Note: The Legend of Zelda belongs to Nintendo. King Titan and Prince Ronan belong to me, GlassSuicune. This chapter strays away from Shadow and Emerald and focuses on Titan and Ronan, and tells some things you might find interesting. This is also incredibly short, so sorry in advance. Hope you like.

Chapter 9: Underground.

"Dad, I don't understand. Why is Hyrule City safe, when all the other towns and cities are completely devoid of all life?" Ronan asked as his dad looked through an old fairytale book. Titan looked at his son, a look of knowing in his gentle eyes. "Come with me and I will show you." he answered, putting up the book.

They left the royal library and walked through the maze of a castle, going down hallways Ronan didn't recognize. They came up to a door locked, chained, and even bolted. A warning in sloppy red paint could be seen on the door. It said:

Keep out. Danger.

Titan pulled out his small gun, saying, "Stand back" and began blasting the door, creating a large circle of small holes. He then kicked the circle, making a hole big enough for him and Ronan to step through -which they did.

They were standing on clearly unstable wood, and it appeared to be part of a roof. "This is the only part of the castle roof that remains." Titan stated, pushing down on some of the roof, breaking through it. He then jumped down and looked back up, beckoning Ronan.

"Castle Roof?" Ronan asked, jumping down and feeling very uneasy. "Ronan, this is the original Hyrule Castle." Titan answered, leading his son through the crumbled hallways.

"The original Hyrule Castle?"

Titan and Ronan came to the damaged door that led to the throne room. Titan pushed on it, trying to get it to push open like it was supposed to, but it had been jammed. "Help me Ronan." Titan requested. Ronan began pushing on it as well.

"What do you mean 'original Hyrule Castle'?" Ronan asked again, the door beginning to move back in place. Titan pushed harder and so did Ronan. Harder and harder and harder until...

Snap! Creak!

Parts were snapped, but the door was open none-the-less. "Ronan, remember the Legend of Zelda fairytales I used to read to you?" Titan asked as they walked in. "Yes." Ronan answered.

"They're all true. No doubt you remember the story of the brave squire Orion, who brought the legends of the Triforce to an end?"

"I remember that one. Wait... Are you saying THIS is the castle that sank into the ground?!"

Titan answered by nodding. In the throne room was a pedestal that would hold a sword could be seen in the far-off left corner. But no sword was present. Instead, there was a large, shining yellow crystal.

"This is the Light Crystal, a fragment of the legendary Time Crystal," Titan explained, "I believe because of its mystical power, Hyrule City is protected from the dark forces that have destroyed the outside world."

Ronan stared at the Light Crystal in awe. The stories that had always been frowned as mere fairytales historians of the supposed 'Triforce Era' came up with actually were real? It was hard to believe, but there was no other answer.

"Dad, that is a sword's pedestal. Was the legendary Master Sword there at one time?" Ronan asked. "Yes my son. But when Orion destroyed the Time Crystal, the Master Sword was sent flying across the earth and was never found. There was no reason to find it. Now the Light Crystal resides here." Titan answered.

Ronan looked back at the Light Crystal, feeling its intense power.

"Touch the Crystal."

Without thinking, Ronan placed his right hand on the glowing crystal. A vision of the past ran through his mind, showing Orion and the two elves, Link and Zelda. Orion was holding the Master Sword above the Time Crystal, ready to shatter it into pieces. "This will end it..." he said.

Link and Zelda tried to get up, but their wounds stopped that spectacularly. Orion turned his head towards them, a gleam of compassion in his blue eyes. "May you solve your problems in your new lives." he told them, but it fell on deaf ears, as the two elves were too dazed and horrified to hear anything clearly.

"Look to your left."

Ronan obeyed the voice and saw an injured girl -obviously Teyla- walk into the temple. Ronan got a careful look at her. Her skin was slightly gray, almost pale. She was in a black dress with a gold necklace around her neck. Her hair was black as well and her ears were pointed, like Link and Zelda's. Her eyes were a ruby red.

Ronan then looked back to Orion, who failed to notice Teyla, as he was about to destroy the Time Crystal. He was dressed in royal armour, not squire's armour. Ronan wasn't able to see anything else very clearly, as the Time Crystal immediately burst into blinding light. Teyla whispered, but Ronan didn't hear it. The vision ended.

"The Time Crystal was created by the fused powers of the sages and Triforce holders," Titan muttered aloud, "Or so I've heard..." Ronan shook his head, trying to figure out the significance of the vision.

Ronan pondered over Teyla's appearance. She looked like a Twili... But she couldn't be. If all the Legends of Zelda were true, then the Twilight Mirror would've been shattered and any connection to the Twilight Realm impossible. Unless...

Did someone reassemble the Mirror? And for what reason?

Note: There's Chapter 9. I'm sorry if it's in poor quality, I'm actually starting to collide with writer's block. Anyways, I'll try to update next week. See you then.