Hope you liked the little bit of a cliffhanger – I think it worked but opinions and criticism are always welcome!

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Chasm

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As I closed my eyes, I let my mind wander.

I thought of all the moments I'd spent with Midna, all those moments we'd spent during the adventure of saving both the Light and Twilight worlds. I wanted to cause myself as much pain as possible before relieving myself of it forever. I could remember that impish smile, the bright blue Twili symbols that ran across her body and the Fused Shadows that she wore.

This then morphed into the vision that I'd seen reappear in this very field. The tall, elegant figure who continued to tease me with her words clouded my mind with the beauty that she possessed. Who knew that such a beautiful princess could be hidden inside the impish skin that she was forced to wear by Zant and Ganondorf? Until that moment the most beautiful person I had ever met was Zelda, but she was not a patch on Midna's true form. While Zelda was very pleasing to the eye, Midna was much more striking, with her skin tone and the Twili symbols adorning her. Not to mention what she was wearing, no hot-blooded male could ignore that!

If I was honest with myself, until that moment I'd not really thought about Midna in that way. But I knew her. I knew her personality and I knew her passion for right and wrong. And at that second, I knew I could never love another. I didn't know if she felt about me in the same way, and I'd never know if she felt about me in the same way. As much as I knew her, I was not expecting such actions from her as in the Mirror Chamber. We never got to talk about it, we never said goodbye properly...

A single tear fell from my face. It fell from my face into oblivion, into the chasm that was below the Bridge of Eldin. It reminded me of the chasm I now felt in my heart.

I was standing on the edge now, nothing between me and the drop. I took my sword belt off and placed it beside me and looked up to the sky one last time. It was definitely twilight now.

"Midna," I all but whispered.

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I'd had word from the guards at the East Gate that Link had passed through there.

"Stupid boy," I thought to myself. That was probably the last place he should go, the Eastern field of Hyrule would hold so many memories for him. Perhaps the hurt drew him there, I don't know.

I was now sat in my own room, at my desk, looking out of my window as I watched the light fade into night. Again, I thought about how foolish Link was to disappear to god knows where at this time of night. Twilight. Again, perhaps his memories drew him to it, as I knew that the connection between the two worlds, the Light and Twilight, was strongest at twilight. I pondered this thought, while wondering where Link was, when I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in," I replied to the knock and I turned around to see who it was. I found Adalmund, the head of the Royal Guard standing in the open doorframe.

"Princess," he greeted me with a formal bow. Gesturing for him to come in, I stood up and took in one final glance of the sun before it set and plunged Hyrule into twilight darkness.

"Princess, I bring news of Sir Link." Adalmund spoke with such a deep commanding voice that I almost missed the tone. Was there a hint of sadness in there?

"Adalmund, what is the matter? What have you heard?" I answered, trying to not sound too anxious, maintaining the composure required of a princess.

"The stables had a visitor earlier, a horse arrived back in the yard."

"So Sir Link is back?" I asked, hopeful.

"Your Highness, two grooms did indeed identify it as the horse taken by Sir Link earlier today. However, it came back riderless."

"So where is Sir Link, Adalmund?"

"Your Highness, I sent a troop of guards out to Eastern Hyrule Field as that's where the watchmen reported Sir Link to have gone, but I could find no evidence of him. We searched the whole of the Eastern field and found nothing, apart from this charm."

He handed me a small bone charm, on a necklace of string. I recognised it as the charm he had attached to his sword belt when I met him in the Mirror Chamber. I didn't know what it was, but I definitely remembered seeing him leave with it earlier in the day. It was definitely something of his.

"Where did you find this Adalmund? Surely it would have given you some idea of where he had been, where he went even?"

He coughed, "erm, Your Highness, you might want to sit down for this."

"I do not want to sit down. Adalmund, tell me where you found this charm!" I commanded in my most princessey voice, one I used when telling old councillors that they did not run Hyrule, I did.

"Your Highness, we found the charm on the edge of the Bridge of Eldin. We believe that..."

But Adalmund didn't finish his sentence. His arms caught me before I hit the floor. Everything in my mind had gone blank.

"He couldn't have..."

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know it seems I'm making Link a bit emo-y, but it's just my idea as to how he develops. Feel free to add your own opinions too :)

Til next time!