Note: The Legend of Zelda belongs to Nintendo. Shadow Echo, Emerald Moon, and Johnson Beckett belong to me, GlassSuicune. And just so everyone knows, I've actually given Emerald the Phantom Sword -and yes, it DOES have a sheathe- because it didn't make sense for Shadow to have two swords especially when the weapon Emerald has is only good at a distance ( though I will admit, Emma with a sword does kinda scare me). My editor told me this chapter was kinda 'T' rated, but doesn't think I need to change the rating right now, so read with caution. BTW, I forgot to do this last chapter so...

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Now, without further ado, ze chapter!

Chapter 11: Dark Link and Zelda.

An old man and woman stared at a mirror, showing visions of spreading darkness. The woman looked at the man. "I have seen every possible future," she started, "And none of them truly set this right." The man's eyes darted from the woman to the mirror, then back to the woman. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"I... can't bear to tell you how it ends no matter what we do..."

With a sad look, the woman walked away.

Somewhere else...

The sky was blacker then it could ever be. The town was gray and lifeless, even the plants had withered. Ice could be seen here and there, covering the power-lines completely. And it wasn't even winter. Neither one of the trio said a word, as if shattering the deathly silence would cause the sky itself to crumble.

Shadow and Emerald fought themselves to stay together. They lived in this once lively and peaceful town for as long as they could remember, and now... their home was gone. Their previous lives had no hope of ever coming back.

Both teens could only think of one single, simple question: Why did this have to happen?

Johnson rode in front, but more in a protective manner, allowing Shadow and Emerald to basically 'lead the way'. Even Johnson had to think to himself why everything that had happened, well, had to happen. It didn't make sense. Of course, if you believed all the fairytales, you would understand. But Johnson didn't believe anything. Nothing at all.

They came up to an old building and Shadow slid off Paul, before walking in. Johnson and Emerald stayed close to the door and each other, in case something happened. Inside the building, Shadow didn't really think he'd find anybody, but it was worth a shot. He carefully walked through the dark room, sword and shield ready. He quietly searched the place, it was too still for comfort.

An in-human, almost snarling noise could be heard behind a pair of worn, purple curtains. Shadow wondered what that noise was coming from, but deep down he knew he should run. Run away from this place. The snarling only grew louder, and Shadow felt frozen. Then, to his horror, a zombie-like monster jumped through the curtains and tackled him.

Shadow found himself staring into pitch-black, empty eye-holes and a pitch-black, wide-open mouth with no visible tongue or teeth. Just pitch-black. The zombie's skin was blood-stained and looked like it would wear away easily, but hadn't been able to. It was a Redead. Shadow let out a scream of terror that was cut short as the Redead's mouth latched onto his face and immediately started draining blood from its victim.

Luckily for Shadow, Emerald and Johnson heard his half-scream and ran inside, seeing their friend being held to the ground by the Redead and turning paler each second. While Johnson fumbled with his shotgun -he hadn't loaded the gosh darn thing- Emerald unsheathed the Phantom Sword and swiped at the Redead, careful not to hit Shadow.

The Redead let out a sickening shriek and got off Shadow who gratefully took in huge breaths of air. The Redead snarled and slammed Emerald into a wall, before beginning to drain her blood. Like Shadow, Emerald was immobilized. Shadow noticed what was going on and said weakly, "Let....her....go."

Johnson had finally loaded his shotgun, but rather then shooting the Redead -doing so could result in injury to Emerald-, he thwacked it upside the head with the back of the gun. The gun, of course, went off and the bullet went through the window, having flown over Shadow. "What was that?" he asked, he voice hoarse.

The Redead let go of Emerald and lunged at Johnson, who in his panic, sent a bullet right through the monster's head. It shrieked and fell to the ground, twitching. For good measure, Johnson re-loaded the gun and shot it again. It stopped moving. "Cool!" Johnson cried, "I killed a zombie!" Shadow and Emerald stared at him. "Congratulations Leon Kennedy." Emerald said sourly.

Shadow slowly got up and peered through the doorway with the curtains. He -and Emerald- could feel a strange presence in this building. Seeing no immediate danger, he walked into the room, Emerald following -Johnson went back outside to uh, 'check on the horses-.

Shadow and Emerald examined all the twisted figures on the paintings and could tell this building was not here before. And that made them worried. How did it get here in the first place? A creaking sound could be heard and both teens immediately cringed, scanning the area. Only a rocking chair, nothing else.

A moaning could be heard, starting off quiet and then becoming very loud, then dying down. Shadow and Emerald looked at each other nervously, this place was freaking them out. Ringing could be heard and the inhuman moaning continued. Both teens thought the same thing:

'What is going on?'

Dark shadows began to move in mind-boggling fashions as the teens came across an eerie set of stairs. The moaning was even louder then before. Whatever it was coming from, was down there. Shadow gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and nodded to Emerald, who gripped the Phantom Sword's hilt as well.

Shadow motioned for Emerald to get behind him and he walked down the weak stairs, into the pitch-black room. They tried to be as quiet as possible, but the darn stairs betrayed them. When they made it down, they were both immediately knocked to the stone cold floor by something they couldn't see, their swords knocked out of their hands.

"Sleep. We can take care of this..."

It was Dark Zelda's voice. Before Shadow and Emerald knew what was happening, everything went black for them. Their skin turned pale and their clothes became black and shadowy. When their eyes opened they were blood red.

Dark Link and Zelda then stared at the monster that had so rudely attacked their hosts. It was some kind of deformed animal, that much they could tell. It had the body of a wolf but bat-like wings were on its back, it had fangs similar to a snake's, and claws similar to a tiger's. The elves-in-the-teens'-bodies decided it must be some kind of demon.

Standing beside the 'demon' was a nearly faceless being resembling a Redead, only pale white and covered in a gray robe. It's huge, empty eye-holes looked as if they could freeze one in place just by the zombie thinking it. It gave a slow, almost silent moan that gradually grew louder. It raised its deformed hand and five skeletons rose from the floor behind it. Dark Link and Zelda merely rolled their eyes.

Dark Link held Shadow's sword -which had taken on black hues- in front of him and charged at the white zombie. The zombie shrieked and the skeletons rushed in front of it, just like Dark Link knew they would. He stopped running as they surrounded him and he spun in a circle clockwise, slashing each skeleton. Then he spun in another circle counter-clockwise, furthering his attempt to slice the them to pieces.

Dark Zelda approached the demon and held the Phantom Sword -in its original state- in such a position that it shielded her face. The demon approached her, barring its fangs, completely oblivious to the arrow she was carrying in Emerald's other hand. The demon lunged at her and she sidestepped to the left, jamming the arrow in its right eye and slicing its right leg with the Phantom Sword. Screaming, the demon slashed Emerald's side, making Dark Zelda tumble. She didn't seem bothered in the least.

The zombie raised its hand and summoned more skeletons. Dark Link ignored them and made a mad dash for the zombie itself, this time intent on slicing its head off. It shrieked and the skeletons ran to protect it again. Dark Link slashed them to the side with ease and he sliced off the hand the zombie had been using to summon the skeletons. Before he could strike it, the zombie teleported to another part of the room.

Dark Zelda regained her balance and sprinted towards the demon, the Phantom Sword ready to tear through anything that got the in the way. The demon immediately swung its left wing at her, hitting her with full force. Whereas, Emerald would've been knocked back and dazed, Dark Zelda grabbed the wing with Emerald's free hand and slid the large sword right through the demon's shoulder-blade. She dug it deeper -ignoring the furious cries from the demon- and with one swift motion, efficiently sliced its wing off.

Dark Link noticed the zombie carefully holding an ax with its currently intact left hand. It seemed to struggle with the thing's weight, and Dark Link took the opportunity to dash forward, raising Shadow's sword. The zombie noticed this and swung the ax, narrowly missing Shadow's stomach. Dark Link then drove the sword right into the zombie's chest and slid it upward... I'll let you figure out exactly what that means. Either way, the zombie was dead and dissolved into Sand of Hours, which Dark Link put in the Phantom Hourglass.

Dark Zelda scrambled to avoid the demon clawing at her, and stuck the Phantom Sword into its leg, angering it even more. She pulled the blade out and began slashing it relentlessly. Dark Link jumped towards the demon and stuck Shadow's sword right through its back. It screamed and knocked him off with its other wing, which he promptly sliced half of clean off it.

Dark Zelda pulled out Emerald's bow and got an arrow ready. The demon couldn't notice her because of its injured eye and went after Dark Link, whom it could see. He again jumped over it, slicing its wing some more and making it turn its neck, exposing its good eye to Dark Zelda's arrow. It whizzed by Dark Link and hit the demon's eye, ruining its vision completely. Unable to see, it pounced in random directions while Dark Link and Zelda finally finished it off. It dissolved into more Sand of Hours, which again was added to the Hourglass.

Dark Zelda allowed her gaze to wonder off and she saw a piece of paper that the zombie and demon were obviously guarding. She picked it up off the small table and smiled. It was a map, a map of the real Hyrule. The two elves then snapped their fingers and Shadow and Emerald woke up, back to normal.

The house dissipated, and the two teens jumped. They looked and saw Johnson staring at them in horror, apparently having seen the house go 'poof'. He screamed and promptly fainted. Emerald looked at the piece of paper in her hand. 'Hmm?'

Note: ...And cut! There's Chapter 11. I tried to make it as interesting as I could. It was better then the last chapter I think. BTW, I'm not a Resident Evil fan, but I thought the 'Leon Kennedy' joke was too good to pass up. Um, if you're wondering how they made it to Kokiri Town with only twenty-four hours in the Hourglass, they fought a lotta monsters and obtained Sand of Hours. I'm sooooooooo sorry for the late update, July is turning out to be very disastrous for me. Now, if you'll excuse me... OH SWEET PINEAPPLES! ZOMBIES!!! Where's my machine gun? WHERE'S MY LITTLE MACHINE GUN?! ( looks and grabs water gun) Take that, freaks! Muahahahaha!