'Ow, why do I hurt so much?' Link groaned slowly pushing himself up. He bit down a yelp of pain and looked over at his wound. 'Oh yeah, that's why.'
"Link! Dad, Link's awake!" Colin called excitedly when he noticed Link struggling to his feet.
"Link, don't push yourself." Rusl said, gently pushing him back to the ground. Link snorted in annoyance, but grudgingly obeyed. Satisfied, Rusl went over to his pack and grabbed some dried meat. He put them on a small wooden plate and placed it in front of the wolf's nose.
When Link smelled the meat he noticed a sharp pang in his stomach. He was starving. He hastily snatched up a strip of meat and started ripping it apart with his sharp teeth. He quickly devoured the rest of the meat then settled down contentedly.
It turned out that Link's wound was healing extremely quickly. By the third day of rest Link was up and ready to head out again.
After eating a small deer that Link had caught the three travelers quickly packed their bags. Impatient Link stretched his sore muscles. Finally the three were ready.
Traveling quickly, the three were soon at the gates of the large city.
The three slowly made their way through the busy streets. Slowly, because Colin stopped at nearly every stall to stare wide-eyed at the various goods. Finally after what seemed like several hours, the three found themselves at the palace.
Walking up to a guard, Rusl announced, "We have come here to see Princess Zelda on urgent business." The guard looked over Rusl and Colin quickly, but when he came to Link, he paused.
"Sorry, pets aren't allowed in the palace." Link growled softly at the insult.
"His presence is required." Rusl replied. Seeing the guards disapproving look he begged, "Please, just ask Princess Zelda and she'll let him in. Tell her we are Rusl, Colin, and Link from Ordon Village."
Hesitantly the guard disappeared into the large doors. Several minutes later the guard returned. Holding the door open he announced, "You may go in."
"Thank you." Rusl replied, walking in through the doors. Link and Colin following closely behind.
When the throne came into view, Link bounded forward. Stopping several feet before the Princess, he lowered himself onto his front knees and bowed his head in respect.
"Link, quit bowing." A calm voice ordered. Link raised himself and bared his teeth in a grin.
"Come here." Link obeyed coming to a halt directly in front of the princess. Light shone from her hands as she placed them onto Link's head. Only a moment passed before Zelda recoiled in surprise.
"Where did you encounter a shadow beast?"
"Excuse me Princess, I'm Rusl and this is my son Colin. The beast appeared in Ordon a few days ago, and attacked Link. He seemed to become covered in shadows and when they receded he was as you see now." Rusl answered kneeling.
"Rise Rusl." Rusl obliged.
Turning to Link she asked, "Is this what happened?" Link nodded his shaggy head.
Zelda sighed. "Link, this is highly advanced twili magic. I can't undo this…only Midna can." Link visibly stiffened at the name. Even though he couldn't voice his thoughts, his eyes practically screamed his question. 'How?'
"Well, since a twilight beast managed to make it to your village, there must be another way into the twilight realm…without the mirror."
"Um…excuse me, but…who's Midna?" Colin asked hesitantly.
Zelda turned to Link. "Do you mind if I tell them?" Link seemed to sigh and slowly shook his head. Turning back to Colin and Rusl, she began he explanation.
"Midna, was Link's comrade during his quest. Do you know about the twili?" Rusl nodded. Link had explained some of the things that happened and had explained a brief history of the twili and twilight world.
"Well, Midna is the Princess of the Twilight realm. When Link was first pulled into the Twilight, he was transformed into a blue-eyed beast. He was taken captive, but Midna found him. She helped Link complete his quest and destroy the Twilight that appeared in this world. Together they found a mirror that was a portal between the two worlds, but…in the end, Midna shattered the mirror so that the Twilight could never bother this world again."
"This blue-eyed beast. Is this the same form?" Rusl asked, staring at the wolf.
"Yes. Further into the quest they discovered that by using a cursed stone, Link could transform at will. Unless I am mistaken, I believe Link still has this stone." Link nodded in confirmation. Going over to Colin's pack, he dug deep and pulled out one of his magical pouches. He opened the pouch and pulled a long black stone out. Orange markings covered the small stone.
Colin stared at the stone in awe and seemingly in a daze, reached out to touch it. When his hand strayed to far to the artifact, Link barked sharply, snapping the boy out of his daze.
"If you touched that, you'd probably be changed into a ghostly spirit. You wouldn't be able to communicate with any of us. You'd probably not even know we were here in the same room with you." Zelda explained calmly.
Colin flushed in embarrassment and relief. Link made a strange sound that sounded suspiciously like a snort. Colin glared in mock anger at the wolf.
"There must be another way into the twilight…" Zelda muttered to herself. Then it hit her. "Link!" Link looked up in surprise at the shout.
"Do you still have that mirror shard?" Link nodded his shaggy head and pushed his snout into the magical pouch again. His nose reemerged a few moments later, a mirror shard clutched carefully in his jaws. He dropped the shard into the princess's waiting hand. She examined it for a moment before calling for one of the royal wizards.
A few minutes later a man in his mid thirties arrived. "You called?"
Zelda nodded and handed the mirror shard to the wizard. "I need you to analyze the magic used for this mirror and try to replicate it. It used to be the mirror of twilight."
The wizard nodded and disappeared through the doors again. Link turned and cocked his head at Zelda in confusion.
"We have five very skilled wizards that reside in this palace. If anyone could remake the portal to the Twilight…it's them."
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"Princess Zelda?" A wizard asked several hours later. The four had moved to a comfy room lavishly furnished with rugs and fancy chairs for everyone. They were all having tea as they discussed a bunch of random stuff.
"Yes?" Zelda replied, gesturing for the wizard to enter.
"The portal you wanted us to create…it's possible." The wizard now had everyone's full attention. "It will take a couple weeks and a lot of magic, but we can make a portal into the twilight realm by using the stone's magic."
Link was practically leaping into the air in excitement.
'I'll see Midna again…"
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Okay this is the fourth time I'm writing this warning. School starts in about a week and I'll be gone this weekend, so updates will take much much longer then they have and I know that updates for this story already take a long time so I am sooooooo sorry!