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Chapter 4: 18 Years Old…Adulthood

(Speaker's Note: Rose tells the story.) Link and I never saw each other again…to this day, I wonder if he remembers me and if our paths will ever cross…he'll always be one of my best friends. (Speaker's Note: Let's get Link's side of the story!)

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After defeating Gannon, I pursued a full-time job of protecting people and working for the Hylian royal family. Two years after the defeat of Gannon, it was the ten year anniversary of the war with Nikitre. I didn't really care, "just don't make me get involved!" I'd say to myself. I'm 18 now, a full-fledged adult. Today I was summoned by the King of Hyrule for another mission. I anticipated the news for the details of the mission as I headed to Hyrule Castle.

I knelt down in front of the King of Hyrule on one knee, sword and shield at the ready.

"Hello, Link." The King of Hyrule smiled.

I smiled back at him. "Good Morning, my lord."

"Your mission is to investigate…" he paused. "…knowing you, you may not like where you are to investigate…" Then there was another pause as he pondered what to say. "…perhaps I should get someone else to do this mission?" The King of Hyrule said.

"I don't care where it is, sir…I will still take the mission nonetheless." I told him.

"Nikitre." He said.

My heart sank, but I tried not to show it. I took a deep breath. "Alright."

"You are to investigate Nikitre with caution, and see what they have planned to do to try to get up ahead in the war. Pay particular attention to the royal family." He explained.

"Yes sir." I said as I saluted him, and then turned to leave.

"Before you leave Hyrule…" He said.

"Yeah?" I questioned.

"Report to the Mirror Chamber…" He said. "I will meet you there."

"Okay." I went out of the castle and reported to the mirror chamber. I wonder what's going to happen. Nothing important really occurred heading to the mirror chamber…it just took a long time to get there. It would really have helped me if Midna was still here to teleport me there. When I got there, the King of Hyrule stood on the platform where the mirror would have been if it wasn't destroyed. He put out his hand and used magic to create a new mirror from the sand around him.

"You are to retrieve Midna and bring her back into this world." He said.

I stared at him in disbelief. "Why didn't you do that before?" I said. "Not meaning to be rude, but there have been a lot of times when I've needed Midna!"

"She truly is needed on this mission." The King of Nikitre said seriously. "It's going to be treacherous. No one will be there to help you…they'll try to kill you if they can, and we can't have that happen!"

"Right." I said. I went into the mirror. When I arrived, the Twili people looked at me weird. "HUMAN! HOW?" They yelled.

I sighed. "I'm looking for Midna."

"Midna!" One of the Twili stared at me. He ran inside the castle.

I was confused. Was he getting her or running away like a coward? "Terribly sorry, sir." Another Twili said to me. "He's going to get her."

"Ok…Thank you." I said.

Midna came outside. As soon as she saw me, she gestured for me to go home. "Go away." She waved her hands as if I was of unimportance.

"I can't, Midna." I said to her. "I have a mission that requires your assistance."

"How'd you get in here?" She asked.

"The King of Hyrule used magic to create a new mirror. Hyrule needs you to help me…please…" I begged her.

"Okay…but if anything happens that I don't like, I'm coming back here!" She said. "And don't think I'm always going to help you that easily! I don't have anything to do right now, and I'm bored!" She said as she packed a bag. Shortly thereafter she went outside of the castle, telling the Twili to go about their business and having one of them watch over the Kingdom.

We came back to Hyrule via mirror. Midna looked surprised when she saw the King of Hyrule standing there. He held out his hand and turned her into the midget that we all know. (And love! :)

"This is a joke!" She said angrily, turning around to head back into the mirror.

"It isn't." The King of Hyrule said. "You need to be your small self in order to help Link." I was standing behind her. When she turned around I put my finger out and touched her nose as she tried to push past me. She stared at me with rile, but soon gave up.

"Is this another adventure?" She asked the King of Hyrule.

"Yes." He replied. Her jaw dropped…she was not excited! "It won't be as big of an adventure as defeating Gannon was, but it'll be dangerous. You will both leave Hyrule and go to Nikitre."

"Where the heck is that?" Midna asked rudely.

"It's an island country. It'll take about a week to get there." The King of Hyrule answered. He then whispered to me. "Did you ever mention the war with Nikitre to her?"

"Nope. Not a word." I said with a grin.

"That would explain things!" He laughed. "Alright…you should tell everyone goodbye…you'll probably be gone at least a couple of months."

"Months?" She complained.

"Alright." I said, dragging her by the arm while she threw a fit. We headed to Ordon Village and I said farewell to everyone. It was upsetting when it came to saying goodbye to Colin. When I told him the news he looked so sad.

"Do you really have to go that far away?" He questioned me.

"Yeah." I said. "I have to do this for Hyrule."

"Okay. Come back safe." Colin saluted me.

I patted him on the head. "I will." I said.

Ilia came up to me. "Don't get yourself killed! Got it?" She said with a bossy tone.

"Okay." I said, taken aback and holding up my hand in oath. "You have my word." She smirked.

When Rusl heard of the news, he looked really worried. When I asked him, he insisted that it wasn't anything I had to worry about. "It's just that it's a hazardous mission, Link." He looked like he was scared about something more…he's probably just apprehensive about me.

I mounted Epona, and with that we were on our way to Nikitre. We went through the forest, and after traveling for about a day we were completely out of the vicinity of Hyrule, something I hadn't done ever since I was seven. Midna and I began to talk.

"So…Hyrule is in war with Nikitre?" She asked me.

"Yeah…they've been at it since I was eight years old." I answered.

"Wow. Why don't they just stop the war? It's meaningless to have a fight go on for that long…then again, you humans do tend to keep grudges…"

"That's the exact reason why it goes on to this day." I said sadly.

"How do you feel about Nikitre? What's your side on the war?"

"I loathe Nikitrians. They killed my father…"

She looked at me with surprise. "…Really?"

"Yes. When I was seven, the first and last time I was in Nikitre, a Nikitrian man in a hooded cape stabbed my father and left him to die. He came at my father without mercy…I can never forgive those Nikitrians."

"That's sad…but you can't stay depressed forever…" Midna said.

I looked at her, dumbfounded. "How can't I be?" I looked ahead of me and took a deep breath. I then began to think to myself in the moment of silence that occurred.

"Why did you look at me like you were dazed?" She inquired.

I turned to face her. "I don't know why, but I swear I've heard that before somewhere…" I reacted. "… 'You can't stay depressed forever…' Where have I heard that?"

"That's odd…must have been a dream or something that you had…or something someone from back at home said."

"You're probably right."

"So…You hate all Nikitrians?"

"Yes."

"Here's the problem with that…only one person killed your father, right?" She pointed out.

"Right." I answered.

"Well, you shouldn't judge a whole group of people for what one person did! That's really unmerciful and intolerant."

I looked down towards the ground. "Aren't you going to say something?" She looked at me.

"Let's just get off this subject." I said curtly. I wasn't going to agree with her, no way! I know that every single Nikitrian has evil in them! Even if they hide it!