As Twilight left the field she and her friends were, she was slowly coming up to the town of Ponyville. As she entered the town and started running through the town some ponies watched as their princess ran through the town with the Lizalfos being carried with her magic. They wondered what was going on and what those things their princess had in her magic but decided to ignore it, after all a lot of strange things happened in Ponyville and this just happened to be another one.
As Twilight ran she wondered what she was going to do with these monsters. She had never seen these things before and she didn't know where she pulled them. She was glad she did though; from the looks of it these monsters were about to kill that colt. Even though she wanted to learn more about these creatures she couldn't keep them in Ponyville they were too dangerous.
She was lucky Princess Celestia had already sent a whole group of royal guards to the castle but even with them these monsters were to dangerous to keep in Ponyville and she knew if she did the situation might get worse. One thing for sure, they wanted that colt dead and the farther away they were from him the better.
Twilight was slowly approaching her castle with the monsters held in her in her aura. As she approached the front entrance she saw the two guards that were standing in front of the castle doors. When the guards noticed their princess they stared wide-eyed at the sight of the monsters being held in her magic. They shook their heads and quickly opened the doors to the castle for the princess; if she was the one who take care of those things they weren't much of a threat.
The guards nodded and went back to their original position knowing the princess can handle the situation by herself, though they were still cautious. As Twilight entered her castle she still needed to figure out a place to hold these creatures. She tried to remember if there were any significant rooms that came with her castle that came to mind. That's when she remembered that there was a room that came with some jail cells.
She wondered why she even needed a room like that in her castle since Ponyville barely had any crime. She was planning on having the cells removed and converted into something else but she was glad she kept them the way they are. Twilight then made her way toward the room, which she luckily remembered where it was,
After a few minutes traversing the castle Twilight had found where the room was. She opened the door to the room and looked around the interior. It was quite a large room with a total of twenty-one cells seven on the left and right side with the other seven in the front. Thick crystal bars heavily protected each cell and the only thing in each cell was a cot. Twilight also noticed a desk in the corner of the room next to the door. It was currently empty but she had a feeling she would need to assign somepony now.
As Twilight made her way to the desk she searched around for the keys she went behind it and saw that it had a couple of drawers she opened up one of them and found the keys to the cells. She then made her way towards the one of the cells and opened it up and tossed the still knocked out monsters inside. Once inside Twilight locked the door and for extra security she placed a enchantment on the door shocking the monster back into unconscious if they tried to escape.
Once she had successfully secured the monsters inside the cell Twilight took a step back and wondered what to do next. She needed to send them back where they were from but having no idea where she brought these from she needed somepony who might have a better idea.
Twilight then made her way towards her room. If she needed a expert who knew about Equestria and the outside lands then she knew the pony for the job. Twilight reached the door to her room and pulled the doors then entered.
Twilight's room was actually quite small then what other ponies would expect one of their own princesses to have. It was a simple squared shaped room with a double sized bed with the headboard sporting a small version of her castle on top there were two windows one on the left and right side of the bed. On the left side was a bookshelf filled to the brim with books with many different topics and on the right side was a desk where she did all of her studying or paper work with the very book she learned that spell that brought those monsters.
Quickly looking towards her desk she pulled one of the drawers with her magic and pulled out a blank scroll and quill. She dipped the quill in ink and began writing.
Dear Princess Celestia,
I am sending you this letter on a matter I need your help with. Recently I have discovered a book that I had not seen before in my previous library, which leaves me guessing it came with the castle. The book was written in a language I had never seen before. I tried to decipher it but was only able to decipher a small portion of it. That portion contained a spell, which I memorized on how to perform. I practiced using it outside of Ponyville as to assure nothing terrible would happen to the town if the spell ended up being a danger to anypony. The spell had been successful in creating a portal however what I did not expect was for four strange identically looking creatures and a small colt to pop out from it. I wondered what these creatures and why a colt sprung out from them but didn't have time to question when one of these creatures had gotten up and once it saw the colt it immediately went to attack it with a small sword. Me and the other girls managed to stop it and the other monsters before they could hurt him. I was planning on sending them both back however I do not know where the portal pulled them from and have no way of sending the colt back without endangering his life. I would like to send you the book containing the spell hoping you would know a solution to this and figure out what the language is. I would also like for you to send somepony to come and pick up these monsters to figure out what they are and to send them back where they came from.
Your fellow princess, Twilight Sparkle
Once Twilight finished the letter she rolled it up and tied it she then grabbed the book with her magic. She then made her way out of her room and began walking towards Spikes. Once she had arrived she pulled open the door and saw Spike lying in his bed reading a comic. Spike looked up from his comic and saw that Twilight was at his door.
"Twilight you're back." Spike said in a cheerful tone. He placed the comic book down and got up from his basket to walk over to her. "So how did it go, did the spell work?"
"It worked spike but some unexpected things happened during the test." Twilight said with sigh. "Anyways I need you to send both this letter and the book I found to princess Celestia." Twilight brought the two mentioned items forward.
"Uh sure." Spike said grabbing the two items out of her magic. He then burned them with his magical breath, which turned to smoke and floated off towards Canterlot. "What exactly happened Twilight, what did the spell do."
Twilight sighed and shook her head. "Well you see Spike the spell ended up creating a portal. At first it seemed nothing could go wrong but it ended up bringing a colt a four creatures that look alike. I wondered what they are but didn't have a chance when they immediately got up and tried to kill that colt. "
"Whoa is he alright and where are the others are they ok." Spike asked.
"Don't worry Spike they're alright we took care of those creatures and they went to take him to the hospital he had some injuries that could end up being a problem if they aren't taken care of. Twilight replied. I brought those creatures here and I have them kept in the cells in the castle. Princess Celestia is hopefully going to send somepony to come and pick them up. Send some guards to keep watch until they come and get them I have to go to the hospital and check up on that colt. "
"Don't worry Twilight you can count on me." Spike said with a salute.
Twilight nodded and left Spikes room. She then began walking out of her castle and towards the hospital. Twilight began thinking of what happened when she used that spell.
'I still wonder what those creatures are, they resemble lizards but last I check lizards don't walk on two legs or breath fire. Twilight thought to herself. And why did they try to kill that colt are they just feral animals. No that can't be it they showed some forms of intelligence albeit very little so they attacked him for a purpose but what was it. I still don't understand where that colt came from. He must live somewhere where those lizard creatures inhabit but why would he live somewhere there. It doesn't matter now when I find out where he lives I'll send him back his parents must be worried sick.'
Twilight then realized she had already reached the hospital, she was so lost in her thoughts she didn't notice she had already arrived. Twilight entered the hospital and was greeted with the sight of the empty lobby the only pony here was nurse Snowheart who was currently doing paper work behind here desk.
Snowheart looked up and saw Twilight was walking inside. Oh Twilight what a surprise, how can I help you. She asked politely.
"Hello Nurse Snowheart I was wondering if my friends came here with a colt." Twilight asked the nurse.
"Oh yes they did we couldn't believe a colt that young was hurt like that we immediately sent him to a room to get better. He is currently staying in room 201 on the east wing of the hospital. Your friends should be over there as well."
Twilight thanked her and immediately began making her way toward the room the colt was currently being kept. As soon as Twilight reached the second floor she was tackled to the ground by a pink blur.
"Ohmygosh Twilight your okay I thought for sure those mean monsters would wake up and her hurt you." Pinkie said hugging Twilight very hard.
"Pinkie I'm fine now could you please let go." Twilight asked as she felt her breath being taken away from how tight she was hugging her.
"Ok." Pinkie simply said and stood back up.
Twilight stood up as well and took a deep breath before looking to see that all her friends were sitting on a couple chairs outside a room. Rainbow currently had her head on her hoof with a bored look on her face while both Rarity and Fluttershy were calmly sitting down and Applejack was standing in the middle of the hall.
"Hey Twilight you're back." Rainbow said. "So you took care of those lizards things."
"Yes Rainbow I did Princess Celestia should be sending somepony to pick those things up. Hopefully she can figure out where they came from and send them back." Twilight informed them all. "So how is the colt was it anything to serious."
"Nah the doc said those burns weren't anything too serious and those stab wounds on his chests weren't too deep." Applejack replied. "They jus' using a healing spell on him to fix him right as rain."
"Phew that's good, though I still wonder what that colt was doing with those creatures." Twilight mused.
"And as to where he got those clothes from I never seen anything like them before." Rarity added in. "They just seem so foreign."
"Geez Rarity a colt comes out of nowhere and is almost killed and you only care about what he's wearing." Rainbow said.
"Now Dash I was concerned for his safety as well but once those ghastly creatures were taken care I couldn't help but admire his clothing. I must ask where he got it from." Rarity said.
Dash simply rolled her eyes. Suddenly the door to the colt’s room opened up. The Doctor came out along with Nurse Redheart. The mares looked at the two and took noticed of the grim looks on their face. The six immediately tensed up upon seeing the look on their faces.
"Doctor is everything alright, is he ok?” Fluttershy asked.
The doctor sighed and shook his head and looked at the group of mares. Before I tell you what happened can somepony tell me where they found this colt.
The mares looked at each other wondering what was wrong. Twilight stepped up to explain where they found him. "Well you see Doctor I was practicing a new spell I found and it opened up a portal and it brought this colt. Don't worry I'll find a way to send him back."
"DON'T." The Doctor suddenly shouted causing the mares to jump slightly. Seeing what he did he cleared his throat and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry for that it was very unprofessional of me, but Princess I must ask you to not send that colt back from where he came."
The mares were surprised at what the doctor was asking.
"Now doc in all due respect, why would ya not want that colt to go back his family must be worried sick." Applejack asked.
"Yeah and won't his friends be wondering where he is right now." Pinkie asked as well.
Doctor Horse and Nurse Redheart looked at each other.
“We should tell them we couldn’t just hide it. Nurse Redheart suggested.
The Doctor sighed he then looked back at the mares.
"The reason I am asking you of this is because when I was using my magic to heal him I did a scan on his body to see if he had any injuries from the past that we should be careful about while operating on him. What we found was horrifying." The doctor said with a trembling voice.
We have found multiple signs of stab and cut wounds, bite marks, his bones have signs of being broken many times either from being crushed or hitting the ground from a high altitude. He has also been burned electrocuted and signs of excess amounts of water in his lungs shows signs of him drowning and even frostbite. We have also found signs of magic being used on him to either burn or freeze and signs of poison. All these wounds didn't happen just once or twice all these injuries that have been sustained happened so many times that we don't know the exact amount."
Once the Doctor finished explaining all of Link injuries all the mares had faces of complete horror on their faces. Pinkies mane and tail went flat and she had tears brimming her eyes, Fluttershy and Rarity both had their hooves to there mouths in horror, While Rainbow Applejack and Twilight stared wide eyed and there mouth were open in shock.
"These injuries cover his entire except his wings which show signs of no damage at all, how his wings remained damage is quite strange." The Doctor finished his explanation
"Y-You're kidding right, he's just a colt what could possibly cause him to have so many injuries." Rainbow yelled outraged that somepony young could have been so injured,
"We don't know it could be from parents who find joy in hurting their son like this or possibly from where he lived. Princess Twilight with all due respect do not send this colt back. We'll keep him here in the hospital and run a few tests on him see if there is anything else wrong with him. After we are done we'll send him to a orphanage and hope he can find a better home."
"C-Can we s-s-see him." Fluttershy asked barely able to get her words out.
The Doctor nodded. "Yes you may but please try not to wake him. He needs all the rest he can get."
The mares nodded and went inside the room very quietly as both the doctor and nurse left. As the mares entered the room they saw him laying on the bed with bandage covering his chest and his clothes except for his hat were on the small table next to his bed. The mares stood around his bed and looked down at him. They just couldn't believe it, here was a colt that went through pain that would have killed so many ponies yet he slept peacefully on the bed as if nothing happened.
"It just ain't right how could this colts parents let this happen to him." Applejack said looking down at him.
"I swear if I ever find this kids parents I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind." Rainbow said as she threw a few punches at the air.
"Wherever this young colt lived it must have been quite terrible." Rarity said with a shake of her head.
Pinkie pulled out three balloons, two were just standard ones while the third read get well soon she took the balloons and tied them to his bed. "Don't you worry when you wake up I'm going to throw you the biggest welcome to Ponyville and get well soon party ever." Pinkie said in a whisper tone.
"Come on girls let's let him rest it's been a long day." Twilight said making her way outside with the others following her. Fluttershy then stopped and looked back at the small colt for a bit. She sighed and left the room with the others. Twilight's magic then grasped the door handle and slowly closed it.
The room was quite until a there was rustling sound. On Links head Tael popped out from Links hat he floated above Link and looked down at him.
"Oh this is not good Link is unconscious I don't know where we are and he's a pony." Tael said to himself as he paced back and forth in the air. “Ok Tael calm down from what Tatl said Link could just play the song of healing and turn back to normal. Let me just go find his ocarina."
Tael then flew over to where Links tunic was and searched for his adventure pouch. Tael found it and opened it up but when he looked inside all of Links items were gone.
"Oh no oh no oh no." Tael said becoming more stressed out. "Ok just calm down Tatl also said that Link can change into his other forms even if he was already in one. I'll just need to get a mask and put it on him." Tatl then opened Links mask pouch but when he looked inside he was horrified to find that all of Links masks were gone.
"Ok this just went from bad to worst." Tael said becoming even more stressed. "Ok Link in a new body he doesn't have his weapons or masks and we are completely different world how could this get any worse." That's when Tael saw something at the window. It was a bit strange it was purple shaped ball thing that had green eyes on a small mouth and wings. Tael chuckled a bit seeing how it almost looked like a fairy. Tael then realized something whenever he moved the creature followed him exactly. He then made some faces that are copied perfectly by the creature in front of him. That's when Tael realized he was looking at his own reflection.
Tael did the only thing he could do, he blacked out.