Wow! Another update in a day! I might as well update as much as possible. Anyway...

Turns out Vaati has come back from his sealed form, and seeks to come back and do his deeds! However, another enemy, Moldarch, has come out and revealed himself as an anti- hero of the Links. Will the Links defeat Vaati a second time, or will things be different?

Find out in todays third update! Or... You know... Chapter 3. Without further ado, let us begin!

Chapter 3: Vaati's Grand Return

The boy's faces either were twisted in anger and disgust at the wind sorcerer's name or filled with worry. The girls simply cocked their heads. Of course… only one of the girls was informed about the situation.

"V-Vaati? The wind sorcerer that was sealed in the Four Sword twice? But… that can't be!" Amethyst exclaimed. She knew everything that there was to know about legends, so of course she knew Vaati. But not only from legend…

"You know him?-!" Green yelled at Amethyst. She nodded, making Blue's angered face become confused and annoyed.

"Well, at least one of you knows what we're up against." Vio remarks, making three of four girls shoot a slight glare at him. Of course, Ruby's glare wasn't nearly as harsh, not at all like Sapphire's.

"Shut up, Vio." Sapphire muttered under her breath. Her anger and annoyance was growing at the sight of such a man, or monster, being so evil. A man Ruby was set to marry. It made her so filled with rage that she attacked Moldarch with a loud cry. Instead of attacking back, he merely smirked at the pitiful girl's attempts to take him down. He grabbed her sword with his fingers, making her blue eyes grow wide with complete fear. Then she looked down, not aware of her being about 10 feet above the ground. Also, she was baffled at the fact that she was floating. Floating. In midair. Ruby and Emerald gasped and took a step forward, wanting to help their friend, but too scared at what was going to happen.

They had a right to be scared.

While he laughed, Moldarch swung Sapphire into a nearby wall, making her crash and crack the wall. Everyone in the room held their breaths and widened their eyes. Even poor Sapphire, who had blood streaming down her head, had her eyes widened. She, however, acted as though nothing happened and got up. The girls finally gasped for breath, knowing that she was okay. Amethyst, however, was wondering how exactly she survived such a hard blow. Sapphire smirked as she usually would. Normal enough. Amethyst then switched her attention to the battle.

"Well, now I wonder whether I underestimated your strength or you are just extremely stubborn." Moldarch mocked. He smiled evilly as Sapphire quickly got angered.

"SHUT UP YOU SON OF A B-" Sapphire shouted. She was cut off by the sight of Ruby's wet, red cheeks. Obviously she had been crying her eyes out as usual. Only difference now is that Sapphire wouldn't stand for it, nor would she curse and make it worse.

"Farore, Sapphire. I didn't think you'd swear like that." Blue remarked like a smartass. All he got was a glare that could rival Moldarch's and, possibly, send him cowering to the other side of the ballroom. "Q-Quit looking at me like that!" Blue yelled, trying not to sound scared of her demon-like glare.

"Guys, focus on the fight! I can't believe you guys defeated Va- AHHH!" Emerald screamed. Something grabbed her waist tightly and wrapped itself around her. Her friends looked in shock at what was propelling her upwards. A blackish purple blur had lifted her off the ground. Emerald struggled to get out of its grasp, but stopped when she realized what picked her up. Ruby's eyes went wide, Sapphire's stance had lost its intimidating form, and Amethyst's jaw almost dropped right out of her skull. The boys had a close reaction to Amethyst's, but not as intense.

It was Shadow Link and… a girl who looked very much like him.

"SHADOW?-!" The Links exclaimed with such surprise. Amethyst didn't focus on the shadowy form of the Links. No, she focused on the girl on his left, carrying Emerald. Amethyst knew who this was, but she thought that the girl was with them.

Of course, because it was Amethyst's best friend, Samantha.

Samantha looked a lot like Shadow Link, only had curled up hair that was darker than Shadow Link's. She also wore the same tunic, but no hat. Her eyes were a bloody crimson, not like their usual maroon-type color.

"Samantha…" Amethyst muttered. She was shocked—no–horrified at what she saw.

"Vaati! Come on out, the girls we need so dearly are here!" Samantha yelled to the doorway. She smirked, showing her porcelain white fangs. Shadow slowly came down to face the Links and girls, with their mouths agape. Vio stepped in front of the other three Links and three girls.

"S-Shadow..? B-But… W-Why?-!" Vio sputtered. He took it harder than the rest, knowing that Shadow was a hero, a friend. Had he forgotten? Had he been possessed? Or, worst of all, did he… Just join them again? Forgetting all that they went through.

Vio was quickly snapped back to reality when a loud booming laugh escaped the doors to the ballroom. Dark purplish-black tentacles ripped through the walls, opening a gargantuan hole on the wall. The tentacles reached out, as if trying to grab something. Well, it succeeded at grabbing something.

Actually, more like someone.

The girls and guys all heard a high-pitched scream coming from a certain girl in red. She was grabbed by one of the tentacles and lifted into the air. Emerald, at the sight of this, started struggling to get out of Samantha's grasp.

"Oh, you want me to drop you? kay then, if you insist on struggling!" Samantha said as she dropped Emerald right into a flailing tentacle, where she also got caught. "Oops… sooorry" She sarcastically remarked.

Emerald glared at her, but was quickly taken away from that due to a tight squeeze. She yelped, but no other sound was emitted from the struggling girl in green. Amethyst and Sapphire quickly stood close to the Links, ready to attack the tentacles. Amethyst looked at the four Links and noticed a bow on the violet clothed boy.

"Vio! I have a need to borrow your bow, so if you could throw it to me so I can help?" She asked. Vio looked behind him, then nodded as he tossed her his bow and quiver. Amethyst caught it and quickly aimed an arrow to Vaati's tentacles. After a second of aiming, she shot with perfect accuracy.

That doesn't mean it did anything.

Vaati's tentacle slapped away the arrow, and it flew back at her with twice the power it had when shot at it. Unfortunately, it was too quick for Amethyst to dodge. It hit her right on the shoulder. She yelped in pain, dropped the bow and quiver, and kneeled on the ground.

"Oh crap, AMETHYST!" Sapphire yelled as she ran to her fallen friend. Green and Blue stood in front of the girls, swords in hand. Blue, obviously, had his hammer in his right hand. Vio ran to pick up his bow and help Amethyst. Red cowered behind everyone else, but also tried a little to help by getting ice from his ice rod to put on Amethyst's wound. Vaati's tentacles kept searching the room for the other two. It whipped around and eventually hit something. It hit a pillar, knocking it down. Dust covered the room, making it almost impossible for anyone but Shadow and Samantha to see. Samantha grabbed a tentacle and thrust it toward where the four Links and the two remaining girls stood. It hit someone and the tentacle started to retract back. It brought back a struggling Sapphire, who was slicing at the tentacle with her sword. It did nothing, due to its new armor. The blade she used was dull anyway, rendering it utterly useless. She tried to fight and twist her way out, but failed miserably. The tentacle that had her wasn't slippery or comfortable. More like spiky and itchy. Sapphire eventually quit struggling and gave in. The tentacle seemed to sap her energy, making her lose the ability to fight back.

"Sapphire? Sapphire! Where are you?" Amethyst yelled. It seemed almost pointless to do so, but she called again for her friend. She moved her injured arm, causing her to wince at the extreme pain coming from it. She then immediately covered her wound, placing her hand softly so it wouldn't hurt more than it already did.

"Don't move, Vaati's looking for you. I'm not letting him get you too." Green whispered. She nodded, understanding the situation. Finally, the dust settled, making the clouds disappear. But, Vaati's eye was already on the other side of the wall. He could see Amethyst and the four Links. The three other girls were in the air, limp and unconscious from their sapped energy. Her logic told her to stay down for her own safety, but her gut had other ideas. Ignoring Green's warning, she got up and got her sword. She was NOT going to let Vaati win, let alone take her friends and sap their elemental energy! She cleaned her mind of everything but battle strategy. She took a step forward, but a loud one. Vaati, of course, could hear it. His eye shifted to where the Links and Amethyst stood. She smirked, knowing that this is what she needed. She reached for her back… but found nothing

'…Oh CRAP.'

Amethyst took a small step back, but as soon as she broke for a run, the tentacle grabbed her leg, causing her to face plant. She was then lifted into the air upside down, making her scream and flail around. She was tossed into the air, flipping her and Vaati's tentacle caught her in its grasp again.

Blue and Green look behind them and widen their eyes, knowing that they couldn't do anything about it any longer. Red gasped, covering his mouth. Even Vio's eyes widened… slightly.

"Yes… YES! I HAVE THEM ALL! Now, with their power I shall rule… yes… RULE THE WORLD! MWAHAHAHA!" Vaati says with a booming, but sinisterly high-ish voice. The Links all look back at Vaati, as Amethyst is lifted into the air with her friends. This quickly angers Green and Blue, as they charge for the eye. Vio rolls his eyes at the stupid attempt, and prepares to load his bow with an arrow. However, as he aims, he notices two peculiar projectiles flying towards him. Of course, it's just Blue and Green being flung at him. He jumps to the side, dodging the human projectiles. They eventually hit Red, causing a big pile of three boys in colorful garb.

"WHAT THE HELL, VIO!" Blue yells, obviously. He always had something against the intelligent Link, but still no one knows what.

"Ugh, why'd you dodge instead of catching us?" Green asked, helping Red up.

Vio gestured toward his bow in hand and faced forward, not wanting to waste any more time on them. He quickly aimed and shot at the eye, but Vaati closed his eye, expecting the blow. Vio tried again, and again, and again. He couldn't hit the damn eye! He started to get annoyed and pulled out a fire arrow. He aimed again and shot. This time, instead of merely blinking, Vaati dodged and, with his free tentacle, slapped all the Links into the wall, knocking them out. Samantha laughed loudly, moving both arms to her stomach. Shadow merely looked at her, then smirked and looked at the fallen Links.

"Tha… That was PERFECT! Nice job Vaati." Samantha says, catching her breath after laughing for what seemed like forever. She slowly drifted to the floor with Shadow at her side. "Now… part two of our perfect little plan." She whispers to Shadow.

"Uhh… the amnesia potions?" He asks. Samantha nods, her smile turning into an evil smirk that made Shadow shudder a tiny bit. Her smile wasn't what scared him. No… It was her freakishly sharp fangs. "Okay, but we can't have the girls here, the Links will wake up and attack Vaati while we're vulnerable!"

"Ugh, I KNOW, stupid! I'm not an idiot!" Samantha spat back. She places her hand under her chin, in thought. Then an idea sparks in her head. "Lets go to Vaati's, they won't find us there!"

"Okay, I guess it's a start." Shadow mutters. Samantha snaps her fingers, and Vaati looks at them, waiting for an order. His huge red eye is now a red violet, meaning he is under the influence of the two shadow adolescents. Samantha says something in ancient Hylian, along the lines of "Head to the wind temple with the girls, we'll be there shortly".

Vaati obeyed and teleported himself to his wind tower, leaving a huge hole in the ballroom wall. Samantha looked at Shadow, her facial expression screaming "I'm up to no good". Shadow gives her a "…what?" look. She giggles in return, pulling out her sword. Her blade is a darker version of the girls' swords, with spikes at the sides of the hilt. The actual blade is darker than the white blades wielded by the other girls.

"Checkin' out my blade, huh?" Samantha asks Shadow, snapping him from his thoughts. He looks back at her, cocking his head to the side a bit. She laughs like a madwoman and puts her blade away. "You are something else, Shad. By the way, what were they talking about that violet Link, hm? You on that side of the street?"

"N-No! Why would you ask that? I don't even remember being with him or any of them, for Farore's sake!" Shadow replied quickly, dismissing her accusations.

"…Okay… So lets head to Vaati's already, I can't wait to see their clueless faces. Oh it's been so long since I got my hands on a beautiful thing called revenge." Samantha says. She has a tone of anger in her voice as she says "revenge", making Shadow curious as to why she wants revenge so badly.

"Why? Why revenge of all things? Why not power, glory, or wealth?" Shadow asks the shadowy girl, wanting a reasonable answer. Samantha looks at him, but not having her usual mischievousness.

"Because of all the pain they've caused me…" She mutters. She looks down and brings her hands to her view. "They manipulated me… lied to me… killed me… All for my power." She muttered a bit louder.

"Then how are y-" Shadow was cut off by Samantha.

"THEY USED ME! IT SHALL NEVER BE FORGIVEN! NEVER!" Samantha shouted, making the ballroom shake in response. Shadow quickly dodged a falling rock, getting closer to Samantha. He gives her a wide-eyed look, and she nervously chuckles. "Heheh… sorry about that. I got a little carried away…"

'A little..? A LITTLE? IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU HAD A CONNIPTION!' Shadow thought. He rolled his eyes and looked away, annoyed.

"Anyway," Samantha said, snapping Shadow from his angered thoughts, "Lets go to Vaati's already, I bet you anything he's already locked them up or something. Lets hope he doesn't do anything to them that makes the the amnesia serum not work." Shadow nodded, grabbing her arm, then saying something in ancient Hylian to teleport them both. This left a messy ballroom, four unconscious Links, and a mysteriously opened book.

Whew! Another chapter!

Oh no! The elemental princesses have been kidnapped instead of Zelda this time! What do Samantha and Shadow want with them? And what are these "Amnesia potions" Samantha speaks of?

Find out in the next chapter! ...Which will probably be posted today... again. MIght as well post the next five chapters on here. Or six. Whatever.

Anyway, I'll see you again! Ciao, for now~!

~V-fanfics