Blue
eyes opened to look at Midna. She floated in front of his face. When
he awoke, she flicked his nose roughly. "Had a nice dream with lots
of mayhem?" She mocked. Link snapped at her with his fangs, but
missed. He glanced over to look at Dawn. Her whole body shook
violently, and she stepped back as he got up.
"Dawn,
what's wrong?" Link asked. Dawn stopped shaking and stared wide
eyes at him. Her silver eyes shrank as past memories flooded her
mind. Digging her claws into the ground she howled out a sad cry like
a banshee screaming its message of death. The windows wobbled as
lighting flared outside, followed by thunders
hatred.
"It's
all my fault. So many died because of me. I felt so weak and
worthless watching them die beside me. I have no right to live after
all the secrets I hid from you. Because I hid them, you died and so
did Hyrule!" shouted Dawn. She slammed her head onto the floor,
crying. Whimpers came from her as banged her paws on the floor. Link
stood rooted to the ground as Dawn hit her head on the floor.
"Dawn,
none of that was your fault." Midna mentioned. Dawn turned on her,
eyes blazed like the castle in Link's memory. Her fur stuck on end,
flaring like her gaze.
"What
are you talking about, all of that was because of me! It's because
of me that she died next to me!" Dawn ran out the large metal
doors, her claws tearing sparks from the stone stairs. Midna and Link
pursued her. Midna held onto Link's back as he charged into the
twilight. Shadows lifted up into the air, climbing to eternal
darkness in an endless sky. Spirits roamed the streets of the city
outside the castle, and green flames dances around passing by a
fountain, with its water frozen in time. Water drops hung suspended
in midair about to splash the ground. They all shined like diamonds
falling into heaven's wings.
Dawn
ran across the road leading out of the city. "Dawn wait!" shouted
Midna and Link, following her. Rain began to fall upon the land.
Small droplets sprinkled onto the grass like morning duo. Hyrule
field lay ahead of Link. Eldin Bridge zoomed under his paws, its
stone blocks meaningless as the scent of old blood came to his nose.
Fog moved over the fields as he ran into them. A stone sat in the
middle of the field. Designs lurched over its surface, into a large
hole in the center. Whispering sounds came from the stone like
whistling ghosts, each one sweet. One long howl came from next to the
stone, going along with the tune of the whispers.
"Link,
howl to the whispers." Demanded Midna. He gave her a weird look,
well as, good as a weird look can been coming from a wolf. But he
obeyed and howled along with the whistling. A blinding light formed
around Link and Midna as they disappeared. A shadow way off in the
distance watched as they vanished. It grinned and said, "How long
are you going to chase after her, Hero?" It sheathed its sword and
stepped into the waiting dark behind it.
Mist
chased over the lands below as Link got up. He noticed that he was on
a floating bit of rock. It hovered about one hundred feet up above
the mist. Far in the distance Hyrule castle poked out of the gloom,
shining tall over the world. A mountain poured lava into the mist
over to the left and right was a vast lake filled with golden fish.
The moonlight gleamed down from above, spilling its wonderful sparkle
into the mountainside. Water fell from the sky like invisible
waterfalls. Each one ran its water beside the castle in the center.
On top the very peek of the tallest tower was another floating rock.
A golden wolf sat staring at Link. Its red eyes questioned him as
Link started to stare back.
"Do
you seek Dawn?" asked a voice beside Link's ear. He nodded not
turning to see who asked. The wolf closed its eyes and bowed its
head.
"The
Dawn that was can never be found, for she has left this world to save
some one close. But the Dawn you seek is frightened to say the truth.
Frightened that more will die to protect, her Highness. For someone
dear to her has died and she blames herself for it," Said the
spirit wolf.
"What
do you mean?" Link said fur on end. "Who died?" The golden wolf
seemed to ponder this question.
"Zelda
did." Link spun around to be looking Dawn in the face. Midna flew
over to the sad wolf and patted her on the head. She pulled her head
away from the girl and said, "I need to tell you what
happened."
"Before
Midna and I found you, before I met Midna, I was with…um…Zelda. I
got her memory back just like you did and we went off to search for
you. But the Shadow with the mask found us first. I tried to fight, I
fought for her and you knowing I had to and because I wanted to. But
in the end, he slew her and erased my memory. I wondered for long,
soon I found a pack of wolves that helped me. They got part of my
memory back like whom I really was and what I had to do. After that
Midna found me and here we are." Concluded Dawn. Link froze with
his mouth gapping open; Midna was the same next to him.
"I'm
sorry I didn't tell you sooner." Said Dawn apologizing. They kept
staring at her. The golden wolf in the back watched shaking its head.
Midna was the first to snap out of it, she grabbed Link by the pelt
and threw him off the floating rock. He screamed as he fell, below
him rings of light formed, spinning around and around in a sort of
vortex. Link fell through the center and vanished before hitting the
mist. Midna followed with out a word, leaving Dawn and the gold wolf
behind. The gold wolf sat next to Dawn, making her jump.
"Why
didn't you tell the really story, because I know that the whole
story you told is actually opposite of truth." It turned its gold
head and stared at Dawn. Her eyes turned blurry as tears ran down her
long snout.
Dawn
opened her mouth, "Because…" she said. She jumped off the rock
and disappeared along with the other two. The wolf spirit sat and
glanced at the rising dawn. Another wolf that looked just Dawn
appeared next to the spirit.
"Wait,
don't go!" It shouted at the portal as it shrunk to nothing. Both
wolves sighed as the sun shot into the sky. Light poured down on the
two like sunbeams through ocean waves. Far off in the real world the
twilight grew darker and the past that had been left behind, creped
ever so closer.
The
sound of birds was playing into the sunrise. They swept around their
beauty, casting a spell over the world that could only be seen in the
sun's light. Trees rustled there autumn leafs around the air,
dancing gently on the winds breeze. Water sprinkled around the wolf's
feet as they looked at the rock formation. Four tall stones stood on
a watery surface, just below that was a small waterfall that fell
into a spring. They glowed with a red light like a fire on a winter
morning, letting out warm heat to all gathered by it.
Butterflies
flew past Link's wet nose; each one gleamed with colored wings. He,
Dawn and Midna watched as a swirling ball of light drifted out of the
spring. Light came out of it in long shining lines as four hooves
implanted themselves in the water. Two horns twisted around each
other so much they made one long round horn. Fluffy ears poked up
beside the horns, they fell away from a face. A tail swung around the
sort legs of the creature. The ball of light floated in the middle of
the curled horns. The face of the thing was not visible but it spoke
all the same. "Hero?"
Dawn
and Link glanced at one another for a brief moment. Link broke eye
contacted and stepped forward to the thing. It sighed and said, "You
here because the cursed girl brought you here." Link jolted back as
the creature continued. "Yes I can read minds, Blue eyed Beast, for
that is your question in your head. I am Ordona spirit of Ordon, I am
the last light spirit for the other three have had there light stolen
from them."
Midna
drifted forward to Ordona and put her hands on her hips. "Get to
the part already where you tell us that you want something from us."
The spirit looked taken aback at this.
"Do
you read minds?" said Ordona, surprised.
"No
but it's a purity good guess."
"Oh…um…yes
I must tell you that the only way to get Hyrule back to normal and to
defeat the twilight is to bring them back. And if you help Faron he
will most likely return you to your original form."
Link
nodded in agreement and turned to go so did Midna, but Dawn stayed.
"May I ask you something, Protector of Hyrule?" The spirit
nodded.
"Did
I do the right thing…you know… when he came and killed her?
Should I have…?" Link whirled to see the spirit shake its head.
"You
did the only thing you could do, so do not weep." Dawn walked by
Link and Midna with her head down. Link ran after her leaving Midna
and Ordona. Midna shrugged and followed. Ordona watched as they left,
the wind plowing her ears back and forth. Then suddenly it spun and
roared at a shadow behind one of the rocks. Its roar shook the water
sending out raging waves of fury. The markings on its back became a
blood red, as the shadow stepped out from behind the rock.
"You
traitor!" shouted Ordona as she leaped. A sword whistled through
the air at the spirit's throat. Twilight blasted through the
tornado of water, throwing it to silence. Blocks of darkness started
to drift up to the bleak sky. Ordona's ball of light shattered at
the swords touch. Splinters scattered over the spring like a heart
broken by loves cruel clutches. The spirits dead body splashed into
the water without sending any ripples into the frozen silence. The
shadow smirked, while sheathing it's sword.
Dawn
stopped and waited for Midna and Link. Midna rode on Link's back
again, clinging hard to his bushy fur. He started to pant but stopped
when they hear Ordona's roar. "It's him," said Dawn grabbing
Link by the neck like a mother dog with her puppies. They run into
Ordon village only to hear a man scream. The man was short with brown
hair; he tugged out a piece of odd-looking grass and blow on it. Soft
notes of music came from the grass as the man blew on it. The sound
revolved around the mountains covering Ordon from the outside. An
eagle flew out of the treetops and onto the man's arm. The eagle
listened to the humans command and sprang at the wolves. The
dodged it but once the eagles claws cut a gash in Link's side.
They
began to sprint out the village and into Hyrule field. Twilight did
not touch this blessed place, but far in the distance it loomed like
an ant surrounded by a brick wall. Dawn and Link sighed and Midna
commented, "So are all the people in your village that mean?"
Link ignored the question and stared at Dawn. She sat in the tall
grass away from them, glancing at the falling sun. The moon was
barley visible in the sky but soon it would shine its light. Link
walked over and sat down next to her.
"Dawn,
are you all right?" She smiled at Link and nodded. Midna jumped off
him and onto her back.
"Now
stop with the gushy stuff and let's go." Demanded Midna, folding
her arms. They both sighed again and left for Faron Woods. As they
went the trees became thicker, moss grew everywhere. Mushrooms of all
kinds glowed like fairies with blue lanterns. Small ponds lay here
and there, frogs squeaked in funny rhythms. Bees buzzed by coded with
sweet honey. But them the twilight came turning this peaceful forest
into a nightmare. Mutant birds crowded the branches above; their
clouded colored eyes followed Link, Midna and Dawn. A river ran up
ahead, it had four large rocks just like Ordona's spring but these
were bleak and broken.
The
three of them stopped before it as a voice stoke. "Did Ordona send
you?" Dawn barked a yes to the voice. "I see… so lets see who
we have here. A blue-eyed beast that wields the power of the
goddesses, a cursed girl that was banished from her home and…"
the voice stopped on Dawn.
"I
thought you die…d!" said the voice shocked. "Wait… your not…"
Dawn growled at the river where the voice spoke.
Link
looked at Dawn, 'What's she hiding?' he thought to himself.
Zelda appeared in his mind; 'So she's dead…' he thought
sadly.
"The
only way to get my light back is to kill the bug that took it. But I
don't know where it is."
"We'll
go look." Snorted Midna. The three left and immediately they saw
the bug. It had the body of a beetle but it had ten legs with razor
like claws. Clashing pincers made sparks at the things mouth.
Lightning binged off the bug as it scurried away. Dawn was the first
to bound after it, snapping at it with her powerful fangs. Link tore
behind, skidding in the muddy ground. He jumped over Dawn and ripped
at the bug's feeble head. Sparks hit Link sending him flying into a
tree. The bug sank its pincers into Dawns leg letting the wolf warm
blood spill. She rolled on the ground snapping at the bug's back.
Midna leapt off Dawn and sat on a branch.
Link's
head spun and more memories appeared. Cherry blossoms filled the air
their smell beautiful. "Zelda!" he heard his own voice scream in
his head. The blossoms rotted in the wind, the grass became a
battlefield. Link was human again in the memory; tears fell down his
face as he held onto a body. Suddenly everything was back to the
present. Dawn yelped as the bug dug its teeth harder into her flesh.
Link let out a howl of anger and bit the bug. Something on Dawn's
arm glowed then disappeared as the bug exploded into a cloud of dust.
A blue light illuminated the area as a light floated down from the
sky. He touched it with his nose and then his body began to glow blue
too. Dawn got up to see Link vanish before her. Then the whole place
was filled with light and they also vanished.
Back
at the river the found them selves looking at another ball of shining
light. The twilight faded away and was replaced by a starry night.
The moon rows overhead like a sunrise over a vast ocean. Midna looked
Link in the face. "See you two in a little bit." She fell into
Link's shadow and became apart of it. There was a splash in the
middle of the river and the ball of light hovered in the air. A part
of small arms rapped around the ball, the hands clung to it with long
fingers. Then a par of legs and behind that a tail swung around the
light. It almost looked like a monkey; its flat face peered at them.
Gold eyes closed in thanks.
"Thank
you for returning me to my form, now I will return you to yours."
Said Faron. Link looked down at himself to see that he was human
again. But he wore the green tunic just like in his memory. A sheath
for a sword was on his back. A green sock hat was on his head. His
blonde hair fell past his face as Dawn dropped the shield and sword
she had stolen in front of him. He picked them up, smiling at the
white wolf. He held the sword in his hand that was covered in a
gauntlet. He swirled the sword through the air with a satisfying
sound as the wind was sliced in two.
"Midna?"
said Link looked at his shadow. Midna jumped out of it but she looked
different. She was see-through and her voice was gentler.
She
stared at her feet and mumbled, "Sorry I was so hard on you."
Link grinned at her. "Um…can you do something for me…" she
asked to him and Dawn.
Dawn barked and Link nodded. "Um…I
need something called Fused Shadows. I bet you can remember them Link
since you and Zelda went looking for them too."
"Yeah,
we did…but before we could she died and so did I. We were murdered
by someone but I don't know who." Said Link, quietly. Dawn rubbed
up against Link like a purring cat asking for food.
"Go
to the Forest Temple, there lays Diababa he has what you seek."
Said Faron. The sound of hove beats came from the distance and grew
closer. Epona came galloping through the river, sending water drops
everywhere. She bounded over to Link and stopped. Her saddle was
already on and so were bags full of equipment for a long journey.
Faron vanished leaving them to themselves. Dawn fell onto the ground
moaning. Link knelt down next to her.
Midna
leaped out of Link's shadow and flew over to her. "Dawn are you
ok."
Dawn stumbled up and panted; "I'm fine now lets go."
She limped over to the cave opening then collapsed in the grass. They
ran over to the wolf, Midna looked at the wound on Dawn's front
leg. The wound where the bug had bitten her was bleeding very badly
and Midna told Link that the bug had injected poison into Dawn's
blood stream.
They
made camp in the tall grass, putting Dawn in the tent with Midna.
Link sat outside with the fire, roasting some fish he had caught.
Midna appeared next to Link saying, "I got the poison out but it
will be a while till she wakes." The fire crackled, bits of the
fire drifted into the wind. Crickets played their night songs and
owls flew overhead.
"Midna
can I tell you something?" said Link still looking at the flames.
"Yeah,
go ahead."
Link
hesitated then blurted out, "For some reason every time I look at
Dawn my heart races but… I don't know why." He thought for a
second, Midna gave him a smug grin. "Its not like I love her or
anything!" he snapped. "Its more like I know her from somewhere
but I cant remember." Midna thought about this and shrugged.
"Maybe…
you just have a weird choice in
girls."
"Midna!"
"Sorry."
Link
put his head in his hands. "I just don't know." Midna patted
his shoulder.
"I
claim the tent!" shouted Midna jumping into the tent and closing
it. Epona whinnied as Link groaned. He gazed up at the stars,
watching them fall above him. They shot through the skies with a
grace like no other. They twinkled down around the moon like
moonbeams. He closed his eyes and fell asleep, hoping that some how
he could see Zelda again.
