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Ancestor's legacy part 10

The Desert Chapter 1

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Twilight groggily opened his eyes the next morning. He definitely did not get enough sleep last night to be doing this. With him dozing off at the Hero Shade’s grave and getting caught by Time. Not to mention the struggle of even going to sleep once he got back into the room.

Twilight grimaced, he could barely see light coming in from the windows, of course he woke up during the twilight hour. He couldn’t go back to sleep either. If he did he definitely wouldn’t be able to wake up in time to leave.

Groaning Twilight sat up, and took a look around the room. He could see Four, Wild, and Hyrule next to him in a pile sleeping. Getting up he gently grabbed the blanket he was using and laid it out over the three.

Grabbing his bag Twilight set to work picking up anything that he missed before he went to bed. Once he got all of his things together he started slowly making his way out of the room. While also making sure that the others were comfortable.

He gently lifted Sky up and put him in a more comfortable position on the bed. Sky is a heavy sleeper so it shouldn’t wake him, and it honestly looked like Sky was about to fall off. Legend looked fine from where he was leaning on a wall, so Twilight left him alone,though he was most definitely awake at this point.

When he got to Wind in the main section of the room he did a mental tally of the Links. He could’ve sworn Warriors’ arm was a pillow for Wind when he came in last night. Time was on the couch snoring and there was nowhere left in the room for him to go. Not to mention Wind was completely covered up, which never lasts the night, so it had to be recent.

Twilight went back to Legend and lightly kicked him whispering, “Vet, where is Cap?”

Legend opened one eye grouchily, “How should I know?”

“You’re a light sleeper and was probably woken up by him leaving,” Twilight pointed out.

“All I know is he left the room. Now let me go back to sleep,” Legend closed his eye and turned his head away.

“Thanks I guess,” Twilight murmured before double checking he had all of his things.

Twilight as quickly and quietly as he could, left the room. Luckily, Time’s snoring should have been just loud enough to block it out. Twilight wasn’t as stealthy as he thought because Warriors was standing near him unamused.

“So you're leaving soon huh?” Warriors asked, leaning on the wall closest to him.

“Just now actually. I’ll…. I’ll y’all in a week or so,” Twilight responded, quickly turning around to walk off.

“Let us come with you,” The captain suddenly said.

Twilight turned around, “What?”

“Let us come with you. We were all put together for a reason, maybe this is one of them,” Warriors repeated.

“I highly doubt a Twilight Zone would be the reason why we were all placed together,” Twilight retorted, crossing his arms.

“But it could be the reason we were brought here and why we haven’t been teleported away yet,” Warriors annoyingly pointed out.

Twilight sighed, “I don’t anyone getting hurt on my account. It’s better if you guys stay here,”

“We’ve all dealt with injuries, it’s a part of being a hero, besides the same can be said about you too,” Warriors retorted.

“I don’t think it can, I know my Hyrule well enough to stay out of trouble,” Twilight refused.

“But you don’t know our enemies. Hell we fought some of yours in my Hyrule. What’s to say you won’t encounter mine in return?” Warriors questioned, giving Twilight a pointed look.

“I can avoid them then,” Twilight deflected, uncrossing his arms and letting them fall to his sides.

“And what of the others? If you get hurt by one of theirs or don’t make it back-” Warriors started.

“That won’t happen,” Twilight interrupted sharply, glaring at Warriors.

Warriors put his hands up, almost like he was trying to placate Twilight, “I’m not saying it will! Just think about how guilty we all would feel if we weren’t there to protect you,”

Twilight didn’t say anything and instead looked away. He didn’t think about that when he made the plan to leave while everyone else was asleep. After spending so much time with the others it wasn’t hard to imagine their betrayed and heartbroken faces. Hell Sky made a good point that while it may be faster it wasn’t safer for Twilight.

At Twilight’s silence Warriors added on, “Let us help you, this isn’t another solo adventure. We are a team now, no one is going to let you do this alone,”

Twilight grimaced and stared up at the ceiling. He couldn’t allow the other to feel the pain of transforming. It would leave them all far too defenseless, like newborn calves . Not to mention Twilight would have to go about teaching them how to move and interact with the world. The only bright side is that they will have someone to teach them, instead of them figuring it out on their own like he had to.

Twilight had a feeling he was going to regret this, “Fine. You can wake up the others and bring them are 3 conditions,”

Warriors grinned brightly, “And those are?”

“First one is that you need to get everyone up and out by the West gate in 15 minutes,” Twilight answered, holding up a finger.

“30 minutes, Sky is tough to wake up on the best of days,” Warriors bargained.

“25, I want to get down to Lake Hylia before nightfall,” Twilight bargained back.

“Deal, what's the second one?” Warriors inquired.

“The second will be that you guys are just going with me up to the Gerudo Desert. Not any further, and definitely not into the Twilight Zone,” Twilight held up a second finger.

“I work with that for now. Though it could change later,” Warriors replied, putting his hands on his hips, “What the third?”

Twilight had a feeling there would definitely be an argument later about it. No way the others would agree to it. Knowing them they will probably follow him despite his wishes.

“Third, I just want everyone to move as quickly as they can. The ways down to Lake Hylia are very limited once the sun sets,” Twilight answered, getting ready to leave.

“I’ll relay this to the others. See you in a bit!” Warriors called out smugly as he loudly opened the door and slammed it shut.

Twilight winced at the sudden noise and could hear Warriors yelling at all of them to wake up. Twilight wasn’t going to stay around for that fall out. A cranky Link is one who will cause an outright war.

Twilight quickly left the castle, easily navigating the labyrinth that is the castle. Surely the others wouldn’t get lost after they all found their way back last night. Once he was out of the castle he practically ran to the West gate, passing the doctor clinic. Seriously, that old man had to be close to kicking the bucket, though he was a stubborn old grouch, so it was tough to say.

Making right outside the gate Twilight pulled out his horse call, the charm that Iila gave during his quest. Playing Epona’s song was like second nature at this point. He was sure Epona could hear it, he just had to play it long enough for her to find him.

After playing several minutes of Epona’s song he could hear her neighing from opposite side of the field. Twilight stopped playing as he walked to meet the galloping Epona. When Epona stopped he gently stroked her muzzle.

“You ready to go to Lake Hylia?” Twilight asked Epona, who nickered and nuzzled closer in response.

“I know, I know, we’ll see if Cap can get everyone out in time. If not then I think we can spare some time for you to run,” The wolf hero smiled as he moved to put some of his equipment in her saddlebag.

Just as he was finishing he heard the sound of the Links coming closer, just in time too. It was just a little after sunrise, with good timing the entire group could get to Falbi’s and down to the Lake before nightfall.

“I swear I could hear the music- Wait there’s Epona!” Twilight could hear Smithy call out to the other Links.

“But where’s Twi? He said he would be out here,” Twilight could hear the confusion in The Captain's voice.

Twilight rose from his hunched over position and yelled out, “Well I’ll be! You actually got everyone up!”

“I always deliver Rancher. Though I think you’ll need to share Epona, some of them are lagging,” Warriors pointed behind him to the very groggy Wind and Sky.

“As long as they don’t fall asleep that can be arranged,” Twilight confirmed, motioning over the other Links as he opened his map up.

“So how are we getting to the Desert Pup? From the sounds of it it’s somewhere close by?” Time asked, looking over Twilight’s shoulder.

“Yeah, where are we going?” Wild came up to Twilight’s other side.

Twilight pointed where they were in the map,”So here we are, and we need to get over here to Falbi’s,”

“What’s at Falbi’s?” Warriors asked as he picked up a sleepy Wind and placed him on Epona.

“It’s the safest way down. It’s even being a minigame,” Twilight explained as he folded up the map.

Sky yawned as he joined Wind on Epona, grabbing the reins he asked, “So how far away is it?”

“Well by myself I can get there in an hour by horseback. With everyone? Probably going to be an all day thing,” Twilight adjusted his bag so he could put away the map, “With luck we can get down to The Spring for the night,”

“How does Lake Hylia connect with the Gerudo Desert?” Four asked curiously.

“There is a…. Ride, the fastest and easiest way to the Desert,” Twilight answered reluctantly, starting to walk towards the correct exit.

“What ride?” Legend asked from behind him.

“You’ll see when we get there,” Twilight answered cryptically. He didn’t want the other to find out just yet that he had to travel in a cannon to get places.

After a little bit of walking Wild came up to Twilight holding out some of Uli’s pumpkin cake, “Here. I know you probably haven’t eaten yet,”

Twilight took the cake gratefully, “Thanks Cub,” before he took a bite he asked, “has everyone else eaten something today?”

“Yeah, everyone has had a bit of fruit. You are the only one who is running on empty,” Wild answered, easily keeping pace with his mentor.

Twilight glanced up, despite the fast pace the chain was taking it was nearing noon. Fruit wasn’t going to keep everyone's energy up. Not to mention since cuccos are going to be involved it would be better for them to eat sooner rather than later.

“Do you have the stuff to make a quick lunch?” Twilight asked, still not taking a bit of the cake.

“Yeah? Are we going to stop soon?” Wild asked, pulling out his Sheikah tablet to browse his inventory.

“Yup, the sooner we eat the easier the ride down will be. Hopefully,” Twilight grimaced at the mental image of the others throwing up.

Wild gave Twilight a curious look, “Just what are you planning?”

Twilight looked at Wild and chuckled, “Probably something that will get me yelled at by Time,”

“Why am I going to yell at you Pup?” Time asked, increasing his own pace to walk beside the two.

“Something that I have done since my journey that you think is ‘unsafe’. What else do you yell at me for?” Twilight stated, raising an eyebrow at Time.

“So you know that this is unsafe enough I would comment on it. Why are we even going to go do it?” Time asked incredulously.

Twilight shrugged, “It’s the best option available. I mean it’s not like I can teleport down there anymore,”

“So you did use magic at one point?” Warriors butted in loudly.

“Nope, sorry Captain, but I never did,” Twilight refused.

“So how did you teleport then?” Hyrule asked curiously.

“Yeah, was it a magic item or something?” Legend questioned, “And do you still have it?”

Twilight grinned, “Nope to that as well. It was my traveling companion who had that power,”

“Will we get to meet them?” Wind asked from in front of Sky on Epona.

Twilight’s grin faded as he remembered his last interaction with Midna, “No… She isn’t anywhere y’all can meet her. Not anymore,”

Legend spoke in a respectful tone, “Shame, wish I could’ve met her,”

Twilight softly smiled to himself, “You two would’ve either gotten along annoyingly well, or be at each other’s throats,”

“Why is that? Are we opposites?” Legend inquired.

“No, you both have the same personality. Except she was a bit more ‘proper’ even when she tried not to be,” Twilight looked back over his shoulder to meet Legend’s eyes.

“So how long until we make it to Lake Hylia?” Sky asked, doing a decent job steering Epona.

“At this rate? Couple of hours including a lunch break,” Twilight informed him.

“Do you have Zora in this world?” Wild asked curiously.

“Haven’t you mentioned them before? Like when we first met,” Time brought up.

“I think so, but yes they protect the Lakebed Temple at the very bottom of the lake. Their actual domain is upstream, it supplies basically all of the water in Lake Hylia,” Twilight explained to the group, but mostly Wild.

“Do you get along with them, or are we going to have a fight on our hands?” Legend wondered.

“Unless something changed very drastically in the last couple of months, no. I saved their king, Ralis and kept him company in Kakariko Village. Tells me to make myself at home in the Domain every time I visit,” Twilight chuckled fondly.

They continued talking amicably between each other as they walked. It was nice to be back on the trail after being stuck inside healing for days. The bruise that formed where the stitches were taken out ached occasionally when he moved wrong, but it was nothing he couldn’t handle. Losing an arm was definitely more painful than this.

Twilight stopped the group at the three road intersection. One where they came from, the other leading to Lake Hylia, and the third eventually leading to Upper Lanayru.

After stopping the group to eat quick sandwiches Twilight had the group continue on. This time Wind and Sky were off of Epona and Twilight was simply leading Epona with her reins. There were some bokoblins, but those were easily picked off by some arrows.

“Welp, here we are!” Twilight called out as he led Epona to the fence that blocked off the cliff.

Warriors whistled, “That is a large bridge!”

Wind ran up and jumped on the fence, “Ooooo! What’s that thing down there?”

Twilight looked to where The Sailor was pointing, “Oh that? It’s a cannon, it’s mainly to use to get back up here,”

Before Wind could continue asking questions Sky, after staring at the bridge for a while asked, “What’s the bridge called?”

Twilight unbothered answered, “The Great Bridge of Hylia, why?”

Slowly everyone turned to the oblivious wolf hero. Twilight was busy making sure he had everything from Epona’s satchel. Once he was sure he had everything Twilight was making sure that Epona would be comfortable here. There was plenty of grass for her to graze on so Epona would be fine.

“Pup?” Time asked, voice strained.

“Yeah? What is it?” Twilight turned around to see everyone’s concerned faces.

“You said this bridge is your Great Bridge of Hylia?” Time questioned slowly.

“Yes…?” Twilight answered slowly. Was this a trick question?

“Are there multiple Great Bridges?” Time asked, an exhausted, frustrated smile on his face.

“No? What are you-” Twilight remembered telling them about the time he jumped off the bridge, “oh,”

Warriors lost his composure completely as he howled with laughter, leaning on the railings for support. Wild, Hyrule, and Four were taking turns looking at each other, the bridge, and then looking back to Twilight. Wind and Sky’s faces were ashen like as they looked back to the very tall bridge. Legend looked mildly concerned but just as amused as Warriors.

Twilight scratched the back of his neck and awkwardly chuckled, “I swear the fall is less than it looks,”

Time pinched the bridge of his nose, “I highly doubt that Pup. That is definitely more than just a few stories,”

“You don’t have a glider. Just how the fuck are you alive!?” Wild blurted out.

Twilight shrugged as he fully stood up, “Luck I guess? Seems to be a common occurrence with my adventure,”

Sky leaned over the rail and looked down, “I don’t think you can scold Champion on jumping from high things anymore,”

Warriors chuckled, “Just Champion? More like any one of us when we do something risky,”

“How were you able to walk afterwards?” Hyrule asked, “That is a very long drop just to the water, and you did it when it was dried out!”

Twilight mentally crossed off ‘plan b’ of jumping off if the didn’t make it to Falbi’s in time, “No clue, I guess the goddesses took pity on me,”

Legend snorted, “Pity? More like they were actively stopping you from dying,”

Twilight sighed, “Come on, we need to get to Falbi’s,”

They walked over quickly to the weirdly built building practically hanging over the edge. The moment the others could hear the cuccos Twilight could feel the wary glances to his back.

The moment he walked in Twilight was hit with the smell of cucco feces. Wrinkling his nose Twilight continued to walk in with the others coughing as they walked in. Falbi was, like always, standing in front of the pass to jump down.

“Well, hi there Link! Welcome back to Falbi’s Flight-by-Fowl! Are you and your friends ready for a flight full of dreams and sweet, sweet bonuses? A Cucco-powered ride around Lake Hylia? You will LOVE it,” Falbi droned on, repeating nearly the same words like usual.

“Wait wait wait,” Warriors turned to Twilight, “We have to ride Cuccos down?”

“Yup, it’s not as bad as it sounds, the cuccos here are very mild tempered,” Twilight answered calmly.

“Is there no other way down?” Hyrule asked, stepping away from a curious cucco.

“Here I thought we weren’t jumping off the bridge,” Twilight dryly answered.

“Seriously? I thought you meant the other ways were too dangerous,” Legend spoke as he leaned away from a cucco Sky picked up.

“It’s either a slow glide down or a rapid plunge. But yes Falbi we are here for the ride down,” Twilight turned back to the ex circus actor.

“Great! Next up for fascination….. 9 HYLIANS. That will be 20 rupees per cucco!” Falbi answered, grinning.

“Come on Falbi,” Twilight gave a smile, “9 people, wouldn’t that count for a discount? This is also official business from Queen Zelda herself,”

Falbi thought for a second, “I’ll cut you a deal then, 15 rupees per cucco!”

“Wait, I have my paraglider. Do I still need to pay to jump off the balcony?” Wild questioned.

“Well yes, I have to make a living somehow! That cost is just 5 rupees though, lucky you!” Falbi answered, “Now that’ll be…. 125 rupees for everyone!”

“Hold on,” Legend grinned mischievously, “I have my Roc’s Cape here so that’s another 5 rupees,”

“I have my Sailcloth!” Sky spoke brightly, “That is also 5!”

“Huh, wouldn’t you know it? We both have Roc’s cape and I just so happened to have packed mine,” Four brought his out with a smug grin.

Falbi’s usual grin turned into a frown, “So four with their own gliding device and 5 without?”

Twilight glanced around, when no one brought up they had one Twilight answered, “Looks like it. What’s the new total?”

Falbi thought for a moment, “The new total is 95 rupees!”

Once everyone paid for their share in the total, the bargaining began.

“You gotta trade me Wild! These birds will definitely try and kill me the moment we are in the air!” Warriors begged.

“Nope, sorry Cap but they’ll do the exact same thing to me,” Wild grinned unashamedly.

“Sky? You get along with birds, mind lending me your Sailcloth,” Warriors asked, doing his best to guilt trip Sky.

Sky, to Twilight’s surprise, did not look even a little bit guilty as he answered, “No can do, my Zelda gave it to me,”

Warriors sulked, he didn’t even go to Legend or Four, he just reluctantly walked to Twilight, “Is there really no other way down?”

Twilight shook his head as he grabbed a particularly docile Cucoo, “Unless you want to try swimming in all that armor. Don’t worry though the Zora will probably get to you before you drown,”

“Probably?” The Captain sounded nervous.

“Yeah, they usually hang around the landing zone, and not, y’know, out here. Speaking of which,” Twilight turned to address the others, “I can’t believe this has never come up before, but are any of you poor swimmers or can’t swim?”

Hyrule raised his hand as Legend asked, “Why?”

“Well, when doing this for the first time it's somewhat difficult to land on the platform. Since I need to lead everyone to the landing zone, who here can glide around Hyrule to make sure he doesn’t fall?” Twilight asked the others.

Wild spoke up, “I can do it, my paraglider will make it easy to stay around him,”

The Ordonian nodded, dumping the docile cucco into Warriors’ arms, “Great, now who still needs a cucco?”

After getting everyone who needs a cucco a cucco, with Warriors somehow getting the cucco to cluck angrily at him. Twilight had no clue how he managed to do that, that cucco was the calmest Twilight ever worked with. Time, Wind, Hyrule, fared a lot better, though they were holding the cuccos away from their body.

Twilight grabbed the most aggressive of the cuccos and was quick to soothe and calm them. Twilight knew that these cuccos weren’t treated right. So every time he had to use this method he made sure the cuccos were released into the river.

Somehow the ones he dropped into the river ended up in Kakariko village where they were treated properly. It wasn’t the cucco’s fault that they were bought and brought here. Sometimes he would pay for a ticket to purely drop the cuccos off the edge. From what the ones in Kakariko village told him, anywhere was better than here.

“So everyone ready?” Twilight asked, securely trapping the bird under his arm as he walked to the balcony.

Once he obtained a nod from everyone he pointed with his free hand, “See that structure by the cannon? That’s what we are aiming for, try to go to the lowest two platforms, they are the easiest to land on,”

Legend had a thoughtful look, “What if we miss it all together?”

“That’s why I’m going first, so I could maybe grab one of you force you the right way, or jump in after you to help you out,” Twilight informed them before adding, “There is usually a Zora just at the base willing to help out as well if a lot of you miss the mark,”

“What if we land at the very top?” Wind asked curiously.

“You get a prize, I believe it was rupees or something when I did it,” Twilight went to the very edge and grabbed the plump bird with both hands turning around to face the others.

“What are you doing?” Time asked warily as he took a step forward.

Twilight gave his best wolfish, feral grin, “Just follow my lead,”

The Twilight allowed himself to fall backwards off the edge. Readjusting his grip on the bird midair Twilight twisted his body so the cucco was above his head and his feet were pointed at the lake. The cucco was quick to start flapping its wings, sending the two into an easy glide.

“PUP!” Time yelled out, clearly panicked racing to the edge only to see Twilight gliding away calmly.

Twilight laughed loudly, spinning slightly to yell out, “What are you waiting for? An invitation?”

The flight down was as easy as ever, he even ignored the rupee shaped rings to get down to the platforms. Letting go of the cucco a few feet off the ground, Twilight rolled to cushion the fall. He landed on the middle green platform, a good place to jump into action on either side of him.

Twilight spared a glance towards the cucco, which continued its flight path, plopping safely into the water. Then Twilight looked back to where he came from, waving at the Links to make sure they knew where he was. Counting the others, Twilight confirmed that everyone was still in the air coming towards him.

Sky, having one of the faster gliding methods, landed on the platform above Twilight with ease. Time was next, his cucco doing the best to shake him off so it was a rough landing. Luckily he aimed for Twilight’s platform so he was able to grab and pull his ancestor from stumbling over the edge.

“Thanks Pup. But never do that again, you nearly gave me a heart attack,” Time ordered, lightly smacking Twilight upside the head.

Twilight chuckled lightly as he went back to watching the others, “You and I both know I can’t promise such a thing,”

Time snorted, “Yeah, I know,”

Wind landed just fine up with Sky, yelling down about the purple rupee in the chest. Four and Warriors landed soon after with Four on the level under Twilight and Time. Warriors, despite the grumpy cucco, landed on the lowest level.

“Wars look!” Wind yelled down holding the rupee high in the air.

Warriors had one hand blocking the sun as he looked up, “Nice! That’s a purple one isn’t it?”

“Yup! Oh look Wild,Hyrule, and Legend are about here!” Wind called out pointing at the three.

Twilight lowered himself, ready to intercept Hyrule whatever way he decides to try and land. There was a Link on every platform, except for the spinning and orange one. He even went so far as to drop his bag down so he could move unrestricted.

Wild landed first, easily skidding to a halt on the platform Twilight and Time were on. Legend came next, with his Roc Cape he was able to stop right in the center of the second lowest platform.

“8 down, one to go,” Twilight whispered to himself.

Hyrule landed on the same platform Legend and Four were on easily enough. The issue started with letting go of the cucco. Hyrule just didn’t let go as he landed, while the cucco flapped it sent Hyrule to being unbalanced and falling forward.

He landed too close to the edge and was desperately trying to keep his balance from falling forward. All of this sent Twilight into action. Uncaring that he would get wet, Twilight ran and jumped down using his body to block Hyrule from falling off. Before he could properly fall into the water, Twilight shoved Hyrule back into Legend, who was also trying to stop Hyrule from going overboard.

The water was colder than usual as Twilight hit it with a large splash. Holding his breath, Twilight made sure to wave off the helpful Zora trying to help him up. The Zora, presumably realized who he was, nodded like they understood, but still hovered around just in case.

Twilight breached the surface of the water with a gasp. Looking up to the others he saw Hyrule leaning over the edge concerned with the rest just staring down at him.

“You alright down there Rancher?” Legend asked, pulling Hyrule away from the edge.

Twilight grinned, “It’ll take a lot more than that to take me out! Meet me over at the bridge,”

Twilight swam over to the little wooden raft bridge that connected Fyer’s cannon ride to the Isle of Riches. Hopefully the others got the prizes from the chests while he is sopping wet. He was faster than the others so he was the first on the small bridge, just getting up as the others joined him.

Twilight shook himself off like a dog, his clothes were still wet, but his wolf pelt and hair were more damp than wet.

“Ugh, Twilight!” Wild reprimanded, getting the full brunt of the shaking.

“A little water isn’t going to hurt you Wild,” Twilight replied, getting up and fully stretching out.

“Are you sure you're alright?” Hyrule asked worriedly, Twilight could feel the healing spell ready to use at a moment’s notice.

“Yup, never better. Luckily I planned for this, and we will bunk for the night around Lanayru Spring,” Twilight answered honestly as he pinched the sopping wet fabric.

“Lanayru Spring?Is that like Ordon Spring?” Sky asked, following behind as Twilight carefully went to the cannon.

“Pretty much, though this place gets a lot more traffic and worshippers than Ordon Spring,” Twilight answered, waving to Fyer as he passed.

Warriors grimaced, “We have to get you out of your armor, you smell like wet dog,”

Four’s grin was a little too wide for Twilight’s taste, “It’s probably just the wolf pelt!”

“Hey, what’s that?” Wild asked, skillfully pulling the conversation away and pointing to the Sky Cannon.

“That’s the Sky Cannon. I used it in my journey to travel up to the City in The Sky,” Twilight informed them as the group walked past it.

“Shad mentioned it, what’s it like up there?” Sky questioned curiously.

Twilight thought for a moment, “The air is very light up there, it was hard to catch my breath doing anything. I had to where my Iron boots everywhere so I wouldn’t just get flung off,”

“Sounds dangerous,” Sky noted.

“The view was worth it, if it wasn’t so out of the way from where we need to go I would be bringing y’all there instead,” Twilight finished as they came to the cave entrance.

Walking inside the spacious cavern, Twilight knelt on the outshoot stone. He remembered standing in that very spot, staring down Zant, getting the shadow crystal, and Midna getting injured severely. Hopefully this time will go better than the other times.

“Light Spirit Lanayru, it is Link of Ordon village. I was wondering if we could camp here for a while, under your protection from monsters that could be lurking,” Twilight spoke aloud to the waters.

At first nothing happened, but then a warm feeling settled over the Ordonian. It was light and airy, but filled with power. It was Lanayru’s presence and from what Twilight could feel the spirit was telling him ‘yes’. Even looking around the entire cave was brighter.

“Thank you, I promise we will clean up after ourselves,” Twilight said gratefully.

Just like that the presence faded and the cavern returned to a normal light. Turning around, the other Links were standing at the mouth of the cave, looking somewhat bored. They probably didn’t hear Twilight or realize Lanayru was nearby. Spirits after all don’t ever show their true selves unless in times of great peril.

As he walked back to the others who were quietly talking, the ones who glanced at him had to do a double take. In fact Hyrule lightly elbowed Wild who had his nose in his slate to look. Just the confused and curious looks he was getting from the others made Twilight warry.

“What?” Twilight asked slowing to a stop.

“Uhm- your markings- do they typically glow like that?” Sky asked, scratching his face.

“My markings are glowing?” Twilight repeated in disbelief.

Wild held up his Sheikah Slate and took a picture. Then he walked over and showed Twilight the picture, “See?”

Sure enough according to the picture, Twilight’s brandings were glowing a gold color. With the glowing all around his eyes it made his eyes almost an eerie gray. Something similar happened when he was surrounded by twilight magic, but it never happened before with light magic.

“Well I’ll be damned,” Twilight murmured, unconsciously touching the markings under his eyes.

Wild studied his mentors face, “Don’t worry it looks to be dying down already,”

Warriors looked amused as he asked, “So Glow Stick, I assume we can camp here for the night?”

Twilight glared at the Captain as he answered, “Yes, Lanayru gave us permission to rest here. We won’t need a watch tonight, no monster ever gets close to Lanayru’s Spring since my journey ended,”

“Wait ‘since’? So there is a possibility?” Four asked.

“Well I suppose, but that was when Lanayru was weakened and the monster was a particularly strong one, boss level strong,” Twilight told Four nonchalantly.

“Alright, well let’s set up camp, and get some shut eye,” Time interrupted, clapping his hands.

Setting up the camp was a fast and easy task to do. Twilight, once the fire was set up, changed into a more dry set of clothes and set his gear out to dry. Twilight was grateful that he dropped his bag before he saved Hyrule from the water, and that Time remembered to grab it.

The rest of the night was filled with idle chatter and good food. Twilight was not looking forward to the conversation tomorrow. He was not going to let them come with him into the Twilight Zone. Getting turned into a ‘divine beast’ or something worse is not what he ever wants the others to deal with.

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