Hello! I don't own Legend of Zelda or anything.
"Well. That was... different."
"Oh, grow up Link. It was just a time-traveling building guarded by puzzle-loving statues in which you gained the ability to possess other statues and squashed a giant spider. No big deal. I'm just glad we got that mirror shard," my shadow responded.
"Well, it might not seem that impressive to you, Midna," I said, "but to me that was really weird."
"Weirder than that stuff Lanayru showed you?"
I made a face. "Fair point. Please don't bring that up again, though. Soooooo creepy."
Midna and I both shuddered. I must say, it's very strange to see your own shadow shudder.
By now, I had come out of the Sacred Grove into the more familiar area of Faron Woods. Quickly, I used some horse grass to call Epona and soon we were all galloping across Hyrule Field.
Both Midna and I were quiet during the ride. I relaxed, simply enjoying the ride. Knowing Midna, she was probably busy concocting some sort of plan or plot.
As I leisurely approached the bridge south of Castle Town, Midna suddenly popped out of my shadow and yelled, "LINK! Look out!"
I jerked hard on Epona's reigns, causing her to rear and almost throw me off. As I calmed her down, I noticed the sound of a waterfall. Waterfall? The nearest is at Lake Hylia. I'm miles away!
I looked up and gasped. There was a purple portal in the sky, with water pouring out of it. "Midna!" I yelled over the sound of the water. "Is this Twili magic?"
"No! I've never seen anything like THAT!" Suddenly her eyes widened even further.
I whipped around and saw a kargaroc emerge from the deluging portal. But this wasn't some monster I could easily take down with a couple of arrows. This bird's body was as big as my house! It was extremely colorful, with an intimidating mask on its face. All I could do was gape at the monster. Abruptly, it noticed us and launched into a dive attack.
Snapping out of it, I managed to get Epona into a gallop and dodged the attack. I grabbed my bow and aimed it at the enormous bird. The arrow shot the kargaroc in what should have been its heart. However, the monster didn't even seem to know it had been hit. As I aimed again, this time for a head shot, I noticed a green speck falling through the portal. With a "WAAAAAHHHHHHH!" it landed in the still-rising water.
I looked away to find the giant bird right on top of me. Epona raced away from it in terror. I bent over her neck, urging her to increase her speed. I looked over my shoulder. The beast was falling behind. I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding. I slowed her to a trembling trot. The huge bird seemed to have lost interest in us. I looked again and noticed it was going for the green speck which I now realized was a little boy around Collin's age. I couldn't just let the monster get him! I convinced Epona to get me most of the way back before she balked. I jumped out of her saddle and raced towards the kid. "Kid! Run away!" I screamed.
The kid didn't even seem to notice me. He faced the bird down as it came at him. He had guts, I had to give him that. That, or he was just scared witless. I raced the monster to get to the kid first. I was losing. Just as I was losing hope, the kid yelled, "You want a piece of me?! Come and get it, bird brain!" Suddenly he was holding a gargantuan hammer, the head of which was at least the same size as the kid himself. As the bird bore down on him, the kid nimbly dodged the attack and smashed the bird's face in with the massive hammer. The bird flew away as quickly as it could, squawking in a surprisingly high tone.
I ran up to the kid. "A...are... Are you... ok...?" I panted.
The kid smiled up at me. "Yep. Never better."
I stared at the kid in surprise.
"You know, my grandma always said that if I left my mouth open too long it would get stuck that way."
"Huh?!" I said. I then noticed that I had been standing there with my jaw dropped. I rapidly closed it.
"That's better," said the kid. "Now, where am I? What happened to the Great Sea?"
I looked at the kid like he had a screw loose. "What are you talking about? There aren't any seas or oceans here. Everyone knows Hyrule is completely landlocked."
The kid's jaw dropped. Huh, that's how I must have looked a second ago... I thought to myself.
"You know, my friend Rusl always said that if I left my mouth open too long, a bird would make a nest in it."
That pulled the kid out of his shock. "Hyrule... This isn't Hyrule! That's underneath the ocean!"
I looked at him quizzically. "You sure you're alright, kid?" I gestured around. "As you can see, Hyrule is very much not under an ocean."
"But I was just storming the Forbidden Fortress!" the kid replied. "I was beating up the Helmaroc King! Then this purple thingy opened and we both got sucked inside, along with a bunch of seawater."
"That must have been the portal we saw," Midna replied.
I looked up at the portal. Well, where it had been. At some point it had disappeared, leaving behind a flooded and destroyed bridge.
The kid stared at Midna. "Wh-What... What's wrong with your shadow?" he asked nervously.
"Hey! Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" sassed Midna.
"S-Sorry Miss Guy's Shadow!"
"Hey, my name's not guy, it's Link. This is Midna. She's from the Twilight Realm, so she hides in my shadow a lot of the time." I interjected. "By the way, Midna, why are you showing yourself?"
Midna looked thoughtful. "I... don't really know. I just get a good feeling off him, you know?"
"A good feeling? You? About other people?" I asked skeptically.
Midna rounded on me. "Just... Don't question it, okay?!"
"T-Twilight realm?" The kid asked. His expression abruptly went from puzzled to indignant. "Hey! Did you say your name was Link?"
"Yeah I did. What's yours?"
"Your name can't be Link!"
I crossed my arms. "And why not?"
The kid put his hands on his hips. "Cause that's MY name!"
