The two figures appeared in a spring that glowed beautifully in the sunlight. Link was stunned momentarily by the bright light.

"Oh, I forgot to mention something. Though you left the darkened realm, you haven't transformed into your former self. Except Caitlin that is. I bet you're wondering why? See you later" Midna's disembodied giggle echoed through the spring.

Link looked around to try to find where Midna had gone only to find a young woman laying on the edge of the spring. He walked towards the person and saw that she had auburn hair that went to the middle of her back, pale skin, and was out cold. She wore a light green shirt that had a clover on it and writing he had never seen before for a moment he gawked at her chest. Her breasts were as large as Sera's. She also wore dark green shorts that went to her knees. On her feet were a pair of worn brown sandals. He looked at her face again and noticed her ear, it was round. Link stood a little closer to see it better. "Yeah, definitely round. I've never seen someone with round ears before."

He nuzzled the woman to wake her and was pleased when she stirred. Then he remembered that he was a wolf, and that maybe Caitlin wasn't this woman.

Caitlin groaned in displeasure, but sat up and held her head with her hand. She blinked. Caitlin held her hand in front of her and examined it, "I'm human...how?"

Upon closer inspection, she saw that on her wrist was what looked like a tattoo of a shackle and chain. She was interrupted from her musings when a furry head nuzzled her arm. Caitlin turned to see Link, still as a wolf.

"Link?"

The wolf barked and rubbed its head under her chin and began to lick her. She giggled a bit and lightly shoved him off, "Okay, okay, that's enough. You're gettin' slobber all over me."

Link sat down next to Caitlin and laid his head on her lap as she petted him. "I'm glad you're back to normal Caitlin." Link was a bit frustrated that she had turned back but not him.

He didn't realize that he had growled a little, scaring Caitlin a bit, "Don't worry," Link looked up at Caitlin to see her giving him a gentle smile, her brown eyes shining, "I don't understand you now, but I can tell you're frustrated. As I said back at the castle, I'll help you to the best of my ability."

Link sat up and pounced on Caitlin, licking her face causing her to giggle again. He was happy that she decided to continue to help him. After a few more licks he got off her and started to walk towards the entrance of the spring. Caitlin smiled and jogged up to walk beside him.

Suddenly Link's shadow stopped them and out popped Midna in a more shadowy form. "What? Did you think I disappeared?" she giggled. "Well I just came to tell you something. Don't think you can go off and save you're friends because you can't. Beyond the bridge the land is covered in Twilight. Last time you headed over there, a shadow beast pulled you through. If you want to head that way now, you'll need the help for someone from the Twilight. Someone like me. So you see, you don't have a choice but to do as I say. Saving you're friends depends on your actions. Because you can never trust words, right? Now, I want a sword and shield, you understand right? While you dawdle here, the Twilight continues to spread. Now hurry up," she explained.

Caitlin frowned, "I may be human, but I doubt anyone is going to give me a sword and shield." She looked knelt to Link, "What are we goin' to do?"

Link began walking away and looked back at Caitlin. Caitlin nodded and followed him towards his village. After a couple of steps Caitlin stumbled. Link paused and trotted next her and whined in concern. She gave him an apologetic smile, "Sorry, I can't see very well. I need glasses."

Link tilted his head, 'She had good eyesight as a wolf."

"I guess being a wolf improves it so that I don't need glasses, but as a human I do. I'll try to stay out of the way the best I can," she said to Link.

He nodded in understanding and continued along the path until he heard something ahead. He paused and sniffed the air. Link began to growl and bent low to the ground.

Caitlin saw Link do this and hide the best she could. She couldn't see where the enemy so she had to rely on Link.

Link entered a clearing to see a bulblin walking around. He charged and jumped at it, knocking it to the ground. Link circled it, but was hit when the bulblin swung its club, knocking Link into the rock wall of the clearing. Link dazed, due to the hit, didn't notice the bulblin raise its club above its head to strike Link again. Looking up, he saw something tackle the bulblin to the ground. Shaking his head to clear it, he saw that Caitlin was the one who had tackled it. He watched in horror as it slammed Caitlin into the rock wall causing her to go limp and tossing her aside in favor of killing him. Link growled angrily and snapped his jaws before lunging at it again and killing it.

"Note...to self...never...do that...again," Link heard Caitlin mumble.

He walked near her and whined for her to get up. Caitlin was a bit sluggish to do so and held her head. She leaned against the rock wall for support. She frowned when she felt something wet. Pulling away her hand, Caitlin saw blood and felt it run down her face. "Well that's...lovely," she said panting.

Link was worried about her more than ever now. He cursed himself for not protecting Caitlin like he said. Now she was injured because he couldn't fight a simple bulblin. Then he felt a hand on his head, "Don't blame yourself, I'm the idiot for tackling that thing."

Using the wall for support, Caitlin began walking in the direction they had been headed towards. Link walked beside her and whined, he wanted her to rest.

It took until sundown to reach the village and Caitlin's wound, though it stopped bleeding, seems to have taken its toll on her. Her skin was even paler now and she was exhausted. As it was getting darker, it became harder for her to see. She stumbled again but caught herself on a tree but banged her head on it. Caitlin leaned against the tree and held her head, "Why does the universe hate me?!"

Link was growling increasingly worried, Caitlin kept stumbling and it was getting harder for her to get up. And now that she hit her head, the wound was bleeding again.

Then he heard something running towards them and he looked to see a bulblin charging. Link growled and lunged for its neck, taking a chuck out as they fell to the ground. Link jumped away from it and watched as it gurgled blood before dying. He looked towards the village and saw that there was another one and he quickly disposed of it. He turned to go back to Caitlin to make sure she was alright when he heard a voice call to him. Looking up he saw a squirrel sitting on his porch.

"Thank you for getting rid of those guys. They made the village and forest a mess. They even kidnapped the children from the village."

Link's eyes widen at this fact, "They're all gone now?"

"Yes, but I know you're not one of the monsters. I can tell because you smell like these woods. If you run into trouble, just ask the animals. The humans are a bit skittish now so be careful."

Link nodded as the squirrel ran off and he returned to Caitlin's side. He found her siting on the ground limply leaning against the tree she had hit her head on. He ran to her side and began to lick her face. After a few moments she lifted her head and weakly pushed Link away, "I'm...awake."

He began to nudge her forward and was happy that Caitlin managed to get to her feet even if it was shaky. He led her past his house and towards the entrance of the village. Entering the village, Link heeded to squirrel's words and hide while Caitlin, no longer able to support herself with the rock wall, stumbled forward. Caitlin was vaguely aware that she had entered Ordon Village. Though she didn't really care at the moment since her head was killing her.

While Caitlin was stumbling into the village, Link snuck by and went to where he saw the mayor and Jaggle were. When he got close enough, he over heard that a shield was in Jaggle's house. Link was sad that Rusl got wounded trying to find the children. He became concerned for the mayor when he said that he would take over for Rusl. Link's ears perked up at the mention of the sword that he was supposed to deliver was still at Rusl's house.

"MAYOR! SOMEONE'S HURT!" shouted Hanch catching the attention of the two. Link sighed in relief that Caitlin was going to get some help.

Bo and Jaggle jogged to where Hanch was pointing at. They were surprised to see a young woman collapsed on the ground. Jaggle rolled her over and the two noticed that blood covered part of her face. They immediately rushed the girl to Rusl's house so that Uli could treat her wound.

Rusl just opened the door to leave when Bo and Jaggle came up carrying a young woman.

"Uli, this girl needs help, she's bleeding pretty bad," Jaggle told them holding the woman for her to see.

"How did she get here with all the monsters around?" asked Rusl staring at the woman.

"We'll worry about that later, she needs help," Uli chided her husband and ushered Jaggle inside, "Set her on the couch."

Jaggle did as he was told after Bo moved the sword on a table next to the couch and stepped aside when Uli walked up with a bowl of water and a rag. The three men crowded around the two women. Uli was about to shoo them away when they heard the injured woman speak.

"Where...am...I?"

Uli bent over and started to wipe the blood away. Caitlin flinched away from the but settled at Uli's soothing voice, "It's alright, you're safe. You're at Ordon Village."

Uli furrowed her brow when the woman muttered something. "What is it dear?"

"Link...he was...with me," She replied a bit louder.

Everyone in the room gasped, "W-where is he now?" Bo asked almost desperately.

Caitlin turned her head towards Bo, "I...don't know. We were...attacked. Got separated."

Uli pressed a hand to her heart, "You poor dear, don't worry about Link. He's a strong boy alright. Just lay down and rest."

Caitlin looked at Uli and laid back down, "m'kay. I'm tired."

Rusl frowned, "Link needs help out there. I'm going to go out and search for him."

Uli stood, "But darling, your injuries," but her words fell on deaf ears as all three left the house. Uli frowned, she saw that the woman wasn't bleeding and went after her husband to try to stop him.

Link saw everyone leave the house and came to the side. He found a hole and dug through to get into the house. He looked around and saw Caitlin resting on the couch.

Caitlin turned her head and saw a black blur, "Link...?"

Link walked up and licked hand. She smiled at him, "Sorry I haven't been very useful."

Link put his fore-paws on the couch and licked her face. Midna jumped out of Link's shadow, peering down at the woman, "You've been pretty useful so far. You're good distraction." She then turned to Link, "Alright, now get the sword. Since we have what I require, you'll be useful when you concentrate. I'm taking you back the Twilight now. No more detours. Head towards the curtain of Twilight."

"Wait," Caitlin called.

Midna frowned, "You're to injured to be of use now. Just sit there like a good girl while Link and I do the work."

Caitlin shook her head, "No, I mean, Link, I said your name by accident. I told them that you and I got separated after being attacked."

Link nodded and licked Caitlin's hand before leaving. He started to head towards the bridge. As he was about to pass by it a voice called out, "Come...to my spring..."

Link shook his head but went to the spring as the voice had called to him. When he entered the spring, the voice came again, "You have...been transformed...by the power...of shadow. Come to me," the voice cried weakly.

Link walked a bit further when suddenly black spike-like pillars fell from the sky and surrounded Link creating a barrier.

"Beware...a shadow being...approaches." Just is the voice said this, a creature fell from the sky and landed in front of Link.

Link growled and lunged for the shadow beast and snapped at its neck a few times before it fell to the ground in a heap. It exploded into squares and created a portal in the sky. Then the rocks and water began to glow brightly, blinding Link. When the light died down, Link saw what appeared to be a goat with a shining ball of light in its antler.

"O brave youth...I am one of the four light spirits that protect Hyrule at the behest of the Gods. I am Ordona. The creature you slayed was a shadow beast. It was sent to seize the power of light I wield. My brethren had their light stolen by these beasts. The entire kingdom has been reduced to a netherworld ruled by the cursed power of darkness. The blight, however will not last long. The entire world of light will fall to the hands of the king who rules the Twilight. To save this land from the king of Twilight, the light must be restored. The other Light spirits must be revived. However, only one can revive them and redeem this land. You." Link's eyes widened at this, "You still have not discovered your true power that dwells within you. Those transformed by the Twilight usually cannot regain their previous forms. Unless you were to return to where you were first transformed, Faron Woods. If you revive the Light spirit, you will find the means of returning to your original form."

Then the light spirit dispersed before Link could ask it a question. He growled in frustration but then headed towards the bridge. At least he would be able to get to normal.

- Elsewhere -

Caitlin felt someone shaking her, asking for her to wake up. She groaned a bit and complied with the person. Caitlin sat up a bit and saw a person. Squinting a bit to try to see better, she saw that the person had blonde hair.

"Good, you're awake now," said the blonde blur, "How do you feel?"

"Aside from the very painful headache, I feel fine," Caitlin answered touching her now bandaged head. She looked around and taking in account how bright the room was, she assumed that it was morning, "Um, who are you by the way?"

"Oh, that's right. We haven't introduced ourselves. I am Uli. My husband is at the shop right now, he'll be back in a bit. His name is Rusl."

"I'm Caitlin. Thank you for helping me."

"It's no problem. You were hurt and we had the means to help so we did," Uli replied handing a plate of fruit to Caitlin. "Last night you said that you knew Link, how is that?"

Caitlin ate the fruit slowly, "I was captured by the monsters. I met Link in a cell that they threw us in. It was just the two of us. I don't really remember how but we escaped and he said that is village was a safe place to go. We were almost here when we were ambushed and I got knocked into a wall. Link told me to run and I did," Caitlin paused and looked at her plate, "I feel bad for leaving him, but I'm not good at fighting. I don't know what happened to him after that."

Uli smiled and placed a hand on Caitlin's shoulder and squeezed a bit. "Don't worry, like I told you last night. Link's a strong boy, he'll be fine."

Rusl then walked into the house and smiled at Caitlin. He heard the conversation outside and was sad that they couldn't find Link last night, but they were happy that they at knew that Link was alright for the most part. It gave him hope that the other children were okay. "Good morning, how do you feel?"

"I'm fine sir," Caitlin smiled back.

"No no, just call me Rusl alright," he chuckled.

Caitlin finished off the fruit and nodded, "Alright, as long as you call me Caitlin."

Rusl limped towards the young woman and placed a gentle hand on her head, "It's a deal."

Caitlin smiled brightly at Rusl, 'He's a good guy.'

Uli smiled at the exchange and took Caitlin's plate from her. As she put the plate in on the counter she called over her shoulder, "If you can Caitlin, why don't you walk around the village. Everyone was worried about you last night. Come back here if you get tired."

Caitlin nodded and with Rusl's help, stood up. Taking a few careful steps, Caitlin walked towards the door, "Alright," she replied quietly and walked out.

She was blinded even more by the bright sun causing her eyes to water a bit and made her headache almost unbearible. Glancing around, Caitlin started walking in the direction she thought Link's house was. She got half way down the path when a large man came jogging up to her, "Hold on miss."

Caitlin stood and watched the blob of a man approach her, "Hello sir."

The man straighten himself, "Please call be Bo. I'm the mayor of this village. You had quite the injury, are you sure you should be walking around?"

"Um, I'm Caitlin and Uli suggested that I do if I felt up to it," she replied to the older man.

Bo placed a hand on Caitlin's back, "Why don't I give you the grand tour then."

She smiled at Bo, which reminded him of his daughter, "I would like that, thank you very much. Everyone here is so kind. Just like Link said."

Bo nodded, "Yup, we help anybody who needs it. And speaking of Link, could you explain what happened last night if you can?"

Caitlin told Bo what she had said to Uli as Bo showed her around the village. He also introduced her to everyone there and she was greeted happily by them and forced to change when she met with Sera. Around noon, Caitlin was near the shop talking with Sera when a voice called her name. She turned just in time to see a green blur envelop her in a hug and lift her off the ground.

"I'm so glad you're okay," Link said to Caitlin as he held her, squeezing her bit.

"Oh my! Link, is that you honey?" Sera asked, "Oh dear, put her down, she just had some potion to get all healed up."

Link set Caitlin down and hugged Sera, "Sorry." The plump woman cried a bit before yelling to the village that Link had come back.

Soon the village gathered at Bo's house and Link told them an altered version of what had happened when he separated from Caitlin. They all ate lunch and the village was happy to have at least one person back. Link also told the village that he plans to leave again to look for the others with Caitlin's help. He was met with disagreement but after a bit of convincing, the others finally agreed to let and Caitlin head off.

"If it hadn't been for Caitlin, I might never have escaped," he confessed, smiling at her.

Caitlin blushed a bit and looked down, "I was useless for the most part. You did all the fighting."

- After Lunch: Late Afternoon -

The two then headed to Link's tree-house to prepare to leave for the temple in the forest. Link had a hand on the small of Caitlin's back to lead her. He looked at her, she wore something different, he hadn't noticed until now. Caitlin wore a white shirt that fell off her shoulders and revealed quite a bit of her cleavage and a black corset over the shirt that laced in the front with yellow string that was tied into a bow. Link blushed brightly at how the corset pushed her large breasts together and how they looked like they would fall out. Shaking his head, he looked lower. Caitlin had a brown leather belt securing plain brown pants. Over the pants was a green apron that tied just below the belt. On her feet, the brown pants tucked into knee-high boots.

"Are those...heels?" he asked aloud.

Caitlin looked up at Link, "Hm? Oh yeah, they are. Sera said that the clothes I was wearing were too dirty so she's going to clean them for me. But since I don't have any other clothes, Sera gave me her old ones because Bo's daughter's clothes didn't fit. She used to work at a tavern in Castle Town when was my age."

Link's blushed increased, Caitlin's brown hair was down, but a portion of it was put into a pigtail and her bangs framed her face. Her murky brown eyes sparkled in the evening sun.

"You okay Link? I think your face is red. I can't tell if it's the sun or not though," she asked, placing a hand on his forehead.

"I-I'm fine. Just a little warm. That's all. Once we get to my home and I get some rest, I'll be fine," he told her while looking away.

Caitlin tilted her head and shrugged, "Alright, if you say so."

Soon the two reached tree-house and went inside. Link turned towards Caitlin to see her looking around in awe. "I've always wanted a tree-house as a home. You're lucky Link."

Link coughed into his fist, "Um, thank you. I'll uh, get some candles."

Caitlin watched Link leave to get candles. She looked around and sat down on a nearby chair. Link came back with some candles and lit them, setting them around them house. When he finished, he walked over to where Caitlin sat and placed a map on the table next to her. He pointed to Faron Spring. "This where you and I are going. Faron wanted to talk to you." Link looked at Caitlin, "He said you were from another world and that you know the future of this one. Is it true?"

Caitlin's eyes widened as she stared at Link before she looked to the ground. "Y-yeah."

Midna popped out of Link's shadow and crossed her arms, "Why didn't you say anything?"

Caitlin's hands became fists, "I'm sorry, but we were trying to escape and I really wanted out of there. Then I got hit in the head because I was an idiot. I forgot. I'm sorry, I really am."

"It's alright," Link said gently, placing a hand over her fist. "Just how far into the future do you know?"

She didn't answer at first, "I know up until the end of this journey. I don't know every detail but I remember big events, which area to go to, important people, and what each area is called."

"Then where are we going, miss fortune-teller?" Midna asked, eyeing Caitlin.

Caitlin looked up and pointed on the map at the temple that Faron had told Link to go to. "The Forest Temple to get an ancient artifact that holds great darkness."

Link frowned, now he understood why Faron wanted to talk to Caitlin. She knows a great deal of things about his journey. "Do you know where the children are?" He watched as Caitlin drag her finger to another part of the map.

"Their in Kakoriko Village safe and sound. They were left there by the bulbins and are now in the care of Renado and his daughter Luda," Caitlin fell silent again and dragged her finger to Castle Town, "This is where Ilia is though. She's safe with a woman named Telma but..."

Link's hand tightened on Caitlin's a little in worry for his childhood friend. "B-but?" He had a lump starting to form in his throat.

"But she...she lost her memories." Caitlin told him placing her other hand over his. "It's alright though, she'll get them back...Just not right away."

Link pulled Caitlin from her seat and picked her up. He held her in his arms hugging her. One arm snuck around her waist while the other buried itself in her hair. He felt Caitlin squirm a but before hugging him back, her arms around his neck. He buried his face in her neck and just stood like that for few moments, "Thank you for telling me this."

Caitlin's face was beet red as she hugged Link back. But she was a little uncomfortable being held like this. She however kept quiet and allowed Link to hug her the way he wanted. She felt like a child being held up like this, 'Damn him for being tall. My feet don't even touch the ground!'