After getting Ashligh's orders Link attacked his shadow with a horizontal slash, but it was blocked. For the few seconds that their swords were locked Dark Link tried to kick his opponent, but he jumped out of the way. So the shadow followed through with a vertical cut, but it too was deflected. The good-hearted opponent then attempted to punch him, however, Shadow Link dodged it. This went on for quite sometime; swords swung, punches were thrown, and legs kicked until finally their blades were locked together.

"I will not allow you to hurt my friends!"

"You foolish boy, give up now!" that's when Dark Link saw something out of the corner of his eye. He immediately knew what it was and thinking to himself, "That whore is trying to send me back into the mirror! I cannot let this happen!" the evil being sucker punched Link in the stomach which sent him into a bench and broke it in half. He then jumped into the air coming down over Light Link and jabbing him in the chest right where the heart is.

"No, Link!" Zelda cried as she witnessed the death of her beloved. Tears streamed down her cheeks, but she knew she could not brake down and sob for the murderer would come after her next. Dark Link twisted the Dark Master Sword so he could hear the boy scream his last breath. He pulled out his blade and looked over at the two women. After thinking about things for a few minutes, he concluded that first he would destroy the mirror and stab the girl behind it in the gut at the same time. And after that was done knows, he may have a little fun with the Princess before he put her out of her misery. So using his un-natural speed charged with his sword positioned just right to complete the first task, but it was never executed. For the blade stopped 10 inches from the surface of the magic mirror. Dark Link looked up and saw that Zelda's hands were in a position that created a magic shield, "You think this pathetic spell will stop me?"

"All I have to do is keep it up long enough for Ashligh to finish her spell!"

"Yes, but she wont be done by the time your magic meter runs empty in thirty minutes my dear, sweet, Princess Zelda," and with that he sheathed his sword and waited.

Everything was black and he felt as if he was floating. Link then noticed a white light above him, which spread all around him and the next thing he knew he was in a lush, green field. He sat up and looked around him. His first thoughts in seeing this place was, "Am I dead?"

"No my son, not today," reassured a male voice. Link followed the voice and saw two figures to hi left. One was a man, which looked much like Link, dressed in Knights armor with brown hair and green eyes. While the other was a woman with blonde hair, blue eyes and was wearing a light brown skirt with a sky blue blouse that made her eyes standout [Does that make any sense?]. As they came closer Link asked, "Who are you two?"

The woman was the one to answer, "We are your parents. I am Neith, your mother, and he is your father, Avinoam." Link was so overjoyed to see his parents that he gave them big hugs upon which they returned.

"But if I'm not dead, how and why am I here?"

Avinoam spoke up, "As to how you got here, a person who is unconscious is more opened to the world of the dead than when they are awake."

"And the reason why you are here is we have advice for you to use on your future adventures," Neith finished. There they sat talking for what seemed like hours about events that would happen in Link's future and other things that did not pertain to the subject at hand. After the three of them was done talking Link noticed that three others had appeared. The first one was a lady of about his height with her red hair up in a ponytail. She was wearing a red almost white robe. Next to her was another female with long, flowing, blue hair. She was around Zelda's stature, 5 inches shorter then him, and wore another robe like the first but hers was blue in color. Finally, there was a girl about Sarai's height, with two Afro puffs on her head. This girl was wearing a green robe just like the other two.

"Who are those three?" Link asked.

His mother turned to look, "They are the Goddesses sweetheart."

"They have come to take you back to your body," Link's father said. He got up and walked over to the divine entities. Bowing he greeted each of them, "Hello Din, Goddess of Power, Nayru, Goddess of Wisdom, and Farore, Goddess of Courage."

"Greetings Link, Hero of Time," all three chimed at once.

"Link," Din said, "are you finished saying your good-byes?"

"One moment please, Lady Goddess, Din," he went over to his parents and hugged them one last time.

"Hope to see you again," Link's mother's eyes were wet.

"Yes, but not any time soon!" his father said to him with a smile on his face while patting his only child's back. Link nodded his head in agreement and went back to the idols. They had formed a triangle around him with Farore in front of Link, Nayru to his right and Din on his left.

"Hero of Time," Nayru said, "understand that when you return you will not remember what your parents told you."

"What! Then what was the point oh great Goddess?"

"Do not fret, for you are the wielder of my sacred item. So even if you do forget, when the time comes you will do the right thing," Farore said to console him.

"O.K.," he then looked over to his parents, "Good-bye, Mother, Father, it was nice to finally meet you."

"Same here," Avinoam said.

"We'll be watching!" Neith called to him. The Goddesses put their hands out before them and Link was covered in a transparent crystal of green. He was then lifted into the air as the three deities raised their hands over their heads, and with a burst of light Link was back in his body. He rose to his feet and with a loud battle cry charged his enemy.

Dark Link had heard the cry and withdrew his sword just in time to block Light Link's jump attack, "Impossible! You, you should be dead, I killed you!"

"I told you, I will not allow you to hurt my friend or Zelda!" Link then kicked his demonic form but was not able to kill him for he recovered quickly.

Zelda could not believe her eyes, Link was up and fighting! There was a dark spot on his tunic where he got stabbed, and yet, he was still alive. She looked over at Ashligh for her voice had gotten louder and her chanting faster. In front of the mirror was a swirling blue and white funnel. As she continued to speak the funnel grew larger, until you could not longer see the mirror or Ashligh from the front. Then came a sound similar to a vacuum cleaner and you could see rocks and dust being pulled into the vortex. Both Links had heard and seen what was going on and stopped their fighting. They stuck their swords in the ground to use as anchors. After a few minutes the sound and pull of the vortex became stronger. It began to rip out clods of earth. Dark Link was starting to lose his grip and his only thought was, "Damn, I didn't think she could pull it off, let alone that the spell would work!"

Link saw that the ground around the Dark Master Sword was lose so he kicked the blade, which popped out. Once it was removed from the ground both sword and master were dragged into the blue and white hole. When the two were on the other side of the magic mirror Ashligh came out of her trance. Her eyes had changed with her hair. For the sclera was the only part of the eyes visible. This absence of both the iris and pupil reminded Link of something but he couldn't figure out what. She got to her feet and moved in front of the mirror. She then held out her hands before her and said, "Ianua Artus {door close}."

As she said this, the magic mirror began to glow and a blood, curdling screech sounded from nowhere. After saying the verse a few more times the mirror started to flash and after the third flash Ashligh cried, "Nunc {now}!"

She then fell to the ground and landed on her bottom, "Didn't think it would work there for a minute."

"What!" Zelda looked down at her and watched as her eyes and hair slowly turn to normal, "You mean to tell me that you didn't know whether or not that spell would! You could have killed us all!"

"Ah yes, but we are still alive. So sit back and enjoy the view."

Link looked at her strangely, "View, what view? That stupid dome is up!"

Ashligh's eyes were closed and she opened a now normal one and looked at him, "You had to go and ruin a perfectly good moment."

"Once she said that the top of the dome opened up and spread out until it was gone. Unfortunately, once it was gone guards surrounded Link; King Andres came to Zelda's side like any good father; and no one seemed to notice Ashligh so she just sat there watching it all.

Clovis stepped out of the circle and bound Link's hands without a fight, "Link, you are under arrest for arson in Kakariko and assault of her Royal Highness, Princess Zelda."

"But he didn't do those things Corporal!" Zelda cried out.

"Well if he didn't do it," Anders asked, "who did?"

Zelda hung her head, "I wouldn't know how to explain it."

"I can," the King looked over at Ashligh who was on her feet and dusting herself off.

"Who the hell are you?"

"I am Amara Benecia Colecllin from Parrish, but you may call me Ashligh, your Majesty," and she bowed to him.

"Well it's nice to meet you Ashligh but if you don't know who has been causing all this disorder then you have no business here."

"Ah, but I do know who your culprit is, follow me," she then lead them over to the mirror lying on the once again green grass. She then stood him next to the looking glass, but there was no reflection on the shiny surface. She muttered, "Monstrare finis imago {show end image}," and the face of Dark Link appeared.

The King was impressed but still didn't believe Link's innocents, "How do I know this is not just some trick?"

Ashligh nodded her head, "Loqui {talk}."

"You stupid bitch!" were the first words out of the demon's mouth and Ashligh stood there with a smug grin as she continued to listen to his crude insults and senseless rantings.

"Impressive, but that still doesn't prove that this is nothing more then a magic illusion," Andres said. That gave Shadow Link an idea, "This is an illusion!"

"There's your answer your Highness."

"Explain, the King said.

"First off, why would I tell you that this is a hologram when I'm trying to convince you that it's a real person. Second, if it really were a hologram, why would I tell you that it was unless I knew you wouldn't believe it was an illusion? And finally, the story would have changed; one minute I tell you the face is real and next I tell you it's fake."

"Do you know what you just said?"

"Yes," Ashligh lied for she really didn't know if what she said made any sense.

The King looked at her and her sweet little smile for a short time before he spoke, "Corporal Clovis."

"Yes sir."

"Release your prisoner. He is innocent."

"Right away," and Clovis cut Link's ropes. He thanked the man and hugged Zelda when she ran up to him. He then turned to King Andres, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry I could not control my alter ego but I thank you for listening to Ashligh."

"It's alright my boy, but both you and my daughter owe someone a thank you," Anders then turned to Ashligh and gave her a respectable nod. He then left with his men following. After everyone was gone the two walked over to Ashligh who was on the grass smiling up at them. Link and Zelda looked at her, then to each other, back to her, sighed, and sat next to her so they were in a circle.

Zelda was the first to speak up, "Ashligh, thank you for helping Link, but I'm confused. How can he still be alive?"

"Simple my friend, reach into your tunic Link." he did as he was told and pulled out the protection toy. However, the doll had changed. It was coved in what they guessed was blood and had a hole in the middle of its chest.

"What's that?" Zelda asked.

"It's a Papa Pro Funus {doll in front of death} or protection doll I made for this very reason. You do remember how to restore it right?"

"Of course I do, and thanks for helping me protect Zelda," Link said.

"What's that suppose to mean? You don't think I can take care of myself?" Zelda inquired.

"Don't answer that Link," Ashligh told him, "Zelda may hurt you. And besides if it wasn't for her we would be dead, Dark Link would still be in this world, and who knows how badly he would have fucked up the earth."

"Which reminds me," Link said, "what would have happened if he had killed me?"

"One of two things. One he would have become more powerful, maybe the strongest being in the entire Universe, or he would have blown up and the explosion would have caused a giant hole to appear that would have sucked everything inside of it and nothing would exist anymore."

Zelda gave her a startled look, "Well that's a lovely thought!"

"I know isn't it," Ashligh said sarcastically and they all had a big laugh.

Epilogue

A few weeks after Dark Link's attack King Andres Orsen ask Link to live in the castle as Zelda's bodyguard and hopefully help their love for each other grow without the people thinking he's intruding. Zelda also became a member of The Asylum and was given the nickname Owl for obvious reasons.

THE END

Well, this is my first Zelda Fan Fiction and I hope you enjoyed it. I will gladly accept any comments, good or bad. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my story.

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