Lost at War

Chapter One: Escape

Link sat cross-legged in Zelda's throneroom. Zelda slowly walked out.

"Link, thank you for coming," she calmly said. She sat in her throne. "I know your sixteenth birthday is this weekend," Zelda started, "But we have to send you to war. Hyrule, as you know, has been fighting against our sister reigon, the Gerudo desert, and many of our soldiers and knights have been killed. The last thing I would want is you coming home hurt, or being brought home dead on your birthday, but will you fight?"

Link thought for a second. "I will do anything for my hometown," Link finally started, "Whether it'd be fighting on my birthday or dying on my birthday, or anytime at all."

Zelda looked relieved and saddened all at the same time. "In order to fight the Gerudo, you must know their history," Zelda started. "About 200 years ago, Hylians went on a quest westward to conquer more land for the rising empire. On their quest, they found a tribe of professionally trained female ninjas. They called them 'The Gerudo', meaning 'Female Ninja' according to the ancient Hylian scrolls. The Hylians fought The Gerudo to gain their well cultivated land, with great supplies of food growing on it, but some were captured while most were killed. The prisoners The Gerudo took eventually learned much about them. The Gerudo spoke pure Hylian and nothing else. The Gerudo seemed pretty normal until my Great Great Great Great Great Great grandfather, one of the prisoners, found out their two deepest secrets, they were trained by one male, and that one male was born once every 100 years by one Gerudo."

Link sat in shock. "So I'm fighting professionally trained women?" Link asked in shock.

Zelda sighed. "Yes....."

"So, how do I beat them?"
"If I knew wouldn't I send myself instead of you?"
"Good point, where is the Gerudo desert?"
"Weren't you listening? West from the western gates of Hyrule"

Link sighed and stood. "I will go home and prepare, and...and leave....when did you say I leave?"
Zelda facepalmed. "I didn't say. You leave at midnight." Zelda walked forward and hugged Link. "Be safe," she whispered.

After Zelda's hug, Link left to his house. He looked out his window. "I'm fighting for this land, but I feel like I'm saving the world," Link said to himself, supporting his head with his hand while sitting.

Midnight came, and Zelda ran to Link's house. She pounded on his door.

Link slowly got out of bed, wearing his war clothes. He grabbed his sheath, buckled it around his body, from his left shoulder around his chest to his right side toward his waist, and grabbed his sheild and bow. He put some arrows in his quiver that he always hid under his sheath. Finally he opened the door.

Zelda looked at Link. He was battleready. But she noticed one thing that he had hidden earlier. His ear was bandaged. "What happened to your ear?!"

"Well, yesterday...."

"YESTERDAY WHAT?!"

"I have a side you don't know about....."

"TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED!!!!"

Link sighed. "I have a dark side, and when I get real angry, possibly fighting in a war, it's the only time I would go dark. But yesterday, I was just walking around town, and my body went dark, mind and all, without anything to get angry over. My dark side will fight, but I was fighting not hurting the villagers. My dark side slammed me...my body...into the wall outside of your castle, and after it knocked my good conscience out...it....it..."

"IT WHAT?!"

"It killed your brother, Xavier."

Zelda went into shock. "There must be some way to get rid of this darkness, your innocent!" she responded.

Link stood in a frozen stance and right before Zelda's eyes was taken over by his dark side. Link stood in a black tunic, white undershirt and pants, black boots, tanned skin, red eyes, and black hair with a black sock hat. After a moment, the dark Link said something that scared Zelda...."Resistance is futile. You will not escape this time."