26 year old Link ran down the street to Queen Zelda's castle. His mouth has had a problem since he was 16 year old and when he fought the Gerudo. He still remembered that, as that memory haunted him for the rest of his life.
Zelda ran out to meet him. "Link!!!" she shouted, hugging him.
We're adults now, but she still greets me as if we were 12 again Link thought, hugging her.
Zelda looked into Link's eyes. "I can see you lost your dark side..." Zelda whispered.
"Well...I wouldn't say lost..."
"What do you mean?"
"Y'know the mass destruction going on right now?"
"Yeah..."
".....its caused by him. The only way to take him down is for me to fight him."
Zelda had a flashback of the battle 10 years ago. Finally she hugged him tighter. "No!!!!" she shouted.
Link pulled away. "The battle is today, if I die and defeat him, Hyrule will be at it's safest. If I stay alive......well......right now Dark Link is shapeshifted into your father....and I'll be thrown in the dungeon for it."
Zelda wiped the tears off of her face. "I understand" she whispered.
Link ran to the top of Hyrule Castle, where Dark Link was. It was a small low-wall-no-ceiling tower they were on. Link stood ready, as did disguised Dark Link. They fought for about 5 minutes before Link slipped and hung on for dear life.
"Awww, the little hero's gonna meet his end today? How sad" Dark Link said, taunting Link.
Link struggled and pulled himself onto the platform again. "Never say I won't save the queen" Link said.
Dark Link got angry. "I WILL SAY THAT! YOUR QUEEN WILL BE DEAD.....unless....." he got a sneaky grin on his face. "Unless you want to die for her? hmm?" Dark Link said.
If I die and defeat him, Hyrule will be at it's safest Link thought. He dropped the sword he was holding. "Fine, ONLY if you promise to never harm Hyrule's residents or anything ever again, whether it be a fly to a person," Link said.
Dark Link held his hands out. "You have my word" he said, prooving he wouldn't cross his fingers. "Get to your knees" Dark Link said.
Link got down on his knees.
Dark Link took some rope and tied Link's hands behind his back. He lead Link through the castle to the courtyard, to the town.
Zelda had been waiting for Link, but when she saw this she got angry. "Link!!!" she shouted. She ran after them.
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Lost at War
FanfictionZelda must unfortunately send her true love off to fight in a ruthless war. Link heroically accepts this potential death sentence, leaving to fight for his kingdom. Upon his depature, a dark secret he's been withholding is uncovered, and the kingdom...
