OK, second chapter of today. This is Link's first individual chapter. So expect, something! Also, this has to be one of the longer chapters that I've written.

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Link's Story: Chapter Three: An Alarming Turn of Events

Sheik just gaped, "Why would you want to bring him back, he's already tried to kill you twice!?"

"Yeah, but this time, I'm in a position of power for two reasons, one, I have the Triforce that he desperately desires, and I'm the one with the only things that can bring him back," Link replied, tapping the back of his right hand, "These three flames, the Dark Rites" (as I found out they were called) "Are my bargaining tool, they are the only things that can bring him back,"

"Yeah, except that you're forgetting the other thing, you have the Rites, but what's to stop him killing you and taking what you have and taking over the world?"

"Curiosity. He'll want to know why we revived him, and what we wanted him to do. He's given life, and we get information. And if he even thinks about considering trying to kill us, we'll threaten to return him back into ashes," Link replied,

"Once again, you're forgetting something important," Sheik said, "That happened hundreds of years ago, because of the accelerated time stream surrounding us that formed New Hyrule from the islands, his ashes will have been blown into the wind ages ago,"

"And that's why we're going back to the day we killed him," Link said,

Then the Chronostar lurched unexpectedly,

Link checked the console, to find that the Chronostar had changed course, heading not for the Forsaken Fortress on the day he'd been killed, but at a location known as the Palace of the Four Sword, at some unknown point in time.

The Chronostar fell from the sky of a bright world. The Sacred Realm.

It hurtled towards the ruins of a large pyramid that seemingly radiated power, and bashed through the eastern side, opening into a palace.

As Link opened the door, he felt a blast of god-like energy burst into the Chronostar, and both he and Sheik were blasted out of consciousness.

When he woke up, Link felt the (for him anyway) unnatural sense that he wasn't what he had been born as.

Looking at himself, he saw he was, once again, female, and, this time, covered in white fur. She had powerful hind legs, and the ears that showed she'd been turned into a humanoid rabbit.

Standing up, she looked at Sheik and said, "Aw, come on, how come I'm always the one who's transformed?"

Sheik, obviously, hadn't transformed, "Where are we?"

"The Sacred Realm, at a guess," Link looked down at herself, "Well at least I still have clothes, speech and I can use weapons,"

"Yeah, I suppose that's a blessing," Sheik said, "So, this is the place where the Triforce was formed? Interesting,"

Link looked down at the back of her left paw, where the Triforce glowed brightly, then said, "Come on, might as well explore,"

As she stepped out, she was suddenly confronted with four golden beings, the Goddesses.

First there was Din, who quickly transitioned to her Hylian form. Next to her were Nayru, Farore, and one of the more recent additions to the team, Lynn, Goddess of Darkness, who all changed to their Hylian forms. Lynn's hair had changed from when Link and Sheik had last seen her, it was now much longer, and a very dark brown.

"Hi guys," Link said, standing up,

"Why are you a rabbit?" Lynn asked, "And female?"

Link had to think about this, "Well, a few years ago I would have said because the gods hate me, but now I think that the Universe likes to put me in a skirt,"

"Well it is a good look for you, what with the long blonde hair, the female bits and the rabbit form," Lynn said,

"Yeah, funny, just put me back to normal," Link said irritably,

Later when the Goddesses (excepting Sheik) had returned Link to normal, giving him a pearl, which contained the magic that had changed Link into Rabbit Link.

As Link and Sheik trekked through the Palace of the Four Sword, Link was feeling better. He hadn't been through a temple or a dungeon in a while, and wondered what was at the end.

Then he had a thought, "Hang on, if the Sacred Realm gives people the form of their soul, why was I a girl rabbit?"

Sheik stopped to think about it, "Well, I suppose either the Universe is saying you should have been female (doubtful), or that your soul is tender, like a rabbit's, and that the Universe likes to see you in a skirt, but that's just because it's so damn funny,"

Link decided to change the subject before she started laughing at him, "Haven't you noticed the distinct lack of monsters in this palace?"

"Well, that's because of the distinct lack of evil in the Sacred Realm. This place has been untouched since one of your descendents killed Ganon here," Sheik said,

Link stared at her, "Where did you learn that?"

"You're not the only one who reads,"

Link dropped the subject.

At the top of the Palace, Link and Sheik found an empty room, devoid of anything, except a sword in a pedestal, and a mirror with a dark tint to it.

Link inspected the sword before even considering touching it. He knew the consequences of such actions.

After further inspection, Link had found out quite a bit about the items in the room.

As the name of the palace suggested, the sword was the Four Sword, and, as Link already knew, it split your soul into four equal parts (as had been the case on previous occasions), although some accounts say you can hone it to rend your soul into more than four. The mirror was the legendary Dark Mirror, which had been known to create a dark reflection of one's soul on countless occasions.

Luckily, Link had a counter, raising the Mirror Shield so he didn't look into it; he destroyed the mirror with a sword, preventing the mirror from creating a negative version of anyone ever again.

A shard of the mirror skittered across the room and lodged itself between the Four Sword and it's pedestal, before sinking deep within the blade.

Link, finally satisfied, motioned for Sheik to stand back, and gripped the hilt of the Four Sword.

He felt as if a blade had shot through his very core, and was slicing him to pieces. He felt his vision split, so soon he was looking at the sword from several different angles. And staring at himself from most of them.

Eventually, his vision had returned, and, looking around, he had found the Four Sword had separated him into more than four.

First there was a red clothed one, who was identical to him in almost everyway. Next to him was a girl in the blue clothes, and next to her was a weedier, more academic version of Link, wearing purple clothes. Next was a version of Link wearing completely white, and seemingly more muscular than Link was. He had the look of someone determined to save the day.

After him was a Link dressed in yellow. He had the look of a reluctant leader. One who would lead but didn't choose to.

Then we reach Link #7. Through the shard of the Dark Mirror, a dark version of Link had been born. It showed a rather negative version of Link, but not evil. Rather, it was a version of Link who was rather more mischievous. This was a Link who'd lived through hardship his entire life, and adapted to the harsh conditions. He was also a thief. But we probably shouldn't worry about that.

Each Link said simultaneously, "Well, that's not good,"

No, it ain't.