No time for goodbye,

he said

as he faded away

Don't put your life in

Someone's hands

Their bound to steal it away

Don't hide your mistakes,

cause they'll find you,

Burn you, then he said

If you wanna get alive,

Run for your life

If you wanna get out alive

Run for your-

"Sky, what're you doing?"

"Uhhhhh... Singing?"

"Well, could you stop it? We're on a serious mission here."

"Oh, come on, Twilight. We've been going through this dungeon for days, now. Don't tell me you'd rather sit around and do nothing for days."

"Sky, now is not the time to be goofing around. Zelda is in here, somewhere, in danger, and we need to save her."

"Fine. Can I at least hum?"

"No! We can't have any distractions."

"But I'm BORED! I haven't gone this long without doing anything exciting!"

"Dungeons aren't supposed to be fun. Lives are on the line, Sky!"

"When did you get so serious?"

"Since my game was rated one of the darkest games in the Zelda franchise. Twilight Princess would've been number one, if it weren't for Majora's Mask."

"Who says Skyward Sword isn't a serious game?!"

"Skyward Sword looks like if Twilight Princess and Wind Waker had a baby and they put land in the sky instead of the ocean. It's not a game to be taken seriously."

"Ahem, you two DO realize you're breaking the fourth wall, right?"

"Oh, shut up, Time."

"Just calling it like I see it. By the way, shouldn't the chapter have already started?"

"Hypocrite."

"What?"

"I called you a hypocrite."

"Now is not the time to be thinking about food."

"No, no, no. You just told us not to break the fourth wall and you go ahead and do it anyways. That makes you a hypocrite. You hypocrite."

"Oh, THAT'S what Hypocrite means? I thought it was a deep fried chalupa or something."

"Ugh... I'm surrounded by idiots..."

"Where's Zehro? I'm tired of walking down this hallway."

"Stop breaking the-"

SHUT UP ALREADY! I'm here, alright?! Now let's start this before you all go crazy and try to kill each other.

Chapter 5: The First Trial

"Oh, FINALLY! Our First Trial!"

"Shut it!"

"Hey, where's our animations?"

"I said shut it!"

"But I was just-"

Twilight bitch smacked Sky before he could finish his sentence. "Shut up!" Sky held the spot where Twilight smacked him, whimpering in pain. Time stepped in. "Hey, calm down! You don't gotta be so hard on him, y'know..." Twilight started going insane.

"Oh, really? I should be easy on him... The guy who takes no quest seriously... Sure, let's spend all our time goofing off in this dungeon, eating candy and telling scary stories while Zelda rots away in her cage! I am responsible for what happens to Zelda! If she gets hurt, it's on ME! Do you know what they'll do to me if they find out I lost the princess to some psycho besides Ganondorf?! They will tear me, limb from limb, eat my flesh, bury my bones and DANCE on my grave! So don't you DARE tell me to calm down! YOU DON'T KNOW ME! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I GO THROUGH! YOU-"

Time grabbed Twilight by the collar, punched him in the face and shook him around. "Calm down! You're going insane!"

A loud CLANG was heard from the end of the hallway. Time dropped Twilight and ran towards the sound, with Sky following behind him. Once Twilight regained his wits, he followed the other Links, in a sluggish manner, to the next room. The door behind them shut instantly. A voice came out of nowhere.

"Time for you to face your worst nightmares, heroes..."

In an instant, three mannequins appeared in front of the heroes. They all began to cover in shadows. The voice appeared again. "First... Sky." The mannequin in front of Sky stepped forward a bit. It's arms got bigger with more muscles, it received clothes that resembled a Skyloftian, and it grew hair. Red, spiked up hair. It's facial features took form. The mannequin grew a wide grin, blue eyes and a regular nose. The mannequin crossed it's arms as it finalized it's transformation.

Sky was dumbfounded. "G-Groose?!"

"Well, well, well... If it isn't Link. Or should I say-"

Sky held up his hand. "Yeah, yeah. Stink. I get it. Geez, you can't come up with one original name for once?"

The voice came back over the intercom. "Next... Will be Time." The second mannequin stepped forward. It twisted and contorted in a grotesque form. Not even Twilight could stand the sight of it. The mannequin let out ear piercing shrieks. The wood on the mannequin slowly turned to brown, decaying flesh. It's face formed into a face with lifeless eyes and a dead smile. Time cowered in fear at the sight of it. "It's a redead!" The redead moaned before slowly stepping back.

The other two Links were scared out of their minds. Twilight just rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on. There's nothing scary about these guys. You're just overexaggera-" Twilight was interrupted by the same voice over the intercom. "And finally... Twilight. Let us see what scares you the most, tough guy..." Twilight simply chuckled, knowing that he knew he wasn't scared of anything. The mannequin stepped forward.

The mannequin grew slimmer to take the form of a female body. Twilight's attention was now focused on the wooden figure. The mannequin grew short brown hair that curled off to the side a bit. The clothes appeared as a white shirt and brownish orange shorts. Finally, it's facial features grew and Twilight could plainly see that this mannequin was VERY angry with him. Finally, it's transformation completed. The mannequin shot a dirty look at Twilight.

"LINK!"

Time and Sky laughed their asses off at the sight of the girl. Sky rolled on the floor laughing, not able to speak. Time calmed down a bit. "A girl?! They sent in a girl?! Oh, man, piece of cake, right Twilight?" No response. "Twilight?" Still no response. Time turned to where his friend was standing, but saw a cloud of dust where he used to be. Then he heard a loud clang from behind him.

CLANG!

CLANG!

CLANG!

Time turned around and saw Twilight banging on the door. "LET ME OUT OF HERE! She's gonna kill the shit out of me!" Time resumed laughing his ass off at Twilight's 'biggest fear.' That is until the voice came back.

"SILENCE! Each of you must conquer your greatest fears. Sky and Groose. Time and the Redead. And Twilight and Ilia. And we begin... NOW!"

Clang!

(Man, I need more sound effects...)

A cage was dropped around each of the

combatants, isolating each of the Links to face their own fears instead of helping each other. A spotlight shone on Sky and Groose.

[Sky]

"FIGHT!"

Without warning, Groose grabbed Sky in a headlock and gave him a noogie. Sky squirmed, trying to break free, but to no avail. Groose then took his finger, licked it, and stuck it in Sky's ear. Time cringed. "Ugh... wet willie..." Sky freaked out and bit Groose out of desperation. Groose lost his grip and Sky kicked him in the stomach. Groose uppercutted Sky and sent him flying into the air. He landed on the ground with a thud. Groose lifted his boot and kicked Sky in the face, knocking out one of his teeth. Sky rocketed back up, headbutted Groose, and pushed him straight into the cage wall. Then, Sky swung around and threw Groose into the opposite wall of the cage.

Sky charged over to Groose, who was leaning against the cage wall. Before Sky could attack, though, Groose swung around and hit him in the face with his back hand. Sky fell straight to the ground. Groose's eyes were now blood red and filled with rage. He walked up to Sky and picked up his arm. He twisted around it, lifted his leg and kicked the elbow in as hard as he could.

SNAP!

"AAAAAAAAH!" Sky let out a cry of pain. Groose had a sick, twisted smile on his face. Time and Twilight watched, disgusted by the display. Blood slowly dripped out of the wound as Groose picked Sky up and stood him on his feet. Groose held Sky in place with one arm and brutally punched him in the gut with another. While Sky held his gut, Groose punched him in the face as hard as he could. Sky fell down, yet again. Groose slowly approached him, covered in blood and still bearing that unnerving smile that he had.

Sky had had enough. He slowly stood up and punched Groose in the gut with his good arm. Groose flinched and pulled out a knife. Sky disarmed Groose before he could do any serious damage. He swiped the knife, held Groose's head and slashed at him.

He missed his mark and hit the hair instead.

Groose's eyes widened as he felt the top of his head. He reached into his pouch and pulled out a mirror. He looked at his reflection and saw that his spiked up hair on his head was gone. He just had regular, flat-top hair. Groose fell to the ground and cuddled in a fetal position, murmuring something incoherent. A buzzer went off. The cage around the two had been lifted. Groose was dragged out of the arena by some guard. Before he left, Groose shouted something to Sky.

"You monster! How could you?!"

Sky facepalmed with his good hand. "You beat me senseless, then broke my arm. And I'm the monster?" Another guard came out with a bottle of blue fire. He told Sky to hold out his arm, which he reluctantly obliged. The guard opened the bottle and dumped the blue fire onto Sky's arm. Sky freaked out a bit, thinking it would hurt like hell, but it didn't. The blue fire slowly made it's way into the open wound, found the broken bone and fused it together. A few seconds later, Sky moved his arm. Good as new. The guard bowed and left the arena immediately. The announcer came back on.

"Very good, Sky. You found Groose's weakness. You may now rest."

[Time]

The light shining on him disappeared and Sky sat down on the sidelines. All attention was focused on Time and the Redead. "Time," the voice said, "now it is your turn to fight. Begin!"

Time didn't move an inch. He was too afraid to walk up to the Redead. He didn't have a sword or anything to defend himself with. He was powerless. The redead let out a high pitched scream that pierced Time's ear drums. The redead slowly moved forward towards Time, with that wicked smile on him. Time began to freak out, not knowing what to do. The redead jumped onto Time and latched itself onto his back. Time freaked out and began to run, smashing the redead into the cage walls. The redead slowly sucked the life out of Time while it was being smashed. Time could barely focus. All he wanted was for the redead to get off of his back. After he smashed into the wall a few more times, the redead finally fell off. Time calmed down a bit, but decided to get the heck out of there.

Time ran towards the wall of the cage and started to climb up it to escape. The voice came back. "No, you don't..." Time felt a sudden jolt go through is body and was immediately sent off and back to the redead. "If you try and escape, the cage will electrocute you." The redead latched back onto Time, to which he ran back into the walls. The electric had not yet been turned off so the redead kept getting shocked. The redead finally fell off, giving Time some time to think. What was a redead's weakness? Time pondered his thoughts over and over again. Finally, it hit him.

Light!

Time grabbed a rock off of the ground and hurled it towards the spotlight that was shone on Sky and Groose previously. The light flickered on and shone on the two combatants. The redead let out a terrible screech. Everyone covered their ears, but it could still be heard. Finally, the redead dropped to the ground. Dead, once more. Time took in a deep breath as the cage was lifted. The redead faded away, leaving no trace behind. The voice came back.

"Good job, Time. The redead is dead once more. Go and rest with Sky." Time did as he was told and sat next to Sky. Now, only one was left. Twilight. The cage somehow expanded, giving him more room to run around. The light shone on both Twilight and Ilia. The voice came back. "Now it's your turn, Twilight. FIGHT!"

[Twilight]

Ilia ran forward and tackled Twilight to the ground, punching him in the face repeatedly. Twilight threw Ilia off and ran to the opposite side of the room. Ilia ran back, jumped up and kicked him in the face. Twilight hit the wall and fell down on his face. He rolled onto his back and sat back up. Ilia grabbed his arms, put her foot on his back and pulled back as hard as she could. Twilight quickly swung his legs around and tripped Ilia. They both stood back up.

"Ilia, what is wrong with you?! Why are you attacking me?!"

"You don't know?"

"No."

"Then what's the point in telling you!"

"...what?"

Ilia ran forward and forced her knee into Twilight's gut. After that, she rolled off of his back, grabbed his arm and bent it behind him. Twilight spun around and flipped Ilia over him onto her back. Time and Sky cheered him onto the sidelines.

"Come on, Twilight! Fight her!"

"You can do it!"

Ilia hopped back up and roundhouse kicked Twilight in the face. Twilight fell back onto the wall. Time got up and walked over to the cage. He held up a hand. "Time out," he said. "Time out!" Ilia shot Time a dirty look but stepped back. Twilight's lip was busted open and his nose was bleeding.

"Twilight, what are you doing out there," Time asked. "You just need to fight her." Twilight shook his head. "I can't... She's my best friend. I could never hurt her." Time sighed and looked Twilight in the eye. "Dude, it's a fake. It's not really her." "But... But she seems so real," he argued. "No matter how real it seems," Time argued, "it isn't her." Before Twilight could answer, Ilia grabbed him by the shoulders. "Time's up!" She dragged Twilight back to the center of the arena. "Help...me..." he whispered to Time.

Twilight stood up, only to be met with another roundhouse to the face. He staggered, but didn't fall. This time, when Ilia came in to punch, he blocked it and threw her into the cage wall. Ilia bounced back and attempted a leg sweep. Twilight jumped, avoiding the attack and rolled out of the way. Ilia ran up and attempted to headbutt him, but Twilight grabbed her and pinned her against the wall.

"Ilia, what is wrong with you?! Please tell me!"

Ilia bit his hand, forcing him to let go. She kneed him in the stomach again and threw him back into the wall. He dodged a punch, which hurt her hand, and pinned her back against the wall.

"Just tell me what's wrong!"

Time shouted from the sidelines. "She's not real!"

Ilia squirmed and kicked a bit before she finally stopped. Time raised an eyebrow. "Well?" Ilia gasped. "You're... crushing... my... windpipe..." Twilight let off a bit of pressure. Ilia took a big gulp of air before she spoke. "You really don't know?" Twilight shook his head. Ilia gave him an angry look that, if looks could kill, would completely destroy him. "You...you left me at Ordon." Twilight gave her a confused look. He took his arm off of her throat. "What do you mean?" Ilia turned away from him. "You left me at Ordon Village. You said you would be back. But you never returned. You broke my heart, Link..."

Twilight was still confused. "I... I don't understand." Ilia spun around to face him. "Of course you wouldn't understand. You don't know how it feels to lose the person you care about the most." He held up his hand. "Trust me, I know the feeling." Tears started to come from her eyes. "Why did you abandon me, Link? Why did you abandon Ordon?" Twilight shook his head. "Ilia, you've got it all wrong. I never meant to abandon Ordon." Ilia expression turned from sorrow to pure hatred. "You're lying!" She shouted as she pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the arm. Twilight grabbed the knife, threw it away from her and pinned her back against the wall.

"Ilia, I'm sorry. I never meant to leave Ordon. I never wanted to. But I was pulled in here, along with Zelda and I can't leave until she's safe. Please, tell me you understand."

Ilia shed a few more tears before she spoke. "I... I understand... But Link?"

"Yeah?"

"Promise me something."

"What?"

Ilia slowly wrapped her arms around Twilight and hugged him. "Promise me you won't do anything out of your league. And... Come home, safely." Twilight hugged her back. "I promise." A faint light came from Ilia's chest and in just a few seconds, she turned back into a lifeless, wooden mannequin. The cage disappeared around them.

"Killing your enemies with kindness... Not what I'd go with, but well done." The mannequin disappeared into thin air. "You have all passed the first trial. Step into the next hallway to make your way to the second one."

Sky stomped his foot. "Not another hallway!" Twilight rolled his eyes and opened the door in front of him. All three of them walked into the long hallway for another long walk.

If you wanna get out alive,

Run for your life,

If you wanna get out alive

Run for your life

If you wanna get out alive,

Run for your life

If you wanna get out alive,

Run for your life

Twilight stared at Sky for the longest time. Sky braced himself for the punch he was about to receive. But Twilight simply laughed. He started to sing too.

If I stay, it won't be long,

Til' I'm burning on the inside,

If I go, I can only hope,

That I'll make it to the other side

If I stay, it won't be long,

Til' I'm burning in the inside,

If I go, and IF I GO!

They all broke out into chorus as the walked down the narrow pathway.

Just a little update for you guys. Me and Vicky are going to be working on separate chapters for both the Links and Zeldas. And yes, Vicky is real. She isn't some made up person in my mind. She may not be a demon, but she's a real person. Okay?

Oh, and to the guest who posted the review on chapter five, what do you mean by crack story? I don't really understand. Is that, like, a mash up of the same character from different timelines or something? Is it like what I'm doing here? Can somebody please tell me what he means? I'd like to know.

And that's pretty much it. Thank you guys for reading. Favorite, Follow and especially review. And be sure to wait until next time, where we see what Vicky's come up with. Now with a word of advice.

Word of Advice: NO FLAMES!