Link of Ordon was unhappy. He had been that way for a while now. And most of his unhappiness was caused by a certain imp, Midna. She was gone, just gone. The little twili and him had been through so much, she had stolen his heart, and then she stole his happiness, by destroying the Twilight Mirror, the only link to her world. Though Princess Zelda had offered him titles, power, money, and more, none of that would ever satisfy him. All He wanted was Midna. The imp of his soul.

Sadly, the owner of the Curiosity Bizarre didn't know that. All he wanted to do was sell the young man something. No matter how hard he had to try. Link was seriously beginning to regret coming to the newly opened shop. He just thought it looked interesting. Big mistake.

"How about some Bombchus?" asked the weasel faced man. "They're very rare, probably dating back to the first years of this fine kingdom!"

"No thank you,'' Link said for about the tenth time.

The owner didn't lose hope, and tried something else. Link sighed. This was getting out of hand. He was turned to leave, when something caught his eye.

There was a cage by the door, one he hadn't noticed before. A tiny figure, barely three feet tall was inside. He looked closer. Orange hair, skin like snow, the rather scanty black outfit, the blue-green tattoos….

It couldn't be.

"No,'' Link whispered. "It can't be…"

But it was. Midna. Reduced back to her imp form. Unconscious and locked in a cage. The imp's body was bruised badly. And she had some small cuts that had not been properly maintained. In this terrible state, she probably wouldn't last much longer.

"How much for this?" he asked, scooping up the cage.

The shop owner was delighted. Not because Link wanted to by something, but because Link WANTED something badly. That meant he was willing to pay just about anything for it. "How about…two thousand ruppes?" he asked, with a rather vile smile.

Link's heart dropped. "I only have one thousand."

"Well, then, you don't have…whatever it is."

"But I need this!" Link protested. "Where did you find it anyway?"

"I found it in the fields. She was just lying there, sleeping or something. I was planning on showing it to a scientist to find out what it is, but I figured it would be a good pet, for someone with sufficient funds." The man grinned. "But if you don't have them…"

Link drew his sword. An impressive blade, forged in his home village. The salesman's eyes went wide. Link grunted, raised his blade…..and placed it gently on the table. "How much is it worth?" he asked.

The salesman gave a gasp of relief, and then inspected the sword. "Not much,'' he said. "But maybe if you had something else…"

'Something else' was almost every weapon in his arsenal. He would have lost everything, but the man didn't know what a clawshot was, so he didn't take it.

Not that that mattered to Link. He left the Bizarre, carrying a small cage, and a very sick imp.

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Link went to his room in Hyrule Castle. Princess Zelda had been all to happy to give him a room. Not that Link WANTED a room. Everyone in the castle was very snotty. The guards kept making comments about 'that Ordonian Hero' that made Link's blood boil. Not that Link cared at this moment. He flung the door open, placed Midna's cage on the door-side table, and turned to lock it.

"Hello, Mr. Hero,'' said a silky, female voice. Link's heart almost stopped.

"Selene,'' he muttered. "How did you get in here?"

Selene wrapped her arms around Link's neck. Selene was a lovely, blonde young lady. Most of the palace guards would have killed to get her. Unfortunately, she had the hots for Link, who didn't like her in the slightest. She WAS pretty, she had a perfect voice, perfect form, but she was just wrong for him. She always tried to get Link to kiss her and such. And today was no different.

"You really should be more polite, Mr. Hero,'' she said. "I am just an innocent chambermaid, after all. Why must you be so rude to me? The woman who does nothing but try and please you?" Selene turned Link around and giggled flirtatiously. "I think you should say you're sorry,'' she said, leaning closer, to kiss him.

Link never gave her a chance. He sidestepped and opened the door, and Selene ended up falling outside the door, and into the hallway. Link then locked the door.

"You can't do this to me, Hero!" said Selene's angry voice from outside. "Admit that you love me!"

"Go away!" Link shouted to the door.

With a "ooohhhhh!" and a stomp, Selene left. Link was alone with his imp.

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Link unlocked the cage and daintily placed Midna on his four-post bed. Then he went to the place were he kept valuable things: His sock drawer.

He pushed aside his socks, a mix of dirty and clean, until he found what he wanted: The Great Fairies Tears, the most powerful potion in Hyrule. Link had been given the potion by Jovani, a man who sold his soul for riches, turning himself to gold, in the process. Link had saved the fellow, and had been rewarded with the powerful potion.

He uncorked the bottle, and placed it to Midna's mouth. "Drink up,'' he whispered as he poured the pink potion into her mouth and down her throat.

The bottle emptied, her bruises vanished, her cuts sealed up, and her red-yellow eyes opened.

"Mmf?!" the imp gasped. "Where am I? what's going on?" she looked up and saw her rescuer. "Link?!" she said, startled. "How did you…how did I……"

"I found in a shop,'' Link explained. "You were almost dead, so I bought you and gave you my Great fairy potion." He paused, then asked: "Are you alright?"

Midna didn't answer with words. She burst out crying. Tears ran down her pale blue skin. Gone was the strong, smug and determined Midna. Link felt a sense of pity he had never felt before well up inside of him.

"What's wrong?" the Hero asked. "How did you get here? I thought you destroyed the Mirror."

"I did,'' Midna sobbed. "And I went to reclaim my kingdom. B-but…"

"But what?" Link asked.

"My sister!!!" Midna threw her arms in the air, her tiny fists clenched. "My sister Livina!!! She told everyone that it was MY fault that Zant took over. And now, all the Twili serve her! And…..t-to punish me…..She turned me back into an Imp and BANNED me from the Twilight realm!!!" Midna collapsed into Link's arms. "What am I going to do?"

"We can take it back!" Link said. "We can get you your kingdom back if we-"

"We can't," Moaned Midna. "If the Twili want Livina, then they can have Livina. I'm still hated. And now I'm an ugly little…FREAK again!!!"

Midna collapsed into Link's arms, more tears popping into her eyes.

Link knew nothing better to do then try and comfort her. He placed his hand on Midna's back and gently rubbed. "Everything will be alright,'' he whispered.

Midna didn't answer. She just kept crying in Link's arms. Soon Link's shirt was soaked in her tears. Link didn't care.

Soon, Midna got a hold of herself and stopped crying. "I'm sorry,'' she said weakly. "I just came back…and I didn't say hello."

"That can wait,'' said Link. "You're all that matters now."

"No!" Midna protested. "It's not about me anymore! Every time I see you, I try and get you to do something for me, whether it's getting my kingdom back, or defeating Zant! Damn me! Why am I so freaking selfish!!?"

"Midna,'' Link whispered. "You're not selfish. You were just scared. You are in a land that you aren't very familiar with. And you think that you're alone." Link smiled, a small one. "You're not alone, Midna. I'm here, Zelda is here, and we'll back you up. No matter what you think."

Midna cried a little more, but most of her tears were gone for now. "Thank you Link." she whispered. Her eyes were filled with passion and love, feelings that Link had missed for a long time.

"Midna?"

"Yes?"

"What were you going to say to me, before you broke the mirror?"

Midna remembered her words on that day: "Link I……see you later."

"I meant to say-" said Midna, moving her face closer to Link's.

"Yes?" said Link, mimicking her motion.

"I love you,'' finished Midna, her lips brushing Link's.

Link said nothing else. He kissed her full on the lips, and she returned the kiss.

Authors note: Okay, so I'm a major Midlinker. Don't hate because I support the pairing! (Or because I'm handsome.) So I decided to write this. It took me a couple O weeks to get the story straight in me head. I would do some fanart for the story but I suck royally at drawing Midna. However, you can see what fanart I do you can find me by Goggling "Coli-Chibi deviantART. COM.