This was going to develop into a huge Dink story (Hence the scenes set up before the real meat of the story.), but I lost the drive. It happens.

I'll leave the little notes of location in it for convenience and such. So I don't need to describe scenery.

Enjoy!

Water Temple:

"So, this is the infamous hero." Link gasped as he came face to face with a man that looked just like him if he was grey scale and had red eyes. "You're awfully handsome."

The hero gasped as a tongue ran up his ear and turned around to find nothing. "Monster!"

"Tut, tut. No need to be so touchy. I meant no harm." The man now stood a few feet away, his arms crossed and leaning against an invisible wall.

"Then tell me how to leave this room."

"I..." Unsure crimson orbs looked up from under dark bangs. "One of us must die."

"Then I have no choice."

Lake Hylia:

Dark couldn't believe he was finally out of the temple. After so long, he could finally see the sun.

Hyrule Field:

"It's big."

"Yeah. Most fields are."

"Jerk."

Kakariko:

"So, we're going down there."

"We need to fix the water problem and get the relic Sheik was talking about."

"I hate hero business."

"I knew you would change your mind, Dark. Guess you just aren't cut out for it."

"I'll show you!"

Shadow Temple:

"There is no way I am going in there."

"You will if you want to ever see your precious bottle again. That wallmaster from the well took it. Remember?"

Dark growled.

Hyrule Field:

"Those are some dark clouds."

"Yeah."

"But they are only around the castle."

"Yep."

"Does Ganon not like the sun?"

"Guess not."

Gerudo Valley:

"Hot..."

Link poured yet another bottle of water out on his seemingly dying friend.

"My water god."

Link laughed fully for the first time in a long time that day.

Temple of Time:

"Sheik... No, Zelda."

Dark stepped from the shadows and knelt by Link's side. "Let's go get your girlfriend back."

"Zelda isn't-"

The shadow boy held his hands up in surrender. "Sure, sure."

Ganon's Castle

"I see you found my toy. As with the Triforce piece, I command you give him back to me!"

"I ain't your thing, jackass!"

Hyrule Castle (Post rebuild):

"Hero is hiding a murderer, M'lady." Link jumped as Sheik, the guy that was supposed to be Zelda, landed in the grass a few feet away.

Zelda stared wide-eyed at the Sheikah and then nervously back at Link. "I can explain."

"You'd better." Anger practically poured off the hero.

"We needed a safe place for her majesty and I acted as the vessel for her soul. The Sheik that you met during your journey was indeed I. Perhaps if her highness had explained better, then there would have been no misunderstandings." Suddenly, Dark could feel his body being pulled from Link's shadow. Within seconds, he was held in the air by Sheik, his hand around Dark's neck. No amount of struggling made him lessen his hold. "But we must get back on the topic at hand, Hero. Why are you protecting a monster?"

Zelda gasped and Link growled. "Dark isn't a monster!"

"I beg to differ. He was Ganondorf's favorite pet." With his other hand, Sheik pulled down his cowl, revealing scars from the edge of his mouth down below where the fabric pooled. Even the black-haired boy, with eyes clouding from lack of air, gasped. "And the reason I have these."

"Dark would never do that! He's good, I swear!" Dark coughed and held his throat as Sheik released him, legs failing him and causing him to crash into the ground.

The shadow struggled to turn as Sheik stalked over to Link, easily matching the hero's height. "He slaughtered my village, Hero. How, then, can he be good?"

"He isn't the same as he used to be." Dark could see Link lock his jaw and knew he was truly furious with the guy he had once wanted to call a friend.

Sheik didn't look amused as he spat his words in Ganon's former minion's direction. "That monster attacked my people. We took him in, a seemingly defenseless child, and he murdered as many of us as he could within the night."

"How do you know that he is the same person?!" Link pointed accusingly at Sheik. "And for all you know, he could have been under Ganondorf's control! He wouldn't be at fault!"

"My eyes see the truth. You can change your appearance, but the soul never shifts. The magic that makes up his form is the very same from that night. I detect nothing different." The shadow boy gulped as Sheik turned to a still-in-shock princess. Dark was hoping she would forgive him for crimes he didn't remember. "He must be destroyed, Princess. Allow me to get rid of him."

"No!" Link jumped in front of his shadow and scooped him up into his arms. "This is not how this was supposed to happen."

"L...ink..." Dark coughed into his hands, which seemed smaller than earlier. He stared at them for a moment thinking. Why was that? People didn't grow in reverse, so why was I shrinking suddenly.

The hero noticed this, and perhaps more, as well. "What did you do to him?!"

A deep yet airy voice entered the shadow's mind and pain exploded in his upper back.

I've found you, my child.

"I charmed him. His body will slowly reveal itself. Then we shall see if he is a monster or simply a spelled human that the Dark Lord felt like twisting the form of to fulfill his plans." Dark could barely comprehend the malice in Sheik's voice as the other hummed softly to him. "I suggest you pray he is a monster or the process will be painful. I dearly hope it is."

It has been quite some time since you disappeared.

Link snarled. "When did you become so cold, Sheik?"

What a mess these humans have left you in.

"It is not every day you meet the thing that caused your entire race to disappear off the map." Dark could feel Link bristle as Sheik called him a thing.

How did you fall so far from the perfect being you were?

The hero's dark side clenched up as a stabbing pain ripped through his back. Link's hold tightened on him further and further as he whined, praying to lift his pain. "Hu-urts, Link."

It was the dreadful sins of others that caused your beautiful light to dim.

"Stop, Sheik! Quick!" Zelda's shrill voice indicated that she would no longer be silent.

She can sense me.

Sheik tried to speak, but was shoved towards Dark by the princess. "Wha-"

I suppose I expect nothing less of the Goddess Hylia reborn.

Zelda was suddenly pleading with her guardian. "Make the spell go away now!"

A shame her servants have fallen from the path of magic.

Apparently, Sheik would have none of it. "I don't understand, Your Highness. Why do you wish for me to not reveal this monster's identity?"

How dare he speak so lowly of you, my precious child.

Link and Zelda spoke at the same time. Though for different reasons. "He's not a monster!"

I shall show them what you really are.

"Could you inform me on what it is then?" Zelda had no time to respond to Sheik as something broke through the skin of Dark's back and ripped his shirt to shreds.

My angel.

Link's breathless whisper broke the silence. "W-Wings?!"

Do not worry, child.

Zelda's frantic tone got all their attention. "Get him to the Temple of Time now and wait for me."

I will come for you.

Link voiced his concern, speaking evenly for the first time since this all started. "I don't understand. What's going on? What is he?"

And everything in my path will burn.

The princess's words chilled all present to the bone because they knew it to be true. "A being older than time itself." Dark passed out as the voice laughed.

"You can't possibly be okay with that thing being in a sacr-"

"Sheik, hold your tongue." The warrior scowled as he was interrupted by the princess yet again.

Zelda lowered herself to the floor next to the sleeping Dark and her hero. "How is he, Link?"

"Healing quickly." The hero ran his fingers through his friend's hair, even as Dark's appearance was changing into someone else. If only I had known all this would happen.

"I have called upon the sages. We must redo the spell ca-"

"Woah, slow down." Link looked confused as he glanced to the side at the princess. "What is going on exactly?"

"Yes, let us in on just what this thi-" Both the Hylians turned to glare at the Sheikah, so Sheik bit his tongue. "What he is."

"As I have said before, Dark is a being ol-"

The impatient hero groaned. "Yes, yes. Older than time itself. But what is he? How does he have wings? And why did we move him here of all places?"

Zelda seemed surprised that Link had interrupted her, but went on. "Long ago, before the goddesses created the world, there was a god that lived alongside them. The four goddesses-"

Here, Link cut her off. "Wait, what do you mean four? I thought there was only three."

"The fourth, Hylia, gave her immortal form during the war between the demons long ago and was reborn as a mortal in order to help the first hero vanquish the demon king. She was erased from history by the Sheikah and Royal Family for reasons long lost, but we continue the tradition so as to not confuse the generations. Can I go on now?" Link smiled sheepishly and nodded.

"As I was saying..."

The four goddesses and their brother, Scelus, were perfect in all ways, but it was not long before the four grew to desire. Nayru longed to govern, Farore and Din to create, and Hylia to protect. Tired of their infinite heaven, they sought to make a world. The brother wanted no part in the creation and pleaded with his sisters to destroy the world so they could live in paradise once more. But the goddesses refused and it caused the first sin to spark to life in Scelus. Wraith.

He slew many of their creations, promising to stop if they left for the heavens, but the goddesses once again refused him. The god grew furious and sought to turn the new creatures against their creators in hopes of making his fellow immortals see the error of their ways. He gave the people of the grassland anything they wanted in the name of his sisters, causing them to never need to want, bringing about the creation of sloth and gluttony. Seeing the lush and vibrant haven inspired envy and greed in the other races and a war broke out across the beautiful land over who deserved the goddesses' blessings.

The goddesses cried over their broken people and were forced to cast an entire tribe into exile in order to put an end to the fighting. Hoping to bring out the softer side in Scelus, the goddesses devised a plan. They wished to make their brother realize the world they created was something to enjoy and created from his blood and their magic a pure beauty, untouched or tainted by the sins he had bore. Venia.

Their brother fell deeply in love with the new god, his and the goddesses' child, and wished to be with him more than anything. Finally, Scelus too wanted the world to prosper so that he may live with his beloved. The humans worshiped their patron goddesses and the two gods lived in secrecy. But all good things come to an end. The older god's love soured and he found out that the younger could give him pleasure beyond any he had ever known.

The pure being, that was so used to love and affection from his fellow immortal, suddenly found himself on the receiving end of torture and unbridled lust. Venia fled from his once lover to the sanctuary of his mothers, but they could offer him no shelter as their brother's rage was once again unleashed on the world as he searched for the young god. The child god ran for many years until he came across a band of traveling magic users. Venia found solace in their open arms and spoke freely of his powers, teaching them his infinite wisdom. In time, he grew to love one of the older men of the group. A Sheikah who's name has been lost to the ages.

Nearly a thousand years passed by, the group still alive from being exposed to the god's power, and Scelus caught them. He was furious at his fellow immortal for running from him and laying with a mortal. But the magic wielders had prepared for their showdown and, when the god stepped towards his former lover, the spell was cast.

In mere moments, he could not tell Venia from the mortals he had traveled with. Their images were forever shifting and disturbing his. In outrage, Scelus made to attack, but stopped himself for he did not want to kill his beloved. In order to make it even harder for the older to find the younger, the group decided to part ways, even if it meant their death. But, the magic wielders knew they would need to maintain the spell even after they passed on, so they embedded the spell into their very beings and passed it down to their children through blood.

"I sensed Dark's godly status once the magic started to come undone and then the being that was linked to him. He is the pure beauty the goddesses created." Zelda bit her lip at the idea of battling the enraged god that would come for Dark if they couldn't hide his aura soon.

"And I broke the spell keeping that monster from finding him." Sheik covered his mouth in shock, shame showing on his face.

"You didn't know." Link placed his hand on his friend's shoulder, thumb rubbing up and down in comfort. "Don't worry, Sheik. We can fix it."

"But can we do it in time?" No one spoke.

The wings shifted on Dark's back as he tried to get in a more comfortable position.

"Dark? Are you awake?" The shadow boy smiled and wiggled over in the direction of Link's voice until he came into contact with familiar leggings.

"I think you can take that as a yes, Hero." Sheik chuckled as he watched the black-haired boy nuzzle into the hero's leg.

"Open your eyes, Dark." Dark shook his head and received a chuckle from the hero. "Please, for me."

White walls behind a vivid green tunic is the first thing Dark saw. The princess made herself known as she moved into his line of sight, her face one of shock. "His eyes."

Sheik came up behind the princess and was surprised as well. "I've never seen anything like them."

Link stared at the other two and Dark almost laughed from how confused he seemed. "What do you mean, guys? He looks the same as he always has."

"What are you talking about, Link? Can't you see the calmest blue?" The Sheikah raised a golden eyebrow and crossed his arms.

He looked pretty sure of himself until Zelda spoke. "I think you are mistaken, Sheik. Dark's eyes are a wise green."

Link's face was still a confused mess. "You're both crazy. His eyes have been and always will be fiery red."

Of course, you get three people together that are stubborn and won't believe each other and fighting breaks out. Dark rubbed at his forehead, a headache already developing from their bickering.

Then Zelda said something that made everyone stop and stare at her. Including the boy laying on the floor. No, most defiantly the boy laying on the floor. "We must see different things because he was made so that everyone would see what they think is beautiful."

"What the fuck are you talking about, Princess?" Zelda jumped slightly at Dark's use of language. "I was made to be a monster."

The hero helped his shadow sit up and cupped his face. "No, Dark. Far from it."

And so Dark sat there listening to Zelda's story about the world's creation. His creation. It blew his mind.

"So, you're saying some crazy god is coming after me because he wants to fuck me constantly, is that it?" Dark sighed at the collective nods.

"Pretty much." Dark couldn't help but wonder, did I ever mention how cute Link's pout is?

"Why are the sages taking so long to get here?" Who would have known that Sheik paced.

"I don't know. I thought I stressed the situation enough." Zelda has a nervous habit of pulling at her hair. Interesting.

Link stood suddenly and threw his hands up. "I can't just sit here and let some sex-crazed psycho god steal Dark away from me!"

Sheik glanced over at the enraged hero, a smirk on his uncovered lips. "Sounds to me like you love him."

"Well, I..." Everyone held their breath as Link bit his lip, especially Dark. Please say you do, Link. Please. "He was with me for the most part of my quest and I care deeply for him as one does their best friend."

The warrior tsked. "You're lying."

Zelda giggled. "I don't have Sheik's eyes and I can tell you're lying, Link."

"Well, why do you guys think I'm lying?" The hero crossed his arms and huffed.

"Because you can't help but fall in love with Dark. He was made for that purpose." A shiver ran up the former shadow's spine as Sheik's gaze settled on him. "Even I'm having a hard time resisting."

They all jumped at Link's growl. "Then stop looking at him."

"See. You can't hide it, Hero." The room filled with deep laughter as the Sheikah chuckled. "You love him. Just admit it."

Link kicked at the back of his boots nervously. "I don't."

"Then you wouldn't mind if I decided I wanted him." Dark had been spacing out from boredom because obviously Link wasn't going to admit anything anytime soon, but now he was pinned under a slender yet muscled body.

The once shadow yelped. "Eep! Sheik! What are you doing?!"

"Hmm. The more I look at you, the more I see how beautiful you are, Dark." Plump lips brushed against the pale skin of a soft cheek. "Perhaps just a taste."

"Get off him!" Dark's heart beat picked up as he was pulled out from under the suddenly lustful Sheik and into Link's chest. "He belongs to me, you perverted bastard! And nothing anyone does or says will change that because I love him more than anyone else ever could!"

Link blinked slowly as Sheik burst into uncontrollable laughter to the point that his eyes were watering. "Gods! You are so easy to mess with, Link."

"What?"

"I got you to admit that you love him. It was funny, no?"

"You are a jack-arse, Sheik."

"Eh. What can you do."

"I think I will forever be terrified of you, Sheik. I seriously thought you were gonna do something."

Said Sheikah winked. "Maybe I will."

Link's arms held Dark closer. "I think not."

"He is rather tantalizing."

"Yes, he is." A new voice, deep and powerful, entered the temple.

Many things happened at once. Dark screamed in pain, Zelda threw her magic out to shield them, Link pulled Dark into his side more, and Sheik passed out.

"Now, now. Hylia, dear. You know your magic is weakened by that pathetic form." The princess held her ground as the newcomer advanced.

The voice that left Zelda's body was not her own. "You are not welcome here, Scelus. Leave my temple at once."

"As soon as I get what I came for." Black eyes turned on the whimpering form of Dark. "Bring him to me, Hero."

Link pulled his love closer, words leaving him as a hiss. "Over my dead body, you sick bastard."

"So be it." The tall man inched closer and the hero clutched Dark to him more and more. A large hand reached out of a black robe, the skin sickeningly white, as the distance between the god and his prize was mere feet. "I've waited so long to touch him again. To feel the heat of his flesh, hear the echoing screams of pain as I-"

"Shut up!" The Triforce on Link's hand flared and fire burned the air around him as his magic spiked. "You will never hurt him again! I won't allow it!"

"The unbreaking spirit emerges." A wicked grin stretched black lips and a black tongue ran out along them. "I have always wanted to see how my sister's chosen continues to break my creations. Perhaps I will leave you with a parting gift."

"Stand down, monster." A light blue wave sweep through the air and all turned to look upon Sheik. But, just as Zelda was not Zelda, Sheik was not Sheik.

"Ah, old man. Decided to possess your kin, hmm. I'll tear him to bits and then find you next."

"As long as I live, you will never be able to touch Venia."

Eyes narrowed as the enraged god looked upon Sheik's body. "What did you say?"

"You think we would only cast one spell. How foolish. Venia has a web of magics around him, or did you not notice?"

The temple shook as the god screamed. "How dare you?!"

Sheik, or the man using his body, closed the distance between himself and the hero. He tapped both Link and Dark's foreheads and they were gone. Then he was beside Zelda. "We must go. He will bring down your temple, M'lady."

She nodded. "Let's."

Link clung to Dark as they shifted through space, willing them to not get separated. Then, they tumbled out of the spell and into a modest room. Moments later, Zelda and an unconscious Sheik appeared next to them.

"Well, that was exciting." Link chuckled and the princess rapped him on the back of his head.

"We almost got destroyed by a god, Link! If it wasn't for Hylia and the man that took over Sheik, we would not be here."

"Speaking of..." They glanced at the Sheikah.

"Ah, welcome." An older man walked into the room and his crimson orbs sparkled with laughter. "I wish to thank you for allowing me to have such fun with Scelus. It has been many lifetimes since I last went head on with him."

The man was by far the most handsome person any of them had ever seen. His defined features reminded Link of Sheik's own, but the golden hair and wise yet soft eyes looked so much like Zelda. No one said anything for a moment and then Dark cried out in pain.

The hero had no time to be mad before his love was taken from his arms and the man left the room. "The hell?"

Zelda seemed puzzled. "He looks like a picture we have hanging in the Castle."

"I'm going after him. Stay with Sheik."

"Link-"

But the hero was already gone.

Beakers and jars filled with all kinds of things lines the shelves of the room Link stepped into.

"Good. You came. Get me the fae dust, but don't mistake it for fairy dust." Blue eyes widened, but Link quickly scanned the rows. "Yes, right there."

Link blinked as his hand landed on a jar, the label rather hard to read but did once say fae dust, and turned to see the man still leaned over a table.

"Bring it here. Hurry now." He sprinkled some into a pot and shoved the jar back in Link's hands to which he put it back away. "That should do it."

"Do what?"

"Why, make splendid tea, of course!" He chuckled whole-heartedly and passed a cup Link's way. "Try it."

A sip later and Link felt lighter on his feet then he remembered being his entire life. "It's good."

"I know." Dark was coaxed from a chair in the corner to drink from another cup. Link hadn't even know he was there and he was supposed to be looking for him. The hero's brow furrowed. How did this man distract me so?

Red eyes flashed over to Link as Dark handed the empty cup back. "Thank you."

"No problem, Venia. Oh, but you go by Dark now, don't you?" The man laughed and then Link was being pat on the back. "And now he has taken my place, huh. To think you would move on so quickly."

They stared, a little confused at him and the man shrugged. "We were together for over three thousand years, Ven- Uh... Dark. You'd think I would be remembered somewhat. Guess not." He sighed.

Dark leaned forward, his eyes showing his curiosity. "What are you talking about?"

The man smiled, knowing he had at least Dark's attention. "Allow me to explain."

"I am Consilium, former lover of the god of beauty, divinity, purity, and forgiveness." He smirked. "Also known as Venia."

Dark was speechless and Link sputtered. "Y-Yo-You were the Sheikah man Zelda was talking about!"

"If you mean, the man that completely took over his heart," He gestured to Dark and grinned. "Then yes. We had some good times."

"Where have you been since then?"

"All over. But right where I need to be."

"How are you still alive?"

"Well, you have sex with a god for many generations and you age a lot slower. Does wonders on magic capacity too. Perhaps you should try it, boy." The younger men blushed and Consilium laughed. "I can't imagine either of you to be so... What's the word. Eh, whatever."

"Bastard." They all turned to see Sheik walking into the room, Zelda helping him to stand. "I've a headache the size of the fucking moon because of you."

"I did ask beforehand."

"Like a second before!"

"I saved the day and you should respect your ancestor, kid."

"My what?"

"Surprise. Too many years to count ago, I loved up on many Hylian women and Sheikah women alike. Perhaps a couple Gerudo here and there. And that beautiful human girl." The oldest grinned slyly. "In fact, you're both my great-great-too many to count great-grandchildren."

"Us?!" Sheik took a step back and fell into a shelf. "As in, Zelda and I."

"Yeah. I did mention I had the Hylian queen bear my child quite a few generations back. That was a wild one."

Sheik flopped backwards, a chair suddenly behind him, and sat. His head was in his hands and rubbing soothing circles into his scalp. "This is what madness feels like, I'm sure."

"You get used to it, child."

"Anyways," Dark got up and rolled his eyes at Consilium. It was obvious he was the only one the ancient man couldn't manipulate. "What is the plan, old man?"

Consilium sputter. "O-Old man?! Excuse me, you're much older than I am!"

"Venia may have been, but Dark isn't."

"Ah-" The oldest sighed. "You've got a point."

Zelda piped in. "What is the plan?"

"We must seek out the descendants of my colleges and recast the spell before Scelus finds V- Dark."

Link sipped the last of the tea and sighed. "And how are we doing that?"

"Well, first are the Gorons and Zoras. Seeing as they can't interbred, we shouldn't have a tough time. The plan was to have as many children before we died as possible."

The younger Sheikah wrinkled his nose. "That's sick."

"But effective." Zelda shrugged when all eyes in the room landed on her.

"Precisely. We refused to allow Scelus to get Venia. Any means for which to get to that point didn't matter. It was the end result we were after."

"So, if you have a lot of children then the spell is intact forever." That sounded quite effective to Dark.

"Yes. Unless one of our descendants destroys it." His eyes trailed to Sheik and the younger bristled.

"Fuck off, old man. Maybe if you had told your children to pass on the message, we would never have this problem."

"Perhaps, but any clues about our plan would have meant danger for Venia."

Scelus: Sin, crime

Venia: Forgiveness, pardon

Consilium: Advice, Council, Wisdom.

Like I said, it could have been a super big story. I really had planned on it. Anyone is welcome to take the bits here and run with them, though. I would have no issues. Just tell me so I can read it.

Review. I like reviews and the like. PM's are good too.

Love and probably gonna update here again in the next day, (Watch for more Dink if you want.)

~Shorty