((A/N: Mwahahaha! Now... Shadow World is starring... Link! Of course, it wouldn't be Zelda without Link. I just needed to introduce the situation with those other four. But they will come back. Now... read the lovely.))

The sun shone over the the green trees of the Ordon Woods. The green hue fell in through the window of a young man's house, who lay there sleeping silently in his bed. Birds flew past the windows, chirping happily. Squirrels scattered around the area of the woods, as a young woman walked into the woods. She was smiling, as she awaited the day's grace. The wind blew right by her, and she breathed it in. She took in every bit of it. Today was definitely a great day.

"Link?! Are you up yet?" the girl called out. She stood there, waiting for the man inside the house to answer. "Link! Come on, hurry up! You promised we'd go for a walk to Lake Hylia! And go fishing!!"

The young man inside the house began twitching, as he heard the screams. He sighed and looked up at his clock. It was way too early, but then again, he did promise her to go fishing. The young man stood up out of his bed, and stretched out. He walked over a bit and picked up his shirt and put it on. Then he heard, "Link, if you don't wake up, I'll bust the door down! And I don't care if you're naked either!!"

"Yeah, you'd like that..." he mumbled. He grabbed a jar full of bait and put it in his pouch. He grabbed his two fishing poles and lastly, he grabbed his Ordon Sword. He wanted to be prepared just in case.

The young man yawned once more and then walked to the door, when he heard, "I'm coming in!!" And then suddenly, his door flew open, slamming the young man back. The girl looked down and then said, "Oh... sorry... Well, Link. Are you ready?"

"Yeah, sure, Ilia. Except let me get some ice, real quick," he responded, a bit angry. The girl smiled and walked out with the fishing poles. Link put some ice on his cheek, and then bandaged it up. It wasn't too bad of a wound, but he didn't want to get it infected or anything.

He walked out of his house and Ilia was standing by the entrance to the woods. She looked up and said, "Will you hurry up, you slow poke? All of the good fish are going to disappear!" Link sighed, and jumped down off his balcony. He made his way over to Ilia and she smiled, "Don't worry, we'll have fun! Come on."

"I dunno about fun... I mean... it is you..." Link said a bit to himself.

"What was that?" Ilia said, her smile disappearing almost immediately.

Link began chuckling a bit and said, "I was just kidding. Come on, let's get going." He put a smile on his face, but Ilia didn't. She just turned around and ran off. Link sighed. She always takes jokes too seriously. "Ilia! Come back!" Link said, running.

That's when the woods darkened. Link looked around, and watched as it began to rain. But the rain was a little different. it was pure black, and once it touched the grass, a patch of darkness was there. When the raindrops fell into the spring, the spring turned black. And the bad thing was that Link couldn't find Ilia anywhere.

"Ilia!!" Link called out.

"Yes?"

He turned around, and saw Ilia. He gave a sigh of relief and said, "Oh, sorry... What's going on?" Link looked around at his surroundings, which were all totally black. The rain kept going.

Ilia slowly stepped up to him, "What do you mean?" Link didn't say anything. "Link what's wrong?" Ilia asked, ask blood slid down her forehead. Ilia's skin began wrinkling up and falling off, showing her flesh.

Link backed into a wall, "Ilia!? Are you alright?"

"Odd that you ask me... I'm feeling... strange..." Ilia said, looking at her bloody hand. Ilia glanced back up toward Link and asked, "Link... do you think I'm pretty?"

Link sidled his way into the pathway to the Faron Woods, Ilia calling him from behind. He ran across the bridge into the woods, but no matter where he went, the darkness followed. Just what in Din's name was happening?!

"Link... Am I pretty?" Link heard, as he looked back. Not only was there one Ilia, but there were many, and they all looked lifeless. Over and over, they muttered the same words. Link fells backwards into the Faron Spring. He backed further in, trying to get away from them. He was also waiting for the Light Spirit to emerge and break through the darkness...

But it never did.

Link got up and ran away, towards Hyrule field, but something grabbed his foot and he fell down. He looked back and saw only one Ilia, who was on the ground, and her arm was elongated into some slime, which was around Link's leg, hindering his movement. Ilia then quickly crawled up to Link and on top of him. Her bloody face was staring directly into Link's blue eyes, and asked, "Do you think I'm pretty?"

"Link?"

Link looked up, into the bright sun's gaze and the rather cloudy sky. It wasn't dark anymore. He looked over and saw Ilia, and began backing away from her. "Link.. what's wrong?" Ilia asked, slowly approaching him. Link shook his head, but said nothing. He kept scooting back away from her. His vision became hazy, and before he knew it, he fell unconscious.

Link woke up, startled at his surroundings. He jumped up, and found himself in his house, completely dark. He stood up and looked out the window up at the stars. It was just night time, nothing to worry about. Link lit up and lantern and sat down in a chair. He couldn't get the image of Ilia out of his mind.

It was almost like she was stalking him. That face... the skin ripping off... the blood sliding down... and that voice... that kept muttering the same thing over and over.

Link fell to the floor, gagging. After a couple of minutes of gagging, he finally vomited all over his floor. Even after all of that came out, he continued to gag. He didn't know why. He tried getting up, but he was in too much pain. He glanced upwards and met nose-to-nose with the face of Ilia.

"Do you think I'm pretty?"