A/N: Hey everyone, I'm back with the much-anticipated sequel! (random cheering in the background) Yes, thank you, thank you! Okay, before you start reading, I'd just like to say a few things about this sequel: first, I'm going to try and add more "sweet momets" (aka, moments that make you go awww . . .); second, I'm going to add some new characters (le gasp!) They won't be major but they won't be that minor either; and third, I'm going to try and put a little more LinkXMidna romance into this story (maybe I'll even put a little Jake romance in there as well . . .) So, those are just a few things to know. Now, before I blab both of your ears off, a Ashei would say (or would it be your eyes sisnce you're reading this and I'm not really talking to you? Hmm . . .) Anyways, ingnoring my random babbling, on with the story!
Disclaimer: Okay, I'm actually going to do these this time . . . I don't own Zelda. Shocking, right?
Link and Midna Come Alive- Again!
They're baaaack . . .
"Yes, I win! Pay up, Jake," I said, holding out my hand. Jake, Serena, Erin and I were in my living room playing a game of cards. It had been about five months since Link and Midna had gone back home, and school was just about to start up again. Most of the kids at school had already forgotten about the weird kids from Romania; the only other people that ever mentioned them besides us four were Veronica and Chelsea. Anyways, Jake, Serena and Erin had come over to enjoy the last few days of freedom we had until school started, and the girls were going to stay for a sleepover later.
"Whatever. This game is stupid anyways," Jake muttered, putting a five dollar bill into my outstretched hand.
"You didn't think it was stupid when you won three times in a row," Erin pointed out, and Jake glared at her.
"Well, I changed my mind. People can do that you know."
"Whatever. I'm just saying that-"
Thump!
We all froze as we heard what sounded like something heavy falling onto the floor above us, which just happened to be where my room was.
"What the heck was that?!" Serena said.
"I don't know . . . it couldn't have been my parents. They went out for the day . . .," I said, a puzzled expression on my face. I could have sworn I'd heard someone yelling very faintly, but it could have just been my imagination.
"So, are we just gonna sit here? Or are we gonna check it out?" Jake asked, and we all stood up and walked cautiously up the stairs. I motioned for them to stop as we came to my room, and I pressed my ear against the door.
"I mean, you could have at least tried to catch me!" I heard someone say, in a voice that was unmistakably familiar.
"Hey, you know you're bigger than me now! If anything, you should be catching me!" A second, equally familiar voice said.
"Oh, so you're calling me fat again, are you?!"
"No, I'm not calling you fat! I was just-"
The voice was cut off as I opened the door to reveal Link and Midna, in her true form, standing in the center of my room.
"You're back!" I exclaimed, running over to hug Link.
"I told you I'd see you later!" Midna said, smiling as I let go of Link.
"Hey, Link my man! How've you been, dude?!" Jake asked, walking over and putting an arm around Link's shoulders.
"Oh, good. Busy. Exhausted," Link said, making a face as he remembered.
"Oh, be quiet dog boy! You haven't even done anything since you saved Hyrule!" Midna said.
"How did you guys get back?" Erin asked. "Did you use the mirror?"
"Oh no, Link only uses that when he comes to visit," Midna said, and Link smiled when she took his hand.
"But then, how did you guys get back?" Jake asked, confused.
"Yeah, I thought the Twilight Mirror was the only way into the Twilight Realm," Serena remarked.
"The mirror's the only way in, but it's not the only way out," Midna said, and Link nodded knowingly.
"Ok . . . So, are you guys gonna stay, or what?" Jake asked.
"Well, we just came to see how you guys were doing, but I guess we can stay for a few days . . .," Midna replied.
"Ooh, can we?! Please?! I wanna stay! Please, Midna?!" Link pleaded, slightly bouncing up and down.
"Yes, alright Link, we can stay! Now calm down!" She put her hand on his head to stop him from bouncing.
"Awesome!" I said. "So are you guys hungry? We were just about to get a snack."
"Yeah, and guess what we're having?" Jake asked, smiling at Link. Link gasped.
"Pizza?!"
"You guessed it!"
"WOOHOO! Did you hear that Midna? We get to have pizza! Aw man, I haven't had pizza since . . . well, since I was last in this world!"
"Link, did someone give you sugar by any chance?" Midna asked, looking at Link suspiciously.
"You know, Midna, your servants are really nice! They even made me some cookies! I ate them all before we came here though, so I don't have any left to share . . ."
"Oh goddesses," Midna sighed, putting her face in her hand.
"Your servants cater to Link, too?" I asked.
"Well, he is my most important- and frequent- guest."
"Hey, I was just wondering, but since all that . . . stuff happened, aren't you, like, queen now or something?" Jake asked.
"No, in my realm you're only a queen if you're married. For now, I'm sill a princess."
"Oh." There was a pause.
"Well, I'm starving! Let's eat!" Jake said after a moment, and Link followed him out the door. The rest of us followed them downstairs and into the kitchen, blissfully unaware of what was about to happen . . .
***
Meanwhile in Alex's room . . .
There was another loud thump as someone landed on the floor, but it was unheard by the laughing group downstairs. The man stood up and rubbed his head where he fell on it. He was quite tall, with a white face and big, orange eyes. He had on a large cape with bright blue patterns on it that covered his hands, and he was wearing very high shoes.
"Whoa, what the heck just happened?" he said. He gasped as a realization struck him.
"My god must have brought me back!" He smiled. Then, he started to dance.
"YES! Uh-huh, it's my birthday! Not really, but I don't care!" He paused. "Come to think of it, I don't even remember when my birthday is . . ." He contemplated that for a moment and then he smiled again. "But it doesn't matter 'cause I'm back! I'M BACK BABY! WOOHOO!" He jumped up and down with excitement for a little bit until he eventually calmed down.
"Hmm . . . I think that rotten little princess must still be alive, along with her freaky little wolf buddy. I mean, really, who turns into a freakin' wolf?! That's just weird! Anyways, I'd better go find them before they find me . . . ugh, I don't want to repeat that experience again . . ." He shuddered, remembering their last encounter. "Hmm, I'd best not rush into this one, or else they might catch me off guard . . . I'll just look around and see if I find any clues to where they might be . . ." He looked around for a moment and then he started to search . . .
***
Alex's POV . . .
"Can Jake stay over for a sleepover too?" Link asked as we put the dishes in the sink.
"Um, sure, I guess you guys could go in the guest room or something," I replied, and Link squealed and jumped up and down.
"I told you we shouldn't have left him alone in here with that cake," Midna said, remembering how we had left Link in the kitchen for two minutes with a piece of chocolate cake sitting on the table, and when we came back it was gone.
"Sorry, I thought he was right behind us!" I replied as we walked out of the kitchen. We headed upstairs and over to my room.
"What the hell?!" I exclaimed as I opened my door and saw that the drawers from my dresser had been taken out and their contents were strewn all over the floor. But that's not what made Midna gasp and take a slight step back.
"You!" she exclaimed, pointing at Zant who was examining the remote that went with the TV.
"Uh-oh," Zant muttered when he caught sight of us. "Um, hi?"
"How the heck did you come back?! And how did you get here?!" Midna yelled.
"Um, I dunno," Zant replied, shrugging. "But I do know that I have to destroy you! And this time I really will!"
"No you won't! I won't let you touch her!" Link yelled, stepping in front of Midna protectively.
"Oh, yes I will destroy her!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Ya-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Ya-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Ya-"
"GUYS!" Midna screamed, and Zant and Link immediately shut up. "Link, stop arguing with him! You're not a child! And you-" She glared at Zant. "You need to go!"
"Yeah, what she said!" Link agreed.
"Shut up, Link!"
"You know, your acting kind of different since I saw you last . . .," Zant remarked, eyeing Link suspiciously.
"I just had some chocolate cake!" Link replied, smiling. Zant gasped.
"Ooh, I love chocolate!" he said, clasping his hands together and jumping up and down.
"I thought normal Twili didn't like chocolate," I piped up, trying to get them to realize that the rest of us were still standing there.
"Trust me, Zant's never been a normal Twili," Midna replied.
"Hey! No wonder I tried to destroy you- you're such a meanie!" Zant yelled.
"Oh, be quiet! Geez, you're just as annoying as the last time I saw you!"
"Ugh, will you shut up so I can destroy you?!" Zant lifted up his arm and Link ran over to the closet to grab his sword. Just as he reached the closet door, Zant kicked him from behind and sent him tumbling into the closet. Zant waved his arm and the door shut and locked, leaving Link trapped inside.
"Why you evil- hey, wait! Stop! NO!" Midna yelled as Zant whirled around to face her and swiped his arm. She fell and hit the ground, once more turning into an imp.
"NO! I JUST GOT MY TRUE FORM BACK AND YOU JUST HAD TO GO AND TAKE IT AWAY AGAIN, DIDN'T YOU?! I HATE YOU!" Midna screamed as she sat up and took in her appearance.
"Ha ha, look how tiny you are! Aw, look at the little girl! Who's a little girl? You are! You are! Who-OW!" Zant exclaimed as Midna sent an energy blast that hit Zant right in the stomach.
"Midna, maybe we can send him back into the game!" I said as Zant bent over to try and recover from the blow.
"Oh yeah! Where is it?!" Midna asked, looking around the TV.
"It's in the case," I replied quickly as Zant started to stand up. "Erin, see if you can find a mirror!"
"On it!" Erin said, running down the stairs in search of a mirror that might be able to send Zant back.
"Got it!" Midna yelled, holding up the game disk.
"Okay, now just put it in the- OH MY GOD, NO!" I yelled as Zant sent an energy blast straight towards the disk. We all watched in horror as the disk shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces that fell to the floor. Midna stared at the pieces openmouthed for a moment before slowly turning to Zant.
"You broke it," she said, flatly. "You broke the game." Then, she snapped.
"YOU BROKE THE DAMN GAME! NOW HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET BACK?! I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU! YOU'RE SUCH A B-" Just then Link managed to break the door of the closet down and climb out, but no one seemed to notice as Midna started screaming at Zant in Twili. I could only assume that what Midna was saying wasn't really what Princesses were supposed to say; by the looks on Link and Zant's faces, I could also tell that they'd probably never heard her speak like that before either.
After about a minute Midna stopped screaming and just floated there, trembling with rage and snarling at Zant with her hair clenched into a fist.
"Wow, Princess, I never knew you had the kind of vocabulary!" Zant remarked.
"NOW YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO CALL ME PRINCESS?! I'M GONNA KILL YOU! FOR REAL THS TIME!" Midna yelled, and Zant took a step back.
"Oh crap, she's pissed," Zant said, backing away slowly towards the door. "I'm just gonna . . . RUN AWAY!"
We jumped back as he turned and bolted out the door, but he stopped when he ran smack-dab into Erin. They both fell over and the mirror that Erin had been holding fell to the ground and shattered.
"OW! What the freak?! Get off me!" Erin yelled, pushing Zant aside and standing up.
Zant jumped up and started to run towards the front door.
"No! Follow him!" Midna yelled, and we all started to run after him. I reached the bottom of the steps just as he slammed the door behind himself. I wrenched open the door to see where he went, but he was nowhere in sight.
"Where'd he go?! That lowly piece of crap!" Midna said, floating out onto the porch. "COWARD! COME BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN!"
"Midna, get back inside!" I yelled, grabbing her arm and pulling her back so the neighbors couldn't see her if they happened to look out their window.
"Now what are we gonna do?!" Serena asked as I closed the door and we made our way over to the living room.
"I don't know!" Midna snapped. "I just . . . I mean, it's just . . . it's not fair!" She started crying and Link scooped her up and held her in his arms.
"Hey, calm down, it'll be okay," he tried to reassure her.
"How are we supposed to get back now?!" she asked, looking up at him.
"I'm not really sure . . .," Link trailed off. He hugged Midna tighter as she buried her face in his chest.
"Hey, don't be all depressed!" Jake said, and they both looked up at him. "We'll help you like last time!"
"Yeah, only this time we don't have the game, Jake," I pointed out, and Jake's face fell.
"Oh, right. Crap."
"There must be some way to send you guys back," Serena said. "How were you planning to get back in the first place?"
"I was going to warp us, since I have more powers in my true form than I do as an imp, but I don't have the strength to get us all the way back into Hyrule when I'm like this," Midna explained, gesturing to herself. "Besides, how are we supposed to get back if there's no game to get back into?!"
"Yeah, and we need to find Zant so we can stop him from trying to take over this world as well as ours," Link added.
"Oh god, do you really think he'll try to do that?!" I asked, worried.
"Well, I'm not quite sure," Midna said, frowning as she thought about it. "Remember how freaked out we were when we first came here? He'll probably be the same way, if not more overwhelmed."
"Okay, so you're saying we can assume that he's not going to try anything?" Erin asked.
"I'm not saying you should assume anything. I'm just saying what I think he'll do. I'm pretty sure that if he does try something, it'll be a while before anything starts to happen."
"Alright, let's get this straight," I said. "Now we just have to: one, try to get Link and Midna back home; two, try to find Zant so he doesn't try to destroy this realm; three, try to keep Link and Midna hidden again; four, try to find a new game that will help them get back; and five, make sure that Zant doesn't try anything before we can find him."
"Geez, and I thought I had a busy schedule," Jake muttered.
"So, are we just going to stay with Alex again, or are we doing something else?" Midna asked.
"Yeah, sure you guys can stay here," I replied. "You just have to stay hidden like last time."
"Ooh, are we going back to school?!" Link asked excitedly.
"Well, I guess you have to . . .," I said.
"Yay! Midna, we're going back to school!"
"How can you be so happy all of a sudden?!" Midna yelled at him. "We just got stuck here again because a guy came back from the dead, put a curse on me, and broke our only known link to our realm!"
"I'm to our realm?" Link questioned, thinking she had said his name.
"No! Link, as in a connection! Not you!"
"I'm a connection?"
"Oh my goddesses . . . just forget I said anything!"
"Okie-dokie!" Link said, smiling. "Hey Alex, can we go get a frappachino? That whole Zant thing was exhausting . . ."
"What in the goddesses name are you talking about?!" Midna said. "You didn't even do anything! Okay, you know what? I'm not going to get mad again . . . I'm just gonna calm down and think-"
"Hey Midna, you want a frappachino too?" Link asked. "Oh wait- you don't like sweet things. You know, that's really weird 'cause sweet things are really good and-"
"Ugh, will you shut up?!" Midna yelled at him. "Oh my goddesses, I'm surprised you haven't driven me insane!"
"Alright, everyone calm down," I said. "Let's just get ready because we need to go out and pick up some stuff if we're gonna have a sleepover and Link and Midna are gonna stay too. And no, we're not going to get a frappachino," I added as Link opened his mouth. He shut his mouth and made a sad face.
"Midna, you can still turn into a human, right?" I asked, and Midna nodded and changed into her human form.
"Hey, I almost forgot what you looked like!" Link said. "You sort of look like your true form but not really 'cause you were much taller than you are now and your hair was tied in the front and you didn't have this outfit although I like your other one better and-"
Midna gave an annoyed sigh and pinched the bridge of her nose as Link continued to talk.
"Come on, dude, we need to get you a new outfit," Jake said, and Link instantly stopped talking and started jumping up and down.
"Yeah, you need something else besides a dress," Midna muttered, and Link stopped jumping to glare at her.
"It's not a dress it's a tunic!" Link yelled.
"Whatever. Dress," Midna said under her breath.
"It's a tunic!"
"Dress."
"Tunic!"
"Dress."
"Tunic!"
". . . dress."
"Tunic!"
"Dress."
"TUNIC!"
This continued on as we walked over to Jake's house, being careful to keep Link in the shadows so the neighbors wouldn't notice his weird dress- er, tunic. When we got to Jake's house, the two guys went upstairs to find a new outfit for Link while the rest of us waited in the living room downstairs. When Link had gotten a new outfit, we headed over to CVS, making sure to keep a watchful eye out for Zant along the way.
A/N: Oh. My. Goddesses. Now Zant's here as well?! Aw crap. Hey, sorry if this chapter isn't that funny, I just needed to put in a little background info, you know, set up the story and stuff. Anyways, please tell me what you think!