Chapter 5- A Link among Many

(I plan on getting everyone together...might happen...or not...) (Sorry, but there WILL be cursing in this chapter. Cursing is one reason why this is rated T. Not to mention violence (of course), and alcohol references (anyone care for a shot of Fernwind Brew? Or Venison Draught? No?) . (I came up with those by the way. DON'T STEAL THEM. If you give credit where it is due, then fine. Get your characters as drunk as you want. But please, give me credit.

All ideas go to the respectful owners. My version is one is many (from what Rin told me, about 90% of them haven't passed chapter 10...not very good odds, huh?) on FanFiction, but the ones that started all of this are ChangelingRin and HylianBagelLoZ (expect to see stuff from him soon, because I think that I convinced him to come back...love it when that sort of stuff happens...) By the way-I need ideas. Send me some. And once again, Enjoy.

Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry

Gryffindor Tower

Girl's Dormitory

It wasn't the storm that woke her. Or the sound of the tower being struck by something other than lightning. Or the lantern and candles going out simultaneously. Or nearly everyone in the tower completely freaking out. No, it was three words, spoken in the Thought-Speak. He's found you.

Those words alone caused her to bolt upright, and gaze wildly around the now darkened room. It was deserted, other than her. She buried her head in her now shaking hands. "...Shit..." The young woman removed her face from her hands and threw back the covers on her bed. ...No use staying in here any longer... Her decision made, she got out of bed, hissing in shock as her bare feet met the ancient stone tile flooring. (That's detail right there.) ...Note to self...either tell Flitch to put carpet in here or wear socks...

She then turned to a very old, battered table. On this table were a few items, including, but not limited to- a shield, a sword, a wand, a very old and massive book, her Omnitrix (Yeah. THAT thing. Yeah, I watched the show when I was little. Who didn't...and it's apparently going to be remade too...) (except instead of aliens, it's animals.), and a certain battered ring that hung from an IronSilver chain.

She equipped everything that was on this table. The sword and shield went on her back; the ring/chain went around her neck; her Omnitrix went around her right wrist; the book she held in her left hand, and her wand in her right.

Only then did she mull over what had awakened her. ...He found me? Who is "he"? It can't be Fudge...can it? Then, with a jolt, she realized that yes, it very well could be him.

With this in mind, she wasted no time exiting the room and making her way into the Common Room. Someone had had the idea to light up the room by starting up the fireplace and putting out Magic Candles.

As the young woman walked down the stairs, an African exchange student ran up to her. He was also an Animagus, but unlike her, he had one form-a White Rhino. "Thank the four founders you decided to wake up, Lauren! Professor McGonagall's already been in here-she told us to stay put for now." "Thanks for telling me, Rambi. Has anything else happened?" Rambi shook his head. "Not that I'm aware of..." Just then, all of the light in the room went out. Even the fireplace. Several people tried using Lumos to see, but that didn't work.

Then, people began to freak. "I can't use my wand!" "What's going on!?" "How are we supposed to see?!" After dealing with several panicked voices in the dark for several minutes, Lauren closed her eyes (mostly from annoyance); ...Pull yourself together. You can do this; reached behind her, and unsheathed her sword.

She was very lucky that she had not stabbed anyone. The light from her sword lit up the entire room. "There. Now can you all see?" Several people nodded. "Thanks."

The seventh years and up (you can come back to Hogwarts for extra classes/training later on. You're still in the same house that you were when you left.), retreated towards the fireplace. Lauren and Rambi were among them. "Does anyone had a realistic idea as to what happened?" Lauren raised her sword a bit so that the group could see each other better. "Look, we can't use our wands, right?" Various people nodded. "We can't use our wands. But can you use yours?" Faced with this, she handed her sword to Rambi and took out her wand. "...Here's goes nothing..." She waved the wand in the air and a blue light appeared, illuminating the faces around her. "...Well...at least one of our wands work...I wonder if the other houses have the same problem..."

A few minutes later, she thought she heard something. Like a cork flying from a glass bottle. ...What...

She quickly found the owner. It was Rambi. As she neared him, she noticed that he had a small bottle of something in his right hand. "...What is that?" Rambi lifted the bottle towards her. "This? Fernwind Brew. Want some?" In response, she snatched the bottle from him and inspected it. "I most certainly do not! Where did you get this?" She lowered the bottle a bit and glared at him. "...From Connor...I was saving it for a special occasion." "And this is a special occasion." It wasn't a question. "...Maybe?" Lauren shoved the bottle against her friend's chest. "Take it. I don't want any. But you can get drunk all that you want. Go right ahead. Nothing's stopping you...except...maybe your dad?" Rambi removed the bottle of Fernwind Brew from his chest and held it out in front of him. "...Yeah...he wouldn't be happy if he found out I got drunk, huh?" Rambi's father was known throughout the Magic Community for various reasons. One was that Mr. Qalye was a renowned Beast Tamer, which was a very rare talent. Another that was he worked for the Department of the Regulation and Mistreatment of Beasts and Magical Creatures at the Ministry. Which was also something to brag about. Mr. Qalye also had very strict laws about drinking.

About thirty minutes had passed since then, and in that time span, several things had happened that had led to now, which wasn't looking so good.

A group of students that were older than her (and not exactly sober), had begun to act up. She didn't know if some of the things that they were doing were directed towards her, or all of the girls in general. A few of them made eye contact with her, obviously wondering the same things she was: Can guys get any more idiotic than this?

Then, the fireplace had come back on. All by itself. At the same time, everyone's wands flared up as well.

Everything seemed to be stable. Until something dark hit the window nearest the fireplace. The window actually cracked. Lauren still had her sword out, so she closely ventured towards the window...

She woke up next to the window, which had shattered. When, she didn't know. Getting back her bearings, she got to her feet as soon as possible and checked her gear to see if anything was missing.

She had everything. Which was good. What wasn't good, was the amount of blood everywhere. She vaguely wondered if some of it was hers.

Then she felt something move behind her, and she turned...

"...Well, well, well...if it isn't the Animagus...Never thought you'd see me again, did you?" Something had her pinned to the carpet. What, she couldn't exactly tell. But she did recognize the voice. "Cornelius." Be careful, Rider, he's a Dragon at the moment...he took hostages...Rambi being one of them...there's nothing you can do for them now...I'll create a distraction-you transform, and flee. Get to the Time-Stones, and use them! If I am correct...you will find Derek. But you must be swift. As Fudge began to walk around Lauren, no doubt celebrating on how easily he had captured her, she noticed something. The White Dragon was limping. So I did wound him...that won't help me now, though...

Seconds later, the symbol on her right hand flared up, and half blinded Fudge. "Gah! What is this?!" Now, Rider! Flee! Then, the sword spirit that gave the blade she carried its name appeared, and roared at the White Dragon. "Fight me, you coward!" Fudge roared back. "Curse you, Dragonus!" And then the two beasts collided.

Lauren slowly got up, stepped to the broken window, looked back once; and then stepped forwards.

She too, was a Dragon. As she flew away from the tower, she noticed that there was a huge crowd outside. ...Can't worry about that, now...Lauren folded in her emerald colored wings and banked a hard right, towards the Time-Stones.

When she arrived, she transformed back. Which might have been a bad decision. She was injured. She knew that. But perhaps she was too injured.

With great difficulty, Lauren managed to step inside the circle of stones. To her shock, the runes on each stone turned the color of grass. Then, she had no time to dwell on this, because everything was gone.

Temple of Time (OoT)

The Hero of Time had seen a lot. Obviously. He had finally saved all six Sages, and had come back here. Then, Sheik had revealed himself, in fact, to be Zelda. Then, Ganondorf had taken her away. If he didn't have enough things to worry about at the moment, there had been a flash of light.

Now, there were five other people in the room. That looked just like him.

One in particular walked up to him. What he said shocked him. "So. It happened, didn't it?" "What?" The eleven year old shook his head. "I'm you. From the future-after you take down Ganondorf." "...Then..." "Yeah. You live. Now, about the others..."

One in particular caught the other's gaze, even though they had no idea what was going on. He was wearing armor, and a thick red cape. What drew their attention, though, was the left side of his chest-plate. It was stained with blood.

Needless to say, he should have been dead. But he wasn't. He was alive. Then he noticed the others. "Who are you?" "...Uh...Well...I'm guessing that we have the same first names, right?" They all nodded. "And last name?" The eleven year old stepped forwards. "If it is Forester, then yes...Uh...well...we could call ourselves by our middle names...but there's a problem." The cape wearing guy crossed his arms. "And what would that be?" "Technically, he and I are the same guy, but I'm older. So, call me Samuel," He gestured upwards. "And call him Sam."

Interesting...so this is that guy in the armor, huh? "But he's alive." Of course he's alive! But that other guy... The Hero of Twilight realized that Samuel was looking in his direction. "What?" "Your name?" "Right...call me...Jason."

Well, well, well, it seems like you're up next! "I know, Elzo." The Hero of the Minish looked to the other kid, who nodded at him, then back to the others. "Christopher, but if you want, you can call me Chris."

Then they realized something. The two guys that hadn't been named yet looked very similar. "Are you two related or something?" The two locked gazes. "Maybe." The non-armored guy stepped forwards. "Do we need to know titles as well?" "I guess so...As you might know, Jason, he and I are the Hero of Time." Jason nodded. "Hero of Twilight." "Hero of the Minish." "...Hylia's Chosen Hero and Hero of the Skies...long title I know...call me...David." Then they turned to look at the caped guy. "...I don't really have a title...She did call me her Warrior, though...would that count?" "She?" David leaned over to Jason. "Hylia. She liked him. A lot. See that blood stain? He died from it." "...Then how is he here?" "Good question." He had noticed them. "I'd like to know this myself. By the way, I did happen to notice that the sword I carry has survived...unsheathe thy weapons, fellow Heroes..." So they did.

"As to my name...call me...Lincoln."

(I will not be doing TFH OR FS. I might later, but not now.)

Hyrule Castle (ALttP)

"...I'm your ancestor? From the past-am I hearing you right?" Said Hero in front of him nodded. "We have the same first name and last name, obviously, so...uh...would middle names do?" "I guess...Will." His ancestor nodded. "Call me John. What are you doing here, anyway?" "Well, if you are from the future, shouldn't all of this be documented? And what's your title?" "My title is Hero of Worlds. Yours?" "...Hero of Light and Dark. Because my quest involves going to the Dark World and back." They were going to talk more, but they were interrupted.

Fiend had absolutely no idea what was going on. Sure, he was the dark counterpart for every Hero, but now, he was staring at not one, but three of them. "...Uh...Hi?" Then he found himself pinned against a wall. "Where is she?" Fiend stared at the guy that had pinned him to the wall. Then he remembered. "...Zelda? Well, I would presume that she's still asleep in the temple, which, we can't get to." The Hero of Hyrule let him go. "And why is this?" "Look around you! This isn't the Hyrule that you know. It's his. No, not him, him." "...So...what Era is this?" "Light and Dark." "I'm the Hero after you..." "I know that, but where does he come into the equation?" "I think that I come after both of you."

They had gotten a name out of the other guy. Austin. Now, they found themselves somewhere else. And, to their shock, Fiend seemed to recognize ALL of them. Meaning the other two groups that had found each other.

(Here we go.)

Derek had a very good reason to panic. But he kept it together. "Alright. New people-I need names. Once that's done, then we can figure out what the Hell is going on, because I have no idea."

(Recap here- RS-Derek; ALttP/LA/OoA/OoS-Will; ALBW- John; SS- David; First Hero-Lincoln; MC- Chris; TP- Jason; BotW- Nate; TLoZ/AoL- Austin; Dark/Shadow Link- Fiend; FSA- Blue, Red, Green, Vio; OoT- Samuel; MM- Sam, ST- Andrew; WW- Daniel….I THINK that's everyone…)

This had taken several minutes. Then, Derek heard someone call for him. Someone else. Someone he thought he wouldn't hear from for a while. "...Link?"

Should I check on the Villains next chapter? Or how about going to Hyrule? (can be any one) Give me your thoughts.