A/N: All right, just to prepare you, the next chapter is in Link's Point of View, meaning, of course, that it's in the whole 'I' and 'me' format. I do this only because of the fact that thoughts are important. You'll get it.
Chapter Eleven - A Dark Wave
"What?" Link asked, jumping up. Darunia grabbed him and pulled Link up to the exit to the Goron City. They walked outside and Link was instantly amazed. Amazed and terrified.
Hyrule seemed to be having some sort of strange disaster. Everything was flickering from the normal Hyrule to the Hyrule that Link knew as the Dark World.
"How... is this possible!"
"Ha! You want to know how?" the fiery voice of Koume shouted back as her and Koutake flew up to them. "It's because you're an idiot!"
"Shut up, Koume," Dark Link tossed back, walking into Link's view. He watched Link for a moment and then laughed. "Oh, what's this? Link, you've got a kid stuck to you. Might want to scrape it off before it becomes attached."
"Watch it, you annoying copy." Link placed a protective arm around the frightened Elissa, who had grabbed onto him for what she hoped would be a protection against whatever was going on.
"Getting all offended now, are we? She's a bit too old to be your own pitiful attempt at life. Find a little sister your mother abandoned? Oh, I forgot. That was you she abandoned."
"She might as well be, though I never want to hear you say anything about my family again, got it?" There was a hidden flame in his voice that sounded strange compared to the normal Link.
"What, her own parents not good enough?" From the look on Link's face, Dark Link quickly gathered that something unfortunate had happened to them. "Oh! I get it! So the orphan decided to adopt another orphan!"
Link made an instinctive grab to where the Master Sword usually would be, yet found neither a blade nor a sheath. "Listen, you little ink spot, never, ever, say a single word about anyone I care about or I'll make sure you end up dead and stay dead, got it?"
"I think I got it. By the way, you might want this." Dark Link tossed a long box to Link. "Happy early birthday."
Link opened the box and removed the Master Sword, gleaming in the volcanic light. He was at first greatly relieved to have his sword back in his grasp, but then he realized that it meant that the seal was even worse off than before.
"You numbskull! This was the only thing left between Hyrule and complete annihilation!"
"I know. And, by the looks of it, there's not much time left before the Dark World consumes Hyrule." Dark Link pointed to a small dome-like area in the center of Hyrule Castle Town. "In mere moments, waves from that area will flood Hyrule, turning everything into its Dark World counterpart. Hope you like being a bunny!" he shouted to Link before vanishing, Koume and Koutake using their own magic to follow him.
"Oh, great. This is just great. Not only is the Dark World about to take over Hyrule, but the whole 'people become animals and trees' thing is still in effect!"
"You mean I'm gonna be stuck like a wabbit?"
"I'll figure something out."
"Um, Link? You have about three seconds to figure it out because I think that's the first wave!"
Zelda was right; a wall was spreading across Hyrule, making the changes permanent. The town fell apart, the field was decimated, the forest became old and wilted, even the Zora River slowed and partially dried. The wave rushed up to meet them on the mountainside. As the wave slid over them, everyone pulled up enough energy to say one last thing.
"No... Pwease, not again..."
"If I get turned into a tree, I'm going to bury those witches so deep in the Dodongo Cavern it'll take every single Goron in the world just to find them!"
"Link, remember me, okay? If I don't see you, remember me...
"Zelda, if I don't see you on the other side, I want you to know that I love you, and I always will..."
The darkness enveloped them.