Link was out on the shores of a large lake close to Ponyville with Twilight, Rainbow, and the other best friends that made of six and so,stones seven if including Spike. He wanted to show them all his Zora armor that prince Ralis of the Zora tribe gave him as a gift. He figured that since that it was impossible for him to return home, he might as well make the best of it. Besides, Link did not want to leave Equestria was saved like Hyrule was by him.
"So this armor can help you breath underwater?" Asked Twilight.
"Yep, it gives me a small mask so that I can stay underwater without drowning no problem." He said proudly. "I course..... It is not good with fire and ice, so if I wear it while in an icy lake, that it would probably give me a chance to die more quickly."
"That's awesome!" Said Rainbow. "Can you show us the armor?"
"Well, alright. Please don't look at me because- well you know, I'm.... Changing clothes." Link said awkwardly.
"What? Oh, we understand. We'll turn around." Said Fluttershy. She and the other friends turned around while Link changed one of his outfits. They waited patiently for Link to tell the, to turn themselves back to him.
"Okay, you can look now."
They all turned around and saw Link in his Zora armor. They all looked at him in awe and amazement. "Wow." They all said
"What do you think, guys?" Link asked them
"Absolutely marvelous." Said Rarity. "You almost look exactly like a zora." She examined Link's suit and was quite amazed of how fashionable it is."
"The hat looks longer than then your green outfit." Said Rainbow, playing with the long end of his hat.
"And those boots." Said Applejack referring to the boots. "It's like a blue frog or toad."
Link chuckled. "It's not only stylish, yet functional."
"Say, can you dive underwater for a little while and see of you can find some treasure in the lake?" Spike asked.
"Well, sure. I don't know what I'll find. But it's worth a shot. He covered his mouth with the mask, and dove underwater. For good measure, after a few more swims, he put on the iron boots and landed on the lake floor. It was deep, but not very deep like Lake Hylia of course. He looked around and noticed something. He saw something shining not far from him. He dug into the shiny spot by moving the rocks and it revealed to be a shiny treasure chest. "Wow, I hit the jackpot." He thought to himself. "Everyone will love this."
Back on the surface, they all waited for five minutes and were sitting, becoming a little impatient. "Wow, Link really can breath underwater with that suit." Spike commented
"I know, it's like he turned into a fish and became one with the ocean." Said Rainbow.
"Just be patient. He'll show up soon." Said Fluttershy
Speaking of the devil, Link rose up into the surface and brought the large chest above the water, and like he suspected, it was really heavy for him to carry alone. "Little help here." He grunted.
Twilight used her magic to lift the chest and sat it down herself.
"I wonder what's inside." Pinkie wondered
"Me too. I can hardly wait." Applejack added
"On,y one way to find out." Link opened the chest slowly and it revealed to be a treasure of many types of beautiful, shiny gems gleaming from the sun's reflection.
They all looked in awe, and Spike looked really hungry as he was drooling from his mouth with his tongue out.
"Can I have these gems?" Spike asked, still in the thought of eating all of then at once.
"Now Spike, we should share them and split it up to all of us." Twilight reprimanded him.
"You're right." Spike said. "Besides I am sure Rarity needs these gems more than I do."
"Actually, I don't at the moment, Spikey-boo, you can have them all if you want." Rarity said to him.
"Really, but what about the rest of you guys?" Spike asked.
"Eh, I really don't think gems cam be worth I all the time.you know what they all say: money isn't everything." Said Rainbow
"Yeah, Sugarcube, you can have them all." Applejack winked at him.
"Oh yes, I know how much you love gems." Fluttershy added. "You can have as many as you want, Spike."
"Wow, thanks guys." Then he had a thought, and decided that he probably doesn't need that much gems anyway. "I could keep many of them, or maybe I can give some of them to charity like at the animal shelter." He revealed.
"Oh Spike.that's really kind of you" said Twilight. "I'm so proud of you." She put her hoof on his shoulder with sisterly love.
"Yeah, well. I just don't want to keep it all for myself." Spike shrugged.
Link was also proud of Spike for doing a really kind and generous thing, even though he knows Spike is a really nice and kind dragon already. "Very good, Spike." he said
"Thanks, Link."
"That is one cool armor, Link." said Rainbow
"Thanks."
"What other armor do you have?" Pinkie asked
"Well, we might as well go someplace else. I don't want any water soaking my beautiful cool armor."
"Good idea." Twilight commented. They all went many yards away from the lake waters a little closer to Ponyville. "Is this a good spot to do it?" She asked him
"Yep, this is good enough." Link replied
"I do have one more piece of clothing to show you." Link stated. "It was not easy." He shrugged, and pulled out his magic armor from the new Malo mart that he helped build.
"Ooh, it has some crystal on it." Said Rarity I awe.
"What is this beautiful clothing?" Asked Fluttershy gently stroking the magic armor. "You don't mind of I touch it, do you?"
"Of course I don't mind, Fluttershy. Well, c I request that you turn around, please? I'm going to change into this armor now."
"Go ahead." Said Applejack. She and the others turned around once more so that Link can change into his most powerful armor.
"Okay, you can look." He said once again.
They turned and looked in awe to see Link in his beautiful magic armor. "Oh my goodness." Said Fluttershy. "Link, you look so handsome. May I?"
"Go ahead."
Fluttershy gently stroked his armor again and felt really honored to behold and touch it. It was a very fine peace of craftsmanship.
"How does it feel, Fluttershy?"
"It feels so wonderful." Fluttershy replied. "So shiny, and so amazing."
"Ooh, I got to try it." Rarity added. Now she joined in, feeling more honored to touch the beautiful peace of fabric than Fluttershy is. she giggled with glee and said "ooh this is a really beautiful peace of artwork." She gasped "this could be an idea for a new fashion piece."
"Okay okay, I think Link's had enough." Twilight chuckled.
They both stopped their stroking. "Sorry." They both said.
Link chuckled "it's alright. This is called the Magic Armor. I got it from when I was rebuilding the Eldin bridge abd help spreading Malo Mart. I donated dozens of rupees to the company to rebuild the bridge. After that, Malo mart turned this really expensive shop into the second Malo mart."
"And this is where this armor was from, correct?" Spike said
"Yep. That's right. This shop before it was Malo Mart two, was a really expensive shop for hoity-toity rich folk can afford. The armor was worth five thousand rupees."
"That is expensive." Said Fluttershy
"Yeah, Reay top of the line. In fact, it was the most expensive item in the shop. Now after the Malo Mart quest, it was ow a shop for everyone to afford, and more fun to be in too. Now the armor was five hundred rupees and here it is now."
"That's amazing." Said Applejack.
"What exactly makes this armor magical?"
"Well, this armor protects me from damage being inflicted on me. Well before Zelda enhanced it, it would drain rupees instead of my life, and when it no longer contained anymore, it turns silver and it weighs way more. Now, I can wear it as a please since it no longer drain rupees."
"That's awesome." Said Spike. "So that means you can where them anytime you want to?"
"Yep. Now let me change back into my green outfit, alright. It's my favorite out of the three." Link reminded.
They all turned around one final time, and Link once again told them they can face him again, and there he was. "Back to the original design." Rainbow joked.
Link laughed. "Right. We might as well head back to Ponyville. But we might as well be careful, if Bokoblins came here, then that means other monsters that I faced before might be here too"
"Okay, we'll stay close." said Pinkie Pie. They all followed Link back to Ponyville so that they would feel safer, even though they know how to fight anyway.
Back in Hyrule, Colin, his parents, and Rusl's fellow cohorts were in the are of Lake Hylia. Right now, there were near the shrine of Lanayru, the grand protector of the Lanayru province. They saw Fryer the glum looking clown right in front of his canon ride, as always, waiting for anyone to pay him to try out for the canon ride. Zelda, and her little search party of guards up to five were with her as well to protect her at any costs in case something happens.
"Fryer!" Rusl called
The clown's eyes went wide and saw who it was. "Oy! Rusl, over hear." he waved at his old friend. He was more than happy to see him and the other official co protectors of Hyrule. Rusl and the clown hugged and chuckled.
"It is so good to see you my old friend."
"Good to see you too, Rusl. And Auru, my older friend. It has been a long while since we met as well." Fyer referred to the Gerudo expert.
"And It is good to see you too, my old friend." Auru replied in his wise elderly voice.
"Oh Princess Zelda!" Fyer like the other people of Hyrule after meeting her, bowed to her immediately. "It is an honor to see you again, my princess." he said
"Hello, Fyer." said Zelda calmly.
the sad looking clown got off his knee and asked everyone "What can I do you for?"
"Well, we have got a serious problem." said Uli.
Then the smile on Fyer's face slowly disappeared. "What kind of a problem?" he asked
"You remember Link, do you?" asked Zelda asked him
"Of of course, your higness. He helped save my business along with Falbi's too. We owe him a great debt of gratitude after saving Hyrule from that evil warlock. Anywho, what about him?"
"He's missing." Colin blurted out
"What?" Fyer exclaimed. "Missing, but how?"
"We don't know. We are trying to find him and look for any clues to know what happened ton him and where he is." Shad explained. "So far, we haven't found any clue of him, except for this rupee that Rusl found in his village." Shad gave the rupee to Fyer to examine it and make him understand what he is talking about.
"Hmmm, I see. What is so important about this little ruby?" Fyer said, still examining the money piece.
"Rusl said that Link was on the small bridge near Malo and Talo's house, and just disappeared into magic, and the rupee was left behind." Ashei calmly stated.
"Well, this is just so strange." Fyer gave Shad back the rupee after he was done examining it. "Very strange indeed."
"Hi! What's all the hullabaloo, Fyer." said a more happy voice. It was Falbi, the happy clown with a few cuckoos walking behind him, clucking happily. "Oh my! Princess Zelda!" he exclaimed before clumsily falling to the dock face-first. HE got on his knees and foolishly bowed to the princess.
"Hello, Falbi." Zelda chuckled.
"Falbi, Link has gone missing." Fyer stated
"WHAAAAAAT?" Falbi exclaimed with his mouth agape. He got up faster than Fyer did and said "This is terrible news! How did this even happen to our glorious Hero?"
"We don't know." said Colin. "That's why we are searching for him all across Hyrule.
"All we know was that a magical force swirled around him and took him away, like he vanished without a trace, except for this rupee." Auru explained, giving the rupee to the happier clown from Shad.
"We were hoping you could help us, and the Zoras could give us a little help too. We are on our way to meet Prince Ralis and ask for support from his people." Zelda informed
"Well, I wish we can help you, but we are just clowns, your majesty." Fyer sadly stated.
"Yeah, your majesty, we are very sorry." Falbi added sadly while bowing his head
"It's alright. We will just go to the prince for support." Zelda reassured both of them.
The two clowns smiled. "Wonderful. Just wonderful." Fyer said with a small bow of respect.
"Well, we were about to ask you if you have seen him at least or not, but I guess you didn't." Said Rusl sadly
"Yeah, sorry." said Falbi.
"No problem, we'll just look for him elsewhere." said Shad. "We might as well be going now. Nice to see you two again."
"See you soon." said Fyer
"Bye." Falbi said. They all walked away, off to Zora's Domain. Zelda conjured a carpet like she did before when she came to Lake Hylia with the others, and they all flew to Zora's Domain
When they landed, Colin was very impressed with the sight of this beautiful landmark. The waterfalls, and the view of the whole Domain was beautiful. A Zora guard noticed the princess, and recognized her immediately. He said to the other guards "Princess Zelda is here." He looked at the others. "Come on in, princess. What can we help you with?"
"We have terrible news to discuss with Ralis." Zelda stated flatly.
"Very well." the Zora said
They all entered the Zora hall and Colin was even more amazed with the interior. He wondered if he can go swimming in this hall sometime once this is all over. "This is amazing." he said in awe
"I know. Quite a sight." Shad added, also in awe.
They all saw the young future king of the Zoras Princess Ralis, who was sitting on his thrown with two guards on his two sides.
"Princess Zelda, welcome." Ralis greeted. "What can I do all of you for?"
"Ralis, Link has gone missing, and we need your help to find him." Zelda stated. Ralis face turned to shocked too. "We need your help from your people to find him at all costs."
"Of course. What do you need?"
"Reinforcements and search parties to search all over Hyrule for Link or any clues for where he could be."
"Alright. How did this happen?"
"Well, a few nights ago, me and Link were at Hyrule castle because of a message by the princess sent us. He said that she has a vision of a new evil rising. While Link was in the village, he just disappeared in the middle of the night. Maybe that has something to do with her vision." Colin explained
Ralis was a little unnerved by this. First Zant, then Ganondforf, and another evil? What more could Hyrule take out of anything bad? Why must this happen to Hyrule? "I see. I'll send my troops to see what is going on."
"Brilliant. I knew we can count on you my prince." said Rusl
"Of course. We, along with all of Hyrule owe Link our gratitude." Ralis stated. "He avenged my mother's death and restored peace to all of Hyrule. I just hope that we will be ready for anything that is from your visions princess."
"Right. I really hope you can help us." the princess said
"I promise. I will. Anyone that is a friend of Link is a friend of mine." Ralis proudly stated. "Good day to all of you."
They all exited the hall, and Zelda conjure another magic carpet made out of aura, and went back to Castle town
***
Back in the capital of Hyrule, The others were out in Castle town in Telma's bar, thinking off what they should do next. Priness Zelda was back in her throne room within the castle. While she was still thinking and worrisome about the hero of Twilight. She didn't really know what to do now. Then, the castle door opened unexpectedely. There was a beautiful Twilit woman on the far side of the room.
The guards looked really suspicious, and raised their spears and the captain unsheathed his sword at her.
"Stay your weapons, men." Zelda calmly said to them whilr raising her hand at them slightly. There is no need to fear her. She is an old friend of mine." the guards were reluctant, but orders were orders, and stayed their spears.
The woman looked very peculiar. Yes, it was indeed her, the woman that helped Link in saving Hyrule.
"Midna." she said with a slight smile
"Hello, princess." Midna said calmly to her, also with a smile. "It is good to see you again." she walked up to her and bowed to her.
"I thought I would never see you again." Zelda said rising from her throne. "Of course, I welcome you back to Hyrule." then she hugged her and Midna vice versa. "Although I am a little confused, what are you doing in my castle."
"I heard that Link was missing from my world, and I heard about the boy named Colin. I heard he is like a little brother to Link, no?"
"Yes. I know him. Why?"
"I need to speak with him. just with you and me and no one else. I don't want anyone in the town to come after me." Midna stated.
"What do you want with him?"
"Well.... I just need to talk to him." was all the twilight princess replied.
Zelda was a little silent, but she said "Very well. Captain, bring in Colin for me."
"Yes your majesty." He and a few other guards went out the large doors to fetch the boy. Zelda and Midna looked at eachother for a long time, not uttering a word for a while.
Finally, Midna broke that silence by saying "I suppose I can tell you why i need him."
Colin was drinking cider with his mother and father, looking very worried about Link and his well being. What if he never sees him again. "Are you alright, son?"
"I'm fine." Colin said.
"Don't worry sweetie." said Uli. "We'll find him. I promise." then Colin smiled, knowing the look on her face saying that everything will be okay. Then he continued drinking his cider. Then, a few guards came into the bar with the captain in front of them.
"Excuse me, but we are looking for Colin." said the captain
"That's me."
"Good. Princess Zelda wants to see you immediately."
"Why?"
"I don't know I didn't ask, but I can tell you it is quite urgent." was all her replied to the child. The parents then got up but were stopped by the captain's hand "No." he said. "I am so very sorry, but Colin is needed alone with no one else."
"What? But we are his parents." said Uli
"Honey, please. Everything will be alright." Rusl said, holding her shoulders. She was a little reluctant thanks to her strong maternal instinct, but she knows there is nothing she can do about and reluctantly decided to go through with this.
"Don't worry mom, i'll be fine." Colin reassured her.
"alright. Just be careful sweetie." Uli said
"Do not worry, miss. We'll take good care of him." said the captain. He looked at the boy, and said to him "Alright, let's go." then Colin followed them to the castle. Uli was quietly sobbing back in the bar, and was comforted by her husband.
***
Colin was right in front of the door to the throne room, and was a little nervous, even though it is from Princess Zelda. He walked in with the guards, and they all stopped in front of the throne. "Your majesty, we have who you're looking for." the captain said to her.
"Perfect. Leave us." the princess ordered.
Just like that, the guards exited the room, leaving Her and Colin alone once the doors shut again. "What is it.... your majesty?" Colin asked nervously
"Don't worry." said Princess Zelda "You are not in any trouble. Someone wants to meet you."
"Who?"
"I'll show you. Follow me."
The boy followed Zelda through the tower, and went up to her bedroom door. She kind of had a bad feeling about this herself, but Midna is a good person.
"Now, you might be alarmed by her appearance, but she is not evil." Zelda stated. She slowly opened her door and revealed Midna to Colin
"WOAH!" he exclaimed. He drew his Ordon sword and shield, ready to fight.
"Peace, Colin." Zelda said softly
Midna chuckled "Easy there, boy. I'm not going to hurt you." she said to him. "I knew Link. He was a friend of mine."
Rights for this song go to Nintendo
Colin was surprised. "Really?" he looked at Zelda to see if this creature was telling the truth, and she nodded a yes in return. If anything was from the princess, it must be true. "Okay." he slowly put his weapons away.
"Good boy." Midna stood p and walked up to Colin. she bent down to his level to make better eye contact. "So, you are Colin, correct?"
"Y-yes."
"That's what I thought." she put her hand on Colin's cheek. "Listen, Colin. I was the one that helped Link save Hyrule. Although he did most of it himself, including killing Ganondorf. Now, There was something you did not realize."
"What's that?"
"He can transform into a wolf."
Colin didn't really believe her, and thought it was a little trick to lower his guard so she can kill him.
"Look, whenever he entered any Twilight realm that is not mine, he transforms into a wolf. He didn't have it before, but now He uses a crystal to help him transform whenever he pleases."
Colin didn't know what to say now. "I don't know what to even say. Why didn't he tell me?"
"It was best you didn't know, and it was for your own safety. He wasn't trying to hurt you. He just.... didn't want to scare you silly."
"So, why are you here. And... who are you?"
"I am Midna, the Twilight Princess of the Twilight realm. Link showed me what it was like outside of my home and taught me that lives do matter besides my people. Why i'm here you ask? well.... I wanted to give you this." she pulled out a crystal that looked like the one that Link used to transform into a wolf. "I want to give you the power of the wolf like I gave Link"
"What? i.... i don't know. What if I eat everyone i love?" Colin asked, very scared and worried
Midna made a cute laugh and said "It would never allow you to do that. It will just change your appearance, not on the inside. Just place it in your pouch and when you want to use it, turn into a wolf from it. Oh, and I might as well tell you to keep this a secret between us. We wouldn't want you to scare people."
Zelda placed her soft warm hands on her shoulder. "Everything will be okay, Colin. You can trust Midna."
Colin was very reluctant, but he slowly motioned his hand to the crystal and closed his eyes. When his finger touched the crystal, he felt himself being transformed. A black aura surrounded him, and turned into a wolf cub. He opened his eyes, and looked at the two princess'. "What.... what happened?" he asked
"You are now one with the wolf." Midna replied. "Go look in the mirror." Colin walked to the mirror and saw himself as a wolf cub with much lighter and browner fur than Link had, who had a more grayish black pelt and Colin had no chain either.
"You look so adorable." said Zelda. "Link would love to see you in this form."
"Now, touch the crystal again." Midna instructed
the boy touched it with his nose and transformed back into a human unscathed. "That was..... amazing." he said inn awe. "So, can you help us find Link?"
Midna looked at him sadly. "Sadly, I cannot, child. But I promise you I will do what I can to find him, just not with you probably. Now I must go. Good luck, and may the light spirits and goddesses watch over you." She gave Colin a tender kiss on his forehead and then turned into black dust, and went out of the room. Now he was really happy to have the power of the wolf, and could hardly wait for him to see it, if he ever finds him of course.
"So, is that it?" asked Colin.
"I am afraid so. I'll send you back to your family." the princess went back to the throne room with the boy, and called the captain back in to take Colin back with his parents. "And before you go......" she bent down and gave Colin another kiss on his forehead. "Good luck to you, child. And may the light spirits and goddesses watch over you, like Midna said before."
"I'll see you soon." said Colin before heading out the door. He felt like a whole new boy within him.