After Twilight Princess-22

Chapter 22
The Twilight Realm



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Zelda woke up and looked around slowly. She looked down and saw a chain around her wrist which was attached to the wall. She sighed and observed the room some more.

There was blood all over the walls and it was almost pitch black in there. The only source of light she had was a glowing ball of light that lay in front of her, a few yards away.

She looked to her left and then to her right. Her eyes lingered on a small figure in the corner. She squinted her eyes to see who it was she was seeing.

"Hello?" she asked. "Who are you?"

The figure looked up and she saw who it was.

The blue eyed beast.

Zelda gasped. "Oh Link…"

He whined and struggled to get up. Something prevented him from standing though.

Zelda crawled as far to him as her chain would allow and she inspected him.

To her horror she saw a huge blemish on his left leg. It looked like a whip wound.

Zelda suddenly felt a pang of guilt. She couldn't help but think it was her fault they were here.

"Oh no…" Zelda whined and she started to yank the chain around her wrist. She could feel a wound opening up around her wrist and looked at Link.

His eyes were screaming at her to stop. She could hear his voice in her head. 'Stop, don't hurt yourself for me...'

She looked around for something that she could use to break the chain so she could get to him.

Sadly, she found nothing.

Zelda sighed and sat down, a few feet away from Link. She looked around and room once more and something else cause her eye.

"Midna?"

The figure standing in the doorway smirked and laughed. "Now this is backwards. I thought Link was supposed to save me… Not me having to save him and the "wise" Princess."

Zelda rolled her eyes. "Why do you choose to use sarcasm even in these situations?"

Midna laughed and slowly walked to Link. "Hmm… I'm going to need your help, Zelda, to bust open this lock."

Zelda looked at her strangely. "I'm powerless here. How could I help?"

"Simple," Midna smiled, "I'll bust your lock open and you go and get the sol and hold it on the lock."

Zelda nodded but then she looked at her oddly again. "How can you bust my lock alone and not Link's?"

Midna laughed once more. "His lock is more complex than yours."

"Why?" the Princess asked.

"'Cause silly," Midna giggled, "He's the Hero of Twilight!"

Zelda nodded. "Wait, where did you come from?"

"My mother's womb," Midna answered.

"Midna," Zelda spoke, holding back her laughs.

"Okay, Okay," Midna held up her hands. "I heard from a guard that Mister Ghirahim put you both in here. Then my fiancé told me Dark Link was lurking about, so I quickly came down here to get you guys before they locked me and the rest of my castle up."

Link's ears perked up and he looked up at Midna. 'Fiancé?'

Zelda looked at him strange and then looked down. 'I can hear his thoughts?' Then Zelda felt another pang of guilt. 'If I didn't know any better, I would think Link's hurt by the fact Midna is getting married.'

"I know, you've got a lot of questions, but save them for later," Midna stated, breaking Zelda's lock with a small black orb.

Zelda held her wrist instantly after and examined it. She had a small cut and a horrible rash surrounding her whole wrist. Luckily, the cut wasn't deep enough to draw to much blood.

"Okay, now go get the sol," Midna ordered.

Zelda nodded and ran over to pick it up.

"Careful," Midna warned, "It's very fragile."

'Sure it is, Midna, because I didn't throw them around everywhere.'

Zelda laughed and shook her head, walking over next to Midna. Suddenly, the chain that was around Link's right paw, (because his left paw had one broken chain already), started to glow and burst into twilight pieces.

Link still lay there though, whining.

Zelda looked at him sorrowfully. "I'm sorry, Link."

'For what?'

Zelda sighed and looked down. "I can't help but feel that this is my fault."

'Zelda, I wish I could slap you right now. Don't say that!'

"But I do!" Zelda yelled before she could stop herself.

"Eh?" Midna asked, looking at her incredulously.

"S-Sorry…" Zelda nervously laughed.

'You… You can hear me, too?'

"You can hear him?" Midna repeated his question.

Zelda nodded and looked at Link.

"Well… We need to go. Now," Midna stated, "We'll first head to Link's then-"

"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. NO. We have to kill the fake you first!" Zelda cut in.

"Come again?" Midna asked, looking at Zelda as if she was crazy.

"S-Sorry. Long story. I'll tell you later… Now let's get out of here like you said…"


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