Chapter 22
Luckily enough for me I was right about having to crush the crystal and all around us everything reverted back to the old state of the light world, strangely enough Daivat vanished the re-apparition of the light while Midna and Lilith stayed put. When the world became engulfed in light once again I found myself no longer facing a canine but a human. To my utter surprise however this human looked incredibly similar to Link himself. I had no problem believing this was Link's grandchild, the thing that shocked me was our new hero of immense courage was obviously Link's granddaughter. "Your... your a woman!" I yelled bluntly.
"And your a jerk!" she retorted.
"I'm sorry it's just that last time I met someone who turned into a wolf in the Twilight it was... Link and well those are some big shoes to fill."
"He didn't wear shoes he wore boots and they weren't that big!"
"It's a figure of speech jeez... so um. All right I apologize for acting so crude, my name is Chris, as you most likely already knew," the woman nodded and offered her hand for a friendly handshake which I accepted.
"My name is Adonia, and as you probably already assumed yes I am Link's granddaughter." Midna, Lilith, Adonia and Chris... none of those names seem to even be generally close to the same era..."What?" Link's granddaughter was clearly part of the family, sporting mainly green clothes, not the typical tunic, but of course Link himself had not had that tunic until after he freed the second light spirit. Her eyes were as blue as blue could be and her hair the same shade of blonde the hero himself sported.
"Just amazed at how much you look like him... ow, what the..." I said looking at my hand as something had pricked it. Now sitting where the dark crystal had been was a large handful of my silver needles. I opened my pouch to see the normal three I had were still there, adding the new ones I now had thirty three of them. That's a lot, what am I ever going to do with that many?
"Well now what hot stuff?" Lilith suddenly broke the silence clearly referring to me. Midna's eyes flared with anger and she looked tempted to strangle Lilith right there.
"Now we find our hero here a weapon, and then we need to free the other light spirits, not to mention I'm gonna need more power to fight Ganon even with the help of Adonia here and the light spirits and princess Zelda."
"Say what?" Midna asked at the mention of Zelda's name.
I sighed, "Right I suppose you don't know about that whole deal, story is a long time ago, there was a princess with the name of Zelda, can't recall the whole deal at the moment, long story short she ended up in an eternal sleep due to something I believe her brother said near an evil wizard, and on that day he declared all princesses of Hyrule were to be named Zelda. Ironically every princess also carries the triforce of wisdom along with that name."
"That's not irony!" Lilith shouted at me.
"Whatever." I grumbled and thought back to the village, "Ack, we should go check on those villagers, if I'm correct they should all be safely in their homes, and maybe one of them will have a weapon for Adonia here."
"Did you possibly think that maybe I don't wanna fight?"
"Be my guest, but can you live with guilt of knowing that because you refused to fulfill your destiny thousands of people died and all Hyrule was engulfed in Twilight?" Adonia scratched her head which I took as her reply. "Well, then into town we go!"
Please wait. I jumped as did the other three at this new voice. The goddesses great champion Chris, has returned to us, however it appears you have been cursed... and not just by the weapon you choose to carry around. Please allow me to lend you some aid.
"Aid, awesome. Light spirits always give the best gifts." I said talking to no one in particular. I suddenly felt a surge of power course through me.
Though you feel more powerful I have actually given you much more power then you can handle, so I have placed a seal on it as well, the other spirits will increase your power more but you should not attempt to break these seals until you have acquired all four, it could have dire consequences on your body or mind. I nodded and the spirit added one last thing before vanishing, On top of this your new power has endowed you with a new school of techniques entirely.
"What did he mean with that last bit?" Midna asked and I shrugged. "Well I guess we head to the village for now then." We turned and walked down the path, along the way Adonia explained that after Link defeated Ganondorf he went and put the master sword back, I had a few choice "nicknames" for him at the mention of this. Shortly after having a son, Adonia's father however Link went off on some sort of "adventure" another few "nicknames" slid off my tongue and my head received two strong blows from two female Twili a this point. Adonia said that her grandmother, whom she not only failed to mention the name of but mentioned that she had passed away not but a year ago. I grumbled about not knowing what woman Link chose to make his move on and received an actual swift kick to the head from my "beloved wife."
"Why in hell's name would I marry someone who would willingly kick me in the head!?!"
"Because you weren't a complete idiot back then!"
"Nice to see such a 'loving' couple, anyways as I was telling you guys my grandmother told my dad stories a lot, which he told me. The most commonly told story was actually true, that everything except Castle town prospered when Link left. The fields of every land grew and grew and the lake's water became so pure and refreshing they actually considered trying to bottle the water and sell it... but they didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to buy it." Wow if these people actually stopped themselves selling bottled water because they thought the people were too smart then what does that make people from Earth?
"Actually that doesn't sound like too stupid an idea, I mean it might be convenient for people who travel." I said attempting to defend Earth's and my own intellect.
"Yea that's what I thought but for the price they were charging you could have easily gone there and got some yourself. I mean the bottles they were using were actually so dirty you'd be better off drinking out of a muddy puddle!" Oh, that's lovely. "Well, anyways... here we are the village where you met my Grandfather, and now me. The very village I've never left because it's 'too dangerous' outside."
"Wait you actually mean to tell me you believe we met you grandfather?" I asked since she likely knew nothing of the Twili's magic.
"Well yea actually, with all the stories I heard, I think a few tales got stretched but a few times they seemed to think you two were so amped up with magic you could live forever."
I chuckled remembering a few of my overkill moments with the power I had back then, "Well that's nice and all but I'm a lot weaker now, and I don't fully even understand my new power." She still manages to fail to mention her Grandmother's name I though becoming flustered now.
"Here we are!" Adonia suddenly shouted. The village still looked a bit ratched and it's people confused after the whole incident but it seemed everyone was fine. Despite the fact I fragmented the population of Twilight so long ago, many survived the armies Ganon has are countless and for every human here he has one more... At least I can spare many of the Twili and humans this time around.
"Adonia!" a new voice called out. The man rushed over and explained to us he was Adonia's father and thanked us for bringing her back to the village.
"Hm, I'm glad to see you love your daughter so much, unfortunately your going to have to let her leave you for a while." I said rather bluntly as soon as we sat down at Adonia's father's house. Everyone looked shocked at my bluntness and her father of course objected. "Listen! If you let her come with us there is the chance she could get hurt, there's also the chance she could be killed. I personally will see to it she does not die before I do! Regardless, if you refuse to let her come Ganon's shadow army will invade this region and I can only do so much, they will take this place and then you'll all end up shadow beasts again... and probably die like that. The unfortunate side of all this is if Ganon defeats me he'll acquire power like no other and won't have to settle for the Twilight and Hyrule, he can invade whatever world he feels like." Everyone's jaws were hanging wide open, "So... if you could kindly get Adonia a weapon, and possibly a shield that'd be in her best interest."
"Well, I probably should have mentioned this earlier but nobody really makes many weapons anymore, this land was almost completely at peace, the monsters that remained mainly stuck to the fields so only travelers, guards or messengers were allowed to carry weapons." Adonia said slightly embarrassed at her absent mindedness.
"Hm, I was hoping we could get you a normal weapon but I suppose this will have to do." I said reaching into my pouch and withdrawing two needles which I changed into a sword about the same size and weight of the master sword and Link's original shield. I handed them to Adonia who didn't seem to even struggle lifting them. "Impressive."
"What?" Lilith asked out of pure curiosity.
"Looks like Adonia here is just as strong as her grandfather was, I'm not the type to take things easy on someone, those weapons are the same size and weight as the one's Link used." Adonia looked at them impressed with herself now as well. "On top of that any of the shadow beasts you kill will be returned to human or Twili form and sent to their home here in Hyrule or a safe spot I knew of in the Twilight. Now if you don't mind I'd very much like to get on the road."
"Hold it Chris we can't just waltz in here and expect Adonia to just leave her home so quickly!" Midna shouted at me. Lilith had a look in her eye that agreed with Midna as did the girl's father.
"Then it's up to Adonia, I'll grant her a maximum three days, she must leave after at least that long."
"Tomorrow." Adonia said just as I finished my sentence.
"Then we hit the road tomorrow, I suggest you grab anything you need tonight and get a good night's rest." I said bluntly and walked outside, the crisp night air refreshing my senses. Not but a couple minutes later I was sitting up high on the roof the girl Ilia used to live in. It had been the highest point I could reach without exerting myself so I used the ladder to climb up there. I closed my eyes to meditate and just relax for a minute but for some reason I saw myself running through the woods, I decided to keep my eyes closed and see where I was going. I ran and ran, never seeming to stop when suddenly a face came out of nowhere and collided with mine, it seemed somehow familiar but different. I opened my eyes to see another face right before mine. "AA!" I shouted and nearly fell over backwards. Lilith, who had been the face that startled me grabbed my flailing hand and pulled me back up and stopping me from falling off the roof.
"Your so silly sometimes," she giggled.
"How the hell did you get up here so quietly?" I asked rather flustered. She seemed to ignore my question completely and simply whirl around and stare at the night sky. Is she a ditz or just day dreaming? I asked myself looking where she was staring and then I noticed, it was a full moon.
"The night sky here is so beautiful, it's kind of depressing actually." she sighed.
"Depressing, how?"
"Well I mean these lucky people get to enjoy this sight whenever they want to, well any time it's night, and they get to enjoy the bright sun, and that same light that appears in the Twilight occurs here too briefly. They get such a big variety and we're stuck with that same boring light all the time." I laughed and she stared at me angrily, "Come on, I'm serious it's not fair!"
"Well, I don't know about that. I mean personally I love the light of a good sunset, I mean the sun is nice and the moon's light is beautiful, but you musn't forget the Twili were sent into the Twilight because their ancestors attempted to abuse their magic. I'd say enjoying an eternal sunset isn't such a bad punishment." Lilith giggled. "Now who's not taking who seriously?" Lilith merely giggled and grabbed hold of my arm and rested her head on my shoulder. Lies a voice echoed through my head as it throbbed this time. I fell to my knees and grasped my head.
"Are you all right?" Lilith asked dropping down to make sure I was all right.
"Yea... I'm fine... I... I gotta go," I said and without another word leapt off the tall tower landing with a heavy thud on the soft dirt below. What was that just now? That voice, it's like I thought that, but I didn't think anyone was lying... I just need some sleep, I thought and found myself a nice private patch of grass I decided would be my bed that night. My dreams that night were filled with images of a strange imp creature, but it was present in memories I actually had. I awoke suddenly and nearly whacked my head on the nearby tree I had thought would shelter me from any possible wind or rain. "What was that all about... Why don't I remember this weird imp..."
"Hey Chris!" startled I stood so quickly my head ran straight into the tree branch above me and I fell back down on my ass. A familiar giggle clued me in that Lilith had been the cause of my lovely morning headache. "We're all ready to go, Midna said we should meet her by the exit of the village so come on!" She yelled and I hopped down the bit of cliff that made my grass patch "private" to begin with. It was not long before we had met up with Adonia and Midna, as we left Adonia of course waved a tearful goodbye to her village.
Once we were out of visual range of the village and Adonia had seemed to calm down I decided to speak, "Adonia, you know you'll be back right? As I said, I won't let you, any that travel with me, die before I do."
"All right Mr. high and mighty how about toning down the ego just a tad for the rest of us?" Midna said seeming rather grouchy.
"What's your problem?" I asked but was ignored until we reached the wall of Twilight that blocked our path forward. "Ah, right what's the catch with these walls again?"
"No one..." Minda started but Lilith was quick to interrupt and finish Midna's explanation.
"Any not of the Twilight need someone from the Twilight to bring them in!"
"Right... hm... is my new body considered of the Twilight?" I said curious if I would need a ride.
"Why not find out?" Midna asked still seeming grouchy. With an angry glare I decided to attempt to enter the Twilight. I stopped before the wall, though I could not see anything beyond the looming darkness the wall still felt very intimidating. Taking a deep breath I put my right shoulder forward and ran. Hitting the wall my shoulder seemed to pierce the wall momentarily but then suddenly a feeling like I was being electrocuted surged through my body and I was sent sailing backwards.
After twitching briefly and listening to Midna's hysterical laughter I realized she knew that would happen. Sitting up and pointing directly at her I announced my accusation, "You... you knew that was going to happen!"
"Did not! I knew there was a 50/ 50 chance of it but I was ready to laugh if it did happen." she said having to hold back another laugh.
"How the hell did I get shocked, I should be immune to electricity!?"
"Idiot it wasn't electricity, it was dark magic."
"My old body was immune to that..."
"Well I guess your "new body" just sucks then." Midna said sticking her tongue out at me. Provoked I ran at her but she slipped into the Twilight as I grew near and I was forced to try and stop short. My feet slid on the loose dirt and I stopped with my feet supported merely by my tiptoes a foot away from the wall and my face about an inch from it. My balance was nearly gone and then I noticed, my right foot had stopped on top of an awkwardly shaped rock. The rock suddenly popped out from beneath my foot and my face smashed into the wall, once again frying me and hurling me backwards.
"Midna Your so cruel!" Lilith shouted as she crossed the barrier. Suddenly two large hands, one the same colour as Midna's hair, the other the same as Lilith's emerged and grabbed me and Adonia dragging us into the Twilight.
Shorter then last chapter I know, but I figured that was a good palce to stop for now, the few readers I have left are so quiet... like mice, enjoy the story little mice ^.^