Chapter Nine

The following morning Link, Midna, Nik and Yeta were all in the main room waiting for breakfast.

"So when is it?" Nik asked with a grin.

"When's what?" Midna asked tiredly.

"The wedding! I have to know when to get a gift!" Nik teased as he backed out of Midna's reach for fear of getting smacked across the head.

Link gave a sigh as the door that lead to the kitchen flew open.

"Eating time!" Yeto declared wile setting a large pot on the floor.

"What's in it?" Nik asked wile peering into the pot that contained a yellow liquid.

"Egg and pumpkin!" Yeto declared as he handed bowls to everyone.

"Great I'm starving!" Nik said as he filled his bowl and greedily swallowed his soup.

"Nik after your done we need to train some more." Link said as he filled his bowl.

"What? But why just worked our butts of yesterday!" Nik argued as his took another sip from his bowl.

"Nik if you're going to beat Zant you have to get stronger." Midna replied.

"I don't get it what's with this Zant guy? I mean he beat me and Link before just because he surprised us."

"You didn't tell him?" Midna asked.

"About what?" Nik asked.

"About our entire adventure! About what happened to my kingdom and yours!" Midna exclaimed.

"I thought some one in the village told you?" Link asked.

Nik only shook his head.

"So what happened?!" Nik asked with an intrigued look on his face.

So Link began to tell his brother about there entire adventure, from Ordon, to being a wolf, meeting Midna, getting the master sword, going to twilight and defeating Zant and Ganon. After Link was done Nik face had change from an intrigued cocky look to that of serous and determined.

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For several minutes Nik sat quietly; until he asked a question completely out of nowhere.

"Hey Midna."

"Yea?"

"I thought royalty had to be married to become Queen or King."

"Well normally yes; but in times like these the council thought it was best to have a ruler present."

Nik only smiled.

"You still got a chance Link!" Nik teased and everyone chuckled from Niks comment Link was somewhat glad that his brother was something of a joker, It help to relive tension in these serious times.

"Come on Nik lets go" Link said standing up and stretching.

Nik only nodded as his brother helped him up.

"Midna you coming?" Link asked

"Why so you to can smooch again?" Nik said Midna's soup bowl crashed into his back.

"Ouch! Are you insane?!"

"No" Midna said looking at her finger nails "Are you?"

"If your weren't Links girlfriend I would!"

Midna pick up another bowl and began tossing it up and the air.

"Uh never mind" Nik said as he ducted out of the room pulling Link with him.

"Man was she ever that evil when you two were on your trip?" Nik asked as soon as they were at of ear shot.

"Well..." Link said as he let his mind wonder "at first yes but she warmed up to me, and she would like you to if you stop making her mad."

"But what's fun is that?" Nik chuckled as he and his opened the door to the practice room and felt a Blast of cold air.

"What the?" Link said as he stared at the large pile of snow in the middle of the room "how did this get here?!"

Nik was just as baffled as Link was; until another gust of wind hit the two boys from above.

Link looked to see a gapping hole in the roof.

"So did it just cave in?" Nik asked

Link didn't know what happened until he heard the sound of snow crunching.

Both he and Nik exchanged looks then peered toward the large pile of snow that was now shifting back and forth.

Link drew his sword eyeing the snow, waiting for anything to happen but unexpectedly the two boys heard a loud boom from behind them.

The two turned to look down the hall to see smoke rushing out of the room were the left Midna.

Link was out the door before Nik could even give a response.

Link rushed in to the living room to see Midna floating the air with a magic sphere levitating in her hand.

"Link!" Midna cried out when see saw him "Shadow Beasts!"

Link quickly equipped his shield and peered into the smoke that filled the room.

"I can't see!"

"I think it's….. LOOK OUT!" Midna screamed as she saw the Twili monstrosity charging toward Link.

Link did not have enough time to move let alone to raise his shield as the large beast rammed its stone head into Links stomach, pining Link into the wall.

The Twili beast stepped back, releasing Link from the wall; he fell to the ground trying to catch his breath.

Midna, using her free hand pulled Link to herself using magic, and sent the sphere in her other hand hurtling to the beast.

Midna grasped Link with both hands and turning her back toward the beast as the sphere crashed into its head causing a large explosion.

As the smoke cleared Midna saw that the beast lay still on the floor, she breathed a sigh of relief and gently floated to the floor.

"Thanks" Link said still trying to retain normally breathing. "Are you okay Yeto?"

"Yes me and wife fine." He said as he lowered Yeta to the floor from his arms, the two of them were hiding in the corner of the room.

"What was that?" Yeta asked as she eyed the beast carefully.

"It's a shadow beast Yeta" Midna explained "It serves Zant." she said in disgust.

"Is there more?"

"They travel in packs and I think they got in throw the training room's roof; oh no Nik's still in there!" Link exclaimed as he dashed out of the room and down the hall with Midna on his tail.

Link peered in the room only to see that the snow pile was sprawled all around the room.

As Link walked through the mess; he noted slash marks on the walls and floors, most likely made from the beast, were all heading to a large hole in the wall that led outside.

"What happened?" Midna asked as she surveyed the destroyed room.

Before Link could answer a loud cracking sound came from the wall not five feet away from the hole.

Again there was a crack and the wall began to break.

On the third time Nik came flying through the wall with the shadow beast on top of him.

The two fighters fell to the ground with a thud, but the shadow beast did not attack Nik it just laid motionless.

Link did not under stand until he saw the tip of Nik's sword in the back of the monster.

Nik then pushed the creature off of him and stood up shaking the snow from his cloths.

"Nik what happened?!" Midna and Link asked in unison.

"Well, Link left me in here by myself and the monster jumped out of the snow." Nik said pulling his sword from the monsters body. "It missed me on the first tackle, but not on the second." Nik said pointing to the first hole. "When we were outside I had time to get sword out before it tackled me again, and when it charged it ran into my sword."

"Well I guess you can handle yourself" Link said with a smile.

Nik only smiled back as he walk out the door to the hall way.

"There should be one more." Midna said following Nik back to the living room.

"Okay were is it?"

"I don't know." Midna said with a humph.

The two began to search the living room unaware about that they left Link in the other room.

As Link walked through the hole the cold wind stung his face, as he searched for the last shadow beast.

He did not have to look far for the beast appeared right in front of him.

The beast lunged with a roar, but this time Link was ready with his bow, he quickly rolled out of the path of the charging beast and notched a arrow. As soon as Link was on his feet he quickly turned to face his attacker, aimed and fired. The arrow flew fast and straight as it hit its target in the upper part of its chest.

The beast fell to the ground with out a noise as Link walked past the dead monster, heading inside.

"I got it." Link said as he rejoined his companions.

"Good" Midna said "but if Zant sent those beast then he must know were here and that means it's unsafe to stay here."

"Your right but were else can we stay?" Link said with a depressed look.

"Oridon?" Nik asked

"No if Zant finds us there then the villagers will get hurt." Link said "But we can go to a place near there!"