Through the Forever Twilight

Okay, I'm reposting this in shorter parts at a time, because I don't feel like waiting 20 minutes for the dang computer to load. Anyways, Through the Forever Twilight is the first in a trilogy of fan fictions I wrote when I was bored. I've showed this to many friends and teachers, and some think I should get a manuscript or something for this. But I want to see how well people who actually play Zelda like it.

Anyways, this story is about how I (Devan) suddenly end up in Hyrule during a time of crisis when twilight is covering the land. I join forces with Link to discover my true power as the sage of light and well, my true...feelings. Yes, yes, we fall in love, you get the idea. But it's not all mushy! There's lots of fighting! And other stuff. You'll notice from some of the names that I also brought in some characters from the anime Wolf's Rain and some characters from Tales of Phantasia. So if you're a fan of either, you're in for a treat. So please, I'll be updating everyday, because the story is already finished (and approximately 150 pages), and please, I appreciate feedback!

--Devan aka MaidenOfLight--


. It was a scorching summers day as the sun beat down upon those outside. I was
preparing to go swimming with a couple of buddies at the neighborhood pool. Of course
I arrived early, so I decided to take a dip. I dived into the water, and glided through it.
As I came up for air, I saw the three smiling faces of my friends Alison, Giaco, and
Henry.
“Come on guys! Jump in! The water’s fine!”
“I don’t know. It seems kind of-” Henry started until Giaco shoved him in.
“Ha! Nice!” I laughed.
“Hey, Giaco! High five!” Alison cried. As their hands connected, Alison grabbed
his hand and flipped him into the water with a splash. Everyone laughed as he floated to
the surface.
“It’s not that funny,” he scowled.
“You’re so gullible!” Henry said.
“Okay children, that’s enough!” I said.
“I’m not a child!” Giaco cried as he dunked me under the water. As I flipped
around, I saw something glowing underwater. I swam closer to see three golden triangles.
Curiosity got the better of me, so I reached out to touch them.
“Devan? Crap, Giaco, did you drown her?” Alison cried.
“I don’t know!”
“Well go get her!” Henry screeched.
Giaco dived below as he saw me touch the triangles. Suddenly, light erupted from
the pool as I vanished along with the strange symbol.

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I awoke to find myself in the middle of a vast field. A huge castle loomed in the
distance, which seemed to bustle with life. I started for the castle when I realized a very
important thing.
“I’m still in my swimsuit!” I gasped. I ran around looking for a place to hide
when something cast a huge shadow above me. I looked up to see a giant bird-like
monster with four other ogre-like creatures on its back. I ducked out of the way just as
the bird landed and the creatures leaped off, and started running.....for ME! I raced away
as fast as I could, but I was soon out of breath. The creatures circled me as one of them
drew a spiked club and took a swing at my leg, which spewed blood instantly. I started
screaming like bloody murder, praying for someone to help me.
“Is this how I’ll die? In this stinking hell?” I thought bitterly. Tears of fear and
pain were streaming down my face as I let out cries of agony while the beasts beat me to a
bloody pulp.
As I was beginning to lose all hope, a figure clothed in green on horseback
appeared as if from nowhere. He drew a sword and let out a battle cry, as I screamed in
fear. I expected this strange figure to kill me on the spot, but he quickly vanquished the
attacking creatures with ease. He withdrew his sword and knelt beside me as I cringed in
fear, still expecting death to come, not realizing what just happened. I kept crying
non-stop as the figure tried to calm me down unsuccessfully. The man stood up and
sighed then went behind a tree as there was a flash of light. A few seconds later, a black
wolf came around that was acting like a puppy, which started to lick my face.
“Okay okay! Stop! It tickles!” I giggled. I patted the wolf on the head and stared
into its blazing blue eyes. It ran behind the tree the man went behind before as there was
another flash of light. The man was back and he grabbed a huge blanket from a pack on
his horse and threw it to me. I wrapped myself up in it, making it look like a dress.
“Um.....th-thank you. For saving me. S-sir?”
I looked at the man, who had the same eyes as the wolf.
“Y-you’re the.....?!”
He nodded silently, but looked pained as he took my shock for fear.
“Cooool,” I said, awestruck. The man smiled at me and beckoned me. “You
don’t talk much, do you? Are you shy?”
The man blushed a little of embarrassment.
“May I at least ask your name?”
“My name is Link,” the man answered quietly.
“M-My name is Devan,” I stammered.
As I studied the man a little more, he only seemed to be around sixteen or
seventeen. He had dirty blonde hair, blazing blue eyes, a green tunic, and a green conical
hat.
“We’ll need to take you to Zelda. It’s obvious you’re not from around here.”
“Who’s Zelda?” I asked curiously.
“You’ll find out soon enough,” Link smiled.

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Giaco raced to the surface and gasped for air.
“Where’s Devan?” Alison cried. Giaco stared on in silence, then took a deep
breath.
“There was some weird, glowing, triangular symbol at the bottom of the pool.
Devan went to look at it, and as soon as she touched it, she disappeared in a flash of
light!” he gasped.
“Yeah right,” Henry replied.
“Well, where else could she have gone?”
They stared in silence, pondering what could’ve possibly happened.

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“Have you ridden a horse before?” Link asked.
“A couple times. Why? Am I going to ride your horse? Please? Can I? She’s so
beautiful! I-” I asked excitedly.
Link laughed. “Of course!”
“Sweet! Wait, how are you going to get to our destination?”
“You’ll see soon enough,” he smiled.
I hopped onto the horse as Link fell to the ground gasping. His body shuddered a
couple times as a shadow-like creature appeared from his shadow and touched his
forehead. As soon as it touched him, he turned back into his wolf form, but this time the
shadow creature was sitting on his back. She had black and white patterned skin and
fiery orange hair. She easily resembled a smallish imp.
“Who are you?” she asked snootily.
“Nice to meet you too,” I replied sarcastically. “Shouldn’t I be asking that? Or
better yet, what, are you?”
“That’s not any of your business!” she snapped. Link turned his head and
growled at the imp. “Oh, look. The little wolf is mad because I’m teasing his playmate.”
“HEY! Just because you have an attitude problem doesn’t mean you have to take
it out on me!” I yelled.
“Oh yeah? Well you-”
Link let out a loud bark which surprised and silenced us both. I assumed it meant,
‘knock it off, both of you.’ Link continued to bark at Midna, probably lecturing her by
the way she kept sighing.
“Can you understand what he’s saying?” I asked, surprised.
“Of course. I helped this trapped little puppy when he was captured. But that’s a
long story. Any ways, he says to follow. We’ll be at the castle by nightfall. Oh yeah,
and try to keep up!” Link growled at her again. “I’m kidding! Sheesh, relax! Stupid
dog.....”
I laughed at this as we raced off towards the castle in the setting sun. I gazed
around at the beautiful scenery before me, but not paying attention at what was in front of
me. The horse reared up on her hind legs, making me fall off. A large skeleton
brandished a huge sword at me and charged, while Link kept running ahead, unaware of
the danger before me. I started screaming as the imp on Link’s back realized what was
happening.
“Link! You stupid dog! Turn around! A Stalfos Knight is trying to attack the
girl!” the imp cried. Link turned around and charged the creature as he latched onto its
back. Using his teeth and claws, he ripped off each of its arms and started on its ribs
when it began to spin around wildly, forcing him off. Link charged once more and off its
skull flew with the swipe of a paw. The Stalfos Knight then crumbled, and turned into
dust in the wind. I was still shaking from the adrenaline. Link sat in front of me and
licked my face.
“You know, considering you’re human, it’s a little weird with you licking my face
because it’s almost like.....you know.....” I stammered. Link dipped his head down in
embarrassment while the imp giggled in delight.
“What’s so funny?” I growled.
“Oh nothing, except just a wolf and his girl,” she laughed.
“Look. I appreciate your quote unquote ‘help’ back there, but I just barely met the
guy! He was just trying to calm me down and making sure I was all right! Considering
what I’ve been through, I REALLY DON’T APPRECIATE YOUR CRAP SO SHUT
UP!” I roared. Link was laying down with his paws on his face in submission as the imp
gaped at me in shock.
“Well! I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone back talk me like that. Ever. I’m
impressed!” she grinned.
“What?”
“But that doesn’t mean you’ll get special treatment though. I’ll only get meaner.
Oh and by the way, the name’s Midna,” she sneered.
“Whatever,” I scoffed, “and just so you know, my name’s not ‘girl,’ it’s Devan.”
Link started barking madly at the sky. The moon was just over the horizon, full
and bright.
“Oh look. It’s night-time. Just look at how much time you wasted. Way to go,”
Midna said with sarcasm.
“Yeah, but you-”
“ENOUGH!” Link cried. He’d changed back into his human form while we were
arguing, giving us a surprise. “We need to quit arguing and get to the castle as soon as
possible. Midna, you can stay out if you can behave yourself. Devan and I will both ride
Epona in order to save us some time especially if we get attacked again. Understood?”
I nodded my head, but Midna just scoffed. “Whatever. You humans are doomed
any ways.” She jumped into Link’s shadow as we mounted Epona.
“Hold on tight, okay?”
“Okay,” I gulped nervously.
“Epona reared up and shot forward, running for the castle. The ride was smooth
and easy, considering how fast Epona was running.
“It’s getting late. You should rest,” Link said.
“Um.....o-okay. Y-you don’t mind if I.....never mind,” I stammered. My face
went extremely red with embarrassment. “How could I ask a complete and total stranger
that?!” I thought. “Thank god he can’t see my face!”
“What?”
“Um, can I rest my head against your back?”
Link laughed. “Was that all? Heh, it’s fine. I’ll wake you up as soon as we get
there,” he smiled.
“Okay, thanks,” I yawned, as I laid my head against his back. The calm night, the
warmth of Link’s back, and the gentle canter of the horse soon sent me to sleep.
“Hee hee! How cute!” Midna said with glee.
“Shut it. She hardly knows me, so I don’t blame her. She’s had a rough day,”
Link sighed.
“Yeah, with all those monsters. She must’ve done some serious Grand Theft
Auto or something.”
“That’s what worries me. All of the creatures have been suddenly acting up since
her arrival. I have a feeling she’s going to make a lot of changes around here.”
“Hmmm.....maybe, just maybe,” Midna murmured.
“NO! You’re not going to use some stranger to collect those!” Link roared.
“Are we there yet?” I said groggily as Link’s yelling woke me up.
“No, not yet. I’ll let you know. Just go back to sleep.”
“M’kay.”
Link and Midna waited quietly until I was asleep.
“Well any ways. I used you, didn’t I?” Midna sneered.
“That’s besides the point. I won’t allow it,” Link retorted angrily.
“Oooooh, getting a little defensive over a girl, are we?”
“Just drop it. We’ll be entering Castle Town soon, so get back in my shadow.”
“Fine,” Midna grumbled.
A huge gate tower loomed before us, which was crawling with guards.
“Halt! State your business!” a guard cried.
“I need to see Princess Zelda immediately!” Link yelled.
“Sir Link? Let him through! Open the gates!”
Link directed Epona through the gates when one of the guards ripped me off
Epona. I woke up yelling and hollering.
“HEY LET ME GO! DON’T TOUCH ME! LINK!”
“Hey, let her go!” Link cried. “She’s with me!”
“I’ve never seen her before. Where’s she from?” the guard who was holding me
asked.
“Not sure, which is EXACTLY WHY I WANTED TO SEE ZELDA
IMMEDIATELY!” Link flustered. His face was becoming redder by the second with
anger.
“Fine. Take your girlfriend,” the guard laughed.
“What did you just say?” I growled.
“Nothing! Just take your mistress and go.”
All the guards started laughing as Link shrunk back, watching the anger grow on
my face.
“WHY YOU!” I cried as I threw a couple of well placed round house kicks to
their faces. Guards were on the ground with bloody noses, black eyes, and concussions.
“Let’s go, Link!” I smiled, while Link gaped at me.
“I’d hate to get on her bad side,” Midna whispered from Link’s shadow.
“Shh! Quiet Midna.”
We continued onward through the quiet Castle Town. It was still late in the night,
so everyone was asleep, except for the few guards who were eyeing me like hawks.
“Do you want to get back on?” Link asked.
“No, I’ll walk,” I yawned.
We finally reached the castle gates. The castle loomed before us like a towering
mountain. A creaking filled the air as the gates swung open to a firefly lit courtyard.
“Wow! I’ve never seen fireflies before! Cool!” I said excitedly.
Link laughed. “You’re just like a little kid!”
“I’m not a little kid,” I glared, “I’m a teenager, thank you. I’ve just never seen a
lot of this stuff before.”
“Link, is that you?” a female voice asked. He bowed immediately, but I just
stared as a woman of royalty stood before me.
“Bow!” Link whispered.
“What?” I asked, unable to hear him.
Link sighed then stepped on my toes with his heavy boots.
“OW!” I cried as I went down to look at my toes in a bowing stance. I took me a
second to realize what happened. “Was that necessary?” I whispered angrily.
“Yes, because that’s the Princess!” Link hissed.
The woman began to laugh.
“Link, it’s all right. You don’t need to bow to me,” she giggled.
“Sorry,” he blushed, “old habits die hard.”
I shoved Link as I stood up.
“Thanks for breaking my toes, butthead. You’re Zelda, aren’t you?”
“Link must’ve told you all about me, right?”
“Well, no, not exactly.”
“Oh.....well any ways. Link, who have you brought before me?”
“This is Devan. I found her in the fields being attacked by a group of monsters. It
wasn’t easy getting up here either. Speaking of which, we need to get her wounds
checked. Especially her leg.”
“What are you talking about? I feel fine!” I said, as I looked down at my cut on
my leg. The scab was a greenish yellow color, and bits of puss was oozing out. “Ew,
never mind.”
“Impa!” Zelda cried out. A woman appeared before us with silver hair and
penetrating red eyes. She was dressed like a ninja, but even though she had a nice smile,
she still looked menacing. “She’ll take you to go and get your wounds cleaned and find
you some better clothes.”
“O-Okay,” I said nervously. I looked back at Link for reassurance as he nodded
his head.
“Midna, go with her,” Link said.
“What? Why? She’ll be just fine! Unless you’re afraid she’s gonna get scared
without the big hero around!”
“Just do it,” Link said as he gritted his teeth.
“Yes sir,” Midna replied sarcastically as she floated off.
“She’s had quite a rough day. I hope she’ll be okay. Your guards weren’t much
help either,” Link sighed.
“My apologies. We’ve just had to be more careful and alert since the creatures
have been acting up this afternoon. We were attacked by a small group, but we defeated
them easily. It just seems so strange.....” Zelda said as she went back into thought.
Link raised a brow and nodded his head in my direction of which I left.
“You think it’s because of her arrival?”
“Mm hmm,” Link replied.
“Well if the situation gets any worse, shouldn’t we send her back? She’ll be
putting lives in danger!”
“OF COURSE NOT! She’s here for a reason that’s still unknown, but I’m sure
she’ll leave when she’s done her job! You can’t just stand here and let a possible
opportunity to free this world of the darkness just walk out, can you?” Link yelled. Zelda
stared at him in shock from his reply, with hurt in her eyes. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have
yelled,” Link said softly as he hugged Zelda apologetically. I watched this scene unfold
as I peered through a painted window.

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Earlier, as Impa was treating my wounds.....

I sat in a brightly lit room that had light reflecting off of its white walls. Impa had
me sit on a table as she inspected my cut. Midna floated nearby, gazing around without
interest.
“Can you tell me what attacked you?” Impa asked.
“Well, it was like a green, smallish ogre with big, glowing red-eyes. It cut me
with a big club with spikes on it.”
“To be more specific, she was attacked by a bulblin,” Midna said.
“Hmm.....you didn’t feel dizzy or nauseous awhile after the attack, did you?”
“No, not that I can recall.”
“Good! Now we know you weren’t poisoned so you won’t drop dead in two
seconds!” Impa laughed. Midna snickered quietly under her breath. I stared at her,
highly disturbed. “I was only joking! Okay, this will only take a second.”
Her hand began to glow as she held it over my cut. My leg got very warm as the
scab faded away, only to leave a pink spot.
My eyes went really wide. “Whoa, can you use magic?!”
“Of course! Most Hylians or Sheikahs can. Is there no such thing as magic from
where you’re from?”
I shook my head in disappointment. “No. There’s stories about it, and people
claim they can, but they’re just cheap tricks,” I sighed.
Impa nodded her head in understanding. “Magic is like everyday life around here,
so you’ll see it a lot. Any ways, we need to give you an injection so you don’t get an
infection,” Impa said as she held up an unusual looking needle while my eyes grew wide
with fear.
“WH-WHAT? NO. NO, NO, NO, NO! You’re not poking me with that!” I cried
as I inched closer to the door. Midna began giggling hysterically.
“It’s not that bad. It’ll only hurt for a second. If you refuse, I’ll use force,” Impa
threatened.
“HELL NO!” I yelled as I dashed out the door. I ran through corridor after
corridor until I ran into a dead-end. it opened up into a large cathedral with a huge glass
stained window. As I stared at the window, I could see the silhouette of Link hugging
Zelda tightly.
“What are they doing?” I whispered. My face grew red with anger, but
embarrassment with stumbling upon this “little” scene. “How could I be jealous of that?
I just met him!” I thought.
Suddenly, a hand clamped over my mouth and an arm wrapped around my waist.
I began to squirm and struggle to get free when my captor whispered in my ear.
“Shh, be quiet. You don’t want to attract attention to yourself, do you?” Impa
said quietly.
Before we continue with the story, let me just make one thing clear; I can not
stand being touched. I stepped on Impa’s foot as she let out a yelp and released me. I
tripped backwards into the window, as it shattered into a million pieces. I spun around to
see Zelda separating herself from Link. Rage flared in Zelda’s eyes as she spotted me.
“Hehehe, hi,” I stuttered.
“What is she doing here?” Zelda flustered.
“I’m sorry, your highness. She slipped away from me as I was about to give her
an injection.”
“What? I HATE needles!” I declared defiantly.
There was an awkward silence for a few moments until Link burst out laughing.
“What’s so funny?” Zelda snapped.
“Who doesn’t like needles?” Link laughed.
“Well whatever,” Zelda grumbled, “Impa, give her the injection so we can all
finally get some sleep.”
“You don’t mind if I stay awhile to keep an eye on her, do you?” Link asked.
“Not at all,” Zelda smiled warmly.
“Wow, she totally likes him,” I thought, “it’s not like she’s keeping it a secret.”
“Okay, Devan, come here. I promise it’ll only take a second. It might hurt a little
though,” Impa warned.
“Do I have to?” I whimpered.
“Here, you can hold my hand and squeeze if it hurts,” Link said as he offered his
hand to me. I grabbed it reluctantly and turned away from Impa. As soon as she grabbed
my arm, I squeezed Link’s hand as hard as I could. “Wow, you’ve got a good grip! But
she hasn’t even put the needle in yet!” Link laughed.
“I know, but I hate even the thought of-”
“All done!” Impa proclaimed.
“Huh? But I didn’t feel anything!” I said, surprised.
“That was my plan,” said Link, “can I have my hand back?”
I looked down at our hands and quickly released it as my face shot red instantly.
“Sorry,” I stammered. “Idiot!” I thought.
“Okay, it’s time to call it a night,” Zelda yawned. I hadn’t realized how tired I
really was until just now. Zelda and Impa led the way as Link and I followed along. We
arrived in a huge corridor with many rooms, which I assumed to be the guest hall.
“Your room will be right here,” said Impa, “Your night clothes are in there as
well.”
“Thanks,” I yawned sleepily.
“Hey, I’ll be next door if you need anything, all right?” said Link.
“Okay. Night,” I said to the others as I entered my bed chamber.
“Rest well,” said Link.
I closed the door quietly and studied the room a little. There was a large window
and a fairly good sized bed. There was a bedside table which had a night dress folded up
neatly on it. I changed quickly and slipped under the covers as I gazed out the window at
the full moon.
“Will I ever return home?” I thought as I cried myself to sleep.

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Later, in Link’s room

“Midna, I want you to go stay in Devan’s room.”
“What am I, a baby-sitter?” Midna scoffed.
“No, but if she gets attacked in the middle of the night, we’ll be able to protect her
if need be.”
“Whatever. You so-”
Midna was cut off from the sounds of my crying next door. Link started giving
Midna puppy eyes.
“Oh, don’t do that! Fine, fine, I’ll go!”
“Be nice,” Link growled.
“Whatever.”
Midna floated through the wall into my room. I was facing away from her, trying
to quiet my sobbing. I turned towards her, and wiped my tears quickly to make it seem
like I wasn’t crying, but Midna wasn’t fooled.
“With all of your crying, you’re probably keeping the whole castle up,” Midna
said.
“Sorry,” I sniffled, “well, out with it. You’re here to yell at me, aren’t you?”
“Link sent me to keep you company. Also just in case to prevent a possible
attack.”
“He’s doing all this for me?” I thought. “Oh. Well thank you,” I said.
“Yeah, yeah,” Midna said as she floated by the window, staring at the moon.
“Don’t worry. You’ll find a way home soon enough. Even if it takes awhile, it’s not so
hard to get used to here,” Midna sighed. I could tell by the longing in her eyes that she
was hurting badly.
“I wish I knew what to say!” I thought. “You’ve been away from your home for a
long time, haven’t you?” I asked. “W-wait. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that,” I
added quickly. “What am I saying?”
“Yes. Far too long. My home is within the Twilight Realm, which is another
world attached to this one. Our people shun the light, but I’m able to survive here thanks
to Princess Zelda. Recently, one of our own kind by the name of Zant thought the world
of light should belong to us, and he began to rebel. He gained an evil power unknown to
our tribe, and was able to overthrow their leader, the Twilight Princess, and claimed
himself as king. I plan to defeat him and bring our people to justice! But I need a hidden
power to prove Zant’s false power, which is why I need Link.”
“But why you? Why do you feel you have to do it?”
“Because. I am the Twilis’ princess,” Midna replied.
“YOU’RE THE TWILIGHT PRIN-”
“Shh! Not so loud! Don’t tell Link, okay? Promise?”
“Sure, but-”
“PROMISE?” Midna screeched.
“I promise. But why are you using Link?”
“Well, at first I only wanted to use him for what I needed, but I want to help him
too considering all the sacrifices he’s done for me.”
I nodded my head in understanding. “It must be lonely being away from home for
so long,” I sighed. I could feel the sadness welling up within me again.
“It’s not so bad. Link makes great company.”
I smiled at her. “You and Link seem to be pretty good friends, considering how
much you argue. How’d you guys meet?”
“Well, Zant had decided to attack Link’s homeland of Ordon first. His friends as
well as him were captured and Zant cast a veil of twilight over it. Usually, humans turn
merely into spirits when they’re in the twilight, but Link transformed into the wolf of
legend, ‘the blue-eyed beast.’ Luckily, neither of the others turned into shadow beings.
They’re evil creatures that Zant uses as his minions. Any ways, I found where Link was
captured and was able to free him. We’ve been companions ever since.”
“So would I turn into a spirit or an animal if I went into the twilight?”
“Depends,” Midna shrugged.
“Hey, if you think I learned to fight, do you think I could help defeat Zant?” I
asked, determined.
“Hee hee, even if you got that good, Zant would be way out of your league.
Sorry,” Midna scoffed.
“Well, I’ll find away.”
“Knock yourself out,” Midna sighed, “you’d better get some sleep before the sun
comes up.”
“Okay. Thanks,” I yawned. I closed my eyes and thought, “Well that separates
one barrier.” I was soon fast asleep.
“Your welcome,” Midna said as she patted my head.

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“Hello? Where is everybody? Midna? Link? Zelda?” I cried. I was
surrounded by a thick, swirling fog in the middle of a dark pond. I could feel the thick,
muddy water pool around my ankles, almost sucking me in. I tried to run, but my feet
were trapped.
“Help! Please, anybody!” I cried out in agony.
Suddenly, a figure clad in black armor towered over me. I cringed in fear when
the fog enveloped the person, and Link appeared before me. He held out his hand, and as
soon as I grabbed it, he stabbed his sword with his other hand through my body.
“L-Link?” I gurgled as blood poured from my mouth, while I was unable to
understand what was happening. I began to fall backwards down a never-ending pit of
darkness as an unfamiliar wicked laughter filled my ears.

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I sat up screaming in a cold sweat as I finally awoke.
“Devan! DEVAN! It’s okay, you’re awake now!” Zelda tried to assure me. I saw
Link, Midna, Zelda, and Impa standing around my bed with worried looks on their faces.
As soon as I spotted Link’s face, I backed away immediately and cringed in fear,
screaming.
“DON’T KILL ME!” I screamed at him.
Midna grabbed my arm. “Link’s not going to kill you.” I refused to listen to her.
“By the way she’s behaving, it seems Zant has used dark magic to place a torturous curse
on her. Zant is able to attack her subconscious while she’s sleeping, allowing him
momentary control. From what I know, he only uses this in extreme cases. But why
would he choose to attack Devan?” she asked, puzzled.
I shuddered as Link sat down next to me. Suddenly, he hugged me tightly. “I’d
never hurt you. Ever,” he whispered.
“Can I trust him?” I thought. “Yes.” “Thank you,” I whispered.
I couldn’t care what the others thought at this particular moment. I was glad to
know someone would protect me and care if something happened to me in this world.
His arms felt warm and comforting, and I was soon asleep again. Link made a weird face
as he looked down at me.
“What? What is it?” Zelda asked.
“I.....I think she’s asleep,” he stammered as Midna giggled a little.
“We should let her rest,” Impa said, “we’ll wake her up in a little while.”
Link tried to let me go, but I had a firm grip on his tunic. The funny thing? I was
still asleep.
“Please stay,” I whispered in my sleep just loud enough so only Link and Midna
could hear.
“How about you stay here and make sure to wake her up in case she has another
nightmare?” Midna winked.
Link gaped at her, but turned to Zelda and asked, “Would that be okay?”
Zelda just nodded her head simply and left the room with Impa in tow.
“Well, I’m gonna rest in your shadow for awhile, if you don’t mind, and leave you
two alone,” Midna grinned.
“Knock yourself out,” he replied simply.
As soon as Midna vanished, Link moved the hair out of my eyes and stroked my
head.
“What am I gonna do with you?” He sighed. “I’ve just barely met you and I’m
already this interested?” Link looked down at me and sighed. “I guess it’s safe to assume
you’re in my position too.”
I turned in more towards him as he set me on his lap, while in his arms. He held
me tightly as he rested his head on mine, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

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Awhile Later.....

I walked out from behind a dressing curtain with a scowl on my face. Zelda
smiled in delight as Midna giggled mockingly.
“I. HATE. Dresses,” I grumbled.
“But why? You look so beautiful!” Zelda cried.
“Yeah, until she trips flat on her face!” Midna cackled.
“Okay, but-”
Zelda was interrupted when Link came in the door.
“Hey Zelda! There’s a messenger at the-” Link started when he spotted me. He
stared at me as his face went bright red. He cleared his throat and stated, “There’s a
message for you at the front gate regarding the Eldin Province. It seemed urgent.”
“I’ll be there in a sec,” Zelda replied.
Link left and Zelda vanished in a flash of light.
“What was that about?” I asked.
“What?” Midna said.
“Y’know, with Link,” I implied.
“Oh c’mon! You know,” Midna grinned as she nudged my shoulder.
My face went bright red. “Oh. That.”
“Oh, it was so cute! You asleep in his arms as he fell asleep with his head on
yours!” Midna teased.
“How the hell was I supposed to know he’d do that? I was asleep for heaven’s
sake!”
“Because you l-”
“DON’T SAY IT,” I yelled, “because I don’t.”
“Whatever,” Midna sighed.
I decided to move on the offense.
“Are you sure it’s because you’re not just jealous?” I grinned.
Midna looked startled. “ME?” You must be joking! How could I, a Twili, love a
mere mortal?”
“You know, I never said ‘love.’” Midna blushed a little as I said this. “You just
never really know though. It’s a tricky business, but in my case, it’s bad luck,” I sighed
sadly.
“Why? Trouble at home?” Midna sneered.
“Yeah, I guess, but I really don’t feel like talking about it. Now for this dress.....”
I rummaged around the fitting room for some proper clothing when I came across
a purple tunic that went down to my thighs. I found some tan shorts that went down to
just under my knees. I hid behind the dressing curtain as I changed clothes then checked
myself out in the mirror.
“Not bad!” Midna said.
“Hey, its got those triangles on the back except it also has the body of a bird!” I
exclaimed.
“I think it’s what the humans call the ‘Hylian Symbol,’ or something like that,”
Midna answered.
I looked for some shoes when I came across a pair of dark brown boots. I slipped
them on, and they were a perfect fit!
“Perfect!” I said as I headed for the door.
“You’re going to go out in public looking like THAT?!” Midna cried. “Your hair
looks like some animal attacked you.”
“Fine, fine,” I said as I brushed out my hair with a nearby comb. “Happy now?”
“Sure,” Midna said sarcastically.
I raced out of the room and ran through corridor after corridor, searching for Link.
I made a sharp turn when I ran into him. The force was hard enough to knock us both to
the floor.
“Ow,” I said as I rubbed my head. Link picked me up and set me down on my
feet.
“You gotta be more careful when running through the halls here. You’re lucky
you ran into me, because you would’ve been out of here in a second if you ran into one of
the kingdom supervisors,” Link explained.
“Thanks,” I said, embarrassed.
“No problem!” Link smiled. I turned away quickly so Link didn’t see me blush.
“Ugh, I’m so pathetic!” I screamed in my head.
“Anyways,” Midna said as she came between us, “what do you need?”
“Remember the messenger from earlier? Well it seems twilight has befallen the
Eldin Province. We must go quickly!”
“Can I come with?” I asked excitedly.
“NO!” Link and Midna yelled in unison.
“Okay! Okay! ROAR! A simple, ‘sorry, but you can’t,’ would’ve sufficed.”
“We’re sorry, it’s just-”
“You wouldn’t last ten seconds in my world,” Midna said.
“What she means is it’s too dangerous,” Link said.
“Okay,” I sighed.
“C’mon Midna. We leave immediately.”
“Ah, to see the black clouds of twilight once again would be pure bliss!” Midna
sighed happily.
“Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon,” Link said as he patted my head. I frowned in
disappointment as he left.
“Hey, don’t take it to heart. He just doesn’t want his ‘dear girl’ to get hurt,”
Midna chuckled.
I glared at her, but I knew it was useless. “I know.”
“Catch ya later!” Midna cried as she vanished.
“This sucks,” I grumbled. I walked down to the entrance of the castle and saw
Link racing off in his wolf form. “How come he’s not riding his horse?” I asked puzzled.
I spotted some stables nearby when I got a brilliant idea. I raced around when I found
Epona. She neighed loudly as I stroked her face. “C’mon girl, we’re going for a ride.”
I led Epona out of the stable and mounted her. I led her through the gates at a
running speed as I heard some guards shouting.
“Sorry!” I yelled. I rummaged around in the packs on the saddle when I found a
map. “Here we go!” I cried.
I stopped Epona and I unfolded the map. I looked around until I found the Eldin
Province.
“So if I go directly east from here, I should be there in no time. But I should
probably wait awhile before pursuing them,” I sighed.
I led Epona around the vast field in front of Castle Town for about an hour, then
headed east. Epona raced through the many fields, running rivers, and a few bridges
when we reached a massive black wall with glowing yellow symbols and lines all over it.
I got off Epona as she stamped her hooves impatiently. I stood in front of the wall and
stared in wonder.
“Is this the way into the twilight?” I asked, puzzled. I touched the wall with my
hand when suddenly I was sucked in with no hope of ever coming out.....

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Link stopped running and sniffed the air, his ears pricked up in anticipation, when
a scent filled his nose.
“Devan? No, it couldn’t be, could it?” Link thought. He turned around quickly
and dashed away.
“What are you doing you idiot?” Midna screeched.
“It’s Devan. She’s here!” Link barked.
“What?! That’s impossible! Unless she-”

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I landed on the other side with a thud. I stood up and looked around when a
searing pain writhed through my body. I screamed in agony as I fell to the ground. My
body began twitching uncontrollably as it began to change shape. My transformed body
was jet black with glowing, greenish-blue veins. I had a flat, dislike head with an
alien-like body with tentacles hanging of the front and back of my head. I stumbled
around until I landed in a puddle of water. I looked at my reflection and let out what I
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“What was that sound?” Midna asked. “Sounds like a shadow being.”
“Didn’t you say that some humans turn into shadow beings when they enter the
twilight?” Link barked.
“Oh ****,” Midna said flatly.
Link charged at full speed towards the sound as Midna edged him on. They came
to a clearing of seven shadow beings.
“Finish them off quickly!” Midna cried.
A large energy field enveloped me and the other beings that had small, shocking
pulsation. Suddenly, Link attacked the others, killing them when he suddenly flew for
me!
“Stop! It’s me!” I screeched in my alien voice. Link mistook it as a threat, but
Midna understood.
“Stop you moron! It’s Devan!” Midna yelled.
Link changed his attack pattern and defeated the other shadow beings quickly.
The remains shattered and vanished into a glowing portal from up above.
“Thanks Midna,” I said.
“No problem.”
“You can understand her?” Link barked.
“Of course. It’s the language of my native people!” Midna snapped.
“What are you doing here? I told you to stay at the castle!” Link barked as
Midna translated.
“I didn’t mean any harm. I just...wanted to see what the twilight was like,” I
whimpered.
“I told you to stay, because it’s dangerous! I can’t be responsible if you get
hurt!” Link roared.
“Sorry.....”
“Okay, no offense, but this is a little awkward considering I’m talking for both of
you. Anyways, Devan, how’d you get through the door?” Midna asked, puzzled.
“Door? Oh, the wall! I’m not sure. I just touched it and it sucked me in.”
Link and Midna looked at eachother with their eyes wide in surprise.
“What?” I asked.
“We’ll explain later. We’ve got to find the tears of light so we can get out of
here,” said Midna.
Link started walking as I trudged behind on all fours. I wasn’t used to walking
like this, but I had no choice considering the weight of my transformed head. About five
minutes had past, and neither of us had said a word. It was obvious Link was still mad at
me, because the bristles on his back were sticking straight up.
“Oh come on. Cut her some slack. She just-” Midna whispered in Link’s ear
when he interrupted her with a growl. “Have it your way,” Midna shrugged.
We continued onward for about ten minutes when Link stopped and sniffed a lost
pack on the ground. He pricked his ears up and ran forward at full speed, leaving me
behind. I ran awkwardly after them, trying to catch up.
“Is it them?” Midna asked.
“Yeah,” Link barked.
We ran through a small canyon which opened up to a small town. There were
shadow beings crawling all over the place and it seemed a couple were guarding a large
building.
“They’re in there!” Link howled as he charged the beasts. He defeated all of
them in his path and easily ripped through the ranks guarding the building. I stood away
out of danger, watching with excitement. As the last one fell, they all vanished into a
strange portal. Link looked around for a way in, when he discovered a small shed. He
jumped on it, then a tree branch, then on top of the building. He jumped through an
opening at the top and landed inside.
“Oh, don’t mind me. I’ll just stay here,” I grumbled sarcastically. I crawled
around and found a nearby spring. I heard slight whispers which sounded like cries of
sorrow as a small light appeared before me. A voice began to emanate from the light.
“You are.....different from.....the others shadow.....beings. Please.....help the
blue-eyed beast.....chosen by the gods.....fulfill his destiny.....find my tears.....to
return.....this place.....to the light.”
“What do you mean?” I screeched, confused.
“All.....will be explained.....soon enough.....now go!” it cried. It suddenly
vanished, but I still had so many questions.
Suddenly, I heard yelps of surprise from the building Link went into.
“What is he doing?” I thought. I trudged over to find an open window, and
peered inside, keeping myself hidden.
“What is this sorcery?” a man cried out. “Was it the work of those beasts who
opened the basement?”
“Are they going to get us like they did the other people?” a little girl asked.

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“I don’t know. But remember the lady at the store? A group of guys went to save her,
she was already gone and three of those creatures were there waiting!” a little boy
exclaimed.
“We’re doomed. They’re gonna pick us off, one by one till there’s none left,”
another said. Suddenly the little girl started crying when another little boy stood up and
said:
“Link’s coming to save us!” he cried.
Everyone inside stopped and looked at the little boy. I counted three little boys, a
little girl, a young girl my age, and two older guys. I noticed Link was inside listening to
their conversation.
“Can they not see him?” I pondered.
Suddenly Link jumped into a hole in the middle of a room which I assumed led to
the basement. I could still hear the whimpering of the children as I waited for Link.
Suddenly he zipped around from the side of the building to where I was waiting. Midna
yawned loudly as Link sat down.
“Oh, poor Link. Too bad none of your little friends know that their hero is
actually coming for them!” she giggled.
“Are those his friends that were captured?” I asked Midna.
“The very ones.”’
“We still need to find one more tear,” Link barked at Midna, “so we can return to
our normal selves.”
“Have you seen any strange looking bugs that have a somewhat of an electrical
charge to them?” Midna asked me.
I shook my head no as I took a step backwards. There was a loud “squish” as I set
my foot down. It appeared as if I stepped on the insect Midna was just describing. Its
body disappeared in a cloud of smoke as a small, floating light was left. It floated over
towards Midna as she placed it in a glowing vessel. A flash of light erupted from it, and
we stood before a glowing entity in the spring I was in before. It resembled an ancient
glowing owl. I recognized its voice as it spoke:
“Thank you, hero chosen by the gods, and you, sage of the light. I am Eldin.”
“What are you talking about?” I asked, confused.
Link turned towards me and said, “I am the hero chosen to defend and protect this
land. The three triangles or the ‘Triforce’ on my left hand,” Link said as he held up his
ungloved hand, “states otherwise. Not many people know this. I’m sorry for not telling
you,” he sighed as he wiped his face. “As for the sage of light, I have no idea what you’re
talking about. She died fourteen years ago by the hand of Ganondorf during his sealing
into the darkness.”
I gaped at Link, having discovered his true identity, and wondering about the rest
he just said.
“She walks the land once again!” Eldin boomed. “Even at the time of her death,
even she knew the seal wouldn’t last, so her soul was reincarnated as soon as she left this
world. Now, her spirit resides within you, Devan.”
I stared at the great owl in shock. “But why? Is that why I was sent here?”
Eldin nodded his head. “You must help Link seal away the evil that threatens this
world,” Eldin finished as he closed his wings around him and vanished.
Everything Eldin and Link told me buzzed around in my head, which made me
dizzy. I fell to my knees and clutched my head as a ringing filled my ears. Link ran to
my side, and lifted me up and set me on my feet.
“Are you okay?”
“I think I’m gonna throw up,” I stammered.
“I know this may not be the best time, but why did you follow me?”
“I.....I just.....I just wanted to be.....I just wanted to see the twilight.....” My
answer wasn’t entirely true. The headache that was growing roared into a skull splitting
migraine.
“But you knew it was dangerous and yet you still deliberately went against my
word! Why?!” he yelled angrily.
“I.....I don’t know! I’m sorry! So sorry.....” I kept mumbling, trying to drown out
his yelling. At this point, I thought my head was going to implode. I saw some
movement to my right when I saw the older girl around my age heading over here. Link
stopped yelling immediately as she crouched by my side. Tears were streaming down my
face from the pain of my migraine.
“Are you okay?” she asked as she set her hand on my shoulder. I cringed away
from her, and ran away to no particular destination. As I ran, I noticed the others
watching the scene.
“DEVAN! WAIT!” Link cried out.
I ignored his voice as I ran through a small tunnel which led to a high cliff with a
ladder. I sat against the cliff and rested my head and closed my eyes. I took deep breaths
and tried to slow down my crying, but to no avail. I rested my head on my knees and
cried. The pain of my migraine was unbearable, which knocked me out on the spot.
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“Link, who was that?” the girl asked.
“She’s someone I met recently. She’s not native to here, so I’ve had to keep an
eye on her. God, Ilia, I’m such an idiot,” Link said sadly. Link covered his face to hide
his tears.
“It’ll be okay, Link. I’m sure she’ll forgive you,” Ilia said as she hugged him.
“I know,” Link sighed, as he stopped his tears. “I really hurt her though,” he
thought.
“Look! It’s Link! I told you he’d come save us!” a little boy cried. The group of
children ran up to him and surrounded him.
“Sorry it took me so long,” Link sighed.
“Hey who was that strange girl you were yelling at?” the little boy by the name of
Talo asked.
“That’s not any of your business!” the little girl by the name of Beth scolded him.
“Hey guys, I’ve got to go take care of something, so I’ll be right back.”
Link followed after me, and stopped and stared at the sight before him. There was
a circle of twelve, very angry looking rock people known as gorons surrounding me.
Link crept over quietly, when he snapped a twig, which made all the gorons spot Link.
“What are the humans doing here?!” a goron bellowed at Link. They all glared at
him angrily, ready to attack at a moment’s notice.
“I just came here looking for my friend there. May I take her back?” Link asked
calmly as he inched closer and closer to the gorons.
“Humans are now forbidden to be on our lands! By the order of our leader, Gor
Coron!”
“But why? The gorons and the people of Kakariko Village have always lived
together in harmony! Why the sudden withdrawal?” Link asked curiously.
“THAT IS FOR US TO KNOW, AND WE WON’T ACCEPT HELP FROM A
HUMAN!” another goron cried as it rolled into a ball and began to spin in place. The
others began to follow its example and were preparing to attack when Link clipped on
iron tracking to the bottom of his boots. He stood in a fighting stance, awaiting the first
charging goron. Suddenly, one of them zoomed straight for Link at a frightening speed,
when Link stopped it and grabbed a hold of its rocky back. He swung it around and
released it, throwing it into the other gorons.
“What?! How could this be?! A mere human able to stop a full charge? We
must retreat and spread word to the leaders. Move out!” It cried. The gorons curled up
and rolled back up the mountain. I still lay on the ground unconscious as Link scooped
me up in his arms.
“What could be making the gorons react in such a way?” Link thought to himself
quietly. “I’ll bet one of the villagers will know what’s going on. Now as for you,” he
thought as he looked down at me, “I need to find a place for you.”
Link walked back to the village carrying me. The group of children and Ilia
greeted him once again, trying to get a better look at me.
“Hey who’s that? Why is she sleeping? Tell us!” they cried in unison.
“Guys, be quiet!” Ilia scolded them. “Is she going to be okay?” she asked Link.
“She’ll be fine, she just needs some rest. Do you know why the gorons have been
acting up lately?”
“I’m not sure. We haven’t been able to check on anything since the creatures
attacked the village. I bet if you ask Renado, he’ll tell you. He’s the village shaman who
kept us hidden.”
“Thanks,” Link said as he walked past her. As he headed for the building from
before, he studied my face and sighed. My eyes were a little swollen from crying and
there were bruises on the side of my face from clutching my head so hard. “I’m so sorry,”
he whispered. He held me up to his face and nuzzled me slightly. He entered the
building and saw a man with tan colored skin, black dreadlocks, and large robes standing
before him.
“You must be the one by the name of Link. The children spoke of your arrival.
My name is Renado,” the man smiled. “That girl, is she alright?”
“I’m not sure, but I think she just needs some rest.”
“Bring her over here,” he said as he beckoned Link over to a bed. He set me
down gently as a look of worry grew on his face. “She’ll be fine. Don’t worry.”
“Thank you,” Link bowed. “Can you tell me why the gorons have decided to
retreat into the mountain and why they’re not allowing humans on it?”
“Ah. Since the veil of twilight covered this land, a dark and ancient power has
awoken within the mines of the mountain. The gorons tribal patriarch, Darbus, went to
fix the source of the problem, but the strange power changed him into a terrifying beast.
Sadly, the other leaders had to seal him deep within the mountain, which now erupts
without pause,” Renado sighed.
“Sounds like the fused shadows Midna is looking for,” Link thought.
“And because of their sense of pride, these gentle creatures won’t allow any help
from the outside, unless one proves themselves to the leaders.”
As Renado and Link were deep in discussion, they hadn’t noticed the children
enter the room.
“Link can help the gorons, can’t ya?” one of the little boys by the name of Colin
asked.
“I couldn’t, really-”
“But the way you handled those gorons! You’re perfect for the job!” Ilia cried.
“You saw that?!” Link yelled in surprise. I began to stir at Link’s yelling.
“Yeah, sorry,” Ilia blushed.
“L-Link?” I said groggily.
“It seems your friend has woken up,” Renado announced.
Link ran to my side. “Devan? Are you feeling any better?” he whispered quietly.
“Y-yeah, a little. My head is still pounding though,” I sighed.
“I’m sorry.....for yelling at you like that,” he said as he held my hand.
“What is he doing?!”
“It’s just.....I was so worried that you’d get hurt.....when I saw you surrounded by
those shadow beings.....I thought I’d lose you,” he whispered. A look of sadness grew on
his face.
“Hey, don’t look so glum. I’m alive and breathing now, aren’t I?” I smiled
lightly. “And besides, if I hadn’t followed you, we wouldn’t have found out as to why
I’m here.”
Link smiled warmly back at me. “You’re right,” he sighed as he released my
hand.
I sat up slowly and stared at the faces looking back at me. My face instantly shot
red. “Did they see everything?!”
Ilia sat down next to me and put her hand on my forehead. “Well, you don’t have
a fever,” she smiled. “I don’t think we’ve been properly introduced. My name’s Ilia.”
“My name is Devan,” I replied.
Suddenly, the group of little kids surrounded me.
“Hi! My name’s Beth!”
“I’m Talo, and this is my little brother Malo.”
“Hello. My name’s Colin,” the last little boy said quietly. He seemed very shy.
“Where are you from?” Beth asked curiously.
“I’m from Bozeman.”
Everyone stared at me, confused.
“Where’s that?” Talo asked.
“It’s-”
“Now that’s enough. She doesn’t have to explain herself right away,” Link said
sternly.
“Sorry,” they all said in unison as Ilia laughed a little.
“Anyways, Link. Do you think you can go up to Death Mountain to see if you can
aid the gorons in any way?” Renado asked.
Link sighed. “I’ll give it a shot. Can you keep Devan here for me?”
“Now wait just a second. If I can recall, I remember Eldin saying that I’m
supposed to help you. How am I supposed to do that if I’m here?”
“I was hoping you’d forget that,” he said. “I guess I have no choice. Renado, do
you have any other weaponry that could be of use?”
“Well I do have a very fine spear. Do you think she could use that?”
“It’ll be fine. Just as long as you don’t impale yourself with it,” Link said, turning
to me. I nodded as Renado handed it to me. It was a little shorter than my height, and it
had a curved blade on the end.
“Oooooh!” I said, smiling.
“We’ll try to be back soon,” Link said to Ilia. Then we got to try and get you guys
home.”
We left the village and headed towards the small cliff that I ran to earlier. I
looked up it, and saw that netting covered the entire thing, and there were remains of a
tattered ladder.
“Uuhhh,” was all I could think of to say. I wasn’t exactly that good at climbing.
“Here, I’ll go up first and take your spear with me. Do you think you can make it
up on your own?”
“S-sure,” I stammered.
Link hooked the spear onto his belt and scaled the small cliff side quickly.
“Alright, your turn. Don’t rush yourself.”
“Right,” I sighed. I began to climb the cliff, slipping every now and then. “This
is so embarrassing!” About five minutes had passed when I finally made it to the top.
“C’mon slow poke,” Link joked.
“Shut...up,” I gasped, out of breath. “Why couldn’t I have been born with lots of
endurance?”
We began to progress up the mountain through narrow trenches when the ground
began to shake.
“What’s that?” I asked worriedly.
Link added the iron clippings to his boots again. “Stay to the side of the trench. It
seems the gorons have already spotted us.”
“What?”
Suddenly, a large, rolling object came into view with a large, dust cloud behind it.
Link put himself in a firm stance as the rolling object which appeared to be a boulder
came closer. I thought it was going to run him over for sure.
“YOU IDIOT GET OUT OF THE WAY!” I yelled. It was too late. The boulder
and Link connected, but not in the way I expected. Link got a good grip on the jagged
rocks, and the iron clippings allowed him to stay in place. Link heaved the boulder over
his shoulder as it continued down the mountain.....yelling?
“What was that?” I asked Link. “That was amazing!”
“That, would be a goron.”
“But I thought we were supposed to be helping them! Why are they attacking
us?” I asked angrily.
“They’re a proud race. They’re not the kind to accept help from anyone weaker
than them. Especially humans.”
“What idiots,” I mumbled.
We continued onward up the mountain, encountering many attacking gorons on
the way. Suddenly, we came to a small clearing to find four bulblins with bows and lit
arrows. As soon as they spotted us, they began to fire immediately.
“Get behind me!” Link cried. I hid behind him as he deflected the arrows with his
shield. “Can you reach into my pack and grab my boomerang?”
“Okay,” I said shakily. I rummaged around as I could hear the sounds of more
and more arrows bouncing off his shield. “Crap, crap, crap! Where is it? Oh, wait,
FOUND IT!”
I held a white, feathery, glowing boomerang out in front of me.
“Aim for one of the bulblins and throw as hard as you can!” Link cried. I thrust
the boomerang away and it hit one of the bulblins right in between the eyes, killing it. It
came back at me, and I caught it with ease.
“Wow!”
“Now get the others!”
I killed another, but the others were at a bad angle.
“I can’t hit the other two!” I cried.
“Follow behind me, I’m going to move!”
Link moved to the trench wall and picked a strange looking weed. He blew into it
and played it like a whistle. Suddenly, a hawk flew down and landed on Link’s arm. He
aimed it at the other two bulblins and the hawk flew for its prey. It killed the bulblins
with ease, and flew off into the sky. I gaped at Link as he turned to check on me.
“How’d you do that?”
“Just a few tricks I picked up. Not too shabby, eh?”
I laughed as we headed on our way again. Night was beginning to fall when we
reached the top of the mountain. Gorons were crawling all over the place, keeping guard.
“How are we supposed to get in there?” I whispered quietly in order to keep the
gorons from discovering us.
“The entrance to the mines must be up there, but they’re aren’t any ladders.....wait
a second. I just got a brilliant idea!” Link said. “Stay here.”
Link dashed away as I saw him approach a goron. It raised its fists for
hand-to-hand combat as Link deflected its blows. Suddenly, Link smacked the goron
with his shield as the goron lost its balance and fell backwards. It curled up into a ball as
Link stood on top of its back.
“C’mon Devan! Quickly!” he called.
“What the hell is he doing?” I thought as I ran to him.
“Get on,” he insisted.
“What?! Why?”
“Just do it!” Link cried as he pulled me up. He wrapped an arm around my waist,
and as I was about to open my mouth to protest, the goron stood up quickly, shooting us
up to the top of a cliff which lead to the mines. We flipped through the air as I closed my
eyes tightly, waiting for the end to come. Suddenly, we landed, alive and breathing. Or
to be more exact, Link landed, with me in his arms. He set me down as I took a shaky
step forward.
“Let’s not do that again,” I stammered. Link just laughed.
“Sorry to burst your bubble, but by the looks of it, you’ve got two more rides to
go,” he chuckled.
“Joy,” I said with much sarcasm.
Suddenly, Link shoved me against a wall and placed his hand over my mouth. He
held a signal up to his mouth for silence when two gorons passed by. Luckily for us, we
were well hidden in the shadows.
“That was close,” Link said as he let out a sigh of relief.
“Too close if you ask me.”
“We’re almost there. Let’s hurry,” he said.
I nodded my head, and we ran quickly up a spiraling path. “I should’ve stayed at
the village,” I thought bitterly.
We arrived upon another goron guarding another small cliff which we needed
another “flip trick” in order to get up. Unfortunately, we still had one more to go. After
we had passed the last one, we finally reached our destination. By this time, I was ready
to throw up.
“Oh god,” I stammered. “So dizzy.”
“Take a breather before we go in. You’ll feel better,” he said soothingly.
I took a couple deep breaths and was soon ready to go in. Unfortunately, it seems
the gorons had a “welcome party” waiting. At least twenty gorons began to get ready for
attack as soon as they spotted us. Link stood in front of me, protecting me, even though
we knew it would be useless. Suddenly, a voice boomed around the chamber we were
standing in:
“Little brothers! Is this human so threatening that you all must gang up on him?!”
The gorons bowed to their knees and said in unison, “Sorry, Gor Coron.”
“State your business!” the goron named Gor Coron cried.
“I was sent here on behalf of Renado, the village shaman of Kakariko Village.”
“So Renado sent you. He probably thought you could help us.”
Link nodded his head when a goron cut in. “Like a human could help us,” it said
smugly.
“Silence, brother. He may be of some help, but he must prove himself worthy
enough to enter our sacred mines by a challenge of strength.....AGAINST ME!” Gor
Coron yelled defiantly. “Do you accept?”
Link smiled confidently. “Yes.”
Gor Coron and Link stepped upon what seemed to be a medium-sized circular
arena. Link began to place on his iron clippings when a goron shouted in protest:
“The human! He’s cheating!”
“Leave him be!” Gor Coron yelled. “No matter, he still won’t be able to beat our
amazing feats of strength.”
As Link and Gor Coron found their starting places, the gorons and I stood around
the arena.
“The rules are simple. The first one knocked out of the ring loses. Are you
ready?”
Link nodded his head. It appeared as if they were going to wrestle? A horn blew,
as Link and Gor Coron flew at eachother. Even though Link was wearing his heavy iron
clippings, Gor Coron was still able to shove him around a bit. Suddenly, as Link was
about to charge the fierce goron again, Gor Coron slapped Link in the face. Gor Coron
used the opening to shove Link closer and closer to the edge.
“C’MON LINK! DON’T LET THIS GUY BEAT ON YOU!” I yelled. The other
gorons stared at me as I kept yelling. Link finally recovered from the shock and was able
to duck out of the way as the goron charged him. The goron lost his balance as Link got
behind him and started shoving him towards the edge. Gor Coron tried to retaliate, but
Link had him cornered. With a final push, Gor Coron was thrown off the arena as Link
stood over him defiantly. The other gorons stared at him in shock as I cheered.
“THAT’S THE WAY! NICE JOB!”
Gor Coron stood up and laughed as the other gorons gasped at his strange
behavior. “Well! I’ve never had a match that fun with a human in a long time,” he
laughed. “I think this human is worthy enough to enter our mines. Right brothers?”
“RIGHT!” they all yelled in unison.
Gor Coron pointed to a passageway in the back. “Go through that passage and it
will take you straight to the mine. But I must warn you, as you may already know the
situation of our poor patriarch Darbus, this power that he has succumbed to is strange and
unknown, but very evil. He is sealed deep within the mines, and in order to get to him,
you’ll need three key shards. My elder brothers are in their chambers within the mine,
and they each hold a piece. Look for them, and they will surely guide you to victory.
Good luck, brother!” Gor Coron cried.
“Thank you,” Link said. I followed him into the winding passage which led
deeper and deeper into the mountain. The further we went, the hotter it got.
I wiped the sweat from my forehead. “Man, if it’s this hot, I just hope there aren’t
any-”
We stopped suddenly as we reached the end of the passage, only to see pools and
pools of:
“-lava.” I finished. “Great,” I sighed sarcastically.
“This could be a problem,” Link said. “Looks like I’ll have to keep a closer eye
on you.”
We were able to navigate through the first few areas of the mine when we came to
a huge opening that had a lake of lava below. There were strange magnetic cranes all
over the place, but the power sources were all guarded by hordes of bulblins.
“Looks like you get some spear practice!” Link cried.
“It’s on!”
We charged the first horde as I held my spear out in front of me. I was able to
impale at least three on my first charge. Link was killing bulblins left and right while I
picked off a few weaker ones. Surprisingly, I was able to get through the first wave of
attacks unscathed. The second wave came through, and there were even more this time. I
was able to wipe out a few, when I became completely surrounded. I was backed up
against a railing when I was pushed over it, falling towards the lava.
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“Okay guys, I talked to Devan’s mom and convinced her that Devan is going to
stay with us for a couple days. In the mean time, we need to find a way to get her back!”
Alison explained to Giaco and Henry.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
“Maybe we should turn this to the authorities,” Henry suggested.
“ARE YOU CRAZY? Even if we did, they wouldn’t believe us! They’d think we
were playing some sick joke when they discover Devan went missing!” Giaco screeched.
“Okay, OKAY! Geez, relax!”
“Well, I do have a bunch of diving gear that we could use so we could check the
bottom of the pool a little better,” Alison said.
“Sounds like a plan.”
Alison, Giaco, and Henry arrived on the scene of my disappearance, prepped up
and ready to go. Unfortunately for them, there were some people at the pool, and they got
some pretty “interesting” looks.
“So where did you see the symbol?” Alison asked.
“Right over there,” Giaco answered as he pointed to the center of the pool.
Everyone dived in after him, and began there seemingly impossible search.

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“DEVAN!!!” Link shouted as I flew over the edge. I still had no idea what was
happening. Suddenly, Midna flew from Link’s shadow and caught me with an enormous
hand that formed from her hair. She sighed as she set me back down on safe, solid
ground.
“You can thank me later, but you’ve still got some unfinished business,” she
grumbled.
“Right.”
Link let out a sigh of relief and slashed through dozens of bulblins. Luckily for
me, I hadn’t dropped my spear into the boiling lava. Link tossed it to me as I ran to his
side, and we fought together valiantly. The horde of bulblins diminished, and we sat
down gasping.
“That was.....a good.....fight,” Link gasped.
“Y-yeah,” I sighed.
“God, I thought you were a goner there for a second,” Link laughed nervously.
“Well thanks to Midna I made it okay.”
“Your welcome,” Midna grinned as she popped out of Link’s shadow.
“We should probably keep going if we want to make it out of here before
daybreak.”
“Oh yeah, it’s still night-time,” I yawned.
“Stop it, it’s contagious,” Midna yawned.
“No kidding.”
We continued on our way when we reached a chamber that looked like the one
with the arena from before. Standing on the arena was a small, but an old looking goron
with spouts of steam blowing from his head and back.
“Ah, is it the human who has come to help us? Link, is it? Nice to see you.
Who’s your friend?” He asked slowly.
“My name is Devan.”
“What an unusual name. My name is Gor Amoto,” he smiled.
“Speak for yourself,” I thought.
“I’m guessing you’re here for the key shard?”
Link nodded his head. Gor Amoto retrieved a strange looking object that was
made from the ores within the mine. I assumed this was a key shard.
“Thank you,” Link said politely.
“Now you must be on your way. Please help our leader Darbus!”
Link and I rushed out of the chamber. “Will do!” I called back to him. “Where to
next?”
“Hehe, well um, good question,” Link stammered.
“Great,” I sighed.
We trudged around the huge mines when we came back to the chamber with the
strange cranes and where I almost fell to a fiery death. Surprisingly, we missed a switch
that the bulblins were guarding earlier, which started the power to the cranes. They
started moving around other platforms that were out of our reach. As we studied them a
little more, we noticed they had a strange magnetic pull to them. A large smile spread
across Link’s face as he looked over at me. By the look in his eyes, I knew exactly what
just passed through his mind.
“No. Don’t even think about it! I refuse! Please don’t make me!” I wailed.
“C’mon! It’ll be fun!” Link said as he dragged me to one of the nearby platforms.
He put on his iron clippings as he linked his arms with mine while we waited for the
crane to come our way.
“PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!” I cried, almost to tears.
“Here we go!” he yelled excitedly as the crane moved over us. The magnetic pull
of the crane was attracted to Link’s iron clippings and other various metal objects. We
shot straight up and Link’s boots connected with a loud clang. Link was hanging upside
down as I was dangling from his arms right-side up. I closed my eyes tight and cried out
in fear as Link was laughing like a little kid on a roller coaster. The crane whizzed over
to another platform which led to another section of the mine. As the crane stopped, Link
disconnected himself from the crane as we plummeted to the ground. Link was able to
flip himself around so he landed on his feet first. He caught me, and set me down gently.
“Are you out of your F*%#ING MIND?!” I yelled at him. “Do you know what
would’ve happened if you dropped me?!”
“I was well aware of that! You’re alive, aren’t you?” he chuckled.
“Whatever. Let’s keep going,” I sighed.
The nearby door led straight to another chamber with a goron inside.
“How do these guys get past all the lava?” I thought.
“Hello Link!” the goron said as his eyes were closed. “And hello to you Devan!”
“And how do you know are names?” I asked.
“The spirits. They tell me all,” he smiled as he opened his eyes. The goron was
very tall, but not quite as large as the others. He had tribal paint all over his rocky body,
which was a dark gray color. “I am Gor Liggs.”
Link and I stared at him in shock.
“Did you come here to stare or to get the key shard?” Gor Liggs laughed
maniacally.
“Erm, right,” Link said. Gor Liggs handed him the shard and gave us a toothy
smile.
“The spirits show a very interesting future for the two of you,” Gor Liggs cackled.
“What?!” we cried simultaneously.
“Nothing, just be on your way,” he laughed. We rushed out before we could hear
anymore.
“What do you think he meant by that?” I asked Link.
“I have no idea,” Link said as he tried to hide a blush.
“Why is he blushing? What a weirdo,” I thought.
We took some of the other cranes to new areas, or to be exact, Link dragged me
there. We came to another vast room with, once again, a lake of lava. Except this time
there were two bridges which led to a large circular platform hanging by thick chains. I
noticed a huge goron standing on it. It was three times larger than a normal goron and
was covered in huge armor. Link and I approached the huge goron, as it glared at us
angrily.
“What are the humans doing here?! Gor Goron ordered that any humans found in
the mines be exterminated!” it yelled. It began breaking the chains one by one when Link
threw me back onto the bridge as the last chain snapped. A wave of lava splashed around
as the platform landed on the lava.
“LINK!” I cried out in worry.
“Don’t worry! Let me handle this one!” he yelled back at me.
The goron charged Link and was starting to wind a punch as Link slashed at the
goron’s stomach. Its skin was tough, so Link only left a couple scratches. The goron fell
backwards, but quickly counterattacked with a rolling charge. Link pushed against the
goron and stopped its spinning. He held tight and flung the goron into the lava. It
bounced around and landed on the platform and continued to attack again. Except a piece
of its armor had fallen off. Link continued the process until all of its armor had fallen off
and its bare skin touched the lava, as it screamed in pain.
“OW that really hurt!” the goron cried. “Maybe you’re the one the elders sent to
help Darbus,” it mumbled.
“DUH!” I yelled from my perch.
The lava rose up to the height of the bridge as I walked onto it to join Link’s side.
“Beyond this chamber is a sacred treasure that the hero of old used. We gorons
have protected it for many years. Please, use it,” the goron said as it pointed the way.
“Thanks,” we said in unison as we ran past.
“Man, the gorons sure are quick to react to anything,” I sighed.
“I know what you mean,” Link replied.
We found a huge chest in the next room. Link eagerly opened it up and pulled
out a beautifully crafted bow.
Link let out a long whistle. “Wow, I’ve never seen one this good before. And if
it’s as old as the gorons implied...” Link trailed off.
“Well, let’s put it to good use! We still need one more key shard, right?”
“Yup!”
“Let’s go!” I cheered valiantly.
My cheeriness was soon diminished as I saw the crane of all cranes. It was very
big and fast, but the only landing platform had to be a large drawbridge that needed to be
cut down from ropes.
“This could be a little tricky,” Link said quietly.
“You think?!”
Link hooked me up to his belt so I was squashed against him. He had his iron
clippings on again, as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
“I’m going to trust you to shoot the ropes down, okay?” he said as he handed me
his bow.
“Alright!” “Thank god I aced archery class!”
The crane came over us, and we shot up to it. I was dizzy hanging upside down as
the crane circled around at a fast speed. I looked down at the lava below me and gulped.
“You can do it, just relax,” Link said calmly.
I notched the arrow and aimed carefully. I took a deep breath and then let the
arrow fly. It went straight to its mark, and sliced through the rope, letting the drawbridge
fall. It laid perfectly flat, and Link used the opportunity to drop down onto it.
“That was amazing!” Link said. “Have you used a bow before?”
“Well, we had an archery class in gym, and I was able to hit the bulls eye eighty
percent of the time,” I said quietly. Link nodded his head.
We finally reached the last chamber with the final goron leader.
“I was expecting you. My name is Gor Ebizo. Here, take this key shard. Be
careful when you find Darbus. He has changed entirely, and I’m afraid that the worst
may have to come for him to get him back to normal,” the old goron sighed. “Please
hurry.”
We did as Gor Ebizo said and rushed away as fast as we could. Luckily for us,
there was an unexplored area close by, which we assumed led to where Darbus was
sealed. We arrived at a huge door. It took both of us just to open it! As we entered the
chamber, the door slammed shut behind us, locking us in. We stood in darkness, and
listened quietly. There was a low, but steady breathing.
“What’s that?” I whispered quietly.
Suddenly, the room was lit up by a huge, flaming monster that stood before us. It
looked like a deformed goron, but much more terrifying. It was chained to the walls, as it
began to struggle against it. It roared as it broke through, flames shooting from its mouth.
It used the chains like whips, flailing them at us.
“Stay behind me!” Link yelled.
“You don’t have to tell me twice!”
We circled the creature as it tried to follow us slowly. Link drew his bow and
fired a couple shots, but they just burned when they came in contact with its body. A
strange swirling energy seemed to emanate from a weird jewel on the monster’s head.
“Aim for its forehead! That’s its weak spot!” I shouted.
Link notched another arrow and let it fly. It hit the strange, glowing jewel
perfectly, as it began to crack. The transformed Darbus roared in pain and ran around
blindly. It ran into the chamber wall, and took down many pillars in it as well. It
suddenly stopped, and bent over towards the ground, waiting. Waiting for what?
Suddenly, he stood straight up, letting out a deafening roar as a surge of heat erupted from
his body, heading straight for us. Link used his body to shield me from the wave as he
cried out in pain.
“You idiot! Don’t try to protect me!” I yelled at him.
“You.....want to get hit.....by that thing?!” he gasped painfully.
“No,” I sighed.
We turned our attention back to the flaming beast before us. Link let arrow after
arrow fly into the jewel on the beasts head, when half of it broke off. The creature fell to
the ground, leaving it wide open to attack. Link swiped at the remains of the jewel with
his sword while I jabbed at it with my spear. The monster roared in annoyance as it stood
up again and prepared for a heat wave attack. We hid behind a pillar as the heat wave
passed by, without causing any damage. Suddenly, the beast smashed the pillar with its
long chains as they barely missed the top of our heads. It charged forward as we ran
away, when it lashed another chain out which wrapped around my ankle. It was blistering
hot and left a burn immediately. I screamed in pain as the beast dragged me closer and
closer to it. Link tried to change the attention of the beast to him, but to no avail. I was
practically in the grasp of the beast when I jabbed my spear into the creatures head. It
connected with the jewel as it shattered to pieces. The beast stopped dead in its tracks,
and then fell backwards. Link unwrapped the chain from my leg as we watched the
monster grow gradually smaller. All that was left was a fairly large sized goron, which
began to stir.
“Wha-what happened?” It grumbled.
The remains of the jewel turned into a strange black object, that had an evil feel to
it. Midna popped out of Link’s shadow, clapping in delight.
“Thanks guys. We only need one more of these fused shadows so everything can
go back to normal. We might even be able to get you home!” Midna said to me.
“Really?” I said happily. I took a step forward to make an attempt to hug Midna,
but the pain of my burn surged up my leg, causing me to fall over. “Ow, crap, I’m such a
dork,” I stifled.
Link put my arm over his shoulder and helped me to stand up.
“Midna, can you get us out of here?” Link asked.
“Yeah, yeah,” she sighed. She tapped our heads as we were suddenly lifted up. It
was a very bizarre feeling. We landed in front of Gor Coron, and the other goron leaders
standing next to Darbus.
“Thank you, Devan and Link, for saving our leader, Darbus,” the goron leaders
said with a bow.
“No problem,” Link smiled. I was still biting my lip so as to prevent myself from
screaming in pain. Link cast a worried look to me.
“It seems your friend needs medical treatment,” Darbus said. He snapped his
fingers as a goron ran up to use carrying a large jar filled with ointment. “Put that on her
burn, and it should fix it immediately. I’m sorry for hurting you,” Darbus said nervously.
“Yeah, don’t worry about it,” I said through clenched teeth.
The goron took a glob of the strange ointment and rubbed it into my burn. My
burn flared to life as it stung like a raging inferno. I bit down hard on my thumb, even
drawing blood in the process. Finally, my leg went numb, knowing that the ointment had
done its job.
“How’d you cut yourself? Did you bite down too hard? Dummy,” Link laughed.
I sucked the blood of my thumb. “Well do you really want to hear me scream?
It’s pretty loud,” I implied.
“No, no, I was just kidding.” “Sheesh she can be such a pain,” he thought.
“I feel bad for causing him all this trouble,” I sighed.
“We should probably head back to the village.”
We left the gorons and headed back down the mountain. The sun was just starting
to come up over the horizon.
“Wow, it’s so pretty,” I said quietly.
Link smiled, but didn’t say a word.
We finally reached the village, and we headed back to where the shaman lived.
We went inside to find everyone waiting for us.
“LINK!” the children cried. “You did it!”
Link laughed. “It wasn’t easy.”
“No kidding,” I mumbled under my breath.
“Link, I was thinking. We owe the village greatly, so we decided we wish to stay
here and help them rebuild after the attack,” Ilia said.
“Would that be okay with you, Renado?”
Renado just nodded his head.
“Well alright. Just everyone behave yourself. We need to get back to the castle
ASAP.”
Everyone hugged Link goodbye. “You’ll come visit, right?” they asked in unison.
“Of course,” he smiled.
He called his horse using a reed like he did with the hawk, but just a different
melody. We mounted Epona and raced off towards the castle.
“Well that was exciting,” I yawned. “I’m ready for a nap now.”
“You said it,” he said sleepily. “But Zelda might have other plans for us.”
“Great,” I said sarcastically.
We arrived at Castle Town and strode through the gates. We left Epona at the
stables and headed for the castle, only to be greeted by a very angry princess.
“WHERE WERE YOU?!” she yelled at me. “THE GUARDS TOLD ME YOU
LEFT THE TOWN ON HORSEBACK WITHOUT PERMISSION!”
“Hey, hey, take it easy! She was with me!” Link said.
“Well I needed her here so we could prepare for the royal Hyrule Ball!”
“WHAT?!” I yelled. “A ball?! What for?!”
“Every year, all the royals of Hyrule gather for meetings that last a couple days,
and are ended with the traditional ball,” Link explained.
“And you’ll be my date this year, right?” Zelda smiled as she grabbed Link by the
arm.
“Yeah, yeah,” Link sighed. It was easy to tell that he really didn’t want to go.
“Well I’m not royal, so I don’t have to go!” I smiled. I utterly hated dancing, and
it’s not like I really could either.
“Wrong!” Zelda cried. “You’re coming as my special guest. We’ll get you all
nice and pretty! We’ll even find you the perfect dress!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a second! What do you mean ‘we,’ and I’m not
wearing a dress!” I declared.
“Oh, but my friends are so excited to meet you! And besides, it’s not like you
don’t have anything better to do,” she sneered. “Well let’s get moving people! The ball
is tomorrow!”
“TOMORROW?!” Link and I yelled in unison.
“Yup!” she said smiling. She grabbed my arm and dragged me away.
“Please help me!” I cried to Link.
“Nope, sorry, no can do!” he laughed.
“You suck!” I yelled back angrily.
Zelda took me back to the dressing room where six other girls were waiting for
me. They each had small symbols of royalty, and they were about the same age as Zelda.
I pouted as they set me down on a stool and attacked my face with make up.
“Oh, don’t look so glum. Link gets this torture too, in case you were wondering,”
Zelda giggled. The other girls sighed at the sound of Link’s name.
“Pathetic! They’re just like middle school girls! Well, at least I’m not the only
one suffering,” I thought. “I wonder how he’s handling his situation.”

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Link watched a group of other royal guys run past his perfect hiding spot. He let
out a small snicker as they turned down a hallway that would lead them far away from his
hiding place.
“Looks like I’ll just need to hold them off for about eight more hours and I’m off
the hook!” “Easier said than done,” he sighed.
He wandered around the castle aimlessly when he ran into one of the royals by the
name of Cress.
“Oh hey Link! I thought you were with the other guys,” he said. He was about
Link’s height and he had short, bright blonde hair and green eyes.
“If you see them, tell them I died,” Link sighed.
“Still running away from them? I see you haven’t changed,” Cress laughed.
“Yeah. If you see them, don’t tell them where I’m at.”
“Don’t worry, your secret is safe with me!”
“Hey, can I ask you a favor?” Link asked.
“Shoot.”
“Well, I’m sure you’ve heard of the girl who arrived here mysteriously.”
“Yeah I have. What about her?”
“Well, she has a knack for getting in trouble, so I was wondering if you could
keep an eye on her at the ball,” Link asked nervously.
Cress let out a loud laugh. “You want me to be her date?”

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“Well when you put it like that, then sure. Ugh, I’m stuck with Zelda. Again,” Link
grumbled.
“Alright, alright. I will. But I don’t understand how you wouldn’t want to be the
princess’ date!”
“Just trust me on this one. You really don’t want to.”
“Whatever you say,” Cress sighed. “Can you take me to her so I know who to
look for?”
“Sure, but any sign of the other guys, and I’m outta here,” Link said.
Link took Cress up to the dressing room. Right as Link was about to knock on the
door, it flung open, and I ran out yelling, “YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO GET THAT
DRESS ON ME!” I ran right past Link and Cress staring at this strange sight. Link
smacked his forehead.
“I’m guessing that was her?” Cress said, trying not to laugh.
“Yeah,” Link sighed. “I really wish she wouldn’t do that.”
Suddenly, a group of the royal men approached Link and Cress.
“THERE HE IS! GET HIM!” they cried.
“And that’s your cue to run,” Cress laughed.
Link bolted away, with the group of men on his heels.
“How do I get myself into these messes?”

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I leaned against a wall, trying to catch my breath.
“Good thing they didn’t follow,” I thought. I peeked around a corner when Link
ran into me.
“Hey! Watch where your go-mmf!” I started when Link covered my mouth. He
listened intently when we heard many footsteps coming our way.
“This way,” he said as he beckoned me. We rushed quickly to Link’s hiding spot
which was outside of the castle inside of a large temple. “They’ll think we’re still in the
castle, so we’re safe for now.”
“Thanks,” I said.
I walked around the temple, exploring its many vast glass stained windows. It
seemed they each told their own legend about the history of Hyrule. There was one that
particularly caught my attention. The biggest one was of a man clothed in a green tunic
who looked just like Link. I stared at it in awe as Link walked up to me.
“Is that you?” I asked.
“Sort of. It seems there’s been a line of heroes that can be traced back to the
origin of Hyrule.”
“Wow,” I said quietly.
“Come here for a second,” Link said. He showed me another glass stained
window that had a girl about my age with long brown hair and eyes who was also about
my height.
“Is that.....me?”
Link nodded his head. “That’s why I was so surprised when I first saw you. What
gave it away was your transformation in the twilight.”
“How so?” I asked curiously.
“All of the sages are able to retain their human form in the twilight, except the
sage of light. If I remember correctly, the twilight blots out all light, which would cancel
out her powers.”
“I get it,” I said. I stared at the windows a little longer when we heard a
commotion at the entrance of the temple. It seems our hiding place had been discovered.
“There you are!” the group of girls and guys cried out at the same time.
“Busted,” I said.
“And we’re cornered,” Link sighed.
We walked to them and accepted defeat.
“Today, is the day I die,” I sighed.
“Good luck,” Link told me.
“You too.”
We were both taken to our “torture chambers” for the rest of the evening. We
were allowed to leave late into the night. I met Link in the guest hall, as I was wiping off
my make up and letting my hair down into its comfortable place. Link was ripping off a
bow tie and was messing up his straightened hair.
“That. Was. Horrible,” I croaked.
“I know. We still have one more day to go too,” he sighed.
“Joy.”
“Well, I’m heading off to bed. You should do the same,” he said smiling.
“Night!”
“Sleep well.”
I entered my bed chamber and laid down quietly. “Maybe I’ll get a chance to
dance with Link,” I thought. “Right,” I scoffed, “Zelda is too over protective.” “Oh
well.”
I closed my eyes and was soon asleep, with the thoughts of tomorrow’s ball
bouncing in my head.

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An hour before the ball...

“Alright, all we have to do is her hair and she’s done!” Zelda exclaimed. The
girls circled me like birds circling their prey. They twisted and pulled it in every possible
painful way. I gritted my teeth, which allowed me to get through most of it. They had
put my hair up in a bun and let the bun be tasseled a bit. They added an assortment of
pins to hold everything together.
“Okay ladies, let’s go!”
We all left the room and arrived in a large hall that was full of people. Many guys
were waiting, when I spotted Link talking to the blonde fellow from before. They looked
in my direction and both of their faces shot red.
“Ah, you must be Devan. My name is Cress,” the man talking to Link said as he
kissed my hand.
“Since I’m stuck with Zelda, Cress will be your date for the night!” Link smiled.
“Um, okay,” I said nervously.
Cress looked at me and laughed. “Don’t worry, I don’t bite.....much.” At this
remark Link shot him a look that could kill the devil himself. “Relax! I was only
kidding!” I couldn’t help but laugh. Zelda appeared from the mass of people and
grabbed Link by the arm.
“Time to go now!” she giggled as she dragged him away.
“Please help me!” he mouthed to us.
“Nope, sorry, no can do!” I called. Cress and I laughed at the scared looks on
Link’s face.
Cress guided me onto the dance floor and we began to dance in unison with the
other couples. I was very nervous, and I occasionally tripped into Cress as he caught me.
“Just relax, and let me lead. You’ll be fine!” he smiled.
“S-sorry,” I stammered, “I’m not exactly the greatest dancer,” I sighed.
“It’s alright. Just between you and me, neither am I,” he laughed quietly.
After that I was able to relax a little and we were able to dance for longer periods
of time without me tripping into him. We cracked a couple jokes every now and then so
as not to make it so awkward. The pace of the line of dance was quickening, and I was
getting very dizzy. Cress and I stepped off to the side to take a breather.
“To this very day I still don’t understand how they can go so long,” Cress sighed
as he wiped beads of sweat from his forehead.
“No kidding,” I added.
“I’m gonna get something to drink. Do you want anything?” Cress asked me.
“No, no I’m fine.”
“Okay then, and don’t get in any trouble while I’m gone!” Cress laughed.
“Why does everyone think I’m a magnet for trouble? Oh wait, because I am,” I
sighed as Cress walked off. I leaned against a wall watching the dancers spin and twirl
rhythmically. It was a beautiful setting, but not for me. I was about to go and look for
Cress when someone pulled on my arm. I turned around to see a very pompous looking
man with brown eyes and black hair that was slicked back. I could tell by the way he was
dressed and the way he stood we could define him as either a “ladies man” or in other
words a “player.” It was easy to tell he got whatever he wanted. I wasn’t exactly
enjoying the looks he was giving me.
“Would you like to dance with me?” he asked in a strange tone.
“Um, well actually, I was waiting for my partner to come back from getting us a
drink,” I said quickly.
“Well he won’t mind if you dance with me while you wait, will he?” the man
continued.
“No, really, it’s okay,” I said. I was really starting to get annoyed.
The man dragged me onto the dance floor despite my cries of refusal. I tried to
flee, but he had a firm grip on me.
“No one turns down the great Claus,” he sneered.
I looked around frantically for Cress or Link. Link was too busy, but I was able to
make eye contact with Cress. He understood the situation, and tried to come to my
rescue, but two guys dressed like Claus were blocking his path. Claus brought my face
close to his, and gave an evil smile.
“Now kiss me,” he sneered.
“WHAT? NEVER! I’LL-”
I was cut off as he pushed my head into his, forcing me to kiss him. I tried to push
him away, but he was too strong. Cress saw what was happening, and made an attempt to
get through the two other guys, but failed.
“LINK!” he shouted, catching his attention.
Link looked around when he spotted me and Claus, kissing. I was still struggling
against him, but I just wasn’t strong enough. Anger flared in Link’s eyes as he broke
through crowds of people to reach us. He tapped on Claus’ shoulder as he turned around.
“What do you want? Can’t you see I’m-”
Claus was cut off as Link punched him full on in the face. I swear, I saw a couple
teeth fly. He fell to the ground and lay unconscious as there were gasps from nearby
women. Link looked at me and sighed.
“Are you okay?” he asked calmly. I opened my mouth, but nothing came out.
Link took me by the hand and pulled me out of the dance hall, with Cress in tow.
“I-I’m sorry Link. I only left her for a minute, but those bastards cut me off,”
Cress grumbled.
“It’s fine. It’s not your fault. Those guys set it up,” Link said angrily.
I stared at the two angry faces before me as I felt tears welling up in my eyes.
“What’s the matter?” Cress asked.
“What, me?”
“Why with the tears?” Link asked next.
I felt under my eyes as they grew wet. “I don’t even know why I’m crying,” I said
shakily. “But I can’t stop.” I kept wiping under my eyes, but I wasn’t winning. Cress
handed me a handkerchief a Link embraced me. My body was shaking, thinking it was
Claus.
“It’s alright,” Link whispered in my ear. I felt Cress patting my back reassuredly.
“I thought something really bad was going to happen. It was so frightening.”
A couple minutes had passed when I finally stopped. I handed Cress his
handkerchief back and looked at them. I noticed a big wet spot on the shoulder of Link’s
tuxedo.
“Oops, I made your shoulder all wet,” I sniffled.
“It’s alright,” he smiled.
“We should probably get back. Everyone’s probably spreading around god knows
what and wondering where we are,” Cress said.
We headed back into the dance hall, when Link turned to talk to Cress. I had no
idea what was being said.
“You’ve always wanted to dance with the princess, right?” Link whispered to
Cress.
“What about it?”
“How about you trade me dates for the rest of the night? To make up for
watching her,” Link said.
Cress grabbed Link’s hand and shook it violently. “IT’S A DEAL!” he
exclaimed. Cress then ran off to join the princess’ side.
“Well, looks like I’m dateless,” I sighed. I turned to go back to the guest
chambers when Link grabbed my hand. He led me onto the dance floor as we began to
spin and twirl in the center circle. All eyes were on us, and I noticed Zelda’s face turn a
boiling red color. She was pissed.
“I’m sorry for what he did to you,” Link said quietly.
“Well, I feel better now that you’re here,” I stammered. “Did I really just say
that?!”
“Me too,” he smiled.
We continued to dance into the night with us being the attention of all the other
dancers. I never felt so happy in my life, and I didn’t want this to end. We smiled at
eachother and laughed happily. It was now well past midnight and many of the couples
had retired for the night. I hadn’t even realized how late it was.
“Okay, time for a break,” I said.
“I agree.”
We passed Zelda as we left the dance hall. She was tripping over herself with a
wine glass in hand. Her cheeks were red from drunkenness, as Cress was trying to find a
place to hide from embarrassment. I assumed she kept drinking from trying to quench her
anger from me stealing her date.
“And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the woman who represents all of Hyrule, the
hammered Princess Zelda,” I thought laughing.
Without really meaning to, I had walked down to the courtyard. There were
hundreds of fireflies and the moon was full and bright with the starry sky. I had never
seen such a beautiful sight!
“That was a lot of fun!” I said, smiling at Link.
“You’re pretty good at dancing,” he said.
“Really? I thought I was a terrible dancer,” I laughed.
“Now why would you say that?” he asked.
“Because I’m a total-” I was cut off as I tripped into Link. I had never been so
close to him before when face to face. I blushed immediately, as well as him. “.....klutz.”
We stared into eachother’s eyes for a moment when I turned away from him.
“Sorry, I-”
I was cut off as Link turned me towards him and kissed me full on the lips. I was
caught completely off guard, but I closed my eyes. We stood that way for a few moments
when he finally stopped. I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out.
“It’s alright, you don’t have to say anything,” he smiled. He left my side and said
“Sleep well.”
As he left, I plopped down on the grass staring dumbfounded, wondering what
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“Link, your assistance is needed in the northern part of the Lanayru Province in
the Zora’s Domain. It seems Zant has struck again, and made the entire water source
frozen over, as well as a veil of twilight has fallen,” Impa said.
“How soon do you want me up there?” Link asked.
“As soon as you can,” Impa replied.
“Okay. By any chance, do you know where the princess is?” Link asked slyly.
Impa let out a long sigh. “The princess isn’t feeling very well this morning.”
“Okay. Give her my best regards,” Link snickered as he left.
He headed towards the guest hall to come and find me. I was still asleep from last
night, or better yet, I refused to leave. I couldn’t bear to see Link face to face at the
moment. He gave a light tap on my door, which made me jump.
“Hey Devan? Are you awake? We’ve got some urgent business we need to take
care of,” he said quietly. I dove back under the covers and pretended to be asleep as he
entered the room.
“Crap, crap, CRAP!”
Link stood next to my bed and nudged my shoulder a bit. “Hey, it’s time to get
up,” Link said. Suddenly, Midna popped from his shadow.
“Let me take care of this,” she sneered.
“Suit yourself,” Link said as he shut the door.
Midna inhaled deeply, then made a very loud screeching noise. It scared the crap
out of me as I fell to the floor.
“WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!” I yelled. I turned around to see Midna
laughing her head off. Link was outside the door going hysterical. “WAS THAT
NECESSARY?”
“Maybe not, but it was fun!” she giggled.
“Whatever. I’m gonna get dressed.” I waited patiently for Midna to leave, but
she was gazing around without interest. “Do you mind?”
“What? Oh, oh, sorry,” Midna said as she floated through the door. She had quite
an extra emphasis on “sorry.”
I quickly changed clothes and fixed my hair. I opened the door to find Link
waiting for me. I fell backwards in surprise as I landed with a thud. Link pulled me back
up to my feet.
“Careful,” he said. As soon as I made eye contact, I blushed intensely as well as
him.
“I can’t even look him in the face!”
“I can’t even look her in the eye,” he thought, shaking his head.
“Pathetic,” Midna scoffed. We both turned to look at her. “One little kiss and
you guys are acting like a bunch of kids!”
“Y-you.....saw?” I stuttered.
“Every second,” she sneered.
“But I thought you were-”
“I was, but there are such things as windows,” she said, cutting off Link.
There was an awkward silence, when I finally got the courage to break it.
“So, what is this important business about?” I asked.
“Oh, right. Well it seems Zant has attacked Zora’s Domain, which is the main
water source of Hyrule. He froze the entire source and cast another veil of twilight.”
“That means there’s probably a fused shadow nearby,” Midna added.
“When do we leave?” I asked curiously.
“As soon as possible,” he replied gravely.
I nodded my head as we headed down to the entrance of the town. We retrieved
Epona and walked out of Castle Town. Link handed me my spear as I mounted Epona. It
appeared Link was traveling by foot, or “paw.”
“Gosh, this is going to be so awkward,” I sighed.
Midna turned to look at me as she was sitting on Link’s back. “Alright, alright,
you know the drill. We’ll lead, you follow, and stay close,” Midna scoffed.
“Yeah, yeah,” I sighed sadly.
We rode on in silence for the next half an hour.
“Did last night really happen?” I thought wildly. “Well it must’ve, considering
he’s running in his wolf form.”
“Sorry for doing this to you, Devan. I just can’t bear to face you right now,”
Link thought. “I can’t even begin to imagine what’s going through her mind.”
“Wait, so if he kissed me, does that mean he likes me?” I thought as I blushed. I
looked over at Link who has his head slightly turned to look at me. We turned away
immediately as Midna shook her head.
“You two seriously better get this worked out, because you’re driving me insane!”
she screeched.
“You mean more insane from what you already are?” I snickered.
“Just shut up, we’re already here.”
We stood before another huge black wall with glowing symbols. Midna floated
through the wall as Link and I stood patiently. Suddenly, two huge hands shot through
and dragged us in. I let out a shriek as we passed through. We landed on the other side
with a thud. I could feel the painful twitches surging up and down my body. I cried out
in pain as my body made its transformation into the shadow being once again.
“God, darn it, that hurt,” I croaked.
“Oh suck it up,” Midna screeched.
“Lay off!” Link barked.
“Don’t tell me what to do!” Midna yelled as she smacked Link on the back of the
head.
“Guys, GUYS! KNOCK IT OFF!” I bellowed, making one of the weirdest sounds
in my life. Link and Midna stared at me, then at eachother, then looked away. “I know
everything is a little.....off right now, but that doesn’t mean we take it out on eachother!”
Midna let out a long sigh, “You’re right,” she said as she translated for Link.
We headed out on our way when we made it to a huge stone bridge. It was
probably about a half a mile long, and it loomed way up high from a lake below. We
were about half way when two shadow beings appeared, blocking both of our pathways.
Link lunged to attack when the shadow beings combined their power and cracked the
bridge. The shadow beings vanished as the section of the bridge we were standing on fell
to the lake below. I let out screeches of terror as Link howled. Midna closed her eyes
and waited for impact. We landed with a great splash, as I began to sink deeper into the
water.
“Link! Her head is too heavy to swim! Get her!” Midna cried.
Link dived under to find me sinking deeper into the depths. I tried to kick my legs
and pump my arms, but I was only tiring myself out. I blacked out as Link reached me.
He put one of the tentacles hanging on my head in between his teeth and tugged me to the
surface. Midna gasped for air as they reached the top.
“Link, she’s out! Take her to the shore quickly!”
“I’m.....working.....on it,” Link said through clenched teeth.
Link finally pulled me to land and paced around me in circles as Midna checked
my status.
“Is she alright? Is she breathing? Anything?” Link whimpered worriedly.
“She’s fine, she’s just unconscious from the pressure of the lake.”
“Well what’s left of it,” Link added.
Midna and Link gazed around at what little water was left. No doubt it was from
Zora’s Domain freezing over. I began to stir as I stood up.
“Please tell me I’m alive,” I said to no one in particular.
“Yup!” Midna smiled. “Now let’s go.”
We wandered around the lake when we found a small waterfall. If Zora’s Domain
hadn’t freezed over, it would have been roaring to life.
“This waterfall connects to a river which leads up to Zora’s Domain, but how
exactly do we get up?” Link pondered. We sat in thought when I saw Midna’s eyes light
up.
“Hey Link, howl the tune you used to summon the hawk in your human form.”
“What? Why? How would that help?”
“Just trust me,” she said.
Link sat quietly with his eyes closed so as to concentrate on the right pitches. He
threw his head up to the sky and began to howl. After the last note died away, a huge bird
like the one that attacked me in twilight form dived from above to us. Midna floated to
its back and tamed it on the spot.
“We’re gonna use this thing to help us get up the river,” Midna smiled.
Link and I looked at eachother. “How, exactly?” we asked in unison.
“Like this.” Midna whistled to the bird as it flew to us and grabbed both of us
with each of its talons. Link and I began to struggle against the strange bird, but Midna
just laughed at us. “Relax guys! He’s here to help.”
The bird shot up the river and we were at Zora’s Domain in no time. There was a
huge water fall that was frozen over, and it seemed there was a large chamber at the top.
The bird took us up, dropped us off, and flew away.
“Here we are!” Midna exclaimed.
“Where are all the Zoras?” Link asked.
Midna translated for me before answering. “No kidding.”
“What are Zoras?” I asked.
“They’re like fish people, but they’re very intelligent.”
“Oh.”
We wandered around, when I got the sudden urge to look down at the ice. As
soon as I did, I let out a loud shriek.
“What? What is it?” Midna asked urgently.
“Look under the ice!”
Link and Midna looked down and let out a loud gasp. There were thousands of
Zoras trapped under the ice, frozen solid.
“Holy crap,” Midna said flatly.
“How do we get them out?” Link pondered.
“Maybe we could use something from the mines to melt it!” I explained.
Link and Midna stared at me in surprise. “I’m going to guess that’s the only stoke
of genius she’ll ever get.”
“HEY!”
“You know, she makes a perfect point,” Link said.
Midna sighed and snapped her fingers. We were transported to Death Mountain,
except we were still in our twilight forms!
“Okay, what the heck is with this crap?” I said.
“Technically, you can’t change back into your normal forms once you’ve entered
the twilight unless we find the tears of light,” Midna explained.
“Joy,” I grumbled.
The ground began to shake violently as the mountain began to erupt, with fireballs
falling everywhere. A huge shadow covered us, when we looked up. A huge molten rock
the size of a small building was about to crush us! Link jumped and tackled me out of the
way as the rock hit the ground with a loud bang.
“Whoa.”
“You can’t just stand there, you idiot!” Link barked.
“Hee hee, my bad.”
“Well, might as well return the favor and use this to unfreeze the Zoras, don’t you
think?” Midna asked.
“Good idea!” Link barked.
Midna tapped the molten rock as it began to glow a strange orange color. Midna
raised her arms up high, as the rock was pulled from the ground. Midna snapped her
fingers as the rock and us were transported back into the twilight at Zora’s Domain. Link
and I ran to safety as Midna threw the rock into the ice, shattering it and melting it.
“Remind me not to get on her bad side,” I said to Link. He stared at me in
confusion. “Hee hee, I forgot. You can’t understand me. Nevermind,” I said as I waved
my alien like hand at him.
Water splashed everywhere as Zoras raced to the surface, gasping for air. Some
were carried away in the current, and went down the falls. They were laying everywhere,
exhausted. We turned to leave when a voice called out to us. A spirit of a female Zora
stood before us. She looked like a mermaid with pink scales and flowing hair.
“Thank you for saving my people,” she said quietly. “My name is Queen Rutella.
When Zant attacked this place, he executed me in front of my people as a warning to all
of the people of Hyrule. I wish to help my people, and all of Hyrule in any way I can. I
know where the power you seek lies. It’s at the bottom of Lake Hylia in the temple.”
“Thanks for the info. But if it’s at the bottom of the lake, how are we supposed to
survive down there?” Midna asked.
“When I died, my people buried an ancient armor that allows humans to breath in
my grave. I will guide you there once you have lifted the veil of twilight.”
“Will do!” Midna cried as we left to find the tears of light. We ran out of the
chamber and stood at the top of the waterfall.
“Um, how do we get down without drowning?” I asked nervously.
I stared down from the top of the cliff of the waterfall. I loved swimming, but
that’s technically impossible in my twilight form.
“Good question,” Midna sighed. “I don’t know if the bird from earlier would be
able to hear Link’s howling.”
“Might as well give it a shot,” Link suggested.
He threw his head up to the sky and howled as loud as he could, but the roar of the
falls was too loud. I stood next to him as he tried again. I screeched the pitches in my
twilight voice, which was far louder than his howling and the roar of the falls combined.
We saw the bird from before flying in the distance when a commotion was heard from
behind us. A group of Zoras had formed behind us and were giving us very terrifying
looks. Or to be more precise, they were giving me looks.
“Crap! They’ve spotted you!” Midna cried.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” I said with worry.
“Remember? Denizens of the light can’t see Link’s wolf form in the twilight, but
they can see shadow beings!”
The Zoras pursued us slowly, forcing us to inch closer over the falls. The bird
was still flying towards us, but it was far off in the distance. Suddenly, they pulled out
their spears and were aiming them at me.
“Midna,” I said shakily.
“I’ll be right back, okay?” she said as she vanished.
“MIDNA!” Link barked.
The Zoras were about three feet away from us, when one jabbed its spear at us.
Link tackled me over the falls, narrowly missing the point of the spear, even though I
knew neither of us would survive this fall.....
Suddenly, midway through our fall, the bird with Midna on its back swooped
down and caught us in its talons. We’d never been more grateful in our life.
‘Thank you, thank you, thank you,” I screeched at her.
“You can thank me later, but we need to find a hiding place for Devan while you
find the tears of light up here,” Midna said.
“What? But I want to stay with Link!” I said in protest.
“NO! Now quit whining before you get us all killed,” Midna screeched.
“I think it would be best if we kept her at the lake. I’ll give a howl when I need a
ride back,” Link said. “You’ll stay with Devan, just in case.”
“Sounds good.”
“What? What did he say?”
“Link says that we’re going to take you to the lake but he’ll stay here to look for
the tears. I’ll look for them with you down at Lake Hylia.”
The bird flew in circles and then dived down and landed on the ground next to the
falls. Link hopped out of the birds talons and looked up at us as the bird hit the air again.
I waved an alien-like hand goodbye to him as he barked back at me.
“Bye! See you soon!” he barked.
“What did he say?” I asked Midna.
“He says he loves you and he’ll see you soon.”
“WHAT?!”
Midna giggled hysterically. “I’m kidding, I’m kidding! He said, ‘Bye! See you
soon!’ You seriously thought he said that?”
“Maybe,” I thought.
We finally reached the lake when the bird plopped me on the ground. Midna got
off of its back as it flew off. Midna jumped onto my back and made herself comfortable.
“Ahem, excuse me, but just what are you doing?” I said annoyed.
“What? I’m just sitting on your back. I always get around like this. I’m
practically weightless!”
“Well, whatever. What now?”
“Well, I’m positive that there’s some tears of light down here, but Link can
usually sniff them out. Considering you’re not a canine of some sort, we’re just going to
have to look the old fashioned way.”
“Greeaaat” I sighed.
We walked along the shores of the lake for about a half an hour. I began to
“whistle” a tune which sounded very bizarre in the voice of a shadow being. It seemed
Midna was enjoying it too. Suddenly, there was a strange electric buzzing behind us. I
turned around to see over ten of the electric bugs standing behind us, listening to my
“whistling.” I stopped whistling, and the bugs buzzed angrily. I whistled again, and the
bugs calmed down. I continued this for a couple minutes, entertaining myself.
“Okay, that’s enough! You’ve attracted more than half of the tears to us, so take
advantage of it!” Midna screeched.
I kept whistling to lull the bugs to a sleep like state. I walked all over them,
killing them, which released the tears of light. Midna placed them in a vessel of light,
and laughed in triumph.
“Wow, what a stroke of luck! This will make finding the tears of light faster than
the norm! What were you whistling by the way?” Midna asked curiously.
“You know, I’m not really sure. I heard it in one of my dreams the other night.”
“Interesting. We should probably head back and find Link,” she said. “You know
what to do.”
“I do? Oh, right, I do!”
Midna smacked her forehead as I began to “sing” the pitches used to summon the
bird. We waited for about five minutes when the bird flew into view with Link in tow.
The bird swooped down next to us, and dropped Link off.
“Well that was convenient,” Midna stated.
“I could hear Devan from there, and I was all done, so I decided ‘why not hitch a
ride?’” Link said. “So how did you guys fare?”
“Well Devan had a stroke of dumb luck and was able to attract the bugs in the
area just by whistling! She could knock ‘em out too, which made them targets for easy
picking.”
“HEY!”
“I’m just teasing you.”
Link gave Midna the last of the tears when we were transported to a spirit spring
next to the lake. Link and I were pack in our human forms. We were standing up on a
small cliff that was above the water of the spring inside of a domed cave. Suddenly, a
golden spirit in the form of a snake shot out of the spring and towered over us.
“Thank you Link and Devan for returning the light to this place.”
“No problem!” I smiled.
“My name is Lanayru.” Lanayru stayed quiet for a moment when he began to
growl ferociously. “The darkness.....it approaches.”
Link drew his sword as Midna, him, and I looked around the cavern for any sign
of danger. Suddenly, the figure clad in black armor from my dream appeared before us. I
began to shake, terrified. Lanayru dived at him to attack, but the figure just barely held
out a hand, which sent Lanayru spiraling back into the spring.
“Zant,” Midna growled, “what are you doing here?”
“Zant?” I thought.
Zant laughed evilly as he began to approach us. A flash of worry crossed Link’s
face when he suddenly pushed me off the cliff into the spring. I landed with a splash and
raced to the surface, trying to hear what was being said.
“My dear Midna, I’ve only come here for you,” Zant sneered. “I need your help
so we can take over this world of light.”
“I’ll never help you!” she cried.
I saw Zant raise a hand which forced Midna to him. Link moved to help, but Zant
had him restrained as well. Zant laughed wickedly as he stole the fused shadows from
Midna. Midna gasped as Link growled angrily at him.
“I’ll be taking these, but I still have one more order of business,” he grinned. He
kept Link and Midna restrained as he floated down the small cliff and stood on top of the
water, staring at me with a wicked grin. I dove under the water immediately, but Zant
used his powers to bring me back up. He grabbed me by the neck, and floated back up to
the others. Midna let out a gasp of shock as Link gulped and stiffened. I kicked and
struggled against Zant’s choking grip, but I wasn’t winning. I gasped for air, as I could
feel myself going unconscious.
“LET HER GO!” Link cried angrily. He tried to move, but Zant’s magic held him
tightly.
“Zant, please! Don’t hurt her! Take me instead!” Midna pleaded.
“I don’t need either of you. But since she is the sage of light, her power could
easily over take mine. But since she hasn’t fully awakened, she is still weak, which will
allow me to get rid of her with ease.”
Zant’s hand began to glow as he held it in front of my face. Tears of fear were
streaming down my face. Right as Zant was about to touch my face, Link yelled out;
“PLEASE, DON’T! Don’t hurt her. Anything but that,” he begged. I looked out
of my peripheral vision and saw Link with tears welling in his eyes. Zant laughed
maniacally at him.
“Does the human love this petty girl? Fine, I shall let her live, but on one
condition. SHE GOES BACK TO HER WORLD!” he bellowed.
“NOOO!” I cried as Zant touched my forehead. I vanished in a flash of light as
Zant laughed tauntingly at Link and Midna. Link lunged forward with sword in hand, but
Zant repelled him, rendering him unconscious.
“Let that be a warning to you,” he said to Midna as he vanished.
Midna stood by Link, trying to awake him as the sounds of Zant’s laughter taunted
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I awoke to find myself staring at an endless blue sky. I watched the clouds race
through the sky for minutes on end as it seemed like I was floating. I could hear familiar
voices shouting my name.
“DEVAN!” Alison cried out in joy. I turned to find myself looking into water. I
was floating in the pool of which I had first disappeared.
“OH MY GOD! IT REALLY IS HER!” Henry cried. Giaco stared in disbelief. I
ignored their cries of attention, trying to remember what had happened earlier. I closed
my eyes and let the waves of the pool take me in. Visions of my first encounter with
Link, the mines, the ball, and finally Zant raced through my head. My eyes suddenly shot
open as I dived under the water.
“What is she doing?!” Alison cried. The others dived in to observe my strange
behavior. I had my hands spread out on the bottom of the pool, searching for the
mysterious symbol. I started going dizzy from lack of oxygen as I clawed at the bottom.
Alison and Giaco dragged me back up to the top, as I kicked and screamed in protest.
“NO! LET ME GO! HE NEEDS MY HELP!” I yelled. “I NEED TO GO
BACK!” Tears were spilling down my face as the possibility of never going back set in.
“Devan! Calm down! You’re safe now,” Alison said, trying to calm me down.
“HE’LL KILL HIM! Please,” I begged. Extreme drowsiness began to take over
as they dragged me to a dry area outside of the pool. Alison began to wipe me down with
a towel as I fought to stay awake.
“What’s with the weird clothes?” Henry asked.
“Now is not the best time,” Alison glared.
“Sorry,” he mumbled.
I began to sob uncontrollably as sleep finally took me in. My friends stared at me
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“Is he going to be okay?” Midna asked Impa. Impa stared at her gravely.
“He’s taken a lot of damage, but he’ll be fine. It seems he’s suffering from some
major head trauma that’s physical, yet physiological,” she sighed.
Midna stared at the ground and whispered, “.....Devan.....”
Zelda observed him from his bedside then looked at Midna. “What happened to
Devan?”
Midna flinched a little as the question was asked. “Zant decided to make an
appearance. He took the fused shadows and threatened to kill Devan, but Link pleaded
against it. So he.....sent her back.”
“Well isn’t that what we were trying to do?” Zelda asked, completely oblivious to
the emotional surroundings.
“THAT’S BESIDES THE POINT!” Midna roared. “Remember when the sage of
light died? Well she’s been reincarnated into that girl,” she sighed.
Zelda’s eyes grew wide. “You’re not serious, are you?”
“I wish I wasn’t. According to Zant, if we don’t have the fused shadows, she’s
the only other person who can stop him.”
Zelda sighed deeply. “Well, we’ll have to find a way to get her back, for the sake
of Hyrule.”
“And for Link’s sake,” Midna thought as she saw a tear roll down his face while
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“She’s awake!” Alison exclaimed. I opened my eyes and saw that I was on
Alison’s bed. Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
“How are you feeling?” Henry asked.
My head was aching badly. “Terrible,” I mumbled.
“What happened to you? Where did you go?” Giaco asked me slowly.
“I-I’m not entirely sure. I was transported to another world that was sort of
similar to ours. It’s called Hyrule.” Everyone stared at me as Alison nodded her head for
me to keep going. “I had been attacked as soon as I arrived, but I was saved by someone
named Link. He’s only a little bit older than us. He took me to this huge castle where we
met the princess of the land named Zelda. They took me in, clothed me, fed me, and
treated my wounds. Eventually, I went to help the man who saved me find whatever he
was looking for, until we were attacked, and I was.....sent back.....here.....”
Everyone gave me strange looks as if I were crazy.
“But now I need to go back! He needs my help! All of those people and creatures
are doomed without me,” I sobbed.
Everyone hugged me, trying to comfort me.
“Why do you want to go back so badly if you were almost killed?” Henry asked.
“I.....I.....” I wasn’t even sure of that myself at this point.
“Well guys, it’s getting late. You and Giaco head home, and I’ll keep an eye on
her, don’t worry,” Alison said. Everyone gave me one last goodbye hug before they left.
“Devan, do you need anything?”
“.....no.....”
“Alright. Tell me if you need anything though. Try to get some rest,” she said as
she left the room and shut the door. I walked over to the window and saw rain streaming
down the glossy surface, almost like tear drops.
“Why do you want to go back so badly if you were almost killed?”
The words played in my head as tears welled up in my eyes.
“Because I.....love him,” I sobbed.

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The next day.....

I stared into the depths of the pool as the heat of the sun warmed my back. I had
been sitting here for five hours now, and it was only 1:30. Alison and the others observed
the sad look on my face from afar.
“Alison, did Devan say anything to you last night?” Giaco asked quietly.
“No. She just stared quietly as she was crying, and she was screaming in her
sleep. I took me forever just to wake her up,” she sighed.
“I’ll go talk to her,” Henry said as he got up. Giaco rested a hand on his shoulder
and held him there.
“You better let me take care of this one,” Giaco said. “Sometimes you say the
wrong things. No offense.”
Giaco went and joined me by my side. I was too zoned to even notice.
“Whatcha looking at?” he asked me.
No answer.
“You know, if there’s something wrong, you can always tell me,” he said as he
tried to get my attention. I was still ignoring him. He sat directly in front of me, staring
me in the face. “It’s him, isn’t it? Link, right?”
I stared back into his eyes, the sadness clearly written on my face. I tried to fight
back the tears, but they just kept coming. Giaco held me as he tried to comfort me, as I
began to cry.
“Who knows. Maybe you’ll see him soon,” Giaco said.
“Now you’re just getting my hopes up,” I grumbled.
“Well if you got pulled into some strange world, anything is possible.”
“Your right,” I chuckled.
“Are you going to be okay?” he asked me.
“I don’t know,” I sighed. Everything seemed hopeless at this point.
“Is there anything I can do to help? I hate seeing you this sad.”
“Yeah. Find a way to get me back to his world, or bring him here.”
“That may be a bit much,” he sighed.
“I know, but you did say ‘anything,’” I sniffled.
He smiled at me. “Everything will be okay.”
“Thanks,” I replied as he pat me on the head. He left me in my thoughts and
joined Alison and Henry again.
“What did she say?” Henry asked.
“I’m not saying anything. If she tells you, then she tells you. But don’t hound her
about it,” he growled.
I was back to staring into the watery depths when 10:00 finally came around.
“Devan, we need to get back,” Alison yawned.
“Yeah. You’ve been here for.....thirteen and a half hours,” Henry added as he
checked his watch.
I stood up and walked past them, without saying a word.

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Three days had past, and there hadn’t been any sign of ever going back, yet I
stayed at the pool for hours on end, with my friends watching my behavior in sadness.

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Sorry I haven't posted in awhile! We've got competition this week, so our teacher has been making us work A LOT. I'll try to post as much as I can before Friday, so all my readers are entertained. I just realized at what a cliffhanger I left you guys on. Well here ya go! Enjoy!



“Please, Link! Wake up!” Midna begged.
After the days that I had been gone, Link had fallen critically ill and was in a
coma, with no hope of ever waking up.
“Midna, you’ve been at it for days. What’s that going to do?” Zelda asked.
“WELL I DON’T SEE YOU DOING ANYTHING!” she snapped.
Zelda opened her mouth to retaliate, but she knew Midna hit home.
“I wish I knew the source of Zant’s power, so I could lift this curse from you,” she
sighed.
“How do you know he’s cursed?” Zelda asked.
“Just by the way he hit him. He’s keeping him in the darkness of his mind, as he
relives the same nightmare over and over again. My magic and I’m sure yours isn’t
strong enough to break it,” Midna sighed sadly. “WAKE UP YOU IDIOT!” she cried.
He’s keeping him in the darkness of his mind.....
“Light up the darkness,” she whispered. A light bulb went on in her head.
“What? What is it?” Zelda asked.
“We’ve got to get Devan back, and I think I know how,” she smiled.

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I stared at Alison’s ceiling as I tried to fall asleep. I began to hum the tune from
when Midna and I were at Lake Hylia and I had my stroke of “dumb luck.” I eventually
lulled myself into a deep, yet quiet sleep.

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I was standing in the middle of nowhere. White surrounded me like a void, and I
was unable to tell where anything started or ended. It seemed to go on forever. I walked
around, searching for something, anything, or anybody. I felt like I was going crazy,
without anyone around. I began to spin in circles, trying to find a way out when I heard
a familiar voice.
“Wow, you look like an idiot walking around like that!” she giggled.
“Midna?!” I said, startled. “Is it really you? Or is this just a dream?”
“I don’t know. Why don’t you try using your non-existent brain to figure it out,”
she said sarcastically.
“It really is you!” I cried as I gave her a huge hug.
“Okay, get off of me. I can’t.....breath.”
“I missed you so much,” I sighed. Midna looked at me with a serious look on her
face.
“Do you want to go back?”
“What?” I said, surprised.
“Do you want to go back?” she asked again.
I closed my eyes and let out a deep sigh. “Yes.”
“Then take my hand!” she cried. I held tight as I felt the feeling of being
transported in my dream, and on my actual body.

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I landed with a thud as I appeared in the courtyard of Hyrule Castle. I checked my
surroundings as I was filled with happiness.
“I’m really back!” I cried. I looked around to see Midna sitting next to me,
gasping. “Are you okay?”
“Y-yeah.....just after doing.....a spell.....like that really.....tires me out,” she gasped.
I couldn’t help but giggle a little.
“Where’s Link?” I asked excitedly.
Midna gave me a pained look. “Come with me,” she said as she got up. At that
moment, all the happiness was drained from me.
She led me to the hospital wing, and took us inside a certain room. I opened the
door to find Zelda and Impa sitting next to a bed with a very beaten up Link sleeping in it.
I stared at him, studying his wounds.
“Is he.....” I started.
“He’s only sleeping, but he’s been like this since the attack. Zant placed a curse
on him, so he keeps reliving the same nightmare over and over. I can’t even begin to
imagine what he’s going through,” she said as she saw Link shudder in his sleep.
I walked close to his bed, when I stopped and looked at Zelda. She nodded her
head in approval as I sat on the bed next to him. I studied the various bruises and cuts on
his face when I guilty feeling washed over me.
“It’s all because he tried to protect me.”
I grabbed his hand and stroked it tenderly.
“I’m so sorry,” I whispered, as a few stray tears trickled down my face.
“What’s the matter?” Zelda asked.
“It’s all my fault. He was trying to help me, but he only got hurt because of me.
I’m the one who’s always getting him hurt! I’m sorry,” I cried.
I buried my face into his shoulder, crying.
“Please wake up! Please! I’m sorry! I never meant for any of this to happen!
Please! Just wake up!” I pleaded. “Just open your eyes!”
Zelda and Midna looked away from the sad sight before them. Zelda stood up and
left, as Impa followed. Midna floated next to me and patted my head.
“It’s all up to her now,” she thought as she left the room.
I looked out the window. There were hundreds of stars, and a little sliver of a
moon. I rested my head on his shoulder, praying that he would wake up, as I cried myself
to sleep once more.

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I found myself standing in the middle of what seemed like a medieval torture
chamber. I heard a scream of agony then a cry of rage coming from a nearby chamber.
I left the room I was in, and walked down an eerie hall towards the screams. I found the
chamber and gasped at the sight before me. Link was chained up to a wall as his friends
were being killed before his very eyes. I was too late. They were all dead. I charged into
the room, roaring in anger. I attacked and killed the beasts who were killing his friends
when Zant appeared before me. He grabbed my throat and lifted me off the ground,
choking me. A look of sheer terror crossed Link’s face.
“DON’T HURT HER!” Link cried.
Zant laughed at him wickedly as he drew a glowing blade and jabbed it through
my torso. Surprise lit on Zant’s face when he saw me still alive and breathing, as if
nothing had happened.
“You can’t hurt me, and I WON’T ALLOW YOU TO TORTURE HIM
ANYMORE!” I roared as I held my hand high above my head. Light began to emanate
from it, and Zant screamed in pain as he vanished. I landed on the ground with a thud,
then rushed to Link’s aid. I freed him from the chains, as he leaned on me for support.
“I thought you were gone,” Link said.
“I came back,” I said softly.
We looked into eachother’s eyes as we were watching the tears on eachother’s
face fall. Suddenly, he wrapped his arms around me, hugging me. I hugged him back, as
he began to sob on my shoulder.
“I thought I lost you. I thought you were never coming back,” he said.
“I thought that too, but I’m here now. I tried so hard, trying to find a way.”
“But why? This isn’t your real home.”
My words got caught in my throat. “Because I.....I love you.”
There was a silence for a moment when Link looked into my eyes.
“I love you too,” he whispered.
He leaned in and kissed me softly, as light erupted from the room.

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I jolted awake to find Link beginning to stir. He stood up and rubbed his eyes.
He still hadn’t noticed me yet, and it was early morning.
I gasped. “Thank god,” I whispered as I hugged him tightly. He looked down at
me and smiled.
“Thank you,” he said.
“What for?” I sniffled as I was crying happily.
“You saved me from that terrible nightmare. I just couldn’t wake up, no matter
how hard I tried until you showed up.”
I looked at him. “You had the same dream as I did?”
Link nodded his head.
“I love you too.”
My face went blood red. “That means he-”
“And I meant every word of it,” he said quietly.
“What are you talking about?” I said nervously as I stood up. Link grabbed my
arm and made me sit down next to him again.
“Can’t you see that I need you? I mean that I really truly love you. Please never
leave my side,” he whispered. He held me against his chest as I was listening to his
heartbeat.
“I won’t. Ever again. I promise, because I love you too,” I said quietly.
He rested his head on top of mine as he kissed my head. We stayed in that
position for a little while until the steady pace of his heartbeat lulled me to sleep.

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Zelda walked into the room to find me and Link still asleep, but she noticed that
Link’s position had changed.
“So he’s finally woken up,” she whispered quietly. “I guess that girl really is a lot
more powerful than we thought if she could break the curse on him. Even I was unable to
do anything,” she sighed sadly. Zelda turned to leave when she looked back at us. “She’s
in good hands.”
As soon as the door shut, I began to stir. It was about nine in the morning, and the
rays of the morning light shined through the window. I carefully got off the bed so as not
to wake Link. As soon as I opened the door, I heard a voice.
“Don’t leave without me,” Link said as he sat up. He stifled a gasp of pain.
“You can’t get out of bed just yet, smart one. You may be awake, but you got
banged up pretty badly,” I laughed. Link scowled at me. “I’ll be right back. I’m just
going to tell the others your awake.”
I left the room and navigated my way around the castle until I was in the throne
room. I gasped at the sight before me. I saw Zelda standing at her throne with sword in
hand. There were soldiers everywhere, waiting for something to happen, but what?
Suddenly, a huge plume of black fog burst through the entrance, enshrouding the soldiers.
I could see something else moving within the fog, attacking the soldiers. My heart hit
rock bottom. Shadow beings were attacking the castle! Soldiers were being taken down
one by one when Zelda looked in my direction.
“Midna! Get Devan and Link out of here immediately!” she cried.
Midna appeared next to me, and began tugging on my arm. “Let’s go!”
I rushed away from the battle with Midna in tow. I could hear explosions going
on behind me. “What’s happening?”
“Since Zant got rid of you, he decided that he’s going on the offensive now. If he
takes over the castle, it’ll be easier for him to take over all of Hyrule!”
“Then shouldn’t we stay and fight?”
“There’s too many of them. We wouldn’t stand a chance!”
We continued running when Link found us, fully equipped and ready to go. He’d
also brought my spear. “What’s going on?!”
“Zant is attacking the castle! The princess ordered us to leave immediately!”
Link opened his mouth to protest when there was an earth shaking explosion.
Midna grabbed both of our hands and transported us out of the castle. We appeared in the
field in front of Castle Town as a huge, twilight barrier surrounded the castle, trapping
everyone in, and keeping everything else out.
“How could they?!” Link cried out angrily.
I stared at the terrible sight before us. There were flames and plumes of smoke
shooting from the castle. Suddenly, without realizing what I was doing, I raced off for the
castle.
“YOU MORON! GET BACK HERE!” Midna cried.
“Wait!” Link cried, trying to follow. He still wasn’t in any condition to move.
I raced through the streets of Castle Town as its residents stared on in horror.
Everyone was motionless. A crowd of people surrounded the castle gate, staring at this
strange magic. I pushed my way through, when I studied the barrier. I reached out to
touch it, when it sent a powerful, yet painful shock through my body. I fell to the ground
as I cried out in pain. One of the elder men from the crowd came to my side and helped
me up.
“Are you alright miss?” he asked me.
“Y-yeah. Just a little shaken up,” I replied.
“What are you trying to do?” he asked curiously. “If you’re trying to get through,
it’s hopeless.”
“Well I can’t just sit here and do nothing!” I cried. I stood before the barrier and
closed my eyes, concentrating. I could hear Link’s footsteps come behind me and feel the
eyes of the crowd on me.
“What are you doing? You can’t just come charging in on your own! Are you
even listening to me?”
“Wait.....she’s building up some kind of power, but how?” Midna said.
I had the vision from my dream stuck in my brain, imagining the glowing power
in my hands. I could feel a strange power coursing through my body, as my hands began
to glow brightly. I opened my eyes and stared at my hands as the crowd let out a gasp. I
walked even closer to the barrier, with my hands held out. I placed my hands on the
barrier as there was an electric type of buzzing. Sparks flew everywhere as I began to tear
a hole in it. The crowd gasped as Link’s jaw dropped. I pushed and pulled with all my
might, when I felt the push of the barrier coming at me. Sweat was dripping from my
face as I concentrated my new found power into my hands.
“H-help!” I cried, exasperated. Link and Midna joined me and were pushing on
my back, to hold me steady. The power of the barrier was pushing us back little by little,
when Link and Midna got shot back. I let out a final cry as I pushed all my energy for a
final time, then was shot into the air. I landed with a thud as Link joined my side. I
looked up to see the hole in the barrier closing.
“Damn,” I growled.
“Are you okay?” Link said with worry on his face.
“Yeah I’m fine,” I sighed. “I just wasn’t strong enough.”
We turned around to find the townspeople staring at me in awe.
“If this maiden has the power to tear a hole in that barrier using the power of light,
that means the sage of light has been reborn! The Maiden of Light has come to save us!”
someone cried. Everyone bowed before me.
“Um, guys? You don’t have to do that. Really,” I laughed nervously.
Everyone stood up and looked at me. “Is there anything we can do for you, our
Maiden?”
“Um, yeah. QUIT CALLING ME THAT!” I was starting to get annoyed.
I walked through the crowd as Link cleared a path for us. We headed for the town
gates as the people were following us, asking “What can we do to serve you?”
I turned around and gave them my most frightening glare. “You can go home, and
pray for peace or whatever. That’s how you can help me,” I said angrily.
“The Maiden of Light has spoken!” someone cried as they all left. I could hear
Link and Midna laughing hysterically next to me.
“What? What’s so funny?” I growled.
“Oh nothing. It’s just so funny when the townspeople start worshipping someone
they don’t even know because of something extraordinary they did. Don’t worry, I got it
too,” Link explained.
“Maiden my butt,” Midna giggled quietly.
I glared at Midna when Link cut in. “That’s besides the point. Just what the heck
do you think you were trying to do?” Link asked angrily.
I looked at him with a determined face. “I was trying to break the barrier, so I
could help Zelda.”
Link and Midna stared at me.
“Well it was a pretty good shot, considering you tore a nice hole in it, but I’m
pretty sure Zant is aware of your strengths now. I’m sure he’ll be making our lives much
harder in the future,” Midna sighed.
“Well, what now?” I asked.
“I think we should head back to Kakariko Village, and then take the children back
home, just in case of.....well you know,” Link sighed.
I nodded my head in agreement as Midna’s face lit up.
“Which reminds me. Since we’ll be heading in that direction anyways, we need to
go to the Sacred Grove so Link can retrieve the Master Sword, and then the Temple of
Time so Devan can reawaken as a sage!”
Link and I glared at her. “And you didn’t tell us this before, because?”
“I was planning to, but I didn’t have any time to explain, and you just ran off!” she
retorted.
“Hee hee, sorry,” I laughed, embarrassed.
“I thought the Temple of Time no longer existed,” Link chimed in.
“That’s what I thought too, but Zelda said we’ll be guided soon enough.”
“What’s the Temple of Time?” I asked curiously.
Midna and I continued to talk about this mysterious temple as Link looked around
for something. Suddenly, he reached down, and plucked a funny looking grass from the
ground.
“What’s that?”
“You’ll see,” Link smiled as Midna rolled her eyes.
Link began to blow on the grass, as he played a beautiful melody. As he finished,
we heard a loud whinny as Epona ran to us.
“You have a song for everything, don’t you?” I laughed. “Do you have one that
summons dragons?” I joked.
“God I wish,” he sighed, then he laughed.
We mounted Epona as we made our second journey to Kakariko Village in the
Eldin Province. Luckily for us, there weren’t any monsters along the way. We reached
the village by midday, as we were greeted by Link’s friends once again.
“LINK!” they all shouted, circling around him like usual.
“Hey guys! Did you miss me?” he smiled.
“OF COURSE!” they cried.
Ilia approached him and hugged him. “I missed you!”
Link’s face went red and looked down at her. “Um, hi?”
I began to walk off, pretending to look around the village.
“Hey, where you going?” Link asked me as Ilia was still hugging him.
“I’m just going to look around for a bit,” I said without looking at him as I
continued to walk off.
“Ugh, I’m such an idiot!” Link thought sadly.
I walked around studying the old buildings as Link continued to talk to his friends.
“What’s the matter with her?” I heard Ilia ask.
“Don’t worry about it,” Link sighed.
“Why am I getting so worked up about that?”
I looked through the window of a deserted building when I saw a shadow move
inside. I moved closer to get a better look when a furry creature broke through the glass
and jumped me. The sound of the shattering glass got everyone’s attention as they ran
over to see my attacker, licking my face. I yelled in fits of laughter as Link pulled the dog
off of me and offered me his hand. I ignored his hand as I stood up when Ilia joined us.
Link gave me an apologetic look.
“Are you alright? We’ve been looking for this little guy for quite sometime. We
thought maybe the monsters got to him,” Ilia said as she scratched the dog behind its ears.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I said without looking her in the eye. I dusted the dirt off my
clothes as I went back to the building the other children were staying at. I was greeted by
Renado as I entered.
“Ah, welcome! It’s nice to see a familiar face!” he smiled.
“Same to you!”
“Where’s your friend, Link?”
“Right here,” he said as he entered the building. We sat down at a table as
Renado sat across from us. “Can we ask you a favor?”
“Anything,” Renado said in a serious tone.
“I’m sure you’ve already noticed the strange activity up at the castle, so we
wanted to get everyone back home. But in order to do that, we need an extra horse, a
cart, and a volunteer to drive it while Devan and I guard it.”
Renado looked at the table, quiet in thought. “I can get you a horse and a cart, but
I’m not sure who’d be willing to take you,” he sighed.
Suddenly, a woman who looked very similar to Renado walked into the room.
“Oh Renado, honey! I missed you!” she said as she squeezed the life out of him.
“Nice to see you too, Telma,” Renado sighed. It was obvious that he didn’t enjoy
her company.
“Who are these kids?” she asked as she looked at us.
“This is Link, and this is Devan. They helped to save the village when it was
enshrouded in twilight.”
“Really,” Telma said quietly as she studied us. “You know, you sound like the
right people to help for our cause. There’s a group of us that’s banded together to stop
the evils from taking over Hyrule,” she proclaimed proudly.
“Really?” I said in surprise. “This means we could have some allies!” I exclaimed
to Link. He didn’t look to sure.
“Who’s all in it?” Link asked suspiciously.
“There’s a lady knight named Ashei, an old man name Auru, a researcher named
Shad, and a swordsman from Ordon named Rusl.”
Link’s eyes lit up. “Rusl? Are you serious?”
“Yeah. Do you know him?”
“He was the one who trained me!” Link exclaimed.
“Hm! Well, now that I think about it, he’s trying to get into the Sacred Grove. I
need to go down there and give him some stuff though.”
“We were just about to head there! But we still need a carriage driver because
we’re taking the children with us as well.”
“I’d be happy to take you!” Telma smiled.
“Great!” I said. “When do we leave?”
“As soon as we can,” Link replied.

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We were set and ready to go within twenty minutes. Telma was driving the cart
as I rode on Epona, with a bow and boomerang in hand. Link was in his wolf form, ready
to fight if necessary. I had to come up with an excuse as to why there was a wolf
following us around, because the others had no idea about Link’s power of
transformation.
“He’s my pet! He’ll help to protect us, and don’t worry, he’s friendly,” I added as
I patted his head. Lucky for us, Midna could make herself invisible to everyone but us,
which saved an explanation.
“Okay, well, where’s Link?”
“Um.....well......he’s going to cover us from the rear, so don’t worry about it,” I
smiled nervously. “That was a close one!”
“Alright, everybody! Let’s move out!” Telma cried.
She edged her horse on as I had Epona follow along the side of the cart, with Link
protecting the other side. There weren’t too many enemies in our path, which was an
added bonus, when our hopes were crushed in the dust. Just in front of the entrance to the
Ordon Province was a line of at least twenty bulblins mounted on huge boars. In the
center, there was an extremely large one riding a huge white boar with nasty looking
tusks.
“Alright guys, it’s your turn.”
I nodded my head as Link and I charged the horde of monsters dead on. I was
able to down a few when I heard the whining of a dog, or more specifically a wolf. I
turned to see that Link was surrounded by three bulblins, and they had all stabbed him.
“NOOO!!” I cried out. Blood stained his fur coat as there were pools of it at his
paws. Link laid on the ground whimpering loudly as the bulblins continued to stab him.
I cleared a pathway quickly for Telma. “It’s clear from here! Go!”
Telma raced through the opening as I rushed to Link’s aid. I was able to kill two
of the bulblins along the way with arrows then stabbed the third through the head. It
slumped off of its boar, as it dashed away. I stood over Link, attacking anything that
came near. I let out a scream of rage as I stabbed two bulblins that were riding the same
boar right through the head. Blood of the creatures was showering down everywhere. I
hadn’t even noticed the amount of blood I was accumulating. Link looked up at me, and
let out a little whine.
“I’ll protect you, even if it costs me my life,” I said with a wicked grin. Anger and
hatred was starting to take over. I massacred the rest of the bulblins, giving no mercy
until there was three left. The largest one which I assumed was the leader, and two others
on its side. The two other bulblins charged at me, with huge lances. Link gave out a final
cry before he passed out.
“LINK!” I bellowed. I glared at the bulblins charging at me. I felt a strange
energy begin to surge through my body, but it wasn’t like before. It was more dark, more
evil.....Suddenly, I leaped and cut off one of the bulblin’s heads as Midna appeared next
to Link and stared at me, horrified at what I had become. I began to laugh wickedly as
the last one came straight at me. I raised my hand at what seemed to be a dark arrow shot
from it, hitting the bulblin between the eyes. I laughed wickedly at my kill, but the boar
kept running. Suddenly, one of its long tusks went straight through my torso. My eyes
were open wide, as Midna let out a loud gasp. I began to cough up blood, but I refused to
lose. I removed myself from the tusk and sliced the side of the boar, as its innards oozed
out. I laughed triumphantly as blood spilled out from my wound and from my mouth.
The leader looked at me, terrified, as he rode off. I began to give chase, but my wound
held me back. I fell to the ground, but I tried to crawl after him.
“DEVAN! STOP! YOU’LL ONLY MAKE IT WORSE!” Midna cried as she
tried to stop me. She let out a gasp as she looked into my eyes, which had turned a
yellow color.
“They hurt him, I can’t let him get away,” I laughed hysterically. Not in the funny
kind of hysterically, but the crazy with evil power kind of hysterically. Suddenly, Midna
slapped me across the face. I stared at her dumbfounded as she saw my eyes return to a
normal color.
“DON’T LET ZANT CONTROL YOU!” she yelled angrily at me.
I looked her in the face. Tears were starting to form. “W-what happened to
m-me?” I stuttered. I was scared at my behavior. Suddenly, I felt the pain from the hole
in my stomach surge through my entire body. I screamed in pain as Midna used her hand
of hair to help me up. She helped me as I staggered over to Link, who was still
unconscious. I carefully pulled out the spears that were in his sides as I set his head on
my lap, and scratched behind his ears.
“So, this is how it ends, huh?” I croaked. I could feel my energy quickly fading as
more and more blood kept spilling. “I just wish you were awake so I could say goodbye,”
I smiled sadly. Suddenly, I heard a loud whinny behind me. I turned my head to see
Midna floating next to Epona with the reins in hand.
“Now don’t go dying on me!” she smiled.
I laughed lightly at this. “I’ll try.”
I stood up, and groaned in pain as I picked up Link. Blood was literally squirting
from my wound as I was lifting him up. I staggered as I carried him over to Epona. I laid
him across on her back, as I mounted her slowly. I screamed in pain as another surge of
pain shot through my entire body. I collapsed on Link’s back, as everything was starting
to go black.
“Please, M-M-Midna, t-take us t-t-to the v-v-village,” I stuttered with a final
breath. I went unconscious as Midna began to lead Epona, hopefully to safety and life,
and not to our graves.

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I quickly sat up as I jolted awake. A slight pang shot through my torso as I rubbed
my stomach. I gasped in pain, as I looked to see Ilia by my side.
“Are you awake?” she asked me quietly.
I nodded my head, when I realized something. “Where’s Li- I mean Cerberus?
My wolf,” I asked.
“He’s fine, but it seems he’s run off into the forest. Link is still recovering from
the wounds on his sides, but he’s doing much better since he woke up about two days
ago.”
“Wait, two days?! How long have I been asleep?!” I asked worriedly.
“About five and a half days.”
“FIVE AND A HALF DAYS?!?! I got to get going!” I cried as I made a terrible
attempt at jumping out of the bed. Ilia tried a futile attempt to hold me down.
“You can’t move yet! You’ll open your wounds!” she cried as she held onto my
arm as I tried to leave from the tent they were keeping me in.
“I have to go!” I cried.
Suddenly, Link came through the tent, and looked at me, surprised. Then he
began to laugh. Ilia and I fell back, surprised.
“Having a tough time getting her to stay put, are you?” Link laughed.
“Just a little bit,” Ilia replied.
Link looked at me, then went bright red. “I gotta go,” he said, as he left the tent.
“What was that about?” I asked.
“Um, well, I was trying to stop you, because you’ve only got bandages on,” Ilia
said quietly. I looked down, and let out a gasp. I still had my shorts on, but my entire
upper half was completely wrapped up tightly in bandages, with a large red stain in the
area of my wound.
“OH MY GOD!” I yelled, embarrassed.
“Uh, yeah. Sorry about that,” Ilia said nervously.
“Do you have anything I can wear?”
“Of course! I cleaned and fixed your shirt for you while you were sleeping,” she
smiled.
“Thanks!” I exclaimed. I hugged her tightly as she handed me my shirt.
“You’re welcome?” she said, slightly confused. “How weird.”
I slipped on my shirt, and raced out the tent. I looked around to find myself in a
small village. There was a small stream that went straight down the middle, as small huts
and houses were scattered around.
“So this is where Link is from,” I said quietly. I walked around for a little bit,
when a very tall yet somewhat large man approached me. He was bald, and had what
looked to be little tusks sticking out of his upper lip where a mustache would be.
“Hello!” he boomed. “You must be Link’s friend Devan! My name is Bo!” he
said grinning and shaking my hand. “I thank you for helping getting my daughter and the
other village kids back safely!”
“No problem,” I smiled. “By any chance, do you know where Link is?”
“I think he’s at his house right now.”
“He’s only seventeen, and he’s already got his own house and horse?”
“Can you tell me where it is?”
“Sure! I’ll have my daughter take you. Ilia!” Bo cried. Ilia rushed over to us.
“Can you take Devan to Link’s house?”
“Sure.”
Ilia guided me a little ways out of the village, when we came upon a house built
into the side of a huge tree.
“This is it!” she exclaimed.
“Wow,” I said in awe. “Does he live here with his parents?”
Ilia looked down at the ground sadly. “He’s an orphan. No one knows of his
parents, so the other villagers helped to raise him when we found him.”
“Oh,” I replied sadly. I looked at the house a little more, and realized the only
way to the door was a ladder. “Greeaaat, this will feel good,” I thought sarcastically.
“Thanks,” I said to Ilia.
“No problem,” she smiled as she returned to the village.
I began my painful ascent up the ladder. I finally reached the top, as I could feel a
bit of blood trickling on my stomach. “Great, I opened up my wound.”
I knocked on the door, and I waited for a bit, but there was no reply. I decided to
go in, and I saw Link at a desk, sound asleep. I closed the door as quietly as I could.
Midna appeared at my side, and gave a signal for silence. I nodded my head as we
walked into another room nearby.
“Oh, I’m so glad your awake,” Midna said.
I stared at her in surprise.
“What?” she asked me.
“Well, I was expecting you to say something like ‘wow, your not dead’ or
something like that.”
“I’m not mean all the time.”
“Whatever you say,” I sighed.
Suddenly, I felt a hand plop on my shoulder as I let out a loud yelp. I flipped
around to find Link trying to hold in a snicker.
“What the heck was that for?” I asked, still shaken.
“I’m sorry, I just couldn’t resist. You left yourself unguarded.”
I punched his shoulder slightly as he winced. I laughed. “Sorry.”
“Don’t be,” he smiled. “How are you feeling?”
“A little better, but I think I opened my wound again,” I sighed. “How about
you?”
“Much better.”
“I’ll be right back,” Midna said as she floated away.
“Okaaayyy, did I miss something?” I thought.
Link suddenly grabbed both of my hands and held them tightly.
“Um, Link? What are you-”
“Thank you, so much. If it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t be here,” he said,
staring into my eyes. I began to blush immensely.
“You don’t have to thank me,” I said as my face went pale. I remembered the evil
power that had come over me which drove me to madness. “What’s the matter?” he
asked, as he noticed the terrified look on my face.
“It wasn’t me that saved you,” I said, looking away. “Something.....evil took over
me, and massacred them. I-I even killed the ones that begged for mercy. I can still hear
their horrified cries,” I stammered, shaking. I closed my eyes and tried to drown out the
terrible screams. Link put his hand under my chin, and moved my head so I was looking
at him.
“I’m still alive because of you, whether you like it or not,” he smiled. I smiled
back at him.
“Thanks.”
Link replied by pulling my face to his as he kissed me lightly. He held me close
to his chest so I could hear his heartbeat. He let me go, then we returned to the room
where Link was sleeping earlier. I took a chair and sat down, looking at Link and Midna
intently.
“What’s the plan?” I asked.
“Well, we’ll probably be heading out to the Sacred Grove tomorrow if you guys
are feeling up to it,” Midna said.
“Sounds good to me,” I said as Link nodded his head in agreement.
“Remember how Telma told us that Rusl was doing a little research on it? Well
he showed me where it’s at, so we don’t have to search for it!” Link declared.
“Sweet!”
“Well, so you guys are ready for tomorrow, I vote you two stay here and rest,”
Midna said.
“I agree,” I said as I plopped myself on the floor.
“Well, I’m assuming you’ll be staying here then,” Link said.
“If you two don’t get yourselves into trouble,” Midna sneered. Link and I glared
at her.
“AND WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?” I snapped at her.
“Nothing, nothing!” Midna giggled.
“Well, you should probably get some rest,” Link sighed. He showed me to
another room with a large bed. I slipped off my boots and got under the covers. My
stomach was very sore, and I was having trouble sleeping.
“I can’t sleep,” I sighed.
Link laughed. “Maybe this will help.” He pulled out a blue ocarina, and began to
play a beautiful, yet hauntingly familiar melody, which soon lulled me to sleep.
Midna floated into the room and stood by Link.
Midna turned to look at Link, and smiled. “You’ve taken really good care of her,
so I wouldn’t worry about her right now. You need your rest too.”
Link smiled back at her. “I know, but I just can’t stop worrying about her,” he
said quietly as he walked to the side of the bed and stroked my head.
Midna watched for a little bit, as she left the room, with Link in tow. Midna made
herself comfortable in a nearby chair. Link stood in place, lost in thought.
“Okay, if you’re that worried, I’ll keep an eye on her while you get some rest.”
Midna sighed.
“But what if-”
“JUST GET TO BED BEFORE I HAVE TO FORCE YOU!” she yelled.
“Alright! Alright!” Link said with his hands in the air as he backed up. Link
turned to leave into another room when Midna stopped him.
“You know that song you were playing for her? What was it?”
Link looked at her in thought. “You know? I’m not really sure. I learned it when
I was younger. I think it’s called ‘The Ballad of the Wind Fish.’”
Midna nodded her head as Link left. “Isn’t that the tune Devan was whistling at
the lake?” she thought.
“You know, I’m not really sure. I heard it in one of my dreams the other night.”
Midna’s eyes lit up. “You sly dog, you’ve been playing that song for her to keep
Zant away,” she giggled. She looked around the room without interest as the day slowly
faded away into the dark night.

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“Guys, I have some bad news,” Alison said gravely as Giaco and Henry arrived at
her house.
“What? What happened? Where’s Devan?” Giaco asked worriedly.
“Well, it turns out she disappeared in her sleep. Not like she got up and left, or
anyone took her, but.....it’s really hard to explain.”
“YOU MEAN SHE’S GONE?!” Henry roared.
“Well, I think she went back to his world. It was really freaky, because I woke up,
and saw some strange imp floating over her. As soon as she spotted me, she tapped
Devan, and they both disappeared in like a weird pixely way.”
Giaco and Henry stared at her in disbelief. Suddenly, Giaco smiled happily.
“What’s with you? You’re best friend suddenly disappears, and you’re smiling
like an idiot?” Henry and Alison cried.
Giaco laughed as he walked away. “Nevermind. If you guys don’t understand,
then just forget it.” “I’m glad she’s found a way back to him,” he smiled lightly.

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Morning light shined through the window onto my bed. I sat up lightly, and
looked around. I squinted around, and moved my hands when I felt something. I turned
to see Link propped up against the head rest, sound asleep. I let out a yelp of surprise as I
fell to the floor. He jolted awake and flew off the bed, unsheathing his sword. He looked
around bewildered as I stood up. He saw me, and let out a long sigh as he sheathed his
sword.
“Are you okay?” he asked me, helping me up.
“Yeah, I’m fine. I just wasn’t expecting to find you there,” I laughed nervously.
“Sorry, it’s just that you were yelling in your sleep, and it sounded like you were
having a pretty bad nightmare, so I stayed up most of the night playing for you. It seemed
like the only thing that kept the nightmares away,” he chuckled.
I stared at him. “You didn’t have to do that,” I said blushing.
“It’s alright,” he said as he grabbed my hand and led me into the main room.
Midna sat there, waiting impatiently.
“Well, now that we’re awake, we should probably get a head start on our
journey,” Midna explained. I nodded my head as Link slipped on his boots and hat, as we
headed out the door. Link took us deeper into a small forest, when we came upon a huge
clearing with a large door. On the ground in front of the door was the Triforce, which
was faintly glowing. Nearby, there was a strange looking rock with a hole in the center.
Wind seemed to be blowing through it, which created a series of notes. Link’s eyes lit up
as he suddenly changed into his wolf form. He stood next to the strange stone as he
listened intently to the pitches. He threw his head to the sky, and began to howl loudly.
It sounded like a lullaby. As the last note died away, we waited quietly for something to
happen. Nothing. Link looked around puzzled, when I got an idea.
“Can you give me your ocarina?” I asked. He nodded his head then changed back
into his human form. He grabbed the ocarina from his pocket and handed it to me, with a
questioning look on his face. “Trust me. Change back into your wolf form, and howl the
song as I play.”
Link was soon in his wolf form as we stood side by side in front of the door. I
held the ocarina to my lips as I took a small breathe, and began to play. Link and I played
a duet with eachother, as the Triforce began to glow brighter and brighter. When the last
note faded, the door slowly swung open. We raced through, and found ourselves in a
more peaceful, yet more serene section of the forest. Small streams were flowing
everywhere, and fireflies were floating around. Even though it was daytime, it was as
dark as dusk. We walked through the forest, enjoying the beautiful sight when we came
upon what seemed to be the remains of an ancient temple. Fog covered the entire area,
which got thicker and thicker by the second. Link continued on ahead, when I lost sight
of him.
“Link! Where are you?” I cried.
“Don’t move, I’ll come get you!” he said.
I moved around in circles, lost and afraid. I turned around as I bumped into Link.
He grabbed my hand and guided us to a clearing. There was a glittering sword with a
shining blue hilt resting in a pedestal. Guarding it was a glowing wolf. Link unsheathed
his sword as he approached it.
The wolf howled as it transformed into a strange, skeletal knight, which looked
surprisingly human. “Hero chosen by the gods, you’ve come here for the sacred Master
Sword, have you not?” Link nodded his head. “Then show me you are worthy enough to
wield it!” the person cried. Link charged forward as their swords met with a loud clang.
Link pushed hard against the skeletal knight with both hands gripped on the hilt of
his sword, but he was no match for the might of the skeletal knight. He pushed Link
backwards, catching him off guard, as he took a stab towards Link’s torso. Link quickly
raised his shield, as the knight’s sword bounced off. The skeletal knight took another
swipe at Link, as he rolled under the attack, and behind the knight. He jumped high into
the air, spinning his sword around him. He landed in a fighting stance, looking around.
“Where did he go? That should’ve hit him!” Link thought.
Suddenly, the knight appeared behind him, knocking him to the ground. I let out
a gasp as the knight held his sword to his throat. I began to rush forward, when Midna
held out her arm in front of me.
She looked at me and said quietly, “No, he needs to do this on his own. Take
another look.”
I looked up to see Link with a mischievous grin on his face. I looked along his
blade when I realized he had stabbed straight through the skeletal knight’s chest. The
knight withdrew his sword and stepped away, into a bow. Link looked at him, puzzled.
“It is good to know that the blood of the hero runs through one who is so worthy
to use my ancient master’s blade.”
“But I thought the Master Sword belonged to the first hero?” Midna asked.
The skeletal knight moved its gaze onto her. “It did. I was his apprentice.”
Dread was written on my face. “Th-that means y-your-”
He sighed sadly. “Yes, I died long ago. But with the arrival of the new hero, the
gods sent me to test his strength, and he passed magnificently,” he smiled.
He approached Link and shook his hand as they slapped eachother on the back
playfully. I smiled lightly, as the knight stepped aside. He looked at me, with confusion
on his face.
“And who are you?” he asked.
“Me?” I said, pointing to myself. He nodded his head. “My name’s Devan.
Apparently, I’m the new Sage of Light,” I sighed.
“Ah, I see. Anyways, Link, you must pull the Master Sword from its pedestal and
let it claim you as its master!” the knight cried.
Link approached the pedestal, and stood before the sacred sword, staring in awe.
He slowly wrapped his hands around the hilt, and began to pull up. The sword would not
move. He tugged harder and harder, but his hands slipped off the hilt as he fell
backwards. He stood up, shaking his head.
“Okay, is this some kind of joke?” Link asked with anger written on his face.
The knight stared back at him, puzzled. “This is most weird. I have no idea as to
why it’s not coming out.”
We sat in thought, when something occurred to me. I approached the pedestal, as
I laid my hands on the hilt. Light erupted from the sword, as I could feel it come loose.
Link, Midna, and the knight turned around and stared in surprise.
“I can’t pull it out all the way! Link, come here!”
Link stood on the other side of the sword from me, and clasped his hands around
mine. I looked at him as he nodded, then we both pulled up as hard as we could. The
sword slid out with ease, as there was a flash of light. We both held the sword up high, as
the fog completely diminished. Midna and the skeletal knight stared at us in awe.

“And the hero and the reborn sage shall claim the holy sword from its ancient
pedestal,” the knight proclaimed. “I must leave, but our paths will soon cross again,” he
said as he disappeared in a flash of light. I handed the sword to Link, as we studied it in
wonder.
“Considering that it’s over thousands of years old, it looks like it’s brand new,” I
stated.
“No kidding. How did you know that it would take both of us to pull it out?”
Link asked me.
“You know, I’m not entirely sure. The words that Eldin said to me just came to
mind, and I remember seeing us pull the sword out in a part of the dream I had last night.”
“Nice save,” he said as he ruffled my hair.
“HEY!” I said, trying to fix my hair, as Link and Midna laughed quietly. “What
now?”
Link and I turned to Midna. “Well, Zelda told me that we had to awaken your
powers as a sage in the Temple of Time, but I’m not really sure how we’re going to do
that, considering this is all that’s left,” she sighed.
“Maybe there’s-” Link started when his voice was suddenly drowned out. I could
hear a beautiful, yet melodic female voice speaking to me.
“Maiden of the Light, look for the door of the past. It will take you to the Temple
of Time. Once through the door, come look for me.”
Link and Midna were trying to get my attention as I was concentrating on the
voice. “But where’s the door?” I cried out. Link and Midna stared at me, puzzled.
“Devan, who are you talk-”
“Quiet!” I hissed.
“Trust your feelings. They will guide you there. Hurry, Maiden, before my time
in this world is done.....”
“I don’t understand! Are you dying? Are you hurt?” I cried as alarm spread on
Link’s and Midna’s faces.
“.....Hurry.....”
I rushed away, searching frantically as Link and Midna followed behind me.
“What the hell are you doing?!” Midna screeched at me.
“She said we need to find the door of the past that will take us to the Temple of
Time. She said to come find her, before her time in this world is up!” I cried frantically.
Link tugged on the back of my shirt, stopping me. “Who’s she? And how come
we couldn’t hear her? We could be walking right into a trap,” he said slowly.
“I’m not really sure who she is, but my instincts say we can trust her, I’m sure of
it. Besides, it’s not like we have any other leads as of how to get to the Temple of Time
anyways,” I grinned.
Link let out a long sigh. “Alright. Might as well. So how do we get to this door
of the past, or something.”
“Well, she told me to trust my feelings......I think we should go this way,” I said,
pointing in the direction of a small stream that led away from where we found the Master
Sword. We raced along when we came upon the remains of an ancient temple, with a
huge door standing in the center.
“Is it that large door in front of us, or the large door in front of us?” Midna asked
with much sarcasm.
“Oh be quiet,” Link and I said in unison.
We approached the large door as it appeared to be made of stone and it had the
Hylian symbol on it. I pulled my hand across it, studying it, when my hand touched the
Triforce on the symbol. The Triforce glowed brightly, as the door swung open. We
looked inside to find the temple was completely there.
“Okay, I thought the temple had been destroyed. What’s going on here?” Midna
asked.
A huge grin spread across my face. “The door to the past. C’mon Midna, it’s not
that hard to figure out,” I said, snickering. Midna flicked the back of my head. “OW!”
I stood hesitantly in front of the door, when I finally walked in, with Link in tow.
As soon as we entered, the door swung closed, trapping us in the temple. Link pounded
on the door with his fists, trying to pry it open, but to no avail.
“See, I told you it was a trap!” he snapped.
“Yeah, well-”
“Welcome, Maiden of the Light, and the Hero of Time. I am the Goddess of
Courage, Farore.”
Link and I turned around, surprised to find the most beautiful woman I had ever
seen. She had flowing green hair and glowing pale skin. She was dressed in the finest of
robes and had penetrating purple eyes.
“Were you the one calling me here?” I asked.
Farore nodded her head. “From here on out, your reawakening as a sage begins.
You’ll face many trials within this temple, testing your strength, courage, and wisdom. If
you successfully complete these trials, then you will truly awaken as the Maiden of the
Light.”
“Trials of strength and courage?” I squeaked. I wasn’t exactly that strong, and
let’s face it, I’m a bit of a coward. Link placed his hand on my shoulder and whispered in
my ear.
“It’ll be alright. Don’t worry.”
“I shall help guide you, but for the final trial, you must put all that you have
learned to the test. Now go!” Farore cried as she disappeared in a flash of light.
We stared into space for a few seconds when Midna broke the silence. “Ooookay.
Let’s get started on your spooky trials of death! Mua ha ha!”
“MIDNA! Don’t! Your going to psyche me out before I even get started!” I
wailed. Link shot her one of the evilest looks I have ever seen.
“It was a j-joke! Honest! I-I’m gonna...shut up...now,” she whimpered.
I couldn’t help but laugh. We continued forward past some huge, yet familiar
looking statues into the next chamber. As soon as we entered, the door slammed shut
once again, trapping us in.
“Figures,” I whispered under my breath.
It appeared as if we were in a large circular room. There was a circle of statues in
the middle, and there was a small standing place. I walked to the spot, and looked
around, waiting for something. Suddenly, ten ghost-like things appeared and lunged at
me. Link tried to attack, when he was shot back to the entrance.
“She must do this on her own,” we all heard Farore say. The ghosts circled me
slowly, laughing wickedly. “All but one are illusions. You must use the ‘light’ of
wisdom to see the ‘truth’ in order to best this trial.”
“Wait, how do I do that?!” I cried frantically. No reply. “Damn,” I said through
clenched teeth. I stood and went through idea after idea, trying to understand the
goddess’ meaning, when all the ghosts held a gradually growing flame in their hands.
Suddenly, they shot out, and came straight at me. I screamed in pain as the flames
engulfed my body, nearly burning me alive. I wasn’t exactly burning, but the most
horrible and painful sensations shot through my entire body, causing me to fall. Link
cried out as he tried to come to my rescue, but a barrier blocked his way. He gritted his
teeth in anger as he saw the pain wash through me. I staggered up, and looked at all the
circling ghosts. They all looked exactly the same! I tried coming up with an idea, when
they shot more flames at me, more painful than the last. I made a loud, ear piercing
scream as I fell to the ground once more, shuddering. Link covered his ears and turned
away, not wanting to watch the horrible scene.
Farore’s words played through my head. “You must use the ‘light’ of wisdom to
see the ‘truth’ in order to best this trial.” Suddenly, the memory of me concentrating
power into my hands came into view.
“That’s it!” I exclaimed as Link turned back to watch my new idea. I closed my
eyes and concentrated the light within my body to my eyes. I could feel a strange
sensation as I opened my eyes. They were a glowing golden color. Everything looked
dark, except I looked over to where Link and Midna were and saw glowing orbs instead.
I looked back to the circling ghosts, and now only saw one orb. Link tossed me my spear
as I charged the real ghost as they began to charge for another attack. I narrowly dodged
it, and sliced the ghost in half. It gave a loud shriek as it vanished, as the illusions slowly
dissipated.
“Well done. If you concentrate the light within to your eyes, it will allow you to
see the ‘truth’ behind the evil. If you ever feel something isn’t right, but you’re unsure,
you should always check using this skill,” Farore said.
“Awesome,” I sighed as I slumped to the floor. Link rushed to my side and put
his hands on my shoulders.
“Are you alright?” he asked me.
“Define alright,” I sighed. My body still hadn’t quite recovered from the pain yet.
“Can you go on?”
“It’s not like we have much choice,” I said sarcastically.
“Heh, good point,” he smiled.
Midna appeared next to him. “Man, I thought you were a goner!”
“Thanks for being real supportive,” I said sarcastically.
“Sorry.”
Link stood me back up to my feet as he helped me into the next room. Again, the
door closed behind us. The room was just like before, except it was bare and empty.
Nothing exciting. I left Link’s side as I walked into the center. Suddenly, a huge, cloudy
black barrier covered most of the room, trapping me inside. This time, Link and I were
unable to see eachother. I stood uneasily, anticipating what was going to happen next. I
abruptly heard Farore’s voice, which made me jump.
“From here on out, this trial will test your courage. You’ll be put to the test
against your darkest fears. Good luck.”
“My darkest fears?” I gulped.
Link’s eyes went wide. “Uh oh.....”
Suddenly, the inside of the barrier went pitch black. I stumbled around blindly in
the dark, searching for a way out.
“Link?! Where are you?” I cried.
“I’m over here!” he cried, but he went unheard. The barrier would only allow the
sounds from within to come out, but not vice versa.
“Are you there? Please don’t leave me!” I pleaded.
“I’m here! I’m on the outside of the barrier! I’m still here!” he shouted back.
I fell to the ground, with tears streaming down my face. “He left. I’m all alone.
No one,” I moaned. My worst fear was coming true; complete loneliness. “Hello?
Anyone? Please!” I begged.
Link heard the terror in my voice. “I’M STILL HERE! FARORE PLEASE
STOP!” Link roared as my crying became louder.
I felt something brush across my leg. I looked up to see Zant, sneering at me, with
another man in black armor towering behind him.
“N-not y-you!” I stuttered. He lifted me off the ground and threw me into the side
of the barrier. I sat up, rubbing my head as Zant approached. I cringed in fear as he
towered over me. I sat down and rested my head on my knees and covered my ears,
trying to drown out his wicked laughter. I closed my eyes, thinking of how to get out of
this, when visions of my friends flashed through my mind. “Why am I thinking of them
all of a sudden?” I thought. There were more and more images by the second. It felt as
if the inside of the barrier was getting brighter. I opened my eyes to see that it wasn’t the
barrier getting brighter, but me! I stood before Zant as I clasped my hands over my heart,
and let the light take over. Light erupted from my entire body in waves as the barrier and
the illusion of Zant disappeared. I let my arms hang at my sides as Link rushed to my
side. I was shaking violently. I turned my head to look up at him.
“I thought you left,” I whispered quietly. “I was so alone.”
Link wrapped his arms around me tightly, to comfort me. “I’ll never leave you. I
promise,” he whispered in my ear. I clutched onto him for dear life as he stroked his hand
down my hair.
“What else was there with you?” he asked sternly.
I looked up at him. “It was him. Zant. There was another man with gray skin,
orange hair, and black armor.”
Link’s breath caught in his throat. “Ganondorf.”
“Impressive, Maiden. This skill allows you to light up the darkness and repel it
away, such as dark entities like Zant. Something troubles me though. It seemed
Ganondorf has made an appearance during your trial.”
“Th-that other man from my dreams? Was that Ganondorf? I thought he was an
illusion?” I asked.
“It seems even now he is strong enough to enter this sacred place. You must take
caution,” Farore warned.
“Damn,” Link grumbled.
“Only two more trials remain. Your next trial will test your strength. Not only
can you use the light as a defense, but as an offense as well. Experiment, and you may be
able to come up with new techniques.”
“O-okay,” I stuttered.
“Wait, if Ganondorf just appeared, shouldn’t we stop the trials in case he shows
up again?!” Link cried.
“NO. If she does not complete her trials, then she will be at an even more of a
disadvantage against the darkness.”
Link sighed, but we continued onto the next chamber. It was just like before.
Link handed me my spear again as we continued walking. Suddenly, there was a blinding
flash as Link and I both covered our eyes. I opened them to find Link standing before me.
“What just happened?” I asked as I approached him. Suddenly, he flung his arms
around me, and started kissing me. I pulled away for a second and looked at him. “Okay,
what was that about? There was no gushy moment or anything,” I said, puzzled.
“I just wanted to make sure you’re alright,” he said in a strange tone as he stared
into my eyes. It almost seemed hypnotizing.
“Something isn’t right,” I thought as I tried to move away. But I couldn’t.
“Link’s” hypnotizing gaze held me. He pulled his sword from his sheath, and held it high
above his head.
“Prepared to die?” he asked me.
“NO!” I cried as I tore away from his gaze and rolled out of the way just as he
brought his sword down. “What are you doing?” I asked frantically.
“Something I should’ve done a long time ago,” he sneered.
My heart hit rock bottom. “W-what do you mean? Do you.....do you hate me?” I
said as I could feel tears welling up in my eyes.
“You really thought I loved you? Never! I’ve always looked forward to the day I
would see all of your blood raining down,” he cackled.
Tears were streaming down my face. Not in sadness, but more or less at the
thought of being deceived. “HOW COULD YOU?! I TRUSTED YOU! WHY?!” I
roared at him. A wicked smile spread across his face as he charged me, with sword in
hand. I held up my spear, blocking his strike. I looked at him gravely. “No matter, I
refuse to fight you, even if you hate me,” I said.
“Then death will come easy for you!” he cackled.
The real Link was stuck behind a barrier, that only the people on the outside could
see what was happening. His face was red with anger at what the “Shadow Link” had
said and done. He pounded on the barrier, trying to catch my attention, even though he
knew it was useless. “Don’t believe him! Use your eyes! It’s not me!” he cried. He
looked down at the ground in disgust. “I would NEVER say those things to her, EVER. I
can’t believe that impostor kissed her!” Link thought bitterly. He looked up to watch the
battle scene unfold.
“Now you really are alone now,” Dark Link grinned evilly.
“No, don’t say that,” I said exasperated. I kept deflecting his blows, even though I
knew I wouldn’t last much longer.
“You’ll die alone, with no one to love you, away from your home world. And all
of your little friends won’t know you’re dead,” he laughed mockingly.
“SHUT UP!” I roared with tears streaming down my face. Without even realizing
it, I had been concentrating mass amounts of light into my spear, making it glow brightly.
I took a stab at the Dark Link as he dodged. A beam of energy shot from the spear, and
made an explosion as the beam hit the ground. “Holy crap!” I cried. The Dark Link
gaped at me, having discovered my new ability. I stared at my spear in awe as Dark Link
took the opportunity to run up to me and shove me to the ground. He held his sword up
to my face, as he made a small slice across my cheek. Blood trickled slowly from the
small cut as he swiped his finger across the cut and licked the blood off, while he kept his
sword at my throat. I stared at him horrified.
“Delicious,” he smiled menacingly.
Suddenly, I channeled a ton of light to my eyes, and discovered the truth. I
couldn’t see any light signature coming from this “Link.” He frowned as he saw a
mischievous grin spread across my face.
“You.....FAKE!” I cried as I thrust my spear at him. He danced out of the way as I
kept jabbing more and more at him, slightly scratching him. I charged the light into my
hand, when another energy beam shot out of it, heading straight for Dark Link. He barely
missed the direct hit, but he was hit by the force of the explosion on impact. He flew a
couple feet as he landed on the ground with a thud.
“Damn,” he said under his breath. I took the opportunity to charge him and slash
his legs, making him immobile. I towered over him as he looked up at me pleadingly.
“C’mon, Devan. You know I love you,” he said sweetly as he gave me another
hypnotizing stare.
“That won’t work on me!” I cried. I charged as much energy as I possibly could
into my spear. I held it high above my head, and stabbed it straight through Dark Link’s
heart as I let out a menacing cry. There was a flash of light as Dark Link disappeared,
along with the barrier. With my energy depleted, I dropped my spear and began to fall
backwards, into unconsciousness. Link rushed forward quickly and caught me, before my
head hit the ground. He picked me up into his arms, and held me tightly.
“Devan? Please, wake up!” Link pleaded as Farore appeared before him. “What
happened to her?”
“She just used a lot of energy to defeat him, that’s all. She’ll be fine in a
moment.”
I began to stir. “Where am I?” I mumbled, half awake.
“Thank goodness!” Link said as he let out a sigh of relief. He held me close to his
face as his hair brushed across my face.
“Go away Giaco,” I mumbled, still not entirely conscious.
“Giaco? Who’s that?” Link pondered. “Devan, it’s me, Link.”
My eyes flew open at the sound of his voice. I looked up at him, when I realized
he was holding me. “Hi,” I stammered as I blushed. I could feel his breath on my face.
“Hi,” he stammered back, blushing as well. He set me down on my feet as we
both faced Farore.
“Well done! You have done splendidly. But it does not end here. You have one
more challenge, where you both must work together. Devan must use her new found
skills and Link must use his new found Master Sword.”
“Yay! I have a life line now! I’m not the weakest link!” I cried. Link looked at
me in confusion.
“Huh?”
“Oh, nevermind. It’s from something from my world,” I replied.
“You must be on your way. Take the stairwell to the top of the temple where you
will face your final challenge,” Farore said as she disappeared.
“Wait, what stairwell?” I asked when a stairwell suddenly appeared before us.
“Hee hee, that one,” I sighed.
We began our trek up the stairs which seemed to go on forever. Link and I hadn’t
said anything for a little while, when he decided to go out on a big limb.
“Hey um, when I was trying to wake you up, you said, ‘Go away Giaco.’ Who’s
that?” Link asked curiously.
My face shot red immediately. “N-no one! H-he’s just one of my fr-friends from
my world!” I stammered quickly.
“Mm hmm,” Link replied, unsatisfied. “Well, if you don’t want to tell me now,
that’s fine,” he sighed as he ruffled my hair.
“Th-thanks,” I said. “Damn me and my sleep talk,” I sighed.
We finally reached the top of the stairwell to find ourselves on the roof of the
temple. The sky grew dark as lightning flashed in the distance and thunder rolled.
Suddenly, we heard a loud roar that shook the ground. We looked up to find a huge
dragon flying above us. It landed in front of us as it spit a challenging flame.
“There’s your dragon,” I said sarcastically. Link shot me a look which silenced
me instantly. We drew our weapons as we prepared ourselves for the seemingly
impossible task; defeat the dragon.
I studied the dragon as it began to circle us slowly. It was covered in shining
black armor, had glittering red scales, and was half the size of the freaking Empire State
Building. Yeah, that big. It spit a large flame at us as we ran out of the way, just in time.
“How in the hell are we supposed to kill this thing?!” Link cried.
“How should I know?”
“For starters, you should try getting its armor off,” Midna suggested as she
suddenly appeared from Link’s shadow, with her finger pointed up in an idea.
“That’s a good idea, but how do we do that without getting eaten by that thing?”
“Good point.”
“Do you have any bombs?” I asked.
“Yeah, why?”
“Give me your bow and bombs.”
Link handed me his bow as I tied a bunch of bombs to his arrows. He used his
shield to block the fire as I notched an arrow, charged it with light, and let it fly. The
arrow hit the dragon’s armor, as the bomb exploded, causing the armor to fall off. I kept
repeating the process until I had blown off all of its armor. I hit the dragon on its bare
scales as it roared in pain. It flew up into the clouds, as it hovered up there, waiting. The
cloud cover made it so we couldn’t see it. I used my “sight” to track the dragon. I
spotted the shape of the dragon, as I saw it snap its head through the clouds, straight at
Link. I knocked him out of the way, as the dragon’s tongue wrapped around my body,
and pulled me into its mouth, swallowing me whole.
“DEVAN!!!!!” Link roared.
Luckily for me, this dragon didn’t chew its food. I slid down its long throat and
landed in a pool of stomach acid. It burned my skin on contact, as I cried out in pain. I
swam through the acid to the side of its stomach wall as the acid continued to burn my
skin, while feeling I don’t want to know what brush against me as I was swimming. I
winced as I climbed onto the side wall and attached myself to the gooey siding.
“Ow, yuck, ow, yuck,” I repeated a couple times. I tried to look at my
surroundings, but it was too dark. I concentrated light into my eyes to get a better view,
when I started screaming in terror. There were hundreds of skeletons, and a couple fresh
bodies that were coated with blood and were either missing appendages or had huge teeth
marks in them.
Link roared ferociously as he lunged at the dragon with his sword, hate filling
him. He sliced at the dragon’s neck as he made a deep gash in it. The dragon roared in
pain when he retaliated with a blistering flame. It became unbearably hot inside the
stomach of the dragon.
“HELP ME!” I screamed. The stomach acid was slowly rising and it became
hotter by the second every time the dragon breathed fire. Link pricked up his ears,
pinpointing my screams. He could hear the agony in my voice. Suddenly, I heard a
deafening yell come from Link as he attacked the dragon once more. The dragon
screamed in pain, then it began to shake violently. I could feel it fly into the air, flying in
circles.
“Oh, man, I’m gonna throw up,” I mumbled. Something occurred to me just then.
“As disgusting as this sounds, maybe I can make it throw up! But I need it on the ground
first.”
I heard the dragon land with a loud thud. Perfect timing. I channeled my energy
into the inside of the dragon, spreading it everywhere. The dragon began to stumble
around in its weakened state. Link noticed the change, and he took the opportunity to
kill. As the dragon swooped its head down low to the ground, Link charged it and
stabbed his sword right between the dragon’s eyes, and through its skull. The dragon
thrashed around so much that I slipped and fell back into the pool of acid, which began to
burn my skin again. I began to swim back to the edge, when everything suddenly stopped
moving. Link had beheaded the dragon. The dragon’s body shuddered, as it fell over.
The acid sloshed around as it fell, as I was pulled under. I only had a few seconds of air
left, when I became unconscious. Link stabbed his sword through the dragon’s side and
made a large tear in its stomach, as everything inside it spilled out. I laid on the ground,
unconscious, surrounded by skeletons as Link pulled me from the pool of acid. He lifted
me into his arms, and studied me a bit. There were burn marks all over my body, as my
clothes had holes and tatters all over them. Link growled angrily and threw his head to
the sky.
“FARORE! IS THIS WHAT YOU INTENDED TO HAPPEN?! LET THE
SAGE GET HURT THIS MUCH?!”
“Be calm, Hero of Time. This was the only way for her to truly awaken, as well
as you to awaken the true power of the Master Sword. Look.”
Link looked behind him at his sheathed sword to find it glowing brightly. “What
the-? I thought it was a test for Devan!” he cried out. “Did you force her through all that
just for some sacred sword?!” Link cried angrily.
“The first trials were for her, and the last was for you both. It was she who put
the dragon in a weakened state by channeling her light energy into it. When you did the
final blow, it awakened the Master Sword to its strongest powers, and fully awakened the
light within Devan.”
Link stared at the ground angrily. “Will she be alright?”
“There is a spring in the center of the forest. Lay her body in that, and she will
be healed.”
“I think you owe us the liberty of at least transporting us out of here,” Link
growled.
“As you wish,” Farore replied as Link and I were transported back to the entrance
of the door to the past. Link continued to carry me as he stormed off to go and find the
spring. Midna appeared and floated along next to the now fuming Link.
“See, this is why you never trust the gods, whether you’re blessed by them or not,”
Midna said to Link.
“It’s not so much as reawakening her powers, but to put her through that hell?!
I’m surprised she’s still even functioning after that,” he grumbled.
“She’s a lot tougher than she looks. Believe me. Especially that time you were
struck down in your wolf form.”
Link looked at her, with surprise on his face. “You mean when she-”
Midna just nodded her head solemnly. “Creepy, but tough.”
Link and Midna continued on in silence when they came upon a clearing. There
was a huge spring before them, as massive trees made a ring about it. Light seemed to be
flickering to life. Link carried me to the middle of the spring, and laid me down on my
back in the middle of it. The water began to glow as my burns slowly faded away.
Suddenly, I shot up, and began to gag. I turned away from Midna and Link as I threw up.
I couldn’t help but look as I saw a small bone of a finger in the middle of it. “How
lovely,” I thought.
“Yuck,” I wheezed through coughs. Link smacked my back to help get it out of
my system.
“You okay?” he asked, concerned.
I nodded my head in case anything else made a surprise of coming out.
“So what was it like inside the stomach of the dragon?” Midna asked smiling
lightly. Visions of the mangled bodies and skeletons flashed through my mind as I
shuddered in fear. Link gave me a reassured hug.
“That bad, eh?” he asked. I nodded my head. Link helped me up to my feet, as I
wobbled a bit.
“Well what now?” I asked.
“To me, it seems like you both are ready to take on Zant,” Midna said.
“How would we retain our human forms so we can actually fight?” I asked.
“Well, there is an item hidden within the Twilight Palace which would allow one
of you to keep your normal form. The other would be outta luck.”
“Link should have it then,” I said.
Link turned to look at me, surprise written on his face. “Why? I’m able to easily
defend myself in wolf form, but no offense, you can’t exactly fight in your shadow being
form.”
“And that’s why you should get the item, because you’ll be able to defend me
better!” I smiled. “Anyways, what exactly is this item?” I said, asking Midna.
“Well, they’re like a kind of power source in our world. They’re bright orbs
called sols.”
“Like the Spanish word for sun?” I asked.
Link and Midna looked at me, confusion written on their faces. “What is
Spanish?” they asked in unison.
“It’s a different language that we can speak in my world. Where I come from,
there are thousands of different languages.”
“That many?! I know there’s a different one for each race, and that there’s an
ancient Hylian language, but that’s about it,” Midna said.
“My head hurts just thinking about it,” Link sighed. I couldn’t help but giggle.
“So how exactly do we get to the Twilight Palace?” I asked.
“Well if I remember correctly, the Mirror of Twilight should allow us to get there.
I think it’s in the Gerudo Desert.”
“Fun,” I sighed as I rolled my eyes. “How do we get there?”
“Now don’t get ahead of yourself! I think we can take a little time off, first!
Considering what you two just went through,” Midna smiled.
My eyes lit up. “Really?! Oh my gosh, that sounds awesome right now!” I cried,
jumping up and down. Link and Midna stared at my strange behavior as I ran around in
circles.
“And now her true colors start to show. Sure you still like her?” Midna grinned
while whispering in Link’s ear.
He let out a sigh. “Of course. I’m just glad she’s starting to show us the real her.”
I heard Midna giggle as I turned around to face them. “What?”
“Nothing, nothing,” Link said as Midna failed miserably as she tried to hold a
cackle in.
“Whatever you say. So what are we going to do? Speaking of which, what time
is it?”
We all looked up, but we were unable to see the sky through the thick canopy of
trees. “Guess we won’t know till we get out. It’s probably almost night time, I’m
guessing,” Link said.
We started our trek out of the forest. I let out a long yawn as we walked in
silence. Suddenly Link cleared his throat.
“So, um, who exactly is this Giaco person?” Link asked me. I stopped dead in my
tracks.
“Um, what are you talking about?” I laughed nervously, facing away from him.
“Y’know, you mentioned him in the Temple when I was trying to wake you up,
especially when my hair brushed across your face.”
I let out a long sigh. “Well, back in my world, he’s my best friend. Ever since I
first met him, he always defended me and was always there for me. I used to get teased
and beaten up on all the time, almost to the point of suicide-”
“WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO KILL YOURSELF?!”
Link roared at me.
I looked back at him with a serious glare. “Your family exploiting every
weakness and flaw that you have, taunting you day and night, saying how much they
hated you to the point of abuse? People everyday in school doing the same thing and
beating you without reason? I had no one to go to, I was all alone in the world-”
“So that’s why her biggest fear is being alone,” Link thought.
“-until I met him. Giaco. He was the one who fixed my pain, made me into a
more happy person, and made me feel like I really mattered, and that someone would
miss me if I died. Eventually, from everything he’s done for me, my feelings as a best
friend grew into something much more, even love. But he never felt the same way. No
matter, we stay by eachother’s side, and help eachother whenever possible.”
Link stared at the ground, with a pained look on his face. “I-I never realized,
I-I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t be,” I smiled. We held eachother in an embrace, as he stroked his hand
down my hair.
“Tell him I said thanks. For letting you not throw your life away, because I never
would’ve met you,” he whispered in my ear.
“No problem,” I whispered back.
His lips pressed lightly on my cheek before he let me go. Midna popped up next
to me, and rested her hand on my shoulder. “Well, I have to say, you’re.....not that
bad.....of a person.....” Midna sighed. Link and I stared at her in shock.
“Midna! I’m impressed!” Link laughed.
“Just shut it,” Midna said as she punched Link in the shoulder.
We laughed as we continued on our way. We finally reached the edge of the
woods, and the moon was just over the horizon.
“Ahhhh, I wanted to go and do something too,” I groaned.
Link and Midna laughed when I heard a sudden flap of wings. Standing before us
was a somewhat small glowing griffin. It had the body of a lion, the head of an eagle, and
its back legs were talons as its forelegs were clawed paws. A pair of huge wings
protruded from its back. I stared into its deep, brown eyes, my eyes.
“What the?” I started. Link and Midna looked at me, confusion written on their
faces.
“What is it?” they asked.
“Do you not see the glowing, growling thing in front of you?!”
“Uh, DUH! Of course not!” Midna scoffed.
The griffin began to stalk slowly at us, which grew to a walk, then a jog, then a
full on sprint. I raced away, even though I knew I couldn’t outrun this creature.
Suddenly, the creature pounced on my back, knocking me to the ground. The griffin let
out a chirp, then merged into my body. It felt so weird.
Link rushed to my side and helped me up, as I twitched slightly. “What are you
doing?” he asked me.
“Are you telling me you couldn’t see the glowing griffin in front of us?” Link
shook his head. “Hmm, well anyways, it just started chasing me, then pounced on me,
and is currently merged with my body.”
“Did you say a griffin?” Midna asked. I nodded my head. “Interesting. Griffins
have been long extinct, so that’s odd.”
“What’s even weirder is that it had the same eyes as mine,” I added.
“Oookay.”
“Well, I think you’ll be fine. I’ve heard griffins are very gentle creatures, unless
agitated,” Link added.
“That’s good to know,” I sighed. “It seemed it was chirping happily though, so
maybe it’s a good thing.”
We arrived back at Link’s house. My stomach grumbled loudly as I sat down in a
chair next to a boiling pot of soup. Link and Midna turned to stare at me, as my face shot
red with embarrassment.
“Heheh, sorry. Guess I’m a little hungry,” I laughed nervously. Link and Midna
stared at me a little longer when they burst out laughing.
“That’s okay. Luckily for us, I was letting some soup simmer while we were
gone, so it should be perfect by now,” Link said.
He grabbed two bowls and filled them up, and handed one to me.
“Thanks. I have to say, you should be grateful it’s not me cooking, cause I’m sure
you’d feel sick to your stomach,” I laughed.
Link and Midna laughed loudly. Link and I ate our fill as Midna kept telling us a
bunch of hilarious stories from when she first met Link. We enjoyed ourselves
immensely, when I felt my eyelids beginning to droop. I sat backwards in my chair so I
could rest my chin on the back rest as I continued to listen to Link and Midna’s chatter
when I could no longer resist the call of sleep. Midna glanced at me, then nodded her
head in my direction to get Link’s attention.
“She’s out,” Midna whispered. Link laughed quietly to himself, as he came to
check on me.
“I’ll be right back,” he whispered as Midna rolled her eyes. Link scooped me up
in his arms, and carried me to my bed. He laid me down, and tucked me in. He stood
over me, smiling lightly as he studied me. He pulled out his ocarina, and began to play
my lullaby, the Ballad of the Windfish. When the last note died away, he patted me on
the head before leaving the room.
“Awww, how cute!” Midna grinned. Link couldn’t help but blush a little.
“Anyways, what’s our plan?” Link asked.
“Well, I guess we can take the next three or four days off, considering you guys
have had it rough,” Midna sighed.
“Thanks,” Link smiled.
“Yeah, yeah,” Midna said.
Link had retired for the night as Midna floated out to the top of his house, and
gazed at the stars, with hope shining in her eyes.

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I awoke to find Ilia’s shining green eyes staring into mine, with her face inches
away from mine.
“Good morning!” she exclaimed with a smile.
I let out a loud yell as I fell to the floor.
“Oops,” Ilia said as Link began to laugh. Link helped me to my feet as I stared
around blankly. I still hadn’t even fully awakened yet.
I let out a long yawn as I tried to fix my mat of hair. “Wow I must look awesome
right now,” I laughed quietly.
“Well, I’ve heard that you guys are staying here for a couple days, so you can
spend some ‘girl time’ with me!”
“Girl time?” I asked in fear and slight confusion.
“Don’t worry about it! It’ll be fun! I promise!” she smiled. I whimpered quietly
as Link chuckled a little. Ilia dragged me out of the house and over to her place. She
lived in one of the larger huts of the village, considering her father was the mayor. Ilia
shoved me inside and closed the door as she turned to face Link.
“Oh no you don’t!” she said.
Link raised a brow. “And why not?”
“Because I have to pretty her up!” she exclaimed. Memories of the preparation of
the ball flashed through Link’s mind. He began laughing hysterically. “What’s so
funny?” Ilia snapped.
“Good luck with that,” he gasped through fits of laughter. Ilia turned her back and
slammed the door. “C’mon Devan!” she said as she dragged me by the arm upstairs.
“Um, what exactly are we going to be doing?” I asked. “Why the hell is she even
doing this? She hardly knows me! Grr!” I thought.
“Well, before we do anything, I’m going to guess you haven’t had a shower in
awhile, eh?” she asked. My eyes lit up.
“Oh god! Are you serious? Thank you!” I said, shaking her hand.
“No problem?” she replied. “Oooookaaaaay.”
She showed me to the shower, as I washed quickly. I dried my hair and put my
clothes back on as I let out a long sigh. “That. Felt. Soooooooo good.”
I left the shower room to go and find Ilia in her room, rummaging around in a
closet. “Whatcha doing?” I asked.
“Look what I found!” she exclaimed as she held out her “treasure” in front of her.
My eyes grew wide in fear.

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Link sat on Ilia’s porch and made himself comfortable. He had his eyes closed
and was taking in all the sounds of the village when he heard a commotion from within
Ilia’s house. He sat up and chuckled quietly. “3.....2.....1.....”
“YOU’RE NOT GETTING THAT FREAKIN’ DRESS ON ME!” I cried as I
bolted out the door. Just as I was passing Link, he caught me by the arm and swung me
around to the back of the house.
“Stay there, and be quiet,” he whispered to me.
“Thank you!” I said pleadingly.
“Devan? Where are you? I’ve got the cutest sun dress for you!” she cried out.
Link went to go see Ilia. “Have you seen Devan?”
“Nope. Why? Did she escape from ya?” he laughed. “When I said ‘good luck,’ I
meant it.”
“You know where she’s at, don’t you?” she glared at him.
“Maybe I do, maybe I don’t,” he said, walking away. “Trust me, I know from
experience that it’s practically impossible to get one of those on her.”
Ilia let out a low growl. “Fine,” she grumbled. “You don’t have to wear the
dress!”
I ran from my hiding spot and attacked her with a hug. “THANK YOU THANK
YOU THANK YOU!” I cried, as I squeezed the breath out of Ilia.
“Y-you’re w-welcome!” she wheezed. I released her and smiled.
“So what are we doing today?” Link asked.
“Well, luckily for us, Fado was able to get two horses for the ranch while you
were away, so maybe we could go horseback riding.”
“Sweet! Which way to the ranch?” I asked excited.
“It’s just right up this path,” Ilia said as she pointed to a pathway next to her
house.
“Awesome!” I cried as I raced up the path. As soon as I was out of earshot, Ilia
whispered something to Link.
“She sure is full of energy, isn’t she?”
“Mm hmm,” Link said nodding his head. Ilia couldn’t help but notice the smile
he did at my name.
“.....You like her, don’t you?” Ilia said quietly.
“Ye-WHAT?!”
“You heard me.”
Link let out a long sigh. “I won’t lie to you. Yes I do.”
Ilia just simply nodded her head. “I’ve never seen her before. Where is she
from?”
“Not from this world. More or likely another realm or reality.”
“How could he like a pip-squeak like her? She’s probably only 14 or 15, and
she’s not even from here!” Ilia thought angrily. Link noticed the anger growing on Ilia’s
face.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered.
Ilia looked taken aback. “What for? You did nothing wrong.”
Link looked at Ilia with an intense stare. “For hurting you.”
Ilia stared at the ground, trying to think of something to say. Link replied for her
by giving her a warm hug. Suddenly, I charged past them on a horse from the ranch,
yelling at the top of my lungs.
“WHOO HOO!” I cried. I turned my head around to find Link wiping the tears
from Ilia’s eyes. “Whoops, bad timing.” I turned the horse around and led it slowly up to
them. As soon as I saw the looks on their faces, I understood the situation immediately. I
slipped off the horse and approached Ilia. I hugged her tightly, and smiled at her.
“It’s no time to be a grumpy wumpy! Let’s go have some fun horseback riding!” I
exclaimed.
“You’re right,” she sighed. I yanked Ilia up onto the horse as she let out a
surprised yell.
“C’mon Link! Or we’re leaving without you!” I cried. I urged the horse up to full
speed as we raced away, Ilia holding onto me for dear life.
“Now hold on a second!” Link cried, but we were already out of sight. Link
began whistling loudly, when Epona raced to him. Link leaped onto her back, and
charged after us.
I led the horse back into the forest, exploring everywhere. I could feel Ilia shaking
nervously.
“What’s the matter with you?” I asked.
“We’re not supposed to be in the forest! There’s all kinds of monsters in here,”
she whimpered.
“Monsters? Bring ‘em on! I’ll show them!” I cried.
“No! Don’t!”
As if on cue, two huge wolves appeared before us. They were as tall as I was,
with matted silver fur, and glowing blood red eyes. They bared their long yellow fangs at
us as drips of saliva slipped from their sword-like teeth. The wolves circled the horse, as
it reared up in fear. Just as one of the wolves was about to pounce on us, I leaped off the
horse and tackled it to the ground, with my arms wrapped around its neck. It began to
flail around wildly, trying to get me off.
“Run! I’ll take care of them!” I yelled back as I punched the wolf in the side of
the head.
Ilia fled in fear, leaving me to the wolves. They circled around me, licking their
chops.
“I’m such an idiot! Trying to show off. Now I’m going to get it.”
One of the wolves pounced on top of me, knocking me to the ground. I kept its
snapping jaws at bay from my neck by using all of my strength to push against it.
Suddenly, the other wolf bit down hard on my leg. I cried out in pain as I flailed my legs
at the wolves, knocking the one on top of me away. Luckily for me, the wolf hadn’t
broken skin. As I stood up, I noticed the wolves were whimpering in fear. In fear of
what? I felt a strong, yet evil presence looming behind me. I turned around to find Zant
sneering at me.
I charged a ton of energy into my hand, making it glow brightly. “What do you
want?” I said venomously.
“Oooh aren’t you scary. I’m only here to observe your ‘powers.’ What a waste
that the gods blessed a mere female mortal, who’s not even an adult yet!” he laughed.
Anger began to boil up within me, as I charged at Zant. He repelled me easily, as I flew
against a tree. I saw stars as my head connected with a tree branch. Zant charged quickly
to retaliate.
“Oh sh-”
I was cut off as a cry of pain came from Zant. One of the wolves had latched onto
Zant’s back and had its fangs lodged in his shoulder. The other wolf stood in front of me,
in a protective stance. Zant flung the wolf on his shoulder into a rock as there was a loud
snap. He had broken the wolf’s back, leaving it for dead.
“NO!” I screamed. I lunged at Zant as well as the wolf when Zant disappeared.
We landed on the ground next to eachother. I watched the wolf walk over to its
companion, as it sat down and howled in sadness. I joined the wolf by its side, and held it
tightly.

I scratched it behind the ears, and couldn’t help but cry. These creatures that were my
enemies became my allies in the face of the ultimate danger, and one of them even gave
their life for me. I decided to give the wolf a proper burial as the other wolf sat next to
me with its head hung down in sorrow. I walked away, with a few stray tears falling
down my face. I shuddered as the wolf gave a long, mournful, hollowing howl, then
began to follow me.
“You can’t come,” I smiled sadly. The wolf gave a pained whimper. “The
villagers would kill you for sure.” The wolf sat down, and watched me walk away.
Suddenly, it jumped up and raced after me, and slipped under my legs, carrying me on its
back. I let out a cry of surprise. but giggled as it took me back to the village. As we were
about to exit the forest, Link and Ilia came into view, and I saw Link draw his bow. He
let an arrow fly at the wolf, which dodged out of the way in time.
“STOP IT! HE’S TAME!” I shouted at him. Link slipped off of Epona and
charged me and the wolf with sword in hand. He obviously didn’t hear me. Right when
he lunged at us, I stood in front of the wolf, with my arms spread wide. Link stopped
immediately, with the tip of his sword inches from my nose. I gave him an evil death
glare.
“Heheh, sorry,” he laughed nervously.
“DO YOU NEED A HEARING AID OR SOMETHING?! I TOLD YOU TO
STOP! I KNOW YOU’VE GOT EARS! WHY DON’T YOU TRY USING ‘EM?” I
roared in fury. Link and Ilia cringed away. I let out a long sigh. “I shouldn’t have yelled.
What’s done is done. At least he’s not hurt,” I said, scratching the wolf in between the
ears. “Now what should I call you?”
“What happened to your wolf from before? Cerberus, right?” Ilia asked. Link
and I stiffened up.
“Uh, well, um.....”
“He kind of comes and goes as he pleases, but comes to help when necessary,”
Link finished for me. I silently thanked him as he nodded his head.
“I think I’ll call you Kiba. Like the wolf from Wolf’s Rain, since your fur is a
silvery white.”
“Kiba? Why Kiba?” Ilia asked. “It’s such an unusual name.”
I was really starting to get annoyed with her. “Because it means ‘fang’ in
Japanese, which is another language in my world before you even ask,” I replied annoyed.
“Well, I think you’ve had enough adventures for one day, don’t you think? We’re
only on vacation, and you still manage to get in trouble!” Link laughed. I shot back with
a glare.
“I need to talk to you,” I said in a serious tone. Link could tell it was something
really important.
“Can you tell me?” Ilia asked.
Suddenly, an evil grin spread across my face. “Are you sure you won’t
get.....scared?”
Link saw where this was going, but as he was about to protest, Ilia cut in. “Of
course not!”
“Well, I guess you could say your worst nightmare is following me. If you’re
lucky, maybe it won’t make bother you. Or maybe it will sick its most horrifying
creatures that will feast on your soul with alien like tentacles and its grisly scream of
death,” I said darkly.
I saw Ilia shudder as she tried to imagine the creatures. “I-I’ve gotta go!” she
cried as she raced home. I fell to the ground laughing as a furious look appeared on
Link’s face.
“What did you do that for?”
“Hey, she wanted to know!” I laughed.
“You didn’t have to be so.....I don’t even know how to describe it!”
“What? A jerk?”
“Maybe!”
“She’ll get over it!”
“You really scared her! You should go apologize!”
“Me?! Why? She asked!”
“And you deliberately overplayed the part!”
“I’m sorry, but I couldn’t stand to be in that girl’s presence any longer, so
excuuuse me, princess!” I snorted at him as I walked away. My temper was getting the
best of me. Kiba followed behind me, growling lightly at Link.
Midna popped up next to him. “Ouch, you want some ointment for that burn?”
“Just shut the hell up,” he grumbled.
“Well excuuuse me, princess!” Midna said in the exact same tone as I. She went
back in his shadow, as Link followed behind, gritting his teeth in annoyance, as well as I.
As soon as we were out of the forest, the sun had gone, with stars in its place. I trudged
back to Link’s house, and went straight to my room, the wolf following behind. I sat on
my bed with the wolf next to me, staring at the ceiling. I was fuming by this point. I
heard the main door open again as Link entered.
“I’m going to go talk to Ilia. Is that okay?” he called to me.
“Whatever. Go talk to your girlfriend. See if I care,” I yelled back.
I heard him approach my door. “Devan, can’t we-”
He was unable to say anymore, because I slammed the door in his face. I returned
to my bed as he let out a long sigh. He returned to his room, and retired for the night.
“Damn that Ilia,” I growled. The wolf rested its head on my stomach, staring at
me with the saddest puppy eyes ever. “I’m over reacting, aren’t I?”
The wolf nodded his head slightly. I let out a long sigh.
“I’ll talk to him in the morning,” I said as I closed my eyes, and snuggled against
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I was tossing and turning in my sleep. The wolf licked my face, trying to wake
me up to no avail. It leaped off the bed and went to Link’s room, barking like nuts. Link
leaped out of bed, startled, and glared at the wolf.
“What do you want?” he growled sleepily.
The wolf dragged Link to my room by the side of his pants. The wolf whimpered
loudly as it sat next to my bed. My tossing and turning had become more violent as tears
were streaming down my face while I was yelling in my sleep.
“Please.....don’t kill them.....their my friends.....stop!”
Link approached my bedside to try and wake me up.
“Devan? DEVAN! Wake-”
Link was interrupted as my fist connected with his face, giving him a black eye.
“Damn it,” he said, wincing.
He tried again, but caught my wrists this time.
“Let.....go.....of me! No.....Megan.....Alison.....Giaco.....stop!” I yelled in my
sleep.
Link carefully laid down next to me, and whispered, “I’m here now. Devan, it’s
all right.” He hoped that it would get through to me in my dream.
I let out a heavy sigh in my sleep. “.....Li.....Link.....”
“Please, don’t let these evil dreams cloud your mind. I’m here to protect you.”
“Th.....thank.....you.”
My nightmare had stopped, along with the tears and tossing. Link wrapped his
arms around me as I turned in towards his chest. He kissed me softly on the forehead,
before falling into a deep slumber.

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I could feel myself slowly waking up. I was very warm. I could feel a mass sound
asleep next to me. I thought it was Kiba. I reached out with my eyes closed not to find
fur, but I brushed my hand across Link’s chest. My eyes flew open, as I saw Link had his
arms wrapped around me, sound asleep. I let out a gasp of surprise, and considered
waking him up. I looked up at his face as dark circles were under his eyes.
“He hasn’t slept in forever since he’s been playing his ocarina for me late into the
night,” I thought. “I’ll let him sleep awhile longer.”
I closed my eyes, when I remembered something. “I’ll protect you,” Link had
told me in my sleep, freeing me from that horrible nightmare. I moved carefully so I
could kiss him on the cheek without waking him up.
“Thank you,” I whispered. I rested my head against his chest, listening to his
heartbeat. I smiled lightly, letting the rhythm of his heart lull me to sleep.

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Link woke up, and nudged me slightly.
“Hey, it’s time to wake up. Everyone will be wondering where we are,” he said.
I mumbled something incoherently. Probably something about “five more
minutes,” or something like that.
Suddenly, Kiba jumped up onto the bed, knocking Link off as he licked my face.
I awoke laughing loudly.
“Okay, OKAY! I’m awake Kiba!” I said shoving him lightly.
I sat up as Kiba jumped off and bumped Link as he was getting up so he fell right
next to me, inches from my face. My face shot red.
“M-morning,” I stammered.
“Y-yeah. Did you sleep okay?”
“I was having the most horrible nightmare,” I shuddered, “until you came.”
Link stiffened a little. “I-I tried to wake you up, but no matter how hard I tried,
you just wouldn’t. I just thought it would help you to relax if I was there.....I’m sorry, I
should’ve asked.”
I smiled back at him. “Don’t be.”
Link smiled back at me as we stared into eachother’s eyes for a moment, when
Midna decided to make an appearance.
“Hey guys. How did you two sleep?” she sneered. Link jumped back in surprise,
standing next to the bed.
“F-fine,” I stammered.
“What the-? Midna!” Link cried out.
“Oh, I just couldn’t pass this up,” she snickered. “What did you two do last
night?”
“Just what the heck do you think we were doing last night?” I said darkly. Link
shot her a glare, right at the perfect moment.
“I’m just teasing! Sheesh, you humans are one to react,” Midna sighed.
Link sat down next to me, sighing. “Anyways, I remember you telling me that
you had something important to tell me yesterday.”
“Oh, right! Well, as it turned out, Zant decided to make an appearance in the
woods yesterday.”
Surprise and shock spread on their faces. “What happened?” they asked in
unison.
“He just told me that he was watching my skills, and how a waste it was for the
gods to give me my powers,” I grumbled. “I just happened to be fighting two wolves in
the woods. They both defended me, but Zant killed Kiba’s companion, which is probably
why he followed me.”
“It’s seems Zant is able to easily track us now that he has control over the castle,”
Midna sighed.
“We can’t stay here anymore,” Link stated.
“Why not?” I asked him.
“We’ll be putting the rest of the village in danger if we stay here. I knew this
wasn’t going to last long anyways,” he sighed.
“You’re right.....but can we stay for today? And possibly leave tomorrow
morning?”
“I guess.”
“Yay!” I giggled happily as Link smiled.
“When you two are done for the day, I’ll give the plans for tomorrow,” Midna
said.
“Alright.”
I got myself ready and headed out the door while Link wasn’t paying attention. “I
guess I better go apologize,” I thought. I headed quickly to Ilia’s house, and tapped on
the door. Bo opened the door, with a great smile on his face.
“Hello Devan!” he boomed as he attacked me with a bear hug.
“Hello.....to you.....too,” I gasped. “Is Ilia around?” I asked as he released me.
“She’s up in her room! She should be up and going!”
“Thanks,” I said as I walked past him. I walked up a flight of stairs as I stood in
front of Ilia’s closed door. I tapped on the door lightly as I heard her race to it.
“Is that you Li-” she started when she saw who it was. “Oh. Hello.”
“Hi. Um, can I talk to you?”
“What?” she glared at me. “Come to taunt me some more?”
“No, I just wanted to say I’m sorry. For the way I treated you. You didn’t deserve
it. I-I guess you could say I was a little jealous of the fact of how much and how well you
know Link. In truth, I hardly know anything,” I sighed.
“You’re jealous? Wow, and I thought you were somewhat sane,” she said
sarcastically.
“Hey, look. I’m just trying to apologize here.”
“I know, and it’s accepted,” she smiled. She led me downstairs as we sat outside
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The day passed quickly as the sun began to set. Link and I waved goodbye to Ilia
as we returned to his house.
“Well that was fun while it lasted,” Link sighed. Midna appeared before us.
“Alright. Since we’re all here, I might as well tell you our plan for tomorrow. I
think it’s time we went and took out Zant who is currently at the Twilight Palace. To get
there, we need to go to the Gerudo Desert in the Chamber of the Sages and use the Mirror
of Twilight to create a portal that will take us directly to the palace. Remember, you guys
will be in your twilight forms, and only one of you will be able to retain your human form
once we’ve found the sols.”
“Which Link will get,” I added.
“So once we’ve retrieved the sols, that’s when we make our move on Zant, and
show him how false his power is!” Midna cried.
“OH YEAH! THAT MEANS YOU CAN-”
Midna stopped me with the most furious glare.
“That means she can?” Link asked.
“Live freely in her world again?”
“Yes.” She whispered to me when Link turned away. “Nice going,” she hissed.
“Well, it’s going to be a looooong trip. If we leave at sunrise, we’ll be at the
desert by sunset.”
“That long?” I moaned. “Greeaaat.”
“Well, I think we should hit the hay.”
Everyone returned to their sleeping spots as Kiba joined me once again. I rested
my head on his fur as I tried to relax. I was having trouble sleeping. I got up and slipped
through the house into Link’s room. He was resting peacefully on his bed, with his hands
behind his head. I laid down quietly next to him, praying he wouldn’t wake up as I
snuggled against him. I nearly had a heart attack when he brought his hand down on top
of mine.
“Link? Are you awake?” I whispered.
He replied by mumbling slightly in his sleep. “.....Night.....”
“Good, he’s still asleep,” I thought. I closed my eyes, and breathed in his scent. I
began to fall to sleep, when I got the feeling something wasn’t right. I could feel a very
evil presence that radiated hatred and anxiety coming this way.
“Midna, did you feel it too?” I whispered.
She appeared next to the bed as her glowing red and yellow eye pierced through
the darkness. “Yeah. It’ll be here soon.”
I heard Kiba slip into the room, and stood next to the bed. His kind green eyes
had turned to their hostile red again as his hackles were raised, waiting for whatever was
coming. Whatever it was, he could sense it too. I craned my neck so I could get a better
look when I spotted Link’s sword.
“Go get it Kiba,” I whispered. Kiba picked it up in his jowls and handed it to me,
then resumed his protective stance by the door. I unsheathed the Master Sword, and held
it at the ready.
Midna, Kiba, and I waited, as the evil presence washed over us, getting closer and
closer. We all tensed up immediately when we heard the front door open, but no
footsteps. I pretended to be asleep while Midna and Kiba hid in the shadows. Suddenly,
Link’s door flew open to reveal a ghost like creature which easily resembled the Grim
Reaper himself. Its face was hidden by a hood, but it had glowing red eyes and carried a
lantern with a strange blue flame in it, just like the ghosts I had battled during my trials.
As it floated closer to the bed, Kiba and I leaped from our spots, with sword and fangs
bared. Both of our attacks slid right through the creature, with no damage dealt. Midna
and Kiba lunged in with another attack, but the creature repelled them without even
moving. It floated down next to me and forced me up without even touching me. My
feet were dangling a foot off the floor. It gave the scariest grin I had ever seen. All of its
teeth were razor sharp fangs, that were an unusual sparkling white. It tapped my forehead
as I became unconscious. It leaned its head close to my neck, and sunk its fangs into my
neck, sucking out not blood, but my soul. Midna tried to free me as Kiba barked madly,
waking Link up. He sat up, and stared on, horrified, at the sight before him. Blood
started to leak from my neck, trickling down slowly. He grabbed his sword and let out a
battle cry as he swung at the creature, narrowly missing its lantern. It ripped its fangs
from my neck and hissed at Link, as I slowly came to.
“Wh.....wha? What’s happening?” I mumbled. Suddenly, I let out a loud scream
as the creature sunk its fangs into my neck again. Link swung his sword angrily, and
sliced the lantern in half. The creature started to make painful high pitched screams as it
writhed in pain, dropping me. I clutched my neck as I curled up in a protective ball,
gasping in pain. The creature vanished, and Link, Midna, and Kiba joined my side. Link
studied my neck as he saw multiple holes that were leaking blood. Link picked me up in
his arms and held me tightly.
“Devan? Can you hear me? Are you alright?” he whispered to me.
“M-my head.....it’s pounding.....I feel.....so light headed.....weak,” I mumbled. I
barely had any energy left to speak.
“What the hell was that?” Link asked Midna while Kiba licked the blood off of
my neck.
“I think it was a freakishly large poe. Link, I think we need to take her to a spirit
spring, because that thing was feasting on her soul,” Midna said with worry.
“M-my.....neck.....it hurts.....everything hurts,” I mumbled as I slipped into
unconsciousness. Worry grew on Link and Midna’s faces.
Link carried me out the door as Midna and Kiba followed.
“Where are you taking her?”
“There’s a spirit spring on the path between the village and the forest. The spirit
Ordona will help us.”
They continued on in silence at a brisk pace. Kiba raced ahead, scouting the area.
As soon as they reached the spring, there was a bright flash of light as a spirit in the shape
of a goat appeared before us.
“Welcome, Link and Midna. I see Kiba has been keeping you company.”
“Yes, but Ordona? My friend, Devan here, was attacked by a poe and had a bit of
her soul sucked out. She’s just barely alive. Please, just help her,” Link pleaded.
“Ah, the young Maiden of Light. I will do what I can,” Ordona replied. “Set her
in the water.”
Link did as he was told, and watched in wonder along with Midna and Kiba as a
bubble appeared around me. It sunk deep into the spring, as it glowed brightly. Ordona
was summoning the bits of my lost soul to me, and healing the wounds on my neck. As
the light faded away, the bubble popped under water, while I was still unconscious. Link
dived under and began to drag me up. He dragged me to shallow water, and checked my
breathing. Nothing.
“Uh oh,” he gulped. He laughed nervously as Midna smacked him in the back of
the head.
“You idiot! Just do it!”
“R-right,” he stammered.
Just as he was about to put his mouth up to mine for recesitation, I woke up
conveniently and pushed him away.
“That.....won’t be.....necessary,” I said through coughs.
Ordona’s laughed boomed at us. “She seems fine now,” he chuckled.
“Thanks,” I mumbled.
“Before you leave, I must warn you. Twilight has befallen the desert. Enter with
caution.”
“Thanks, will do,” Link replied.
We began to walk away when I blacked out suddenly and fell on the ground.

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I awoke to find myself on my bed with Kiba asleep next to me. Link was snoring
lightly as he was sleeping on a chair propped up next to the bed. Midna was sitting on the
end of the bed, waiting patiently.
“Good morning, sleeping beauty,” she sneered at me.
“Morning,” I mumbled. “What happened?”
Midna began to laugh. “As soon as we left the spring, you just blacked out and
fell flat on your face! How graceful!”
“Oh shut up,” I growled.
Link began to stir. “Are you alive?” he asked jokingly.
“I guess. Unless this is all a dream. If so, please feel free to not wake me up.”
Link and Midna smiled at me as Kiba began licking my toes, making me laugh.
“AH, KIBA STOP! IT TICKLES! AHH!” I yelled through fits of laughter.
Midna decided to join in as Link stood by, laughing hysterically.
“Alright, my turn!” he cried.
“OH CRAP!” I cried while laughing. Link jumped onto the bed next to me and
began tickling my stomach. I kicked and screamed, as everyone else laughed. I closed
my eyes, and tried to breathe because I was laughing so hard. Suddenly, everyone
stopped laughing. I could feel Link’s breath on my face as I opened my eyes. His face
was extremely red, and just an inch from my face.
“Uhhh.....” was all he could think of to say.
Midna and Kiba watched the scene, with indescribable looks on their faces. I
couldn’t resist the temptation any longer, so I closed the gap and gave him a quick peck
on the lips. A surprised look grew on his face, kind of like those Kodak moment type
faces. I laughed loudly as he slipped away, his face flaming red. Midna added to Link’s
embarrassment by making “oooo” sounds. I walked next to him and reached up on my
tip toes and messed up his hair.
“Hello? Anyone home?” I laughed.
“Maybe,” was all he could say.
“Okay, okay, that’s enough you two. As they would say, a little too much PDA
could scar a person for life,” Midna said.
“Sounds like something I would say. Maybe I’m rubbing off on you guys a little
more than I thought,” I said grinning.
“Shush. Anyways, you two need to get ready ASAP so we can get to the desert by
nightfall. Got it?”
“Yes ma’am,” I said in a mocking soldier way. Link laughed as they left the
room. I looked down at Kiba. “Are you going to be joining us?”
Kiba nodded his head slightly.
“Wow, I never noticed till just now that you’ve basically responded to all my
questions! Can you understand what I’m saying?”
Kiba nodded his head again.
“Just to be sure, what’s three times two?”
Kiba barked six times.
My eye twitched a little. “Ooookay. Works for me.” I swear I heard Kiba
chuckle at this.
I got ready for the day and met Link out in the main room. We were all prepped
up and ready to go, Kiba wagging his tail eagerly.
“Is he coming with us?” Link asked questioningly.
Kiba nodded his head.
Surprise lit on Link’s face. “Did he just.....?”
“Yup!” I smiled.
“Kiba says to get a move on, or we’ll be stuck traveling in the dark,” Midna said.
It took me a couple seconds to register how Midna knew that. “Oh, right, you can
understand wolves. Duh,” I said as I lolled my tongue to play on the stupid act.
We all headed out the door as Link called for Epona. We packed everything up,
and we were on our way. It was still early morning, with the sun just a little above the
horizon. The sky was a painted purple pink, with sparks of orange from the rising sun.
There were no clouds in the distance, which predicted perfect weather. I clutched onto
Link, trying to recall recent event’s, when memories of my dream flashed through my
mind. I shuddered as Link looked back at me.
“What’s the matter?” he asked me.
“N-nothing. It’s just.....I don’t know.....do you remember the nightmare from the
other night?”
“You mean the one where you decked me in the face?” Link said jokingly.
“I did? That’s why your eye is all bruised. Sorry,” I mumbled.
“It’s fine. Anyways, continue.”
“I don’t know, it just really scared me, that’s all.” I didn’t feel like talking about it
just then.
“Well I’m here for you,” he said with a grin.
“Thanks.”
A couple hours had passed, and I was trying to find something to do. Midna and I
were currently in a game of eye spy, with a tied score of 120. Guess where we were at?
A small forest with trees, trees, and more trees. This was a pointless game.
“I spy with my little eye something-”
“Tree,” I cut in.
“Damn it. Fine, your turn.”
“I spy with my little eye-”
“Tree.”
“Hey, you have to wait till I’m done asking the question!” I exclaimed.
“Well you didn’t earlier!”
“But you-”
“ENOUGH!” Link roared. “You two are driving me nuts!” he said as he twitched
his eye a little.
“Sorry,” Midna and I said in unison.
I looked down next to us to see Kiba enjoying himself immensely. He was
running freely, his first time being out of the Faron Woods. He looked up at me and
lolled his tongue at me in a smile, and made a little yip as he waggled his butt a little,
repeating this.
“What is it, Kiba?” I asked.
Kiba stopped suddenly as Epona raced ahead.
“Hold on a sec, Link!”
Link gave an annoyed sigh and stopped Epona, as I slipped off. I looked back at
Kiba, as he sat down wagging his tail. “C’mon, Kiba! Let’s go!” Suddenly, he jumped
up and slipped under my legs again, carrying me. We raced ahead of Link, leaving them
in the dust. Link urged Epona to full speed, and caught up to us quickly.
“What are you doing?” Link asked me.
“Don’t know, don’t care!” I laughed. “I guess he just wanted to play with me,
that’s all,” I smiled.
“Whatever,” Link said, shaking his head.
We continued onward through the forest, which seemed to go on forever.....
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I laid in the middle of a dark castle chamber, unable to move. One of my legs had
been broken while my other arm was hacked off. Blood was everywhere, as I tried to
keep conscious. I looked up at my friends that were chained to a wall, bleeding and
battered. I crawled slowly towards them, to help in anyway I could. Meghan, Alison,
Giaco, and Henry were being held against their will by Zant, who had retrieved them
from their world. Zant grinned wickedly as he pulled out an electrified whip. My
friends’ eyes grew wide with fear, as he turned his deadly weapon on them. He slashed
at them all in one stroke, as they all screamed in pain. Everyone kicked and struggled to
get free, but to no avail.
“What will the Maiden of Light do now, now that I have her precious friends?”
Zant sneered at me.
“Please, don’t hurt them!” I wailed. “Hurt me instead! Just let them go,
please.....”
“Hmm, I don’t know,” he said mockingly. Suddenly, he brought the whip across
my face, leaving a gash across my eye. My face fell to the ground, as I cried out in pain.
“Leave her alone!” Meghan cried.
“M-Meghan, don’t! He’ll only kill you,” I begged.
“How sweet, your little friends are trying to protect you.”
Zant brought the whip across Meghan’s leg as it wrapped around it, shocking
her. The pain was too much as she passed out.
“MEGHAN!” I roared. Everyone began yelling in protest. Zant walked up to
Henry and Alison, and pressed his palms against their foreheads. Suddenly, their was a
loud crack as he split their skulls, blood pouring everywhere.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” I roared.
“STOP IT! KILL ME, KILL ME! NOT THEM! STOP! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!”
I began crawling to Zant, begging for him to stop. As soon as I reached him, two
Stalfos Knights appeared and held me down.
“LET ME GO! Meghan, Alison, Henry, Giaco.....I’m so sorry!”
“Devan, it’s not your fault,” Giaco said shakily, fear and sadness written clearly
on his face.
“YES IT IS! IF I HAD NEVER COME BACK, THEN THIS WOULD’VE NEVER
HAPPENED!”
Meghan was starting to come to as Zant had pulled out two large swords as if
from no where. Meghan and Giaco tensed up, waiting for the end.
“Any last words?” Zant sneered at them.
“Devan, please, don’t feel guilty. You tried you’re best, and I wanted to let you
know you’re my best friend,” Meghan smiled sadly.
“BUT MY BEST WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH!” I screamed.
“Please, just don’t forget us, we love you,” Giaco said.
They closed their eyes tight, waiting for Zant to give the final blow.
Zant sliced each of the swords cleanly through their hearts, as blood poured from
their mouths, sad smiles imprinted on their now dead bodies.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! !!”
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I awoke with fright, and tumbled backwards, slipping off of Kiba’s back. I hit the
ground rolling, running into various rocks and trees. I stopped rolling when my head
collided with a rock, making me see stars.
“Owwwww.”
Link stopped Epona and jumped off, and started racing towards me. I rubbed the
back of my head, when I felt a warm, sticky liquid come off onto my hand. I looked at
my hand and sighed. There were small speckles of blood on my hand.
“What the heck was that? Are you trying to fly or something?” Link asked me.
“Not exactly,” I winced.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt?” Link asked with worry.
“I’ll be fine, just a little bleeding on the head, that’s all. Just a scratch.”
“Alright, but when you pass out, don’t come crying to me,” he joked. “Just what
exactly happened, anyway?”
I shuddered a little. “Just having that stupid nightmare from hell. Zant captured
all of my friends, and.....”
“And.....?”
“Killed them. All of them. Right in front of me. I tried to free them earlier, but
he had cut off my arm and broken my leg, so I couldn’t help. They were saying I tried my
best, but it wasn’t good enough,” I sighed sadly. “Just please don’t let that be one of my
freaky vision dreams,” I mumbled to myself.
“Huh?”
“Just forget it. It’s just a dream.”
“If you say so.”
We continued onward once again, running through fast fields, when I could see
Lake Hylia in the distance. It was almost sunset. We arrived at the lake as I dismounted
Kiba so he could rest his back.
“Okay, this is the opposite of the desert. What are we doing here?” I asked.
“Well, we can’t get to the desert directly, so we have to take a different route
using one of the amusement rides here.”
“And what exactly would that be? I don’t care, unless you say-”
“Cannon.”
“Awwww man. First the cranes, and now a freaking canon?”
Link ignored this statement and walked onto a dock that led to a strange looking
hut floating on the water. I spazzed out immediately and hid behind Link when I saw
what was running the whole thing.
“What’s the matter with you?” he asked me quietly.
“C-Clown,” I twitched. “Get it away!”
Link began laughing loudly, as the guy who was dressed like a clown looked in
our direction.
“Ah, a customer!” The clown person cleared his throat. “Welcome to Fyer’s
Cannon ride! For only ten rupees, you can take flight to a world of wonder!” I started
laughing. “What’s so funny?”
“How cheesy,” I laughed.
“Hey little girl, I-”
“Please, don’t mind my friend here. We need to take a ‘special’ flight. You know
what I’m talking about,” Link said quietly.
“Hmm, I do now do I?”
Link sighed and handed him a small purple jewel, which I assumed to be this
world’s currency, like Fyer said, called ‘rupees.’ Fyer’s eyes grew wide.
“I guess I can help ya out, but let this be fair warnin’ to ya. It seems a strange veil
of twilight has covered a part of the desert, so be careful.”
“Thanks.”
Suddenly, a large door on the hut swung open, revealing a metal chamber. I
gulped nervously as Kiba and I followed Link in. The door swung closed, making it pitch
black. Link wrapped his arms around me as some freaky music began to play, and I could
feel us getting lifted into the air.
“Oh crap,” I squeaked.
“Don’t worry about it. It’ll be fun!” he smiled.
“I. HATE. You,” I growled.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion as we were launched into the air, flying high
over the lake. We were shot up over a cliff which revealed a vast ocean of sand. I closed
my eyes tight as we landed in a bed of sand. I stood up and dusted myself off as I looked
around for Kiba.
“Kiba? Where are you?”
I could hear a whimper behind me as I turned around. Kiba was struggling to get
his buried head out of the ground. I laughed as I dug him out quickly, and he gave me
thank you licks to the face. I studied my surroundings a bit, when I saw the wall of
twilight in the distance. The sun was starting to set, and we would have to travel by foot
until we reached the twilight.
Midna appeared from Link’s shadow. “Damn you, Zant. Covering the Chamber
of the Sages in twilight. He knew we were coming,” she growled.
Anger grew on my face. “That little-”
“We’ll beat him. Don’t worry,” Link said.
We continued on our way, as the sun had set beyond the horizon. The
temperature was dropping quickly, as Link pulled on a cloak. He looked at me, surprise
written on his face.
“Aren’t you freezing?” he asked me.
“No, not really. I’m usually roasting, or sometimes I just don’t pick up cold
temperatures.”
“Lucky,” Link mumbled. I could tell he was freezing.
“You’ve got a ton of layers on, and you’re still cold?” I laughed.
“J-just sh-shut it,” he chattered. I sighed as I slipped into his cloak, trying to keep
him warm. “Th-thanks.”
“No problem,” I smiled.
“How ironic. It’s usually me who’s helping you out,” he laughed.
“Hey, I’m not completely helpless!” I pointed out.
“I never said that!”
“You were implying it, but that’s okay. I don’t mind.”
Just as we were about to reach the twilight, there was a strange hissing sound.
Suddenly, their was a big, strange looking worm with big teeth that jumped out of the
sand, right at us. We moved out of the way just in time, but I’ll tell you, we weren’t
expecting that.
“What was that?” Link said, his eyes wide.
“IT’S THE DEATH WORM OF THE GOBI DESERT!” I cried.
“Just what exactly is she on?” Midna asked Link.
“I have no idea.”
“HEY!”
“We’re just teasing. Let’s get to it, shall we?”
We faced the black wall of twilight as Midna phased through it. We waited until
two huge hands shot through and pulled us in once again. Link had changed into his wolf
form, but I was still human.
“Ummmm.....okay?”
Midna stared in shock. “Even if you did awaken your true power, you still
shouldn’t be able to keep your human form.”
“I DON’T.....AUGH!” I cried out in pain. I could feel the tremors from before
rushing up and down my body, but these ones were more painful. I fell to the ground,
crying out in pain. “Wh-why does it hurt this bad?!”
Suddenly, I could feel the skin on my back start to rip. It was clearly audible,
because Link and Midna’s eyes grew huge. I screamed loudly as my shoulder blades
ripped through my skin, and extended out into the shape of a bird’s wing. All of the
bones in my body started popping and extending, as I screamed like bloody murder. It
felt like my body was being ripped apart. With a final cry, fur and feathers covered my
body as I became unconscious. Link and Midna stared at my newly transformed body
with worry, staring at the griffin I had become.
“Holy crap,” Midna stated.
Link sat down next to me, checking my condition. “She seems alright, but damn,
that must’ve hurt.”
Link and Midna waited patiently for me to come to. They weren’t going to force
me up after something like that. Link just remembered something.
“Didn’t Devan say that she had merged with a griffin when we left the Sacred
Grove?”
“You’re right. Oh, I get it! She awakened her twilight form as well! That’s why
the griffin appeared. I’m surprised you didn’t make the connection sooner. Remember a
wolf merged with you after you awakened as the hero?”
“Riiiiiight. Now I remember.”
About an hour had passed when I finally started to wake up. I squawked loudly
which was supposed to be a yawn.
“Wh-What happened?” I mumbled. Link looked at me in surprise.
“Whoa, I can understand you now!” he barked.
“Now why is that?” I screeched.
“Because you’re both animals now.”
“Wait, how can that be?” I asked. I studied myself, and saw that I wasn’t a
shadow being, but the griffin that I saw from before. “.....COOL! I CAN FLY NOW!”
I had snow white fur and feathers on my wings. I had black feathers on my face,
giving me an almost mask-like appearance. The fur on the end of my tail was black along
with the end of my fore paws. My talons were a greyish silver color, and I had gold
bracelets on my paws, talons, and tail. I had a medium sized beak, which was pretty
straight except for a small curve at the end. I made a screech in delight, when I looked
over at Link. I was taller than him now!
“.....YES! HA HA HA!” I screeched as Midna covered her ears.
“What?” Link asked, slightly annoyed.
“I’M TALLER THAN YOU NOW!”
Midna stared at me, as Link started laughing, or in other words, barking.
“Well, at least I don’t have to translate for anybody now, but I can hardly
understand Devan’s eagle accent,” Midna sighed.
“Hey wait, if I’m part cat, lion, whatever, doesn’t that mean I can-?”
Right as the thought passed through my mind, a set of huge claws that were gold
slid from my paws. Link’s eyes grew wide, imagining what my claws could do to people,
and hopefully not him.
“Sweet! I can’t wait to tell Screech!”
“Who is Screech?” Midna asked.
“She’s just a friend of mine from my world.”
“I see. Let’s get going,” Link said, walking away.
I waited for him to get a little distance, when I charged after him, with my wings
spread. As soon as I was next to him, I leaped high into the air and started flapping my
wings. I glided around the air, the happiest I had ever been. I always loved the thought of
flight, but I can’t stand airplanes. Link and Midna watched me as I dazzled them with
many flips and dives. Suddenly, I turned my head to find Midna on my back.
“Just what the hell do you think you’re doing? Do I look like a taxi?” I screeched
at her.
“No, but you can fly! Link can’t.”
“Oh, don’t mind me, I’ll just run down here by myself,” Link barked at us.
I landed down next to Link, as Midna scowled at me. Link and I looked at
eachother and laughed. We stopped suddenly, and stared at a huge tower before us. It
looked like an ancient coliseum.
“The Arbiter’s Grounds. This used to be a maximum security prison for the worst
criminals ever. This is where the sages had to seal Ganondorf fourteen years ago. The
place where your past reincarnate died,” Link said quietly. I shuddered at the thought.
“Also where the Mirror of Twilight is, so let’s get going.”
We walked slowly into the tower, and saw that sand had enveloped most of the
inside. I took one step forward to inspect the place a bit, when there was a blood curdling
scream that sent chills up and down my spine. I was frozen in place, as Link came up
next to me.
“Hey, hello? Are you okay?” he said as he nudged me with his nose slightly. I
toppled over, still shaken. I stood up quickly, straightening myself out.
“Y-yeah, I-I’m fine. It’s not like you don’t hear a death scream everyday.”
Link shook his head, as we continued onward. We reached a chamber that had
quicksand everywhere, except for small standing spots in front of the doors.
Midna popped out from Link’s shadow and looked at me, grinning. “Devaaaaaan.
Know what you have to do?”
I gulped nervously. “B-But I don’t know if I’ll be able to lift him, let alone fly
across!” I screeched.
“I believe in you. You can do it,” Link told me confidently. I still wasn’t too
sure.
“You do know what’ll happen if I drop you,” I warned him.
“I’m well aware. I trust you.”
“Okay. Here goes.”
I stood back a little behind Link. I rushed forward, flapping my wings as I jumped
into the air and plucked up Link by his arms with my talons. His weight started to drag
me down, as I began to flap my wings faster and harder. I was getting tired fast, so I
swung Link to safety, as I landed on top of him, exhausted.
He laughed quietly. “Are you still breathing?”
“K-Kinda, sorta,” I gasped. “Y-You’re heavier than you look.”
“Heh, sorry.”
“No prob.”
We entered the next chamber, to find a huge stair case leading straight to another
large door that was locked. On the staircase, there was four huge torch lights, with
flickering blue flames. Suddenly, Link started growling as I looked around wildly. Four
poes just like the big one that attacked me had us surrounded. They each stole a flame
into their lanterns, and three of them cackled and flew away. The fourth stood its ground
in front of us, a wicked grin spread across its face. Link and I jumped out of the way as it
charged us. I unsheathed my claws, and took a swipe at the poe, but the attack just fell
through its body. Link pounced on it, and was able to stay clawed to its back as he started
to bite at its throat. I kept trying to attack it, but I wasn’t getting any results. I started to
get so frustrated that I hadn’t realized that I could still charge light energy to certain
places in my twilight form. I swiped angrily at the poe once more, as my now glowing
claws ripped through the poe with ease. Link leaped off and picked up its lantern and
threw it against a wall, shattering it. The poe vanished as it screeched in pain, and all that
was left was the flame. Link and I watched in wonder as the flame floated over to its
light. Once in its proper place, we could hear one latch on the locked door open.
“Ah, I see. We’re going to need all of the flames in order to open the door.”
“Y’know, I wish we could just take the easy way and blast our way through,” I
sighed. Link laughed at me as we explored the room a bit more. Turns out that there
were dozens of doors everywhere, and all of them led to who knows where. I started
doing eni-meni-miny-moe when Link went to inspect the pieces of the lantern a little
more. I sniffed them, and was able to pick up the scent of the other poes. Using his nose,
he was able to pick out three doors that each of the poes went through.
“Nice one, ace!” I complemented him.
I followed him as he had his nose stuck to the ground, trying to find the poes.
While Link did the hunting, I checked my surroundings. It seemed the inside of the
Arbiter’s Grounds were sort of like the Egyptian ruins, but with prison cells all over the
place. Suddenly, we entered a room that was pitch black, and the door locked us in. We
listened quietly as we could hear quiet movement. Link sniffed the air, when he gagged.

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“It smells like rotting flesh,” he whispered, disgusted.
There was a slight shuffling sound as whatever was coming for us moved closer. I
moved closer to Link, my mind on edge.
“Wh-What is it?” I asked nervously.
“I don’t know. Try using the light in your eyes and see if you can see it,” Link
whispered to me again, trying not to catch its full attention.
I concentrated with my eyes close, and when I could feel the warm sensation in
my eyes, I opened them slightly. I gasped as I saw an eight foot figure standing before us
wrapped in cloth like a mummy, with bits of rotting flesh sticking out. It held a blade in
its hand that was as tall as Link in his human form. As soon as it heard my surprised cry, it made the same blood curdling scream that I heard from before. Link and I were frozen
in our places unable to move. Me, because I was frozen in fear, and Link, because the
high pitch messed with his ears. I could see the creature raising its blade high over its
head, and just as it was bringing it down, I came to my senses and shoved Link out of the
way. The blade missed us by inches, and we could hear the creature inhaling for another
scream. I pounced on it, and hooked onto its back, and ripped and clawed like no other.
As soon as my beak connected with flesh, I fell off, and almost threw up. It started to
scream again, but I drowned it out with an even louder screech from me. I noticed Link
wincing in pain, his head on the ground.
“Sorry! Don’t move until I tell you to, okay?”
“Alright,” he grumbled.
I circled around the creature until I was able to maneuver it between me and Link.
“NOW!” I screeched. Link and I lunged, and were able to latch onto the creature.
We started tearing it to shreds when I cut off its head with an elongated glowing claw.
The creature fell, and vanished, as torches in the middle of the room lit up, allowing us to
see.
“Nice job!” Link said as he gave me a wolfy grin.
“That tasted NASTY!” I replied as I gagged a little. I shook my entire body and
flapped my wings in disgust. Link started using his nose once again to start tracking the
other poes. We walked around for about twenty minutes, when a door slammed shut
behind us again.
“Y’know, I really wish they would warn us or something,” I grumbled.
Link and I explored the empty room, looking for a switch or anything to get us
out. Suddenly, I heard Link howl in pain, as he fell to the ground. I turned around to find
a poe trying to suck out his soul.
“GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF HIM!” I screeched. I lunged at the poe,
as it vanished. When it reappeared, it had nine other copies of it with it. I turned to
check on Link who had gone unconscious. I was starting to panic, when Midna spoke.
“Just relax! I’ll take care of Link, just use your ‘eyes’ to find the real one!”
I sighed, then concentrated. I could see two glowing orbs moving around.
“How nice, we got a double prize!” I exclaimed.
I lunged at one of the real poes, and sliced it down with ease. Most of the copies
disappeared, except for three of them. They all attacked me at once, as I let out a cry of
pain.
“Augh, gosh damn it,” I grumbled. I stared at the poes circling me, as I held my
wings before me like a barrier. I located the true poe, and slashed at it with a glowing
claw. The poe, along with its copies, vanished as two lanterns were left behind. I threw
them against the wall, breaking them. The flames floated out of the room, and to their
respected torches. I checked on Link, who was still unconscious.
“Okay, Link! Time to wake up!” Midna yelled as she was hitting Link on the
side. I nudged him slightly as the room began to shake. Bits of the ceiling were starting
to come down! I stood over him, and held my wings above us like a protective umbrella.
Link started to come to, when the tremors started to get stronger. Bits of the ceiling
bounced off of my wings as I gritted my beak in pain. I looked down at Link and winked
at him.
“Are you okay,” I asked with a hint of pain yet laughter in my call.
“Y-Yeah, but we should get out of here! Like NOW!”
“I was planning on that, but you were stone cold out, and just as I was about to
move you, the room started shaking.”
Suddenly, a huge chunk of the ceiling landed directly on top of my wings. I
landed on top of Link, trying to keep the bit from hitting us. My wings started to fold into
me painfully, when I spread my wings really fast, causing the chunk to fly. I screeched in
pain, but shrugged it off. Link looked up at me, shock in his shining blue eyes.
“Wh-why are you doing this?”
“Because you would and have done the same for me,” I grinned at him.
Suddenly, Link shoved me out of the way as a quarter of the ceiling started to
come down. Midna appeared next to us and transported us out of the room. Link and I
sat down, trying to catch our breath from the adrenaline rush. I turned my head and
glared at Midna.
“Why didn’t you do that earlier?” I growled menacingly.
“It’s not like I can always do that on a split second choice! I need awhile to
recharge after using most of my power just getting you guys into the twilight.”
“It’s all said and done now. No use in yelling at eachother about it,” Link added.
I stood up and started to stretch my wings, when I collapsed in pain. There were
loud snapping noises when I stretched my wings. Link jumped up and came to my side,
worry written on his face. Slight snapping sounds continued, as I cried out in pain. Most
of the bones in my wings were starting to crack and break from the aftermath of the cave
in. I whimpered loudly as Midna carefully laid my wings out flat. Link slipped under my
wing carefully, and snuggled against me in support. Pain was shooting down my wings
and through my spine. Small tears were trickling down my face, as I tried to control my
whimpering. Link nuzzled me lightly, and licked my tears.
“D-Damn it. I’ve n-never really br-broken a bone before, unless t-toes count,” I
stammered. “F-F@#K.”
“Is there anything we can do for her?” Link asked Midna with concern.
“Well, I could try using my power, to ease the pain and fix most of the bones.”
I closed my eyes and winced as my body shook. I was taking deep breaths as pain
riddled my body. “P-Please, anything.”
“Can you, Midna?”
“I’ll see what I can do.”
Midna closed her eyes, and concentrated. She held her arms out and had her hand
of hair sticking straight up. The strange statue thing on her head which closely resembled
a fused shadow, started to glow. Strange pixelations like the ones that Midna uses to
transport us started to flow into my body from Midna’s hands. My body became warm,
and I could feel the bones start to bend back in place. I roared in pain, as the bones
started to mend themselves.
“What are you doing? I thought you were trying to heal her!” Link barked at
Midna angrily.
“I am. No one said that it wouldn’t be painful.”
The last of the pixels floated into my body, as the bones were put back into their
respected places and mended. I let my wings hang at my side as I tried to catch my
breath. As I exhaled, there was a small cloud, as if I was outside on a cold day and made
my breath visible. I coughed as a plume of my breath hit the ground, and cast a small
spot of ice on the ground. I began to shiver, despite my big shaggy coat of fur.
“Whoa, watch where you’re breathing!”
“S-Sorry,” I stuttered. My body still ached, and I was freezing. Midna helped me
to tuck in my wings, as Link watched curiously.
“No flying. At least not for the next hour or so. Unless you just want to break
them all over again.”
“I’ll p-pass. N-Now since when c-can I b-breath ice?”
“Maybe it’s just your body’s reaction to a life threatening emergency, or
something like that. Who knows, maybe it’ll come in handy.”
“Well, let’s hope so.”
“Since you’re alright, lets get started on finding the rest of the poes.”
“You mean poe,” I corrected him. “Two poes decided to make an appearance
when you were passed out.” Link scowled as I said this. “I managed to take ‘em out.”
“Sorry I couldn’t help,” Link growled angrily.
“It’s alright. Now let’s go! I’ve just had about enough of this place,” I
shuddered.
Link’s nose was stuck to the floor once more as he started to sniff out the last poe.
He must’ve picked something up, because he bolted off at a sprint. I lagged behind him,
my wings and shoulders still hurting slightly. We entered a large chamber, as we were
ambushed by the last poe. I let out a screech of fright, accidentally releasing a plume of
freezing air. Link dodged out of the way, just as the plume hit the poe, freezing it in the
air. It shattered as it hit the ground, as the poe vanished, leaving it’s lantern. Link and I
pounced at it at the same time, as we collided into eachother.
Link stepped away. “You can have the honor of breaking it.”
“No, you take it. I broke the last two.”
“Okay then!” Link picked it up with his teeth and spun around in circles as he let
it fly. I have to admit, it’s pretty fun. It shattered as it hit the wall, releasing the ghostly
blue flame. It began to float away, as Link followed it.
“What are you doing?!” I screeched at him.
“If we follow this thing, it’ll take us to where we need to go next!”
I shook my head, but I followed along anyways. We raced after the blue flame,
which led us back to the room with the dozens of doors. We looked at the glowing
torches, their flames perfectly in place. We could hear the last latch open, as the door
opened upward. We raced through, and found ourselves in the center of the tower. We
looked straight up as there was a large column that went close to the ceiling, at least thirty
stories.
Link attempted at making a long whistle, which sounded more like a muffled
howl.
“It’s at times like these that I wish I could fly,” I sighed.
“Don’t even think about it,” Midna warned me.
“I know, I know.”
“Let’s get walking!” Link said almost to cheerily.
Just as we approached the column, something flew by, plucking me up. Just as
Link jumped to attack, something pinned him down. I thrashed around wildly, trying to
slash whatever had grabbed me with my claws. I looked up to see an exact copy of my
griffin form sneering down at me. I looked down to find Link being pinned down by an
exact copy of his wolf form as well.
“Hello, Devan,” my copy said venomously in a human voice which easily
resembled mine..
“Let me GO!” I screeched as I tried to wriggle free.
“Suit yourself,” the griffin sneered.
The evil griffin threw me down, as I started falling. I had a looooong way to go
before I reached the ground, and my wings weren’t at a hundred percent. I let out a
screech of fear, when the griffin dived down and slashed my side. I clawed back, as I
scratched its neck. I latched onto it again as it flew by, and we started to have a free fall
fight. Link was holding his own against his copy, which turned out to be the transformed
Dark Link. They stared at eachother, blood lust written on eachother’s faces.
“Once I dispose of you, she won’t be able to tell the difference between us this
time. And I can have her all to myself and spill that sweet beautiful blood from her
delicate neck,” Dark Wolf Link said in Link’s human voice.
“You sick freak. I’LL NEVER LET YOU LAY A HAND ON HER!” Link roared
ferociously.
They tackled eachother, and snapped their fangs at eachother near their vital spots.
They both leaped away from eachother, wincing as Link bit Dark Link close to the neck
and Dark Link bit Link close to his stomach. They caught their breath quickly, and
continued lunging at eachother. The Evil Devan and I were about ten seconds off the
ground, when I got clawed in the face right across the eye. I saw stars, and was
plummeting to my death. Link looked up, and leaped into the air, as I landed with the full
force of gravity on his back. The air literally “whooshed” from his lungs, as we landed. I
was still in a daze, as Link blacked out. Our evil incarnates stood in front of us, sneering.
As I came to, I glared back, hatred in my eyes.
“What shall we do with them, Link?” the evil me asked.
“I don’t know. What do you think we should do Devan?”
The evil griffin circled behind us, as they continued to move around us in circles
together. “Let’s toy with them a little. Make them suffer.”
“I get the girl. You can take the boy.” Dark Wolf Link sniffed the air. “Ah, the
smell of your blood entices me, girl.”
I gulped nervously as I saw our evil twilight forms change into our human forms.
I growled venomously as they approached us. As they reached out to grab us, Midna
appeared.
“DON’T TOUCH THEM!” she cried angrily. She thrust her arms out, repelling
them with an unseen force. The evil us recovered quickly, and attacked Midna together at
full force. She was flung into a wall, and knocked unconscious. I leaped up to go to her
side, but I was struck right in the eye by the evil me. I turned to snap at her with my beak,
but Dark Link made a dark, glowing chain appear around my neck, and pulled me away
as I was within amputation distance of her arm. I charged at Dark Link, but he sent an
electrifying charge up the chain. My body stalled and shook from the charge as I fell
over.
“Oh, she’s a feisty one. I like that,” Dark Link said as he licked his lips. I shot a
plume of ice at him, freezing his foot to the ground. He broke through, kicking me in the
side of the head at the same time. I saw stars and feathers fly. I started to black out when
Dark Link kicked me again, but not quite as hard. He kneeled down in front of me so we
were face to face. Or beak to face.
“Ah, ah, ah,” he said, wagging his finger at me. “You better stay awake, because
I’m not going to let you miss a minute of your suffering,” he sneered at me. I spit a big,
glob of griffin saliva right into his eye. I could hear the evil me snicker quietly as I did
too. “I’ve really had enough of this,” he grumbled. He lifted me off the ground as the
evil me picked up the still unconscious Link. Suddenly, we were transported to the top of
the column, leaving Midna behind. I struggled in Dark Link’s arms, but stopped as he
started to bend my wing in a painful manner. I looked over at Link, to see the evil me
petting him lightly with an evil grin on her face. Probably planning what she was going
to do to him. Right then, something clicked in my brain. I used my “sight” and looked at
them. They now had light signatures that were almost exactly identical to mine and
Link’s. Last time, Dark Link was just an illusion. What was going on?
“Who sent you?” I growled.
“Why Ganondorf himself.”
“Ganondorf? But I thought Zant was calling the shots!”
“Sorry, classified information,” the evil me sneered.
They continued to take us to a door that was on the top of the column. It led
outside as we began walking up a spiraling staircase. When we reached the top, I could
see the wall of twilight.
“So the chamber was free of the twilight all this time,” I thought.
Our evil incarnates threw us through the wall, as we landed on the other side in
our human forms. I crawled over to Link, the chain still around my neck, and my back
ached profusely.
“Link? Wake up, please! Before they get here!” I cried in fear, shaking him. He
began to stir as Dark Link and the evil me walked through the barrier. Link’s eyes flew
open when Dark Link sent shocks through the chain as he dragged me away. I started to
cry, in fear and pain.
“Is this how it’ll end?” I thought bitterly.
Link cried out in rage at the fear on my face. He couldn’t stand to see anything
scare me so much. He charged at the Dark Link when the evil me drew a spear, and held
it at his throat. He stopped immediately, and tensed. Surprise grew on Link’s face when
he saw who was blocking the way.
“Surprised?” she said.
“What the hell is going on?”
Suddenly, Link turned around as he heard a cry of fear come from my direction.
Dark Link had his arms around me, with a dagger pressed to my neck. I whimpered
quietly, as tears were still streaming down my face.
“One move and she dies,” Dark Link smiled wickedly.
“And you to, my little wolfy,” the evil me giggled crazily. “Yet, maybe we should
kill you in your wolf form so we can get you stuffed!”
“D-Do wh-whatever y-you wish t-to me,” I stuttered. “Don’t hurt him.”
Dark Link looked me in the eyes. “If that is what you wish, my dear, then so be it.
Maybe I won’t hurt you as much, if you give me a kiss.”
Suddenly, I got a brilliant idea. I looked at Link out of the corner of my eye as an
annoyed frown appeared on his face. I nodded my head slightly, so only Link could tell.
He caught my drift, and watched silently.
“Okay,” I said in a sweet, yet seductive voice. I tilted my head slightly, and just as
Dark Link was about to press his lips to mine, I head butted him full in the face. He
staggered backwards, as blood poured from his nose and his split lip. I kicked him in the
stomach, which sent him reeling. Link had flipped the evil me onto the ground, as she
landed painfully on her back. I rushed to Link’s side as we stood back to back, waiting
for the next move.
“Nice move,” he whispered to me.
“I know!” I smiled. “Because I’m just awesome like that.”
Dark Link and the evil me staggered up, bloodlust in their eyes. I couldn’t help
but laugh as I saw the dried blood stuck to Dark Link’s face. Link drew his sword, as I
untied the chain from my neck. Might as well use the present from Dark Link against
him! I swung the chain high above our heads, preparing to attack. As they lunged to
attack, I used my chain like a whip as it wrapped around Dark Link’s leg. I pulled tight as
he lost his balance, and fell. Link sliced through the Evil Devan’s spear, and knocked her
back with an unforgiving punch. I charged a bunch of energy into the chain as I kneeled
down. Link jumped high into the air using my back as I swung the chain around wildly,
battering them both to a bloody pulp. With an angry cry, Link shot down from the air,
with sword in hand, and right through the evil me. Her body split into pieces, and
vanished in strange pixels just like the shadow beings. We turned around to face our final
opponent: Dark Link.
“What now? You’ve got nowhere to go, you sick bastard,” I cried at him. He
smiled at me weakly as he held out his sword in front of him.
“You’re right. Nowhere but back to Ganondorf.”
Link and I stared in shock as Dark Link stabbed himself. Instead of bleeding, his
body changed into glowing red pixels as they shot into the sky, vanishing just like the
shadow beings.
“I shall wait until the day I can taste your sweet blood,” Dark Link’s voice echoed.
I fell to my knees, exhausted. Link sat down next to me as he examined my face. My
face was bruised as a bleeding slash was strewn across my eye. Link stroked my cheek.
“I’m so sorry you had to face most of that alone,” he sighed.
“Hey, if you hadn’t caught me earlier I wouldn’t even be here.”
“True. But still. I just feel that I have to-”
“I know, I know. You feel you have to protect me all the time, but I felt like a
change for once. I didn’t do to bad, eh?” I winked. Link chuckled a little. Suddenly,
realization hit me full in the face. “MIDNA!” I cried out. Link staggered backwards
from my sudden exclamation as worry spread on his face.
“What? What happened to Midna?”
“She tried to protect us when you went down, but those guys basically gang beat
her. She’s still down there unconscious!”
We looked up at the wall of twilight, figuring out how to get in. I grabbed Link’s
hand as I touched the wall, and we were sucked in. We landed on the other side in our
twilight forms, full and ready. We raced down the spiral staircase and back inside the
tower. We stood on the column, and looked over the edge. Thirty stories down, we could
see a black smudge on the very bottom. Midna. I shoved Link over the edge as he barked
in surprise. I jumped after him, and got a good hold of him with my talons. I spread my
wings so we fell much slower. I flapped my wings rapidly as I hovered just above the
ground, letting Link down. We raced over to Midna, and sat next to her. I nudged her
slightly with my beak, trying to wake her up.
“C’mon Midna. Up and at ‘em,” I said nervously. She was stone cold out.
“Wake up Midna! They’re gone. Please,” Link pleaded. “If only I had been
awake, none of this would’ve happened,” he whimpered.
“Don’t be so hard on yourself!” I screeched at him.
Link nodded his head as he licked Midna’s face, trying to wake her up. I carefully
slipped her onto my back, and we ran up some stairs that were built into the side of the
column. It took us twenty minutes to get up, and Midna didn’t show any signs of waking
up. We left through the door on the top which led outside. We walked back through the
wall of twilight, now in our human forms. I carried the practically weightless Midna in
my arms, as Link stood next to me.
“What do we do?” I asked.
Link let out a long sigh. “We wait. It’s not like there’s much we can do.”
I looked away and decided to look around this “chamber.” It appeared to open up
like a coliseum exactly. There were six huge pillars that rose from the ground, and they
each had a golden spinning disk at the top with their own different symbol. The pillars
rose high above in a circle, which surrounded a small standing place with a strange,
shining object resting on a pedestal. There were chains everywhere in front of the
standing spot, that seemed to lead beneath the sand. Link scooped Midna out of my arms
as I went to explore the chamber, with Link following close behind.
“What do the symbols mean?” I asked him.
“They each represent a sage, thus calling this place the Chamber of the Sages.
That one right there is yours,” he said, pointing to one that had a circle in the middle with
waves coming from it. Right at that moment, it began to glow and spin rapidly. The
others started to do the same. The chamber began to quake as I could see the chains
connect with the pillars. The chains slowly slid out of the sand, bringing up a huge black
stone which had the exact pattern as the walls of twilight.
“Whoa, that was cool, but what is it?” I asked.
“I couldn’t tell ya,” Link replied.
“It’s th-the portal.....to the Tw-Twilight Realm....” Midna struggled to say.
“Midna!” I cried, rushing to her side. Link was still holding her as he propped her
up slightly.
“N-Not so loud,” she winced.
“Sorry,” I whispered.
“Anyways, please feel free to explain, if you can,” Link said.
“This stone is created from pure twilight particles, and is one of two keys to reach
the Twilight Realm. The other is the Mirror of Twilight. It should be in its pedestal over
there,” Midna said nodding her head. I walked over to look at it. It was resting in a black
pedestal, and was holding what looked to be a circular mirror with various patterns
squiggled all over it. The only thing was, it looked like it was missing a shard. A gasp
slipped through Midna’s lips as she flew out of Link’s arms and looked at the mirror. We
could see her begin to tense up in anger. Just as she was about to let it all out, voices
emanated around the chamber.
“Welcome to the Chamber of the Sages. And welcome again, Maiden of the
Light. It is nice to see our brethren at our side once more,” the voice said. Suddenly,
five glowing figures appeared before us. They each bore their own robes and had their
own symbols representing their sage. They all looked ancient, practically ghosts.
“Y-Yeah, no problem. I have to ask, um, why exactly are you all.....you know,” I
implied.
“Though we are sages, we are also people. Like people do, we die, but we stay as
a sage, even in death. Except for you. Except for the sage of light. She is the one who
leads us all, and thus has her soul reincarnated after her physical body has perished.”
“Oh, I see.” “That’s not creepy at all,” I thought.
“Who cares about that!” Midna snapped. “What we need to know is what
happened to the Mirror of Twilight?”
“As you can tell, twilight has befallen this place. We kept this chamber at bay of
the benevolent power, at a price. Zant chipped the Mirror, and took a single shard and
hid it within Hyrule. The single shard is on Snowpeak Mountain. But before we get
ahead of ourselves, keep this in mind. Only the true leader of the twilight can
completely shatter and destroy the mirror.”
“Which shows Zant isn’t the real leader,” Link said.
“That’s right. Only you, Midna, the twilight princess, can destroy it.”
Link turned and stared at Midna, shock on his face. His jaw dropped as Midna
stared at the ground blankly. Link suddenly looked at me, slight annoyance on his face.
“You knew about this all along, didn’t you?” he asked me.
I sighed. “Yes, but I promised Midna I wouldn’t tell anybody.”
“But you-”
“Link, if you’re going to yell at anybody, yell at me,” Midna said.
“.....I’m sorry, it’s just.....I don’t exactly like being left out from stuff like
that.....Exactly how long have you known?”
“Heheheh, since the first night,” I replied nervously.
Link groaned, but Midna cut him off. “That’s besides the point. This shows that
Zant’s power is truly false, considering he couldn’t break the Mirror. All we have to do is
retrieve the shard from Snowpeak, then defeat Zant. We’ll be able to take the Fused
Shadows, and use them to break the barrier that was cast over Hyrule Castle. I bet you
Ganondorf will be there.”
“So Ganondorf really is behind it all,” I mumbled, “just like they said.”
“Just like who said?” Midna asked.
“Our evil clones. What was even stranger, was that they weren’t illusions, like
last time. They were real people.” I shuddered lightly at the thought. “Just who exactly
is Ganondorf?”
“He’s a demon thief from a long time ago. Starting with the first hero, he
defeated him, but by some divine prank, he too, was also blessed with the Triforce, like
Link. Using its power, he was able to resurrect himself, which was where the sages came
in. They captured him, and banished him into the twilight.”
“Okay, I think I get it, but I’m slightly confused,” I said.
“Augh, are you stupid or something? THE PEOPLE OF THE TWILIGHT ARE
DESCENDANTS OF HIM! GANONDORF!” Midna cried at me. “Our people are
forced to shun the light because of him! Hiding in the dark, all the time, being mistaken
for his evil!”
I cringed a little. “Midna, just because he’s evil doesn’t make you evil. It doesn’t
matter if you’re his descendant, because you’re better than that.”
“.....Thanks.....” she whispered.
“Now, young heroes, it is time for you to journey to Snowpeak. The shard is in
the possession of two yetis that are living up in the ruins. They are kind creatures, yet the
path is a perilous one. Take caution, and dress warm.”
“Well duh, you kind of have to dress warm. Snow-peak.” I stated.
The sages chuckled in unison. “It was nice to see our sister and leader sage
again!”
I smiled lightly. Link, Midna, and I turned to enter the twilight once more in our
animal forms and leave the Arbiter’s Grounds. We quickly navigated our way through
the ancient tower, and when we reached the wall of twilight, that’s when something crazy
happened.
“Okay guys, I let you guys through,” Midna said as she floated through the wall.
We waited patiently as two hands shot through and plucked us through. When we landed
on the other side, Midna’s eyes grew huge.
“What, what is it?” I asked her.
“Um, Devan? You might want to take a look at yourself,” Link said. I looked up
and down my body and cried out in surprise. I was in my human body, but I still had my
wings, lion’s tail, and griffin ears.
“What the heck is happening?” I screeched as I let out a cry of an eagle. I looked
over at Link, who was looking at himself wide eyed. He had a black, bushy wolf tail,
ears, and his finger nails had turned into long, sharp claws.
“Midna! What did you do?!” Link howled in alarm. It seems we still had our
human voices with a touch of the animal.
“I think your molecules are going haywire from switching realms too much.”
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Link and I gaped at her. We could not believe what we were hearing!
“It’ll wear off, right?” Link asked with worry.
“Well, it should, but it might be awhile though. Sorry,” she laughed at our
misery.
“Sure you’re sorry,” I mumbled under my breath. “Well, what now? Do we go
and get prepped up and visit Snowpeak?”
“Yeah. Except we’ll need to stop in Ordon, so we can pick up a few things. Let’s
just pray we’re back to normal by then,” Link sighed.
“And if not, you’re the one who is going into Ordon to get what we need while I
wait in the forest,” I added.
“And why me?”
“Let’s face it, it’s a lot easier to hide a tail, ears, and claws, compared to my wings
and ears.”
“Alright, alright, you win. But that’s only if it hasn’t worn off by then.”
We found Kiba waiting for us close by as we continued on through the desert. It
was almost dawn, as a few small rays of the sun cut through the night.
“What happened to you guys?”
Link and I turned, bewildered at the voice, only to find Kiba looking up at us.
“Did you-?”
“Yeah, I’m pretty sure I did,” Link said.
“Wow, you guys look pretty funny,” the voice laughed.
“Who’s there?” I cried out. Link and I looked around frantically as Midna was
hiding her fit of laughter.
“It’s me. C’mon guys, it’s not that hard to figure out.”
“Kiba?!” I cried, surprised.
“The one and only,” he grinned at us.
“Oh, my head. This is too much,” Link groaned. Midna couldn’t hold it in
anymore, and she burst out laughing. “What’s with you?”
“C’mon, you guys are still part animal at this point, so you can still understand
animals. Gosh, the looks on your guys’ faces was priceless!”
“Just shut it,” we grumbled. Kiba and Midna chuckled at us as we continued on
our way. The sun was finally up, when we reached the edge of the desert. I looked over
the side of the cliff, and saw the vast Lake Hylia glittering in the sunrise. It was a
loooong way down.
I pointed down the cliff. “Um.....”
“GERONIMO!” Link cried as he flew off the cliff with Kiba in tow.
“ARE YOU CRAZY?” I roared at him.
“NO, I’M JUST HAVING FUN!” he shouted back.
I took a couple of steps back and sighed. I ran off the cliff, and began to dive
down. I could feel the wind flow through me, and my wings suddenly snapped open. I
swerved upwards, and flew around. I dive bombed after Link as I saw a huge splash in
the water. I hovered just above the water, looking for Link, when I saw a shadow move
under me. I cried out when a hand shot out and dragged me in. I struggled to get free
when I was shoved to the surface. Link surfaced next to me, laughing his head off.
“WAS THAT NECESSARY? You scared the crap out of me!” I roared at him.
“Not really, but I just couldn’t resist,” he chuckled.
“I thought it was some creepy monster or something,” I sighed, still shaken.
“I’m sorry,” Link said calmly as he hugged me. The waves of the enormous lake
rocked us gently.
“It’s alright,” I smiled at him. “I probably would’ve done the same.”
I looked into his eyes, and reached up to kiss him. Right as our lips were about to
touch, something slithered around my leg, and dragged me under at a rocketing force.
“DEVAN!” Link cried and dived after me.
I looked up to the light at the surface, holding my breath. As I was dragged
deeper and deeper, the pressure was starting to pound at my head. Everything slowly
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Link swam deeper and deeper, struggling to keep going. He could see a shadowy
figure of an eel with hundreds of tentacles dragging me off. Link’s vision began to get
hazy, and he raced for the surface. He gasped for air, and coughed. Midna appeared,
floating above him.
“Link, this obviously isn’t working!”
“You think I don’t know that?! That thing is dragging her off to her death. What
am I supposed to do?” he roared.
“Young hero who saved my people, greetings once again. I never did get the
chance to repay you.”
“Queen Rutella!” Link gasped. “How could you possibly help?”
“This is your reward for saving my people,” Rutella said as she held out her
ghostly hand. Floating in it was what appeared to be a blue armor of some sort. “With
this, you’ll be able to swim and breath freely underwater like a Zora. Use this to save
your friend. Remember this, the eye is the weak point,” she said as she vanished.
“That was convenient.”
Link slipped on the armor quickly. it was made out of a water proof material, and
had diving fins that slipped right over his boots. There was a small black mask that went
over his mouth and nose, allowing him to breath. His head gear looked almost exactly
like his normal hat, except it was much longer, like the fin coming off of a Zora’s head.
Link dived under, swimming quickly through the water. He could see a trail of bubbles
surfacing, coming from me and the eel. Link swam for about five minutes when fatigue
came over him.
“This is taking to long,” he thought.
“Use the iron clippings, you’ll sink faster,” he heard Midna say in his mind. Link
slipped them on, and sunk faster. He reached the bottom of the lake, and saw the last of
the eel wriggle inside a cavern inside of a huge rock. Link prayed that there would be an
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The eel surfaced on the inside of the cavern, and tossed me onto the dry part of
land. I was still unconscious, and barely breathing. It was very long, and was covered in
scales. Many tentacles were streaming from its body, which were a deadly reddish color.
It had a circular mouth with hundreds of rows of teeth. It poked me with a long tentacle,
checking its prey. I stirred at the strange sensation that went from the tentacle into me. I
sat up, and turned to find the eel roaring at me. I scrambled to my feet, and moved out of
the way from its flailing tentacles.
“This just gets better and better,” I said sarcastically as I jumped over a low
tentacle. The eel opened its jaws again, revealing its rotating rows of teeth, resembling a
blender. “I spoke to soon!”
I dodged another tentacle, and fell right into the eel’s trap. it had another tentacle
in waiting, which snapped out and smacked me full in the face. I staggered backwards,
dazed, as another tentacle wrapped around my waist, and high into the air.
“LET ME GO YOU FREAKY MUTANT EEL THINGY!” I roared. I struggled
to get free, when an arrow cut straight through the tentacle. Keep in mind, I’m high up in
the air. I cried out as I plummeted to the ground, trying to flap my too wet wings.
Suddenly, a pair of hands caught me. I looked up to see Link grinning at me
triumphantly.
“Your hero has arrived! Miss me?”
“Just a little, but let’s not worry about that now, while there’s a mutant eel trying
to eat us!”
Link carried me out of the way, and set me down. He drew his sword and handed
me his bow.
“Just how the hell are we supposed to kill this thing?!” I cried.
“Aim for its eye!”
“What eye?”
Suddenly, a huge bump on its back opened up to reveal a huge yellow orb of an
eye.
“Oh, that one.”
I shot light arrows at the eye while Link kept its tentacles at bay with his sword. It
roared in pain, and went back into the water, and swam away.
“Go after it! That thing has a fused shadow!” Midna cried.
“WHAT?!” we exclaimed.
“I can sense it. It seems Zant missed one of them. Just go after it!”
Link dived in, then resurfaced immediately. “I’ll be back!”
“Just don’t do anything stupid!” I called after him. He scowled at me which
changed to a grin as he swam off. I sat down and waited, hoping for him to come back
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Link pumped his arms and legs as fast as he could, trying to reach the eel. He was
able to catching up to it in no time, and was able to latch himself onto it using one of its
tentacles. He secured himself onto its back using his iron clippings as he made his way
across its back and closer to the eye.
The eel tried to batter him senseless with its tentacles, but Link easily subdued
them. Link finally reached the lump where the eye was hidden, and pried it open. The
huge yellow eye glared at him defiantly, as Link uncovered his mouth for a second and
grinned evilly at the thing. He slipped it back on, and he raised his sword high. With all
of his strength, he shoved it straight through the eel’s eye, as black, inky blood exploded
from it. The eel roared in pain, which sent currents through the water. It began to thrash
around wildly, trying to get the sword out. Link pulled out his sword, and held onto the
eel for dear life.
“This thing just doesn’t want to die!” he thought.
He stood up slowly, trying to balance out his weight on the thrashing creature.
When he was steady, he held onto the eel’s eyelid with one hand, and delivered more and
more blows to the eel’s mangled eye. It wriggled in circles, and crushed its own skull on
the lake bottom with a final roar. It went limp on contact, and its body began to dissipate
in twilight shards.
“Now that’s odd.”
All that remained was the eye, which had a strange, yet evil pulsating vibe coming
from it that even Link could feel. He swam over, and inspected it, when he realized that
the fused shadow was inside the eye.
“Oh, man, this is gonna suck,” Link grimaced.
Link stabbed through the eye again, and had to use his hands to dig out the fused
shadow. Link looked away as he did this, and then the fused shadow slipped from its
hiding place, free of eye guts, unlike Link. The eye vanished as Link swam away with the
fused shadow in hand. He surfaced in the cavern, to find Midna and I chattering away
about old memories. Link couldn’t help but smile.
“Just a little over a week ago, and they were at eachother’s throats,” he thought,
shaking his head.
When I spotted Link coming out of the water, I ran and tackled him back in with a
hug. “LINK! I thought something happened with all the roaring and such!”
“Me? Naw. Even if that thing ate me, I’d still blow it up from the inside out.”
“Suuuuure, as long as it didn’t cut you to ribbons first with its BLENDER
TEETH!” I added.
“Well now, if I remember correctly, I think you owe me something,” he smiled.
“Wait I do? Oh, right!” I smiled.
I reached up, and kissed him deeply on the lips. He wrapped an arm around me,
pulling me towards him. He brushed his hand down my hair, and pulled his head away
from me, smiling.
I laughed lightly at him. “What?”
“Oh, nothing, its just you’ve never kissed me like that before, and I’m usually the
one giving them out.”
“Like I said, I think it’s time for a change,” I smiled.
“Ahem,” Midna said clearing her throat. Link and I laughed nervously as we
blushed profusely. Link grabbed my hand as he led me out of the water. His ears and tail
were drooped, with drops of water coming off of them. I snapped my wings open, as a
small shower of water hit Link and Midna. Midna glared at me, as Link scowled slightly.
“Hee hee, my bad.”
“Okay, kids. You’ve had your fun. Let’s just get the heck outta here, but first,
Link, did you get the fused shadow?”
“Yup!” he smiled. It reminded me a lot of a puppy smiling at pleasing its owner.
He held the fused shadow out in front of him, as I could see the darkness radiating from
it. I doubled over, feeling nauseous. “What’s the matter?” Link asked as he kneeled
down next to me.
“Get it away from me,” I croaked. The radiating darkness was making me sick to
my stomach, which made sense, if you think about it.
Midna snatched it away with her hand of hair and kept it hidden. I tried to suck in
as much air as I could. I broke out in a cold sweat as I clutched my stomach, trying not to
throw up. Link helped me to my feet and held me steady, as I became dizzy.
“Sorry about that Devan. I should’ve warned ya,” Midna said sheepishly.
“It’s okay,” I stammered.
“You really are a trouble magnet, aren’t you?” Link said.
“W-What?”
“Nevermind. What we need to focus on is how to get out of here. I’ve only got
one breathing mask.”
“I can hold my breath for about a minute at a time, so we can trade off,” I
suggested.
“I don’t know,” Link questioned.
“It’s the best you guys got. I can’t teleport you out of here, because we’re so far
down,” Midna said.
Link sighed, but agreed to it. Midna hid in his shadow, as we slipped into the
water. Link started me out with the mask, and we’d signal eachother when the other
needed it. Since Link had fins on, he was able to swim much faster. I began to lag
behind, when I decided to experiment. I spread my wings out, and flapped them in
rhythm with the pumping of my arms and legs. I quickly caught up, as Link signaled for
the mask. I inhaled a final gulp of air, and held it in as I handed Link the mask carefully.
He gave me a little room to swim, so as to not bump my wings. After a few switches we
could see the light of the sun hit the water. We hit the surface so fast, we looked like
rockets shooting out of the water. I gasped for air, and began coughing. My lungs tired
out fast, as well as my arms, legs, and wings.
“Are you okay?”
“Y-yeah, I think so. I’m just really tired,” I said as I began to sink. Link held me
up, but he was getting tired too. Suddenly, we heard a loud splash and saw a white figure
coming towards us. Kiba swam to us, and greeted us with licks to the face.
“I thought you weren’t ever coming back!” he whimpered.
“Never in a million years would I leave you,” I smiled before letting out a haggard
breath.
“Kiba, can you take her to shore?”
“Sure. Devan, can you hold on okay?”
“Uh huh,” I whimpered tiredly in my griffin human mixed voice.
I wrapped my arms around Kiba as Link swam alongside us. We finally reached
land, as I laid on the sand, and rested my eyes for a bit. Before I knew it, I was sound
asleep.
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I awoke to find myself staring up at the starry night sky, with a slight crescent
moon. I could feel Link’s hand clasped around mine, and Kiba laying next to me. I
looked out of the corner of my eye to see Link gazing up at the sky intently. I smiled
lightly to myself. I’ve never seen him so calm, and carefree. I decided to take a mental
picture, because I knew I wouldn’t see him like this for awhile. I could hear the sounds of
waves, and I realized that we were still at the lake. A cool night breeze passed us, and I
snuggled into Link for warmth as he wrapped an arm around me.
“So you’re awake now, eh? You’ve been out for quite awhile,” Link laughed.
“Sure,” I said groggily. “Any particular reason as to why we’re still here?”
“Well, I didn’t want to move you. You looked so peaceful, and also there’s a
really nice night time view.”
“No kidding,” I smiled.
We gazed at the stars in silence, when a shooting star flew across the sky with
dazzling colors.
“Quick, make a wish!” I said. I let Link sit in thought for a moment. “What did
you wish for?”
“Eh, well, I.....no forget it.”
“What? What is it? Tell me!”
“No, it’s too corny. You’ll laugh at me.”
“Since when do I laugh at you?”
“Well, there was that one time when you and Midna-”
“Okay, other than those times,” I cut in. “But just so you’re sure, I promise not to
laugh. If I do, you can tickle me to death. Kind of like a certain European culture back in
the 1800’s that didn’t believe in violence, so whenever someone got sentenced to death,
they tickled them to death.”
A disturbed look grew on Link’s face. “Erm, how ‘bout not.”
“Was that too descriptive?”
“Just a little.”
“Sorry,” I said sheepishly. “Anyways, what was your wish?”
Link put my hand over his heart so I could feel it beating strongly in place. “To
be with you.....forever.....”
“Aww, that wasn’t corny at all!” I laughed. “Uh oh.”
“Hey, you said you wouldn’t laugh!”
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to, it’s just it really wasn’t, and I don’t understand how you
think I’d think that.”
“Hmm..........what did you wish for?”
“Nothing,” I stated simply.
Link looked down at me, confusion on his face.
“I’m happy with the way things are,” I smiled.
Link smiled back at me, and kissed the top of my forehead. “Me too.”
I snuggled against him more, and closed my eyes, falling into a deep, peaceful
sleep.

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I could feel myself moving, or actually, whatever I was laying on was moving. I
peeked an eye open, only to close it quickly from the bright, midday’s sun. I opened them
more slowly, so I could adjust. I looked up to see Link holding me while holding onto
Epona’s reins, who was running at a fast, yet gentle canter. I brushed my hair behind my
ears, when I shouted out.
“Yay my griffin ears are gone!”
Link jumped in surprise as Epona reared up. Link settled her down quickly, and
slowed her to a stop.
“I thought you were still sleeping! Just about gave me a heart attack,” he
mumbled.
“Heh, oops, sorry.”
Link stared at me intently. It made me feel a little uncomfortable.
“Wh-what?”
“They really are gone. Can’t say the same for your wings,” he joked.
I let out a sigh. “How about you?”
“The tail is gone, but not the ears,” he said, twitching them slightly.
My wings hurt a little from being cramped. I slipped off and stretched my wings a
little. I looked behind me, and gasped. “My tail is gone too!” I exclaimed, leaping into
the air with an added six feet thanks to my wings. Link laughed as Epona stamped her
feet impatiently while Kiba sat next to her. “Alright, let’s go. I just needed to get that out
of my system,” I said. I climbed back onto Epona, and held onto Link as she raced away,
with Kiba right next to us.
“We’re only about twenty minutes till we hit the forest.”
“Really? What time did we leave?”
“Just a little before sunrise. I wanted to get a head start, and save you the trouble
from getting bored to death,” he chuckled.
“Ha ha, thanks, I feel loved,” I giggled with a bit of sarcasm.
“Well you should,” Link said as he turned to pat my head, as a scowled at him,
which turned to a grin.
Epona strode into the forest, as I leaped off of her back.
“What are you doing?” Link asked me.
“She can’t exactly go into the village with her wings,” Midna said as she decided
to make an appearance.
“I’ll stay with her,” Kiba barked.
“Alright, I’ll make it quick,” Link said as he strode off. I saw him tuck his ears in
his hat.
“Heheh, good luck,” I laughed to myself.
I found a fallen tree and decided to make myself comfortable. I rested my eyes a
bit, when I tensed up. Kiba started barking, as there was something coming through a
nearby brush.
“What if it’s one of the villagers? They can’t see me like this!”
I was just about to hide, when Rusl came through the brush, as he stared at my
wings, shock on his face.
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Link rushed to his house quickly, and retrieved a bunch of winter clothing. He
then went to Ilia’s home, and pounded on the door. Ilia opened up, and gasped at her
visitor.
“Link! Come in!” she cried.
“Wait, Ilia, I-whoa!” he cried as she dragged him in the door.
“What brings you here? Where’s Devan?” she asked, peering around.
“She’s got something to do, but can I ask you a favor?”
“Anything!” she smiled.
“I need you to lend Devan some of your winter stuff.”
Ilia’s smile immediately turned to a scowl. “Oh, sure, whatever.”
“What? What’s the matter?”
“Oh, just forget about it.”
Link scowled. “We’ll discuss this later.”
“Fine. But what do you need it for?”
“We’re heading up to Snowpeak.”
Ilia’s eyes went wide. “Snowpeak?! Why there? It’s almost nearly impossible to
travel up there, and their are all kinds of beasts. I’ve heard there are even yetis!”
“I’ve just got to run up there and get something. Basically for the hero stuff, in
case you haven’t guessed.”
“Well, I figured that as much,” she sighed heavily. “It’s not like I ever get to see
you anyways.”
“Hey, wait, that’s not fair.”
“Not fair?! I never get to see my best friend, because he had to get cocky, and
decide to go and ‘work for the gods.’ Then tell me, what’s fair?”
“What’s fair is-”
Link was interrupted as there was a loud screech, like that of a griffins call. Dread
washed over Link, as Ilia looked around bewildered. Link shot out the front door, with
Ilia hot on his heels as he peered in the direction of the forest. Suddenly, a figure shot
from the trees, and hovered high above with a huge pair of wings. Me. Suddenly,
something shot at me, and nailed me in the wing as I dropped like a rock.
“Devan,” Link said under his breath.
“What was that?” Ilia asked. “I’ve never seen anything like it!”
“I’ll be right back,” Link said, racing away.
“Can I come?”
“No, it’s too dangerous.”
Link vanished into the forest, as Ilia scowled. “I thought Rusl was hunting in the
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Link rushed through the forest, following the sounds of my screeching. Suddenly,
Kiba pounced on him through a bush, and knocked him over.
“Link, Link! It’s Devan! A hunter got her, mistaking her for a demon!”
“WHAT? Where is she?”
“Follow me,” Kiba said, as he ran. Link followed him, and when they ran
through a bush, a twig got caught on Link’s hat, knocking it off and revealing his ears.
He hadn’t even noticed, as they continued to run. They reached a clearing, and saw me
and the hunter in the midst of battle. They noticed a glob of dried blood on my wing with
a part of an arrow protruding from it. The hunter had a sword in hand, and was trying to
hit me, but I was to quick for him. I backed up into a tree, when I fell into his trap.
Suddenly, a rope net shot from its hidden place beneath the ground, and trapped me
inside. I felt like a caged animal. I yelled and hollered, and tried everything from tearing
to biting through the rope to no avail. I saw Link and Kiba come into the clearing, and
my fear suddenly vanished.
“LINK!” I cried out, more with joy than agony or fear.
“Link you say?” the hunter said as he whirled around. At that moment, Link got a
better look at the hunter. He was about twenty years old, with blonde hair and brown
eyes, and a little bit of a dark mustache.
“Rusl? Is that really you?”
“Why it is you, Link!”
Link rushed over, and the two laughed and smiled happily.
“So Link, I heard you got a new girl, eh?” he mocked, laughing. “Where is she?”
“Uh, erm, well, she’s, um-”
“I’M UP HERE!” I bellowed angrily.
“What? No, no, that’s one of them oocca demons in their human form! You can
tell by the wings!” Rusl explained.
“Uh, no, that really is her,” Link said sheepishly.
Rusl just stared at him. “What kind of trouble have you been getting yourself into
boy? Falling for a demon is-”
“I’M NOT A F@#$ING DEMON! GET ME DOWN FROM HERE BEFORE I
REALLY SHOW YOU A DEMON!” I roared furiously.
“I’ll explain later, just please, let her down,” Link asked.
“Alright, but I still don’t trust her,” he mumbled. He shot an arrow through the
rope as I fell and landed on my wing. I let out a pure eagle cry in pain, and in fury. Link
rushed to my side to help, but I shoved him away. I staggered up, and winced as I spread
my hurt wing a little, studying my wound. I started to pull slowly on it, when the shaft
broke off, leaving the arrowhead stuck in my wing. I had just about had it by now. I
began stalking off towards Rusl, enraged. He began to back up, with his hands in the air.
“I’m sorry about that miss, but we’ve just had to-”
“SAVE IT. I’M NOT INTERESTED. I’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH,
AND I’M SORRY THAT I’VE DECIDED TO SNAP NOW, BUT YOU’RE THE ONE
WHO F@#$ED IT UP FOR YOURSELF. YOU THINK I’M A DEMON? FINE I’LL
SHOW YOU ONE!” I screamed.
I lunged at Rusl, with my wings spread, and my eyes were turning into an evil
yellow color again. I landed a fatal round house kick in his stomach, and knocked him to
the ground. I reached down and picked him up and lifted him off of the ground, and
slammed him into a tree. My anger was fueling me, as well as the curse Zant had placed
on me. Rusl was knocked unconscious, as Link pulled me away. He held me down, and
struggled to keep me still.
“LET ME GO!” I cried in a demonic voice.
“DEVAN! GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF! HE DIDN’T MEAN TO!”
I thrashed and screamed in a voice unknown. Midna popped up next to Link.
“It’s Zant! This is just like that time when we first came to the forest! DEVAN,
ENOUGH!”
“NOOO!” I roared. I got a hold of Link’s arm, as my nails turned into huge claws
that dug into his skin, which started to bleed. He winced, but he wouldn’t let go, even as
he cried out in pain as I sent horrible, gut wrenching shocks through his body. Link
couldn’t take much more, and he couldn’t stand to see much more either. A tear slid
from his cheek as he continued to struggle, which landed on my face. I froze instantly. I
could feel the turmoil within me try to flare again, but I wouldn’t allow it. I started to
come to, as I began to shake. I had never been this scared before. Link moved out of the
way, as I rolled over and cried.
“Wh-what’s happening t-to me?” I stammered through tears. I began to cry even
harder when I noticed the blood dripping from Link’s arms and his haggard breathing.
Link held my face in his hands, wiping my tears with his thumbs. “It’s alright
now, please don’t cry. It’s painful for me to see you like this,” he said.
“I-I could’ve k-killed you, o-or R-Rusl,” I stuttered. “God, I h-hate th-this so
much,” I sobbed. Suddenly, there was a skull splitting pain that exploded in my forehead.
I fell over, as Link caught me. I was clutching my head, as my ears rang loudly. I cried
out, as the pain became worse and worse. I prayed that if I were going to die now, I just
want to get it over with and die without suffering. Link gasped as he noticed a small,
black shard protrude from my forehead. I screamed as it finally came out, then I went
limp. Midna popped out, and carefully grabbed the strange, black shard.
“.....It’s what Zant used to place the curse on her.”
“So she’s finally free of him?”
“I guess so,” Midna sighed.
Suddenly, my wings started to shrink, and the bones started to settle back into my
back. Almost at once, Link could feel the blood seeping through the back of my shirt
from my shoulder where the arrowhead was buried. Link held me close to him, and
buried his face on my shoulder. He never wanted to see me like that, ever. Rusl came to,
and staggered over to Link.
“Are you sure she’s not a-”
“.....Shut. Up.”
Rusl did as he was told, and watched silently as he tilted me carefully to see my
wound. The arrow head had just barely scratched the bone, and was in pretty deep. Link
sighed, then picked me up.
“I’ll have Uli take care of her. Don’t worry. She’s had to do that for me all the
time,” Rusl suggested.
Link acknowledged it silently, and strode off. Rusl followed along in silence.
Link was pretty shaken after seeing that, but he couldn’t even begin to imagine what
happened when he was nearly killed in his wolf form.
“Link, I-I’m really sorry.”
Link just looked back over his shoulder, with anger in his glare. Rusl flinched a
little, as Link looked straight again. At that moment, Rusl spotted Link’s twitching wolf
ears that were slightly bent in annoyance.
“L-Link? Wh-what happened to you?” Rusl managed to say.
Link stopped dead in his tracks, and moved his ears. There wasn’t a hat covering
them. Just as Link turned around, Kiba flew from a bush, knocking Rusl over, then
tossed Link his hat, then ran into a nearby brush. Link quickly tucked in his ears as Rusl
staggered up.
“Just what the hell was that?” he asked. Link just shrugged. “Whoa, what
happened to your ears?”
“What’re you talking about, Rusl? I think you’re imagining things,” Link said
smoothly.
“But I swear I-”
“Oh look, we’re in the village!” Link exclaimed as he rushed over to his house.
He approached Rusl’s house, and tapped on the door lightly. A short, young woman
opened the door. She had short, bright blonde hair, kind brown eyes, and her stomach
was round from pregnancy. Looking from behind her was Colin, staring back at us with
his bright, big blue eyes. She looked at Link, then me, and understood the situation.
“Come on in, Link. Set her down on the couch.”
“Thanks Uli.”
“Hey, isn’t that Dev-”
Colin cut short as soon as he saw the blood caked on the back of my shirt. He
grabbed a chair and sat down, watching intently. Link laid me down carefully on the
couch, and sat down next to me as he heaved out a sigh.
“What happened to her?” Uli asked quietly.
“Heh. Funny story. You’re husband shot her in the back with an arrow.” Uli’s
eyes went wide. “It was an accident though, so don’t worry.”
“Whatever, that so wasn’t an accident,” Midna thought as she heard the
conversation from Link’s shadow.
Uli approached me as Link gave her some room. She tilted me carefully to
inspect my wound. Blood was still seeping from it, and there was dried blood
everywhere.
“Colin, I want you to bring me a bucket of warm water, some rags, and my tools.”
Colin scurried away to retrieve everything.
“And Link? You need to go outside.”
“What? Why?”
Uli just gave him a look, and he understood. He walked out the door, and decided
to head over to Ilia’s place for now. Colin raced back into the room, with everything in
hand.
“Thanks sweetie. Go run along and play now,” she said.
“Okay,” he said as he raced out the door.
As soon as it shut, Uli laid me carefully on my stomach, and used a pair of
scissors to cut open the back of my shirt and bra. She dipped a rag in the bucket of water
and started to wash off the dried blood that was stuck to my back. Once she was finished
with that, she was able to get a better look at my wound. It was in deep. She opened up
her kit, and pulled out a small, surgical knife. Before making the first cut, she checked to
see if I was truly asleep, and she laid a blanket underneath me to catch the blood. She
began to make the first cut, and cut open a flap of skin so it made it easier to reach the
arrow head. Blood leaked from the opening, and started to drip on my back. She had cut
it perfectly, and revealed a little bit of the arrow. Unfortunately, it was surrounded by
muscle. Using a pair of special forceps, she pulled out the arrow head carefully, and
inspected it. It was one of the special arrows that she had given her husband for
emergencies.
“I swear, that man can be such an idiot,” she sighed.
She began to stitch everything shut, and wipe off the blood. The feel of warm
water on my back made me come to, and I froze. I could feel my back, exposed to
whoever this was. Fear was the first thing that came over me. I clutched the blanket and
jumped away, as I covered myself. I looked around this unknown room, searching for
anything familiar. My eyes finally landed on Uli, who had a concerned look on her face.
“Th-This woman, wh-who is she, and what was she doing?” I thought.
She took a step towards me. “Are you okay?”
“No! Stay back!” I cried, backing away. Suddenly, a pain shot up my arm, and I
fell to my knees, clutching my shoulder. My hand was wet with blood, and a small
section of the blanket slipped away, which revealed my stitched shoulder.
“This woman was helping me?” I thought.
“Please, don’t move so much or you’ll open up your stitches.”
I was still unsure whether or not I could trust her, but I walked carefully over to
the couch, and sat down. I watched this woman intently as she began to clean up.
“I’ll go get you some new clothes, but first, we need to bandage you up.”
I nodded my head as she sat down next to me. I faced away from her as she
slipped off the blanket, and began wrapping my shoulder. I winced a little, but I
managed. I covered up again, as she left the room. I stared around, still on edge. She
came back carrying a dark blue tunic and an undershirt.
“Here you go!” she said smiling, but I wasn’t so sure. I slipped on the new
clothes, and looked around, still frightened.
“Wh-where’s Link?” I croaked. “Where am I-I?”
“You’re in Ordon, sweetheart. Link is with Ilia right now. I’m sorry, I haven’t
properly introduced myself. I’m Uli, Rusl’s wife.”
I stared at her outstretched hand. Rusl had been the one who shot me, so could
Uli really be trusted?
“I’m.....Devan,” I said as I shook her hand lightly.
“Here, we can go and see Link if you’d like,” she suggested.
“Okay.” I got up too quickly, as my head pounded angrily. I sat back down again,
clutching my head. I curled up into a ball, and started to cry. Uli rushed out of the house,
and looked around.
“LINK! LINK!”
Link rushed over from Ilia’s place and into the small hut. He spotted me on the
couch, crying painfully. He rushed to my side, and sat down next to me, and set me in his
lap. He held me tightly, as he brushed away my tears.
“Devan, it’s alright. I’m here now.”
I still had my eyes closed, my I could still tell who it was. I clutched onto the
front of his tunic like a scared child. I had no idea where I was or what just happened, but
for him to be here was enough. My pain began to subside, as I finally came out of panic
mode. I looked up at him as he smiled at me.
“Are you feeling better?” he asked quietly.
“A little,” I sniffled, “but where am I?”
“You’re still in the village, but we’re at Rusl’s place. His wife Uli was the one
who took out the arrow head.”
I nodded my head slightly, but winced as it still hurt slightly. Link stroked the top
of my head before kissing it. He looked up at Uli, smiling lightly.
“Thanks for taking care of her,” he said quietly.
“No problem. You’ve done the same for my son, so I’m glad to return the favor.”
Link smiled back at her, which turned to a frown as Link looked down at me. The
pain was surging through my head, and I was biting my lip.
“Devan, does it hurt?”
“Y-Yeah,” I croaked.
“Just let it out if you need to,” he said politely.
“And run and cry like a child again?” I thought. “No. I’m done with that.” Link
looked down at me, surprised. “That’s all I’ve done is cry and run like a baby, but now I
have to face the demons like you’ve always done.” I said sternly.
“Devan, you’re not a baby,” Link said.
“Don’t deny it, you know its true,” I snapped. Link looked a little hurt.
“There’s always a time to run. Maybe you were scared, but you were being smart
as well.”
I crawled out of Link’s arms. “I’m the leader of the sages, who have already
experienced death, yet my soul has to experience it time and time again. They don’t bat
an eye to the slightest danger, yet I just run. Like the coward I am. I’m so useless,” I
moaned. I just couldn’t take it. My body began to glow as I closed my eyes. Uli and
Link stared at me. “But not anymore,” I said, revealing golden glowing eyes, “from now
on, I stand and fight to my last breath, like you have.”
“Um, Devan?”
“So the Maiden of Light really has returned,” Uli said in awe. Link looked at her,
surprised.
“The rumors finally hit here?” he asked.
“No, but I know the legends. I did used to work at the castle in my younger days,
remember?”
“Eh, right. Please, don’t tell anyone else in the village though,” Link said as my
glowing started to subside. I wobbled a bit, but managed to grab onto the side of the
door. “You okay?”
“Y-Yeah, I-”
“Young heroes, now is the time to act. Benevolent forces are coming forth from
the Mirror, and is infesting the ruins of Snowpeak. Go forth as soon as you can, then
return to us in the Chamber of the Sages, and head to the Twilight Realm,” the voice of
the sages said to us.
Link looked over at Uli. “Will Devan be able to use her arm?”
“Well, yes, but I’d rather she stay off of it for at least a full 24 hours.”
“Alright, we can do that. By the way, can we ask you another favor? Do you
have any winter clothes she can borrow?”
“C’mon, if you know me, you know I don’t need much,” I laughed.
“I don’t care, it’s better to be safe than sorry.”
Uli laughed as she headed out of the room. She came back in moments later, her
arms full. “Will these do?”
“Oh, thank you!” I cried.
I tried on a big, velvety coat that fit like a tunic. It was lined with fur on the inside
and was very snug. I then changed out of my boots, and but on the slim, yet overly
packed boots lined with fur on the inside. They were a dark brown and went up to my
knees. Uli gave me a hat and mittens that were an emerald green. I was the walking
representation of Christmas.
“I’m the ghost of alternate dimensions!” I laughed in a creepy voice. Link and Uli
just looked at me. “Heheh, wow, nevermind.”
Link and Uli got up, and Link shook her hand. “Thanks so much Uli,” Link
smiled.
“No problem,” she smiled back.
Link raced out the door as I trailed after him. “Thanks Uli!” I cried.
Uli smiled at us. “I’ve never seen him so happy,” she thought.

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We were almost to the base of Snowpeak, which was right off of a path from
Zora’s Domain. Link rode Epona with everything neatly packed as I rode on Kiba. He
was happy to be with us again. We arrived at Lake Hylia, as I inhaled deeply. It was so
beautiful here, the way the sun hit the water. I realized that we’d have to find a way up
the waterfalls to reach the domain.
“Hey, Midna, how do you suggest we get up?” Link asked.
She popped from his shadow. “We use the same trick from before. But instead of
a twilight bird-”
“We get a kagarok,” Link said.
“What’s a ka-gar-ok?” I asked.
“You’ll see.”
Link plucked a piece of grass from the ground, and blew into it, playing the
melody used to summon the bird from before. There was a great flap of wings, and I
looked up. I scrambled backwards, terrified as I stared at the face of the creature who
tried to attack me when I first arrived here. Midna had already made her perch, and Link
was standing on its huge talon, beckoning me.
“What’s the matter?” Midna asked me.
“I-I’m sorry, I-I just need to um, go up a different way?”
“Why?”
Link finally made the connection. “Midna, don’t force her. She was almost killed
by one of these things, remember?”
“Oh, I see.”
“I’m not going to be a coward. I have to try,” I thought as I gulped. I approached
the bird carefully, but retreated when it let out a loud squawk. “I’m sorry, I just.....can’t.”
Midna sighed. She floated down to me, and stared at me. She held out her hand,
revealing the shard that had come from my head. She pushed it into my skull, and I
toppled over, my body shaking. With a quick change, I was in my griffin form.
“What the? How did you do that?”
“The same way I do it for Link. I just put a pure shard of twilight into your
systems, and it’s the same as going into the twilight itself,” she explained.
I rubbed up against Midna like a cat would do to its owner. “Thank you Midna!”
I squawked happily.
“Yeah yeah. Just follow us, then I’ll take it out when we get to Zora’s Domain.”
She returned to her perch atop the bird as Link held onto its leg. It shot up into
the air, and up the falls. I trailed after it, as we flew above a river that was inside a huge
cavern that opened up every now and then. The kagarok had to fly over various rock
formations, when its foot brushed across one, and Link slipped off. He yelled out, which
ceased immediately, when he hit the rushing water. I dived in after him, and pulled him
to the surface with my beak. Midna kept the bird hovering over the area, when she
spotted us. Link wrapped his arms around my neck, as we kicked in unison trying to get
to the side. Unfortunately, the current was too strong. Suddenly, my taloned foot scraped
across a rock, shooting us out of the water. I started flapping my wings, trying to get
airborne, but my wings kept bumping into Link. I flipped him off my back, and caught
him with my talons, and continued flying.
“Th-thanks,” he said, shaken.
I screeched in delight at me being the one doing the saving, and not him. Sadly,
my wings were starting to tire.
“Hand him to me.”
I looked around, bewildered while doing a flip which scared the heck out of Link.
“Who’s there?” I cried.
“What is it?”
“If you’re getting tired, hand him to me.” I realized that it was the kagarok who
was talking to me.
“Oh, um, okay,” I whimpered nervously. I flew carefully next to it, but cringed
slightly.
“Don’t be scared, I’m not going to eat you.”
“S-Sorry, it’s just one of your kind tried to before, so-”
“Don’t you ever stick me in the same category as my stupid brethren,” it
screeched angrily, which surprised Midna.
“Okay, sorry,” I squeaked.
“You obviously aren’t a normal human, so what are you?” it asked me.
I grinned. “A FREAK!” I squawked loudly as Link and Midna covered their ears.
The kagarok laughed. I set Link on its talons, as he got a better grip. I continued to talk
to the kagarok as Link and Midna observed us.
“So, what’s your name?”
“My name? It’s Scipio.”
“Cool! Mine is Devan,” I chirped.
“Interesting. Like my question from earlier, you obviously aren’t normal. You’re
the Maiden of Light, aren’t you?”
I sighed. “Yeah, yeah. Why can’t people just treat me like a person named
Devan, and not like worship me as a flippin’ god?”
Scipio made a strange screech which sounded like laughter. “Ha ha ha! I’m
starting to like you guys! I have to say, you remind me of one of my children.”
I stared at him, puzzled. Just about as puzzled as Link, while Midna was listening
intently.
“We aren’t as vile as you humans think. Like you, we each have our own families
that we love and protect. One of my kin had a spirit similar to that of yours,” Scipio
smiled sadly.
“Are you okay?”
“Those filthy humans killed her, no, all of my family.”
I roared in anger, surprising everybody. I started thrashing around and bumping
into the cavern like walls as everyone watched, confused. Suddenly, Scipio took a large
talon and grabbed me, holding me steady. He dipped his head down to find me staring at
the river, sadness clearly written on my face.
“Why do you feel pity for me?” Scipio asked.
“It’s just.....wrong. Why are people so afraid of what they don’t understand? I
know you didn’t do anything to bug them, so why do they.....oh screw it,” I whimpered.
Link looked a little angry, probably because he thought Scipio said something to
me. Midna looked down at him.
“It’s alright. He didn’t do anything. I’ll tell you later,” she said. Link just sighed
and nodded his head.
“You’re not like the rest of your kind.”
“Only because I hate anything that’s the same. It’s too boring, and I just hate the
way people act. But you can’t blame them,” I sighed, “it’s the way they are.”
Scipio nodded and released me. I coasted carefully next to him, as we finally
reached Zora’s Domain. It was full of life from the Zoras, going about their business.
Scipio found a safe and hidden landing spot, as Midna and Link got off. Just before
Scipio left, he rubbed his head against mine like a parent eagle would do to its chicks. I
smiled as Scipio flew off, only a smudge in the sky. I couldn’t help but cry a little at
bringing this gentle giant so much sadness, yet happy memories and joy. Midna floated
to me, and tapped me on the head. The shard slid out, and with a flash, I was back in my
human form. I was wiping the tears from my eyes, as Link looked at me.
“What’s the matter? Did it do something to you?” Link asked, slightly mad.
“He’s not an it and his name’s Scipio. He said that I reminded him a lot of one of
his kin that was lost along with the rest of his family.”
“I’m going to guess that’s when you had the spazz attack,” Midna said.
“I just don’t understand why people are so stupid! They always, just.....” I shook
my head, unable to find the words for my anger and disgust. Link wrapped his arms
around me and stroked his hand down my hair.
“You’re not the only one,” he whispered.
“Yeah, I know. But still, it’s so.....”
“Aggravating,” Midna said.
“Sure, I guess,” I mumbled. I walked out of Link’s arms and started walking,
trying to blow off some steam. I stopped, and turned around to find Link and Midna
snickering quietly.
“What’s so funny?” I asked defiantly.
“Do you even know where you’re going?”
I laughed nervously. “Em, maybe?”
“C’mon, it’s this way,” Link smiled. I followed after him as he led us around the
outskirts of Zora’s Domain, when he led us to a cave guarded by two warrior Zoras. They
had icy blue transparent skin, and they had a warrior mask on that was made of some
bronze colored metal. They carried spears that were very similar to mine. As soon as we
approached, the Zoras crossed their spears over eachother’s, blocking our path.
“No one is allowed to pass under the orders of Prince Ralis for the protection of
the people.”
“Why, if I may ask?” I said.
“A horrible blizzard has covered the mountain and gets worse and worse
everyday. A pack of white wolfos have infested the mountains, wreaking havoc on
anyone who dare venture on it.”
“Don’t forget the yetis!” the other Zora exclaimed. “Supposedly, they’ve been
coming down to the domain and taking all of the reekfish! I saw it myself!”
“You did not,” the other Zora scoffed. “There’s no such thing as yetis.”
“Whatever!” I exclaimed. Link looked at me, puzzled. “I-”
Link covered my mouth. “D-Don’t mind her. Anyways, that’s what we’re here
for. We’ve come to stop the evil that threatens the mountain, which could possibly freeze
this place over.” The Zoras looked at eachother in disbelief. “Again,” Link added. The
Zoras shuddered, and looked at us.
“Well, we really would let you guys through, but you have to get permission from
the prince first.”
“Alright, so where is this prince?” I asked.
The Zoras pointed up the top of the huge waterfall. Link and I jaw dropped.
“We’ll help you up, don’t worry,” one of the Zoras said, as he lifted off his mask
and smiled at us.
“I’ll take the cute girl,” one of the Zoras whispered in the other’s ear. Link’s face
shot red, as he reached for his sword. “I was kidding! Honest!”
“Take it easy, sheesh,” I laughed as Link frowned at me.
“Alright, but you guys are going to get a little wet. And the dog has to stay here.”
“Okay.” “Hee hee, dog. If only he knew,” I thought.
We all jumped into the huge pool of water that lay beneath the waterfall. I swam
around for a sec, enjoying myself. I smiled at Link, who was still scowling. Suddenly, I
was picked up in the arms of a Zora, and he began to swim up the waterfall. He looked
down at me and smiled.
“You’re even cuter up close!”
“Heh heh, thanks,” I laughed sarcastically, rolling my eyes.
It took a couple minutes to get up the huge falls. The Zora helped me out of the
water, and Link soon after.
“Hey, you and I should hang out later and do something,” the Zora said.
“Well I-”
“She’s got stuff to do, sorry, bye,” Link said as he dragged me away by my hand.
“Sheesh, what’s your problem? You didn’t have to be so rude,” I said.
Link just scowled at me, then sighed. I looked around to find myself back in the
huge throne room where we first found all the Zoras frozen under the ice. There were
guards everywhere, and a bunch of Zoras were hanging out underwater in the huge pool.
A guard led us to a room in the back, which led to a huge throne that looked like it was
made out of coral. It rose high above, and was decorated with all kinds of sea shells.
Sitting in it was a small Zora child, with a dull gray skin. He was adorned with all kinds
of jewels, necklaces, and he had a peculiar earring that looked like a fishing hook. He
looked no older than eight years old, but he still had a powerful air about him, besides the
fact that it looked like he was going to faint in a few seconds. Link and I bowed before
him, as he addressed us.
“Welcome, humans. I am Prince Ralis. Or King, to be exact,” he sighed sadly.
Visions of Queen Rutella passed through my mind.
“Thank you,” Link asked. “We have a favor to ask of you. We were wondering if
you would allow us entry up to Snowpeak.”
“Why would you wish to go there? It’s infested with all kinds of beasts, and is
plagued with a terrible blizzard. I guess I could, but I’ll need some kind of identification
to show that you can be trusted,” Ralis said warily.
Link and I looked at eachother, puzzled. “Oh, I know! Show him the armor!” I
exclaimed.
“Good idea!” he said as curiosity spread on Ralis’ face. Link pulled out the
helmet of the Zora Armor and held it before him. Ralis gasped, and leaped forward,
plucking the armor from his hands. The guards immediately surrounded us, with their
spears at our throats.
“Where did you get this?!” Ralis screeched. “This was in my mother’s grave!
How dare you desecrate the royal Zoran grave!”
“Your mother gave it to Link,” I said calmly.
“She’s dead! She couldn’t have!” Ralis cried, with tears in his eyes. My heart
ached for this poor creature.
“Ralis, she came to us, asking for help. She begged that we free your people from
the ice.”
“Y-You, did.....that?”
I nodded my head.
“But she’s dead! There’s no way she could’ve-” Ralis stopped as he began to sob.
I slipped past the guards as Link watched carefully. I sat next to Ralis, and hugged him
tightly. He clutched onto me, and cried on my shoulder. Suddenly, I felt a strong
presence looming above us. I used my “sight” and saw Queen Rutella, weeping for her
son.
“Ralis, I want to show you something,” I whispered. I concentrated my light into
him, and to his eyes. “Look up.”
Ralis let out a loud gasp. “Mom?!”
“Ralis, my son!” she cried out in joy. “Please, don’t cry,” she said as she floated
next to her, and held him gingerly.
“Mom, I was so scared,” Ralis cried.
“It’s alright dear, everything will be alright,” she cooed.
I began to cry at this beautiful scene, of mother and child. A moment I could
never have back home. I could feel my energy starting to fade, from sharing it between
two people. I forced myself to stay awake, for the sake of Ralis.
Queen Rutella turned to look at me. “Thank you, Maiden of Light, for allowing
me to say my final good bye to my son.”
“What?! Final good bye?!” Ralis wailed.
“Yes, my son. But I will always be here, watching over you as you learn and grow
to become a wonderful king,” she smiled.
“I love you mom,” Ralis cried, clutching onto her.
“I love you too,” she smiled as she kissed him on the head.
She slowly faded, and I fell to the ground, unconscious. Link rushed forward, and
scooped me up. He looked at Ralis, who was smiling as he was wiping the tears from his
eyes.
“Y-You can g-go to the mountain,” Ralis stuttered. “For n-now, y-you can rest
here. T-Tell your f-friend I said th-thank you.”
“No problem,” Link smiled.

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I slowly came to, only to find myself lying in a bed that was a large shell with silk
sheets.
“What the hell?” was the first thought that passed through my mind.
I sat up, and looked around. Link was sound asleep on an armchair across the
cavern-like room, and Kiba was lying next to me, wagging his tail like nuts. I felt a little
more at ease, knowing they were here, but where the heck was I? I jumped out of the
bed, and approached the door. As soon as I opened it, I found a Zora, staring me right in
the face.
“HOLY CRAP!” I cried out, surprised as I fell to the floor.
“I-I’m sorry about that,” the elderly Zora wheezed. “I heard you coming, so I was
going to open the door for you.”
Link had woken up from the commotion, and came to check it out. “What
happened?”
“It seems I surprised the young Maiden. Are you alright now?”
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I said as Link helped me up. “Just wasn’t expecting that,” I
laughed.
“Will you two be heading off to the mountain now? It’s a couple of hours past
sunrise.”
“Whoa, really? How long have I been out? Since yesterday afternoon?”
They nodded their heads in unison. “You used a lot of energy between you and
Ralis, so I’m not surprised. And yes, we’ll probably leaving shortly,” Link added.
I flopped back onto the bed. “Oh man, and just when I get to relax on an
awesome comfy bed,” I sighed.
The old Zora laughed. “Before you go, Prince Ralis requests your audience.”
“Alright. We’ll be there in a few moments,” Link said.
The old Zora closed the door, and Link turned around. As soon as he did, he tried
to hold in a chuckle. He found me curled up in a ball, sound asleep again on the bed.
Kiba was snuggled against me, like a pup to its mother.
“Oh, she’s going to hate me for this,” he sighed.
“Y’know, I could always wake her up for ya!” Midna grinned as she popped from
his shadow.
“Hmm, tempting, but no. I’ll get this one.”
“Awwww, darn. Okay,” Midna sighed.
Link sat next to me, as Kiba lifted his head and watched intently. He pulled off a
glove, and stroked my cheek. He stuck his finger in his mouth, then jammed it in my ear.
“WHAT THE F@#K?!?!” I screamed.
Link fell off the bed, and was rolling on the floor, laughing. I glared at him evilly,
then dived off and tackled him. I was trying to lash at him, but he flipped me onto the
ground on my back, and pinned me down.
“Hey, no fair! You’re bigger and stronger than me!” I yelled as I struggled against
him.
“Heh, sorry, I couldn’t resist,” he grinned.
“Sheesh, you’re starting to sound like me,” I added.
He brought his head down by my ear. I could feel his breath on my neck. “Is that
such a bad thing?” he whispered.
“I don’t know, do you think it is?” I whispered as we were now staring into
eachothers eyes.
He answered by kissing my cheek, which psyched me out. He stood up, and
laughed as I sat on the floor, sulking.
“Heh heh, what’s the matter?”
I scowled at him. “Don’t tease me.”
Suddenly, he burst out laughing. “Gosh, you really are still a kid at heart!”
I jumped up and got in his face, mouth open with something to say. Except I just
forgot what I was going to say.
“Um, I, uh.....damn it!”
I stood there, practically and inch from Link’s face, trying to think of something to
say. As I thought of something, I turned to exclaim something when he surprised me with
a kiss on the lips, and he wrapped one arm around my waist and put the other at the back
of my neck. My eyes went wide with surprise, but they slowly closed. After what
seemed like forever, he pulled away, and laughed. My face was scorching red with a
blush.
“Happy now?” he laughed.
I just gaped at him.
“Y’know, we’re keeping the prince waiting,” he grinned.
“Um, right.”
Kiba brushed passed me, and I swear, I heard him chuckle. I followed him out,
and a Zora showed us back to the throne room. Ralis was sitting peacefully in his chair,
and he smiled at us as we entered the room.
“Welcome, my friends. I’m guessing you’ll be heading off to Snowpeak?”
“Yes. With your permission, of course,” Link smiled.
“Of course. But that’s why I wished to see you. It’ll be near impossible to get up
the mountain, so this earring will be of use to you,” Ralis said as he took out his coral
hook earring. “Use this to catch a reekfish at the bottom of the falls, and have your dog
follow its scent. It’ll lead you to the yetis, which live at the top of the mountain. Maybe
they can help you further.”
I walked up to Ralis as he gave me the earring. “Thanks, you’ve been a great
help,” I smiled.
He hugged me suddenly, like a child would do to its mother. I looked a little
surprised, and a flash of sadness crossed Link’s face. “No, thank you,” he whispered. “If
it weren’t for you, I’d have never get to see my mother again.”
I couldn’t help but smile, but frowned as I noticed the sadness on Link’s face.
“No problem. I don’t want people to end up like me. Well, parental wise,” I sighed.
Ralis understood, and was kind enough not to ask.
“Good luck!” he cried to us as we left. Link walked along in silence, as I looked
up at him, studying him curiously. I could tell he was just placing a mask to cover his
despair. He never knew his parents. I started to feel like crap, considering I always spoke
poorly of my parents, yet he would probably do anything just to have some. I saw him
flinch slightly, as a thought passed through his mind. Tears were starting to form on my
eyes, and I hugged him abruptly, as he looked down at me, startled.
“What’s the matter?” Link asked, surprised.
“I’m so sorry,” I wailed.
“Sorry about what?”
“Link, don’t play dumb. I can tell how sad you are. About your.....parents.”
Link swallowed. He put his arms around me, and held me tight as he rested his
head on mine. I could feel him shudder, as he tried to hold it in.
“It’s not your fault. It’s just the way it was supposed to be,” he croaked. “They
told me my mother died valiantly. Trying to save me. That was around the time
Ganondorf started wreaking havoc before the sages sealed him. Supposedly, my father
was one of the royal guards, the best knight in Hyrule. But he was.....” Link trailed off,
which turned to a small sob. I clutched him tightly, trying to ease him off his pain.
Midna even came out and gave him a hug. Kiba jumped up and started licking his face.
“I bet you had the most awesome parents a person could have. They would be so
proud of you. Now I know where you get your sword skills from,” I smiled.
He wiped the tears from his eyes. “Thanks, that really means a lot. And I have to
say, I guess you could say I’m a little.....” Link didn’t want to say the last word.
“Jealous?”
Link nodded his head sheepishly. I started to laugh. Suddenly, Link got hostile
and shoved me away. I stared at him, and Midna gaped at us. Kiba stood in front of me,
growling. It finally hit me.
“Link, I wasn’t laughing at you,” I said solemnly. “In truth, I’m a little jealous of
my friends. I just thought it was funny that you’re jealous of me. I’m jealous of you,” I
answered quietly. “Trust me, as soon as you meet them, you’d want to kill them. They’re
that,” I didn’t bother to finish. “But I don’t blame you, I-”
Link interrupted my blathering with a heart felt apology kiss.

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I could feel myself moving, or actually, whatever I was laying on was moving. I
peeked an eye open, only to close it quickly from the bright, midday’s sun. I opened them
more slowly, so I could adjust. I looked up to see Link holding me while holding onto
Epona’s reins, who was running at a fast, yet gentle canter. I brushed my hair behind my
ears, when I shouted out.
“Yay my griffin ears are gone!”
Link jumped in surprise as Epona reared up. Link settled her down quickly, and
slowed her to a stop.
“I thought you were still sleeping! Just about gave me a heart attack,” he
mumbled.
“Heh, oops, sorry.”
Link stared at me intently. It made me feel a little uncomfortable.
“Wh-what?”
“They really are gone. Can’t say the same for your wings,” he joked.
I let out a sigh. “How about you?”
“The tail is gone, but not the ears,” he said, twitching them slightly.
My wings hurt a little from being cramped. I slipped off and stretched my wings a
little. I looked behind me, and gasped. “My tail is gone too!” I exclaimed, leaping into
the air with an added six feet thanks to my wings. Link laughed as Epona stamped her
feet impatiently while Kiba sat next to her. “Alright, let’s go. I just needed to get that out
of my system,” I said. I climbed back onto Epona, and held onto Link as she raced away,
with Kiba right next to us.
“We’re only about twenty minutes till we hit the forest.”
“Really? What time did we leave?”
“Just a little before sunrise. I wanted to get a head start, and save you the trouble
from getting bored to death,” he chuckled.
“Ha ha, thanks, I feel loved,” I giggled with a bit of sarcasm.
“Well you should,” Link said as he turned to pat my head, as a scowled at him,
which turned to a grin.
Epona strode into the forest, as I leaped off of her back.
“What are you doing?” Link asked me.
“She can’t exactly go into the village with her wings,” Midna said as she decided
to make an appearance.
“I’ll stay with her,” Kiba barked.
“Alright, I’ll make it quick,” Link said as he strode off. I saw him tuck his ears in
his hat.
“Heheh, good luck,” I laughed to myself.
I found a fallen tree and decided to make myself comfortable. I rested my eyes a
bit, when I tensed up. Kiba started barking, as there was something coming through a
nearby brush.
“What if it’s one of the villagers? They can’t see me like this!”
I was just about to hide, when Rusl came through the brush, as he stared at my
wings, shock on his face.
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Link rushed to his house quickly, and retrieved a bunch of winter clothing. He
then went to Ilia’s home, and pounded on the door. Ilia opened up, and gasped at her
visitor.
“Link! Come in!” she cried.
“Wait, Ilia, I-whoa!” he cried as she dragged him in the door.
“What brings you here? Where’s Devan?” she asked, peering around.
“She’s got something to do, but can I ask you a favor?”
“Anything!” she smiled.
“I need you to lend Devan some of your winter stuff.”
Ilia’s smile immediately turned to a scowl. “Oh, sure, whatever.”
“What? What’s the matter?”
“Oh, just forget about it.”
Link scowled. “We’ll discuss this later.”
“Fine. But what do you need it for?”
“We’re heading up to Snowpeak.”
Ilia’s eyes went wide. “Snowpeak?! Why there? It’s almost nearly impossible to
travel up there, and their are all kinds of beasts. I’ve heard there are even yetis!”
“I’ve just got to run up there and get something. Basically for the hero stuff, in
case you haven’t guessed.”
“Well, I figured that as much,” she sighed heavily. “It’s not like I ever get to see
you anyways.”
“Hey, wait, that’s not fair.”
“Not fair?! I never get to see my best friend, because he had to get cocky, and
decide to go and ‘work for the gods.’ Then tell me, what’s fair?”
“What’s fair is-”
Link was interrupted as there was a loud screech, like that of a griffins call. Dread
washed over Link, as Ilia looked around bewildered. Link shot out the front door, with
Ilia hot on his heels as he peered in the direction of the forest. Suddenly, a figure shot
from the trees, and hovered high above with a huge pair of wings. Me. Suddenly,
something shot at me, and nailed me in the wing as I dropped like a rock.
“Devan,” Link said under his breath.
“What was that?” Ilia asked. “I’ve never seen anything like it!”
“I’ll be right back,” Link said, racing away.
“Can I come?”
“No, it’s too dangerous.”
Link vanished into the forest, as Ilia scowled. “I thought Rusl was hunting in the
forest today,” she shrugged.

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Link rushed through the forest, following the sounds of my screeching. Suddenly,
Kiba pounced on him through a bush, and knocked him over.
“Link, Link! It’s Devan! A hunter got her, mistaking her for a demon!”
“WHAT? Where is she?”
“Follow me,” Kiba said, as he ran. Link followed him, and when they ran
through a bush, a twig got caught on Link’s hat, knocking it off and revealing his ears.
He hadn’t even noticed, as they continued to run. They reached a clearing, and saw me
and the hunter in the midst of battle. They noticed a glob of dried blood on my wing with
a part of an arrow protruding from it. The hunter had a sword in hand, and was trying to
hit me, but I was to quick for him. I backed up into a tree, when I fell into his trap.
Suddenly, a rope net shot from its hidden place beneath the ground, and trapped me
inside. I felt like a caged animal. I yelled and hollered, and tried everything from tearing
to biting through the rope to no avail. I saw Link and Kiba come into the clearing, and
my fear suddenly vanished.
“LINK!” I cried out, more with joy than agony or fear.
“Link you say?” the hunter said as he whirled around. At that moment, Link got a
better look at the hunter. He was about twenty years old, with blonde hair and brown
eyes, and a little bit of a dark mustache.
“Rusl? Is that really you?”
“Why it is you, Link!”
Link rushed over, and the two laughed and smiled happily.
“So Link, I heard you got a new girl, eh?” he mocked, laughing. “Where is she?”
“Uh, erm, well, she’s, um-”
“I’M UP HERE!” I bellowed angrily.
“What? No, no, that’s one of them oocca demons in their human form! You can
tell by the wings!” Rusl explained.
“Uh, no, that really is her,” Link said sheepishly.
Rusl just stared at him. “What kind of trouble have you been getting yourself into
boy? Falling for a demon is-”
“I’M NOT A F@#$ING DEMON! GET ME DOWN FROM HERE BEFORE I
REALLY SHOW YOU A DEMON!” I roared furiously.
“I’ll explain later, just please, let her down,” Link asked.
“Alright, but I still don’t trust her,” he mumbled. He shot an arrow through the
rope as I fell and landed on my wing. I let out a pure eagle cry in pain, and in fury. Link
rushed to my side to help, but I shoved him away. I staggered up, and winced as I spread
my hurt wing a little, studying my wound. I started to pull slowly on it, when the shaft
broke off, leaving the arrowhead stuck in my wing. I had just about had it by now. I
began stalking off towards Rusl, enraged. He began to back up, with his hands in the air.
“I’m sorry about that miss, but we’ve just had to-”
“SAVE IT. I’M NOT INTERESTED. I’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH,
AND I’M SORRY THAT I’VE DECIDED TO SNAP NOW, BUT YOU’RE THE ONE
WHO F@#$ED IT UP FOR YOURSELF. YOU THINK I’M A DEMON? FINE I’LL
SHOW YOU ONE!” I screamed.
I lunged at Rusl, with my wings spread, and my eyes were turning into an evil
yellow color again. I landed a fatal round house kick in his stomach, and knocked him to
the ground. I reached down and picked him up and lifted him off of the ground, and
slammed him into a tree. My anger was fueling me, as well as the curse Zant had placed
on me. Rusl was knocked unconscious, as Link pulled me away. He held me down, and
struggled to keep me still.
“LET ME GO!” I cried in a demonic voice.
“DEVAN! GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF! HE DIDN’T MEAN TO!”
I thrashed and screamed in a voice unknown. Midna popped up next to Link.
“It’s Zant! This is just like that time when we first came to the forest! DEVAN,
ENOUGH!”
“NOOO!” I roared. I got a hold of Link’s arm, as my nails turned into huge claws
that dug into his skin, which started to bleed. He winced, but he wouldn’t let go, even as
he cried out in pain as I sent horrible, gut wrenching shocks through his body. Link
couldn’t take much more, and he couldn’t stand to see much more either. A tear slid
from his cheek as he continued to struggle, which landed on my face. I froze instantly. I
could feel the turmoil within me try to flare again, but I wouldn’t allow it. I started to
come to, as I began to shake. I had never been this scared before. Link moved out of the
way, as I rolled over and cried.
“Wh-what’s happening t-to me?” I stammered through tears. I began to cry even
harder when I noticed the blood dripping from Link’s arms and his haggard breathing.
Link held my face in his hands, wiping my tears with his thumbs. “It’s alright
now, please don’t cry. It’s painful for me to see you like this,” he said.
“I-I could’ve k-killed you, o-or R-Rusl,” I stuttered. “God, I h-hate th-this so
much,” I sobbed. Suddenly, there was a skull splitting pain that exploded in my forehead.
I fell over, as Link caught me. I was clutching my head, as my ears rang loudly. I cried
out, as the pain became worse and worse. I prayed that if I were going to die now, I just
want to get it over with and die without suffering. Link gasped as he noticed a small,
black shard protrude from my forehead. I screamed as it finally came out, then I went
limp. Midna popped out, and carefully grabbed the strange, black shard.
“.....It’s what Zant used to place the curse on her.”
“So she’s finally free of him?”
“I guess so,” Midna sighed.
Suddenly, my wings started to shrink, and the bones started to settle back into my
back. Almost at once, Link could feel the blood seeping through the back of my shirt
from my shoulder where the arrowhead was buried. Link held me close to him, and
buried his face on my shoulder. He never wanted to see me like that, ever. Rusl came to,
and staggered over to Link.
“Are you sure she’s not a-”
“.....Shut. Up.”
Rusl did as he was told, and watched silently as he tilted me carefully to see my
wound. The arrow head had just barely scratched the bone, and was in pretty deep. Link
sighed, then picked me up.
“I’ll have Uli take care of her. Don’t worry. She’s had to do that for me all the
time,” Rusl suggested.
Link acknowledged it