It's finally here! Sorry it took soo long. I was err... Well excuses don't matter! What matters is that it's here! Heheh... I hope it's a good chapter. Please tell me if it's terrible. XD

I don't own Zelda... But I know someone that does! :D ...Not personally though...!

Zelda

I knew something didn't feel right, and that feeling only grew with each passing second. People began backing away from the main entrance, questioning each other.

Another bang striked the large doors which sent them flying open, nearly causing them to collapse at their hinges.

A large, dark horse, tangled in iron armour trotted forward. Upon his back sat a large, sinister looking man. He glared, bearing a wicked smile, towards my father. Following behind him were many odd looking beasts.

I turned to see my father. He stared gravely ahead at the man riding towards him. He even looked as though he might pass out.

Silence... The only thing I could hear was the gentle breathing that sounded through the hall. Why has everybody suddenly become so silent? Everybody was backing away as far as they could get from the approaching man.

"Good evening your majesty." His sinister voice hissed. And at that moment, all the sound came flooding back into my ears as if I had been momentarily deaf to my surroundings.

The crowd let out an ear splitting screech as the beasts behind the man charged at them, grabbing them, and pulling them to the ground.

I raised to my feet in shocked horror, before Impa grabbed me by the arm and twisted me around to face her.

"Quickly! Put this over you." She ordered, pulling a long, black cloak over my shoulders.

I looked back to see the whole hall in a state of panick. Guards tried their hardest to fight off the horde of beasts, however to no avail. Many of the remaining guards surrounded my father and I, protecting us from the monsters. Which wouldn't hold them off for long since the majority of our royal guard were given the time off due to the festival.

And yet, the odd thing about this invasion was the fact that there used to be someone who would charge to the rescue when our land was faced with danger. But now, that would be nothing more than a dream... Instead we face devastation, and we perish in the flames...

"STOP THIS AT ONCE!" My father demanded. "Ganondorf... how dare you return and destroy our festival!" He spoke slowly, inflicting each word with pure venom.

The large intimidating horse came to a hault, as the demonic, beastly man whirled himself off his horse, landing against the ground with a resounding thud. He glared towards my father, causing the guards to react defensively by shielding us in a compacted circle.

The demon merely let out a deep, direful laughter at the efforts of our protection.

"If you think those pathetic Hylian guards will provide you any protection, then you are a fool." He stated coldly.

Impa tugged gently at my arm. "Come princess." She whispered, just enough for me to hear.

I turned towards my father. He shifted his eyes towards me without moving his head, and gently nodded toward Impa. I got the message and faced Impa, she took my hand and we snuck through the crowd of guards, making sure no one would see us leave. Once we reached the back door, Impa opened it half way and we soundlessly crept through, gently closing the door behind us.

I leaned against the door, hearing silence once again apart from the gentle quivering of each individual. Then I heard my father's voice "What are you doing here? What do you want?" He demanded. I heard the unsheathing of a sword.

"Zelda." I jumped in surprise as Impa placed a hand on my shoulder "We need to get going as fast as we can!" She stated.

"Impa you scared me." I said breathlessly. She took my hand again, and began running down the hallway, dragging me with her -causing me to trip over my own feet along the way.

"Can't we... take a break!" I panted, as she pulled me around a corner.

"Not if you're in danger, your highness!" She replied without any indication of exhaustion from all her running.

Link

I watched her leave through the doors at the back of the throne. I'd never seen the princess before, yet as I caught a glimps of her face, something about her seemed oddly... familiar? But that's ludicrous... Right?

I pushed the ridiculous thought aside and instead, pulled the hood of my cloak over my head before I ran towards a door leading off to the side of the hall, with Vaati and the two twili beasts shadowing my footsteps.

"What I want is for you to open the doors to the Sacred Realm." I heard my father state menacingly.

"What makes you think I'd comply?" The king scoffed. "I'll willingly face death before I ever follow your orders!" He declared with rage seething through his every word.

"Well see about that..." Ganondorf replied icily.

Their words became fainter and fainter as we ran further through the hallways.

Vaati hadn't spoken a word since we'd arrived at Hyrule castle. He merely followed silently behind. This confused me, even though I did much prefer him silent... I haven't forgotten the first time I had met him, and how much we despised each other...

Seven years earlier...

Link: Age 10

I followed my father through a dark hall in a strange, eerie, lamented castle. A place which immensely resembled a haunted mansion, where you'd expect the find ghouls, ghosts, vampires, demons and other mythical horrors lurking in the darkness. The chills that ran down my spine caused me to keep checking behind my back like someone with a serious case of paranoia.

The castle, apparently, wasn't the only place that was filled with a spooky atmosphere. As we passed by a window, I saw that the woods that surrounded it seemed just as dull and lifeless, as if possessed by sorrowful souls...

Is this what the world was like before I lost my memory...?

I gazed around the abysmal hallway, taking in each individual picture that hung self consciously all along. In many, I noticed, there seemed to be three triangular shapes placed together to form one larger triangle... There were also various portraits of people which held the same symbol, either in the background, or marked onto their hand. I looked towards my own hands. They were covered by thick, leather gloves. I pulled the glove of my left hand away to see if maybe that same symbol was marked on my own hand. To my surprise it was there... But the right corner appeared to luminate in a golden glow...?

"...Father?" I asked, glancing up at him as we continued to walk.

"Yes?" He replied.

"What is this triangle marked on my hand? Does everyone have this?" I held my hand out towards him to show him what I meant.

"That is the mark of the Goddesses. It is only marked onto the... three chosen ones."

"But then why do all these people have the same mark?" I questioned, pointing towards the portraits.

"Some may be fake, others may be previous weilders..."

"So this means that I have been chosen by the Goddesses? But what does this triangle even do?"

"It is called the Triforce. And is split into three sections: Power, Wisdom and Courage. Yours is the Triforce of Courage, and you were given this because the Goddesses believed that you could make a difference to this world. That you are destined to free the world from those despicable Hylians, and bring ultimate power to our people, so that we would never again be cast aside by those villains."

"Hylians?"

"The human-like creatures with long pointed ears. They are deluded to believe that they are the Goddesses 'chosen' people!" He said scornfully.

"But... My ears are pointed." I said, touching one of my ears.

"You are Hylian. But you are different. This is why you will be able to make a difference. What better to change Hylian ways than by a Hylian themself?" He grinned.

"Oh... But, what can I do? I don't know anything about this land..."

"You will, in due time."

We entered a large hall. A red carpet covered the floor, though the walls were the same as the rest of the castle: A dull coloured layer of bricks. Pretty much all of the space was clear, with rotten looking pillars and a few stairs leading up to a raised platform- to which we were standing on. There were also a few strange looking people filling the room. Father cleared his throat, catching their attention.

"Midna." He called.

The woman who had watched over me and looked after me came forward and stopped in front of us. "Yes lord?" She bowed.

"See to it my son is taken care of. I must leave." He said before walking away, without waiting for any sort of reply.

"Hhm..." She breathed, before turning to me, a worried expression momentarily written across her face. She tried to quickly cover it by smiling. "Feeling better?" She asked.

"Yes." I smiled back.

"Good. Would you like to meet some of our members, since you're back on your feet?"

"Sure."

"Okay." She beamed, taking my hand and leading me towards a few people who stood in the hall.

"Hello Koume, Kotake. Ah, Vaati! You're pretty much the same age as Link. I'm sure you'll both get along just fine." She announced proudly.

The strange looking lilac skinned boy, who I assumed was Vaati, glared at me with his blood red eyes, through his long purple hair. "I refuse to befriend any Hylian. Even if he's Ganondorf's son." He scoffed.

"You're not Hylian?" I questioned. "But your ears are long."

"No I am not Hylian! I'm a Wind Mage!" He shouted.

"Calm down, ye pea brain!" One of the witches piped.

"Neyeheheh! Are the winds blowing in the wrong direction for you today, Vaati?" The other witch cackled.

He turned and glared towards the Twinrova sisters, who seemed unfazed by his icy expression. And instead, continued to snicker at their previous comments.

Midna stepped forward to intervene "Vaati, there's nothing wrong with Link being Hylian. It would be no different if he were a Twili, or a Gerudo."

"It would be completely different!" He snarled.

How can he hate me when he doesn't even know who I am! Does he only see me through hateful eyes, because of what I am? ...I'm losing my patience with this, Wind Mage. "I know it's probably the worst thing in the world to be Hylian! But I'm not even part of their civilization, so quit complaining!"

Contempt filled his expression as he studied me skeptically. "You're still Hylian. And as a Hylian, the only thing you deserve is to die, along with every other Hylian on the face of the earth!"

I felt my anger threatening to incinerate my insides "What did Hylians ever do to make you despise them so much!"

"Look at us! Where we've been forced to live! Those Hylians cast us aside like filth! They thought of us as villains, so decided to banish us from Hyrule!"

Ganondorf had said a similar thing not long ago... "Cast aside by those villains!"... But did the Hylians have a reason?...

Midna took note of my forlorn expression and gently patted my shoulder. "Vaati don't use such harsh words. Link's only just awoken not too long ago, and he doesn't remember a thing of his past! He doesn't know about the world, therefore he doesn't know about the Hylians, nor ourselves!"

"He does now!" Vaati shot back.

"Just leave Vaati." She said firmly.

He continued to glare at me for a moment before turning away, "Pathetic Hylian." He muttered as he relucantly left. The wind seemed to buckle around him, causing his hair and clothes to billow as he walked.

I've never met another Hylian, but by the sound of it, they must be terrible people... Vaati may have the right to hate me, since (Even though after everything that has been said- I now wish I weren't.) I am Hylian. Even so, I don't like Vaati. Not, one, bit.

Link

We eventually came across the Hylian princess' path, since the map layouts of the castle we had studied helped us find all the routes through the hallways to where we expected them to run.

Catching up with them was hardly difficult. Though her Sheikah bodyguard turned, pulling out small shurikens and throwing them directly towards us. I effortlessly blocked the attack with my sword and continued forward. Vaati dodged the star-shaped blade and hurled a ball of magic energy towards the Sheikah. She had little time to react and tried to quickly swivel out of the way, to no avail. The magic energy hit her, causing her to turn to stone in a seemingly defensive ninja pose.

"Impa!" The princess panted. She had turned and was staring wide eyed at the Sheikah, holding one hand against her heart. She appeared clueless, or momentarily stunned. I took the chance to charge at her, though her oceanic blue eyes averted from her bodyguard and instead she looked straight at me, with a horrified expression marked on her face. She could not see my face, yet fear froze her body... I drew back my sword as I continued to run towards her, though I knew I couldn't kill her- apparently my father wanted her alive.

She appeared to come out of her trance, as I was ten feet away from her, and quickly glanced towards her bodyguard with worry written over her terrified eyes, before turning on her heel and running down the hall in the opposite direction.

Zelda

I tried to run as fast as I could away from the dark demon that was chasing my tail, but, I was already exhausted. I could feel my legs getting heavier and heavier with each step. And my panting becoming louder and harsher. My heart was beating wildly against my chest, as if it were a bomb timer that would eventually detonate if I kept running like this! And what's worse... I'm now alone. Those monsters had captured Impa. What am I meant to do without her!

All I know is that I couldn't keep this up for much longer. I need to hide... Or even fight. I could use my magic, but he was already too close for long range attacks. If I turned now, he'd have me.

I quickly turned a corner and continued running through the hallway, where at the end I spotted the training room for guards. It was the place where all the weaponry and armoured uniforms were kept. That's it! Maybe I couldn't use my magic, but there's nothing stopping me from using a sword. Plus, Impa had trained me well in the art of close combat.

I ran straight through the door, quickly closing it to buy me more time. The room was dark, and the moonlight that cast a silver glow through the window was the only sorce of light. The demon burst through the door, shortly after I had closed it. I twisted round to face him, my hand about to grip the hilt of a sword that lay across a table. Though before I was able to grasp it, the dark figure pushed against my chest, causing me to stumble backwards untill my back was filrmly against the wall beside the window. The monster gripped the top of my dress threateningly, before placing the the cold blade beneath my chin. A shiver traced its way down my spine at the touch, and I held my breath in fear of breaking down completely. The demons face came within inches of my own, close enough to feel his chilling breath against my face. My mind turned blank. I have no idea what to do. Do I wait for the end? There must be something...

A resounding bang echoed through the room. It sounded as though it came from the hallway... Could there be more demons? The dark figure slightly loosened his grip and turned in the direction of the noise. This was my chance! I seized the opportunity to make a grab for a hammer that hung close beside me before hitting him against his stomach. He let out a small yelp as he released his grasp on both me and his sword. He clutched his stomach as he stumbled backwards, before tripping over and landing against the ground, causing his hood to fall backwards, revealing his... face...

The hammer dropped from my hands as I studied the boy that sat before me. He had blonde hair that hung around his face, and long, pointed ears... He looked up to meet my stunned expression. His eyes... His... eyes... Their deep cerulean blue sparkled in the effect of the moonlight. Th-that can't be! He couldn't be... Could he?

Any fear I felt had vanished, and instead was replaced with extreme confusion. I just didn't understand what I was seeing. Is this all a dream? Have I turned completely insane? There's no way he could possibly be the boy I once knew... No way...

I must be imagining it! I should run while I have the chance to get away! Though for some reason, my feet didn't respond to my mind. I was fixed to the ground, with my eyes locked on the boy in front of me. A boy that was no monster...

Link

I clutched my stomch to suppress the pain as I looked up to see the princess staring straight at me. A confused look marked into her features. Why didn't she run...? She could easily get away... so why didn't she? I tilted my head to the side questioningly as I watched her stare wide-eyed at me.

Strange... But I couldn't let her distract me. I quickly got to my feet, ignoring the pain in my stomach, and grabbed the top of her dress where I had previously held it, though this time I held her with both hands since I had dropped my sword. She seemed unfazed by my threat, instead she continued to study my eyes quizzically. She didn't even try to move away like she had done before...

I furrowed my eyebrows and stared darkly into her eyes, yet she stood her ground, merely parting her mouth as she began to speak.

"...Link?" She breathed.

My eyes widened as my expression relaxed at the sound of my name leaving her mouth. Now we both wore the same dumbfounded expression across our face. How can she know my name? She doesn't know who I am. She knows nothing about me. I've never met her before...

My grip on her dress loosened as we stared at each other. An odd feeling overwhelmed the inside of my chest as time slowed around us. Seconds seemed to pass like minutes as the sound of two erratically beating hearts, was the only thing that could be heard through my ears. I studied the girl in front of me, trying to find her in my mind. Something about her sent my mind whirling, as though searching for who she was... Something about her, seemed familiar.

Yet how can she know my name...?

Zelda

I knew from the moment the name left my mouth, it really was him. The way he reacted couldn't make it anymore clear. But... I don't understand. Why would he betray us? The Link I knew would never choose to join Ganondorf's side... Seeing what he had become sent a million questions bustling through my brain. So much that my head began to ache at the sight of him. There's probably only one thing about him that I knew for sure: He's not the Link I used to know...

I wanted to hurl all my questions and accusations at him. I wanted to know why: Why would he do this to us? He's changed so much in seven years... I might have been staring into the eyes of a stranger. He'd grown so much, and even though he appeared courageous and good-willed on the outside... The inside showed something completely opposite, as if he'd lost himself; lost his soul. Though staring deep into his cold frosted eyes, I could see he wasn't lost completely. I could sense a warm glow locked and hidden much too deeply within them. Far too deeply...

Why are you doing this, Link? I thought we were friends... Was I wrong to believe so?

I tried to force myself to speak. I wanted to know what had happened to him; what caused him to change... But the words refused to leave my lips, and instead I found myself speechlessly staring at him, hardly able to withstand what I was seeing.

Link

Who is she...? I don't know what I should do... Goddesses! I shouldn't be standing here! She's just a Hylian girl. I can't just let her get to me that easily! There's no way she could possibly know who I am-

A sudden surge of pain unexpectedly coursed through my back, causing me to yelp, and time to flow freely again as the room came back into my vision. The princess gasped in surprise as I dropped to my knees before her, clutching the sides of her dress for support.

"Zelda quickly!" I heard a woman call from behind my back. Her footsteps got louder as she came rushing forward.

"Impa?" The princess questioned, almost distantly.

I felt her dress slip from my fingers and the sound of their feet running further, slowly becoming quieter.

I cursed inwardly and reached for my back, pulling out a small, metal object. I winced at the pain as I brought the object into my line of vision. Blood trickled down the edge of the shuriken. I threw it aside and struggled to my feet. Once I was standing I ran towards the door as I realized I'd let the princess escape. How could I let her distract me? I can't give up. I won't fail my father. She will be captured, before she is able to escape.

As I ran into the hallway I could see the princess and her bodyguard turn a corner. I began to run towards them, though something abruptly collided with me, causing me to fall onto the ground. I looked up to see Vaati sitting opposite me. The two Twili bounded up behind him.

"Why don't you watch where you're going!" He shouted furiously.

"I was trying to chase after the princess, and you ran into me!" I retorted.

"Why did you let her get away! I could have easily captured her if I went after her!"

"Why did you let the Sheikah get away! She's the reason I wasn't able to capture the princess!"

"The spell wore off! I didn't charge enough energy for it to last! When I tried to stop her again, she dodged my attack and it end up exploding off of the wall!"

I glared at Vaati before jumping to my feet and taking off in the direction of the princess. "You're wasting time! If she gets away it'll be your fault!"

Vaati caught up to me a moment later as the Twili followed behind him. "We'll both be blamed, you fool!"

I growled in annoyance and increased my pace.

Zelda

Impa continued to pull me through the hallway, and as much as I tried to keep up and focus on getting away, my mind kept drifting back to Link. What am I supposed to think of him? Is he my enemy? Am I really running from him?

I heard the sound of fast approaching footsteps. Turning back I saw two large beasts sprinting forward, advancing far too quickly. Behind them I saw Link and another odd looking boy, it looked as though they were shoving each other out of the way.

Impa abruptly pulled me around a corner and stopped. She quickly turned to face me.

"Zelda, there's no way we'll be able to get away if we keep this up. They're approaching quickly." She said hurriedly as she held my arms.

"Then what will we do?" I asked, my eyebrows furrowing with worry.

"Hand me your cloak." I was about to question her, but I trusted Impa and useless questions would just waste our time. I took the cloak off and handed it to her, She took it, pulled her arms through the sleeves and put the hood over her head, concealing her face. "I'll create a distraction while you get away." She announced.

"But Impa, they'll capture you!" I cried.

"That's the point Zelda. You're the one that needs protecting. You don't need to worry. And there's no time to argue." She added, placing a finger against my mouth as I was about to object.

"Just head straight into that room." She gestured towards a door that stood close beside us "There should be a drain that leads down to the sewers. It'll be a perfect escape route. Now go!" She ushered me towards the door.

I knew there was nothing I could say to change her mind. I was left with little option since theywere fastly approaching.

"I'll miss you Impa." I said, giving Impa one last hug, knowing we may never see each other again. I followed her orders, reluctantly releasing her from our embrace and heading quickly into the room she had mentioned.

Link

We turned the corner and caught sight of her cloaked figure running down the end of the hall. But her bodyguard wasn't with her... Even if I don't know much about Sheikah, I was sure she wouldn't abandon the princess. Is she planning an attack? It wouldn't matter what she was planning- we would still capture the Hylian princess nonetheless.

Vaati shot a ball of magic energy towards her, but she managed to swiftly evade the attack.

Though she didn't manage to outrun the Twili beasts. They caught up with the girl and pounced on top of her, causing her to fall to the ground. She struggled under their grip as we reached her. The beasts pulled away and Vaati dragged her to her feet, restraining her arms by holding them behind her back. She struggled against his hold hopelessly.

For some reason, I felt odd as I watched her struggle. I walked closer to her and pulled back her hood. But what I saw wasn't the princess- it was her bodyguard. So that's what they were up to... Curse the Goddesses, now we've let the princess escape!

"Where's the princess!" Vaati demanded angrily.

"Why would I tell you." The Sheikah snarled with disgust, before she kicked him in the stomach, causing him to recoil whilst releasing her hands.

I quickly grabbed her around the waist, restraining her arms, before she had the chance to run away. "You know Vaati, this wouldn't've happened if you hadn't gotten in my way!" I huffed, fighting against her struggle.

"No it's your fault! You can't capture a princess. What were you doing? You had her, but you had your back turned? You're pathetic Link. Why Ganondorf wants someone like you as a son, I'll never understand."

"Link?" The Sheikah mimicked, momentarily freezing from her struggle. Though before I had time to react to her sudden change of mind, she quickly elbowed me in the stomach (which was already painful from being hit with a hammer) causing me to fall onto the ground, dazed.

I looked up at her, confused as to why she said my name. The way she said it sounded as though she knew who I was... But that's ludicrous. Neither she or the princess could possibly know who I am! ...Right?

The Twili beasts quickly grabbed her, each holding one of her arms. She fought against them as Vaati sighed. He began to charge up his magical spell before releasing the strong current straight at her, causing her to turn to stone.

"Maybe if we bring her back as our prisoner. We can interrogate her and get her to tell us where the princess is." He stated.

"Sure..." I mused, absentmindedly rising to my feet.

Zelda

I stood within the sewers, just below them, listening to their every word. Impa had been captured and it's all because of me... I promise I will help you Impa. I'm sorry...

Link... I hate you for what you have caused! ...How could you be so cruel...?

0.0 Ikr... This chapter was long. Or at least longer than the others! Leave reviews and make mah day! Or night... depending on when I read them... Hmm, I've also decided I hate not giving my chapters titles. XD