I'm going out of town for Thanksgiving, so I'd thought that I should post another chapter. Sorry it took so long...
The house was made up of one room. Link turned around so that he was facing the door.
To his right was a large bunk bed. Both beds looked like they could sleep five or six people. Behind him and to his right was the kitchen area. To his left was an upper level with no apparent way to get up there. It was a level that dropped off into the room. Link looked down and saw that he was standing on the dining room table.
Link jumped off. He started looking for any sign of the shield. After a few moments, there was the unmistakable 'whooshing' sound of Midna appearing.
"Are you blind? The shield is up there, on the next level!" Her bright red hair formed into a hand and pointed above Link's head. "Go and get it!"
Link jumped back onto the table to get a better look.
There it was, hanging on the wall. From a distance, Link could tell that the shield had not been completed. It was plain, decorated with a vine border and an Ordon goat's head.
Link took a giant leap from the table and made it onto the upper level. From there, he made his way over to the wall and took a good look at the shield.
It was hanging on the wall via two hooks. Link was just about to get it down when Midna appeared.
"This is a shield? A piece of cardboard is not going to help me in the Twilight Realm!" Link ignored her and rammed his body into the wall.
The shield jolted from its place and swung back and forth from the one hook it was still hanging from. Link rammed into the wall again and the shield fell to the ground with a 'thud.' Midna examined the shield for a few moments before putting it on Link's back.
"I guess it will do." Midna then turned around and started laughing.
"Two open windows in one house? How thick can these 'forest folk' get?" Link held back a growl. Midna pointed at the window (her hair pointed actually) and then disappeared.
Link jumped out the window.
He landed in the water next to the dock that had been built behind the house.
The lake in Ordon overlooked the village and a small creek ran down the middle of the houses. Bo and a few of the men built small bridges so that the villagers could cross the creek.
Link swam up the creek and walked onto shore.
He knew where he would have to get the sword. He could see Rusl's house from where he was standing.
Link walked along the creek until he heard the voice of Rusl and his wife.
"Please Rusl, don't leave! You are already badly hurt!"
"I must find the children!" Rusl replied. Link could see that his face was bruised, bleeding, and that one of his legs and one of his arms were in casts. He was also holding a lit torch.
Link wasn't surprised to see Rusl like this. Link had thought that he had heard Bo and Jaggle talking about Rusl, but he hadn't been quite sure. Their voices had been too low.
Link stood off to the side of the path and watched as Rusl started limping his way toward the shop. Link just managed to get out of sight as Rusl passed by, torch in hand.
Link knew what he had to do to get the sword. He would have to sneak up to the side of the house and dig his way into the living room. There was a soft patch of dirt next to the house that some chickens hung out by, and Link knew that this patch of dirt led into the house itself.
After Rusl had passed by, Link started making his way up to the house. He could see Rusl's wife outside, very pregnant and sitting in a rocking chair. Link managed to sneak around without her seeing him.
Link stopped and stared at the patch of dirt. He really didn't want to break into the house and steal the sword, but he knew that he had no choice. Link moaned, and then sank his claws into the soft dirt.
I was sitting by Sera's shop, watching as Link snuck by a man holding a torch and dragging one of his legs behind him. I was in disguise as a black cat. I had been sitting by the shop, almost invisible because of my color, watching Link as he stole the shield.
I sat there, motionless, for what felt like hours. The man with the torch had long disappeared into the forest. Finally, I heard something move. I looked just in time to see Link running away from the man's house, a shield and sword on his back.
I followed him into the clearing by the spirit spring. Link stopped when he passed it.
I could hear a faint voice, calling Link. Link turned and entered into the clearing...
"Come...to me..." A voice said from the spring. Link turned and looked into the empty clearing. He felt as though he were being pulled into the spring.
Link was stopped by a strange barrier as he waded into the shallow water. Link growled.
"Beware...A shadow being...It approaches..." The strange voice warned.
A beast, exactly like the one that had pulled him into the Twilight dropped from the sky, lunging at Link. He managed to jump out of the way.
Link pounced.
The beast screeched as Link bit into its neck. The beast swung around, knocking Link off of it. Link hit the ground hard, knocking the air out of him.
Link shook his head and pounced again. This time, the beast fell to the ground.
There was a tiny explosion, and its body disappeared, along with the strange barrier that had forced Link to fight.
In front of him, a glowing ball of light formed above the small waterfall, filling the clearing with light. Below the ball, a strange light creature, which looked like a giant Ordon goat, formed. Its horns rounded into a circle and connected. The ball that had first appeared was cradled in its horns.
"Oh brave youth..." The voice came from the Spirit, slow but mystical, "I am one of the four light spirits that protect Hyrule at the behest of the gods. I am Ordona. The black beast you slayed was a shadow being. It had come to seize the power of light I wield." Link stood and listened to him.
"My brethren in Hyrule have already had their light stolen by these fell beasts. The entire kingdom has been reduced to a netherworld ruled by the cursed powers of darkness. The blight will not stop with Hyrule. Before long, the entire world of light will fall into the hands of the king who rules the twilight.
"To save this land from the king of twilight, the lost light must be recovered. The three light spirits who have lost their light must be revived. There is but one who can revive them and redeem this land..." Link knew the answer before it was spoken.
"You.
"You still have not discovered your true power...Those transformed by twilight usually cannot recover their original forms...Unless...
"If you were to return to Faron Woods where you were first transformed...If you were to revive the light spirit...There, by the power of the light spirit, you may find the means to regain your other state of being..." At that, the light spirit faded away, leaving the spring as it was before.
Link understood now what he must do...