Warning! This story contains OC's and a plot! And rant-like author's notes! You have been warned!

Disclaimer: Lein, Cremis, Orimis, Telfia, and Rels belong to me. The Twilight Realm and Midna belong to Nintendo.


Prologue: The End

How do you know when your friends cease to be friends?

"Lein!" Cremis shouted, "Just go, I'll be fine!"

"But Cremis," Lein responded, "I can't leave you!"

How do you know that the promises you made will bind you for life?

"Why not!" Cremis cried.

"I said I'd always protect you! I won't see you hurt again!" Lein shouted.

"You'll have to see me hurt, you might have to kill me someday!"

That you'll have to go back on your word, and betray those you loved, those you cherished.

"Just run, Lein!" Cremis shouted, "You promised Telfia and Princess Midna that you'll go back to the castle no matter what happened!"

"I don't care about them!" Lein said, "I care about you! I care about what we've been through!"

"Shut up and go, Lein!" Cremis said, "Orimis will be here soon and you have to catch up with Rels!"

And when you made your choice, you'll regret it for life. Thinking that if you changed one moment, one word, your destiny could've been changed.

Lein grabbed hold of Cremis. "I don't care about Orimis. Just don't force me to leave you."

Tears rolled down Cremis's cheek. "Idiot. If you stay here you'll die. I don't want to have to see that."

"You'll have to. I'm not leaving you ever again."

"Give me one reason why."

And when the person you love is gone forever, could you ever hope to forget her?

Lein kissed her. "I love you, Cremis. I love everything about you."

Cremis shook her head. "You don't love me. I know. I saw how you reacted when you heard the truth. I saw the anger in your eyes."

"I don't care about that anymore. I know that you had no choice, that Orimis made you do it."

No, you never forget the look in her eyes, the laughs you shared, how you felt when you're around her. And most importantly what could have been.

"We always have a choice." Cremis said sadly, "And I'm choosing to save your life." Cremis created a Twilight Portal.

"You can't do that!" Lein shouted, "If you use any more magic you could die!"

"I'm gonna die anyway, Lein," Cremis said, "If I leave, Orimis wins."

"All you're doing is throwing your life away." Lein said.

"No, I'm giving you, the princess, and even the Light Realm hope for the future." Cremis cast the spell. "Goodbye, Lein."

If only things could have been different, if only the past wasn't so complicated, maybe I could think of a way to convince her to come with me.

Lein was sucked into the portal, leaving Cremis in the crumbling ruins.

"Cremis!" Lein yelled, "Cremis!!"

But it's over now. She's dead, gone. All I have left to remember her by is the moments we shared. All that is left to live for is my revenge. And to think this all started, the meeting with the princess, the revelation of my scar, all this started with a chance meeting, three months ago.