Hello everybody, thank you for choosing to read my story!

Please read this foreword first.

I've been writing fanfiction since eight years ago when I was around twelve years old. When I look back, I shudder at some of the stuff I wrote. I stopped publishing for a good few years and began to improve my writing skills. Since leaving fanfiction, I've created my own worlds and stories and have improved my skills as a writer exponentially; however, I haven't published any of my works, original or otherwise, since 2007. Am I a professional? Not by any means, but I believe I'm now able to produce quality works that not only you can enjoy, but I can enjoy as well. I was tempted to stay away from fanfiction as many writers regard it as "a crutch".

While I understand their reasoning, there are just some ideas I had to get out of my head and down on paper (or in my case, into digital word documents). "Desert Thief" is my re-entry into the world of fanfiction. It is, in a sense, my re-debut as a writer.

Please, review my story and be honest. The occasional "Good story! Keep it up!" or even "Wow, this sucks." are nice (or not so nice), but I want feedback from you, the reader, so I know what I need to improve on.

"Desert Thief" takes place several months after the end of Twilight Princess. I, like most of you reading this, am a fan of Midna and the general story and character interaction in Twilight Princess. I was pleasantly surprised when I found myself caring for the annoying little imp that set me free from prison. I usually regard Zelda games as "Ninety percent puzzle, eight percent mini-games, two percent story and characters", but Twilight Princess changed that.

Needless to say, I was disappointed with the ending of Twilight Princess. I understand why it ended the way it did, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. What I wanted to do with "Desert Thief" is continue the story that was started in Twilight Princess in a similar way that Majora's Mask continued Ocarina of Time's story (without the inner interdimensional... stuff).

After weeks of refining a design document, I came up with an enjoyable and plausible story that, in my opinion, is a fitting continuation of the Twilight Princess story. I should note that I am a game design student and I first started drafting the ideas for this story with the notion I would create a fan-game out of the script/story. After scripting a bit of the screenplay for the game, I decided to modify small bits of the story and re-format it so it was in novel form instead.

I will try to update as frequently as possible; however, I am a full time student and I work part-time. As much as I love fanfiction and writing, my life comes first. I will try my hardest to see it through to the end though.

And here is the standard disclaimer: I own no rights to the Zelda franchise or any other property of Nintendo. No profit is being made from these writings.

Just one last quick word, if you have a large monitor, I'd suggest reading the story in 3/4th or 1/2th mode. The story will read much better that way.

Thank's for reading this foreword, and enjoy the story. It may take a few minutes for the first chapter to be uploaded, but it's just the system lagging a bit.