Chapter 6 Sorrow
As Tesil walk in to her maiden's room, she took in the scene. The hero who had rescued their realm was laying on the queen's bed. The wounds from the attack from that creature were mostly closed when they found him but the lost of blood was great. It had been 2 weeks since they found him bloody and limp. Even the finest healers were having trouble healing him.
Then the marks began to appearing about 3 days ago. Similar to the ones the Twili bore except these flowed from the scars on his face down his body and spiraled down his left leg and right arm. Stranger still was they pulsed red unlike the Twili's who glowed blue. They had a... animalistic look to them. Ever since the day the sky opened the realm was becoming more and more chaotic.
Queen Midna had a strange golden glow about her since the day the sky shot the golden light upon her. Ever since then she had become reclusive, only coming out to see the healers to Link's side and barely eating. She had begun to keep her right hand covered up. No one seemed to notice except her. When she asked Midna about it all she would say was a blessing and curse has come to us.
She sat there next to him with her regal poise about her but due to the lack of food she had become frail. "Yes Tesil ?" Her queen asked. "I am sorry milady but I have brought you something to eat." "Leave it on the dresser." Tesil walked in and shut the door behind her. After setting the tray down she walked over to her oldest and most dearest friend and place a hand upon her shoulder.
"Midna..."she began. "I know we owe this man our very lives but we still need you to lead us. Ever since the day he came to us, the Shaye have grown bolder in their attacks. Soon they will be at our place door and we need our queen to stand against them." Midna reached up with her covered hand and placed it on tesil's. "This man gave everything to protect 2 worlds. One was his home. The other he had nothing to do with. I can not leave his side. This is where I belong." Tesil shook her head and walked out of the room. Midna took Link's hand in her's and placed it to her face. She felt tears forming and sliding down her face and on to their clasped hands. The wounds were gone but he still had not returned to her. As she laid her head upon his chest she realized it had been days since she last slept and allowed the warmth of his body to relax her. She slipped into sleep only a few moments later.
She awoke with a start to the sounds of growling and roars. Looking around she realized she wasn't in her room. In fact she recognized this place right away. It was the cell in the Hyrule dungeon her and Link first meet in. Walking to the door it swung open. As if it was telling her to move. Walking down the hall the growls and roar got louder. And there was another voice. It seemed to be singing and laughing.
Following the sounds took her deeper in to the dungeon. It became more twisted and took a more frightful appearance. The walls began to slide apart showing a twisting and spinning version of the night sky. The water at her feet became black and thick. Walking became difficult so Midna began to float just above the ground. As she rounded another corner the rats had become freakish beasts that ran at eh very sight of her. The light from the torches was not helping so Midna conjured a ball of light which caused the rat-beasts eyes glow with a sickening yellowish green.
Stepping in to a large opening She came upon the cause of the sounds. It was a wolf like beast that Link was fighting when she found him. It was chained to the floor with the thickest chains she had ever seen. The animal was pulling and tugging at the chains and some of them looked like they had teeth marks. As Midna took in the rest of the room, her eyes came upon a woman in a long green tunic that hung between her legs. She was seated on a knocked over column. Her red hair was in two buns, each on the sides of her head. Her nose had a golden hoop through her right nostril. She had a small knife in her hands and was using it to clean under finger nails. Across her back, two swords were sheathed.
The roars coming from the beast chained just a few feet from her did not seem to bother her. In fact she treated them like one would a gentle breeze coming from a field. "Ah! I see you have arrived Queen Midna." The woman had said during a small break from the roars. "Where am I? And who ar..."Midna was cut off by another out burst from the beast. The woman held up her hand to have Midna wait. Waving the same hand a muzzle appeared over the beast's mouth, reducing his roars to various growls.
"He hates it when I do that." the woman chuckled. The look on the face of the animal was filled with murderous rage. "Now to answer you questions, Milady." She said with a curtsey. "You are deep in the mind of your beloved Hero of Twilight." Midna stood in shock. For the first time in her life no words could come to her mind. "And I am Farore one of the three goddess who created your world." Midna's face began to scowl. "So you are one of those responsible for banishing my people."
"You do not want to try and fight me." Farore said. And before Midna could even produce her spear, chains erupted from the wall behind her and bound her to it. "Now be still for a moment so I can explain to you how to get back the man you love and save more than you can possibly know." Midna relaxed and dropped to the ground when the chains unwound themselves from her body. Farore walked to wear she had been sitting. "I wanted to give Link a power that could enable him to destroy what is coming. But as you can see there are some...side effects. I have kept him restrained in here. Because if he was to get loose before he could control it..." her voice trailed off.
"That is why I am reaching out to you Queen of the Twili. This man loves you with everything he is. If anybody can reach him, to help get this under control, it would be you." Midna began to approach the monster. The fur matched the patterns of Link when he was a wolf. If it wasn't for the chains keeping him down, Midna guessed he would stand 8 feet tall. From the fingers on each hand grew claws almost 5 inches long. Through the muzzle Farore had placed on him she saw the same piercing blue eye on the right but on the left was a red one. It sacred her but she could still see him in both of those eyes.
The creature eyed her as she moved in front of him. Midna locked eyes with him. It was Link. She had to help him. Slowly reaching out with her hand, the animal seemed to be still. Her hand slowly inched it way to him. Midna, never once breaking her gaze, felt his fur in her hand. Slowly stroking his head the beast closed his eye and began to whimper as if crying. She took his head in her arms and stroked him tears pouring down her face. She fell to her knees the massive head in her lap. She spoke to him. " I am so sorry My love. I only did what I though was best. If I had known the hurt it would have caused you, I would have stayed with you. Even if it meant I would spend forever stuck in that impish form."
Midna bent down to kiss Link on the head. As her lips made contact with his snout, Link began to thrash and knocked Midna away. He reared back on his legs and let out a the loudest roar that almost deafened her. Midna looked on in horror as Link seemed to be getting worse. "HELP HIM!!" she cried to Farore who had been watching the entire scene. "Why?" She asked Midna. "HE IS LOSING HIMSELF! HELP HIM!!" Midna screamed to the goddess. Farore just shook her head and pointed at Link.
Midna looked at Link and he was shrinking. The fur was sliding back in to his body along with his claws. His ears were returning to normal and the tail was disappearance. The chains that had bound him were falling off of him. Link dropped to his knees and slumped over, Scrambling to her feet, Midna ran to him and gathered him in to her lap. As she held him she could still see the boyish charm in his face but it had became ragged with the countless battles he had fought. Even in the dream world his face was scared. As Midna reach up to touch his face, a loud snap came from behind her. Looking back to the goddess she saw nothing and the world slip away.
Midna woke with a jump and realized she was back in her room. She was in her chair next to the bed but Link was gone. As she jumped out of her chair, 2 arms wrapped themselves around her waist and she felt the the warmth of a body against hers. She spun around as much as she could to see one red eye and one blue eye looking back at her. She threw her arms around Links neck and kissed him falling in to the bed. She pulled away to catch her breath and take him in. She punched him in the arm and he just smiled at her. That smile...she couldn't ever say no to that smile. So she just smiled and opened her self to him.
