Hello lovely followers. I am sorry this chapter took so long, it's just one of those chapters where no matter how much you rewrite it, you aren't satisfied. So, I spent days trying to fix it and I think I will just let this one go. Thanks for reading, reviewing, and fallowing. Enjoy reading!

-WingedIceWolf

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own Kid Icarus or Legend Of Zelda

For a year, the Dark Lord had wanted revenge on the Hylian who had defeated him in a battle to the death and finally, he could coax the Hylian to Arbiter's grounds and finish him. If he refused, then the Angels would die and eventually, Link and everyone he loved would perish. He wanted revenge on all three of them, and now he had the perfect weapon to weaken the Angel.

The Goddess of Light, Palutena.

Yes, Ganondorf knew well of the mother and son connection between the two. With Palutena's soul in the palm of his hand, he could easily manipulate her and make her suffer where and whenever he wished. Seeing his goddess in pain would tear the Angel apart. And that's exactly what he planned to do.

A cruel plan, yes, but all the more entertaining. He would use Palutena against Link. Of course, Link would refuse to fight her at first but Ganondorf would put Link to his breaking point, leaving no choice but to end her life. How he longed for the blood of the Hero. To make him suffer and bleed. To hear his last…scream.

Now, considering the Angels, they would die. They destroyed Ganondorf's brother in arms whom he had shared a strong bond with. With Hades gone, who else could contribute to their domination? Yes, he had his followers and yes, there are others, but out of them all, Hades could take down a whole city with a swipe of his hand.

Now, all the Dark Lord had to do was wait for the weak and weary Link to appear at death's doorstep.

"Palutena," Ganondorf hissed as the dark figure appeared behind him. "He will come soon. Make him weak and soaked in his own blood. Allow me to finish him. If the Angels come to his aid, kill them both."

"Yes, my lord," the goddess's voice replied in a trance like tone.

Link thought about awaking Midna who slept at his side, to teleport them, but he thought better of it. She would protest and fallow him and that was the last thing he wanted her to do. He loved Midna with every inch of his living being and he did not want to lose her again. Besides, he wasn't tired at all, so he could just travel to Arbiter's Grounds on foot, yet he felt too weak to even stand.

Staring at the flowered ceiling, he thought about the choices he had. He had heard Midna speaking to- what was her name? Viridi, oh yeah. -about a door that can teleport you to what region of the land you wished to go. Good. All he had to do was find this door.

Link eased himself from the bed, careful not to wake the comfortably sleeping Midna. He slung one foot over the bed and tested his strength. Almost instantly, he nearly crashed into the window, steading himself on the shelf. Surprisingly, he didn't wake Midna, but she stirred and he held his breath in fear of her hearing him. Finally, after a few minutes of watching her steady breath, he walked out the door, ignoring his pain.

Thankfully, Viridi had rescued his items from the prison including his sword, shield, a few other weapons, and his armor. The armor had been placed in the nearby room which was currently not occupied by anyone, so he slung his weapons over his shoulders and carefully changed into his golden armor. The armor itself was gifted to him by Princess Zelda; an armor that only the guardians of Hyrule obtained, made from the strongest materials.

Testing his mobility in the armor, he found that the armor was ten times heavier than before, which was probably due to the fact that he had lost allot of blood in his fight against the invasion on Hyrule Castle and Castle Town that resulted in his strength faltering. Looking in the mirror, he wasn't surprised to find what nearly seemed like the Golden Wolf, but his own reflection. His gaze dropped to the floor and for a few seconds he thought about the hero whom he had called father.

"I won't fail you. Not this time. Not ever," he said under his breath.

It took him a few minutes of creaking open doors that he finally found the one he was searching for. Perfect. Actually, it was pretty obvious it was the one. The door was near the entrance to Viridi's place with flower carvings lining the door, emitting a bluish glow. He creaked the door open just wide enough for him to slip through and in a flash he was standing on desert sand.

Harsh winds whipped at his face as he glanced at the sky, starting to turn into a dark blue color. The winds were very drafty and the whole desert seemed to be silent. In fact, the only noise he could hear was the noise of his own thundering heart in his chest and the sound of his steps upon cold sand.

Link didn't hesitate to walk; running would take too much strength and he needed all the strength he could get. In a matter of maybe twenty minutes, he was standing at the first entrance that he had slayed many bulblins at and met the bulblin who had attempted to burn the place down.

The wind began to howl louder and he feared it would carry the sound of his thundering heart, but he ignored the wind as if it were a passing shadow. If he would die, at least he would die in attempt to save not only his friends but his people as well. Yet, if he failed, Ganondorf would gain power.

"Nayru's, Din's, and Farore's blessings be upon me this night…keep the others safe if I fail," he whispered as he came upon Arbiter's Grounds.

Midna awoke from her restless sleep, orange locks shadowing her face. She expected to find Link beside her, but not too surprisingly, he was missing. You stubborn wolf, she growled to herself as she began searching for him. She searched many rooms and she was beginning to realize he had left maybe ten or so minutes ago, meaning, he would not be here. But by Din, she hoped she was wrong.

Then, almost instinctively, she reached for where her necklace would have been, but her fingertips felt her own warm skin and the Twilight Queen began to panic, until she remembered that she had left it in the room. Rushing in and rummaging through drawers, she found it was indeed missing. Link must have taken the Shadow Crystal, the one with the orange and black swirls.

There was the sound of footsteps behind her and when she turned, she found herself staring at a frightened Angel. The same one Link had regretted dragging into this mess. He backed away from her slowly, a limp in his step, watching her every move as she neared him.

"Shhhh," she had coaxed, putting a finger to her lips as she tried to remember his name. "Have you seen Link? He's missing."

"Who are you?" came his voice in a fearful tone.

"A friend, Pit," she replied softly, remembering his name. "Who did you think freed you from the cell?"

"To be honest, I don't know where he is," came Pit's voice, seemingly more relaxed. "I couldn't sleep at all, more for the fact I was worried about Link. He was hurt so badly…"

Midna remembered the condition she had found the Angel and Hylian in and tried to shake the memory from her mind. She needed to find him. No. They needed to find him. Not just for her sake but for Hyrule and their world.

"Pit, you need to stay behind while Viridi and I find Link. You are hurt and Link would never forgive me if I allowed you to die," Midna said, breaking away from her thoughts. Pit tried to protest but she gave him a hard glare that seemed to freeze him in place. "Stay here."

"I am coming with you!" Pit suddenly shouted, making a sharp jerk towards her. He regretted that, fire running throughout his body. Midna flinched slightly at his sudden outburst which only made him feel guiltier while he spoke out of pain. "This battle is both of ours, not just one."

In the next couple of seconds, Viridi was standing at the bottom of the stairs, clutching her staff in her hand. "Is something wrong?"

"Pit can't be fallowing us, he's too weak to fight, too sick. His wings are too damaged to fly for that matter," Midna said, biting her lip. Just now she noticed the fresh blood that had soaked through the bandages.

"What do you mean 'us'? Is Link gone?" Viridi asked, noticing he was missing.

"Pit," Midna began, reaching out to him and ignoring Viridi for the moment. "You're bleeding."

When the Twilight Queen pulled away, her hand was sticky with blood. Pit started to look uneasy, as if he could collapse at any minute, a look of pain crossing his face. He dropped to his knees as he clutched at his torso with his good arm, trying to stanch the flow of blood, but to no avail.

"Pit? What-?" Viridi began, dropping down next to the Angel.

"He's reopened a wound," Midna interrupted quickly as she slung Pit over her shoulders, not caring if she got blood on her cloak. A sharp cry of pain made Midna nearly drop him, yet she apologized under her breath.

"I am coming with you," Pit repeated, pain evident in his voice.

"I never said you weren't coming," Midna replied softly, a smirk on her lips. She could almost see Pit's smile on his face before she added, "But first we need to redress your wound."

"Knew it," he muttered into her shoulder, causing her to laugh a bit.

"We don't have time," Viridi stated suddenly, glancing into an orb in her hand. "Link is in trouble!"

Midna snapped her fingers and glowing bandages replaced the blood soaked ones. "There. That will only be temporary, but let us hurry! Where is he?"

"In a place full of sand," Viridi replied, looking up from the orb.

And with that, Midna threw open the glowing door that could teleport them. Within a matter of seconds, they were standing on desert sand, cold wind whipping at their faces. Pit shifted from Midna's back and when she didn't let him go, he whined saying, "Please, I can stand. Let me down."

Midna ignored him and snapped her fingers once more. Twilight shrouded them and when it cleared, they were standing in front of Arbiter's Grounds. The whole desert seemed to fall silent as they walked up to the entrance, stars gleaming down at them. After getting rid of a few skeletons here and there and crossing sands, Midna was able to easily guide them through the place.

A screech stopped them all and Midna frowned, but Viridi was already at it. Vines wrapped around the ReDead Knight and dragged him down whilst he screeched, being pulled into a deep ditch that swallowed him up.

"Wow," Pit said, having made himself comfortable on Midna's back. He was still awfully warm from running the fever, but at least it had been cooled down for now thanks to a potion Link had left behind. After a few more of the Knights and skeletons, they reached the area that Link had to use the spinner to get to. Once again, Viridi easily made a path of vines that lead them to the boss room.

Midna threw the door open and Pit leapt from her back onto the ground, stifling a small cry of pain. They all froze in their tracks at the sight before them.

Link was soaked in crimson where his skin was exposed, his blood decorating the ground whilst he fought someone that was clad in red. Midna could tell his strength was weakening, and she began to panic. Link had never failed to defeat someone before, but could he defeat this warrior? The Twilight queen watched in fear as the warrior tore the shield from his grasp and sent it spiraling across the floor with a cry of pain from her Hero as he was driven to the ground.

The combatant's hair was green, but she wore all red while she carried a staff with dark symbols that Midna had seen before. Her eyes glowed black and she suddenly glanced at the others with her staff raised.

"Palutena?!" Pit and Viridi cried in unison, rushing forward while Midna raised her hand in defense.

"Midna, Pit! Stop!" Link cried just before Ganondorf appeared above him.

"Well done, Palutena," came the Dark Lord's voice as he yanked the Hylian to his feet, twisting his arm behind his back so that he was forced to release his sword. It clattered to the floor as a blade was pressed to Link's neck. Then he leaned down and hissed into his enemy's ear, "Are you prepared to die in front of your friends, hero?"

It was at that moment he knew he had failed. The burning blade burst through his heart and through his chest in all a matter of seconds, though it felt like hours to him. Link's own scream rang in his ears as the Dark Lord twisted the blade free and Link collapsed upon the ground, blood dripping from his mouth as the whole world began to fade from his vision. Despite the strength of his armor, it was no match to Ganondorf's blade.

"Link!" Pit screamed as tears began to blur his vision. He looked at Palutena with a plea in his eyes, as if expecting her to do something, but she just stared at him blankly.

Ganondorf dragged the wounded Link by his injured arm, receiving a blood curdling cry from the hero before his hand began to glow. The Triforce of Courage shined weakly as Ganondorf claimed the piece for himself, quickly disappearing before Midna's giant electric ball came hurdling at him and Viridi's vines nearly tore him to shreds.

Palutena suddenly collapsed, but Pit rushed to Link, as did Midna. Midna took Link into her arms, tears streaming down her cheeks while Pit collapsed on his knees and sobbed. Warm blood coated Midna's hands. Link's wild, blue eyes fluttered open to see Midna and Pit over him, yet he wanted nothing more than to close his eyes and give into the dark, painful void.

"Don't give in, Link. You have to keep fighting!" Pit screamed, tears stinging his eyes while he cried into Link's shoulder. Link looked up at him, pain in his features.

"I'm…sorry. I've…I've failed…" came Link's pained voice as his gaze fell while he grit his teeth to avoid crying out. Midna hugged him close, her long, orange locks falling over his bloodied shoulders while his eyes began to close.

"I have failed you," Midna whispered as Link became limp. A hand was placed on Midna's shoulder as the Goddess looked down at her. Midna looked up, realizing it was not the Goddess's fault that she had attacked.

"I'm so sorry," she began, sorrow in her blue eyes. "I now know what I have done and I am not proud of it. Forgive me…"

Midna broke into a crying fit, unable to hold in her tears. She didn't care if anyone heard her, or saw her for that matter and frankly, she could care less. Link was gone. Her companion, her love, her wolf, he was…dead. Suddenly Pit's head snapped up and even though they all had deep wounds of sorrow, she could see a spark of hope lit in his face.

"Lady Palutena," he sniffed, whipping his tears with the back of his hand. "There is yet hope. The…the
Rewind Spring can save him."

"Pit," Palutena began softly. "Mortals cannot enter the Underworld. It is far too dangerous and if we fail, his soul will be lost to oblivion for eternity."

"What choice do we have?!" Pit suddenly fired back, his anger bubbling over.

"None."

Hehehe, there is the cliff! Don't worry, I won't let Link die permanently cause I am just nice. Why would I let such an amazing character die permanently? Yeah, think about that.

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This chapter is dedicated to MidnightFrostLover.

-WingedIceWolf