Note: The Legend of Zelda belongs to Nintendo. Shadow Echo, Emerald Moon, Johnson Beckett, and Saphira belong to me, GlassSuicune.

Chapter 14: Blizzard.

The Master stood in front of a large stone door. "Long have I waited for the day when I shall be whole again and my power limitless once more..." he started, "And to have Hyrule -no, the whole world- on its knees!" He then engaged in maniacal laughter.

A Black Rider approached the Master. "Master, my scouts have returned." it said, motioning to the two ravens upon its shoulder. "What is the news you bring me? It better be good or..." the Master trailed off, as he smirked at the Rider's obvious fear.

"Orion and Teyla are with a Sage."

"And what about Link and Zelda?"

"Like Orion and Teyla, they are searching for the Spiritual Stones..."

The Master ran his tongue across his lips and gave an evil chuckle. "Master, what are your orders?" the Rider asked, its discomfort showing quite well. The Master turned to it and his already crimson eyes seemed to darken. "Kill Orion and Teyla, but allow Link and Zelda to find the Stones." he ordered.

"As you wish, Master."

As the Rider walked away, the Master examined the door once more. "One as silent as a Shadow... One as luminous as an Emerald..." he said slowly, "You can run, but you cannot hide. You belong to me."

MEANWHILE...

Shadow, Emerald, and Saphira left the Zora Domain and approached Johnson, who was asleep. Emerald casually tapped him on the shoulder and he jumped awake. Screaming, he accidentally fired his gun and a pretty demolished acorn fell down and landed on his head, before falling to the ground. Shadow and Saphira's mouths were wide-open while Emerald said, "Congratulations Rocky the Flying Squirrel. You have just found an acorn!"

Shadow frowned while Saphira had a toothy grin over what Emerald implied. Johnson glared at the acorn that had so rudely landed on his head. "STUPID ACORN!!!" he screamed, shooting the acorn and burning the grass around it. Shadow, Emerald, and Saphira watched this in horror.

Saphira brushed the debris off her skirt and said, "Hate to say this, but in order to get anywhere, we have to go through very scary snowy mountains." The two teen elves stared at her. "What's that supposed to mean?" Shadow asked.

"Well, I hear blizzards are just lovely this time of year!"

Finally understanding what she meant, Shadow and Emerald mounted their horses, Johnson soon after. Saphira gave a wry grin and said, "Yup, into the frozen mountains of certain death we go! Yippee-yay-yay!" That having been said, she ran after them.

After a couple minutes they emerged from the blue forcefield and into the world covered in dark clouds. Shadow got the Phantom Hourglass out and it activated itself, offering its protection once more. "Let's go." Shadow said bluntly.

After a couple hours of traveling, they made it to Snowpeak Mountain. Howling could be heard in the distance and Saphira visibly tensed. Emerald looked at her. "What is it?" she asked. "Shh..." Saphira replied.

The four noticed something moving within the snow, and without warning, a wolfos jumped and knocked Emerald off her horse. Screaming, she reached for an arrow, and frantically tried to stab the snow wolf. It snarled and clawed at her. Saphira stood there doing nothing, like she was in a trance.

Shadow jumped off of Paul and unsheathed his sword, desperate to free Emerald. As he was about to plunge the sword into the thing's back, another wolfos bit his leg and tried to pull him down. As he fell, he could see two wolfos knock Saphira down, and she showed no resistance. Shadow's sword was knocked from his hand when he hit the ground.

Johnson saw this and loaded his gun. He immediately shot the wolfos trying to maul Emerald and then shot one tearing at Saphira. He reloaded again and shot at Shadow's attacker. He noticed another wolfos running towards him and Cinnabar, and he immediately shot it in the head. He had to reload again.

Thanks to Johnson's handiwork, the wolfos was weaker and Emerald punctured one of its lungs with an arrow. She then pushed it off of her body and got her bow and arrow ready. With whizzing sounds, arrows went flying with terrifying accuracy into each and every wolfos she saw. She helped Shadow get free but Saphira seemed out of it.

Shadow ran to Saphira and killed the two wolfos trying to rip her apart. She didn't notice him at all. Emerald and Johnson ran over to the area. "Come on Saph! Wake up!" Emerald cried, clapping her hands. Saphira's eyes suddenly regained life and she took a deep breath. "What happened?" she asked.

"We were attacked by wolves."

"Oh, I didn't notice."

Saphira got back up with Shadow and Emerald's help. She noticed it was starting to snow and the wind was picking up. "Oh dear," she murmured, "We should probably find shelter..." Emerald mounted her horse and Shadow made Saphira ride Paul again, as she wasn't strong enough to walk right now.

The group traveled for what seemed like an eternity, fighting off wolfos and other monsters, before finally coming across an old house. It appeared to have been abandoned months ago, and a blizzard began to pick up, beating snow down on the group.

"We probably should go in there..." Emerald said, gesturing to the house. Everyone else nodded and slowly walked inside -horses included. Looking around the house, they could tell it wasn't abandoned by whoever lived in it, after all.

Whoever lived in it was murdered.

Shadow and Emerald examined the dried blood everywhere, with a creepy satisfaction that they knew they shouldn't have. Saphira started sobbing and sat down against the wall, bringing her knees up to her chest. Johnson noticed and asked, "What's wrong?" Saphira looked up at him and said, "I once knew the Yeti couple that lived here... They were the only ones who showed me kindness when I was younger..."

"How do you know this is their house?"

Saphira gestured to a picture which showed two Yetis and a small Zora standing near them. "Oh..." Johnson muttered, deciding nothing else should be said. Saphira closed her eyes and tried to hold back her tears, but just couldn't. Johnson eyed her with pity.

Shadow and Emerald walked around the house and came across a slightly cracked mirror. Looking into it, they could see Dark Link and Zelda staring back at them with wicked grins. "How does it feel?" Dark Zelda asked. Shadow and Emerald were taken aback. "What do you mean?" Emerald asked.

"Don't think we didn't sense your satisfaction with what happened here."

"W-what?! But we didn't...!"

"Don't lie to us..."

Shadow and Emerald both remained silent. "You think you've changed," Dark Link started, "But you haven't changed at all since you broke free..." The two elves allowed their blood red pupils to thin into stripes. "You're still two very dangerous and very wicked elves," Dark Zelda started, "You don't need Master to tell you how to act. You already know..."

Shadow and Emerald both paled considerably. "Who's Master?" Shadow asked, "We don't understand!" Dark Zelda leaned forward, and it looked as if she could step out of the mirror, "Link and Zelda were so weak, they weren't able to resist Ganondorf's hold... You are no different then them. In fact, you're just the same."

"Is Ganondorf your 'Master' then?"

"Yes. And he's your Master, too."

With that, Dark Link and Zelda faded away and Shadow and Emerald were able to see their own reflections. The gentle, feminine voice called out to them:

"Don't let the demons rule you..."

Note: There's Chapter 14. Review please? I apologize for the long wait to anyone who actually likes this story, but I seemed to have a severe writer's block for awhile ( I still kinda do). Anyway, I'll update as soon as I can.( grabs a huge sledgehammer in hopes of crushing the writer's block)