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Author's note: Do forgive this crappy chapter, it sets things up for the next one.

Onto the fic!

Link was sitting in a large tree in the middle of Hyrule Field late in the evening, his chains dangling out from his cloak and down the tree, slashing at the bark whenever a stray breeze blew by. "Well, I'm the big, bad villain now, and I have a hero to defeat, now where do I get minions, I can exert control over unintelligent beings when I am close by them. But that isn't enough," Link grumbled to himself as he crossed his arms.

"You're an idiot," a very familiar voice said from below him as his chains suddenly got yanked, both ends of it twitching in protest.

"You better have a good reason for…" Link began to threaten as he tried to get up, but found he and his arms were pinned right where they were.

"Having a little trouble my friend?" the darkly clad figure below him taunted.

"Let go of me Dark Link," Link snarled as he began tugging at the chains.

"No, I don't think so," the voice replied as he chuckled.

"So you came here just to torment me? You can't hurt me while you keep me like this," Link pointed out looking down to see the man with ruby red eyes from the night before.

"Oh just to taunt you a little, and to point out a very simple fact, you need generals," Dark Link stated, "And you need to make pacts with them."

"So what? You applying for the job?"

"Perhaps, perhaps not, only time will tell," Dark Link answered as he let go of Link's chain, "As for now I suggest you get your act together. As you are now, you'll lose."

"So you came here just to tell me that?" Link growled as he retracted his chains back into his cloak.

"And to see how much stronger you've become," Dark Link stated, "I'm not all that impressed."

"I'm more than strong enough to take you out,"

"Perhaps, I've gotten stronger as well,"

"Really?" Link asked as he suddenly drew both swords at his right hip and cut through the branch he was on, dropping down to where Dark Link was.

The only result was that Dark Link vanished into the shadows, "Cocky son of a bitch," Link growled as he sheathed his weapons, "I'll kill him, I'll kill Zelda, I'll kill them all…"

"There he is! The murderer!"

"Get the monster!"

"What about that halfbreed?"

"Get her too!"

A flash of lightning, rain pouring down, Link found himself barely holding onto the muddy side of a cliff, his black mask removed revealing his blonde hair, blue eyes, and long ears. His cloak billowed in the wind as his chains dangled lifeless from his arms. A girl's face, no older than sixteen or seventeen, looked down at him as she tried to pull him up. Her long platinum hair covering her eyes and ears, she reached down doing everything she could to pull him back up. "I am evil incarnate, girl," Link heard himself saying, "Are you sure you want to save that?"

It was hours after Link's encounter with Dark Link, and Link woke up, jumping up he knocked his head against the tree he was leaning against. "What was that?" he asked himself rubbing his head, "I don't usually have dreams like that."

"Perhaps it was a premonition?" Dark Link's voice asked as he appeared nearby.

"I don't like where things are going then,"

"Draw your swords,"

"Come again?"

"Draw your swords Emperor of Evil," Dark Link commanded as he drew his dark longsword.

"Very well," Link agreed as he straightened up, threw his cloak back and unsheathed the two longswords resting on his back, both almost identical except one produced a black aura and the other a white one.

"Interesting, very interesting indeed," Dark Link commented as he lunged at Link, who swiped the attack away with the black sword.

"Good, now let's take this up a notch," Dark Link stated as he jumped back and the jumped forward again, with far more power, causing Link to block with both swords.

"I see, so you are powerful, much more powerful than you once were," Dark Link laughed out as he kicked off of Link and landed on his feet, Link take a few steps back.

The chains around Link's arms began to unravel and snake about him ready to strike, the other end still hidden under his cloak. "You're at a distinct disadvantage Dark Link, you can only use two swords at most," Link stated with a smirk as the chains slowly moved to either side as the ends slowly wrapped about the two swords on his right hip and unsheathed them, "I on the other hand can wield four."

"Very impressive, can you really coordinate an attack using all four though?"

"Can you defend against four swords?" Link countered chuckling.

"Good point, I've learned what I needed to," Dark Link admitted as he sheathed his weapon, "Go to Terminia, I'll handle things here."

"Why should I do something ridiculous like that?"

"That girl cannot defeat me as she is now, but she can defeat you,"

"Why Terminia? And for that matter, how do you know about it?"

"Because there is no hero there to stop you as you learn the finer points of villainy, and that last one is my secret,"

"Very well, until next time Dark Link,"

Damn…this chapter was bad…bad and short…not a good combination. I couldn't think of anything else to write though…At least nothing that would make sense.

Foreshadowing, I really shouldn't try that again. Apparently I suck at it. Don't hold this chapter against me folks, this really is about as bad as I've gotten in a long while. Next chapter will be much, much better.

For some of the reviewers who've been reading my work since I first started, that "random" bit of foreshadowing up there should be very meaningful. For the rest of you, well it gives you something to ponder about for the next, oh I'd say at least six chapters.

I left one other clue up there as well, see if you can find it.

Ciao for now!