in his time of doubt.
"I know he will come, goro."
"If he wanted to come he would've done it the first week would he not?"
"...Just have faith, he will come." The voice that was speaking to the goron sage hid himself well as he projected his voice from all directions of the large cavern.
"Maybe he has forgotten you, maybe he doesn't care, maybe... he's not the man you thought he was." The goron stopped in deep frustration that he could rid this voice from him. At this the massive creature attacked the sage forcing him to take the full brunt of the blow.
"With you weak, unconscious, and doubtful of your hero, I will capture you and see to it that you get your revenge on your hero. Hahahahahaha." A cloaked figure stepped next to the fallen leader and with the same form of energy as he had done to the previous sage, placed his hand over his eyes. Asesino touched the ground with his hand and drew a line, then with both hands ripped the ground to reveal another black portal.
Asesino dragged the carcas of Darunia into the hole and then hopped into it himself. Lets see if I got this right, Saria of the Forest, Darunia of the Fire, Impa of the Shadow, and Rauru of the Light. Now the only ones left are... Ruto of the Water and Nabooru of the Spirits.
I've been looking endlessly for Navi for the past three or four years since the defeat of Ganondorf, yet I haven't seen hide nor hair of that little ball of wisdom. No matter who I've asked, it seems my search goes on forever. I have no purpose except to be a protector to this acursed land of Hyrule. Hero, like anyone needs me. No one even knows about my exploits those many years ago and those that did are all sealed away, never to see the light of day while Ganondorf's spirit still lingers within the realms. I hate my life, I've been lied to and taken advantage of my entire life. I finally understand what this aching is, I know why I'm so stressed. Fatigue.
I was restless and would gladly have let this land burn to just be the outcast of a kid who sleeps in his bed for the rest of his life. ARGHHHH!!!! What am I thinking? I will never, ever be able to rest. The triforce on my left hand seared through my leather glove and yet again reminds me why I can't sleep. This damn thing has been acting up lately. The more dark and demented the aura, the more this thing burns. At least when it was certain creatures such as Ganondorf or Majora, the damn thing would just light up and give me a slight shock, but lately the triforce has been scorching my hand and making my gloves catch on fire. I don't see why I wear this glove when it's just gonna burn whenever I get near the source of this dark energy. Maybe I should ask the gorons if they have any gloves that are fire-proof, I'm pretty sure they would have something like that. I should try to look on the bright side of this, but it is just so hard.
Link rode on, trudging through the Hyrule fields that was laden in the darkness of night with his trusted stead, Epona. From the distance, Link could make out the entrance to Kakariko Village, though it was pretty tough seeing as the village was hidden in a dark haze. The closer they got, the more Link started to take notice that they were slowing down and it appeared that he was sinking. Link pulled on Epona's reigns and looked towards the ground. Link incredulously saw that the path that they were taking had lead them into a bog, but that wasn't what suprised Link.
It was true that he had seen the gate, but the rest of the village appeared to be a desolate catacomb. The buildings were descending into the mire, any signs of life that had once been there was swallowed by the swamp. Link let go of Epona and ordered his faithful companion to return to Malon. Link grabbed his hookshot from his pouch and latched onto the towering windmill that still remained unharmed by the slough yet. Pulling his legs onto the rooftop of the windmill, he examined if he had any equipment missing from his person.
Afterwards he tried to see if he could find the source of the sudden appearance of the morass. The night darkness did not allow Link to see far and the haze blocked the rest of his vision. Frustrated, Link shot a fire arrow into the thickest part of the haze. The arrow peirced through the miasma revealing a row of buildings that could still lead him towards the mountain. Link aimed his hookshot from building to building until he reached the mountain path that was blocked by bodies of the villagers long past away. The villagers however were not attacking him; they were too busy preparing some type of ritual over few open caskets that looked as if they had been removed from their final resting place. I'll see what's going on in the village after I see Darunia and the gorons. My triforce is fuckin' making my arm go numb, the closer and closer I get to the mountain.
"I see that he's made it to the mountain. Not that I'm suprised, but it is slight nuisance that he got there a little earlier than I had hoped."
"I'll just get the two remaining sages after I see what he's capable of."
"I need you to gaurd the sage before Link gets to him, I just need you to stall long enough for my magic to take effect and if you just happen to kill him or slow him down even further, then good for you." A dark figure that knelt in front of Asesino rose to it's feet. It's blood red eyes pierced through the dead of night.
"How ironic, how I created you as a free minded creature that chose to serve me, yet your body is that of a puppet." The creature stood stoicly. It's face covered in a face mask made of highly concentrated iron, it's blood shot eyes matched the dark, red, flaming hair, the head floated, unconnected to its body. It had a large massive armor with strange seals embedded into it. None of the limbs were connected to the torso. The only thing that connected the many fragments of armor and it's head was a strange flame that engulfed the inside of the armor.
"Yes master."
"Now don't you do that. I may be your master, but I do know what it's like to be a used puppet. Unlike my previous masters, I do not need to brainwash or blackmail anyone. You have free will and I gave you the ability to speak, that is why you are one of my nine overlords. If you oppose any of my plans, then by all means speak up and tell me how to better it. Now go and lets see if Link has what it takes... Leave the area if Link becomes to much for you. You and the other overlords are my bretheren and I can't have my bretheren from being destroyed." Asesino smirked from the dark corners of the dark, dank cave as he saw the armored specter step into a fiery portal before dissappearing.
"Let's see how you do Hero of Time, against someone of my kin, Lumbre Titere (Spanish for Flame Puppet, or loosly translated into The Incandescent Marionette.)
AN: Alright that's the end of the first chapter, tell me what you think for my first fanfiction. I will answer all questions next chapter if there are any.