The Apocalypse Incarnate

Chapter 10, what can I say? Conflicts, conflicts, and more conflicts. This time, you will witness the dark power Zelda spoke of before in earlier chapters. Sorry I took so long. Twilight Princess has taken up all of my time lol.

Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda…but I do own Twilight Princess, YIPEE!!!!!(Scratch the last part)

"Zelda!" Link shouted with all of his might as he watched in horror the scene before him. He managed to stand up using his sword to maintain his balance. "This can't be! Zelda!" he shouted again. The smoked had cleared to reveal a figure standing in front of the unharmed princess. Link thanked the Goddesses nothing bad had happened. He rushed towards her but stop midway when he realized that the person standing in front of her was none other than Zero, however it wasn't the same boy he knew.

The teen standing in front of Zelda wasn't the same Zero they had met in the Lost woods. A black wing sprouted from Zero's back and covered the left side of his body. His right arm was completely black with red veins popping out, red sharps nails that seemed powerful enough to cut anything, but the most intimidating aspect was his eyes, a pair of solid white eyes that seemed to pierce your very soul.

The demon once known as Zero stood there without making any sound, just staring menacingly at the crimson dragon hovering before him. Both stood glaring at each other for a time, only the sound of the lava flowing beneath them was heard. Link, Zelda, and Darunia could only stare at the monstrosity before them.

Volvagia opened its mouth to charge up yet another fire breath attack. Demon Zero narrowed his eyes, his black wing spread behind him and soon he was dashing at the dragon with grace. He jumped in the air and placed his dark arm in front of the beast's jaw right before it unleashed its devastating attack. Demon Zero stopped its attack with his bare hand causing an explosion at point blank range.

Demon Zero stood floating in the air with the same motionless expression as he lowered his right arm. Its eyes not diverting from the dragon which stood up roaring as a sign that it was still capable of fighting. Volvagia charged at Demon Zero with renewed vigor. It slashed its mighty claws at the demon only to be dodged effortlessly. In a blink of an eye Demon Zero disappeared and reappeared on top of the dragon's head. With both of his arms, Demon Zero grabbed Volvagia's two horns and with inhuman strength managed to hurl the dragon into the ground but his attack was far from over. With the same strength, the demon ripped one of Volvagia's horn from its head making the dragon roar in pain. He took the horn and stabbed it on the dragon's head, blood pouring all over the place. Then, Demon Zero grabbed the dragon by its tail and flung it against the wall. With incredible speed, the demon flew towards its and without wasting anytime stabbed Volvagia's neck with its razor sharp nails. After making sure that the dragon was dead, he withdrew his nails and turned around leaving the dragon to fall into the scorching lava below.

Link, Zelda, and Darunia could only watch as the scene took place before them. Zelda managed to standup and was slowly making her way towards the demon formerly known as Zero but Link had beat her to him.

"…Zero? Are you ok?" asked Link.

The demon turned to face Link, Its eyes made him flinch a little but he stood his ground nonetheless. Zelda noticed a black upside down triangle mark on Zero's dark hand.

"It's the fourth triforce piece," she barely managed to say.

Zero's fourth triforce piece radiated a dark light the moment he widened his eyes as he stared at Link. The demon charged at Link taking him by surprise. Zelda tried to warn Link but it was too late, Demon Zero had thrown Link across the room. Link tried to get up but felt a strong hand grab him by the neck and pull him up. The demon stared at Link with a blank expression as he was being choked to death.

"STOP IT!" Zelda shouted.

"Ze…lda," Link choked.

Demon Zero turned to stare at Zelda which only made her take a step back in fear. He slowly lowered his demon arm until Link was lying on the floor gasping for breath and slowly walked towards the shivering princess.

"Zero…," Zelda called to him hoping he would answer her back but the demon just kept walking. Zelda felt weaker every time those soul piercing eyes got closer. The air got colder to a point she could see her own breath, for this demon felt like death itself.

"Is this the power of the fourth triforce?" Zelda thought and as if on cue her triforce piece began to glow.

The demon ceased his walking and stared at Zelda's right arm. Zelda looked at her triforce piece and then back at Demon Zero. It seemed that her triforce power could repel the demon. She took a step forward to test her theory and just as she had predicted, the demon had taken a step back.

Zelda extended her arm forward, "Zero?" she called but the demon did not say anything. She took another step forward but the demon did the opposite.

Right at that moment Demon Zero's demon arm began to shake uncontrollably. He grasped his demon arm with his left hand in an attempt to stop the shaking but to no avail. The upside down triforce piece marked in his arm began to glow with the same black light. The demon let out an ear piercing roar as the black light engulfed his whole body and then silence overtook the room. Zelda ran towards the Demon but instead she found Zero lying on the ground unconscious.

Darunia walked towards Link who was slowly standing up, "Are you ok brother?" he asked.

"Yes, I' am fine Darunia, thank you," Link said as he used his sword as a cane. They both made their way towards Zelda who was checking to see if Zero was harmed in any way.

"Is he all right?" asked Darunia with a concerned face.

"Yes, he is unharmed," replied Zelda as she stood up to face them.

"Do you think you can carry him back to Goron city Darunia?" Link asked.

Darunia nodded as he picked up Zero and placed him over his shoulders. He walked towards the exit and turned to face Link and Zelda, "are you guys coming?" he asked.

"Um, yea, will be right there, you go ahead," replied Link. Darunia nodded and left the room.

"I never thought something like this would happen," Zelda began.

"Neither did I," Link paused to think over his words, "Do you think Zero is…evil?" he asked.

Zelda stared at him, she could not believe he had asked that, but witnessing something so horrible like that could make anyone doubt.

"I don't think he is evil. It's the triforce's power which has control over him," she said.

"I don't think so," said Link as he looked away, "remember what MajoraGanon had said?" he asked.

(Flashback)

"You know why I am here, don't you Zero?" MajoraGanon laughed.

"What are you talking about?" Zero asked.

"You haven't forgotten what we talked about last night, did you?" MajoraGanon asked.

"That can't be! It was only a dream, it wasn't real!" Zero shouted.

"What is the difference between a dream and reality?" MajoraGanon asked.

"You are making no sense at all!" Zero replied.

MajoraGanon laughed, "You still have a long way to go chosen one."

"I believe MajoraGanon has something to do with this," Link said.

"Yes of course, the dream," Zelda pondered for a moment, "I never really asked him about it."

"That's right! He brought it up last night although he never really told me anything," Link said.

"We shouldn't force him to reveal his secret, he'll tell us in time," Zelda said," but we do know without a doubt that Zero is the fourth holder and quite possibly the apocalypse incarnate."

Link sheathed his sword and shield, "I guess all we can do is to keep going forward and hope for the best," Link sighed. Zelda nodded in agreement as they left the fiery temple.

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"Oh man, my head," Zero said as he slowly opened his eyes. He could see two figures standing next to him but it took him a few seconds to adjust to the light.

"Link? Zelda?" he asked.

"How you doing?" asked Link.

"I' am fine but my head hurts," Zero said as he rubbed his head.

"Must be the fact that you slept in a bed shaped rock," Zelda smiled.

Zero stood up and looked at the rock he slept in which indeed had the shape of the bed, pillow and all. "How can gorons sleep like that?" he asked to no one in particular.

"We are basically made of rock, brother. So for us, this is the most comfortable thing to sleep in. Although, sleeping on the ground is just as good," came the voice of Darunia as he entered the room.

"Um…right," Zero responded, "Hey wait! What happened to the gorons? And the dragon? Where is it? Did we beat it?" Zero asked.

Link, Zelda, and Darunia exchanged glances and looked at Zero once more who stood looking at them, waiting for an answer.

"He doesn't remember, that's good, I wouldn't want to worry him," Zelda thought. She looked at Link and nodded. Link nodded back and turned to face Zero.

"Uh, yea, we beat it," he said, "It was all thanks to Darunia, right Darunia?"

"WHAT?!" Darunia shouted. "I…I…um, it was nothing…nothing at all," he responded rather nervously.

"Wow, really Darunia?" Zero asked, "How'd you beat it?"

"I…um well…you see," Darunia looked at Link who ushered him to go on.

"Well, us gorons… have a… special gift… in which," he looked around the room hoping to find something he could use. That's when his eyes spotted a little box in the corner of the room and without even thinking he spoke, "We summon a huge celestial BOX! Yeah! A big box which we use to…squish bad guys…that breathe fire…and stuff."

Link just stood with his mouth open and Zelda tried to hold back the laughter. Zero stood staring at him for awhile.

"…"

"Uh-Oh, I think he didn't buy it," Darunia thought.

"COOL! Can you teach me that trick or is it only gorons who can learn it?" Zero asked with a big smile on his face.

Link was on the verge of smacking Zero and Zelda couldn't hold back her laughter any longer.

"Eh? Oh um, no, sorry, only gorons can do it," Darunia said in disbelieve.

"Oh, well then never mind," Zero said with a hint of disappointment.

After a brief moment of silence Zelda spoke, "Darunia, the reason we came was because we need your help."

"Yes, I believe you want my power as the fire sage in order to seal Ganondorf again," he said.

"Yes, that is correct, but remember that we are not dealing with the same gerudo thief. The being now called MajoraGanon is the most serious threat Hyrule has faced so far so we must be cautious," Zelda replied.

"Yes my princess, I will be here, call me when the time is right," Darunia bowed.

"Well, we got the forest sage and the fire sage on our side. We are still missing Ruto, Nabooru, Rauru, and Impa," Link said.

A feeling of worry and sadness overcame Zelda the moment Link spoke of Impa. Ever since Ganondorf attacked Hyrule castle, she has been missing. She always knew how to make Zelda feel better even in the worse situations. It was hard not having her around but she knew that she had to be strong. She was confident that she would find her.

"I just hope she's ok," she thought.

"Shall we go then? I can't wait to go back to the forest and rest a bit," Zero yawned.

"That sounds good," Link said as he took out his ocarina and began to play "The Minuet of Forest."

"Oh no, not that again," Zero said as he was dragged into the portal.

Darunia waved at them as they transported back to the Lost woods.

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The trio was quickly greeted by Saria and Navi when they entered Kokiri forest.

"Are you guy's all right?" Saria asked.

"Yea, we are fine Sar, don't worry," Link replied.

"My my my, I guess Zero is still alive," Navi teased.

"Put a sock in it you little puff ball," Zero yawned, "I'am not in the mood."

"Gee, aren't we cranky today," Navi smiled.

Zero glared at her and kept walking to Link's tree house. He stopped and turned around to face the group, "Hey Link, can I crash at your place tonight?" he asked.

"Yea, go ahead," Link replied.

Zero turned around and kept walking towards the tree house. He stopped once he reached the little ladder and looked up. He then turned to face Link once more, "Hey Link!" he called out.

Link sighed, "what is it Zero?"

"Can I borrow your little hookshot thingy?" Zero asked.

"Why?" Link asked back.

"Cuz I'am too tired to climb the stairs," Zero simply replied.

Link sighed once more before tossing Zero his hookshot.

"Thanks!" Zero waved at Link.

Zelda yawned and stretched her arms, "I think I'am going to join Zero," she said.

Link, Saria, and Navi stared at her with weird faces.

"Huh?...NO, I mean, join him as in sleep," she said which earned even more weird faces.

"I mean, I'am going to sleep in Saria's house," she said with a sighed.

"Oh," Link, Saria, and Navi said in unison.

Zelda began to walk towards Saria's house and Navi followed after her leaving Link and Saria alone.

"So how was your trip Link?" Saria asked with curiosity.

Saria was not a normal kokiri girl. Since she was a sage, she could do many things normal kokiris could not. She could age, use magic and on top of all, she could leave the forest. She was very excited about it but instead she chose to stay and guard her temple and her home as well.

"Well, it's a pretty long story," he replied.

"Do you want to go to sleep then?" she asked with a hint of sadness.

Link smiled, "Let's go take a walk around the forest and I'll tell you everything."

Saria's face lit up the moment he said that. She grabbed his hand and led him to the Lost woods.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go then!" she giggled.

Link laughed, "Although Saria is the same age as me, she sometimes acts like a 10 year old; she's something else all right."

They reached a little meadow in the forest and sat down next to each other under a tree. Saria clutched her legs close to her chest and looked at Link, eagerly waiting for him to start his story.

Link began to retell the day's events from the very beginning with plenty of detail. Saria would nod every once in awhile to show that she was paying attention but she soon began to think about something else.

"It must be fun to explore and see new places. I would like to go on an adventure with Link someday. Just the two of us…" Saria was snapped out of her daydream when she felt something bump into her. She looked only to find a sleeping Link leaning on her shoulder. She smiled to herself as she looked into the night sky; she wished that moment would have lasted forever.

A/N: Once again sorry that took so long and sorry it was rather short. But don't worry, I got almost a month of winter vacation so I'll make sure to update fast.