Chapter 4: A Light in the Shadows

In the royal chambers of Hyrule Castle Princess Zelda is gazing in the direction of the Four Sword Sanctuary.

"Link. When are you coming back?" Princess Zelda sighs

It's been three months since he...they left. If...When link gets back I will kill him for lying to me.

"Guards! Escort me to the Four Sword Sanctuary but first gather all the glassmakers in Castle Town into the courtyard." The Princess decrees.

Later in the courtyard all the glassmakers have gathered and the princess looks down upon them from the balcony above.

"I have Need of your help." Zelda calls down.

"With what your Highness?" One of them calls out.

"I want you to restore the Dark Mirror." Zelda answers.

Murmurs of disagreement wash through the crowd.

"But why?" another glassmaker yells up.

"I have my reasons."

"Very well your Highness." The first one says agreeing

"Yay. Thank you. My guard will take you to the room where the broken Mirror is." Zelda says happily.

Turning Zelda says to one of her guards.

"Go with them."

And to another.

"Take me to the Sanctuary."

"Yes, your Highness." They say in unison.

On the way to the sanctuary Zelda thinks about the predicament that the Links might be in.

Oh gods there probably dead. Shaking her head. No. I am going to the worst possibility. They are just stuck somewhere. But why is the Triforce of Wisdom pulsing faster on my hand the closer I get to the Sanctuary.

"Princes were here." The guard says.

"Wha...Oh! Ha-ha. Good you will wait here." Zelda says popping out of her thoughts.

"But your Highness that's against the rules." the Guard says.

"So?" Zelda asks.

"Fine you may go alone." The Guard says caving

Zelda walks into the Four Sword Sanctuary and stares in shock as the Links Caps are speared to the pedestal that held the Four Sword not too long ago.

"Oh no!" Zelda says in total shock.

"Hihihi..." The same voice that she heard when the maidens were kidnapped.

"Your friend and his colorful counterparts won't be able to stop me now. Hihihi." the voice says.

"What have you done with them?" Zelda calls out.

And with that the guard rushes into the sanctuary sword drawn ready to defend the Princess.

"Fool," the voice says

"Your guard will not be able to defend you or the Links lives. Hihihi."

"And your attempts to use the Hero's Shadow will not work either. He will die in the light unless... No I will not say anymore. Hihihi."

A long scared silence washes over the Sanctuary for what seems like an eon. Finally the Guard speaks up.

"Princess. What did that voice mean by 'your attempts to use the Hero's Shadow.'?"

"I was going to get Shadow Link to go find the other Links because they are missing." Zelda tells the guard.

"But...He's evil...and he died remember Princess." The Guard states.

"No he's not evil. He sacrificed himself to stop Gufuu by destroying the Dark Mirror. Tell me how that makes him evil?" Zelda asks.

"Well... You have a point there Princess." the guard says agreeing.

"Ok well we can't know until the Mirror is fixed. Let's go back to the Castle." Zelda says.

Zelda and the guard walk back to the Castle to check on the Dark Mirror's reconstruction progress. The Mirror has just been started due to the fact that the workers had to get their tools and they had to look for all the Mirror fragments that were scattered in the Sky-tall Tower's Mirror room.

"About how long will it take to fix the mirror, Teacher?" Zelda asks her tutor.

"By my Calculation about...let's see...about one month, give or take a week." Zelda's Tutor replies.

"Can't you get the workers to go faster? The Links are in trouble. A month may be too long." Zelda asks.

"I'm sorry Princess, but this is as fast as they'll work." Zelda's Tutor replies again.

"Very well Teacher." Zelda sighs.