Last time I left off, I, Jameson Thornwood, was being slobbered by my newly recovered tiger.

Chapter 12

I opened the door to the usual knight 'rest stop'.

"Good to see yous, Jamie."

"Nice to see you too, Sir Michael," I said, grinning like an idiot.

Sir Michael was just heading out of the bar.

"I'll see yous laters…" he said and stumbled off.

Hah, I never knew he drank…

I walked into the bar to be greeted by Telma's car, Louise.

"Mrow."

I kneeled down and stroked her. Louise ran off as soon as Yuki came through the door.

"Heh, you monster," I said petting Yuki on her head.

"Thornwood, come here!" commanded Ashei.

Grouchy little…

I walked over to the table in the back of bar; it's usually used by soldiers planning an attack.

"Hey, I haven't properly met all of you yet," I said to the group.

An older man that I haven't seen before stood up and shook my hand.

"My name is Auru," he said. "My friends have toll me much about you, Jameson."

"Nice to meet you Auru."

"I am Ashei."

"Nice to meet you too."

"You know who I am," said Rusl.

"Of course," I said smiling.

"I'm very happy I went into your cave," said Shad, who was sitting down.

"I am too, Shad."

"The usual, Thornwood?" said Telma who was near the bar.

"Yeah, of course. Thanks, Telma," I said.

After a few seconds, I said, "So, what's up?"

"We are waiting for Link. He's supposed to be here soon."

"Well, send Yuki to me when he does. I need to go to the castle to say that the sword I was supposed to get was stolen."

"Wait a minute. I'll write a letter to confirm it was stolen. You could take it with you."

I headed toward the castle with a letter in hand.

I was stopped right outside of the castle. The knight wouldn't let me pass.

"I need to go speak to Lord Bondor," I said urgently.

The knight didn't speak.

"I ne--."

"You don't know what a prank is, right?" asked the knight.

Wait, I know that voice…

"Luke!" I yelled and gave my good friend a bear hug.

"Thornwood, stop. People are starting to stare," whispered Luke.

I quickly let go. "It's surprisingly hard to hug armor," I said convincingly.

"Come on, let's go to the castle."

"Is Joshua giving you any trouble?" I asked Luke.

"Nope; he was arrested for trying to get Lord Bondor in trouble," explained my dear friend.

"Hahah, he completely deserves it! Hey, where is Lord Bondor, anyway, I need to give him this," I showed Luke the letter Rusl gave me.

As if on que, the one and only, Lord Bondor walked over to where Luke Carrington and I were talking.

"Thornwood, it's good to see you again," he said. "Where is your armor, and where is the gift you were sent to get in the first place?"

"Here, sir," I said and handed him the letter to Lord Bondor.

"Ah, I see," he said after reading it. "Did you by any chance meet any of the black creatures on your way?"

"Yes, sir, two. My tiger killed them, I only helped," I explained.

"At least your alive," replied Lord Bondor. "But where is your armor?"

"I left it at a villager's house. I have accepted to help them because their child, as well as four other Ordon children, were captured by some pig wranglers that reside in the Hyrule Field," I explained.

"Very well, I will allow you to help the Ordon villagers, but you must get the gift back or have the craftsmaster to make another," replied Lord Bondor.

"Yes, sir. Thank you, sir" I said saluting.

Suddenly, Yuki ran out toward me and Luke.

"Come on, Luke, follow me! Lord Bondor, sir, I need to go," I said and ran to Telma's Bar with Luke close behind.

"Link! I said as I saw the 'green warrior'."

"You finally arrived. Who is that?" asked Rusl.

"This is Luke Carrington, my fellow knight and a good friend," I introduced. "These are the people I met during my journey."

"Hi every one," said Luke. "We've met before." He directed that to me.

"When?"

"Just after you got captured; they told me everything," Luke replied.

Crap, I forgot…

"Link, I need to speak with you in private," I whispered to Link when everyone else was occupied.

He nodded.

"Follow me."

I had taken Link, and Yuki, who refused to leave, to a back alley in Hyrule town. Yuki hates it there because of the many cats that congregate there, but no matter what, she didn't leave us alone.

"Oh, Link. Here's the thing," I waited. "I am terribly sorry for pushing you off of your tree house. After I pushed you, I felt horrible because I reminded myself of some older knights who used to bully me. I don't want to be like that, so I'm very sorry."

I waited a second. Then I saw Link smile. At the same time we thrusted out our arms and shook each other's hand.

Suddenly, Yuki started clawing at Link's shadow, hissing.

She's never done anything like this before.

"Yuki, calm down!" I said to my hissing and growling tiger.

"Will you stop??!" said a small voice. A small black sphere appeared and exploded in front of Yuki. She yelped and ran away.

"Finally, that stupid cat left," said the small voice again. A small imp appeared out of Link's shadow.

"My name's Midna."

END

A/N: I am back!!! I am very sorry for the HUGE time I wasn't writing. My summer vacation is right now, so I hope I'll be able to write more. NYAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!111!! (ahem) See ya next time!