As Link felt the strong arm pull him in he felt like he was being crushed. He fell to the ground and felt something happening to himself. He crouched down and panted as he felt himself changing. He felt immense pain as he felt a tail grow. He roared out as he had a snout sprout from his face. He felt himself growing fur and then collapsed. Laying where Link had been rested a blue eyed wolf.
"What happened to me?" thought Link. "I can't talk!"
Then he saw the creature responsible for him being pulled in. Floating in front of him was an imp with a stone mask of some sort.
"Eheeheehee. You certainly look more obedient in that shape." laughed the imp.
Link got up and tried to snap at the imp, but she dispersed into some kind of bubbles and went around him. 
"Hmm, I guess you don't appreciate what I've done for you. I brought you to where your precious princess is. You want her to stay safe don't you?" 
Link suddenly realized that Zelda was still there in Kakariko, and started to run off towards the village.
"Ah ah ah!" chided the imp. "You're going to need my help."
Link whimpered and lowered his head.
"Hmph, you're truly pathetic." sighed the imp. "I'm Midna, your new master."
Link jumped up when she said "master". He growled and bared his fangs. He wasn't going to be some toy for a spoiled imp.
"Oh? Don't like the word master? Fine. How about I call you a dog?" laughed the imp.
Before Link could respond she jumped onto his back. He jumped and kicked trying to get her off, but had no luck.
"Should I bring your two idiots into this Twilight also?" yawned Midna.
Link didn't know what to respond with. He didn't even know if he wanted them to come in. But what if they get changed also? Link shook his head trying to decide what to do.
"Tough decision, isn't it? Well, I doubt they'll be able to see you. Any normal person would turn into a spirit here. The only reason you aren't a spirit is because of the Triforce you have." explained Midna.
Link looked at the wall of Twilight and whimpered.
"I'll tell them you're okay." sighed Midna going into the wall.

Travie continually slashed at the wall trying to get through. He wasn't going to leave a friend behind. He kept up the assault even after he was out of breath.
"Travie, give it up. We just have to believe in Link." sighed Reggi.
"Shut up!" panted Travie slashing the wall. "I'm not letting him go in there alone!"
"You can't help him." laughed a mysterious voice.
Travis dropped his hatchet and looked for the voice's owner. Reggi looked at Travie's hatchet and saw the shadow coming to life.
"Relax, I'm not one of those things. Link is safe, he just needs to do something on his own." explained the shadow.
"Why wouldn't he want our help?" growled Travie.
"Because he doesn't want you two to end up as spirits. Normal people can't go in there without being transformed into spirits. Once we clear that Twilight you'll be able to help him." sighed the shadow.
"So just wait here?" asked Reggi.
"Yes." nodded the shadow.
"Keep him safe. If that Twilight clears up and he's not okay then I will kill you!" ordered Travie picking up his weapon.
"I promise you he'll be alright." yawned the shadow receding to the wall.
"Well at least we know he's alright." shrugged Reggi.
"What about the others?!?" shouted Travie. "So we know three of the sixteen people traveling with us are okay. What about Beat, Archer, Allen, Ivy, Alice, Gwen, or Kai?" 
"I'm sure they're alright." growled Reggi. "They're all stronger than us. They made it farther into the contest than us. Have confidence in them."
Travie froze in his tracks and looked at his friend. "What?" he gasped.
"Have faith, they are all strong." repeated Reggi. "I know they're safe."
Travie slumped down to the ground and sighed. "I guess you're right."

Richard stared out of the window and saw strange insects running through the streets. Every now and then one would burrow underground.
"Those things look suspicious." he muttered.
"Don't bother. The moment you go after one of those bugs three behemoths fall from a portal in the air." sighed Isaac.
"Heh, don't worry. We watched a few friends take some of these things down before. Kai, Strafe, Ivy, Vak, let's go take care of those monsters." laughed Richard.
"It's about time." yawned Strafe.
"Let's get to it." growled Vakanos.
Kai simply stretched and drew his thin katana.
"I doubt you need five to handle three of those things. I mean three of us cleared out an army. I'm sure one could easily stop them." reasoned Ivy.
Kai walked up to the door, then turned to face the TerraSlider. "He said all of us because he has faith in us. Besides, he doesn't want to risk losing anyone. But if it makes you feel better, I'll handle it on my own." Kai opened the door and walked out.
Richard gritted his teeth and ran out after Kai. "You're not going out alone." he growled.
 Kai smiled, and pointed behind at the building they just exited. "You've got to stay to lead them. You're the one best suited to lead. Trust me, I've got this."
Richard stopped in his tracks and stared at Kai. "You better get back soon." he ordered.
Kai saluted and marched off to find either the strange shadow monsters or the insects.
Richard walked back inside and was immediately attacked by Alice.
"Why'd you let him go out alone?"she shouted pinning him to the ground.
"Simple. He has my trust, I know he'll come back safely." replied Richard calmly.
Before Alice could respond an earsplitting shriek ripped through the air.
Ivy immediately burst out the door with her blades on her shoes. She glided through the streets followed by everyone able to fight. They all reached the center of the square to find Kai polishing his sword with a rag. Laying on the ground was four shadow monsters, but before anyone could say anything the monsters vanished in a plume of dust. The dust flew into the air into a black and red portal in the center of the sky. The portal then vanished for a brief second, them reappeared as a blueish-green and black portal.
"I said I could handle it." stated Kai. "There are a few more in the town. Look, three more portals." he said indicating three spirals in the air.
"Well, looks like I'll get a chance to play." laughed Strafe. "Anyone wanna come with?"
Allen and Peter followed after Strafe as he ran off towards the farthest portal. Ivy went with Alice and Ai to the closest portal. And Vak, Archer, and Richard went for the final portal with Kai following them.
Before everyone went off Kai warned them, "You need to be sure to kill the last two at the same time, or else they'll bring the others back up. I had to learn that the hard way."
Everyone made sure to remember that. As the groups reached the portals they were attacked by the creatures.
The group who reacted the fastest was Ivy's group. Ai had several of her shadows jump above them to stop the monsters from falling on them. Alice gave the first to fall a skull-cracking blow to it's head. Ivy jumped into the air and kicked the second with the bladed shoes. The second fell onto the ground with two large gashes in what represented the head. Ai had her shadows all attack the last two to keep them from recovering.
"Damn it!" growled Alice. "Someone finished before us."
Ivy and Ai looked to see the portal farthest away changing to the greenish color the one Kai had cleared was.

Under the portal Strafe and Allen laughed with Peter.
"Too easy." laughed Allen.
"Looks like the girls finished theirs." noticed Peter pointing out the portal changing colors.
"Heh, I bet Ai did the best job." laughed Strafe.
Peter sighed and started walking back to the fountain. "We should wait in the town square for everyone else."
Allen nodded in agreement. "C'mon Strafe, let's get going."
Strafe followed behind them, still boasting about Ai.

Richard and Archer ran on the rooftops of shops and bars while Vak and Kai ran in the street, all sharing the same target. The final portal.
"Everyone else is done." smirked Kai.
"Just us left." sighed Vak.
"Let's get this over with." growled Richard.
Vak and Kai ran into an open pathway in front of a church of some sort. Richard jumped down next to his friends and motioned for Archer to stay up there.
"The Temple of Time." murmured Richard.
"Look out!" shouted Kai pushing himself forward taking a slash to his arm from a massive claw.
The monster that dealt the blow then fell to several arrows sticking out of it's head. Vak picked up his halberd and prepared for a fight.
"Ready Richard?" he laughed.
"Hell yeah." smiled Richard. "But there should be others, where are they?"
"Guys! They split up! They all went down the alleyways, and if what Kai said is true, we need to kill them all at once." shouted Archer.
"Shit!" growled Kai. "Malirse besechen!"
Vak looked at Richard puzzledly and Richard shrugged.
"I'll try to take one of them out, there should be three running loose now, right?" shouted Richard looking to Archer.
"Yeah, I'll go on the rooftops and take out the one that goes on the side opposite of Vak's."
Kai growled and drew his sword. "I'll go down the other alley, in case Archer can't keep up."
They all took off chasing the fleeing monsters. Archer noticed that Kai seemed angry, which was strange. Kai was always calm, strong, and fun, similar to Beat. But now Kai seemed like something snapped. The entire time he ran he was muttering "malirse besechen".

Beat woke up to a man shaking him.
"Grimsley! Wake up!" urged the man.
"Let him rest, he needs to recover after last nights ordeal." hushed a girls voice.
Beat's eyes flickered open and he realized the two were part of his dream.
"Ganondorf, Nabooru. Good," he paused trying to guess what time it was. "Err, umm, err." he stammered. "Ah screw it, Hi!"
The two visitors laughed at his antics and told him why he was being visited.
"So the Gerudo here are in danger like our own tribe is." sighed Beat. "I guess being the most feared makes us the biggest form of a threat."
Ganondorf gritted his teeth, and glanced at Nabooru. She nodded as if giving him permission to do something.
"The main threat are those three guys that work for Skull King. They also have a monster of some sort helping them." explained Ganondorf. "They have a feeling you'll find the next Sage Warrior, and another one of his Sins."
Beat gritted his teeth. "Damn, they sent me here to find another one of them." 
"Pretty much." nodded Ganondorf.
"At least you also have a chance of finding the next Sage Warrior." shrugged Nabooru.
"Yeah, I have Light, Water, Shadow, and Spirit to find. No telling which it is I'll find." grumbled Beat.
Ganon looked at Nabooru who looked upset now that Beat was angry. He shook his head and turned to Beat. "Try Spirit, you're headed there anyway."
Beat smiled slightly then laughed. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Alright, I'll look for Spirit's Sage Warrior."
Beat then woke up to the sounds of construction echoing through the town. He climbed out of bed and found a freshly folded white shirt and clean pants sitting on the dresser next to a note. Beat grabbed the note and glanced over it.
"'Saw you got sick, hope these are alright. ~Dinah'. Hmph, always leaving things with a stupid note." grumbled Beat crumpling the paper.
He quickly changed clothes and headed down the steps. There he found Anju's mother preparing breakfast.
"Good morning ma'am." nodded Beat.
"Ah, good morning Beat. I'd hate to be a bother, but could you go to town to pick up a few groceries for me?" asked the kindly woman.
Beat thought about what he needed to do, but decided to help anyway. "Sure, I'll pay with my own money. It's the least I could do after your hospitality."
"Oh, don't do that! We couldn't ask you to buy all our groceries with your money!" interrupted Anju coming into the kitchen.
"Don't worry, it's not a problem. I have plenty of rupees. I'll go get what you need." laughed Beat. Before either could complain he grabbed the list and ran out the door. Outside he saw some petticoats practicing their routines for the carnival. Kafei sat under the overhang reading a flyer.
"Hey Kafei, what's that flyer say?" asked Beat.
"Hmm?" asked Kafei looking at Beat. "Oh, hey. I'm just looking at this wanted poster. Setton has been driving me insane. He always escapes me and Viscen. I'm at wits end."
"Oh, sorry." sighed Beat.
Kafei ruffled Beat's hair and stood up. "Don't worry about it. Need any help with that list?"
Beat smiled and nodded. "I still need a tour around town."
"Oh yeah, you need to see the sights while we shop. Let's get the things that won't spoil first. That way we have more time." nodded Kafei.
"Okay, let's go." laughed Beat.

"It's about time." muttered Midna as Link finished off the monsters guarding the spring Ivy had showed him.
Link growled, "I would've finished faster if you had helped me!" he wanted to say.
"Don't you growl at me!" snapped the imp.
"You of the altered shape, holder of the mark of Farore that has been turned into a blue-eyed beast. Please help me by restoring my light!" called the spring weakly.
"How do you expect us to do that, oh powerful light spirit?" snickered Midna.
"Light Spirit?!?" thought Link.
"Take this vessel of light, destroy the insects only seen by those with heightened senses. Collect the tears of light and free this land of Twilight." explained the weak voice.
Link took the vessel that formed and placed it on his back. Midna sighed and tied it down. 
"You owe me for letting you do this." growled the imp.
Link flicked his tail so it hit Midna making her stumble. She then tightened the ropes making it hard for him to breath.
"Don't anger me wolf-boy. Let's get going and free your precious princess." snapped Midna.
Link felt the ropes loosen as he ran off in search of the insects the light spirit spoke of.

"I can't believe this." growled Kai.
"Relax Kai, it's done." sighed Richard.
"Malirse Besechen!" muttered Kai.
"What does that mean anyway?" asked Vak.
"Huh?" replied Kai looking at the Vakan.
"What does that phrase mean?" growled Richard.
"Oh..." stated Kai realizing something they didn't know. He started to sweat as he explained the meaning.
"Kai!" snapped Vak. "Saying something like that in front of Archer!"
"I'm very sorry, that's the old me talking." apologized Kai profusely.
"Old you?" asked Richard. 
"I did some bad things before I entered that contest." shrugged Kai, ending the conversation as Archer ran up to join them.
"Everyones finished, let's head back to our carts." laughed Archer.
"Wait," hushed Kai. "do you hear that?" he asked.
"Hear what?" asked Archer.
"I can't hear anything." sighed Vakanos.
"Me neither." agreed Richard.
"I hear a crackling sound. It's weird. Never mind let's go to our carts." sighed Kai.