Betty kicked her feet back and forth on a rock. “So, your were Nightmare Moon all along?” She asked the mare, who nodded.

“Yes, my sister was… not the kindest,” Nightmare said simply.

“She really isn’t. I mean, she sacrificed thousands, close to millions, just trying to kill me and Kumu,” Betty said with a frown. Nightmare Moon seemed a bit down, so Betty opened her arms, offering a hug, which the two did so.

As they hugged, something slammed down into the ground right next to them, scaring them half to death. Nightmare shot a random blast of magic into the sky as the purple proto-kumo turned into a shield around herself. Betty soon heard the Oath to Order, giving her an undying urge to hum it. It was a sad but catchy song.

Upon Betty’s completion of the song, a familiar fanfare played through the air, causing the wind magic to swirl within the stone’s eye. A wolf howl reaches Betty’s ears. She stood straight, bringing her proto-kumo into scythe form as she looked around.

The swirling energy increases and expands until suddenly, a strange wolf leaps out of the hole in the stone, but it wasn’t no normal wolf, not even that of a timberwolf. It appeared to be mostly red in coloration from the upper body as if wearing a cloaked, it’s colors fading to green and then to grey down to its paws. On it’s forehead what appeared the symbol of Din. Despite having the symbol, the wolf’s eyes were still blue and the triforce of courage could be seen, but
it’s partially dim. The last detail to note were the blue earrings the wolf wore on its ears.

“Who are you?” Betty asked, ready to strike the strange wolf. “A evil Link?”

The wolf growled in annoyance at her accusation before suddenly leap toward her head. Betty pulled her shield in front of her. “Alright, evil then,” Betty said.

Despite the shield, the wolf went transparente and lucent, going through the shield and into Betty. Betty felt herself being drawn into a mindscape. Seeing herself in a field, she slammed barriers around her own and Kumus mind, making a similar barrier to the one orochimaru used to trap the third hokage. It was deadly to any that touched it.

With a howl and a brief flash, the wolf turned into what appeared to be a humanoid wearing a cloak that hid face and most of his body. On its right hand was a green gauntlet, but nothing out of the ordinary except the fact that this Link appeared to be much different, not even a green cap on its head. On its back was the Fighter’s shield from A Link To The Past, but his sword and scabbard was attached to his hips rather than his back to increase the cloak’s mobility. The sword’s handle gave clear hint that it was indeed the Master Sword, evil’s bane. The man stared at the little girl and her paranoia. “You’re not doing yourself any favors.” The man commented. “That sort of reaction won’t bold well in my judgement.”

“Who says you can judge me? Who asked you to?” Betty asked with narrowed eyes, increasing the strength of her barriers.

“It’s how I made my token, what? Don’t tell me I’m the first Displaced you’ve met?” the man asked.

“A bit.” Betty said thoughtfully. “The guy did not really get here on his own, he was pulled in when Celestia used a ritual to sell SOULs for power a bit ago.”

“Then why the hostility approach toward me?” he asked.

“Because you literally just jumped into me.” Betty deadpanned.

“Recall my previous statement.” he said in minor annoyance as he reached up to lower the hood, revealing what appeared to be a mixed hair style of three different Links along with pointed elven wars, there’s also for the fact that he has facial hair on his face that was a mustache and a goatee.

“See? EVIL, EEEVIILLL!” Betty said dramatically, pointing at his goatee.

“This coming from Betty who actually did some vile deeds in Glitchtale, would that make you evil as well?” the man said with a smirk.

“I only do what I have to to survive,” Betty said, crossing her arms at him.

“Does being judgemental count as part of your survival?” he asked, he then raised a hand toward Betty’s side of the mindscape. “Considering your actions and how your mind is altered this place, my judgement tells me you might be evil, would my services be worth it?” he asked the child, forcing her to make a decision here and now.

“I am not evil! All I’ve done was so me and Kumu could live!” She shouted at him. “I’m not the one that sacrificed ten thousand souls for power, I’m not the one that would starve people to death, and I’m not the one that would kill an entire species that was just trying to survive, and I wouldn’t brainwash my own sibling!” Her area changed to pitch black as she remembered Celestia's evil deeds, showing they were hers by the obvious darker version of her cutie mark that flashed briefly. Betty had tears in her eyes.

“An evil celestia? Of all the universes to end up in, it had to be this. Welp, it can’t be any worse than a world of anthro ponies under Palutena's rule.” he commented.

“Okay, why would anyone want to be her? She’s weak…” Betty asked, confused. “And a bit of a dick. I mean, in the first game, if you're not quick enough, she punishes you.”

“This is a Displaced Palutena, not her game counterpart. And if I told you all of her titles, we would be here all day.” he commented

Meanwhile, with Celestia and the being…

The being paused. Looking back where he came from, he sensed Betty and another in some kind of mindscape. Frowning, he slowly floated that way, dark cloak fluttering behind him, carrying Celestia behind him, her wings and horn just gone. It was slow to him, but he still got there quickly, floating down.

He saw Nightmare Moon, looking concerned at Betty. “You. What happened here?” He ordered as Celestia groaned, seeing her work undone.

“T-this dog with w-weird symbols on i-it jumped into her,” Nightmare Moon said, scared of him. He frowned, looking at her with narrowed eyes, considering impaling her with his cloak. The only thing that stopped him was Betty having made a friend of her.

There is a brief flash and soon, there was another being standing near Betty. “Ugh, my head hurts now…” Betty mumbled. This made the dark-cloaked being immediately turn to the new being, frowning heavily.

When the person turned to see him, the elf was given them a caution stare. The dark armoured being let energy wreath around himself, still holding the beaten and bloody Celestia. The being brought a senzu bean out of it’s inventory, feeding it to Betty.

“...So much for the high and mighty evil celestia, what happened to the part about her absorbing souls?” the man asked, who betty had much already figured out was some sort of alternative Link.

“I never said she absorbed them, she sold them for power. The same kind of being can’t absorb SOULs of the same race.” Betty said, crossing her arms. She turned a concerned stare to the former Kumu “K-kumu, are you alright? Your not acting like yourself.”

“I’m fine, Betty. I think I’ll be needing a new name now, however.” He said.

“B-b-but c-c-can’t you just bottle t-that hate up?” Betty asked nervously. He tilted his head.

“Why? It’s not hurting me. It’s a cloak and not in me for a reason.” The taller one said, but sighed when he saw her nervousness. “Alright.” He consented, summoning a bottle and draining the cloak into it, making the armour look more like the regular Overlord armour instead of the true evil one, his hair going normal as the blackness of his eyes went white. He shrunk a little, looking more like a teenager now, still flowing with power.

Betty smiled, going up and hugging him. He hugged her back after putting the bottle away, still holding Celestia up, though she was now kneeling.

“So, what will you do with her now?” Link asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Kumu let Betty go, floating a bit so Celestia was hanging again. “Huh, I don’t know. I could eat her SOUL, but it’s just so vile I don’t think I want to,” The being said. For some reason Celestia looked offended. This is good you stupid cunt.

“Why don’t we just sell her to the void to get the SOULs she sold back?” Betty asked. The being that should really be renamed shook his head.

“No, hers is too… ick to even be worth one of those back, let alone the thousands or others.” He said with a frown.

Link approached the downed Celestia and kneeled down. “So tell me, Princess Celestia, what will you do now, seek redemption or continue this path?” he asked.

“I did… what I did… for the greater… good…” Celestia grunted out defiantly.

“But did you ever stop and think?” Link asked as he pointed a thumb behind him, “She’s a Displaced, meaning a human forced to become another person that she didn’t choose to be.” he explained before lowering his hand. “Case and point, she needed souls to survive as accordingly to the body.”

“Things like it only deserve to be destroyed,” Celestia snarled.

“Much like you?” Link said as he got up from his kneeled position. “Your judgement will be handed by Betty and… ” Link turns to look at the starry sky maned mare. “And Nightmare Moon.”

“Shots fired!” Betty said in the background.

“Also I’m just going to go by Kumu until I figure out a better name,” Kumu commented.

“Compared to you, me and Kumu are saints,” Betty said to Celestia, sticking her tongue out childishly at the mare. Celestia, surprisingly, stuck hers right back… before trying to lung at betty, only to receive an armoured boot to the base of her spine, stomping her into the ground.

“I warned you, Princess Celestia.” Link said with a sigh.

“Nope, you aint going anywhere,” Kumu said as he summoned a very overlord looking axe, holding it up, ready to chop her head off.

Link turned his back, not daring to watch what was going to happen, this wasn’t his world after all and thus wasn’t his place to judge when he knows nothing about it. “Hey Kumu, why don’t we do this in front of the ponies?” Betty asked.

“I’ve seen enough, I’m not needed here, so could you send me back?” Link asked with a sigh.

“Oh, do you want anything before you go? Senzu beans, training capsule… anything,” Betty said. Kumu picked Celestia up.

“Despite I haven’t worked for it?” Link asked with a raised eyebrow.

“You did try to help, so just pick something.” Betty said with a shrug. “Your kinda cool when you’re not jumping into people’s minds.”

“Like I said, I made the token as a precaution measure, there are many Displaced out there and I need to judge my summoners before I help them, it's a vast universe out there and I don’t know what going on in each world.” Link explained before thinking about Bettie’s offer, he soon reaches into his pouch before pulling out a small Hero’s Bow that suddenly grows to it’s original size when its out.

“Alright, what do you want on it?” Betty asked, taking it.

“Just an upgrade, perhaps enchant it to heal me passively while allowing the arrows to pierce barriers, shields, mostly anything magical that isn’t made of iron, steel, so on and so forth.” Link explained. Betty nodded, concentrating as she added the enchantments to the bow. She then brought out a bow that had feathers, combining it with the bow, and then making two orbs and sending them into Link, panting as she handed the bow back.

“Shining Shot and Hallowed Arrow? Nostalgic.” Link commented with a wide smile

“Betty, we still need a token,” Kumu suddenly brought up.

“Really? I couldn’t tell,” Betty snarked, making Kumu roll his eyes at her.

“Seriously? That other guy never taught you?” Link asked with a raised eyebrow. Both of them shook their heads in the negative.

“This is pretty much an old age answer since I gotta explain it to every new displaced I meet, Farore knows how many times she’d heard it.” Link said with a joking chuckle. “Its simple, just focus your energy into an existing item and then just deliver a message into it. However.. I’m going to give you a small warning because the moment you send that token into the void, all sorts of other displaced will summon you both good and evil, so try to add a precaution like I did.” Link explained before pausing for a second. “And when they do summon you, you’re somewhat in their control, they have your token and they have the choice whether or not they will send you back by saying four simple words ‘Your contract is complete.” he said.

“Alright,” Kumu said, thinking. “Now what should we make it be…”

Betty made what looked a copy of her SOUL. Kumu gave an approving nod. “Want to charge it together?” Kumu asked. Betty nodded, and the two poured a bit of energy into the copy.

“We don’t really care who you are, as long as you’re not a dick, and don’t betray us, we’ll help out.” Betty said.

“Yeah,” Akumu agreed. “Though we reserve the right to leave whenever we want.”

Link couldn’t help laugh at that. “That’s one way of doing it.” Link said as he puts away his new upgraded bow, it took his pouch a while to recognize it before accepting it in.

“Your contract is complete,” Betty said to Link, before passing out. Kumu sighed, catching her. Idly, he pointed a finger at Celestie, a orb of rainbow energy appearing and blasting out, turning her to stone.

“I’ll deal with you later.” Kumu said.

With the contract completed, Link did a quick salute before being encased in a diamond crystal before being sent across the void back to his world. Putting the bitchlestia statue in his inventory, Kumu picked Betty up. “You go take over ruling the ponies until we come back.” Kumu said to the nightmare, before teleporting back home with Betty and setting her to bed.

Author's Note

The Link in this is from the future squeal of a forced hero.