Link has to get rid of Dark Link before anybody finds out that he actually exists, but why is Dark Link so laid back about the whole thing? Doesn't he care about being destroyed?
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Sometimes Link felt that more than a hero, he was just the luckiest guy ever. He stumbled into adventures, found items that proved themselves vital to his quests, and important people seemed to like him at first sight. In fact, his own dark side liked him enough to not engage in battle every time they saw each other. He was even okay with Link wanting to get rid of him. Link wasn't sure if Dark acted like that because he was sure Link would never manage to destroy him, or if he had ulterior motives for hanging around him.
In his head, Link replayed the night when Dark had come out of the mirror. Link had already known the shadow was inside his own mind, waiting for a way to escape. He could feel the darkness, lingering at the edges of his awareness. How had he escaped from the Dark Realm? Had it been Link the one who released him? He feared that might have been the case. Maybe that was why Dark was so confident in staying close to him.
Link sat down on the floor of the little abandoned house he had found for the both of them, next to the pile of books that he had brought from his old Kokiri Forest house, in hopes that there would be something there that talked about how to get rid of your embodied shadow.
It was a long shot, but considering the usual odds he faced during his quests, he wasn't too worried about it.
Most of Link's quests (and all of his problems to be honest), started with dreams; and Dark Link had been the weirdest dream.
In his dream, Link wandered too deep into the dream world, walking through misty visions that faded as soon as he aproached them. And in the end, at the very edge of life and dreams, he saw himself clothed in black with the red sparks of the stars shining in his eyes.
He reached out to him, not knowing which one of the two was really himself, when the vacant eyes fixed on him, and the Link in the Dark Realm spoke, with a voice made of pure energy that fell right to Link's heart. And like a drop of poison that contaminated a glass of water, Link felt the other's presence expanding inside of him, embracing his very soul.
He woke up, and stumbled out towards the bathroom, feeling himself disoriented. The room seemed to sway with every step he took, as if he was seeing it through two pairs of eyes. As he reached the mirror he saw his eyes shone red, and his reflection gave him a sharp grin in return. The thing embracing his soul let go, while the Link from the mirror reached out to him, and Link fainted.
When he woke up, Dark Link sat on the edge of the bed next to him, singing a song about the sky.
As he finished replaying the scene in his mind, Link put down the last book he had read. There was nothing, and the only person who could help him was the one that should never find out. If Zelda knew of Dark Link's existence she would no doubt call the sages and do something drastic, like messing up with time again.
And Link wanted anything but that.
Dark's deep voice reached Link from the kitchen among the noise of clattering pans and burning food. How his shadow managed to never get a hangover was beyond him and he didn't care; but what drove him mad was the song he sang all the time.
"As you sway, your feet float in the sky... As you sway, you are drawn to the sky..."*
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*These are the lyrics of Belaire from Malice Mizer.
