Shadow of the Fallen Lands

~Sky~

I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to make of Twilight. Time seemed to get along well with the rough new Link, but I really didn't feel comfortable around him. He was so much bigger than me, as well as much stronger; I knew he would've won if he had really tried to attack us. However, he was a hero just like Time and I, a reincarnation of me, so he had to come along with us by the Goddess' divine decree. I still wished I knew just who told him about us, as it had to have been someone with a lot of tracking skills, but some things in life are just better left unsaid. 

We'd been travelling together for about four hours, but we still hadn't made any major progress. After reaching a secluded lake that Twilight said was the 'Fishing Grotto', which was not too far away from his Hyrule's Castle Town. I was excited to see what had become of the small collection of barebones settlements on the surface Zel and I were establishing back at home. However we were quickly being outran by the sun, which was setting faster than we could walk. Using dry wood Time had gathered for us, we made a rudimentary camp near the waterside. I offered to cook our evening meal to save my companions the trouble. A rough hand on my shoulder turned me around abruptly, Twilight pressing some divine smelling herbs and other edible plants into my hands with a muttered list of instructions that I was too awkward to admit I didn't catch. Deciding just to wing it, I lit a neat fire with Time's flints. Can I just point out now, to save me the embarrassment, it was SUPPOSED to be edible. At least I really, really tried but honestly, I never learnt how to cook properly at the knight academy, nor was it a skill I particularly focused on during my journey. I was mainly doing my best not to break down crying during most of it, there was no time to learn to make food good enough to eat. It was brown...ish? Apparently it was also mushy, so I failed at the texture as well, but we forced it down anyway. Food is food I suppose, so long as it doesn't kill you by food poisoning. After eating, I just passed out, softly hoping that our questionable meal wouldn't strike me down in my sleep. Twilight took first watch from what I know, handing over to Time during the night. 

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Dawn arrived far too swiftly in my incredibly humble and not at all biased opinion, with Twilight offering to guide us to his Castle Town. Even though the idea of seeing what the tiny collection of huts on the Surface had amassed to was exciting, I didn't really trust him to show us anywhere. But... 

"Whoa... Twi, this is awesome!" I ran up the path a little, almost getting brushed onto my behind by the uncaring crowds of frilly Hylians who pushed me out their way like I wasn't even there.

A rough hand caught my sailcloth, dragging me back to the side of my brethren with a soft, fatherly sigh.

"We haven't even been here for two minutes, at least pretend to try not to get lost," Time looked down at me with his one disapproving eye. "Humour me. I see that look in your eyes; the call of adventure. Don't wander too far, now."

There was just so much to see, everywhere I looked. It did not disappoint, not even in the slightest! But the noise... I have never seen so many people in one place; it was almost overwhelming. To be honest, it felt a little claustrophobic.

As we approached the terrifying shadow of the Castle, Twilight slowed a bit to match his stride with my slower one. The long walk was really starting to make my knees hurt. Peacetime really had spoilt me, as I was very quickly learning.

"Ya really tired yourself out with all that runnin' around earlier," He looked me dead in the eyes with his own, cold and wolfish and unforgiving and... Was he copying Time's Look of Extreme Disappointment? 

"Make sure ya get rested up later."

Leaving me with that slightly scary message, he joined Time at the front of the group. To me, the father of our group looked a little tense as we navigated our way up the very long path.