Dark Prophecy

Elsewhere in another kingdom, the local princess was walking to an old temple. This princess had long straight blond hair that went down to her waist, and was wearing a fancy pink and white dress and high heels. The only form of make up she had on was red lip stick, and the sharp look in her deep blue eyes made her look slightly older than Princess Peach, even though she was obviously around the same age. This was Zelda, princess of the Kingdom of Hyrule.

Waiting for her at the temple was a young man the same age as Zelda. He looked a lot like Zelda, since he had the same sharp features in his eyes. He had blond hair too, was wearing a green tunic and matching long green cap that made him almost look like an elf, brown belt, white tights, and brown boots. On his back was a large blue and silver shield and a sheathed sword. On the shield and the hilt of the sword was a symbol that look like a triangle made of three smaller triangles. This was Zelda's twin brother, Link. He was leaning on one of the pillars with his arms crossed.

"Thanks for meeting me here Link." she said in an calm and even tone. Link got up and walked up to her.

"This must be really important if you need to go to the temple." Link said in an equally calm tone, but he sounded younger and slightly more impulsive.

"I'm sorry for being so mysterious, but I must check on something."

"And this involves me how?" Link said impatiently, showing he really didn't want to be here today.

"Because if I'm right," Zelda said sharply, "then we're going to need your sword to save the world."

Link looked at the sword on his back. It was the sword of evils bane, the Master Sword. It chose Link as it's master when he was only ten, and he used it to save Hyrule once before. Now ten years later he still held on to the sword, but only because his sister told him to.

Zelda walked into the temple past her confused brother. Link then shrugged his shoulders and ran in after her.

The Temple of Time was surprisingly brand new looking inside, with white walls and pillars. It's said that the reason for this was because time itself meant nothing inside the temple. The back wall had the three triangle symbol on it, showing that it was a very important symbol.

Zelda pulled out a blue ocarina and played a sort of beautiful and haunting tune on it. This was the Song of Time, which acted as a key to the inner most part of the temple. The back wall opened up and revealed a secret room inside. Zelda and Link walked in.

"So are you going to tell me what this is about?" Link asked as they walked into the room.

"I felt a dark presence from the Mushroom Kingdom."

"That strange kingdom east of Hyrule? Their princess always gets on my nerves."

"Oh?" Zelda asked her brother, curious as to why he didn't like Princess Peach. Zelda didn't know Peach personally, but she heard that she was a really nice person.

"She's too weak and sensitive, and just lets people push her around. Nothing like you sister." he said speaking about the rumored kidnappings. How could someone let someone else rule their life like that? Link didn't know if the rumors were true or not, but as far as he was concerned, she was weak, and the one thing Link hated more than anything was weak people.

"Not everyone has the will to fight." Zelda stated, "We had to take care of ourselves all our lives because we didn't know anyone else we could count on. She's different, she was raised differently than us, and she doesn't have a knight for a brother."

Link couldn't say anything to that. She did have a point, Link and Zelda were feared as children because of the magic they possessed. The reason for their magic was the Tri-Force, represented by the three golden triangles seen around Hyrule. It was said that the triangles represented the three virtues that the people of Hyrule tried to live by: Power, Wisdom, and Courage. Link had the Tri-Force of Courage, and Zelda had the Tri-Force of Wisdom. The Tri-Force of Power belonged to an enemy of Hyrule, Ganondorf. No one knew why.

"Whatever, so what's going on there?" Link asked trying to get back on task.

"Well, at the moment," Zelda said walking over to a wall with ancient writing on it, "nothing. But the darkness is centered around Princess Peach. Also I had a premonition last night about her surrounded by darkness, but her form was different."

"Different how?"

"Darker, and power hungry. I wanted to check the records for April 25, 1988."

"Why?" Link was really confused, because that was the most random date he could think of.

"Because that is Princess Peach's birthday."

"Oookay." Link said looking at his sister strangely. Why was she so obsessed with Princess Peach all of a sudden?

The Temple of Time had records of what happened in the past and what was supposed to happen in the future. As Zelda looked at the information on the date, her eyes got wider, suddenly she bit her thumb, a gesture she did to show that she was really nervous. Link saw that and got concerned.

"What is it?" he asked Zelda.

"That's the day of the black star." she said in a very quiet and scared tone.

"What's that date?"

"It's said here that the child born on that day shall bring the apocalypse."

"What?" he said in an equally scared tone. "Are you sure it isn't a coincidence?"

"I'm not sure if she's the child yet, and hopefully if she is that Mario person can keep her in the light. If she even gets a small taste of the darkness we're in trouble."

"Why?" Link asked, even though he partially knew the answer.

"Because darkness is like chocolate, once you get a taste of it you'll only crave more. In her case, assuming she is the child born on that day, her mind will begin to remember what it's supposed to do. She'll become her true self again.

"Then we need to go there and make sure she isn't, and kill her if she is." Link stated. Zelda nodded and they both walked out, hoping that they would make it in time.