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Out on the fields of Hyrule, a dark mass moved across it facing the setting sun, towards the Gerudo Valley. Bone and metal moved together perfectly, thousands of Stalfos Knights and more rising from the ground as they moved along. At their head marched a gigantic Stalfos Knight, with black bones and thick heavy plate mail armor, an enormous zweihander in its bony hands. Its eyes pools of burning fire unlike the empty eyes of its fellows. With each step he took the grass below his feet burnt and turned to ash.
At the entrance to the Gerudo Fortress area Shadow stood, his arms crossed as if he was waiting for something, looking out towards the valley. A smirk played across his face as he rested his right hand on the Blade of Shadows. His eyes shown with anticipation and impatience as he waited for that something.
Atop the fortress Rinku stood watching the same far off point as Shadow, a dark look in his eyes as he grimaced, as if he did not look forward to what was to come. "Rinku," Din said walking up from a nearby staircase.
"I already know why you're here," Rinku stated.
"Then don't fight them, don't do what that dark god wants,"
"The strong protect the weak, if I do not fight the Gerudo will die out from this attack,"
"But they are strong too,"
"Not strong enough, what comes is something that has never stepped foot upon the world before. It is an abomination beyond all others, an evil so pure it can not be called anything but a mistake," Rinku stated coldly as he stepped to the edge and looked at Shadow, and then stated with contempt, "And he looks forward to it."
Taken back by Rinku's unusually cold disposition Din fell silent, "How can anybody look forward to seeing such a thing?" Rinku growled as he visibly trembled, "Such a thing, it should not exist!"
"Rinku…Can you beat it?" Din asked him, concerned about something, "Can you beat this thing?"
"No…" Rinku answered glaring out towards Hyrule Field, "I'm not even sure if Shadow and myself can destroy it together."
Link stopped in mid-run, right at the base of the staircase leading up into Kakariko City. He turned to look to the west and growled, turning back around he charged up the stairs with increased speed.
"Well he's coming at last," a gigantic muscular man whose skin and hair was like rocks said in a great stone throne room, sitting atop a throne carved from the rock around him, "My brother is coming at last to claim the present we made for him."
"Darunia," a loud voice stated as a statue behind the throne moved as a man in great red armor, red baggy pants, and a great mane of fiery red hair walked in.
"Volvagia, your body has changed," the large man stated, looking into the smaller man's blood red eyes, "What is it that you want?"
"To test the Hero of Time of course, unlike most of you I remember another time, a time where the boy killed me and my brethren," the other answered simply, and then added with a smirk, "I am entitled to such a thing. I wish to test…this feral Link."
The great army of Stalfos Knights stood before the entrance to the valley, looking at the bodies of their fallen comrades. The largest amongst them stepped forward and waved its great sword over the bodies which slowly reformed themselves. "Let us wage war, Dark Link," it said with a wicked raspy tone as it cackled in delight.
"He has arrived!" Shadow yelled as his eyes went wide with glee as he unsheathed his sword and pointed it to the east, waves of shadows rushing out from the blade down the valley, his hair blowing wildly as his clothing whipped about him, "Yes! Let us wage war! Let us wage war, Flare Knight!"
The shadows began to coalesce into solid shapes, vaguely humanoid as sword formed in their hands, glowing red eyes the only thing that could be seen from within the darkness as they slowly took on a shadowy likeness of Shadow.
Link ran up the stairs, only to find the gates closed and guards standing in front of it. Growling slightly, but not stopping, Link jumped over the gate with incredible ease, stunning the guards who only managed to catch a brief glimpse of him. He landed with a loud thud, forming a small crater under him on the other side of the gate. The people who were around when he landed, stared at him for a few second before slowly backing up away from him. Deciding it was better to keep going than to transform, Link sped off, jumping up to a wall of a building and then jumping over onto the roof of a house on the opposite side of the street.
Morpha appeared from the Great Fairies' fountain atop Death Mountain and slowly made her way outside. The blazing heat of the mountain hit her right in the face as she squinted her eyes and looked to the south towards Kakariko. "So he's still down there," she stated, seeing what looked like a stream of air moving through the city.
"Zelda's strong," Ganondorf stated as he watched Zelda knockout Onox with one blow with the butt of her sword, "She's learned to fight, even quicker than Link did, and she's much stronger than he was all those years ago."
"She's almost ready to take them on," he said with a wicked smirk as he turned to the southwest, "Flare Knight is already beginning the attack. I may not need him afterall."
"What is that?" Din asked looking at the Shadow Clones.
"So that is one of Shadow's ultimate powers, I was wondering when he would reveal one of them. We may yet have a chance," Rinku said as he focused on Shadow, whose face was contorted in ecstasy at what was to come.
Link jumped from the last building in the city, over a gate and unto the narrow path into Death Mountain. He raced up the mountain easily avoiding the various monsters and obstacles that lay in his path.
"So you want to test him? Why?" Darunia asked Volvagia as he walked into the middle of the room, "What purpose could that serve?"
"I'm your elder by thousands of years Darunia," Volvagia stated with a smirk, "I'm a great deal wiser and more intelligent than you will ever be I'm afraid."
"Are you going to answer my question?"
"No," Volvagia stated simply as he chuckled, "I have no reason to. It isn't like you can stop me."
"I suppose you are right," Darunia admitted, "But I just so happen to possess the hammer."
"The hammer is worthless to you now, I'm far too fast for you to hit me with it," Volvagia stated simply, "Now let us wait in peace for the wolf to arrive."
At the split in the path leading up to the peak of Death Mountain and to Goron City, Link stopped and transformed back into his normal form. Looking up at Death Mountain he yelled up, "I'll be there after my business is done!"
He then turned to the Goron City and began to run towards its entrance.
"Why that little," Morpha growled, not hearing what he had said, "Well I can see him, if he tries to leave I'll beat him back down to the city and kick his sorry ass."
Link entered the city, the usual tightropes and buildings carved into the stone about him greeting him as he entered. He jumped down to the lowest level with grace that was beyond a mere Hylians'. He walked into a large door that stood out from the rest and made his way down the tunnel into a throne room. "Brother!" Darunia yelled as he stood up from his seat, "It is good to see you."
"Darunia, it has been too long my friend," Link replied with a grin as he suddenly turned his head to his right to see Volvagia leaning against a wall.
"Welcome Hero of Time, by that expression on your face I assume you recognize me," Volvagia stated as he straightened up, "And I remember all too well what you did to me."
"So you want a rematch?" Link asked as he cracked his left hand without using his right.
"Why yes I do, Darunia, give the sword to him," Volvagia demanded as he smirked revealing his long fangs.
"A sword?" Link asked looking at Darunia.
"The Blade of Twilight," Darunia said as he took a case that was sitting next to his throne and presented it to Link, "A sword forged from the light that protects the day from the night."
Link accepted the case, kneeling down he opened it, revealing a broadsword with an intricate handle design, and that produced a soft light, like the setting sun. "Now kick this dragon's scaly ass," Darunia said glaring at Volvagia.
"Gladly," Link replied as he took the sword and held it in one hand, taking the scabbard that lay beneath it in the case, one that looked like it was made from pure silver, and strapped it to his back.
"Excellent," Volvagia stated as his hair seemed to be blowing in a wind that wasn't there, "The power of that blade is immense, it reflects your power Link."
Volvagia held out his right hand as flames licked across his entire body, all converging at his hand, "Now let us join the dance of war," Volvagia said as the flames all vanished as a great red longsword appeared in his right hand.
"Shadow," Nabooru said as she walked through the crowd of copies towards him, "I know you heard the conversation we had with the Goddesses, don't you dare fight them."
"Why Nab, you sound worried about me," Shadow replied looking over his shoulder at her.
"Damn it, don't play into this dark god's hands Shadow, who knows what will happen to you, to us all if he gets what he wants,"
"I know what he wants, and I know how to stop him," Shadow stated as his face lost the excitement that was in it a moment ago, "I've known about all of this since the start. Rinku is more observant on this plane of existence. But I have been sensing the movements of the gods since this all started. I'm going to do something he doesn't expect to even be possible."
"Wait a second, you know…"
"Yes, yes I do know, I know about it all. It was why I had this sword made, and it's companion sword that Link now wields. I've known about the Dark God, Virupaksa, or his Hylian name, Majora's ambitions all along," Shadow stated, "This battle is the beginning of my counter-ploy."
"Why do I have the feeling that this dark god suddenly is very pissed off…" Nabooru commented.
"DAMN IT!"
"It would appear that at least one of them has been aware of you this entire time,"
"Indeed Majora has underestimated the Dark Knight Shadow,"
"As have we, I wonder what he has done to counter all of Majora's scheming?"
"Oh will you three shut up!"
"Probably because he is," Shadow stated with a smirk, "Now, time to turn back the tide of war."
"We'll help," Nabooru stated as Shadow turned around.
"No, you won't," He stated as he walked towards her, "You don't have the power to do so. I won't have any casualties on my conscious."
"You have a conscious?" Nabooru asked with a smirk.
"So cute," Shadow stated as he lightly touched Nabooru's chin for a second, then turned around and began to walk off, "Behave yourself. I'll be back in a day or two at the latest."
"So he's really going," Rinku sighed as he looked at the back of his hand, a dark eye emblem glowing brightly in it, "Fate, how I loathe it."
"So you're going to?" Din asked looking into Rinku's clear eyes.
"Yes, somebody has to keep that idiot from getting killed," Rinku stated as he began to walk off, "I just hope the eye is wrong for once."
And that is where I'll end it for this chapter. I'm disappointed in you people, none of you guessed Majora was the Dark God, come on I was giving that one away. Hmmmm, I wonder whose actually starting the romances around here…I originally planned on Rinku to start his but it seems he's too damn dense to get anything started….And all of those plot twists leads me to a rather healthy list of questions…
1) So which transformed character do you think looks cooler? Morpha or Volvagia?
2) For that matter, who is happy that Volvagia showed up? And who likes the way he's turning out?
3) Which one do you think sounds cooler? The Blade of Shadows, or the Blade of Twilight? (I shall laugh long and hard if that is a name of a sword in the new game coming out)
4) Now who saw it coming that Shadow had a counter-ploy ready all this time? (Now that sounds like my original Yami)
5) So who likes the Flare Knight (AKA mister Super Stalfos Knight)?
6) How many more chapters do you think I will go on?
7) So what's you favorite line from this entire fic?
8) Which character do you think still needs the most work?
9) So what do you think I plan on doing with Zelda and the Triforce Sword?
10) Do you like the whole anime style I have with my writing?
And that is all! Now press that review button and give me one! Ciao for now!