Link and Zelda whirled around to find the eyes of the Hero of Time. He had a busted lip and a bruise starting to come in on his chin but looked particularly fine. Link scrambled to his feet and took notice that Zelda-Marie was not with him. "...Where's the Princess?"

Lincoln smiled. "I escorted her and the surviving prisoners to the Castle where she shall hand down a sentence befitting their crimes. I apologize for keeping you waiting."

Zelda turned back and stared at the inward glowing light. "You said...it was Desire, Hero of Time, what did you mean?"

Link noticed the youth's aura changed from a relaxed state to that of very tense. The Knight clicked his tongue. "I mean exactly that, Princess. It is Desire..." The colbat eyes glared into the light. "Gaze where the light shines brightest and you will see it... the thing you lust for most...it shows you the inner workings of your heart."

"Why is it there? In the Water Temple?" Link asked perplexed.

"You have been there then." Lincoln's eyes did not leave the light. "Perhaps you have met a foe there? A being blacker than shadows who's evil would pierce the night?"

Link was confused, he had not encountered such a monster. "No, Sir."

"Ah, well, the Light used to be darkness. A being, an entitiy if you must call it that, and it feasted upon the heart in a way that it mirrored the Evil in someone where Purity was." Lincoln smirked. "It was one of the hardest battles I have ever fought...against my dark self."

"Are you so pure that it incarnated into physical being?" Zelda asked in awe.

Lincoln nodded. "I was but ten when I wore this body for the first time. My heart had not known the...ways of manhood." He clicked his tongue. "However young my soul was, I defeated my foe and ever since then this light has emerged nightly."

"But why?" The other two asked in unison.

The Knight let his eyes leave the orb that surfaced above the water and he turned them to the faces of the Hero of Light and Princess Zelda. "At first I thought it was but another foe to be vanquished but I was wrong for when I confronted it..." He paused lost in some memory but regained his thoughts after a moment. "I...uh," He fumbled with his words and deepened a crimson blush. "I faltered."

Link frowned. "You are the Hero of Time how could you lose against it?"

"He does not mean he lost a battle with it." Zelda bit her lip, pink also stinging her cheeks. "He means he lost a battle with...Desire."

Link felt his face burn bright.

"That is what I mean." The seventeen year old's composure had returned. "I believe this creature...magick, or whatever the thing may be was borne from the ashes of my Dark Foe." He shrugged. "However, I am not entirely sure on it."

Link turned his own gaze to the light and saw the form of a woman with flaming red hair...and green skin. It sent a shivers down his spine and he whipped his face away. "Shall we join the Princess at the Castle?" He asked then realized it sounded as if it was a ''nice'' order.

The Knight smiled. "I had intended to invite you at Zelda-Marie's request."