(Alright everyone this is a re-post of the same story I took some advice and edited it to look a little better, and as I've said before if anyone has any ideas or criticism's I would love to hear them to help make the story better… and the next chapter will be shorter I hope.)
An older boy ran down an alley near the castle the rain pounded on the cold stone street. As he ran, his black tunic trailed behind him like a cloak of shadows. He stopped at a grate at looked back and forth making sure he was not followed. He pulled the grate away and climbed down the ladder and replaced the grate and continued climbing down. He arrived at the bottom and made his down a stone hallway into a room draped in an amber glow. He approached a large amber jewel that sat on a pedestal with a strange symbol carved into it. The boy approached the jewel and removed the large burlap sack he had been carrying. He opened it and produced a large purple jewel. "The jewel of the twilight with this artifact of the bygone era I shall bring the power of the forbidden gods and revive my once dead Master." He held the jewel at arm's length, and began chanting in a bizarre tongue.
Inside the castle was a different story, Midna the now presiding queen of the twilight realm, and its people the Twili. She sat on her throne giving orders as she did every day. Then suddenly a massive quake erupted through the castle and threw all of the servants to the ground. The rumble that shook the castle sounded like thunder the quake then disappeared as quickly as it had appeared the quake subsided. "Madam are you injured" were the first words out of the Chancellor.
"Yes I'm fine you thank you for asking." She responded. But just as she finished another massive quake shook the castle, and a loud screeching was head from the floor below.
"Madam we need to evacuate to the vault." spoke the Chancellor
"What," she shouted back over the rumble.
"The Vault that is hidden in the basement," the chancellor yelled back over the rumble.
"Alright you lead the way." She shouted as she made her way over to the Chancellor. They swiftly made their way down to the cellar via a hidden route hidden behind the throne.
"Wow how long has this been here." She spoke softly as they made their way through the tunnel.
"Many years my queen it was installed as an escape route for the royalties to evacuate the castle quickly in case of an emergency." The chancellor informed her,
"Alright, but why wasn't I told about this earlier." she spoke back
"A time had never came that required it use." He spoke calmly.
"Alright that makes sense." She finally agreed with the Chancellor about something for once. They finally arrived at a ladder that the Chancellor said should lead to the vault. The chancellor made his way down first, followed by Midna after him. They finally arrived at the bottom of the ladder there she saw an enormous stone cube, with many of the phosphorescent lines going through it that made the Twili famous.
The Chancellor approached the stone cube, he motioned to it. "This madam is the vault." And as he spoke his voice echoed around the room. She glanced around the massive cave like room and she noticed a small hand print on the wall of the cube. She approached the print and placed her hand on it, a surge of light shot through all of the lines and then a loud scarping sound filled the room. A large circular stone slab rolled away from the vault and the Chancellor seemed to jump when he heard the sound, he turned with an expression of fear, only to see Midna hand resting on the print. "Madam I don't mean to offend you but could you have at least have gave me some advance notice before you opened it up."
"Sorry," she spoke sheepishly, she felt terrible about spooking the Chancellor.
"Alright, well now that that scare is over we can focus on the more important matters, keeping you safe." He spoke as he pulled a sword from off of his back. He handed the sheathed blade to Midna. He spoke with a firm tone. "This is very important you need to learn to defend yourself." She took the sword from him, and then the Chancellor moved to the back wall. "Very well Midna show me what you remember from your lessons from the captain of the guard." Just as he finished he leaned against the wall, then suddenly before she knew what had happened the Chancellor had a blade sticking out of his back, the Chancellor had a shocked expression on his face. "W…w…what…" he stuttered as he looked at Midna. She could only look on in horror as the blade slid out from the Chancellor's back, then she saw from the darkness two crimson beads appearing in the darkness. Suddenly a boy not much over the age of 18 arose from the shadows, he wore a tunic of pure shadows and his eyes were a crimson red that seemed to peer into her very soul. She stared back into his eyes, and she saw a glimpse of pity in the boy's eyes as he sheathed his blade. He spoke with a dark yet soothing voice,
"You must be Midna, and you are the one my master sent me to locate." She spoke back to him despite the fact that she was terrified of the boy.
"And just how did you manage to get down here," she said slightly intimated.
"Easy you opened the door for me and I just slipped in behind you." She said slightly confused.
"Then how come we didn't see you,"
"Well my master gave me special powers as long as long as I pledged servitude, one of such is the ability to become one with the shadows blend with them perfectly." The shadow-like boy spoke
"Well that do you want with me." She asked slightly scared by the boy's strange powers.
"Well I could think of a number of fun things we could do in a dark empty room with just the two of us." He spoke back to her. She could feel the malice and venom in his voice, but she wasn't about to give in to the young man's advances. The dark clothed boy began to creep closer to her. "Well my offer still stands." He spoke seductively to her.
She stepped away from him, and drew the sword the Chancellor had given her. She was never very good with a sword the only things she could remember was what she learned from her previous journey with the young man who helped save her kingdom. Still she had to stand up for herself, "Oh look the kitten has some sharp claws," he spoke as he drew his sword. "But you don't need to be alive for what I have planned." He spoke very maliciously.
"Well boy," she spoke back to him with just as much malice. "You have never seen someone the likes of me." She conjured a ball of dark power in her empty hand.
"Oh your throwing me a light show, oh how kind of you." He said sarcastically. The boy ducked as the orb flew over his head. As his head came back up she caught a glimpse of his face. His face resembled that of the man that saved her kingdom. The boy then charged at her, she responded on sheer instinct and blocked his blade with her blade. "Clever Girl," He spoke as there blades locked together. Sparks flew from the two blades, neither one of them giving in. Midna decided that she needed to make a move and swept her leg out; she felt it connect with the boy's. The boy fell to the ground but before she could pounce on him he disappeared into the shadows. She heard his voice echo through the room "Well maybe your better than I expected, but don't slack off I'll be back to get you later." She was relived to be rid of the strange boy she decided the best course of action would be to find out who this 'Master' the boy spoke of. She left the vault and made her way up the ladder. As she made her way up she got to thinking, when she reached the top she put on the lift kit that Chancellor gave her with the sword. She also cut her dress a little shorter to make movement a little easier. She placed the sword on her back and made her way back to the secret entrance at the throne room. She peeked out from the entrance and noticed the boy standing in the room; she quickly poked her head out and glanced around. She noticed a couple of the grand pillars that filled the throne. She noticed the boy want looking so she bolted over to the pillar and hid in the shadow. She then heard the door fly open and a large man with vivid orange hair walk in she could only see part of him as he was turned away from her. He approached the throne and turned to sit when Midna caught a glimpse of the large man's face. His face was distorted one half and pale green skin and the other was a dull blue green with the veins of light flowing through his face. She could also see his veins under his skin glowing bright red, almost as if human blood still flowed through his veins but lit up with Twili power. She could see one of his almost overtaken by Twilight; it appeared blackish with the red veins of light running deep and bright.
He sat in the throne for a few moments before he looked at the boy and motioned for him to come towards him. The boy moved towards the strange man who sat in the throne. The man seemed to say something to the boy and the boy began to make his way over to the pillar where she was hiding he rounded the pillar and looked left and right. Then, just when she thought she was safe, the boys hand lashed out into the shadows that she was hiding in. she felt his hand clasp around her neck, and she felt her feet leave the ground as the boy lifted her with surprising strength. He held her in the air and brought her towards the man who sat in the throne and spoke to him. "Here I have found the girl you instructed me to find, now what do you want me to do with her."
"Very good you have done as I have asked." The man spoke with a gravelly voice.
"Yes I have her now what do you want me to do with her."
"Well that is very simple my Thrall I want you to dispose of her so that I can be presiding King of the Twilight." The intimidating man on the throne spoke.
"Very well Master," She heard the boy respond. The boy began to make his way to a nearby stained glass window; the boy reached for a torch near the window and pulled it. The window then parted and then slid back to reveal a large swirling vortex of dark energy. She saw the boy glance at her a just for a second she saw sympathy in his eyes. The boy then released his grasp around her neck and she felt the ground disappear beneath her. Suddenly the cold stone that were surrounding her were replaced with a feeling of emptiness that made her feel alone. She felt like this for what felt like an eternity to her, suddenly she felt herself laying on a surface that felt cold and hard. She quickly assumed she was in some kind of dungeon and was no doubt placed there by that wicked man and his man servant. She could barely see all she could make out was fuzzy brown formations. She still felt disoriented after the trip into the void.
After a few moments her vision began to clear she could make out rock formations and the green grass beneath her feet. She stood up and her vision cleared more until she could make out the surrounding perfectly. She felt a strange feeling of longing while she glanced around the wide open plain. She thought she could see a castle off in the distance. And to each one of the cardinal directions she could see a land mark. She saw a volcano and a large icy mountain towards the east and the west. And she saw what she thought was a massive forest. She remembered the boy that helped her save her kingdom he was a forest boy. She decided the best course of action would be to head to the forest and try and find the forest boy. She made her way across the field and into the forest at the far end; she made her way over the gorge that was bridged by the rope bridge. She made her way past the small building owned by the man who sold lantern oil. Through the clearing in the forest and there she saw the small house fixed to the tree branches.
She hid in the shadow of another tree nearby and waited to see if the boy was home. Then she saw the boy's face appear in the small window near the top of the house. His face vanished from the window and she waited to see where he went. The door at the front of the house opened and the boy emerged still cloaked in the green tunic that he wore when he help her save her own kingdom. The boy was clutching a small pod of grass shaped like a horseshoe he put it up to his mouth and then it produced a melody that echoed through the air. The melody was simple yet somehow entrancing it sounded beautiful to her ears. After the echo died down she heard a horse neigh and then the sound of galloping and then the thundering of hooves as the sound grew closer. The horse appeared at the gate that lead to the forest and approached the ladder. The boy made his way down the ladder and climbed on the back of the horse and he and the horse rode through the gate that led to the town. She followed quickly behind the boy and the horse she jumped from shadow to shadow in pursuit of the boy. The boy and the horse finally came to a stop at a large open area of field. There the boy hopped of the horse and made his way over to the man who was standing near the barn. They stood and spoke for a while until the boy turned back towards the horse and hopped back on its back.
She followed him back to the tree house and watched the boy reenter the house, the boy remerged with a sheathe on his back she also noted the shield that bore the crest of the family of Hyrule. She decided now would be as good a time as any to make an appearance. She slowly rose from the shadow and approached the boy. The boy had his back turned when she approached him, she reached out and touched him on the shoulder and the boy suddenly whirled around with his blade brandished. She quickly sunk back into his shadow to avoid injury, the boy looked around astonished by the fact that she just vanished in front of him. She re-arose from behind him again and spoke quickly "Cease with the hostility's young boy." The boy turned around again and she her face. She could see tears well up in his as he looked at her.
"Midna, I thought I would never see you again." He spoke as he tried to hold back the tears. Suddenly the tears vanished from his face and were replaced with a look of determination. "Wait Midna what are you doing back here I thought the Mirror of Twilight was shattered when you left me for your kingdom in the Twilight."
"Yes it was until a strange man showed up along with a boy that looked very similar to you aside from the fact that he wore a pitch black tunic instead of the green tunic you wear."
"Huh, a boy that looked like me but wore a different tunic, but why did you have to sneak up on me like that."
"Sorry about that I didn't mean to spook you." She said slightly sorry for scaring him
"Nah its fine so please fill me in on what has happened since we last met."
"So tell me if I got all of this, a strange man who seemed to be part Twili came and took over your kingdom and a another strange boy who looked like me killed the chancellor and tried to capture you, and then that same boy cast you into some kind of portal and you ended up in Hyrule Field, did I get all of that." The boy recited what she had told him
"Yes you did and you are the same boy who saved my kingdom the last time it was taken over."
"Jeez, I can't catch a break I just finish saving your kingdom and then you leave me forever and then you turn up a couple of years later and you lost control of your kingdom again," he let out a sigh and finished his sentence. "Well I guess I don't have much choice I guess I can help again, well here goes Link off on another adventure to save another damsel in distress and save her kingdom, and all right I'll get ready."
"Oh Link thank you so much and I've learned much about self-defense since we last met." She said while reaching behind her back and seizing the handle of her blade and drew it. "See I even have my own sword now!"
"Whoa, Midna careful with that thing you could hurt someone with that thing!" he responded while ducking to avoid that blade, as she aimlessly swung the sword.
"Oh jeez sorry Link I should be more careful." Midna said slightly embarrassed about her mistake.
"Yeah Midna that's not some kind of toy that's a weapon and I expect you to treat it as such." The boy said in a stern voice.
"Sorry Link," she spoke back to him sheepishly embarrassed about what she just did.
"Its fine Midna just be more careful with that you don't see me waving my sword around."
"Sorry Link I was just so proud of myself and I wanted to show off, I guess."
"Well Midna there is something you need to learn." Link spoke with his voice suddenly becoming stern and serious.
"Being that cocky in combat can get you killed." He said with grim determination.
"Alright Link." She spoke with the same grim determination that the boy had shown.
"Alright now if you want to show off we can go spar at in the woods."
"Alright Link that sounds good." she responded.
They made their way into the woods and through the gate leading deeper into the woods. They arrived at a large sand pit. "Here Midna, come and feel this sand." Midna bent down and swept up a handful of sand.
"Wow, this sand is really soft." Midna responded
"Yeah I found this sand deep in the forest and brought it back to serve as a training ground of sorts." Just then a voiced echoed through the forest.
"Who's that," Midna said slightly panicked.
"Oh that's just the kids remember," Link responded.
"Oh yes I remember now." She said more calmly
"Either way you may want to hide they have never seen on of your kind before."
"Yes, Link you have a point." She responded as she sunk slowly into his shadow
"Link there you are." The voice burst through the tree cover.
"Yeah looks like you found me Talo now what is it you want."
"Link I wanted to show you something."
"What is it," Link asked. "Look," Talo spoke gleefully as he spun around to show off his new toy.
"Wow Talo, looks like you finally got a sword of your own."
"Yeah I do and when I grow up more dad says I can get a real one."
"Alright well what is it you want." He asked the gleeful young boy.
"I wanted to see if you could teach me any of your moves, I mean you're a pro with a sword so I was wondering if I could watch and maybe see if I can pick up any skills." The boy asked with hope in his eyes.
"I mean I guess you can watch." He said while beckoning for Midna to come out from the shadows of the tree she was hiding in. She emerged from the tree and approached Link from the shade of the tree.
"Hello," she said while smiling at the young boy.
"Who... Who are you?" he strutted as he looked on at the strange women standing before him.
"Hello young one how are you." She spoke kindly to the young boy.
"Who… are you?" he said again his voice slowly losing its edge.
"I'm Midna I was a friend of Link in the past." She told the boy.
"So you knew Link." He asked the women standing before him.
"Yeah I did." She answered the boy.
"Link… is she telling the truth." The boy looked towards Link.
"Yes Talo I've known her before, she traveled with me when I saved Hyrule the first time and I've got to go and help her again, I came here to see what she knew about self-defense."
"Oh… so can I watch you and Midna train." He asked Link again.
"Yeah I guess but you may want to ask Midna." He told Talo.
"Alright…" he said wearily and he turned to Midna
"Umm… Midna do you mind if I watch you and Link train," He asked Midna still unsure of how to feel about her.
"No I don't mind," Midna said with a smile.
"Alright," Talo happily responded with glee as he headed outside the circle that marked the edge of the arena.
"Alright Midna I want you to draw your sword."
"Alright Link," she drew her sword and Link did the same with his.
"Midna let's see what you got, come at me with all you got." Link advanced on her, and then he swung his blade. She countered his blade. Link slid his blade off of her blade and swung under at her feet. He stopped his blade just short of her legs. He then stood up, "Well as you can see you have a lot to learn." She chuckled as she looked at Link with a smug look on his face. Suddenly she swung her sword at Link; He whipped around and ducked under her blade. "Midna you know the problem with sneak attacks… is that they only work once." He said as he surged up blocking her blade with the back of his gauntlets.
"Sorry, Link," she said feeling the sting of his words.
"Midna you know sneak attacks are not looked highly upon, sneak attacks are used by assassin's not swordsmen."
"Well Link, I'll have you know I'm a women." Said responded smugly.
"I never said women couldn't be sword wielder, and being a woman means nothing about how well people can weild a sword." He said back to her sternly
"Fine Link," she responded spitefully.
They trained together for a couple of hours until Midna had perfected the parry and counter. "There Midna see I told you, it's not that difficult."
"Yeah, you have a point, it's not that hard." She responded to him.
"Alright Midna that's enough for now," Link followed up his last statement.
"Why Link," she asked. Just then she heard a grumble come from Link's direction.
"Well for one I'm hungry," he responded sheepishly "And I need to take Talo back to the village."
"Alright, Link then if you are hungry we can take a break for a while." She said as she was sheathing her blade. He and Midna made their way back to Link's tree house. He climbed the ladder, Midna followed quickly behind him. Link made his way into the kitchen and shouted back to Midna who was walking in the door.
"Hey Midna got anything special you want, I mean don't expect anything fancy I mean you are a queen but I am not a professional chef."
"Relax Link whatever you make will be fine." She responded back to him.
"Alright Midna I will whip something up real fast." Link said back as he set to work in the kitchen. All Midna could hear from the kitchen, was the sounds of chopping and boiling water. After about 25 minutes Link reemerged from the kitchen holding two small bowls, he handed one to Midna and took the other for himself. They both sat in silence as they finished their meal.
Link collected Midna's bowl and whisked them away to the kitchen to wash them. She heard water running for a while and finally Link emerged for a final time. He flopped down onto the chair next to Midna. "Well that was nice," he said out loud.
"Yes it was Link where did you learn to cook so well." She asked him.
"Well you know these are the kind of skills you pick up after a while of living alone." He answered her.
"Well I was never very good at cooking as I've never needed to learn to cook I've always had my staff on hand to do that kind of stuff for me."
"Yeah I can't help but agree with you, if was a prince I probably would have never learned this stuff either." He responded to her last statement.
"But you are not,"
"Yeah, sadly my jobs falls to being the Hero that has to save the princess from peril but I never get anything nice out of it." He said sounding slightly disappointed.
"And why is that." She asked him wondering why he sounded so sad.
"I couldn't really tell you I guess before the princess can thank me she gets whisked away by the palace guard, and needless to say I don't see her every much after that."
"But what about some of your other deeds you saved the Zoras and the Gorons, didn't you get anything from that." She said remembering when they saved the other two races.
"Well I got all the fish I could ever want, free visits to the hot spring when I'm out that way… yeah I guess I can't complain either." He said agreeing with her.
"But you don't ever get anything from Zelda."
"Yep I haven't seen her in ages… I don't even know if she still is 'Princess' Zelda, for all I know she could be Queen Zelda I would be none the wiser." He said his voice beginning to adopt an agitated tone.
"Strange I think a girl like her would want to keep better contact with you." He said in an attempt to calm Link down.
"Yeah that's what I thought too, but I bet the Palace guard would never let her see someone like me, I can't even approach the castle without the guards flipping out." He spoke again sounding even more agitated as he talked about it.
"Wow, so maybe she does want to see you and the guards won't let her." She said hoping that would calm Link down.
"Yeah maybe,"
"Maybe she's in just as much pain as you are about seeing her." She said, she felt the same way about being separated from Link for so long.
"Yeah, maybe." He said while kicking his feet up on the table. "Oh well no point dwelling on the past, she probably forgot about me anyway, shouldn't we be more concerned about your current state of affairs Madam."
"Yes, I guess," she responded "But somehow I feel she still cares about you."
"Yeah, maybe either way I guess I should suit up and get ready to head out."
Link entered his bedroom and walked over to the large wooden chest in the corner of the room. He grabbed the brass key from the nightstand and he opened the lock. He reached inside and retrieved the green tunic still as green as the fields of Hyrule. He gazed at it as it sat on his bed, he remember the past and all the battles he waged and yet the tunic still seemed good as new. "Must be magic." He said as he grabbed it to put it on. He walked back over to the chest and retrieved some of the other things within the chest. He pulled out his clawshot and got the other one of the pair out. He placed them on his hands to see if they still fit. He wiggled his fingers inside the gauntlets and they still felt perfect. He walked out to the living room and glanced around. He wondered to himself briefly about where Midna had gone. Ignoring the question he walked to the balcony and aimed the clawshot at the one of the trees. The claw shot from the gauntlet and embedded itself into the tree; he felt his feet leave the ground as he flew towards the tree. The claw stuck in the tree as he dangled from it. He aimed the other clawshot at the balcony and shot it. It embedded itself into the wood of the balcony and he flew to it, he grasped the balcony with his free hand and released the claw and hoisted himself up.
"Well at least I know they still work." He spoke as he made his way back inside. Midna walked in the door behind him,
"Well you seemed to be having fun with your old toys." Link wheeled around looking shocked,
"Wait how long have you been there." He said as he could feel his face growing red from embarrassment.
"Well I hid in the shadow of the trees and watched, as you flew around the clearing, you looked like you were having a lot of fun." Link showed a little smirk
"Well I might have been having a little fun." He said to Midna. Midna sent another smirk Link's way. They both grinned at each other for a while until Link broke the silence. "Well I guess we should be off to save your kingdom." Link made his way back to his bedroom and packed up a satchel bag with some food and filled a bag with some supplies. "Hey Midna anything you need me to get for you," He shouted downstairs to Midna.
"No, I don't need anything; you just take what you need." She responded back at him.
"Alright madam if you say so," he responded back to her. He made his way out of the bedroom holding the bag over his shoulder. He grabbed his sword and placed it in it's sheathe. He came down to the living room, and he heard Midna gasp, "What," he asked trying to not sound accusing.
"It's just that… you look so much like you did so many years ago." She said to the same green clad Hero who saved her kingdom before.
"Do I really look just like I did so many years ago?" Link asked inquisitively
"Yes you really do," He looked into a mirror hanging on the wall.
"Huh, I guess I do a little." Midna shook her head.
"You don't just look a little like him, you are him." She told him as he was looking at himself.
"Yeah I know that but you don't think I aged at all." He said sounding a little disappointed.
"No, you look just like you did so many years ago." Link sighed
"Well I guess some things never change, oh well I guess I better go get Epona ready." He spoke as he opened the door to head out.
"It's funny, he acts like he is more mature but he is just as immature as he was before…" she said silently under her breath. Midna made her way over to the couch and sat down. She peered out the window and saw Link grabbing Epona and patting her on the muzzle; he placed the saddle on Epona and then put the saddle bags. Midna sighed, "It's as if nothing has changed at all." She sat on the couch for a while and thought about Link and all their past adventures, she sighed again as she remembered how he was always there when she needed him. Her day dreaming was interrupted when she heard the door open. Link stepped in the door and turned to Midna, he motioned to Midna to follow him.
He led her outside into the sunlight. "Midna I have a question to ask you." He asked her.
"Yes, Link what it is." She was wondering what he was going to ask her about.
"Well you remember when we were journeying together." He added to his question
"Yeah, what do you want to talk about then?"
"Well I was wondering if you still held onto to Shadow Crystal." He said slightly embarrassed.
"Yes, of course I did why do you ask." She was wondering why he sounded so embarrassed.
"Well I was just thinking that I might be useful to be able to transform into my wolf form."
"Yes it might be… do you want to see if you still can."
"Yes I guess we can try Midna I guess." Midna reached up to her neck and removed the necklace she had converted the Shadow Crystal into a necklace to wear as a memento of her journey with Link.
"Here Link I'm going to bring the Crystal close to you, I hope your ready…" he said apprehensive to the idea.
"Don't worry Midna I'm ready for anything you know that." As the crystal neared closer to Link he could feel himself begin to change. He dropped to his knees and he felt himself quickly being overtaken by an animalistic feeling. Midna watched as Link slowly transformed into a wolf. He finally transformed completely and he looked up a Midna.
"Well I guess it worked," Midna responded. Wolf Link barked at Midna seeming pleased. Midna withdrew the crystal from Link vicinity and Link returned to normal.
"Well I guess it still works…"
"Yes I guess it did." She said while replacing the necklace around her neck.
"Well now that we have that sorted out we can move along knowing that."
"Alright," she responded as Link hopped on Epona's back.
"Well Midna looks like it just like old times come on then let's get a move on the Twilight Kingdom won't save its self." Midna grinned as she looked at Link
"Alright, you got a point lets go." Midna sunk into the shadow of the Hero and his loyal steed.
The moon was rising in the sky when they arrived at the exit of Faron Woods. Link dismounted Epona and watched as Midna manifested from the shadow. The moon-light glistened off of her pale skin. Link stood staring dumbfounded knowing he must look like an idiot. Midna soon became self-conscious under The Hero's gaze. "What," she asked Link accusingly,
"Oh nothing just was thinking about something."
"Oh, really what were you think about." She asked him accusingly.
"Just thinking about what I might have to go through to save your kingdom a second time."
"Oh, it won't matter anyway you said you were ready for anything." She said bringing up his previous comment.
"Yeah I guess I did say that." He said with a lack of enthusiasm. "Well I think we set up camp here for the night." He said.
"Yeah that would be a good idea." She said even though she loved the night-time.
"Yeah, at night the more vicious creatures roam Hyrule field at night, don't worry I will watch over our stuff while you get some sleep."
"Alright Link if you say so." She said sounding a little sad. Link noted the sad tone in her voice and decided to ignore it for now. He found a stump near the camp and set the lantern on top of it. "Oh Nayru, what have I gotten myself into now." He asked the Goddess expecting a response.
He sat down on the ground and his mind began to wander as he sat and waited. I can't believe how good she looks in the moonlight. He thought to himself as he sat staring at the moon. He thought about all that he had been through since Midna left him. He thought he might be able to leave the Hero act behind but it looks like his destiny caught up to him at last. He sighed and he felt the cold night air enter his lungs. It chilled him a little, he sure wished this tunic was warmer. He felt two hands upon his shoulder and then he felt a blanket fall over his shoulders. A voice behind him said "Hello Hero," it whispered into his ear. He turned around and noticed the distinct pale shape of Midna.
"Oh Midna what are you doing up." He asked her.
"Well I couldn't sleep knowing your being left alone on this cold night to watch the camp, so I brought you a blanket I know that tunic can't be too warm." Link laughed as he realized she thought the same thing as him. "What's so funny?" she said asked accusingly
"Nothing Midna just something you said." He said while chuckling
"What did I say?" she wondered.
"Well I was just thinking about how I wish this tunic was warmer and you show up with a blanket thinking the same thing." He said while chuckling still.
"Oh so that's what you were laughing about." She responded while giggling slightly herself.
"Yeah it was I know it was silly." He said to her.
"Yeah it is, but you know what they say great minds think alike." She said to him in response to his last statement.
"That they do Midna that they do." Link and Midna sat quietly watching the moon float through the sky. Suddenly a loud yawn broke the wonderful silence and Midna glanced over to see Links mouth wide open in a yawn.
"Tired," she asked Link
"Yeah but only a little bit, I'll be fine." He responded
"Alright if you say so, I guess I will head back to the camp." She stood up and again Link noticed the moonlight glint off of her pale skin. He wondered if all Twili had this same effect under the moonlight or just Midna. She walked out of his sight. He sat alone under the stars for a few more moments until he felt the soft waves of sleep slowly begin the wash over him. He felt his eyes getting heavy as he struggled to stay awake. Soon he gave in and he felt the waves of sleep wash over him. Midna soon returned to check up on The Hero only to find him asleep on the stump he was sitting on. She wrapped the blanket around him and laid him gently sat him down on the ground she placed another blanket over him. Midna then replaced him on the stump. She stood sitting on the stump until at last she saw the moon retreat beyond the horizon.
She saw Link stir as the birds sang their distinctive song. Link rolled over and sat up and glanced around wondering how he had ended up on the ground. "Good Morning Hero." She said to Link as he met her gaze.
"Say you wouldn't happen to have anything to do with this would you." He said while sitting up.
"I have no idea what you mean Hero." she said. Midna grinned mischievously
"Well I think you do know something about that." He said noting her mischievously grin.
"Oh well I saw you lying there asleep so I decided to take over your post." She said to Link as he was yawning.
"Yeah well I just thought it would have been nice for a little bit of a warning before you moved me." His voice was calm and still had a hint of sleepiness in it.
"Well sorry I thought you looked so peaceful so I didn't want to disturb you so I moved you onto the ground and watched over the camp." She said with the best intentions
"Well I assure you that I was not tired." He said while rubbing the sleep from his eyes
"Well you sure seemed like it." She said.
"Yeah you might have been right." Link yawned again.
"Well Mr. Hero you wouldn't happen to be hungry too now would you." Link stretched out his arms and yawned loudly.
"Yeah I guess it couldn't hurt I am kind of hungry, I haven't eaten since we left my house. "
"Alright then I made something for both of us to eat." Midna brought Link over a bowl she handed it to him and Link inhaled the scent.
"Wow… Midna I'm impressed, where did you learn to cook so well?" he asked her impressed by her skill.
"Well considering the fact that I was meant to be married before I became queen of the Twili people." She said.
"Oh you were supposed to be married." Link said sounding a little shocked.
"Yeah but after we defeated Zant the Twili people needed a new ruler so I stepped up to become the new ruler." She said with a sense of pride in her voice.
"Wow… I guess that's why I haven't seen you for a while." He said.
"Yeah I've busy ruling a kingdom." She sounded a little prideful still.
"Yeah that explains a lot." Link stood up, "Well the sun is high and we got a lot of day ahead of us." He said looking skyward.
"Yeah we do." She answered him
"Well then come help me pack up and we can be out of here within a few minutes." He said motioning to Epona.
"Alright," Midna said standing up and made her way over to help Link pack up. Link threw the saddle bags onto Epona and they made left.
They made their towards the Goron homeland of Death Mountain. Surely they could have something to help them out with. They entered Kakariko Village; they made their way through the small village and into the path leading up to the Goron village. Link left Epona in Kakariko Village and made his way up the path by foot.