A/N: I promised daily updates for this fic, and I'm keeping that promise, although it's not going to be hard because after this, they'll be only 2 chapters left. Please R & R.

Midna's Quest

Chapter 5

As Midna finally started to regain consciousness;she remembered everything that had happened earlier. After she defeated the bokoblin, a strange figure had captured her. She could only imagine where she was, perhaps in a cage dangling in some dungeon, or chained to a wall in a dark creepy room.

To Midna's surprise, she wasn't in a cage or chained to a wall, she was in a bed, a nice cozy bed. Midna couldn't believe the situation she found herself in, first she was captured, passed out before anything could happen, and now that she was awake, she was in a bed. Then she heard voices.

She thought this might regard her, so she didn't see why she didn't have the right to listen to what the voices were saying.

"Are you crazy?! Do you know what that is? That's one of those things that attacked the village a year ago, we have to kill it!" The first voice said.

"Who are we to decide if this creature should live or die? I don't think we have the right to kill this creature." The second voice retorted.

"Why did you even bring that thing here? Who knows how dangerous it could be?" The first voice said in a panic.

"I don't think it could be very dangerous. When I was walking around the fields, I saw it was getting beat up by a bokoblin. It couldn't be all that dangerous if a simple ogre was giving it problems." The second voice said while unknowingly offending Midna.

"And you let it live! It could have set this whole thing up to make it look like it was losing when you saw just so you'd take it to the village and kill us all!" The second voice screamed.

"I believe you're crazy. I'm sorry if you don't like it, but I must stick with my decision and help this poor creature in it's time of need." The second voice replied, still maintaining his cool. It was at that moment that Midna noticed that she recognized both of those voices. The first voice was Kakariko village bomb seller, Barnes, and the second voice was the Kakariko village shaman and holy man, Renado.

Midna decided to get up out of bed and actually walked into the room when they were in the middle of their argument, but they were to busy arguing and they didn't even notice. It wasn't until she cleared her throat that they noticed that she was standing there. Barnes screamed and dove under the table, pleading with Midna, asking her to not hurt him.

"I'm not here to hurt anyone except for one thing." Midna said.

"See I told you it was here to do some damage, to shed blood, to kill us all!!!" Barnes said, going on a rampage till Renado gave him a 'shut up' look.

"What are you talking about, little imp, who are you here to hurt?" Renado asked in a grave tone. "Call me Midna, please, and I'm here to kill the Monster of Dreams."

"You kill the Monster of Dreams? Impossible. You're too small and from what I heard you couldn't even kill a bokoblin!" Barnes said with a smart attitude.

"Hey! That bokoblin caught me off guard, and besides that, at least I was brave enough to actually face it, instead of just running away from it, like some people." Midna yelled at Barnes.

"And what makes you think I would do that?!" Barnes yelled back, not about to let himself get insulted by a creature like this. Midna rolled her eyes.

"Come on Barnes, we all know that is what you would have done." Renado said in an attempt to end this fight.

"Well if that's how it's going to be, then fine. I don't have to sit here and take this, I've got work to do." And with that Barnes stormed out of Renado's house.

"You'll have to forgive him, he's just has a short fuse. I'm Renado and it's nice to meet you, Midna. Anyway, why do you need to kill the Monster of Dreams?" Renado inquired.

"I just need the wish that the legend promises more then anything in the world right now, and I need to kill it so that I may get that wish." Midna explained.

"Most men go after this creature for wealth, or power, or glory. But you…I can sense something different from you. You're not interested in any of these, but either way I'm going to tell you what I tell everyone else who goes looking for that creature: give up while you still can."

"Look I don't think you understand, see I have too..." Midna started out but was interrupted by Renado.

"No, I don't think you understand. Few wishes out there are worth your life. And even fewer things should make you stupid enough to rush into your own death. Is what you desire really worth enough for you to risk it all?" Renado asked. He was trying to convince her to forget about it.

It seemed to be working for a while. Midna thought about Link and wondered if she really loved him enough to risk her own life just to make him happy and give him the relationship that they both always wanted. Midna thought about it, before she finally answered.

"Yes, this wish is a very important to me and is worth risking everything. Please help me with this!" Midna asked Renado in a kindly way, something she wasn't used to doing to someone besides Link.

"I'm sorry, but my better judgment tells me that I shouldn't help you find this monster." Renado said quietly as Midna was grew incredibly frustrated.

"Fine! If you won't help, I think I know someone who will." Midna said as she headed for the door, grabbing her sword and wooden shield while Renado followed her and watched amazed, as she opened a portal in the sky.

"What is that thing?" Renado said at a loss for words.

"It's a portal. It will warp me to any where in this world of light." Midna said

"Where are you going?" Renado asked, still amazed.

"Castle Town." Midna said with a smile on her face as she disappeared.

A few seconds after she left Renado got over his amazement, and started to head back inside, until he heard a whiney. He knew that whiney to. It belonged to Link's horse Epona.

"Link? What brings you here?" Renado asked, wondering if he could handle another visitor.

"I need you to help me find the Monster of Dreams." Link asked with a cold sound in his voice

"Look Link I just had someone else ask me about that monster and I-" Renado didn't get a chance to say anything else. "WHO?! WAS IT AN IMP?" Link asked screaming at his friend.

"Actually..." Renado started off at a loss of words, shocked that Link yelled at him like that, but was once again interrupted by Link.

"WHICH WAY DID SHE GO?!" Link demanded, still screaming at him.

"She opened up a portal in the sky and said she was going to castle town." Renado said completely taken back by how Link was acting.

"Look I'm sorry that I shouted, but you have to help me! She could get herself killed if she goes after this thing alone, and that's why I have to beat her to it and wait for her there. Then maybe I can talk her out of it. I'm asking you, no, I'm begging you to please tell me where I can find this monster." Link asked in a complete state of weakness. For a while there was only silence, till Renado finally broke it.

"I suggest you go to Castle Town. One of Telma's friends named Shad has a map to where you can find this creature's home." Renado said to his broken friend.

"Thank you! I can never repay you for this service you have done for me." Link said, while sparing no time by hoping on Epona and turning her togallop to Castle Town.

Princess Zelda was peacefully looking out the window as all the people of Castle town were interacting with each other, and having fun. She never thought the country would recover this fast and she was glad to see the progress they were making. That is, until she heard a voice she hadn't heard in year.

"Long time, no see, huh Twilight Princess?" Midna said with a devilish grin on her face.

"Midna? What are you doing here?" Zelda asked, confused as to why Midna would come to her after all this time.

"I need your help, princess." Midna said as she explained the whole story to Zelda, and then continued to ask her for help in finding the Monster of Dreams.

"Midna, I cannot do that. It is suicide, and then Link would have my head." Zelda said, trying to talk the imp out of it.

"No, Link will reward you once he sees me in my humanoid form." Midna countered.

"No. I will not send another life out to die for no reason. I am sorry Midna, but I will not help you." Zelda said. She waited to see what smart comment she'd get from Midna, but her response surprised her.

"No reason? Princess this is for Link, and as far as I'm concerned that's the biggest reason of all. I Love him, and I'm not ready to give him up. I need this or else our relationship is doomed. And now the one person I thought would understand that is refusing to help me in my time of need. I know you gave me life and I'm very thankful for that, but without Link, that life is worthless and empty." Midna said.

She watched Zelda slowly move to her door. She opened it to see a guard standing at the door. "Would you please summon Caine to my quarters?" Zelda asked the guard

"As you wish, your highness." the guard said as he scrambled off.

"Just hide in Caine's shadow and he'll lead you to the cliff with a cave on it. This may just take a day to get there though." Zelda informed the imp.

"It doesn't matter when I get there just as long as do I get there." Midna said as she heard the door open and dove into Zelda's shadow.

"You wanted to see me your highness?" Caine asked as he bowed to her.

"Yes Caine. You have been a loyal servant for years, and now I bestow upon you an important quest. I want you to take this money and buy a boar and offer it to the Monster of Dreams." Zelda told her loyal servant.

"The Monster of Dreams? But I thought it was just a myth!" Caine said surprised.

"No, it's very real and I feel it could threaten the kingdom, so to avoid any attempt at blood shed, I figured we'd begin offering it tribute now. Here's a map that lead to the cliff with a cave on it." Zelda told her loyal servant as she handed it to him.

"As you wish your highness." Caine said as he took the map. Midna hopped over from Zelda's shadow over to Caine's shadow as he turned to leave.

"Here! I believe this is the correct one." Shad said as he inspected the map

"Please hurry up; it's very important that I get there as soon as possible." Link said, trying to rush Shad.

"Yes, this is the right one. Here you go old friend. Now why did you say you needed this again?" Shad asked Link before he gave him the map.

"I told you one of those shadow creatures is still alive and it plans on killing the Monster of Dreams so that it can use the wish so that the forces of darkness can take over our world and just to be safe I plan on beating it there so it won't have that opportunity." Link said without stopping to breathe and telling the same story he told Coro.

"Alright, just don't do anything stupid like actually trying fighting that monster, understand?" Shad warned, trying to make sure Link wouldn't get killed.

"I can't promise anything Shad. I wish I could but I can't." Link said, and he left in a hurry.

Caine had packed up everything as he put the boar in a carriage. Unknown to him was that there was also a Twili imp also in the carriage with the dead boar that he had his horse pull. After he checked to make sure that everything was in order he whipped his horse, signaling them to take off.

While he was riding out in the woods, on his way to the cliff with a cave, he took out his sword and began inspecting it.

"So the Monster of Dreams does exist." Caine said as he started to laugh "Finally all those years of loyalty have paid off. Once I give it the boar, I shall strike it down and use my wish to rule the kingdom. Zelda you fool, you've made the right choice on whom to send on this mission!"