Chapter 13

Midna was bored out of her mind. For hours she had been listening to her vizier drone on and on and on about things that really didn't interest her in the least. God, Vantan, will you just shut the fuck up! Vantan, her supreme adviser, had addressed everything from the distribution of goods to her people to keeping the Twilit-beast population under control. It wasn't that she wasn't concerned for her people, far from it. She was simply tired of the monotony of being queen of the Twilight Realm. Geez, what's a girl gotta do to have some fun around here, royalty or not royalty? The beautiful Twilight woman rested her head on her hand, Vantan's slow and deep drawl going through one ear and right out the other. Damnit, I wish Link was here...

KA-BOOM! An explosion of noise shattered her thoughts as a deep, familiar whirring noise filled the palace. Could that be...

Midna, her heart pounding, rushed from the room and ran as fast as she could to her balcony that overlooked all of the Twilight Realm. There, sure enough, a large portal opened in the sky. Midna's heart leaped. Link...

Hoping against hope it was him, Midna changed into something more presentable as fast as she could and rushed down the stair case, ignoring all the cries of shock in the streets. She reached a hill, and there, standing in his instantly recognizable green tunic, was Link. Midna's heart pounded as she looked upon the Hylian Hero. It had been a few years since she had seen him. He was taller, obviously a bit older, and he seemed to have accumulated a new collection of battle scars to add to the ones she'd already seen on him.

A moment later, a second person appeared. A tall, blonde woman in a skin-tight, vividly blue uniform that revealed every curve of her body. This person was unfamiliar to Midna. Who the hell is she? Midna thought, And why the hell is she with Link? Midna looked her over from that distance, and noticed she had two different colored eyes, one green, one blue. Now that Midna thought about it, this woman actually was a bit familiar. Where have I seen her before? That's definitely not Zelda...who the fuck IS that?

A third figure, shorter than Link and the woman next to him, materialized a moment later. This person, Midna knew all too well. Shadow the Hedgehog. What a pleasant surprise. As happy as she was to see Link, she couldn't help but wonder why he was here. AND WHO THE FUCK IS THAT WOMAN?!

Link looked up and spotted Midna, and smiled. Midna blushed and felt highly thankful it didn't show. Link's smile was as handsome as she remembered. Returning his smile, Midna ran forward and wrapped Link in a huge hug.

"LINK! Oh my god, Link, it's been too long!" Midna cried out.

Link was taken off guard and nearly lost his balance as he returned Midna's hug, conscious of the fact that Samus was watching him. Samus has nothing to worry about. I'm her man, and her man only.

"Who's the new friend?" Midna asked. "New friend"? HA! More like, who's the bitch!

Link stepped back. "Samus, I'd like you to meet my old friend and ally, Midna, Queen of the Twilight Realm. Midna, this is Samus Aran, my closest friend at SSB."

Midna, whatever her thoughts, maintained her politeness as a Twilight Queen and curtsied. "Hello, Miss Aran. Welcome to my domain."

"Hi." Samus's reply, however veiled with her own stiff politeness, was surprisingly cold. Midna could hear the raw jealousy in Samus's voice and inwardly smirked. I don't know what you're playing at, blondie, but Link is MY man. If you want him, you better be prepared to prove it.

Samus's thoughts were similar, if not almost exactly the same. I don't don't know who the fuck this piebald bitch is, but this is MY man she's flirting with, and she'd better be ready to get through me to get him.

Link could sense the tension already arising between the two women. Geez, they're already jealous...Midna, I figured would be, but Samus? I thought she knew better.

Shadow openly smirked. Welcome to the world of female competition, Link.

"...and so we need to find the 7 Chaos Emeralds so we can take down this Black Doom. They are our last hope at this point. We know that one of them is here, and we need to find it." Link finished. The group was in Midna's Council Chamber and Link had spent the last hour and a half explaining the situation to Midna. Had it not been for Vantan's constant and annoying interrupting, it'd have been an hour shorter. Midan sat back her seat and thought hard. This is bad, very bad. Even the Zant Crisis wasn't this bad. Link will need all the help he can get.

Out loud, Midna said, "So, let me get this straight. Black Doom set up a highly contrived and complex booby trap to lure the rest of SSB out into an ambush."

Link noddded. "Correct."

"And He's doing that to leave Shadow helpless so he can take revenge on him and all of SSB and be rid of both to boot?"

"Yes."

"Link, not gonna lie, you've really gotten yourself in a bigger shithole than the last one."

Vantan was shocked. "Your Majesty!"

"Oh shut up, Vantan, like you haven't used a swear word in your life."

Shadow broke in. "We need to know if YOU happen to know where the Chaos Emerald in this world is."

Midna shook her head. "I'm afraid I don't. SSB was very secretive about the matter. I knew it was here, but not where."

Samus, not bothering to hide her obvious dislike of the beautiful Midna, snarled. "So coming here was as pointless as the other 2 searches we've done in the last 72 hours!"

Midna raised an eyebrow. "I suggest you watch your tone, Miss Aran. See, I usually don't allow people to talk like that to me in my own house." Midna smirked inwardly, "Especially women."

Samus's look of outrage at this statement was priceless to Midna. What Midna wouldn't give to see her angry!

Samus stood up. "Why you little..."

Link laid a hand on Samus's arm, calming her. Midna saw this and inwardly yelled in rage. What the fuck?! He calmed her just by touching her?! Who the fuck does this bitch think she is, that she can steel my Link?!

Samus's thoughts were just as angry. If this slut so much as even touches my Link, I will incinerate her with one blast!

Poor Link could do nothing but sit there and watch the two arguing females. This is gonna be a looooooooooooong search.

Wow, for the first time since Chapters 3 and 4 I've done two chapters in one day.

Well, I hope you all enjoy this Chapter! Read and review, please!