Hatred's Cruel Shadow9

A/N: Congrats! I have decided to make the sequal but will not start it until this story is done.I will reveal the title of the sequal at the very end of this story.As for now...let the Legend continue.

The blade stopped short and Link's evil side frowned. He couldn't understand why he couldn't bring the blade down full force. He backed off a bit and looked at him. A barrier was placed around Link,making it so his dark side couldn't finish him. But the shield was weakening. His dark side sat Indian style and leaned his sword against his shoulder.

"Only an amount of time left Link,how long can you hold out?" his dark side smirked.

"Get up". Link blinked through the foggyness of his vision. He looked up and saw Ganon looming over his bed. Link half screamed at his sudden appearence and fell out of his position onto the floor.

"What!" he snapped. Ganon sudden show had awoken Zelda and she was now sitting up and crouched in the corner on her side of the bed. Her white silk night gown framing her lucious body. Ganon stared back down at the elf as he stood up,shirtless but not pantless. His wings which were a terrible annoyance,only because he couldn't use them, had made it so he could only wear certain shirts.

"Is that how you answer your betters!"Ganon growled.

"Its how I answer people who wake me up before dawn" he said coldly. Ganon raised his hand and Link cringed,preparing for the strike,but it never came. Instead a smile crossed his features.

"Come with me". Instead of fighting Link followed without a word.

"We need just one more noble".

"May I ask a question?"

"Proceed".

"Wouldn't it make more sense to get the parents intead of the child who has barely any power?"

"I'm surprised you'd ask that.But actually no,a child has more power".

"How so?" Link asked.Maybe getting him talking would give him a clue to Ganon's weakness.

"When nobles have children,they leave everything to them.Generations of power,the entire castle and town,country,ectra. If they were to die then it would cause mass chaos in whatever they ran".

"Oh".That mad Link feel even worse.

"Anyway,the last noble would be the Prince of Dodge Grounds.You have till moonrise.Have fun".

People bustling about,doing their duties in the land of Dodge. Some were happy with recent happeneings, others cursing for losing a bet. Plays were being put on with puppets to entertain small children. A mask salesman was making new never before seen masks. This place made Link feel home sick for Hyrule. Everything was the same,a couple dancing near the center square. A puppy did tricks for his master's pleasure. The scene made Link clutch the material over his chest where his heart was. Pain had erupted there and had screamed at him,telling him it was his fault for everything.

'Had you been there you could have stopped the war!'

'Your nothing but a weakling

A trader

A failure...'

He shook those words from his mind. How was he to stop an entire war by himself? He sighed and held his cloak tighter. He didn't need to panic these people into a frenzy.

He came for one thing and one alone. To be the grim reaper and take the Prince's life.Someone took his arm and led him to their stand.

"Welcome sir!Why from the moment I saw you in your cloak,I knew you'd be the type of man that would be perfect to weild my finely crafted blade!"he said overly cheerful that made Link want to vomit.

"No thanks"he said quickly and tried to walk away.

"Hey hey hey,I'm a reasonable guy.I'm sorry that blade must have looked like shit compared to a man of great stature like yourself.If you look over here you will see finely made blades of all shapes and sizes.I won't take no for an answer"he smiled brightly.Link sighed.

"No,but your going to.I'm not intrested and already have a blade,so thank you but no"Link began to walk away but that stupid man put his hand back on Link's shoulder.

"Relax man take a load off,get to know Dodge a bit.These swords would do you well.I'd even cut the price in half since you have such an honest face!"he gestured on.

"You can't even see my face!Now if you put your hand on my shoulder once more I will be forced to go out of my orginal plans and hurt you first"Link said coldly. The man didn't listen and tried once again to force Link back to buy a sword. Link shifted his eyes and looked about. No one was looking so...

Link picked up one of the random blades and slit the idiot's throat. He didn't say anything except clutched his throat and fell to his knees. Link looked around and dragged the stand on wheels over the body and blocked anyone from seeing it before walking away quietly.

A young man about early twenties paced back and forth in the study.

"Your majesty there is someone out here to see you.He refuses to take off his cloak but says he needs to speak to you of a matter of importance" a random guard spoke to the prince.

"And would you let him even in the castle?"

"Sir...he bores the mark of the triforce". The prince raised his eyebrows and signaled for the guard to let him in.

Link stepped through the door and was confronted almost by a look-alike. The prince had bright blond hair and pale blue eyes. His facial features almost simliar to Link's when he had been a hero.

"I suppose your here to confront me?"the prince spoke calmly.

"For what?"Link asked.The prince had not expected Link's voice to be dark.

"For being mistaken as you...when you used to be a hero"he answered rather dully.Link unsheathed his sword and looked at him.

"What is your name Majesty?"

"Ryan".

"Ah,then I look forward to dueling you".

"For looking like you!"

"For other reasons".Link removed his cloak and all his evil features showed,surprise prince Ryan. He turned quickly and grabbed a sword,then turned back to face his apponent. There was a large mirror on the wall closest to them. Link got a quick glance before haveing to take a double look. He himself,darker and evil,battling his heroic side.His dream...it was becoming reality.But how?He was battling between it with himself. A sign of some sort? No matter.

They're blades clashing together,and trying to force eachother off their feet was bringing back that horrible dream. But if it was going to come true,then Link would have a better chance of winning.Only now,he felt if he did,he would really lose.All guards that had stand posted at the door had been previously killed by a dark magic that Link had used.He got another quick glance and this time to the window. The sun was setting.

"Such a shame to lose a worthy apponent,but I have other matters to attend to" Link dodged the attack and jabbed the blade upward.

"I hope your satisfied Link.You have literally killed your heroic side in your heart and soul" Ryan whispered.

"Tell me something I don't know"he said darkly.He cursed inwardly that since still not knowing how to use the infernal things on his back,he now had more weight to get back to the castle in less than three hours.

Zelda doubled over as a searing pain went through her gut and felt like it had gone out through her back. She coughed up blood,but the noise did not catch the attention of Ganon who sat in the steel throne,tapping anxiously.

"You seem rather impatient"Link said when he walked through the door.He had been dragging the Prince for awhile now.So since he had entered the building,Zelda had felt pain.She used her hand to cover it before Link's eyes could snatch a glance.

"You have done well my son"Ganon smiled.Lnk's eyes narrowed.

"Do not call me that"he said softly,almost to himself but Ganon still heard it and laughed.He picked up Ryan's body and placed it with the others.

Link walked over to Zelda and went down on his knees.Instead of hugging her he picked up her hand and examined the blood.

"How did this happen?"he's voice was low.Zelda smiled sheepishly and shrugged.

"I don't know,must have been there from a random body" she lied. Link put his hand under chin and gently forced her to look into his red eyes.

"Be honest with me".

"Really Link its nothing"she said again,trying to convince him and herself.

"Zelda..."

"How can I be homest with you if you will not be honest with me?"

Link was a bit taken back at her sudden remark. So she was hiding something from him.

"Alright,when I had that nightmare I dreamt about both sides of me fighting and still neither side has won.The hero within me is losing slowly though.Now tell me,what is happening to you?"

"I'm dying".

"WHAT!"

"Every...everytime you kill an innocent,I...I die a little inside. I didn't want to tell you...because...because I knew you would do seomthing drastic"she answered,covering her face with her delicate hands.The blood had already been wipped off so she didn't have blood all over one side of her face.Link was positively shaking from this new information.He didn't know what to do,except one thing in order to save her.

"Leave this place".

"What?"

"Seperate yourself from me.Your life means more to me than you staying here and dying.Please,I'm begging you.You cannot stay here,you must go"he picked up her her small form and ran down to the entrance.He whistled and out came his evil horse Epona,but when petted by Zelda,she returned to normal.

"Go before Ganon can stop you!"he said frantically.Zelda had tears streaming down her cheeks at his suddeness.She leaned down and gave him one last kiss before leaving to a safe zone to gather back her strength.

Ganon watched out the window as Zelda road off.

'Success'.

A/N:Well?Its all going to make sense on why Link turned evil in the first place.All the ropes will tie up the loose ends.Everyone will get it.And I think it might end in two chapters or less.Please review.