Missing: Romani, Tetra, Midna

In Three Days.. the world as they knew it was going to end forever. But all Cressia could think about was, "Where is my little sister." "Where is Romani." She hadn't seen her since the start of day one. It was an odd... scary feeling. More scary than the impending doom of the moon falling from the sky. To Cressia... no threat to Termina could scare her as much as Romani going missing.

"Have you seen her, Link?" Cressia asked. "I haven't seen her in two days... and I don't know what to do."

Cressia was almost crying. But she hid it well. Link sat down, and began to play a song. Cressia began to smile, thinking that the song was meant to cheer her up...

AD, F, AD, F, AC, BG, FGA, DCED... AD, F... AD, F

The world began spinning around and around...

76 hours remain

Link found himself no longer at the ranch. No longer in front of Cressia holding back her tears. Now he wouldn't have to worry about finding Romani. He quickly made his way to the ranch... only to find that nothing had changed.

"Link! Have you seen Romani anywhere?" Cressia asked again. "That girl..."

Link wasn't sure what he could do to find her... but at the very least he had more time now. And he could keep going back to find her...

He searched Clock Town... and the Woodfall.

76 Hours Remain

He checked Deku Palace and Ikana Valley...

76 Hours Remain

Zora Hall, and Snowhead...

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Goron Shrine and the Stone Towers.

76 Hours Remain

"Link! Have you seen Romani anywhere?" Cressia asked. "That girl..."

It was all repeating. Link had searched high and low throughout Termina. But he couldn't give up. He had to find her. But where in Termina had he not looked? Was there anywhere even? He had spent the past near four hundred hours looking for her. But she was nowhere.

"I'm starting to think we might not find her..." Cressia said. She didn't know quite how long Link had been looking for her. To her... it had only been a day. But for Link, it was much longer.

"I know where she is." came a very calming voice. "If you want to find her, you'll need to come with us."

"Yeah!" said Duke. "What Lady Merces said!"

Lucretia held in her laugh. "She's at the top of Tartarus. A tower in a world that is not known to any of your kind. You may both come to scale the tower if you wish."

"I'll do it." Cressia said. "Anything to save Romani... you'll help, won't you Link?"

Link nodded, confirming that he would go.

Lucretia opened the portal herself, and signaled for Cressia and Young Link to go through. They both did so.

"Wow. You are AWESOME!" Duke said. "So where to next?"

"Another time." Lucretia said. "That's where I'll be needed most... I'm afraid that this next one... won't be so easy."

Ganondorf laughed. He couldn't believe what he was being asked. A girl is missing... her name is Tetra. You should go find her...

Why should he go find this girl? Why should he care about her? "Tell me again, Lady Merces... why should I save her?"

Lucretia smiled. She was brilliant. She always was. A number of steps ahead of everyone. "What is it that you seek, Lord Ganondorf?"

"REVENGE!" Ganondorf yelled.

"And just how do you intend to get your revenge?" Lucretia asked. "Specifically, I mean."

Ganondorf laughed. "I WILL OBTAIN THE TRI-FORCE!"

"And what if I were to tell you... that this girl. This simple pirate girl. Held the Tri-force piece of Wisdom?"

"...WHAT!"

"That's right. And what if i were to tell you that... one who holds the Tri-force piece of wisdom would be there as well?"

Ganondorf could see where she was going with this. He understood all to well. If he were to rescue this...girl. He could take the Tri-force piece of Wisdom from her. Yes.. and he could get the piece of courage as well! THEN HIS REVENGE WOULD BE COMPLETE!

"Fine. I will do it!" Ganondorf said.

Lucretia smiled. "I had a feeling you would.' She then opened up the portal, and Ganondorf waltzed through.

"Damn... you're good." Duke said. "The Duke was going to piss his pants there for a second... especially since Franny took my last can of kick ass away."

"I"ll get you some more once we're done here." Lucretia said. "Thank you for escorting me this far. But we have one more... time to go to."

This Link... he was much older. Wiser. He had seen more battle. His eyes did not hide the same innocence that young Link's eyes did. It was obvious even to Duke that this was not the same Link. Though perhaps Duke didn't completely understand it.

"Nice to see you again Link! Ever find Romani?"

"I told you, this is not the same Link." Lucretia explained. "And in any case... if this were the same Link... you know what? I'm not going to explain it."

"What brings you to Hyrule?" Link asked with confidence.

"You are looking for Midna, aren't you?"

Link nodded. He had indeed been looking for her for some time now. But he had no idea where to begin looking. "I think she just doesn't want to be found."

Lucretia shook her head. "She's atop Tartarus. A tower in another world. If you seek her, you will climb the tower, and find her there."

Link nodded. "Then I will go. How do I get to this other world?"

Lucretia smiled. "If you will... Duke?"

"Right!" Duke said, opening up the portal this time. "Through there, Elf boy!"

"I told you he's not an elf!" Lucretia sighed. "Urda would kill you if she heard you say that."

"Urda sounds hot."

"She's not your type. Trust me."

"Everyone is Duke's type!"

"Your not hers, I mean."

"Duke is everyones type!"

Lucretia sighed, as Link went through the portal. "We're done here... you can take me back. It seems everything went as well as planned."

"Of course!" Duke said. "You're like... three steps ahead of everyone. Which makes you one step ahead of Batman!"

"Speaking of Batman..." Lucretia said. "I have a feeling we may need help convincing him to come as well. But I have a plan for that as well..." The smile on her face was very telling. She had a plan. And it was a good one.