The One-and-Only Disclaimer: No, unfortunately, I do not own any sort of idea behind the genius that is the Zelda series, nor do I own anything else in this story that you recognize as already being copyrighted. I do own my OCs, however, and ideas that are not part of the Zelda universe behind this story.

Krista (author's note edited July 15th, 2009): This story is based off of the Gamecube Four Swords Adventure game in the Legend of Zelda series. Please note that the first dozen chapters of this story are not the best examples of how well I write; they were written about five years ago. Once you get through the first dozen chapters, the writing will (or should) be much better. I am planning on rewriting the first dozen chapters when I can. Thank you, and enjoy the story!

Chapter One: Meet the sisters!

"Patience! Quit hiding behind us and help us defeat the boss!" An annoyed girl deliberately made her blue Link throw a bomb at the purple one. She was seventeen, with light brown hair that reached just past her shoulders. After making sure her Link was safely out of the boss's reach, she turned her crystal blue eyes to glare at her little sister.

"You hurt my Link and made me lose force gems!" the younger one pouted. This girl's dirty blond, chest-length hair was coming out of its' pigtails. She pushed some of it out of her blue-gray eyes as she hurriedly made her purple Link gather his fallen force gems.

"Why are you always leaving us to do the fighting, Patience?" the elder sister asked.

"Err......I'm collecting more force gems just in case one of you die?" Patience said in a wayward attempt to get her oldest sister to believe her.

"I'm not buying that," blue Link's controller answered. "Where are you going to get more force gems? We're locked in this room, and you already destroyed all the vases." Patience looked down, trying to think of a comeback. "Besides, I see you over there playing with your fire rod. Why won't you fight?" Her youngest sister looked at her, eyes twinkling.

"Come on, Hope. I'm only eleven years old! You really want me to learn how to fight and play such violent video games?" she pleaded. Hope laughed at her little sister.

"Listen, girl, you play way more violent games than Four Swords Adventures with--"

"DIE!!" Patience jumped and fell off the bed that she and Hope were sitting on, as Hope looked at the T.V. and saw the last remains of the boss blowing up. Then she glanced at her other younger sister as Patience, rubbing her head, glared at her other older sister. A few minutes after they started staring at her, the third girl smirked at them.

"What?" she asked innocently. "If you two aren't going to fight, don't think I'm going to wait for you." With that, she made her green and red Links hit the barrier of darkness and watched as another maiden emerged from her crystal prison. This girl was stuck in the middle of the family, being fourteen years old. Still mesmerized to the screen, she pushed her waist-length, dark brown hair out of her face as her same colored eyes read what the maiden was saying. When the maiden was done, she made the green Link walk toward one of the little warp squares on the ground with the red Link following. Since there were only three of them playing, she usually was two Links, being the sister that played video games the most and, thus, having the best idea of what she was doing.

"Uh, Faith?" Hope waved her hand in front of her sister's face. "You beat this game twice before on your own. Why are you hypnotized to the screen every time one of the six maidens talk?" Faith, who was sitting on the floor, looked up at her older sister.

"So I'll remember more of the important details better when you and Patience ask me questions like, 'What'd she say?', 'Where are we going?', or my personal favorite, 'What's going on?'" she answered. Patience stood up and started scratching the side of her head, confused.

"So, uh, what is going on?"

"See?!" Faith threw her hands up in frustration. "Wehavetogotothelostwoodsnext!" she told her younger sibling, speaking so fast that she knew neither of her sisters would understand. Hope just arched one of her thin eyebrows as Patience grew a smile on her face.

"Okay, I have no idea what you just said, but it sounds good to me! Let's go!"

"Yeah, you don't care where we go as long as there are force gems, right?" Faith asked, getting a grin of her own.

"And you don't care as long as you get to fight," Patience countered, sticking her tongue out.

"We'll play tomorrow, okay? Mom and Dad wanted you two in bed by 9:30 and it's 9:45 right now. So shut off the video game and tuck yourselves in," Hope told the other girls while disconnecting her link cable. Faith and Patience started to pout. They didn't want to go to bed. Suddenly, Faith's eyes lit up.

"There are lots of puzzles in the Dark Woods," she said, knowing that puzzles were Hope's favorite part of the whole game. For a moment, Hope hesitated...but only for a moment.

"All the more reason to look forward to it tomorrow!" She smiled. The other two groaned. It was Hope's turn to smirk. "Nice try. Now one of you shut off the game while the other brushes her teeth." Faith and Patience looked at each other and, after a silent agreement, Faith went into the bathroom while Patience started rolling up the link cables. Hope followed Faith out of her little sisters' room and went into her own room across the hall.

Patience had almost gotten everything put away. She hit the save button, said "no" to 'continue playing', and went back in the title screen. She hit the power button off and turned off the television. Getting her bed ready for the night, she suddenly heard the Zelda theme song coming from the television. Patience looked confused and a little nervous since the power button was on and she knew that she had shut both the television and the game off. Hope popped her head back in the room.

"I thought I told you guys to go to sleep!" she said.

"We were, but the game turned on by itself after I shut it off!" Patience argued. Hope rolled her eyes.

"Come on, that's ridiculous," she said, going over to the Gamecube. "A game can't turn on by..." she tried pushing the power button off. The game stayed on. "...itself."

"AHHHH!!" Patience screamed. "It's haunted!" Faith ran in after hearing the scream.

"What happened?" she asked.

"The game won't turn off," Hope answered. "According to Patience, she turned it off, but it came back on." Faith glared at her sisters.

"If the Gamecube or Four Swords Adventures is broken, I'm going to wrap the cords around both of your necks," she said, almost growling. Patience hid behind Hope, as Faith went over to their Gamecube. After checking it and trying the reset and power buttons, she asked, "You didn't trip over anything?"

"No," the youngest answered.

"Pull the Gamecube?"

"Nope."

"Do something to the T.V.?"

"Uh-uh."

"Then what did you do?!"

"I hit save and went back to the title screen. I shut it off, and then it came back on to the title screen again," Patience answered. Faith looked at the T.V. It had Zelda: Four Swords Adventures near the top, but the background was swirling yellow and orange.

"Wait," she said. "This isn't the title screen. The title screen has dark clouds with a castle in the background."

"...You're right," Hope agreed after inspecting the screen again.

"Well, that's a first." Patience ducked Faith's swiping hand, then started tapping the television screen as if that would solve their problems. Suddenly, a blinding green light shot out at them. The girls covered their eyes as they felt a vortex suck them in. Blinking slowly, they soon found themselves in some sort of sanctuary.

"Err..." The three girls looked at the blond, blue-eyed boy as he spoke. "When the legend said the sword would make the wielder into four, I assumed we would all be the same gender." The speaker was unmistakably Link. Faith was the next one to speak.

"Oh, crud." That was all there was time to say. In the next instant, all four of them were swept up in a twister as the wind sorcerer Vaati escaped from his prison.