It seems like I go out of town for every holiday... Well, Merry Christmas everyone!


Link approached the wall of Twilight which loomed above him. Midna appeared in the darkness in front of him.

"You can only get in with my help...are you ready? You probably won't be able to get back out once you're in." Link nodded. "Okay..."

She floated away, through the wall. Link stood motionless, waiting for something to happen.

A hand, orange and similar to Midna's hair, appeared and grabbed him. Link howled as it dragged him through the wall.

Link opened his eyes once he felt his feet touch the ground.

Midna was floating in front of him, no longer a shadow, and was holding the sword in one hand and wearing the shield over her face.

"You humans use weapons like these? These will do nothing to help me!" She through them to the ground and looked up to the orange sky with a snort. "Oh well. I'll save them for later, just in case they are needed." With a wave of her arm, they were gone.

One of her ears twitched.

"Do you hear that? That strange hum? That is the sound of a Light Spirit. It is calling out to you. Better hurry, he he he!" She jumped onto his back and kicked his sides.

Link followed the strange hum into an open clearing.

The strange barrier that had stopped him before, stopped him once again.

Three of the shadow creatures dropped from the sky.

"This looks like trouble...and I don't want to be involved. Good luck!" With a wave, she floated off, through the barrier.

Lazy little--Link's thoughts were cut off as one of the creatures swiped him across his head.

Link was thrown into the barrier, which shocked and paralyzed him. Link howled in pain.

He quickly gained his mobility and jumped up as the creature came after him once again.

Link lunged at its throat and once again felt his teeth sink into its flesh. It screeched and threw him off. Link managed to avoid the barrier as he flew through the air.

Not wanting to take too long, Link lunged at the creature's throat once again, this time tearing the flesh from bone.

Link spit out the chunk of shoulder and watched as the creature fell to the ground.

Link jumped at one of the other beast's. He tore flesh from bone once again, and the creature fell to the ground without so much as a counter.

Link smiled to himself as he stared at the last remaining creature.

Suddenly, the creature looked to the sky and sent out a screech that seemed to shake the ground. Link crouched to the ground, trying to cover his ears.

Link looked up as his ears stopped ringing and found that the two beasts he had killed were getting back up.

He gasped.

Midna was at his side.

"What are you doing? You can't leave one alone, or it will call back the others! You have to take out the last two at the same time! You are hopeless!" She jumped onto his back. "Just get them all in range, and I'll show you how its done!"

Link ran as close as he could get to the three beasts.

A surge of energy filled his body. His legs left the ground before he could realize what was going on.

He crashed into the nearest beast, then the next, and the last. It happened faster than the blink of an eye, or so it seemed.

"That's how you do it!" Midna said as the barrier disappeared. Link took a moment to gather his lost strength.

Link ran toward the strange hum once again. It was getting louder, and Link already knew where to go.


I stood outside the black wall. I was starting to get impatient. Link had been in there for a long time now.

I was once again human. I had changed back when Link had disappeared beyond the wall.

I continued to pray to my sisters for him.

Keep him safe. Let him know what to do, please sisters. You owe him that much.

I looked up once more at the wall.

Just wait.


Link knew what he needed to do.

The Light Spirit, Faron, had told him what to do. The Spirit had also given him a strange device that he called the Vessel of Light. Link was suppose to use it to capture Tears of Light so that they could be returned to the shattered Spirit.

Creatures had stolen fragments of the Spirit's Light, covering the land in the Twilight. Now the creatures took the form of spiders and could only be seen with his newly acquired wolf senses. Link could smell one not far from the Spring.

It was hiding in the ground, below his feet.

Link dug his claws into the dirt.

The spider-thing jumped out from the hole Link had dug and scurried off. It was fast.

Link pounced after it and pinned it to the ground.

Link had hit it with such force that it merely exploded, exposing the glowing orb it had stolen.

Link jumped up to it.

With a sound like a drop of water, it disappeared into the Vessel of Light, filling one of its fourteen empty orbs.

Link stared at the orb.

That was easy.

"Only thirteen more to go, he he he!"


It took time, but Link finally pinned down the last of the bugs. The Tear of Light disappeared into the last empty orb.

Light surrounded Link and seemed to fill him. Pressure, and then, relief.

Link opened his eyes and saw that he was standing in the Spring. All signs of the Twilight were gone. Link smiled to himself.

The Light Spirit, Faron, floated before him. A giant lemur-like creature holding the giant ball of Light. His tail wrapped up and around his body and the ball.

"My name is Faron." He spoke with a voice that was similar to Ordona's. "I am one of the spirits of light who dwell in Hyrule. I use the life force of the gods to protect this forest.

"O brave youth...In the land covered in twilight, where people roam as spirits, you were transformed into a blue-eyed beast...

"That was a sign...It was a sign that the powers of the chosen one rest within you...and that they are awakening...

"Look at your awakened form..."

Link looked down.

He was wearing a green tunic, along with arm guards and big, but light brown boots. A large green hat covered his head and hung down below his shoulders.

"The green tunic that is your garb once belonged to the ancient hero chosen by the gods...His power is yours. His is the true power that slept within you.

"Your name is Link.

"You are the hero chosen by the gods.

"Brave Link...A dark power rests in the temple deep within these woods. It is a forbidden power. Long, long ago, I and the other spirits of light, with the help of the princess of the gods, locked it away. Because of its nature, it is a power that should never be touched by any who dwell in the light. But this world weeps beneath a mantle of shadows, and so there is no choice...You must match the power of the king of shadows. If you would seek this forbidden power, then proceed to the temple in the forest depths."

The Spirit faded.

Link stood in awe at all he had heard. He couldn't help but take one last look at himself again.

It was so strange, yet not surprising. It was as though he had known his destiny all along.

Link turned around and sighed.

Now he knew for sure what he had to do.