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Link was jarred from unconsciousness when he heard the sound of the Bulbin battle cry. Panic instantly set in. He tried to move, but he quickly found out that he was tied to a stake. A shiver ran down his spine. Link then realized that he had been stripped to his under garments and his weapons were nowhere in sight.

Heavy footsteps caught Link's attention. He looked up to see King Bulbin step into the tent. Link stared up into the cold eyes of his captor. The Bulbin leader smiled in satisfaction. Link felt a strong urge to demand freedom, however, the combination of fear, uncertainty, and a foggy mind kept him from yelling.

"It gives me great pleasure to see you alive," King Bulbin said. "I thought my archers went a bit far with those poisoned arrows. But, I see that it weakened you, and for that I am grateful. You didn't offer much resistance when we captured you."

"I don't even know how I got here," Link replied.

"We were out hunting when we saw something appear in the southern sky. I sent two of my men to investigate. When I heard their battle cry I rushed over. They were just tying you to the back of their boar when I arrived."

Ganondorf planned this, Link thought bitterly. So, while I'm trapped here with these beasts he's free to destroy Hyrule. And, his first target is going to be Hyrule Castle. I have to get out of here and warn Zelda.

Ralis paced around the throne room. It had been three days since his guards found the Twili and none of them were showing signs of recovery. Ralis rubbed his eyes and sighed. If he knew where Link was he could have sent for help. But, he didn't know where the hero was.

"King Ralis."

Ralis turned around. "Yes?"

"One of the Twili has regained consciousness," the guard replied.

Ralis hurried to the infirmary. When he got there one of the doctors was trying to calm down a young girl.

"You must calm down."

"Where am I? Who are you? How did I get here? Let me go!"

Ralis ran over and placed a hand on the girl's shoulder. She jumped and turned her attention to the king.

"You have to calm down," Ralis instructed.

"I don't know how I got here," the girl whimpered.

"Please, calm down. We're here to help you, not harm you," Ralis explained.

Reluctantly, the girl settled down and relaxed. Tears of fear filled her eyes.

"You're safe now," Ralis said. "No one is going to harm you."

"It's gone," the girl muttered.

The Zora king frowned. "Gone? What's gone?"

"The Twilight Realm."

Ralis forced himself to stay calm.

"Everything was destroyed," the girl continued. "One of the last things I saw was the palace burning to the ground."

"Were the other survivors?" the doctor asked.

"A number of Twili managed to escape the palace, but not all. Within the flames people screamed for help. They all disappeared when the palace collasped."

"What became of Link and Midna?" Ralis urged.

"They escaped," the girl answered, and Ralis sighed in relief. "But, Queen Midna vanished when the cliff gave way."

Ralis felt his heart plummet. "What else do you remember?" he asked.

"Not much. I heard the king call out to the queen and then I found myself submerged in water."

"Link is still alive," Ralis whispered. "The hero lives."

"Has trouble fallen on your land?" the girl wanted to know.

"It will should something happen to Link," Ralis said. "I believe that the only reason no one has tried to invade Hyrule is the fact that they'll have the Hero of Light chasing them back beyond the borders."

The Twili smiled. "Yes. He has also brought peace to our kingdom, as well." Her smiled faded. "However, he was unable to keep the attack from happening."

Ralis patted her hand. "The person who is responsible for the attack will be found," he promised. "Now, get some rest. You've had a trying few days."

The girl closed her eyes and fell back to sleep. Ralis walked out of the room.

Goddesses, if there were any more survivors, please watch over them.

Sareal walked through the quiet halls of the Snowpeak mansion. She had been unable to get to sleep and had decided to take a walk. To say the least, the mansion gave her the creeps. She could almost hear the sounds of distant battles that took place within the walls. She came to a courtyard. A small cannon stood a few feet to her left. It pointed to a door that was covered in ice.

Sareal was about to step forward when she heard a low growl. A white wolf seemed to form out of snow. It was joined by two more wolves. The animals charged. Sareal quickly opened the door and ran back inside. She slammed the door and heard the *thud* as the wolves hit the wood. Sareal quickly made her way back to the bedroom. She was just turning a corner when an ice spear struck the floor in front of her.

What's going on? she wondered.

Sareal looked out the window. Familiar, hypnotizing clouds slowly spread across the sky. Sareal turned back to the creature who had thrown the spear. It had been transformed into a creature of twilight. An eerie presence filled the room, sending a cold chill down the Twili's spine. She knew the presence. She had felt it when Link had first been brought to the Twilight Realm. It was the presence of pure evil.

"He's here," Sareal whispered in horror.

The silence was disturbed by blood-curdling shrieks. Barnes shot up in bed and looked out the window. The cloudless sky had been replaced with shimmering clouds of twilight. The shrieks came again. Barnes gulped and jumped out of bed. He ran downstairs and locked the door. He knew that sound too well. It could only mean that the black monsters were back.

Zepher bolted upright when he heard the screams. Raban and Gavin, followed by Renado and Luda, also woke up. Everyone held their breath, eyes fixed on the doors and windows. Renado felt his blood run cold when he saw the dancing clouds outside.

"It can't be," the shaman whispered. "It can't be happening again."

"Do you feel that?" Zepher asked.

"Feel what?" Luda wanted to know.

"I feel his presence," Gavin hissed.

"Who's presence?" Renado questioned.

"The demon who destroyed our home," Raban answered.

Zepher was about to get up when the doctors pushed him back down.

"You have not fully healed, captain. If you were to fight you would be killed," Gavin explained.

Renado wrapped his arms around his daughter. How could this be happening again? Raban glanced out the window. The village was empty. The screams had not originated within the village gates.

"We're safe, for the time being," Raban told the others. "Those were warning calls."

"From what?" Luda asked.

"Probably from other survivors," Zepher said.

"Or from our brethren who were transformed in the last Twilight invasion," Gavin suggested.

Renado tried not to understand what his guests were saying. None of this made any sense. He held Luda close and tired to coax her back to sleep. After a while, she did fall back to sleep. Zepher, Gavin and Raban stayed on high alert. Renado soon joined Luda in a dreamless sleep.

The skies over Ordon Village were blanketed in light grey clouds. It was an unusually dark and quiet night. The only noise came from the house of Jaggle and Pergie. It was clear that the family was in some sort of argument.

Talo stormed out of the house and slammed the door behind him. He had forgotten what had started the fighting, but he didn't care anymore, he just wanted to get away from Malo.

Talo sat down on the picnic table seat and buried his face in his hands. Things hadn't been the same since Link had been banished from Hyrule. Everything seemed to fall apart, in Ordon anyway. His musings were interrupted when he heard something fall into the water. Talo glanced up and looked towards the sound of the noise. He saw something move in the shadows. That something climbed up on to the wooden wharf near the house. The figure looked to be carrying another figure. Talo's eyes widened when he saw that the second figure was female, and obviously pregnant.

"Mom! Dad!" Talo yelled as he bolted for the wharf.

Jaggle and Pergie ran out of house.

"Talo?" Pergie called.

"Over here!" Talo yelled.

Jaggle and Pergie ran over to the wharf. Pergie gasped when she saw the two figures. She rushed over and helped to pull the mother-to-be on to dry ground. Jaggle ran to get help.

"Hey, are you okay?" Talo asked.

"Wh-where are we?" the male figure whispered.

"Ordon Village," Pergie answered.

The female figure groaned. "Ordon?" she repeated in pained tone.

"Yes, dear," Pergie confirmed.

"Do you know...where Link is?"

There was a short pause.

"You know Link?" Talo asked.

The lady smiled warmly. "Of...of course I know Link." She paused to catch her breath. "I'm his wife."

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