If anyone is confused on how this fanfiction is supposed to be dark, this chapter is what introduces the theme of this!
The vortex dumped the girls into a large forest before closing, leaving them in the middle of the night.
"Where are we now?" Moppet asked, looking around.
"Do you know how many places have a forest? If I tried to make a list, I'd run out of paper." Alexia answered. "Come on, we're tired and need shelter. Let's get a fire going."
Two hours later, they'd eaten and Moppet was fast asleep by the fire. Alexia and Lane were silent, looking into the fire. Finally, Lane looked at Alexia angrily.
"How can you be okay with this?!" She asked.
Alexia was dumbstruck. "What are you talking about?"
"Your BOYFRIEND was killed, we hopped through two different dimensions disintegrating, we were almost killed by a crazy AI, and I haven't seen the slightest bit of emotion coming from you! What in the world is wrong with you?!" Lane spat acidly.
"I'm not!" Alexia screamed back, stunning Lane. "You think I'm calm?! I'm seething with anger! I feel like snapping a person's neck!" Tears ran down Alexia's cheeks. She hid in her hands and sobbed.
Lane quickly put her arms around Alexia, rubbing her back. "I didn't mean it like that." Lane insisted worriedly.
"Do you know what it's like?" Alexia raised her head, still crying. "I've secured myself behind barriers, keeping myself safe. But I let people in, and they kill me. Half the time they don't even mean to, yet they manage to. I let Kai in, and he died. When we left Ninjago, I felt like someone had stabbed me with a sword. Now I feel like the person is twisting the blade."
Lane was silent. In truth, she'd once thought the way they isolated themselves was the same, but now she realized how different they were. "I have no idea what it's like." She admitted.
Taking in several deep breaths, Alexia wiped her eyes. "What pushed you over?"
"Zane." Lane said quietly. "Isn't it ironic, how you only see how much a person means to you when they leave, or die? You think you have all the time in the world to be alongside them, and they're snatched away in an instant." She choked back a sob. "I never even got to admit it to him."
The two girls stayed silent until the fire began to die. "Go to bed. I'll keep the fire going." Lane murmured.
"Wake me up for a shift." Alexia told her, lying down the ground and falling asleep.
Hours later...
Lane sighed, rubbing her eyes. She hadn't bothered to wake Alexia, and it was taking its toll on her. She regretted the fight they'd had earlier. That small fact was amazing in itself; Lane was extremely good at containing herself, and the fact she'd lashed out at her best friend surprised her. She sighed again, now regretting the lack of sleep. It also make her incredibly on-edge, so it wasn't a big surprise when she practically jumped out of her skin when Alexia spoke.
"You stayed up all night, didn't you?" Alexia asked, sitting up. After her initial shock, Lane nodded reluctantly. "Then get some sleep. I don't care if you're an insomniac, everyone needs it, so get a few hours."
Lane laid down on the grass in response, and within ten seconds, began snoring. Alexia smiled weakly before she got up. She was starving, but doubted her trans-dimensional pockets would be able to produce food. Alexia got out her bow, and began to explore the forest. It wasn't too hard to find a rabbit, and Alexia nocked an arrow.
"Stop!" A voice yelled. Stunned, Alexia dropped her arrow and the rabbit got away.
"Who's there?" Alexia asked.
A small girl stepped out of the shadows. Her hair was bright green, contrasting her bright blue eyes. Her clothes were also green, making it very simple to figure out what she was.
"You're a Kokiri, right?" Alexia said slowly.
The girl nodded. "My name's Celia. What's yours?"
"I'm Alexia. Do you know someone named Saria, or maybe Link?"
"Yeah, but Link's been missing for seven years, and Saria for three." Celia explained.
"Okay. Do you have some food? My friends and I are lost here and hungry." Alexia said quickly.
"Sure!" Celia smiled. "I know where your campsite is, just go back there. No wonder you got lost- You were in the Lost Woods!"
"Oh." Alexia scratched the back of her neck nervously. "That's embarrassing."
"Just wait and we'll get you something!" Celia took off, and Alexia returned to the campsite.
Lane and Moppet were awake, both quiet. "Got any food?" Moppet asked.
"Kokiris are bringing something. So we're in Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Seven years have already passed." Alexia replied.
"That's good. Any way to get out of here?" Lane asked.
"Well, this place is practically medieval. So it could a challenge." Alexia answered.
A rustle in trees drew everyone's attention. "It must be the Kokiris!" Moppet said happily.
"No. That was too loud. Kokiris barely make a sound. That's something bigger." Lane said slowly.
A horseman sprang out of the woods, sword in the air. Alexia and Lane grabbed their swords and simultaneously stabbed the horse and man. The man screamed in agony before he disappeared into a puff of black smoke. "What the bloody hell was that?" Alexia asked. Her statement went unanswered, as more came rushing in.
Even with their combined strength, the girls were eventually overpowered, and tied up. "Who're you?" Lane demanded, but the men remained silent. No matter what they tried, the men wouldn't speak the entire trip to Castle Ganondorf.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Ganondorf asked, sitting on his throne. "Is that you, Zelda, in disguise?"
Alexia spit in his face, Lane stuck out her tongue, but Moppet, of course, squealed, "No, we're three people!"
"Like that would stop Zelda-" Ganondorf stopped as his face lit up. "Oh yes, there you are." He cackled. "Princess Zelda... You foolish traitor! I commend you for avoiding my pursuit for seven long years. But you let your guard down... I knew you would appear if I let this kid wander around!"
"Is he going mad?" Moppet asked, scared.
"No. He's communicating to someone else, likely Zelda and Link." Alexia answered.
"My only mistake was to slightly underestimate the power of this kid! No... It was not the kid's power I misjudged it was the power of the Triforce of Courage! But with the Triforce of Wisdom that Zelda has... When I obtain these two Triforces... then I will become the true ruler of the world! If you want to rescue Zelda, come to my castle!" Ganondorf laughed, and in a flash of light, Zelda appeared in a large pink crystal.
"What of these three?" A guard asked, motioning to Alexia, Lane, and Moppet.
"Put them in the dungeon and chain them up." Ganondorf told them, already dismissing them as a threat.
The girls were thrown in the dungeon, chained to the wall. "So, do we just stay here and wait?" Lane asked, leaning against the wall.
"Eh. Link is gonna come and save Zelda eventually. We'll be fine." Alexia answered.
Fifteen minutes later...
"Get up, maggots!" The cell guard yelled. Lane and Alexia yawned- they'd taken a nap while they were waiting. Moppet snored in answer. "Lord Ganondorf requires your help."
Alexia snorted. "And why should we help?"
"Because if you don't, Lord Ganondorf will destroy you." The guard hissed.
"Fine." Lane growled, getting off the floor. The guard unlocked their chains and escorted them to the roof where Link and Ganondorf were fighting.
"The battle is over, Link!" Ganondorf shouted, laughing.
"Why is that?" Link asked through her teeth.
"Because these girls are the ultimate weapons!" Ganondorf cried.
"Ready?" Alexia asked the others, taking out a giant hammer for Moppet and a steel baseball bat for herself.
"Ready." There was a wild light behind Lane's face as she hefted the stalactite she had just broken off the ceiling, before violently attacking Ganondorf, who screamed.
"PINATA FEST!" Moppet shouted, bashing Ganondorf with her hammer while Alexia hit Ganondorf's skull in before they stopped.
Lane, however, continued to stab and stab and stab at the already dead body. Her eyes were more animal than human as she attacked, snarls coming from the back of her throat.
"Lane!" Alexia shook her shoulders, dragging Lane away from the body. Lane's eyes shifted as she looked at her best friend and sister, as though she didn't recognize them before shaking her head. Her eyes returned to normal.
"Oops. Guess I went a bit far." Lane added a soft, childish laugh at the end of her sentence, but it couldn't hide her worried expression from Alexia.
"Excuse me?" The girls turned to face Zelda, who smiled at them. "Thank you. Because of your help, Hyrule is safe."
"No problem. Hey, uh, could you help us? We need to get to a different dimension." Alexia said.
"Of course." Zelda raised her hand and made a small circle, resulting in a view of another dimension. "I don't know which once this is, however."
"Don't worry! We've already jumped through three so far!" Moppet squealed.
"WHAT?!" Link and Zelda yelled.
"Run!" Lane shouted, grabbing Moppet's hand, and the three touched the portal, vanishing into the next dimension.
A/N If you are confused on what is happening to Lane, what Alexia meant, or anything that can connect to the past or thoughts of any of these OC's, we are willing to make an entire fic on the pasts of them, fully explaining why. Also, we will take questions in that fic on anything you are still not sure about. Post in the reviews if you would like this to be done!