Sorry this took so long to get out. Life was crazy his last month.

Chapter 4: A Link to Time's past:


Link was brushing Epona's mane while she was munching on a carrot from the feeding bucket he brought with him. While Link is staying in town, he boarded Epona at the castle stables so she would be well looked after while he was busy researching the twilight. "Have you been a good girl for the staff here?" Link said removing a knot. One of the things he misses about turning into a wolf is he can no longer understand what Epona is saying.

She clicks and nods her head as if to say, 'But of course, I'm a well behaved horse.'

Chuckling Link moves in front of her to start petting her snout. "Well, that's good to hear. I know you don't like to be cooped up for this long, but I promise I'll take you for a run soon."

Nudging Link's head with her snout and stamping her hoof a few times Epona lets out a puff of air from her nose as if to say, 'You better! Staying inside this long is torture for a lady you know!'

Patting her on the snout a few times to placate her Link laugh's. "Ok,Ok,Ok! Tell you what, after me and princess Zelda are done with our investigation later today. We'll go out for a run, sound good?"

Epona stamps her hoof a few more times as if to say, 'I will hold you to it.'


The afternoon sunlight shined into the room from the many windows. Zelda was sat at the head of a large oval shaped light oak table. Standing to her right was general Impa, and to Zelda's left was commander Ashei, both with their arms crossed behind their backs. Seated to Zelda's left was her old instructor Auru. To his left is Mayor Bo of Ordon village. On Zelda's right is king Ralis of the zora. To his right is the chief shaman of Kakariko Village, Renado. And standing, (He did not want to smash the chairs), at the end across from Zelda was the Goron Patriarch Darbus. With the leaders of Hyrule gathered, Zelda feels a wave of shame flow through her at the site of the empty chair on Bo's left, before she shoves it down and begins the meeting.

"I want to take the time before we start to thank all of you for coming." Said Zelda.

"Think nothing of it, tiny princess!" said Darbus

"Yes, it's no problem your highness." Bo chimes in and the others agreed.

"Very well, moving on to what I wanted to discuss with all of you. I want to tell you all a story: One year ago, Hyrule was invaded by an army from The Twilight Realm, and the usurper king Zant. When he invaded, he began to weaken Hyrule by attacking the four main regions guardian Light Spirits and plunging the world into twilight. Thereby turning the people into spirits so that none would challenge his rule." No one said anything as the princess told them the truth of what happened during the Twilight invasion last year. "After the next chosen hero, Link, was found by the then dethroned princess of twilight, Midna, they began over the next year to free Hyrule from the blanket of twilight by restoring the three light spirits. Until four months ago when after killing Zant and Ganondorf, who was giving Zant his power to rule the Twilight Realm. Midna returned home and destroyed the only known way to get there, and we have been at peace ever since." Zelda finishes her story and waits for the questions to start.

Renado was the first to break the silence. "My, I can't believe young master Link did all that."

"You're telling me Renado. I've known the kid ever since he was born, and I know he's tough like his father and mother, but to basically fight a war by himself? It's crazy!" Said Bo shaking his head.

"HAHAA, I knew I liked the kid! He's got real Goron guts!" Laughs Darbus.

Auru remains silent having heard all this from Link a Week prior.

"As incredible as this story is, it isn't all you wanted to talk to us about right princess Zelda." Ralis said.

"You are correct king Ralis, what I have just told all of you is to highlight my point: We were incredibly lucky. If Midna didn't find Link when she did, he would have been locked in the dungeons of this vary castle for goddesses know how long. We were completely unable to fight back against the forces threatening us and it almost led to our total destruction. So, to make sure something like that doesn't happen again, I want to make a special team of champions from all the tribe's in Hyrule, to aid the chosen hero in his fight against Ganondorf and any other evil Hyrule faces in the future. One man, no matter how strong, should not have to fight a war by himself."

All the leaders of Hyrule take a minute and think over her proposal. It's a promising plan, and it would unite all of Hyrule more than ever before, but they all can think of one big problem.

"Princess, with all due respect, normal people can't fight like The Hero. It would take an entire squad of twenty knights to take on one behemoth type monster, and even then, we would most likely lose more than half of them." Said Auru.

"Don't worry, you bring up a valid point. I have seen Link go all out up close and you're right, he fights less like a man and more like a demon." Zelda briefly flashesback to the final duel between Link and Ganondorf. It was one of the most intense fights she had ever seen. The way they flew across the field at each other, the strength of their strikes. The dark look of pure rage on Links face and the amount of bloodlust he radiated back then, was chilling.

"I don't think we will be on his level for a long time. It would take years of special training for a knight to even get close to Link's level of skill. But that does not mean we can't fight with him. To that end I was thinking of ways to how we can close that gap when Impa gave me an idea."

Zelda motions for Impa to step forward. "As some of you know, I am a member of the shadow tribe known as the Sheikah. Long before the land of Hyrule was a kingdom, my tribe served the goddess Hylia and her mortal incarnation that later became the royal family. Having been in the service of the goddesses for so long we have records going back to a time long ago when three elemental dragons watched over the land. One of those dragons had an army of autonomous machines that did its bidding." Taking her arms from behind her back Impa sets something on the table.

At first glance it looks like a clay statue about two feet high with a red oval face, and a weird hat with a propeller attached to the top. "This is one of the few machines we were able to preserve over the years with our magic. We believe it was a cargo transport unit by the lack of weapons and mining attachments. Unfortunately, it ran out of fuel centuries ago so we can't be certain."

"Why don't you just put more fuel in it?" Said Darbus scratching his chin.

"I'm guessing that's either because the fuel is hard to come by or no longer exists, am I right?" said Renado folding his hands on top of the table.

"You are correct." Turning it around Impa opens the back to show the inside of the machine. Inside are a bunch of gears, wires and a little spout above the middle of its back, right under it is a plaque with ancient Hylian writing on it. "It took us some time to translate the text, but it says to fill it with oil from something called an Ancient Flower. According to our records the Ancient Flower was a rare species of plant all the way back then, so the chance of us finding one now is pretty much zero."

"If there's no hope of that thing working again then how is it going to help us?" Asked Bo.

"I had the same question when Impa first showed it to me. We may not be able to use these ones, but we can study them to hopefully someday make autonomous machines of our own. Impa also told me it may be possible that we can create our own behemoths that we can control."

Silence takes over the room as the scope of the Princess's plan sinks in. It is prince Ralis that shatters the calm.

"It all sounds incredible princess Zelda. But something like this has to have a few drawbacks to it, right?"

"Yes Unfortunately." Zelda said counting off on her fingers. "With the time we will need to study the machines, gathering materials, building prototypes, and finding a power source for it all. It could take decades or even centuries. That is why I called you all here today. With this part of the plan not feasible in the near future, I wish to ask all of us to join forces under the banner of the citizens of the kingdom of Hyrule, instead of the three separate tribes. We have been separated for far too long. It nearly led to our destruction two hundred years ago when the king of thieves first set his sights on Hyrule and the Triforce, and again one year ago when he came back with Zant as his herald. I want us to be ready, so that when next we face a great evil. We not only have the bonds to stand together against any foe, but the weapons to join the hero in his fight. What say you? Will you join hands with me to make Hyrule stronger than it has ever been?!"

"You can count on the might of the Goron's tiny princess!"

"We Zora will be glad to help as well, princess Zelda."

"I've known you since you were little, and I've seen how much you've grown into the role of a fine queen, you will always have my support, princess."

"Kakariko Village will be happy to lend aid your highness."

"I'm not too sure what us folks in Ordon can do to help. But you have us with you Princess Zelda!"

Zelda looks at all the people that are willing to help with her crazy plan and can't stop the smile from taking over her face.

"Thank you all. I believe with your help we can succeed and bring a new age of piece to Hyrule for untold years to come. I will draw up some plans for joint training and documents for needed materials and hand them out to you before the end of tomorrow. Now before we end this meeting there is something else we need to discuss. Commander."

Ashei pulls a stack of papers from behind her back and begins to make her way around the table handing one set to each leader as she goes. "Over the past week we have confirmed multiple sightings of undead type monsters roaming the land at nighttime." When she gets back to Zelda's side she continues. "So far no civilians have been hurt as they seem to be looking for something, but a knight did lose an arm after getting too close to see what they were up to." And so Ashei gives the full report including Zelda's orders.

When she is done Ashei steps back once again and Zelda once more speaks. "With this new information coming to light I would like you to inform your people to take caution when traveling at night. We don't know what they want, but it can't be anything good.

With there shouts of agreement Zelda ends the meeting.


Link was in the middle of telling Epona about some cool story's he read in one of the books from the royal library, when a maid informed him that princess Zelda wishes to see him in her study. After he says thanks, the maid takes her leave. Turning to Epona he pats the side of her neck a few more times. "Wish me luck girl."

Epona neighs, clicks, and stomps her feet a few times as if to say, 'Go kick some ass Link, you got this! And bring me some oranges next time!'

"You got it girl. Be good!"

Walking into the castle Link makes his way to Zelda's study. Passing by a side hallway Link glances down it, only to stop dead in his tracks. That same cloaked figure is at the end of the hallway looking up at a tapestry. With there back turned he can see a purple crescent moon sewed into the back of the cloak. Slowly Link makes his way over to them. 'I know what princess Zelda said, but what if I'm not seeing things? I can't just ignore it. I have to know!' With Link being so focused on the figure, he failed to notice the little table the was not pushed against the wall all the way and bumped into it. "Shit!" Link says in pain. When he looks back up at the figure, he sees...

Nothing, they are gone.

"Ok, I might be going crazy after all. This hallway is a dead end, and the only way out is past me. So, they didn't go that way or warp out. And now I'm talking to myself." Going over to the wall Link takes a look at one of the three tapestry's that are hanging there. It's an image of a green ethereal women holding a golden triangle, surrounded by trees and plant life. At the top of it is the mark of the goddess Farore. The same designs are used for the other two, with water and blue for the goddess Nayru, and red and fire for the goddess Din. Thinking he has wasted enough time Link hurries to Zelda's study.


Making it to the door in five minutes Links steps into the office. Inside he sees the walls lined with full bookcases. A dark wood desk piled with papers sits at the back, and in the center is a coffee table with two couches on both sides. Impa sits on the one couch to the right while Princess Zelda looks over a book at her desk.

"Hello Link. Close the door, have a seat and we shall begin." Zelda said without looking up from her book.

Unstrapping his sword and shield from his back and leaning them against the coffee table he takes a seat on the couch opposite Impa. Facing the general Link gives her a smile. "Hello Impa, how are you today?"

"Good, I recently came into a bit of money."

"Really, how?"

"Well, if you want to know..."

"Ahem." Zelda clears her throat.

"I got extra pay from the princess this week."

"That was nice of her."

"Yes, it was." Said Zelda coming over with a large white candle with golden sand designs on it, setting it on the table Zelda takes a seat next to Link. Turning to him she asks. "Are you sure you still want to do this, Link? We can still find another way."

"Yes. We need to know what these dreams mean and if something bad is going to happen."

"Very well." Turning to Impa Zelda says. "This will show our status inside Link's mind. If the flame turns red, we need you to stop the spell. If it remains yellow, then we are fine."

"Understood princess."

"Good."

"So how do we begin?" Link said.

"Simple, we need you unconscious. Impa, the night-night stick please."

As if from thin air Impa suddenly pulls out a bat.

"WAIT WHAT!" Yelled Link leaping to his feet.

Zelda grabs his hand and pulls him back down to the couch. "Calm down Link, it was a joke."

"Yeah, we would only use this if you were putting up a fight." Impa said throwing the bat behind her.

"Why doesn't that make me feel any better?" Link deadpanned.

"Ok Link, we will stop with the jokes." Reaching over Zelda snaps her fingers above the candle and a yellow flame begins to dance on the wick. Turning back to the hero Zelda holds out her hands to him. "Take hold of my hands, then relax and think about the dream. You lead and I will follow. And if something goes wrong all Impa has to do is separate our hands to end the spell."

Putting his hands on top of Zelda's Link tries to remember the dream as Zelda mutters something under her breath.

"Oh great Mamu, goddess of the sands and dreams. I Seek permission to pass through the vale, and your guidance as I wander into your domain."

As the image grows clearer the marks of the Triforce on the backs of their hands start glowing. Closing his eyes Link feels himself and Zelda fall into the world of dreams.


The first thing Link feels is cold and snow under his boots. Opening his eyes, he looks around and sees that he is back in the snow covered clearing. Only this time it's early morning instead of the dead of night and he can see the sun rising in the cloudy sky. In a flash of gold light Zelda appears next to him and looks around.

"So, this is what it is like in someone else's dream. Tell me Link, how does it feel?"

"...Cold."

"Amazing! You can feel the cold, but I don't feel a thing. It must be because this is your dream and I'm just a visitor. I wonder what are the limits of this is? I should test it. So many possibilities. I wonder, if I was to get hurt in here, would the injury mirror itself on my real body? Also is time moving the same rate in here as the real world?"

"Princess."

"Yes?"

"Focus."

With a red hue dusting her cheeks Zelda coughs into her fist. "Right, my apologies, Link. This is just the first time I have got to do something like this, and I got a little excited."

"Don't worry about it. After we solve this thing, I'll let you poke around in here a little. Also, who is Mamu?"

"I thank you for understanding, Link. It is hard to curb my curiosity sometimes and I lose sight of my original goal. Mamu is the name of the goddess that the Gerudo tribe worshiped back before they were..." Zelda trails off as she puts a hand on her neck and clears her throat, as she looks away with an uncomfortable look on her face.

"You don't have to say any more princess, I get it." Link said shaking his head.

"...No, I need to say it, I need to acknowledge the wrongs my predecessors and the royal family have done in the past. If I don't, how could I ever unite Hyrule and try to repair the rifts between the tribes?" Zelda said looking back at the green clad hero with a fiery resolve in her eyes. Taking a deep breath, she continues where she left off. "...Before they were massacred by my great-grandfather and the Sheikah under his orders." It's always been a point of shame to the princess what her family did all those years ago. No matter how she thinks it over, the princess can't understand the logic of wiping out an entire tribe.

'Even if Ganondorf often comes from the Gerudo tribe, surely there was a better option then to genocide them.' Zelda thinks.

Shaking her head Zelda said to Link. "She is often depicted with a large snake coiling around her body. You would have seen her statues in the Arbiter's grounds. Since the prison was made from the old temple of the sage of spirit. But putting that all aside for the moment, we should get back on track. Now let's get started. I'm going to try and trigger the next one you will have." With the mark on her right hand glowing, Zelda raises it up and does a snap that sounds like it goes for miles.

Black squares in the hundred's start coming down from the sky and forming eight body's, with the light from the sun Link can finely make out what these figures look like.

One is a tall thin man, with long purple hair. Wearing a black robe with a vertical red eye on the front, and on his head is a gold horned crown.

One is a yellow squid thing, with five flat tentacles with an eyeball on each one. On the top there is a mouth with a bigger eyeball.

One is a man about nine feet tall in full orange and silver armor with a pointed helmet, holding giant double-bladed axe in his hands.

The next is a blue skinned woman wearing a purple dress that shows too much skin for this weather with a long dark blue headdress.

The next one is a dark skinned woman in desert clothes that look no warmer than the dress the other one has. With large twin tails, one is covered in ice and the other is on fire.

A few hundred feet away is the headless corpse of a fat man in a blue vest and brown pants.

The last one is a man with grey skin, white hair. Wearing a red cloak with diamond shapes on the inside, and a black diamond tattoo under his left eye. With two black sabers in each hand.

Looking over to the one they were chasing Link gets a good look at him.

He's wearing brown boots with dark blue pants, a silver tunic under a grey chest plate with a gold triangle on the left breast and a purple crescent moon on the right breast. On his head is a silver hat similar to Links green one, silver hair frames a face with markings. A blue inverted triangle on the forehead with two red lines under each eye, a scar is over the closed right one and the solid white one glares at the enemy's. In both of his hands he holds a giant cleaver like sword in the shape of the infinity symbol, with many chips and cracks along its blade. There on his back Link can finally get a look at the sword.

Its hilt is completely black with the guard in the shape of dragon wings. In the center of the guard is a glowing purple gemstone slowly pulsing with purple light in the shape of a diamond. He can't see the blade with it still in the scabbard, but he can tell it's at least as long as the Master Sword.

It looks like it was quite the battle for both sides. The man with the cleaver has many wounds all over his body, with the worst being a large gash on his stomach and a hole the size of Link's fist in his left thigh, both of them still bleeding.

On the other side the dark skinned woman is bleeding out onto the snow on her back with large gashes on her chest.

The squid is missing the tips of three tentacles.

The knight looks like his armor was shredded and burned.

The woman with the dress is missing a hand.

The purple haired man has a large vertical slash dead center on his body with an eye, several teeth and a leg missing.

The white haired man looks the best with only a few cuts here and there.

Nobody moves for a few minutes as they glare back and forth.

"When will you cease this pathetic fight, hero?" Said white hair.

"When I kill you all!" Growls the Hero.

"Still defiant as the last hero I had to deal with. He never wanted to be a good little boy and tell me what I wanted to know, and it looks like that trait got passed down to you as well, shame."

"You know this has nothing to do with you, if you didn't get involved you would not be about to die!" Said the woman in the dress.

"NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!" Roars the hero. "YOU BASTARDS DESTROYED KOKIRI FOREST AND KILLED ALMOST EVERYONE THERE! FADO! LINDER! ALDO! DRONA! ELMA! THE GREAT DEKU SPROUT! ALL THE OTHERS! ALL OF THEM DEAD! ALL TO GET THIS DAMN SWORD! THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ME!

"Well maybe if you were a better hero, you could have saved them!" Laughs the squid.

Before the hero can move and gut the squid, the man with the purple hair vanishes in a flash of orange light and reappears behind him.

"Too much talking, let's just take it then kill him!"

"Wait you fool don't touch it yet!" Yells the man with white hair, but he was too late, the purple haired mans clawed hands had already wrapped around the swords handle.

"Yes, at last it's mine!" Yells the man when suddenly he starts to feel a fierce burning sensation in his hands. letting go of the sword and backing away from the hero he falls to his knees as the feeling spreads all over his body. Looking up into the lone eye of the hero he gets out. "What did you do to me hero!?"

"I didn't do a thing." He said in a tone that would freeze ice.

Whatever he was going to say next died on the tip of his tongue as black and purple flames begin to erupt from his eyes and mouth, then start to engulf his whole body. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He wails as the dark fire incinerates his body from the inside out. when the flames die down what remains of his body is a pile of ash with two lights on it, one orange and the other gold. After a moment the two of them shoot high into the air and fly off in different directions.

Turning around quickly the hero leaps into the air and brings his cleaver down on the white haired man before the shock can were off. Unfortunately, he was not quite fast enough as his blade was met by the axe of the knight and the hero was pushed back.

Landing back onto the snow the squid wraps one of its remaining tentacles around his right arm. Using brute force, he pulls on the tentacle and throws the squid into the woman in the dress, distracting both of them.

Before he can recover from the throw, the tan woman gets up suddenly and shoots a fire and ice spell at him. Bringing his sword up he blocks the two spells with the flat side of his blade.

Jumping to the right he narrowly dodges the axe of the knight. Sweeping his leg, he knocks the knight onto his back and smashes the flat side of his sword against his head, dazing him for a few moments. Before he can kill the knight with a stab to the heart, he has to jump back a few feet to avoid a lightning bolt attack from the women in the dress.

Bringing his sword back, a cyan light covers the blade, swinging it forward a jagged disk of light shoots out. With the women jumping to the side to avoid it the disk flies off and slices down one of the many trees in the distance. Rushing her before she can recover, the Hero brings his blade up then swings it down to split her in half.

Before his sword can make the cut the white haired man with his own cleaver like sword wrapped in an orange light slices through the middle of the infinity shaped blade, and not even a second later lightning, fire, and ice all hit him in the face, and he is sent back a few meters into the snow.

"Well, I think that just about ends it." Said white hair.

Getting to his knees the hero looks at his now completely useless sword and he can feel cracks spreading across his mask before it shatters, and his body is engulfed in a cyan light. Looking over his shoulder he sees the knight getting back on his feet and picking back up his axe.

"Just give it up hero! You can't beat us like that. Not without your little mask."

With the mask gone and the hero turned back to normal, Link feels his heart stop as he recognizes the man's gold armor as the Hero stands to his feet once again and the helmet falls to the ground. Revealing a head of golden blonde hair.

"No way? Gramps!?"

Link, the Hero of Time, stood tall in his gold armor against his foes as they begin to close in. Keeping his lone blue eye on them he growls out as he unsheathes the gold and steel sword on his right hip. "Even without it, you will never get this sword from me!"

Stopping ten feet in front of him white hair laughs and said. "And how do you expect to stop us? You're badly injured, cut off from any help, are all out of tricks, and only have that cheap piece of mortal steel left to defend yourself with. Face it hero, you will never make it to The Mausoleum of the Night!"

Panting Link realizes he's right, with them on his tail he won't make it to the mausoleum. And if that happens then all of this will be for nothing. "Guess there is no choice then." He says dropping his gold and steel sword. Lifting his left hand up he grabs the hilt of the black sword on his back.

"You can't be serious. Your body won't last if you use that, it's too injured!" Said white hair as they all backed up a step.

"I'm as serious as the graves of the Kokiri you slaughtered!" He growled as he unsheathed the sword. The two edged blade was as black as night and as long as the Master Sword he once wielded. Link could feel the dark power from the blade flow through him, and he did not need a mirror to know that his one remaining sky blue eye turned blood red and his pupil slitted like a wolfs once again.

Black and purple fire begins to engulf the length of the sword from the start of the guard to the tip of the blade. "I know this will only slow you bastards down for about two centuries. But that's far better then you getting what you want now!"

"We won't let you!" Said the woman in the dress as they ran at Link. Quickly lifting the sword up and pointing it at them, the hero of time speaks a spell in a language that neither Link nor Zelda understands.

"Deleo."

Five tendrils of black and purple flames shoot out of the sword and pierce them in the chest. As they all fall to their knees black cracks start to spread across there body's.

Lifting her head the woman in the dress laughs. "This little trick won't stop us next time you fool!"

The knight speaks next. "We know where you hid the stones, when we are free, we will have them."

The tan woman is the next one. "And we won't need the sword to destroy the barrier's or get into that Realm either!"

The squid speaks last. "You cant stop the resurrection of the god of darkness! we will win this time!"

With that threat made the cracks finish spreading and the four explode into black dust and vanish in the wind. With them gone the tendrils wrap around the white haired man, one on each arm and the last two around his legs.

Looking into his red eye the haired man sneers at the hero of time. "You might have won this battle, but we will win the war. The price for using that spell in your state will be your life. And when you die out here all alone, who do you think will be able to stop us next time?"

"I'll stop you next time. I did it once I'll do it again."

"Heheheheheh ahahahahahaha!" Laughs the white haired man. "Oh, I do hope you will be there, Link! Only so that I can finely make your ears bleed with the sound of your own screams!" With the promise of torture to come for the hero, his body too explodes into black dust and vanishes in the wind.

Panting heavily the black flames dissipate from the sword and the hero of time begins to limp his way out of the clearing using the black blade as a cane. When he gets to the end of the field his body brakes apart into many black square's and fly into the sky.

Link and Zelda stand there stunned at what they just saw. As they both take in all that was shown, Zelda's mind was racing.

'The destruction of the Kokiri tribe, the last hero hiding something, the resurrection of the god of darkness, and ...The Mausoleum of the Night!'

"Link!" Exclaimed Zelda turning to the Hero of Twilight.

"Yes?"

"We must continue! There's something I need to confirm!"

"Well go ahead. I won't stop you."

Grabbing his hand Zelda snaps again and a gold light fills his vision.


When the light fades Link sees he is somewhere different. Hundreds of black stone coffins surround a walkway leading to a raised platform in the center with a foot high pedestal on it. Eight large black stone pillars support the roof a hundred feet up. The only source of light is a glowing purple crescent moon on the ceiling, filling the chamber with an other worldly light. Turning around at the sound of boots on stone the hero of time limps his way into the room.

"Finally, I'm here." He pants, looking down at the black sword in his hand he says. "You have caused me a lot of trouble. But now I can put you to sleep for a few centuries." Limping down the path he walks past Link and Zelda as blood continues to drip from his wounds. Stepping onto the platform the hero grabs the sword with both hands, lifts it up, and plunges it down into the pedestal sealing it away. With the sword in place, cyan colored markings start to appear on all the coffins, but Link is not paying attention to them. His eyes are glued to the giant mark on the far wall Infront of him.

On that wall is the mark of the royal family of The Twilight Realm.

Before Link can even guess what all this could mean, the hero of time sinks to his knees. turning around and resting his back against the pedestal he looks past Link and Zelda to the door that he just came through. Smiling he asks. "Will this be enough?"

"Yes, that will be perfect, Hero of Time." Says a man's voice.

Turning to the door Link feels his heart stop for the second time that day. Standing in the doorway is the cloaked figure that he keeps seeing.

As the cloaked figure walks down the path Link notes his boots do not make a sound and he passes right through him and Zelda.

Walking onto the platform he stands Infront of the hero of time.

"You have succeeded in slowing them down, but this is not the end. They will be back." Looking at the sword he continues. "You were not quite ready to use it, but I think next time, you will be a perfect vessel."

Leaning his head back he says. "Glad for the vote of confidence. I guess this is where we say goodbye for now, huh?"

"Indeed, you will not last much longer with your wounds. But, I also sense heavy regrets upon your heart. I would listen, if you wanted to share."

Chuckling Link leans his head back against the pedestal. "My 'regrets' huh? I have so many. I wish I could see Malon, Robin and Navi one last time. I still have so much I wanted to teach Robin, I didn't get enough time with him. I wanted to show Navi Termina, she would love Tatil and Tail. I wanted to hold Malon and listen to her wonderful singing again. And tell them all that I will always lo..koff! koff! koff!" He coughs into his hand, when he pulls it back, he sees a worrying amount of blood on it. "Well, that's not good."

Bringing his left arm up, a purple light flashes in his black fingerless gloved hand before he lets it fall back to his side. "You have reached your limit, Link Kokiri, it is time for you to rest."

With his breathing starting to slow, he slowly closes his now sky blue eye. "Rest...yeah that...sounds...nice..." And his breaths stops.

Raising his left hand once again, the figure snaps his fingers and the hero of times body brakes apart into dozens of black squares then fly into the air and disappear. Looking up the cloaked man stares at the mark on the far wall.

Link and Zelda stare at the platform in silence each not knowing what to say.

Its the princess that finds her voice first. "He called the hero of time Kokiri. I did not know he had a surname."

Turning to Zelda Link says. "Oh, that's right. I have never introduced myself properly to you, have I? Guess it just slipped my mind the one time I could talk around you. My full name and title is Link Kokiri, The Hero of Twilight. Descendant of Link Kokiri, The Hero of Time."

Everything falls into place for the princess then. "Link Kokiri, the hero of times death. The Mausoleum of the Night, looking for what was hidden by him, and Robin Kokiri!

Link!" Zelda said turning to the hero.

"Yes?"

"I believe I have the journal of the son of the hero of time!"

"Really?"

"I think so. I also believe that this mausoleum might just hold a way to get back into The Twilight Realm!"

Getting excited Link continues for her. "I had that same thought as well! This is the only place with Twili writing in the Light Realm." He then points to the mark on the far wall. "And that is the mark of the royal family that is in the grand hall of the Palace of Twilight!" 'I could finely see Midna again!' He thinks.

"Let's get back. I need to show you the book." Zelda says grabbing his hand. She lifts hers and snaps.

But nothing happens.

"Sorry, but I took away your control for now."

Feeling both of their hearts stop they face the platform once more, and see the cloaked man turn around and stare right at them.


Back in Zelda's study Impa sees The Master Sword start to pulse a pale blue light.


When Midna gets outside she takes count of the number of enemies. There are about one hundred knight like monsters standing about a mile from the palace. At first glance they look like the Darknuts that Link fought before. But these ones are bigger, about ten feet tall instead of seven and the armor is different colors as well. A large chunk of them are steal gray, some a light red.

Walking up to Max Midna says. "What is the situation?"

Not taking his black eyes off them he replies. "They showed up about twenty minutes ago in a flash of brilliant orange light and have not moved from that spot. We have evacuated all civilians into the palace and are waiting on standby to see what they want."

"Good work Max."

Just then a brilliant flash of orange light appeared in the sky and when it faded a yellow squid thing was floating above the knights.

"Greetings lowly pathetic creatures of Twilight! I am the Dark Phantom Bellum! What you see before you is my Phantom army, an indestructible force of death. We desire the Goron ruby that your royal family has, as well as your princess. Give them to me and I will only kill a few of you."

"Like hell we would ever do that!" Yells Max and the knights of the twilight.

"I was hoping you'd say that! It's been so long since I got to wreak havoc. Let the massacre begin!" Yells Bellum as the phantoms start to charge.

Grabbing the shadow crystal Midna gets ready to fight alongside her people. 'Link, please give me the strength to win!' She thinks as the war for the Twilight Realm begins.


Standing out in Hyrule field he looks to the sun to tell the time. 'About four in the afternoon. Only four more hours until I can start. Then the war for the two worlds begins.'


The smoke from the fires that torch her home burns her lungs as Impaz lays bloody and beaten on the wood floor.

"I'll ask one more time you old hag. How do I get to the sky?" Said a male voice.

Wheezing Impaz says. "You will not find what you are after in the city of the Ooccoo."

Walking over to her he kicks her in the stomach so hard she flies across the room and smashes her back into the wall.

"I don't want a town of some glorified cucco's! What I want is the ancient home of you pathetic Hylians!" He said in rage.

With the taste of blood in her mouth Impaz glares into his orange eyes. "Even if I did know and tell you, that place is protected by the goddess Hylia. Something like you would never be able to set foot on it."

Walking over to her again he puts a white gloved hand around her small neck and lifts her off the ground until she is eye level with him. He brings his saber up to her cheek and leaves a tiny cut across it.

"You just let little old me worry about that part. But I do believe you don't know how to get there. Too bad for you, that means you are of no more use to me."

Impaz's glare doesn't falter as he pulls back his black blade then shoots it forward and pierces her heart.

Tossing her now lifeless body into the fire to burn with the house he walks out of the home. Once outside he addresses a woman in a purple dress.

"The old hag didn't know. So, we will have to move on to plan B."

"Right. But what do we do about Vaati?"

"Leave him be for now Veran, we still can make use of him."

"As you wish, Ghirahim."

With that the two vanish in a flash of orange light. As the rest of the hidden village burns to the ground.


WTF WE ARE GETTING A LEGEND OF ZELDA MOVIE!?

I am bummed that it is live action. But I will hold my judgments until I see casting and a trailer.

And that's it for now join us next time for

chapter 5: The Reunion Across Worlds