Well, this one took some work, but oddly enough, I managed to finish it all in two sittings, which is great cause this is REDICULOUSLY LONG. Seriously, this is like climax level length for me, but whatever. I just don't want to split any of these chapters in half so I decided to just deal with it and give you the whole Twilight Field stage in one sitting. Also, writing this was a TON of fun, mostly because Midna is awesome and who could have guessed that writing for Agitha is also a blast? Anyway, thanks to everyone who has followed and favorite so far! Now onto the guest reviews!
GrayishGirl: I'm glad you liked Impa's flashback, as it was my intention to make it cute! I understand boy problems indeed hahahaha, but mine are more along the lines of me liking a guy who has been my good friend for years but now goes to a different college than me… sigh…
Guest: Thanks!
Khallo789: Oh yeah, Impa's reaction is going to be pretty great. I'm sure it will tear her up quite a bit and she'll be completely ashamed, but Zelda, being the understanding person that she is, will totally forgive her… ;)
Jack: Yeah, the female Link was supposed to be his sister, and in a way, I think it does sorta allude to Aryll. And I also can't wait for the Era of the Sky, for both Fi and Ghirahim, as I'm sure he will be an absolute BLAST to write. As for Cia's tale, I'm not going to make those full chapters, but they might be included as flashbacks later on…
Reader314: I'm glad you're liking it! I also can't wait until Zelda reeals herself, mostly because I can't wait to write Link's reaction to it (as well as Impa's!)
Well, that's it for now! Let's get started!
Chapter 10: The Land of Twilight
As one of the legendary Observers of Time, Lana had an extensive amount of knowledge when it came to the past eras of Hyrule from watching them on from afar, but she had never actually visited any herself. She knew well that it was not her place to tamper with the fragile flow of time, and that doing so could lead to dire consequences in some cases. However, the white sorceress also knew that desperate times called for desperate measures and that this was certainly one of them. The Gate of Souls could not remain opened, lest Hyrule of all eras face complete and utter destruction. And besides, Lana figured that this would be a relatively easy task. She would go into the Era of Twilight, find the Gate of Souls, close it, and reunite with the others so they could all take Cia down together. Simple enough.
Or so she thought.
Going through the portal from the present to the past was a rather odd sensation that felt something like falling asleep in one place and waking up in an entirely different one. This certainly rang true for Lana as she emerged from the portal she had gone through. In her time, the portal had been positioned in the southwestern fields of the land, but as she came out of the other side now, the white sorceress found herself in a dense wood instead, one that felt vaguely similar to the Faron Woods of the present. After scouting out the area and deciding that it was safe, Lana beckoned the rest of her troops to follow her, a group of about one hundred or so, including her small force that she had been fighting alongside when she first encountered the Hylian troops. Not knowing what to expect, the soldiers were all tense as they kept their weapons at the ready, but the white sorceress was as calm and chipper as ever as she moved through the woods gracefully, looking for any sign that might lead them to the Gate of Souls.
"Miss Lana?" the captain that Lana had appointed for this mission said after a few moments of wandering around. "Are you sure that this is the era of Twilight like you said?"
Lana smiled and nodded, leading the way to a nearby wooden signpost that would hopefully guide their way through the forest. "It should be…" she mused as she stepped up to the sign, written in a type of Hylian script that had died out centuries ago, though fortunately, the white sorceress was well versed in all dialects of the language. "Aha!" she exclaimed with a grin. "This here says that we're in Faron Woods!"
"Faron Woods?" another soldier said with a confused frown. "This doesn't look like the Faron Woods we were fighting in a few days ago."
"That's because it's not," Lana informed, still smiling as she turned back to the signpost. "It's the Faron Woods of the era of Twilight. This sign also says that to the south of here is Ordon Village, and to the north is Hyrule Field. I'd say that might be the best place to start looking for the Gate of Souls for now. We should-"
Before the white sorceress could say another word, she was suddenly cut off by the sound of multiple frightened shouts coming from the woods nearby. Everyone turned to try and locate the source of the cries, but Lana was the first to spot the group of young children running their way, all of them completely scared out of their wits as they rushed through the woods.
"Hey!" the white sorceress called out as the kids ran right past them all, going towards the south as they crashed through the trees. "Wait!"
After giving her soldiers a quick nod commanding them to stay put for now, Lana ran off after the children, hoping to find out what had them so shaken up, though she already had a pretty good theory. Thanks to the Gate of Souls, monsters were no doubt covering the Hyrule of this era now, but perhaps, the white sorceress hoped, if she could pinpoint where these monsters were coming from, then she could pinpoint where the gate was, and what was a better place to start than asking the locals of the area themselves?
"Wait!" Lana called out once more as the children, who she could now see as two boys and a girl as she followed after them, vanished out of her sight and deeper into the woods that they apparently knew much better than she did. However, as the white sorceress continued to hurry after them, she failed to see another figure making their way through the trees at the same quickened pace, until the two of them hastily and clumsily collided into one another.
Both Lana and the person she had ran into, a young woman just a little younger than her, both tumbled to the ground upon bouncing off one another. "Hey!" the girl exclaimed in annoyance as the white sorceress quickly picked herself up off the ground before she even could. The girl had short, blonde hair and grass-green eyes, along with fair skin and a petite frame. She wore a simple outfit befitting someone who lived and worked in the country, with a sleeveless white top, tan pants, and no shoes. "Watch where you're going!"
"Sorry," Lana said sincerely as she helped the girl up. "I just saw some kids running through the woods and I wanted to see if they were ok. They seemed scared."
"What?!" the girl exclaimed with a worried gasp. "Oh no! I told them not to wander off too far!" She took a quick glance around the woods before calling out as loud as she could. "Colin! Talo! Beth! Come here, now! It's me, Ilia!"
No less than a few seconds later, the three children reemerged from the woods, all of them out of breath and wide eyed. They were all dressed in the same simple manner of clothing as the girl was, though in varying fashions, giving the white sorceress the idea that they might be either family, or at least from the same place. The girl crossed her arms and frowned at them as they came to stand before her, as Lana watched on curiously.
"What did I tell you guys before you left the village?" the girl asked them all, concern and frustration filling her tone.
"Not to go into the field…" the younger of the two boys said sheepishly. He had messy brown hair and a roguish look in his eyes as he held a toy slingshot in his hand.
"Mm hm…" the girl said with a nod, still upset with them. "And where did you go?"
"Into the field…" the younger girl said, glancing down at her feet. She was about the same age as the younger boy, with short auburn hair and an expression on her face that feigned innocence.
The older girl simply nodded once more as she looked to the older boy, who had blonde hair and a wooden sword strapped to his back, a look of guilt in his eyes as she stared at him with scrutiny. "Colin, you were supposed to be in charge," the girl said with a sigh. "What would your father say if he knew that you guys went out there without any adults?"
"But Ilia," the younger boy protested. "Mr Rusl was out there, and so were all of his friends from Castle Town! We saw them, fighting against a whole bunch of monsters, before we got scared and ran back."
"Monsters?!" Lana suddenly cut in, knowing that this information was important to her mission. "You saw monsters out there?"
All three kids nodded, all of them looking at the white sorceress curiously yet cautiously, as they knew they were not supposed to talk to strangers. Lana was quick to realize this and she immediately righted herself. "Oh, I'm sorry," she said with a small, good-natured smile. "I haven't even introduced myself yet. My name is Lana. I'm with a group of soldiers who are passing through here."
"Nice to meet you, Lana," the older girl said politely. "I'm Ilia. And this," she said, pointing to the older boy first. "Is Colin," She referred to the younger boy next. "Talo," and finally, she motioned to the young girl. "And Beth. We're from Ordon Village, a little to the south of here."
All three of the children smiled up at the white sorceress, who returned their grins kindly. "You're really pretty…" Talo muttered bashfully as he looked up at her, clearly taken by her exotic looks.
Lana let out a small giggle and a blush as she playfully ruffled his hair, already charmed by these children. "Why thank you," she said sweetly, before making her tone serious once more. "So… you all were saying something about monsters in the field?"
"Yeah!" Beth piped up. "There were so many of them and they were all so scary! And that's not all!"
"There were also these huge patches of darkness all over the place," Colin said with concern. "We weren't out there for long, but I think that the monsters were coming out of them!"
"Patches of darkness…?" Lana muttered to herself with a confused frown, but before she could question the kids anymore, Ilia was quick to cut in.
"Alright, that's enough," she said, clearly not believing them. "I think you guys better head on back to the village. Your parents are all worried sick about you."
The children begrudgingly agreed to this and headed off, but not before they all gave Lana a fond farewell. Ilia shook her head as she watched them go, placing her hands on her hips before she turned back to the white sorceress. "Sometimes those kids drive me to my wit's end when I have to watch them…" she muttered to herself. "So, you were saying that you were with a group of soldiers? What are you all doing out here so far from the castle, especially if there are monsters attacking in the field?"
"We're heading there now actually," Lana said, taking a glance in the direction of where her soldiers were still waiting for her. "We just need to find our way out of these woods. We don't know them very well…"
"Well, I do!" Ilia said with an eager smile. "Me and my best friend used to explore them all the time. I could lead you and your soldiers to the field."
"Really?" the white sorceress asked. "Thanks!"
"Don't mention it," Ilia said with a wave of her hand as her and Lana began to head back to regroup with the troops, something that they quickly did as they all began to march towards the open fields.
"So, are you all part of Princess Zelda's army?" Ilia asked Lana as they walked through the forest.
"Um…" the white sorceress hesitated, knowing that the girl was referring to the princess of the era of Twilight instead of the princess of the present, but she decided not to reveal she was from another time period unless she absolutely had to. "You could say that…"
Ilia's expression lit up upon hearing this, though for what reason, Lana wasn't sure why. "Oh, then do you know Link?" she asked with a fond smile, not seeing how the white sorceress's eyes widened upon hearing mention of the hero. "He sometimes trains with the soldiers, teaching them some of the fancy sword tricks he learned during his quest."
Lana bit her lip for a moment or two before she realized that the Link that Ilia was talking about was none other than the Hero of Twilight, not the hero of her era. Of course, the white sorceress knew a great deal about all of the heroes of Hyrule from having watched them across time, and so this one was no different. "Uh… I've heard of him," she finally answered with a shrug, trying to be as nonchalant as possible. "How do you know him?"
"Well, we were best friends for years…" Ilia said with a small, somewhat sad smile. "But, ever since his mission ended, I haven't seen him much. He sometimes comes by the village to see me and the kids, but not much anymore…"
"I'm sorry…" Lana said with a frown as she remembered that, upon the completion of his quest to save Hyrule, the Hero of Twilight had become disillusioned and distant for some reason, though she couldn't exactly remember why at the moment.
The girl shrugged and let out a wistful sigh as the boarder of the woods finally came into view. "I'm sure he'll come around someday," she said hopefully, before the topic was dropped altogether. "But for now, the field is right past these trees. Since there's monsters roaming around, I should probably head back to Ordon too. If I don't then my father will worry himself into a frenzy over me."
"Alright," Lana said as she gave her troops the command to move into the field. "Thanks for leading us here, Ilia."
"No problem," Ilia said with a smile as she turned to head back into the woods. "Good luck out there, Lana. And… if you do happen to see Link… Tell him I said hi."
"I will," the white sorceress said with a kind, understanding smile as the two of them parted ways, knowing that she was going to see Link eventually, just not the one that the girl was referring to.
Once Ilia was gone, Lana stepped out of the woods herself, joining the rest of her troops in the open fields of the era of Twilight. However, the sight that she saw was completely jarring to say the least. The Hyrule Field of this time period was certainly vast, and in many ways, it bore semblance to the Hyrule Field of the present, save for a huge difference that was certainly disturbing. Everywhere the white sorceress looked, the kingdom was consumed in shadow. The darkness existed in thick patches, just as Colin had said, barred off by unnatural walls which obstructed light completely. Though she knew of the Twilight Realm and its temporary merge of the world of light during the era of Twilight, Lana had never seen it firsthand. And yet, she had no idea what could be covering such a complete coverage of the land. By all means, it seemed as though the point in which the white sorceress and her soldiers had happened into should have been free of Twilight, but its otherworldly shadows existed here nonetheless.
"So…" Lana mused as she continued to take in the sight of the besieged kingdom, taking note of the bulbin forces raging all over the place in hordes as thick as the Twilight itself. "This is what Hyrule looked like when Twilight invaded it… Fascinating…"
"Do you think the Gate of Souls is anywhere nearby, Miss Lana?" the captain asked as the other troops began to valiantly rush forward to attack the enemy head on.
The white sorceress bit her lip as she glanced over the large land spread before them once more, using a bit of her magic to try and locate their goal but finding nothing. "I… don't know…" she said with a frown. "With the land covered as it is, I can't really pinpoint the Gate of Souls. Always something… For now, I think we'd better try to clear things up here. Maybe then we'll get a better lead."
"Yes, ma'am," the captain said as he gave an order to the fighting troops before he joined them himself. "Careful! We can hardly see the enemy through these blasted shadows!"
Knowing that there was no more time to simply stand around and gawk, Lana also raced forward, her book of sorcery at the ready as she ran through the field, taking down any monster that crossed her path. However, she was quick to notice something troubling about the enemy forces, something that only added onto her curiosity about the Twilight patches all over the land. "Who's leading these monsters?" the white sorceress said to herself warily, not knowing that someone had overheard her.
"That's what we'd like to know," a male voice not too far from behind Lana spoke, startling her as she spun around to see a group of five warriors gathered together, finishing off a few bulbins who had apparently planned on attacking her from behind. The group consisted of three men and two women, all of varying ages. The oldest of them was a man most likely in his sixties, though he still looked quite capable, dressed in industrial-looking clothes and wielding an axe in battle. The second oldest man was most like in his thirties, wearing clothes that were telling of a resident of Ordon as he bore a finely-crafted sword. The youngest man of the group was probably in his late teens or early twenties, and he had a scholarly look to him, based on his spectacles and the fact that he shakily wielded a dagger. Of the two women, the younger one was around the same age as the young man, with stark raven hair, sturdy battle armor, a thin blade and a calm, almost bored expression. The older woman was sitting on the seat of a covered wagon, holding the reigns of the dark horse hitched to it. She was most likely in her forties and had tied-up red hair and a robust, sturdy build and a kind smile.
"Oh, hello," Lana greeted them all with a smile, realizing that they were also here to fight against the dark forces throughout the field. "Thanks for covering me. My name is Lana. Who are all of you?"
"We're a group of… freedom fighters, in a way," the older woman said with a sly smile before she pointed to herself. "The name's Telma," she began, before nodding on to the rest of the group to introduce themselves as well.
"I'm Ashei, yeah?" the younger woman said, digging the tip of her blade into the soil as she kept her neutral expression up.
"I'm Shad," the scholarly young man said with a polite smile as he extended a hand for the white sorceress to shake. "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, my dear."
"I'm Rusl," the middle-aged man said with a warm grin. "It's nice to meet you, Lana."
"And I'm Auru," the older man said, also shaking her hand firmly. "What's a young woman such as yourself wandering around these fields for when such danger is about?"
"Oh, well I was trying to figure out what's going on here," Lana said as she closed her book. "You all wouldn't happen to know, would you?"
"Not really, honey," Telma said with a frown. "These beasts came completely out of nowhere just a few hours ago and they just keep coming!"
"The five of us have been doing everything we can to get rid of them, but there's just so many," Rusl said with a fretful sigh. "It's a good thing that the princess finally sent some of her troops to help deal with them."
"Actually, they're my troops," the white sorceress clarified. "We're looking for something called the Gate of Souls… Have any of you ever heard of it before?"
The members of the group exchanged a confused glance for a moment before Shad spoke up. "I'm terribly sorry, but I've never heard of such a thing before," he said as he lifted up his small journal and gave Lana an inquisitive look. "But I would simply love to hear more about it!"
"We don't have time for you to do more 'research'," Ashei deadpanned, rolling her eyes at him. "We have to figure out how to get rid of these pests once and for all, yeah?"
"Well then, look no further!" Lana exclaimed with a smile. "Finding the Gate of Souls is the key to stopping the monsters from coming. We just have to find it first."
"Gate of Souls…" Auru mused for a moment. "I've heard of some sort of cursed mirror resting in the desert before… That wouldn't happen to be what you're looking for, would it?"
"Oh, no," the white sorceress shook her head, knowing well what he was referring to. "I'm not looking for the Mirror of Twilight. The Gate of Souls is a lot different. It-"
Before Lana could tell them anything else about the gate, a sudden cry of fear sounded out across the field, specifically coming from the small village located not too far to the west of their current position. "Eek!" the voice of what sounded like a young girl squeaked out in terror. "Someone help! I'm in big trouble!"
"Who was that?" Telma asked in concern, pulling her wagon, which was full of provisions for the warriors, up closer towards the village.
"Sounds like someone needs help in that village over there…" Lana said with a frown, already starting to move towards it as well. "We should go check it out!"
The members of the group all nodded in agreement, but they decided to split up at this juncture, with Telma, Rusl and Auru staying in the field to help aid Lana's troops, while Shad and Ashei went with the white sorceress. The young trio dashed off into the decrepit-looking village, which seemed to be abandoned amidst all of the monsters besetting it. Even though finding the Gate of Souls was Lana's main goal, she knew that she could not simply leave this village, and the sole villager within it to the enemy.
As Lana, Shad and Ashei cut their way through the monsters, the latter two were quick to notice the white sorceress's mystical fighting style. "Are you using… magic?" Ashei asked as both her and Shad watched her take down a few bulbins using a barrier.
"Yeah," Lana said with a shrug, not wanting to make a big deal of it.
"How fascinating!" Shad said as his eyes flashed with excitement behind his glasses, his desire to learn getting the better of him again. "Tell me, did you learn your craft or were you born with it? Is it a widely practiced art where you're from? Have you-"
"No time, yeah?!" Ashei scolded him harshly as she cut down several monsters at once, while Lana simply let out a small giggle at their bickering. However, before the levity could go on for too long, the endangered villager let out another frightened scream.
"Can anyone hear me?!" the villager cried desperately. "My name is Agitha! Someone, help!"
"We'll be right there!" Lana called out as loud as she could in response. "Just hold on a minute!" Knowing that there was no more time to waste, the white sorceress turned to her two allies as they continued to pick of the monsters surrounding them. "You guys deal with them, while I go save the village, ok?"
Ashei and Shad nodded in agreement with this plan as they both continued to fight in their drastically different ways, though they seemed to cooperate well enough even though they continued to argue. Satisfied that they would be alright on their own, Lana continued to head deeper into the village, until she finally spotted the source of the trouble, a huge horde of monsters of varying types surrounding a poor, defenseless young girl.
"D-don't squish me!" the girl squealed fearfully, trembling in terror as she found herself backed up against the rock wall behind her with nowhere to go.
The monsters were quick to notice this too as one of the bulbins raised its large weapon to strike her, but before it could even come down, several bursts of electrifying magic rained down upon the entire horde, striking them down in one fell swoop. The girl let out another frightened shout upon seeing this until she saw that her attackers were no more, and her rescuer was quick to leap in before her.
Lana let out a sigh of relief as she landed before the girl, getting a better opportunity to see her. She was about ten years old or so, clad in a rather fancy blue dress adorned with a pink butterfly motif and white, puffy sleeves. On her back was a pair of fake, sparkling butterfly wings and on one of her arms hung a basket filled with bottles while she held onto a frilled parasol. Her blond hair was tied up into two wavy ponytails and underneath her lavender eyes were dots of multicolor makeup that she had clearly done herself, though it fit her style well. The girl certainly looked curious, but her bright, thankful smile gave the white sorceress that she was innocent and that this battlefield was clearly no place for her.
"Close one…" Lana said as she approached the girl to make sure she was unharmed. "Are you alright?"
"Yes! I am, thanks to you!" the girl said with a cheerful grin. "And who might you be, ma'am?"
"I'm Lana," the white sorceress said with a kind smile. "And… you said your name was… Agitha, right?"
"Oh, yes, I am!" she said with an eager nod. "I am Agitha, Princess of the Insect Kingdom!" She topped off her introduction with a small curtsey, letting out a light giggle as she did so.
"Princess of the… what?" Lana asked in confusion, before realizing that this title must have been self-employed and pretend, most likely part of a game on the part of the young girl.
"The Insect Kingdom, silly!" Agitha exclaimed, still grinning bubbly. "Home to all of the sweet, adorable little bugs that I can find and bring back with me to my castle! In fact, I came all this way to look for more guests to take home with me, but then I was attacked by those awful beasties! They would have trampled me like an ant if you hadn't showed up! Speaking of which… what are you doing out here with such trouble about?"
"Oh, well… I'm looking for the Gate of Souls," the white sorceress explained, shutting her book as she let out a sigh of exasperation at her own failure at this task. "I just… don't know where to look…"
"Gate of Souls…" Agitha mused, placing a finger to her chin as she pondered this for a moment or two. "Never seen one before. But… I can take you to exactly where you want to go!"
Lana frowned in absolute bewilderment upon hearing this, wondering if it was another one of the pretend games that the insect princess seemed to enjoy playing. Of course, the white sorceress was patient and she certainly did have a special place in her heart for children, but she knew that time was of the essence and she didn't have much of it to waste playing games. But, nonetheless, she decided to indulge Agitha all the same. "Um… how would you do that?" she asked, wondering what the insect princess was going to do next.
Agitha's smile widened as she reached into her basket and pulled out one of the bottles inside of it, opening it and revealing what was contained inside: a small butterfly, perhaps the most beautiful one Lana had ever seen before. It had glistening blue iridescent wings and based on the aura it gave off, the white sorceress could tell that it was magical. "With this Goddess Butterfly of course!" the insect princess exclaimed, looking at the lovely creature with admiration as it flittered close to her, almost as if it trusted her. "They're very rare. I found this one just the other day flittering out near Castle Town! It can guide you anywhere, and so I'm sure it will be able to guide us through the Twilight Realm!"
Lana stared at the Goddess Butterfly in wonder for a moment or two before giving Agitha a bright smile. "That's a great idea, Agitha!" she said joyfully, glad that she finally had a sure-fire way to find the Gate of Souls. "Let's do it!
"Thanks," the insect princess said with a small giggle before she turned to the butterfly. "Now, Li'l Miss Butterfly, can you guide us to the Gate of Souls, please?"
Immediately responding to this request, the sacred butterfly flittered up into the air and took off while both Lana and Agitha watched it go, though it waited high out of the reach of the monsters for them to start following it. "Li'l Miss Butterfly says we should go this way!" the insect princess said as she began to run after the butterfly. "C'mon! We mustn't be tardy!"
Knowing that this was her best lead, Lana began to give chase as well, but before she could get too far, Ashei and Shad caught up with her once more. "So, you saved the villager, yeah?" Ashei asked in usual blunt way.
"Yeah," the white sorceress said with a smile as she nodded towards Agitha, who was a ways ahead of the three of them, giggling playfully as she chased the Goddess Butterfly. "Her name is Agitha, and she has a special butterfly that can lead us to the Gate of Souls!"
"A butterfly, hm?" Shad mused, straining his eyes to get a better glimpse of the Goddess Butterfly from below. "How very peculiar… Say, isn't that young girl from Castle Town? The one who adores insects above all else?"
"Yeah, she is," Ashei confirmed, raising an eyebrow at Lana as if to question her judgment in allies. "You sure she can lead us anywhere? She seems kinda… out there…"
"I know…" the white sorceress admitted, though she always liked to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, which was why she had not turned the insect princess's aid away. "But that Goddess Butterfly is on the mark, I'm sure of it! It is magical after all."
"Really?" Shad asked with interest, but before he could say anything else, Ashei grabbed him by the arm and dragged him back into the fray as they fought off the monsters blocking the path out of the village. However, as they did so, Lana was quick to notice the bulbins rushing towards Agitha, who was absent minded to their presence as she continued to skip behind the butterfly innocently. The white sorceress knew that she wouldn't be able to make it to the insect princess in time to save her in time, so all she could do from her current position was let out a warning call.
"Agitha!" Lana shouted firmly to the young girl, who glanced behind her upon hearing her name. "Watch out!"
The insect princess let out a gasp as she saw how many monsters had been following her, but she quickly reached into her basket once more. "Bad beasties!" she said to the monsters with a pout before she let out a flood of golden moths their way. The insects were quick to tear the bulbins through and end them in easily, allowing Agitha to continue on her way, whistling brightly all the while and leaving Lana, Ashei and Shad all very impressed and a bit humbled at how they had severely underestimated their new allies.
Because of this, the insect princess was the first to make it to the doors of a keep that was seated in the center of one of the patches of Twilight. The other three entered into it cautiously, along with several of the white sorceress's support troops, only to find that it brought them no ill effects. But all the same, Lana knew that the Twilight had to be dispelled; it was supplying the monsters with extra strength and even more than that, it was unnatural against the light that filled Hyrule on its own.
"Those doors are locked…" Agitha said with a frown as she approached the gate barring their entrance into the keep. "But that's no problem! I can handle this!" With a clever smile, the insect princess pulled two of her thin hair pins and dug them into the lock, moving them around skillfully until the door unbolted mere seconds later.
"Wow, kid," Ashei said to the insect princess with a small grin. "Where'd you learn how to do that?"
"A pair of termites once taught me that little door-opening trick!" Agitha said with cheerfully as she headed into the keep, calling upon more of her insect friends to help fight the monsters filling it. "Li'l Butterfly is getting scared," she said fretfully upon noticing the Goddess Butterfly retreating close to her for protection once more. "I think the darkness in this keep needs to go!"
Knowing that the darkness certainly couldn't last, the other three also joined her in fighting, and between the four of them, the keep was soon free on monsters. However, the moment they captured it, a bright light filled the surrounding area, blinding all of them for a moment or two until their vision cleared, allowing them all to see that the skies were no longer covered with the shadows of twilight but rather the light of day instead.
"Oh…" Lana said as she understood what had just happened. "I get it. Capturing keeps in the Twilight patches frees them from the Twilight! Of course!"
"We can go tell Telma and the others that," Ashei offered. "That way we can get rid of the Twilight while you two follow that butterfly, yeah?"
"Sounds like a plan," Lana said with a parting nod as Shad and Ashei took off to the east.
"Look!" the insect princess exclaimed excitedly, pointing towards the Goddess Butterfly and directing Lana's gaze there. "Now that the darkness is gone, Li'l Miss Butterfly is happy again! She's leading us again!" Already, Agitha was on her way once more and so the white sorceress followed suit as the butterfly headed to the north, or more specifically towards the great bridge that covered a large gap. Lana soon found herself at the front of the troops again, diligently following only a few feet behind the butterfly, until they were met with a rather dangerous obstacle.
A legion of monsters, far different from the ones the white sorceress's troops had been fighting this whole time, stood in the way of Lana and her soldiers. The forces before them were composed of stalchildren and darknuts, all of which appeared to be hostile, but none of them attacked as the group parted in the middle, allowing their commander to come forward.
The one who was apparently leading these monsters was a small, imp-like being, only a few feet tall in statue as she glided forward casually, a tiny hand on her wide hip. She had pale blue skin marked with dark patches and glowing blue markings upon and upon her head she wore a strange stone headdress that covered one of her red and yellow eyes and flowing out behind her was a ponytail of orange hair secured with a shackle. The imp smiled at the troops opposing her forces mischievously for a moment before holding up a shadowy orb, revealing the prize she had captured within it: the Goddess Butterfly. "Looking for this?" she asked knowingly, her voice high pitched and exotic.
"Let it go!" Lana demanded firmly. "That insect is important!"
"Now why would I do that?" the imp asked, her grin turning into a scowl. "So it can fly around and spread poison on my forces?"
"Poison?" the white sorceress asked in confusion, knowing that there was no way that such a sacred creature could ever cause any harm.
However, before anyone could say another word, the Lana's troops began to part ways themselves, allowing the insect princess to nudge and push her way forward herself. Actually, the butterfly you see now is not of a poisonous genus, I can assure you!" Agitha said firmly, stopping her foot in anger at the imp for even assuming something so horrible about one of her precious insects.
"Genus…?" the imp asked, both aghast and annoyed. "I could care less about something stupid like that when I have much more important things to do!"
"Oh…" the insect princess said, though she was not as offended as she was before. "Well, that's a Goddess Butterfly actually. If you ask it kindly, it will guide you anywhere you want to go. Isn't that nice?"
"Agitha, no!" Lana exclaimed, trying to stop the insect princess from revealing any other important information to the enemy, but it was already too late.
"Guide me anywhere, huh?" the imp asked, glancing at the butterfly above her palm as she smiled darkly once more. "Hey! Butterfly!" she shouted to the Goddess Butterfly, freeing it from the orb she had trapped it in. "Take me to that ugly witch!"
The Goddess Butterfly, in answer to this new command, glided up into the air and began to glide off, and the imp immediately set off after it. "Ugly witch?" Lana asked herself in confusion for a moment, before her eyes widened with realization as to who the imp had been referring to. "Cia!"
"Oh my…" Agitha said with a worried frown as she watched her butterfly fly away while the troops pressed on to follow it. "Whatever should we do?"
The white sorceress's mind was racing as she realized that if the butterfly was guiding the imp to the east like it was instead of to the south where the portal was, then the black witch must certainly be within the era of Twilight, though for what reason, Lana had no idea. But all the while, she did know that if Cia was here, it was worth taking the opportunity to stop her, nipping this problem in the bud and making things easier, not just for her, but for Link, Impa, and Sheik as well. However, as Lana began to head onwards after both the imp and the butterfly, her and her troops were quickly stopped in their tracks by the monsters still standing in their way. "Guess we'll just have to fight it out…" the white sorceress said with determination as she prepared her book to keep on fighting.
Lana was quick to rip her way through the enemies in her path, with both her soldiers and Agitha aiding in the fight and before too long she was chasing after the imp once more, much to her aggravation.
"Not you again!" the imp growled as she glared back at the white sorceress while she glided through the air after the butterfly. "Underlings!" she shouted to her troops who were quickly following Lana's forces. "Hold them back! The black witch is mine!"
"Wait!" Lana tried to call out to the imp, believing that if they were both after Cia, then perhaps they were on the same side. However, it was already too late as the imp pressed on quickly ahead, clearly not wanting to listen to reason in the midst of her apparent anger.
"Oh no!" Agitha cried out worriedly as she came to stand beside the white sorceress as they both watched in dismay as the Goddess Butterfly and the imp both flew out of their reach. "Li'l Butterfly, come back! Miss Lana, that angry kitty just drove Li'l Miss Butterfly away!"
"I know…" Lana said with a fretful sigh. "But don't worry," she said with a reassuring smile as she placed a hand on the insect princess's shoulder. "I'll get it back. Agitha, for now I need you to return to the village where it's safe, ok?"
Agitha hesitated for a moment, looking off in the direction that the Goddess Butterfly had gone with a frown before relenting. "Well… ok…" she finally agreed, much to the white sorceress's relief. After all, the last thing Lana wanted was for the young girl to get hurt in this fight. "Please keep Li'l Butterfly safe!"
"Will do," the white sorceress said with a confident smile as she saw the insect princess off before returning to the task at hand, following the imp and the butterfly and hoping that Cia was at the end of their path. The butterfly seemed to be leading everyone to the northeast, but to get to their intended destination, they all had to pass through another Twilight patch, and it was that there that the white sorceress finally managed to catch up to the imp. Lana was hesitant to engage however, especially when she saw the imp ripping through Cia's dark forces savagely using her strange hair, which she seemed to be able to control and contort any way she wanted.
"Man, she's a lot stronger than I thought!" the white sorceress said to herself as she made sure to keep her and her troops out of the imp's sight. "I don't think I can take her in a fair fight…"
"Impressed?" the imp asked with a knowing grin as she glanced over in Lana's direction, somehow having seen her and her troops nonetheless. "You should be! I'm a lot stronger when I'm within the Twilight. Just one of the perks of being a Twili! But for now, I don't have time to deal with you! I have to take care of that witch once and for all!"
"A Twili?" Lana mused in realization as the imp moved on. "That explains it!" The white sorceress knew from her vast knowledge of Hyrule's history that the Twili were a people who dwelled within the shadows themselves, and that they drew their power from those shadows, which meant… "Maybe if we can take the Twilight keeps, her power will weaken!" she exclaimed excitedly, before turning to her troops. "Everyone, go tell Ashei, Shad, and the others that capturing the Twilight keeps should be our main priority!"
"Yes, ma'am!" the captain saluted as the troops following Lana headed off to various points throughout the field, leaving the white sorceress to deal with both the imp and the black witch. However, as Lana continued onward in pursuit of the imp, both of them soon heard the voice of the one they had been looking for, echoing wickedly throughout the area.
"Do I hear some mangy stray caterwauling about me?" Cia asked teasingly, referring to the imp. "Then maybe it needs a playmate! Troops! Why don't you go in my stead and give that… ugh, thing… a taste of fun?"
The imp clenched her tiny fists in fury upon hearing the black witch's words, more resolved than ever to take her down. "Why don't you come out here and face me yourself, you witch?!" she shouted bitterly, but Cia didn't answer with anything more than a simple laugh. Fuming in rage, the imp rushed forward to the furthest keep to the northeast, where the butterfly was hovering over excitedly, having reached its destination at last.
"Hey!" the imp hissed hatefully upon finally catching sight of the black witch, who simply stood calm and confidently in the center of her keep with a triumphant grin. "You! Lift the curse you put on me now or else!"
Cia simply laughed mockingly, clearly not taking her seriously. "Now, why would I do that?" she asked sarcastically. "After all, you're much less of a threat to me like this…" She let out a sinister laugh, one that absolutely enraged the imp, who was to the point that she could barely contain her anger any longer. However, before either of them could say another word, Lana finally emerged into the keep herself, having broken through both the imp and the black witch's force.
"Cia!" the white sorceress exclaimed, already prepared to fight.
"Oh, look who it is…" Cia said with amusement. "Hello, Lana. Welcome to the time of Twilight! I wasn't expecting to see you here, of all people…"
"Cia, you need to stop this madness right now!" Lana said firmly. "Close the Gate of Souls and return everything to normal, or else I will fight you!"
"Like I'm afraid of you, Lana…" the black witch said, rolling her eyes under her mask. "So let me guess… You all decided to split up and close each separately? How foolish… Tell me, which era did Link go to? I'd simply love to see him in action…"
"Link?" the imp murmured to herself in confusion, her eyes widening upon mention of that name. "How do you know-"
"I mean it, Cia," the white sorceress said, ignoring the black witch's question and cutting off the bewildered imp. "Stand down!"
Cia let out an exasperated sigh as she held her staff up, a dark aura surrounding her. "So sorry!" she said, her smooth grin returning. "But I don't have time to play with you right now! I have much more… important matters to attend to! Goodbye!"
Both Lana and the imp knew that the black witch was about to retreat, and of course, they both wanted to stop her before she could, but it was too late. Before they could catch her, she vanished from the scene entirely, leaving a disappointed white sorceress and an infuriated imp behind.
"Are you kidding!?" the imp growled in rage. "She escaped because you got in my way!" she hissed, pointing at Lana. "Are you on her side?!"
"No, not at all!" the white sorceress said quickly. "We're not enemies! I just came to get that butterfly back!"
"Hush!" the imp exclaimed, flying in dangerously close to her new foe. "I'm in no mood to talk about stupid insects! Now I have to look all over Hyrule for her again and it's all your fault!"
"But I was only trying to stop her too, just like you are!" Lana protested, trying to convince the imp that they were really on the same side, but clearly, she wasn't going to hear it.
"I don't care!" the imp shouted hotly. "I'll cover this whole field in Twilight before I let that witch get away again!"
"What?" the white sorceress asked, her eyes growing wide. "Wait… did you create the shadows here?! Because they've been spawning monsters everywhere!"
The imp finally cracked a smirk, though it was clear that she was still quite angry. "Created? Ha!" she laughed roguishly. "You don't realize it, but you're talking to Princess Midna of the Twili people! I'm the ruler of the shadows themselves!"
"What?!" Lana exclaimed, finally recognizing the imp's place in Hyrule's history. "You're the Twilight Princess?!"
"The one and only!" Midna said with pride. "But I don't have any more time for idle chit-chat! I have a bone to pick with that witch friend of yours and if you get in my way again, then I'll just have to take you down right along with her!"
The white sorceress was unable to say anything else as the Twilight Princess flew off, heading off to look for Cia once more, even though Lana knew that she was long gone by now. But, the white sorceress also knew that she had not another moment to waste. Clearly, Midna wouldn't see reason in her immense anger, and so there was only one way to get her to calm down. "Fine!" Lana called out after the Twili imp, who simply ignored her in her aggravation. "I didn't want to fight you, but you leave me with no choice! I need that butterfly back, otherwise we won't be able to find the Gate of Souls!"
However, instead of chasing after Midna like before, Lana opted for a different tactic. Instead, she left the keep that Cia had been in through the way she had come in, giving her a good vantage point of the rest of the field. From what she could see, two of the five Twilight keeps had been taken by her forces, and a third was well on the way there as well. After a moment or two of observation, the white sorceress managed to spot her newfound allies within the Twilight keep just to the south of her location, all of them fighting to clear it out. She raced towards it quickly, hoping to join them and tell them more of the situation.
"Hey guys!" Lana greeted the group as she jumped into the fray eagerly. "How's it going?"
"We're almost done taking this Twilight keep," Rusl informed her. "A group of your soldiers went to secure the one to the east and we already took the two to the west."
"Good, that's great!" the white sorceress said with a smile. "What about the last one?"
"It's just past the Bridge of Eldin," Auru said as he plunged his axe into the head of a bulbin. "But the monsters guarding it are so thick that we can't quite break through to it."
"That must be Midna's base then…" Lana mused to herself, before giving her own report. "The enemy commander fled, but her troops are still here. The leader of the stalchildren troops however, is still here, and she gets her strength from the Twilight. That's why we need to get rid of them all as soon as possible!"
"Well, here's another one down then, yeah?" Ashei said as she ripped her sword through the last monster in the keep, capturing it and dispelling the Twilight.
"I say!" Shad cut in, adjusting his spectacles as he looked out of the southern gate of the keep. "Isn't that the young insect-loving lass from earlier?"
"What?" Lana questioned as she joined him in looking out, only to see Agitha skipping through the fields towards the east, or more specifically, in the direction that Midna had headed off in. Still worried for her welfare against so many monsters and the clearly dangerous Twilight Princess herself, the white sorceress was quick to rush out of the keep, with her older allies following suit behind her. "Agitha!" she called out, stopping the insect princess in her tracks. "What are you doing out here?"
"I'm sorry, Miss Lana," Agitha said politely. "But I couldn't just sit around doing nothing! I'm going to get Li'l Butterfly back now!"
"Dang it!" Lana said in exasperation, turning to the group for a moment as the insect princess continued onward. "I told her to stay back in the village!"
"Do you want one of us to escort the little dearie back, honey?" Telma offered kindly, but the white sorceress simply shook her head.
"No, its fine," Lana said with a sigh, knowing that the young girl was far too stubborn and determined to protect the Goddess Butterfly to stay put. "I'll go with her. After all, I can't just leave her alone out there."
The members of the group nodded in agreement with this as they all went off in their separate ways once more. Telma and Auru went off to tend to Lana's injured troops while Shad, Ashei and Rusl went to finish off to clear out as many remaining monsters as they could. The white sorceress and the insect princess, however, went to take care of the final Twilight keep, hoping that it could weaken the Twilight Princess enough for them to take her down. And take care of it they did, as it was nearly captured when the two of them arrived. After felling a few more monsters, the Twilight filling it was cleared out and light had been restored to most of the field, something that did not go unnoticed by Midna, who had tried to take up refuge in that very keep before the shadows vanished by it.
"What?" the Twilight Princess asked upon feeling her energy decrease dramatically. "Where'd my power go? Is someone closing off my patches of Twilight?!"
"Aha!" Lana exclaimed with an excited smile upon overhearing Midna's confusion. "I knew it! Shutting down sources of Twilight makes her a pushover!"
The Twili imp glared at both the white sorceress and the insect princess upon seeing them in the keep that was once hers, knowing that the two of them were certainly to blame for her loss of power. "So you think the Twilight's all gone, do you?" she asked bitterly, crossing her arms and scowling at them. "Aren't you clever… Great. Now I have no choice but to withdraw for now. I just need a few minutes…" With a quick spin, Midna suddenly vanished into thin air, having teleported in retreat.
"Oh no!" Agitha exclaimed upon seeing that Midna had taken the butterfly with her. "The kitty ran away!"
"Don't worry, Agitha," Lana reassured as she already began to lead the way out of the keep and to the north west, were the only shadows left in the land were. "We'll catch her and the butterfly."
"Yes!" the insect princess cheered, quickly following after the white sorceress. "Capture the kitty! She still has Li'l Miss Butterfly!"
The Bridge of Eldin was quite a ways away from their current position, and so along the way, Lana and Agitha were able to regroup with their allies and head towards it together, coming up with a battle plan as they went. The members of the group volunteered to create a diversion by fighting Midna's monsters guarding the bridge while the white sorceress and the insect princess went in to battle the Twilight Princess herself. And, for the most part, this plan was a success. The members of the group all charged against Midna's forces valiantly, using their respective skills to take on each enemy and cut them down. Once enough of them were dealt with, Lana and Agitha hurried on past them and onto the final Twilight keep, where, as the white sorceress had predicted, the Twili imp had set up her base.
Midna was quick to notice the intruders who had entered into her keep and she spun around to face them, just as angry as ever. "You just don't know when to quit, do you?" she asked harshly. "What can't you just leave me alone?" She groaned in annoyance before glare daggers at both of them. "You know what? Fine! If you want a fight, let's do this!"
Neither Lana nor Agitha responded as they both took up offensive stances, the white sorceress readying her spell book while the insect princess prepared to call upon her bug friends once more. However, Midna took a moment to prepare herself for battle as she used a bit of her magic to cast a Twilit portal beneath her, beckoning something out of it. A wolf-like creature leaped forth out of the portal, bearing semblance to a creature of Twilight, and loyally posed itself so Midna could glide down and relax casually upon its back, clearly in charge of the beast in every way.
"What do you think of my little Twilit wolf?" the Twilight Princess asked with a coy giggle. "I created him all on my own. He reminds me of someone I once knew…" Midna's clever grin faded for just the briefest moment, but she was quick to right herself as she sat up upon the wolf's back, ready to fight. "Now… let's get started…"
As expected, Midna was the first to strike out against her opponents, commanding her loyal wolf to charge towards Agitha first as she believed it would be easier to take her out. The insect princess, however, retaliated by calling down one of her larger insect friends, a giant shimmering beetle, which not only protect her from the Twilight Princess's attack but also managed to knock her back. Midna fell off her wolf and to the ground with an angered growl, but she was quick to summon her beast once more. However, as she took the time to do so, Lana saw an opportunity to attack by sending some of her electrifying magic her way. The Twili imp managed to see it coming though and dodged out of the way, grinning triumphantly as she glided off of her wolf and high into the air, out of their reach.
"Is that all you got?" she asked teasingly, crossing her arms as she contorted her hand into the shape of a fist. The white sorceress knew what was coming, but she was too slow to move out of its path as the first collided roughly with her stomach, knocking her into the wall the keep and banging her up quite a bit. Lana was resilient however, as she forced herself to stand back up, before she quickly doubled over from the heavy strike, coughing up blood from the damage that the punch must have done to her insides.
"Miss Lana!" Agitha exclaimed worriedly, not even concerned that Midna planned on attacking her next. "Hey! Miss Kitty!" the insect princess said with an angry pout as she turned to the Twilight Princess, who was chuckling over her successful attack. "That wasn't very nice!"
"Kitty?" the Twilight Princess asked with a hot glare. "Do I look like a cat to you?!"
Midna didn't give Agitha time to answer as she came down and summoned her wolf once more, giving it the order to attack. The insect princess however, was prepared as she let out a bright giggle and glanced up to the sky, before a large golden butterfly swooped in from seemingly out of nowhere and allowed Agitha to leap onto its back, taking her high above the Twilight Princess, who simply watched in both confusion and amazement.
"What the…?" Midna asked herself, dumbfounded as to what was going on.
"A-Agitha?" Lana stammered, desperately trying to use her healing magic so she could get back into the fray.
The insect princess, however, simply laughed cheerfully as she glided upon the butterfly's back, before pointing towards the unsuspecting Twilight Princess, as if giving her insect friend an order to attack. Midna let out a surprised gasp as she realized what was happened, especially as the butterfly began to dive-bomb towards her, and so, she was quick to shield herself with her hair, hoping that it would protect her well enough. And yet, the strength of the attack was something that she could have never expected as the butterfly collided with her, stirring up the dust of the keep to the point that Lana was unable to see either Midna or Agitha, giving her no way of knowing who won the battle until it finally cleared.
The white sorceress let out a surprised gasp as she saw the Twilight Princess lying crumpled on the ground, while the insect princess stood nearby, completely unscathed as she brushed the dirt off of her dress. Having recovered enough, Lana approached them both with caution, just in case the Twili imp wasn't really defeated and was just putting up a front in order to take them both down.
"I… I can't believe it…" Midna muttered as she let out a groan of pain, slowly sitting up as she looked over herself, seeing all sorts of cuts and bruises. "Me, the Twilight Princess, completely beaten by a… bug… As if this situation couldn't get any more embarrassing…"
"Are you alright?" the white sorceress asked with a frown, knowing that she didn't really want to hurt the Twilight Princess, but simply to calm her down.
"Like you care…" the Twili imp said bitterly, picking herself up off the ground and crossing her arms.
"Oh, Miss Kitty, please?" Agitha spoke up, her tone hopeful and polite. "Pretty please, can you give back my friend Li'l Butterfly?"
Midna let out an aggravated sigh, but held her palm out nonetheless, causing the trapped Goddess Butterfly to appear above it. "Fine, take the dumb butterfly," she relented, letting the insect go so that it could flitter over to the insect princess, who greeted it affectionately. "But wait… You two aren't with that witch?"
"No, that's what I was saying before," the white sorceress clarified. "Completely the opposite actually. We're heading to the Gate of Souls to try and stop her."
"What?" the Twilight Princess exclaimed. "You should have led with that! She and I have some… unfinished business…"
"Like what?" Lana frowned inquisitively. "It must be serious if you're so mad about it."
"Oh, it is serious," Midna said with a scowl. "I used to be the beautiful, illustrious Princess of the Twilight Realm, until the witch and her cronies showed up and stole my kingdom from me, giving it to that worthless Zant and cursing me into this ugly impish form again!"
"Again?" the white sorceress asked in confusion.
The Twilight Princess rolled her eyes in exasperation. "I was cursed to look like this before when Twilight invaded Hyrule for the first time," she explained. "But once all that was over, I was restored to my true form, and I thought I would stay like that for good. Clearly, though, I was wrong…"
"I'm sorry…" Lana said sincerely, understanding well that Cia was causing all sorts of chaos, though she couldn't figure out why the black witch cursed the Twilight Princess in such a way. "But, maybe if we team up and work together, we can find Cia and defeat her, closing the Gate of Souls and saving both Hyrule and the Twilight Realm!"
"Hm…" Midna pondered this for a moment, before a sly smile crossed her features. "I like the way you think. You got a name?"
"It's Lana," the white sorceress said with a cordial smile. "And this is Agitha."
"Pleased to meet you, Miss Kitty," the insect princess said with a curtsey and a giggle.
"Just for the record, I'm not a cat," the Twilight Princess said as patiently as she could. "I'm Midna, but I guess you already knew that."
"Say… you wouldn't happen to be the same Midna who traveled with the Hero of Twilight, are you?" Lana asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.
"That I am," Midna said with a fond smile, remembering her time with the hero, though it quickly turned to a look of confusion. "But wait… how do you know that?"
"Oh…" the white sorceress said, biting her lip as she realized that she had slipped up in remaining vague about her origins. And so, instead of coming up with an intricate lie, she decided to tell as much of the truth as she could. "Well… I'm not really from around here… In fact, me and my troops aren't from this time period at all. We're from centuries in the future, and so is Cia. We stepped back through time to find and close the Gate of Souls so we can stop the war that's currently going on in our Hyrule."
"The future, huh?" the Twilight Princess asked, clearly intrigued, but not bothered by this fact. "Who would have thought… So you say you're looking for something called the Gate of Souls…? It wouldn't happen to be a large, dark gate spewing out all sorts of monsters, right?"
"Why, yes it is," Lana said with a bewildered frown. "How did you know that?"
"Because something like that appeared in the Twilight Realm just before the witch showed up," Midna informed. "It's because of that thing that monsters have been flooding my home and scaring all of my people out of their wits. And if you wanna close it up, then I'll gladly help. Anything to get things back to normal around here…"
"Really? Thanks!" the white sorceress said with a smile, glad that the Twilight Princess had turned from foe to friend as she would certainly prove to be a valuable ally.
"Don't mention it," Midna said with a sly wink as they prepared to plan out their next move. "Just leave the black witch to me the next time we see her. I'll make sure to give her what for!"
Well, that's that! Like I said, this was so much fun to write, even if it was LONG! I apologize for that, but I hope this can hold you guys over until next time, when we venture up to Death Mountain with Impa and Sheik! I also really hope that you guys enjoyed the cameos you requested for this chapter, as it took me forever to figure out how to incorporate them (I already have them figured out for the OoT chapters though, so yay!) For now though, I want to leave you with a recommendation first, to go to my profile and read my new SS AU, Between Heaven and Hell! It's gonna be really good (though really short!) Plus, I'd like to ask you all a little something: What character did you want to see in HW that didn't make the cut? For me, I really REALLY wanted to see Tetra from WW, but who knows? We might get her eventually! So, don't forget to let me know in the REVIEWS! Until next time!