Ashligh and her friends entered the observation room and when she saw Link she knew something was wrong, "So you've come," he nodded, "All right, if you will follow me we can talk about it some where better than here."

She turned to leave but Katarina stood in front of her, "Shouldn't you introduce us to your friend?"

"Oh, you're right, sorry. Sisters of the Asylum this is Link. Link these are my friends; Katarina, Kameko, Kieren, Addilynn, Anne, and Alex."

Link nodded and said, "Hi."

All the girls said some form of hello at the same time.

"Ashligh," Kameko asked, "can we make him a brother?"

"What?" he asked.

"Oh, don't worry, its nothing too special. Kameko and Addilynn just draw on your hands so you don't have to do it if you don't want to," Ashligh reassured him.

"Uhh…o…k."

"Yeah!" Addilynn yelled as she threw her hands into the air. Link looked over at Ashligh but all she did was smile and wave her hand for him to follow. They were all in the library listening to Link's story of what happened in the last three months, "Yesterday I decided to rest at my house for the night then go back to the castle and I guess sometime after I was asleep my evil alter ego, Dark Link, came out of the mirror."

"Festive," Kieren said. She then looked at him sternly, "but why in the world are you letting them do that to you?" he shrugged his shoulders.

"Kameko, what should we call him?" Addilynn asked. She thought about it for a while then declared, "How about Bond."

He turned to Ashligh and mouthed the word but she told him to continue his story, "But that's not the worst of it. He got into my room and rendered me unconscious and after that, burned down Kakariko!"

"That would explain the smoke we saw," Katarina said.

"Do you know if anyone was killed?"

Skraku answered hi question, "No Link, nobody got hurt or killed because we all went down to see what happened."

Link leaned back on the couch he was sitting on and gave a sigh of relief.

"All done!" Kameko and Addilynn exclaimed at the same time. Link looked at his hands. On the left, blue dots covered every inch and the word Bond was written twice, once in red and then in green. His right hand had Asylum written in green, two eyes drawn in blue, and in red the words "They are always watching" on his fingers.

He looked at Ashligh and asked, "Now what do I do?"

"First off, take this," she had tossed him the pouch with the little toy doll.

"What for?" he asked as he opened the package. The doll inside looked exactly like him.

"Uh… it is of no offense but it's a protection doll," Ashligh said. He looked up at him, "If you receive a fatal blow then the doll will heal you."

"In theory," Anne said. Alex defended Ashligh, "Yes, but a theory is better than nothing."

Link looked at the leather bag, "So if this thing works properly then it's like a healing fairy?"

"Pretty much," Goth said.

Link put the doll back into its bag and in one of his side sacks, "So is there anything else I should know about this protective toy?" he asked as he looked back over at Ashligh.

"Yes, the doll can be reused but first you have to burn it. After that, take the ashes and put them in a metal bowl filled with water. In about a week it will regenerate good as new. So if you will give me a minute to change we can leave," she got up and vanished before his eyes, which seemed to faze only him. Before leaving everyone shook his hand and said either good-luck or good-bye. When she reappeared the color of her outfit had changed. The shirt was no longer green but red and the blue pants were now green. The design on the back had not changed much except that the spiral was blue. "So, you ready to go?"

"Not until you explain something!" he said with his hands on his hips.

She raised and eyebrow, "Oh…like what?"

"What you just did!"

"That? That is one of the many tricks I learned from the Asylum and I'm still learning more. That trick I call the Vehere {carry} Technique. Now, the more time we talk the more time Dark Link has to cause trouble."

"Right," he said and Ashligh extended her hand. Having an idea of what she had in mind he took her hand.

The middle of Hyrule field was clear at about four in the afternoon when two silhouettes appeared out of nowhere.

"Usually when I travel with someone using that skill they pass out when we reach our destination," Ashligh said as she looked over at Link who was standing with a warrior's face.

He asked her, "So now what do we do?"

"First we get that mirror."

"It'll be tough because royal guards are probably all over my house."

"I can fix that," as she said that another Ashligh seemed to have walked out of her, "Link, my duplicate is going to distract all of those around your house then we will sneak in and take the mirror, O.K?" he nodded his head and the Ashligh double took off to his home, "O.K., I need you to think of a winged insect Link."

"Why?"

"Because there may still be someone inside and I have a spell that can get us inside unnoticed."

"O.K., got it," he said. She put her hand on his shoulder and transformed. Link was turned into a bee and Ashligh was a butterfly. They then flew as fast as they could to the house of Link. Once there they saw that two guards were by the front door and two by the back. They landed on a front windowsill and watched as Ashligh's double came near. The clone had changed its form. She was wearing a black shirt with dark blue jeans. Her hair was light blonde, one of her eyes was brown and the other was green. A big ugly red scar had appeared on her left cheek as well. The men had seen her and ran 10 yards from the house and stopped 10 feet from her.

"Halt, who goes there?" one of them called but she just looked at them. Again he called to her but with more authority in his voice, "State your name and business here!" Ashligh just raised her hand and projected a multi-color energy blast at the guard who went flying through the front door and out the back some five feet away. The two in the back helped their comrade up while two from inside joined the one that wasn't hit.

The double waited until the other three where up front with their friends before speaking; "I am a friend of Link's and if you want him you'll have to catch me first!" she then turned and raced away with the guards running after her. The butterfly and bee then went in and checked all the rooms to be sure no one was there. Ashligh then transformed back to her original form and snapped her fingers so the bee could change back into Link.

The first words out of his mouth were, "Why did you do that?"

"You mean sending that guy flying through both your front and back door?" he nodded his head, "Because it was the only thing I could think of to open the door for us to get in and to get everyone out of the house to follow my other self," she said as she rubbed the back of her head and laughed hesitantly. Link shook his head and took the mirror off the wall. She then warped them back to the field. At the field waiting for them was the clone that reunited with the real Ashligh. She then put the magic mirror in a magic bag by her side and questioned, "Why is it you are still awake?"

"Why are you surprised?"

"Because, I told you before, usually when I travel with someone who I've never traveled with before using that technique they pass out when we reach our destination."

"Oh…probably because I know a spell and song that do almost the same thing. Where do we go from here?"

"You need to figure out where Dark Link will strike next."

Link looked at her in disbelief, "And how do you suggest I do that?"

"Simple, he's your devilish side right?" he nodded his head, "Then all you have to do is put yourself in his shoes," Link still looked at her strangely, "Uhh, lets say you were trying to kill someone, but they killed you instead, and you were sent to another dimension because of that defeat. You have been given the opportunity to get that person back. How would you do it?"

He thought about it for a minute, "Zelda!" he whispered as his eyes widened, "We have to get to Hyrule Castle immediately!" Link said as he grabbed the collar of Ashligh's shirt. Understanding the severity of the situation she changed Link into an eagle and herself into a hawk. They tool to the air and headed for the castle. As they flew Ashligh sent Link a telepathic message, "Do you have any idea of were this Zelda would be?"

"If she's not in the courtyard where we first met then I don't have a clue."

"All right, lead the way," and the eagle moved in front of the hawk as they passed over the outer gates. When the two birds of prey reached the courtyard they saw the Princess. So they landed and Ashligh changed them to their natural forms. Zelda felt the use of magic and turned to see someone she did not expect, "Link what are you doing here and who is your friend?"

"I 'm just glad you're O.K.," he said as he ran up and hugged her, "but you are in grave danger Zelda, and I have to get you out of here."

"Danger! By who?"

"By me," and out of the shadows stepped Dark Link.

The good Link drew his sword and yelled at Ashligh, "Protect Zelda for me!"

"Right! Follow me please Princess," she said as she led Zelda to a corner of the yard.

"You know, once I kill you, that stupid witch won't be able to save your bitch." The evil Link said as he watched the two ladies run over to the left corner of the yard and stop at the small moat.

"Ashligh is not stupid and Zelda is not a bitch you bastard!" The real, enraged Link screamed as he charged at his alter ego.

"Stop," Dark Link raised his hand and Light Link did stop, "there's something I want to show you," Shadow Link held up his sword which glowed black and the black glow consumed everything in the courtyard. The water stopped and became white while the grass and flowers crystallized and became every tone of gray possible. Link touched a blade of grass, which shattered into a bunch of tiny pieces as he thought, "What type of trickery is this?"

"Link, this is an Umbra {shadow} Realm!" Ashligh informed through a mental message.

"An Umbra Realm?"

"Yes and the fact that you're shadow made it means he'll have a slight advantage over you in here!"

"Great," was the only word out of his mouth.

Just outside the courtyard were Corporal Clovis and his two privates Harmon and Myles. They had watch duty today, which meant they made sure nobody disturbed Princess Zelda as she tended to her gardens. Clovis had heard a commotion coming from Zelda's favorite garden and went to check it out, but when he looked down the corridor that led to the garden he saw that there was some sort of veil over the opposite end. He immediately called for the two other soldiers, "Harman, Myles come here, now!"

The two men came before him and both chimed in salute at the same time, "Yes sir!"

"At ease you two and follow me," the corporal took a candle from under his breastplate, lit it, and started down the hall with the two privates behind him. When he came to the end he called to one of the soldiers in back of him, "Myles, what does this look like to you?"

Myles came forward and touched the black, shiny wall, "Well Corporal Clovis, it looks like a magic crystal barrier."

"Private Harmon," he too came up and touched the barrier.

"I agree sir, it's a crystal barrier," Harmon withdrew his sword and slashed the surface, but didn't leave a scratch, "and there's no way we're getting in there without help."

"All right, Private Myles I want you to go to the Generals' rooms and those of our strongest mages and bring them back here!" Clovis barked. Myles took off, "And you, Harmon, go inform the King and on your way back bring any other soldiers you may see! Go, go, go!" Harmon nodded his head, saluted, and sprinted to his destination. When the two of them were gone the Corporal turned, looked at the wall and whispered a silent prayer.

Back inside the dome Zelda started to ask Ashligh various questions, "Your name is Ashligh right?"

"Yes," she was frantically rummaging through her side pack.

"Well could you please explain to me what is going on?" asked Zelda.

Ashligh pulled the mirror out of the pouch, "Ah-ha, found it!"

"I knew that mirror would cause him trouble, but did he listen, no!" Ashligh looked up at her with a face that inquired, "What the hell are you talking about woman?" Zelda saw her look and said, "That mirror is the reason why that demon, which looks like Link, is here!"

"Wow, you figured that out relatively quick. Of course, then again, you are the vessel to an item of wisdom."

"How do you know of the Triforce of Wisdom?"

"That's not important right now. What is important is getting that creature back to where it belongs, but I'll need your help to do it Princess Zelda."

"All right, but first tell me what will happen and then what I must do to help."

"Well, while Link is distracting his other half, I will go into a trance and recite the spell that will send Dark Link back into the magic mirror. I will then come out of the trance and seal the portal of the mirror. Now, you can create a protective barrier right?"

"Yes."

"In that case, all I need you to do is if Dark Link attacks you, the mirror, or me, protect us o.k. because I will be defenseless in the trance."

"O.K., I'll do my best!"

"Thanks," Ashligh then turned to look at the two fighters who had taken a short break to catch their breaths. She was thankful that to doppelganger's back was to her and she sent one last telepathic message to her friend, "Link, you have to keep your shadow at least ten yards from the mirror!"

"No more than ten yards from you, o.k. gotcha, and thanks."

"You're welcome and good luck," Ashligh then sat behind the mirror Indian style and held it out. Next, she began to chant the spell, "Creature of the mirror, I summon you! I command that you return to the world that you come from through the mirror!" and repeated it over and over again.