Oh man, you guys won't believe how LONG it takes to get each chapter done at a time!! OKAY, you might be thinking "Jeez, you have all the info and scenes right in front of you, what are you complaining about!?"
Well, it just takes a while to get everything down and all, okay?
Well anyway, as I said before, Link IS talking in this, and Midna will sometimes say things that WEREN'T dialogued in the game.
Moments after we disappeared from the boss chamber inside the forest temple, I re-appeared in front of Faron Spring. As my body dematerialized back to normal, the golden voice of the light spirit spoke to us.
"Heroic Link... Do not think that Hyrule is now saved from the spread of twilight... Leave these woods and go to the east, where you will find the land protected by the spirit Eldin... There you will find those you seek..."
I nearly jumped at those words. It probably meant the kids! I'd been so absorbed in getting through the Forest Temple that I nearly forgot! Finally, I had leads as to where they were. I was pretty relieved to hear that and glad to finally have an idea where they could be.
I just hoped nothing bad happened to them...
The light spirit continued on, interrupting my thoughts.
"But know that these lands lie in twilight... They are now a dark realm covered by the clouds of dusk. If you set foot beyond the curtain of twilight, you will revert to your beast form, so be prepared. Hero chosen by the gods... Leave these woods and go to the east, to the land of Eldin."
The voice faded off, and then Midna popped out of my shadow.
"That's better. Searching should be much easier now. Ee hee! But... Of course, you feel the need to go help the other light spirits, don't you?"
I nodded. "Yes, I have to. I can't just leave them like this. Clearing the twilight and saving the light spirits are essential to our plan if we want to slow down the king of the twilight's own plan."
Midna grimaced a bit as I mentioned the king of the twilight, but then nodded. "Well, don't worry. When you turn into a beast again, I'll take good care of you. The first thing you need to do is find the land covered in twilight. Once you do, I'll help you out. Ee hee hee! See you later!"
That laugh of hers was REALLY getting on my nerves.
But I calmed myself and remembered that the kids were in the Eldin Province, it seemed. Which meant we had to leave through the gate near Coro's house. Stepping out into Hyrule for the first time, like I was meant to do a couple days ago.
With a bounce in my step, I headed off toward Coro's house, waving to him as I passed, and then went through the gate to get to Hyrule, to the Eldin Province.
There was a trail leading out toward the open field, although we couldn't see it from here yet. We passed a couple of those purple monsters from before, but I took care of them without even so much as a second glance.
Sure enough, at the end of the trail, was Hyrule Field.
It was HUGE. A lot bigger than I'd ever imagined! No wonder, living a quiet life tucked away in Ordon did that, causing a bigger shock to see such a field like this. It was amazing though, seeing a new place. I bet it was Heaven for children to play in and for picnics.
Ahead in the distance, I could see the large, golden and black walls that seemed unnatural. Within the wall, I could see the towers of a castle.
"See those big walls?" Midna suddenly said from the shadows. "That's the twilight, covering the lands. Ee hee hee! Don't they look amazing? It's even nicer on the inside!"
I just nodded curtly and headed east. Sure enough, the wall of twilight was there too, so I guessed that was the way to the Eldin Province. I could see a curve in the rocky rises, so that probably led somewhere.
Before we could go further, a loud, shrill voice was heard from up ahead of us.
"HEEEEEEY!"
I stopped dead in my tracks and nearly fell over, wincing slightly. What the heck!? Midna was probably wondering the same thing because I heard her utter a confused grunt from the shadows.
We got our answer as we saw a man running toward us. He was in a white sleeveless short suit with a red hat on his head, a matching backpack, and for some reason, a rectangular red flag strapped to his back. He was jogging toward us, and came to a stop a few feet away.
"Go no further!" He proclaimed. "There is a black wall ahead that blocks the way! I thought I would deliver a few letters, but it seems impossible... I am the honorable and dependable letter carrier, known to some as...the postman."
The postman? Well, he was sure lucky to be out here and not within the twilight. How did he get out here, though?
"Now that I've introduced myself, please!" The postman continued, reaching into his bag for something. He held out a red envelope to me, a letter apparently. "Take this letter and read it at your leisure! You can do that with any letters you receive. Do it whenever you see fit! Well, my business is concluded! Onward to mail!"
The postman then turned around and jogged away until he was out of sight.
"What a weirdo. He was giving me the creeps." Midna muttered from my shadow.
"Each to his own." I said with a shrug.
Anyway, I took the letter he gave me and read it over. It explained that he was the postman and that he'd come running to us at high speed if he had a letter for us, and to not flee.
Um...okay. Onward then.
We continued on toward the rocks up ahead, where the wall of twilight was rising up above us. Coming around the curve, I saw the black wall that was blocking our path, much like what I saw back in Ordon, to the entrance of Faron Woods.
As I approached it, Midna popped out of my shadow.
"Hey, it was much closer than I thought... You remember, right? You know what this is? If you set foot in there, you might be a wolf again for quite some time...For at least as long as it takes for you to save the light of Eldin from the twilight, anyway... So, shall we try to go see the light spirit of Eldin? Ee hee!"
She disappeared in my shadow, and I approached the black wall of the twilight. The strange, golden markings appeared.
Midna popped out of my shadow again just as we got closer. "Want me to lead you into the twilight?"
I nodded.
She turned around and floated through the wall, creating a small ripple where she went through. A moment later, a large, orange hand reached out from the wall, grabbed me, and pulled me inside. I cried out as it happened. Jeez, did she have to do it so roughly?
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I was sprawled on the ground on the other side of the wall, inside the twilight. I managed to pull myself to my feet, a bit shaken up from being pulled in through the wall.
Suddenly my body shifted downward, my bones changed, fur and a tail sprouted, and my face lengthened. I was a wolf again.
Midna plopped onto my back in her usual manner, right onto her old seat. I stumbled slightly and looked at her over my shoulder.
"That's a good boy!" Midna cajoled, slapping her hands against my back. "Now, you need to listen to what I say from now on! Ahh, look! How lovely! The black clouds of twilight are so fetching today... I feel so much more at ease here... And you look so much better like this than in those dusty old clothes, anyway. Ee hee! So, let's get going!"
Well, I don't mind being a wolf, but I did like my new hero's garb. They were comfortable and unique, I find. Even when I was surprised in finding myself wearing them after I'd become human again when we first cleared the twilight, it felt so right wearing them, as though I was showing who I truly was.
They weren't dusty at all!
I chose to just ignore her comment and then sprang forward down the continuing trail, giving Midna a little buck to scare her a little.
I had to admit, it was kind of cute when she'd cry out "Oh!" whenever I ran too fast and jumped a little, bucking her a little.
I shook my head lightly at the thought. What was I thinking?
Up ahead, I caught sight of something in the middle of the road. Curious, we went over to it, and I saw that it was the wooden sword I'd given to Talo! Oh no, could this have meant something happened to him and the rest of them?
Suddenly, I had an idea! I was a wolf, and like most animals, I could use my sense of smell to locate people or food, pretty much anything that contained a scent. This wooden sword definitely contained Talo's scent, so I'd be able to find him and the rest of the children.
I went over closer and sniffed it. Sure enough, I caught the scent I recognized to be Talo, Malo, Beth and Colin. I couldn't catch Ilia's scent, for some reason. Oh well, I'm sure she was all right with the rest of the children.
"See, isn't being a wolf more convenient?" Midna remarked. "Now, hone your senses! You've begun to reawaken as a wolf, I think. Ee hee!"
I just nodded in agreement and honed my senses. Sure enough, I could almost see the trail of the scent of the children as I followed it down the path.
We came to a large gap separating both sides by a huge chasm. Before we could approach where the bridge was, a familiar barrier surrounded us, and three shadow monsters came to attack us. Oh please, by now we'd narrowed down defeating them to an art. We dispatched of them and opened another one of those weird void things right above us.
But when we came to the bridge, we were met with a nasty surprise.
There was no bridge. The front of it was there, but the rest of it wasn't.
The scent of the children also continued on the other side, so we had to get across.
"What's this?!" Midna exclaimed from my back. "That's strange... The bridge is gone... I wonder if this is the work of those shadow creatures... Ugh... What a pain! Ah well, let's look for it... You! Whenever you destroy those creatures of darkness, a portal opens up that looks like this." She pointed up toward the strangely shaped void thing, which I knew now was a portal. "You hear me? It's called a portal. You'd better remember that! And... in those woods we came through... Yes! It's got to be around there... I'll use my power to take you to the location of the open portal..."
I mulled that over, and remembered the lone bridge that was back in Faron Woods. That had to be it! Midna must have seen it too.
I pointed my nose back where we had come from, and Midna understood, since my body then dematerialized into twilight squares and disappeared into the portal above us.
We came back into Faron Woods, near the Forest Temple. Midna had hidden in my shadow like she would when we weren't in the twilight.
"See! I told you. We're here!" Midna said as she popped out from my shadow. "You know, most people can't leave the twilight that easily. You'd better be grateful! It's your job to look for the bridge! Look hard!"
Everything physical was my job, Midna. I wanted to say.
Anyway, sure enough, I spotted the bridge I'd seen there while we were clearing Faron Woods from the Twilight. It was still there, and unmistakably the bridge we needed, since it had the same arc design.
I trotted over to it, and Midna popped out of the shadows.
"Wow! It's perfect, don't you think? What do you think? Should we take it?"
I just rolled my eyes slightly and nodded.
"Good obedient little wolf!" Midna cooed as if I was a puppy. I growled at her but she ignored it.
She turned around, pointed her shadowed hand hair at the bridge, coating it with her twilight magic, apparently. She grunted hard, and then threw her arms up in a lifting gesture, letting out a cry for good measure.
The bridge shook, and then lifted itself up into the air, slowly. It then dissolved into twilight squares, rising into the portal above us.
Midna disappeared back into the shadows and I too felt my body dematerialize as we disappeared into the portal as well.
We landed back in the twilight, on our new bridge. Sure enough, it was a perfect fit.
Midna plopped rudely onto my back, causing me to grunt and then growl at her lightly.
"See! Just as I thought... Eee hee! So, isn't the power of twilight amazing? Call me if you need the power again. It should help you in what we're looking for, don't you think? All right, let's keep going!" She slapped my back with her hands and tapped my ribs with her feels.
Choosing to ignore her actions, I went across the bridge, continuing to follow the scent of the children.
We came to a barred gate, and on the other side were two twilight bulblins. Midna was the first to notice them.
"Huh... What are they doing here? This is a pretty elaborate gate... What are they trying to keep in? ...Or out?" Her gaze dropped down below the gate, I followed her gaze and noticed some of the ground sunken in. "I bet it'll be worth our while to dig in..."
I didn't need to be told twice. After all, the scent of the kids continued past the gate so we had to get past.
I dug under the ground and came out on the other side, then we killed the bulblins and continued on our way.
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We came to this rugged, run-down village that was apparently known as Kakariko Village. It looked deserted, I couldn't see any spirits, just a few of those twilight birds flying around.
Near the spring to our right, were a few shadow beasts. We took care of them and opened a new portal. Good, we could warp here now.
Right then, a struggling golden voice spoke to us, coming from the spring.
"To the hero...who transformed into a blue-eyed beast...in the realm of shadows... In twilight... This way..."
We went into the spring, and like before, all that remained of the light spirit was a faint, golden mist. We went over to it as it continued speaking to us.
"...I am...a spirit...of light... Hero...chosen by the gods... Look for...my light... Gather the light stolen by the shadows...into this..."
The remainder of the spirit then presented us with a vessel of light, just like before. Oh boy, this meant we had to go on another bug hunt, I bet.
"... The insects of darkness... They are the form taken...by the evil that attached itself...to my scattered light... In this shadowy twilight...the shadow insects are invisible, much as the people from your light world are... With the last of my power...let me show you...the locations...of the tears that have turned into...shadow insects... But...be careful... The darkness...now hunts you."
"Gee, we figured as much." Midna mumbled under her breath.
With the vessel of light in hand, we were sent on our way.
