Something in Link's attitude towards Dark changed after that first night. He'd fallen asleep listening to the melancholy melody of Dark's song, and when he woke it was as though a weight had shifted in his mind. There was still suspicion, he doubted he could possibly forget the rabid display Dark had made of himself the day before, but there was something else too.

He woke to soft pants and a whistling through the air and turned over in his bedroll to find Dark running through what looked like rudimentary forms with his black master sword. Link sat up, careful of Navi who was still resting snug in his discarded hat, and observed. Dark had talent, Link had seen that when they'd fought the stalkoblins. But upon close inspection, he began to see that the shadow's technique left much to be desired.

In a word, it was unrefined. When it came to footwork Dark seemed to have an instinct towards balance that Link couldn't find fault with, but he swung his sword wildly with no thought to how easily someone with experience could disarm him. Dark looked to favor using his shield, but periodically went through bouts of almost forgetting the shield was there to focus solely on striking with his sword.

All in all, Dark fought like someone familiar with facing monsters, not people. Someone who had developed their skills by trial and error, taking the best of whatever had worked in the past and pasting it together to create something that was certainly unpredictable, but fraught with imperfections and vulnerabilities. There was no doubt in Link's mind that he could defeat Dark with minimal effort.

Link got to his feet and with quiet movements collected the master sword from where it rested near him. Dark's back was turned, so he didn't notice as Link approached with weapon drawn. Dark's feet shifted, telegraphing the spin attack far enough in advance for Link to lift the master sword and block the swing before it had a chance of connecting.

"Sweet Goddesses, Link!" Dark reeled back from the shock of ringing steel and his face twisted in a scowl. "I could have taken your head off." Link huffed a laugh into his open palm and shrugged, which had Dark scoffing in offense. It was somewhat amusing, he thought, to watch this younger version of himself stomp and scowl like a proper teenager.

But that wasn't what Link had in mind by approaching, so he pushed his wandering thoughts aside and took up position parallel to Dark. When he was sure his shadow's attention was on him, Link settled into a ready stance and performed the first movement in a basic training sequence. Then he stood back up straight and looked to Dark.

"You...want to train with me?" Well, more like train him, but Dark could think whatever he wanted.

Link shrugged again and motioned for Dark to take up his ready stance. Dark looked suspicious, but did as Link asked and waited for instruction. Nodding his approval, Link wandered over to Dark's side and poked and nudged his hand positioning until he was satisfied that Dark had a proper one-handed grip of his sword. He then wrapped a hand around the lip of Dark's shield and tugged it aside until Dark allowed him to set it on the ground. For the purposes of what Link wanted to accomplish, they would focus on swordsmanship.

Satisfied, Link mirrored Dark's stance again and performed the full training sequence. When he finished, he straightened and and sheathed the master sword and turned to Dark who was looking somewhat daunted. Link didn't blame him. What Dark was used to was broad strokes and wild lunges, not the swift, efficient feints and cuts that were a staple of Hyrulian knightly combat. But still, Link gave Dark an encouraging nod, it was something he could learn.

For the next hour or so as morning fully came into fruition Link helped Dark train, demonstrating and correcting his form and technique whenever and wherever he found fault. It was tiring and sometimes frustrating work, but by the time Navi had found her way to wakefulness Dark had improved. He had the beginnings of better awareness and became more sparing with his movements. And Link couldn't help feeling impressed.

"What are you two doing?" the fairy asked as she took in the pair of flush-cheeked, sweating Hylians.

Dark flourished his black blade and sheathed it. "What's it look like? We were training." Dark turned and gave Link a grateful nod which he returned. They spent the last of the early morning collecting their belongings and saddling Epona, Link working mostly in silence as Dark made idle chatter with Navi. Dark had far fewer belongings than Link, but with him occupying his well-meaning but distracting partner, Link was packed and ready much quicker than normal.

So began what would become habit as they started the long trek through the Forest of Spirits. They traveled during the day, and those who needed it slept at night. And every morning before Navi woke, Link practiced with Dark, tempering the younger Hylian's technique and slowly progressing to adding back Dark's shield in conjunction with his sword.

In this area, Link had to admit to himself that Dark had the far better skill. Despite carrying the Hylian Shield with him, Link had never taken to using it much. He preferred the freedom of switching between one and two-handed sword techniques and dodging any oncoming attacks rather than using the shield to block. But in Dark's hands it was when the shadow became the most lethal. Once Link had taught him the best ways to incorporate the two weapons together, Dark became near untouchable. It was a rate of progress both admirable and terrifying.

Despite that growth however, there was one unspoken rule that neither of them ever dared to break. Link and Dark never sparred. Sure they crossed blades, Link tested Dark's defenses and the strength of his attacks, but only ever in structured, practiced exchanges, never with the intent to disarm or subdue. Navi had brought it up once, but neither of them could give her a proper reason as to why. It just was.

And honestly, Link could let that apprehension go. It was surprisingly nice to travel with another warrior. Dark was undaunted by Link's silence and had energy enough to keep up with Navi's never endless chatter. Unlike the knights of Hyrule who he occasionally accompanied on patrol, Dark didn't look at him expectant of a legend. For what seemed like the first time since the master sword had been placed in Link's hands he didn't feel like the eyes of the world were trained on his back. He was just Link.

"So, there are a lot of fairies where you came from?" Navi stood perched on the furthest edge of Dark's shoulder, wings fluttering as she spun in place.

Link glanced up from brushing Epona's coat to see Dark nod, hands continuing to work through the knots in the mare's pale hair. "Yeah," he said. "Everyone in the Kokiri Forest was partnered with a fairy by the Great Deku Tree. Is that not how you met Link?" Dark's red eyes shifted over to meet Link's.

"No," said Navi, and Link shook his head in conjunction. "I met Link when he awakened the Triforce of Courage. It must have been nice though, to have a partner all your life." Navi sighed, and Link was unsurprised when she flew over to settle in his hair. He began to hum, smiling when he heard Navi sigh at the soft rumble he knew would be traveling up to her from his chest.

"It's called Epona's Song," Dark said. Link didn't stop humming, but did see that Dark had finished with Epona's mane and had shifted to stroking her nose with calm affection. He hadn't realized he was humming the same tune he had heard Dark play on his ocarina that first night. There was something unbelievably sad in Dark's eyes though and Link frowned. Was something wrong? Maybe Dark was missing his Navi and Epona?

Link wished he could ask, or at least that Navi would be observant enough to notice their companion's distress and address it. He contemplated bringing it to her attention, but was stopped when something in the distant foliage caught his attention. Link's hands stilled and Epona tossed her head in irritation.

"Woah, easy girl." Dark caught Epona's snout and soothed her before she could start to kick and rear up. "What is it?" Link ignored him for the moment and dropped his brush in favor of dashing for the bundle of riding gear and tossing it in Dark's direction. Then he pulled the master sword from his back and stalked forward.

He'd thought maybe he'd been mistaken at first, but Epona's reaction had confirmed what he was seeing. Creeping from a collection of ferns was a thick fog, one that was beginning to grow and obscure the forest from Link's field of vision.

Navi sat up straight from her position on his head. "What is that?" Link shrugged, unsure and Navi took that as her cue to fly off, hovering just beyond where the coils of smog were beginning to reach. "It feels… weird," she said, sticking a hand and waving it in the smoke. "Almost like…" Her wingbeats slowed, and Link gasped as his partner rubbed at her eyes once and stopped flying altogether. She tumbled to the ground, a lucky fern leaf cushioning her fall just before she struck the dirt. Her light flickered and dimmed.

"Navi! Goddesses damn- wait, Link!"

Link ignored Dark and dashed off in the direction of the fog. Sword re-sheathed, he slid the last few feet to snatch Navi away before the murky haze could swallow her completely. He heard Dark continue to curse and move about behind him, but couldn't bother to see what he was doing. The smoke was moving faster now, and he had to sprint to get out of its path before it could reach his face. Link grit his teeth and cupped Navi close to his chest. He could feel the fairy breathing, but couldn't shake the terror of seeing her light begin to go out.

The sound of hoofbeats broke through his thoughts and he looked up in time to see Dark galloping a fully saddled Epona in his direction. Dark pulled Epona into a sharp turn behind him, just cresting the smoke and dropped his hand down to Link as he came up beside him. "Come on!" he shouted to be heard over Epona's distressed whinnies.

Link grunted and locked arms with Dark, keeping his other hand pressed tight over Navi and against his chest. Dark tugged and Link was pulled up and behind him. Link shifted his grip to circle Dark's waist and looked back just as Dark snapped the reins and pushed Epona faster. Behind them, the smoke had engulfed all of what had been their camp and was spreading high and wide like a giant mouth coming down on them.

"What in Farore's name is this!" Dark spared little time glancing from side to side for the fog, too focused on trying to maneuver Epona through the maze of trees and rocks that littered the forest. But even with his best efforts he and Link were still buffeted by the occasional low-hanging branch or clipped by a sharp boulder they'd rounded too close.

Link huffed and ducked his head to dodge another tree limb. If Navi were awake she might have been able to give them advice or at least warn Dark about the direction they were heading, but as it stood they had no choice but straight retreat. The ground had been sloping upward for the last day or so, and by the slight chill in the air that was getting stronger as they went it was becoming clear where the smoke was corralling them.

Dark urged Epona into a jump that cleared over the trunk of a downed tree and the three of them jerked in surprise as the ground shifted into a sharp decline upon their descent. Link's breath left him in a cloud and he silently cursed. Either by design or horrible luck, instead of bearing east across the Great Plateau the smoke was urging them directly south and into the frozen arms of the River of the Dead.

They needed to get out of the smoke's path and find another way around. Link pushed at Dark's shoulder and when the shadow turned to look at him, pointed his arm east. Dark tsked. "I really don't think that's an option right now." That being said, he did try. Dark turned Epona at an angle to try and beat the eastern edge of the fog and get beyond it, but had to cut back when a curl of smog caught the mare in the nose.

Epona whinnied and bucked. Dark tried to get them back on track and running, but it was too late, Epona's pace was slowing and she couldn't keep a straight line. Soon enough though it didn't matter as they broke the treeline and came to the shore of a frost-covered river. Epona stuttered to a halt and Dark and Link both vaulted off her back, Dark grabbing the reins to pull Epona away from the encroaching smoke and Link coughing and pulling the hat from his head to hold against his nose.

"What is this stuff? Is it from a monster?" Dark had his sword in one hand and held the other over his mouth. Link shook his head and made an exaggerated shrug of his shoulders. He had about as good an idea of what was going on as Dark did.

The fog had them nearly encircled, and Dark let out a cry of frustration as Epona went down completely, put under by the effects of the smoke she'd inhaled. Link shifted closer to Dark, trepidation churning in his gut. Dark's shoulders were heaving in anger and his eyes were nearly burning red against the milky film of the approaching smog. If he wasn't careful and controlled his breathing Dark would take in too much smoke before they found a way out of the mess they were in.

Link grit his teeth and shivered as he took another step back and the heel of his boot met icy water. He turned and saw that the two of them had been pushed to the very edge of the riverbank. A quick glance to either side revealed that the fog came to a complete halt the moment it reached the frozen waters. Link let himself smile, that was their way out.

He surveyed the riverbed, searching for anything to help them across. Unfortunately, besides the odd glacier of ice being pulled along and a few broken pillars that marked where a bridge once stood, there was little to work with. Still, he unhooked the longshot from his belt, he could do it. Link turned to find Dark and get his attention, but froze when he saw that for some reason the shadow had wandered away. Now Dark was standing still, clear out of Link's reach and almost completely obscured from view by the fog.

Dark's sword had fallen from his hand and stuck up from where it hand sunk its point into the ground. And Dark himself was standing with his hands open, staring blankly at the fog that curled around his fingers. His eyes were wide and clouded over with fear.

Link bit his lip. He could call out, but there was no point. It was too late. So, instead he turned and primed the longshot to fire, picking out one of the sturdier looking columns along the river and pulling the trigger. A shudder ran down Link's arm as the steel claw head struck the stone and as he pulled the trigger again he found himself being tugged away, flying through the air and onto the stone column. Once steady and safe, Link freed the longshot head and holstered the weapon back on his hip.

The River of the Dead flowed swift and cold around him, and Link surveyed the approach of the fog until it came to a stop all along the river's edge. He couldn't see Epona or Dark anymore. The other side of the river closer to Mount Hylia he was distressed to find, was much the same. Had the fog jumped the river somehow?

No, a trickle of warmth bled up Link's arm from where the mark of the Triforce sat on his hand. He glanced down to see the lower right triangle aglow in a soft, yellow light. Dark was right, if the Triforce was reacting, something malicious was creating the fog. Link drew the master sword and tucked Navi away in his hat which he tied to his belt. If someone or something had done this then they would come out of hiding eventually when they discovered Link had escaped the fog's effects.

Beneath his feet, the water of the river began to slow as a swift, eastern wind blew against its current. As its movements grew sluggish, ice began to spread until in a matter of minutes the entirety of the river had been encased in ice and the air became frigid with the chill. Link's teeth chattered and the sword shook in his hands as his body rocked from the cold. He jumped down from the column onto the ice. All around him, frost and fog blocked out any glimpse of the forest. If he didn't know any better, Link might have even thought he was inside some sort of giant white room. He kept the stone column to his back and narrowed his eyes, trying to pierce the gloom for whoever might appear to face him.

"Link? Link, what's going on?"

Link jerked at the sudden entrance of Navi's voice into the otherwise silent river. His free hand dropped to his hat where he was now aware of Navi struggling to find her way out and into the open. Keeping the master sword at the ready with one hand, Link reached down and fumbled with his hat until Navi had a big enough opening to wriggle free and join him. The tiny fairy shivered, her arms rubbing up and down on her bare arms until she burrowed herself into the space between his outer green tunic and the thicker cloth one beneath, clinging to the links in his chainmail for grip near the back of his shoulder.

"Where are we?" she asked, and Link could imagine her peering around the fog, unable to reconcile the view with their camp in the forest.

Link brought his foot down on the icy ground and scraped aside the thin layer of frost that obscured the frozen river below. Navi gasped. "Is this the River of the Dead?" She didn't even wait for Link's nod before shrinking into herself and trying to appear even smaller against his back. "We need to get out of here."

Link hummed but didn't move from his spot near the stone column. His instincts still screamed of something dangerous lurking beyond his sights and Link refused to be caught unawares. That being said, he also knew the risks of waiting too long to act. Already he was aware of the numbness seeping into his fingers and toes from the cold. Even without the fog's effects Link could pass out from hypothermia if he dawdled much longer. Not to mention Epona and Dark who were both somewhere out there asleep and vulnerable to who or whatever had brought the cold and fog in the first place.

Swallowing down his unease, Link took a step forward in the direction he could best recall leaving Dark and Epona from. Shifting in his clothes, Navi's presence gave him hope that if he could find a way to reach his companions and pull them onto the river, the effects of the fog would pass.

"Link?"

He ignored Navi for the moment in favor of peeking at the back of his left hand where the Triforce was still aglow. It brightened the closer he got to the wall of fog and Link cocked his head in interest as the milky clouds seemed to pull away at his approach.

Navi tugged at his tunic. "Hey, listen! Do you hear that?"

Link stopped moving forward and twitched his ears. There was indeed something else breaking through the muted silence around them. He closed his eyes and tried to focus on what the faint sound was that seemed so distant and familiar. Music, it was definitely music, though not something he'd heard before. But the tone, the tendency to keep to only a few different notes, Link's eyes shot open and he turned in the direction of the sounds.

"That's Dark's ocarina!" Navi's wings beat against his tunic in excitement and Link raced forward, careless of how his boots slid against the icy river, quick to follow the music that would hopefully lead him to his shadow. Soon enough the ice gave way to grass, and just as Link collided with the wall of fog the sound of the ocarina suddenly went quiet.

Link stuttered to a halt, safe in a small bubble of clear air, but surrounded on all sides by fog and unable to even see the river he knew was only a few feet away. He turned in a circle, completely disoriented and groaned in frustration.

"Dark, if you can hear me keep playing! We're right here!"

The two waited, but nothing happened. In his mind Link let loose a string of curses increasingly blasphemous in nature and went so far as to motion for Navi to hunker down lower in his tunic and slung on his shield. A trap. The song was nothing but a lure and now Link had nothing to shield his back and ensure the enemy came at him from the front. Navi too seemed to get the hint and she went still so as to not distract him with her fidgeting.

From the right, the sound of muffled footsteps came in and out of range and Link whirled in the direction they seemed to be headed. He chased after the noise, changing direction again and again as the footsteps seemed to zig-zag at random until Link lost all sense of where he was.

"Link, over there!" Navi flew up to tug wildly at his ear, and Link ground to a halt to look in the direction he was being urged. Just within range of sight, he caught glimpse of a familiar, dark-clothed figure on his hands and knees and visibly shaking. Link let out his breath in a relieved exhale and slid his shield onto his back.

Thank the Goddesses. Link moved towards Dark at a much calmer pace. "The fog must have gotten to him, that's why he stopped playing." Navi relaxed and released Link's ear to settle in his hair instead. Link nodded in agreement and reached out for Dark's shoulder-

Only to be shoved away as Dark whirled onto his feet, red eyes wide and snatching up the black sword that was still stuck in the ground beside him.

"Stay- stay away from me!"

Link froze in place, his free hand open and placating while the other tightened his grip on the master sword. He knew a cornered animal when he saw one, and Dark was hitting all marks. Keeping as still as he could, Link watched as Dark backpedaled on shaky legs. A few steps and he collided with the trunk of a young tree that had sprouted closer to the edge of the river than most. Dark struck the wood with a dull thud and his breathing ratcheted up several notches when he realized what it was he hit.

"No," Dark's focus shifted from the tree's bare branches, to Link, to back to the tree. "No, no, no, no."

"Is he okay?" Navi slipped from his hair to hover over Link's shoulder. "Dark?"

Hearing his name seemed to be the last straw because Dark went eerily still and his eyes narrowed. His focuse squared on the duo and Link barely had time to bring his sword up in a block as the shadow threw himself off the tree and at Link's head with wild abandon.

Navi screamed and dove for the safety of Link's tunic as the two fell into an exchange of blows. Dark's strikes were powerful enough to send jolts down Link's arms, fueled as they were by fear and adrenaline, but they were unfocused, giving Link more than enough room to either block or deflect each one as they came.

"Dark, stop! It's us!" Instead of bringing Dark to his senses, Navi's cries only made things worse.

"Leave me alone!" Dark made a wild thrust forward and reached his free hand back as if to make a grab for his shield.

Oh, no you don't. Link parried the blow off to the right and charged forward, tucking his shoulder and ramming Dark in the sternum. As the shadow stumbled, Link pulled his sword arm into a backhanded swing that forced Dark to duck low and with his right hand snatched the rim of the shield still resting on his back.

As the two fell away from each other, Link took Dark's shield and flung it as far as he could. No sense in giving the crazed Hylian any advantages. Dark himself was seething at the loss, shoulders heaving with his enraged pants and sword arm trembling. Link pressed his advantage, striking at Dark with easy to block swings and forcing him back.

Navi peeked her head out. "What do we do?"

A good question. One Link wished he had a definitive answer to, but he would settle for disarming Dark so that he could hopefully talk him down. Link's next strike was parried to the side and he was cut off guard as Dark followed up with a feint and another swing to the head. To Navi's shock and displeasure, Link was forced into a roll, nearly falling flat on his back when his feet hit ice again, and he and Navi slid back out onto the river.

Link scrambled for his feet, dashing to the side as he caught the reflection of Dark bringing his black master sword down to impale him against the frozen river. Scattering ice cut into the side of Link's face and he hissed as he forced himself to work through the pain and stand. Dark grunted as he pulled his sword free in a spray of water and ice and swung for Link again. This time though, he'd swung too wide with too unbalanced of a stance. A well-aimed strike low on the blade and Link was able to send Dark's sword clattering to the ground where it skittered away and out of reach.

Wasting no time, Link reached for Dark's arm and twisted it at the wrist, lunging forward at the same time to drive his left knee against the small of Dark's back and push him to the ground. Dark landed with a hard grunt, struggling for a moment or two as Link sheathed his master sword and solidified his hold. Within seconds Dark was fully pinned, his right arm trapped out wide with Link's forearm pressed against the back of his neck and knee coming down heavy on his spine. Both of them were left panting as Link's loose hair fell across his face and Navi emerged again to hover just in Dark's line of sight.

"Dark?" Navi kept her voice quiet and gentle, as she would for a cautious foal and bent down so that she was level with his face where it was pressed with his cheek against the ground. "Dark, can you hear me?"

Dark's eyes were still wild and Link could see his fingers grasping desperately at the ice for purchase. It wasn't from anger though, from this close it became obvious to Link, it was fear.

Link sighed, there was nothing for it, even as Navi continued to try and coax Dark out of his hysteria he settled in and prepared to keep Dark pinned for as long as it took for the fog's effects to ebb. The Triforce was still maintaining the bubble of clear air around him, so hopefully once enough time had passed Dark would come back to his senses.

The process was gradual, taking several minutes for the last of Dark's twitching to stop and even longer before the shadow blinked and Link recognized sanity coming back into his eyes. The body beneath him relaxed and Dark's focus shifted from Navi to Link.

"Um, so… this is awkward. Could you let me up now?" Link stayed put and Dark cleared his throat. "It's um, kind of getting cold down here."

Link arched an eyebrow, but a shrug and a nod from Navi was enough and he eased himself up. When Dark made no moves to attack him again Link stood to his feet, offering a hand to his shadow to join him. Dark accepted the help then proceeded to brush the frost and ice from his clothes as he refused to meet the eyes of Link or Navi.

"Dark." Never one to let silence be, Navi didn't wait long to call to him. "What happened? Why did you attack us?" Her tone was accusatory, but neither Link or Dark called her out on it. As far as Link was concerned her caution was warranted. The fog had sent Navi and Epona to sleep, it hadn't made them fearful or aggressive.

Dark rubbed at the back of his neck. "I- I thought I was somewhere else." He glanced around at their white surroundings and tucked his arms around himself. "The fog made me confused. I was sleepy and then I was surrounded by white and I thought I was back in the Water Temple." Link was somewhat surprised when Dark shuffled closer to him but didn't react as Dark came to a stop just shy of brushing his arm.

"I thought you were- but you're not. It was you, not him and then the fog was gone and I could think again." Dark dropped his face into the palm of his hand and groaned. "Sorry, for attacking you."

Link lifted his arm and with slow, deliberate movements brought it down against Dark's shoulders. It wasn't quite a hug, but it was touch that didn't intend aggression and it seemed to help calm the shadow down. Navi didn't join, but she did resettle in Link's hair.

"Okay well, as long you don't plan on doing it again… We should see if we can find a way to get rid of this fog."

That at least, they could all agree on. Dark cleared his throat and pulled away, and with Link following close behind wandered over to his fallen sword and sheathed it. "Do we know what's causing it?" he asked.

Link shook his head and looked around at the circle of fog surrounding them. A furrow formed between his eyebrows as he noticed something he hadn't before, a pattern to the swirling movements. He gestured to the clouds.

"What?"

"Oh," Dark seemed to notice before Navi. "It's converging somewhere." Link nodded, but before heading in the direction of the fog's source, he took Dark by the hand and led him back towards where he remembered tossing the shadow's shield. Once found he brushed the stray dirt from its surface and handed it back.

"Thanks."

Weapons retrieved, the trio then followed the path of the fog as it drifted back onto the river. "There it is," Dark indicated to a spot on the ice where the fog thickened to a white sphere around which everything else seemed to circle. Link stepped forward and as he reached down, the smog parted to reveal what looked like a glass sphere just small enough to rest comfortably in the palm of Link's hand.

"What is it?" Navi asked, hovering near but not touching the bead.

"Something magical probably," said Dark. "Question is who put it there." A good question, but one Link didn't think they were going to get an answer to at the moment. He rolled the bead around in his hand, marveling at the purple sheen it took at a certain angle.

"Okay then, how do we turn it off? We can't get anywhere with all this fog, and Epona's still asleep somewhere."

"Good point," Dark reached over and poked the ball. Link sucked in a breath as the purple sheen darkened to red for just a moment, but went back to normal the second Dark removed his hand. He glanced between Navi and the shadow but neither seemed to have any reaction. Link frowned, he was sure the bead had reacted to Dark, but was willing to let it go for the moment if no one else had noticed.

"I think our best bet would be to try and destroy it," Dark suggested, looking to Link for approval. Well, it wasn't like they had any better ideas, and nothing else had appeared for them to fight. Link shrugged and nodded, collapsing his hand around the sphere in a tight fist and squeezing. The light of the Triforce on the back of his hand flared a bright yellow and inside his hand Link felt the bead heat up to the point of almost burning when he felt the glass crack inside his palm and the Triforce went dark.

Around them, the wind whipped itself into a screaming frenzy and Dark, Link, and Navi hunkered down against one another as the fog was blown far and wide, leaving nothing but clear skies and a frozen river in its wake. Link heard Dark gasp beside him and he himself was in near awe at the sight of so much green around them.

A smile crept onto Link's face, only to fall as he heard a loud crack, and the ice beneath their feet began to rumble.