Castle Town was abuzz with many different beings that bustled through the town speaking in all sorts of different tongues. Minstrels were gathered around the fountain in the middle of the square dressed in what looked exactly like Link's own garb, however the green cloth was sequined in a tacky way that made him gag. Link skirted around the crowd in the shadows and made his way to where Princess Zelda was waiting for him near the castle's entrance. When he approached Zelda smiled warmly at him and he bowed.

"Rise, Link, for you should not be bowing but all of Hyrule should be bowing to you," she said, addressing the crowd with a simple wave of her hand. The town grew quiet as they waited for her to keep speaking. "Link, you have done us great honor with your bravery for saving all of Hyrule by defeating Zant and Ganondorf. For that, we are eternally grateful," she continued and then she bowed before Link. Everyone else followed her gesture and soon they were all bowing before him.

Link felt the heat rising in his face and he turned away; part of him wanted to enjoy the praise, but he hadn't been the only one fighting for the freedom of Hyrule or the Twilight. As Zelda righted herself she noticed the pained look on his face and dismissed the crowd by commencing the ceremony. After the attention was removed from herself and Link she quickly led him away to the castle.

Though the summer air outside was warm and welcoming the castle was filled with a chill the seeped down to the bones. Link shivered in the sudden change in temperature and slowly followed the Princess to a private study room. The guards at the door lifted their swords and allowed their passing through. "Do not let anyone disturb us," Zelda reminded them, though she knew they already would have turned anyone else away, and she closed the great oak doors behind them.

"Link," she said. He turned around and met her captivating brown eyes. Zelda was beautiful, of course, but every time Link looked at her he was reminded of the time Zelda had fused her life force with Midna to bring her back from the brink of death and it only made him all the more miserable. "Link, I know the pain you have been feeling these past few months. Please let us discuss the matter so you can at least relieve yourself of some of the pain."

"It's no use," Link said. "Talking about it won't bring her back. She's gone." He turned away from her and she looked at him with a pained look. A tear escaped from Link and he brought his arm up to hide it from her; he hated people seeing him cry.

"There might be a way," Zelda said. Link spun around and stared at her, hope gleaming in his eyes. "For now it is getting late and you need to rest. You can stay here for the night and I will tell your village to go on without you." She smiled softly at him and added, "Do not worry; I will have someone with great experience care for Epona." Link sighed in relief and let one of the servants lead him through the castle to an empty guest room. Once he was finally alone, he sprawled out on the bed and smiled. I will see her again. Midna, I will find you no matter what.

Midna curled her fists in anger and glared at the man before her. He was dashing for a Twili and his father was the King of a neighboring kingdom, but Midna refused to accept his offer. "Milady," he said, "I am here to offer you a great opportunity. You wouldn't believe the Twili that would give anything to marry me, yet you so greatly refuse."

"Prince Tansei, please, I am not looking for a suitor any time soon," she said through gritted teeth, trying to be as polite as she could bear. His aloof attitude over such a great matter irritated her to no end.

"I know this, but soon you will have to marry or you will lose your right as ruler. After all, you are only a princess," Tansei told her. His expression changed to a serious one and he straightened himself up before saying, "Princess, if you refuse my offer again then we will have no choice but to declare war. The peace treaty between our kingdoms is growing weaker as the years go on and this is the only way we are willing to keep the peace."

Midna looked at him in horror and thought about all of her beloved kingdom being laid to waste with the advanced weaponry Prince Tansei's people had developed. She hung her head in defeat and nodded to the Prince. "We will…go on with a ceremony," she choked. Tansei clapped his hands together and laughed.

"So it will be!" he said. "Tell everyone, this will be a wedding to remember."

Midna turned away and Chijin led her back to her chambers. The moment her chamber doors closed behind her, she burst into tears and sobbed into the edge of her bed, grasping at the covers and covering her face in them. "Princess," Chijin said, "getting married isn't so bad. It's not the end of the world."

"You don't understand," she told him. Chijin bowed out of the room and then Midna was all alone. After a while her sobbing ceased into short sniffles and she wrapped herself in the bed covers. Link, I am so sorry. I should have told you when I had the chance.

The twilight was darker at night and many of the Twili were asleep. A few roamed the streets and they barely even noticed the Princess as she slipped through the shadows. Midna had escaped through her window by using the blackened vines that climbed up to it. She made her way through the town until she came to the outskirts of the city; dark trees reached up towards the twilight and she shivered at the cool breeze that whistled through their branches.

Midna pulled her cloak closer around her and made her way through the forest trees. The last pool of light in this world, that's where I'll find what I am looking for.