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The four Links and Gold ran almost forever to get back towards Hyrule Castle. They needed to get there as fast as they could in order to really see what was happening.
"Let's return to the castle immediately!" The leader said to the others. "If this is all according to the legend, then his main target must be to take over Hyrule!
The others followed close behind, Link was mostly ahead of everyone else. Back at the castle, you could clearly see that it was not in very good shape. Black clouds had surrounded all of Hyrule, so did many types of weird looking birds that didn't look much like the ones you saw everyday. They were all black, and would swarm around the castle and swoop down at anyone close enough to them. The Hyrule castle guards were in for it, they were being tortured and frightened by everything that was happening. But, they stood their ground, trying to fend off the invaders, with all their might.
"W-What is that!?" One of the guards cried out, trying to keep his cool.
There was a very large dragon approaching the castle, and it didn't look too nice either. On it's back, was the one and only, Shadow Link! Course, he too was up to no good, and he was just getting started.
"I-I'ts that shadow!" some guard yelled, running away.
Shadow, who was on the dragons back, yelled with a bit of enthusiasm "creatures of darkness, GO! Crush Hyrule castle! The time has come where I become the main character!" His voice bellowed throughout the town as he approached the castle, still on the dragons back.
As more and more creatures of darkness attacked the town and the castle, the Hyrule knights were there, and 'ready' for almost anything, and everything.
"So...The seal has been broken...Don't let the monsters lay a FINGER on Hyrule Castle!" The leader yelled to the other knights, as they got ready for battle.
Once the captain was inside the castle, he soon began to demolish, and slaughter the monsters like there was no tomorrow. He sliced, and diced, and decapitated them mercilessly, as he made his way throughout the castle. ((Dayum Link, you have a bad-ass dad!)) His eyes widened at the thought that Zelda might be in danger. Though, he didn't know what had already happened to her. He dashed past all of the monsters who were battling other knights, and bolted towards the door to her room. He slowly opened it. Thought Zelda wasn't in there, the room was a pigsty, and he was even more appalled by what he saw next. He dropped his sword, and his eyes widened at the sight of seeing Link...He was barely standing, and was slouched over, but when he stood up straight, [barely able to] there was a very large blood stain on his tunic, where his chest was. As blood slowly spewed from his chest, he fell to the ground landing on his back with a loud 'thud'. The leader fell to his knees next to his injured son, and wept.
"What's happened to you...you tried fighting on your own again... you fool! Where has Gold gone? Oh Lord P-Please no... Dead Goddesses... Please..Save my son's life...In exchange for my own...please..." The knight slowly cried next to his dying son...
Link slowly smiled. "hmm...You're a good father."
The confused leader looked down at his 'son' with large surprised eyes. he was speechless. Before he could say anything, he was soon interrupted buy his son again. or, it was his son, The knight was now looking down on Shadow Link! The dark version looked up at the captain, and smirked.
"Your pitiful words make me cry." The shadow said, in disgust with a small demonic smile still on has face.
He then cackled, quickly reaching out for the hero's father, and forcefully placing both hands on his chest, he began to send Links father to the shadow realm. As he screamed, his final cries of betrayal, pain, and sadness filled the room with an uneasy feeling, one that Shadow Link found amusing. When the deed was done, and the Captain was sealed in the dark realm, nothing of him remained besides his clothes, and armor...Shadow link stood up, and brushed himself off.
"Heheheh...Let me introduce you...To the world...of darkness." Shadow smiled at 'his' fathers remains, and walked out of the room.
Link panted as he and the rest of the crew ran nonstop to hurry to get back to the castle. Though they weren't looking around at the landscape, it sure was a beautiful one... they were near a waterfall where the sunlight beamed upon it just perfectly to create a rainbow. The mountains rose high above the clouds, where snow formed, causing the peaks of them to look sparkly. This is very different from what the area around the castle looked like. The purple hero stood atop a rock for a better view, not too far from the waterfall.
"How much farther till we get to the castle...?" The Calm one said.
"Hm... I Think...if we follow that path, we'll be able to see it!" The original shaded his eyes with his hand to keep the sunlight out.
"So I say we should just follow this path, and we'll be good for now!" Gold smiled happily.
The happy hero huffed and struggled to keep up. "H-Hey..! Let's rest a bit...!" He panted between his words.
"What do you mean 'rest'?!" The aggravated Link growled at the optimist's words. But before anything else could be said, the Original stepped up.
"There's no time! We have to get back to the castle, and tell dad and Zelda about Vaati!" Link said, trying to keep everyone going.
"Yeah, but before that, let's choose!" The young hero beamed happily, as Links' words rolled right off his back. Knowing that he wasn't going to win this battle, Link and the others slowed down, into a rather speed walk, instead of running.
"Choose what?!" The angry Link scowled, beginning to turn red at the face. The five of them eventually came to a complete stop.
"Ya know...nicknames! It would be weird if we all called each other Link, so let's pick out nicknames so that we won't be confused!" He had lots of enthusiasm when he spoke, and that seemed to calm the short tempered Link down.
"I'm wearing red, so I'll be Red!" He Looked at his other counterpart.
"You're wearing blue, so you'll be Bloo!" He then pointed to the calm one.
"You're wearing purple, you you'll be Violet, or Vio I guess.." He then looked at his original.
"And finally, Green!" He jumped for joy, and stopped when he realized that he was forgetting someone.
"Oh!" He looked at Gold. "I guess you don't really a need nickname, since your name's already Gold! Hmmm... I don't want you to feel left out, so here ya go!" He took out some sparkles he randomly had in his pockets, and sprinkled, [more so threw] them all over her. "See..? SPARKLY! What do you guys think..?" Gold shrugged, and snickered. She liked the names.
"Too simple.." Vio remarked.
"It seems odd, but they'll have to do." Green said, scratching his head.
"Hey!" Bloo angrily yelled at Red. "Don't go around changing people's name's, I don't wanna be called anything else but LINK.
"Isn't it a wonderful idea..? I could be a genius!" Red happily jumped up and down. Gold agreed and hugged him tightly, the two of them giggling together.
"More like...an idiot." Bloo scoffed. "Just so ya know, I ain't interested in working with ANY of ya'll!" He yelled, looking directly at Red and Gold.
"Well..." Vio hissed in disgust."THAT'S a relief. Working with a brainless moron would only slow us DOWN." He smiled with a satisfied look on his face from the savage remark he had just delivered, and looked away.
Bloo furiously bolted towards Vio, and grabbed him by the collar of his tunic. "WHAT'D YOU SAY!? TALKIN' CRAP!" He snorted steam as he growled at Vio.
"...Get your fucking hands off me, you barbarian." Vio stared blankly at Bloo.
"QUIT IT GUYS!" Green cut in. "Besides Gold, all of us are the same person! Why're you all fighting like this...?"
"This guy!" Bloo turned towards Green, and looked angrily stomping towards him, shouting. "It makes me sick knowing that I was once apart of YOU." Green looked back at his angry counterpart with a weird stunned expression on his face. "I'm Link!, and if you're talking about a 'main character', then I'm also the main character TOO." He stood on top of a rock that poked out of the ground, and pointed to himself with his thumb, smiling pridefully.
"H-He said my nicknames were boring..." Red was almost about to cry. He looked away in defeat.
"Don't listen to him Red...They're fine..." Gold comforted the scarlet hero with a tight embrace.
"wELL." The original Link growled. He had just about enough "If we're talking about a main character, THEN it is I, who's originally wearing GREEN, am the main character."
The proud Link looked down at the color of his tunic, and realized that he in fact was NOT wearing green. His shocked and angry expression said it all. He then charged at the green hero, pulling out his sword, and swinging at him viciously. Luckily, Green pulled out his sword to counter attack.
"Tryin' ta be all that just cause you're wearing GREEN?! NOT FAIR! Draw your sword, and whoever wins gets to be the MAIN CHARACTER!" Bloo snarled at Green, getting red in the face again, his sharp teeth showing clearly, though hints of playfulness could be heard in his voice.
"Woah- HEY, DON'T DRAW BEFORE SAYING THAT!" The green hero stood his ground against Bloo.
As the other three watched the two Links fight, Red, Vio and Gold watched Bloo and Green fight hysterically.
"Hm... I wonder why our personalities are so different, yet we're the same person..." Red pondered, placing his index finger under his chin.
"Your personalities are different, but from what I've seen so far, you seem to have the same strength altogether, even thought you use it in different ways and at different times." Gold said, tilting her head slightly. By now, Green and Bloo had stopped fighting. Physically at least.
"I too, have noticed that." Vio said, standing on top of the same rock Bloo once occupied. "Green is boring." He began, slightly amused.
"What...?!" Green said.
"Bloo is a brainless aggressive douchebag." Vio continued.
"HEY!" Bloo yelled.
"And Red, you're just here to be adorable, and to point out the obvious." He said calmly, ruffling his hair. He then looked at Gold. "And you, are here to make perverted and weird jokes in general, and you tend to break the forth wall a lot. Also, you're just here, and you change from funny to serious in a heartbeat.
"Seems legit. " Gold looked at you, and winked. "Though, I think It's weird that the color of your tunic's don't have anything to do with your personalities. But, that's just me." Gold shrugged, looking at Vio.
"Hey Vio...does that make you the gay one then...?" Red questioned, with the cutest smile ever imaginable on his face at that moment.
Vio paused, and looked at the others, who were all staring at him quietly, even Green and Bloo had stopped fighting just to see what his answer was going to be. Vio didn't know he was blushing, but he was. Just a lil' bit. He shook his head, and replied, still cool and collected.
"I prefer to think of myself as the smart one." He said, looking away, and noticing something. "Huh..?" He mumbled, as this 'thing' got his attention.
Red too noticed this thing, and looked in the same direction as Vio. There was some type of movement going on, and and the four Links plus Gold wanted to know what it was. There was no danger, in fact, they could be considered as the danger in this case. The five looked on to see a woman, and her daughter, walking up the hillside of trail that they too were walking on. The woman appeared to have all of their belongings, or at least most of what she could carry..
"Aaaand...That person is...?" Bloo asked, placing his hands on his hips, as he looked at the chunky Hylian and her young daughter.
"Hey...! That's the Castles cook! Miss Marshy..!" Gold called out to the familiar looking person.
"H-Hey...! Miss Marshy! Over here!" Red yelled at the woman, trying to get her attention.
Feeling a sense of relief, Green soon began to jog towards the woman, Gold and Red soon following, Bloo as well, since he had nothing better to do. Vio also ran along, yelling at the four of then, not so that the castle cook could hear.
"H-Hey- GUYS! Don't go all at once...!" Vio yelled at them, in a whispering tone, though he should have said something sooner.
He was then interrupted by Green. "Miss Marshy! Great timing, we're so glad to see you! Can you lead us to the-"
To their surprise, The cook wasn't in the mood to be dicked around with, as the five of them approached her, she retaliated by holding out a very large stick, and threatening to hit any one of them with it, her daughter clenching her dress tightly for protection. "I-I didn't think you'd follow us this far...! Don't come any closer, I'm warning you..!" She shook the large stick lightly. ((Lady, we have SWORDS, I think you're in WAAAAAY over your head.)) "Y-You monsters."
"Waaaaah, why'd she have to use a stick." Gold playfully cried, nudging Bloo's shoulder, the two of them began to snicker, and got a glare from Green and Vio, and a curios hurt confused look from Red.
Soon enough, the red hero was in tears, wiping them as he spoke to the cook. "I-I'm shocked from your hurtful words..."
The leader spoke up. "Wha- Miss Marshy. We just pulled the Four Sword, and got split into four. We're still the same Link on the inside." He sighed, in a bit of frustration.
"Until this point..." Gold looked away, snickering a bit more.
"I thought you were a good boy Link, but how could you do such horrible things to your own home...You're a DEVIL." She then turned to the yellow wearing female, who had been cracking up the entire time. "And you. SHAME ON YOU FOR FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS."
Gold looked at you, and shrugged once again with a smug smile on her face. The cook still looked terrified, as Vio and Green spoke up.
"Just what is SHE talking about?!" Green mumbled to Vio.
"Well..." Vio thought. "She could be talking about that one dark guy..." Vio mumbled back.
"Wait a second..." Green quickly ran up to the chunky human, and grabbed her. Not really caring about her daughter or the stick (branch) in any way. He was almost forcefully shaking her when he yelled "The castle...! Did something happen to Hyrule castle?!
Finally back at 'home', the four Links+Gold looked around at the castle in complete horror, appalled by what they saw. There were no longer any types of monsters or anything flying around, but the damage they left was enough to know that they had once been there. The entire castle was in ruins, there were cracks in the walls, and almost everywhere else in every place imaginable.
"I-Impossible..." Gold mumbled, enough for the Links to hear. She ran her hands along the surface of the castle walls, and bridge, as they ventured through.
"A-All of this happened...in one day..." Green stuttered, the others following. now inside of the castle, they all looked around, seeing that the inside didn't look too much better than the outside
"How can this BE!?" Bloo angrily slammed his hands on a crumbling pillar, that was not too far from him, as his voice echoed throughout the deserted castle.
From the looks of it, everything was destroyed. The furniture was either melted from a monsters fiery breath, or demolished and dismembered with its long sharp claws. Because of this, the air was swarming with tiny feathers and fluff from the expensive couches and pillows that were thrown everywhere. This was mixed with other small bits and chunks of other destroyed things, and boulders of cement that fell from the weakening castles walls and ceiling.
"SHHHHH!" Vio quickly shushed his blue counterpart, and walked slowly across the room.
"It's too quiet..." Gold slowly walked behind Vio. "According to Miss Marshy, there are supposed to be monsters lurking around...
The five of them quietly and cautiously walked in a line; Vio in front, the most careful, Gold right behind him, trying not to bust a smile or snicker, Red slowly pacing behind her, with a sweat-drop rolling down his forehead, fearing the unknown, Green, carefully tip-toeing casually, and of course Bloo, the last one, with total impatience. They soon heard a noise. The five gasped, and surrounded the edges of an opening that used to be a door, that would take them further into the castle. They then slowly pulled out their swords, and waited for something to come, ready to demolish it, no sweat.
"M-Monster!" Gold quietly squealed, hiding behind Bloo.
As this 'thing' neared them, and finally came through the door, they soon realized, that maybe it wasn't a monster, or not even an enemy.
"A monster...? Or...is it... a survivor..!?" Vio quickly put his sword down, but he still had it out just in case.
That so called monster they thought it was the whole time, was actually a knight! And not just any and knight, He was Hyrule's guardian leader, Artora! Although, they couldn't see his face due to him wearing a helmet.
"T-That soldier..." Green stuttered.
"You mean monster in disguise?!" Bloo said, about to attack.
But something was wrong...The knight held up it's sword as if ready to swing, and swung right at Green and Vio, who were on the left side of the opening, that the knight had come through. Though he missed, slamming the swords into the ground, making a large rumbling noise, causing the five of them to fall to the ground. But, by the time they had all gotten up, they were soon surrounded by hundreds of nights, who had backed them up into a small huddle, all four links and Gold looking five different directions. Soon, some of the guards began to attack, including Artora, Who had swung first, right at Green. Though Green had managed to hold him back, using his own sword, he was pretty hesitant to fight back.
"Hyrule guards! Please snap out of it...!" Vio yelled at them.
"This isn't right..." Gold said, grabbing Red's arm and pulling him out of dangers way.
"Green, what's wrong..?" Vio noticed that he wasn't being as aggressive as he usually was.
Green wasn't fighting at all, he just kind of stood there, watching the others battle around him. No one else was really fighting either, besides Bloo of course. Everyone else was just kind of holding the knights back. Green answered to Vio in an upset tone.
"B-Because...What if they're being controlled...? I-I can't do it guys...These were our friends. They trained us...in the marital arts type of way. Not that way, you perverts. ... We fought side by side...even ate together..." He dropped his sword, and stood there. "I can't..."
Some of the knights thought of this as an easy target, and went to attack Green. They would have succeeded, if it weren't for Gold, who came from nowhere, and slashed at one of the knights who was about hit Green, slicing his arm off. She picked up his sword off the ground and handed it to him. "Green, I know this is hard, but you have to fight, or you'll be killed." She was going to say something else, but was stopped in order to help Red, who had gotten himself into trouble [once again.]
Once Bloo had to save Green once too many times, he was sick of it. He ran up to Green, grabbing him by the collar of his tunic, and yelling at him, actually trying to talk some type of sense into him. "It doesn't matter who they were. They're enemies now! Now fight! Do you wanna die!?"
Bloo's words seemed to have an effect on Green, as he held up his sword, and began to fend off the knights, Red and Gold weren't doing so well at this point, so Vio had gone to help them out. He too began to struggle as Green and Bloo chimed in, but the knights were beginning to overpower them all.
Soon enough, the four Links and Gold had found themselves cornered against a wall, the knights surrounding them, with swords, axes, and pitch forks all being aimed at them from all directions.
"W-Woah!" They all cried out, holding up their swords for protection. Almost everything was quiet.
"Not exactly the way I wanted to go..." Gold mumbled, once again getting that confused look from Red.
As the five stood there, getting ready for one last attempt to attack the knights, suddenly they began to fall over. One by one, all of them toppled over each other, dropping their weapons at once, exposing that they weren't knights at all, but some type of spirit that had been set free, as they fell to the ground, some type of white mystical fog floated into the air and disappeared as they did.
"W-What in the world..?" Bloo growled, looking around him, at the barren knights armor.
Still shaken from the 'terrible fate' that almost came upon them, the five of them stayed against the wall, waiting for something else to happen, or for any traps. They heard someone or something walking towards them, and since it sounded rather human, they lightened up a bit.
Someone was walking down the hall towards them, they all pulled out their swords slightly and waited. As this thing came closer, it began to speak.
"Sheesh!" It said. "Your 'kindness' disgusts me!" Shadow Link said, as he stepped from out of the darkness, of the other room.
He began to walk towards the four Links and Gold, his hands behind his back. "Outta my way!" He yelled at the armor, for some reason, which was in his way apparently... He kicked the empty helmets and chest gear around. They all watched him draw closer.
"You're that…Dark Guy…!" Green growled, holding up his sword.
Shadow completely ignored him, and began to rant. "You're late! I got sick of waiting for you." He placed his hands on his waist, as he looked around at each and every one of them.
"What did you do with Princess Zelda!?" Gold yelled, holding her sword up.
"And the six Maidens!" Bloo angrily added on.
Again, Shadow Link completely ignored Bloo, and answered Gold instead. "The Princess eh…? Well, I can tell you, she was quite a stubborn one, I had a hard time taking her away. Here." He then threw an emblem of the Triforce at Green's feet, the one that Princess Zelda usually had on her dress.
"…!?" Everyone was speechless.
"WHAT'D YOU DO!?" Gold was about ready to lunge for him.
"I would've treated her better if she wasn't so violent. But soon, she'll be taken over by darkness, and join us." He smirked, and looked at Gold.
"What are you?! Some type of monster, working for Vaati?" Green said, stepping up.
The shadow looked at him, and smiled. "I already told you. I was born from the shadow of the hero, Link. I'm you from the shadow realm." He crossed his arms.
Link's eyes widened a bit, and he found himself stunned. "Wh-What…? My shadow…?"
Shadow Link nodded. "The sorcerer Gufuu... err.. VAATI, is regenerating little by little, sending dark energy into the human world. Then, right at the time of his full recovery, the shining dark world will change to this world. This will be done with the help of the sacrifice of Princess Zelda, the decedent of Hyrule's royal blood line."
Green growled. "…I'm not gonna let that happen!" He got into a battle stance, and so did everyone else. "We're gonna break through the darkness with the Four Sword!" He yelled, everyone else nodded confidently.
This was meant to scare Shadow. But instead, he stared blankly at the sword, and back at Green and the others. "Heh….the Four Sword …." He chuckled..Then, he began to laugh. Rather hysterically, as if something were actually funny. A few seconds later, he was cracking up, probably more than Gold has been, through out the entire fanfic so far. The others were confused, stating at him blankly, all looking at each other.
He then stopped laughing suddenly, and pointed to the sword that Green was holding. "Heheh, too bad, the four sword's power's been sealed away by Vaati's magic! It can't defeat me! In other words, it's useless." Shadow chuckled again.
All the four Links looked down at their swords, besides Gold. Gold had a regular ass sword. And finally, Bloo had enough, he lunged for the shadow, and tried to cut him right down the middle.
"Cut the CRAP!" He yelled, as he made his way towards him.
But Shadow was stronger, and slashed back at Bloo, sending him flying back, with astounding force.
"Bloo!" Red cried out, he was about to run towards him, but was stopped by Gold.
Bloo slammed into a wall back first, and fell to the ground, leaving a dent in the place where he landed. "O-Ow..." somehow escaped his mouth, as he lay there motionless.
"Are you fools done yet!?" Shadow scoffed and smiled evilly at Bloo, who was making no attempt to get up at the moment.
"Wait a minute!" Green yelled. "What'd you do with all the people of Hyrule?!...Where's my FATHER!?" Green growled.
"Hmmm... Oh! Father..?" He looked the four of them besides Bloo, who was still on the ground. "I sent them all to the dark realm together..." Shadow smiled as if that were a good thing, or as if he were going to get a medal for it. "Now...back to 'father'. he was a magnificent dad. But in the end, he pleaded and for mercy. Bowing his head, he begged and pleaded 'please spare me!' He laughed.
Anger began to surge through Green as he clenched his sword, and lunged at Shadow, just the same as Bloo did not too long ago. "YOU MONSTER!" The other too, then lunged, Vio, Red and Gold, right behind Green. As they swung, again, Shadow Link stretched, like some type of elastic band, causing the four of them to miss.
"Whoopsy-Daisies~" He giggled, smiling down at the four of them. "I told ya, it wont work on me." He began to float in mid air, a hysterical look on his face.
But the four of them weren't about to give up just then. They continued to try and fight him, time and time again, failing each time, their anger causing them to have some type of confidence, and not to give up.
Though nobody knew about this, there actually was someone else in the castle, besides the five Links and Gold. In fact, it was one of the Six Maidens! The Blue maiden to be in fact. Unfortunately, she was sealed away, inside of some type of crystal glass cage. It was shaped like a diamond, and was unbreakable. She sensed power...and not evil power at that. "T-The five heroes..are here in the castle... they're in trouble...Light...must reach them..." She was really weak, from having all her power sealed, but just enough to summon a small ball of light to help out the heroes.
"Heh...Not even five idiots can save Hyrule now!" Shadow laughed again, he had tired out the four of them.
Suddenly, Bloo stood up, staggered, and pointed to the false Link. "You coward! If you're a shadow, why don't you just stay behind us like a NORMAL one!?"
Now this, got his attention. He closed his eyes, keeping his cool. Suddenly, he aimed his sword at Bloo, and shot a beam of dark magic that he was somehow able to shoot from his sword. Once again, Bloo flew back, in pain. "Y-You said the one phrase that I hate the most!" He now had a very large aura of dark energy surrounding him, as he held his sword tightly in his hand. "The thing you people call 'Shadows'! you shall all see the wrath of its dark power!" He looked as if he were charging up, as he began to float, and with all of his might, slashed his sword down at the five of them, causing a very large wave of dark energy to mess them up.
"UWAAAH!" they all cried out, as the wave of dark energy had scattered them across the castle room all in extreme pain [especially Bloo], Green in the middle.
Green stood up slightly, edging himself on. "Ugh...F-Four sword...you split us into four, l-like the legend said..."
"Listen! That sword is merely an ordinary sword! Almost as ordinary as that girls' over there!" Shadow interrupted.
"...Oouch..." Gold mumbled, trying to get up.
"You are not needed!" Shadow continued. "I am you!"
He then held his sword up, as if he were he were about to deliver the final blow to Green, who was unable to battle. ((That reference though. Also, sex joke!)) Actually holding the sword with both hands this time, Shadow Link charged at Green with everything he had. Green closed his eyes, and fell to the ground in defeat, accepting his fate... there was nothing that the others could do... The others watched in fear as Shadow neared Green, unable to do anything to help him.. Shadow laughed and cackled as he approached him at a very fast speed, the others watching in complete horror. Green lowered his head and waited for the worst to come... But- to his surprise there was soon a very small but bright light that somehow made its way in front of him...that 'something' had stopped Shadow dead in his tracks. His eyes widened at the sight of it, he actually appeared to be scared of it. Green opened an eye slightly, wondering why he wasn't dead yet. This light wasn't just any old type of light, but the light of a fairy! It began to slowly float towards Shadow as if it were in love in him or something.
"H-HEY! S-Stop that!" Shadow yelled, covering his face to shade him from its brightness.
Seeing this happen, Vio, Bloo Red, and Gold piled around Green, in some sort of group huddle, glad to see that he was okay. They watched as the fairy began to swarm around them, causing the light around them to get even brighter. Shadow however, didn't like this and jumped away as he was trying to protect himself from harm. The four Links and Gold looked around, as they were somehow being saved from their doom. The little ball of light flew faster and faster around them until it finally teleported them away, sending them somewhere else in the castle, but far away from Shadow Link.
Now left in the darkened room alone, Shadow growled and rubbed his hurt hand, the one he had used to shield himself from the light of the fairy. He looked around, making sure that there was no more danger, and massaged his wrist.
"T-The maiden..The one here in the castle! They still have some strength...Even after I sealed them away...Huh...They got lucky THIS time!" He looked at his injured wrist, and frowned. "Light...! I-I'm still afraid of it... Damn... "
Now in another chamber of some other part of the castle, the gang looked around, wondering where in the world they were.
"This place...Isn't this the castle's basement..?" Red asked, looking around curiously.
The five then heard a familiar voice. "Heroes, are you alright..?"
The gang turned around to see one of the six maidens, trapped in the crystal glass-like 'cage'. They all surrounded her, searching for a way to get her out, as she was in the middle of the basement, surrounded by gravestone-like rocks.
"Blue Maiden!" Gold said. "So you were trapped here...this whole time...?"
"Are you the one who saved us...?" Green asked, nearly interrupting her.
"Yes. I assure you all, I am alright. Oh, Link, this is an awful, terrible task I ask of you... Hyrule is stirring into darkness..just as the legend has said. He whom has trapped us maidens, is the one born from the darkness of a hero, created by the powers of the evil sorcerer. He is 'Shadow Link'. His powers are so strong, that it's hard to believe that he is one...a-a shadow, I mean. The best I could do in this trapped cell was to summon a ball of light to drive him away. The next time you meet, his powers will have increased significantly. We must do something before that happens." She spoke in a soft serious tone, her hands joined, against her chest.
"But..." Red began. "H-He's so strong...! We couldn't even get close to him..! I wonder if we really can beat him..." he whined, with a bit of discouragement in his tone.
"But before that, we gotta break this darn seal!" Bloo yelled, hitting, and nearly tipping over one of the gravestone-like rocks surrounding the maiden.
"Bloo, you got hit TWICE. Shut up." Vio said, crossing his arms.
Bloo was about to retaliate, but the Blue Maiden began to speak again.
"At the moment, Gufuu, or Vaati more like it... has the Four Swords cursed, causing it to loose its abilities. You all must collect 'forces' to restore the blade. Do that, and the Four Sword shall retain its power, and be used against the dark, once again." She nodded slightly, confident in the five of them.
"Blue Maiden...! Where is Princess Zelda now?" Vio asked.
The blue maiden paused, and thought for a moment. "I do not know. Now that I've been trapped, my powers are not able to trace her. But, I can still sense her existence from a distance. She is still alive."
They all sighed in relief. "Well, She's alright. That's all that matters." Green said. calming himself and the others down. "Blue Maiden!" Green began again, "Please wait for us! we'll return and break your seal for sure!" Green nodded at her, spotting an opening for them to leave. They all nodded at the Blue Maiden, and went through. It was weird, but it was almost as clear as day outside.
"Be careful heroes!" The blue maiden called out to them. "East..! I feel you must head east to where the ocean lay. I sense another maiden there..."
And with that, The five nodded at her, and went through the opening of the castle basement, feeling the warm air of the outside afternoon sky. Gold and Red skipped happily along the path they were all walking, and Bloo was right behind them, annoyed by all their movement, but...Green seemed to be lagging.. almost as if in thought or something. Vio [again] noticed this, and he walked slower, waiting for the hero.
"Hmm..." Green hummed to himself, deep in thought.
"Lost your courage...?" Vio said, sighing slightly.
"How'd ya know...?" Green said, a slightly surprised look on his face.
"Well, I gotta know my own thoughts at least..." Vio replied, chuckling a bit.
"I...We were careless...and taken advantage of...If Shadow Link really is our shadow...We'll never succeed until he's defeated...
Father..."
The other three up ahead had slowed down, and the five were now one large group again.
"I'd say, our chances of winning next time we see him, are abooouuuut...50%." Vio said, scratching his head, with a smile on his face.
"We got this~!" Gold said, winking.
"This blade will be stronger once we collect the forces right...? I'm pretty sure we can do it...!" Red said, beaming.
"I won't be satisfied until I have my revenge for what happened today!" Bloo said, growling slightly.
"Of course." Green said, looking at every one of his counterparts, then his best friend.
"Let's DO it!" Bloo said confidently.
"So, we're goin' to the east!" Gold said, confidently pointing in that direction, jumping onto a large rock as she did.
"We got this guys." Green said, smiling, his confidence coming back.
And so, the five of them began to travel eastward, ready for anything to come, ready to save Hyrule.
Finally...! That was a pain! There were a lot more words in this chapter than I thought there'd be. Anyway, I thought this was pretty good, and I can't wait to continue. Again, i apologize for any grammatical errors. I'm too fucking lazy to go through the entire thing, I must admit- Message me if ya like, we can still rp or something. I'm a lonely person. Lol. See ya next chapter guys. 0w0