Summary: Link gets thrown into another adventure when Midna's curse doesn't get broken. The only thing that can break her curse is in the Shadow Realm, Hyrule's polar opposite. Link has to venture through this evil Hyrule to fight the evil tyrant... Zelda? And Ganondorf is a good guy? Can Link survive long enough to break Midna's curse?

(A/N) Ok, I'll be working on two fics at one, which unfortunately means slower updates. Sorry, guys, but this is one story I could wait on. This one had loads of adventure, action and a bit of Midna and Link romance, which I thought would be awesome. (Really, I'm a big fan of Midna and Link shipping.) As for the action, I thought it'd be awesome for a Link, Dark Link, AND Twili Link three way brawl! I hope you guys like this one!

Ch.1:A New Adventure

Link gasped. On top of the hill was a lone figure, holding something in it's hands. It was Midna. Link ran up the hill, in disbelief. How could she have survived? He saw the castle explode, with her still inside. Or, maybe, had she warped out at the last second? He still ran, not even daring to slow down. When he got to the top, he stopped, standing right behind her, smiling.

Midna turned around to look at him. She looked as though she was going to cry any second. What was wrong? Link knelt next to her and placed his hand on her shoulder, for comfort, but it wasn't long before she fell into his chest, sobbing.

"It didn't work!" she cried, her face buried in his chest. "I can't believe it didn't work!"

"What didn't work?" he asked wrapping his arms around her small body.

"The curse!" she sobbed harder. "You killed Ganondorf, why didn't it break?!" Midna was crying harder than ever. Link had never seen her show this much sadness before. It made him feel bad that he couldn't do anything.

"I'm sorry, Midna..." he sighed, holding her. "I wish, I could help you..."

"You can help, O chosen hero..." all four of the light spirits spoke at once.

Link and Midna both looked up, seeing the four beasts of light, looking down upon them.

"Do not fret young Twilight Princess..." Ordona spoke.

"Something can be done to break your curse..." Faron finished.

Link and Midna looked at each other. Midna dried her eyes as they stared at each other not sure whether to believe the light spirits or not. Of course, it was no question. The light spirits had no reason to lie and they were known to never lie. The duo turned their attention bake to the four spirits.

"The object you need is not in this land, nor in the next, it is in a different realm..." Lanayru spoke.

"So, its in the Twilight Realm?" Midna asked, her face lighting up, but she soon frowned again when Eldin answered.

"No, it is not, it is in the Shadow Realm, the exact opposite of Hyrule. It is filled with shadows and has every being the Light Realm has, only they are their exact opposite..." the spirit explained.

"We will create a gate for you to enter and exit the Shadow Realm, but for protection purposes, it will be no easy task to get to it. Will you go?" Lanayru spoke.

"You can't be serious..." a voice came from behind Link and Midna.

"Indeed we are, Princess..." Ordona spoke as the light spirits bowed to Zelda. "Link is the chosen hero, just like Ganondorf was the chosen villain. We are confident he is capable of retrieving what he needs to break the Twilight Princess' curse."

"Ordona," she sigh. "I trust you with this choice, but..." Zelda paused. "The Shadow Realm as a replica of everyone in the Light Realm, and even Link has a dark side... Did you not think about his shadow form?"

"Indeed we did, you Highness..." Eldin replied. "But Link is the chosen hero, we a certain that he can make it through the Shadow Realm. He is guided by the Great Goddess, Farore, Dark Link is not..."

"As you wish..." Zelda gave in. "Link, are you sure you wish to go?"

Link nodded. "This is for Midna..." he looked at the imp in his arms. "I'm positive."

Zelda nodded. "Good luck, then. I hope you both return home, safely. I must go, now, the guards are most likely looking for me." They said their goodbyes and Zelda left.

Midna floated out of Link's arms and turned to the light spirits. "Where will you put the gateway to the Shadow Realm?" she asked.

"It is on the far side of Death Mountain, on the boarder of Hyrule." Faron answered. "It will take a day to complete the creation, we suggest you be on your way, if you want to make it there by tomorrow."

Link stood up as the spirits disappeared. He looked at Midna and she stared back. She landed on the ground and picked up her broken mask. She floated up again, in front of Link.

"Looks like I won't be wearing this any more," she laughed nervously. She let go of it and it fell back down to the earth. She sighed, looking at the ground. "Link..." her voice was just above a whisper. "Thank you..." she said.

Link put his index finger under her chin and lifted her head to look at him. "Don't say that... You don't have to thank me." he looked at her. Midna took his hand in both hers and rubbed it. "Come on, let's go, we've go a big adventure ahead of us."

(Time break)

Link rode Epona as she galloped across Hyrule field. The sun was almost below the tree tops, now and there were several stars in the sky, close to the moon, which was full. Link pulled at Epona's reins, bringing her to a stop. He got off of his horse and Midna popped out of his shadow.

"Time to set up camp, already?" Midna asked, looking at a nearby cave, which they would probably use as a shelter for the night.

"Yes," he answered, walking towards a tree that was close by, most likely to get some firewood. "Its almost dark and I want to be on our merry way when the sun rises, besides," he continued. "Fighting Ganondorf really takes it out of you..."

"I guess, I know what you mean..." she sighed, remember how her round with Ganondorf went. That settled that. Midna had to admit, using that much magic took it's toll later on. She landed on the ground and picked a few twigs up. She wanted to help Link, it was the least she could do for him. He could have left her in her imp form while he went back to his life as a ranch hand in his little village, but he didn't.

"Why?" she asked, stopping from picking any more sticks up.

"Hm?" Link stood from picking a small limb up.

"Why did you help me?" she questioned. "Not only did you go beat Zant for me, but you decided to come do this, you wanted to help me get my true form back."

"Why?" he repeated. He knelt down in front of her and placed all the sticks he picked, on the ground next to him. "Midna, believe it or not, you're my best friend... Why else would I do it?"

"I'm... your best friend?" she watched him nod, slowly. "What about that girl from your village?"

"You mean, Ilia?" he asked. "She's kind of annoying, really... She's constantly taking Epona, making me 'behave' like I should... She treats me more like a pet, than anything..."

Midna smiled. She was his best friend. She actually had a friend now, too. Living as a princess, she never got time to make friends.

Midna showed him the sticks she had gotten up for him. He smiled one of his heart warming smiles at her.

"Thanks for the help..." he said, picking his sticks back up.

They headed back to the small cave and threw their sticks on the ground. Link stacked all of the smallest twigs in a pile and grabbed two rocks. He struck them together making sparks. The sparks landed on the pile of dried wood, making it catch fire. Link looked up at the sky as the fire grew. He noticed clouds rolling in.

"Rain's coming..." he said. Midna looked from the fire, to him, to the sky.

"Damn it..." she sighed. "I was hoping we could look at the stars tonight..."

Link looked at her. She was looking up at the sky, probably hoping to the three goddesses that the clouds would just pass quickly. That didn't happen. Not even a minute later it began to rain, it wasn't a drizzle or a sprinkle, but a full blown storm. The water made puddles in no time at all. Link could tell it wasn't going to ease up any time soon. He took the Master Sword and his shield off his back and leaned it against the cave wall. He picked Midna up and put her in his lap. She looked up at him and he looked back at her.

"You look... different without your mask..." he said. "It's a good different though..." Midna smiled.

"I'm not sure if that was a compliment or not," she giggled. "But thanks anyway."

"Hey..." he spoke, getting Midna's attention again. "Does your hair have to be in a ponytail?" he asked. As her answer she pulled the bind out of her hair and twirled it in her hand with her fingers. Her orange hair fell down to her lower back as she let go of it. "Wow..." he said, looking at her. "You should leave it like that..."

She smiled and shook her head, letting her hair fly in all directions. She grabbed the bond with the hand from her hair and put it in her storage place. She looked out at the rain again, it was finally night time. Why did it have to be tonight? Couldn't it have held off for one more day? She wanted so desperately to look at the stars.

"Got that blanket?" Link interrupted her thoughts.

She quickly produced the blanket Link had asked for. He laid back, waiting for Midna to lay down with him. Once she did, Link covered both of them with the cover. Midna moved closer to Link, practically bore into his side, for warmth. She yawned once, then, was out cold. Link could hear her snoring softly. It wasn't really snoring, more like heavy breathing, like one would do when they're asleep.

Link smiled and chuckled softly. "Goodnight Midna..." he whispered. He threw more wood on the fire and finally went to sleep himself.

(Time break)

The next morning, Link woke to see Midna, sitting at the opening of the cave. She had her back to him, she was looking out at Epona eating grass. That's what it looked like she was staring at, anyway.

"Midna...?" Link called, groggily, rubbing his eyes. She turned and looked at him.

"Good morning, sleepyhead," she smiled. "Its about time your lazy butt got up!" She stood up, her hair was still down, although, it was a mess. She tried to straighten it out by running her fingers through it. It worked, to a degree.

"Are you awake enough to go?" she asked him, floating into the air.

He stood up and stretched. "Yeah... I think so..." He handed her the blanket and she put it away.

Link walked out to Epona and climbed onto her. She gave a whinny as he climbed on and Midna hid in his shadow. Link spurred Epona, making her take off towards Kakariko Village and Death Mountain. As they entered the village, Link stopped Epona at Eldin's Spring. He walked into the water and called for the spirit.

"Link..." Eldin spoke as he appeared. "You are here... Very good... The path to the other side of Death Mountain is at the bottom of the gorge on the other side of this village. Go there and follow the gorge until you come across the way to the bottom, it is a ladder. Go down this ladder and walk back up the gorge to the path. The path is a tunnel. Climb the mountain from there and you will find The Door of Shadows... Are you completely sure you want to do this?"

Link nodded once again, staring at Eldin. "This is for Midna... I'm sure."

"Very well..." Eldin said. "Good luck to you, Chosen Hero..." With that, the spirit faded.

Link turned and made his way through Kakariko Village. He headed out of the northern gate and walked westward, along the Kakariko Gorge. After a few minutes of walking he spotted the ladder down to the bottom. He ran over to it and climbed down it. After what seemed to be ten minutes, he finally reached the bottom. When he touched the earth, he made sure the ground was stable. He walked forward a few steps, noticing there were torches lit along the walls of the gorge.

"The spirits must have put them here for us to see..." Link said to Midna as she erupted from his shadow.

"Either way, this place is creepy..." she shivered. "Grab a torch so we can go... I want out of here..."

Link reached up and grabbed a torch. He began walking down the path, but soon came to realize, he was stepping in a bone graveyard! Link yelled when he looked down, seeing a skull looking up at him.

"Where did all the bones come from?!" he yelled, looking around at the massive pile of skeletons that decorated the ground. Then, he heard it. It was distant first, but it grew and grew. It was like someone beating on a drum... No, it was more like footsteps... Who, or what, in the world could be making something like that?

Before Link could open his mouth again, he saw a torch come around the corner up ahead. Only, this torch was thirty feet high and was the size of a tree.

"What the hell is that?!" Midna pointed at the torch.

Link strained his eyes to see past the torch. What he saw, he didn't like. Holding the giant torch was an extremely tall beast, it stood on two legs and had two arms, but only one eye. It had a small patch of hair on it's head that was bound into a small ponytail. It looked almost human, besides having a single eye, an extremely large nose and crooked, rotted, black teeth. The only clothes it had was a brown loincloth that looked like it belonged to a goat, but it was in full size, like the goat had just been ripped out of it's skin. In the monster's other hand was a club, that was even bigger than the torch it was holding.

Link and Midna looked at the beast then to each other and both spoke at the same time.

"Oh, shit..."

Well, that's it for chapter one. I hope it was good, I liked the part with the thirty foot thing at the end. Giant cyclops. Just what Link needs, another enemy that's bigger than he is. Its amazing how all these big bad monsters get killed by a five and a half foot tall seventeen year old.

And I've recently discovered my time skip bar things don't show up, so from now on, I'll just have to put (Time break), unless someone wants to walk me through how to do it. Reviews are appreciated and thanks to the people who DO leave reviews.