Opia: Hello again! Thanks to my teachers being nice I didn't have much homework today! So I decided to type up the rest of this chapter! Maybe if I get this story typed up I can concentrate on Varel's Bane again...

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The Legend of Zelda: The Orb of Bannon…….Ch. 2

"Marinal?" Ranik kept his eyes lowered respectively. "How do you know there is no hero?"

"Follow me…" Marinal opened what looked like a closet door. Inside were stairs leading downwards. "These lead into the depths of the ancient Hyrule Castle." She flowed down the steps, Ranik following. As they descended through the torch-lit passageway, Marinal explained. "When I first came to Hyrule I encountered something that dates back to the first hero. It was destroyed at that time, but centuries later the Gerudo King of Evil, Ganondorf, remade and improved it. This new one could not be destroyed." They reached the bottom of the stairs and a few feet down a dusty hallway was another door. She opened it.

"What is this artifact?" Ranik asked.

Marinal looked at him and smirked. "Not 'artifact.'" She led him into the chamber behind the door. Inside the chamber was a cage. A mass of shadow writhed inside its container. "Created from the darkest of shadows… Dark Link." Red eyes flashed from within the shadows. "He changes into the current hero's form, but when he is like this there are none alive."

The shadows swirled around each other and created the form of a Hylian boy, about 17, dressed in a long cap and a tunic in an ancient style. On his face was a determined expression. Ranik gasped, "Does that mean?"

"No." Marinal said calmly. "It is just his favorite form, that of the Hero of Time."

The dark boy glared. "What do you want now Marinal?" His voice was wispy.

"Now, now. Don't use that tone with me." Her voice was sickeningly sweet.

"You disgust me." Dark Link spat at her. "I've already told you, I'm not playing your games anymore. For hundreds of years you've kept me here, watching as the world went to hell because of your rule."

Marinal laughed, "You give me too much credit. It was you, after all, who warned me of the hero."

Dark Link turned away. "He didn't do anything to threaten you…."

"You are right! He didn't even know I existed! But he was a factor I couldn't let live, I've read enough history to know that fact."

The shadow closed his eyes. "Link…" He whispered.

Marinal turned to her servant. "The poor thing's gone soft… Knowing too many Links no doubt. Come, I have things to do." They left the chamber.

Dark Link grimaced in pain. "You're wrong Marinal…." He turned back into a shadowy mass. "I found the reason this land needs a hero… "Eyes narrowing, he began to change again. This time into a young teen with Hylian ears, shoulder-length hair roughly tied back in a ponytail, and ragged clothes. "I will not let you kill another one." He sat down exhausted. "It's a good thing she doesn't keep cameras down here… and that I've practiced my shape-shifting…" With a sigh he closed his eyes and tilted his head towards the sky. "Links of ages past, guide the boy, lend him your courage and strength. And… Din, Nayru, Fayore… if you can hear a shadow's prayer… protect him…."

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"Damn Adlez… always bossing me around…" The boy meandered down the sidewalk, stepping aside to let people pass him. He stopped at a glass door and went in. The large man behind the counter greeted him.

"Ah! Boy! Long time no see!"

The teen smiled. "Hey Dalon, where's Falon?" He got up on one of the stools.

"She's off to the countryside for the weekend to take care of the cows… So will it be a small or a large today?"

"None. I'm broke. Just came to chat."

"Then this one's on the house. Don't tell Falon." Dalon slid a small glass of milk over to the boy.

He smiled, "Thanks, I won't…" He took a small sip. The bell on the bar door jingled. He turned to see a small hooded figure stagger through the entrance. The figure took two steps and collapsed onto the floor. Leaping off his stool, the boy ran over to help the person into a booth. He pushed back its hood revealing a young girl with dark green hair. Bringing over some milk he poured some down her throat. "Little girl? Hey, little girl. Wake up."

"Looks like she collapsed from fatigue." Dalon commented from behind the counter.

"Maybe." Something shiny caught the boy's eye. An amber medallion with a leaf inside it hung around the girl's neck. "What's this?" He lifted it up with his right hand. "Why would such a little girl have such expensive looking jewelry?" As he traced the leaf with his left hand the medallion began to glow. "What the hell?"

When the light faded the girl's eyes shot open. "MIDO NO!!!" She yelled as if awoken from a nightmare. "Oh!" Her eyes wandered around the room, finally resting on the boy who helped her. "Li–" She stopped herself and shook her head.

"Excuse me little girl…" The teen looked stunned. "But… what exactly just happened?"

The girl smiled. "Hello! I'm Saria! What's your name?"

"I–I–I…" He stuttered. "I… don't have a name… Boy, Wretch, Scum and Filth are what people usually call me…."

"That's not very nice!" Saria scrambled out of the booth. "Everyone should have a name!" She swayed from side to side cheerfully. "Umm… Where's your bathroom?" The boy was so speechless he could merely point to the other side of the bar. "Thank you Mister! She ran to the bathroom and slammed the door behind her.

Dalon wiped a cup clean. "Why… that girl looked just like a Kokiri."

"A what?" The boy turned to the large man.

"The Kokiri. They were rumored to live secluded within the Forbidden Forest… a race that never grew old. It was said they died out when the forests were cut down."

"If they died then how could she be one?"

"I just said she looked like one…."

Inside the restroom Saria stood looking in the mirror. The childish act she had been playing was gone. "I–I can't believe it. I've only just arrived in this city and I've already found him. He has to be the new Link... he just has to be…" She fondled her medallion. "Only he could have regenerated this medallion and save my life… He looks so much like my old friend…" Wiping a tear from her eye and gathering up her composure she skipped out of the bathroom. Before approaching Saria looked the boy over. He had long blonde hair tied back in a loose ponytail, bangs partially covering his sky blue eyes. His ears were unmistakably Hylian with two silver hoop earrings in the left one. The long, dark green T-shirt he was wearing was torn and dirt stained. His baggy jeans were in the same condition. By the look of him Saria was surprised the guy was wearing shoes. The boy looked at her, a confused expression on his face. Saria immediately adopted a childish grin. She skipped over to him. "Mister?" She said, "I'm new here and I don't have a place to stay… Can I stay with you?"

The boy's voice cracked, "Me? My place is in no condition to–"

"Pwease?" Saria's eyes grew big.

"Uh…" He blinked, Saria looked so pitiful. "O–okay… Follow me…."

"Yay!" Saria jumped up and down.

"Yeah… yay…" He opened the door for the little girl and waved good-bye to Dalon. "Adlez is going to kill me…."

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Opia: Chapter done! There ya have it. Please R&R!