Hey guys. I've been working on some side stuff for the story, so I'm sorry if this gets up slower than usual. (although, what is the usual at this point?) anyways, I uploaded a sneak peek of my next story, go and check it out on my page if you want. It's called "Lightning Tactician." And no, it is not a Fire Emblem Awakening story. It's actually Logan's first adventure! Or at least, a glimpse of it. Another thing I've been doing? If my stories had ANIME OPENINGS! You have no idea how much I freaking love that concept, I already finished an opening for a future story! I'll try and work on one for the Time Shifter now. (It's written in a script format, not animation BTW. [But it would also be cool if somebody did animate it.]) QUICK, THE CHAPTER APPROACHETH!

Chapter 25; The One Eyed Beast

Lora's POV

After a dreamless night, I woke up early after my couple hours of sleep. I got used to sleeping in small points and still waking up energized ready for whatever happens next! But today, I actually woke up earlier than expected. 'oh well' I thought. 'might as well clean up from last night.' I sat up, yawned, stretched, grabbed my spear, and stood up.

A cool breeze flew by my face, and made my long hair flow back into my Attack on Titan cloak. I enjoyed these breezes, it made me feel calm and relaxed. Not to mention that it made me feel epic, and it would make me feel like I was in an anime, or something. You know those scenes, where they're looking dramatically and the wind is howling as they look off into the distance dramatically!

…Sorry, got side tracked there for a second. Anyways, soon after the breeze came, I heard a groan of pain. I froze, and held my breath on instinct. I listened closely to try and find where the groan came from, straining my ears to try and focus a bit more. But it only happened once, whoever made the groan went quiet after that. The groan, sounded like some sort of groan of pain. I didn't know where it was coming from, but it sounded like it came from all around me. 'stupid woods'.

I looked down to my two new "guests", they were sleeping like a log. It would've been natural of Link, since practically every single Link slept whenever they could. As for Midna, something was wrong with her. She was still sleeping, but her hands were twitching a little. I knelt down to check out the situation, and it looked like she was having a nightmare. Her hands were twitching, her breathing was fast like she was running, and her eyes were clenched shut, tightly. She was definitely having a nightmare, and it didn't seem like a good ne.

I knelt down to try and shake her up, but it looked like the closer I got, the more scared she looked. Naturally, I just kept going, but right when I touched her, she instantly woke up and slapped me back with her giant hair hand! I did a couple mid-air backflips, and kept going until I landed in a nearby spot with some fresh water. I flopped onto my back, and my cloak got soaked.

I had to thank Midna, I needed fully wake myself up. I tend to be very sluggish in the morning, but something like a slap or some sort of emergency happening around me, you better expect me to jump up and get ready for action!

"Lora! I'm sorry, I didn't mean too!" she pleaded as she ran over to me. She stepped into the shallow water (that wasn't even as high as my ankles actually) and looked over me. She looked like she was really worried about me, that was surprising. I simply just laughed a little and breathed out loudly.

"Don't worry Midna," I lifted up my legs, and leaped onto my feet! Midna quickly moved away to avoid getting kicked in the face. I landed in a squat and made a little splash.

"I'm all good!"

She was surprised about how quickly I got up, she probably thought that she knocked me out with that smack! But hey, I've been through worse. A LOT worse! I gave a thumbs up too, just to make sure. I haven't felt that way in a long time, and it felt good!

She gave off a tiny smile for a split second, knowing that I was ok. But then she grabbed her arm, like something was wrong. It was about the dream, I could already tell. I was wary if I should ask her or not, I didn't want to make her upset. She then noticed I was staring at her trying to figure out what was wrong, sat down, and gave a long sigh.

"Do you know about a boy named Aden?" she asked. I didn't know what to say, she met Aden before she came here?

"He was one of my first friends, ever. I used to be a princess, of a kingdom called the Twilight Realm. But one day, he disappeared, as if he never even existed. Then there was the Twilit invasion, where Zant attacked everyone both in this world and mine. Link and I were able to stop him, and everything seemed ok for a while.

"Lots of other things happened, and now we're up to a couple days ago. Aden suddenly reappeared again, but he forgot who he was, and who I was." Her voice became shaky.

"Zant attacked us again, along with this other, thing. My entire home, is gone now. Aden and I are the only people from the Twilight Realm that survived, he's one of the only good friends I have left. And now, I'm not even sure if he's alive wherever he is. They fell off of a high bridge and into a river, I'm not sure if he's alive, and if he isn't then…"

I could see some light shining in her eyes, but later realized that she was actually tearing up. Did all Twili have gold tears? Bah, I'm getting off topic. I reached out to try and comfort her, but then she said this.

"Then I'm not sure if I could stay here anymore"

That made me stop, right where I was. She didn't just straight up say it, but I knew what she was saying. She was… *sigh*. Well I think you know what she meant.

"Midna, I…" I couldn't think of what to say. I pulled my hand back. This, wouldn't be something I could handle.

Then, the moaning came back. It was the same as before. A moan of pain, but this time, it sounded louder. The woman's voice sounded in pain, like everything hurt. If it wasn't Midna, then I knew who it really was. It was that woman I saw, chained up. She was still alive! I knew that it could be dangerous if I just kept the conversation up in the air, but that woman needed our help!

I automatically leaped up from the little puddle that we were in and rushed over to Link, who was STILL sleeping! Well, he is A Link, and they tend to sleep a lot, what was up with that anyways? Well, anyways, I knelt down to his side and pushed him, trying to wake him up.

"Link, come on, wake up!" I said loudly.

"nooo, it's mindite" he mumbled in response. I got annoyed quickly, and grabbed his clothes, shaking him to get him up.

"LINK, WAKE UP!" I yelled in his ear. It looked like he was finally coming to, because after I was finished shaking him, his eyes were squinted open.

"Lora…" he said, looking half awake. I began to calm down a little. But THEN, he just closed his eyes and mumbled, "just let me sleep".

That was where I drew the line, my anger went from a 3 to a solid 9, and I gritted my teeth in anger. If we didn't get moving right now, that woman could die! I could've done a bunch of things then. Slammed him on the ground, punched him, yelled as loud as I could into his ear. But I chose the least painful thing and just slapped him across the face, as hard as I could.

"OWWW!" yeah, that did the trick. "Lora, what 'n Din's name"-

"Sorry Link, but we have to get moving, now!" I let him go, and ran over to his sheathed sword. I swooped down, grabbed it off the ground, and tossed it over to him, and he grabbed it in mid-air with his reflexes.

"Remember that person I told you two about before you came here? Well she's still alive in here, and we need to go find her!" Everyone was silent for a while, including the moaning woman.

"Well you didn't have to slap me." He said. I turned around and gave him a cold stare, giving him the message. "Yes, I did." He nodded quickly and got up, Midna did too. I turned around, and began jogging to an exit, trying to retrace my steps back to where I saw the woman.

Link and Midna were behind me as I ran from area to area. I ran past the big tree platform and made a hard right. I started to think about the monster, and what it could be. I only saw it for a couple seconds though, so it was hard to make out. But I had to know what it was, so I focused as hard as I could on that memory.

It had some sort of claws, or pincers, like a crab would. It was gigantic, about the size of an entire house probably. It looked like it was orange, or brown. Brownish-orange maybe? That's, all I really remembered from it, and I can't exactly pin it on anything specific. And considering whatever's been, happening before that, it probably isn't from this universe. But then again…

I decided to stop thinking about that, it brought up some bad memories.

I took a left, and I got to a familiar place. This was the place I woke up, when I first appeared in Hyrule. It was the spot where Link, Midna and that Skull Kid fought in Twilight Princess. It was a wide, arena-like place with the stone pillars. I leaped down from the high ledge without hesitation, going into a roll as I hit the ground to stop my fall. Link did the same, and Midna used her magic to float down slowly.

"This is the place where I last saw her." I said, explaining to Link and Midna. "She was chained up, but when she saw me, she must've used some sort of magic to get me back up there," I pointed to the ledge we jumped down from. "Before the creature could get to me."

For some reason, I began to get uneasy. I'm pretty sure anybody would if they were in my position, something felt really wrong. The monster that was guarding her could've moved her, but to where? Plus, I don't really think that the monster could've just disappeared suddenly.

I then had a sudden urge, yet also felt nervous, to look up. It did look strangely, darker than usual here. So I did, very slowly. I gasped, and instinctively, I grabbed the two's arms, yelled "MOVE!", and backpedaled.

The monster jumped down from above, and landed on some of the stone pillars, crushing them instantly with its tough skin. Its sharp pincers dug into the ground from the impact, but the giant thing pulled them out like nothing, and tore up some of the ground along with it. It suddenly jumped in mid-air and spun around to meet us.

I knew then what it was. The pincers, the weird orange brown color, the gigantic size…

And its one giant eye.

It was a Ghoma, and from the looks of it, it was one of the toughest. When it faced it us, it showed us some more things. Some of the pincers had some sort of metal shield, split into two parts. And when it opened its eye, it had something that didn't exactly look, normal, in Zelda standards. Its eye color was constantly shifting between green and purple, like it can't decide which one it wants. *chuckle* sorry, sounded funnier after I said it.

It let out a roar (somehow), and I tensed up, getting my spear ready. Link did as well, and Midna got ready her giant hair hand. The ghoma threw up one of its pincers, preparing to attack us. Since he got ready VERY predictably, we all managed to dodge, leaping out of the way.

Due to what Link and Midna have fought, I didn't think I had to tell them where to attack. (Hint: It was the big gigantic damage target eye) The ghoma turned to me, and once it did, the giant eye started to, glow? This was new, and I didn't know what to expect. What I got, was a giant blue laser.

I didn't have any time to react, but thankfully, some giant force pushed me out of the way in time. I got shoved to the right, and landed on my side. I looked up quickly, and saw Midna. She ran towards me and put out her hand. But instead of it being to help me up, she used levitation magic to get me back on my feet.

I saw that some of Midna's hair was singed slightly, and she wasn't happy about it. But we didn't have time to talk about it, we had a monster to fight!

The ghoma was now going against Link. The crustacean kept swiping at Link with its giant claws, but he was too fast, and kept dodging left and right. The ghoma then brought two of its claws in the air, and Link saw an opening. He ran right to the ghoma's eye, holding out his sword getting ready to thrust it into the ghoma's eye.

However, it was ready for this, and brought the two pieces of the shield together and stuck the sword in between. He was caught off guard, and tried to pull his sword out from in between the two parts. Unfortunately, it was stuck and wouldn't budge. It was almost like it planned doing that.

It then stood on its hind claws, and shot out, something. It looked like a green, slime ball. Maybe it was the thing's snot. Anyways, it shot out and while Link was trying to get his sword, and he was thrown back to one of the remaining stone pillars! He was stuck to it, and tried to get out, while the ghoma was preparing another laser.

Using quick thinking, I yelled "Midna!" and pointed to one of the gigantic crab's legs. That was all she needed to hear. She morphed her hair into a hand again, that followed her right hand's movements. She reached her hand out, clenched the leg and pulled back. The ghoma slid onto its stomach, and the laser jerked up, sawing off the trunk of a nearby tree up above. It fell down into our arena to the left of Link.

I ran around the orange creature over to Link. 'Sorry Midna, you're on your own for a sec.' I thought to myself. Spear in hand, I rushed over ninja run style to Link. The ghoma however, decided to get up, break dance style. It spun around on its belly, with its pincers flying around like buzz saws! I tried to jump out of the way, but I got hit, and sent flying.

Thank goodness it decided to backhand instead of using the sharp side of them, or else, I probably wouldn't be telling my side of the story right now. Anyways, I got sent flying over to Link's pillar, and landed on the ground nearby. I leaped up, and ran around to get Link down. Midna was having trouble with the ghoma though, one of the pincers was trying to crush Midna, so she was using her hair hand to try and keep it up.

Back to Link, he was higher off the ground than I thought he was, I couldn't even touch him if I reached with my spear. I looked around for something, and there was the giant tree trunk that got sawed off! 'that should work'.

I ran around to the back of the tree, turned around, and sprinted to the tree! I made a running leap onto the top of the tree, then jumped again to get to the top. I clung to the edges of the pillar, and kicked my legs to try and boost myself up. Now how were Midna and the ghoma doing?

Midna was struggling with the pincer, her legs were getting shaky, and she was down into a squat, using almost all of her upper body strength to try and stay alive. Right when it looked like she was going to collapse, she leaped out of the way, and the pincer dug back into the ground, while Midna decided to attack back.

She leaned back, winding up her fist for a big punch, and slugged the ghoma right in the eye! What happened next however was, unexpected. The hair hand bounced off the eye, and was flung to the wall, pulling Midna along with it.

I saw this and was shocked, but quickly got back to work trying to get Link out. I kicked the air harder, and got on top of the pillar. On my knees, I used my spear to try and pick Link out of the goop. I used the sharp end to cut around the edges of the snot, which actually hardened quickly! Now instead of being one giant slime ball, it was a gross expired egg. Because when I poked it, green goo came gushing out!

And the smell was rancid! Think of it like expired milk, that isle of laundry detergent smell, and old used kitty litter smells all in one, and you know how bad it was! It took all my will power to not throw up, and I almost did. But I had to get Link out, so I kept poking. The "shell" kept cracking, and Link was able to move his arms again. So he pounded the bottom of the "shell" and got himself free, falling into a puddle of monster snot, making a gut churning 'SQUORSH'!

Link however, was not as strong as I was when it came to this stuff, and began to barf up a storm! I cleaned off the snot on my cloak, and climbed down. (AKA, I hung off the edge, and let go.) My legs stung a little, but it wasn't that bad. Link was still barfing, and it didn't look like he was going to stop any time soon.

I saw Link's iron sword on the ground, and I quickly swooped down and grabbed it, dual wielding my spear and his sword.

"HEY, YOU GIGANTIC STUFFED CRAB!" I yelled, trying to get it away from Midna. It heard me, and spun around quickly. Right as it landed, I slashed at its eye with the sword in my left hand. I hit the eye, but I ended up just like Midna, and got flung back. The giant thing must've had some sort of protective magic shielding its eye! That was why it couldn't be hit!

I slammed into the wall, sliding down it with some back pains. I heard a snap...!

But thankfully (and yet unfortunately), it was my spear. It split in two, while the sword was only slightly dented. I landed on one foot and one knee, with the sword stabbed into the ground. The ghoma stood on its hind legs(?) and got ready to shoot another snot bullet. This time, I was prepared. I held the sword in front of me, sharp end forward, and the booger ball was cut in half.

However, the sword bent even more, now becoming a V shape. If I used it anymore, it would surely snap in two! I threw it aside, and dual wielded the two parts of my spear. The ghoma's eye glowed, getting ready a laser. It was going from right to left, so I ducked quickly. Between the legs, I could see Midna getting up, preparing her hair hand again.

Link was finally done with his barfing fit, and saw his sword. You could tell from his eyes that there was no way he could fight with that! So for now, he hid behind a pillar thinking of what to do. The ghoma then went down into a squat, and leaped up high into the air, above the trees! It would only take a few seconds for it to come back down, so whatever I was going to do, I had to act fast!

Link was behind the pillar. He couldn't use the V sword, so he needed some other weapon. I couldn't think of anything here that he could use, and I didn't think that either pieces of my spear could help him. Then I thought about why they came here.

It obviously couldn't be to find that one woman, because they didn't know about her until I told her. So maybe it was some other reason? Then my mind switched to the obvious reason, the Master Sword. It was still here, so maybe Link came back to use it again! There was a nearby exit, that could lead to the Master Sword's pedestal!

The gohma's shadow soon started to shift just over our heads, so I took off in a sprint, shifting both of my spear pieces to my left hand, and using my right to grab Link. I pulled him along, right before the gohma fell down and crushed us both. Its landing made me stumble for a second, but I was still ok, and so was Link.

Still running, I turned back to Link, and said, "Go get the Master Sword!" and flung him to the exit, then racing back to Midna. I shifted my sticks around again, and stood right my Midna. The gohma faced us, and prepared to spit some more snot at us. Midna prepared her hand for some backhanding, and when the snot came, she reflected it right back to the ghoma, all three green balls!

The giant crab got some of its snot in its eye, and let out another roar (again, how?). I could see some of the white in the eye become red and vainey, as it tried to get the snot out of its eye. It was actually entertaining, it tried using its pincers to scrape it out, but ended up making it worse by spreading it. Besides us both being in pain, we laughed a little.

The gohma decided to stop messing around, it just used a laser to fry all of it off the eye. The laser swept from left to right, up and down, and just went crazy. The only time the ghoma wasn't trying to attack us, it was attacking its hardest. I ducked and jumped, Midna levitated over the laser attacks, but her giant hair hand got a finger cut off, and Midna yelled in pain!

I dodged under a couple more laser swoops, but I made a misstep. As the laser went up, it hit my right arm, and went from my wrist to my shoulder! Just like Midna, I yelled in pain! It felt like my entire arm got cut with a burning knife! I dropped my sticks, as Midna dropped to the ground.

Midna just laid there, her breathing deep and quick. I saw her hand, and I gasped. Part of her ring finger was gone! It wasn't bleeding for some reason, maybe Twili don't bleed? I still kept going though, if Midna wasn't going to fight, then I would! I had a vow to uphold!

We both had a stand off, as in, we both just stood where staring at each other.

"WELL? COME ON THEN!" I yelled at it, pointing with the pointed part of my half spear at its eye. It seemed to get angry at me, as it let out another roar. I looked down to Midna, who was cringing and gritting her teeth in pain. Just looking at her made me angrier!

"THEN JUST COME ON THEN!" I yelled even louder. It went back, charging up for, well, a charge. It started running, and I felt, weird. I couldn't feel the pain in my arm anymore, and instead of my stick feeling like a stick, it felt more like a knife. I didn't have time to think about it then though, the giant crab was charging right to me, eye unshielded. I ran forward, and stuck out my stick, yelling at the top of my lungs like a madman.

Right then, Link stepped in, attacking right next to me, giving off a good ol' "HYAAAAAAAAAAA!" Both of our weapons hit at the exact same time, and while we did feel a force pushing both of us back, we kept our ground and kept our weapons in at the same time. It let out one last roar in pain, tensed up, then collapsed to the ground, now looking dead, for good.

We took our weapons out, and the skin and eye of the ghoma began to get darker. I looked down at my stick. And for a split second, I saw it change from a stick to a knife, with a light green tint shaded around it. But then it changed back, and I let it slip out of my hand. The pain came rushing back to my arm, and I clutched it with my left hand. Not like that would do anything.

The gohma then turned completely black, and exploded into tiny black shards! They hung in the air, similar to how they did when you collected a Fused Shadow or Mirror of Twilight piece. Then after a couple seconds, they all turned green, and came back together over where the gohma used to be. It formed a glowing green cloud, which just hung in the air for a couple seconds.

Then it glowed brighter and brighter with a light green glow. I closed my eyes to make sure I wouldn't go blind. The ground beneath me seemed to disappear, and I felt like I was being whisked away, through the air. I wondered where we were going.

FINALLY I FINISHED THIS! I'm sorry if you guys are annoyed with a month for each episode. I've been working on other things, like the sneak peek for my other story (goandcheckitoutonmyprofile), anime openings (like I mentioned up top), and panning said story! I hope you all liked this everyone! I'm going to go to bed now maybe, so R,R&S you all! Bye!