The Legend of Twilight: Link Between Equestria

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Link took a quick look behind him and saw that the group of ponies had made a run from it, this was good no one would get hurt from the fight he would be having with this shadow. Link then focused his attention back at the shadow and saw that its eyes had a look of amusement almost as if it didn't think Link was a threat.

Oh how wrong it was. Link pulled out his bow and a arrow and charged it with light magic and fired it directly at the shadow. The shadow didn't even have a chance to dodge the oncoming attack as the arrow flew at him and struck his chest. The shadow screeched in pain from the attack.

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Twilight and the others were currently making their way toward the Crystal empire but something felt off. Twilight took a quick look behind her and she stopped running.

Shining Armor noticed his sister wasn't running and wasn's running and wondered what gotten into her.

"Twilight we need to get to the empire right now or Sombra will capture us." He shouted at his sister through the heavy blizzard.

"That's the thing where is King Sombra." She said as she continued looking forward seeing the shadow was not following him. "Didn't we see him appear behind us so why isn't he chasing us."

Before Twilight had a chance to answer she heard a loud screech that echoed across the frozen wasteland. The sound caused her to shiver in fear.

"Come on Twilight lets get to the empire while we still have a chance." Shining Armor said and continued.

Twilight nodded and turned around and started to follow her brother but took one last look behind her to see a bright light.

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Link looked toward the giant shadow looming over him. He didn't know how he was holding his bow but right now he didn't care. He hardened his glare at the shadow. That's when he saw the shadow was opening up to show the head of a pony with a curved red horn in the center and what looked like a shadowy mane on it.

Sombra glared at the stallion in front of him. Somehow he managed to inflict damage to him while he was in his shadow form and even forced his out from the shadows, no unicorn magic no matter how powerful could penetrate him when he was like this. Unless it were the alicorn magic, or the crystal heart that could dispel the form or damage him during it nothing could hurt him or any type of magic used would fail against him. He should have been invincible against this stallions attacks but somehow this stallion shot something though weaker than alicorn magic still manged to hit him and even injure him. Sombra had to get rid of him before he could do anymore damage or he may be a major thorn in his side later.

Link noticed that the shadow pony was about to lunge at him so he got another arrow and charged it with light magic. As soon as the shadow pony lunged at him. Link shot the arrow but the shadow saw it coming and dodged it. Before the shadow pony could reach Link, he rolled to the side and fired another arrow at the head but it went straight through him. Link was surprised that the arrow shot through him, shouldn't his head have been solid. Link was about to fire another arrow but didn't notice the shadow under him that suddenly formed into a solid black crystal and hit Link in his chin sending him flying and making him drop his bow.

Link managed to regain himself in mid air and landed on his hooves. Link brought his eyes back to the shadow pony and saw that it split it self into six copies of itself. They soon started circling, Link, looking at each one, tried to find, the difference between the real shadow and fake. Link couldn't find anything so he began charging his right fore which ignited a small flame in the center. He spun both his fore hoof back in a circle motion and brought his right fore hoof down. The shadow pony was about to attack Link with all of his copies but before he could, a flame surrounded link and expanded hitting all the shadows and melting some of the snow showing patches of grass. The shadows merged back into one and now sported some burn spots around it.

The shadow pony, angered, soon began growing sharp black crystals in the ground they soon went under Links feet. Seeing what was happening Link back flipped, when he landed he spun around and began running from the crystals. They were relentless Link had to roll, side step, or jump over the growing crystals. Link was too focused on dodging the growing crystals that he didn't notice part of the shadow pony was going straight for him. Link jumped over another growing crystals but he didn't land back on the ground. Link then saw the problem, the shadow had gotten hold of him. Link tried to break out but couldn't, soon the shadow raised link high above the air and slammed him down on the ground. The shadow pony repeated this several time before he bashed Link's body against the sharp crystals that he grew. Link felt the sharp crystals cut his skin but he didn't given into the pain.

Using all his strength he broke out of the grip but the problem was he was 30 feet in the air. Link quickly pulled out his sword with his mouth the blade facing the left side. He then started skydiving toward the shadow pony aiming for his head. He then began charging his sword with magic it glowed a blue color then when it was fully charged he aimed to finish this fight. Once Link was the right distance away he released the magic in one powerful slash. He felt his sword connect with something and slashed downward. Link landed on his hooves though he felt a small crack in his right hind leg. Link ignored the pain and  looked up to hoping to see the shadow pony with a deep cut in his neck  Link however saw that he missed. Instead of a huge cut across it's throat there was a single slash mark going from the top of his forehead, past his right eye, and down to his chin.

Sombra looked at the pony who managed to cause so much damage in his shadow form. He had burnt and caused a large slash mark over the right side of his face, blood had even started to come out. Realizing what this stallion was capable of, he decided to withdraw for now he needed to regain his strength. He took one last look at the pony in front of him and even though he had made him waste time fighting him and now magic to heal himself he was very impressed at what he has managed so far.

"I must say I am glad that over a thousand years there are still worthy opponents for me to face." Sombra began in a tone that reminded Link of Ganondorf. "Tell me young stallion what is your name."

Link glared at the shadow who had a smile on his face. Link then turned his head and stabbed his sword into the ground and kept the glare. "My name is Link." Link replied to the shadow. "What about you, just who exactly are you, and what do you want?" Linked asked the shadow

Sombra had laughed at link's courage, no pony had ever spoke to him in such a confident tone, it was amusing. " Link an interesting name for such a strange pony, very well then you shall address me as King Sombra ruler of the Crystal Empire and what I want is to reclaim the Empire that so rightfully belongs to me" Sombra replied to Link.

"I can't let that happen Sombra, from what I sense from you, you have a heart of pure evil and letting you into this empire will only cause everyone pain and misery!" Link yelled at Sombra.

Sombra was starting to get annoyed with Link. "Link I'll say this once." Sombra began. "No pony will stop me from taking back my kingdom and my slaves and if you try to get in my way again you will experience true pain." Sombra said before disappearing into the blizzard.

After Sombra had left Link sheathed his sword and went to retrieve his bow. Even though Link took a lot of damage in the fight he would quickly recover thanks to his healing ability he gotten from a great fairy just a quick rest and any minor injuries like cuts and some bone damage would heal up. Link then made his way towards the shield covering what Link learned was the empire. Link saw the shield was no longer a light blue color but lilac. Link went to tap his hoof against but was surprised it went right through. Link passed through the shield and finally saw what was on the other side. He was surprised, instead of snow it was a large grassy field and in front was two large crystal gates and a path leading to the empire.

Link followed the path until he finally reached the empire. He was amazed at the sight of the Empire it had really lived up to it's name. Everything was made of crystals, the houses, roads, even some statues he had saw.

Link saw that ponies were walking around but they all looked depressed.

'This must the after effects of being slaves to Sombra.' Link thought to himself as he stared at the ponies. 'Maybe once Sombra is dead they can live in peace.'

Link then heard something behind him, he quickly turned around and gripped his sword but saw nothing there. Link shook his head and turned back around only for his eye sight to be blocked by blue. This caused Link to scream over dramatically in surprise and caused him to fall on his back. Link looked up to see a pony hanging upside down in a black costume covering their whole body except the eyes and part of the face which showed to be a pink color.

"Um Hi." Link awkwardly waved at the pony whos eyes widened.

"My covers been blown." The pony yelled out before falling on the ground and running off. Link only stared in confusion at the pony that just ran off.  Link shook his head and stood up.

"And here I thought this place would've have been normal." Link muttered to himself. "I still need to figure more about Sombra maybe there's a library here I could use."

Link continued to walk around the empire looking for a library of some kind, along the way Link saw even more depressed ponies walking around the empire some even having headaches. Link could only look at them with sympathy hoping he could find some way to help them.

As Link continued to walk through the empire he was then felt someone tap his shoulder. Link turned around and saw a purple Unicorn and dragon that was also purple next to her. Link remembered that this was the pony he saw at the castle but it seems she hasn't recognized him yet.

"Sorry for bothering you sir but we saw that you looked like the most normal crystal pony here and thought we could ask you some questions." She said but then her eyes widened. "Not that theirs anything wrong with any of them just they're all depressed and you're not so you know." She chuckled and smiled sheepishly.

"Really smooth there Twilight." The dragon said as he crossed his arms.

Link was surprised to say the least, did she really think he was one of these ponies. Well it was probably best to go with it right now.

Twilight glared at the dragon before looking back at Link. "Sorry we got on the wrong hoof lets start over. My name is Twilight Sparkle and this is my assistant Spike. She pointed toward the dragon who waved his hand at Link. Anyways we were going around the empire wondering if any of the ponies here remember what life was like before King Sombra took over. So I was wondering do you happen to know anything important do you." She asked with a hopeful smile.

Link looked blankly at her and shook his head no at her questions. He decided to go the silent route whenever he was being asked questions. This usually tricked others into thinking he was a mute, he just hoped it would work now like it has before.

"Are you sure you don't remember anything." She asked sounding a bit desperate. "We really need information on the empire so that we can protect it from Sombra."

You and me both Link said in his head. He once again shook his head no. He really didn't want to disappoint her but right now she could remember that he was suppose to be in a cell at the castle. If she remembered this could be problematic for Link.

"Come on Twilight I don't think he has anything I don't even think he's from here." Spike whispered to Twilight, while normally no one would hear what he was saying but with Links advance hylian hearing he could hear every word he was saying especially the next sentence. "I mean look at what he's wearing looks like a dress a girl would wear, heck he's even wearing ear rings."

If their was one thing hated it was anything about his tunic. Whenever someone made the comment about Links tunic being a girls dress he would get very angry. If it were someone young he would just glare at them, but if it was someone older and a male well they would be spending sometime with a cast. Since the dragon looked young he did the former.

Spike noticed Link glaring at him and started sweating nervously. "You didn't hear that did you." He asked nervously. Link only hardened his glare which scared spike even more.

"I think we'll be going now and i'm sorry for spikes behavior." Twilight said levitating the dragon on to her back. "And if you have any information please tell me or my friends." Soon both Twilight and spike left leaving Link alone. Link sighed and shook his head, he still needed to find any information that could help.

Soon enough after some exploring Link found the library. Link made his way inside and was surprised by how large it looked like on the inside. Link looked around not knowing where to start, he eventually decided to go to a random section and start from their. As Link approached one of the shelves he then realized something. None of these books were in Hylian which meant he couldn't find any information on this place. That's when Link heard the door open he turned towards it to see Twilight and Spike with a group of other ponies he didn't know.

Link grabbed a random book and sat at one of the tables. He was guessing Twilight and her group were also looking for information about the empire. Since he couldn't read it he decided they could do the reading for him. Link opened up to a random page and opened up his ears to listen on any information he could use.

A hour or so later the group was still looking and one with a rainbow colored mane took his book for a moment before giving it back to him. Link was annoyed that she didn't bother to ask but decided not to say anything. Link then heard Twilight shout "Yes" they must have found something. Link opened up his ears and listened very carefully. After they finished reading it the group left the library, Link closed the book he was fake reading and sighed. They may have found something to raise the ponies spirits but nothing on defeating Sombra.

Link decided he wasted enough time and left the library trying to figure out his next course of action. He soon saw something strange, there was a big empty lot between two houses. It looked like a rest area since there were two benches on the side of the housed but Link felt something off about. Link focused his magic and his eyes changed color again. Link suspicions were correct sitting in that empty space was a house like the others. Link decided this was something that he needed to investigate if it was hidden like this. Link approached the door of the area and tried opening but it was locked. Link decided that now wasn't the best time to look for a key so he began to slam into the door until it finally broke.

Link entered the dark room wondering whos house this was and why it was hidden. Link saw that the house had many notes scattered across the floor and walls. Whoever lived here must have been a scholar of some kind. Link knew that trying to read the notes wouldn't work out so well since he couldn't even read any of them. Link walked around the house and saw a large desk at the other end of the room. Link walked toward and saw only two things on this desk. One was a picture of a grey unicorn but it was ripped in half but Link could see a red hoof on his shoulder, the other thing was a page with a picture of a heart on top of the castle of the empire and was shining a bright light throughout it as the crystal ponies smiled on. Link sighed seeing nothing he could use. Link was about to leave till a gust of wind blew the paper off the desk.

Link was surprised to find more writing on the back of the page, what was even more surprising was that it was in Hylian. Link picked up the page and began reading it.

"I have successfully manage to steal the crystal heart from these crystal ponies. Without there precious heart the empire is powerless against my oncoming assault to take over the empire. I still need to hide the heart if it got enough positive energy it would surely defeat me if not kill me. I need to make sure the crystal fair is never to happen that would give the heart enough to do the job. I need to hide this heart and make sure nopony can ever find it . I know he will be coming for me once he deals with that draconequus. I will be prepared for him though he won't stand a chance against me with my new found powers even with that sword of his."

- Sombra

Link took a good look at the heart and saw that it looked it was made of a light blue crystal. Link took in the information finally finding what he needed. If he wanted to kill Sombra he needed the Crystal heart which needed to be filled with positive emotion from something called the crystal fair. Link suddenly heard a loud voice from the outside wondering what exactly was going on he made his way towards the door. Turning off his lens of truth ability, he looked out and saw that a bunch of the crystal ponies were walking toward the center of the empire. Link wondering what exactly was going on began to follow them.

Once they neared the center Link noticed that there were a lot of stands set up. Link knew exactly what this was. Someone must have set up the crystal fair, he just needed to find the crystal heart and Sombra won't stand a chance. Link grinned and decided to search in the castle. As Link neared the castle he saw a stand with a cover on it. Link getting a bit curious decided to see what exactly was under it. However Lin path was blocked by a orange pony.

"Sorry we can't exactly show the crystal heart just yet." She said looking a bit nervous. "Don't ya worry though it'll be ready pretty soon."

Link was a bit taken back at how much this pony forwardness but was relieved to hear they actually found the crystal heart. After hearing this Link decided that he could do a little exploring to see what the fair had to offer. Link went from stand to stand looking through the stands. Link then felt himself being pulled by someone. Before he had a chance to realize it his tunic and items were removed and replaced with a strange set of armor and had a lance on the side.

"Sorry about dragging you over here but we needed somepony to help with the crystal joust and you looked perfect for the part." A familiar cyan mare said with the same armor on her. "Anyways you know how to joust right?"

Link had seen some jousting on his travels but he never expected to be part of one or even be the horse or in this case pony doing it, regardless Link nodded.

"Great let's give these ponies a show they'll remember and don't worry i'll go easy on ya, but not too easy." The cyan pony said before flying to the other side.

Link soon got into a ready stance and waited for the signal. Link looked up for a brief moment and could have sworn he saw the shield disappear momentarily. Soon Link heard a horn and looked back forward to see the pony running in his direction. Link realizing the match started he began running. As the two got closer to each other Link saw that her lance was going to get to him first but he shifted his body enough causing her lance to miss but not his. The hit from the lance was strong enough to send the pony flying and into a pile of hay.

Link heard the ponies cheering and smiled. With all the positive emotions going on the heart would be powered in no time. Link was even getting used to his new body if running was any proof of that. Link then went over to the pile off hay and offered his hoof to pony. She saw his hoof and quickly stood up.

"I'm fine I don't need you're help but that was pretty good but this time I won't go see easy on you this time." She emphasized with a hoof to his chest.

Link shook his head and went back to his starting position. Link looked back up and saw that the shield disappeared briefly before coming back. Link started felt a drop of sweat roll down. The shield was almost down they needed the heart right now. Link quickly removed the armor much to the ponies confusion.

"Sorry I really need to be somewhere right now but that match was fun." Link quickly yelled as he grabbed his equipment and tunic. While Link was trying to figure out how to put his tunic on he noticed something on his back. The sight of them made Link stop for a second on his back were a pair of wings. Link quickly snapped out of it and decided to check the wings later. Right now he needed to see if the heart was ready.

Once Link got all his items back in place he pulled out farores wind and quickly warped back to where the heart was being kept. As Link teleported in he saw that a huge crowd of ponies were around the heart asking to see it. Link began to get more anxious why wasn't the heart ready. Link decided to activate the lens of truth and see what was going on.

Once Links eyes shifted he saw that under the cover was not the crystal heart. It may have looked like it but it was the wrong color and looked like it was made of something else entirely. They had a fake crystal heart this whole time, he should have checked earlier and now he wasted time to look for it. Link turned off the lens of truth ability and tried to think of were Sombra kept the heart. Link then looked up and figured something out.

'If I were a evil tyrant and hid something that could kill me I would put it somewhere close to me.' Link thought to himself. 'I need to check the castle it has to be in there somewhere.'

Link moved out of the crowd and looked for the entrance to the castle but there were three different doorways. Link decided to just go with a random one and see where it could go from there. Link opened the castle door and entered the castle as he left the other ponies behind with the fake heart. Once Link found the stairs he began ascending them. Link decided to check the rooms at the very top hopefully like Ganondorf, Sombra decided his chambers would be at the very top of the castle.

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(15 minutes later)

Link had finally reached the top floor he decided to lay down for a seconds so that he can rest his legs. Travelling up stairs was a lot tougher with 4 legs instead of 2. Link was surprised there weren't any guards patrolling the castle during his climb.

A castle like this and no guards, something isn't right. When Link finally got to his hooves he walked into the entrance leading into the hallway. Link walked through the hallway hoping to find something but hasn't found a single door. When Link reached the end of the hallway he found that it led to a dead end.

"What? How can there not be anything up here?" Link asked himself. There wouldn't be a hallway this high up if it had nothing. Link tried to figure out what to do when he came up with a idea.

"If I'm right." Link began as he began to focus his magic activated his sight of truth. "There are doors here they're just invisible." Link once the eyes were activated he saw that he was right, the hall way had many hidden doors.

Link looked at each one wondering which to go to when he realized to go to the one with the biggest door. Link entered the room and saw the interior.

The whole room was covered in black crystal from the walls, ceilings, and floors there was a king size bed on the left side of the room on the sides of the bed were two stands the one on the right had held a full set of armor for the body and hooves and the left stand held a sword with a  hilt that was made from a black crystal and was covered in spikes which meant that no one could hold it with their hoof or mouth the blade of the sword was of a red metal that link has never seen before link looked closely and saw it was dripping something red Link took a closer look and found out it was blood. Link decided to not find out where it came from, on the other side there was a desk and many books some were open and some were covered in blood. Link saw a door on the other side of the room he walked towards it and opened it to see that it led to a balcony. Link could see the entire empire even past the shield.

Link saw stairs that led to the very top of the tower, he was about to go up them till he felt something grab his hind legs. Link looked backed and was shocked to find that crystals had wrapped around him, soon the crystals had started growing to the rest of his body Link tried to break free but the more he struggled the faster the crystal began growing. The crystals were now up to his neck he tried to break free but just couldn't. All Link saw before his whole body was covered was for the shield to go out for a few seconds to show a orange sky with black clouds.