hey guys this is my first fanfiction so be sure to tell me what you think of it. I'm completely open to criticisms.

How could this have this happened? Zelda thought.

She sat in a cell in the dungeons of the hyrule waiting for something to happen. It had been two years since Link had destroyed Ganon. They had believed that the calamity was over and they could move on.

But about seven months ago during the rebuilding of hyrule there was a sudden rebellion lead by one of the new generals who argued that Zelda had already failed in protect them once so they shouldn't make her the queen. There had been a large argument between those who had defended Zelda and those who stood against her.

The argument had escalated to a full out battle when the general had used a dark spell to throw Link in to a wall knocking him out cold. With the hero of time out of the fight and the general have magic on his side they were able to make their way to the castle disposing of all their opposition. At the castle zelda and the royal guard had put up a valiant fight but with the general countering Zelda's magic and her guards being greatly outnumbered. They had been defeated quickly.

Know there was a new leader on the throne her and Link were in the dungeons. The general had been revealed as a yiga and hand place a new leader on the throne. There were rumors of this new leader that said he looked like the hero of time except a shadow.

There was talk around the dungeon that today they would finally decide what to what to do with Her and Link. She was fairly certain that they wouldn't let them live. She knew that the yiga would what revenge for the death of their lord and that they would also consider her and Link too dangerous to their plans.

All of the sudden there was a loud grinding noise as the dungeon doors opened and group of six soldiers lead by the evil general entered. They walk past her cell ignoring her and went farther down the corridor. They soon returned with a bound Link.

"They have finally decided your fate princess." the general said with what zelda assumed was a grin the worried look Zelda was giving Link. It was hard to tell what his expression was because he was always wearing a mask. Link was one of the only people who had seen his face and he had said it had it remind him of a friend of his. She wasn't sure who this friend was but she was sure he couldn't be like the man in front of her. "Now let's go. You two are being tried in the city square."

Zelda was dragged out of the dungeons, through the castle and in to the town square. The gallows that had been built there told Zelda that her suspicions had been correct and they didn't want to risk them interfering in their plans.

There was a large crowd gathered around the gallows that didn't appear to be very happy. Whether they were made at Zelda or the gallows was hard to tell. It didn't really matter because if they were mad at her and Link they would have their satisfaction soon and if they were mad about the gallows, " Well there isn't much they can do about what is about happen." She thought bitterly.

They were marched over and on to the gallows. As they stood there a man stepped into the square flanked by guards. The man was wearing a cloak ,his hands had been bound and both guards had their weapon drawn.

"Sir," one of the guards said pushing the man toward the general. "This man claims to have a important message he needs to deliver to you."

"Oh really," the general said sounding mildly interested. "Is that so? What is this massage that it's so vital that you tell me,hmm? The man looked around him at the crowd that seemed to have grown. He then smiled as if he had found the thing he had been looking for. Zelda scanned the crowd trying to figure out what he had seen but it was in vain as she didn't see anything out of the ordinary. "Or at least the new ordinary" Zelda thought

The man looked at the general before turning back to the crowd. "This message isn't for the general. The message I bear is for the rebellion." there was a sudden quiet that came over everyone. The general and his guards appeared to be as surprised as Zelda. It was quite clear that none of them had heard of this rebellion. The man went on. "To all of those who are in the rebellion. Talon is here with the ravens. So if you wish to take back hyrule then strike now. Strike for Hyrule, strike for the princess, strike for freed-"

He was stopped abruptly with a slash from one of the soldiers. The other soldier stepped forward ready to deliver the death blow. "Where are this rebel friends of yours now, hmm? It would appear they don't really care." the man made know reply. " well it's just to bad."

But just as the soldier raised his sword to kill the man a arrow struck him piercing his chainmail and lodging in his chest. The soldier stumble back before falling to the ground.

"Sir, look!" the other soldier yelled pointing to the arrow in his fallen comrades chest. Zelda looked at the arrow trying to figure out why the guard was panicking so much. As she inspected the arrow the best she could from her spot on the gallows she realized that the feathers were those of a raven.

Before anyone could react to what had just happen to the soldier. Two of the guards standing with them on the gallows turned and attacked the other four. All of the hylian guards were expected to be train with a sword, but became apparent that the two who were helping Link and her were far superior to the others. "For Talon !" they cried as they slew the guards and turned to engage new group that had just shoved their way into the square.

The general drew his sword and began to approach the gallows but he found his path blocked by three new men wearing cloaks. "Go assist your brethren," the middle one said. "This one is mine."

"Oh do you really think you have a chance at defeating me?" the general scoffed "if you really think that then you don't know what I really am do you" the question sent chills down Zelda's spine. The general summoned a bolt of dark magic and threw it at a sign that blew up on contact. However the man in the cloak didn't appear to be fazed by this show of power.

"Your a raven." the man stated simply. Not as question but as a fact as if there was no doubt in his mind. This statement seemed to have shaken the general because he immediately became more cautious and guarded.

"And who are you?" the general asked readying himself for a fight. The other man drew his sword. "How about I remove the hood and you remove the mask."

The general took a few moments to think about it before he nodded pulled of the mask while the other man unclasped his cloak and let it fall to the ground. Zelda couldn't help but let out a gasp at what she saw. Both the men didn't look real. They had raven black hair and their skin was marble. The only difference between the two appeared to be their race. The general had light blue eyes which meant he must have been a hylian while the other man's eyes were dark red meaning he was a sheikah.

"Talon!?" Link called out. Looking at the pair who were now circling one another preparing took duel.

"Yes brother. It's me." the sheikah answered without taking his eyes off of the general. "Is Zelda still with you?"

"Yes of course she is"

"Then guard her with your life." he said much to Zelda's confusion. Why would this man be so worried about her and why was Link so surprised to see him if he was the friend Link had mentioned to her? The latter question was answered almost immediately by the general.

"You are supposed to be dead demon." he said glowering at Talon. "They said you fell at the battle of Hyrule castle. You were the one who battled ganon in his human form at the throne room at fell along with your foolish king. So how are you still around?"

"I escaped that and fell to guardians later on, but either way you're right I should be dead right now." he said smirking at all of the confusion around him. "Before you ask how again let's just say its a secret."

They then charged each other their swords clashing and sparking against each other. They continued slash and parry for a few minutes before general's blade became dark and glowed with a purple hue. He swung the blade with all hi might at Talon who couldn't dodge it in time and the blade stuck his letting off a blast of dark energy sending him flying back into the gallows.

"You've lost old man." the general proclaimed with glee. But Talon just continued to smirk at him. "What is it that you seem to find so amusing?"

"You fight well but in your arrogance you forgot who you were fighting." the general's face fell and before he could react Talon appeared behind him and ran a blade through his gut.. "I"m the blade master and deceiver. You should never trust anything you see in a fight against me. Keep that in mind for next time. Ok?" the general just glared at him. "Now go run away and lick your wounds."

He then pulled his sword from the general's gut and the general disappeared in a flash of purple light.

"Link!" Talon called as he ran over to them strike down two soldiers along his way. "Take this." the master sword appeared in his hand. Link took the sword and drew it.

"So what's your plan?" Link asked as more cloaked figures arrived.

"How every good revolution start. We storm the armory and arm the people. Then we'll make our way to the castle." he said heading off in the direction of the armory. "Ravens! Follow me."

"What do you plan to do about the army?" Link followed him and Zelda ran to stay with them. "They are trained and the people aren't. You don't have the numbers to overwhelm them."

Talon scoffed at Link's observation even though Zelda thought he raised a fair point. "You clearly don't know what the state of this new empire is. Do you?" He didn't wait for a response. "Tell me have I ever acted without making sure I had the upper hand?"

"Yeah," Link said glaring at him. "When you went after ganon without me and almost died."

Now it was Talon's turn to glare. "That was different. You had Zelda to take care of and having you come with me could've gotten her killed. This time I've had six months to plan my attack. The majority of the army is still loyal but couldn't do anything against magic users." He paused to take down several attackers. "With me backing them they can finally strike back."

Link looked like he wanted to say something in reply but at that moment about a dozen soldiers appeared and surrounded them. Link and Talon immediately went back to back and started circling.

"Attack pattern beta?" Link asked not taking his eyes off their opponents.

"I was thinking this called for delta actually." Talon said matter of factly.

"Really?" Link asked not sounding too sure of whatever Talon was proposing they do. "We never finished perfecting that one. Remember?"

"I don't really think we need it to be perfect against these guy." He grinned "Do you?"

"No," Link grinned as well. "Let's do this."

Talon passed his sword to Link. He then extended his hand and a golden crossbow appeared in his hand. The soldiers let out a battle cry and charged at them. As they charged Talon shot one before ducking to let Link strike at them throwing them off balance. Talon took this opportunity to take down two of them in hand to hand before rolling away and firing two more bolts that took down two of Link's opponents. The rest fell back to regroup. While they did this Talon kept loosing bolts after them taking down another three. He then laid down cover fire while Link charged taking out the rest with his blades. He then threw Talon's back to him.

"Let's move." Link called before charging into the battle that was currently raging in front of the armory.

Talon looked back at Zelda. He walked back to her and held out his hand. The crossbow appeared in his hand again.

"Do you know how to use this?" He asked handing it to her.

She looked at it for a few moments in shock before responding with a voice that was shakier than she would have liked. "Yes, thank you."

"Alright, I'm heading for the armory and I'll need you to cover me got it?"

She nodded readying the crossbow. Then they both charged into the fray together. Talon fought like a demon making his way toward the armory while still ensuring that Zelda was safe. Zelda had always been a good shot and shot at anyone who tried to attack Talon from behind. Before she knew it they had secured the armory and Link along with the other allied soldier started distributing weapons to the civilians.

"So what's the next part of this plan?" Link asked Talon who was grabbing several strange vials from one of the armory's storage chests.

"The soldiers and civilians will fight their way to the castle that will draw out all of the enemy soldiers except the royal guard. With only the royal guard to defend the throne room we'll be able to take it easily with the help of my ravens. Then it's checkmate." Talon said smirking again.

"That's a brilliant plan, but how do you plan on getting past all of the chaos?" Link speculated.

"Oh my poor poor friend. Did you hit your head?" Talon asked "we're going to use the roofs of course."

They began to prepare to move out. Link went to tell the soldiers and civilians the plan while Talon explained it to the hooded figures who Zelda assumed were ravens.

They made their way outside and then they put their plan into action. The mob of soldiers and civilians made their way to the castle rioting and attacking enemy soldiers. While they did that Link and the ravens climbed up onto the roofs. Zelda began to panic due to the fact that she couldn't climb. All of the sudden Talon was beside her. He offered here his hand which she took uncertainly. Suddenly she was surrounded by darkness and then she was in top of the roofs. She looked at Talon and then Link who just signaled her to follow them.

They made their way from rooftop to rooftop till they came to the castle walls. The others scaled the walls while Talon teleported him and Zelda to the top. They then made their way through a empty castle till they came to the doors of the throne room. Link and Talon kicked the doors before diving out of the way of a volley of arrows. The ravens charged in and engaged the guards while Link and Talon readied themselves to fight the man who was rising from the throne.

Zelda gasped at the man who was approaching them. He looked as if he was Link's shadow. The resemblance didn't seem to bother Link or Talon.

"Are you ready for this?" Link asked glancing at Talon

"I was born ready. Literally." Talon said glaring at the approaching figure.

They all charged each other at the same time. Their swords clashed in a shower of sparks. Link fought wielding the master sword, talon fought with a blade that was as black as night. Their opponent fought with a pair of shadow blades. Their fight continued even after all of the guards had been defeated. They were at a stalemate until Link swung the master sword in a powerful arc that forced the shade to use both his swords to block. Talon took advantage of this to slash at his legs making a deep cut in one of them.

The shade growled before pulling out a knife and throwing it at Zelda. Talon tried to knock it away but he was too late and the blade stuck her in her stomach. Link called out to her while turning to assist her. The shade saw his opening and struck out at Link.

"No!" Talon moved in the way and blocked the blow, but the parry had left him open for a brief second. In that small window of time shade brought his other blade around and slashed him across the chest.

Talon hit the ground and the shade stood over him grinning.

"What was it you would always say to your soldiers before a battle, hmm? He asked sneering at his fallen opponent. "Live free and die valiant? Well you were never free, were you?"

Talon just glared up at him. "You fell the first time because you wouldn't leave your king, and now you'll fall because you wouldn't leave his daughter." He laughed "So you're really just a slave to the royal family. Well captain, live free and die in pain.

But as he brought his blade down to kill him, an arrow appeared in his shoulder sending him reeling. Link took this opportunity to grab Talon's sword and ran both swords into the shade.

"Ahh." it howled before it began to disappear in cloud of smoke. "Mark my word, I'll be back. Talon, Link. this isn't over.

He then disappeared in the smoke and when it cleared he was gone.

The wound in Zelda's gut felt like it was on fire. The pain was causing her vision to blur and she felt like she was going to black out.

Link ran painting over to talon who was still lying on the ground. He held out his hand which Talon excepted.

"Are you alright?" He asked as Talon started to run to Zelda's side. "That slash looked pretty ugly."

"I'm fine Link. It was nothing but a scratch." Talon said trying to reassure him as they knelt next to Zelda. "What we need to worry about is her. She was poisoned."

Link didn't look convinced but he nodded and put his hand on Zelda's shoulder. "Can you cure it?"

"Of course." Talon scoffed as he pulled out one of the vials of elixir from the armory. He then proceeded to cut his arm despite Link's protest. He took the vial and collected his blood into the elixir.

"Why are you putting your blood in there?" Link asked. It was a question that Zelda wanted an answer to as well. She prayed she wouldn't have to drink whatever he was making. Although something told her otherwise

"She was stabbed with a blade that had been lined with Ganon's blood. The blood of a dark being is poisonous to light beings like you and Zelda." The idea of having Ganon's blood in her made Zelda shudder.

Talon continued. "This elixir will instantly become a cure for any poison it comes into contact with. I'm a being of the darkness therefore this should cure her?"

He shook the vial to mix it up and then handed it to Zelda who look at Link. He nodded and she downed it. Instantly the cut felt better. There was still pain but it felt dulled.

"Good job." Link said slapping him on the back as they stood up. "I owe you one Talon."

Talon smiled. "Yeah don't mention it. It was my pleasu-"

He words were short as he collapsed to the floor next to Zelda. Link quickly removed his jacket and tunic to reveal that the so called "scratch" was actually a deep cut that ran all the way from his thigh to his shoulder.

"You damn fool." Link muttered as he tried to stop the bleeding. "Just a scratch huh. Medic! Medic!"

Two people ran over to assist him.

Zelda tried to stay conscious but she to felt the weight of her injury pulling her into the darkness.

"Link!" was all she was able to manage before everything faded to black.

So I won't be staying completely within the canon in this series. Just a heads up.

This has been The Delta Gamer signing out