A/N huh…. I didn't actually think we would get any reviews… Well thanks for looking at our fanfiction, Lime and I put a lot of work into this and means a lot to us. As promised, here are your cookies. *Throws a cookie at tooperfect4words* Oh, and as for that a** hole who thinks he's so funny… *opens a cage of rabid dogs* enjoy typing with no thumbs…

WARNING This chapter contains blood and gore, viewer discretion advised. (I mean it's not that bad, but I still wouldn't show it to a 12 year old.)

Dark Zelda leaned back in her throne, awaiting her servants to return. Not able to think of anything better to do, she pulled out her hand mirror. In it's reflection, she could see her doppelganger was talking to a man in green; wait, she remembered him, he was Link. The princess looked frustrated, but when he put his hand on her shoulder and said something, she suddenly looked less tense.

Watching this scene gave Dark Zelda a strange feeling. A fiery, burning sensation in her stomach and chest. Why would anyone waste their time trying to console Zelda? The princess was a waste of space.

"My lady?"

The moblin's gravelly voice startled her.

"Yes? What is it?"

"News from Hyrule Castle." it croaked. "The princess has chosen to send a large portion of the military to defend the villages, leaving the Triforce of Wisdom vulnerable."

"Great, I will be back later." She set the hand mirror down and in a few quick strides, stepped through the large mirror propped up against the wall.

Once on the other side, she found herself standing in a small sitting room. One glance out of a nearby window told her she was within Hyrule Castle.
Perfect.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of iron tapping against the stone floors as two guards switch their places. One of them caught sight of her.

"Princess? Weren't you just-" The other guard stepped in front of him.

"That's not the princess! It's her doppelganger, Dark Zelda! Call for reinforcements!"

Dark Zelda pulled out her knife and through it right through a guard's helmet. As the first guard crumpled to the ground, the other let out a cry of terror.

She took another step forward.

The lone guard nervously raised his pike, hoping to intimidate her. She found herself smiling, did this man really think he could stop her? How pathetic... Dark Zelda summoned up the power of the Triforce, and all she could see was red. The hot feeling began in her throat, making it feel as if she'd just swallowed a hot coal. It then spread down into her chest and arms and then down her legs, filling her with energy all within a matter of seconds and giving her a faint, but visible red glow. Dark Zelda stared directly into the eyes of the remaining guard. His knees were visibly shaking and he'd broken out into a sweat.

She'd only just taken a single step forward before he spun around and ran down the hall, armor clanking noisily. She let out a small elated laugh; What an utter coward. She caught up with him easily, moving so fast that it only felt like she'd take a couple steps before catching up with him and sinking the blade of her knife into the back of his neck. He let out a loud cry of pain before hitting the ground with a thud and clatter.

Dark Zelda brushed a stray strand of blond hair out of her face before turning her attention to the nearby staircase; Just up those stairs and beyond one door lay her goal: The Triforce of Wisdom.
***

Link yawned, and shut the study door behind him. He'd read through every report on the strange monster attacks on towns across Hyrule, and while the circumstances screamed 'Ganon was here!' there were points that just didn't add up. No wonder Zelda was frustrated by it. His thoughts were interrupted by a loud shout and the sound of clanking metal. A little way down the hall and around a corner, Link came across the source of the sound.

His heart jumped into his throat and he immediately felt sick. One guard was lying only a few feet from him with a hole in his head. He crouched down next to the fallen man. The guard's helmet might as well have been tissue paper for what protection it had offered from the attacker; the edges of the hole surrounding the wound were pristine and clean. The attacker had easily stabbed through the metal, and for that matter, the man's skull. A low groan came from further down the hall. Following the noise, Link found another guard, but this one was still alive!

"What happened?" He asked, gently propping the man up.

The guard wheezed, blood dribbling out of his mouth. "She's crazy...She's here!" He whined.

"Who?"

"That...girl, the doppelganger of princess-"

Link's hair stood on end, detecting the presence of strong magic only moments before the bolt had hit the dying guard, effectively finishing him off. One glance behind him, and suddenly the guard's final words made sense. The last thing Link remembered would be a bright flash of light before everything went dark.

Dark Zelda smiled down at the unconscious hero that lay at her feet. She reached down, binding his hands together, after which propped him up and started fastening rope to his ankles. Once securely tied up, she dragged him back to the sitting room with the mirror she came out of. While the Triforce of Wisdom had been moved, she certainly didn't intend to go back empty handed, and now she had at least something to show for her trip to the castle.
***

When Link opened his eyes, he found himself in an unfamiliar place.
With a jolt of panic, he tried to sit up, only to find he was strapped to the bed with a few strips of rope. To add insult to injury, he realized that his hands and feet had been tied together too.
Great.

He struggled for a bit, but to no avail; he was stuck tight. He'd have to cut the rope. His bound hands clumsily went to grasp the hilt of his sword, but he found it was gone. Heck, his bag was gone too.

"Could'a at least left me with SOMETHING..." He grumbled, straining against the ropes.

The door knob rattled, Link immediately stopped struggling and looked at the door. The door opened, and Zelda came in-no not Zelda, but her dark reflection. She had blood splatted all over her and her hair was loose and tangled.

"Hello handsome." She approached closer and placed her hand on his cheek, caressing it.
He jerked back from her touch.

"What did you-why did-wh-" He had so many questions but didn't even know where to start.

She put her finger over his mouth effectively shushing him "Shh…Calm yourself, I'm not going to hurt you." Link noticed the bloody knife fastened to her belt and let out a frightened gulp.

"Where are we, exactly?" He asked, prying his eyes away from her bloody weapon.

"your new home," her eyes glowing a faint red for a moment.

"Where exactly is this 'new home'? You can't just move me without asking!"

"Now, now, there is no need to be so hostile, I am Zelda after all."

He wrinkled his nose in disgust at her mention of being Zelda.
"Just give me back my stuff and I'll go, okay?"

Dark Zelda's eyes glowed with rage, she grabbed him roughly by the collar of his tunic and slapped him with so much force that his head turned to the side.

"Look, I don't care whether you want to be here or not! You belong to me now!" She stomped out of the room slamming the door behind her, it made a clicking sound indicating that it had been locked. Link's face stung where she'd slapped him. He was sure it was an angry shade of red to boot. He made a move to rub the sore spot on his cheek, but was stopped short after remembering he was still bound.

"Gah...that hurt." He muttered. "So much for being civil." He looked around the room. It was furnished like a typical bedroom you'd see in Hyrule castle. A four-poster bed, nightstand, and a sitting chair. Unfortunately, nothing he could try to cut the rope with. Even if he cut the rope, it sounded like that impostor had locked the door behind her, so there'd be no daring escape anytime soon.
***

Princess Zelda paced anxiously across the study. This time, however, it wasn't the village attacks that was bothering her.

"Calm down, I'm sure he's somewhere."
Spryte said, trying to soothe the agitated princess. "Link's probably just sleeping under a tree or something."

Zelda shook her head. "No, that doesn't add up. Those dead guards were found not far from here, and this is the last place we saw him. There's no way someone could have killed them without him noticing the bodies when he left."

Spryte sighed. She'd been trying to calm Zelda down, but it was more like she was reassuring herself. The princess made a good point, there's no way Link could have left the study without seeing the bodies. That meant he either pursued the attacker or he too was... She shook her head in an attempt to be rid of the unpleasant thought. Zelda stopped pacing at the sound of a polite knock on the study door.

"Yes?"
The guard opened the door and knelt in front of the princess.

"We've checked the entire castle and the nearby woods; Link is nowhere to be found, and his horse is still in the stable. We're beginning to suspect foul play-"

"Of course there was foul play! Two men are dead!" Zelda snapped.

At the visible flinch of the guard, she sighed.
"I'm terribly sorry. Please, continue. Have you found any trace of who it was or what they were after?

"We traced the bloody footprints from the hall upstairs to Link's chamber, princess."
She made a 'go on' gesture.

"Well, we were able to determine that the size of the footprints was too small to be his, so as of now there is no evidence that he was hurt or injured." He cleared his throat. "But judging from where the prints were headed, we believe the attacker intended to steal the Triforce of Wisdom, your majesty."

Zelda nodded. "I see. Anything else to report?"

The guard shook his head. "No, princess. But if any new leads come to light you'll be the first to know."

"Thank you. You may leave."

As the guard left, she turned to face Spryte.
"Spryte, what do you make of this?"

"Well...who else could it be? The only person gutsy enough to try and steal the Triforce is Ganon."

"That's what I thought too. The only problem is those footprints."

"Huh? Why?"

"The guard said they were too small to be Link's, and therefore likely too small to be Ganon's."

"They could be moblin footprints." Spryte suggested.
Zelda thought for a moment, then slowly nodded.
"Possibly. We should get a better look at them to make sure." she sighed. "Either way I hope he's okay...wherever he is."

Right then, the light coming off the Triforce of Wisdom began to pulsate.

"The one you seek can be found, but does not return, as against his will he is bound."

Zelda stiffened, He was still alive, but being held against his will.
It all made sense now, the attacker must have kidnapped him. Zelda raced to the Triforce.

"Please Triforce of Wisdom, tell me where he is."
The Triforce didn't even glow in response. Zelda knew asking it would be useless, the Triforce of Wisdom only spoke once a day.

"Zelda, do you think we should tell them the new information?"

She thought on it for a moment.

"We should let them know so they don't waste any more time looking for him."

Spryte nodded and flew off.
Zelda was confused; how could a moblin sneak in, kill two guards, and kidnap Link without being seen? Moblins are clumsy creatures barely capable of stealth, not to mention moblins never wore shoes and their toes were more spread out, and there was another thing that just didn't add up. Link could usually hold his own quite well, so the whole idea that one moblin could make off with him just like that seemed laughable. A darknut would be a lot more capable of over powering him, but what with their heavy armor and large size they would be completely incapable of stealth, not to mention, their feet were obviously way too big to belong to the attacker. Zelda wondered if it could be a neighboring kingdom, but there weren't many kingdoms around that would attack Hyrule, not to mention what could they possibly hope to gain by taking Link? Zelda than wondered if Link had a few enemies of his own, but the whole idea that one of them would break into the castle just to grab him just seemed unbelievable. Besides if Link had an enemy that was crazy then surely, he would tell her, wouldn't he?

Zelda wandered down the corridor where the attack took place. Even though the bodies of the two guards had been taken away and prepped for burial, it looked as though the cleaners hadn't been able to remove all traces of the attack just yet. Dark stains remained embedded in the carpet and clung stubbornly to the stone walls, and with them, the footprints of the attacker remained visible. Zelda followed them further down the hall, then up several flights of stairs and into the tower. They'd walked into Link's room and up to the pedestal where the Triforce of Wisdom usually sat, then doubled back, just as the guard had told her.

"So... there was no other goal than obtaining the piece of the Triforce..." She thought aloud. "That must rule out Link as the primary target. So, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time?"

She realized that if Link hadn't come into the study and told her to take a break when he did, she could very well have been the victim instead of him. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door swinging open. Zelda's father stood on the other side.

"Is what I heard true? Was the Castle really attacked?"

She nodded sadly.

"Yes. Two guards were found dead in the hall, and Link has been taken by the attacker."
He was about to ask her questions but when he saw the sad look on her face, he thought better of it.

"Don't worry my dear, I'm sure we'll get him back." No, Zelda thought. She would get him back, after everything he has done for her, it would be her turn to be the hero.
***

"Are you sure you should go alone, Princess?" Spryte asked nervously, watching as Zelda double checked her equipment bag.

"I couldn't drag you into this." Zelda replied, stuffing in some extra ropes and arrows. "Besides, like I told you earlier, I feel like his kidnapping is my responsibility to resolve. Not just that, but I have experience with the layout of the Underworld."

Spryte sighed "I won't be able to convince you to change your mind, will I?"

"No Spryte, this is important. Link could be killed if I wait any longer."

"I understand, but remember when Ganon captured Link's body? You were only able to help him because his spirit was there to coach you. And you ended up getting captured anyway, the only reason he escaped was because-"

"That's enough! I'm a different person now Spryte, that was a long time ago!" Before Spryte could object, the princess had already ridden off into the night.

A/N please leave a review, I'm open to suggestions. (this is pretty self-explanatory, but being a critic is not the same thing as being a jerk, if you don't like it then don't read it.) ^w^