//-------------------------------------------------------// What Lurks in the Shadows -by TheSorceress- //-------------------------------------------------------// //-------------------------------------------------------// Sleepover //-------------------------------------------------------// Sleepover The ten new friends walk into Canterlot High happily and proudly. "So lets get you guys registered" Rainbow says. They all head to Principal Celestias office but when they open the door a young girl with white hair purple eyes and a purple and gold star hair pin.   "What do you mean the magic clubs full" she shouts. "What I mean is the magic clubs full." Celestia says. "Well then kick someone out!" "I can't do that Trixie." "Your the Principal for pete's sake," she cries, "You can do anything!" She spins around on her heel a furry and almost runs in to Link. "Or... I could just be in any club he's in." She says in pointing to Link. "Club?" Link asks half confused about the club and half about Trixie "Oh um they're new here" Fluttershy says. Emma then leaps in front of Link spreading her arms out. "Back off Trixie" She spits "he belongs with the blue girl!" Trixie and Emma seem to be having a staring contest but in a few seconds Trixie holds up her hands in defeat "Fine." On her way out she shoves Fluttershy "Oh no she didn't!" Pinkie yells trying to chase after her but Das and Sunset hold her back. "So girls what can I help you with?" Celestia asks smoothing out the papers on her desk to calm down. "These three are new here, they need to be registered." Sunset says smiling as the others shove Link, Zelda, and Midna to the front of the group. In a few minutes the ten where gathering in the halls comparing schedules to see who had classes with who. The final bell rings and the school campus floods with kids. The friends all meet up at the Wonder Colts statue in the center "Whew! I never thought sitting in a chair all day would be so tiring!" Link says. Everyone laugh at his comment, "Well ya better get used to it. Cause' this is what its like every single day for three more months." They all laughs again. "So um... where are the three of us going to stay?" Zelda asks nervously. "All ready ahead of you sister!" Pinkie calls "Sleepover at my place!" The ten headed over to Sugar Cube Corner for an obviously interesting sleepover at Pinkies. They all where doing their own things Link ,Midna, Rainbow, AJ, and Pinkie Pie where playing Mario Cart, Zelda, and Rarity where painting their nails, Fluttershy and Sunset Shimmer where writing a song for the Rainbooms and Emma was assigning beds which probably was a bad idea, "Okay let me see I'll go here Fluttershy can go there, Rarity there and AJ by her *cough Rarity-Jack cough* Sunset Shimmer there Dash you can go by the window, Pinkie gets her bed and... Oh no! It seems like we only have one bed left! Oh well link, Midna you'll have to share. Oh Zelda you can go there." Link and Midna glare at her obviously knowing what she was doing as Pinkie winks before leaving. Pinkie then brings in a batch of fresh cupcakes still steaming. "Who wants cupcakes?" She asked. Emma and the main six simultaneously yell "NO!" Pinkie looks around, "Link?" Link responds his mind still on the game and its strange magic controls,"Nah, I'm fine." "Zelda?" "No thank you I'm not very hungry." "Midna?" "Yah sure I'll have one." She takes one of the steaming treats and bites in to it. "Just so you know.." Emma whispers making sure Pinkie doesn't hear "Pinkie makes her cupcakes from peoples organs." Midna quickly spits it out "Are you serious! Eww! And you don't call the guards on her!?" Pinkie looks over at her "Whats wrong? Is it not good?" Midna franticly tries to find an excuse for the reaction, "U-Um yah everything's fine. Its just... um... sweeter than I expected." "Oh okay!" Pinkie skips away happily Later she throws away the cupcake and will be sure to never eat one of her cupcakes again. In Hyrule Gannon was lost deep in his thoughts. Link and Midna had defeated Zant and where supposed to be coming after him next. But, they haven't. Its been a day and there was no sign of them except for a sent that disappears in the middle of Hyrule field. Princess Zelda had disappeared as well. Gannondorf was in a daze till a loud banging on the door broke his concentration. Gannon yells through the door irritated "I thought I told you people not to interrupt me when I'm thinking! Leave now and I'll spare your miserable life!" Silence. Gannon assumed that the intruder fled for their life as manny do, but a minute later the banging started back up. Gannondorf grabbed his sword and opened the door prepared to end the intruders life, but what he saw shocked him. It was a man who liked like Link but dark black, like a shadow. The only part on him that wasn't black was his blood red peircing eyes. In in instant the intruder drove his sword through Gannon's chest. Before he Gannondorf died he croaked out the words "W-who are you... What do you want?" the man leaned down close to Gannon's face his voice resembled that of Links but with an evil twist, something to it made your hair stand on end, "I want the same thing you want. Ultimate power!" The man raises his blade and brings it down on Gannon's throat decapitating The King of Thieves. "Oh, and my name almost forgot, I like to be called Dark Link." he smirks as a soft glow radiates around Gannondorf and then quickly transfers to him, settling on his right hand and taking the form of a triangle. "The first piece, Soon I'll have them all" He laughs with glee. "I'm coming for you, brother, you can't hide." //-------------------------------------------------------// The strange cloud //-------------------------------------------------------// The strange cloud After defeating the Dazzlings the mane six Sunset, Pinkie, Dash, Rarity, AJ, and Fluttershy where walking to school on a peaceful cool spring morning laughing and talking, as friends do. The day was nice and seemed calm and quiet like it would be a nice day. They where Pinkie looked up at the crystal blue sky only to see a strange black cloud with unworldly blue markings appear out of no where. Hovering over Canterlot High. " Is that a storm cloud, Is it gonna rain, will it be chocolate!!!" The perky pink girl froze and imagined creamy liquid chocolate falling from the sky. " Sugar cue, one question at a time." Apple Jack says with her usual county flare. " Apple jacks right dear," Rarity added with sophistication "plus chocolate rain, in our hair!" Rarity shivers at the idea. Sunset Shimmer laughs at her friends random comments, then looks back up to the cloud "seriously though I don't think that's a normal cloud, and it or what made it might not be friendly." " Well lets go check it out!" With that the crimson eyed athlete rushed toward Canterlot High campus leaving her friends in the dust. When they all got there the cloud was gone and only clear skies and sunshine where in the skies,but on campus there three unusual people. A young boy with dirty blonde hair about their age maybe a bit older clothed in a green tunic with chain mail under neath and a strange hat , a beautiful brunette probably the same age as the boy wearing a ball gown. Her hair was she had on a gold tiara with beautiful sapphires in it , and a strange imp creature with orange hair, red and gold eyes, a strange stone helmet with the somewhat close to the same markings as the cloud and black and blue skin. Pinkie walks over to the new comers gasps then runs back to her friends "I don't know them and I know every one and every one knows me and they don't know me witch means their new and..." Pinkie takes a deep breath " we need to through a welcome party!" They all laugh at their crazy friend. "Pinkie, breathe, or you're gonna die." Rainbow says in between laughs. Just then the boy and the Imp start to argue."So we can't get back!?" The boy yells anger and fear dripping from his tone "I don't know... I might be able to figure something out." The imp says back. Then the boy starts to yell " MIGHT! What are we gonna do in the mean time let Gannon destroy Hyrule!?" He hides his face in his hands and mumbles something. Then a young girl with curly brown hair walks by the two a smile spreading across her face as she dose "SHIP IT!"She shouts pointing at the imp and the boy. The two pause , " How can there be a ship without water? " The suddenly confused imp says. Pinkie answers her question like it was obvious"DUH ship is short for relationship couple love DATE!" The twos faces flush pure red... "Oh." The boy says looking over at his friend. Sunset Shimmer gains the courage to ask them "what are your all's names?" The boy says in reply " I'm Link the imp is Midna and the girl over there is Zelda." Zelda waves "Who might you all be?" Rarity says kindly in reply "The girl in the corner with the soft pink hair is Fluttershy, the girl in the leather jacket is Sunset Shimmer, A.J is the one in the hat with the horrible style, Rainbow Dash of course is the one with the rainbow hair, Pinkie was the one who gasped at you, and I, am Rarity." She flips her dark purple hair and it glistens in the sunlight. Rainbow rushes over to them shoving Rarity out of the way "OH! Well I'd NEVER!!!" She shouts fuming. "So are you three new here at Canterlot High? Do you play any sports?" Dash asks The three look at her with confusion " Canterlot High?" Link says slowly trying to understand. "You guys sound like you've never heard of a school before!" Dash says laughing. The curly haired girl walks by again "That's cause they haven't. And I have the perfect name for you two LIDNA!" She shouts pointing at Link and Minna once more. Rainbow quickly drags her away wanting nothing more to do with her. "Sorry that's Emma, I thought we agreed no shipping on campus." "Oh so its a school, like the Knights Academy in Hyrule?" Link said sounding like he had just got a math problem. "... Yah sure, lets just get you guys signed up." Sunset says heading to the doors. "STOP!" Rarity calls guarding the entrance to Canterlot High.   "What?" Dash asks. "You are NOT going into Canterlot High looking like THAT! It it it'll be a disgrace!" " I think our clothes are-"Link was cut off by Rarity "Awful, I know dear I'll fix that" Rarity hauls all three into the girls bathroom. The last thing they heard of Link was "WAIT I"M A BO-" Then the door closed cutting off his sentence. The other girls laughed a little at what he had said and all knew Rarity didn't care. The next time they saw him he was still wearing green but he was wearing a t-shirt with a green jacket. Zelda had on a soft pink sundress with a lime jacket and a blue headband, and Midna had on a black blue and white hooey with black leggings. " There perfect" Rarity says proudly admiring her wonderful work. "Now time to go get you three registered!" Dash says happily. "Can we enter now?" Link asks looking directly at Rarity. "Of course darling what would stop you" Rarity beams. The new friends laugh then enter Canterlot High proudly. //-------------------------------------------------------// Capture //-------------------------------------------------------// Capture Zelda gasped a shiver wiping down her spine "What is it Zelda, is something wrong?" Sunset asks somewhat worried. She doesn't answer for a moment as if off in a trance "Oh y-yes everything is okay." She lies. They all stayed up till they where too tired to keep their eyes open and all fall asleep. Zelda had woken up to find herself somehow in the Hyrule  again she was slightly curious as tho how she was here but didn't bother.  She was just glad to be home. Zelda was in the garden tending to the magnolia when a dark death like shadow cover the Hyrule courtyard "W-whats going on!" She shouted,  there was a eerie laugh then dead silence "Who's there!" Zelda shouts trying to sound brave but can't hide her fear running through her voice"Oh Zelda... Zelda my dear, why do you fear me..." The shadows then start to take the form of a man, of Link "L-Link?" "Oh no your majesty." the man said, "Not even close."   Zelda eyes widened and her  muscles stiffened as she realized who the man was.  "You! How are you here! I banished you along time ago!" She yelled once again "Theis is impossible" Dark laughed. "It's a secret.  Plus, you didn't banish me, your past generation did." He sailed as he grabbed her throat. "She was foolish to believe she could keep me locked away." He yelled. "All that I got from that was strength!  strength you'll NEVER have!!  Strength you'll NEVER understand.  I need you... " He said his voice was that from a horror story making Zelda more uneasy than she already was. " W-what!? L-let me go!" Zelda said her voice starting to crack and tears forming in het eyes. Dark held up his other hand to reveal a piece of the Tryforce glowing on his hand: Power. "I need you, so I can over power my brother, then, watch him suffer.  I will take everything he has, everything he loves!  Just as he did to me..."Zelda shot up like a rocket screaming, only to find herself in Sugar Cube Corner. Her throat was soar and it was hard for her to breathe Her cheeks where wet and she felt like she had just been punched in the gut. Her scream alarmed the others in the room who quickly got up to make sure her friends where alright. "Zelda what's wrong?"Link asked fearfully. "I-its him... D-Dark Link... h-he's back." Links eyes widen in fear. "How!" "I-I don't know but-" She was cut off by a curious and concerned Pinkie "Woah! Okay! Who's Dark Link" Midna spoke up. "All I know is that he is a powerful being. He came to my realm long before I was born. He destroyed The Twilli Realm killing the king and enslaving the people. My grate grate grandfather stood up to him creating a new realm that he was banished to in isolation. But the barriers where weak and he knew he would escape one day." Zelda placed a hand on her friend. "Midna I'm sorry. It's my fault Dark came to your realm. He tried to conquer Hyrule but one of my previous generations banished him to a place she believed he wouldn't be able to hurt  anyone, ever. She was wrong." "Wow thats depressing!" Pinkie said cheerfully trying to lighten the mood. "Link do you know anything?" There was no answer Pinkie looked around and Link was no where to be found. "Hey, where is he?" Emma replied "He's downstairs feasting on Pinkie's secret stash of whipped cream and ice cream cause' he feels guilty cause' he accidentally created Dark Link from his arrogance that came with his courage. Oh and Trixie is watching him through the window. "Wait!" Rainbow shouted. "Link created Dark Link!?" "Yup Emma replied." "No no no no whats more important is he's eating my whipped cream and ice cream!!!" Pinkie runs down the stairs taking them two at a time. Emma smiles..."Wait! Trixie!!" She growls. She reaches her hand into rainbows hair and pulls out a rainbow pistol "Wait!? Where!? What!?" Rainbow asks so very confused. Emma runs down the stairs breaks the glass with her fist and yells "TAST THE RAINBOW TRIXIE!" (plz make a fan art of that) Trixie shocked and confused tried to run but Emma pulled the trigger and fired skittles at Trixie. She ran trying to avoid the skittle bullets but failing. She threw a smoke bomb at her feet and when the smoke cleared, she was gone. "She's gone!" Pinkie gasped. Then Trixie falls off the roof "Nope there she is." Emma grins evilly "Is she dead!?" "Trixie's okay!" Emma's smile drops like Trixie did "Crap." Pinkie was now yelling at Link "You where eating my whipped cream and ice cream!!!" She looks at the container and gasps "My CHOCOLATE ice cream!!!!!!" Emma leans in close to Link "Run before Pinkamina kills you and uses your organs for her cupcakes." Link turns and runs opening the door to leave Sugar Cube Corner only to find himself is Trixie's arms he struggled to get free but she had him in a death grip. "HAHAHAHAHA sianara suckers she yells throwing another smoke bomb at her feet. Pinkie gasps "She's gone!!!" They all wait a few seconds. "She's really gone!!!" Pinkie yelled.