I will be adding Midna's point of view for this chapter. She will talk in the third person as well. Her point of view might pop up every once in a while from here on out, but this really isn't her story, so her sections might be fairly short...

Link heard an awful sound fill the silence around them as the sound of the explosion faded. He then realized that the sound was his screaming...

She can't be dead, she can't be dead... He said to himself over and over in his head. But there was no way that she could have survived. No human could have survived a blast like that... No matter how many times Link told himself that Maple wasn't normal, he just knew that she couldn't have survived...

Midna was on his back again, patting his back in a way that could have been considered comforting...if it wasn't for the fact that he had just watched Maple die...

"Hmm..." She said, "I don't suppose there's any nicer way to hunt these things, huh?" She sighed. "Well, you had to sacrifice someone's house...and life...to find Tears of Light...but that's how the cookie crumbles, right?"

Link didn't even have the strength, or will power, to growl at her. All he could do was manage to hold himself upright as he watched various debris falling from the sky.

How can she even joke around about this? Maple's dead! Nothing can make this thing funny.

Link didn't even realize that he was running toward the pile of rubble until he felt Midna grab onto his mane of fur for support. He ignored the three Tears of Light floating just in front of him, and instead started pushing around wood, hoping to find at least a small remain of her body, to prove to himself that she was, indeed, dead. He heard the three Tears enter the Vessel of Light anyway.

Link finally found an odd lump under a pile of wood. He moved it with his nose and instantly smelled her.

She's here...

And she was. Her body was just laying there, bleeding and bruised. She had a slight smile on her face. He had no idea why she would have been smiling before she died, but he found himself glad that she could have found some source of joy during her death.

Link fell to his knees next to her body and howled. He had found the proof that he wanted...but it was just too saddening to realize the truth...

"She's still breathing." Midna's words broke through his sadness. Link quieted and looked down.

She's breathing?! She's breathing! She's still alive! Link howled with glee as he pounced up and nudged her with his nose.

She didn't stir, however.

"Hold on, Mister Hero. She's not out of the woods yet, so to speak. She needs to get somewhere she can heal properly, or she will die."

Where should I take her? There were no places around here to take her to! No one could see them, so no one could take care of her!

"Take her to the Spirit's Spring! The waters there are healing, remember? Plus, with the strong connection she has with the goddesses, being there will be good for her. Eee hee!"

Link almost asked how she had a connection with the goddesses, but set it aside for later. He knelt down and started to try to hoist her onto his back. He eventually felt Midna help him.

He looked at Midna, and tried his best to show his thanks to her in his eyes.

Midna just couldn't believe that she was helping Link save this wretched girl! She tried her best to keep quiet as she helped Link hoist Maple, or as Midna knew her, Leah, onto his back. Midna couldn't help but smile when she saw Leah's form lying lifelessly across Link's back once she had been placed properly.

Finally, this goddess is getting what she deserves! Midna thought to herself as she hovered next to Link, holding Leah's body on him as he started running down to the roof of the shop they had come up from. Midna couldn't even believe that she was even touching the goddess! How revolting!

Actually, now that Midna thought about it, she thought that all deities were revolting. They were all just really selfish beings who thought they were greater than everyone else because they had powers that could both create and destroy. Midna honestly wished that they would have disappeared once everything had been created. This particular goddess was a selfish being who hated the twili because of something Midna's ancestors had done. Midna couldn't exactly help that she was related to the Dark Interlopers! Its not like anyone could help who they were related to. People, especially gods, shouldn't judge someone based on a past event! Especially since that thing took place long before.

Midna had to steady Leah's body when Link had to jump down from the top of the roof. There had been no way back from the inside, so they had turned around and jumped from the roof. It surprised Midna that Link was able to make it, since it was a over a fifty-foot drop.

Must be a perk of being a wolf. She couldn't be too sure.

Leah's body slid slightly when he landed, but her position was easily fixed.

Midna was surprised that Leah hadn't woken up yet. Maybe she really was as close to death as Midna thought, which surprised her. Leah was a goddess. Dying wasn't exactly part of the job description.

Which led Midna to another thought about this being, who was getting more and more confusing with each passing minute Midna spent with her. Why had she risked her own life for the life of a mere human? If she died, the world would have been even worse off than if Link had, which was something that Midna didn't want to admit, though she knew it was true. A goddess dying was a very, very horrible thing. A hero dying was just bad.

So, why had Leah risked her life? Had she really committed a selfless act (which was something that was hard to comprehend)? Or had she been hoping that she would have, indeed, died, so she could join her lover in heaven? The second seemed more probable, since this goddess was known for being very selfish, especially since she had lost her 'one and true love.'

Midna had to shake away her thoughts when Link approached the Spirit Spring.

"Lay her in the water," Midna said as Link slid her off of his back. Link then slowly pushed her with his nose until her body was being lightly lapped with the softly flowing water. He then sat his butt down, as if he was just going to sit and wait for her to wake up.

"No, we need to go," Midna said as she jumped onto Link's back and pulled at his ears. He growled and snapped. "Listen dog, she won't wake up until light is restored. The water will just keep her from passing on while we continue to search for Tears of Light. Sitting here will not help her."

Midna looked him straight in the eye when he turned to look at her. They studied each other for a few moments. Link then looked down at Leah's body, whined softly, and then stood. He then looked back at Midna, giving her a look that made her wish that she could understand him...

Link didn't have a clue where the remaining Tears of Light were. Maple had been the one guiding them, and now she wasn't here...

Link whined at the thought.

Link started running down the town strip. He figured that he should start where they had left off. There had been another building on the level above, and they hadn't searched it. Link figured he would start there, and then go down one of the forks at the end of the road. Hopefully he would be able to find the remaining ones. He had been able to find the others in the Faron Province by himself, so he should be able to find the ones in this province.

Link had to dig his way into the building. Sure enough, he found a dark insect in there, hiding behind some jars. Link quickly disposed of the creature, collected the Tear, and left. He jumped down the cliff, and then started down one of the paths, but was stopped by a metal gate just like the one on the other side of town. Link then turned around and went down the other path. He saw a sign that had the words 'Death Mountain' on it, but he didn't stop to read it, which he discovered was a bad idea. Not reading the signs in the building before had been what led to Maple getting hurt...he took that to mean that he should be more observant of his surroundings.

Link had to be led by Midna up a steep cliff with no possible way for a dog to climb it. A human, yes. A dog, no. From there, Link saw the spirit of a strange person; a person who was over two heads taller than him (as a human) with brown, rock-like skin and weird markings on his skin. What little hair he had was white.

The person was mumbling something about how the 'Goron elders' should ask help from the humans, instead of suffering out of pride. Link missed the rest of it.

"That's a Goron," Midna explained when Link just stopped and stared. "They are mountain-dwellers who eat rocks."

Eat rocks? Really?

"Now, keep going!"

Link bounded ahead.

Link found a insect hiding under the earth when he emerged into a small clearing. He defeated it and continued down the canyon path, all the while realizing that it was getting hotter and hotter the farther he went. He then emerged into a clearing at the base of a great mountain. He looked up to see why it was so hot; the mountain was dripping lava!

Link had to defeat more shadow creatures when he reached the middle of the clearing. It wasn't too difficult, although he kept turning around, expecting Maple to be on the other side of the barrier, smiling at him and cheering him on silently. She, of course, wasn't, and Link found that he became desperately sad when he realized this.

Link found another insect in the same area once the creatures were defeated. He then continued up the path, all the while getting closer to the top of the mountain. He passed more of the Gorons as he continued, who didn't seem as bothered by the shadow creatures as they were by various holes in the ground and walls that spewed out boiling steam.

Link found the last insect in a great hole in the ground that he figured was a hotspring, since the ground had the same, strange green glow as the hotspring in Kakariko. Plus a sign (which he did manage to take time to read) said that it was a hotspring.

The Vessel of Light shallowed the last Tear of Light. Link felt the strange sensation of pressure, and then relief, as light surrounded him.

Link couldn't help but think about Maple as he felt his body change back to his former form, while he felt his body being guided to the Spring in Kakariko.