Link slowly opened his eyes from a deep, dreamless night. The sun was already high in the sky and it was probably around 10 or 12 o'clock by now. He shot up from his bed and looked out the window. How long did he sleep in? Dark would be mad... wait. Was all of that just some dream? Link thought for a moment. For some reason his mind refused to believe it was real.
Link shrugged and went got dressed in his green tunic. He went over to his table and rummaged through the pile of papers until he pulled out a very descriptive map of Hyrule. He looked at it and rolled it into a scroll. He tied it with red ribbon and put it in his bag. He walked to the coat rack next to his door and grabbed his hat. He brushed through his hair with his fingers and put his hat on.
He walked out the door and climbed down the ladder. He brushed the dust off his tunic and walked over to Epona's post. It was empty. Link stood there for a minute, trying to figure out were she went. Right, he left her at the ranch. Link reached into hispocket and pulled out his horse call. He put it up to his lips and blew the sweet tune of Epona's Song.
Shortly after, Epona came galloping towards Link. Her saddle and reigns were already on. Link assumed the rancher had to use her for herding. Link fixed his crooked hat and jumped onto Epon's back. He motioned her to go into Farron went up the path and went to the Odon Spring. He refilled a bottle with water and drank it. The cool liquid felt good for his sore throat. He filled it again and put the cork in. He put it in his well organized pouch and brushed the sand of his leggins.
"You ready?" said a looked up to the gates and saw Dark leaning against them.
"More or less." he replied calmly.
"Were do we start?"
"Guerdo Desert. That's the last place I heard that they were." Dark said, still half-asleep.
"Alright, then. Let's go." Link said tugging on Epona's reigns to move her Link stood straight and hopped on Epona from the back.
"Let's go, make haste. They move quickly, so they might already be gone." Dark said.
"Uhh..." Link hessitated.
"I'm driving, get on the back." Dark ordered. Link, not wanting to argue, simply shrugged and did as Dark said and got on the back. Not sure of what to hold on to he held onto Dark's waist. Link felt his cheeks heat up a bit and tried to ignore it. Dark smirked.
"Ready, hero?" Dark taunted.
"Yeah, let's go." Link responded. Dark commanded Epona to go forward and she obeyed, galloping towards the bridge.
"Wait, what are people going to say if they see,well, pretty much my clone with me?"
"I'm your long-lost twin brother that nobody knew about." Dark said, amused.
"Sure thing, brother." Link said even more amused.
"Come on now, Link. You're starting to sound like a Goron!"Dark mused
"And what would your name be, brother?"
"Mm... I don'tknow, think of something."
"How about.... Ankoku?"
"That means, darkness, right? Very fitting, it'll have to do." Dark replied.
"All right then, Ankoku."Link were at the entrance to the little Cucco game shop above HyliaLake when they got off of Epona.
"Ugh, this guy creeps me out, want to just jump of the bridge?" Dark suggested.
"I don't have enough rupees anyway, so we might as well." Link said.
"Personally, think it's more fun to just jump then fly with a stupid Cucco."
"You don't like Cucco's, do you?"
"Hate them, stupid fowls..." Dark mumbled childishly.
"Last one in is a spoiled Ganondorf!" Link shouted running towards the bridge.
"HEY! No fair you got a head start!" Dark shouted raising his first in the air while running. Link climbed on the rail and pushed himself off the bridge and fell towards the water. Dark jumped, not far behind him and dived first into the warm waters below. Link did a cannon-ball right after, splashing the various plants around him. Link swam to the surface and inhaled a deep breath. Dark came up gracefully behind him and splashed
Link. Link shielded his eyes and splashed back, laughing.
"Alright, enough acting like kids, come on we have to save Hyrule from Ganon's angry mother." Dark stated.
"Oh, woo-hoo!" Link said sarcastically as he swam to the cannon shop. He and Dark arrived at the island and Dark helped Link to his feet.
"Ankoku, remember?" Dark whispered to Link as they walked towards the shop.
"Right." Link whispered back.
"Wait..." Dark said turning around, his back facing the shop.
"What about my eyes? Won't he be a little creeped out that my eyes are glowing eerie red?"
Link shook his head. "In the sun they don't glow, they look perfectly normal."
"Really?" Dark questioned. Link nodded. "I didn't know that..." Dark arrived at the shop and the clown-like man rubbed his eyes, no doubt he questioned himself of seeing things. He opened and looked between Link and Dark.
"Hey, Link who's your friend?" He asked nervously.
"This is my twin brother, Ankoku. He was lost before and I found him deep within the forest. Ankoku this is the shop owner." Link said gesturing to the man.
"Hi." Dark said simply.
"Hello, Ankoku. So, Link you want to go in the cannon?"
"Yes, please. I'm showing Ankoku the desert, he hasn't seen it yet."
"One Oasis flight coming right up, it's on me today."
"Thank you!" Link said walking into the cannon. Dark followed behind him.
"So, uh... how does this work?" Dark said.
"He He. You'll see." The owner said shutting the iron door and winding the music box. The house-like cannon shook and pointed itself at the desert and shot Link and Dark into the sky.
"AHHHHHH!!!!" They both screamed had a very uncomfortable landing. Dark fell face-first into sand and Link fell on top of him. Dark groaned and mumbled something unintelligible under his breath.
"Is this what you do every single time?" Dark growled.
"You get used to it." Link shrugged. He got off of Dark's back and helped him up.
"How can you get used to that?" Link shrugged again. Dark took of his hat and shook it until the most of the sand was off.
"Let's go." Link said trying his best to keep his balance in the sand. Dark trailed closely behind a long, annoying, trek across the desert they finally made it to the temple. They tiredly went up the stairs and rested at the entrance. Link offered Dark some of the water he gathered and Dark gladly accepted. They drank and then proceeded through Arbiter's Grounds.
