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Mercy at Dawn Thanks to you too and thanks for pointing the mistakes out. There were a little more than one tiny mistake, but many more... I guess I forgot the spelling-corrector in the end. And I fixed the number problem. It hadn´t occurred to me that it would cause confusion, I am always a little lazy and I´m not that experienced with writing numbers out.

LoveandZelink Thank you so much! I´m really proud that you like my fic so much. I already thought of writing a Link PoV, but I wasn´t sure. But now that you said it, I got a nice idea. So I put a Link PoV in this chapter, otherwise I would have been too short The gender of the baby? I think you have to be patient. In the Zelda world they don´t have ultrasonic sound techniques, so they need to wait for the baby to be born. Don´t be disappointed, the chance is 50/50 that the baby is your preferred gender!

Chapter 4 Realizations

For many weeks my daily routine went as follows: I usually got up with the slight rise of light, which Twili called solrise. Then I ran to the toilet to vomit my dinner. After this rather unpleasant aspect of the morning I got ready for my duties: I made my hair, put my royal garments on, washed my face and most important purified my teeth and mouth. With a fresh feeling I went to breakfast. I was always looking forward to it, only to be disappointed to eat tasteless food, but I ate everything up just like a good little child. Breakfast was followed by boring princess-duties: Arguing with the councillors, talking with the commoners, signing important documents, like authentications for the new fountain in the town square, or representing the government by walking around and waving mindlessly. After these exhausting activities I attended a formal dinner with nobles. Sometimes they were sympathetic people but in the majority of cases they were dopes. Then I was eventually allowed to go to bed with the promise of another usual day just as I described.

Of course they were some changes, too. The Twilight Realm wasn't as scared as before anymore. The population took courage once again and the kingdom was on its best way to recover. I even managed that the Council was at least bearable, but the most striking change was the mutation of my usually so wonderful flat stomach to a watermelon. I thought this would effect me much more, but I couln't care less. I had much more important worries, as for example the sickness, rebuilding Twilight or my love sickness.

Sometimes I wondered if Link suffered as much as I did. On the one hand side he wasn't the guilty party that destroyed our fragile relationship. He didn't have to devote hours to rebuild a whole kingdom, he hadn't the responsibility to please everybody and not even the responsibility for the population of a whole kingdom. On the other hand side he had to live with the betrayal and the fact that he killed many and saved many. He had to live with the worship of being a hero and the blood on his hands that had came with it. He had to deal with the adoration from little boys and cute little crushes from little girls.
I chuckled. Him? He was as meek as a mouse. I couldn't imagine him being comfortable while being praised nonstop by endless people. He wouldn't enjoy it at all, he couldn't even go back to the life he had had before the invasion. His old peaceful life as a shepherd, I imagined, would feel non-relevant. I knew he was a restless soul. Always on the lookout for a reason to live. He needed an adventure, now that he'd gotten a taste of it.

No matter how you look at it. I didn't come to a conclusion. It didn´t matter. Fact was both of us suffered, I was responsible and both of us had to bear the consequences.

Absent-minded I put my hands on my watermelon-like stomach as I wondered about his life beyond the non-existent mirror. However, a movement under my hands disrupted my thoughts.

Huh? Was that my imagination? Or did my stomach prepare for another celebratory-puking? Probably. Why would my stomach suddenly become alive? No way! I was getting insane.

Another movement. Somehow it felt like a kick. As if something wanted to get out. No way! How would a living being get into my stomach? I must be getting insane!

I began chuckling, I had grown insane from all this strain on my mind. Not bad, then I would get a break. Another kick. "Hey you there in there. It's rather rude to be kicking a princess, you know?"

The response? Another kick. Now, I couldn't be imagining four kicks inside my stomach, so... was there really someone inside me? No way, unless...

~ Link and me naked~

~My bulging stomach~

~"Daddy, look! The woman over there is super fat!"
"Midna! Inside her is the future of our country: a baby."
"Really? Babies make women super fat?"
"Yes, they do. And they turn women into feral beasts, when you insult them. So you better don't tell them that they are fat into their face."~

~His kisses and hands, the aspiration.~

~"Link, I want you".~

~ "Mommy, what is it like to have to have a baby in you?"
"Midna, darling. It's not one of the nicest experiences. You are constantly in bad moods, but worst are the morning sicknesses: every morning you would vomit, but in the end you will be rewarded."
"Yucky. I never wanna haave a baby inside me!"
"Oh, honey you will, when time comes."
"No! My baby will come out of thin air!" ~

~ His hot ragged breath. "I want you, too"~

I couldn't be pregnant, right? But as much as I couldn't believe it, I couldn't deny it. Everything I experienced in the last weeks was proof of my pregnancy.

Well, goatshit. What to do now?

On the other side of the non-existent mirror (Link PoV)

It had been three month, two weeks, four days and seventeen hours, since she shattered the mirror, my heart and my reason to live.

Sometimes I looked more like a zombie than a human being, as Ilia had nicely put it. I thought this was quite fitting as I felt like one.

After I had saved Hyule and Twilight from perish by the hands of Ganondorf, I was overwhelmed with praise, gifts and adoration. But not one thing of this was what I wanted. At first I thought I did everything to save the children and Ilia, but that wasn't true. I had already accomplished this halfway through my journey. After this I thought I did it for Princess Zelda, myself, Hyule and because it was my destiny. I realized, when I thought Midna had died by the hands of Ganondorf, that I did everything for her sake. Hyrule didn't matter anymore. It was vengeance that drove me in my fight with Ganondorf and when I saw that she was okay I was so happy.

The moment we met again on top of the hill, I realized we loved each other. I had never thought it would end with the mirror shattered and the two of us being separated by her tear. I understood she thought this would be the best for her people and Hyrule's people. I admired her how much her people meant to her, while I hated it that we had to suffer for their safety and joy. I wanted to be with her even if it meant the end of both worlds.

I knew I was being selfish, but I couldn't change that. I am who I am.

"Link! Would you help me with the goats?" Fado shouted outside of my tree-house.

Sighing I rose. Herding goats. That was something I came to despise and enjoy. I wanted something more challenging, but it was a nice distraction. Daily I tried to break my record. It was kind of liberating riding Epona and herding the goats.

It would be more fun doing it in my wolf-form, but that would put the poor animals on the edge and blow my cover.

Another thing I came to despise and enjoy: the black-orange stone, that had the ability to turn me into a wolf. It was liberating to be a wolf and run through the fields and forests as a wolf with no rules and limits holding you back. I was wild and free. But every time I saw the stone I thought of her. So it was a double-edged sword risky to use since I didn't want anyone to find out about my more feral side.

I already sat on Eponas back and together we trotted through Ordon village. The village didn't change much and it was the only place I could stand staying. Everywhere else in Hyrule I was only the hero, but here I could be Link. For this I loved the village. I helped everyone and tried to hold my bad temper in. However, everyone saw something was wrong but they let it be and I was thankful for it.

When the children saw me they decided to follow me to the ranch. They loved to observe me herding the goats and after herding the goats I showed them some tricks sometimes or let them sit on Epona. They enjoyed it and so did I.

"Ah there you are, Link! Let's see if you can beat your record from two weeks ago." Fado shut the gates and accompanied the children behind the fence.

It began with the shout "Go!" and Epona and me went after the goats. It was fun, but we were finished too quickly.

"Great work, Link. Only one second behind your record." Fado announced.

"That was awesome, Link!" Talo shouted. "Show me how to do that."

"Talo, shut up. Herding the goats is Links job." Beth scolded Talo. "And there's no way you could beat Link, cause he is a natual at herding goats, right, Colin?"

"Yeah. Dad said there hasn't been a better one in Ordon history." Colin nodded.

"Shut up! We should go to Link and see what we will do today instead of fighing."

This was accepted with nods and the children ran to me.

Now what to show them? Most things would make Talo go on a new dangerous adventure. But they know the harmless things already.

I looked in Eponas direction. Maybe...

But Epona gave me her 'Are you kidding me?' look and turned away.

Traitor! So dumping them with Epona was out of the question.

Well, goatshit. What to do now?

Hehehe! That was fun. I really enjoyed writing the parts with the children. The ones in Midnas flashbacks and the one in Link PoV.

So Midna knows now and you know how Link is.

I didn´t want to make him so much emo, because he is a man and men aren't that emotional as women. So it was quite difficult for me to write Links PoV as he is a creature of the mysterious sex. Honestly I don't know what males think. They are just so odd. Don't be insulted, my male readers, but you think the same of us: odd and not understandable.

Hehehe! That was fun. I really enjoyed writing the parts with the children. The ones in Midnas flashbacks and the one in Link PoV.

So Midna knows now and you know how Link is.

I didn´t want to make him so much emo, because he is a man and men aren´t that emotional as women. So it was quite difficult for me to write Links PoV as he is a creature of the mysterious sex. Honestly I don´t know what males think. They are just so odd. Don´t be insulted, my male readers, but you think the same of us: odd and not understandable.