Enter Midna!!!! By far, one of my favorite helpers in a Zelda game EVAR!!! She could totally kick Navi's ass.
Chapter Two: Reunion
The land looked exactly like Hyrule, but with minor differences. As he was exploring, he got an idea.
"If this is an alternate Hyrule, then the Mirror of Twilight might not be broken here. She alone could do it."
Without another word, he began sprinting to the lake.
Upon arrival, he saw the cannon house.
A tall skinny man ran it.
"Hello! Welcome to Hiru and Heldi's Lake Hylia Entertainment Center!"
Link ran up.
"Sir, can you shoot me out into the desert?"
The man looked oddly at him and opened the door to his boat house.
"You mean the Swamp of the Hemra? I can shoot you there. The desert is over thirty miles away, son."
"Ok ok ok. The swamp then."
"Right."
He turned the handle.
The music played. Seconds later, it shot him high into the air.
Splash!
"Awww!!! I had to land in the swamp scum!!!!"
He wrung the slime out of his hat. Then he noticed a small sign.
Warning! Do not enter! Haunted by illusions!
Being the courageous and stupid hero he was, he ignored this and moved on.
"Ahahahaha!"
He stopped fifty feet later. There was something eerily familiar about that laugh...
"Are we lost? That doesn't sound like the Link I knew."
A figure stepped out of the fog. Just the way Link remembered her, but as an imp.
His heart beat caused ache.
"M- Midna?" he gasped.
The figure laughed again.
"What? Say something! Am I so beautiful that you've no words left?"
She turned around in a full circle. As she did, she transformed into the tall, true Twili that she was.
Another figure stepped out. She had long brown hair and wore a pink dress.
"Poor Hero. Lost and confused. He cannot even guard himself properly."
The two figures laughed eerily.
They weren't Midna and Zelda. They were just illusions.
He continued to walk forward. Another figure stepped out.
"You abandoned me. Don't deny it Link. After growing up with me, you abandon me and the village."
This Ilia looked at him with a facial expression clearly showing she meant harm.
Soon, he could make out a small shrine in the swamp. It was his goal. The illusions laughed again and vanished.
In the Twilight Realm...
The princess sat on the throne, bored.
Yet another suitor had just left. This was the sixth one this week. Didn't they know that she only would consider one man? She closed her eyes.
"Is there anyone else out there, Sindira?"
The handmaiden looked out.
"No ma'am."
"Good."
She got up and walked to her room.
"They won't learn." she muttered.
"Who? The suitors?" asked Sindira.
"Yes..."
"Theyre men. All they want is your money and your power. And they'll keep at it until you pick someone."
"The only person I would even consider isn't even a Twili."
Sindira looked at her.
"It's Link, isn't it?"
She felt her heart stop.
"H- how did you-"
"You talk in your sleep. Have you been having nightmares? You seem to scream his name a lot."
Midna looked at the floor.
She HAD been having nightmares. Nightmares involving Link, her, and an evil shadow.
There was a knock on the door. Sindira answered it. The army's captain ran in.
"Ma'am, we have received reports that a strange creature is running around outside."
"Like what?"
"It stood on four legs, looked very hairy, and it's head was marked with a curious symbol."
She stopped completely. Was it him?
"Where is he- I mean, it?"
The captain looked at her suspiciously.
"Outside, chained to the wall. It had already acquired a manacle-"
She shot off. He was here! It was Link! Questions raged in her mind, but they went unquenched.
As she arrived outside, she saw a small crowd of people gathered around a spot on the wall. She heard the bark of a wolf.
"Captain, disperse them immediately."
"Right away. Hey! Back! All of you!"
The crowd went away at his command.
The wolf looked at her. Its face immediately brightened and its tail wagged happily.
She laughed and cried with joy.
"Ma'am, what is it?"
"Take the wolf up to my quarters. This is the wolf from our legends."
The captain's face lit up with understanding.
"Yes ma'am."
Minutes later, the wolf and the princess sat alone in her room.
"Link, how did you..."
She stopped. Link looked askance at her. He barked a couple of times.
Midna laughed her usual laugh and placed her hand on his brow. There was a flash of light and the wolf turned into the Hylian.
"Ah. That is so much better." Link sighed. He had forgotten what it was like to be a wolf.
Midna ran up and embraced him.
"How did you get back!?"
Faltering under the great hug bestowed on him, Link stumbled and fell onto Midna's bed.
"Oh, sorry." she said, blushing a little.
Link shrugged.
"Why be sorry? You were glad to see me. Just as I am glad to see you too."
They embraced just as the door opened, revealing a distressed captain.
"Your highness! I- oh. Am I interrupting something?"
Midna let go of Link before replying.
"No. Go ahead Zherin."
The captain bowed.
"We believe we have discovered a second Mirror of Twilight. Apparently, that is how he was able to return to our land."
Link nodded.
"I found it in an alternate Hyrule. Excepting some minor differences, this is exactly like the Hyrule I live in."
"What is this world?" Midna asked.
"Midna, what do you make Twilight from?" asked Link.
"Light and Darkness mixing." she stated.
"And you come from the world of Light. That means that this must be the world of Darkness." said Zherin.
Link thought back to an old legend that his mother had told him...
Before the beginning of Time, six deities lived in harmony. However, three split from the rest and have since opposed the others in every way.
At the beginning of Time, the three goddesses created Hyrule. Din, goddess of power, created and cultivated the red Earth. Nayru, goddess of wisdom, created the spirit of the law. Farore, goddess of courage created the beings that would uphold the law. Upon completion, the goddesses left our world, leaving the Triforce where they vanished. However, another world was created by three different deities.
Ifrit, god of evil, copied the world the goddesses of light had created. Hades, god of death, introduced murder to the worlds, and Eris, goddess of discord, introduced lawlessness and anarchy to our worlds. The goddesses of Light had not given the law to the second world, so it has remained a desolate place. The three Dark Deities also left behind a relic. The Dark Force, an artifact that grants near-unlimited power to the one who uses it. This power is referred to as the Ultimate Destruction Magic. It has the power to destroy the world simply by using it. A meteor, provided by the goddesses, is said to foretell the coming of the ultimate destruction magic and provide the way forward for the Hero chosen by them to stop the Fallen One. The Fallen One is he who would find and use this magic. The Hero alone would face the Fallen One in combat, Triforce against Dark Force, to save the planet.
Back to the present...
"The world of Darkness..." he muttered.
"I beg your pardon?" asked Zherin.
Link repeated the legend.
"How did you get into the Dark World?" asked Midna.
"I was sent to investigate a falling star that landed in Death Mountain. Seeing no out of the ordinary features, I attempted to blow it up to see it's interior. It completely shattered to reveal a glowing patch of the ground. I tested it and jumped in. I wound up there."
Zherin looked distressed.
"The Meteor. Our worlds are in peril..."
Link jumped up and began to sprint toward the original mirror.
"Link! Stop!"
"I must report this to Zelda!"
Dun dun DUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! R&R, and guess who the fallen *cough, cough* ANGEL *cough cough* is.