Chapter 2

Xilic sat in the corner of the house he'd snuck into. Luckily the owner wasn't there or had been killed. Judging from the fact there'd been a death sentence on the door it was the latter. Xilic heard a large amount of noise outside and peered out the window to see his brother walking out onto Hyrule field following the river. Xilic guessed at once and headed off to a shortcut that he knew lead to Zora's domain. Xilic ran as fast as he could towards the river and jumped in the chilling water. The current of the river was quite strong and it carried him down the stream. A ways down the stream he hoisted himself onto the sandbar. Xilic looked towards the huge waterfall, but the sun was high in the sky and the sun glared in Xilic's eyes. He could however, make out was two figures entering the parted waterfall. They were Zoras of course. They brought Xilic in and started bandaging his wounds for the battle with his new "king".

"You have to listen to me, Link has gone wrong. Everything is wrong, he will kill you unless you come with me." The Zoras stared at him.

"How can we believe that?" Xilic had expected that. He held up Zelda's head.

"It was Link's doing." Ruto really seemed upset. She had tears in her eyes. Xilic signaled for everyone to follow him and head to the old cave of the Hylian riders the last place Link would expect to find them. Xilic gave quick orders for resting areas then passed out spears and swords. He sent scouts to find the remainder of the riders. When the scouts came back they'd brought back five men.

"Where are the others?" Asked Xilic.

"We are all that survived. The gorons turned on us, nobody understands why." Said the lead man.

"It will be Link's fault." Xilic whispered.

At dawn Xilic set out to see what had happened at Zora's domain. It wasn't a pretty sight. The entrance had been blasted so Xilic had to use the shortcut between the main lake and the domain to get in. and when he did he nearly vomited. All the Zoras who had stayed behind were all dead. King Zora himself had been unable to leave and had a large blade hole in the middle of his chest. Xilic walked around to check on several of the Zoras. The two of the Zoras that weren't dead were bleeding all over and dying and screaming things insane. They didn't answer anything he asked. He ran out of the passage past the King's body and saw the great fish who'd been Jabu-jabu. He lay on the ground in front of him and was bleeding from the forehead.

"Link has given himself to power, he must be stopped at all costs." Xilic said trying to convince himself.

Xilic turned around to find Link standing 15 feet behind him.

"Why hello Xilic. I see you've stumbled upon my purification of the Zora race." Said Link calmly.

"Purification, or elimination?" Asked Xilic frightened.

"A little of both." Said Link with a smirk.

Then Xilic had noticed that Link had on a different tunic, black with golden trimming, and a blood red cape. Then before Xilic could blink his eyes Link had unsheathed his sword. Links sword was pure black with a golden hilt and a ruby in the middle symbolizing power. Xilic's sword was just an ordinary blade. Link cast dark energy blast from his palm. Xilic threw up his hands and deflected the blast. Link swung at Xilic with a blinding speed Xilic backed off avoiding the deadly strike. Link swung at Xilic hard, and Xilic parried the blow and slashed desperately making a small rip in Link's tunic.

"You pathetic little fool! You actually think you can beat me, well i don't think so!" Called out Link in anger.

"The flaw of power is arrogance!" Shouted Xilic.

"Power has no flaw." Said Link and swung at Xilic to hit his left hip. Xilic released a small blast of magic stopping the swing and giving him enough time to try and stab Link. Link merely dodged and grabbed Xilic's wrist a hit him in the head with the hilt. Xilic fell to the ground in pain.

"See what power can do for you!" Said Link as he flung Xilic against the side rock with magic. Xilic groaned in pain.

"Link what are you doing? Why are we fighting when we could be joining forces?" Said Xilic

"I thought you would see it my way!" Said Link exhilarated. Xilic pointed his blade at Link's back and ran to stab him. Link turned and stopped Xilic in mid-air.

"Wow, a lying sneak attack. Something I didn't expect from you Xilic, isn't that dishonest?" Asked Link.

"When would you have cared?" Asked Xilic.

"Try about a year and a half ago." Link kicked him square in the face. Xilic did a backflip and landed on his feet. Link grasped Xilic's life source, and started slowly crushing.

"So easy to defeat." Link muttered.

Xilic kicked water in Link's face causing Link to lose his hold on Xilic for only a few seconds, enough time for him to use Farore's wind and escape. As soon as his vision came back Xilic found that he had managed to get all the way to the Hylian Cave. Xilic looked around in dismay for the first time their own weakness fully hit him. None of these people had any real idea of how to fight. None of which had been a solider. How on earth would they be able to win? With a sneak attack they could at best destroy half the army before being destroyed.

What way was there to attack and win? There were no more to help them. The Gerudos wouldn't help them, the gorons turned on them, the five men who were alive were the only ones who weren't determined to hide in their homes or holes or whatever. What was Xilic going to do? There was basically nobody to fight!

Xilic looked to the west and saw someone riding towards him. Xilic panicked and hid behind a boulder. The rider rode up to Xilic.

"Hello Xilic, my sister has sent me a message that a battle has been waging in this land." Said the foreign rider.

"What do you mean? Who's your sister and what do you mean 'this land'?" Asked Xilic.

"I come from a distant land, I came to grant you the only way to win this war. I am going to make you a the new Hero of Time."

"A new Hero of Time? Next to Link?" Asked Xilic.

"Not A Hero of Time, The Hero of Time. Next my sister, is Zelda, Princess of this land." He said.

"I regret telling you, that she is dead." The man's face went grave.

"This news does sadden me, but I know my duty I must keep doing my duty, lay down." Xilic did as he was told and lay on the ground face-up. He saw the glow around the man's hands.

"It doesn't really matter, but what's your name?" Xilic asked then.

"My name's Zeek. Now shut up and close your eyes." Xilic closed his eyes and couldn't remember anymore.