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// Hyrule's Sister Universe 
// Story: Legend of Zelda: The Equine Link 
// by CarmenColor 
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Link unsheathed his sword. Ganondorf stood before him, his eyes glinting a maniacle red color. The hero of time looked behind the horrible man to see Zelda, his Zelda, encased in what seemed to be a giant purple rupee. He turned back to Ganondorf as the power hungry villain began to laugh.

"What's it like to see your princess in my hands, defenseless?" He chuckled. Link growled and took his stance. Ganondorf always talked this way, but in the end, Link knew that he would be victorious. With the Triforce giving him help, nothing could stop him.

"You won't get away with this, Ganondorf. You never do."

"Heh, heh, heh... Yes, well, we have been down this road many times before," he growled, "And the power of the Triforce always tips the scales in your favor, but this time..." he laughed again, "...this time it won't." He held out his large sword, a surge of power racing through it and collecting on its tip. He stabbed the sword into the ground, a portal opening up there. He grabbed the imprisoned Zelda. "This time the Triforce will tip the scales in my own favor... Hyrule's sister universe contains the vast amounts of power I require to do this. Infinite power will be mine at last." He and Zelda were swallowed up by the portal, and Link, unwilling to desert his princess, jumped into the vortex after them. He was swept downward through the vortex, his speed increasing more and more every second.

"Aughhh!" 


-LOZ-MLP-


Link found himself laying on the floor of what appeared to be a very old castle. The walls were half gone and crumbling, and what was left of the ceiling threatened to cave in at any moment. The hero of time felt like he had just run all around Hyrule field without a rest. He slowly raised himself to his feet. What had happened? And where was Princess Zelda?

On the other side of the room, Link noticed the glint of his sword. How it had managed to get over there was anyone's guess, but at the moment, it didn't matter. He took a step towards his sword to go pick it up, but found himself unable to do so as he came crashing back towards the ground. His shield smacked the back of his head, and he raised and hand to push it off of himself...

...Except he had no hands...

...He had hooves...

The newly ponified hero jumped to his feet in surprise, only to become unbalanced again. "What in Hyrule is going on?" he muttered to himself, attempting to stand again. He took several very slow steps forward, trying to get used to being quadrupedal. Finally, his feet...no, his hooves got used to the movements and he was able to walk around with little difficulty. After collecting his sword, which he found slightly difficult because he had to hold it in his mouth, Link took a few minutes to study his surroundings. 

Unfortunately, this place was not familiar to him, though the style of the building was almost identical to that of the castle in Hyrule. The only real difference was the emblem. The Triforce could be seen on worst every suit of armor in Hyrule Castle, but this place, wherever it was, had a crest of six different colored gems that highly resembled rupees and two horses on the sides. Link found an old shield with the emblem on it in a pile of rubble.

Link exited the old building, thinking that it would be wiser to not be inside it, the place could collapses any moment after all. I was a miracle that I hadn't already. Link looked around, but all he could see were trees and a small overgrown trail that didn't look like any road leading to a castle that he'd ever seen. After a few moments, however, he did notice something else. Tracks. Obviously made by a four legged animal, or rather, two four legged animals. One set was large, and the others were smaller. The small tracks had drag lines in them, like Epona's hooves would make when Link tried to pull her somewhere that she didn't want to go.

"Zelda and Ganondorf must have been transformed into horses as well," Link muttered, "And they've been gone for awhile, it would seem. I'd better get moving."