The sunlight shone through the upstairs window, waking Twi from her sleep. She got up and walked down the steps, noticing that her mother was still asleep. She quietly opened the guest room door and looked in at the boy. He was still unconscious, but he looked better. The scrapes on his legs were gone and the bruises on his wrists were barely visible. She smiled and closed the door. She turned around and jumped from being startled that her mother was standing right behind her.

"So, is he still asleep?" She asked.

"Yea. But he looks much better!"

"I think his looks are the same to you. Attractive and..."

"Mom!" Twi said, cutting her off.

"Ok, ok, sorry!" She laughed.

Twi rolled her eyes and walked past her.

"Oh, Twi! Go put your costume on!" Her mother said.

"Why? The festival isn't until a few hours." Twi said.

"I need to fix one more thing on it before you go."

The prisoner's senses slowly began returning to him. He felt a small pain in his back and shoulder where he was struck by lightning. His eyes refused to open, he imagined opening his eyes and being in chains once again with his prison neighbors mocking him. He laid there for a moment then slowly opened his eyes. He stared up at the ceiling he never seen before as his blurred vision slowly sharpened. He glanced around in confusement, wondering where he was. He spotted a girl with long blonde hair that in a long royal purple dress. He painfully sat up, staring at the girl. He placed his hand over the wound on his shoulder as it throbbed in pain. The constant throbbing sent small shocks through his body as he remembered the lightning passing through his body. His crimson eyes stared at the girl as she turned around and gasped. Her deep blue eyes showed surprise. She quickly ran to the side of the bed.

"You woke up!" she said cheerfully.

The boy flinched back as she ran toward him. His red eyes showed confusion. The girl's blue eyes softened once she noticed.

"It's ok. I found you and helped you." She said.

The red eyes showed even more confusion and slight fear.

"...P-Princess...Zelda?" He asked.

The girl smiled and laughed quietly.

"No, I'm nowhere close to royalty or importance." the girl said, her blue eyes standing out in her purple fabric. "My name is Twi. I'm just cosplaying as Zelda for the festival."

"She's as pretty as Zelda, though, isn't she?"

Twi and the boy looked at the door as an older woman walked in.

"Mom..." Twi said.

"Haha, I'm joking! So, young man, what's your name?" Twi's mother said.

"ehh...ummm...it's...Vay..." The boy replied.

"Well, nice to meet you, Vay! Oh! I just remembered! I got something to do really quickly! Twi, be a good hostess and try explaining things to him!" Her mother said before running out.

Once the door shut, there was a moment of silence. Vay stepped onto the floor and faced Twi.

"I should probably get going. I'm needed somewhere." He said.

Twi stepped aside and let the boy pass. Once he got out of the house he glanced around. He ran deeper into the woods like he knew exactly where he needed to go. He ran to a fallen log with a small hole in the middle. He stared down at it then turned around, facing a stump a few yards away. He faced the log again and stared at it.

"So I'm in Minish Woods?" He said to himself. "Hmm..."

He crossed his arms as pain struck through his shoulder. He flinched barely, ignoring the pain.

"Well...I escaped...but how?" He said as he remembered lightning coming from the dark man's fingertips striking his shoulder and back.

"I was going to ask you the same thing." A female voice said behind him.

The prisoner spun around, facing the source of the voice. Twi stood partly hidden by the shadows of the trees. She stepped out of the darkness and looked at him with her blue eyes that knew the truth.

"Y-You!" He said, slightly surprised. "How did...what are you doing here?"

"I was barely able to keep up with you, but I followed you." She said, staring at him. "I know who you are Vaati. I may not have been here last year, but I know enough about you from books and pictures."

Vaati stared at her, ready to take off if he needed to.

"I'm not here to turn anyone to stone or hurt anyone or anything like that. I thought I was being tortured by working for someone and so I grew close to the darkness." He said, doubting that she would listen. "So if you don't believe me, you can go ahead and call for help."

Twi shook her head.

"I believe you 100%. I umm...actually I..." She looked down shyly before continuing. "I want to help you prove yourself."

Vaati stared at her. His thoughts echoed in his head.

She wants to help me? Why? She said she knew a lot about me, so she should know about last time. Who exactly is she?

"I know what it's like to want to start over. That's why I want to help you. And also..." She shyly stared at the ground again. "I kinda had a feeling you'd return."

Vaati blinked his red eyes as he thought through it.

"How exactly could a single girl like yourself possibly help a Wind Mage that will probably be Hyrule enemy #1 if he is discovered?" He asked.

Twi smiled at his words.

"It won't be easy, but it's not impossible. To everyone else you will be known as 'Vay'. You can stay in the guest room at my house. Mom will agree since she likes to have someone to tease."

Vaati stared at her, still thinking. Twi stared softly back at him, waiting for his answer.

"Are you sure you can help?' Vaati asked as she nodded. "Fine. I'll accept your help."

Twi smiled happily at him.

"Thank you! I know I can help!" She said.

Vaati nodded.

"Your name is..." Vaati paused to think. "Twi, correct?"

Twi laughed slightly.

"Yes. And you are 'Vaati' when we are alone. 'Vay' when we are around my mom or other people."

Vaati looked at her in confusement.

"You wont tell your mother about me?" He asked.

"No...I'm not sure if that's a good idea..." She said. "Which reminds me, we should get back home before mom comes home and freaks out."

She grabbed Vaati's wrist on his good arm and ran toward home. Once she got within sight of it and noticed that her mother was not home, she stopped and glanced around before turning toward Vaati.

"Hey, I've been meaning to ask this but...What happened to your shoulder and back? It looked like a painful wound yesterday."

Vaati glanced down at his shoulder and sighed before replying.

"It was punishment for trying to come back to Hyrule."

He tried to tell little truth until he could fully trust Twi. Most of it was true.

"Oh...If it hurts as bad as it looks, then just tell my mom." Twi said with slight concern in her voice. "She's a nurse in Hyrule."

Vaati smirked slightly.

"Actually, it's not as bad as I expected it to be."

"Oh, we gave you Red Potion when we found you." Twi said. "I guess it worked."

"That reminds me...where and how did you find me?" He asked. "And...was I wearing a hat?"

"Hmmm...Oh! That's right! Vay, could you say here and tell my mom I'll be back in a few?"

Vaati showed confusion to the random use of 'Vay' instead of 'Vaati' as she ran off. He glanced over and noticed her mother returning home and walked over to her.

"Oh! Vay! Where's Twi?" She said.

"She said she needed to do something really quick." He replied.

"Haha, that's very like her. She probably forgot something in the forest again." She said, smiling at him. "I just hope she doesn't get into any trouble."

Vaati looked at her in confusement.

"What trouble could she get into?" He asked.

"Oh, some monsters have been appearing lately. But it's very rare."

Vaati's expression changed to disbelief.

"W-Wait a second! When Li-ummm...that one guy who saved Hyrule...when he slayed the Wind Mage, wasn't the monsters supposed to vanish?"

"Yes, and for a long time they did. But it's only a few monsters every week. They're hopeless without an evil figure to assist." She smiled gently at Vaati. "No need to worry Vay."

Vaati glanced at the path Twi took and sighed before turning back to her mother.

"I'm going to go see what's taking her." He said, running down the path before her mother could protest.

Once he was out of view, he stopped running and slowed his pace. He glanced around while walking, but he was too deep in thought to actually notice if anything was odd.

The monsters that were supposed to be locked away are returning? He thought, How can this happen?

Twi walked through Minish Woods and stopped in the middle of the path.

"I could've sworn he was wearing it..." She mumbled to herself.

"Hey!" An unfamiliar male voice said.

Twi turned around quickly and saw a boy wearing all green.

"You shouldn't be walking around in the middle of the forest. It's not safe." He said as he ran toward her. "And stop sneaking out! Your father's going to get a heart attack one of these days!"

Twi looked at him, confused.

"Umm...excuse me?" She said.

"Huh? Wait...you're not Zelda!" He said. "Sorry, you look a lot like her in that cosply dress. So you're going to the festival too?"

Twi smiled and nodded.

"Yea. It's funny; my friend thought I was Zelda too."

The boy smiled and apologized.

"Have you seen any monsters around here lately? I've been sent to slay them." He said. "I'm Link."

Twi smiled and shook her head.

"No monsters around here. Oh, and have you seen a hat?" Twi asked. "It's my friend's."

Link stared at her and took out a violet hat with a red jewel on it.

"This?"

"Yea! That's it!"

Link paused before replying.

"It looks a lot like the Wind Mage, Vaati's."

Twi nodded.

"It's supposed to. He's cosplaying as the Wind Mage!"

Link handed at back to her. She smiled and looked over, seeing Vaati walking down the path. Vaati seemed to pay no attention to what he was looking at and where he was going.

"Hey, there he is! Hey!" Twi said and Vaati's mind snapped back to reality.

Link glared slightly at Vaati as he looked over at them. Twi ran up to Vaati and smiled.

"Why are you walking around here, anyway?" She asked.

Vaati looked at her then at Link then back at her.

"I umm...came looking for you." He replied.

Link walked up to them and smiled.

"Well it looks like the whole gang's here." Twi said.

Vaati smiled and looked down at her. Link stared closely at Vaati.

"What a good costume, Vaati." He said.

Vaati looked at him.

"Uhhh...my name's Vay." He said. "And thanks. It's for cosplaying."

He tried to keep it 'normal'. As in not being a Mage that can control the Wind and can do all the other things he can do. Link stared at him for a while and nodded.

"Well, I'm Link."

There was a long silence.

"Ummm...The festival's ganna start soon. So I gotta go before Zelda comes looking for me." Link said, excusing himself from the small group.

While walking past Vaati, Link slightly glared at him and continued on. Vaati kept a 'confused' expression to hide his knowing.

"Oh! The festival IS going to start soon!" Twi said.

Vaati continued to watch behind him as if Link were going to turn around and attack. Twi looked at him and her expression softened. She smiled slightly and placed Vaati's hat neatly on his head, which snapped Vaati out of his thoughts.

"By the way...umm...Vay..." She said in case Link was still close by. "...would you please come with me to the festival?"

Vaati stared at her for a moment, securing his hat on. Twi went on.

"I was originally ganna go alone, but since this is my first year, I'm actually kinda nervous...so maybe we could go together? It would help with people liking Vay..."

Twi looked into Vaati's eyes. Her expression was not pleading, but her eyes seemed to beg for her. Vaati smiled slightly and nodded once. Twi smiled at him.

"Well we better hurry!" She said, grabbing his good arm and leading him through.

Her mother smiled as she watched them pass the house.

"We're going to Hyrule Town!" She called to her mother while running. "We'll be back later!"