30FF submission!

Warning: I plan for this to be yaoi which means two males doings the do. If you don't like this, press the back button please and do not flame. Another thing: This will contain spoilers from OoT and TP (though I'm certain that if you're here, you know about OoT) Sheik is also his own character and separate from Zelda. I'm not too certain if I'll explain their relationship (AKA Sheik = Zelda or not).

Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, or any of its characters do not belong to be and are property of Nintendo. However, I do claim possession of this story's plot line and any Original Characters formed in the process of it (Characters:N/A ATM)

Later that day, Link went to the small fountain outside of his house. There was something familiar about the waters. Lately, his dreams were becoming eerie. He didn't know what to think of them. Dreams weren't normally meant to make sense, they weren't supposed to connect to one another. So why was it that he seemed to be living another life in his dreams? Why were there children reoccurring within his subconscious? He had never met them before, but he felt as if he'd known them his entire life.

"Tell me Link." Feet were walking towards him before the person – Rusl – sat beside him. "Do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls?"

Link wasn't too sure how to answer that question. In his early childhood, it was true because that meant he couldn't play for much longer, and recently, as darkness fell so did a dread and, yes, sadness. However, Link couldn't account for the time in between. He was happy on some days, because his nightmares faded, but also sad for the loss of his friends at night.

"They say it's the only time when our world intersects with theirs. The only time we can feel the lingering regrets of the spirits who have left our world."

Link looked up at the darkening light. People said many things, yes, and Link felt that this, perhaps may be true, if only partially. Dusk was the moment darkness turned into light and dawn was when light turned to dark. It was only, twilight then, that their worlds truly intersected.

Rusl's words confirmed his suspicions. Yes, loneliness did pervade the hour of twilight.

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Link's dreams were no better that night, the horrors of darkness blanketing the world, that maniacal laughter.

The day just served as, almost a promotion to his worries that were starting to grow. His newly acquired slingshot had a sense of familiarity to it, and Link couldn't resist buying the thing – even if it were for children. Then, Talo just had to run into the forest.

What had really unnerved him though, were the monsters that showed up. The deku babas that looked only a little bit different than those in his dreams, the bats which he had instinctively called keese (he knew they weren't the normal bats) and then those… blue creatures. If anything, he had to relate to them as skinny, miniature cousins of those moblins from his dreams. Deku babas weren't uncommon in most places of the forest – but they didn't grow to be that large, and he was certain that the keese weren't natural inhabitants, but those blue creatures… they did not belong anywhere.

Finally, he managed to free Talo from those creatures and walked him back to the village. When Rusl approached him and asked him about the forest he nodded. Yes, the forest was becoming strange.

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The darkness seemed closer now, and for some weird way, it seemed to almost glow. The maniacal laughter and the red hair morphed into some foreign masked creature with a different, almost perverse, laughter. It felt as if it was knocking at his door, waiting to be let in.

When Ilia took Epona, he wanted to explain the situation to her, but at the same time, he didn't want to worry her about Talo. He needed Epona for his trip to Hyrule Castle. He had to crawl through the tunnel to talk to Ilia. She was in one of her moods again, but Link knew he could deal with it, she was his sister after all.

Epona greeted him silently and he smiled at that. There was something about this horse but he couldn't tell what it was.

Ilia had let a small smile grace her features and Link knew that she had calmed down again. "So you still prefer your master over me, huh, Epona."

Why did those words seem so familiar? Why did Ilia remind him of Malon and Saria at the same time? Why did his dreams feel more and more like reality?

He couldn't answer those questions as monsters charged in to the fountain and Link felt a stirring in his left hand. He reached for his wooden sword instinctively, but found it not there.

There was a nostalgic feeling overtaking him again, except this time it didn't feel like home as his house or Epona did. It felt more like… a job.

Pain wracked his skull and he was out.

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When Link came to, the world seemed to have twisted and he could taste the darkness on his tongue. Ilia was gone, the gates broken wide open. He wanted to check the village, but there was no time if the creatures ran off with Ilia and Colin. He had to get them back!

It didn't help that the darkness drew him either.

As he walked, he saw a wall of pure blackness with glowing yellow lines. The area surrounding it felt and looked similar to the darkness that approached in his dreams. Then, a hand reached out from the wall and grabbed him.

There was nothing familiar about this creature – this monster. It was completely unnatural and foreign. It had no semblance to those he dreamed about. There was no face, only a flat, circular region where the head should be, and its body was the colour of ebony. Red lines glowed in certain spots that did remind him of that black wall.

What Link also noticed briefly before his left hand raged and burned was that this darkness – it was exactly as his dreams. The only other thing he felt was pain ripping through his entire being before he could hear and see nothing.

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Link looked around as he awoke. The world was still lit in that glowing darkness– no, this almost looked as if it were– why was he standing on all fours?

Link looked at his arms and his eyes widened, was that a paw? He lifted the thing that replaced his hand to his face and he felt the triangular features, the muzzle, the wet nose.

A feminine, impish creature smiled at him and circled him while floating in the air. A single tooth was hung out of her mouth. "I found you!"

Look noticed body was adorning with the glowing lines – with the exception that hers were a blue colour. Her eye glowed a familiar shade of red.

Link couldn't help the low growling that escaped him. Everything so far with those glowing lines had caused only trouble for him.

The imp crossed her arms and mocked him, "Oooh! Aren't you scary! Eee Hee! Are you sure you want to be doing that? Snarling and glaring at me? Well, that's too bad… I was planning on helping you," she paused and her grin widened, "if you were nice."

Link took the imp's words into consideration. Here he was, trapped in a prison, one arm- leg-appendage-thing, chained to the floor. What could he do in this scenario? Might as well see what her offer was.

"Eee hee! That's so much better! You humans are obedient to a fault, aren't you?" She patted his chin and Link let a glare escape him, the imp was mocking him! "Oops! But you aren't a human anymore, are you? You're a beast! Eee hee!"

Link was not pleased at all, this imp was annoying! Skull kids were better than she was! He snapped at her and she jumped back while floating in the air.

"There, there. You be a good boy and calm down. No need to bite!" There was a ball of blackness with swirling red lines summoned in her hands and it flew towards his chains.

Link jumped back at the magic she had summoned.

"I bet you're wondering, where exactly are we?" The imp spontaneously disintegrated and then rematerialized on the other side of the bars. "Well, I'll make you a deal. If you can get over here, maybe I'll tell you."

Link pushed himself up and looked around again. He moved his paws and took a few steps. This would take some getting used to. He glanced around and then noticed that the bars on the left side of the cage seemed a bit bent and behind a crate. He charged at the crate and it broke into pieces of wood. The ground seemed a bit disturbed, but he knew even in this… strange body that he wouldn't be able to squeeze through it. Perhaps… he could dig?

Ugh, how could creatures stand being dirty? It clung to every piece of hair – fur – on his body. He shook himself to try and get the dirt off of him when she giggled and sat on him. So he was going to be a horse? How fun.

"Hmph! I guess you're not completely stupid after all!" The imp patted his back, treating him like a dog. "Listen, I like you, so I think I'll get you out of here." Then the cursed thing grabbed his ear and pulled it back. "But in exchange for my help, you have to do exactly as I say! If you need my help give a holler."

Link growled as she let his ear go. This imp thing was getting on his nerves. Here she was, demanding things of him and mocking him, riding him like he was some lesser creature (not that he thought Epona was one) and extorting him.

Link sighed and tried to charge at the door, but he couldn't get it to open. He would have tried to stand, but chains bound the door closed. Link went into the next cell and he looked up at the chain hanging from the ceiling.

"You know, chains are often used as activation switches."

Link growled at her and looked up. Maybe he could jump… Link fell down, he'd have to get used to this body. He heard the imp laughing at him so he tried again, managing to grasp it with his teeth as he fell.

A door opened in the corner and Link entered it. As he walked down the hallway, there was a blue-green light that floated and he heard the imp laughing again

"Oh! You want to see something interesting? Try to hone your senses, you're a beast right?"

Link let out a snarl at the imp, but tried to focus. Soon something came into view. He felt every movement around him and there stood an ethereal soldier whimpering to himself and shaking in fear.

If what Rusl said was true…

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When they finally got out of the prison building, and Link looked around, that strange sense of familiarity hit him again. As he looked at the tower, he felt a sense of dread. Link knew where he was now; the imp needn't to tell him. They were in Castle Town. There was no doubt about it. Why, why then, did he feel as if he knew the place? He had never been here before. Link knew he would have strange dreams tonight.

One line that the imp said hit him though.

"Isn't the black cloud of twilight looking beautiful today?"

So… Link thought, twilight is the time when the dead and alive can meet.

Link didn't want to go to this tower the imp mentioned, but she did say he had to do everything she said. He sighted, slumped a bit but went forward.

The ghost had only confirmed his suspicions, and those birds unnerved him. They looked very similar to that creature that grabbed him back in Ordon. They had that flat face and the red markings. When he entered the tower, Link felt as if he would be sick. It was the dread and anger that hit him unexpectedly but went away just as fast, He saw a symbol on the wall and his head began to hurt. What did all of this have to do with his… now-not-so-crazy dreams?

Then, he finally met another human – even if he wasn't one anymore. Her cloaked figured had at first startled him, but when she turned around he had calmed down. Again, that nostalgic sense hit him once more.

"Midna…"

So that was the elusive imp's name.

… Link really didn't like that they seemed to be talking about him as if he weren't there. He was only a beast, not an incompetent creature!

Finally, the woman addressed him personally. She apologized for his imprisonment. And Link finally managed to get an explanation, however surreal it seemed. But, he was just turned into a beast, his dreams made sense, so why not some crazed twilight-dweller try and take over Hyrule? It wasn't as if things could get any weirder right?

Link stared at the proclaimed princess of Hyrule. Some could have mistaken his gaze as an awe of another kind if they were here to see it, but no, his awe was at the familiar features. He had never seen her face in his secluded hamlet, but he knew that she wasn't lying.

…And Midna extorted him again.

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When Link arrived back in Ordon, he finally managed to get a good look at himself in the fountain outside of his house. He gasped – or did whatever the equivalent was. He was in the body of a black-furred wolf. Of course, he had white fur adorning certain spots on his body, but he was mainly black. He didn't understand why he had turned into a beast upon entering the Twilight, nor did he understand why he was still a beast in the light. Midna didn't provide him with any answers either, being a cryptic and annoying as ever.

Great… now an annoying companion seemed familiar to him as well.

He managed to get the items Midna wanted him to get, but as he ran towards the wall of Twilight, he heard a disembodied voice call to him, and he had to inspect it. It was calling to him, but it didn't seem to be like the malicious things he was facing now.

Great, he just walked into a trap. Black poles lined with the glowing markings he now connected with the Twilight surrounded him in a circle and the creature that grabbed him from before fell from the sky.

When he defeated it, the spring began to glow with a light that was had more of a holy feeling than that of the Twilight. It was Light. An orb of that pure light rose from the pond and it unrolled into the shape of the goats he herded on a daily basis.

"Oh brave youth… I am one of four light spirits that protect Hyrule at the behest of the gods. I am Ordona. The black beast you slew was a shadow being. It had come to seize the power of light I wield." He warned Link of their plan to take over this world and turn it into a perpetual Twilight for eternity. He gave Link instructions, he told him that he was the only one who could do this.

And why did that feel familiar as well?

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Link kept hearing about powers of the chosen one and when he went to see Faron after he had collected the drops of light, everything wouldn't stop its recognizable feeling. He felt like he saved others before, as if he held the entire world of Hyrule in his little palm yet again. When he finally regained his human form, the clothes of a simple ranch-hand from Ordon were no more. In their place, were the clothes of the Kokori. Faron said that the clothes belonged to an ancient hero chosen by the gods, but Link knew that there were many children running around in green tunics with fairies hiding in green hats. His only difference was that it was made for an adult, that chain mail and underclothes were added to provide protection to a warrior.

The feeling of home was stronger than ever. His tree house held nothing against the feel of these clothes against his skin, the weight of a metal blade and shield at his back. He felt as if they belonged there and nothing else could.

He had the power of this original hero, he was the new hero chosen by the gods.

That nostalgic feeling wouldn't go away.

…Link really needed to sleep…

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His dreams were filled with chaos, a burning castle, a woman and child on a horse as they ran. The child reminded him of someone, but he couldn't quite place it, and the woman had silver-purple hair, and red, red, eyes. The symbol on her back was mesmerising and then a blue ocarina was thrown into the water. Then a man with evil, red eyes and familiar red hair questioned and threatened him before riding off. A small fairy appeared from his hat and pestered him, telling him to get the ocarina. Link obeyed and looked at his reflection in the water and saw his ten year old self in a green garb, a sword at his hip, a shield on his back, and a green cap.

He woke up with a start.

Here's chapter 2! I really like this chapter personally xD A large improvement from the last chapter I must say. And yes, I need to do a lot of time jumping because I don't want to state every thing Link does and thinks. I only try to highlight the more important and significant details -currently has her TP on her TV ATM- I hate having to state all of those words etc. It bores me to no end and I stop updating, and we wouldn't want that, would we?

And I didn't even realize it until I read it over, that I keep having Link beginning to subconsciously believe that his dreams are real. Oh well, it fits with the story. Oh, with the Shink... I don't exactly know when it will come about, but hopefully soon. It depends on what comes first xD

Critique's welcome, and still looking for a beta~