Chapter 1: Recollections and
Goodbyes (Link's point of view)
I watched the sands swirl around among the Arbiter’s Grounds. This place,
located on the top of a tower deep within the Gerudo Desert, was house
to a cursed artifact known as the Twilight Mirror. It was the only known
link between the world of Light and the world of Twilight.
I thought heroes were supposed to be happy with the endings of their adventures. Right now, I don't feel so happy with sending Midna back to the Twilight,'
I thought, glumly. The extreme heat distorted the air in front of me.
It was really beginning to annoy me because my green tunic was matted
against me with sweat, and my blonde bangs dripped into my blue eyes.
I watched Midna and Zelda converse by the Twilight Mirror. The Twilight
Mirror’s intricate Twili patterns glistened in the orange desert sun.
I was not paying much attention to what they were saying because I was
thinking about Midna.
Midna was the beautiful princess of the Twilight, as I had just recently become aware of. Her skin was of a light blue tone and had glowing blue Twili
markings similar to that on the mirror. Her hair was a fiery red, somewhat
similar to her amber and yellow eyes. I just couldn’t look away from
those beautiful but fierce eyes. As I stared at both the princesses
with mock interest, I thought over the adventures I had with the beautiful
twilight princess.
I remembered the time when we first met in that dark, twilight-consumed
dungeon in Hyrule Castle. As a wolf, the little, mischievous imp treated
me as her slave, like I was worth only what I could do for her. She
rode upon my back, crushing my spirit with sarcastic comments and complaints
as to how useless and inept I was. And yet, I helped her, unwillingly,
in hope of saving my friends from Ordon. Her sarcasm and snide remarks
made me greatly despise her. Midna took me through dangerous waterways
and over the perilous roof-tops of Hyrule Castle, without any regard
for my safety. All the way there, she kicked my sides, complaining that
I was too slow and that I was almost worthless to her. One comment
still remains in my mind today. ''Oh my god, you are the slowest
creature I've ever met! Why am I wasting my time on such a retarded
little dog like you! You are not even fit to save your own dumbass!
Oh, did I make you cry wolfey? I thought the legends told of a man turned
into a blue eyed beast, not some blue eyed pussy.'' I now understood
her reasons for doing this. All her power was taken away when Zant cursed
her. The only power she had was in her words, for Zant could never take
that away from her. She practiced this power in order to remind herself
that she still had it.
I was, however, thankful that she took me to meet Zelda because I fell
completely in love with her at first sight. When Zelda removed the dark
hood to reveal her face, I was stunned by her beauty. Her golden locks
fell to her shoulders, her pale face looking at me, azure eyes laden
with guilt. Midna enjoyed that guilt in her eyes. Zelda then relayed
to me the events that had taken place that caused the Twilight.
During our adventures to bring light back to Hyrule, and to search for the
dark power of the Fused Shadows, Midna’s stone heart softened a bit. Although she did continue with her sarcastic and snide remarks, she wasn’t saying them completely out of hate. She was now saying them as some form of comic relief. Even though she still thought I was only useful to find the Fused Shadows for her, she knew that she would get more out of me by treating me better. We grew closer to each other,
but we both never admitted it. We became good friends and a great team.
When we had received all the fused shadows, Zant ambushed us at Lanyru’s spring, plunging it once again into Twilight. The familiar sensation
of becoming a wolf quickly hit me. Zant held a black and red orb in
between his hands, staring straight at Midna. I reacted instantly by
putting myself in harm’s way, a little bit by habit and mostly because
a feeling that I did not recognize. As I hit the orb, I felt a searing
pain in my forehead. Everything went black as I lost consciousness.
While I lay unconscious, Midna had a short conversation with Zant before
being mortally wounded by the light spirit Lanyru by a direct hit of
light. As I heard her scream of pain from my unconscious state, I quickly
woke up and acted upon that unknown feeling again. I lifted her on my
back and immediately headed to Zelda. I kept on asking if she was alright,
and she would weakly nod. As it started to rain, I did all I could to
comfort her. Everytime she moaned in pain, I would turn around to lick
her, as if to signify everything would be alright. I ran as fast as
my limbs could carry me. I began to feel Midna's breathing slowing
down, each breath felt labored. I began to cry. It was then that
I realized what this unknown feeling was. It was love. I realized that
while I had feelings for Zelda, they could not compare to mine for Midna.
As soon as I received this revelation, I put everything I had into my
strides. I reached the gates of the castle and realized I would never
get past the guards. I made my way to the secret waterway that Telma
had mentioned a while back. Even though Midna begged me not to risk
my life in this dangerous waterway, my heart told me to do anything
that was needed to save her. When I reached Zelda, we fought over who
to save. I wanted Zelda to save Midna, and Midna wanted Zelda to break
my new curse. Zelda knew that Midna was needed to help me along my journey
so she told me of the Master Sword, and she merged with Midna, allowing
her to walk in the light. We began to grow closer after this event.
We then put the Twilight Mirror back together and destroyed Zant and
Ganon.
After the reminiscing, I remembered just how much I grew to love Midna. I felt my stomach clench. I recognized this feeling as the feeling one
gets when they know they’re gonna have to say goodbye to someone important
in their life. “Lightness and Darkness are the two sides of the same
coin… One cannot exist without the other… I know now the reason
the Goddesses left the Mirror of Twilight in this world… They left
it because it was their design that we meet,” Zelda said. “Zelda,
your words are kind and your heart is true… If all in Hyrule are like
you, then I guess you’ll do alright,” Midna replied as she stepped
up the Twilight staircase. Looking at me, she said, “Thank you…
Well, the princess spoke truly, as long as the mirror’s around, we
could meet again… Link… I… See you later.” A golden tear rolled
down her blue cheek and she pushed it towards me with her hand. The
tear hit the mirror and I heard a crack. I then realized what was happening.
She smiled at me sadly as she disintegrated into the Twilight. I was
too shocked to move. The mirror then shattered into glistening pieces,
only to remain in our memories. My stomach clenched even harder…
Chapter 2: Fate (Link's point
of view)
I fell to my knees hard. I didn’t even notice any pain. I was too heartbroken to care anyways. My face fell into my rough, leather gauntlets as my
body shook with the sobs of a hopeless romance. Why Midna, why?
That was the only thought in my mind as I drowned in my emotions. The
only pain I felt was in my heart, and on my left hand. The triforce
of courage seemed to turn black on my hand, and it hurt me a lot. I
didn’t care. I felt a gloved hand gently touch my shoulder. I turned
to see Zelda with tears glistening on her pale face.
“It had to be done Link. She did it for the good of both wor-,” she said
as she was cut off.
“Can you ever just think out of your little triforce of wisdom for one second and stop trying to justify everyone’s actions! Don’t you know how
to comfort someone!!!???” I yelled.
“Link I’m pretty sure I am just as hurt as-… you loved her didn’t you?”
she questioned, her lip quivering. I looked down to see my reflection
in my sword. Although my eyes were red with sobbing, the hurricane in
my blue eyes began to settle. The Triforce remained black, however.
“Why does it matter? She’s gone anyways. She obviously didn’t feel the
same way about me that I felt about her!” I said, on the verge of
tears. Zelda noticed the hurricane return to my eyes and decided it
best to not tell him.
During the time she spent merged with Midna in her heart and mind, she felt all the feelings that Midna did. Pain, anger, annoyance. There was one
other feeling that she did not recognize in the beginning. It always
popped into her mind when she saw Link’s carefree smile or when he
talked to her. She soon recognized this feeling as love. Oddly enough,
Zelda found herself feeling the same way towards Link right now. Maybe
her long-term connection to Midna’s mind somehow influenced her current
thoughts. She knew that these truths would hurt Link even more, so she
kept them to herself.
She walked over to me, picked me up by my tunic and dragged me over to a spot by the mirror to sit down. She was definitely stronger than she
looked. We sat next to each other, enduring hours of awkward silence.
I often caught her staring at my left hand and at other times, my face.
She didn’t know that I had seen her do this. As the darkness of dusk
crept over the Arbiter’s Grounds, we began to head for the staircase
to leave the tower. Then I saw something glowing by the mirror. I ran
towards it quickly. “What is it Link?” Zelda asked, concerned. I
grabbed the glowing little orb into my hands to get a better look. What
I saw amazed me. It was a shard of the mirror contained in Midna’s
tear. “Zelda, is there anything I can do to get back with this?”
I asked high in hope, my eyes brightening once again. I stuck my open
hand in front of her face, the weightless orb resting in my palm. “I’m…
Link, I’m afraid not…” she said quietly.
My hopes fell along with the brightness in my eyes. To replace that brightness were tears. I felt the tears in my eyes, but I blinked them back.
Zelda led me out of the tower, her caring arm around on my shoulder
the whole way down. We both mounted the boar that was left in front
of the tower and rode slowly back to Lake Hylia. I barely talked the
whole way home. I just stared at my sword and the tear the whole time.
The tear was completely spherical with the shard glistening in the middle.
It was about the shape and size of a small egg. I thought it looked
a bit like an eye. I just stared at it the whole time asking why.
Why did you do that Midna?
