I Throw my Toys Around
Link held himself up with the Master Sword. Wounded severely, blood flooding what little vision he had left, and a cold lifeless feeling crawling through his body, the chosen hero waited for his demise as the ruthless Ganondorf approached the boy. The blade of evil incarnate hovered centimeters from Link's neck, threatening him of the impending death that awaited our hero.
"As the Twilight fell, so too will the Light." Sneered Ganondorf as he twisted his sword hand gently, all just to add insult to the injury. "And then… Darkness will consume all." He turned his head to offer one final mocking smile to the Princess of Destiny, who could do nothing to prevent any of this. "I'll deal with you… just as I did with the Twili…"
Link felt ever muscle in his being tighten, his heart racing with fury and his hands clenching the hilt of his sword tightly. This bastard… this bastard… this bastard…
"YOU KILLED MIDNA!!!" Link swiped Ganondorf's sword away from his neck with is right arm. The blade seared through the gauntlet and cut into Link's arm, but the adrenaline pumping through his body disregarded it as a mosquito bite. His left hand drew the Master Sword from the ground and quickly skewered through the air, aimed right for the wound the Sages had dealt to Ganondorf all those years ago.
Taken completely off guard, Ganondorf realized he could do nothing to impede the sword of evil's bane. The blade pierced through his chest, a fountain of blood spewed forth indicating Link nailed the target dead on.
Grinning, the lord of evil managed one quip through the pain wracking through his body. "Do not think it ends here… The history of light and shadow will be written in blood!" Link shot Ganondorf a furious look, condemning the man to hell. "You my boy… just added the title to it all…"
Forcefully drawing the sword from Ganondorf's chest, blood still flowing from the wound, Link let the devil himself fall before his feet. The bastard died at the hand of a boy, a boy with the purest heart of all in Hyrule.
Weak, tired, and fading, Link crumpled to the ground just beside Ganondorf's vanishing corpse. So this was it, everything was over… the young farm boy expected some kind of joyous celebration after this. Just him… his friends at home, the innocent people of Hyrule… Midna… they'd all be celebrating their freedom from evil.
But no, all there was for Link was the silence that loomed over the land, the cold, creeping feeling of death crawling on his beaten body… and that fact that she… was…
"Enh?" Just beyond the horizon in Link's vision was a light… a rather intense light that seared through the skies and earth. Reacting with what little feeling his body had left, Link weakly got to his feet, aiding his own balance with the Master Sword. He looked towards the light, squinting enough to see the light was emanating from the Light Spirits that took charge in this realm. Also off in the distance was…
Urging his body forward, Link ignored whatever pain that wracked his body and struggle to get to that other figure. His heart was racing, his mind was dancing, his body was trembling (from something other than pain)… could she have lived?
He froze in place, this being… wasn't Midna? This tall woman wearing a rather intricate and exotic black gown and the strangest golden head ornament Link had seen since Zelda's. She turned to the boy, grinning at his befuddled expression. Those fiery crimson eyes, that red ethereal hair with the chain lock band, those black markings on her azure skin, those green trace amongst her body…
"What? Say something! Am I so beautiful that you have no words left?" Yep, that mocking yet seductive tone complimented with that mischievous smirk… she was Midna alright.
Link gaped awkwardly at her as a blush redder than the lava of Death Mountain stained his face. She was beautiful, hell that's not even a good enough word to describe her. His heart went into overtime as it literally had a seizure over the Twili Goddess that blessed the boy with this vision. Link wanted to say something, but his nothing would come to him that would properly describe her… well, except:
"You're… tall…" The brand new Midna giggled and walked up to the boy, sweeping away at him in an attempt to tidy him up a little.
"Yep, I am." She chuckled as she patted him on the head. "Now you're the pipsqueak!" Link felt dizzy, the compounding feelings of his wounds and the overwhelming power of Midna made his sense of balance off kilter. Letting out a heavy sigh, Link wobbled until he finally passed out and fell into Midna's arms. She had to laugh as she held the limp boy in her arms. "Ah… my beauty even makes you swoon, how adorable."
Looking up towards the hill, Midna noticed Zelda approaching them. Sighing, she realized that Zelda's overzealous worry for the wellbeing of others will soon ignite when she'll notice the burnt out Link. Oh boy… she looks frazzled already.
"My gosh… that boy's heavy!" Zelda sighed as she and Midna literally dumped the boy into his bed. Midna, in her smartass manner, took the bag Link held that had every single piece of crap tool that he obtained throughout their journey and dropped it on the floor. The impact alone caused its own mini quake and created a nice crater in the oak floorboards. "How'd he… manage to carry all that? And in such a small pouch?"
"Princess, I've been trying to figure that out for months and I've still have not come to an answer." Midna said flatly as she wandered into the bathroom. "Anyway, I'll take care of his dressing his wounds, since I actually know where the first aid kit is in this dump. You wanna take care of more severe wounds?"
"I'm already on it." Replied Zelda. The Triforce of Wisdom started to glow intensely as Zelda focused on what she could handle. Mending the pierced organs, replacing missing fragments of muscle, and fusing bones back together, Zelda has done all this for the soldiers in other times of conflict. She originally couldn't stand doing this, but her gag reflex finally stifled itself and she could act as the perfect medic.
"I'm surprised he lived through all this…" she noted at the severe number of injuries he'd actually sustained. "I did what I could; all there's left is…" Zelda stopped as she noticed Midna had already begun disinfecting the wounds with Red Chu jelly and wrapped them all with bandages. The Princess of Destiny watched the Twilight Princess take the most gentlest of care when treating the boy. Midna's treatment to the boy, Zelda was quite aware of what was behind every gentle touch.
"Geez… I always told him to be careful but nooooo…" Midna grumbled as she cleaned up the medical equipment and finally draped a blanket over Link. "He had to just get his ass handed to him."
"You care for him quite a bit…" Zelda mused as she watched Midna return to the bathroom to put away the kit. The Twili let out a sarcastic quip about someone needing to care for him or he would've died in the castle as a wolf. "And care for him enough to dream about him constantly."
Upon hearing that, Midna made the oddest noise ever. It was the amalgamation of a "what", choking on a tongue, and a bird call. Peeking from the bathroom doorway, Midna gave Zelda the flattest look ever.
"Gee, someone's been invading in my life while borrowing my body." Midna was not amused, what else did Zelda know of?
"It's nothing you could hide from me." The princess replied monotonously as she turned to the Twili woman. "You love this boy, don't you?"
"Of course not!" Midna snapped as she folded her arms across her chest. "He's a good friend to me obviously… and reliable, but I can't love a simpleton like him."
"So how do you explain the fact you stared at his posterior for seven hours straight? Or that one night when you kept telling him you love him?" She even knew that moment too!? What the hell, did Zelda spy on everything that went on ever since she had her spirit reside in Midna's body!?
"I was obviously delirious… it was an emotional night for the two of us… Neither of us was in the right mind to think straight."
Delirious my foot. Zelda thought as she let a quizzical eyebrow rise. "You're a poor liar. It's obvious that you treasure this boy, how else do you explain endless fantasizing? "
"What's with this interrogation anyway!?" Midna wasn't amused for senseless questions that prodded into her own personal matters. "Why in Din's name are you invading in my own life!?"
"I know what you've been planning."
A silence loomed over as Zelda entered into a more serious topic. She stared at Midna with intimidation, displeased with what Midna was up to after Link regains consciousness.
"W-what are you talking about?" Even though she didn't want to know the answer, Midna asked anyway, hoping to find some defense for herself.
"You plan on returning to the Twilight… while destroying the only link between our realms." Zelda's tone was anything but friendly now… in fact, this cold, low tone may be her pissed voice.
"I have to. One, I am the princess of the Twilight, I have an obligation to lead my people." The Twili spun around, not wanting to even look at Zelda anymore. "Two, our worlds shouldn't coexist… we were ousted for a reason."
"And you'd abandon Link for this?" Figures, Zelda would attack Midna with that.
"We obviously can't be together…"
"Why not?" Oh gods please, enough of this. Midna just couldn't figure out what to do with her own duties and her own desires. Both sides clashed as intensely as Link and Ganondorf had. It tore her apart and frankly, she was tired of it all. Midna just wanted to get away from it all.
"Zelda, I'm a princess just like you." Midna sighed and rubbed her hands down her face, trying to relieve some pressure. "You know I can't abandon my people."
"Does that really mean you should destroy the mirror?" Zelda looked back to the sleeping Link and sighed. "To destroy his only way to see you… could you live with the fact that you separated each other? Could you live with the fact you broke his heart?"
Midna was silent as she bit into her lower lip. Zelda found the one point to shatter everything Midna had built up to avoid this problem. Damn that bitch, damn Link, and damn the fates.
"Besides…" Zelda continued her probing. Why couldn't she just shut up? "Wouldn't your relationship with Link be beneficial for both our realms? You would be setting an example of harmony between our two cultures."
"Zelda… please… shut up." Midna's head was throbbing now with all this crap.
Zelda sighed and proceeded to leave Link's room. "Very well. It's up to you in what you decide to do. Just to let you know though, if you do decide to destroy the mirror, you better not regret that choice later."
"Uh-huh…" Midna stared at Link's sleeping form; the boy looked so peaceful after such a traumatizing ordeal. "My choice…"
Midna stared down the Twilight Mirror, her eyes traced along the complex patterns of the surface. Complex, like her ordeal with everything that has transpired between herself and Link. Should she follow her duties or her heart?
The mirror's magic ignited, creating the digitized portal to the Twilight. The beckoning portal spun slowly, waiting for her to step through.
So… this is it. Midna offered one last glance to Zelda and finally Link. That was a mistake though; his eyes had a sense of worry in them, like he knew something was going to happen. That look in his eyes shot through Midna's being and tore apart her heart viciously.
Could you live with the fact you separated each other?
Midna reminded herself that she had to; she has her duties to fulfill. It can never be.
Could you live with the fact you broke his heart?
Midna stared at Link, the boy who got caught up in this mess because of her. She did force him into this god forsaken quest, despite anything Link said. But he made no protest; he willingly helped Midna from the start. He did everything for her… and this was her thanks for everything? Leaving him? Midna felt her mind spiraling out of control with this predicament. What was she to do? Link was the most important person to her life now… and if she threw him away… could she live with it!? Her mind spun viciously until everything went blank. Only one thing popped up in her mind.
"I can't do it…" Midna choked as she took one last glance at the portal before making a dash for Link, catching him off guard as she ferociously tackled him into the most violent hug ever.
The two bounded across the sands from the sheer force Midna had built up. When they skidded to a stop, Zelda rose up both hands saying:
"Touchdown."
"So I see you changed your mind." Chided Zelda as she gave the Twili a smug look. "Let's see, who talked you out of it?"
"Shut up." Midna was fuming at the fact Zelda was right. The three began a long trek back home via horseback, Link and Midna shared Epona while Zelda rode her own white stallion.
"Talk out of what?" Of course, Link was oblivious to what was going between to the two women. Zelda cleverly urged her horse to speed ahead, leaving Midna to spill everything out on her own.
Thanks for nothing bitch. Midna sighed heavily; she rested her head against Link's back as she tightened her embrace around his waist.
"Midna?" Link glanced back at the Twili. She let out another sigh in response, still fighting with raging thoughts.
"She talked me out of leaving… for good." Link had Epona stop in her tracks, shocked, concerned, and confused about everything.
"What about… living together… like your dream?"
"We're different Link." Midna's voice was dulled down to a dark and depressed tone. "We're from two different worlds that shouldn't coincide with each other. There was a reason we were separated." Midna couldn't bear to even try to look at Link anymore; she should've left and destroyed that damn mirror.
"No… we're not different." Link sighed as he swung his leg over so he can sit upon Epona while facing Midna. "Midna… we've been through everything together. We ate together, slept together, fought together, bled together and so on." Glancing at the setting sun, Link searched in his heart for something to say. "The Light and Twilight… belong with each other. Twilight is what helps bring the day into closure and shifts into the night and once again shifts the night into day. I'm your Light; I was the hope for you to bring back harmony to your world. And you're my Twilight, the one who brought a complete understanding of myself and the world around me. You… complete me Midna, just as the twilight completes the day."
Midna stared at Link with the most bewildered look ever. Her heart raced as she registered what the boy said. Once again, he produced the greatest thing to say to set everything right again.
"Been reading too many romance novels again haven't you?" She snickered, killing Link's romantic mood. Though, he didn't make the same annoyed face like all the other times. He had no reason; Link was just relieved Midna was snapping back into her old self. "So, we just gonna sit here or shall we get going?"
Link sighed as he swung back around and urged Epona onward.
I complete you huh? I bring completion to your light…as you bring hope to me. How corny can you get Link? Midna rested up against Link's back and focused on his beating heart. But… you are right Link… not that I'd ever let you know that.
"Hey Link… what should we play tomorrow?"
-Fin… finally-
Author's Note: Yes, I am in complete denial of the game's ending.