Alrighty kidos, this is where the main story picks up. It took my awhile to figure out how to get Minda into the plot of the story with it sounds too lame or not believable enough. Anway, hobey ho and on with the show! Thanks for the reviews.

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Chapter 3: Falling Apart

The day passed on without many incidents for Link. Of course, besides when Fado would accidentally let one of the goats escape in Ordon Village. Which then he would leave it up to Link to chase the goat around and capture it. The rest of his workday was filled with utter boredom. Link still had not grown accustomed to the much slower pace of life that the village had to offer. Link sighed has he laid back on the grass looking up at the sky. It had only been his third day back in the village and Link could already feel the restless settling in. Link looked over to the side to see Fado trying to calm down an enraged Ordon goat. The Hero knew that the goat would only end up knocking Fado away and running into the village, so he planned to stop that before it happened.

Unfortunately, as soon has Link picked himself up from his reclining position, the goat shrieked in rage and plowed right through Fado and charged into the unsuspecting village.

"GOAT LOOSE!!!" Fado cried as he looked over towards Link, who was already sprinting towards him. The Hero of Twilight bounded over Fado, but he miscalculated the jump and "accidentally" stepped on Fado head. The cry Fado tried to yell out was muffled as his face was buried into the mud by Link's foot.

Link ran into the village to find that the goat stopped, the reason why the goat had stopped however, was that it could not find someone to vent it's rage on. Link sighed in relief when Ilia had just exited Rusl's home and was heading straight for the angry beast.

The goat spotted her and roared in savage delight, has it sped towards its prey. The Hero growled with frustration and leaped forward hope to stop the animal before it reached poor Ilia.

Ilia turned and saw the animal charging for her, she could only glaze in fear has the beast charged straight for her.

Right before the goat reached her though, Link rolled forward infront of Ilia and grabbed the ram by its horns. A tug of war ensued between Link and the goat, until Link managed to bring the goat down by using it's own momentum against it.

The ram laid on its side ontop of the grass, its energy spent from wrestling with the Hero. Link sighed in relief and took a moment to recover from the wave of fatigue that hit him from bringing down the animal.

Link looked over to Ilia and smiled "Are you alright?" she could only nod stupidly as she continued to stare at Link. "Y-yes" she finally managed to stammer out and look away a faint blush covering her already rosy cheeks.

Link nodded and looked back at the goat, who had gotten up and was limping back towards the ranch in defeat. Link sighed in exasperation as he looked back at the Ilia.

"That is the fifth goat in three days, I don't understand how the ranch is still even standing." Link complained in annoyance. Ilia smiled at his comment and started wondering the samething herself.

"I think it's just because that now that your back, Fado feels like he doesn't need to work as hard." Link scoffed at that. "You mean" he said, "That he doesn't need to work at all." Ilia chuckled at that remarked and Link turned towards her, a small but playful smile on his lips.

It was then that they realized just how close they were to eachother. Ilia blushed slightly and then gave Link a hug. She looked up towards him and smiled, "Thank you for rescuing me from that foul beast, Hero." She winked slyly at him. Link blushed and looked away while scratching his head, this made Ilia laugh has she let go of Link and looked up at his rugged but handsome face.

It had been six months since Link had last returned home, but too those two it had only felt like he was gone for a day. Ilia was the first person to greet Link has he enter his home again for the first time in awhile. The two quickly rekindled their friendship and that inturn, sparked the first flames of young love in between them.

At least for Ilia it did, as for Link, he was much more confused on the matter. It was true that he held feelings for Ilia, he was sure of it, but he knew that he also held deep feelings for the Twilight Princess, Minda. Even though The Hero clad in green was staring at Ilia, he couldn't help but see flashes of Minda staring at him.

Ilia subtlety moved closer to Link, which now, their bodies were only about six inches away from eachother. Ilia looked up at Link, and he could already see the intent in her eyes. Conflicting emotions sprang to life when the Hero realized this, "Go on kiss her, you will never meet Minda again so why hold back." One voiced said inside his head, he was very tempted to listen. But then, another voice sprang to life in his mind, "Don't you remember what you promised her, that you always be there for here no matter what happened. Because, it looks like to me that you forgot."

"Ohh really, then why did she break the mirror!" He snapped back at the voice, it said nothing in respond," It doesn't matter what happened though, that's all in the past now." He sighed mentally; the fact that he was even arguing to himself over this was bad.

Link looked at Ilia and saw her with her eyes closed and lips puckered leaning in towards him waiting for the kiss. Link was rooted in place not sure how to react; on one hand he didn't want to hurt Ilia feelings and on the other hand he didn't want to feel like he was betraying Minda.

Luckily for Link, Rusl came running out of his house sword in hand, "What's with all the commotion!" the aged swordsman cried. Link sliently thanked the goddesses for the distraction and quickly spun around to face Rusl.

The Ordon girl was not expecting this and when she opened her eyes she realized that she was kissing nothing but air. Unfortunately, Ilia had also leaned to far forward and fell flat on her face.

Link mentally slapped himself in the face and turned around to help Ilia, whose face was has red as the evening sun. Rusl stopped infront of and looked at the couple with a knowing smirk. "Did I interrupt something?" he asked slyly.

Ilia looked away, her face becoming even redder than before, while Link merely shrugged casually and replied, "No".

Ilia looked at The Hero with a hurt expression on her and quickly lied, saying that her father needed help with a chore and excused herself from the increasingly awkward situation.

Link only nodded; he didn't know what to say and it most likely make the situation even worse. After Ilia had left to go "help her father", Rusl turned to look at Link with a disappointed expression on his face.

"Why do you continue to push her away, you know how she feels about you." The Hero of Twilight could only look down at his feet as he contemplated the swordsman words. "He's right, I mean, I and Ilia both care about eachother…but everytime she attempts to make a move, I cannot bring myself to react in the way she wants."

Link looked into Rusl's eyes, " Listen Rusl, I just don't think that my feelings for Ilia are the same, as her's are for me." Rusl sighed and shruged, "Well, I guess you have to figure that one out on your own". The swordsman's now gave Link a serious look; " On a more serious note, I'm assuming you heard about the army of Bokoblins in the western reaches of Hruyle field."

Link nodded, he had heard it through the chain of gossip had circled those villagers, though he merely assumed it to be another rumor. "I thought that was just another village rumor?" Link asked.

Rusl shook his head; "I thought so too, until I received this from a messenger, it has the royal seal stamped on it." He handed the letter over to Link, who took it with a suspicious look in his eyes.

Link unfolded the letter and begun to read it.

Dear Link,

Unfortunately, I do not have time for pleasantries because the situation in Castle Town has become most dire. I'm assuming that you heard of reports of a Bokoblin army in the western reaches of Hruyle field. Most people would dismiss this has mere rumors, which I'm sure you have. I had also made that assumption a few days ago, but I was still obligated to send scouts just to be on safe side. I had sent out four scouts and only one returned, and he was a complete mess. He died before he could reach me, but he managed to relay what he saw to one of the guards that found him. The scout had reported that it was not only Bokoblins that he saw but also humans and a race that he had never seen before in Hruyle. I know that you of all people will have hard time believing this, but from the way the guard described these people it would seem that they would be Twili. I did not believe it at first myself, when soon after I was told this the sky west of Castle Town begun to warp into what it appeared to be twilight. Though it was not like when Zant had taken control, no this twilight appeared to be controlled to only affect that area. When the townspeople saw this they had begun to panic, the memory of what happened with Zant a few months ago fresh in their minds. I have managed to keep the townspeople somewhat calm, assuring them that I have the situation under control. But, I don't know how much longer I can keep this façade up, Link you must hurry at once.

Signed,

Princess Zelda

Link stared at the note dumbfounded at how this could happen, "How could have this had happend, didn't Minda have control of the Twilight realm now? Could she be planning an invasion…no no this is something completely different, but if the twilight is spreading again that means Minda must have something to with this!" Link looked at Rusl, "How did you get this letter", Link's voice has abnormally high.

"I was scouting the forest this morning when I found a messenger slumped against a tree. He was covered in blood and he had this letter in his hands." Rusl sighed and paused, "He…didn't make it…but he told me to deliver the letter to you at all costs. He died shortly after he told me that, and I didn't have a shovel so I cremated his body. It was the least I could for him." Rusl looked back at The Hero, who was rereading the letter again.

"I'm assuming that letter has to do with the rumors circulating the Bokoblin army." It was more a statement then a question.

Link merely nodded in reply, "There are only three people that would have the ability to create twilight in the world of light. Minda, Zant, and of course Ganondorf. But, I had killed both Zant and Ganondorf…no someone else is pulling the strings here…but where could they have obtained such power." He had begun to sift though all the possibilities that popped into brain.

That was until Link's train of thought was cut off has a deafening sound shrieked across Ordon village bringing Link and Rusl to their knees. "What is that!", Rusl cried in pain has he attempted to shelter his ears from the painful sound.

Link looked up towards the sky and gasped, too shocked to even say anything. A twilight portal had begun to over the unsuspecting village, though, all the portals Link had witnessed opening, and none of them had ever made this kind of sound. It was as if the sky itself was being torn apart inorder for this portal to open.

Even though everything he knew was falling apart around him only one thought dominated his mind, "I hope that Minda is alright."

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Well that's it for the third chapy, please review and tell me what yah think about it so far. Don't hate me too much for the cliffhanger. Don't worry the chapter will show how this happened. A Minda POV, it's so exciting!! –Jumps up and down-