Somewhere in the woods south of Ordon, a Twilight portal opened. A small impish figure fell out of it, crashed through the branches of a tree, and fell on a pile of soft pine needles beneath a tree. The lost little imp got up, and looked around. These woods were not familiar to it. It picked a direction, and starting walking down it. The imp was in pretty rough shape, with cuts and bruises covering it's body. Most of the cuts were from falling through the pine tree, though the bruises were obtained before it fell out of the sky.
Then it heard something. Very faint, far away, it sounded like someone singing. A rather annoying tune though. The imp quickly climbed a tree and stayed hidden, observing the singer.
It looked human, but it had rounded ears, and dressed quite differently. The human wore blue pants, and a black shirt. The song it was singing made the imp want to kill something. "I'm a' walkin' on sunshine... whoa ho ho!" The imp plucked a pine cone from the tree, and took aim.
Spencer felt something bounce of the back of his head. He looked around, and saw a pine cone lying on the ground. He decided to keep walking and singing. "Time to feel good- ow!" This time another pine cone hit him in the eye, with considerably more force. "Hey, Skullkid! I know you're out there! Just wait until I get my hands on you!" He kept walking, and noticed that he couldn't hear the tune the Skullkid always played. It must have been a monkey. He thought he saw something orange in a tree in the corner of his eye, but when he turned his head to look, it was gone. "Ah well, I guess I should stop singing then."
The imp hid in the shadow of the tree, almost seen by the human. It spotted a certain symbol on his shirt, one that meant a great deal to the imp. It was three golden triangles formed to make one big triangle, the same symbol worn by the one the imp seeked. The imp decided to follow the human.
Spencer eventually reached his small cabin, where he and Link had lived for five years. Spencer had to do a lot of work around here at first, because Link was still grieving about Midna. But eventually, the pain faded, but it never went away completely. Spencer opened the door with a key, then walked inside.
There was one large living room which the front door led into, and 2 doors that led into bedrooms. There was a single window in the side of the room, an old sofa was against the wall under the window, and an old knee-high wooden table sat in front of it. There was a couple Hylian shields hanging on the wall, Link and Spencer just grab one off the wall on their way out to traveling. They were sure to have used each other's shields at least once. Spencer walked over to the cupboard across the room from the sofa, grabbed some bread and cheese, and sat down on the sofa, remembering how five years ago he would just slice up the bread and put in a toaster, followed my cheese slices.
After he was done, he decided to crawl into bed. Link had already gone to bed, and it was getting dark anyway. He put away the slices of cheese and bread he had not eaten back in the cupboard, then went off to bed.
The imp had watched him go inside, and decided to follow once it was night, so their would be plenty of shadows to hide in. Once it was dark, the imp made it's way over to the single window.
SMASH Spencer was woken up at the sound of glass breaking. He got up and walked into the living room. There was a broken window, as he thought. But what was more concerning was the small specks of blood on the shards of glass. The culprit must have cut themselves when coming in. That meant him and Link were not alone. Spencer walked over to Link's bedroom door and knocked on it. "Hey, I think we may have to deal with a monkey. One broke the window, and I think it made it's way in." Spencer said. "Alright, alright, I'm coming." Link replied from the other side of the door. In a moment he opened the door and walked into the living room, and observed the glass shards.
The imp gasped, while hidden in the shadows. That foolish human was living with Link?
Link heard a small gasp come from the couch's shadow. 'It couldn't be...' "Hey Spencer," Link said, "Pass me a lantern will you?" "Ok, just a moment." Spencer walked into his room and brought out a lantern, not lit. He handed it to Link. "Watch this." Link said. He placed it in the middle of the shadow, and lit it.
The imp gasped as it's hiding place was destroyed, and it was thrown out of it's shadow form.
"Midna!?" Link exclaimed. Spencer had jumped back a little, startled at what had just happened. "Hey, I recognize you, you're Midna!" Spencer said. "How do you know that?" she asked. "Well, it's quite a long story. I'm sure Link can tell you. Right now I'm going back to bed. I'm sure you to have some catching up to do." He walked into his room. leaving Link and Midna alone. "This isn't exactly how I planned to meet you..." Midna sheepishly began. "Don't worry about it." Link said. He didn't show it, but he was overwhelmed with happiness. Midna had returned! She was in her imp form, but that didn't matter. "By the way, why are you an imp? I thought the curse was broken." Link asked. "Well, it's a long story." She said, "How about you tell me how you came to live here with him?" "Alright, fine." Link said. He recounted the events since she shed the tear five years ago. "Ah, I thought I recognized him. He was that human that jumped into Zelda, huh? Sounds like he was pretty desperate to stop me." Midna said. Link had dressed her foot while he was telling the story, because she had the cut from the glass, and it was kind of deep. "You sure you're gonna be alright?" He asked. "Yeah sure," Midna said, "Twili heal quicker than humans."
"I say we get some sleep before you start telling your story." Link said. "Where am I going to sleep?" Asked Midna. She looked at the glass shards on the couch. "I have an armchair in my room. Come on." Link said. He led Midna to his room, and set her on the armchair. It was really soft. "You can sleep there until me and Spencer set up a real bed for you." He said. "Thanks, Link." Midna said this as she jumped up and hugged him. "I missed you too, Midna." Link said. He set her back on the chair and crawled into bed. "Goodnight, Link." Midna whispered.
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When Link woke up, he found Midna curled up in the armchair, apparently she had conjured up her helmet from her invisible storage space and placed it beside the chair. He walked into the living room to find Spencer cooking bacon over a fire. "Thanks, Spencer." Link said. "Nothing to it, I though Midna's first breakfast here should be a good one, and you got the pig yesterday anyway." Spencer said. A thought occurred to him. "Do you think Twili even eat? Did you see Midna ever eat on your adventure?" "I don't know." Link replied. "Well, either our talking or the smell of bacon is going to wake her up soon, so I'm going to go see if I can't find some eggs." Link walked over to the cupboards and tried looking for some eggs. He found them, but they had gone bad. "Phew, what's that smell?" Spencer asked. He hadn't turned around. "Our eggs have gone bad. I'll go dispose of them outside." When Link came back, Spencer said, "I remember back in my world, we had these things called refrigerators. They would keep anything cold, and eggs could last quite a while." "Your world was quite convenient. Why did you leave?" Link asked. "Well, I didn't do it on purpose. I can't imagine how stupid I must have been to follow the odd man into his building. Though I hardly regret it, seeing where I ended up." Spencer said. "Hey, come to think of it," Link said, "where is that weapon of yours? The enhanced crossbow thing?" "Well, to start, it's called a gun." Spencer said, "and It's in my bedroom. I don't use it much ever since I got good with a bow and arrow."
"A goof like you with a bow and arrow? Don't you think that's dangerous?" Spencer turned around to see Midna stretching and leaning on the Door frame. "Food smells nice." She walked over to the fire to join Link and Spencer. 'The person I really wanted to meet, and she's already insulting me. Figures.'
"Had a good sleep?" Link asked. "Yes, best I've had in a while. Thanks." Midna said. Thinking the Bacon was cooked enough, Spencer walked over to the counter and prepared dishes of Bacon and sliced bread. He walked over with two plates in his hands, gave them to Link and Midna, then got his own. "Can I ask you a question, Midna?" Spencer asked. She turned to look at him. "You just did." "I meant to ask you how did you come back to the Light world, in the imp form, no less." Spencer said. She slapped him. "Hey, I didn't mean the imp part as an insult! I actually prefer it-" She slapped him again. "I'll just shut up now." Spencer said. "Well, I'm interested. How did you come back to the Light world?" Link asked. "Well, since you asked so nicely..." Midna said. She looked at Link. Spencer could tell they had something going on between them.
"It started about six months ago. There were rumors that a group of people had been practicing Necromancy. This didn't concern me, but another rumor did. They said that a group of people calling themselves the "Saviors of the King" had been collecting the bits of Zant strewn about the Old Palace, and were going ot try to resurrect him. After about 4 months of searching and tracking, we found the group's base. I, and about 10 soldiers stormed the place, and found it was deserted by all but one member, claiming to be the leader. After his capture, he spat several threats at me, including "Your rule will end in but 60 days!" and "Our Kings magic will banish you forever!" I obviously just took these as empty threats, and 2 months later an army of shadow beasts attacked the New Palace. They killed everyone inside, except me. I fought, killed a few shadow beasts, but in the end I was captured, and taken to the Old Palace. And guess who is there, out of all people! Zant! Sure enough, with a giant hole through him, but he turned me back into my imp form, then through in a portal. Just so happens the receiving end of that portal a little east from here. I was wandering around when I heard dingbat here" She looked at Spencer, "Singing along like he'd had glass shot into his head!" "Funny story, actually-" Spencer began, but Midna cut him off. "Not important. Anyway, that's how I came to be here without any way back."
"What do you plan to do?" Link asked. "I don't know. With the mirror destroyed there is no way back. I guess I'm stranded. The Twili will have to come up with their own Hero I suppose." Link also didn't show it, but part of him was happy there was no way for her to leave. "So what do you suggest we do?" Link asked. "Well" Spencer said, "we could travel Hyrule, visit Zelda, and look for villains to beat up." "I'm surprised you to haven't done that already, these past five years." Midna said. Spencer was about to say why they didn't live in Hyrule, but Link gave him a look. The kind of look that says 'Tell her and you die.', so Spencer kept his mouth shut. "We've been busy." Link said, "There's a lot of Land to explore south of Hyrule. Though visiting Zelda doesn't sound like a bad idea. You think you could warp us there, Midna?" "Actually, since the mirror is broken, all the warps closed shut. Looks like we'll have to travel like normal people for once." She grinned at Link. She then produced the Black gem that she used to use to make Link a wolf. "Or maybe not." Link frowned.
The transformation to and from a wolf was painful, or really discomforting at best. "Hey, he can't turn back if he touches that." Spencer pointed out, "He put the Master Sword back in the Sacred Grove." "Well, what did you do that for, silly?" Midna asked Link, disappointed.
"I'll pack up our stuff, then we can be on our way out." Spencer said. In half an hour he had Link's Ordon sword, his Hylian sword, the Hylian shields, and all the other equipment required for traveling. "This is going to be hard to carry." Link said. "Never mind that," Midna said, "Here." She picked up everything but the swords and shields and put them in her invisible storage space. "We're gonna need more protective clothing." Link said. "I'll go get my Tunic, Spencer, you go get whatever you can."
"Alright, I'll be back!" Spencer said, and then he dashed into his room and shut the door. A few minutes later, he came out and Link was already back in the living room. "Well, how do I look?" Spencer asked. "What are you doing in those?" Link asked. Spencer was wearing a near-perfect replica of Link's tunic, complete with goofy hat. "We can't have people mistaking you for the Hero of Hyrule! Go get back in those other clothes, and put on the chain mail underneath." Midna scolded him. Spencer sulked off to his room to get back into his old clothing. "What exactly did he mean when he said that getting hit in the head with glass was a funny story?" Midna asked Link. "Well, If I remember correctly, a shard of the mirror flew into his head when it exploded." Link said. "Oh, I'm responsible for that? I have to remember to say sorry sometime." Midna said.
