Time is of the Essence
Disclaimer: I herd you liek Mudkipz...but I guess that doesn't make me the owner of anything.
AS Fire: WOOT! Look who is back!
Midna: And NOT crazy just yet.
Link: What made you say that?
Alice: Do you even pay attention to yourself when you're on sugar? O.O
Link: Whatever do you mean?
AS Fire: OMFG is sugar high on the rage now?
Link/Alice: WTF Noob x_x.
AS Fire: T_T
Midna: While he cries in the corner over there, here is the question..." In all darkness, there is light. In all light, there is darkness. But has anyone ever thought about what's between?"
Alice: In between light and dark?
Link: Wouldn't that be like...grey or red?
Midna: Your an Assifist, Link.
AS Fire: The hell is an Assifist?
Midna: The definition of Assifist, as in the dictionary, is as follows...
-Verb,Adj.
-The use of one's rear end to block attacks; Description of what one's behavior is like; One that acts like they been on sugar high for too long.
AS Fire: Anyways, I would answer the question in a more of a moral sense...Purgatory. That is often what is in between.
Alice: Well said. Even though...Purgatory isn't morale.
AS Fire: Osh Gosh, a Car wash! I was close.
Alice: You...wait...what? O.O
Midna: That's in the same sense that Hentai is bad.
Link: You're saying that Hentai is Bad? KILL YOURSELF!
Alice: Link...you watch Hentai? O.O
Link: Huh? Um...Fire? Isn't it time to start this chappy?
AS Fire: I lol'd. Alright, I will save your ass this once.
No one's POV:
The temple's doors slammed shut behind Midna and Link, as they entered. The entry room was entirely dark. That, in turn, caused Link to pull out his Lantern, and lit it. Just then, the temple's atmosphere set in. The air was cool, and dry. There was sand, and Stone like blotches all over the ground. The walls were of an ancient Hylian make, with silhouettes sketched into the golden stones.
Link, with Midna on his head, began walking slowly forward, as to not set off any traps. As they neared the sand portion of the walkway, the sand began giving way as something was making its way out. Link jumped back just in time, to dodge a Moldworm that tried to take a bite out of Link's hand as if it was double cheeseburger.
Link's POV:
"Ack!" That damned thing nearly took my hand off. I felt my blood racing as adrenaline began filling my body with energy.
"Link...what the hell." Midna began, sounding annoyed. "Are you TRYING to die?"
"How was I supposed to know?"
"How many times have things came out of the ground on you?"
"...Your point?"
"Never mind."
She was right though. I recalled the last time Deku plants, and goddesses knows what else, burrowing out of the grounds trying to make a midnight snack out of me. She saved me that day...as a matter of fact, I would not even be here today, if it wasn't for Midna.
"...Midy"
"Please don't tell me you forgot how to kill them."
"...Thank you...if it was not for you, I would not even bee here today...You saved me countless times."
She begins playing with my hair again. "Link...it works both ways...before I met you, I didn't even care for this realm. I only cared about saving the Twilight, and damned everything else...you opened my normally cold heart. And you have shown me something that I didn't even know existed...how to love. So thank YOU for being there."
"Heh...what can I say? After all, I am the Chosen Hero."
"And never has their been a greater one than you."
After that moment was done, I signaled for her to hand me my Clawshot out of her invisible storage space. And she complied, placing it in my hand.
I watched...and waited until I saw the sand rippling again. As soon as I saw that happening, I shot the Clawshot in the ripple's very core, pulling out the Moldworm. All it could do, at this point, was splash around, aimlessly. I proceeded to pull out my sword, and slashed it in two, and it dispersed as sand particles into the ground.
"Good going, Link." Midna congratulated me, patting me on my head.
"It was nothing." I responded, and proceeded to walk forward. As I began to step on the sand, my leg began to get swallowed whole. I tried to pull myself out, but the current was too strong for me. It wasn't until Midna floated off my head, was I able to pull myself out, and I fell backwards on the stone portion of the ground.
"Well now I see why there is a lack of traps in this area." I stated, regaining my footing.
"What about if you try rolling across?" Midna suggested.
"Hmm...you know? It just might work. Lets give it a shot!" Midna then floated over to the other end of the room, in front of the door.
I took a couple of steps back, noting the location of all the stones in the room. I made a dash to the first closest stone. As soon as I hit the quicksand portion, I began to roll. As I finished the maneuver, I was safely on the other stone. I repeated this process, until I was on the other side of the room, with Midna.
With Midna wrapping my arm in hers, we proceeded into the next room.
This room was HUGE! It was also poorly lit. But, it was enough for me to be able to extinguish the light from my Lantern, and have Midna return it to her storage space. This room was surely something to behold. The fact that it was poorly lit, gave the room an eerie feeling. As if this room was haunted, we heard the wind howling in the distance.
At the far end of the room, up the stairs, and past a gap, was the Big Door. Yes...the Big Door. In every one of my adventures, there was always a Big Door, signaling that we were about to engage in a boss fight. However, this time, that gap made it impossible to reach the door at this time.
Midna's POV:
"How do you suppose that you reach the other side of that? You are too big for me to levitate across that without falling."
"I'm not sure." I could see the confused look upon my hero's normal confident face. That made me confused as well.
I began to look all over the room we were in, in order to try and gain a clue, as to what we were supposed to do. There was a door on the left end of where we were standing. It had a sketching of the Sun above it, and the door was embossed with light. There was also a door on the right end. It had a similar sketching. However, this one was of the moon, and the door was covered in twili magic.
As I noted both doors, Link ushered me behind him, using the arm that I was holding on to.
"Whats wrong?"
"Listen." Link responded, while he placed his hand on his sheathed sword.
He was right...I could make out the faint sound of laughter in the distance. The laughing sent chills down my spine, and it caused me to levitate up to Link's back, looking over his shoulder.
Then, very slowly, the four lights, that were lighting the gap between the stairway and the Big Door, began taking four different forms.
It was Poe! Those ghostly figures were irritating as they were, scaring people during the night. As soon as they separated from the lanterns, a metal guard encased the Big Door's keyhole, making it virtually impossible to continue to the Twilight Mirror.
I had to stop them! I hovered from Link's back and began charging energy shots within each hand. I could feel Link watching on, as I attempted to engage the four Poe in battle. I shot a blast at one of the Poe, and it dodged it. The four Poe began to return the favor, shooting four consecutive blast straight at me, one from each Poe. I gracefully used levitation to dodge each shot, back-flipping over the first, bending backwards so the second went over me, descending over the third, and using my magic to push myself upright and higher over the fourth one. and I used my hair hand to form an inescapable field, trapping one of the Poe inside of it. I charged an energy ray, and was preparing to finish off the Poe that I had caught.
Something told me to move out the way, and I had to drop the field, releasing the Poe, and I descended out of the way. Sure enough, a rather forceful energy shot went straight past my head, and smashing into the wall, scarring it.
The Poe then began to flee. I tried to chase the one that was nearest to me, leading me to the door with the sun above it. The Poe went straight through it. I tried to open the door. As soon as I touched the door, some sort of magic sent electric jolts straight up my hand, causing me to scream out in pain, and fall to the floor, on my back.
"Midna! Hang on!" I heard Link shout, as footsteps began approaching me until Link scooped me up in his arms.
"You okay?" He asked me.
I looked up into his eyes. I could see the worry in his, and I used my hand to cup his cheek. "I'm alright." I said to reassure him. "But, two of them went through this door. And I assume that the other two went through that door down there." I pointed to the Moon Door.
Link began reaching for the sun door.
"Link! Don't!" I stared on, and he did anyway.
And to my surprise, he did NOT get shocked.
"This magic..." He began "...It is responding to my mind. All I did was look at the door long enough, and something told me that I must go this way...but Midna...I don't think that this door will let you pass."
"Wait...it won't let me pass? So what was I supposed to do? Sit here and let you walk blind into Goddesses knows what kind of danger here alone? Link, I can't leave you knowing that your walking into danger!"
"...That isn't all Midy...Come with me for a second." Link got up, with me still in his arms, and he carried me over to the middle of both doors, where we started from.
"Now...look at that doorway." He said, tilting his head to the door with the moon above it. I floated out of his arms, and I looked at the door.
Young Princess...chosen by the Sages to aid the Hero...you must go this way...this is more than just a dungeon...this is faith.
"WHAT? It not only wants to separate us, but now it also wants us to GO separate ways too? Link, I do not trust this place."
"I know what you mean. But the way it looks now..." He turned his head towards the sun door. "...Midna...we have to split up for a while."
"Link...I can't...I just can't" I descended until I was on my knees, and used my hands to cover my face, and I cried.
He knelt down beside me, and took my hands in his hands, and I looked up at him.
"Ever since...ever since I almost lost you to the Bulbin Leader, I could feel myself doubting my abilities. I failed to help you when you needed it the most. All I could do is watch, as I relayed on others to help save you. Link I'm afraid of losing you again!"
Tears continued down my face.
"I don't want...I can't leave your side...It hurts too much whenever I'm away from you, knowing there is danger nearby. There has to be another way...Link Please..."
Even I could hear the desperation in my voice.
"Midy..." When I saw a tear roll down his cheek, my eyes got big for a second. Then he picked me up, and held me close to him, hugging me. "I don't want to leave you either...I couldn't stand leaving you down there on that hill that day...but I knew it was for a good cause. To save the valley...the world...and YOU. Everything I did in this journey was for your people...my people...and you, Midy."
By now, my arms was wrapped around his neck.
"Midy...I wish there was a different way to do this...but it appears that there is none...if we don't do this, then you might as well kiss both realms goodbye, and say hello to your new king Zant."
He stood up, with me still in his embrace.
"Midy...if just for a little while...don't worry about me. I made a promise to you...I promised that after this was said and done, that I would...I would-"
"And you better keep that promise." I said, cutting him off. I buried my face in his neck, and my next words were sounding muffled. "It seems all the bad is happening to me so fast...but I see why...you helped me see...I have to help you however I can. I do believe in you Link...I do...I just don't want to see you hurt again."
"Midy...you won't...you won't."
He held me closer...as if that was even possible. After a couple of seconds, he loosened up, just enough for me to look him in his eyes. Then, he leaned in and kissed me...and I returned his kiss.
After a couple more seconds, he broke the kiss.
"So...are you ready to go?" He asked me, changing his grasp so now he was holding my right hand with his right hand.
"Wait...let me give you this." I reached into my storage, and pulled out a Necklace. It was of the finest make a Twili could have. Link gasped in awe at it, as I held it out into the air.
"Midy...I don't know what to say."
"Just say thank you."
His eyes got big. Then he gave me a smile so beautiful, that it almost caused me to forget the reason I was even in the temple in the first place.
"Also," I began, "This necklace will let you go into my storage space, whenever we are apart. Just hold it, and think of the item that you want to use. It will appear in a flash one foot in front of your face. And don't worry. The light won't blind you. I promise."
"...Thank you" He said, as I put the necklace around his neck.
"Its more than this to come, once we are done with Zant." I replied as I took his hand again, in both of my hands.
"You will be with me always...right?"
"If always means that I can look at you EVERY waking moment...then yes. I will Midy."
I smiled, as I turned to face the Moon Door, and he turned to face the Sun Door.
We made our separate ways, still holding onto each others' hands. When we finally slipped out of each others' grip, we stopped for a second, and at the same time, we stared back at each other.
"I love you, Link." I said
"And I love you, Midy." He replied, as he ran towards the Sun Door.
I glided over to the Moon Door.
And with that, our true journey began.
A test of our will...and of our time.
AS Fire: Awww Midy, It will be okay! ^_^
Midna: Okay one...Only Link calls me 'Midy'. Two, PISS OFF! _
Alice: Awww, are you nervous? Are you? Huh? Huh?
Midna: Alice...please...
Alice: Oh...i'm sorry...
*Link returns from kitchen with Pizza*
Link: What's all the hubub?
Midna: T_T
Link: O.O Um...Midy? You are crying again.
Midna: AM NOT! *Shoots energy ball at Fire*
AS Fire: What did I DO? *Runs*
Midna: Oh no you dont! *chases Fire*
Link: What was her problem?
Alice: Meh, the broad was insane in love, yo.
Link: Ohh...At least she know what true love is. And not *cough* Alice *Cough*
Alice: WHAT DID YOU SAY! I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS! I WRITE SHIKA/TEMA! *chases Link*
Link: O.O RUN AWAY! *Runs*
Im still alive folks! I was just at a local Yugioh Tournament this past weekend, which kind of delayed me for a bit. But trust me, I said I would not abandon you guys, and I keeps my words.
First, shouting out Mercy At Dawn, for the regular help he provides. Liking the questions kid. Keep them up, and I will keep them coming!
Next lets show love to AliceOtaku. Obvious pick here. She is something else people. If you haven't checked out her story, go do it. DOO EET NOW! lol Thanks a lot Alice, for all of your help.
Till next time Folks!
