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One day later, Link found himself sneaking through Hyrule field whilst the sun was down. It was so dark, even the bulblins would have a hard time seeing him coming. The hard part was trying to stay quiet whilst in this chain mail. Midna floated besides him as they neared a hill. They both got onto their hands and knees, overhearing someone speaking.

"I think I caught something," someone with a rough sounding voice said.

Another strange voice chipped in. "Caught something? Like what?"

Link very slowly crawled to the top of the hill, laying prone as he gazed down to the campsite. He could see three Bulblins, and two large hog-like creatures nearby. Without a weapon, Link couldn't allow them to see him, but he needed one of those hogs.

"I don't know, my crotch itches like many ants..."

"Hah, probably fleas from your mangy bullbo!"

The bulblin with the itchy crotch soon frowned. "Probably crabs from your dirty sister!"

Quickly, the other bulbin stood up, picking up his club. "You take that back!"

The bublin who had yet to speak soon started to laugh. "You both so stupid. I'm going to take a piss, fight if you want, just don't mess with my stuff!"

Link watched as one bulbin walked away, and the other two continued to argue. "We could use that bullbo... And their clubs..."

Midna smirked. "I have a plan," she whispered. Without another word, she floated off, remaining hidden as the two bulblins continued arguing, oblivious to the imp who was now besides their mounts. Her hair turned into a big hand, which she used to slap the big boar-like creature right on the arse. She retreated into the shadows as the bullbo let out a big squeal, and ran away.

The bulblin with the itchy crotch yelled out as he chased after his mount. "No! Get back here you worthless piece of meat!"

The other bulblin couldn't stop laughing as he watched the bullbo run away into the night."Ahahahaha! Good luck catching him!"

Link saw this as his chance to strike. The bulblin's back was turned to him, and the other two were busy. Silently, he made his way down the hill, and towards their little camp. One of them had left their club behind, so he picked it up. It look rather nasty, with a spiked metal head and a thick wooden shaft that tapered down towards the pommel. As he made his way towards the bulblin, he turned around. There was a gasp from both of them as their eyes met. With one hand, the bulblin raised his club above himself, and swung it towards Link's head. Almost immediately, Link reacted by raising his club with both hands, stopping the bulblin's strike mid-swing. With a grunt, Link raised his leg, and kicked the bulblin in the chest, giving him some space to make a swing at the bulblin. He made a horizontal sweep for the bulblin's head, which it then tried to block. The bulblin was too slow, and Link's club slammed into his skull. The metal spikes on the end of the club penetrated the bone, and the sheer force of the strike did the rest. The bulblin dropped to the ground, where he remained. For a moment, Link couldn't believe what he just did, but he didn't have any time to stop and think about it. He raced for the one remaining bullbo, and immediately climbed onto it. It was an intimidating creature, and he half expected him to buck him off, but it didn't. "Hayaa!"

The as the bullbo began to move, Midna quickly flew out of its shadow, and clinged to Link's armor. She was surprised by what she just saw, but she figured he had the guts to do it. They rode away from the other bulblins, and through Hyrule Field, not one of them said a word to each other. She also wondered how he knew how to ride this thing, she knew that he didn't even own a horse. She chose not to ask him anything, he looked like he needed a moment to think anyway. They rode all the way through the night, and into the day. They only stopped when they all needed to rest. They stopped besides a river, taking a moment to rest at last. The sun was high up in the sky, but they both felt sleepy after the long ride here. She floated off the Bullbo as Link hopped off too. She watched the large creature drinking straight from the river for a moment, before turning her attention back to Link. "... Are you alright?"

Link sat down underneath a tree, resting his back against the trunk. "I'm not sure... I knew it was a possibility that I might have to take a life at some point, but I didn't really think I would have to... I know I had no choice there, and I would do it again. That's the strange part... I don't really feel bad at all."

"Well, the bulblins are known for being stupid brutes who kill your kind. You shouldn't feel bad, they'd have done the same thing to you," she replied, trying to make him feel a bit better.

"Yeah, they would've... No use on dwelling on it I guess, I think I'm going to have to get used to spilling blood anyway. It's a long way to the desert, and I hear there's a lot more of them up there." Link was going to try and avoid getting into a fight if he could, but if he was forced into one, he was going to do whatever he could to make sure he survives. After all, if he died, then Midna would be left friendless. He bet she would kick his ass in the afterlife if he left her, if there was even such thing as an afterlife. "You did good by the way, distracting that other bulblin. We make a good team."

"When that bulblin spotted you, I thought I was going to have to save you again," she replied as she sat down right next to him. "Looks like you recovered from that fight you had with that weird guy."

"My face still aches, but other than that, I'm fine," he said to her, smiling a little afterwards. He was glad that he was on the run with her of all people, she was smart, strong, and cute. Of course, he didn't plan to tell her that last part any time soon.

"What do you think well find at that place in the desert?" she curiously asked. She felt like going to the desert was the right thing to do, she just didn't know what to expect when they finally reach that building.

Link shrugged for a moment. "Answers, maybe... I am not even sure if that building in our dreams even exists, but if it does, we'll find it..."

Three weeks later...

The desert was not a nice place to be, hot in the day, freezing by night. Still, they pushed on, riding on the bullbo. Midna wore a red scarf they had taken from a bulblin. It was so big, it covered not only her neck, but most of her chest, and hid most of her arms from sight. The bullbo had packs on its sides, and in those packs was food, water, even a lantern. They had survived by stealing from camps, and cooking up the strange critters that tried eating them first. Midna was still eating something they had cooked up before. She swallow the meat before licking her lips. "Those strange worm things don't taste bad."

Link chuckled a little as he rode on. "Maybe we'll cook one more up before we leave, or maybe we'll just steal one from the bulblins."

"Have you thought up of a name for our furry friend yet?"

Link had to think for a moment before responding. "Mal? Harold? I don't know, I'm not good with names..."

"Eee hee hee! You're really not!"

"Oh, think you can come up with a better name?"

"What aboooouuut, Garry?" Midna suggested, knowing that her name wasn't that much better.

"Hmm, maybe Barry?"

"Barry it is!" Midna happily replied, before narrowing her eyes a little. She shifted herself slightly, looking past Link. "Is that a building?"

Link stopped checking the ground for small canyons, and looked ahead, noticing something ahead. It looked far away, but it also looked very big. "That has to be it." A big smile spread across his face before he looked back to Midna. "We might finally find out why we've been having these dreams..."

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves! We still need to find out if that's really the place."

"Shouldn't take us too long to reach it, a few hours maybe?" Link was getting more and more excited just thinking about what could be there. He couldn't explain it, but he could feel it, he knew something important was there.

Midna could feel it too, she just knew that something important was in that place. It's why she agreed to come out to this hell hole in the first place. After a few more hours of traveling, the bullbo came to a halt. They were finally there. Midna floated off the beast, and looked up at the huge building. She didn't know why, but she began to cry. She rubbed her eyes. "Stupid sand," she mumbled. She knew it wasn't just sand in her eyes though, she felt upset, but she had no idea why.

"L-let's get inside..." Link replied as he felt something in his gut. It was a horrible feeling, as if someone twisted a knife in his heart. He got off the bullbo, and opened up one of the leather packs on its side, taking out a lantern. He knew that he would probably need it in this place. Hwalked up the steps, and into the dark building. It looked as he expected, dilapidated, and filled with sand. It would've been pitch black if he had not brought his lantern. Sections of this place had broken, and caved in. Sometimes the cave ins provided access to higher up places they otherwise wouldn't be able to reach. The place was like a labyrinth, and smelled of death.

"What's that awful stench?" Midna held her scarf to her nose for a moment as they walked down a long, dark hallway.

"I don't know, but it can't be anything good." Link just hoped that whatever they were breathing in right now wasn't harmful. Soon enough, his mind was taken off the stench, and focused on the sound of something moving around. "Do you hear that?"

Midna stopped and listened, hearing something grinding against stone. Whatever it was, it was getting closer. "What is that?" she whispered.

Link put down the lantern, and readied himself for whatever was coming. He held his club tightly in one hand as he waited for whatever was there to show itself. Before he could even see what it was, it let out a horrific screech, like a wild beast being skinned alive. The scream froze Link in place for a moment, hesitating to move until he saw it creeping into the light. It was clearly a Hylian, or something similar at one point, but it had been changed. It was tall, with bandages covering its torso and legs. The bandages had red stains on them, it wore metal gauntlets, and dragged a big, five foot sword behind itself. It's left eye glowed bright red, the other appeared to have either rotted away, or been removed at some point. The big, seven foot undead creature attempted to swing its sword horizontally at Link, but immediately, he jumped back. With both hands, he swung his club right into the ribs of the undead creature, hearing the old bones crack as it stumbled to the side. Before it could even recover, it was knocked down when Midna used her big magical hair fist to punch it right in the face.

"Ew! I think some of it's flesh got into my hair!" Midna exclaimed.

Link quickly rushed over besides the undead creature, and immediately slammed his club into its head over and over again. Even as the skull cracked, the redead grabbed at Link's leg, trying desperately to shred at his flesh. The creature managed to reach up high enough to grab Link's belt, and yank him down to the ground. Link landed right on top of the redead, it was then that he noticed it had dropped its sword. Instead, used its gauntlets to leave three bleeding scratches over the hylian's face. Link let out a loud yell as Midna reached out, grabbing one of the redead's arms. She pulled it violently to one side, breaking it at the elbow as Link slammed the club into the redead's head over and over again. It tried to scream, but before it could get one out, Link split its jaw in half with one well placed blow from the club. He did not stop striking the redead until he was absolutely sure it was not going anywhere. Slowly, he got back up to his feet, panting. "Damn it, just as the old cuts finally fade, I get new ones... I'm beginning to think everyone we go up against has something against my face..."

"Maybe it was jealous you're more handsome than it ever was," she replied with a giggle. She wasn't worried about him, she could see that the scratches on his face weren't deep. "Come on, let's keep going."

Link picked up the lantern, and got moving. He didn't have time to waste, he wanted to conserve as much oil for his lantern as possible. He pushed on, occasionally wiping away the blood from his face. He would wash it away, but he didn't want to waste the valuable water either. They kept going up, heading right to the top of the structure until finally, they found a way out. That way out led to the exterior of the building, and straight to a stairway leading up. "We're finally here. No more corridors, this is it..."

Midna's heart fluttered a little before she closed her eyes, getting quick flashes, almost as if she was back in her dream. "I... I definitely think we were right to come here. Let's find out what's at the top..." Together, they walked up the stairs, not knowing what they may find up there. Each step only made her more nervous to see what was at the top, but eventually, they did reach the top.

Link looked around, shocked at just how similar it really was to his dream. There was no doubt in his mind, whatever these dreams were, they were something more than fantasy. That big stone rock was there, and so was that pedestal on which the strange mirror once used to reside. On the final step to the shattered mirror, there was something he hadn't seen before, a skeleton. Chain mail covered the flesh stripped bones, as did brown rags. Cautiously, he walked towards it. Involuntarily, he dropped to his knees.

"LINK?!" Midna yelled as she quickly floated besides him.

Link could not hear her. He just stared down to the ground, but in his mind, he was seeing much more than just the dirt in front of him. He saw a man, dressed in a tan colored tunic and an olive drab scarf walked straight towards the pedestal. The tan colored tunic had a hood stitched onto it, which the man had up, hiding most of his facial features in shadow. The man wore brown trousers and boots, with leather gauntlets. His tunic was all torn up, revealing the chainmail underneath. The man grunted with nearly every step he took.

"So many years... So many regrets... I cannot believe how long it has been..." he spoke to himself. "Everyone I knew is either dead, or gone... Illia, Agatha, Zelda... Every friend I had is gone... And soon, I will be gone too..." he pulled off his hood, exposing his ashen hair, and his sapphire colored eyes. He had white stubble, and a large scar going from his left ear, right down to his chin. The dust cleared, and soon, he found himself standing at the first step of the pedestal, so close to that broken mirror. Just the sight of it was enough to break his heart all over again. He walk up the steps, but half way up, he dropped to his knees, grunting so loudly. He eventually turned himself around on his hands and knees, only to sit down on a sand covered step. He was in physical pain, but it was the emotional pain that was really taking its toll. He stared up to the sky as tears filled his eyes.

"I...I wanted to hate you for leaving me... I so wanted to hate you, but I couldn't! I know why you destroyed that damn mirror, but it doesn't make it any easier! When you destroyed that mirror, I felt part of myself being destroyed along with it... It left a big fucking hole in my soul..." he whispered as he looked up to the moon. "Only you could've filled that hole... I-I SHOULD'VE WENT WITH YOU!" he screamed as he thumped the hard stone stair. Tears streamed down his wrinkly scarred face as he spoke. "Why didn't I say anything? I should've said something! Not saying anything to you on that day was the biggest mistake I have ever made..."

Link grunted as he looked down to the hand he had used to thump the stone stair, seeing he had dislocated his pinkie. Without hesitation, he grabbed it, and popped it back into place. "Look at me, I am a shadow of my former self... I had to watch you leave, I had to watch everyone I grew up with die, right before my very eyes! They all dropped, one by one, victims of time. But for some reason, I still live. Having a long life is no gift, it's a curse! It hurts more than any wound...living a life without you, is not a life worth living. After that day, I became useless. I had stopped Zant, and Ganondorf... And then I became little more than a glorified sellsword. I never wanted rupees, I never wanted a big home, rewards, armor, swords, or any of that stuff. What I wanted, was you... But you were the one thing I couldn't have..."

Link then grasped his chest, feeling as if his heart had shattered into a thousand different pieces of glass. "GAAAHH! D-damn it... L-looks like it might be my time soon... Midna, can you hear me? Are you even still alive, Midna? Just wait, just a little longer... I will be with you soon..." he whispered as he then reached down to his right boot, pulling something out of the sheath besides it. It was a long, sharp, dagger. "One way, or another... I-I think, all the time... Did you ever get married? D-did you ever think about me like I thought about you? I know, I will get to ask you, eventually..." he whispered weakly, feeling all the strength being sapped from his body. He couldn't even hold on to the knife anymore. It slipped from his grasp. He quickly tried grabbing it again, but it tumbled down the stairs, all the way down to the bottom.

"J-just my luck," he laughed weakly, before it quickly turned into a soft cry. Tears soaked the hard, dry stone underneath him. "I just want it to end...to be with you again. That's all I want, to be with you! Why have the goddesses cursed us like this?! What kind of fucking cruel joke was that to play on us?! Bring us together, just to tear us apart?! We made the biggest kind of sacrifice, just to be left here, in this world without you... It is unbearable... I can't stop thinking about you because I know, that you really were the one..."

He sniffed as he looked back over his shoulder, looking at the broken mirror. He got on his hands and knees once more, and crawled up each step. He could feel it, his time was nearly up. He just knew it. "M-Midna..." he whispered as he dragged himself up to the final step. "I...love you..." He wished he had said it when it mattered. He wished he had either stopped her, or went with her. He just wished that he had done something, instead of nothing. Slowly, he rolled himself onto his back, to stare up at the sky once more. He hoped that through death, he may meet her once again. As he stared up at the sky, his heart slowed down, but not before he spoke once more.

"I wonder, do you feel sad right in that moment between night and day?" he asked her as if she was there. He stared up at the sky, even as his last breath exited his lips, and his tears ran down his cheeks. There, he stayed, forever, in the place he felt closest to his lost love. The wind gently brushed through his white hair. It was the last thing he felt. The last thought that ran through his mind was of her, running her fingers through his fur when he used to turn into a wolf. The thought of her being there with him, it made his last thought a happy one.

Author's note: This chapter was surprisingly easy to write. Think I wrote it in like, 2 or 3 days right after finishing that last chapter? Held it back for it to be edited though. Anyway, a big thank you to BigBossSonic once again for editing this, and a thank you to everyone still reading this! :3