Chapter 1

"Elric!" Link yelled from the rafters, Elric looked up just as Link dropped and brought his sword straight down. Elric smirked.

"You Light Worlders are so predictable!" The usurper growled as he swung his blade, catching Link under the shield and breaking the bone of the Hero's shield arm. Link winced in pain as he stood up. He tenderly took his shield off, now he was without two of the Hidden Techniques the Heroes Shade had taught him, the Helm Splitter and Shield Attack. Luckily he could still fight. Midna went to move towards him, but a look in his eyes made her stop, the feral eyes of his wolf form were there, like they always were, however Midna could see the true spirit of the wolf coming out in him.

"How are you going to fight me with a broken arm, and no shield?" Elric said. Link responded not with words but by running at Elric with his sword dragging on the ground, sparks flying. The two met blades, Elric in a downward arc, and Link in an upward arc. The parried and stabbed at one another. It was a stalemate for ten minutes or so, though in the Twilight Realm, how could one tell. Link finally fainted to the right, and when Elric fell for it, Link opened a gash on his opponent's side, breaking three ribs. Link heard the definite crack of breaking bone and smirked.

"We are even now:you broke my arm, and I broke your ribs." Link growled as Elric fell to his knees in pain, his sword dropping out of his hand. Link kicked it out of the reach of his foe. Elric breathed shallowly.

"Finish me. You have bested me. Finish me." Elric breathed deeply. But the death strike never came, Link sheathed his sword on his back and motioned for Midna to come with him.

"This fight is over, you can barely walk, barely stand. I have won." Link said. Elric growled.

"You Light Worlders are all the same, kind hearted, weak, and so predictable!" Elric said managing to get to his feet and rush towards Link, a dagger aimed at the Hero's heart. Link however, with the hearing of a wolf, could hear Elric's footsteps, no matter how faint, and quickly drew his sword, and spun around slicing the former Twili King right in half.

"I offered you life, and you chose death, foolish pitiful man." Link said sheathing his sword. Midna walked over across the throne room and picked up the Hylian Shield, that lay forgotten ever since Link's arm was broken.

"Link…Link are you ok?" Midna asked as she awoke sleepily next to her husband, she had heard the King of Twilight shifting in their bed, and now he sat bare chested on the side of the bed.

"I'm fine, Midna, just…can you believe it's been nearly 22 years since I defended this world from Elric, almost 23 since Ganondorf's fall, and only 20 years since the birth of the twins?" He asked running a hand through his messy blonde hair. Midna smirked.

"The day the children were born was the day my life was complete; without either one of you three, I would be lost." She said as she leaned up on her elbow and ran her free hand down her husband's chiseled back. Link smiled.

"Tell me about it…Gerrik and Marisa; they are…special to say the least." Link said as he looked down at his Triforce of Courage that graced his hand. He looked out the window of their bedroom. "The Twilight has shifted, Twi-Dawn is before us." He said, to a common Light Walker, as Link had dubbed them, it would look like normal Twilight, but Link had lived in this world for 22 years; after defeating Elric, he stayed with Midna to govern the Twili People; however he did go back and forth between the realms to check in, and it was easier now, since the Mirrors had been remade, one in the Mirror Hall of the Twilight Palace, the other in the Mirror Hall of Hyrule Castle.

"Indeed it is; I guess I should actually get up then, I actually have something to do today." Midna said as she draped the blankets over her body and walked over to her closet, she dressed into her royal clothes and placed her crown atop her head.

"Marisa and I are heading into the Village; apparently we have to present ourselves to the people, or so says the Royal Advisor, and besides, we need to find her a suitor." Midna said. Link rolled his eyes.

"What Light Walkers not good enough? I mean Gerrik has seemed to woo Natasha, hell he hardly gets away from her when he comes with me to check on Hyrule." Link said as he too stood up and walked over to his closet, where he donned a tunic and leggings, the leggings instead of the white he use to wear were now a dark green, and his tunic, once green was now a blackish blue, with green Twilit markings adorning it, in the back of his closet; long forgotten hung his Hero's Tunic, battered and torn from years of wear and tear, he paused a moment to run his hand up the arm of his white undershirt across the stich from the wound inflicted by Elric, that made him lose the use of his shield. He heard Midna chuckle at his previous comments and was brought out of his memories.

"Yes well, I seem to recall Light Walkers being attracted by Royalty; well at least two of them." Midna purred as she wrapped her arms around her husband. "You miss wearing it don't you?" She asked. Link sighed.

"Yes and no. I miss it because it is a part of who I am, yet I don't because as long as I don't have to wear it, I know that Hyrule is safe." Link said; although he was never sure why he would ever wear the battered old tunic again. Midna chuckled.

"Come, let's go eat." Midna said as she turned to walk away. Link nodded and together the Royals took off towards the dining hall.

"I swear if Gerrik is late for training again, I'm grabbing that cursed shard and turning him into a wolf." Link said as he and Midna walked past the children's separate rooms.

"I quite liked you as a wolf, you were obedient." Midna teased, Link rolled his eyes, 23 years of knowing each other, 21 years of marriage come next fall, and she was still childish.

"See the thing about being a wolf: I can deal with the tail, but the fleas, they are murder." Link said as he opened the doors to the dining room. They saw Marisa already awake and eating, wearing her royal attire for the day in the village, but Gerrik was no were to be seen.

"Excuse me, I'll be right back. Where did you say that shard was?" Link asked as he gritted his teeth; although he couldn't blame his son. When Rusl was teaching him the ways of the sword, he slept in as well.

"Go easy on him." Midna said as she kissed her husband. "Otherwise, he won't be the only one suffering from fleas." She threatened as Link turned. The Hero King gulped, but took off towards his sons chambers.

"Gerrik?" Link asked in a disappointed tone as he entered his son's room, yet when he pulled back the covers, nothing was there, just pillows.

"Hiyah!" Gerrik yelled as he swung from the rafters of his room and delivered a kick to Link's stomach, the King grunted as he was flung back out of the room and over the hallway, into the courtyard.

"Cheeky little…" Link groaned as he sat up, only to see Gerrik running at him two wooden training swords at the ready, as Gerrik jumped over the wall however, Link grabbed him and with a swift kick sent his son flying, one of the swords dropping near Link; the other in Gerrik's hand. The prince of Twilight shook his head as he sat up dazed for a minute.

"Well it seems you've learned the element of surprise. Good job, now then en garde!" Link yelled as he darted towards his son, Gerrik kicked himself up and clashed swords with his father. The Prince tried with all his might to overpower his father, but it seemed like today Link was holding back; and Link had faced many men ten times stronger than Gerrik. Link grunted as he pushed his son off and the two stood about three feet from each other. Neither one said anything just waited to see who would make the first move.

Gerrik did, with his sword pointed downward, digging into the ground, he ran at his father. He brought his sword up in arc like swing, yet Link deflected it, Gerrik parried and slashed at his father, Link blocked and dodged them all. Years of training without a shield had paid off, and it wasn't that Link didn't want to use a shield after his fight with Elric, the bone hadn't set right, and even the lightest shield caused strain when any sort of force was put on it.

"You done?" Link asked melodramatically as his son lowered his blade. "Good. You too loose Gerrik; your body, when you use a sword, your body basically gets an extension. You need to learn to be able to move all muscles in your body at once with your sword strokes. When you learn this, you will be able to read your opponent." Link said as he circled his son.

"Yes father." He said, Link smiled and seemingly began to walk away, before he spun around and swung, his sword clashing with Gerrik's.

"Good thing your senses are keen." Link said as he dropped to a knee and swept his son's feet from underneath him.

"However, you fail to look at your surroundings. You do have a hell of a kick though." Link said as he helped his son to his feet.

"Yeah I figured I'd try to catch you off guard, element of surprise." Gerrik said, Link smirked.

"Come, we'll eat then we will actually train." The Hero said as he and his son walked towards the Dining Hall to meet the rest of the Royal Family, yet as they walked Link smiled inward, Gerrik was learning.

Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Hyrule, Queen Zelda awoke with a start. She looked over to her husband, Connor the Warrior King and smiled softly. Although fear still shook her, she looked out of her window and saw the Hour of Twilight was at hand, soon morning would come. Yet she couldn't get over her dream; Link lying in a pool of blood, the Triforce vanishing from his hand, over him a figure clad in black, with grey skin and white hair, and ever so faintly in the background, a giant of a man with flaming red hair began to shimmer in the distance.

"Please just let this be a nightmare." Zelda begged to the heavens, hoping her dream this time was no prophecy.

As Zelda stood on her balcony overlooking the Kingdom; in the Kingdom of Holodrum, the Tyrant King, General Onox sat on his throne.

"And you are positive this Master of yours can get me unlimited power?" The General asked a robed man, who had his hood up and his head down.

"Yes of course….for a cost." The figure said; his voice almost feminine.

"And what cost is that?" Onox asked curiously. The figure raised his head, and from under his hood; one could see piercing red eyes, grey skin, and white hair.

"The Triforce…of Hyrule." The man said his voice more demonic now than when he spoke previously, his tongue darting out like a snakes.