this story is a team effort between the horrible leumas797 (yeah i don't like my work) and the awesome SamZelda (her work is awesome) i suggest you read hers and spare your eyes from the horrors i dare to post.

the legend of zelda belongs to the smart people who made it, duh. (i.e. not me)


The wind bashed itself against tower spires as the rain that came with it rolled down slopped tiles to drip off and saturate the grounds below. But here, just outside the massive door leading back inside, stood a hylian leaning against the wall next to him.

"Why *huff* are there *huff* so many *huff* stairs?" he asked the castle itself as if it would respond. His shadow began rippling and changing shape until it took the form of an imp girl, which appeared before him. "Come on Link, we need to save Zelda." Midna said floating in front of the exhausted man. Link just looked at her with a face of exhausted fury. "You didn't have to climb all those stairs or fight those darknuts." Midna let a giggle escape her lips before proceeding "but you're so good at it, I'd just get in the way" Link sighed, shrugged it off and walked to the base of the split staircase "left or right?" he mumbled to himself. "Left" Midna called from behind him. "right it is then" Link said before walking up the right stairs.

As they passed under the great archway at the top of the stairs Link's eyes began to wander, checking out every little detail he could as he marched towards the throne where Midna's eyes remained focused. "Welcome to my castle" a deep voice said from the throne. "Isn't it hers?" Link asked himself as he glanced up at Zelda's still form while Midna's gaze narrowed in on the dark skinned man sitting atop the throne "so you're… ganondorf." The man rose up from his seat, his grip firmly around a sheath that held a pure white blade.

Link took up a battle stance as Midna began to grin "I've been dying to meet you" she said through her clenched teeth. Ganondorf took a step away from his throne "Your people have long amused me, Midna. To defy the gods with such petty magic, onlyto be cast aside… How very pathetic" he declared. Raising a hand before him as if he were strangling an innocent, he continued

"Pathetic as they were, though, they served me well. Their anguish was my nourishment." Link, while remaining ready to fight, commented "you ate their suffering? Gross" Link's comment was ignored by ganondorf as he continued once more. "They hatred bled across the void and awakened me. I drew deep of it and grew strong again. Your people had some skill, to be sure…but they lacked true power." His gaze drifted from the duo as he turned to look skyward, at what was above the throne.

"The kind of absolute power that those chosen by the gods wield." He turned back to the pair and raised a gloved fist. "he who wields such power would make a suitable king for this world, don't you think?" Upon his fist the triforce shone but the pinnacle triangle shone brighter than the two nadir triforce of power. Link felt a tingle in his hand and when he checked the reason he noticed his hand had the same glowing mark as the man before him, except the triangle shining brightest on his hand was the left base triangle. The triforce of courage.

"you're right" Link responded calmly. Midna now shocked turned to her partner "what? Don't tell me you're joining him" she spat, Link continued calmly despite Midna's outburst and Ganondorf's surprise "someone who wields the power granted by the goddesses would make a suitable king, but he is not you." He paused to raise his own clenched fist to reveal light shining from it. "he is me" Midna began taking a battle stance of her own next to Link "If the king of this world will wield the chosen power then I will I risk everything to make sure it's not you." Ganondorf let out a deep chuckle that echoed around the almost empty throne room. "shadow has been moved by light, it seems… how amusing." He declared.

Then he began to use his goddess granted magic to turn himself into twilight particles that paused for a moment, a moment Midna used to put herself between Zelda's soulless form and the evil that would come for it. Then he rose up, passed Midna as if she weren't there and entered Zelda's form. Midna realising her plan had failed tried to use her ancestor's power to extract, the vile filth that is, ganondorf from Zelda's body. After a few seconds to no avail she placed a hand on Zelda's cheek in hopes the princess' body and soul would be reunited and ganondorf would be forced out. when Ganondorf's power had stretched out into every reach of Zelda's body her eyes shot open, but they were not the calm blue pools they once were they had turned a regal gold colour that lacked all emotion. Ganondorf seemingly oblivious to the fact he was currently a girl used his magic to force Midna away, which caused the imp to bounce along the blue carpet until she skidded to a stop under the archway entrance. Link, master sword in hand, ignored the danger that floated above him and ran after the twilight princess, only to be cut off from her by the all too familiar sight of a magic battle ring. He turned around when the dull thudding of Zelda's boots was loud enough to be right behind him, what he didn't expect was the royal family's ceremonial sword to be in her hand.

"Both of you faithless fools who would dare take up arms against the king of light and shadow…so you choose. And so you shall feel my wrath." As ganondorf finished he floated skyward, with Zelda's body, ready for battle.

He began floating around the throne room, out of range of Link's sword and dodging any arrows the young man sent at him. His first counter attack was to fly forth at Link, sword aimed at his heart. Link jumped out of the way in time to avoid the attack but was sent stumbling to the ground as he lost his balance. It was then ganondorf charged his second attack, a large triangle of holy power on the ground where Link had fallen to. Link scrambled to the nearest edge almost in time to avoid the attack completely, his foot had gotten burned through the holes in his left boot as his assailant released the energy from the ground.

Upon seeing this ganondorf charged a combination of both his attacks, charging the holy energy into a crackling ball of light in his sword. As he swung his sword to send the magic at Link his dress flew up with wind from the swing, after he had patted it back down he noticed Link had managed to evade the attack. He began to charge Link again; sure he would get him this time, and was surprised for a moment when he saw the boy stay where he was. Link just raised his hylian shield as ganondorf neared causing the sound of steel hitting steel to ring out, now a large scratch decorated his shield across where the hylian crest had been.

Ganondorf began charging his ball of light again when a voice coughed out something "Link, fight magic with magic" The young hylian gave the injured imp a nod before turning back to face his overpowered adversary. Ganondorf swung again, a little slower than last time, his dress staying down this time. As the ball flew towards him Link leapt forward with his shield at it, the magic ridding into the dent before being bounced off into one of the pillars behind ganondorf. "The imp was wrong kid." Ganondorf laughed in his usual masculine voice, which seemed very out of place coming from the mouth of the gorgeous princess of hyrule, Zelda.

Link growled at the man before him, louder than he ever had as a wolf. "sol power" Midna mumbled out. Link's hylian ears picking up what she said quite easily. Ganondorf hadn't heard her and began charging the magic floor triangle, then Link instead of running to the edge ran to the centre and plunged his sword into the light. His sword absorbed the power then began charging its own ball of magic which Link swung at ganondorf.

Ganondorf shocked at what had just happened was shocked again as the ball of magic collided with his stomach and began forcing him out of Zelda's body. Ganondorf began using all his power to keep his grasp on Zelda's body, which caused the magic wall to lower and let an injured Midna to join the fight. Out of her magic pocket she brought out the fused shadows which then connected with her helmet turning her into a giant hexapod. Now floating above Ganondorf's temporary form she sent two of her six arms to grab Zelda's body, place it on the throne and force ganondorf out of it. Ganondorf had been forced out of Zelda's body but instead of returning to his original form he turned into a giant boar/wolf thing.

He began charging Link but stumbled and skidded on his side when he was shot in the magic eye on his forehead, by an arrow from the hero's bow. Link ran around to the giant beast's stomach, where his weak point was, and left gasping for air as he ran past its head which was releasing foul air in the form of ragged breaths.

When he reached the belly of the beast he jumped up and dragged the sword down the glowing hole in the creature's torso, which it reacted to with a yelp, a roll over to its feet and running around the throne room smashing any pillars that got in its way. After smashing all the pillars in the throne room it disappeared into shards of shadow magic.

It was then eight red portals began flashing in front of the throne all aimed at Link. Finally one of the end ones turned blue and the great beast appeared charging Link, who calmly steadied his bow and let the arrow fly into the creature's skull causing it to skid to a halt at Link's feet. Then he ran around to it belly again and drove the sword into its stomach, causing it to writhe out in pain before shaking loose the sword and running again.

Except when it appeared this time something was different Link just knew it when the beast charged him, and his suspicions were proven correct when the beast teleported the moment the arrow would have penetrated its skull. Only to appear above Link but with the loss of the ability of transvection caused Link to be in a dangerous place. Between a rock, the stone floor, and a hard place, the giant creature above him. He managed to get out of the way of the falling beast only to realise which end he had escaped to, the creature was facing away from Link which should have been a good thing. It couldn't run him down, but Link was still knocked down when the beast started to run because when the animal began running it got a little extra propulsion. It farted at Link with such force the poor, smelly, hero was knocked down.

"Midna, I got an idea." The imp appeared before Link "yeah" "sacred beast versus giant foul beast." Link explained as he dived out of the way of the charging thing. "are you sure?" Link gave a quick nod as he studied the portals that shimmered around him, then everything went black and he felt himself lose his balance and topple forward to his hands and knees, his blood now racing through his veins, something tight squeezed around his wrist, until his wrist sprouted fur that pushed the shackle away slightly as his hands turned to paws, his clothes dematerialising and were replaced by fur that grew as fast as his clothes left, his tail bone began to stretch backwards until it took the shape of a tail which then covered itself in fur. Finally as the portal in front of him turned blue he felt a weight plop onto his back.

He became his other self just in time to see Ganondorf's beast form erupt from the portal, his now humungous form towering above Link's current height, his weight shaking the very ground Link's paws stood on, but he stood firm even as the beast was mere moments away from crushing him like a bug. But he was not crushed Midna's laboured breaths told him why, his imp companion had caught the giant with her glowing hair and was trying to tip him onto his side but really struggling until her wolf began to help by pushing forward and leaning to the right. Gannon's claws finding no grip in the cold castle floor tipped onto his left side then link ran around to his belly, making sure to hold his breath as he passed the thing's head.

He dived onto its shining wound and began to bite again and again with his fangs while next to him Midna's hair threw punch after punch at the beast ensuring it stay on its side. Eventually it'd had enough and raised itself onto its rear legs writhing out in pain as it did so until it lost its balance and collapsed before the imp and the wolf who had brought him down.

His carcass lay immobile before the two as Link began to shift back to being hylian. First his clothes coated him then his fur started to recede, his bone began to snap out and back into place until he stood there a man once more, imp at his side. The giant corpse began to glow with the black and gold energy seeping out of him, as the two heroes watched the shorter of the two began to glow a perfect white that flew out of her in tiny specks that gathered within the princess of light. Her cerulean eyes opening for the first time of this battle, so much prettier than the heartless gold eyes that took their place earlier.

"pr-princess… I… I…" Midna tried to stammer out only to be cut off "say nothing, Midna… Your heart and mine were as one, however briefly…such suffering you have endured…" Zelda then took a step towards Link, her dress swaying in the victory breeze that flowed through the archway but a foul stench rolled with it, the stench of evil. Ganondorf's energy took the form of a giant version of his head, which now floated at the bottom of the stairs to the throne.

Link and Zelda each took a step back, Link ensuring the Princess was behind him. While Midna merely brought out her artefacts again, just before the fused shadows merged together she gave Link a smile before warping him and Zelda out into hyrule field north of kakriko. Link reached out to stop Midna, to fight alongside her but was warped away as the moment his hand was inches from her smiling form. Midna then turned to the giant floating head to get her personal revenge for what this vile, power filled creature, did to her and her people.

The moment the shadows fused around her imp form she began her change, new Limbs ripping out of her lower abdomen, her hair merging into one long tentacle and turning gold just like the rest of her form. The fused shadows growing with her to her new size. She floated up in front of the triforce symbol above the throne and one of her tentacles reaching to grab the, in proportion to her current size, massive spear. Wielding it with two tentacles wrapped around its centre she plunged it into the face as it growled at her.

Link and Zelda took a moment to take in their current surroundings, after being warped out of the battle. Zelda's braid whipping left and right as she swung her head around to take in where she was, while Link ran from her side after his green sock hat which had been blown off by the wind. When he finally caught up to it Zelda was quite a length from his side so as he began to walk back to his princess they both heard a great rumbling in the distance followed by magical lightning and a great cloud of smoke filled with debris from the exploded castle. Cloaked in smoke out rode Ganondorf on his tainted black stallion, Stagnor, who was covered in almost as much as armour as his ridder.

Rearing his equestrian mount back ganondorf raised his trophy from his last fight, Midna's helmet, crushing it within his grasp as if it were nothing more than a fallen leaf. Raising his stolen sword high he began his mounted charge at the Hylian princess before him. His horse's eyes shone blood red revealing no emotion, just like the ghost soldiers ganondorf had summoned to accompany his fight. Link ran forward to protect his princess from the charging force of cavalry, only to trip over a loose rock and fall at her feet. She kneeled down next to him, seemingly oblivious to the charging danger, and continued her plea to the light spirits that protected her world.

"spirits of light! Wielders of the great power that shines far and wide upon our land in my hour of need, grant me the light to banish evil." As she grabbed the hero's wrist she finished her plea and the pair were sent to an endless pool of gold tinted water, in the distance a wolf howling the all the sword skill songs could be heard. Link's ears pricked up to hear the faint howling of the songs, the minuet of the forest-the bolero of fire-the serenade of water-the prelude of light-the nocturne of shadow-the requiem of spirit-finishing with the ballad of twilight, the last one forcing him to hold back the tears for his lost friend.

While Link listened Zelda waited hands open for the four balls of the province protector's light to come together within them giving her the light she needed. Light arrows, but no bow. After placing the arrows in a quiver strapped to her back, which appeared there when she received the light arrows, she turned to face Link.

"Link…chosen hero! Lend us the last of your power!" Zelda requested with a bow to the goat herder. Link, extended a gloved hand to princess who raised her head and took his hand with a smile. With a flash of light they were back in hyrule field now atop epona, who had run from the bath ilia was giving her in kakriko when she sensed her master in danger.

Link in the saddle, Zelda sitting on epona's rump. "I'll try to slow ganondorf with my light arrows! Just keep him within range of my arrows" Link looked over his shoulder and noted something she didn't. "You don't have a bow." Link stated before kicking epona's sides to get her moving away from Ganondorf's charging army.

As Link steered epona after Ganondorf and Stagnor, Zelda noticed something poking out from under Link's metal shield. It was a wooden bow, the hero's bow. She yanked it out from under the shield and began to draw back one of her arrows, when the bow was at full stretch it golden light began to seep out of the arrow along the frame of the bow, changing the bow until it, resembled the bow of light from legends and, matched the arrows Zelda had.

As Epona, Link and Zelda neared Ganondorf's fleeing form Zelda let arrow fly, it hit Stagnor in the rump but the energy flowed through the steeds from and into its ridder causing him to scream out in pain, lose the concentration he needed to keep his ghost riders covering his flank and to slow down as to not lose his grip on his mount's reins giving Link time to catch up and ride alongside his archenemy.

Their swords clashed, neither having an advantage over the other due to having opposing sword arms. Link's right arm was beginning to tire and both Zelda and Ganondorf could see it, a smirk came across Ganondorf's face as he was sure he would finally be rid of this boy. Zelda had other plans, there wasn't enough room for her to draw an arrow and fire it but she could still get to her quiver so she reached over her shoulder and pulled out an arrow, gripping it tighter in one hand and throwing an arm around Link's waist to keep herself from falling as the two warriors commanded their horses to jump over a very low lying wall. Link's focus remained on forcing Ganondorf to give up but still a blush crept over his face as Zelda clung to him.

Ganondorf threw back his head in a chuckle while still keeping the weight of his sword upon his foe's own blade, he found out that was a mistake as Zelda drove her light arrow into his glowing chest. Seeing an opportunity arise as his opponent tried to drag the arrow out of his chest, only succeeding to burn himself thanks to the darkness that made up his soul, Link pushed Ganondorf's sword off his own and made a strike for his opponent's leg. Ganondorf saw the attack and turned his horse to make the shot miss, but it didn't miss its target for Link's target was not the ridder's leg but the mount's gut. Causing the demon beast to trip over its own legs in pain and skid off into the distance on its side, ridder still within his saddle was pushed along with it. When man and beast came to a halt Ganondorf punched the beast off his downed form and ran back to the hero and the princess.

The hero had dismounted and was staring down at one of the skulls that littered the ground, while Zelda remained in on horseback and was whispering something to epona. Ganondorf thought he should finish Link first so his skull may join the others that laid all over the place here. So when he was close enough he erected a magic wall to keep Zelda and Epona from interfering with his duel.

It was then Ganondorf noticed that his foe was not wearing the green garb he had through the rest of the battle but now a majestic suit of king's armour. "an impressive looking blade. But nothing more. Would you hear my desire?" Link just took up a battle stance. "To take this foul blade…" Ganondorf proclaimed as he drew the executioner's sword still coated in his blood. "and use it to blot out the light forever!" He yelled the last part as he charged Link, sword in both hands he brought it down upon the young man who raised his sword and shield to catch it and force Ganondorf back.

But without struggle it was not. No matter how hard Link pushed Ganondorf just stood his ground. Link took a chance and kicked against Ganondorf's breastplate, resulting in a sore foot and an amused demon thief. "Was that meant to hurt?" Ganondorf questioned when his laughter died down. Link ignored him and went for a strike against Ganondorf's right arm, leaving only a scratch in the larger man's armour. "Please just stop trying. You're embarrassing yourself in front of the princess, or is she Zelda to you?" at this remark Link launched at the man with his shield being propelled before all else, too which Ganondorf just raised his sword with a sigh.

What he wasn't expecting was for Link to flip over him, and somehow the kid's hat stayed on his head through the flip, when he landed the red hat drifted to rest against the boy's back once more while he sent his sword at Ganondorf's neck pausing only to ask "any last words" at which ganondorf just laughed and leaned a little away from the blade "no, you?" Link just looked surprised as he sent his sacred blade towards the larger man's neck only to be knocked off balance by a leg smashing into his right thigh. His grip on the purple hilt loosened due to the shock he was suffering, and the master sword was sent spinning off towards the golden barrier's edge near Zelda and Epona. Link raised his metal hylian shield against the sword that fell at him, the weight and magic of the executioner's bladebeginning to cut through the, mortal forged, steel defence. Link thrust upwards to try and get the blade off his downed form's only protection. And it actually worked Ganondorf stopped trying to slice through the shield and instead trod on it crushing the boy beneath him.

As the last of Link's life was about to be forced out of him Ganondorf was hit right on the pinnacle of his skull by an arrow. The arrow couldn't penetrate his skull thanks to his hair being tied back in such a way that it was strengthened against such attacks but was caught off guard causing him to look for the source of interference and give Link a chance to get out from the death trap he was in. When ganondorf spotted Zelda standing tall atop Epona's back his eyes were drawn to the clanking sound that was running in that direction. Link had gotten out from under the shield and was running for his sword. Ganondorf had to stop him, so he charged sword in both hands ran straight for Link who turned to face the charging figure. Ganondorf expected Link to use the same sword clash strategy from before so he countered that idea by readying a swing for Link's legs. But the attack was never made as he neared Link; the boy had raised his sword and thrust it into his foe's glowing stomach.

Ganondorf managed to keep his balance, barely, and proclaimed "do not think this ends here." He raised his gloved hand "so long as I have the power I am invincible!" He yelled out only to realise his triforce had stopped glowing it had grown dark. "the history of light and shadow will be written in blood" At this Link placed his hands on Ganondorf's shoulders "yeah yours" he said as he shoved the giant of a man backwards. He hit the dirt with a resounding thud. He was alive but only just, it was then Zant could be seen on the opposite side of the ring to Zelda. He bent his own head to the side causing the sound of Ganondorf's neck breaking to echo as the ring fell.

Zant disappeared, Zelda ran to Link's side and Link stared off into the distance. When Zelda made it to Link's side she saw what he was staring at. He glanced at her and she gave a small nod. He ran up the hill away from one princess to another. Midna was cradling the fused shadow Ganondorf broke, seemingly unaware that the four light spirits had surrounded her.

When Link got closer he had to shield his eyes from the light, but when he could see again Midna was gone and in her place was a black cloak covered in twili symbols covering someone. When the cloaked figure stood up she turned to face Link and made a gesture for Zelda to join them. When she noticed Link's stare she just had to comment "what, say something or am I too beautiful for words?" At that Link knew that even though her shape had changed she hadn't. This was Midna.

"How nice of you to join us princess, hope it wasn't an inconvenience to you." Midna said as Zelda arrived. "I could say the same about you." Midna turned to Link "we'll meet you in the mirror chamber, ok?" Link just nodded and prepared for the transformation that never came. He remained hylian all the way to the crumbling coliseum, where he waited for the girls to join him.

Meanwhile back in hyrule field: "don't think I didn't see what you did" Midna barked at Zelda. "hey! We thought you were dead. We agreed he was finder's keepers unless the finder dies. So there." Zelda finished by poking out her tongue. "Let's worry about this later Link's waiting." Midna said before warping herself and Zelda to where she sent Link earlier.

Upon their arrival they couldn't see Link he was gone. "Where is that idiot now?" Midna asked herself aloud. "Over there" Zelda said pointing to the red fabric sticking out from behind the large slab of obsidian. "Link, get over here." Midna yelled at the somewhat hidden boy. At this remark he poked his head out from behind the stone. "Hi girls" he said.

Grinning as he walked over to them. Midna ignored him and floated up to the base of the light stairs leaving the other two to walk around to the stairs up to the mirror. When they reached the mirror, the chamber was named because of, Midna ran up the light stairs.

"Link, I" "Midna, don't say a word. I'm coming with you." Zelda looks at Link as he proceeds to pass the mirror and walk towards the light stairs. "But Link what about your friends and all of hyrule? Won't they need you?" Zelda walks up and places a firm hand on Link's shoulder. "Midna, Link is a hero of both our realms. He has helped all the tribes here when he was helping you. But the only place in your realm he went through was the palace. You need him." Link turns to face Midna once more "and my sword still has the power of the sols in it. And only I can wield it." Midna finally admits defeat "fine, get through the portal." Link ran up the stairs gave Midna a quick hug shot Zelda a smile and turned to black shards as he teleported to the twilight realm.

"He's mine now princess" Midna's taunt lost meaning as she shed a tear. Zelda looked really confused now "what do you mean yours?" Midna looked up from the tear in her palm to give Zelda one final impish giggle before pushing the tear away from her and towards the mirror. "This" the moment the tear penetrated the heart of the mirror she started dissolving into particles, as small as grains of sand, of white magic which floated through the shrinking portal on the massive slab of obsidian. As soon as the last grain of white magic disappeared into the portal it closed, leaving Zelda in the amphitheatre alone.

Zelda just stood next to the mirror frame staring at the place where the scene had just unfolded; the realisation of what just happened took a bit to sink in. Midna, twilight princess, had just stolen her hero in such a way it would be impossible to get him back. "But he's our hero" Zelda whispered to herself in the empty chamber "he did seem rather eager to go but he was my hero to" Zelda finished, and began to walk through the arbiter's grounds alone. She was alone. Link had left her willingly and was now forced to stay away forever.

In the realm of shadows: Link had been teleported to the circle as usual but because Midna hadn't arrived straight after him he decided to try and communicate with the natural twili, to no avail.

"Hey there, how are you?" the stout twili looked up at him with pleading eyes "uuuhuuhhuhh" Link was just confused by the language the twili spoke "do you speak hylian?" the twili shook its head "can you understand me?" this time the twili nodded. "are you a boy or a girl?" Link asked with no shame. "nntnt" "what? I don't speak twili, sorry" the shorter of the two pointed their finger up at the figure before them and then back at itself. "You're a boy?" Link asked to check his suspicions, the twili gave a sharp nod in response. he then began to bow "you don't need to do that for me" Link stated when he saw what the twili was doing. The twili continued to bow even after Link yelped out in surprise as Midna grabbed his shoulders. "come on Link I'll show you where you'll be sleeping" she said and began dragging the hero up towards the palace and away from the handful of bowing twill.

"I guess we have a new king" one twili said to the twili that Link had spoken with "you think Princess Midna would go for a light dweller?" "I don't know I guess we will find out" with that they turned to the sound of the hylain's rapid words.

"Midna, I can't go into shadow crystals. You know what they do to me" Link stated as they came up to the waterfall of shadow particles. "just hold onto me and you'll be fine" Midna replied rather calmly as she began walking towards the waterfall. Just before she stepped into the shadow falls she turned and extended a hand out to Link, who instead of taking her hand leapt at her and threw his arms around her waist, causing her to blush

"Link? What are you doing?" He looked up from his position and mumbled "holding onto you" a few twili sniggers could be heard from down the slope. "I meant grab my hand so I could pull you through not cling onto what little clothes I have on." Link just continued to stare up at the princess except now he was using his adorable puppy eyes. "Fine, just hold on tight." Midna sighed, she could never say no to those puppy dog eyes of his.

She began walking into the shadow falls, Link gripping tighter than before, stopped in the middle to point out "you're not turning into a wolf" Link, hands not leaving Midna's hips, opened his hylian eyes to see if she spoke the truth. "You're right" "aren't I always?" Midna cut off. Link just rolled his eyes before shoving his head against her cloak. Midna glared down at the half canine on her waist before crossing the gap they floated over.

They had reached the door before she spoke to her wolf again. "Link" He just shook his head causing her cloak to sway, which in turn made it swing over Link's head. "Hey Midna, why is it so dark?" Midna glanced down and saw a lump under her cloak. "GET OFF ME" she screamed as she pushed Link off her. Link crashed onto the stone beneath them. "Was it this cold before?" he asked Midna as she made to enter her palace. She turned around to see her light dwelling companion sitting on the ground except he was missing his trademark hero's tunic.

"You'rehalf-dressed moron." She stated blankly. "ok, very funny where's my tunic?" Instead of looking for it with him she just stared down at him. right now there were two things she wouldn't tell him. 1. She had his tunic stashed behind her under her cloak. 2. how he looked. his muscles, usually veiled under his tunic, were now glowing in the sol light from the master sword, his hair dangling where ever that annoying hat of his would let it, the sight just made her heart flutter. She had only seen him like this once before and even then she could only see him from his shadow as he sumo wrestled the fat guy in Ordon. She wasn't going to pass up this sight so easily.

"Come on, we'll get you a cloak from your room." Midna said extending a hand to the hero crawling around looking for his tunic. "but that tunic has all my stuff in it." he whined. "I'll send some servants to find it. you can't stay out here like that." She made a gesture towards his state of half nudity. He caved. "fine." He said grabbing her hand to help him of the black walkway.

"but, I gotta know something." He stared Midna directly in her crimson coloured eyes as he asked. "why don't you want me out here," he made a gesture towards his uncovered torso, "like this? Worried the girls will swoon?" he gave a chuckle to his own remark. Her gaze dropped from his. "n-no, its just…" Midna mumbled out. "its what, Mid?" her gaze shoot back up to his. "get your ass inside or you can sleep with the shadow kagarocs" "as fun as they sound, I haven't tried a twili bed yet. So my ass will get inside." He said as he brushed past Midna.

"hey, how do I open these doors?" he asked when he reached the black door with a green ring in the centre. "like this" Midna grumbled as she tapped the centre of the green ring causing lines to stretch out from the circle towards the edges of the door. "oh, yeah. I knew that." He proclaimed as he walked through. "Sure you did" she called after him.

She led the hero down the corridor into a grand hall. "Servants quarters are down there; kitchen is that way and so is the dining hall and the gardens are down that corridor." She told the newcomer as she pointed to each door on the left side of the room. Link began making a move towards the door she said led to the servant's quarters. He was stopped by a hand on his shoulder.

"Where do you think you're going?" Midna questioned. "to my room, duh." Link explained. As the hand's grip on his shoulder tightened he turned around. "What makes you think you're sleeping with the servants?" Midna asked seemingly innocent. "Remember when you warped us to Ordon spring after we saw Zelda, you said I was your servant. Doesn't that still stand?" Midna began dragging the wolf-boy with her to the closest door on the right side. "You're here to help my land, I need you well rested and the best beds are reserved for guests from neighbouring lands." Link, after shrugging off her hand, dons a look of confusion.

"But I'm not from a neighbouring land, so why should I get a..." Midna rolled her eyes as she cut him off. "You're from another realm that is a neighbour to ours. Neighbouring realms and neighbouring lands aren't that different." She explained. He just gave a short nod and followed her down a long narrow corridor.

The walls were lined with portraits of ex-leaders. All the men seemed to have short golden hair while their wives stood over them flaming hair tied down. Midna led him all the way to the end of the hallway and opened a door on the left. Link noticed a portrait on the wall across from the door; this one had a woman but no man with her. She seemed familiar. Midna was already in the room waiting for Link to enter, her foot tapping steadily.

"Hey Midna, whose that picture of?" Link asked pointing a thumb over his shoulder. "you don't recognise her?" Midna replied. "She seems familiar but I can't put my finger on it. who is she?" "She's…" "Princess?Princess Midna? Where are you?" A voice called out from the corridor. "in here, Dira." Midna called back.

"You know how to sleep in a bed right?" Midna asked her light dwelling guest. "Yeah" "it's just you slept on the ground most of our journey and when we went to your house I couldn't see one." Just then a short woman ran through the door. "There you are princes, we need you in the.. oh I didn't realise you were entertaining' our guest." She said with a wink to the royal before her. "'I AM NOT" instead of finishing her rant she coughed "let's go Dira." Midna said as she put a hand on Dira's back to force her out. "bye Mr hero" Dira called over her shoulder. Link turned to the bed. "That's big enough for three people" he explained before leaping into green covers.


next chapter will be written by my friend SamZelda. any complaints are to be dealt with by me. any compliments are to go to SamZelda. this chapter is probably going to be longer than the standard chapter because of the fight, so i apologise. now i'm gone. see ya later.