Chapter 2: Fate (Link's point of view)
This chapter by: Daniel Jimenez
I fell to my knees hard. I didn t even notice any pain. I was too heartbroken to care anyways. My face fell into my rough, leather gauntlets as my body shook with the sobs of a hopeless romance. Why Midna, why?
That was the only thought in my mind as I drowned in my emotions. The only pain I felt was in my heart, and on my left hand. The triforce of courage seemed to turn black on my hand, and it hurt me a lot. I didn t care. I felt a gloved hand gently touch my shoulder. I turned to see Zelda with tears glistening on her pale face.
It had to be done Link. She did it for the good of both wor-, she said as she was cut off.
Can you ever just think out of your little triforce of wisdom for one second and stop trying to justify everyone s actions! Don t you know how to comfort someone!! I yelled.
Link I m pretty sure I am just as hurt as- you loved her didn t you? she questioned, her lip quivering. I looked down to see my reflection in my sword. Although my eyes were red with sobbing, the hurricane in my blue eyes began to settle. The Triforce remained black, however.
Why does it matter? She s gone anyways. She obviously didn t feel the same way about me that I felt about her! I said, on the verge of tears. Zelda noticed the hurricane return to my eyes and decided it best to not tell him.
During the time she spent merged with Midna in her heart and mind, she felt all the feelings that Midna did. Pain, anger, annoyance. There was one other feeling that she did not recognize in the beginning. It always popped into her mind when she saw Link s carefree smile or when he talked to her. She soon recognized this feeling as love. Oddly enough, Zelda found herself feeling the same way towards Link right now. Maybe her long-term connection to Midna s mind somehow influenced her current thoughts. She knew that these truths would hurt Link even more, so she kept them to herself.
She walked over to me, picked me up by my tunic and dragged me over to a spot by the mirror to sit down. She was definitely stronger than she looked. We sat next to each other, enduring hours of awkward silence. I often caught her staring at my left hand and at other times, my face. She didn t know that I had seen her do this. As the darkness of dusk crept over the Arbiter s Grounds, we began to head for the staircase to leave the tower. Then I saw something glowing by the mirror. I ran towards it quickly. What is it Link? Zelda asked, concerned. I grabbed the glowing little orb into my hands to get a better look. What I saw amazed me. It was a shard of the mirror contained in Midna s tear. Zelda, is there anything I can do to get back with this? I asked high in hope, my eyes brightening once again. I stuck my open hand in front of her face, the weightless orb resting in my palm. I m Link, I m afraid not she said quietly.
My hopes fell along with the brightness in my eyes. To replace that brightness were tears. I felt the tears in my eyes, but I blinked them back. Zelda led me out of the tower, her caring arm around on my shoulder the whole way down. We both mounted the boar that was left in front of the tower and rode slowly back to Lake Hylia. I barely talked the whole way home. I just stared at my sword and the tear the whole time. The tear was completely spherical with the shard glistening in the middle. It was about the shape and size of a small egg. I thought it looked a bit like an eye. I just stared at it the whole time asking why. Why did you do that Midna?