Chapter 5: The Shadows of Royalty
Morning
After three and a half weeks of waiting and checking on the Dark Mirrors Progress, finally it is almost finished.
"Teacher the mirror will be finished today, correct?" Zelda asks enthusiastically.
"You are right Princess, it is almost done. It will be finished at about noon." The Tutor says happily.
"Good. Because I have run out of things to do, I've mended the Link's caps, made like three dresses and commissioned the guards to go find the Link's at least ten times." Zelda says with a hint of anger in her voice.
"Just wait a little longer, Princess." The Tutor says.
"Fine, Teacher." Zelda sighs.
Noon
The Dark Mirror has been completed finally. There are only two changes to it: The eye symbol at the top of the mirror has been replaced by the Hylian Royal Crest and there are wheels on the bottom so it can be rolled around the castle.
"Yay! Finally The Mirror is complete and ready to be used." Zelda Exclaims happily.
"Yes Princess." The lead Glass maker says to the Princess who is standing beside his and his colleagues labors for a month.
"Very good! Now guards take it to my chambers." Zelda says orderly.
Night
Okay Zelda you can do this you are a royal put your hand on the mirror and call forth Dark Link. Zelda puts her hand on the mirror and says in a commanding tone:
"Come out of the mirror Hero's shadow!... Huh? Aaahh." Zelda cries out because the mirror has started to glow extremely brightly.
Suddenly the mirrors surface turns to a watery like substance and a dark hand starts to bulge from it. Within a few minutes the person has fully emerged and the mirror returns to a hard shiny surface, however - the person is not Dark Link but a shadow of the princes herself.
"Waa..? Who are you? You're not Shadow Link. You look like me." Zelda exclaims.
"Well of course I'm not Dark Link. The mirror makes a shadowy copy of the person touching it…Duh!" The Dark Zelda says matter of factly.
"Then how was Dark Link uhh… created?" Zelda asks.
"Duh, he fell through the mirror awhile ago, I think it was about a hundred years or so ago." Dark Zelda says.
"Waa… How he's only twelve years old how can he be a hundred?" Zelda asks shocked.
"Dunno… maybe, heroes get immortality from aging?" Dark Zelda comments.
"Well whatever, go and get shadow link from the mirror please."Zelda commands
"what no way! You go and get him I'm not going back in there." Dark Zelda retorts.
"Yes you are. I happen to have a Mirror Shield and a light source so you will go in and get him!"
"FINE! GODS! GIVE OVER PRINCESS FINE!" Dark Zelda screams jumping into the mirror.
A few long minutes later Dark Link and Dark Zelda appear out of the Dark Mirror. Dark Link is looking extremely freaked out and tugging at his tunic which is on backwards.
"What happened to you two?" Zelda asks.
"Well First off I was busy trying to fight off three ginormous tektites and then she comes in, takes me out then pulls my tunic off tries to touch my balls. Gods she is nutto!" Shadow (A.K.A. Dark Link.) says perturbed.
"You are going right back in the mirror NOW!" Zelda screams at Dark Zelda flashing the light at her.
"FINE!" Dark Zelda Screams back, as she jumps into the mirror and disappears.
"Thanks Zel you saved my balls... Literally." Shadow says fixing his tunic.
"No problem and I know how much you love your balls. *snicker*" Zelda says blushing slightly.
"Yes actually it is a problem, I really owe you one." Shadow says.
"Okay good then, I need you to go rescue the four links they've disappeared." Zelda declares.
"Waa… how well I guess she wouldn't have gotten me out of the mirror otherwise. I mean it's not like she wants to do me or anything. Ok where am I going to start looking? And I also need a shield…'cause Dark Zelda broke it taking my tunic off." Shadow asks.
"Ok here's Greens shield *sniff* I won it for him at the fair right before he… disappeared *sniff*." Zelda says starting to cry.
"There, there Princess." Shadow says hugging Zelda.
A few minutes pass with shadow hugging the crying Zelda, finally she stops crying having felt the soaking wet Shadow.
"Oh I'm sooo sorry Shadow I didn't realize how much I was crying." Zelda says drying her tears on a handkerchief embroidered with the Hylian royal crest.
"No worries Princess." Shadow says cheerily wringing out his tunic and filling up his shoes in the process.
"Please find him… I mean them please Shadow." Zelda says.
"Okay Princess!" Shadow says picking up the mirror shield on his way out.
"Oh Shadow wait!" Zelda calls to him just as he has opened the chamber door.
"What?" Shadow asks turning.
"I almost forgot please take these." Zelda says throwing a sack with the links' caps in it.
"Uhhh…? Thanks I guess." Shadow says leaving.
"I hope he saves them. He WILL save them." Zelda says yawning.
"I guess I should go to bed, it's pretty late."Zelda says slipping out of her gown and into her nightdress.
Princess Zelda gets into bed and within seconds falls asleep.
Zelda's Dream
The four Links are walking through the woods arguing about something Zelda can't hear them it is as if she is deaf then a big purple octorok appears out of nowhere in front of them. Blue says something drawing his sword Vio says something as he pulls his book out of his hat. Blue continues to attack the octorok as his sword hits it there is a flash of light and the four Links are turned into statues, there is another flash of light and the Links disappear along with the octorok.
