As exhausted as he was from having to learn how to cope with the new hand he'd been given by Rauru, Link was growing even more tired of being poked and prodded. Since his return, Purah had insisted on studying him to learn all about the new limb keeping his arm from being destroyed by malice. And thus the blond Champion was forced to become the test subject and submit to her whims - even more so when they realized that Link's arm would never fully return to being 'normal' again despite defeating the Demon King, Ganondorf.

"I'm sorry, Link. I just can't guarantee that removing the runic binding on the right hand won't further damage the remaining flesh. But I've been doing a bit of research, and I might be able to make more progress if I can achieve a full body scan using this combination of Sheikah and Zonai technology I've been developing." Purah tapped her pencil against the side of her mouth. "Hmmm… I wonder…"

Link slumped his shoulders then gave up and dropped his head onto his crossed arms on the table. He'd been sitting shirtless in front of the scientist for the previous two hours with nothing to show for it. Appearances be damned - he was tired and sick of being poked and prodded. Not to mention, Purah had seen him in many different moods, as well as all parts of him, whether he was keen on the idea or not. But if she had a reaction outside of a purely academic curiosity as to the build of the Champion of Hyrule, she never displayed it, and thus Zelda was placated. Though she was loath to admit it, the Princess wasn't fond of anyone else seeing Link's body. He couldn't help but smile to himself over her possessiveness. It was rather adorable when he thought about it.

"Now if I just calibrate this, and adjust the settings here…" Purah mumbled to herself. She messed with something on her self-named pad, then walked over to tweak with a small button she'd added to the Sheikah pedestal next to the platform where she performed all her modifications. "Perfect! Let's see how that works! C'mere Link!"

He groaned under his breath and got up slowly to make his way over to the raised section in her lab for the umpteenth time that afternoon. It was bordering on ridiculous how many tests she wanted to do all at once. He didn't mind one or two, but every afternoon he spent in the lab was one less afternoon that he had to aid in the rebuilding effort. Or time assisting Zelda with her diplomatic meetings with the leaders of the different villages and regions. He couldn't be everywhere at once, no matter how hard he tried, and he was becoming restless being cooped inside day after day. At least when he and Zelda were traveling, there were breaks for time outside, or a ride around the domains surrounding the designated gathering place.

"Up here, please. This shouldn't hurt or anything. I'm doing a scan of your body to see if I can identify why the binding is so tight on your arm and why it can't be removed when you're otherwise healthy and back to normal."

Link swallowed back a sigh and closed his eyes. He knew the drill. "And give a hearty SNAP! to show I'm ready." His fingers created the noise Purah expected while he set his feet in preparation for the inevitable flow of the Sheikah technology flooding over his body.

What he didn't expect was the stinging pain that accompanied it, radiating from the top of his head through his limbs to the fingertips and all the way down to the bottoms of his feet. It wasn't the worst pain he'd felt, nor was it pleasant. And unlike her standard experiments, to Link, it felt as if it carried on for ages before finally cutting off. He gasped and leaned forward, tightly gripping his knees while he fought to regain his breath.

"Oh, sweet Hylia above." The sound of a pencil clattering to the floor reached Link's ears before the sensation of something behind him filled his senses.

The Champion whirled and then leaped backwards. Another figure was standing on the platform, but this one was unlike any he had ever seen. Everything on him was a deep black, from the hood atop his head to the skin visible outside of his tunic and all the way down his snug pants to his black boots. The only color on his body was the bright red of his eyes, and the bright white of his hair and teeth when his mouth opened in awe as he examined his body.

"He's… you," Purah breathed. "It's like he's a perfect shadow clone of you!"

Link stood warily between her and the dark figure in front of him. There was a notable difference between them: their right arms. Link retained the hand from Rauru that allowed them to use the Zonai technology. And the shade, for lack of a better term, had the untouched arm the blond had before that fated day. "Are you… me?"

They lifted their head to look at him and nodded. "All that you know and have experienced, I have memories of. I walked through it with you."

"A dark version of Link. Dark Link! Yes! He must've been separated somehow when I attempted that scan to check your body from head to toe. Hmmm. Was it the Zonai or the Sheikah tech that allowed it to be possible? Or some variation of both? Let's see… I used the Sheikah pedestal as the conduit and from there…" Purah's voice devolved into muttering under her breath as she focused on the machine.

"I think that's my cue to sneak out while she's distracted," Link grabbed his tunic and turned to Dark. "You better come with me if you don't want to be experimented on for the remainder of the day."

Dark winced. "Gladly. Are we going back to the house?"

"Yes. Zelda should be back there already. I can only imagine how she'll react when she sees you." Link chuckled and pulled the tunic over his head while the two slipped out the door. "Do you feel the same sensations I do?"

The dark version of him cocked his head and thought for a moment. "No, not anymore. All I feel presently is hunger… and a growing need to find a way to shake the restlessness that's stirring in my blood."

"I understand, though it's not the same right now. I'm a bit concerned about Zelda… and what the plan should be for going forward. Surely there's going to be questions about you and your presence, as well as what your goals are."

"I have no idea at this point," Dark responded honestly.

The two young men walked silently towards the village, pausing halfway before Link guided them up a steeper slope and across several rolling hills around the edge. "We don't need questions before we see Zelda."

Dark hummed in agreement, seemingly content to follow the Champion's lead. And Link couldn't help but feel more at ease with his companion than most, apart from his Princess. Perhaps it came from him being a counterpart to himself.

The blonde Princess was outside when they approached, with her elbows deep in a wash bucket and scrubbing off a pair of grass-stained beige pants that clearly belonged to Link. Her head came up when she saw them coming off the hill behind the house, and he could tell the moment she saw Dark Link behind him. The garment fell into the water, forgotten, while she slowly rose to her feet.

"W-what… What's going on, Link?" she asked softly when her Hero approached for a tight hug. "He looks just like… but how?!"

"One of Purah's attempts at a new 'examination' had interesting results. So, this is Dark Link, as we're calling him for now."

Zelda dried her hands on the apron covering her light blue dress. "Well, we're glad to have you here, Dark. Will you come in? Dinner is going to be light since it's mostly leftovers from what was cooked yesterday, but there's plenty."

"Thank you."

Link paused and looked at the washing. "Do you want me to finish the laundry?"

"Oh, yes, please. Thank you, Link. That'll give me an opportunity to get to know Dark a little better."

"There's not much difference from what we can tell so far. He's my shadow. He shares my memories. My strength. My appearance, apart from the darkness. And… the hand." Link pulled his tunic back off and knelt beside the wash bucket to wash the remaining clothes.

He could feel Zelda's eyes on him briefly before she cleared her throat and clapped her hands together. "Well, this is certainly an interesting development. But we can't keep a guest waiting, even if he's you. I think we can set up the spare cot under the main floor window. Here, Dark. You can help me with that."

Link focused on scrubbing the clothes hard to get his mind off the confusion of what was going on. He could hear the faint sounds of movement inside the house, and occasionally Zelda's laughter at something Dark said. He would admit that he wanted to spend more time with the new figure and determine what they could do now. He had a feeling there was no undoing what Purah had done - not that he wanted to risk killing either himself, Dark, or both.

He straightened and hung the clothing on the line before taking care of the water bucket and leaving it upside down to dry. As expected from doing laundry, his pants and boots were damp as well. He took off his boots and left them by the door before peeling off his wet pants. He hung them over the fence railing, grabbed his still-dry tunic and went inside for a change of clothes and food.

Two pairs of eyes were on him when he entered clad in only his boxer briefs. Link heard Zelda's breathing change when she saw him. He couldn't help but smile at the effect he had on her. He didn't mind it. But as he walked upstairs to the loft, a realization hit him. Both of the individuals downstairs had gone quiet when he came inside. He paused on his way to the dresser and glanced down at the table where the pair sat.

Zelda was playing with the edge of her dress, a habit she had established when she was nervous yet didn't have the words to convey her thoughts. And Dark was staring straight back up at him with a faint grin.

"Zelda. Did you want something?" Link asked as he leaned on the edge of the loft railing. "Do you need some attention?" he enunciated, using their code word for intimacy when they were in the company of others.

Her green eyes flew to his face. "Y-yes, however, I have a request," she admitted. "I would very much like to… share pleasure with you… and Dark."

Link's eyebrows went up, but after a moment, he grinned. "I can't say that I blame you. It's not everyday that you get a chance to have two cocks in you. What say you, Dark? Shall we share the Princess and give her what she desires?"

The bright white of Dark's teeth flashed as he laughed and nodded. "I have no problems with that, long as you don't."

"Then don't keep her waiting." Link motioned for them to come upstairs and join him.

The bed would be cozy for three people, too cozy, he decided. He hummed softly while he tried to think about what they could do. An idea struck just as the two reached the top of the stairs.

"You're entirely too dressed," he teased. "C'mon. Let's see you both naked. Princess, I know you prefer to be without clothes when you're in the throes of pleasure. I don't know about Dark, but if you're anything like me-"

"Then it doesn't really matter one way or another," Dark finished for him. "As you wish."

Link sat on the edge of the bed and watched his beautiful Princess slowly remove her pale blue dress, then the binding over her breast. When she stepped out of her panties, he opened his arms for her. As she passed by Dark, Link's eyes drifted over the shadow version of himself. He was similar in size with the blond, with a patch of white hair over his cock that matched the hair on his head.

Dark caught Link staring and smirked before walking over to join him when Zelda sat across his lap and wrapped her arms about her Champion's neck. "So, our Princess wants two cocks in her? Has she taken you in her second hole before?"

Zelda blushed and nodded as she looked up at him. "Not many times, but enough that I'm familiar with it, and I don't mind it as a change from our standard. I want this. I want both of you."

Dark knelt down in front of the couple where he could reach her and cupped her face in his hand. "Your wish is our command, Princess." He leaned in and gently claimed her lips in a tender kiss.

Link felt her body instinctively react to move closer to Dark while the two slowly became acquainted with each other's mouths. He eased her arms out from around his neck and instead nuzzled against the side and back of her neck, deeply inhaling her clean, floral scent. His hand slid down her arm then over to her breast to caress it.

Zelda gasped against Dark's mouth and arched her back, pressing her soft flesh further against Link's hand. "Please," she whispered. "I want you… please."

"You'll have us, Princess." Link promised. He eased her to her feet so he could stand long enough to push his own boxer briefs he'd neglected to remove down off his hips and kick them aside. Then he pulled her back onto his lap while Dark continued to kiss her.

"What do you have for lubricant?" Dark asked when he managed to distract Zelda by focusing his attention on her other breast. "I want this to be as painless as possible."

"Don't want it. I'd rather taste you and have you wet from me," Zelda panted. Her fingers slid through Dark's hair. "I'm rather desperate for you."

"We can tell," Link chuckled. "Go ahead and pleasure him. I'll do the same for you."

Dark cocked his head for a moment before understanding Link's meaning. He shifted to sit on the narrow bed with his back against the wall so Zelda could straddle his legs on all fours and lower her head to take him in her mouth. The moment Dark was moaning her name, Link knelt beside the bed and buried his face against her folds.

Zelda whimpered and moaned around Dark's cock, pushing her face back towards Link's eager tongue. Link could tell she was enjoying the attention, and Dark was as well. His counterpart had his red eyes closed and panted while gripping the blanket below him with tight fists.

Link was unrelenting with his ministrations, dragging his teeth across her sensitive bud until she was pulling away from Dark and crying out her lover's name. The blond Champion smiled and coated his tongue in her sweet release until he was certain she had reached her full pleasure. Then he was turning her around, pulling her to the edge of the bed and sliding his cock deep into her slickened folds.

His Princess moaned and wrapped her legs around his waist. Link stood then, supporting her weight while thrusting into her. He wasn't supporting her alone for long. Dark was off the bed and grasping her left hip while guiding his cock into her ass. Once he too was inside of her, his grip shifted to her waist and he started to move in tandem with Link.

Zelda rested against Link as she rode the cocks inside of her. "Oh, Goddess!"

"How does it feel, Princess? Was it everything that you hoped it would be?" Link asked with a faint grunt. He could feel Dark's cock moving inside of her as well, and if the tightness of her body around him was any indication, she was more than enjoying the time she was being given.

"So good!" Zelda moaned loudly when Link shifted his grip on her ass so he could reach higher inside of her. "Harder! Please, don't stop!"

Dark grunted and pressed his chest against her back to whisper in her ear. "You're so tight, Princess! You feel really good around me."

Zelda's head rolled back to his shoulder and she whimpered when he nibbled on the sensitive skin along the side of her neck. "Please…"

"Please, what, Princess? What do you want?"

"I want to cum," she admitted. Her green eyes were closed while she rode the two cocks within her.

Dark smirked past her at Link. "I think that can be arranged."

At an unspoken agreement between them, the two young men pounded her harder in tandem. Zelda's moans came louder, bordering on screams as they roughly fucked her. Then she was coming apart, clinging hard to Link while she rode out her release.

"Mmmm. Beautiful, Princess. This is all for you," Link purred. He stopped moving though when she started calming down.

"You didn't cum?" she asked while trying to catch her breath. "Neither of you?"

"Not yet, Princess. I had another idea. One that I guarantee will be incredibly pleasurable for all of us." Link gestured behind her back for Dark to pull out of her.

The blond laid Zelda back on the bed and handed his underwear to Dark to help him clean himself off. "Princess, will you allow us to pleasure you at once?"

"Isn't that what you just did?" she asked in confusion. Her green eyes watched the two men cleaning off and silently communicating with each other. "What are you planning, Link?"

"To offer a night you will remember long after this day. If it's too much to bear, however, please tell us, and we'll cease immediately." Link shifted her position so her head was under the window and her hips pointed towards the railing of the loft - and the two young men hungrily eyeing her.

Dark moved first, lightly stroking his cock and parting her knees so he could slowly push himself inside of her. Zelda moaned and went to close her legs around his waist, but was stopped by Link stepping in close on Dark's right.

"What are– Oh, goddess!"

Her moan became an immediate outcry louder than any she had given that evening when Link pressed his cock into her beside Dark's. They both gave her a few moments to adjust to the wide stretch before beginning to move.

It was an unusual sensation for Link, feeling the friction of Dark against him and the wet tightness of his Princess surrounding him. Yet one look at Zelda's face made it all worth it. She was in more pleasure than he had ever seen before. She writhed, thrusting back towards them, and alternating between praising their names and begging them not to stop. He gripped her right hip with his Zonai hand, being careful not to dig his nails into her soft skin. On his left, Dark was doing the same to give himself leverage to thrust as deeply as he could. His counterpart was deeper than he was, but Link didn't really care. The Princess was his focus, as always.

Zelda screamed from the loving assault on her pussy, already orgasming from the attention she was receiving. Her hands were knotted in the blankets to keep herself held in place. Her breasts bounced from the force of the thrusts against her hips. And her eyes were tightly closed but her face showed nothing but pleasure.

Dark glanced at Link. "I can't last much longer. Where should I…?"

"She's on contraceptives. Go ahead."

Red eyes lit up and white teeth flashed at him in a grin. "It would be my pleasure," he purred. His attention turned to Zelda. "Do you want my cum?"

"Yes! Oh, goddess, yes! Fill me!" She begged while she whimpered and reached for him.

Link pulled out, allowing a few moments for just the two of them. He lightly stroked himself while he watched Dark lean down to kiss Zelda, then the shared moan while his thrusts changed pace as he came deep inside her and she came around him.

"Oh, Dark. That was so good," she murmured, keeping her arms around his neck while she kissed him again. "Thank you."

"Thank you for allowing me to share pleasure with you. But I think your lover has been more than patient too." He pressed a final kiss on her forehead and stepped backwards to let Link in close to his Princess again.

Link barely noticed when Dark sat on the edge of the bed beside them. He slowly straddled Zelda and brushed her hair away from her sweaty forehead. "How are you, my Princess?"

"A little sore and sleepy, but oh, I feel so good." Her green eyes were soft and full of love while she gently pulled him down for a kiss. "I still need my Hero though. Will you fill me with proof of your love?"

"Of course." He slid back into her, moaning under his breath when he felt the wetness from both her cum and Dark's filling her. "It was so beautiful to see you cumming for him."

"I could say the same about watching the two of you," Dark murmured from beside them. He leaned on his elbow and tucked his legs up onto the bed behind him. "It's alluring. You've really got a Princess there, Link."

The blond didn't respond. His hands were roaming over her body and he was trailing kisses down her neck.

"Oh, Link… I'm so close. Please… Please, Link."

He couldn't help but move faster, tightening his grip on her waist, then reaching his release. "Zelda… I love you. Oh, sweet goddess, I love you."

"I love you too, Link." She moaned and sighed, her head resting back against the pillows while she relaxed, coming down off the high intensity rush of the time they'd just shared.

He kissed her gently and eased out of her body. "Rest, Princess. You've more than earned it."

Link felt Dark's eyes on him while he stepped backwards. He turned to the shadowy figure and offered a small smile. "I trust you can keep an eye on her while I get a warm cloth to help us clean up?"

"Of course." Dark bowed his head to him. "Least I can do after everything."

"Don't leave me," Zelda sleepily whispered. "I don't want to be alone."

"You won't be, Princess. You have our word." Link kissed her forehead then silently made his way downstairs. He hummed the stable song softly to himself while getting the warm washcloth for his Princess. He paused when he got up to the top of the stairs.

Dark had shifted Zelda to laying on the pillow and was lightly stroking his fingers through her hair while also humming a song all of them knew by heart. Zelda's Lullaby. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was slowing as she danced on the edge of wakefulness and sleep.

The sight sent warmth through Link's chest. Maybe things were uncertain with the presence of Dark now, and no clear answers on how to remove the Zonai technology attached to his arm. But there was no denying that what had been awakened in Dark Link was something unique and special, for both him and the Princess. And perhaps on this quest for answers, they would find even more satisfaction and pleasure along the way. After all, the Goddess had allowed it, and that itself was a blessing to them all. A blessing found within a shadow awakened to life independent.