The Twilight realm was different to say the least. I mean, a floating island in a void of nothingness forever locked in twilight is completely normal. I had barely a second to even try and freak out about it I felt Raven's hand on my shoulder.
"You know, I've seen this place quite a bit. But it never ceases to amaze me…"
I look at her and I see that she has a soft smile on her face. Okay. So, maybe the twilight wasn't so bad. Raven soon helped me up and we caught up with the others. Link was explaining everything to SealRuin and Sunny, Naxo was catching the black squares of twilight.
"Link! Shouldn't we look for Midna?" Raven yells. The comment gets both Link and Ruin's attention. Link nods and gestures everyone to follow.
Naxo ended up being dragged.
We soon got to the entrance, and I looked at Link and saw that he looked a bit nervous.
"You okay, Link?"
Link nods, "I'm fine." And he continues walking.
"That was strange…" I manage to hear Raven say.
"Why's that?" I ask her. She started walking and I followed her.
"I just thought Link would be a bit more excited to see Midna again. I guess he's having second thoughts."
I think about that for a second, I didn't seem to make any sense. Then again, I don't know Link and Midna's past.
I was so lost in thought that didn't even notice that Raven left my side, hell I didn't even notice when we got to the throne room door.
"You ready Link?" Raven asks him, showing genuine concern. If I wasn't worried about him as well, I would have gotten a little jealous of the attention Raven was giving Link.
Link nods "Yeah…I'm ready."
With that Link opens up the door. The room was vast and dark, all except for the light blue markings on the walls. On the other side of the room, I could see a figure sitting in the throne. We soon approached it, and I saw that Midna was the one sitting. It took me a second to figure it out, since she was in her normal form not her imp form.
"You know, a knight is supposed to kneel before royalty, wolfy." Midna stated in a superior tone.
I looked worriedly at Link to see his reaction. He just seemed to smile.
"It's nice to see you too, Mid."
Midna's face also changed into a smile, "It's nice to know that a wolf can learn new tricks, how did you even get here?"
"I had the help of some new friends." Link smiled gesturing to us
"By 'friends', you mean these people?" Link nods.
With that, Raven steps forward and bows. "My name is Raven, Twilight Queen. The blue one on the left is SnowScale, the one in armor is SealRuin, and the other is Naxo."
Midna seems to smile at Ravens courtesy, "There is no need to bow Hylian. Any friend of Link is a friend of mine, and please call me Midna. I despise the use of my status by my friends."
Raven returns to a normal stand, "As you wish," was all she said.
"So, you still haven't answered my question, how did you manage to get here?" Midna asks again.
"Naxo opened a portal," Link answered gesturing to Naxo, but only finds that he is not there. Looking at the rest of us worriedly, I see Raven silently point up. Looking up we all see, what looks like, a cocoon made up of muffins.
"Really…?" I mutter, "Can the writer think of anything other than that? He's supposed to be random…"
Raven gives me an evil/angry look, and I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around and see what looks like a priest with a number 4 on his cloak. There were also a few others behind him, I didn't bother to count.
"You, young SnowScale, have crossed the fourth wall. You shall be punished."
I swear my eyes turned into dinner plates, "You…You're the…priests of the Fourth Wall!"
"Correct. Now prepare to be punished."
I braced myself, there was no way I could escape this. What was my punishment? Death? Torture? I look around to see if anyone is seeing this. But everyone seemed to be frozen in time. Tears of terror filled my eyes, as the priest walk towards me.
The priest raises his hand, and I close my eyes preparing for the worst. I soon feel a slap hit my face. I slowly open my eyes, and see the priest holding a belt.
I look around, confused. "Was that it?"
"Yes. Your trespasses were not that bad, due to the fact that you muttered it, and only one person heard you. However if you gave away major information, the punishment would have been more severe."
With that the priests disappear and time returns to normal.
"Is that normal?" I hear Midna ask.
SealRuin sighs, "For him it is…"
I look back up to the cocoon. Going over what the hell just happened.
"Snow!" I hear Raven yell.
"What?"
"Midna was asking you a question." Raven said tilting her head towards the princess.
I look at Midna, "Yes? I'm sorry, I wasn't listening."
"Obviously." Midna smirks, "I was asking what happened to your cheek."
I touch my cheek, and realized that the slap must have left a mark. There's no way I could tell her how I really got it.
"I…don't know." I end up saying.
Midna gives me a strange look, but soon looks back at Link, "So, Link, is there any reason you're here? Or did you just search for an insane portal master just to say 'Hi'?"
"I actually, have an answer for that." Raven says.
"Is that so?" Midna says resting her head on her hand.
"Yes." Raven states, looking serious "When you shattered the Mirror of Twilight, Link split into two. His feral side, and his pure side. The one before you now is the pure one. Now I was told that you would be able fix them. Can you?"
Midna sat there for a moment looking at Link and then Raven, and occasionally looking at the muffin cocoon. Honestly the silence went on so long it started to feel uncomfortable.
Raven was the first to speak, "If you are unable to do so, then-"
"I can."
I felt a 'but' coming on.
"However, I can only transfer the problem."
SealRuin spoke this time "What do you mean 'transfer the problem'?"
"I mean, I'll have to separate someone else's light and darkness in order to fix Link."
"So…you can't just fix me? Someone has to be sacrificed?" Link asked, starting to cry.
Soon an argument between Link and Midna broke out.
"I'll be the sacrifice."
The arguing stopped and everyone looked at the speaker, it was Raven.
"What?" Ruin, Link, and I said at the same time.
"Are you crazy?!" Link said
"You could die!" Ruin yelled
I just looked at her, she looked upset. "Link is my friend…If I can help, then I will."
"But if you and Unleashed are separated, you both could die!" Ruin said trying to talk her out of it.
Raven didn't respond, she just looked at me, "Do you have anything to say about this?"
"Is this your idea or Le's?" Was all I said.
"It's our idea. We're both don't want to, but we are willing." Raven looks at SealRuin, "I know I might die, but would you not do the same for me if you were in my shoes?"
Ruin went silent, he knew Raven had a point.
Raven then looked at Midna, "What do we have to do to prepare the ceremony?"