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Bleeding Blue Eyes by bottl'dsunshine reviews
A Happy Mask by slunt reviews
Just a Message by ornamental-reciprocity reviews
Us by prien12 reviews
Mercy by kyouko reviews
Matryoshka by kyouko reviews
Princess by LeilaEditer reviews
Tear Away by absenceofadvance reviews
Elegy by Aberrant Bliss reviews
The Soulless by Lady Of The Semicolons reviews
Sacred Flesh by Shadsie reviews
Defeat by Shadsie reviews
Paper Title by Lenn.n.n reviews
Days Don't Matter Anymore by Shadsie reviews
Burn by Derriwynn reviews
Into My Own by The Carnivorous Muffin reviews
Flowers Never Bend by The Carnivorous Muffin reviews
Wolfhide by Shadsie reviews
Balance by Shadsie reviews
Pearls of Light by bradhadair12 reviews
The Golden Curse by Insane. Certifiably reviews
Burn by Shadsie reviews
Behold Thy Hero by Shadsie reviews
His Eyes by Scented-Marker-Sniffer reviews
The Things He Takes by wayward-river reviews
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The Darker Side of Zelda
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Focus: Games Legend of Zelda, Since: 12-24-12
This is the home for THOSE fics... the ones that send a shiver down your spine, make you cry, or make you cringe. Any fic with a darker spin and of good quality is welcome here - that means not just occassional moments of nightmare fuel. The entire fic must be dark/depressing, and the focus cannot be romance, though it can contain pairings. Any suggestions or requests to become a staffer are welcome. All ratings, pairings, and nightmare fuel [death, gore, torture, rape, psychological, etc.] are fair game. |
Bleeding Blue Eyes by bottl'dsunshine reviews
Consumed by his longing to kill the Hero of Time, Ganondorf finds himself haunted by the only monsters he cannot slay - terror, greed and humanity itself. Oneshot.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Angst/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,462 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/23/2013 - Ganondorf - Complete
A Happy Mask by slunt reviews
A little girl gets a glimpse into the past of the Happy Mask Salesman. Oneshot
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,713 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 16 - Published: 2/12/2013 - Happy Mask Salesman - Complete
Just a Message by ornamental-reciprocity reviews
He was sent to deliver a message, or rather, to make an impression. But in a world where the princess is afraid to leave her own room and the king lives on the edge of lunacy, it's going to have to be a pretty big gesture. Possibly a One-Shot.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,927 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 5 - Published: 12/19/2011 - Dark Link, Zelda
Us by prien12 reviews
'She was right. You are insane. ...We are insane.' One shot. Zelink...?
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Angst/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 656 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 3 - Published: 1/12/2013 - Link, Zelda - Complete
Mercy by kyouko reviews
Dance with me, Princess. I'll play nice if you do. —onesided dark link/zelda. AU oneshot.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,237 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 5 - Published: 2/17/2013 - Zelda, Dark Link - Complete
Matryoshka by kyouko reviews
Broken dolls are the prettiest. And you're my matryoshka, aren't you? —link, zelda. oneshot.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,274 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 3 - Published: 1/7/2013 - Link, Zelda - Complete
Princess by LeilaEditer reviews
I am a princess. This is what she tells herself everyday. I am a princess. But she doesn't know who she is. She does't know what to do. All she knows is that slowly, surely, she is cracking. And it won't be too much longer before she shatters. A narrative from Sheik's point of view where Sheik is Zelda. OoT.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,331 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 2 - Published: 1/3/2013 - Zelda, Sheik - Complete
Tear Away by absenceofadvance reviews
Spinning clocks, tolling bells, a haunting melody - no mask can protect him from this pain.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,164 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/21/2012 - Link - Complete
Elegy by Aberrant Bliss reviews
Poem Will you let me know...when we have won?
Legend of Zelda - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 267 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 5 - Published: 3/2/2005 - Link, Ganondorf - Complete
The Soulless by Lady Of The Semicolons reviews
Majora's Mask. If the Elegy Statue could speak, it would be taunting him...
Legend of Zelda - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 137 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 1 - Published: 9/12/2011 - Link - Complete
Sacred Flesh by Shadsie reviews
OoT/post MM basis. Sometimes, for the spirit or the flesh, death is only the beginning of something else. Link dies, leaving Ganondorf the opportunity to return in a most gruesome manner. Some sexual content and much morbid / just plain disturbing content
Legend of Zelda - Rated: M - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 4 - Words: 14,282 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 34 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 12/5/2008 - Published: 11/30/2008 - Link, Ganondorf - Complete
Defeat by Shadsie reviews
Skyward fic. The third battle with the Imprisoned from Groose's perspective. He's learned that everyone has a role to play, but even marvelous machines don't guarantee that things will go well...
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,718 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 2 - Published: 1/2/2012 - Groose - Complete
Paper Title by Lenn.n.n reviews
Zelda inquires as to the nature of the words 'Your Highness.' Impa, who harbors little love for the child under her care, just wants to go to bed.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,133 - Reviews: 16 - Favs: 44 - Published: 11/8/2009 - Zelda, Impa - Complete
Days Don't Matter Anymore by Shadsie reviews
MM. Tatl hated the sky, washed in red as though it were bleeding. She did not remember much from the last several days, only that she was searching for Tael in the devestation. She floated toward the pitful weeping she heard, the lament of a lost child.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,108 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 105 - Follows: 11 - Published: 11/10/2008 - Tatl, Link - Complete
Burn by Derriwynn reviews
Admit it, Princess, you love the way I lie. Exceedingly dark ZelGan oneshot.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,764 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 30 - Follows: 1 - Published: 1/23/2012 - Ganondorf, Zelda - Complete
Into My Own by The Carnivorous Muffin reviews
Link attempts to explain the nature of time and the source of his own insanity.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,224 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 5 - Published: 12/20/2011 - Link - Complete
Flowers Never Bend by The Carnivorous Muffin reviews
Tatl thinks over her relationship with Link but all she can see are the masks. One-shot
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,462 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 67 - Follows: 14 - Published: 12/17/2010 - Link, Tatl - Complete
Wolfhide by Shadsie reviews
The small farming community of Ordon Village was never friendly to large predators. There are drawbacks to being a sacred beast...
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,211 - Reviews: 69 - Favs: 238 - Follows: 25 - Published: 2/21/2009 - Wolf Link, Rusl - Complete
Balance by Shadsie reviews
Ganondorf has won, but is it actually a good thing for Hyrule? A take on the virtues of Courage, Wisdom and Power when brought together. Generic Zeldaverse/No Specific Game. Rated for graphic violence.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: M - English - Horror/Spiritual - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,662 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 1 - Published: 8/29/2008 - Ganondorf - Complete
Pearls of Light by bradhadair12 reviews
The King of Red Lions never showed up, and a certain gang leader gets the shock of his life. Wind Waker. Death fic.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,182 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 15 - Published: 2/25/2010 - Link - Complete
The Golden Curse by Insane. Certifiably reviews
The golden power of the goddesses, the Triforce, was the greatest blessing they ever bestowed upon Hyrule and the worst curse that could ever be imagined.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 930 - Reviews: 50 - Favs: 429 - Follows: 88 - Published: 5/17/2011 - Link, Zelda, Ganondorf - Complete
Burn by Shadsie reviews
The Goron Mines were filled with flowing magma that needed to be leaped over to get to where one needed to go. Midna did not know what was worse, falling into it and dying... or falling into it and surviving.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Horror/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,617 - Reviews: 31 - Favs: 136 - Follows: 14 - Published: 6/25/2010 - Midna, Link - Complete
Behold Thy Hero by Shadsie reviews
Defeat isn't always death. Sometimes, it's worse. Ganondorf finds a crippled Link very useful and entertaining. A tale of a victorious tyrant, a broken hero, a cunning princess and the forging of the Silver Arrow.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: M - English - Horror/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,245 - Reviews: 16 - Favs: 44 - Follows: 8 - Published: 1/27/2012 - Link, Zelda - Complete
His Eyes by Scented-Marker-Sniffer reviews
Tatl had the kid all figured out. She soon realized she was wrong.
Legend of Zelda - Rated: K - English - Angst/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 696 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 58 - Follows: 12 - Published: 6/17/2012 - Link, Tatl - Complete
The Things He Takes by wayward-river reviews
Ghirahim, Zelda - He takes and takes and takes and never gives. Companion piece to "Who By Fire."
Legend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,227 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 3 - Published: 9/23/2012 - Ghirahim, Zelda - Complete