A/N: I'M ALIVE! And, I'm back with a new chapter! Hope you guys like it! Oh, and please check out the author's note at the end- I don't want to put it up here so you can get straight to the story!

Disclaimer: Geez, how many times do I have to say it?! I don't own Zelda! I wish I did, though . . .

Personality Changes

"Zant! There you are!" Midna yelled as we ran into the apartment. Zant was sitting in a chair, watching TV and eating Cheetos. He jumped up when he saw us, spilling the Cheetos all over the floor.

"W-what are you guys doing here?!" he asked as the Twilit Messenger went to stand next to him.

"Your little spy led us right to you," Link replied, pointing as the Messenger.

"Idiot!" Zant said, smacking the Messenger on the head. It let out a yelp and backed away a few feet.

"Look Zant, we don't want to fight you," Midna said, and Zant looked at her like she was crazy. "Seriously! We just came here so you could turn Link back to the way he was."

"And what about you two?" Zant looked at me and Jake.

"We're just following them," Jake said quickly, and I nodded in agreement.

"So what makes you think that I'll just turn him back to the way he was because you asked me to, huh?" Zant turned to Midna and glared at her. She glared back.

"Because it's going to be impossible to focus on finding a way back to Hyrule if Link keeps forgetting who he is every five seconds!" Zant stared at her, looking confused. "Don't you even know what the heck you did to him?! He has these weird memory lapse things and he thinks he really is a little kid!"

"Oh, really? I didn't know I'd added that component to the spell . . ." Zant stared off into space for a moment, and then shrugged. "Oh well, nothin' I can do!"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO?!" Midna screamed, making us all jump.

"Calm down, it'll be okay," Link said, grabbing her hand and squeezing it reassuringly.

"No, it will not be okay until you are turned back to the way you're supposed to be!" she snapped at him, wrenching her hand out of his grasp. He flinched and stared up at her, hurt. She glared at him for a second, and then her gaze softened and she leaned down and gave him a hug.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you," she said into his shoulder. He patted her on the back as best he could.

"It's okay, I know you didn't."

"Oh, god, this is sickening! Will you two knock it off?!" We all looked at Zant, who had a disgusted expression on his face. "I mean seriously, can't you get a room or something?!"

"Just because your heart is like a black hole doesn't mean we're not allowed to love anyone," Midna snapped at him.

"Please, don't start preaching that love crap to me! Ugh, you guys make me ill . . ."

Midna was about to say something else, but suddenly she got an idea.

"Aw, Link, you're so cute, you know that?" She pinched Link's cheek and he looked at her like she'd gone insane.

"Uh, Midna? What are you doing?"

"Just go with it, dog boy," she hissed. She pulled him into a tight hug and he let out a yelp. "Ooh, you're so adorable! I just wanna eat you up!"

"STOP, STOP, STOP!" Zant yelled, and Midna let go of Link.

"Well, if you turn Link back into a teenager then we'll leave," Midna said.

"Midna, we can't just walk away from him!" Link said, looking astonished. She motioned for him to be quiet as Zant thought about it.

"Alright," he said after a little bit. "I'll turn him back to the way he was if you agree to get out of here. And you have to look for a way back, too!"

"Okay, deal," Midna replied. She pushed Link out in front of her so he was standing in the middle of the room. "And you'd better not try anything!"

"Oh, of course not," Zant said, a malicious grin on his face.

"Midna, I really don't like that look on his face . . .," I said, but Midna just waved her hand to make me be quiet. I glanced at Jake and saw that he was staring at Zant suspiciously as well.

"Okay, here we go!" Zant cupped his hands and shot a ball of red light towards Link, who screeched as it engulfed him. It cleared away after a few seconds and we all let out a sigh of relief as Link stood there, no longer a little kid.

"Now, Link! Find something and hit him with it!" Midna suddenly yelled, forming a ball of blue energy between her hands. She thrust it at Zant, but he just laughed and disappeared in a cloud of black smoke before it could hit him. The Twilit Messenger vanished along with him.

"Damn it!" Midna cursed, stomping her foot in frustration. She looked up as Link came up to her.

"That was a good try!" he said, half-smiling and shrugging. Midna smiled back and threw her arms around him, almost knocking him off-balance.

"Hey, you're voice isn't almost unbearably high-pitched anymore!" Jake said, and Link glared at him over Midna's shoulder.

"What do you mean, 'almost unbearably high-pitched?!'"

"Oh, nothing, nothing," Jake said, shaking his head as I snickered. Link and Midna broke their embrace and turned to us.

"Well, there's really nothing more for us here. Let's just go back to Alex's, is that okay?" Midna asked.

"Yeah, sure," I shrugged. "Come on." I walked out the door, Jake right behind me. Midna took Link's hand as they followed us. We went out of the building and stopped right outside.

"So, I guess we're back to square one again, huh?" Midna sighed. Link put an arm around her shoulders.

"At least no one got hurt," he said. Midna raised one eyebrow at him.

"No one got hurt? You just got turned into a kid for a whole day!"

"Well, at least it didn't hurt!" Link replied, smiling. Midna just rolled her eyes and put her arm around his waist as we laughed. We started walking, but then Link suddenly froze.

"Hey, Link, come on," I said, turning back to him. Just then, his whole left side visibly twitched, and he grabbed his head.

"Link, are you all right?!" Midna asked, her arm still around him, as Jake and I ran back to them. Link shook his head as if to clear it, and my mouth fell open as he opened his eyes.

"What the hell?!" Jake exclaimed, taking a step back.

"Why are your eyes red?!" I said, also backing up slightly when he looked at me. His eyes had gone from their normal sky-blue to a deep, ruby red. He stared at me for a second and then turned to Midna as if he'd just realized she was there.

"What are you doing?! Get the hell off me!" he yelled, wrenching her arm away and pushing her onto the ground.

"Ow! What was that for?!" she exclaimed. Jake and I ran over to help her up. Link looked down at himself as if he'd never seen his body before. We all looked at him warily as he held up a hand and examined it.

"Where am I?" he asked softly, talking to himself.

"Don't you remember, Link? We're on Earth. We got stuck here! And why did you push me?!" Midna said. Link turned to her, and she shivered at his gaze. "And what in the world happened to your eyes?"

"I'm not Link." All of a sudden, his face split into a grin. "Ah, I get it . . . I've been revived again because the Hero's come back, but I'm stuck in his body . . . Ha, oh well!"

He turned and started to walk away.

"You're Dark Link," I said, voicing the only possible explanation I could think of at the moment for Link's sudden change in behavior and eye color. He stopped in his tracks and slowly turned to me.

"Well, well, well, you sure pick up on things fast, don't you?" He walked back to me and lifted my chin up with one hand. "And what do they call you?"

"Alex," I said, pushing his hand away. He smirked at me.

"Link, what are you doing?!" Midna exclaimed. He turned to glare at her.

"Haven't you been listening, you stupid girl? I am not Link. I am the complete opposite of your little Link. Honestly, pay attention." Midna's mouth opened in shock.

"How dare you speak to me like that?! Oh, you are so gonna get it!" Midna took a step forward, and so did Dark Link.

"So you want to fight, do you? Well, then- AUGH!" He suddenly fell to the ground and clutched his head, moaning. "No! He can't . . . I must . . . NO!" He gave one final jerk, and then completely stopped moving.

"AH! LINK!" Midna, who was closest, ran over and shook him. "ALEX, HE'S NOT MOVING!"

"Calm down, he's still breathing," I said as Jake felt Link's wrist for a pulse. Midna looked at him and he nodded.

"It's there; he's alive," he said.

"Ugh . . ." We all stared at Link as he let out a groan and put his hand to his head.

"Link?!" He opened his eyes and looked up at Midna when she said his name. "Oh, you're eyes are blue again!"

"Ow, my head . . .," he groaned. Jake helped pull Link up into a sitting position. As soon as he was up, he almost fell over again, but Midna caught him and rested his head on her shoulder.

"You look completely exhausted," I remarked. "What the heck happened?!"

"Dark Link . . . tried to take over . . ."

"Take over? Take over what?" Midna asked, petting his head soothingly.

"My mind . . . he's showed up in my dreams . . . said the Shadow King would help resurrect him . . . Oh, I'm so stupid! Why didn't I listen?!" He clenched his hand in agitation.

"He appeared in your dreams?" I asked. Link nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Midna said. He glanced up at her and smiled.

"I didn't want to worry you. Plus, they were dreams, and dreams aren't real, right? Although, I guess in Hyrule nothing's impossible . . ."

"He said the Shadow King would resurrect him?" Jake asked.

"Yes. At first, I didn't realize who he was talking about, but then I rearranged the words and realized he meant the King of Shadows, aka Zant."

"So, what exactly did Zant do? And what happened to you?" I said.

"I'm not sure what Zant did, but somehow he opened up a path between my dreams and reality, because Dark said he was only in my dreams- that only I knew about him."

"Then how did Zant make him real if he didn't know he existed?" Jake questioned.

"I'm not sure. I think when he turned me into a kid something happened and Dark Link was able to contact him or something . . . I don't know how all this stuff works! But anyway, so Zant somehow made him real, but he doesn't have his own body to go to, so he has to share mine. I have a feeling that sometime soon we're going to have to fight for it . . ."

"How in Hyrule do you know all this?!" Midna exclaimed. Link lifted his head off her shoulder.

"I told you, Dark appeared in my dreams. Somehow he knew how this was all going to work, and he told me. But, like I said before, I didn't believe him, so here I am, and he's somewhere in my head, waiting."

"But what happened to you before? When Dark Link . . . what did he do exactly, possess you or something?" Midna looked at Link questioningly.

"Yeah, I guess that's the only way to describe it. I was weak from being suddenly turned back into myself, and Dark took that opportunity to try and take over. But, I fought him off and it shouldn't happen again, at least while I'm awake."

"What about when you're asleep?"

"Well, he first appeared in my dreams, so I think that's going to be a problem . . . I guess I could just not sleep-"

"Don't be stupid, everyone needs to sleep!" Midna said

"Then someone's just going to have to keep watch and make sure I don't do anything. If you guys notice me acting weird in any way, get away quickly."

"We're not just gonna leave you, dude," Jake said, and Link smiled at him.

"Alright, well then let's go back to Alex's. It won't be bedtime for a while, so let's just try not to worry, okay? Actually . . . let's go get some cake! I'm really hungry!"

"Link, do you think sugar is good for you right now?" I asked, amazed at how fast he'd changed his attitude.

"Aw, I'll be fine! Don't worry!"

"Okay, if you say so . . ."

"Yay! Come on, Midna! Let's go!" Link jumped up and grabbed Midna's hand, pulling her along behind him.

"Hey! Slow down, dog boy!" Midna yelled as she was practically dragged along the sidewalk. Link just laughed and kept going.

"He sure doesn't seem like he has an evil counterpart in his head," Jake remarked, coming into step with me.

"Yeah," I said absently, still watching Link. Even though he put on a good face, I could tell he wasn't as confident as he seemed. "I just hope nothing else major happens before they can get back to Hyrule."

"Yeah, good luck with that!"

"Thanks for the positive support, Jake." He just shrugged and started walking faster to catch up with Link and Midna. I sighed and followed after them.

A/N: Yay, I finally got this chapter updated! Okay, so now I have a question for all of you: I have a youtube account, but I'm not sure what videos to put up. I was re-reading my first LAMCA fic, and I started thinking about reading it aloud. So, my idea is that I make sort of an audio book-type thing where I just read my story aloud and put some pictures in the video so it's not completely boring. I might even get my friend to help with some of the voices. But, I'm not going to make any plans until I hear what people think. So, please PM me or write in a review your opinion on whether I should do an audio book or not. I'd appreciate the feedback! Oh, and if you want to check out my youtube account, it's the same name, Midna3452 (it's not very interesting yet, though).