Author's Note: This is a short chapter, but some important things happen in it. The story will be wrapped up soon, sadly. I hope you've liked it and continue to do so.
Dark Link and the Hero of Time - two sides of the same coin, to quote Zelda from Twilight Princess.

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Chapter Twelve: Reunification

The Water Temple dissolved around them and was replaced by familiar, high-altitude surroundings. They were back on the cliffs above the Hidden Village.

Link looked around, just when Ganondorf's Triforce reactivated and he tore the Hookshot and Longshot out of the ground with ferocity and ease. Ganondorf charged at Link, blasting the others out of the way.

Link somehow managed to unsheathe his sword in time, pulling off a fantastic Mortal Draw attack on Ganondorf. The two were soon locked in combat, swords clashing.

"Dark Link! Kill him!" Ganondorf roared. Then he realised something was wrong.

Dark Link lunged forward to aid Link against his foe. Ganondorf's eyes widened in surprise.

"Traitor!" he yelled, switching to dark magic and firing energy balls at them.

"You tore me out of the Hero. It was you!" Dark Link cried out.

"Oh, who told you that, Dark Link? Was it this hero here? Has he been poisoning your mind?" Ganondorf said, his words serpentine. Link could not help but notice the irony of this statement.

But Dark Link, however, faltered. All three fighters stopped (the others were still recovering from Ganondorf's first onslaught). Dark Link's red eyes met Ganondorf's blazing gold ones, with white centres. They were doubtful.

"The sword created you, not me. You are shadow, darkness. You fight for me. I took you under my wing, when you were torn into being by the Master Sword. Who do you support now?"

Link gazed in shock as Dark Link's eyes hardened and the shadow turned to face him.

"No! Those are lies! Shadow is not the same as darkness, do you hear me? You are good at heart, Dark Link! Do not forget your promise!" And time slowed down.

***

The Hero's Shade appeared before Link and smiled quickly. He pointed at the pouch. Link's hand reached into it, and pulled out something he was quite sure he hadn't found there before. It was oval with pointed ends and a tube coming out of it, just fitting into his palm. It was pale blue, and had a golden Triforce engraved on it. Magic radiated from it.

Link realised that the tube was a mouth piece and that there were holes on the item. His eyes widened.

The Ocarina of Time.

***

When time returned to its normal method of flowing, Ganondorf, Dark Link and Link's allies realised something that was very confusing, indeed. Link was playing a song.

The song came naturally to him, as the spirit of the Hero inside him knew the song better than anything else. It was part of the Hero, and so it was part of Link.

Link's grandfather knew it as the Song of Healing.

***

Dark Link shook his head as the effects of the song reached him. He smiled, not a leer of evil, but a genuine happy smile. He held up his sword.

The Hero's Shade walked forward, into Dark Link. Their sword points touched briefly, before the two were absorbed into one. Dark Link's body was no longer there, but instead was the Hero's Shade, looking slightly taller and more...whole...somehow.

Ganondorf charged the figure, which quickly pulled off its mask and helmet, revealing a tanned face with long dirty blond hair and blue eyes. It looked almost exactly like Link.

Link himself said one word, "Grandfather."

Ganondorf drove his sword into the Hero's chest, but the figure only smiled and said, "Ganondorf, I passed from here long ago. So should you have."

The Hero's Spirit, now complete, vanished, giving Link a smile before it left. Link smiled back, and held up the Master Sword.

"Shadow has been reunited with light. Now Ganondorf is not invulnerable, for he no longer has Dark Link's support. Now we fight. For Hyrule!"