Chapter 8: Until she came

Midna sat on the bridge over the shallow river that was flowing trough Ordon Village. A light breeze was blowing.

There has been five days since she came to the light world. They had gone too fast. She only had two weeks. If not…

Five wonderful days. Link was always by her side, just like before. They had talked a lot, about memories and… the future.

Ilia had been avoiding them. Midna felt guilty about it. Ilia sure wanted her to go back to Twilight Realm and stay there forever, if she had knew.

But it was so wonderful to finally be with him again. To look into his blue eyes every day, to hear his voice, to laugh and cry with him.

It was just like before. Except for there was much more peaceful now, there was no Zant or Ganondorf who had to be defeated. They had all time they needed… for each other.

She didn't wanted to even think about when the time would end.

She knew that she have to make a decision soon. Stay here or go back to the twilight? How ironic… Just five days ago she wanted to go back to the light world, and now she wanted to go back to the twilight. Or did she really wanted? If she went back, she would never see Link or Zelda again… But if she stayed, she would never become the Twilight Princess again, never be a Twili again.

But it wasn't sure she could go back to the twilight even if she decided to do. The magican had said that it wasn't sure she could go back…

What had she done?

Would she like a life like this? A life as a Hylian, living in Ordon Village. Never ever become a ruler again. Never ever see Twilight Realm again. Never ever… be Midna again.

No. That wasn't her destiny. That couldn't be her destiny.

But was her destiny endless pain and missing?

All those decisions she had to take. She didn't want to think about them. Everything was so hard, so difficult.

She couldn't believe that for just a year ago she never even dreamed about been thinking like this.

How fast your life could be totally changed.

She rose up. Link was coming back from the ranch. For some reason she didn't want to spend time with him right now. She needed to think, and she needed to do it alone.

Link waved to her and she smiled.

"I'll go for a walk in the woods. I have to think about some things" she said.

Link nodded to her.

"See you later" she said, and walked away.

It was a beautiful day. The sunlight created patterns on the ground when it jostled through the trees branches.

The light world was a nice place. But it couldn't compare with the Twilight Realm.

She realized that she missed her own world. One more thing that made her decision harder. Wonderful.

Suddenly she saw something, a white cape, flapping among the trees. Someone was running in front of her, but she couldn't see who it was because the back was turned to her. She got curious and started follow the stranger in the white cape, carefully so she shouldn't get noticed. After twenty minutes Hyrule Field could just be seen behind the trees.

Now she really wanted to know who the one in the white cape was. She speeded up to catch up with him or her. Then she happened to step on a stick which caused a pretty loud sound. The stranger in the white cape turned around and met Midnas eyes.

It was young girl with green eyes and blonde hair. It was Ilia.

"Why are you here?" they both asked at the same time.

Midna was very surprised.

"Why aren't you in Ordon?" she said.

"Why are you following me" Ilia asked and she sounded angry.

Midna sighed. She sat down on a log and made a gesture that Ilia should do the same.

"You have a lot of things to explain, Ilia" she said.

"You too" Ilia said and sat down.

"Where are you going?"

"Castle Town"

"And why are you going there"

"Not your business"

Midna started to think that Ilia were very annoying. She didn't know exactly why, the fact that Ilia was angry with her were actually well-founded. She didn't want to give up before she knew that errand Ilia had at Castle Town.

"Then why…"

"No, now it's my turn to ask you questions," Ilia discounted. "Where do you really come from? Why are you following me? Why did you come to Ordon? Everything was so good before you came, but then…"

Ilia sobbed and then she was quiet.

Stupid little girl… Midna thought.

"Listen, Ilia. I understand why you're angry with me, but it isn't a reason to run away from Ordon…"

"I'm not running away"

"Then why are you going to Castle Town?"

"That's not your…"

"Yes, Ilia, it is my business."

Ilia didn't answer. Midna waited with patient. She knew that she would never get the answer if she got angry too.

The one she was before should already have said something demeaning by this time. But she wasn't the one she was before. And the new Midna was more suitable to this situation.

"I'm going to visit Telma, if you know her. Happy now?"

Midna gave her a smile, filled with satisfaction.

"Then I'll follow you"

Ilia looked chocked and furious at the same time. Before she could start protesting, Midna said:

"Don't even try to prevent me. Someone has to make sure that you come home again, right?"

Castle Town was full of people as always, so no one noticed Midna and Ilia. They walked down the stair that leaded to Telmas Bar. Telmas cat, Louise, was outdoors and she meowed to them.

Telma was surprised but happy to see Ilia.

"Ilia?" she said. "How nice to see you! How you're doing?"

It took a while before she even saw Midna. Midna introduced herself as "Ilias acquaintance". Then Ilia whispered something to Telma and she walked over to a door beside the bar. Telma hesitated before she followed her.

"Oh, don't worry, I can wait here", Midna said.

When Telma and Ilia had left her alone, Midna remembered that she had not said to Link that she was going to castle Town with Ilia. What would he think when she didn't come back from her walk in the woods? She didn't want to worry him for nothing.

Then she saw a postman who rose up from a table, and he gave her an idea. There was paper and ink on the bar. Midna took it and started writing a letter. She wrote that she was fine; she was in Castle Town, would probably stay there a while but would come back soon. She gave the letter to the postman.

Can you please deliver this? To Link. Ordon Village.

The postman nodded and walked out of the bar.

Midna could hear Ilia and Telmas voices from the room beside, but she couldn't hear what they said. She realized that this was a good occasion to find out what Ilia were really doing. She walked over to the door and started eavesdropping.

"Everything was just fine until she came!"

Ilias indignant voice made Midna disappointed. Was that all? Had she ran away because Link didn't respond to her affection? Ridiculous.

"Ilia…" Telma said. "I understand you're very sad, I really do, but you must realize that you can't…"

"I can. She will go back to the place she came from, I just have to find out what place it is. She will be gone!"