Here's the first short chapter in quite some time. We find out just what happened after Zant kidnapped Midna in the Mirror Chamber... Yeah... I wasn't really sure where to put it, either. I don't own Legend of Zelda.

Midna woke with a start. She was lying on a cold tile floor. Zant cast a glance at her over his shoulder and said, "Your Keeper really is a fool. Relentless, but a fool all the same."

Midna saw that Zant held a hand over his bleeding stomach and said triumphantly, "At least I can trust him. It makes me glad to know his sword tasted your blood. Now nothing can stop it from spilling the rest."

Zant healed himself and replied, "Is that really necessary? The way I see it, he should be here with us. After all had Makura been obedient, I would have had no choice but to bring him with you."

Midna flinched and said, "If I wanted obedient I would have chosen a dog."

Zant smiled knowingly. "But we both know now that you did. Who would have thought that those cursed Goddesses would choose him. After all, they did abandon us."

Midna said scornfully, "The only one who's abandoned you is Ganondorf! Are you so blind that you can't see the truth?"

Zant's playful expression dropped. "So I am the blind one. How have you not seen the truth of Makura? You've spent enough time in the Light that you should be able to tell my words are sincere."

Midna asked vehemently, "What do you mean?"

Zant crouched beside her and said, "Makura isn't a true Twili. Those beautiful eyes you love so much are those of a Hylian."

Midna remembered all the cold eyes she had seen. Link's eyes flashed across her mind, the same intense sapphire of Makura's. Her breath caught in realization, but she spat out, "You're lying!"

Zant smirked ruthlessly. "Am I? You know the legends as well as I, but there is one that's always puzzled me, Cousin." He spat the familiar term at her. "It was only passed down by my lineage. It tells of how a princess ran off with a fair haired, blue-eyed demon. She returned two years later with a child. The father had died protecting them. The woman was exiled. She fled through the Mirror with her baby and that's where the story ends."

Midna covered her face in disbelief and whispered, "Makura is the offspring of both races?"

Zant continued, "I spent years trying to find another record, but found nothing. To everyone else the woman never existed." He turned to Midna and said, "Who do you think told your father about you and the blue-eyed demon that devoted himself to you? I told the legend passed by my family to your father. The king was afraid you would repeat history. He loved you so much it would have killed him to exile you."

Midna gasped in alarm. "You're the one who plotted against us this whole time?"

Zant inclined his head, pride in his eyes. Midna screamed as she raised a fist to strike, "You monster!"

Zant caught her wrist. Midna cried out and stopped struggling. Zant let go and Midna's arm fell. He stood to leave and said, "You will stay in your tower. I've had too many prisoners escaping from the dungeon of late."

He snapped his fingers and Midna was once again a Twili. A cloak materialized and dropped into her lap. Confusion flashed across her face for only an instant before she caught his irony. Midna glared darkly as she wrapped it around her shoulders and pulled up the hood. As she stood, two shadow beasts flanked her. Zant waved a hand from where he sat on the throne. The shadow beast nudged her back and Midna knew she was being dismissed.

Midna held her head high as she walked. She didn't let a single tear fall. Once in her bedroom, a quick check told her that Zant had locked her in and sealed off the passage behind the fireplace.

A chair sat facing the window. Midna sat and silent tears finally coursed down her face. As dusk fell on the Twilight realm, Midna sang. Her notes rang with clarity as she voiced her lament to the night.

Zant heard the beautiful keening from where he sat in the throne room. He smiled as he listened to the caged bird's song.

I kind of (as in practically copied) made Midna the same as Zelda, locked in her tower, watching as her kingdom fell. It was kind of a cruel irony I felt Zant would employ. Zelda's room wasn't locked though, so having Midna's tower locked shows she's still willing to fight. Not going to lie, songs kind of play an important part for relationships from here on. And yes, Zant is a monster. Please read and review.