Fate

AN: This is turning out to be the longest single piece of work I have ever written. Please review and comment on what you think of it.

She was in front of a very large tree. Bigger than any of the ones she had seen so far, it was not overwhelming in height but in width. The tree by her standards was still quite large but not as tall as some she had seen in the sacred grove. There was a hole in the side of tree big enough for a person to walk through. Suddenly she realized that skull kid wasn't there with her, she hoped she hadn't angered him when she screamed at him. She shuddered, thinking of what Skull kid had been like in Majora's mask. "I don't want him as an enemy; I've only been here a few days and need as much help and as little hurt as possible." Annie looked at the large tree in front of her, thinking thoughtfully. She knew it was the tree that lead to the forest temple, she noticed that the spider web that blocks the way originally was missing. "I wonder if he's in there…or already been in there." Whether or not Link was in there would affect her very survival, for if he was it would mean there was many monsters about and a greater chance of her getting hurt, or worse. But she did not think about the latter, and instead focused again on the problem.

"There's always the chance he has already been there" thought Annie. Even if he was though, it still may not make much of a difference, he could have just left or been gone for a while.

She began to wonder about the spirit Faron, obviously he had been restored because the world wasn't covered in shadow. She knew because the web was burnt, link in his wolf form could not have cleared it and no one else would have. She shuddered again thinking of how she would not be able to tell the difference between the two. "at least I'll be able to see where the border each other" she thought.

Deciding it best to leave the dungeons to Link she walked away from the tree down towards the little birds store, and then thought better of it. She had no bottle to hold any potion in and didn't like the idea of stealing from the little bird. "everything on the people of Ordon village" Annie hoped they would give her a meal, even if she had to work it off.

She finally came to the poisonous gas and stopped dead in her tracks "how in the world am I going to get around this?" she exclaimed loudly. There was no way she could get through the gas without a lamp and to get one of those you had to buy them from a guy… who was on the other side. There was no way for her to call Skull kid either; sitting down and crossing her legs she held her head in her hands. Trying to think of a way to get around this "he did this on purpose didn't he" she thought. There was no way for her to go back or forward, the only way she could think of was to go through the forest temple to the warp at the end, in the boss room. She didn't think it was possible for her to accomplish it though; it was too dangerous for her to attempt. There was a rustling noise ahead of her, she heard some animals cause a ruckus due to something invading their territories. As suddenly as they had been aggravated they stopped making noise, she looked up anticipating whatever was coming, preparing herself for whatever may come.

Through the purple fog she could make out the figure of a man with a lantern in one hand and a sword in the other. Soon after she spotted him she saw two monsters and a dozen or so bats appear out of the fog and attack him. His sword flashed and several of the bats died. The monsters then took their wooden swords and stabbed at him but he agilely jumped out of the way, rolled to the side and slashed them both across the sides. The monsters fell to the ground, one disintegrated into the ground while the laid there stunned. The man jumped into the air and drove his sword squarely into the creature's chest, and it to disintegrated.

He sheathed his sword and began walking towards her, but it didn't seem like he had noticed her yet. As he made his way to the rise where she sat, which also blocked the fog from spreading, he noticed her. He slowed his pace a little, as if not to scare her. Suddenly she realized who he was, he was Link; the main character in all the games. She fumbled for words, wondering what she should say and do; but her mind froze and she just stared blankly at him. He stopped a few feet in front of her and eyed her curiously.

She got to her feet and tried to speak him, tried to ask him if he could take her to the other side of the fog; but all she managed was a pathetic squeak. Annie screamed as his shadow jumped and writhed and another shadow appeared beside his shoulder. The shadow looked at her curiously, as did Link.

"hehehe looks like I scared her. Do you want something?" said the shadow.

Annie realized now the shadow was midna, and she knew she was in Twilight princess.

"ummmm no..I mean yes, I need to get to the other side of this fog so I can go to Ordon and get some food. I haven't eaten anything in long time…"

"…." said Link taking a bottle of red liquid out of one of the pouches on his waist.

"Are you sure? You may need it sometime Link" said Annie

"how do you know his name?" said Midna curtly and distrustfully "and what are you wearing?"

She panicked, there was no way she could tell them and convince them that their adventure was a video game. Annie fumbled for what to say that would explain how she knew him and how to cover for future slips she was sure she would make. She looked between the two, eyes flashing with dread as Link began to draw his sword.

"WAIT, WAIT! I'm a seer! I can see important events and the future!" holding up her hands to attempt to protect herself, though she was sure it would help much against Links sword.

" ok 'seer'" said Midna disbelievingly "what's happening to this world?"

"Zant is trying to merge this world with the twilight realm!" said Annie quickly. She figured there was no harm in telling them this, for they already knew it, but she would have to be more careful in the future. "And I want to help you stop him!" she added. Her chances were defiantly better with them then on her own. Plus there was no way she was going to pass this up.

Link put his sword away and gave her the bottle, which she drank thankfully. She imagined her hearts being filled up by the red potion and had to muffle a laugh "Maybe this place isn't so bad after all"

"hmmmm, your ability may be useful to us. I guess you can come along, just don't get in the way" said Midna thoughtfully.

"so why were you coming this way?" inquired Annie

"…" came the response

"oh, I see. Got to keep your supplies up I guess, shall we go then?"

"hehehe we should hurry before this province is covered in twilight again" said Midna mischievously.

They all headed towards the little birds shop where Link filled his lantern, and filled the bottle with red potion once again, paid and they soon left the way they had come.