I used to think that the mountains on the horizon was a giant wave that was eventually gonna kill us all.
Zelda looked away for a second before turning back to Link, and I felt her glance at me. "Listen carefully..." She instructed to us, and I walked over to Link's side, laying down.
"This was once the land where the power of the gods was said to slumber. This was once the kingdom of Hyrule. But that blessed kingdom has been transformed by the king that rules the twilight…"
Zant.
"It has been turned into a world of shadows, ruled by creatures who shun the light." She went on.
And now we'd get that really strange flashback, but she was just explaining what happened. She told us that she dropped her sword to Zant and all that jazz.
"Twilight covered Hyrule like a shroud, and without light, the people became spirits. Within the twilight, they live on, unaware that they have passed into spirit forms…" She bowed her head. "All the people know now is fear… Fear of a nameless evil." She looked out the window for a moment, and then turned back to us. "The kingdom succumbed to twilight, but I remain its princess…" She reached with both hands for her hood.
Link's eyes widened a little and he sat up, which made Midna lose some of her balance, though she grabbed onto Link's thick fur to get it back.
Zelda's eyes were closed at first, and then when she opened them, she didn't look at either of us. "I am Zelda." She said in a sad tone.
"You don't have to look so sad!" Midna exclaimed, blinking once. "We actually find it quite livable." She put her hands behind her large head. "I mean, is the perpetual Twilight really all that bad?" She smirked a little.
"Midna… This is no time for levity." Zelda scolded. "The shadow beasts have been searching far and wide for you."
And I wonder why that is. I turned my head away toward the door, checking for a guard, though I knew it wouldn't be coming too soon.
Midna jumped off of Link's back and turned her back to us, crossing her arms and legs.
"Why is this?" Zelda asked, gazing into Midna's back with a serious, and slight angry, look.
"Why indeed?" Midna asked, holding her hands out and shrugging. "You tell me! Eee hee hee!" She teased.
"The time has grown short." Zelda said, turning her eyes to Link. "The guard will soon make his rounds." I stood up and stretched at that, though held my yawn back.
Midna plopped herself onto Link's back, making Link fall forward a little and growl, and then turned his head to Midna, who turned her head to the door.
"You must leave here, quickly." The Princess told us, and Link turned his head back to her.
I blinked once and bowed how a dog could bow to her. "Come on." I whacked Link's tail lightly with mine, and we left her room without another word.
But as we were running down, I slowed when Midna suddenly pulled on Link's ear and my tail, leaning on his head and pointing to the door that led to some other part of the castle just as it started to open.
"Not that way!" She hissed at us. "The guard's coming! Boy, he's prompt!" She leaned up a little and looked around before her eyes landed on the window we came in from.
When we got outside it was raining, and though it didn't really bother me, I still preferred my ha—fur to be dry. Link sniffed and looked around, Midna off of his back and floating about. She hopped off of the roof and flipped in the air after Link and I jumped down, now floating over the corner, her arms crossed. She was probably thinking of something. "Eee hee hee! Well? Do you know where we are now?"
I've actually known for a while… I kept quiet.
"I guess a promise is a promise, so I'll let you two go back to where you first tumbled into twilight… But… are you really sure you should be going back?" She asked. "Are you sure you aren't forgetting something important?" Link's ears pricked a little at that, and Midna turned around, changing to look like Colin and screaming a little, then she turned around again and she was Ilia, gripping her hair and screaming again.
"Eee hee! Do you want to save them?" She teased after Link's eyes widened and he gasped, if a wolf can do that.
No. I really don't…
"Well, in that case, little Midna will be happy to help you!" She exclaimed, running a hand through 'her' hair. "But…" She continued. "Well, you two would have to be my servants…"
A princess can't live without her servants, can she?
"And like servants, you'd have to do exactly as I say! Why don't you go back, take a little time, and give it some thought?" She put the back of her hands on her hips and leaned forward, cackling her annoying giggle.
Link opened his mouth to say something, I'm guessing, but before he could do anything, we were both teleported back to Ordon spring.
We both stood still for a few seconds, gathering our thoughts. Link's were probably about his friends, and mine was how happy I was to be in this game, actually living the experience.
"Oh, that's right. I forgot to mention one thing." Midna said from Link's shadow.
Link looked behind him and gasped, then walked in a circle, looking for Midna while I sat down again.
"Though you may have left the dark realm, you haven't transformed back to your former selves… and you won't for anytime soon!" She laughed again. "Now why could that be?" She pondered.
Because of the Twilight… I thought, watching Link look so confused. It was rather cute.
She laughed again. "See you later!" She said, her voice echoing a little.
Link waited a few seconds before turning to look back at me, his expression asking me what to do.
I stood up and shook the access water off, then he turned and bolted back for his home, though was stopped by Midna.
"So, um, what next?" She asked.
We go get the supplies. I thought.
Midna's shadow figure flew out from Link's shadow.
She giggled. "Did you think I'd disappeared?" She asked. "Listen, there's another thing I forgot to tell you two… Don't think you can just run off and save your friends, because you can't." She said.
"They're not really friends, considering I met them a few minutes before we were taken." I said, walking over to Link's side.
"Irrelevant." She said to me. "Just beyond that bridge, the land is covered in twilight."
"You mean I can't go back to Castle Town?" I asked, blinking twice.
She shook her head. "Last time, a shadow beast pulled you two 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!" She giggled quietly.
No way. I thought, rolling my eyes again.
"So you really have no choice but to do what I say." She said bluntly.
Did we ever?
"Saving your friends and going home, all that… Well, will depend on your actions. Because you can never trust words, you know." She sounded a little sad with that last sentence. "Right now, I want a sword and shield that'll suit me." She said, gaining her regular tone again. "You two understand me, don't you? So, what do you plan to do? While you're here dawdling, the twilight continues to expand."
Really? I thought it would stay the same and wait for us to catch up. I thought sarcastically.
"Come on! Hurry it up!" She snapped at us, before heading back into Link's shadow.
Link turned to me.
"What? I don't know where these things are in your village." That was a lie if I've ever heard one. "Your people know how to make swords and shields, right? Do you know where they'd put them?" I asked, and he nodded, before running off towards his village. I was right behind him. And when we were about to go to the main part, Link finished off the Bublins, then a squirrel stopped us.
"Wait!" It called. "I don't know what you've come to do, but if you're going into town, you've got to be careful!" It exclaimed.
"No, we were gonna run in and expect everyone to be happy with two wolves coming into their town." I said, turning my head to look at it.
"THEY came and made both the forest and village a mess…"
I thought it was the squirrels.
"They kidnapped the children from the village…"
Link flinched at that.
"But you two are different… You're not bad things, are you?" It asked, tilting its head. "I can tell, because you," He looked at Link. "Smell like the trees of Ordon." I waved its tail. "If you run into any trouble, try talking to the animals in town. We animals understand one another, so you'll be fine!" Its ear twitched, and then if hauled ass out of the area.
Link looked at me again.
"Come on." I butted my head against his shoulder, getting him to move.
He and I then went to the main part of the village, where Beth's father was looking up to the sky on a little rock pillar… thing. I never really knew what they were.
"Oh… How did it come to this?" He asked the sky. "The children… Please say nothing's happened…" He prayed, his hands clasped together. "Please forgive your good-for-nothing father…" His hands dropped and he hung his head.
Link started to walk, but I pulled on his tail.
"What?" He growled at me.
"That man's probably gonna attack us." I growled back. "Come on, this way." I led him away from the light and past the mini-bridge that led to Bo and Jaggle were across. "Stay low." I muttered to Link, and he instantly crouched low to the ground and started moving forward, trying to hear, and I stayed further behind, since I already knew what they were saying.
"…So, that shield is still in your house, right?" Bo asked.
"Uh, yeah, it should be in our storage loft." Jaggle replied.
"Good!" Bo exclaimed quietly. "Go grab it, quick as you can! Rusl got wounded pretty bad, so he can't go search for the kids."
I saw Link wince at the mention of Rusl.
"I'll take over for him." Bo went on.
"But Rusl had a sword, Mayor!" Jaggle protested. "And he STILL got hurt! If you're not unarmed, you're done for!"
"I'll be fine." Bo assured. "The sword we were goin' to present to the royal family should still be at Rusl's house." He added.
"Oh yeah?" Jaggle asked. "I understand, Mayor. I'll hurry up and get that shield. You just wait here…"
Link tried to get closer and accidentally snapped a twig, which brought the men's attention to him.
"No good!" Bo exclaimed. "Run!" He shouted, and the two ran off, into Jaggle's house.
Midna flew out and blinked. "That's not a bad bit of information you heard, huh?" She asked as I walked over to them. "Ugh… Look at that window. This village is full of idiots."
Link growled at her, and I whapped his back with my tail lightly. "Leave it." I muttered, low enough so Midna couldn't hear.
"So…" She went on. "We should jump up from there…" She motioned to the water mill. "But from where?" She asked.
"This way, I have an idea." I lead Link back past the bridge, but the torch suddenly got brighter and Hanch yelped. "Mon-MONSTERS!" He shouted. "You're returned for more, haven't you?" He demanded. "My… My daughter… Return her!" He shouted at us. "And TAKE THIS!" He picked up a hawk-grass and played the tune, then sent the hawk after us.
"Run!" Link shouted, and we both ran out of his sight, Link turned and growled at me. "This is your fault!" He shouted, his ears pinned.
"Now's not the time!" I shouted back, though Link was still growling. "I told you that fighting won't bring your girlfriend back!"
"She's not my girlfriend!"
"But you love her, no? So shut it and come on!" I walked onto a tiny cliff. "C'mon. Let's get up on the roof and scare this guy." I growled.
"Look at him, posing like he's important…" Midna said, hopping out. Wait until he sees us!" She giggled, then flew over to the roof, where Link jumped up twice. "You coming?" He asked.
"No." I turned around and walked off, heading for Rusl's house. I slid past him, avoiding the light and going under the wall, which is physically impossible for anything.
And when I came back to where Link was, he was just getting into the house. "Slow poke…" I growled, sitting away from everything.
He came back out a few minutes later, walking over to me. "Where did you go?" He asked me.
"I went into Rusl's house and got the sword." I replied without any tone.
"You stole it?" He asked. "How could you?"
"You're not one to talk, seeing how you just stole the shield!" I snapped back, jumping to my feet. "This is what Midna wanted, and now we have it! Come on, we need to get you to your damn friends." I turned around and dropped the sword onto the ground, growling as I stomped off.
Link followed me back to the bridge, but the Spirit's voice stopped us.
"Wait…" It called softly. "Come… to my spring…" It said, and we both turned around and went inside.
"You two have… been transformed… by the power… of shadow…"
No, really?
"Come… to me…"
Link instantly walked forward, but I stayed back.
Good reasons, too.
The red stones smashed down into the ground and a red portal opened up in the sky.
"Beware... A shadow being… It approaches…"
Link watched the Shadow Beast drop down from the portal, and then lunged at it, killing it instantly and making the red portal turn blue with its remains, the stones disappearing. After that, he then walked forward once again, me by his side.
The spring suddenly got darker, which made Link's eyes widen a little, but when he turned to the small waterfall, he was calm again.
The markings on the stones in the higher water level started to glow, the water glowing with it until the water was bright enough to make me flinch.
There was the whole backwards water drop effect and the glowing spirit rose out from it, and that made Links jaw drop a little, gazing up at the orb.
The orb then became some type of stone between the goat's horns, and as he made himself appear, his howled…. Or something.
"O brave youth…" It started. "I am one of four light spirits that protect Hyrule at the behest of the gods."
No way, I thought you were a ghost of a goat. I thought, my head falling to the side.
"I am Ordona…"