Link was shocked as he looked around. From his view, he was in an arena, a twisted one. The air seemed to feel heavy with shadow and Link was almost stifled. From the distance, he saw someone approach. Instintivly he reached for his sword...And it wasn't there! He began to panic as the man came closer. Link ran around, searching for anything to defend himself with, when the being spoke.
"Do not fear me, Hero of the Winds." Link stopped and stared. Before him lay what Link could only describe as a god. Shock white hair, shadowy body armor and a blade in the shape of the eternity symbol, and fearsome war paint bedecked the man infront of him. His very appearence instilled fear deep into Link's heart.
"Who-who are you?" Link whispered, scared as he had ever been in his life. "What do you want?"
"Like I said, do not fear me, for I am a friend. Please, sit down. I shall appear in my other form, one you should be familair with." Suddenly there was a bright light and when Link could see again, the man in front of him was chillingly familair. It was...him? No. He was older, and seemed wiser. The man laughed. "I, am the Hero of Time...the first Link." The wind Link jumped in surprise.
"What do you want with me?" Link asked again, this time a little less shaky.
"I have come to visit you with some words of wisdom...and a prophesy. This is a dream of course, and dreams are windows to not only our mind, but to the past and the spirt realm as well, allowing me to communicate with you. I have come to let you know of your true power and your destined identity... Tell me my decendent, have you ever heard of a being known as Oni Link?"
"Hmm...No. I know it means Fierce Deity though..." WLink replied. TLink (Time Link) nodded sadly.
"It saddens me that no one has passed down the legend of what I became. I suppose they feared me and didn't understand that not all shadow is evil, not all light can be trusted. I guess I have talked to you too late to stop you from slaying Gannon, but we cannot stop everything. Let me tell you of the Fierce Deity. Now you do know that in this world, there are two sides to everything. A light and a dark, a good and an evil, a yin and a yang. Back when I was your age, I encountered a strange world known as Termina. In that world, I found out that a great evil known as Majora had taken over and was sending the entire moon to destroy the world. I had to stop it. I went through great trials, much like your own and eventually it was time for the show down against Majora." TLink bowed his head. "That was where my life changed forever. Majora, in a fit of rage decided to pit himself against me, and in my arrogance, I accepted, even though I knew I was fighting against a being with godlike powers...I was transported to the moon and there stood five children, all mocking the larger enemies I had faced. Four offered me to go into doungeons to increase my strength, but the fifth one held the most deadlest prize of all. The Fierce Deity's mask. With that mask I walked into the arena, where you are now..."
WLink looked around and gulped nervously.
"The battle was a fierce one and in fact, so afraid of the mask's power that I held that I was almost defeated. In a desprate attempt to defeat the evil, I placed upon the mask, and changed my life. Suddenly I had no control of myself. The only thing I could think about was to defeat Majora. Suddenly I became stronger, vicious and myself the Deity of Shadows... We fought for hours, maybe even days. I am not exactly sure. All I know was that in the end I used all my power to send Majora down to the black abyss from which it spawned. But alas, even in death, Majora had plans..."
"Like what?"
"The mask. You see, the Fierce Deity was once a god, a powerful, unstoppable primal force of nature. I was what the ancient Hylians called, Thanatos. Worshipped by the Gerudos, feared by everyone else. I went on a quest to find the true source of my powers. I searched many lands and places to find the peices of the shattered Fierce Deity. Apperently, the Fierce Deity became too powerful and the gods, fearing his gargantuan powers combined their powers to shatter him and seal away his soul into items that reflected his domain: Tomb of Shadows, his body armor; Eternity Blade; his sword that would give its weilder strength beyond strength; Steelcold, his gauntlets and Shadowspeed, his greaves. The body armor protected its wearer from any mortal blow, the gauntlets gave the bearer skills of the master of swordsman, and his greaves, giving speed to shame the winds."
"What did Majora do though?" asked WLink.
"This I cannot tell you directly. I can tell you this. There is a prophecy that tells of the Deity and the proof that it will be yours...
Sunset of Shining//, Rebirth of Light,// Reclaim the Armor//, Begin the Fight// A Deus Ex Machina//, Armor and Sword// From the Book of Ages,// Will tell the true word.// The Wind will uncover the truth to be told,// And the Deity will live again like the legends of old...//
Destiny will lead you there, and I shall watch over you. May the Goddesses and the Deity give you strength...Oh, and one more thing, Zelda cares about you greatly. Never let her tough demenor ever let you think otherwise. She's as soft as the first Zelda was.
Link suddenly was jolted awake by shaking. His eyes fluttered open and he found himself staring face to face with Zelda. "Morning sleepy head. Now get out of bed. I made you and Dad some coffee."