Ok my dear readers, here is this chapter, I finally introduce Midna. But listen, I'm going to use direct game dialogue to help retain the character's personalities. For now, I'm not going to talk to Midna or Link before like in AYtP. I'm lazy and its not worth it.

Also, I am a fairly new writer, so I just recently learned about personas. I guess that's what Layla is, so sorry about that. My understanding is that they are instantly Mary Sues. I guess that gives me all the more reason to prevent that. XD: So, thank you my readers for putting up with that, or never reading the Author notes in the first chap.

I only own OC's original dialogue and plot changes. Direct dialogue and LoZ belong to Nintendo.

Midna about the same size as she is in the game, about the size of a two-year old. The Fused Shadow helmet, which looked too heavy for her head, gave an evil air to her. Her long, flame-colored hair reached her mid-back, giving her an elegance with its length, but mischief with how it's a high ponytail.

She gave us that self-glorifying grin, and passed through the bars to meet us. "I found you both!"

Link crouched into an offensive stance and snarled at her. He was saying, "Get the hell away from us bitch!"

I just stood dumbfound, at both Link and Midna. Like I implied, she was much bigger in person. Either that or me being smaller restricted my ability to determine how big something is. I would've bitten Link on the ear for swearing at our guide, but I was going to let Midna do that verbally. I'd join in on the fun once we got out of the godforsaken prison.

Midna said, "Now, now foxy, it isn't polite to stare, but oh my! Isn't wolfy here scary! Are you sure you want to do that wolfy, snarl and glare at me like that?" When Link didn't stop swearing her out, Midna said, "Well that's too bad. It looks like foxy's the only one that gets help. I was planning on helping you two if you both were nice. Since only one is, only one gets help."

Of course Link stopped growling. I rolled my eyes and growled, "Really Link, and I mean really. You could've taken her."

She looked at me with a smirk and said, "Oh my. Looks like not all humans are obedient to a fault." Then she bumped the bottom of Link's chin. "Oops! But neither of you are humans anymore are you? You're beasts!"

Link gave her the evil eye and growled, "I believe were dogs. And dogs have teeth. Teeth made for slashing meat. Meat that we can fit into our mouths." Link tried to bite her, but she jumped away with a laugh before he could.

"There there, you be a good boy and calm down. No need to bite." Link then proceeded to growl/swear more.

I laughed at Link's newfound hostility. Being a vicious wolf changed some people. I knew I wouldn't change much though. I was always sneaky and vicious, so a fox fit me to a tee. "What's so funny?" Link asked me.

"You two. You act like mortal enemies but I can see respeeeect in both your eyes."I stretched out respect because if I said love they both would've gained up on me. But I meant love. That's one of the things about me: I act like I could care less about someone, when I really do like them. I usually make fun of whoever even more when they have a girlfriend. But it's not out of jealousy. I was just entertaining myself.

Midna got it and snarled at me. Link just looked at me with a "what?" expression. At least, as possible on a wolf face. Midna then said, "Well, since you're both mean, I guess I won't help either of you."

Link begged, "No wait, she doesn't mean it."

I stared at him and barked, "Yes I do."

Link gave me a death look and growled, "You're. Not. Helping. Layla."

I smirked and whined, "I know. It's just that I bet I could get out of here without her help."

Midna put her hands on her hips and asked, "So, I assume you don't want my help?"

I looked at her and growled, "You got somethin' better to do?"

Se somewhat disappointedly replied with, "No…"

I smirked some more and growled, "Well, then you can help him. I'm sticking with him, so by extension, you're going to help me. I don't need it, but it doesn't matter."

Midna thought about this for a minute, and then gave a sinister smirk, finally saying, "All right then. She was nice enough to break our chains, which I nodded a thank you. Link just stared at the broken chain. "You look surprised. Eee-hee-hee. But she looks like she knew that would happen. Now why is that?"

I rolled my eyes and barked, "Like I'm going to tell you."

"OOOH! Foxy's snappy! So! I bet you two're wondering, where exactly are we?"

"Not really…" I thought to myself

Midna then passed through the bars. "Well, I'll make you two a deal. If you can get over here, maybe I'll tell you. Eee-hee!" Then she let out a casual yawn.

Link and I tried walking, but both of us buckled after one step. Link growled in frustration, and I just got back up. Trying the "one foot in front of the other" didn't work at all, so trying to remember how other four-legged animals walked, I started walking. Link didn't have as much luck as me though. He told me later that he was frustrated that it was so hard, which angered him more, and he did worse. Midna started laughing at him, so I growled at her, "Why don't you try walking on four legs floaty?" Midna then glared at me, but didn't say anything. I helped Link up, and showed him how to walk and run.

Once we felt comfortable, Midna then sighed, "Well, now that you two are done, you still want out, right?"

Link actually figured it out right away, digging under the bars. I followed suit, and while I shook the dirt out of my pelt, I discovered Midna on my back. I should've known. I knew trying to throw her off or bite her would do nothing, so I rolled over. "Eee-hee-hee. I guess you aren't completely stupid after all." Midna jumped off, and jumped back on me. I guess I was her new ride.

"Far from it imp."Technically, I haven't learned her name, and I knew calling her an imp would piss her off to no end. And if she was sticking with us to get her precious Fused Shadows, she was going to put up with me. Link learned how to put up with me, so it was possible. I rolled over again for the heck of it.

Midna just jumped on my back again. "Listen I like you both, even you foxy, so I think get you two out of here." Then she grabbed both our ears, and thrust them towards her mouth. "But in exchange for my help, you two have to do EXACTLY as I say. If you need anything from me, just give me a sign."

Link and I looked at each other for a few seconds. You think that we were telepathically agreeing to Midna's demands? Well, you're wrong. Link said, "I'll help."

I did not want to help her, now that I had met her. But this was the Twilight Princess adventure. I had no choice.I said, "If he's in, I guess I am too. But I like you too, so I'll put up with you imp."I actually did like her. The way she acted amused me. Her, "I don't give a damn about you so help me" attitude was funny.

She patted my head saying, "Back atcha, my new bitch."

I rolled my eyes at my new nickname. "Now aren't you original."

Link gave me an exasperated sigh of, "Layla…."

"So, are we all clear? Good. Now come on! Get moving!" Midna then kicked my sides like I was her horse. It didn't hurt, but it did provoke me to try and bite her. She just giggled at me, and Link and I were off through the dungeon.

~~X~~

She did talk when her signal appears in the game, so she technically was helping. We encountered our first spirit, and she said, "Oh…well well…Eee-hee-hee! Wanna see something interesting? You two are beasts now, so you should know what to do! Try using your senses to poke around!" Now, the ability to switch the senses on and off is real. I saw a fairly large orb of green light, and when I willed my senses to come into play, my vision didn't change, except I could see a see-through green castle guard now.

Link and I listened, and the spirit said, "Huff…Huff…Can't…run… any…farther…That's…far enough right? I'll be safe here…I think…What was that noise? Don't…Don't anything come near me!" I thought I should just stay with my senses on, but I tired out mentally fairly fast. Eventually, my vision was reduced to how having senses on is like in the game. Once I switched to regular vision, I felt better.

Those rat-like Twili monsters were kinda hard. I would bit and throw, and they would pick themselves up and attack again. In total it took three bites to kill one. They didn't go poof in the games either; they just stayed as a dead rat-like thing. The problem was I got this horrible taste in my mouth from killing just one. I looked at the body, and saw the black blood ooze out from the holes I made; numerous small, clean holes. I then saw some drip from my mouth. Oh, and by the way, I wasn't colorblind. Maybe because I was a human that turned into a fox, but who knows?

The blood was cold and tasted like tar, if you know what I mean. I knew I would need to put up with it, so even though I would've rinsed my mouth in the water on the floor, I knew the water wouldn't always be there, so I couldn't depend on it. I just spat out the blood while we ran.

Link on the other hand could kill a rat in two bites. He spat the blood out too, and he must've gotten so sick of it, because he eventually washed his mouth out.

I made Link open every gate and kill every Twili Rat, while I dug using my senses and broke boxes for rupees. Let me say, there are no hearts in this world as much as there are heart containers or pieces of heart. I only dug up rupees. Maybe the world is more realistic when it comes to taking damage: you don't get any help except natural help. Well, when I dug up a rupee, Midna was all, "Now how are you going to carry that?"

I thought about it and asked, "Uh…we have wallets in our human forms. You use magic, can you put these in our dormant forms?"

Midna thought about it, and opened her mouth like she would say sure, but then she put that sadistic grin back on her face and said, "Sure, why not put my pets more in debt with me? I'll do it, but they become my rupees."

I face-pawed and growled, "I would argue with you, but I realize that it's just not worth it. If you actually have any use with the rupees, then by all means keep them."

She then chuckled and the rupee disappeared in a puff of Twili squares.

Link flooded the room, and the water kept coming in. Slowly, but rising. We swam as fast as we could over the spikes, and to the other side. While Link killed the rats, I found the drain and pulled the chain. I didn't weigh enough though, and I let go. I barked to Link, "Link! I can't do it! I don't weigh enough!"

By now the water was over my head, and I was treading water. It only reached Link's shoulder, so he swam/ran over to the chain and pulled it. The water drained, and I was soaked and cold. Link laughed at me, dripping and shivering, so I jumped and bit his ear. He yipped in pain, and pulled me off. I growled and kept walking.

At the gate, Midna passed though the bars, and used her big hand to beckon to us. "This way! Over here! I'll be waiting for you two, but you have to help yourselves." Again, she giggled, yawned and stretched, but she did it with her hair beckoning us. I saw the hole, and pointed it to Link. I crawled in first, and Link followed. Inside the cave the spirit was laying sown in the fetal position. He said, "Please… I am but a lowly soldier… Please… Someone save me from these evil creatures…" He didn't react when there was a big scratch coming from outside, he just laid there in the mud. I think he was sick with something, and just that tuned out to the world that he didn't notice anything happening outside anymore.

We exited, and Midna jumped on my back, saying, "Aww…did the detour tire you two out?" We both just ignored her while she was talking about the senses to see dig spots spirits being soldiers and "where the hell are we eee-hee-hee's"

When we reached the staircase. Link didn't make the jump, even though he could've, and I knew I was capable of making it, but I didn't. Having Midna ride me caused problems. After I fell the first time, she said, "Ugh, what are you two doing?"

Link looked at her in a sorry way and whined, "I thought those rocks were stable…"

I wasn't gonna roll over and show my belly for abuse like him. I rumbled, "Hmmm, I'm trying to climb a broken staircase with an imp riding my back, which is apparently preventing me from jumping to my full potential."

Midna then snarled, "So falling was my fault?"

"Roughly."Has anyone noticed Link's jumping ability in the game? Has anybody noticed that it only happens when Midna isn't riding him? Now you know why. The imp weighed like, twenty pounds. And to a thirty-pound fox, two thirds of your body weight is a lot. Why Link didn't make it at only one fourth of his body weight, I don't know.

Midna raised her arms in an exasperated way and said, "Fine. I guess I have to do EVERYTHING for you two. I'll guide you to safe footing." Irolled my eyes. I already knew the safe places! I would've argued, but no good would've come with that.

Midna lead Link up first, and then me. I was slightly panting when I reached him. Link gave me a look of concern and whined, "Maybe she should ride me."

"I'm not going to give her the satisfaction of confirming she's too much for me." Something else about me from back home: I refuse to give people satisfaction. They ask me to move in order to talk to someone? I refuse, no matter how much they ask (Really did happen once, and the sub in class didn't help until about five minutes before class was about to end. Imagine: "Can you move?" "No" "C'mon I need help with –insert 8th grade English here-!" "Let him sit there." "Dude leave her alone!" "GUYS! SHUT UP!" for a half hour.). As far as I was concerned, this was the same but in reverse. Midna was going to choose who she rode and when, so I was not going to tell her to get off.

"Eh-he-he-he! Good foxy! I have my new mount!" She patted my head, which annoyed me.

I twisted my head to look at her and growled, "But let's get one thing straight. You weigh a lot in comparison to my new body weight. If I faint from exhaustion, it's on your head."

Midna giggled and said, "I'm not unreasonable. I'll ride my wolfy when my bitch is tired."

"Yay….." Link and I growled at the same time. Link was thrilled that Midna would be riding him during long runs. I was thrilled with what she was calling me. As a fox, I was a vixen, not a bitch – right? -, but like Midna of all people cared.

When we came to the ropes, Link walked on it and stayed on like it was no problem. I was scared to walk, since we were really high from the water. Link saw I was scared – and Midna bored for that matter – and barked,"Don't worry, it's just one paw in front of the other, and keep your weight distributed evenly." I then looked at Midna, and growled at her to get off. She rolled her eyes and floated over to Link. I started walking, and it wasn't that bad. The rope was stronger, thicker, and more secure than I thought. I decided that even if I fell, I would land on my stomach and just scooch over if I had to. That didn't happen, and eventually I reached the other side. Link gave me a smile of good job, but Midna rolled her eyes and just got back on me.

~~X~~

We reached the top of the stairs, we were attacked by a few Shadow Keese. Few bites and they were just carcasses oozing blood that left really bad taste in our mouths. Midna then decided to taunt us by saying, "So you know where you are yet? Well if you reach the top, you'll find out!" We got out of the dungeon/sewer, and I saw the Twilight for the first time. Everything had this greyish hue, and the black particles did indeed float around as squares. The sky was pretty to say the least. Yellow sky and red horizon. Link and I walked out, and examined the outside for a few seconds. Midna said, "So we finally managed to get out. And look at the sky! Isn't the black cloud of twilight looking beautiful today? You know where this is?" Link shook his head, and I just started rinsing my mouth in the rain. Midna must have interpreted this as a no, because she said, "You STILL don't know. Eee-hee-hee! Look, there's someone I want to introduce you two!" I jerked my head over to look like I didn't know what she meant. "But I need you guys to go to that tower to do it." She pointed to the farthest and tallest tower in view.

When we reached that one spirit, he said the same thing he says in the game. I caught Hyrule Castle, and let out a low growl, but Link just walked away when the spirit finished talking. He probably wasn't paying attention.

The Shadow Kargarocs were more of a problem in real life than in the game. It took about three bites to each wing to ground it, and a good mauling by the both of us to kill it. Yet again, there was a bad taste in my mouth from the black blood. Link and I both spat the blood out, but that didn't take away the taste that much. The Kargaroc's blood was much more potent than the rats.

I was starting to think that video games make things too easy for a reason: so people continue to play it. But I was going to play this game, no matter how hard it got. No matter how much I wanted to quit. I made that choice a long time ago.

Whoop de do, this chap is up. Again, not proud of it. I like the idea of bad-tasting blood, but I wish I could have figured out how to be more descriptive. By the way, this is not my writing style, I just like doing first person pov how that person talks.

Anyway, Reviews are apreciated. Please no flaming. If you could phrase it nicely at least, then Ok. I will start replying to reviews directly if possible or in the chap after.