Chapter 2 for ya'! This is now the official start of the story, dontcha' know??? You don't? Well...er...read? YES! REEEEAAAAD!!!!!

The forest....

The light finally dimmed, and Link opened his eyes slowly. He was still in the forest, but Vaati was gone. What happened? Link looked at his hands. They weren't tied together anymore. He put his hand on his head. What was up with that light? And…where did Vaati go? He looked around. Whoa. What was up with the forest? Link looked. The usually healthy brown-barked trees instead had gray bark and black leaves. Link blinked. He had no idea what was going on here. He looked up at the sky. It wasn't blue. It was red! Link rubbed his eyes. Was he dreaming? What was going on? Maybe he was just tired and seeing things. He would head home. Link didn't notice, but as he left the forest a wanted picture was pinned up on a tree.

WANTED
Link
Reward- 1,000,000 Rupees

Link walked into the rural area where the farmers worked. Lon Lon Ranch was just up ahead. If he passed that ranch and took a left, he would be taken to the heart of Hyrule City. That's where he needed to go. He was hungry, and the bakery had fresh bread at this time of day. Link gasped. The farms were all ruined! There were holes in the buildings. Link walked up to one. It was wrecked.

"Oh man. What happened here?"

"Who's there?"

Link knew the voices. It was the voice of the twin farmers who worked there. Link poked his head through the hole.

"Um…Twin Farmers without names?"

"Who's that?" One asked.

"I don't know." the other said. "Who are you?" He asked.

"Um…I'm Link."

Two gasps filled the wrecked building. Link crawled in through the hole. He saw the two farmers huddled in fear. Link reacted at once.

"Are you alright? What's wrong? What happened!?" He asked quickly. The Twins scooted away from Link.

"G-go away! T-take our money! It's not much but it should be enough!"

Link stopped and raised a brow at them. What are they talking about? Link took a step towards the frightened men.

"What do you mean? Are you okay?"

"P-please! Just take the money and g-go!!" They both cried. Link kept moving forward trying to help them. The Twins kept moving back. Link finally gave up and left. He climbed back out the hole he came from. He scratched his blonde haired head.

"Man. What was that all about?" Link continued to think about what had just happened as he walked to castle town. He headed towards Lon Lon Ranch. It looked just as bad. He ran over to the broken down house.

"What happened!?" He said.

"Who's out there!?" The farmer said angrily.

"Er, it's me Link. I helped you find your keys."

"Link? What do you want? W-why are you here!?"

"I just wanted to know what happened."

"As if you don't know!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb! Go away!"

"C-can I talk to your daughter?"

"What? You don't need to speak to her! Go away!"

"But…"

"GO AWAY BEFORE I CALL THE KNIGHTS!!!!!!"

Link backed away and finally left. What was going on here? Why did everyone treat him weird? Link shrugged and walked into the entrance of Castle Town. The town was horrible. It was wrecked. It was like the Apocalypse had hit while Link was in the forest. Link walked around the town. The citizens of the town all gasped and shut their ruined windows as tight as they could. Link looked around confused.

"What the heck is going on around here?" He mumbled.

"HEY!"

Link turned around. Knights were running towards Link. Link phewed. He thought the knights would help him, but they all drew their swords. Link gasped and ran away. The knights yelled for him to stop and to come quietly. Link really had no intention of slowing down for the knights holding long, sharp swords. Link jumped over a cart filled with hay and pushed it over. The guards jumped over it and continued to chase Link. He ran faster. Maybe he could lose them in the small forest in front of the castle. Link headed there and hugged one of the trees looking back occasionally to see if he could see the knights. They searched for him but could not see him. Link sighed and slid down to sit. He was even more confused now than ever. Why was he being treated like public enemy number one? He closed his eyes and leaned his head back on the tree.

"Something is very wrong…" He breathed.

"Well, well, looky who it is!"

Link jumped up at the voice of his evil alter ego. He looked up in the tree where his dark twin held his black ocarina in one hand. Obviously he had been playing before Link had decided to hide there. Link moved his hand to his sword. Dark Link noticed the action and unsheathed his sword.

"What's this? You don't trust me anymore?"

"What are you talking about?" Link said pulling his sword out all the way.

"You don't remember? That hurts. We heist together all the time."

"What? I'm not a villain."

Dark Link put his head back and howled in laughter. Link thought he was mocking him.

"What are you talking about? I'm a hero."

Dark Link laughed even harder. Link ground his teeth. This was more of an insult than the knights chasing him through town.

"Dark Link! I've saved towns!"

Dark Link kicked his legs and continued to roar with laughter that grew in volume. His eyes began to water. Link stamped his foot.

"I fight you and Ganon all the time! I've beaten you to save Princess Zelda!!!! STOP LAUGHING!!!!!" Link yelled.

Dark Link howled even more and lost his balance making him fall out of the tree and land on the ground on his head. Nevertheless, he kept laughing even though he could very well have a concussion. Link rolled his eyes at his dumb counterpart but helped him up. Dark Link sighed. He wiped a tear away.

"Sorry, that was just too funny."

"Yeah, but it's true. I beat Vaati!"

Dark Link planted a firm hand on Link. Link looked at the face of his adversary. His face was serious, grave, solemn, it was a lot of words that were synonyms of those listed words.

"Don't say that."

"Huh?"

"Saying things like that could get you killed."

"What do you mean?"

"Vaati is the best villain-catcher out here, man. You know that. He's almost killed you hundreds of times. How could you forget?"

Link looked left and right. Was he actually supposed to know this? Ur, he didn't. He looked back at Dark Link. He was still serious.

"You must never speak badly about Vaati."

Link looked back up at the red sky. Maybe he could use this opportunity to find out what's going on in Hyrule.

"Dark Link," He looked back at him. "I did forget. What's Vaati all about? Just tell me all about him."

Dark Link looked shock. He shook his head.

"That last defeat must have knocked you on your head pretty hard."

"Vaati?"

"Oh right, Vaati is the good guy around here. He stops villains. He has these, like, crazy magic powers because he's a sorcerer, a Wind Mage. Rumor says he used to be just a wee Minish living in the Picori World."

"Really?" Link already knew that last bit, but…Vaati the good guy? That was crazy!

"Yeah, anyway, Vaati saved Princess Zelda so many times, the King wants them to be married!"

"WHAT!?" Link exclaimed horrified by what he had just heard. Dark Link nodded.

"I know. You've been trying to kidnap her for ages."

"Me? Kidnap? Zelda?" But wait…in this world…I'm the villain! That's what Vaati did. He switched our roles. This is madness. I have to get this reversed.

"Hey, you still with me Link?"

"Huh? Oh. Yeah."

"The wedding is in just a couple of days."

Link almost fell over but Dark Link prevented it. Link gasped.

"No way! Just a couple of days!?"

Dark Link nodded. His solemn face turned into one of evil intentions. A wicked smile spread on his face.

"So, what are you going to do?"

Link looked down at his feet and up at the red sky. Honestly he had no idea about what to do. How was he going to stop this? Dark Link chuckled.

"I recommend a warning trip to Vaati. He stays in the castle."

Link looked past Dark Link where he could see a glimpse of the castle through the trees. He looked back at Dark Link's smiling face.

"I can help." He said. Link smiled. At least Dark Link was good for something.

So? How is it? How is it? How is it??????? I want to know your opinion!!!!! Like, Seriously!!! C'mon! You know you wanna' do it. ;D