Chapter 3

It was only mere seconds before I felt my body being put back together again, after which I shuddered from the utter weirdness of that experience. I looked around and saw we were back at the village spring. I turned to see Link, whom, to my surprise, was still a wolf. I pointed at Link and tried to state this unfortunate fact but found myself still incapable of talking. I felt a tingling sensation running up and down my arm all the way to my face. It was getting dark again, hard to tell since the twilight we had just come out from was so dark. Suddenly Midna's voice echoed through the air, "Oh, that's right, I forgot to mention one thing... Though you may have left the darkened realm, you haven't transformed back to your former self... and you won't any time soon! Now why could that be," she asked as Link paced in circles looking for her apparently. She giggled, "See you later!"

Link began to run out toward the village, I walked behind him slowly and suddenly heard Midna's voice piped up again, "So, um, what next," she asked suddenly popping out from Link's shadow, giggling again she continued, "Did you think I'd disappeared? Listen, there's another thing I forgot to tell you... Don't think you can just run off and save your friends, because you can't. Just beyond that bridge, the land is covered in twilight." I stretched getting awfully bored of having to do other things before we could continue, let me guess, Midna wants something from the village, ha, no way am I helping if she does, how do you explain something like what I have on my face and arm. "Last time, a shadow beast pulled you through the curtain of twilight... But if you want to go that way this time, you'll need the cooperation of someone from the twilight... like me. So you really have no choice but to do what I say," she said setting off a little red flag in my head. I raised my hand high in the air to signify I had a question. Midna looked at me for a second and then giggled, "I get it your wondering how come you were able to get into the twilight without anything pulling you in," she asked, completely guessing my question, "well, you were in the area of the spring when the twilight was expanding correct?" I nodded to confirm my memory of the wall of darkness swallowing me, "Well, normally you should have changed into a spirit like the rest of Hyrule, but I guess your significant somehow and just changed like our little dog friend here, which reminds me," she finished talking to me and floated back over to Link.

"Saving your friends and all that... Well, that'll depend on your actions... Because you can never trust words you know," she said shifting her eyes onto me for a second. "Right now, I want a sword and a shield that'll suit me... You do understand me, don't you? Eee hee hee! So, what do you? While you're here dawdling, the twilight continues to expand. Come on! Hurry it up!" With that she jumped down into Link's shadow again and he looked back at me, I moved my hand like I was shooing him away, I needed a nap after all this drama. It was not long before it was already dark, I was not really able to sleep only slightly dozing off here and there. Then when I opened my eyes I saw something that made my heart skip a beat.

Rikku, what the hell, I thought as she seemed to float down toward me. After about two seconds I realized that this couldn't be Rikku as she was literally floating. I slashed the impostor with my claws, causing it's true form to be revealed for a second before it vanished. The thing had been ghost-like and screamed in a pitch barely within human hearing. I stood there my heart beating three times as fast as it should for about five minutes then suddenly I heard the sound of paws pattering by and suddenly a loud voice that seemed somehow gentle echoed through the air.

"Wait... Come... to my spring," it said and Link came running over with a shield and sword on his back. The voice continued speaking now, "You have... been transformed... by the power... of shadow. Come... to me..." It sounded extremely weak. Link took a few steps forward and suddenly a bunch of shadowy pillars dropped from nowhere. Great a trap, I thought but the voice told us otherwise, "Beware... A shadow being... It approaches..." Almost as if on cue a portal opened above us and out dropped a shadow beast. Link didn't hesitate and jumped on it biting it over and over again. As he jumped off I rushed forward slashing it with my claws twice. It fell and separated into little black squares that floated up and the portal suddenly turned green.

Not long after the beast had vanished the spring began to light up. Suddenly the part of my body covered by the shadow started to burn. Had my speech been impossible I would have screamed loud enough to wake the dead. As the spring became lighter and lighter the pain continued to increase. Before it got any worse I jumped through the trees landing on the path between the village and the bridge into the forest. The light still hitting me continued to burn me. I ran straight across the bridge clutching my right arm not even stopping to look where I was, when suddenly the pain stopped as suddenly as it had started.

I stopped and looked around, to my amazement I inside the twilight, but just barely, now that I thought about it I should have been near the spring with the amount of running I did. I walked back through the wall to see what the deal was, I tried walking through, the wall seemed resistant to let me in but I was still able to walk in. So, I partially come from the twilight or something? OH I get it the armor and dark hand thing allows me to enter at my own will. I stood there waiting, knowing that Link and Midna would be here eventually. Well, assuming that voice is some kind of spirit, as voices in the sky usually are, it probably talks a lot, I thought turning to look around some more. Suddenly as I took a step forward something grabbed me from beneath my arms lifting them into a raised position while covering my eyes. "Guess who," came an unfamiliar female voice from behind me. I guess it wasn't at all obvious to this person that I couldn't speak, which I plainly tried to point out but to no avail.

"What's your problem," she asked getting me extremely flustered now. I grabbed onto both her arms and flipped her over my back, she was persistent however and my eyes continued to be covered. "Oh your gonna regret that pal, I promise, and I've never broken a promise, by the way my name's Kris, with a K, don't think about me too much before we meet again," she said uncovering my eyes just long enough before she vanished to catch that she had plain brown eyes with brown hair. Ok, that was the weirdest bloody thing to happen... well ever, her name is the same as mine but spelled with a K... and she's got... but wait only me on Earth had that color hair and eyes, here I've got... come to think of it I haven't seen my reflection closely enough to pay attention to my hair and eyes.

Suddenly I heard a familiar voice humming a tune from behind me, rather catchy one at that, wonder if Midna sings any good... I thought shaking off the thought immediately. Link spotted me as he ran by with Midna on his back, barely giving me a sign to follow, nothing more then an indifferent bark. Midna however winked at me sending a strange chill down my spine, at least I think she had winked, hard to tell with that stone thing over her other eye. "Don't you dare forget my promise," Kris' voice blared as I ran after them, causing me to slide to a stop just as Link was surrounded by dark pillars again. As the shadow beasts fell Midna floated over to me. I was on edge now, wondering where the hell that voice came from.

"What's your problem," Midna asked in the same tone as Kris had, giving me a sense of Deja Vu. I gave my head a shake as I heard an irritating and familiar sound. Link had killed two of the shadow beasts but the third brought the other two back up. "Do I have to do everything around here," she said causing me to roll my eyes as she floated off to help Link. She taught him a move where she would expand an energy field and then any enemies caught in it were easy targets, causing instant death and therefore stopping the roars. As we proceeded to the Faron woods spring Midna explained the whole helping the light spirits deal and asked why I had run off earlier. At this question I stopped, crossed my arms and tapped my foot, "Eee hee, forgot you can't talk right now, tell me later then I guess," she said as I followed again.

The light spirit of Faron Woods told Link to gather the "Tears of Light," which it also explained I would be no help in finishing as the bugs that held them were as invisible as the spirits, which I could not see. I sighed inwardly and layed down, shooing Midna and Link away with my hand. Midna groaned and rolled her eyes, probably to some thought of how lazy I was. I'm not lazy, I just see no point in following if I am simply of no use, I thought staring up at the twilight sky. It was odd but my mind drifted back to that girl, her eyes felt so familiar but yet, new, kind of like I should know her but I don't... I don't think Midna heard her either, so I don;t think she is supposed to be part of this game, meaning she's my problem somehow.

"Boo," came a voice right in front of me, and before I could even spawn a thought Kris materialized right in front of my eyes. "So, what's the story here, I feel like I know you, but I've never seen you before today," she said poking me in the nose. Irritated I took a swing at her to make her back off. She was able to move away easily, floating about four feet away now. "Tsk tsk, trying to hit a lady, how rude, you know I've lived in the twilight all my life, show me some respect in my home," she said, for some reason the way she argued felt familiar as well. I finally realized how to let her know I couldn't talk, I knocked on the dark armory piece covering my mouth, pulled uselessly at it and then shrugged. "What, oh... you can't talk, that's unfortunate, too bad it's not my problem. So who was your friend back there, oh wait I saw him come into the twilight, he's kinda cute, even as a dog," she said sticking her tongue out at me. Typical, girls drooling over Link, every bloody woman always drools over him, I thought rolling my eyes.

"Looks like he found himself a girlfriend though, poo, I'd kill her but she's kind of the ruler of the twilight, and that wouldn't sit right by me," she said causing my eyes to go wide in astonishment. I pointed in the direction Midna went and jumped around trying to show my disbelief. "Ooo I love charades," she said laughing as I smacked my forehead, "Or, are you just trying to tell me she's not his girlfriend." I scratched my head for a second pondering Midna in general, "Ooooo, you like her don't you, I can see it in your eyes," she said causing my face to go red with both embarrassment and anger. "Well, I'm leaving, your friend is about to restore the light here and I'll just get flung somewhere else if I don't leave now, Talk to you later," and with that she vanished. I stood there in complete shock for a second. Well, not often someone pops up acts like a weirdo tells you something you had no clue about and then vanishes right before your very eyes... I thought noticing that the land had suddenly changed in brightness completely. Expecting burning again I quickly shielded myself only to feel perfectly fine.

"Ok what the hell is going on," I yelled covering my mouth, in complete shock to hear my voice. I uncovered my mouth and took a deep breath in, "Oh, that feels so good, I hope I don't ever have to go through that again," I said to no one in particular. Just now noticing someone nearby I turned to see Link, with some new duds however. "Hm, nice. What's with the new wardrobe," I asked as he walked over and Midna popped up out of his shadow. "You know no matter how many times you do that it's still weird," I said causing her to cross her arms.

"I liked you better when you couldn't talk," she said giggling at me.

"Blah blah blah," I mocked her, "Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." She growled at me but Link stepped between us.

"Right, the light spirit mentioned a power in the temple, I want it so we're going there. Hm, what was your name, Chris," she asked pondering it a moment. "Why does that sound vaguely familiar to me. Oh well, let's go," she said vanishing back into the ground.

"Guess it's a good thing you two picked up that sword and shield, gives Link a means of fighting at least," I said jogging to keep up with Link as we headed in the same direction he and Midna had ran off in later. Not many obstacles on the path to the temple, which was the same place we had found the monkey and Talo on an earlier day. The tough part was when that same monkey stole Link's lantern, Midna yelled at him for daydreaming but the monkey helped us though the fog and dropped the lantern, which was empty. As we approached the temple we spotted a glowing golden wolf. "Err, no way am I getting near that, Link your the dog boy here maybe you can reason with him," I said holding back a laugh as he shot me a dirty look but proceeded toward the wolf, drawing his sword. The wolf suddenly growled and lept at Link, whom proceeded to vanish from sight.

"Link," Midna yelled in a questioning tone.

"Pfft, don't worry your pretty little head off, he'll be back, Link isn't exactly one to just vanish and not come back," I said yawning with a big stretch.

"So, umm..." Midna started to say something but stopped.

"If you don't wanna talk to me don't strain yourself, Twilight princess," I said with a smile stretched wide across my face.

"What," she shouted, "how... how did you find out?"

"Some chick that neither you or Link can hear, apparently, pretty much blurted it out to me. Assuming your mad at her, she said her name was Kris, with a K," Midna looked frustrated but then gave a huge evil grin. "Hrm," I said clearing my throat, "what's with the grin, not plotting to kill me or something, I hope."

"Now why would I go and kill someone like you. There are other... methods of keeping someone's mouth shut," she practically whispered right into my ear. I coughed as Link seemed to suddenly pop back up out of nowhere.

"Well, now that whatever the hell just happened there is over, we can get back to the whole temple dilly-o right," I said in an unnecessarily loud voice, clearly showing my nerves were a bit shot at the moment. I cleared my throat, turned on my heel and walked in a stiff manner at a speed-walking pace up the hill to the entrance.

I keep wanting to make the chapter longer but it needs to end at some point or another, no reviews so far, so feel free to leave a review if you got the time.