Hmm, I bet you guys thought I was dead. No such luck! Alright, here's the chapter that I never finished; Link's point of view.

Sunlight poured through the window, contrary to the second snowstorm of winter. It was just two weeks ago when the leaves completely fell off the trees-autumn. Winter came early, this year.

I wish that it hadn't, though. It made it impossible to travel the now snow-paved rope bridge to the Faron province, and beyond that, the Lanayru province, with Castle Town. There are doctors there, and Sheik needed one.

Her wound was grotesque. It would not stop bleeding-it remained open. The skin around it became yellow, green, purple, and, mostly, black.

"Link, it's poisoned. Lilisian weapons must be poisoned. She's not going to make it if we don't think of something; my magic won't work. She bleeds out any life force I give her," Midna whispered, pulling me aside. Eleazar remained at Sheik's side, and Kulak sulked in the basement. "We have to think of something."

Midna had made it her personal job to keep Sheik breathing. When her fever was raging, she brought in herbal teas from the snow. She was the one who, mostly, held pressure on the wound. A tightly bound towel would last about ten minutes before it was soaked and dripping with blood.

"Midna, I don't think we can. If it's poisoned, there's no way that I can help-and even if we were to get to a doctor, they don't know about Lilisian poisons," I whispered back. "She's gonna have to fight through it."

Midna turned away, sighing. I seriously doubted that Sheik would make it. She was strong-but human. With the loss of blood (even with the life force that Midna was giving, along with the constantly supplied fairies) she would die within the next two days.

Well, maybe she'll make it through. Someone's going to have to think of something...

Midna bursted out the "door" after saying a couple things to Sheik. She seemed upset, but with her moods right now, I didn't dare to follow. She would be back in an hour or so.

But as the hours ticked by, and the winter sun set on the horizon, I became worried. She was supposed to be back by now. I doubted that she would go somewhere besides Ordon, because it was far too dangerous to go outside of it...

But why would she leave now?

I stepped out and scanned the area. She stayed away from the townsfolk, for fear of scaring them...The only place she really went was Ordon Spring. I climbed down the icy ladder to the snow-paved ground.

The Spring was frozen solid. Midna was nowhere to be found.

My mind raced. Where did she go? She must have gone walking and...a Lilisian? I turned around, making sure she wasn't just playing a trick on me. "Midna? Midna, if you're out here, we need you at my place. Midna?" I said, my voice getting stressed at the end.

When I walked back in, I went straight to Sheik. "Where did Midna go?"

"I don't know."

"Oh, yes, you do. She said something to you before she left. Where is she?" I tried to control my anger. Midna told her something, and Sheik was holding out on me.

"I... I don't remember. She said something about the Tri-Force, and she asked me if I was okay," Sheik's red eyes were earnest...and I didn't trust them, this time. "She told me that she needed to leave, and to tell you...to tell you that she would be back soon."

I sat down, cross-legged, and put my head in my hands. Where could she be? "She's getting you help, isn't she?"

"I don't know. I don't think that I can be helped anymore. Look at this," Sheik said sadly, unwrapping the bloody wound. There was no improvement-it was more black around it, and the wound was bleeding again. "I'm not going to make it, am I? The fever, the headaches...I'm being poisoned."

"I can't tell you that. I have no idea. Midna seemed pretty desperate to get you help, though...She thinks it can be helped. You have a chance, I think," I lied.

Sheik rolled her eyes. "Oh, yeah, I'm screwed."

"Stop being a damn pessimist!" Kulak yelled from the basement.

"Hey, can I show ya something, Kulak? Come up here," Sheik called. Warily, Kulak climbed the ladder and stood over Sheik, trying his best to look exasperated.

"What. Do. You. Want?"

Sheik smiled, closing her eyes. Then, she deftly kicked Kulak between the legs. "Are you optimistic now, jackass?" Kulak went down on one knee and cussed.

"Sheik!" I groaned. "Kulak, are you alright?"

"NO! No, I'm not alright!" Kulak shouted.

Eleazar, laughing quietly, stood up and escorted Kulak back to the basement. I could hear the whining and complaining.

"Midna's gonna be alright, Link," Sheik said, seeing me gaze out the door. "I'm sure of it."

"How can you be sure? Look at your arm. How do you know that's not going to happen to her? What if she never comes back?"

"She will."

I didn't argue. Everything in me was telling me to go, but I could almost feel Midna's will, the will for me to stay and care for Sheik.

So I made up my mind-if she wasn't back by sunset the day after tomorrow, I was going to find her.

"Good idea," Sheik said.

"What?" I questioned. Had I said that out loud? I didn't remember doing so...

"You're talking in your sleep," Sheik quickly responded.

I didn't respond. I felt positive that I had not said that out loud, and I sure as hell wasn't sleep talking. How had she heard me? "No, I'm not."

"So you're not stupid. Good."

Something about the way she said it was... Almost predatory. I heard her laugh and jumped a little.

"When you shout your decisions, it's easy enough to hear them."

I drifted to sleep on the cold wood floor.