I'm on the verge of throwing my computer across the room.

"The black beast you slayed was a shadow being. It had come to seize the power of light I wield. My brethren in Hyrule have already had their light stolen by these fell beasts. The entire kingdom has been reduced to a netherworld ruled by the cursed powers of darkness. The bright will not stop with Hyrule. Before long, the entire world of light will fall into the hands of the king who rules the twilight."

I heard Midna whisper something to no one, and I was assuming that she only said 'Zant'.

"To save this land from the king of twilight, the lost light must be recovered. The three light spirits who have lost their light must be revived. There is but two who can revive them and redeem their land."

Let me guess…

"You."

Of course. I rolled my eyes a little.

"You still have not discovered your true powers…" Ordona went on. "Those transformed by twilight usually cannot recover their original forms… Unless…"

Link's ear twitched and I felt him look at me for a moment.

"If you were to return to Faron Woods where you were first transformed… If you were to revive the light spirit… There, by the power of the light spirit, you may find the means to regain your other state of being."

The light spirit then basically evaporated in front of us, and the three of us were left alone in a darker spring.

I had to blink a few times in order to get used to the darkness again, but I stood up again and shook my fur, before turning to Link. "Well, we know what we have to do now." I said, but Link's cold stare at me made me take a few steps back.

"Look." He said. "I know you don't want to help me, but I can't do this without you."

"Wait, wait." I stood up straight to make it seem like I was in charge. "I never said anything like, or even close to saying that I don't want to help you." My eyebrow muscles went together a little.

"Then what was with your posture when Ordona was speaking?" He asked me.

"That was just me being relaxed." I said. "Whenever I'm relaxed, I sit and my neck muscles kind of give way." I started to walk off, but Link stayed. "Are you coming?" I asked, turning my head to look at him.

He was quiet for a few seconds, but then he walked over to me.

"Race you." I took off in a full sprint towards the wall of Twilight, and Link stayed back, though he soon caught up to me, even going ahead right as we reached it.

"I won." He said in a slight smug way.

"You just need to relax." I told him, butting his shoulder with the crown of my head. "We'll save your friends, alright?" I smiled the wolf way at him, and he blinked.

"What about your friends?" He asked.

My eyes widened slightly and I looked down. "Let's just…. Focus on yours, okay?" I walked up to the curtain, and Midna popped out.

"Hey… Look…"

What, Navi?

"The Faron Woods that you know so well… They're now covered in twilight…"

No shit Sherlock.

"You might not be able to come back here, but… Do you still want to go?"

Link hesitated, and even looked back at his home, as if he was thinking.

"Your friends, Link." I said, walking back over to them.

One of Link's ears pricked and he nodded to Midna.

She then floated past the curtain, and her hair/hand shot out and grabbed us, pulling us into the Twilight.

We started walking, but Midna spoke, making us stop.

"Hmm! So these are the weapons you use in your world?" She asked, the shield over her face and the sword in her hand like it was a dagger. She then swung it three times, almost hitting Link if he hadn't ducked, then he started to growl.

"You really think this thing can slay the creatures of Twilight?" She asked, mocking his people.

She plopped the shield over Link's face and stuck the sword in the ground, just missing my paw.

"Well, I won't use these, but I'll hang onto them for you!" She said, and then snapped her fingers and the weapons disappeared. "All right, a promise is a promise… I trust you two enough to help." She then leaned in, close to Link's ear. "In exchange for my help, though, I need you two to gather some things for me." She was pretty much just teasing Link, and he glanced at me before looking forward.

"Look, I can't tell you two all the details now, but it'll be easy, trust me…" It was almost as if she was seducing him. Ew.

"But enough about that." She straightened herself out. "Do you hear that noise? It's the lamentation of the spirit that had its light stolen… Where in the world could it be?" She then giggled and I raised my upper lip a little in disgust.

She was now lying on Link's back, looking at her nails. "Better get going, don't you think? Don't blame me for your world's fate if you don't hurry up and find that light!" She hummed her own theme a little, her hand waving slightly.

I looked at Link before looking back to the only way we could go.

"Come on! Snap to it!" Link's growl raised again, but I whapped my tail lightly against his thigh.

"Leave it." I muttered, before walking forward.

When we got to a large clearing, more of those twilight stones smashed down, and a barrier was formed. A twilight portal appeared in the sky, and three shadow beasts were sent down.

"Aw… We're penned in again!" Midna exclaimed. "Pffft! Who do they think they're dealing with? No need to take these little pests on one at a time, right? You can take them all at once!" She giggled. "So… you can handle this by yourself, can't you?" She asked. "Good luck! 'Bye!" She exclaimed, then dragged me along with her as she went to the barrier. "He needs to do something for himself, right?" She muttered to me, crossing her arms and sitting on my back, this time.

Link started to attack the beasts, killing two of them and getting ready to attack the third, but it let out this horrible howl that made me cringe. It was even worse in real life!

The two beasts stood up again, and Link's tail dropped a little, but started to attack them again. He then ran over to us and Midna hopped onto his back. "What's the holdup?" She asked. "If you leave the last one alive, it's just going to use that shriek to bring the others back. Listen; let me help you out here! Just move like I tell you!" She exclaimed, and then Link ran back to the beasts. She muttered something to him and a dark circle of energy came out from beneath him and an orange lightning-like bolt came over the three beasts, and he lunged at all of them, killing them with one shot. They 'exploded', and their remains made the blue portal.

"Come on." I ran past Link and went to the spring, sitting down again. I felt Link's gaze again and I stood up again.

"…Please… be careful… These woods… have changed…"

They use a lot of ellipses, don't they?

"The dark clouds of dusk over this land… The drape of shadows is called… Twilight."

No.

Way.

"In this twilight… Those who live in the light… Become as mere spirits… It is a place… where the dark ones and evil creatures dwell… I… am a spirit… of light… Blue-eyed beasts…"

Thanks for calling us that.

"Look… for my light… Retrieve the light stolen by the dark beasts… and keep it… in this vessel…"

A light was coming down to us, and a curled ornament-like object was floating in front of us. Midna held onto it, wrapping it around her shoulder.

"Let me use the last of my power… to reveal the locations of the dark insects… that consumed the light…"

He told us where they were since we don't have a map, but I already knew where all of them were.

"…Find… the insects of darkness… The dark insects… They are the form taken by evil… once it has latched on to… our scattered light…" It didn't say anything after that.

"Link, how about we split up?" I asked when we turned to start collecting the tears.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that I'll go into the Northern forest and get those, and you can get the ones that are in the Southern area." I shrugged my shoulders, and Link tilted his head.

"I think I should get the ones in the Northern forest, since I know this area more than you." He answered.

"Whatever. It's your choice." I then took off in a run until I saw two of the bugs with my senses. I easily killed them after getting shocked, and collected them, before running on, towards the Lantern-guy's house. There was one on the side of his wall that I had to smash into in order to get it off, and then there was another one inside of his house. But when I looked around, there were two.

"Wh-what's with these bugs?" The guy asked, standing on top of his fire-place. "Those aren't normal!" He exclaimed. "They're so big… so weird… so creepy. C'mon, get away, bugs… Shoo… get out of here…" His voice was getting weaker, and the two bugs shot out from under some crates or something.

I easily killed them and collected the tears, then turned to the guy.

"Wh-WHAAT? They just… died?"

From cancer.

"Oh boy, I have NO idea what's going on around here…"

I kind of felt sorry for the guy, but at least it'll get better when Link's done.

I got out of his house and waited at the spring again, sitting down and licking the shocks that I got from the bugs.

Link came back about half an hour later, and he seemed really tired. But as soon as he saw me, he straightened himself out and walked over.

"That was pretty quick." I said, hoping it would cheer him up a little.

"I got shocked at least three times." He muttered, and I heard how heavily he was panting.

"I told you I should've gone there." I said, standing up again.

"The Vessel of Light is full of tears, and light has returned to this area!" The Light spirit sounds like it has most of its energy back.

The vessel came off of Midna's shoulder and dropped into the water, the Twilight disappearing with it.

"Aww, but it was so nice here in the twilight…" Midna complained. "What's so great about a world of light, anyway?" She asked, though neither of us answered.

She giggled again and said 'See you later!' before disappearing into the water, which I never really understood why she did that.

The water started glowing again like it did with Ordona, but instead of a goat, this one was a monkey, or squirrel, or something. It seemed like it was in one of those crazy positions, the way it was holding the orb.

"My name is Faron." It introduced. "I am one of the spirits of light who dwell in Hyrule. By the order of the gods, I protect the forest. O brave youths…" It murmured. "In the land covered in twilight, where people roam as spirits, you two were transformed into blue-eyed beasts."

But Link's eyes are waaaay prettier than mine. Mine have like, a strange purple tint to them. I thought.

"That was a sign…It was a sign that the powers of the chosen ones rest within you… and that they are awakening. Look at your awakened forms…"

Link blinked a few times in confusion, then looked down at his hands, and then he started walking in circles, getting a better look of his clothes.

I looked down as well to my hands, curling my fingers to get used to them again. Then I looked at my clothes.

I was wearing a dress-like outfit with a thick belt around my waist. My sleeves puffed out a little at the shoulders and I had thick cuffs around my wrists. My boots had laces going up the middle and they had a thick heel, though it wasn't that tall, thankfully. Basically riding boots. I also had a black ribbon around my neck, and I was thankful that it wasn't too tight.

"The green tunic that is your garb once belonged to the ancient hero chosen by the gods…" Faron went on, which made us look to him.

"His power is yours. He is the true power that slept within you." He then turned to me and I snapped into focus.

"The white and blue dress that is your garb belonged to the aid of the ancient hero chosen by the gods."

Wait, what? I thought Link did all of this stuff solo.

"Her power is yours. She is the true power that slept within you." He turned back to Link. "Your name is Link." He then turned to me. "Your name is Noel."

I flinched, and I felt Link's gaze on me, though it didn't seem that he was mad, probably because we were in front of a light spirit.

"You are the true heroes chosen by the gods."

BUM-BUM-BUUUUUUUUUUUUM

"Brave Link… Brave Noel…"

I winced again.

"A dark power rests in the temple deep within these woods." Faron went on. "It is a forbidden power. Long, long ago, I and the other spirits of light locked it away. Because of it's nature, it is a power that should never be touched by any who dwell in the light. But this world weeps beneath a mantle of shadows, and so there is no choice… You must match the power of the king of shadows. If you two were to seek this forbidden power, then proceed to the temple in the forest depths." He evaporated after that.

Link didn't say anything for a moment; he just lifted his hand and looked at the glove that covered it. "So…" He said, not taking his eyes off of his hand. "Your real name is Noel…" He nodded a little.

I crossed my arms. "I wanted to change who I was before coming here, and I needed a new name." I didn't look at him either.

"But why Alek? I think Noel fits you more." He dropped his hand, but still didn't look at me.

"It's short for Aleksandra. My cousin was named after that, and I absolutely loved her." I played with the water a little with my left foot.

"So?" He raised an eyebrow and looked at me.

"She's dead now." I looked back at him and saw that his eyes widened a little. I looked back to the ground and started for the forest temple, keeping my eyes on the ground. I kept thinking about her, how she offered to let me stay with her and how I said I couldn't, because she lived on the other side of the continent, and how I wouldn't be able to bring my cat with me. But she never let me forget that I could always talk to her, and I regret how I never got to tell her how much that really meant to me.

Midna was talking to Link again, and I waited for when she went back into his shadow to shout, "Don't say it like we're a couple!" Because she said 'Well, good luck, Mr. and Mrs. Important Hero!' before giggling and going away.

I was by the lantern guy, and when Link walked up he tilted his head a little. "Huuuhn?" He asked. ""So… It's the Ordonians!" He exclaimed happily.

"Technically I'm from Castle Town…" I muttered.

"You two seemed familiar, but then your clothes seemed kind of different, so I got thrown off for a second! Listen… Things have been a little rough around here lately, so you should watch your step, OK, guys?" He asked, and we both nodded. "There are so many monsters now… I kinda got scared and closed off the path to the temple." He scratched the back of his head. "But… You guys… You wanna get back there, huh?"

We nodded again.

"You sure do look geared up for it, so here you go!" He dug in his pocket and pulled out an old, rusty key and handed it to me.

"You're definitely going to need to use your lantern a lot in there, so bring all the oil you can! And check this out! I have a special, one-time offer of a bottle of lantern oil for only 100 Rupees! How 'bout it guy? What a bargain!"

He's kind of full of himself, and we can get oil for about 20 Rupees down at that bird's area. I thought. "Thanks, but we don't have that much." I shrugged weakly.

"What? That's not right, guy…" He seemed really depressed, but that's what you get for selling over priced lantern oil. "But I gave you that lantern for free… Man…" He muttered. "I also sell oil on it's own, so come back when you run out, guy!"

We nodded, and I pulled on Link's arm to get him away from the man.

"So what else is there that I should know about you?" Link asked as we walked through the dark tunnel, ignoring most of the creatures.

"What do you mean?" I asked, looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

"What really brought you to Ordon?" He asked when we were out, but I didn't respond, because I covered my mouth and began to cough violently. The purple poisonous fog had aggravated my asthma, which I forgot to bring my inhaler. I haven't had an attack in so long, and I can't remember if I still even had my inhaler. I continued to cough, so much so that it even brought me to my knees. I felt a hand on my back and the clinking of what sounds like jars, and Link brought one to my lips.

"Drink it." He ordered, and I did, and was amazed at the taste. Most of the time he seems like it's nothing, but to me, it's almost an addicting taste. It tasted like watermelons, which are probably my favorite food. I suddenly felt much better, being able to breathe a big hit.

"Thanks." I muttered, wiping my mouth.

"Keep your mouth and nose covered." He told me, bringing out a piece of cloth to put over my lower face, which I did.

We then started for the fog with Link's lantern out, but then the female monkey Talo chased a few days earlier darted out from no where and grabbed his lantern out from his hand, running over to the end of the little pier. It put the lantern on a stick and started to wave it around, the fog evaporating in its little circle of light. The monkey then turned to us and motioned with its arm for us to follow it.

"Hey, what's this monkey's problem?" Midna asked, coming out of Link's shadow for a second. "You idiots! While you two were starring off into dreamland, your lantern got stolen!" She snapped, and then went back into his shadow.

"Whatever, let's just follow it." I muttered, following the monkey, like it wanted us to.

It led us through the thick fog, cowering whenever a creature appeared and waiting for us to kill it.

But when we got to the other side it started to cheer and jump, and then it dropped Link's lantern, starred at it for a moment or two, then hauled ass into the entrance to the temple.

Link sighed and went to grab his lantern. "It's out of oil…" He muttered sadly, looking down at the lantern before putting it away.

"There's a little shop close to here that we can go to. I have a few Rupees." I said, walking past him and patting his shoulder lightly.

When we got into the larger clearing, and after killing the two Bokoblins, I went on, but Link grabbed my hand. "Hold on." He said, looking at me with a serious look. "I want to know more about you before we head on." He said, dropping my hand.

"What do you want to know about?" I asked, turning to him. "There are some questions I refuse to answer, just so you know." I crossed my arms, and he nodded once.

"How old are you?" He asked.

"Fifteen." I answered.

"What's your real, full name?"

"Noel Fontaine."

"That's a strange name…" He muttered.

"It's common where I come from."

"You mean Castle Town?" He raised an eyebrow.

I nodded.

"Huh…" He thought for a few seconds. "What's your favorite color?"

"Blue or green."

"Any specific shade?"

"Cobalt blue and neon green. Most of the time, anyway. The shades I like depend on my mood."

"What about your parents?"

My eyes widened for a split second before going back to their original shape. "I refuse."

"Why?"

"Touchy subject." I looked away.

"Okay…" He thought for a second. "Are you related to any of the Goddesses?"

"You mean Nayru, Farore, or Din?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You actually know their names?" His eyes widened.

"Of course. Why wouldn't I?"

"Most people can't remember their names…" He looked down.

"Huh." Stupid Hylians. "I just know a lot about Hyrule's past, I guess." I shrugged.

Link continued to ask me pointless questions, some which I refused to answer, most of them having to do with my life back 'home'. I eventually had to sit down and he did as well, and we continued to ask and answer questions until the two of us fell asleep out of view from the idiot monsters that lingered around. In my slumber, however, my head fell upon Link's shoulder, and his head fell onto mine.