They left the next morning. "The Group" loaded into the wagon that brought Ralis and Ilia here, with Auru and Rusl in the driver's seat. Rennifer, Vaughn, Kain, Axel, Mel and Cole loaded up on their own horses. Once they were ready, with tearful farewells over with, the two groups took off in their separate directions. "Well," Link started, "I believe we should bring the Dominion Rod to Impaz."
"You're probably right," I agreed. "You ready to go?"
He nodded. "Yeah. Let's head out." Link mounted Epona, and I mounted Wings. We trotted off to the Hidden Village. There were no enemies this time, so we walked with ease to where Impaz was. From his never filling pouch, Link pulled out the Dominion Rod. Her eyes widened.
"Hey! That rod. . .Is that the Dominion Rod? Ahh. . . Could it really be? Are you the messenger to the heavens?! Among the legends of my clan, there is a story from the time when the Oocca still maintained contact with the royal family. Yes, it said that a mysterious rod was handed down from the people of the sky, and it was called the Dominion Rod. . .
"The rod was only to be carried by the messenger to the heavens when the royal family needed to communicate with the Oocca. From generation to generation, my ancestors have guarded the book that, by royal decree, was to be given to the messenger to the heavens. This is that book. Please, take it. This book is written in the ancient language of Sky Writing.
"I am so glad I stayed in this village. . . If I had not met that young girl, what would have become of me? Meeting that girl must have been ordained by the gods, so that I could be here today to pass on this knowledge. . . Yes, I was meant to pass on that ancient book from the heavens to you. . . Please, take care of yourself."
She went back inside the house, and Link and I marveled at the ancient book. "Say, doesn't Shad have an obsession with Sky beings?" I asked, cocking my head to the side.
"You're right!" Link exclaimed. "Let's go find him! I think Ilia said something about him being in the Sanctuary basement. . ."
We left the village at a brisk pace, hearts light with one of the last puzzles of our grueling journey.
.~:*:~.
I don't want to give you the play by play of getting the rest of the sky book characters, because that took a day in itself, and then fixing the cannon took one entire week. So, we're skipping past the decision of who was taking on the City in the Sky (coughmecough), and the way we got there, to a break I took after defeating the mid-boss.
"Midna, forgive if I'm prying, but I'm curious, Midna, did you ever know Zant?" We were sitting in the little alcove where I had found the clawshot, resting before we headed out to take care of the head honcho, the big guy, the boss!
She sighed, "I'll tell you my story with Zant, if you tell me about what happened between you and Vitus."
"If you also tell me about how you know Vitus. Deal?"
"Deal." She sighed. "Well, let's talk about Vitus first. Vitus, was my brother. Vitus, Zant, and I, we were inseparable when we were younger. And at the time, my-Vitus and mine- parents were the Twilight King and Princess."
"Princess?" I asked, confused. "Twilight Princess? Not Twilight Queen?"
"No, not Twilight Queen!" Midna replied shortly.
"Then what do you call the kids of the rulers?" I asked
"The Royal Children." Midna said, very proud of the title.
Well, I could've guessed that.
"Anyways, your parents were the rulers. . ." I prompted.
"Yes, my parents ruled the Twilight Realm. And as children, Zant, Vitus, and I were inseparable. Even though Zant was a servant to the royal family. We grew up, and we made more friends, rather than the three of us alone. Zant and Vitus befriended guys, and I made more friends with girls. Eventually, the three of us began spending less and less time together, until we stopped spending time together at all."
I frowned, I knew that pain. It had happened a couple times with me.
"As time went on, I realized that I didn't know Zant anymore. That he had changed so much, just as I had. And my parents, completely oblivious to all of this, arranged a marriage for us."
"An arranged marriage?" I gasped. "I was almost stuck in one of those, but that's another story."
"One day, we ended up in a huge fight, he had broken my pendant and I was furious. He hit me in turn for what I did, our parents found out because Vitus walked in half-way through the fight, and it was called off. This was," she paused, tapping her chin. "About a year and a half ago. A year ago, my Father began to consider who would take his place. Eventually, he passed over Zant and I was the candidate."
"And Zant went insane." I finished.
"You got it." She replied. "Now, tell me about your fight with Vitus!"
"Just, before I start, I'm sorry about the outcome."
"I know you killed him, Ely, and I don't care. He was Zant's accomplice, I know it was willing. While the three of us didn't spend time together anymore, they were best friends. They would do anything for one another. When Zant went insane, I had a feel Vitus would go down with him."
I sighed, and told her my story. "He was pretty handsome for an evil Twilight man."
"So everyone said." Midna replied. "To me, he was my brother, but now, he's not. Now, he's an evil accomplice."
War tears siblings apart.
It pains me to see that.
Dude, we only ran a mile today. It's just like, whoa, that was so easy! But first we got a lecture about the word TEAM. It was one hell of a wierd lecture. I won't go into details. I want pizza, some deep dish. Did you know that pizza used to be Pita bread stuffed with meat and vegetables? It was invented in Naples. It's pretty there. I'm watching NCIS. Can you tell that I'm rambling yet? Coz you know- *random person swoops in and makes me stop typing*. Bye!