This popped into my head and I couldn't help but make it. I always like some of the fics that explored what happened after Midna shatters the Mirror of Twilight, or in at least one case, fails. I don't think I read that one, but I remember see it at one point or another. For some reason, I was really craving playing Twilight Princess this weekend, so yesterday I was playing it, and today I made this, along with some sidetracked moments.

This could have a whole story, but I'm not sure if I could manage that. We'll see. Anyway, found this rather fun to make.

It had only been no more than a week after the strange events that had plagued the whole of Hyrule. Not that the majority of the citizens were aware of what happened to begin with. All they knew was some unusual monsters were wandering around attacking various villages, a barrier incased the castle, and a couple days later, the castle blew up.

Most of the castle was rebuilt by this point, and Link had returned to Ordon. He had figured that he should resume his duties as a goat herder since there was no reason for him to continue roaming Hyrule. Though after the first day without the weight of his sword and shield, he started to miss it and began wearing his shield around on his back to help a little. He didn't wear his sword just in case Talo wanted to steal it from him and killed someone. No one questioned him directly, but he had heard one or two of the villagers mutter concerns to one another. Most of them included what would happen if he started wearing his sword and wanted to swing it around, and somehow slicing the children up. Adults had some screwed up minds.

During the time that Link was gone saving Hyrule, Rusl had apparently found his wooden sword that had broken and been stabbed into the ground. When he wasn't helping Hyrule not be destroyed from the forces of evil, he was fixing it to its former glory. When Link returned to Ordon and started to wear his shield for no apparent reason, he had told Link that though he was surely capable of not running the children through with a real one, he would prefer the boy used the wooden play item as a precautionary anyway. Link shrugged and accepted his old weapon. The next day, he wore that around as well.

Though he could easily fix not feeling correct without the weight of his weapons, one thing couldn't be fixed. The feeling of his wolf form and the constantly moving weight atop him was gone, and he couldn't get it back.

This particular day, after rounding up the goats, Link decided to sit by Ordona's spring as twilight fell upon the village. He stared sadly up at the orange-red sky. He stayed there until the sky was more black than orange, at which point he returned to his house.

Carefully, Link removed his gear, placing them down on the table. He threw together some dinner and munched on it as he wandered around his house, doing this and that; putting his money that he had gotten from various places around the village in the chest in his basement. He had actually started using his items from his quest in some really impractical ways. Not like they were going to be used otherwise. He stood at the bottom of the ladder and lighted his lantern, putting on his Clawshot and pulling himself over to the chest, dumping his savings in there and then clawshotting back to the ladder, hooking on halfway up to save him most of the trip.

He was doing that a lot now. If a goat tried to escape, he would simply put on his Iron Boots and continue whatever he was doing and only holding out a hand for the goat to ram into. He used the Clawshots to get around, and the Gale Boomerang to knock stuff out of trees. He had gotten one or two complaints, but otherwise the villagers just watched him go about his business with curious expressions.

Back upstairs, Link put his stuff back down on the table by his other stuff that he couldn't carry around with him on a regular basis. (*Ball and Chain) He climbed up to the small area that housed his bed and threw off his shirt, plopping down on his bed. He tossed around a little, but soon, he fell into a deep sleep…

When Link awoke, he was wearing his Hero's Clothes that he had worn during his quest to save the two worlds. He was extremely confused, but was more so when he realized he was sitting in the middle of the Twilight Realm. A couple of the inhabitations looked at him strangely, but otherwise ignored him in favor of continuing what could be assumed as shopping, but Link wasn't quite sure.

Then two things hit him. One, he was probably in a dream. Two, even if he was in a dream, then he could still go and see Midna. He happily started to wander around the area, taking in the sights, watching the particles float around the sky.

Eventually, out of the corner of his eye, Link spotted what looked like Midna in her imp form, but without her Fused Shadow helmet. With nothing better to do, he followed her. At one point or another, she turned around. She stopped whatever she was doing when Link entered her view. She approached him.

"What are you doing here?! I destroyed the Mirror of Twilight for reason you know!" She hissed in a low whisper to avoid unnecessary attention.

Link grinned happily. "I have no idea how I'm here. What I do know though is that I'm here, and am talking to you. Hey, why are you back in that imp form?"

Midna looked around at the surrounding Twilight creatures. Link's human form was starting to attract attention. She grabbed his wrist and dragged him away. She led him into the palace, and once there was no one watching them, she changed into her true form.

"You can transform at will now?" Link asked, looking up to see her face.

"It's some advanced magic, but yes, I can. I use that form so I can wander outside the palace with no one recognizing me." Midna explained. "Being a princess is difficult after all." Link nodded in understanding. "So why are you here?" Midna suddenly was completely serious.

Link shrugged as he filled her in on what she missed. "After you left, I returned to Ordon and resumed being a goat herder. It's been about a week now. I just went to sleep and awoke in the middle of the Twilight Realm's streets."

Midna sighed. "Well, nothing you can do now. Looks like you're stuck here."

Link wasn't sure whether to be happy or saddened. He had found the Twilight Realm quite calming when he was there after defeating Zant and wasn't being chased by giant creepy floating hands. On the other hand, if he didn't get back, he would be in some deep shit, unable to see his friends and the people he considered family again. And who knows what Twili ate. Midna had eaten Hylian food, but only because there wasn't any food from the Twilight Realm. At least, that's what he figured was the problem. She had eaten quite begrudgingly for awhile until she got used to it.

He snapped out of his thoughts when Midna spoke again. "Though your Hylian form does attract attention that is rather unnecessary."

Link smiled. "That's a simple fix. Just turn me into a wolf. If I'm stuck here, it won't matter. I'm starting to really miss that form anyway."

Midna frowned. "You'll be stuck as a wolf though, and I don't see a Master Sword anywhere that can change you back. And I don't know of any magic that can change you."

"Everyone will question why I'm here otherwise. I need to look at least somewhat native." Link pointed out. "And I don't mind. If I return to the Light Realm, then I'll get you to teleport me to the Sacred Grove. Last I checked, there was still a portal floating above the statues."

Midna was momentarily lost in thought. Finally, she sighed in defeat. "Fine." She spun around and walked down through the palace, to what was pretty much a giant basement, eventually coming to a stop in front of a room that contained a couple small artifacts, though nothing big or noteworthy in Link's mind, except the small black and orange shard of dark power that hovered in the center. "We, uh, have kind of shoved all of Zant's stuff down here until we can dispose of it all."

Link looked at the stuff. There were the two Zant hands that chased the two endlessly on their quest to take back the Sols, and some things that Link guess was in his room before he tried to be an evil overlord. There were various other objects that were quite dangerous, and it wasn't a surprise that the stuff had been locked away so deep under the palace.

With the flick of a finger, Midna called forth the Shadow Crystal, careful to not touch it. Then with little thought, she jabbed it into Link's forehead. Link yelped and transformed into a wolf. He shook his head a little and started to get used to being a wolf again. While he was wondering around the room, sniffing the various objects and checking things out, he suddenly felt a weight drop down on his back. On instinct, he swiveled his head back to glare at the creature that landed on him, but he quickly forgave her when he saw her grin at him. She was back in the imp form, so she could actually fit on him.

"Onwards, wolfy!" She commanded. For the hell of it, he jumped forward, full speed, just to jostle her a little. She yelped and clung to his fur until he slowed down. After that, he stayed at a constant trot, letting Midna guide him to the destination of her choosing. They walked into a room that consisted of nothing but a Sol in the center.

Link turned his head to look at Midna curiously. She waved her hand in a sign to move forward. He obediently followed her instructions and walked forward. When he neared, Midna jumped off his back and picked up the sphere. She touched it to his head and watched as it somehow forced the Shadow Crystal out of him. Midna smiled. "As I thought. The Crystal will be forced out of you if it's close enough to a Sol. OK then, back you go." She then forced him back into the wolf form, before putting the Sol back onto its pedestal.

The two set off again. This time, Midna guided him to what seemed to be her bedroom. It was rather bland, but it held a peaceful atmosphere. She jumped off; sitting on the bed and watching him sniff around the room. After awhile, she whistled to him. Link glanced up. She beckoned him over.

"Just because we're stuck in the hour of Twilight, don't mean we don't have to sleep." She reminded him. She yawned. "Sadly, I've been lacking it because we're still recovering from Zant's invasion."

Link nodded, understanding that she needed to sleep, and curled up on the ground, preparing for sleep. She whistled to him again. He looked up at her.

"Do you really want to sleep on the cold, hard ground?" She smiled. "Come on. You come here, ruining whatever free time I had, and you don't even let me use you as a pillow?"

Link smiled as much as a wolf could. He jumped up onto the bed and curled up at the head. Midna rested her head on his stomach and fell asleep. Link himself was soon unconscious, though he didn't want be fall asleep in case this was all just a dream, which was one he never wanted to leave at this rate. Regardless, he was out like a light soon enough.

I can kind of imagine Link feeling off balance without his sword and shield, at least without a sword's scabbard.

So, yeah, might continue this, might not. It depends. Reviews, favorites, follows, that sort of thing should influence the decision, but I still want to complete at least on of my other stories that I'm working on. Though since I'm only, like, halfway through one, I think I know which one I'm going to be going with.