Hey there! This is the first chapter of what happens after the battle with Ganondorf. Yes, Midna leaves but she comes back! I've always loved these two as a couple so don't worry they will be, and I promise to make it have a happy ending! That is if you guys think I should continue with it.

This is my first fanfic! Please be honest yet gentle, I would like to see what you guys think,

-Lilly

To say that link found Midna beautiful in her true form was an understatement. He had realized he was falling for her ever since-well he didn't really know. It had come on so gradually over the course of the year they spent travelling, that he couldn't place a date or time on when he began to care deeply for her. But that didn't really matter. He had fallen for her, that's all he knew. Her laugh, her strength, her wit and humour…her beauty. Everything about her he admired, even loved. The fact that at the time she was an imp hadn't bothered him in the slightest, but he knew Midna hated what she looked like. Every time he had tried to reassure her that she wasn't the ugly monster she saw herself as she'd wave his comments away, not trusting even him to look at her and see sincere beauty. Perhaps that's what changed when she became her true self. Midna could finally see herself as beautiful and accept people telling her so. Link planned on doing most of that complimenting.

So when Midna stood before him as the slender, fiery-haired young woman he felt a new hope bloom in his chest that maybe, just maybe, he could find a way to make her see him the way he saw her. For many months he thought often of their first conversation after the battle with Ganondorf was over.

Link had watched the Light Spirits return her on top of the hill, right after he thought he had lost her forever. He'd sprinted up the slope to reach her, overjoyed that she was still with him. He couldn't help but stop in his tracks when she stood up as her true self.

She had turned around slowly to look at him nervously. "What?" she smiled. "Say something."

But link couldn't help but stare openly at her. He opened his mouth once then closed it, unsure how to tell her exactly how beautiful she was. She was slightly taller than he was, slim but strong. She had red irises in large, cat-like eyes with thick black lashes. Her hair was a vibrant orange, long and it framed her face. Her robe revealed her stomach and most of her legs. Her skin had a pale blue tint to it.

"Link?"

So he shook his head slightly then said softly to her, "You look beautiful." Then he bowed slowly, never taking his eyes away from hers, "Twilight Princess," he murmured.

Her cheeks turned a slightly darker blue as she averted her eyes with a small smile. "Am I so beautiful that you've no words left? That's a first," she teased.

He grinned widely at her. He couldn't help it! Midna was alive, and she was herself. The same cheeky, sarcastic, and lovable Midna. His smile turned mischievous. She frowned at him and asked suspiciously, "What?"

For an answer he tackled her to the ground in a huge hug, letting the happiness that she was alive show in his laughter. She joined him in both the hug and the laughing. She to was very happy to see him again, she hadn't wanted to lose her brave wolf. Not now, not ever.

Suddenly Midna stopped laughing and smacked his shoulder. "Hey! Don't ever call me Twilight Princess! I'm Midna to you!" she said menacingly. Link gave her a look of fake remorse, "Yes, your Majesty. Sorry, your Majesty."

She snorted, "You're impossible!" and sat up. He stayed lying beside her admiring the way the setting sun illuminated her face. Her eyelashes cast long shadows down her cheeks. She stared into the fading light, and as it got darker on the hilltop Link realized that she looked sad, almost heartbroken. She missed her home in the Twilight Realm.

And how could he blame her? He would miss his home if he had been stuck like Midna, on the wrong side of the veil. In fact he had been trapped in the Twilight Realm, and he had missed the sunlight and warmth with all of his being. Her world was always in shadows, everything varying shades of grey, and that was how she liked it. Link accepted with a heavy heart that he could never ask her to stay. Not only was she the ruler of her Realm but she would be unhappy. The only glimpses of Twilight she could catch would be at sunset, when the world was suspended for the of tiniest moments between light and dark, and then it would be gone.

Link sat up slowly. He rested his forearms on his knees and gazed gently at her. He would miss her terribly when she left, and he knew there was nothing he could do to change that she would. He considered telling her all about how he was forever in her debt for all her help on his quest, for giving him a friend on a dark and scary path, for making him laugh, but he didn't. Midna wasn't fond of heartfelt confessions, she didn't like anyone seeing how touched she was.

Knowing this he simply took her hand and whispered, "I'll miss you, Midna."