The Chronicles of Virtue: The Coming of Linkby Chironicus ClaymasterChaptersThe New WorldStarlit FlameThen there were IciclesSorcerencis the TimelordArton DungeonHall of HorrorsDinjigon the black dragonProlouge: Farewell to HyruleThe New WorldSpike was out on an evening stroll after cleaning out Twilight's library. She had done a study session again and he wanted to get away for a bit while to relax. He was napping in a particularly odd spot of the Everfree, the spot where a certain wind sorcerer came to Equestria a while ago. He was watching the clouds go by when a vortex of rainbows opened up in the sky. As Spike was on his way back to tell Twilight what had happened, She had decided to stay in that evening while her assistant was out walking. However, she had the strangest feeling, as if something . . . evil, was happening somewhere close by. When she got up to see what was going on, she saw three comet-like objects fall out of a vortex in the sky above the Everfree, in fact, in the exact spot of the arrival of her friend the wind sorcerer Vaati. Spike then came in the door yelling, "Twilight! Did you see that thing in the sky? Isn't that where the rift to Hyrule is?" "Yes Spike, I do believe so," Twilight said with worry. He replied saying, "What do we do Twilight? Should we inform Celestia?" "Yes," Twilight said, "Spike, take a letter: Dear Princess Celestia, I am writing to inform you that a strange occurrence has happened in Ponyville. What appears to be a type of portal has appeared over the Everfree, and I have confirmed three objects that have entered our world from the point at which Vaati the Wind Sorcerer appeared. The only theory I have is that the three objects are others from the land of Hyrule, whether peaceful or not, is unknown to me. I and my friends are going to investigate immediately. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. After Spike had sent the letter, Twilight packed her saddlebags and she and Spike left to gather everyone. Once gathered together, they made their way to the forest. "Who do you think is in there Twilight?" Fluttershy quietly asked. Vaati replied with, "Only very powerful magic could do this, it could be any one of Hyrule's great powers, including Ganon. That is why my forces are ready to be deployed at a moment's notice, aren't they Nigellas." "Yes sir," Nigellas answered, "all forces ready for battle upon your word." Pinkie then said, "I hope it doesn't come to that, because then I won't be able to have a welcoming party!" Meanwhile, Link was waking up when above him a strange equine creature with a light blue mane, a silver coat, and was a pegasus was staring at him. He was extremely surprised when it talked saying, "Hello, who are you? My name is Starlit Flame, and I came to see if you were alright after falling out of the sky and whatnot." Link replied, "My name is Link, you know, the Hero of Time. What happened to Zelda, and did you say I fell out of the sky?" Starlit responded, "Is Zelda one of the mares behind you?" "What?" Link said as he turned around and saw that Zelda and Navi were in fact ponies, "This is strange, why are we all ponies, and when did ponies talk? "Hold on," Starlit said, "Are you saying you weren't a pony, but that you are from somewhere else?" "Yes, I suppose so, what is this place anyway?" Link asked. Starlit responded, "This is the country of Equestria, in the Everfree Forest, which is near the town of Ponyville. Say, are you from the land of Hyrule?" At this Link was beginning to get suspicious, how did she know about Hyrule if she was from another dimension entirely? "How do you know about Hyrule?" Link began to ask when then a crowd of six other ponies approached the scene, yet right behind them... Surprised, Vaati asked, "Link?" Link then immediately adapted to being a magic-using unicorn and drew the Master Sword from its sheath in preparation, "Vaati, the line of heroes meets you once again, old foe." Author's Note Hello, and just to let you know, I have permission from Lord Siravant to use his version of Vaati, if you need proof to believe me, see Lord Sirvant's comments on chapter 17 of The Equestrian Wind Mage. Also, many thanks to you Lord Siravant if you are reading this. Also, the story takes place in no particular time period of the show, but, for the time being, it happens before Magical Mystery Cure. Starlit FlameAuthor's Note I'm sorry about how long it took me to write this chapter, my mom is using the computer a lot. Also, is it a good or bad thing not getting any comments? I just want to know what you're thinking about the story. Starlit Flame As Link ran for Vaati, Scootaloo, who had been following Vaati, said, "Dad, who's that?" Link immediately stopped and looked to see who had just called Vaati the Wind Sorcerer, an evil villain, dad. Vaati then said, "Scoots, I thought I told you to stay at home." Link couldn't believe his ears, this little pony was Vaati's daughter. Was everyone in this place evil? Then he remembered the kind pony who had talked to him earlier, Starlit Flame, she was definitely not evil, but she looked surprised that he would attack Vaati. It was hard to believe, had the Wind Sorcerer actually changed? "How is this possible, " Link asked, "that someone like you could change? It is as silly as believing Dark Nuts would fight for Hyrule." "Pardon me, but was that meant to be an insult? " Maulgrim asked. Vaati answered,"No, I do not believe so Maulgrim. Anyway, Link, a great deal has happened since my magic and one of your previous self's light arrows sent me here. I retired from being a villian, made friends with these ponies, and even helped protect their world several times. It may come as a shock to you, but I am no longer your enemy." "So let me get this straight," Rainbow commented, "you're the hero that Vaati keeps talking about, your name is Link, and you and those other two over there somehow ended up here." Twiight then said, "How did you get here anyway? Surely something caused it." Link responded, "I'm not sure, I was about to fight off Dark Link when he used a strange tome and opened what I'm guessing was a portal that pulled Zelda, Navi, and I into this place." "That's Princess Zelda?" Pinkie said pointing at The unconscious princess, "Well that changes things up a bit, I think this story is going to take quite an interesting turn." Just as Link was about to ask how she knew Zelda was a princess, Vaati said, "I know what you're thinking, and all I have to say is this, don't question the pink one. No one understands her anyway." "I don't understand myself sometimes," Pinkie then responded. Just then, Zelda and Navi woke up, so Link hurried over to help them. "Ugh, what happened?" Navi asked as Link helped her and Zelda stand up, "..., and why are we ponies?" "I'm wondering the same thing," Vaati questioned, "How did you take on the similarities of the natives while I and my forces remain in our natural state?" Navi then quietly said, "Um, Link, is that that the Wind Sorcerer from the Four Sword Legend?" "Yes it is," Zelda answered, "and I believe I have some explaining to do. You see, in each and every dimension there is one whose duty is to look after that particular world and be prepared to deal with anything that should happen when two or more dimensions meet. This person is known as a Supreme Guardian, and I am Hyrule's guardian." Twilight then said, "Then who is Equestria's guardian, and how many dimensions are there?" Zelda replied, "First let me answer your previous question, There was a certain magical shield placed on the use of dimensional travel by portals that will disguise the traveler to the race of the native species. Why Vaati did not go through this transformation is because he entered this world through a rift, not a portal. Now, Twilight Sparkle, know that there are several hundred trillion dimensions within this multiverse alone, there is an estimate of about four multiverses in this plane of existence, and there are two planes of existence that have ever been created." While Twilight was calculating the estimated number of dimensions best she could, Zelda then looked at Starlit and whispered to her, "I know what you hide from your new friends, when the time is right and the Virtues have been revealed you will have to tell them, or else risk losing all that you now hold dear. Now prepare your mind, Dinjigon calls." Suddenly Starlit received a vision, A shadowy figure looked down upon the city of Ponyville from a mountaintop. below the figure was Link, Zelda, Vaati, Dinjigon the black dragon, two other of her old friends, and herself. Four strange blades she had never seen before were placed in the ground around the figure, and Dinjigon's voice then said to her, "If we can't fight and defeat this evil, no one will." Then there were IciclesThe vision she had just witnessed was greatly troubling,Who was the dark figure? she did not know, but she would keep it to herself for now. Something more troubling than the vision however, was that Zelda knew about the Virtues. Was the prophecy the ice dragons told Dinjigon long ago coming true, that SHE would rise again? When Elements unite with a power untold Only Virtue can be the mold And when the connections between them are broken Then shall be released Uniova's Token. The prophecy was still firmly stuck in her head since she first heard it spoken, there was always the mystery of who Uniova was. Secondly, was the untold power the legendary Triforce that Vaati kept talking about? Her questions would have to wait until later, for Pinkie had apparently been talking to Navi about a party, and Vaati had volunteered the Palace of Winds since Link was his former rival and all. Later, before the party, Icicle Chill was going up to the palace to have his monthly visit with the sorcerer. As he approached the front door, Maulgrim and Nigellas were standing guard. "Hey guys, what's up? Something going on?" "Yes indeed," Nigellas said looking agitated, "Pinkie's having a welcoming party for Link, and the other monsters are still scared out of their wits about him. Now master Vaati has to talk some sense into them before the party starts." "Who's Link?" Icicle asked curiously, "Is he the Hero Vaati told everypony about?" Maulgrim answered, "Aye. The Hero of Time, the only swordsman I have ever challenged that hath beaten me at my own game. I wonder if he even remembers me." "Really?" Icicle responded, "Must be quite the swordsman, to defeat the great Maulgrim." "Yes indeed, Though there are far greater things than I that he hath felled in only three blows. In any case, you are welcome inside." The two then opened the door and allowed Icicle passage. Once inside, he scanned the area for the wind mage, with no success. However, he knew just what was coming in two seconds. "Hi Icicle!" Pinkie said as she jumped out of seemingly nowhere, "How are you doing today?" Icicle responded calmly saying, "I am quite well today, Pinkie, how about you?" "I'm good," Pinkie happily replied, "did you come for the party?" "Not quite," Icicle answered, "but since I'm here I might as well enjoy whatever you have planned." "gasp, I still have things to plan!" Pinkie exclaimed, suddenly vanishing in a puff of smoke. Now that Pinkie was gone Icicle could relax a little, there was only one pony that was crazier than her, and he was hopefully VERY far away. Just then he saw that Starlit was in the room. What is she doing here? he thought to himself, but he went over to speak with her anyway. "Good day Starlit," he said bluntly, "what brings you here?" She replied, "Might I ask you the same question?" "My visit with Vaati," he answered, "you?" "Helped out Link," Starlit responded. "By the way, if you're looking for Vaati, he's probably coming out of his meeting with his monsters as we speak." Not as soon as the words escaped her mouth, Vaati, Link, Zelda, and Navi came out of the southern basement hall into the main lobby. Link was talking to Vaati saying, "Whatever happened to that power-hungry kid my ancestors told me of?" Vaati replied, "Ganon happened, after my service under him, I realized how meaningless it all was. I could never win, and I was always put back into the sword again. That's when I thought about leaving Hyrule. However, before I could do so, your ancestor shot me with a light arrow while I was teleporting and caused me to end up here. I made friends, adopted young Scootaloo, and found a way to live life not as a villain, but as a hero myself." "See, " said Link, "It ain't that bad being good, is it?" Just then, Icicle had made his way over to them and said, "Greetings Vaati." "Oh," Vaati said noticing Icicle, "greetings to you as well, Icicle. I don't believe you've met Link yet, have you?" "No, I don't believe I have." Icicle responded, "But who are your other companions there?" "My name is Zelda, and this is Navi." The princess said, "By the way, you should probably be made aware that the Timelord-magician should be here in about two hours." "Ok, it was a pleasure meeting you." Icicle said while thinking, How in Glacinte's mane did she know about Sorcerencis? Something's not right here. You know Icicle, you're right, something is definitely not right here, chuckled a voice that had just popped into Icicle's head. Icicle froze in his tracks realizing who had just spoken to him, Oh no, not you, anyone but you. Please leave me alone, Chironicus. AAAWW, you're no fun. Besides, I like being up here in your head, there are so many wonderful memories to play with, Chironicus complained. Icicle sharpened up and thought, Don't you DARE mess with any of my memories. I was just kidding, although I wonder if this section of emotion nerves coordinate this Applejack memory,Chironicus said as Icicle followed Vaati back into the palace entrance hall. Icicle then accidentally blurted out, "No! Not that one!" "Why not this one Icicle?" Pinkie Pie said looking confused. Realizing his mistake, he quickly recovered with, "I'm sorry Pinkie, what did you say?" She responded, "I said, why shouldn't I use this bottle to make A1?" "What's A1?" Icicle asked. Pinkie replied, "A special sauce for Vaati's troops, it makes their food taste better." "Ok," Icicle said while asking Chironicus, What is it? It's steak sauce, although they'll probably use it on meat from Everfree monsters, Chironicus replied. Alright, I think that's a little too much information, Icicle said. Oh well, I guess we should have some fun before the party starts, Chironicus thought very mischievously. What are you talking about? icicle said worried. Herobrine beam us up, Chironicus said as light started to surround Icicle. WHAT?! Icicle thought as he vanished from the Palace of Winds. "Hey, where did Icicle go?" Applejack stated noticing his absence. "Oh, he's just going to play some Minecraft, he'll be back in a while. Although I think he saved in front of a Creeper last time," Pinkie casually responded. ....................................................................................................... hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssBOOM Chironicus then burst out with laughter, no longer in Icicle's head since they were alone in Minecraft. ....................................................................................................... about two hours later Icicle reappeared in the Palace to find a worried Applejack. "Where have ya been, Sugacube? All of us but Pinkie were worried sick." Icicle merely responded, " A place I never want to see again." "Well," Pinkie stated, "The party's almost ready!" Just then, a teleportation flash occurred in the middle of the room, while Zelda said, "Right on time." when it dissipated, standing there was a purple mare that anypony could mistake as Twilight, save for the fact her mane was blue with the pink stripe. "Sorcerencis? What are you doing here?" Starlit asked. Sorcerencis then quiockly said, "There's no time for talk. We must head to Canterlot, now." "What is going on?" Vaati asked. Sorcerencis turned around to face Vaati saying, "Dark Link knows they are still alive, he's coming for us." Sorcerencis the Timelord"Alright, whoever you are, we're on the train to Canterlot. Will you please explain what exactly is going on now?" Twilight asked Sorcerencis, sounding more than a little frustrated. "First of all, my name is Sorcerencis," she stated, "and secondly, what is going on is that if we don't act quickly, our world will come to an end." "And just how do you know this?" Applejack asked. "I have an ability that lets me see and travel to future or past events in time." she answered. "Wait," Vaati said confused, "I thought you said Dark Link was coming." Zelda then said, "She did, only, when Dark Link sent us here we were about to use the Triforce. What do you think he would do in that circumstance, since he once worked for you." Vaati went silent for a moment, then he spoke up, "I see your point, with the power of the Triforce, Dark Link would be near to unstoppable, even against the Elements of Harmony. Within Starlit's head she repeated, When Elements unite with a power untold, she now understood, the prophecy had been set in motion. Sooner or later the Virtues would have to fulfill their oaths, the day Starlit feared would come. Icicle noticed worry on both Starlit and Sorcerencis's face, What could they be more worried about than the current situation? he thought to himself. Oh Icicle, I can't believe you've already forgotten the prophecy of Virtues Chironicus spoke up. Now he remembered, the prophecy that would force the old team together, I can't believe I didn't remember that, there are already four of us here! Yes, Chironicus stated, Four down, one on the way, and two to go. "So, what do we need to do to stop Dark?" Link said. Sorcerencis replied, "It may seem simple, but all we have to do is collect the keys of worlds, also known as the Alicorn Blades, then use them to trap Dark in Hyrule, where Link and Zelda can take back the Triforce." "What are the Alicorn blades?" Twilight asked, "Celestia has never told me anything about them." "For good reason," Pinkie replied, "Anyone who knows about their existence knows that if you have all four and a relic of another world, you also have control of anything that comes into or leaves this dimension." Zelda was about to ask how she knew that when Navi said, "Give it up Zelda, even I've learned by now that you never question Pinkie Pie." "So, who has these Alicorn blades?" Rainbow asked. Before Sorcerincis could speak, Zelda replied with, "They are owned by the four Alicorns of this land Celstia, Luna, Cadence, and Ser..." "It doesn't really matter who owns them when two of them have been lost for some time now." Sorcerencis nervously interrupted. Icicle and Starlit quietly breathed a sigh of relief, Zelda had almost said something that would have had them all in very dangerous waters. They were not going to have their new friends turn away just because of something they had sworn to keep secret. the rest of the train ride to Canterlot and the walk to the castle were relatively uneventful except that Link was constantly asking where a bombchu bowling alley was. Once they arrived at the throne room doors the guards said, "The princesses have been expecting you, please enter." As they entered the room Celestia said, "Greetings Zelda." "You as well Celestia," Zelda answered. "I can see that you and Sorcerencis have explained the situation to the others already." Celestia stated calmly. "We have princess," Sorcerencis said with a bow. "Very well," Celestia said, "Luna and I will give you the Lunar and Solar blades. However, you yourselves must go after the third blade, luckily Icicle knows were it is." A look of sheer horror appeared on Icicle's face as Chironicus said, Oh look Icicle, you get to go to your least favorite place again. Arton Dungeon"NO!" Icicle shouted, "I will not return to that place a third time. It was bad enough the second time, and you want me to go again? NO!" The Mane Six all shuddered, they remembered the time Icicle had to take them there to get the glacier ... "Wait," Twilight asked, "the glacier blade is actually one of the Alicorn Blabes?" "Indeed, and while I do dislike the fact you have to go to the Chilly Willy mountains, it is the easiet way to reach Mt. Arton," Celestia responded. "No it's not1' icicle again shouted, " there are plenty of ways to go around those accursed mountains." Luna responded, "that was before the Hyleans arrived, now due to the extraterrestrial energy an ancient spell the Nightmare put on the area allows entrance only through the mountains. "Can't you reverse it then?" Icicle asked. "No," Luna said, "Nightmare was once part of my being, but no longer. Any spell Nightmare didn't get rid of herself is simply going to wait until activated, and I cannot do anything to stop them." "I'm still not going!" Icicle said, "I never want to see that place again!" Applejack spoke up, "Well if Icicle ain't goin' your highness, ah would gladly lead us through, it's not like ah haven't been there before.' "Fine," Icicle glumly spoke, "I'm coming." "Alright then my little ponies," Celestia said, "I wish you safe journey on your quest. Oh, and Zelda, please be careful." ............................................................................................................................................................. The ponies had went back to Ponyville to prepare for the journey but were now at the base of the Chilly Willy mountains. Icicle was the first to speak up, "Well, let's get this over with." "It can't be that bad," Link said, "this just looks like Death Mountain covered in ice and snow. Actually, it doesn't even look as bad as Death Mountain." Icicle merely rolled his eyes and they all began to ascend the mountain. Things were going great so far, there was no sign of the thing Icicle hated about this place. As they continued forward and upward they soon reached a fork in the trail. One led down into a foggy area and the other led into a severe dome-shaped snowstorm. Icicle said, "We're going into the fog." "I would reconsider," Link warned, "That loks like the magic that blue pony spoke of." Twilight said, "Her name is Luna and she's an Alicorn, but he's right that there is a lot of magic down there." "Would you rather go visit him?" Icicle asked pointing in the direction of the snowstorm. "No," Twilight stated, "I,m just saying we need to be careful." They chose and continued down the foggy path until Dash spoke up, "Hey, haven't we passed that same boulder four times now?" "It apears so," Vaati stated, "Link, do you remember the Lost Woods?" Link got a grin on his face and said, "say no more." everyone followed Link through a complex series of turns and tunnels made of rock until suddenly the fog was gone and before them was a giant mountain with a doorway opening at the base. "Of course I still remember the pattern, Vaati. So, this Mt. Arton, what's it like in there?" "It's pretty abandoned," Icicle stated, "and it probably has lot's of traps since Nightmare put spells on it." "So it's a dungeon," Link said, "I have great experience with dungeons. I wonder which one it's going to be like?" Zelda then brought up, "I have a theory it is going to be similar to the Shadow Temple." In Icicle's head a song started playing, I've Got a Theory Oh, I do love this song, don't you Icicle? Chironicus stated. Icicle thought, What is it? Chironicus responded with, Didn't you click on the hyperlink? as the team was entering the dungeon the author's friend responded, Of course I did. Finally the guy with the common sense shows up. Chironicus stated. Hey! Icicle mentally shouted. the friend said, Sorry, but you walked right into that one Icicle. Icicle only became angrier but decided to not say anything else since the group was arriving at a split hallway. Link said, "What's with all the choices we're having to make?" Twilight responded, "Last time we were here both paths led to the same destination, but I think we should still split up to find the best way through." so they split up, the Mane Six took Vaati down the path on the left, ergo the rest went down the other hallway. the Mane six and Vaati didn't have much trouble, a few traps that Vaati spotted out, and a chasm that they crossed with magic or flight. On the other hand, down the hall on the right things were not going at all as they had hoped. "You hear that reader?" Chironicus said to anyone reading this, "the next chapter is going to be so much fun!" Hall of Horrors"So," Link said, "this is what Equestria considers a dungeon? No traps, no puzzles, just an empty hallway." "Don't jinx it!" Icicle exclaimed, "Who knows what Nightmare Moon had planned down here." They walked on through the hall for what seemed a VERY long time. Eventually, Starlit noticed that every five minutes or so, they would pass by a crystal on the wall that looked the same as the one they had just seen. Starlit spoke up about this saying, "Has anypony else noticed that crystal on the wall?" "Indeed I have Starlit." Zelda stated, "I have also been detecting a source of dark magic behind the crystal." "So we've been going in circles, oh joy." Icicle said nervously. "Well let's go ahead and see what's behind it before something else goes wrong." As if on cue, the crystal disappears and the group find themselves in a circular room with one hallway for everypony along the wall. Even stranger, each hallway had a name above it, the names of everypony in the room. Icicle slightly whimpered as Link said, "So much for not jinxing it, Icicle." Icicle's face went red as he said, "You frickin' shut up. Let's just go down the halls and see what happens." And so they did, each to their own name to try and find the way into the deeper reaches of the dungeon. Down Starlit's hall, she became icreasingly more worried as the ceilings and eventually walls began to drip with water. Don't worry Starlit, everything's fine, it's just a little water. she told herself, There's nothing to afraid of down here. In truth, the Element of Courage had only found one thing she was scared of, water. It douses out fire, you can't fly with wet wings, and it turns to the cold stuff called ice when Frozen, she did not like to be cold. Then Chironicus said into her head, Did you see that refference there, Starlit? Oh, you probably didn't, but I can Let it Go. She didn't get his 'refference', no one ever did, but she did begin to hear a rushing sound behind her. By the time she had turned to investigate, however, a torrent of water hit her, sweeping her into a large pool area. When she tried to swim out, the water froze around her legs so that she couldn't move, and thus she began to sink. So this is it? She thought glumly, I'm going to drown down here, unless I can find some other way out. Down Sorcerencis's hallway, she smelled something rather rotten coming from further down. She had excpected to find something scary down here, knowing Nightmare Moon, not something that would gross her out. Yet, she continued, and it opened up into a small room filled with a green glowing gas, but the gas was not what stank, it was what looked like a carcass in the middle of the room. "Okay," she said nevously, "I need to get out of here." She turned around and not only was the door gone, but the body was now right in front of her. She screamed loudly and backed up in surprise, but it did not move any furthter. She then cautiously approached to examine it, and upon recognizing whose it was, began to furiously weep. In between the sobbing she would manage to say, "No, Chironicus, you can't leave me." "Now this is a real dungeon!" Link exclaimed "Just like old times, eh Navi?" Apparently Link, after walking a while down his hallway, met back up with both Navi and Zelda, and now had a small dungeon laid out before them. "It sure is," Navi happily stated, "let's go kick some monster tail!" as they continued into the dungeon, they eventually reached the boss room. Inside was not a large monster for them to fight, however, what was in there was a mirror in which they could see both their world and Equestria covered in flames, darkness, and ruin. A lone figure stood in the flames and, revealing to them a horrible and terrifying mask, said, "Do you really think you can stop this, Hero of Time?" Icicle was fretting, every time he was alone something even unluckier than normal happened, as if the universe's supply of unlucky things poured directly onto him. His suspicions were confirmed as a dark cloud of black began to come from both behind and in front of him. After surrounding him, the smoke erupted into flames that sent him running as fast as he could down the hall screaming his lungs out. Then he ran face-first into somepony, knocking himself over, when he looked up it was a black-eyed demonic version of Chironicus. He backpedaled as fast as he could as the demonic pony said, "Hello Icicle, time to die." and lunged at him, making him black out. Just then, all of them appeared in the room where the Crystal Blade was in it's holster, and the mane six and Vaati witnessed the three Hyleans having a face of despair, Sorcerencis sobbing and holding onto thin air, Starlit coughing up nothing, and Icicle having an all-out panic attack. Vaati spoke up, "What are all you buffoons doing?" They all stopped abruptly and looked at Vaati with confused expressions. Icicle then said, "Let's just get the sword and be out of here!" So they drew and stowed away the sword, and then Vaati flew them out of the hole in the roof. And as they were making their way back to Ponyville, Sorcerencis heard on the wind, I will never leave you, don't doubt your Changelicorn boyfriend. Author's Note How was that for a dungeon, Link? Anywho, the next chapter will introduce a new character, yay! Also, expect to see the Mane Six much more than the others in the next chapter. Dinjigon the black dragonAs the group was returning home to Ponyville, Starlit noticed how fearful most of their side of the group still was, even herself. Except Sorcerencis, she looked completely calm, happy even. She probably knew more than anypony else in the group what Sorcerencis's fear was, the only way she would still be this calm is if ... If I, being the good coltfriend I am, comforted my main mare after the event. Oops, did I steal your thoughts there?, Chironicus interupted into her mind. Oh joy, look who decided to join the party, Starlit thought sarcastically. Another voice, which she recognized as Pinkie Pie, then came into Starlit's thoughts saying, Actually, you should save that phrase for Amelyst, but it works here to. Starlit then asked, Um, Pinkie, who's Amelyst? Chironicus responded, Oh, no one you would know yet, I'd give it about 3,000 years, then you would know her. Oh, and it's so good to finally speak to you Pinkie, are you having a real blast? Well of course, silly filly. Pinkie answered. Starlit was not even going to begin to fathom how Chironicus and Pinkie knew of each other before ever even meeting, and she knew not question either of those two any more about this 'Amelyst', but she was glad to be on the way back to ponyville. She wanted to get her mind off drowning. Link was reeling about what he, Zelda, and Navi had seen, the evil force behind Dark Link, using him as a puppet, Majora. He had heard tales about the original Hero of Time and his encounter with the dark god, they weren't pleasant. If Majora did leak into this world, Link highly doubted these six Elements of Harmony and a retired Vaati could go up against him. Vaati had lost to Ganon back in his prime, and Majora was far, far worse. Even Link, Master Sword and all, would have a hard time against the god of chaos, which is why they had to stop Dark as soon as possible. Once the team arrived back in Ponyville, The Crusaders were waiting for them. "Um, Twilight," Applebloom spoke up first, "There's a teenage black dragon that showed up while you were gone. He was wantin' to see y'all. He's in the Library." Sorcerencis replied, "Oh, it's Dinjigon, he's quite a bit early. Probably wants to get this whole thing over with." Starlit and the others of her old friends were not happy to hear this. While he was technically part of the old group, Dinjigon was all but friendly, the Crusaders were probably worried because Dinjigon spoke his rude mind regardless of who he was talking to. Twilight proceeded towards the door of the Library saying, "well thank you girls and Sorcerencis, lets go see what he's here for." As they entered the Library, they saw Dinjigon sitting bored in a chair, munching on a large gem. His scales, body, and spines were all a deep black, but he had eerie neon red eyes. "Well about time," he said, finishing the gem and standing up, "ponies, late as usual." Before Twilight could respond to this, he walked to her and continued saying, "So, you are Twilight I'm guessing? Know that just because you're the 'Element of Magic', I wont respect you any more than any other pony in all of this world. Well, Link and Vaati are the only ones I respect here, and that is because like me they have seen combat, real combat." Twilight, looking bewildered, said, "Combat? In Equestria? And why are you here in the first place?" Dinjigon replied, "I'm not from Equestria, I'm from Draconius. And I'm here to help because Sorcerencis asked me to, and because beings I respect are involved." Everpony in the room became quiet at that remark. All present, except Link and Navi, knew about the Great Dragon War that was between Draconius and the ice dragon tribes of the south. When the last Dragon Master led the campaign to wipe out all dragons that would not bow to his will. He was defeated by Icicle and the Elements, but the nation of Draconius was still in a ruined state. "You know what," Dinjigon said, "I think I need to get away from ponies for a while. At this, he walked out the door and flew off. In the Everfree a few minutes later, while Dinjigon had just landed and started walking through the forest, a loud whiring sound came from deep in the trees. Dinjigon of course wanted to see what was going on and followed the sound. Amelyst had just landed her home-made time device in the exact coordinates Chironicus had given her and so she walked outside. She was surprised to see that she was in the Everfree, but this is probably where she had to be if she were to meet Dinjigon. She was keeping an eye out for a black dragon when Chironicus showed up and said, "Ah, right on time Amelyst. So I do assume me about 3,000 years from now told you to meet me and Dinjigon here." "Yes," Amelyst said, still not happy that Chironicus had to be there, "Now where is he?" Chironicus responded, "Oh, he'll be about ten seconds, so good luck!" At which point he vanished and Dinjigon came into the clearing about ten seconds later. As Dinjigon entered where he thought he had heard the disturbance, he saw another pony, and immediately turned to walk away. "Wait! Come back!" Amelyst yelled after him, "You're Dinjigon, right?" Dinjigon said over his shoulder, "What about me? We met before?" "No," Amelyst said truthfully, "I've just heard about you and wanted to get to know who you really wer-I mean are." Almost saying "were" but correcting herself. Dinjigon huffed and said glumly, "I would rather not get to know others, all that comes from that is suffering." Amelyst cautiously said, "What do you mean by that?" He merely huffed again and said, "If you know who Icicle Chill is, ask him about me, he'll tell you." "Alright," Amelyst said, "what gem would you like for the trouble? I have a lot of ways to get gems." Dinjigon, for the first time in a long time, smiled a little and said, "A Frost Sapphire." Amelyst then got in the pocket of her clothes and gave him one. He chuckled and, instead of eating it, put it in a satchel he had and said, "Heh, you're not so bad for a pony, I hope we meet again. By the way, what's your name?" But when he looked around she was gone. Prolouge: Farewell to HyruleIt was an average day to most of the people in Castle Town, Hyrule. For Link, The Hero of Time, it was the best day of his life, maybe a little too good for his taste. His recent defeat of Ganon he had managed to do without the help of the legendary Triforce, and, naturally, Zelda had the idea that they could use the wish foretold in the legends to end the Golden Trio Curse once and for all. However, Link had the feeling that this was somehow going to go wrong, nothing in Hyrule stayed peaceful for long. Just about the time he was up and ready, Navi, his "helpful" fairy came into the room. "Hey Link," Navi said, "I see you're ready to go, you're not usually up this early, is something wrong?" "No, Navi, I'm fine," he said, " I just have this feeling that something bad is going to happen." "Doesn't it always," Navi replied. They then made their way to the underground chamber where the Triforce was being kept. Upon arrival, there it was, the life-size, congruent, golden, and sentient triangle. Zelda then smirked as she commented, "Did you sleep in again, Link, cause you are late." She always was the type to joke around, but she could be very serious when she wanted to be. "So, lets get done with this before something happens like it always does," Zelda said. No sooner did the words come from her mouth than Link's old buddy, Dark Link, appeared and held a strange book over head. Link tried to lunge, but suddenly a black void appeared beneath the three of them, and they descended into a spiraling vortex of rainbows. The last thing Link saw before he passed out was Dark Link standing at the top of the hole as he waved his hand as if to say goodbye, for good.
The New WorldSpike was out on an evening stroll after cleaning out Twilight's library. She had done a study session again and he wanted to get away for a bit while to relax. He was napping in a particularly odd spot of the Everfree, the spot where a certain wind sorcerer came to Equestria a while ago. He was watching the clouds go by when a vortex of rainbows opened up in the sky. As Spike was on his way back to tell Twilight what had happened, She had decided to stay in that evening while her assistant was out walking. However, she had the strangest feeling, as if something . . . evil, was happening somewhere close by. When she got up to see what was going on, she saw three comet-like objects fall out of a vortex in the sky above the Everfree, in fact, in the exact spot of the arrival of her friend the wind sorcerer Vaati. Spike then came in the door yelling, "Twilight! Did you see that thing in the sky? Isn't that where the rift to Hyrule is?" "Yes Spike, I do believe so," Twilight said with worry. He replied saying, "What do we do Twilight? Should we inform Celestia?" "Yes," Twilight said, "Spike, take a letter: Dear Princess Celestia, I am writing to inform you that a strange occurrence has happened in Ponyville. What appears to be a type of portal has appeared over the Everfree, and I have confirmed three objects that have entered our world from the point at which Vaati the Wind Sorcerer appeared. The only theory I have is that the three objects are others from the land of Hyrule, whether peaceful or not, is unknown to me. I and my friends are going to investigate immediately. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. After Spike had sent the letter, Twilight packed her saddlebags and she and Spike left to gather everyone. Once gathered together, they made their way to the forest. "Who do you think is in there Twilight?" Fluttershy quietly asked. Vaati replied with, "Only very powerful magic could do this, it could be any one of Hyrule's great powers, including Ganon. That is why my forces are ready to be deployed at a moment's notice, aren't they Nigellas." "Yes sir," Nigellas answered, "all forces ready for battle upon your word." Pinkie then said, "I hope it doesn't come to that, because then I won't be able to have a welcoming party!" Meanwhile, Link was waking up when above him a strange equine creature with a light blue mane, a silver coat, and was a pegasus was staring at him. He was extremely surprised when it talked saying, "Hello, who are you? My name is Starlit Flame, and I came to see if you were alright after falling out of the sky and whatnot." Link replied, "My name is Link, you know, the Hero of Time. What happened to Zelda, and did you say I fell out of the sky?" Starlit responded, "Is Zelda one of the mares behind you?" "What?" Link said as he turned around and saw that Zelda and Navi were in fact ponies, "This is strange, why are we all ponies, and when did ponies talk? "Hold on," Starlit said, "Are you saying you weren't a pony, but that you are from somewhere else?" "Yes, I suppose so, what is this place anyway?" Link asked. Starlit responded, "This is the country of Equestria, in the Everfree Forest, which is near the town of Ponyville. Say, are you from the land of Hyrule?" At this Link was beginning to get suspicious, how did she know about Hyrule if she was from another dimension entirely? "How do you know about Hyrule?" Link began to ask when then a crowd of six other ponies approached the scene, yet right behind them... Surprised, Vaati asked, "Link?" Link then immediately adapted to being a magic-using unicorn and drew the Master Sword from its sheath in preparation, "Vaati, the line of heroes meets you once again, old foe." Author's Note Hello, and just to let you know, I have permission from Lord Siravant to use his version of Vaati, if you need proof to believe me, see Lord Sirvant's comments on chapter 17 of The Equestrian Wind Mage. Also, many thanks to you Lord Siravant if you are reading this. Also, the story takes place in no particular time period of the show, but, for the time being, it happens before Magical Mystery Cure.
Starlit FlameAuthor's Note I'm sorry about how long it took me to write this chapter, my mom is using the computer a lot. Also, is it a good or bad thing not getting any comments? I just want to know what you're thinking about the story. Starlit Flame As Link ran for Vaati, Scootaloo, who had been following Vaati, said, "Dad, who's that?" Link immediately stopped and looked to see who had just called Vaati the Wind Sorcerer, an evil villain, dad. Vaati then said, "Scoots, I thought I told you to stay at home." Link couldn't believe his ears, this little pony was Vaati's daughter. Was everyone in this place evil? Then he remembered the kind pony who had talked to him earlier, Starlit Flame, she was definitely not evil, but she looked surprised that he would attack Vaati. It was hard to believe, had the Wind Sorcerer actually changed? "How is this possible, " Link asked, "that someone like you could change? It is as silly as believing Dark Nuts would fight for Hyrule." "Pardon me, but was that meant to be an insult? " Maulgrim asked. Vaati answered,"No, I do not believe so Maulgrim. Anyway, Link, a great deal has happened since my magic and one of your previous self's light arrows sent me here. I retired from being a villian, made friends with these ponies, and even helped protect their world several times. It may come as a shock to you, but I am no longer your enemy." "So let me get this straight," Rainbow commented, "you're the hero that Vaati keeps talking about, your name is Link, and you and those other two over there somehow ended up here." Twiight then said, "How did you get here anyway? Surely something caused it." Link responded, "I'm not sure, I was about to fight off Dark Link when he used a strange tome and opened what I'm guessing was a portal that pulled Zelda, Navi, and I into this place." "That's Princess Zelda?" Pinkie said pointing at The unconscious princess, "Well that changes things up a bit, I think this story is going to take quite an interesting turn." Just as Link was about to ask how she knew Zelda was a princess, Vaati said, "I know what you're thinking, and all I have to say is this, don't question the pink one. No one understands her anyway." "I don't understand myself sometimes," Pinkie then responded. Just then, Zelda and Navi woke up, so Link hurried over to help them. "Ugh, what happened?" Navi asked as Link helped her and Zelda stand up, "..., and why are we ponies?" "I'm wondering the same thing," Vaati questioned, "How did you take on the similarities of the natives while I and my forces remain in our natural state?" Navi then quietly said, "Um, Link, is that that the Wind Sorcerer from the Four Sword Legend?" "Yes it is," Zelda answered, "and I believe I have some explaining to do. You see, in each and every dimension there is one whose duty is to look after that particular world and be prepared to deal with anything that should happen when two or more dimensions meet. This person is known as a Supreme Guardian, and I am Hyrule's guardian." Twilight then said, "Then who is Equestria's guardian, and how many dimensions are there?" Zelda replied, "First let me answer your previous question, There was a certain magical shield placed on the use of dimensional travel by portals that will disguise the traveler to the race of the native species. Why Vaati did not go through this transformation is because he entered this world through a rift, not a portal. Now, Twilight Sparkle, know that there are several hundred trillion dimensions within this multiverse alone, there is an estimate of about four multiverses in this plane of existence, and there are two planes of existence that have ever been created." While Twilight was calculating the estimated number of dimensions best she could, Zelda then looked at Starlit and whispered to her, "I know what you hide from your new friends, when the time is right and the Virtues have been revealed you will have to tell them, or else risk losing all that you now hold dear. Now prepare your mind, Dinjigon calls." Suddenly Starlit received a vision, A shadowy figure looked down upon the city of Ponyville from a mountaintop. below the figure was Link, Zelda, Vaati, Dinjigon the black dragon, two other of her old friends, and herself. Four strange blades she had never seen before were placed in the ground around the figure, and Dinjigon's voice then said to her, "If we can't fight and defeat this evil, no one will."
Then there were IciclesThe vision she had just witnessed was greatly troubling,Who was the dark figure? she did not know, but she would keep it to herself for now. Something more troubling than the vision however, was that Zelda knew about the Virtues. Was the prophecy the ice dragons told Dinjigon long ago coming true, that SHE would rise again? When Elements unite with a power untold Only Virtue can be the mold And when the connections between them are broken Then shall be released Uniova's Token. The prophecy was still firmly stuck in her head since she first heard it spoken, there was always the mystery of who Uniova was. Secondly, was the untold power the legendary Triforce that Vaati kept talking about? Her questions would have to wait until later, for Pinkie had apparently been talking to Navi about a party, and Vaati had volunteered the Palace of Winds since Link was his former rival and all. Later, before the party, Icicle Chill was going up to the palace to have his monthly visit with the sorcerer. As he approached the front door, Maulgrim and Nigellas were standing guard. "Hey guys, what's up? Something going on?" "Yes indeed," Nigellas said looking agitated, "Pinkie's having a welcoming party for Link, and the other monsters are still scared out of their wits about him. Now master Vaati has to talk some sense into them before the party starts." "Who's Link?" Icicle asked curiously, "Is he the Hero Vaati told everypony about?" Maulgrim answered, "Aye. The Hero of Time, the only swordsman I have ever challenged that hath beaten me at my own game. I wonder if he even remembers me." "Really?" Icicle responded, "Must be quite the swordsman, to defeat the great Maulgrim." "Yes indeed, Though there are far greater things than I that he hath felled in only three blows. In any case, you are welcome inside." The two then opened the door and allowed Icicle passage. Once inside, he scanned the area for the wind mage, with no success. However, he knew just what was coming in two seconds. "Hi Icicle!" Pinkie said as she jumped out of seemingly nowhere, "How are you doing today?" Icicle responded calmly saying, "I am quite well today, Pinkie, how about you?" "I'm good," Pinkie happily replied, "did you come for the party?" "Not quite," Icicle answered, "but since I'm here I might as well enjoy whatever you have planned." "gasp, I still have things to plan!" Pinkie exclaimed, suddenly vanishing in a puff of smoke. Now that Pinkie was gone Icicle could relax a little, there was only one pony that was crazier than her, and he was hopefully VERY far away. Just then he saw that Starlit was in the room. What is she doing here? he thought to himself, but he went over to speak with her anyway. "Good day Starlit," he said bluntly, "what brings you here?" She replied, "Might I ask you the same question?" "My visit with Vaati," he answered, "you?" "Helped out Link," Starlit responded. "By the way, if you're looking for Vaati, he's probably coming out of his meeting with his monsters as we speak." Not as soon as the words escaped her mouth, Vaati, Link, Zelda, and Navi came out of the southern basement hall into the main lobby. Link was talking to Vaati saying, "Whatever happened to that power-hungry kid my ancestors told me of?" Vaati replied, "Ganon happened, after my service under him, I realized how meaningless it all was. I could never win, and I was always put back into the sword again. That's when I thought about leaving Hyrule. However, before I could do so, your ancestor shot me with a light arrow while I was teleporting and caused me to end up here. I made friends, adopted young Scootaloo, and found a way to live life not as a villain, but as a hero myself." "See, " said Link, "It ain't that bad being good, is it?" Just then, Icicle had made his way over to them and said, "Greetings Vaati." "Oh," Vaati said noticing Icicle, "greetings to you as well, Icicle. I don't believe you've met Link yet, have you?" "No, I don't believe I have." Icicle responded, "But who are your other companions there?" "My name is Zelda, and this is Navi." The princess said, "By the way, you should probably be made aware that the Timelord-magician should be here in about two hours." "Ok, it was a pleasure meeting you." Icicle said while thinking, How in Glacinte's mane did she know about Sorcerencis? Something's not right here. You know Icicle, you're right, something is definitely not right here, chuckled a voice that had just popped into Icicle's head. Icicle froze in his tracks realizing who had just spoken to him, Oh no, not you, anyone but you. Please leave me alone, Chironicus. AAAWW, you're no fun. Besides, I like being up here in your head, there are so many wonderful memories to play with, Chironicus complained. Icicle sharpened up and thought, Don't you DARE mess with any of my memories. I was just kidding, although I wonder if this section of emotion nerves coordinate this Applejack memory,Chironicus said as Icicle followed Vaati back into the palace entrance hall. Icicle then accidentally blurted out, "No! Not that one!" "Why not this one Icicle?" Pinkie Pie said looking confused. Realizing his mistake, he quickly recovered with, "I'm sorry Pinkie, what did you say?" She responded, "I said, why shouldn't I use this bottle to make A1?" "What's A1?" Icicle asked. Pinkie replied, "A special sauce for Vaati's troops, it makes their food taste better." "Ok," Icicle said while asking Chironicus, What is it? It's steak sauce, although they'll probably use it on meat from Everfree monsters, Chironicus replied. Alright, I think that's a little too much information, Icicle said. Oh well, I guess we should have some fun before the party starts, Chironicus thought very mischievously. What are you talking about? icicle said worried. Herobrine beam us up, Chironicus said as light started to surround Icicle. WHAT?! Icicle thought as he vanished from the Palace of Winds. "Hey, where did Icicle go?" Applejack stated noticing his absence. "Oh, he's just going to play some Minecraft, he'll be back in a while. Although I think he saved in front of a Creeper last time," Pinkie casually responded. ....................................................................................................... hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssBOOM Chironicus then burst out with laughter, no longer in Icicle's head since they were alone in Minecraft. ....................................................................................................... about two hours later Icicle reappeared in the Palace to find a worried Applejack. "Where have ya been, Sugacube? All of us but Pinkie were worried sick." Icicle merely responded, " A place I never want to see again." "Well," Pinkie stated, "The party's almost ready!" Just then, a teleportation flash occurred in the middle of the room, while Zelda said, "Right on time." when it dissipated, standing there was a purple mare that anypony could mistake as Twilight, save for the fact her mane was blue with the pink stripe. "Sorcerencis? What are you doing here?" Starlit asked. Sorcerencis then quiockly said, "There's no time for talk. We must head to Canterlot, now." "What is going on?" Vaati asked. Sorcerencis turned around to face Vaati saying, "Dark Link knows they are still alive, he's coming for us."
Sorcerencis the Timelord"Alright, whoever you are, we're on the train to Canterlot. Will you please explain what exactly is going on now?" Twilight asked Sorcerencis, sounding more than a little frustrated. "First of all, my name is Sorcerencis," she stated, "and secondly, what is going on is that if we don't act quickly, our world will come to an end." "And just how do you know this?" Applejack asked. "I have an ability that lets me see and travel to future or past events in time." she answered. "Wait," Vaati said confused, "I thought you said Dark Link was coming." Zelda then said, "She did, only, when Dark Link sent us here we were about to use the Triforce. What do you think he would do in that circumstance, since he once worked for you." Vaati went silent for a moment, then he spoke up, "I see your point, with the power of the Triforce, Dark Link would be near to unstoppable, even against the Elements of Harmony. Within Starlit's head she repeated, When Elements unite with a power untold, she now understood, the prophecy had been set in motion. Sooner or later the Virtues would have to fulfill their oaths, the day Starlit feared would come. Icicle noticed worry on both Starlit and Sorcerencis's face, What could they be more worried about than the current situation? he thought to himself. Oh Icicle, I can't believe you've already forgotten the prophecy of Virtues Chironicus spoke up. Now he remembered, the prophecy that would force the old team together, I can't believe I didn't remember that, there are already four of us here! Yes, Chironicus stated, Four down, one on the way, and two to go. "So, what do we need to do to stop Dark?" Link said. Sorcerencis replied, "It may seem simple, but all we have to do is collect the keys of worlds, also known as the Alicorn Blades, then use them to trap Dark in Hyrule, where Link and Zelda can take back the Triforce." "What are the Alicorn blades?" Twilight asked, "Celestia has never told me anything about them." "For good reason," Pinkie replied, "Anyone who knows about their existence knows that if you have all four and a relic of another world, you also have control of anything that comes into or leaves this dimension." Zelda was about to ask how she knew that when Navi said, "Give it up Zelda, even I've learned by now that you never question Pinkie Pie." "So, who has these Alicorn blades?" Rainbow asked. Before Sorcerincis could speak, Zelda replied with, "They are owned by the four Alicorns of this land Celstia, Luna, Cadence, and Ser..." "It doesn't really matter who owns them when two of them have been lost for some time now." Sorcerencis nervously interrupted. Icicle and Starlit quietly breathed a sigh of relief, Zelda had almost said something that would have had them all in very dangerous waters. They were not going to have their new friends turn away just because of something they had sworn to keep secret. the rest of the train ride to Canterlot and the walk to the castle were relatively uneventful except that Link was constantly asking where a bombchu bowling alley was. Once they arrived at the throne room doors the guards said, "The princesses have been expecting you, please enter." As they entered the room Celestia said, "Greetings Zelda." "You as well Celestia," Zelda answered. "I can see that you and Sorcerencis have explained the situation to the others already." Celestia stated calmly. "We have princess," Sorcerencis said with a bow. "Very well," Celestia said, "Luna and I will give you the Lunar and Solar blades. However, you yourselves must go after the third blade, luckily Icicle knows were it is." A look of sheer horror appeared on Icicle's face as Chironicus said, Oh look Icicle, you get to go to your least favorite place again.
Arton Dungeon"NO!" Icicle shouted, "I will not return to that place a third time. It was bad enough the second time, and you want me to go again? NO!" The Mane Six all shuddered, they remembered the time Icicle had to take them there to get the glacier ... "Wait," Twilight asked, "the glacier blade is actually one of the Alicorn Blabes?" "Indeed, and while I do dislike the fact you have to go to the Chilly Willy mountains, it is the easiet way to reach Mt. Arton," Celestia responded. "No it's not1' icicle again shouted, " there are plenty of ways to go around those accursed mountains." Luna responded, "that was before the Hyleans arrived, now due to the extraterrestrial energy an ancient spell the Nightmare put on the area allows entrance only through the mountains. "Can't you reverse it then?" Icicle asked. "No," Luna said, "Nightmare was once part of my being, but no longer. Any spell Nightmare didn't get rid of herself is simply going to wait until activated, and I cannot do anything to stop them." "I'm still not going!" Icicle said, "I never want to see that place again!" Applejack spoke up, "Well if Icicle ain't goin' your highness, ah would gladly lead us through, it's not like ah haven't been there before.' "Fine," Icicle glumly spoke, "I'm coming." "Alright then my little ponies," Celestia said, "I wish you safe journey on your quest. Oh, and Zelda, please be careful." ............................................................................................................................................................. The ponies had went back to Ponyville to prepare for the journey but were now at the base of the Chilly Willy mountains. Icicle was the first to speak up, "Well, let's get this over with." "It can't be that bad," Link said, "this just looks like Death Mountain covered in ice and snow. Actually, it doesn't even look as bad as Death Mountain." Icicle merely rolled his eyes and they all began to ascend the mountain. Things were going great so far, there was no sign of the thing Icicle hated about this place. As they continued forward and upward they soon reached a fork in the trail. One led down into a foggy area and the other led into a severe dome-shaped snowstorm. Icicle said, "We're going into the fog." "I would reconsider," Link warned, "That loks like the magic that blue pony spoke of." Twilight said, "Her name is Luna and she's an Alicorn, but he's right that there is a lot of magic down there." "Would you rather go visit him?" Icicle asked pointing in the direction of the snowstorm. "No," Twilight stated, "I,m just saying we need to be careful." They chose and continued down the foggy path until Dash spoke up, "Hey, haven't we passed that same boulder four times now?" "It apears so," Vaati stated, "Link, do you remember the Lost Woods?" Link got a grin on his face and said, "say no more." everyone followed Link through a complex series of turns and tunnels made of rock until suddenly the fog was gone and before them was a giant mountain with a doorway opening at the base. "Of course I still remember the pattern, Vaati. So, this Mt. Arton, what's it like in there?" "It's pretty abandoned," Icicle stated, "and it probably has lot's of traps since Nightmare put spells on it." "So it's a dungeon," Link said, "I have great experience with dungeons. I wonder which one it's going to be like?" Zelda then brought up, "I have a theory it is going to be similar to the Shadow Temple." In Icicle's head a song started playing, I've Got a Theory Oh, I do love this song, don't you Icicle? Chironicus stated. Icicle thought, What is it? Chironicus responded with, Didn't you click on the hyperlink? as the team was entering the dungeon the author's friend responded, Of course I did. Finally the guy with the common sense shows up. Chironicus stated. Hey! Icicle mentally shouted. the friend said, Sorry, but you walked right into that one Icicle. Icicle only became angrier but decided to not say anything else since the group was arriving at a split hallway. Link said, "What's with all the choices we're having to make?" Twilight responded, "Last time we were here both paths led to the same destination, but I think we should still split up to find the best way through." so they split up, the Mane Six took Vaati down the path on the left, ergo the rest went down the other hallway. the Mane six and Vaati didn't have much trouble, a few traps that Vaati spotted out, and a chasm that they crossed with magic or flight. On the other hand, down the hall on the right things were not going at all as they had hoped. "You hear that reader?" Chironicus said to anyone reading this, "the next chapter is going to be so much fun!"
Hall of Horrors"So," Link said, "this is what Equestria considers a dungeon? No traps, no puzzles, just an empty hallway." "Don't jinx it!" Icicle exclaimed, "Who knows what Nightmare Moon had planned down here." They walked on through the hall for what seemed a VERY long time. Eventually, Starlit noticed that every five minutes or so, they would pass by a crystal on the wall that looked the same as the one they had just seen. Starlit spoke up about this saying, "Has anypony else noticed that crystal on the wall?" "Indeed I have Starlit." Zelda stated, "I have also been detecting a source of dark magic behind the crystal." "So we've been going in circles, oh joy." Icicle said nervously. "Well let's go ahead and see what's behind it before something else goes wrong." As if on cue, the crystal disappears and the group find themselves in a circular room with one hallway for everypony along the wall. Even stranger, each hallway had a name above it, the names of everypony in the room. Icicle slightly whimpered as Link said, "So much for not jinxing it, Icicle." Icicle's face went red as he said, "You frickin' shut up. Let's just go down the halls and see what happens." And so they did, each to their own name to try and find the way into the deeper reaches of the dungeon. Down Starlit's hall, she became icreasingly more worried as the ceilings and eventually walls began to drip with water. Don't worry Starlit, everything's fine, it's just a little water. she told herself, There's nothing to afraid of down here. In truth, the Element of Courage had only found one thing she was scared of, water. It douses out fire, you can't fly with wet wings, and it turns to the cold stuff called ice when Frozen, she did not like to be cold. Then Chironicus said into her head, Did you see that refference there, Starlit? Oh, you probably didn't, but I can Let it Go. She didn't get his 'refference', no one ever did, but she did begin to hear a rushing sound behind her. By the time she had turned to investigate, however, a torrent of water hit her, sweeping her into a large pool area. When she tried to swim out, the water froze around her legs so that she couldn't move, and thus she began to sink. So this is it? She thought glumly, I'm going to drown down here, unless I can find some other way out. Down Sorcerencis's hallway, she smelled something rather rotten coming from further down. She had excpected to find something scary down here, knowing Nightmare Moon, not something that would gross her out. Yet, she continued, and it opened up into a small room filled with a green glowing gas, but the gas was not what stank, it was what looked like a carcass in the middle of the room. "Okay," she said nevously, "I need to get out of here." She turned around and not only was the door gone, but the body was now right in front of her. She screamed loudly and backed up in surprise, but it did not move any furthter. She then cautiously approached to examine it, and upon recognizing whose it was, began to furiously weep. In between the sobbing she would manage to say, "No, Chironicus, you can't leave me." "Now this is a real dungeon!" Link exclaimed "Just like old times, eh Navi?" Apparently Link, after walking a while down his hallway, met back up with both Navi and Zelda, and now had a small dungeon laid out before them. "It sure is," Navi happily stated, "let's go kick some monster tail!" as they continued into the dungeon, they eventually reached the boss room. Inside was not a large monster for them to fight, however, what was in there was a mirror in which they could see both their world and Equestria covered in flames, darkness, and ruin. A lone figure stood in the flames and, revealing to them a horrible and terrifying mask, said, "Do you really think you can stop this, Hero of Time?" Icicle was fretting, every time he was alone something even unluckier than normal happened, as if the universe's supply of unlucky things poured directly onto him. His suspicions were confirmed as a dark cloud of black began to come from both behind and in front of him. After surrounding him, the smoke erupted into flames that sent him running as fast as he could down the hall screaming his lungs out. Then he ran face-first into somepony, knocking himself over, when he looked up it was a black-eyed demonic version of Chironicus. He backpedaled as fast as he could as the demonic pony said, "Hello Icicle, time to die." and lunged at him, making him black out. Just then, all of them appeared in the room where the Crystal Blade was in it's holster, and the mane six and Vaati witnessed the three Hyleans having a face of despair, Sorcerencis sobbing and holding onto thin air, Starlit coughing up nothing, and Icicle having an all-out panic attack. Vaati spoke up, "What are all you buffoons doing?" They all stopped abruptly and looked at Vaati with confused expressions. Icicle then said, "Let's just get the sword and be out of here!" So they drew and stowed away the sword, and then Vaati flew them out of the hole in the roof. And as they were making their way back to Ponyville, Sorcerencis heard on the wind, I will never leave you, don't doubt your Changelicorn boyfriend. Author's Note How was that for a dungeon, Link? Anywho, the next chapter will introduce a new character, yay! Also, expect to see the Mane Six much more than the others in the next chapter.
Dinjigon the black dragonAs the group was returning home to Ponyville, Starlit noticed how fearful most of their side of the group still was, even herself. Except Sorcerencis, she looked completely calm, happy even. She probably knew more than anypony else in the group what Sorcerencis's fear was, the only way she would still be this calm is if ... If I, being the good coltfriend I am, comforted my main mare after the event. Oops, did I steal your thoughts there?, Chironicus interupted into her mind. Oh joy, look who decided to join the party, Starlit thought sarcastically. Another voice, which she recognized as Pinkie Pie, then came into Starlit's thoughts saying, Actually, you should save that phrase for Amelyst, but it works here to. Starlit then asked, Um, Pinkie, who's Amelyst? Chironicus responded, Oh, no one you would know yet, I'd give it about 3,000 years, then you would know her. Oh, and it's so good to finally speak to you Pinkie, are you having a real blast? Well of course, silly filly. Pinkie answered. Starlit was not even going to begin to fathom how Chironicus and Pinkie knew of each other before ever even meeting, and she knew not question either of those two any more about this 'Amelyst', but she was glad to be on the way back to ponyville. She wanted to get her mind off drowning. Link was reeling about what he, Zelda, and Navi had seen, the evil force behind Dark Link, using him as a puppet, Majora. He had heard tales about the original Hero of Time and his encounter with the dark god, they weren't pleasant. If Majora did leak into this world, Link highly doubted these six Elements of Harmony and a retired Vaati could go up against him. Vaati had lost to Ganon back in his prime, and Majora was far, far worse. Even Link, Master Sword and all, would have a hard time against the god of chaos, which is why they had to stop Dark as soon as possible. Once the team arrived back in Ponyville, The Crusaders were waiting for them. "Um, Twilight," Applebloom spoke up first, "There's a teenage black dragon that showed up while you were gone. He was wantin' to see y'all. He's in the Library." Sorcerencis replied, "Oh, it's Dinjigon, he's quite a bit early. Probably wants to get this whole thing over with." Starlit and the others of her old friends were not happy to hear this. While he was technically part of the old group, Dinjigon was all but friendly, the Crusaders were probably worried because Dinjigon spoke his rude mind regardless of who he was talking to. Twilight proceeded towards the door of the Library saying, "well thank you girls and Sorcerencis, lets go see what he's here for." As they entered the Library, they saw Dinjigon sitting bored in a chair, munching on a large gem. His scales, body, and spines were all a deep black, but he had eerie neon red eyes. "Well about time," he said, finishing the gem and standing up, "ponies, late as usual." Before Twilight could respond to this, he walked to her and continued saying, "So, you are Twilight I'm guessing? Know that just because you're the 'Element of Magic', I wont respect you any more than any other pony in all of this world. Well, Link and Vaati are the only ones I respect here, and that is because like me they have seen combat, real combat." Twilight, looking bewildered, said, "Combat? In Equestria? And why are you here in the first place?" Dinjigon replied, "I'm not from Equestria, I'm from Draconius. And I'm here to help because Sorcerencis asked me to, and because beings I respect are involved." Everpony in the room became quiet at that remark. All present, except Link and Navi, knew about the Great Dragon War that was between Draconius and the ice dragon tribes of the south. When the last Dragon Master led the campaign to wipe out all dragons that would not bow to his will. He was defeated by Icicle and the Elements, but the nation of Draconius was still in a ruined state. "You know what," Dinjigon said, "I think I need to get away from ponies for a while. At this, he walked out the door and flew off. In the Everfree a few minutes later, while Dinjigon had just landed and started walking through the forest, a loud whiring sound came from deep in the trees. Dinjigon of course wanted to see what was going on and followed the sound. Amelyst had just landed her home-made time device in the exact coordinates Chironicus had given her and so she walked outside. She was surprised to see that she was in the Everfree, but this is probably where she had to be if she were to meet Dinjigon. She was keeping an eye out for a black dragon when Chironicus showed up and said, "Ah, right on time Amelyst. So I do assume me about 3,000 years from now told you to meet me and Dinjigon here." "Yes," Amelyst said, still not happy that Chironicus had to be there, "Now where is he?" Chironicus responded, "Oh, he'll be about ten seconds, so good luck!" At which point he vanished and Dinjigon came into the clearing about ten seconds later. As Dinjigon entered where he thought he had heard the disturbance, he saw another pony, and immediately turned to walk away. "Wait! Come back!" Amelyst yelled after him, "You're Dinjigon, right?" Dinjigon said over his shoulder, "What about me? We met before?" "No," Amelyst said truthfully, "I've just heard about you and wanted to get to know who you really wer-I mean are." Almost saying "were" but correcting herself. Dinjigon huffed and said glumly, "I would rather not get to know others, all that comes from that is suffering." Amelyst cautiously said, "What do you mean by that?" He merely huffed again and said, "If you know who Icicle Chill is, ask him about me, he'll tell you." "Alright," Amelyst said, "what gem would you like for the trouble? I have a lot of ways to get gems." Dinjigon, for the first time in a long time, smiled a little and said, "A Frost Sapphire." Amelyst then got in the pocket of her clothes and gave him one. He chuckled and, instead of eating it, put it in a satchel he had and said, "Heh, you're not so bad for a pony, I hope we meet again. By the way, what's your name?" But when he looked around she was gone.
Prolouge: Farewell to HyruleIt was an average day to most of the people in Castle Town, Hyrule. For Link, The Hero of Time, it was the best day of his life, maybe a little too good for his taste. His recent defeat of Ganon he had managed to do without the help of the legendary Triforce, and, naturally, Zelda had the idea that they could use the wish foretold in the legends to end the Golden Trio Curse once and for all. However, Link had the feeling that this was somehow going to go wrong, nothing in Hyrule stayed peaceful for long. Just about the time he was up and ready, Navi, his "helpful" fairy came into the room. "Hey Link," Navi said, "I see you're ready to go, you're not usually up this early, is something wrong?" "No, Navi, I'm fine," he said, " I just have this feeling that something bad is going to happen." "Doesn't it always," Navi replied. They then made their way to the underground chamber where the Triforce was being kept. Upon arrival, there it was, the life-size, congruent, golden, and sentient triangle. Zelda then smirked as she commented, "Did you sleep in again, Link, cause you are late." She always was the type to joke around, but she could be very serious when she wanted to be. "So, lets get done with this before something happens like it always does," Zelda said. No sooner did the words come from her mouth than Link's old buddy, Dark Link, appeared and held a strange book over head. Link tried to lunge, but suddenly a black void appeared beneath the three of them, and they descended into a spiraling vortex of rainbows. The last thing Link saw before he passed out was Dark Link standing at the top of the hole as he waved his hand as if to say goodbye, for good.
