//------------------------------// // An Evil King // Story: The Gods' Chosen Hero in Equestria // by Mikoyose //------------------------------// An Evil King’s Return Link stood outside his tree house waiting for Ilia to return with Epona. She had taken her for a ride to go to see her friends in Hyrule Castle, one of them he had met before, Agitha. It had been two years since he fought Ganon and returned peace to Hyrule and the Twilight Realm, he was currently wearing the Hero's outfit given to him by the spirits of light. He sometimes wondered if Midna was doing alright and how well she is, being unable to even contact his friend. He breathed with a heavy sigh, it was late afternoon and Ilia should have been back by now. He hoped nothing bad happened to her. As he thought this he heard the distance noise of a galloping horse, he exited his home and climbed down the ladder to the ground. He stared in the direction of where she would appear. Epona entered from the direction of the forest and stopped by Link. “About time.” began Link as he went over to help Ilia down “Any later then I thought something might’ve hap….” His sentence was cut short when he saw her fall off Epona his eyes widened in shock. He ran to her and picked her up. She was in bad condition. Her face had cuts and bruises across it, the same was said about her limbs as well as Epona, the horse was scarred and panting hard. Ilia slowly lifted her head up a little enough to look Link in the eyes “He’s back.” was all she said as she fainted. Link’s blood went cold at those words. The one thing he hoped that would never happen had happened, Ganon's seal was somehow broken. He looked in all directions as if he would appear. He knew Zelda needed him to be at the castle but he would have to get the master sword before he fought for the royal family once more. Suddenly Link’s vision became black and he felt the ground before him begin to spin. The only solid mass he could feel was Ilia's unconscious body in his arms, her body was the only warmth he felt. “HAHAHAHA you think you have escaped me BOY!!” he heard Ganondorf’s voice in the darkness, “Your piece of the Tri-force WILL be mine but for now I cannot have you interfering with my plans for this land. I’ll keep you somewhere safe until I need you HAHAHAHAHA! Within my ancient prison!” the voice said as it continued to laugh. Link felt everything slowly slip away from him. His arms and legs stuck out to his side as he tried to struggle against Ganondorf’s power, the evil king's magic was too powerful. NO I need the sword. I need to defend my home! Link thought as he continued to struggle. Link felt the darkness contract, slowly crushing him as he struggled harder. Then suddenly he felt a warm feeling in his heart. He stopped struggling as the feeling spread across his body, somehow keeping Ganon's power at bay. He heard someone call out his name but he was oblivious to it. Suddenly he had felt his back was on a something. He opened his eye so they could adjust to the light in the room. “He’s so tall now” he heard someone say with elegance in their voice. It was a female’s voice as well Finally his eyes adjusted as he jumped back in shock. In front of him was a bunch of ponies. He fell to the floor and backed up against the wall. “Are you okay?” asked Twilight, a lavender unicorn mare with a dark purple mane, a single pink stripe streaking through it. “What sort of monsters are you?” Link said in shock at seeing the speaking equines. All of them looked at him with disbelief in their eyes, they shared the look before returning their gaze to him, it was filled with worry. “Link it’s us, your friends.” said Rarity, a white unicorn mare with a curly purple mane, a few shades lighter than Twilight's own. “I think I would remember having small talking horses as my friends.” exclaimed Link, eyeing the exit on the other side of the building he was in which was apparently a library, “Now what sort of tricks is Ganon up to?” he added, believing this to be a part of his dark magic. “What’s wrong with him Twi?” asked Rainbow Dash, a cyan blue pegasus, with a rainbow mane and tail. “I-I don’t know?” Twilight said with panic in her voice, “I think I did the spell wrong?” Link took the opportunity and began to run towards the door. Halfway there he fell to his knees as his head burst open in pain. “AHH” he screamed as he grabbed his head “What did you do to me?” They rushed to him and try to get close but Link would swat his hands at them when they approached. “It’s a side effect of the spell. Celestia said this might happen. It will pass though” said Twilight Finally Link couldn’t take it anymore and he passed out from the pain, and partly from shock. His last vision was the six ponies gathering around him, the lavender mare's horn glowed and a paper floated over. THE EVERFREE FOREST A small blue light traveled through the forest. Bobbing up and down trying to find its way out. Navi the fairy had been through forests before but this one felt weird, familiar yet not the same. “I wish Link was here.” she said to herself as she moved further on, stopping when she heard a twig snapping or the bushes rustling. “At least then I would know things would be okay.” the fairy muttered, beginning to become scared. (Well this is the first chapter, all credit goes to Bright_Star for making this, I posted it on my own profile because he asked me to and I did.)