Please know this is my first fanfiction story published so please let me know of the things you liked as well as any grammar errors or fixes as I will try my best to update this story.

A few legal things out of the way: I in no way hold any ownership over The Legend Of Zelda or DOOM these are products and their characters are owned by Nintendo and Id software. Both of these companies have created amazing products that revolutionised video games forever.

Warning: Also please know this story contains written descriptions of blood, gore as well as horror scenes.

Chapter One:

A Brewing Storm

Three years ago Link had defeated Ganondorf the demon king with the power of the master sword or else known as the blade of evils bane, wieldable only by the chosen hero of the goddess Hylia. He drove back the Twilight army of shadow beings and their king Zant who served as a puppet for Ganondorf. With the help of Midna the rightful ruler of the Twili people and Zelda the princess of Hyrule, Link returned Hyrule to its peaceful state before the Twilight dominion. Tired after a long and hard battle Link returned to his home Ordon village, surrounded by the Faron woods to retire. Here he teaches the kids about his adventures, the things he's been through and what he as learned from his travels. He helps around the village, rebuilding the damage done to Ordon village during the Twilight dominion as well as tame the villages horses with Illia.

Overall Link tries to resettle into his old life before he had to save Hyrule, yet sometimes he can't help but feel a certain emptiness sometimes. It is As if something had gone missing in his life, he finds himself often look at the horizon beyond Faron woods towards Hyrule field recalling his adventures. And even for all the hardships, he's had to endure, he can't help but feel that somehow he misses the thrill and excitement he felt during his quest.

One late evening Link is sitting on the balcony of his treehouse, enjoying the sundown after a long day of work helping out around the village. He's worked today with Illia assisting with the horses, he's always been able to tell her interest in him. But yet in his heart, he feels he's always seen her as more of a friend. His experiences in his travels and the fight with Gannon still lie heavy on him, he often finds himself waking up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat from nightmares. Sometimes not even recognising where he is.

"Ey! You there stop daydreaming I've got a letter for yer!" Link looks down from the balcony. Before his house stands a short man with a heavy backpack almost twice his size slung around his back, with a letter in his hand. Link rushes down the ladder of his treehouse until he reaches the ground, he turns to face the postman. "I've been calling for you the whole time! Yer got wax in yer ears or somethin' boy?" Link gave him an annoyed look. "Alright, alright here ye go looks important that's the royal seal if I'm not mistaken." He hands the letter to Link, indeed the letter has golden carvings all around it and overall has a look about it that boasts of royalty and importance. Link nods at the postman in appreciation and turns away back towards the ladder. "Yer a man of few words eh? It's not like I travelled all the way from Kakariko village to deliver this for you or anything because my colleague got sick." Link turned back to the postman. "You're right I'm Sorry, thank you." The postman nods at Link. "Ye welcome boy, take care now." And with that he is off, Link climbs back up the ladder and enters his comfy wooden home through his front door. He closes the door and properly inspects the letter, it's from Zelda links heart skips a beat from Zelda? Since he'd defeated Gannon and Midna had returned to the Twilight realm, they hadn't been in touch since. Links mind begins to race as he undoes the seal and takes out the paper within. Is she all right? Have dark forces returned to assault Hyrule once more? But to his relief, as he begins to read the letter, it is none of those things. In fact, it is an invitation, to a royal ball being held at Hyrule castle. Many important figures of Hyrule will be present, and she would like him as the hero of Hyrule to be there as well. Link checks for a date, and to his shock sees that the ball is in two days! If he would set off right now, he could just make it in time. Link spares no time, he rushed to get his old gear and supply's and instantly prepares for the journey ahead. A spark of excitement and determination coursing through him again, alike to what he felt during the adventures he had before. Link smiles at his readied gear, let's be off. But link remembers he's forgetting something. He steps toward an old dusty locker, slowly he opens it to reveal his old heroes clothes. The green shirt with the matching tunic and hat as well as his chainmail to be worn underneath. Carefully he takes the clothes out of the looker and puts out the dust, he smiles as the very look of his clothes return the pleasant memories of his journey. He puts the clothes into his gear bag to be saved for the ball, he makes a final check and decides he's finally ready.

But Link suddenly feels a shiver running down his spine as if he'd seen a ghost he starts hearing unsettling whispers. They seem to originate from both men and women, they speak in a strange language unlike anything link had ever heard before. Link looks about his home but is unable to determine the direct source of the whispers, They seem to come from everywhere. Link covers his ears as the whispers seem to increase in volume in an attempt to block them out, but to no avail, they seem to penetrate his very skull. He begins to cringe his teeth as he is nearing the verge of a scream. But then as suddenly as they came, they seem to fade away. Link takes his hands from his ears, he slowly and carefully looks around his home startled but he doesn't see anything out of the ordinary, what in Hyrule was that?!

Still, a little shaken, Link takes his gear and starts heading towards the door of his room. Just before he exits his home, he takes a sheath containing the Ordon Sword that is lying beside the door. He straps the sheath around his shoulder. Link decides he is ready and exits his home to begin his journey.

On his way out of the village, he pays the town mayor a quick visit to let him know where he's off to. the major smiles warmly at Link. "Well, what an honour to be summoned by the princess herself! We and all of Hyrule owe you a great debt for what you have done Link, you deserve nothing less." Link returns the smile. "Thank you, I was also meaning to ask, did someone come by my house earlier by any chance?" The Mayor gave link a slightly worried look. "Apart from the postman, not to my knowledge did something happen?" Link shakes his head forgetting the thought. "Its-its nothing, sorry to bother you. I'll be back in a few weeks." And with that Link departs out of the village, into Farron woods.

Memories of his quest come flushing back to Link, as he travels through the beautiful Faron woods which are illuminated in a warm yellow from the late evening sun. Link feels at ease as he enjoys the scent and atmosphere of the woods, he hears the bird's chip merrily way up in the trees and feels a soft breeze blow against him with leaves flowing in the wind.

How he missed travelling through these woods. Link continues following the man-made path through the woods, eventually leading to Hyrule fields. He follows down the road at a fast pace, trying to get the most out of the remaining sunlight he has. After about two hours, he notices the sunlight steadily dying. It must be getting close to nightfall he thinks to himself, he looks about for a place to set up a camp for the night. Link knows how easy it is to get lost in the Faron woods at night even with the road to guide him. He finds a nice sheltered spot, it is perfectly hidden from the road but yet not too far from it. He crouches down to the ground beginning to unpack and prepare the camp when suddenly link hears another whisper from behind him. Frantically he looks about the surrounding woods alarmed, but it seems to have faded away abruptly.

Link is looking around checking his surrounds for any sign of movement, which is when he notices an odd stone tablet laying on the ground a few feet from his camp. carefully he inspects the ancient looking item covered with leaves and roots, he pushes them aside and sees that upon the stone a strange looking symbol seems engraved on the stone. It is a strange looking circle, with what looks like hieroglyphs surrounding it. They are unlike anything he's seen before, and therefore impossible for Link to make out. He reaches below the tablet in an attempt to see whether he can pick it up. But as soon as he touches it, Links ears are assaulted by a deafeningly loud inhuman scream that rings in his ears and seems to piece into his very soul. Link Covers his ears as they are burning with pain but to no avail.

Link backs away from the tablet, and alarmed draws his sword taking his hands away from his still half-deaf ears. All around him, he can hear the whispers returning, but this time they clearly are coming from the bushes surrounding the clearing in the forest he has set his camp in. "Who is there?!" Link shouts aloud, but no one shows and the whispers just seem to continue. "Enough! show yourselves!" To his surprise, the whispers seem to die away again. Link spends a Long Time examining the surrounding vegetation in the now near darkness his eyes have adjusted to. But he can see no movement, what is happening to him? Is this all just in his mind? Link pondered and looks back to the ground, to find that the tablet he'd looked at earlier has disappeared. But not just disappeared, it looks as if it had never been there in the first place. Disturbed by these events, Link decides to forget about the whole thing thinking it must be exhaustion. He lays down on his bedroll to try and get some sleep...

Link opens his eyes, to find himself waking up in the middle of the night. He's been through far too many ambushes in the middle of the night, to know this isn't a good sign. Slowly he reaches for the sheath containing his sword and instinctively grabs hold of its hilt. It is then he hears a branch snap nearby.

Link remains absolutely still, slowly moving his eyes around scanning the dark woods surrounding him. Slowly his eyes adjust to the darkness, and he can make out a shadowy shape standing behind a bush to his right. Carefully he draws the sword from its shed, trying to make as little noise as possible.

Link slowly gets up from his bedroll and begins sneaking towards the figure. As he gets closer, he can make out that it appears to have its back turned to him. He carefully approaches it closer and closer. Link is only a few metres away from it, and can now make out the figure in more detail. It appears to have a humanoid shape with extremely pale skin, it's hunched over and Link can make out wet crunching noises coming from it as if it's eating something. SNAP! Link was so focused on making out his opponent, he forgot to watch his footing and stepped on a branch. in an instant, the creature makes a deafening screech. It spins around to face Link with incredible speed. Bone snapping noises come from all over it's pale, wetly textured torso and legs as it swings around. Seemingly unaffected by the bones it must have shattered in its movement, it stands upright staring Link down. Link can now see the creature clearly as the moonlight shines down upon it. While it shares a humanoid body shape, it has extremely thin to the bone arms and legs and a demonic face. It seemingly hasn't any pupils or nose. instead, it has a massive maw, filled with long razor sharp teeth. While overall its body is as pale as the moon, its torso and maw are covered with fresh blood and gore. It feasted on what appears to be the remaining bits and pieces of a rabbit in its bloody clawed hands. the creature draws a hideous evil smile as if pleased by the hint of fear in Links expression upon looking at it. It drops the rabbit remains to the ground, making a wet splat as they hit the forest floor. Once more it screeches hideously and charges towards Link.