Void

by Falcon's-Fang

Throughout the ages Link has been reborn as Heroes, but his shadow has also, not been reborn, but existed throughout the ages. After the events of Twilight Princess, Link comes face to face once more with an old nemesis: Dark Link. But through a series of events, Link finds himself not hating his darker half, but falling in love. What will come of a hero who falls for the darkness?

17. Epilog

Epilog

Void crouched deep in the shadows of a chamber in the Castle. It felt as if the entire world were buckling under a great weight, the same as it had each time Ganondorf returned. He remained unseen as a young girl, on older than sixteen, ran into the room. She's summoned a boy to her side.

"Link, summon the six maidens, quickly!" Her voice was strained with fear as she clutched to her chest. The princess looked so like Zelda, yet very different. She didn't carry the same calm composure as the last Zelda had.

The boy nodded sharply, turning on his heel to gather the six others. As he ran, Void was reminded of the Hero of Time, how unsure he was, but still acted without hesitation. How unlike the Hero Chosen of the Goddesses and the confidence and fierceness he'd born.

Young Zelda paced restlessly until Link came running back. Six girls, all of which looked to be about Zelda's age, followed Link into the room. They looked at each other and at Link. They knew what had to be done, but fear shown in their eyes. Void knew what was happening, but made no move to stop it. As he had learned, the legends had to be fulfilled, he could not prevent them. He could, however, protect the Hero from the shadows. He was the Hero's Shadow after all.

The six maidens and Zelda took their places. They closed their eyes and folded their hands, chanting. Link stood off to the side and raised his arms to shield his face as the maidens began to glow with an ethereal light. The air turned deathly cold and an explosion of wind blasted through the chamber.

Void tensed, never taking his eyes away from the maidens. Link dropped his hands and gasped at the sight before him. The maidens and Zelda were gone, however, in their place, before the revealed pedestal of the Four Sword stood a reflection of the new Link. He looked just like Void only a shade younger and without the countless scars that marred Void's flesh. He stood only for a moment before he vanished into the darkness. A new Shadow Link had been born.

Link ran up the pedestal of the Four Sword and closed his hands around the hilt. He pulled the sword out of the pedestal, his muscles straining. A blinding flash erupted from the sword when Link drew it and, when Void looked again, three Links stood alongside the fourth. Only seconds later a whirlwind blasted from where the sword had been thrust into the ground and the sound of stone cracking rippled through the air. The Links all leaped back as before their eyes a great beast was released from the chasm that had opened up in the ground before them. Vaati the Wind Mage had been released.

Void drew the blade he'd taken off Ganondorf's body long ago, the one with the shard of Twilight imbedded in it, the shard Midna had given him that had turned Link into the blue eyed beast. He would protect Hyrule against this new threat from the shadows while Link, wielding the Four Sword, fulfilled his destiny.