Chapter 1

"That is why loneliness always pervades the hour of twilight." --Rusl

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It was a beautiful day in Ordon Village. I was looking out my window, watching Beth, Talo, Malo and Luda laugh and joke around outside. Ilia was sitting with me on my bed. My little neighbour Colin, was lying down on my bed with a serious throat infection that he had caught last week. His parents, Uli and Rusl had asked me to babysit the 12 year old.

"Ilia, you don't have to stay here with me," I said.

"I want to!" Ilia said. "You've been looking very upset lately and I would do whatever I could to find out why you are!"

"I just miss…" I began. "Never mind."

"Who do you miss? Is it one of your friends you met on your little adventure you had a few years back?" Ilia guessed.

"No, I miss… My parents," I lied. I wanted to tell Ilia the truth about Midna and Zelda, but I couldn't. What was I supposed to tell her? The whole story about how I had to help an imp find a bunch of evil shadow things so she can turn into this huge, bulgy monster? About how Ganondorf used Zant, a Twilight creature, and tried to take over the Twilight world? About how there even is a Twilight World? About the Mirror of Twilight? About going into the Twilight World? About how I teamed up with the Princess of Hyrule to break a curse on the Princess of Twilight so that she could turn out of imp form and become a beautiful princess? About how I saved the world as a beast? About how I'm part of the reason that the Castle of Hyrule was destroyed? What are the odds she'll believe that story?

"Link, you're pretty much 21 years old," Ilia said. "They left over 14 years ago. You have to get over them. My advice is: get a hobby, a job and a girlfriend and you'll be fine."

"I did have a job!" I said. "But Fado stopped running it so now it's just a horse riding ranch because Fado had to sell all of the goats. Including Goat Cheese which was the only thing I had left to remember my parents by. He said he was going to keep him but someone stole it!"

"You thought it shut down?" Ilia said. "Oh honey, Fado had an explosion at the ranch they all died!"

"I was wondering why they sold out so fast!" I yelled. "Ugh… Watch Colin? I'm going out."

I left my house and walked out of Ordon. I just needed to get out. 3 years have passed, and I'm still hung up on this girl…who isn't even human! There's obviously something special about her… There's obviously something important about her.

I slumped around the huge field that was surrounded by a whole load of tiny cities. I know where I wanted to go, tough. The one place that has always been able to cheer my up with its joyful atmosphere, fun tourist attractions, and the beautiful sisters that worked there.

I arrived at Upper Zora River after 2 hours of my time. I knew I should've taken the horse… The thing that caught my attention first about this part of the river was the older of the beautiful sisters, Iza. She sat, huddled up, on the steps leading to her boating attraction game.

There was something off about Iza today. Even in the boiling whether, she was wrapped up in a huge fur coat, her lips were chattering, her normally dark skin was almost blue, and her hair was actually…drooping!

"Hey, Iza!" I shouted.

"Hey Link…" Iza said, shivering. "Aren't you cold?" Iza asked, her lips turning a bright shade of purple.

"Iza, it's the middle of August, and it's the warmest it's been all year. You seem frozen and you're wearing that big fur coat… Why?" I asked. "Why don't you come with me and we can fish with Hena?" Hena was the younger of the two, but she was even more beautiful than Iza.

"I would, but I can't move. Coro called the doctor and the doctor said that I was immobile because of how frozen I was," Iza said. "He said the best way to get my mobility back would be to just sit here like I have been for the past 3 and a half weeks and thaw."

"So that's why your lips are barely moving…" I said.

"Yes, I guess you're right…" Iza's eyes turned a bright shade of blue from the gorgeous shade of mysterious brown that they had been before. Her face became completely pale. She began panting heavily.

"Iza, what else did the doctor say?" I asked.

"I saw Doctor Borville a while ago, and he, uh, told me that I should only have about…3 weeks and 5 days left to live, if I don't start moving anytime within that time."

I furrowed my brow. "And…how long ago was that?"

She hesitated to answer me. "I believe that was…3 weeks and 4 days ago."

"Iza, just wait here, I'm gonna take you home…" I said as I grabbed a piece of grass to call my horse, Epona.

"I'm already home…" Iza said as her face became a bright shade of blue. Epona came rushing in and I threw myself and Iza on the horse. Iza was put in front of me because she might fall off due to the awkward position that she was in.

"I was talking about my home…" I said.