'Ello! Just wanted to say that the names in my story, such as Nicai and Ghalasat, are actual names taken from different cultures. A friend of mine read this and thought I had made them up, but I didn't. Just sayin'!

"Careful. As twilight falls, our enemy count will double. Ready your bow, brother." the Goron warned as he traveled along side Link and Ilia, who rode on Epona. Link nodded in acknowledgment as he nocked an arrow in preparation.

It had been about half a day since the trio departed from Kakariko Village. Just as Link had predicted, the trip had taken many hours longer than it would have alone. To make matters worse, the Eldin Bridge was uncrossable. Although warping the original piece back had repaired it temporarily, workers in Hyrule had deemed it unsafe, and took off the old part. They had promised a new one on the way, but because of the cursed fire, it couldn't be delivered.

Which ment they had to travel all the way around it.

The sky was slowly turning orange as they traveled along the rocky path. Moblins swarmed at them from all angles. Link took them out with his bow, while the Goron delivered a few solid punches to keep them at bay. Link couldn't help thinking that if Ilia had not been on Epona behind him, he could have used his sword to take them out more quickly. He wouldn't have to waste his arrows, which were becoming scarce due to the fact that no shipment was coming from Castle Town.

They finally arrived at the tunnel to abandoned village. The Goron stayed at the entrance to keep watch, while Link and Ilia walked through the dusty old town to Impaz's house in the back. Ignoring the dozen or so cats that were crowding around, they approached the door.

"You go ahead. I'll be there in a minute." Link told Ilia, as he glanced toward one of the old and broken buildings.

"Alright..." Ilia said uncertainly. She walked through the door.

Link made his way through the rubble and debris until he came to what would have been a backyard to the crumbled house. In the corner, the Howling Stone sat, lone and cold. Sitting down next to it, Link closed his eyes and listened to the somewhat familiar melody that the wind played. The wolf in him wanted to howl, to sing to the moon as if he didn't have a care in the world, to be at one with himself. Himself, and the wind. Opening his eyes, Link felt the cool breeze brush his face. He softly whistled the notes and gentle smile spread across his face.

Link rose up and brushed the dirt off of him. Walking towards the rusty old door, he had barely put his hand to knob when Ilia opened it from the inside.

"Hey...what's the matter?"

Ilia shook her head as tears ran down her face.

"Link...she's gone. D-dead."

Link's eyes widened. No...it couldn't be...this woman, who had waited so many years to carry out a mission given to her by the Sheikah...to give the Sky Book to the hero...who may have held the clue Link now desperately needed...was dead?

He opened the door and walked inside the tiny home. Sure enough, the small, frail old woman was sitting on a chair near a desk, as if asleep. Her cats gathered around her, meowing with the kind of grief only someone who had been an animal himself would understand. Impaz's skin was tinged gray. It must have been a couple of days at least, since she had passed on.

Link, though sad himself, brushed aside his feelings. He couldn't cry, couldn't show his emotions the way Ilia did. He had accept what had happened and move on to business.

Such is the way of the hero.

He looked around the cluttered house. Books, shelves, and things like pictures and teapots covered every inch of the rough wooden home.

He looked down at the small desk-type thing in the corner. A sheet of paper lay on the top, next to an envelope. It read:

Fanadi,

Glad to hear your fortune telling business is going well. I guess you were right when you insisted it'd make a good living.

These old bones of mine haven't been feeling like they usually do. Hopefully the doctor you told me about in town will be able to do something about it. The trip should only take a few days, but it just wasn't safe to leave the treasure here while I was gone. Nor is it safe to travel with it. Hopefully you have recieved it by now. You know how important it is, guard it well. Feel free to play it if you like though, it does have a lovely sound to it.

The other day I had stepped outside my house to feed the cats, and as soon as I

The letter ended.

She must have been writing the letter when she died, Link thought. He picked up the letter. The parchment was dusty and faded.

Definitely a few days, at least.

Link put down the paper and sighed. Things weren't looking good right now.

Well...Ending was kinda bad, but no big deal.

So ya'll know, Fanadi the Fortune Teller(who actually kinda scares me) has the red eyes of the Sheikah. She also has the Sheikah symbol on her forehead. Which led to to include her in the story, kinda, yeah.

Ok, my songfic/oneshot thing is in the process of being edited. Remember, its a song by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. After that, I was thinking of maybe doing some novelizations of scenes from Twilight Princess. YOU GUYS tell me what scenes you'd like me to novelize(which means writing them out). They would have the charachters thoughts and stuff, and they'd have their personalities written in, and stuff.

Ok, so leave in your reviews what scenes you think you'd like me to do. BE SPECIFIC. Use only scenes from TP. Any kind of scene from TP would do. Once a scene gets 3 nominations, I'll start working on it. So...yeah.

-Peaches732