Zelda hit the cold, translucent floor. Clouds of dark pink mist surrounded her, then receded back to a gray shadow, the only other thing in the square room. The air was so light and thin and had no feeling to it. The ground was foggy, yet solid.

She staggered, than stood up. She was now back to her normal appearance. The last thing she remembered was Link reaching out to catch her as she lost consciousness and fell. But that was in Hyrule Field. Where was she now?

The shadowed figure stood.

"Approach me."

That voice...

"You are the one who has contacted me through my dreams." Zelda stated, feet planted firmly on the ground.

"So the Triforce of Wisdom speaks truly. I said, approach me."

"It is the person that influences the Triforce, not the Triforce that influences the person. I will not approach you. Tell me why your power plagues Hyrule. "

"As you wish." The figure's mouth opened, a black hole.

"This is Space. Not the kind with stars and such as you know it in your world, but a world between worlds. It exists in thin air."

"You have told me of this already when you communicated with me through my last dream. You have not, however, told me of your reasons to destroy Hyrule, engulfing it in a black flame. It is spreading as we speak. Though your curse has teleported me to this...realm, it is too late for you. I managed to alert the Hero of how to get here. He will stop you." Zelda spoke, choosing her words carefully.

"You are feisty, aren't you? I preferred you in your unconscious state. This isn't a "realm", but more of an annex, inaccessible by most. But if you wish to know of my power, you shall.

"My power is the same power that betrayed the Goddesses so long ago. It is also the same power that saved your life and your realm. Ages in the past, the goddesses drove me and my acquaintances to the Twilight through a cursed mirror when we sought that power. But while the process was being completed, I made an escape."

"It was very risky, what I did. Oh, yes. I became merely a spirit, if that's what you would call it. For so long I remained dormant, until that fool Ganondorf released the power I had sought so many centuries ago. He was unaware, of course, when he destroyed your little friend's headpiece, the last shell of that great power. I had managed to obtain it, giving me more strength than I knew what to do it. And, on top of that, you're little "Hero" put an end to him for me, killing him. And so the Triforce of Power left the corpse, looking for the strongest source of Power to bond with. It was successful."

A shape that resembled an arm and hand floated in midair. A faint tattoo on it, with a glowing triangle on top.

Zelda's eyes widened, then furrowed. She started to create a spell, something that may subdue, him, but a flash of dark pink light knocked her back.

"Yes, isn't it ironic? The very goddesses that tried to banish me from existence have bestowed upon me a blessing." It gave a maniacal laugh that echoed unnaturally through out the room.

"Link and I have also been blessed by the goddesses. We will find a way to stop you."

"But, Princess, have you taken a look at your Triforce lately?"

Zelda looked down. The Triforce mark on it, as usual. But when it glowed, only half of the Wisdom Triangle was lit up, instead of the full one. Zelda closed her eyes.

So it seems that the Spirit of Nayru chose to remain both within her and I, despite the breaking of the curse. But that means...

"You only have half of the power you used to. And it was all your doing when you chose to save the life of that wretched Twilight Princess. Hehe...she's the only one that knows the power of the Shadow. Along with that power, and the combined Triforce, I will be able to surpass the gods themselves!" The fuschia smoke swirled from his form and filled the room. Zelda felt her head go blurry.

Midna...I'm sorry I've put you in this position. Please...only you can seize the power of the Shadow...

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Ok, guys. See, I tried to check my email, and when I logged on, I got a page saying that my account is not secure and that it could be intercepted. Well, I freaked out and made a call to Verizon, but it was a false alarm, they were having a problem with their system. So, ignore the "NEWS FLASH" thing, I'll probably delete it.

Anyway, here in this chapter you get more of the plot and storyline. It's a bit confusing, so I'll explain it a bit simply.

Creepy Shadow Dude(to be named) is one of the people who tried to master the Fused Shadows to use them for evil purposes a long time ago. The goddesses drove him and his buddies to the Twilight Realm. He tried to escape and was trapped in Space. When Ganondorf(k) destroyed the Fused Shadows, which were like containers for the power in the Fused Shadows, the power was released, and Creepy Shadow Dude got ahold of it. Then when Ganondorf was killed, the Triforce of Power left him. The Triforce acts like a magnet, so it automatically looked for the strongest source of power to bond with. And at the time, the strongest source of power was Creepy Shadow Dude, who had just obtained the power of the Fused Shadows.

Zelda, who shared the power of the Triforce of Wisdom with Midna when she saved her life, only has half the Triforce of Wisdom now because the other half lies in Midna.

Hope I've cleared things up a bit. More will be explained in future chapters.

King Fish Head/Insane Masked Contortionist(hee, I got a new nickname for Zant!) and Ganondork will not appear as antagonists in this story.

And the votes are in, so I am working on a oneshot where Link rushes Midna to Zelda. It's coming along quite nicely if I do say so myself.

School starts tomorrow for me, so that knocks 8 and 1/2 hours out of my day. I'll also have volleyball, karate, varsity choir, theatre...so I'm gonna be pretty busy, but I'll try to consistently update this fic. Be patient with me!

Long author's note huh? Well, I'm not done yet. My buddy fishylishy is having a Zelda Fanfiction Writing contest, so go check it out. Other stories to look at.

Gold in the Dark, by Sheograph-AWESOME story. It's a must read.

Simply for the fun of it, I will be posting random quotes by random people each chapter.

Midna: "If we can just defeat Zant, the curse on me will dissolve, and we may be able to bring back Zelda."

DarkChiron's commentary on this: "Well, that good, cause me(Link) and Zelda are supposed to get together later, so if she nonexistent, that's...gonna put a huge damper on our plans."-DarkChiron, LoZ Twilight Princess Walkthrough part 106, youtube.

Well, now I'm done jabbering now.

-Peaches732