Chapter 6

The War Begins

He stood, with a smile on his lips, in the ready position shared by him and his polar opposite...Link was his Master's Opposite's Chosen One...And Shadow's objective, regardless of what Ganondorf told him, was Link's destruction. An objective he was attempting to fulfill right now. The two locked swords, and a beam of fire shot out of Shadow's back, slowly creating a huge circle around the two warriors. Shadow backflipped just as Link thrusted forward, then they both retreated. Shadow heard a galloping, and his eyes averted from Link momentarily. He saw a pretty woman, garbed obviously as a Hylian Mage. The Sword of Oblivion disapeared, replaced by the Bow of Sorrow. He fired it at Link, who broke the arrow with the Mirror Shield, but an arrow struck Anoa in the chest, causing her to collapse. Her white outfit(white courset and breeches, silver circlet and cloak)was perverted by the Dark God's. The white turned to black, and the silver turned to a red/silver/purple combination. she was turned...And she was Shadow's.

The two sparred more, Good and Evil clashing, until, alas, Shadow won. He fired Link across the clearing, and out of the ring of fire..He was interupted, however, by Czar, spinning the Megaton Hammer Wildly. Boy, what a pain in the Ass that man can be. Shadow, fighting briefly with Czar but then getting bored, dissapeared.

"What the hell?" Czar claims, before leaving. Link, seeing the battle gone, sighs.

Shadow and Anoa stood at the peak of Death Mountain. They were surveying Hyrule or, well, Shadow was. Anoa was fawning over him. The charm spell placed in the Arrow's of Sorrow were working a treat.

"What now, Master?"

"We wait..."

Anoa blinked...That seemed a bit intense. No big explanation. Nothing fancy...Him simply telling her to wait.

She nodded. The pure black falcon, known as Horus, landed on her shoulder. The Falcon had been corrupted as well; Horus was part of Anoa's soul. But...Shadow knew he would have to kill the pesky bird. Horus was keping a sliver of Anoa's soul pure, uncorrupted. If-when-he died, Anoa would be completely under Shadow's control.

"My plan is coming to fruition, Anoa...Soon, the World's Leader's will be united, under Ganondorf's baner-My baner."

Anoa frowned, looking out over Hyrule. Her eyes took in everything. From the Desert of the Gerudo's, to the water domain of the Zora's. From the forest of the Kokiri, to the pinnacle of society on Hyrule:The Hylian's. "But...How? They are'nt event untied in this time of war, Master..."

He sighed. "That is true...But we will unite Hyrule, one way or the other...The Hylian's stand not a chance. Even if they were to unite the nation's of the world..."

"But..Surely, if they all allied against us, they would survive?"

He smirked. His arm pointed out, his index finger narrowing in on the Kokiri forest. "The Kokiri. Within two day's of Ganondorf's return, I and several Fiends entered the Forest, and began capturing. All resisted..Most were killed. Saria, the Sage of the Forest, routed the Kokiri, gathering them and taking them to the Forest Temple. We will leave them there until we sit fit otherwise. There is a constant guard of Iron Knuckles outside it."

His arm swerved, coming to rest on the Zora's Domain. "The Zora's. They have the weakest military in all of Hyrule; The Zora are musician's, not fighters. We may just end up freezing them again...After, that is, we have Ruto. Ruto is still the naiv little girl she was 7 years ago, trapped in the body of a fully grown woman. She stand's not a chance. She donns her mother's old armour and sword, in the attempts of protecting her people, her way of life. She will be claimed, used, and destroyed."

His arm swerved once more. This time, it came to point down. "Darunia is the Strongest of the goron's. But he neglects his role as ruler; he passed it onto another. The God's will not allow a Sage to rule the Goron's. Which made it so much easier for me." He smirked. "I poisoned the Goron Cheif. He is dying. As a result, I planted the seeds of heresy in the mind's of the Goron populace. And, like the protector of the Forest he is, Gerimia willed the seeds to grow. We have a group of at least 30 Goron's living at the fortress."

His arm swerved once more. This time, it pointed at Kakariko Village. "This was the once proud home of a once proud race known as the Sheikah. They lived here, mainly, for hundreds of years, along with War Bands scattered throughout Hyrule. There are two Sheikah left...Impa, the Shadow Sage, and the one who adopts the title of Sheik; Sheik is becoming quite a nuisance for us. But Impa we cannot kill. she is part of the plan." He smirked. "Just day's ago there were more Sheikah. About 30 living in the mountains. With our great magic's, Ganondorf and I reserected Volvagia, the mighty dragon of the Fire Temple, and slew them."

And once more, his arm pivoted. To the Castle. "And last but not least, we have the Hylian's. Currently, they are without a military wise leader; The Gerudo have captured Zelda. The Queen is a pitifully weak woman, weak of mind and of body, and the King is at no age to fight. The Knights will be our own problem in the war, and a slight problem they will be. The Knights of Nayru provide great amounts of wisdom to the King and Queen. The Knights of Din lead the battle's into our own area's, and defend when we attack. And as for the Knights of Farore..." He spat the word, as if holding content for the Good counterpart of his God.

"They train soldier's at the Lon Lon Forward Barracks."

His bow appeared in his hand, with a fire arrow knocked in. He drew back, and fired. In seconds, they two saw the LLFB burst into flames. Shadow smirked.

"We will take Hyrule, my dear...We will take it."