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Chapter 5: Time to Catch Up
Link yawned. He fell asleep in front of his fireplace curled up in a large clump of fur. Before Fado could come yelling for Link, Link could hear his footsteps with his heightened hearing sense. Link yawned with a whimper in his wolf form and scratched the back of his head with his hind paw and stretched. He placed one paw on the stone and jerked his head back yanking the leather tie to snap the loose knot he had placed in it the previous night. He turned human and opened the small black velvet bag lowering the stone in carefully to not have contact with his skin. He closed the bag and put it in his pocket as he opened the door as Fado stood there staring up.

"I'm ready, I'm ready," Link said happily waving as he climbed down the ladder. He still felt energized by not only the sleep he got but by the elixir that Midna had given him. It was like great fairy's tears but lasted longer.

Everybody watched amazed as Link did it all. He helped take care of the goats, helped cultivate the land, and placed seeds in it. Everybody noticed his mood was very happy. Ilia noticed too and curiously came up with iced tea for him.

"Oh," Link said surprised wiping the sweat off his head with a cloth he kept around his wrist, "we got an ice box?"

Ilia smiled looking puzzled at link to her cheerful mood and tone.

"Yeah, the same time daddy got the bath house did we get an ice box. In fact a large yeti named Yeto delivered it. It scared the lot of us until his lil' wife got off the seat of his head and talked to us calmly telling us it was a present for 'Link's people home,'" Ilia said giggling remembering the sweet darling, Yeta.

"That's great it must keep the goat milk, the meats, everything fresh!" Link said shaking his head surprised drinking the tea and chewing on a piece of ice.

"They gave us a huge one. Everybody has to remember to label their own food or risk having somebody else, mostly them kids, taking it," Ilia said pointing at a small part of the stream that ran through the village. The villagers dug a small canal to have water travel down to the ice box to help keep it cool. "When we run out of ice they said to send a letter up to them and they'll bring down more for us. But it's already been three to four months and it has not run out yet."

"That's amazing," Link said leaning his head on his hands over the hoe.

"I can't help noticing," Ilia said holding the tray close to her body as she wore the same outfit she used last year but a bit more filled out. "You're a bit happier today, something happen that we don't know about?"

Link gave her a look trying to process a thought in his head to say. He gave her an innocent smile and hesitated a bit trying to think of what to say as he began to dig at the ground again.

"I just watched the sun set into the twilight," Link said bluntly as it was partially true. "It was a beautiful sight…" His mind began to trail onto the thought of Midna smiling at him and how he tackled her.

He began to frown a little feeling a bit guilty. Here was a girl who he knew since birth and admired, but yet their feelings were going to have to extend. A lot of people were expecting them to be together by now or at least for him to make a move to start it. He was nervous again around her. It wasn't as strong as before but it was still a feeling he couldn't shake off. He still admired Ilia greatly but part of him felt bad that he couldn't tell her about Midna as Zelda begged to keep the Twili a secret. He took a deep breath and reached again for his belt. The box was still in there.

"Ilia, yesterday, I," Link started until they heard a shout.

"Mr. Link!!!!!! Heeeyyooo, hu hu hu!" the Mail Man chanted.

Link suddenly felt the urge like as if he could murder this man with the hoe. His mouth dropped as one eye twitched. He shook his head and tried to hide his expression. The mail man took out three letters and handed it to him and saluted off running away.

"What is it Link?" Ilia asked looking at him as he began to read it.

"One from Shad, one from Prince Ralis, and one from… Princess Zelda," Link said remembering Zelda.

He paused looking far off thinking on that embrace and the kiss.

"Link?" Ilia asked curiously.

"Oh! Ah yeah uhmmm," He stuttered beginning to open Shad's first. "Oh, Shad's excited because he went to Hyrule castle along with Rusl and the rest and he met an Oocca. He was so amazed and kept on asking her questions as she had to tell him she was the only one of her kind who could speak Hylian fluently and was teaching her son as well. Must've been Ooccoo… she helped me along my journey with her teleporting abilities in dungeons but yet couldn't do so well with returning to her home in the Sky. Seems like Shad is going to try to fly up… with… the sky cannon some time," Link began to slow. "I hope he can handle it and stomach it," Link murmured remembering the times he got shot out of a canon.

"The weird bird creatures from the sky?" Ilia asked.

Link had learned from his journeys not to judge and knew that everything was weird. He himself too an oddity to some. He just wanted to tell Ilia but just didn't want to offend her so he held it in as he opened the second letter from Prince Ralis.

"Oh," Link said looking at it," He is telling me since the peace in the world is coming together he is inviting us all to a formal occasion. He and the Princess Zelda are planning to hold a large ball a season from today in celebration of those to celebrate the castle reopening and the time he wasn't able to celebrate with us for my knighting."

"Wow!" Ilia said.

Link paused on the letter from Zelda. It seemed to have been pretty personal if she had it mailed in a normal fashion. As he was about to open it two Hyrule royal guards on horses came up breathing hard.

"Did he pass by here?!" One shouted.

Ilia dropped her tray and went up to calm the horses and told them to rest as it seemed they were pushed beyond their limits.

"Who?" Link said startled and feeling the need to fight rise up.

"Sir Link!" One said surprised. Both guards saluted Link and Link nodded.

"The mail carrier," The other guard said as Ilia gave the horses carrots.

"Yes, why?" Link said looking left and right confused.

"The princess instructed us to guard him while he delivered a message to you but he ran so fast we couldn't keep up on foot so we got our horses but he still out ran us!" the guard exclaimed.

Link and Ilia couldn't help but to smile at this and give a small chuckle.

"He's long gone," Ilia said as the guards looked at each other with a sigh.

"You two can return to your posts, your duty is done," Link said saluting the two guards. Both gave a salute to Link and rode off as Link looked at the letter. He guessed it wasn't so personal after all.

He opened it and it was the same special invitation as the one from Ralis but very formal as well as it wasn't just an invitation to him, but to the whole village. There was also a request that desserts and meals from Ordon be made to present to the people of Hyrule for a chance to increase the want of trades from Ordon aside the produce. Ilia gasped excited as Link handed her the letter. He told her to give it to her dad and she ran off excited. He breathed out again and just touched his pouch unable again to present to her the necklace.

That evening Link looked left and right out side his door. He had just finished using the bath house and cleaned up well as he put on another collar shirt that had no sleeves. Then he put on a pair of dark gauntlets that weren't really for fighting but as an accessory. He put on some pants and fixed his hair tying it up in a loose ponytail that hung low on the nape of his neck. He looked at the sky nervously as the sun was setting. Since he did so much work it was no question as to why he left in the afternoon. He quietly stuffed a bag full of cucco feathers and straw and placed it in his bed where he'd lay and looked around as he put on sandals to go with his pants. He breathed nervously unsure to take Epona or not knowing that if she was gone, Ilia would question why she was. Link opened the door again and peered outside. Nobody was coming close. So he dashed out of his house closing the door behind him and climbed down the ladder as quick as he could and ran. He ran passed the new houses that were built on that empty road after the spring, ran passed the spring, and the bath houses. He came to the bridge and looked around to make sure nobody was there. He felt his back and his sword was there but no shield. He took out the velvet black bag and placed around his neck trying it carefully but loosely the wolf stone and the transformation happened. He turned into the wolf and dashed off carrying the sword still as the chain on his leg clinked. He ran and he ran until he reached the meeting place. The sun was setting and he had made excellent time as a wolf but a few minutes late. He sat and shook his neck as the wolf stone fell off his thick fur.

"Ah," Link said rubbing his arms and shoulders and putting his hands on his hips he thrusted forward a little to crack his back.

Unknown to him his shadow began to disappear and seep from him as Midna appeared. Link sighed feeling a bit tired and heard a soft 'hm' behind him. He turned and saw Midna there and he smiled as she smiled in return.

"It's almost as beautiful as my world… still not there though," She said holding her chin taking a few steps forward.

"Really now?" Link replied crossing his arms.

Midna once again took out a small bottle and threw it at Link who caught it. He opened it and drank it and felt warm and awake again. He sighed as Midna walked up and pulled her hood back. This time she had her tiara hanging from her hair instead of her hood. Link looked around and felt dumb, he should've brought a blanket with him or something for them to sit on. He felt his face feeling thoughtless and just sat next to her.

"So," Midna said tilting her head, "what is it that you want to know? Life has been pretty much the same but with a few major changes that altered it after the Twilight War."

Link chuckled at this. She was an interesting conservationist just as she was in the past as an imp. He tilted his head looking at her admiring her trying to take in her appearance as best as he could. He spent months with the imp form that deceived him, she may not be any different but at least she looked more compelling to be around.

"Anything," Link said softly, "Like how was it like when you got back?"

Midna sighed with a smirk, "It was hard like a piece of foul droppings from a boar."

Midna explained to Link how the council had to re-decide how they wanted her after her actions of running away. She explained to them how in her form she was unable to face who she was with out confidence and went out to the world of light not to run away from the problems in twilight but to seek help from the legendary hero who was said to save many realms before theirs. She told of her magnificent defense as she spread her arms wide taking out the ancestor's shadow relics to show as they spun around her and everybody gasped shocked as she hide them again being the only one able to use them. How she held her arms wide to exclaim that thanks to her, Link, and Zelda that their world could not be able to turn back to the way it was despite it being the world of lights fault in the first place. The sages had hesitated and feared great power from whoever and did something drastic and she said to protect their world she destroyed the Mirror of Twilight as the true ruler of the Twili. This moved them enough to give her a second chance. And she took care of her people reforming and rebuilding their world back to the shape it was. She explained to link as to how her people looked and how not all of them looked like the ones he had seen. In fact those were the men as most of the females of her race looked like her, but, of course not as beautiful.

Link listened as she chatted away and she looked at him and pointed at him directly.

"What about you?" She asked.

Link pointed at himself and just felt like as if something flew over his head. He started with after his knighting, as he didn't want to talk about how he and Zelda broke into tears at the broken mirror, and how he returned the master sword to rest. He spoke on how months at a time Zelda would ask for him to be an escort for her to different affairs meeting with foreign kings, queens, prime ministers, and the works. Then he talked about how he had to train the soldiers of Hyrule. How he had enjoyed training them to fight was such an excitement. He also explained to her why he had howled at those howling stones. Midna paused and told him as to how he fainted in real life and she'd worry patting him all over making sure he was ok. He told her how he entered a spiritual realm where the ghost of the hero showed him how to fight. Both smiled as he looked down. Midna tilted her head and touched his chin.

"There's more?" She asked looking as the twilight began to fade.

"Everybody is expecting me to court a girl soon," Link said hesitantly telling Midna.

Midna gave a small pout and smiled.

"I'll help you," Midna said turning to Link and using her arms to squish her chest together. Link blushed as his eyes didn't even have to wander, they were right there in front of him as she crawled up lips motioning for him to smile as well. "Smile," she chanted, "but…"

"Huh?" Link said lost as she stood up dusting herself off of the grass on her bottom which it seemed like more she tried to tease him by bending over a bit patting her rear in front of him. He shook it off trying to remind himself that it was normal, he is a man after all. Well still a young man but it's ok for him to have desires just as long as he didn't act upon it since he was a hero.

"I want light world trinkets that are interesting to collect. Not easy things either like a blade of grass because we actually have grass in the Twili," Midna said pointing sternly at Link rushing her words as the Twilight was fading.

Link had a feeling she had to go and so he didn't know what to take out as she held her hand out. Would he agree to her help? Would she really even help him? He helped her in the end and she had proven to be a good friend. In all his confusion he reached into his pocket and brought out the box with Ilia's gift of the broken rupee necklace. Midna smiled as she opened it and gasped amazed admiring the workmanship. It may have been colorful simple rupees but they were lovely.

"That'll cover for a down payment," Midna said with a smile as she put her arm around Link's shoulder and hugged him as she lifted and floated a bit off air to look at him upside down. "Meet me again tomorrow to start your lessons," and with that she disappeared into his shadow and soon enough his shadow completely disappeared with the arrival of night fall in which the stars and the moon emitted a faint light as Link just looked at his normal shadow cast in moonlight.

"Oh no," Link said realizing what he had done. He had given Midna with out hesitation the necklace he had originally meant for Ilia. Now what was he going to do? What was he going to give her? What will she do if she asked what he had been meaning to give her the past few days?

He felt his stomach feel uneasy as he took out the wolf stone. He placed it around his neck and dashed off back to the village where he snapped it off from his neck and tossed it carefully back into its bag while on the outskirts and went home kicking the dummy out of his bed and laying there.

He closed his eyes thinking and remembered the excited amazed expression on Midna's face. How it lightened up with curiosity. He began to wonder if she knew it was a piece of jewelry like her tiara on her forehead. He giggled thinking of how silly she could be curious with the light realm's items. A soft blush crossed his cheeks a bit happy to know she was doing well.


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