theshoelace

New part with Ilia. This part is what happened while Link and Midna were off to the Eldin Bridge.

''Ilia walked home. She heard Epona ride away in the distance. The diamond in her hand- it shone remarkably bright in her hand. The busty girl had insisted on her keeping the gem a secret. But who had that been? She heard the children playing- they would immediatly notice the diamond in her hand. She hid it in her pocket, and walked back to her home. The weather was delightful and many inhabitants of the Ordon Village were outside. They all greeted her and she greeted back, but she was mostly in thought.

Though the sun was going down rapidly, no one had gone to bed yet. Ilia quietly went indoors, and to her own bedroom. There, she took the diamond out of her pocket- and dropped it immediatly. She looked at her hand- drops of blood came from her fingers. Upon closer examination, the diamond had somehow ‘‘grown’’ spikes. She left the diamond on the floor and bandaged her hand first. Then she went back to the diamond. It’s spikes were longer- it had ‘‘spiked’’ itself in the wooden floor.

Pushing it with her bare foot was not a very good idea. She sat on her bed and thought for a while- her father probably had some gloves. The diamond shone strangely in the light of the setting sun that came through Ilia’s window. She went out of her own room to search for some gloves. And fortunately, she could find them rather quickly, but as she went back to her own room the sun went under completely. Darkness filled the Ordon Village, and the many heard voices became few.

With the thick gloves, she tried once more to move the diamond- but not with all her strength could she move it. It’s discovery would be inevitable. Suddenly she heard the door open. ‘‘ Ilia, are you here?’’, she heard her father’s voice ask. ‘‘ Yes, I am.’’, she answered. ‘‘ OK. I’m going to bed now, so good night.’’, he said. ‘‘ Okay, good night.’’, she answered, relieved not to have to explain why a spikey diamond was stuck in her bedroom floor. She decided to visit the Ordon Spring before going to bed.

She went out, hearing her father snoring. She quietly walked past all the houses, and finally past Link’s house. Then she reached the Ordon Spring. It was already past midnight, but she longed for bathing in it’s water. And so she washed her hands and face in the Ordon Spring, and then bathed her feet in it. She stood up, and slowly started walking back. She was back among the houses when she heard a horse- it stopped shortly after she had started hearing it. She heard the busty woman talking.

She wondered if she wanted to go back. She caught something of what they said. That she’d notice something of a curse before the day had begun. She wondered what it meant- but she suddenly felt sleep become her master. She quickly headed home, and went to her bed, worried and confused thoughts whirling through her head. She, without thinking about it, observed that her clothes were tight. She had no idea what this meant yet.''