"No..." Link whispered as realization dawned on him. He started to sprint towards his house when Ilia grabbed his arm.
"Link, wait, what happened, what's going on?"
"Let go of me!" He broke out of her grip. He heard her fall to the ground, but kept running. When he was in the house he grabbed his hero's tunic, but as soon as he touched them he was already in them. "What the heck?" Link thought as he grabbed his Hylian Sheild and Ordon Sword, burst out of his house. There Epona was, waiting for him and as soon he climbed on she was off. Ilia was waiting right in the middle of the path.
"Link..." She sobbed.
"Move!"
"Not till you tell me what's going on!"
"This isn't the time, move NOW!" Link yelled as he and Epona picked up the pace. Ilia jumped out of the way barely in time and watched as the two disappeared into the Faron Woods.
"Bye..." Ilia whispered.
Trampling an occasional Moblin, Link followed the translucent line of dark pink smoke that led throughout Hyrule Field. Although he felt a tiny pang of regret for the...less than gentlemanly way he had treated Ilia, one of his best friends, he brushed it off. He'd fix it later.
Once he entered Lanayru Province, he saw the destruction. Hyrule Castle was engulfed in black flame and a similiar material surrounded the entire town. There was no way in. Luckily the trail of pink smoke led around towards the back of the castle, under the bridge. The trail of pink smoke had turned into a fog so thick it was hard to see. It was cold and clammy and felt like...death.
"This must be the place..." Link murmured to himself. He let himself off Epona and cautiously stepped into the cloud of dark pink. It had no effect on him that he could see, so he continued deeper into the mass. Then he saw it.
A...thing no taller than he was leaned against a pillar that held the bridge up. It looked a little like a roasting log, black charcoal with little stripes of glowing fuchsia running through it. Link drew his sword when the creature spoke. He gasped.
It was Zelda.
He voice was soft and weak, and gave off an unnatural echo.
"Link..." She whispered.
"Princess Zelda!" Link ran to her. She was clinging on to the pillar in an effort to keep herself standing. Although her silhouette was recognizable, she had no face or color other than the charcoal-effect pattern.
"Link...go to Kakariko Village...find the treasure of the Sheikah...it's twin must be played at the same time...from both realms...go now...it is spreading..." She whispered weakly.
"What! What's spreading!?"
"The dark magic..." And with that, Zelda fell. Link reached out to catch her, but before she fell in his arms she disinegrated into millions of dark pink particles, blending in with mist around them. The smoke suddenly lifted, revealing the landscape of Hyrule, sunny and beautiful, despite the dark flame engulfing the Castle. Link, feeling numb, got to his feet and exhaled as he took in what had just happened. He turned toward the black flame. He stepped closer. Was this the dark magic Zelda had been talking about? He inched closer. I've got to find out.
Taking one more step towards the mysterious flames, he suddenly froze. An invisible force was pulling him in. It was unbearably cold, and suddenly everything was in shadows. Link couldn't move, couldn't think, couldn't feel. He could only stare into the black abyss that seemed to grow before him. He was falling, yet standing still. Breathing, yet suffocating. He unwillingly closed his eyes as everything around him stopped.