Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

I do not own The Legend Of Zelda. If I did, I would be rich, which I am anything but. Then I could afford to buy Link plushies and posters and stuff, instead of making them story is a slightly alternate Twilight Princess plot. But I do follow the games main plotline. You'll just have to read it yourself to find out what I'm talking T (warning: this chapter contains some torture and character death. Nothing too graphic.)

Prologue: The Fall of Twilight

A young Twili lounged lazily in his hiding place, staring up at the orange clouds of twilight. He wore a tunic and robes of black and turquoise. His hair was jet black and his eyes were ruby red. His skin was a light blue. Below the alcove he was hiding in he could hear the servants and the palace guard searching franticly for him.

"So, this is where you've been hiding."

He looked up and frowned.

"Midna… how did you find me?"

The tall female Twili, with flaming orange hair shook a finger at him and tsked.

"Dear little brother, you should know by now, there is nowhere you can hide where I can't find you."

The teenage Twili sat up grumbling. Midna lightly swatted the back of his head.

"Now, tell me Link, what are you doing up here instead of at your lessons?"

Link frowned, "Those old coots, always telling me what to do, how to do it… I'm never good enough for them."

Midna swatted him again.

"Be more respectful towards the councilors. They're only trying to look out for you." She chided.

"I know Midna, I'm sorry… I just get so frustrated sometimes…" Link said sighing.

They both stared out over the twilight in silence for a moment.

"You know Link, I think I would be better suited to rule than you. No offence intended little brother."

"None taken. You're completely right. I'm not exactly monarch material. If it were up to me, you'd be next in line for the throne Midna."

"Succession falls to the oldest male heir." Midna said.

Link thought for a moment. "I could always abdicate in favor of you." Link said jokingly.

"The last monarch to do so was banished to the void." Midna reminded him.

"Oh I know. I didn't really mean it."

There was a moment of silence between the two of them before Midna clapped her hands together.

"Alright, enough fooling around, it's time for you to return to the palace an to your lessons."

Link groaned and rolled his eyes. Midna was about to snap her fingers and teleport away when Link grabbed her arm, stopping her.

"Midna, wait a minute." His crimson eyes narrowed and his voice took on a tone of seriousness.

"What is it Link?" Midna asked, startled by her brother's sudden change in attitude.

"Zant." Link stated simply, "I want you to be careful around him. I don't like the way he looks at you."

Midna gave him a reassuring smile. "Don't worry Link, when I say no, I mean no."

"But does he know that? He's unstable Midna…"

"I'll be careful. I'm not a defenseless damsel you know."

Link smiled. His sister was anything but. But something about the seemingly harmless, if a bit strange, High Priest put him on edge. Maybe it was the way he stared at his sister with lustful eyes. Maybe it was the condescending way he spoke to his father. Or maybe it was the way his eyes glinted with an unidentifiable rage whenever their own gazes met. But, whatever the reason, Linkin, Prince of the Twili, neither liked, nor trusted the High Priest Zant.

Two Weeks Later~

The royal family was enjoying dinner in the palace dining hall, unaware that their happy lives were about to come to an abrupt end. The King had just finished telling another one of his lame jokes. The Queen smiled patiently while Midna rolled her eyes. Link on the other hand, had found the joke hilarious and was laughing hysterically. Midna punched him on the shoulder.

"It wasn't even funny Link, don't encourage him."

"Come now Midna, just because Linkin and I have a sense of humor…" the King began.

"Father," Midna interrupted, "Link's jokes are just as terrible as yours are. He'll laugh at anything."

"Hey!" Link interjected, "I do not."

"The King continued to eat looking slightly downcast.

"Midna dear, be nice to your father and brother…" the Queen began.

There was a tremendous bang and the dining room doors flew open and crashed into the walls. Several crashes sent sharp glass raining down on them from the high ceiling windows. The Queen screamed as many black creatures burst in through the doorway and windows. Guards rushed forth engaged the beasts. Soon the royal family was fighting as well, using their magic. But no matter how many beasts they took down, more poured in to take their place. Midna was fending off several flying foes. Link stood protectively in front of his mother, fighting a large best with a round flat head and no face. The image disturbed him greatly.

"What are these things?" he cried.

He was bleeding from various wounds, received both from the beasts and the glass. He glanced over and saw soldiers surrounding his father. Everything was chaos. Suddenly a commanding voice could be heard above the noise.

"Enough!"

The monsters froze. The soldiers and royal family all turned their gaze to the doorway. A menacing figure with a cone shaped helmet stood there flanked by two more large beasts.

"What is the meaning of this? Who are you?" the King of Twilight demanded.

The stranger chuckled, "I am the new ruler of Twilight."

The king's eye's narrowed.

"How do you like my army? Look close and you might be able to recognize them… or maybe not. They used to be loyal subjects of yours."

There was a collective gasp of horror around the room.

"Murderer!" Link cried in fury.

The stranger looked over at him and chuckled, as if amused by something.

"Murderer? But Prince, are not you the one surrounded by the corpses of what were once your people?"

Link's eyes opened wide in shock. He stumbled backwards and his mother caught him around his slim shoulders before he fell. She lowered him to his knees and gently stroked his hair as he trembled, in a state of shock.

"Don't listen to him Link!" Midna yelled, "This psycho is the one who did this to them!"

"I demand to know who you are!" The King was furious.

There was the sound of metal against metal as the front of the helmet slid back and revealed a face they all recognized.

"You…" the King hissed, "Traitor!

"Yes, it is I, Zant! For too long have I stood by in the shadows! And now, I have the power I deserve, thanks to my god!"

"You're insane!" Midna cried.

"No! It is you all who are insane! I am the only sane one here! That is why I am the one to rule! It is how it was meant to be!" Zant cried laughing.

He rushed forward across the room and before anyone knew what he was doing a long dagger slid down from inside his sleeve and he shoved it through the King's throat. Midna and the Queen screamed. Link could only stare numbly at the scene unfolding in front of him before reacting. He screamed with rage and ripped himself from his mother's grasp. He charged at Zant. He had forgotten that he could use magic, all his focus was on crushing the man pulling the blade from his father's still body.

"No, Linkin!"

"Link!"

"Prince Linkin!"

"Prince! Stop!"

Link ignored all the voices calling out to him and lunged, his arms outstretched, when suddenly another knife slid from Zant's sleeve. Zant whirled around, cutting several shallow slices across Link's chest. Link cried out and tumbled backwards.

"Noooo!" the Queen cried, seeing first her husband, then her only son cut down by what they had thought was a loyal advisor.

Zant created a magic orb and aimed it at Link.

"Nobody move or the boy dies." He announced.

The entire room was still. Zant smiled and motioned to one of his creatures.

"Escort the women to their chambers, and secure the boy in the dungeons. Make sure he's comfortable." He almost spat the last part.

Two creatures came and hauled Link up by his arms. He groaned in pain, his vision slightly blurred from the blood loss. Then they dragged him from the room.

Midna had managed to escape from her room and was silently making her way down to the dungeons where her little brother was being held. In her hands were rolls of bandages. She wondered where Zant was keeping him. She didn't have to wonder long as she descended the stairs. She realized all she had to do was follow the screams. Those awful heart-wrenching screams of agony that made her breath catch in her throat. She hesitated outside a cell door. She knew it was the one Link was being held in, but she heard voices. What would happen if Zant knew she had come? She didn't have time to ponder long as the cell door was thrown open revealing none other than Zant himself.

"Well, well, if it isn't our favorite stubborn Princess. I have something I would like to show you." Zant said.

He motioned for Midna to enter the cell. Midna gasped in horror at the sight before her. Link stood against the back wall of the cell, his arms chained above his head. He almost seemed to hang from his wrists and Midna was sure that, without the chains to support him, he would surely fall. His normally pale blue skin had turned almost a dull gray from the blood loss. Blood dripped down his chin from the corner of his mouth. The front of his torn tunic was wet with blood. Midna almost broke down crying right there from the injustice of it all. He was so young. Link had just celebrated his sixteenth birthday.

"Link…" she whispered, as if afraid he would break if she spoke any louder.

Link lifted his head and looked at her.

"Midna…" it came out in a pained breath and Midna again felt her heart break. Where was her strong, fun loving, brother?

"I'm here Link… I'm here…" she tried soothing as she stepped closer.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and jumped. She had almost forgotten about Zants presence.

"How touching." Zant chuckled.

Midna jerked away from him.

"You monster! How could you do this to him?"

"Very easily." Zant replied.

As if to demonstrate he stood before Link and created a small magical orb in his hand. Wordlessly he reached out and pushed it into Link's chest. Link screamed again as the agony returned. His lungs felt like they were on fire, and it felt as if someone were squeezing his heart so that it would burst. His eyes rolled back and he jerked as his muscles began to extend and contract rapidly.

"Stop it! Please stop!" Midna cried over Link's screams, "Stop hurting him!"

Zant stopped the torture. Link groaned in relief as he felt Zant's magic dissipate and his muscles began to relax.

"I can make this all end Midna." Zant said.

Midna looked over at him, drawing in a sharp breath.

"I can stop the torture. I can spare your brother's life. Of, course, I cannot let him go, but I can surely make his imprisonment more comfortable."

"Why would you do that?" Midna asked suspicious.

"Marry me Midna, become my Queen." Zant reached up and stroked Midna's cheek.

Midna staggered back appalled. "Never…" she hissed through clenched teeth.

Zant fired another orb at Link, who screamed again. Midna fell to her knees, sobbing and begging for Zant to stop. Link was the most important person in her life. Once he was finished, Zant turned again to Midna.

"Become mine Midna…"

Midna hesitated.

"Midna… don't…" she heard a voice say.

She looked up and saw her brother staring at her. His eye's seemed to have regained some of their intensity as he gazed at her, but she could still see the pain in them.

"Don't Midna… he'll kill me anyways… don't give in to…"

Link was cut off as Zant delivered a punch to his face. Midna could hear he awful crack of bone as Zant's fist connected with her brother's nose.

"Never! I will never marry you Zant, so you can just forget about it!"

Zant's eye's narrowed, "Very well."

He turned and strode from the room.

"Link… Link look at me…" Midna pleaded.

She reached out and caressed his broken face. Link lifted his eyes to look at her. The broken and bloody nose was making it difficult for him to breathe. A minute later two large black creatures entered the cell. One of them grabbed Midna, while the other began to unlock Link's cuffs.

"Hey, what are you doing? Where are you taking us?" Midna demanded as they hauled them out of the cell.

Link was too weak to protest the harsh treatment. They were brought outside to the front of the palace. A crowd of curious and frightened Twili began to gather.

"Midna, Linkin!"

The two ex-royals looked over and saw their mother being brought outside as well. Zant stepped forward and addressed the people.

"I am Zant, King of Twilight! I will lead you to a golden age of prosperity. One in which we shall have our revenge on the cursed light dwellers! We will show them that we are the superior beings!"

"You're crazier than I first thought Zant!" Midna cried.

Zant frowned again. "There are some who oppose my devine right to rule over you. They are nothing more than obstacles, and obstacles… need to be removed. Let me show you what happens to those who resist me…"

Zant stood before Link and one of his daggers slid out.

"No!" the ex-queen cried.

"Zant don't…" Midna begged.

"You had your chance to save him Midna…" and with that Zant roughly thrust the dagger into Link's abdomen, and removed it with a cruel twist.

Link made a strangled noise and fell to the ground as the creature released him.

"Noooo!" The ex-queen pulled herself free and rushed to her son's side.

"Linkin! Linkin! Look at me Linkin!" she cried pulling his head into her lap.

Tears poured down his face as he gazed up at her. He struggled for breath and choked on the blood he coughed up.

"Linkin… shhh…. It will be alright baby…" she soothed stroking his hair.

"Moth-er…" Link choked out.

Link's eyes glazed over and he took one last shuddering breath. Midna could only stare in stunned disbelief as their mother let out a wail of despair. But amid all the grief and suffering, one figure stood laughing.

AN: Read and Review! Let me know if it is worth continuing. Constructive criticism welcome, but no bashing plz. I never bash others so be nice. Sorry if it seemed dark, the story will start to get more in sync with the game from here (but still some changes) Title may change if I think of a better one.