Fan Fiction: Zelda
Title: Beyond the Boundaries
Pairing: Link x Midna
Summary- With the only connection between the two worlds destroyed, they both felt a sense of loss…as well as a few aches and pains. Spoilers for anyone who hasn't finished the game!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Zelda game, but if I did, you can bet that I would make the ending a lot longer!
"HEY, LINK! WATCH OUT!! ANOTHER ONES'COMIN' YOUR WAY!!" Fado cried out as he was presently occupied with a goat of his own. Using reflexive maneuvers, Link rooted the heels of his feet to the ground and braced himself as the enraged goat slammed its horns into Links' forearms and chest. With ease, Link gained some advantage and with a forceful "EYAAHHH!!!!" tossed the goat to one side and slammed it to the ground, making the earth under his feet vibrate from the force of contact. Link dusted off his hands in triumph and the goat rose to its feet to go graze with the rest of the herd. Fado came up behind Link and with a rough pat to the back, he exclaimed "Ho, ho, ho, ho! That was the one of the best I've seen you wrangle all day! Ever since you came back from Hyrule castle town, you've been herding these goats like nothing! Keep up the great job!" Link smiled at his friends words of praise. Fado turned to go back to the herd when he suddenly stopped on his heel.
"Oh, and before I forget, Ilia came by earlier, said she was gonna bring you something to eat later but you can go home now, if ya want. Ordon knows you deserve it!" Then he turned his attention back to the herd of goats grazing calmly on the ranch. Never one to miss such an opportunity, Link decided to take this chance and went for home.
Link went out from the ranch gates and as he was walking down the road that goes into Ordon village, he felt a sudden surge of pain in his left arm and as quickly as it came, the pain left. Link rubbed the spot where the pain had hit him and excused it, thinking it was from wrestling that goat earlier, shrugged his shoulders and went on his way home.
Along the way, Link was mobbed by the children of Ordon, all begging him to show them his "Cool moves" all over again. This became routine when he had returned to Ordon village from his travels to Hyrule. They were so enthusiastic about learning new sword techniques from Link that Colins' father Rusl had hand-crafted wooden swords for Colin and his friends to practice with. Rusl had thanked Link countless of times for helping bring out Colins' dormant potential as a future swordsmen. Before the trouble began, Colin was so scared of swords, he didn't want to even see one but afterward, Colin had grown out of his fear and tossed his fears aside and helped his friends.
In short, things have never been the same.
Rusl had come to Links' aid and shooed the children off, telling them that Link had to go home and rest after working hard at the ranch but not before Link promised them some sword practice tomorrow.
Link finally arrived at his home at the juncture between Ordon forest and the road leading out to Hyrule field. Link sighed and went in to relax a little.
When he went inside, he noticed that he hadn't had a chance to tidy the place up and he knew he was going to hear it from Ilia if he didn't start to pick up a bit before she came.
As he picked up his boots from the floor, Link saw a small twinkle from the corner of his eye and turned his head to see what it was that was gleaming. There mounted on his wall in his den were all the special items that he had received on his travels. The firs thing that caught his eye was the sword hand-crafted by Rusl for the royal family, the very one that Link had started his journey with. All of his other possessions were all accounted for, from the Hylian shield to the Iron boots to the double claw shot and all of the other items he had, though most of them were a pain in the ass to move around, but one in particular had caught his eye.
There, mounted on a separate wall, isolated from the other weaponry and items, was the heavy broken shackle he had worn in his beastly wolf form whenever he was touched by the power of twilight. All at once, the memories came rushing back into his mind. And one that kept playing in his head was the first time he met…her. The mischievous little imp that set him free from his restraints but not without a price for her deed. In exchange for her helping him, Link had to be her servant whenever they were in twilight, and even in light, he was not free from her.
At first, Link didn't like the idea of entering a part of Hyrule that had been corrupt with Twilight, knowing that as soon as he set one foot down on twilight, he would revert back into his wolf form and would be at the mercy of the mischievous little imp that had saved him in the first place.
His ears would get a little warm whenever he recalled all the times Midna would tug at his ears as a wolf when she was instructing him on a command. All those times she taunted him, saying that he was to be an obedient servant if he wanted her help. But really, once he got to know her better and understand her resolve, Link couldn't help but to remain faithful to his new found friend.
Midnas' tongue was as sharp as his fangs and she never ran out of words to say. Very out spoken hardly the one to be shy, Link started to notice that Midna was actually growing on him. Link became used to her company and, as crazy as it sounds, Link didn't mind it at all. Link was used to having her with him, whether it being Midna straddling his back as they rode all over Hyrule or Midna hiding in his shadow in the light world, Link always knew Midna was close by.
Link turned to the window and saw that the sun was setting. Link climbed the ladder leading to the window by the roof and sat on the rooftop, watching as the sun cast a vast splash of red and blue over the horizon.
The sun was setting on that day, too. The day when the only connection to the realms of light and Twilight was severed, destroyed by the very hand that had aided him in his quest to save both worlds, by Midna. Link could tell she was torn by her actions but he could do nothing as she smiled sadly at him as she was transported back into her world.
Link couldn't fool himself, he was sad to see his dearest friend leave but he felt he could do nothing about it when it happened. For the first time since this whole thing had started, Link felt…helpless. Helpless to keep his dearest with him in his world but that would've killed her. And so, with a heavy heart, Link watched as Midna, the Twilight Princess, vanished from his world.
He sighed at the setting sun, wondering if his Twilight princess was doing the same. He knew Midnas' actions were for the best but that didn't ease the pain in his heart. Truly, a wise decision. The decision of a true and benevolent ruler.
"Ack!" Link grunted as the annoying little sting of pain shot into his left arm. What the hell was bugging him so damn much?!
Elsewhere…
The heavens of the Twilight had never seemed as vivid as today's sunset. She sat atop a solitary hilltop that over saw the land of Twilight, the vast land seemed to stretch as far as the skies, both locked into a never ending race. The land of Hyrule was alright but nothing could hold a candle to her beloved realm of Twilight. Perhaps it is only natural for one to think so highly of their home. Although her world was opposite of Hyrule, they both shared the same things as well.
Her people lived in peaceful villages just like Hyrule, They lived and thrived on the land as the people of Ordon do, and they raise their children to live their own lives. She had regained her place as the princess of Twilight, the leader of the Twili.
Midna smiled as a small group of Twili waved pleasantly to her from the land below and waved back at them. The group continued on with what they were doing, going on about their business. The days seem to pass by without incident, nothing really major on Midna's part, no wars, nothing. Her days were always so uneventful since her return from the light realm, unlike the first few days being back in Twilight. Midna explained herself to her people, about her disappearance, what she was doing while she was gone, and why she did what she did. The people gladly forgave their princess and life in the Twilight realm resumed.
Midna was so deep in thought; she began to reflect back on her journey with her faithful companion, the destined hero of Hyrule. She wondered how well he was faring. As she took a breath, Midna felt a small stab of pain shoot into the spot in her right collarbone. She dismissed the little bothersome feeling, merely touching the spot with her fingertips and thinking it's due to the fact that she under the pressure of ruling her kingdom.
"I wonder…what he's up to now a day." She thought loudly to herself. Midna really wanted to see how Link was doing, to see the end results of his hard work paying off.
Midna rose to her feet and decided to take a stroll among the land of Twilight.
Her strides were slow and daunting, obviously in no hurry to get to anywhere in particular. Midna let her eyes scan the realm of twilight, her sight rushing over the calming scenery of her home. Midna walked and walked for who knew how long until she came upon a small bank of water running into a nearby lake and decided to rest there.
Midna sat along the waters' edge and dipped her feet into the cool water, letting her toes splash playfully among the flowing water. Seeing the water reminded Midna of her travels with Link. True, her ambitions were on getting revenge against Zant for what he did to her people but over time, her feelings toward Link changed significantly.
She was reminded of their trouble at Lake Hylia. Link had just retrieved the final component for Midna and Zant appeared behind him. With little to no effort, Zant had Cast Twilight over the small area, easily subduing the light spirit and casting Link into his wolf form and knocking Midna out of her hiding place in Links' shadow.
Zant admitted to needing Midnas' powers and offered her a place in his so-called coexisting world. Ugh! Just remembering how close Zant came to her made Midnas' skin crawl. Midna shot down his offer without so much as dignifying it with an answer and immediately rushed to Links' side. Zant could sense Midnas' desire to be with the light being and once again tried to persuade her in joining him only to be shot down again and Midna once again rushing to Links' side.
There was no point in trying to persuade her any longer and Zant, with his new powers, manipulated the light spirit and transported them back into the light realm.
Link came to and noticed that he was stuck in his wolf form again but that was nothing compared to what was happening to Midna. She lay on his back, barely alive as her cursed form pleaded for Link to go to Zelda's tower. Link wasted no time and quickly, made his way to the tower where Zelda was being kept, braving the sky scraping heights of the castle towers and overcoming the perilous dangers that awaited them. Little did Link know that Midna had instructed him to do so, not to save her life, but so that Zelda could lift the curse from him. Once there, Midna could no longer hold her own and she slid onto the cold stone ground of the dungeon.
As Zelda approached them, she could see the worry in the beasts' blue eyes. Link never took his eyes away from his injured friend, not even to notice Zelda.
A warm sensation rose into Midnas' chest as she came to a stunning realization: Link stayed.
Link remained loyal to her, even through all the crap she put him through, Link stayed by her side and suffered alongside her without any regard for his own life. He had many chances to leave her and save his friends on his own, even though he would still be unable to without Midnas' aid, but he didn't. Link didn't even try to defy her, even though he had every right to. He remained quiet and obedient to Midna.
"He didn't have to…and yet…he stayed." Midna whispered to herself as the threat of tears stung the back of her eyes and flowed freely from her lashes.
Her heart broke in two as she made the painful decision to destroy the mirror. It hurt her to do so but what else could she do? She had to think of her people and the people of the light, their well being out weighed her selfish desires to remain with her hero of light.
And so, Midna destroyed the mirror as the Twilight Princess, not the real Midna that wanted to take Link with her. Oh, well. Maybe it was destiny for them to part ways eventually. At least, that's what she kept telling herself anyway.
"Ow!" The sudden sting of pain came at her again out of the blue and right then and there, Midna decided to go see the village Shaman about the matter.
-End chapter
A/N: Well, that took me awhile to get out. Damn! I thought it would've been a little longer than this! Anyway, whaddya think? Let me know R&R please! Please be honest. And the next one I make will be longer and depending on the reviews, a lot better!