Trudging through Gerudo Desert, Link cursed softly. The sun beat down mercilessly, and h felt as if he'd been walking for hours. Yet he was no closer to the odd tower that rose above the desert. Before venturing into the Arbiter's Grounds, Link had caught sight of the odd spire and decided to investigate it later. Maybe it would lend a clue to the location of the mirror shards. The sages had said one was in the heavens. Lost in his musing, he tripped over a rock. He let out a hiss of pain as the sand, heated by the sun, seared his hand. He swore again, spat out the sand that always seemed to be getting into his mouth, and continued walking. Finally, as twilight was nearing, the he approached the base of the tower. To be perfectly honest, it wasn't much of a tower. It looked more like a wall tipped on its side, or something. He stopped, and stared at it, scratching his head. Midna came out of his shadow and looked around. "Huh," Link said. "Who'd put a tower like this here?"

Midna shrugged. "Beats me," she replied.

Link frowned. "Do you think maybe it's that bridge that was warped away?"

Midna smiled at the memory.

Link gently pulled on the reins, stopping Epona before the Bridge of Eldin. "Whoa," he said, awestruck. As he had never left Ordon Province before, he'd never seen anything of this scale. Midna snorted, not impressed. "Are you kidding?" she said, looking around, "This is NOTHING compared to some of the things we built in the Twilight Realm."

Link was oblivious to her comments. He slowly walked Epona across the great bridge, gazing around at the landscape surrounding him. So rapt was he, that he never noticed the warp portal opening above him. He jumped off the horse, and looked off the bridge, admiring the view. Something niggling in the back of his head alerted him. Something was amiss. Unsheathing his sword, he looked around, stepping toward the end of the bridge. This ended up saving him, as at that moment, the portal hungrily sucked up the bridge. The stone under his right foot dissolved into darkness, leaving his left foot planted on the bridge, while his right hung over thin air. "Ohhhhhhhhh, SHIT!" Link yelled, windmilling his arms for balance.

Midna chuckled, then floated in front of him and gave him a light push in the right direction. Link fell heavily on the bridge. "Son of a bitch," he said, panting. "That was close."

"I remember that," Midna said. "You weren't paying attention and almost fell off the bridge when it was warped away."

"Hey! That's not true!" Link protested. "I was so paying attention!"

"Whatever," Midna replied curtly. "So, it looks like we found it."

"Hm," Link mused. "Wonder how we're gonna get it back to Eldin? There's no portal around here,"

Midna started to reply, then her crimson eyes widened. "Link! Look out!"

Link whirled, unsheathing his sword, and faced the four shadow beasts that had snuck up behind him. The closest one was already winding back to rip him apart with claws like sabers. Before Link even thought about it, his sword leapt forward and buried itself in the beast's chest. Link twisted the blade a full ninety degrees, and ripped sideways. He then advanced on the other three. Without even being aware of it, he was growling deep in his throat.

He dashed towards the shadow beasts, and suddenly his sword was everywhere at once. One of the beasts collapsed, blood spewing from a dozen fatal slashes in its face and chest, while the other two backed up, obviously afraid. One was nursing the stump of its severed hand. Link didn't give them a chance to regroup. Reversing the blade, he dashed forward, his two-handed slash almost cutting the closest beast in half. He rammed the blade into its spine for good measure, then spun the blade in an elaborate flourish before cutting the last beast down with a savage overhand blow. He then rammed the sword into the beast's head and howled in victory, the primal sound echoing across the desert.