Chapter 1: Recollections and Goodbyes (Link's point of view)

this chapter by: Daniel Jimenez

I watched the sands swirl around among the Arbiter s Grounds. This place, located on the top of a tower deep within the Gerudo Desert, was house to a cursed artifact known as the Twilight Mirror. It was the only known link between the world of Light and the world of Twilight.

I thought heroes were supposed to be happy with the endings of their adventures. Right now, I don't feel so happy with sending Midna back to the Twilight,' I thought, glumly. The extreme heat distorted the air in front of me. It was really beginning to annoy me because my green tunic was matted against me with sweat, and my blonde bangs dripped into my blue eyes. I watched Midna and Zelda converse by the Twilight Mirror. The Twilight Mirror s intricate Twili patterns glistened in the orange desert sun. I was not paying much attention to what they were saying because I was thinking about Midna.

Midna was the beautiful princess of the Twilight, as I had just recently become aware of. Her skin was of a light blue tone and had glowing blue Twili markings similar to that on the mirror. Her hair was a fiery red, somewhat similar to her amber and yellow eyes. I just couldn t look away from those beautiful but fierce eyes. As I stared at both the princesses with mock interest, I thought over the adventures I had with the beautiful twilight princess.

I remembered the time when we first met in that dark, twilight-consumed dungeon in Hyrule Castle. As a wolf, the little, mischievous imp treated me as her slave, like I was worth only what I could do for her. She rode upon my back, crushing my spirit with sarcastic comments and complaints as to how useless and inept I was. And yet, I helped her, unwillingly, in hope of saving my friends from Ordon. Her sarcasm and snide remarks made me greatly despise her. Midna took me through dangerous waterways and over the perilous roof-tops of Hyrule Castle, without any regard for my safety. All the way there, she kicked my sides, complaining that I was too slow and that I was almost worthless to her. One comment still remains in my mind today. ''Oh my god, you are the slowest creature I've ever met! Why am I wasting my time on such a retarded little dog like you! You are not even fit to save your own dumbass! Oh, did I make you cry wolfey? I thought the legends told of a man turned into a blue eyed beast, not some blue eyed pussy.'' I now understood her reasons for doing this. All her power was taken away when Zant cursed her. The only power she had was in her words, for Zant could never take that away from her. She practiced this power in order to remind herself that she still had it.

I was, however, thankful that she took me to meet Zelda because I fell completely in love with her at first sight. When Zelda removed the dark hood to reveal her face, I was stunned by her beauty. Her golden locks fell to her shoulders, her pale face looking at me, azure eyes laden with guilt. Midna enjoyed that guilt in her eyes. Zelda then relayed to me the events that had taken place that caused the Twilight.

During our adventures to bring light back to Hyrule, and to search for the dark power of the Fused Shadows, Midna s stone heart softened a bit. Although she did continue with her sarcastic and snide remarks, she wasn t saying them completely out of hate. She was now saying them as some form of comic relief. Even though she still thought I was only useful to find the Fused Shadows for her, she knew that she would get more out of me by treating me better. We grew closer to each other, but we both never admitted it. We became good friends and a great team.

When we had received all the fused shadows, Zant ambushed us at Lanyru s spring, plunging it once again into Twilight. The familiar sensation of becoming a wolf quickly hit me. Zant held a black and red orb in between his hands, staring straight at Midna. I reacted instantly by putting myself in harm s way, a little bit by habit and mostly because a feeling that I did not recognize. As I hit the orb, I felt a searing pain in my forehead. Everything went black as I lost consciousness. While I lay unconscious, Midna had a short conversation with Zant before being mortally wounded by the light spirit Lanyru by a direct hit of light. As I heard her scream of pain from my unconscious state, I quickly woke up and acted upon that unknown feeling again. I lifted her on my back and immediately headed to Zelda. I kept on asking if she was alright, and she would weakly nod. As it started to rain, I did all I could to comfort her. Everytime she moaned in pain, I would turn around to lick her, as if to signify everything would be alright. I ran as fast as my limbs could carry me. I began to feel Midna's breathing slowing down, each breath felt labored. I began to cry. It was then that I realized what this unknown feeling was. It was love. I realized that while I had feelings for Zelda, they could not compare to mine for Midna. As soon as I received this revelation, I put everything I had into my strides. I reached the gates of the castle and realized I would never get past the guards. I made my way to the secret waterway that Telma had mentioned a while back. Even though Midna begged me not to risk my life in this dangerous waterway, my heart told me to do anything that was needed to save her. When I reached Zelda, we fought over who to save. I wanted Zelda to save Midna, and Midna wanted Zelda to break my new curse. Zelda knew that Midna was needed to help me along my journey so she told me of the Master Sword, and she merged with Midna, allowing her to walk in the light. We began to grow closer after this event. We then put the Twilight Mirror back together and destroyed Zant and Ganon.

After the reminiscing, I remembered just how much I grew to love Midna. I felt my stomach clench. I recognized this feeling as the feeling one gets when they know they re gonna have to say goodbye to someone important in their life. Lightness and Darkness are the two sides of the same coin One cannot exist without the other I know now the reason the Goddesses left the Mirror of Twilight in this world They left it because it was their design that we meet, Zelda said. Zelda, your words are kind and your heart is true If all in Hyrule are like you, then I guess you ll do alright, Midna replied as she stepped up the Twilight staircase. Looking at me, she said, Thank you Well, the princess spoke truly, as long as the mirror s around, we could meet again Link I See you later. A golden tear rolled down her blue cheek and she pushed it towards me with her hand. The tear hit the mirror and I heard a crack. I then realized what was happening. She smiled at me sadly as she disintegrated into the Twilight. I was too shocked to move. The mirror then shattered into glistening pieces, only to remain in our memories. My stomach clenched even harder