Author's note: there can never be enough non-yaoi stories with Four Swords. And I put it from the perspective of Vio, my favorite clone. Enjoy!

It had all happened so suddenly. At first, it was just me. As in, just me, Link.

Then I split into my four counterparts. And the journey began.

At first, I just saw them as annoying. Green was like our big, bossy brother. Red was optimistic. So optimistic I wanted to puke. Then there was Blue. He was my least favorite. Always thinking with his muscles, not with his mind. That is what I pride myself on, actually: my mind. I suppose that when we were the same person, I was his intellect. Not meaning to brag or anything, but I am smarter than the others. Even they admit it. Which is why I had time to think those dangerous thoughts.

I had time to wonder what embracing my evil side would be like. I had time to wonder if they really appreciated me. I had time to wonder if Green found me aloof, if Red found me cold, if Blue hated me. I most certainly was the most likely of the Links to be thinking those thoughts. I was the most dangerous. In the hands of an enemy, I could be their undoing. I questioned more than the others. I imagined being their downfall more than once. I was more open to evil. But at the same time, I was also so lonely.

I was at the back. I was the one least thought of. Or so I thought. It sure seemed that way. Red and Blue seemed to have a rivalry of sorts. I tried making conversation with Green once, but little followed from that. I thought that they didn't care about me. What did that matter at the time? I didn't like them much either. So senseless. So weak. So useless. I was arrogant. I thought that I alone could take on Gufuu like I wanted to. When we got separated, at first I saw it as a real opportunity.

Then I met him.

At first I was wary. We'd met before. He'd tried to kill us, as a matter of fact. Maybe he'd try to kill me. But instead, he gave me an offer to join the dark side. I saw it as a good opportunity to take a stab at Gufuu, so accepted. I would at least feel welcome there, I thought. Little did I know what my experience with Shadow would give me.

At first, I tried to be nice to him just to get him to trust me. And indeed, he trusted me deeply. At first, the unfeeling creature that I was at the time, I didn't care a bit about how much he obviously cared about me. He saw my stony expression and would continuously ask if I was okay. This in itself was new to me. It made me think about feelings.

As a bit of time passed, I began to feel more. Shadow Link loved me like a brother. I began to feel the same type of love towards him. And I began to see the others, too. Shadow let me look at their progress in the mirror. I began to see. Green called to the rest of us and worried about us. Red got into trouble for his kindness. And Blue was frozen on a mountain peak because of his endless want to be the best. In a way, I saw that we were similar. Thanks to this, combined with Shadow's caring, I began to feel. I began to care for them. I worried about Green, who had somehow wandered into the midst of the Gerudo. I was thankful that Red and Blue reunited, and I even got to meet up with them. I had to pretend to be evil, but I was so glad to see them.

Then, we met up on Death Mountain. I had to pretend to be evil once more. I had to duel Green. However, that day, I learned so much about my friends. Shadow called me his best friend, a distinction that made me practically glow. Green called me a friend, which also made me feel very good. I had thought they didn't care about me. Blue was angry, but begged me to "snap out of it". I didn't know he was capable of wanting me back. And Red touched me the most of my clones. He actually wept. No one had ever wept for me before. I learned that day that people actually cared about me. I was touched to the heartstrings.

Then Shadow found out about my betrayal. I was as crushed that I had lost a friend as he. He attempted to have me executed, but Green, Red, and Blue saved me. I was so happy to see them again, and I no longer saw them as annoyances. Green was bossy, but he just was for the sake of us, for the sake of the princess, for the sake of Hyrule. Red was emotional, but that meant that he had the capacity to care more about us. Blue was angry, but when he directed his anger at our enemies, he was a powerful ally.

Then, Shadow sacrificed himself. My heart nearly came to my throat when I saw Shadow lying on the floor, dying. Green explained to me what had happened later, but at the time, I wouldn't have cared anyway. I knelt by my best friend, shocked that it had to take his life to defeat the forces of darkness. I held his hand as he turned towards the light, leaving forever.

Shadow once told me that he found a language known as French to be beautiful. I remembered a few words (he'd taught me some), and most of all, I remembered goodbye.

Adieu, Shadow. I never got to say a proper goodbye to you.