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gachawolfiebloom · 9 months ago

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A Grumpy Troll and A Prince

Chapter 1: Lives of Misery and Joy

Tags: Comedy, action, adventure, and romance

Once upon a time...

In a happy forest, in the happiest tree lived the happiest creatures ever known...

The trolls!

These cute and tiny creatures loved nothing more than to sing, dance, and hug, dance, and hug, and sing, and dance, and sing, and hug, and dance-

Well you get the idea -_-

But then one day the trolls were discovered by a bergen!

The bergens didn't know how to sing, dance, or hug. They were the most miserable creatures in all the land. Once they saw how happy the trolls were, they wanted some of that happiness for themselves.

Eating a troll made them feel so happy that they started a tradition...

Once a year, every year, the bergens would gather around the troll tree to taste true happiness.

On a holiday called...TROLLSTICE!!!

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The king of the bergens was fast asleep until the door slammed open. His son, prince X was already up and had come to wake his father up.

"Good morning dad!"

It was very early in the morning so it was going to be quite hard to get him up at this hour. "Dad wake up!" He was quite pestering, but since he was just a kid it was perfectly understandable why X had so much energy.

He began jumping over the bed as he just kept shouting "Dad! Dad! Dad!" If this exhaustion continued then they might miss this special day. With not a second to lose, the prince grabbed the king's chest hairs and ripped them clean off at full force.

"AHHHHHH!!!!" The king's eyes shot open and he yelled "X! What time is it?" The young prince squealed as he replied "It's trollstice!"

The castle doors flew open as the king yelled out to all of his kingdom "Trollstice! Our one day to be happy!" All of the bergens didn't spare a second as they all hurried to the troll tree that was in the middle of town. They all chanted "We want trolls! We want trolls! We want trolls!"

As they all gathered around the troll tree, a familiar voice addressed the crowd.

"Please give it up for your keeper of the trolls. Your master of happiness. Your royal entertainer..."

The figure that the voice belonged to turned around to find that it was...

"Me."

It was none other than the TV Adware, Mr Puzzles himself. All the bergens cheered, which pleased him very much. He did love a good show after all. "This is a very special trollstice as one of us has never tasted a troll before." The young prince in the crowd gasped. "He's talking about me!" Mr Puzzles stuck a hand out to X .

"Prince X, your time has come." The king gave a warm smile to his son as he reassured him that he had been quite the nervous one when he had his first troll. The prince nodded and took his royal entertainer's hand.

"I present you to the ways of true happiness."

He opened the gate to the tree and pointed to a flower that was sitting on a branch. "I have chosen a extra special troll for you." He took the supposed "troll" and bent down to the little bergen.

"The happiest, most positive, sweetest troll of all...and because every prince deserves royalty, I give you the one they call prince Smg4!"

In pure excitement, X snatched the troll out of Mr Puzzle's hands and whispered "Please make me happy Smg4." He stuck him in his mouth and began chewing. The ominous TV man watched with a smug and curious grin.

"What are you feeling?"

Suddenly, the prince spit out the troll in disgust. "That's rotten!" It actually wasn't a troll at all. Mr Puzzles examined it to find it was only a wooden replica of the actual prince. "It's...fake!?"

"FAKE!?"

Mr Puzzles turned towards the tree in shock and kicked it, causing thousands of copies to rain down, teasing the entertainer for being tricked like that. X started to get worried as his breath quickened. "They're gone!?" The king's anger started to rise as he sternly asked "Where are they..."

Mr Puzzles stuck his hands out defensively and said "Don't worry. I'll find them!" The prince could hear some kind of disturbance in the ground as he placed his head down closer to the ground. It sounded like...the pitter patter of little feet?

Underneath the tunnels, all the trolls were hurrying to escape this hellhole of a kingdom. "Here comes Smg4!" The trolls passed along the little prince up to his father. He had just been born and it was very crucial that the poor little troll was protected at all costs. The king of the trolls breathed a sigh of relief when his son was safe in his arms. "There's my little prince."

One of the trolls informed him that some of the others couldn't keep up. The king had sworn to make sure that none of the trolls were left behind and he was intended to keep that promise. He scooped up any troll that couldn't make it and generously used his clothes to cover mud puddles.

It started to become increasingly harder to catch up as the tunnels were broken into by shovels and pickaxes. What could be going on up there? That question was answered as all the bergens were ferociously digging away on the surface while the king yelled out "DON'T JUST STAND THERE! MAKE MY SON HAPPY!"

Mr Puzzles grabbed a pickaxe and yelled back "HE WILL BE HAPPY!" as he threw it into the ground. As the tunnels were collapsing, that very tool used to slash the ground had caught the king and he was stuck. A shovel was about to block the path so in a flash of heroism, he threw the injured trolls he was carrying to safety.

Luckily they all had made it to the end with the others, but one thing was missing. Where was the king?

"I don't think the king made it..."

They all gasped as it was fair to assume that their heroic and brave leader was dead. He had sacrificed himself for his kingdom. Just when it seemed like all hope was lost, a voice echoed through the tunnel.

"When I said no troll left behind, I meant it!"

The king was okay and...*ahem* uh lacking some body coverage.

One of the trolls realized someone was missing as he piped up "Wait! Where is prince Smg4?" The king gave a reassuring look and said "Don't worry. He's safe." He pulled the prince out from his hair as the cute baby chanted "No troll left behind!"

"Awwww." That was the most adorable thing they had seen all day. The king got back to the matter at hand as he ushered all his subjects away from this terrible place. "But we'll be a lot safer the further we get from bergen town." The trolls had all successfully escaped and were off to find a new place to call home.

Meanwhile at bergen town, the bergens had formed an angry mob and took away Mr Puzzles. "That's right! Take him away! Get him out of my sight!" No matter how much this adware struggled to escape, he could not break free from the angry grasps of the citizens.

"YOU ARE HERBY BANISHED FROM BERGEN TOWN FOREVER!!!"

When the overcome could not be achieved by physical force, Mr Puzzles tried to convince them to give him a second chance. "We can all be happy again! I'll find the trolls!"

They tossed him into the dirt and closed off the passage into the kingdom. Getting up and wiping mud off his face, Mr Puzzles was very irritated on losing his status and reputation. He had a broken antenna and a glitching screen while replying with a cold expression "And I'll shove them down your ungrateful throats..."

Poor X watched the chaos outside as he went up to his dad to ask him a question. "Dad...I never got to eat a troll. What's going to make me happy now?" The king's servant, FM, who was just as old as the young prince, watched the conversation while cleaning the floor.

"Nothing. Absolutely nothing. You will never be happy."

X sulked and wallowed with one final reply. "Never?" His father nodded and the realization sunk in that he would be miserable for the rest of his life. FM couldn't help but feel sorry for the prince as there was a strong feeling that just wanted to make him comfort that young bergen. With nothing but cleaning duties to do, FM sighed and got back to work.

After days of searching, the trolls finally found what they were looking for. A beautiful forest that was filled with luscious resources. The king looked at the sight and announced to his citizens "Here! This is where we will rebuild our civilization! It has everything we need. Fresh air, clean water, and...SWEET ACOUSTICS!" The prince took out his cowbell and began banging it as a catchy rhythm began to play.

~20 years later~

The prince had just finished reading this very story to some troll children. "Twenty years ago today, the king made us safe and now every troll is free to live in perfect harmonyyyyy..." The kids joined in on the sweet sounding key. "That's why we hug every hour!" One of the kids cheered. "Yup!"

"I wish it was every half hour." One of the other kids replied. "So do I, but that wouldn't leave much time for singing and dancing would it?" Suddenly, a question of curiosity entered this innocent child's mind as they shyly raised their hand. "Prince Smg4? Do the bergens still want to eat us?"

"You bet!" They all gasped. Dang. Very subtle to drop that statement on a bunch of young children after reading that terrifying story...

"But just because it's the only way they'll ever be happy."

"Isn't there anything else that will make them happy?"

The young trolls tried to think of solutions that could solve this problem. If it still hadn't been resolved for 20 years then it seemed very unlikely to easily clear that up.

"What about having birthday parties?"

"Or slumber parties!"

"Or staring at your parents while they sleep."

"..."

"I don't want to be food!" Four came over and comforted the frightened little troll. "Don't worry. No troll ever will be." Now back to the more positive side of things as there was a special event going on tonight. "That's why we're celebrating with the biggest party ever! Everybody is going to be there!"

One of the trolls piped with interest about a certain someone. "Everybody...?" The prince was quite confident that "everybody" would be there and he was going to make sure of it. He took out the cowbell that he had ever since he was a baby and began banging it with excitement. The leaves of the plant that they were in, opened up as Four did what he did best.

"Everybody, move your hair and fell united! Ohhh!"

He danced down the staircase and began sliding down a stem as he used his hair to flip himself into the air.

"Everybody, shake your hair and feel united! Ohhhh!"

He began making dramatic poses that models do as the music pumped him up.

"Yeah!"

Four started to hand out invitations from a basket he was carrying for the big party.

"Everybody's coming to the celebration. Imma hook you up with your invitation. Let your hair swing and party with me. No bad vibes just love, you'll see."

He and Bob began to pull out some wicked dj skills on top of some kind of bug-like creature.

"Do the D-A-N-C-E. One-two-three-four fight! Stick to the B-E-A-T. Get ready to ignite!"

The bug creature exploded into hundreds of butterflies as Four and his friends all danced together with all the trolls and all the other creatures that seemed to live with them in the forest.

"You are such a P-Y-T. Catching all the lights. Just easy as A-B-C. That's how you make it right!"

Meggy pulled out a sick beatbox trap as she danced some fancy footwork.

"It ain't hard out here when you're doing it right. Put a smile on blast. That's the troll life!"

"And I'm here to help you through it! Come on Boopkins, I know you can do it!"

Boopkins was trying to lift a huge dumbbell as Four's confidence made him shoot it high into the sky. Using this as an opportunity, Four took the basket of invitations and dumped it down for all the trolls to collect one. Mario wanted to take a picture of his pet, Mario Junior with the invitation. He framed the picture on the wall and tapped his chin in thought.

"Still needs something..."

Luigi got an idea as he took some glitter and threw it on the picture. Mario stood in silence until he turned back to his brother and stared intensely at him.

"That's gay!"

Four and all of his friends, Mario, Meggy, Luigi, Bob, Boopkins, Tari, and Melony were singing and dancing on a leaf that was sliding down the same stem from earlier.

"Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop the beat! I can't stop, can't stop, can't stop the beat! I won't stop, won't stop, won't stop the beat! Go!"

The trolls all began to hold hands as they danced and sang around the forest.

"Everybody, shake your hair and feel united! Ohhhh!"

Turns out troll hair could do a lot more than we knew because the trolls had made their hair blue and wavy to resemble and ocean while using leaves to make the boat while poor Boopkins was stuck as the sail.

"Sunshine day! Everybody's singing! Sunshine day! Everybody move your hair and feel united! Ohhh!"

The trolls began stacking themselves on top of each other with displays of rainbows, hearts, flowers, and of course...glitter.

"Yeah!"

They all breathed heavily as that performance was quite a mouthful. However, not everyone thought it was terrific...

Case in point, one troll was slowly clapping with an disapproving expression on his face. It was Smg3, the grumpiest troll in all of the village. He had quite the faded tone of skin and hair, a prickly beard, and of course, the sourest expression out of all the trolls. Unlike the others, the thought of singing and dancing made him disgusted and he hated all the trolls...especially the prince.

"Unbelievable guys. Really, really great. Good job. I COULD HEAR YOU FROM A MILE AWAY!"

"Good. I was worried we weren't projecting enough."

"Four. If I can hear you...so can the bergens."

The others all rolled their eyes and groaned in annoyance. Three was always complaining about the bergens and how they were going to come back to eat them all. It really made you wonder why he was the only one who was so concerned about this.

"Oh boy."

"Here we go again...🙄"

"Oh Three..."

"You always ruin everything."

"Warning us about the bergens."

Three looked confused. He didn't do it that much. Did he? Turns out he had ruined a birthday party, wedding, and even a funeral with that stupid bergen talk of his.

"Oh come on. We haven't seen a bergen in 20 years. They're not going to find us."

"No. They aren't going to find ME! Because I'll be in my highly camouflaged, heavily fortified, bergen-proof survival lair."

"You mean you aren't coming to the party tonight?"

The others tried to hype up and encourage him to come.

"But it's going to be the biggest..."

"LOUDEST..."

"The craziest party ever!"

Three couldn't believe these idiots. He never showed up to these things for the fear of what risks he was taking if he did.

"Big? Loud!? Crazy!? YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LEAD THE BERGENS RIGHT TO US!"

Mario was getting sick of this guy's attitude as he leaned over to Four and whispered "Are you sure you want to invite this party pooper to poop all over your party?" Four responded with a much more positive tone, despite these two being total opposites of each other.

"Yes! I think everyone deserves to be happy!"

"I don't do happy."

"Three, I know there is happiness inside you. You just need our help to find it."

He pulled out a creative looking invitation that had a little Three, holding a heart that said "Three you're invited!" The mini version of him sang "Celebrate freedom from the bergens!" Three didn't look impressed. That annoyed expression stayed stuck on his face, even when the card spit out glitter all over his face. Four on the other hand, looked at him with a willing face in hopes he would say yes.

"What do you say?"

Three's expression relaxed as he took the card, but then he threw it on the ground and stomped on it as hard as he could.

"Oh my god." Boopkins replied in shock. Nobody expected that, even though Three always acted like a jerk to them. He wiped the glitter off his face while making it perfectly clear to them (for the millionth time) that he would never attend one of these stupid parties.

"I wouldn't be caught dead at your party, but you will be. Caught and dead."

Suddenly, another troll came down from the sky with a more relaxed tone.

"Whoa whoa. Let's calm down here Three."

Tag6 hopped off a firefly that was carrying her, and embraced the sweet bug. "Thank you for my safe passage here. Goodbye." She waved farewell as the firefly flew off. Now let's clear things up shall we. She turned back to Three and said "Okay, first of all, thanks for sharing your unique perspective of things...again."

Mario and Meggy snickered a little as they exchanged glances with each other.

"But just for now, why don't you try a little positivity okay?"

Three sneered at the sweet, polite troll. He always had a grievance with her as she always seemed way too friendly with the other trolls. Not only that, but Four kind of seemed to like her and that only deepened There's hatred. He always tried to tell himself "Why should I care. It's not like I'm jealous or anything." Despite that, something bugged him about seeing those two get closer together.

"Okay fine. I'm positive that you all are going to get eaten."

A glint sound of chimes began to ring as it turned out that their hug time bracelets were going off. "Hug time!" They all squeezed together to include everyone, including Three. He tried to squirm his way out when Luigi wrapped his arms around him. That was the last straw. He pushed out and said to Four "Someday, when the bergens find us and the survival of every troll is in your hands, I sure hope the answer is singing, dancing, and hugging because that's all you know how to do!"

Mario tried to stand up for his friend as he shot back "That's not true! Smg4 can also make memes!"

Three looked angrily into Four's eyes and said one last thing that really hurt his feelings.

"I can't believe you're going to be king one day."

He then walked off with a bunch of sticks that he had collected for his evil villain lair of protection. Four sighed glumly as Tag6 went over to comfort him.

"Don't listen to him. He's just mean and toxic. Some of us just don't want to be happy."

"...I guess."

"You guessed right. Boop."

Tag6 booped his nose as Four smiled and they all went off to get ready for the party. Little did they know, a fearsome foe would soon make his arrival.

Chapter 2: An Unwanted Visitor

#comedy #adventure #action #romance #smg4 #smg3 #smg34 #smg4 au #smg34 fanfiction #trolls #trolls au #trolls movie #trolls bergens #smg4 trolls #trolls branch #trolls poppy

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willow-salix · 2 months ago

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!

To celebrate my boys (TAG) birthday I'm FINALLY launching season 3!

Here's the TAG line:

We last saw the Tracy family dealing with their biggest threat yet, a mysterious foe who lurks in the shadows, pulling strings and putting the whole world in danger.

Plans are being put into action, true allegiances are being formed, patience and resolve is being tested and the Tracy family is feeling the strain.

Secrets will out, world views will shift, the threats will keep piling up and the Tracy family will have their eyes opened in more ways than one.

Who's as excited as I am? This season has been a long time in the planning and I'm sooo happy to be finally sharing it with the world. I'm planning on publishing a chapter a week, but I'll be writing as I go and life happens, so we'll see how it goes lol.

Gods I'm so happy that I'm back writing these gorgeous people, I've missed my two idiots so much, I can't even describe it.

Chapter 1 is up and you can find it here ➡️

So, if you're new, welcome to the madness, and if you're returning, welcome back!

We hope you enjoy the ride.

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soulja-boi · 5 months ago

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“Trigun”

“love and peace” once said a wise man

episodes: 26

genres: action, adventure, sci-fi, comedy

premiered: spring 1998

status: completed

studio: madhouse

rating (MAL): 8.22

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burningexeter · 3 months ago

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This is something I'm thinking of doing with a good friend of mine on Twitter, a chad friend as far as I'm concerned, named KKODDI5. I was thinking maybe we could collaborate on some type of I guess "headcanon shared universe" since we both have similar tastes and yet I want to know more of his taste and what has he seen, what he likes and what he loves.

I'm calling it "The Deathwick Universe" and I think I've figured out the reoccurring theme with it being unconventional protagonists of all kinds - a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with cancer, an outlaw in a large gang whose perspective is changed when he's diagnosed with tuberculosis, a cold and ruthless deceased government assassin coming back to Earth as a Hellspawn, two Roman soldiers who find themselves in the middle of famous conflicts, a shy and often bullied and ignored boy who befriends a girl next door who turns out to be a vampire and so on - having to not only fight against the odds but also facing the most uphill battles and highest and dangerous stakes that affect them personally in so many ways.

Think of it like the finest and bestest food that you'll have, the best of the best food at a top notch restaurant and the one you wait a decent amount for than when it comes, it's more than worth the wait.

#shared universe #different genres #action #drama #comedy #romance #horror #adventure

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hanayori89 · 4 months ago

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🪶🪶Lesson 10: Believe in the Boy 🪶🪶

Each ripple of seismic quaking beneath your feet was nowhere near as lethal as the rumbling of insults that were currently cascading from your lips.

Your hand continued to jangle a knob that jutted out and was adorned with a grip of decorated grooves meant to fit your fingers. The more you tinkered with it, the more you felt anger laced with panic regurgitate in your throat. Were you wrong to assume this was the launch lever of this apparatus?

But you knew Groose; you had grown up with him after all. Whatever made sense to most likely be the launch lever was most definitely not the launch lever. When another minute went by without any result, you yelled into the empty chasm of spiraling hills. You stomped around and stuck your head into the machine's barrel, the wind from your own voice slapping you in the face as it echoed back at you. The heavy rock you had stuck into the barrel remained secure, nestled so tight that not even the force of the earth's crust convulsing was moving it.

"GRRR Groose! When I get my hands on you-"

But your screams of aggravation were subdued compared to the howling of the old pinecone.

Ugh. Impa. Link would want me to help her. But how?

Around you, cannons of wind spiraled upward from below, and with them, an idea was shot in your general direction. You slid off your Skyloftian tunic, standing in nothing but a billowy undershirt and your knight pants. You ran toward the precipice of the level you were on and jumped toward the air current, your hands gripping securely around each sleeve of your tunic.

The risk was great, but you couldn't stand idly by as the old hag continued to screech. You weren't a mighty hero, but you were still a knight. And even if Skyloft no longer had need of a knight, who was to say the surface didn't?

Did this evil, the imprisoned, somehow lead you to fall into your own destiny?

You slowly backed up until your back hit a mound of congealed soil, the plateau of the next tier. You took a deep breath and, with a calm mind and knees bent, blasted yourself into a running start and leapt into the closest gust of barreling air. The fury of the gale was something you had underestimated, as the air propelled you upward, but not without slicing up some of your flesh. You bit your bottom lip, relieved to see your tunic puff out, and it began to parasail you away from the current and toward the center of the chasm. As you descended downward, you frantically scanned each tier of spiraling land for any sight of Impa.

But it wasn't Impa you spotted first.

Beneath you, almost as inconspicuous as the soil, a gargantuan entity began to move.

And you were falling straight toward it.

Your mouth fell faster than your floating body as you looked at the monster that was sprouting through the ground. Layers of grimy scales coated its body, and the light reflecting off of them gave the illusion of movement, as if it were covered in millions of worms. This was nothing compared to the alarming number of teeth protruding from its gums. Its long-fossilized fingernails sprung from the pads of its colossal feet as it kneaded at the mess of decaying dirt encircling its body. From where it broke forth, the stone column that had been in that part of the ground now sat lodged at the top of its skull.

"EEEK! No, no, nooooo!" You began to flail your body, hoping to guide yourself toward another of the powerful and abundant zephyrs scattered about.

But as it goes, Hylia had other plans.

"EEEKKKK NOOO! I'm sorry I laughed at the remlit joke! I won't do it again- ahhh!"

From one of the many coiled layers of land, Impa's voice rang out. "Brainless Sky child! Why didn't you stay put!"

"You ungrateful old pinecone! I was coming to save you!"

"Nonsense! I told you the hero would come!"

Link. He won't come. He has to keep his goddess safe. Is this thing what he was going on about? Is this... the imprisoned?

Before another thought could come to you, your body crashed down on top of its head. The impact of your landing forced your knees to bend and crumple. You began to slide backward off of its slick scales. But not before managing to catch the stone pillar on top of its head, your tunic somehow was tangled around it as you hung from your sleeves.

"EEEEE!"

Like a flea on a remit, it began to shake its head in an attempt to buck you off. As you whirled through the air, the verdancy of the grass and the singed sienna of the dirt began to bleed into a nauseating swirl of puke inducing bile-colored tie- dye.

Your hands began to slip as you felt vertigo take over.

"AHHHH!"

You could hear Impa praying in consistent chants. "Hylia, help her."

But she wasn't going to help you. You were the collateral to lead Link back down to the surface to destroy this beast for Zelda. Beyond that, you were an obstruction to the divine love story between a hero and his goddess.

She had no reason to save you.

But Link, you may not have been Zelda, but at the very least he considered you, his friend.

Even if you hadn't been much of a friend to him these past few years.

Between life and death, there was nothing more left for you than to believe in a boy you once called friend.

As you felt yourself begin to slip, your vision blurred by the array of temporal colors whisking together, your hands slowly released their grip from the sleeves of your tunic.

The feeling of fabric within your grasp was replaced with the texture of human flesh instead.

"Y/N!"

Link pulled you up, anchoring your body against his with a strong arm around your waist. The possession of dizziness made it hard to focus on his face; the green of his tunic seemed to weep into the vestiges of the grass and dirt that had been whipping around you. When the vertigo began to ease up, you looked up at him, your head buried in his neck as he held you against him. Your eyes caught the glint of a sword. One you had never seen before.

"HYAH!" You could hear the creature beneath you cry out; Link's sword bulging from the stone pillar in its skull.

"Hold onto me. Don't let me go." His voice was a comforting sedative to the anxiety of looming death that had just controlled you.

You obeyed without a single retort. You held onto his waist as you both fluttered down to the ground.

You landed on your feet first, falling over, only to be scooped up by Link's arms.

"This isn't over. Stay here." And just like that, the tranquility in his voice was replaced by a burning husk of rage.

You watched as he ran away toward an air current, allowing it to shoot him upward back on top of the imprisoned's head to finish the job he started.

The job he would always have to finish for as long as he existed.

Your fingernails dug into the soil your sore body rested on, as your head weakly hung. But your eyes couldn't help but remain upward, following Link and his fancy footwork. Every grunt, every bead of sweat, and every swing of that blade was that of a hero. He was no longer the Link you knew. In fact, you realized now that you never knew him well at all.

The Link you had thought you had known, the feeble little dork of a boy who struggled in Eagus's dojo, was schooling the ultimate of evils right before your very eyes.

And for some reason it made your heart rush.

But the next part—the next part—is what made you wonder if, in fact, you were, if not dead, dying and your brain was being deprived of oxygen. Certainly, it had to explain the high level of emotion you were feeling toward Link in that moment.

Because around him, swishes of lavendar and navy. You scrunched your eyes closed, hoping it was just another dizzy spell.

But then you heard a voice beckoning him.

"MASTER!"

Before you knew it, Link grabbed you and pulled you into his chest as the creature began to writhe in agony. You saw another whimsical blur of the same colors that surrounded him like a spectral aura. Droplets of Link's sweat streamed down his face and pelted your own. You could feel his chest rise and fall, each breath a satisfactory heave of his deft skill.

"Y/N... close your eyes. Don't look at it. I don't want you to see something so evil." Link's voice came out in labored whispers. His fingers trailed circles on the small of your back as he held on to you, as if you had just witnessed a nightmare and he wanted to put you back to sleep.

Then a soft, seeping tone of remorse hit your ear. "I want to preserve your innocence from this for as long as I can."

Link...?

You kept your eyes shut, but even beneath the umbrage of closed lids, it wasn't enough to block out the forcefield of evil. Ink drops of violets and reds—specks of black darker than your own closed eyes—rotated around, threatening to swallow your very soul. The wind wailed, as if it were crying in anguish that it was being repelled and embedded beneath the tomb of soil with this creature.

Then you saw flashes of light. Through squinted eyes, you observed a circular crest carved into the ground begin to flicker. The seal instantly ushered in the unfamiliar, robotic voice from earlier to speak again.

"Master... you must use your skyward seal."

Link released you from his stronghold and walked over toward the center of the seal, where the stone column now stood back in its rightful place in the ground. He raised his sword, and a procession of light flitted down the shaft. Link's soaked, dark blonde locks swayed in tandem with the rhythm of malevolence being retracted back from where it came.

Then you saw an orb jump forth from his blade. An ethereal twinkle of a girl without a face, levitated by his side. Despite not having a face, you could feel her; she was watching you. And just as quickly as she appeared, whispers of the same amalgamation of blue and purple condensed back into Link's sword.

From the form of Link's strong back, you saw his head slowly turn to meet your frightened gaze.

"L-L-Link, there's a g-g-ghost in your sword..."

The sound of his exhale told you he knew he owed you an explanation. It also told you he knew whatever he was about to disclose was only going to deepen the hero plot to a ridiculous and incredulous length.

"Y/N... what you just saw was the imprisoned. And this... is Fi... she is the spirit of my sword."

He turned back to the task at hand, striking his sword downward. Not bothering to elaborate any further.

As if all heroes had phantom women living in their swords.

Edited: 8/18/24

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tapperhet-em · 22 days ago

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Chapter 13

Meeri may have run off from the men at the cabin, but NO ONE escapes Melba...

Lorcan was walking back up the trail to the cabin with Melba when she took off and strained hard against the end of her lead. Since it was pitch black, with the moon behind clouds, he had her on a lead so they didn't get separated. Whatever had her upset, she was damn near yanking him off his feet but wasn't barking. What the fuck was up with his dog?

Then he heard it, light footsteps coming towards him fast. Meeri!? That explained Melba not barking, but what the fuck had Meeri running in the dark, alone, and with no light? More importantly, where the fuck were the other three to let her out there alone? He couldn’t hear any heavy boots behind her, so she was most definitely ALONE. It wasn't just the King's soldiers that were a danger, there were wild animals in the woods. Someone was going to hurt later, severely.

Listening closely to the sound of her approaching, and using Melba's reactions as a guide, Lorcan zeroed in on how far Meeri was from him, and where in the road she was. Standing still, he whispered to Melba to be silent and hold position, she sat at his side in obedience. The wait seemed to stretch on forever but he could hear Meeri getting closer. Was she barefoot? Why did it sound like bare feet on the dirt and not the shoes she’d had on earlier? No! She certainly wouldn't have left the cabin without shoes. It still sounded as if she was as she drew closer. What in all the hells had gone on at the cabin?! If the others were still alive, they might wish they weren't when he was done with them.

Finally, she literally ran right into him like he'd planned, so hard in fact that it knocked Lorcan back three steps to get her to a complete stop. His arms banded around her to keep her from fleeing again, and his head dropped so he was talking right next to her ear. She hadn't just been running, she'd been at a full sprint. Not only that but she immediately went to struggling with him for freedom. What the fuck?

“I don't know who you are running from, or why. I don't fucking care either, right now. What I DO care about is your understanding that you are not taking one more goddamn step, in any fucking direction, without me. It is NOT fucking happening, Meeri. I will put you up over my goddamn shoulder and carry you if I have to.” He didn't yell. He wasn't harsh. He was firm. It was all he could do not to shake her with the adrenaline running through his system.

“Lo!” Meeri’s arms instantly went around him, and she clung to him like a child to a parent as she sobbed into his chest. When she had first run into him, he'd felt like a damn tree. But when his arms had gone around her, she'd been more afraid she'd found one of her uncle's soldiers. Of anyone to find her, at the moment, he was the only one she wouldn't argue with. Even if she'd caused problems for the others, Lorcan wouldn't hate her. Would he?

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thegreekwriter · 5 months ago

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Read Athenian Arrow Now!

Yassou, my name is Panagiota Moisakos. I'm half-Athenian and half-Spartan which makes me fully Greek. I wrote a forbidden romance novel set during the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece called "Athenian Arrow" on Wattpad. Here is the synopsis:

Set during the Peloponnesian War, Athens and Sparta are battling their differences. While the leader of Sparta argues uncompromisingly with the leader of Athens, the Spartan leader's son Andreas is sent on a quest to steal supplies from Athens, unarmed. While running through the capital of Greece, he meets Athens' finest archer, Alexi. Believing that an unarmed man should not be killed, Alexi decides to not shoot the arrow he had aimed at the Spartan.

But when troubles of trusting a Spartan arise, Alexi finds himself in a predicament that would change the course of his life forever, especially when the two start to develop a unique connection the more time they spend together. But with Andreas being Spartan and Alexi being Athenian, how will the two come to love while their cities are at war?

Their predicament only grows more complicated when the elderly Athenian leader offers the lead position to one of his most trusted soldiers, Alexi, to lead Athens into victory and stop this war once and for all. Will Alexi accept this fortunate opportunity? Or will conflict of interest be the start of Athens' downfall?

I hope you all enjoy the story as much as I did creating it. Thank you to everyone who reads it and gives it love. Your support means the world to me 💙

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gachawolfiebloom · 8 months ago

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A Grumpy Troll and A Prince

Chapter 2: An Unwanted Visitor

Tags: Comedy, action, adventure, and romance

The trolls were certainly not kidding when they said it was going to be a loud and crazy party. Everywhere you went there would be a shower of lights and music. Bob was handling the vinyl record on his dj set while some glowing bugs were accompanying him. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING! GET AWAY FROM MY SET!" He tried shooing them until one flew into his mouth and his eyes started to glow.

"HOOOLLLYYY CRAAAAPPP THHHIIIISSSS ISSSSS AWWWWESSSSOOOMMMEEE!"

Meggy was dancing in the crowd before she noticed that Mario was missing. "Hey, where is..." She turned to find Mario singing "La la la la la la" while being hoisted up by tons of trolls that looked like they were about to collapse under the hundreds of pounds Mario weighed. Tari and Melony were helping Tag6 with throwing glitter into the audience.

Unknowingly, one ball of glitter accidentally hit poor Boopkins and the crowd went silent. Was he...dead...

Boopkins sprung back to life like nothing had happened and everyone just dismissed it, carrying on with the party. Up on stage, Four was dancing along with all the others and having a great time while someone was watching him.

Three glanced at the bubbly, happy troll. Made him sick. All this happiness and celebrating and for what? A day that just reminded him of the hardships he had faced in the past. Where he lost T-

Three snapped out of his miserable thoughts and rolled his eyes. If they wanted to die then that was just fine with him. It wasn't his problem anyway. A small, white fluffy dog came up to him with some more sticks which Three took and then patted the pup's head. Eggdog was Three's loyal pet that comforted the grumpy troll and kept him company when he felt lonely. With nothing more to do, the two made their way back to Three's evil villain lair, unknown to what happened next.

Four took it way too far and yelled "MORE GLITTER!" to which in an instant, a flash of colors and light had blinded the trolls and a massive explosion occurred.

On the other side of the forest, a figure with a torn up suit, bent antennas, and a dirty screen was reading off a map, stuck with the life of a commoner. The map had tons of x's scribbled on it, indicating all the places that this mysterious character had searched for in hopes of finding the one thing that could give his life purpose again.

He could have sworn he heard some kind of eruption as Mr Puzzles turned around, grabbed a telescope and peered through the lens. There it was again. Fireworks graced the sky with an image of the prince. A wide grin spread across Mr Puzzles's face as he knew exactly what the cause of this was. After many tireless years of searching..."Trolls."

"Alright everyone, I want to make an announcement." Four and his father were on stage as the prince wanted to do something special for him. Mario interrupted him by shouting out "Hey! That's Smg4! Mario's best friend!" A wave of shushes came from the crowd as the king cleared his throat in an insensitive manner.

"I'd like to take a second to celebrate our king, my father. 20 years ago tonight, he saved all of us from those dreaded-"

BOOM.

A series of echoing footsteps drew closer and closer as the trolls all looked up to see a man with a tv head, staring back at them. In a stroke of dumbness, Four tried to be hospitable by asking him "Uh...you like memes?" Mr Puzzles smiled and zipped open a bag to take the future feast of the Bergens back to where they belonged. "RUN!" the prince yelled as all the trolls sprinted in different directions.

This certainly wouldn't do. Mr Puzzles decided to pick trolls one by one. Luigi was shaking, terrified as he instantly got scooped up. Four rushed off the stage until he heard a familiar voice. "MARIO JR! WHERE ARE YOU!?" He saw his best friend searching for his pet when it was actually behind him, but it was too late as Mr Puzzles grabbed both of them.

"EVERYONE BLEND IN!" The trolls used their hair to make them look like leaves or grass. At this point, anything would suffice. Four almost got taken as well, but managed to duck out of the way. He then saw that Boopkins was trying to run as fast as his tiny feet would take him, soon before Bob came running and pushed him out of the way. "MOVE GREEN TURD!" A hand blocked their path and dragged them to the bag as Bob yelled out "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

He looked another way and saw that Tari and Melony were hyperventilating, scrambling around instead of running, and it wasn't long before they too were captured. "Four help!" The prince found Meggy with a frightened group of children all huddled up in the open. He and Meggy guided them over to a patch of tall grass and told them to disguise themselves.

Meggy had unfortunately forgot to hide herself in an effort to protect her friends and was snatched right in front of Four's eyes. "Meggy!" He then saw Tag6 being pulled to the bag. The prince quickly extended his hair to make a rope for Tag6 to latch onto, but it almost didn't matter.

The grip loosened with every passing second until...both of them were separated and Four watched in horror as his friends were all stuffed into the bag. Mr Puzzles looked around for anymore wandering trolls and saw the king, hitting his foot and yelling "Let them go at once!"

Four saw Mr Puzzles reaching down for his father as he quickly saved him and hid under the stage platform. Not a sound. One peep and they were dead. Mr Puzzles crouched down to look at their hiding spot. They were gone...? Four's breath quickened as that screen kept looking straight at them. After a few seconds, Mr Puzzles realized he would have to come back later to gather the rest of them. He gave up and observed the remains of the village. "Thanks for throwing the biggest, loudest..."

"Craziest party ever!" Mario finished as he stuck his head out of the bag. Mr Puzzles shoved him back in and set off. Next stop, Bergen town. After the coast was clear, Four slowly removed the hair incasement that had blended in with the scenery. He got out and looked out in despair on what just happened. His friends were captured and the village was in ruins. All the other trolls got out from their hiding places as well to approach the king and prince on the situation.

"Is it coming back?" One of the trolls asked. "What are we gonna do now?" Another inquired. The prince tried to fight back the tears in his eyes and swallowed the lump in his throat. Before he could provide an answer, the king quickly instructed "We have to find another home immediately! Everyone hurry before that...thing comes back!" Four was shocked. "We have to rescue my friends." The king shook his head and said "No. We have to run. Now come on, let's go!" Just up and abandoning everything like that. This wasn't the leader that the prince knew when he was small.

"What about no troll left behind?" The king stopped in his tracks and sighed. "I'm sorry Four. That was a long time ago and I'm no longer the great leader you admired so much." The prince thought to himself for a second and retorted back "Then I'll go and save them!"

"NO FOUR! THAT'S WAY TOO DANGEROUS!" He didn't stand down. "I have to try." His father didn't believe him. "You won't be able to make it to Bergen town by yourself. That's impossible." There was no response. It was impossible to get there by yourself. You would need help. That's when an idea struck in Four's mind. He knew just the troll to ask.

Three was sitting at his desk, staring sadly at the smashed invitation. Eggdog was laying down next to him, softly whimpering and looking up at him with adorable puppy eyes. Would he have felt better if he had gone to the party? Three opened a drawer that revealed a bunch of other cards that Four had sent him in the past. Even though he declined them all, he couldn't help but save them.

He then heard a knock at the door. Quickly, he rushed to stuff the invitation in the drawer with all the others, but they all began sounding off. The knocking turned into pounding as Three kept shoving them all inside while shushing them. Once he finally got them all in, he could hear the voice of his unwanted guest and sighed in annoyance.

Outside, Four was banging on the door to Three's lair while he kept calling out his name. "Three! Three! THREE ARE YOU IN THERE!" A piece of the door mat that read: "Go away losers!" opened and angry red eyes popped out.

"I'm not going to your party! Now leave me alone!"

"The party's over! We just got attacked by someone who is working for the Bergens!"

Three's eyes narrowed. "I knew it!" The door mat flung open and Three grabbed Four to bring him inside. The prince watched as the grumpy troll began setting out multiple locks and traps all around them. Once he finished with the last mousetrap, the two fell into silence. Three kept looking up, waiting for the sounds of Bergens to come flocking by his door.

"Three I-" He placed a hand over his mouth and shushed him. Four pushed his hand away as this was kinda important here. "I have to tell you something-" Three pointed a finger in his face and aggressively hushed him again. "I was just gonna-" Three was so irritated that this idiot would not shut up when told to so he whipped his head around and furiously went "SHHHHHH!!!"

Four groaned in frustration and quietly raised his hand. "What!? What could be so important that it's worth leading the Bergens right to us!?"

"It's gone!"

"You don't know that! It could still be out there! Watching...waiting...listening..." Three made very intense eye contact when he said that last part which kind of freaked Four out. He shook off that thought. Now that the awkward silence between them was over, it was back to addressing the situation to Three. "No it left! It took Meggy, Boopkins, Bob, Melony, Tari, Mario, Luigi, AND TAG6!"

Three rolled his eyes at that name while Four stopped freaking out for a moment and took a breath. "Which is why I have come to ask...will you come with me to Bergen town to rescue everyone?" Three's eyes widened and he looked kind of ticked off. "WHAT!? NO!" Four tried to reason with him. "Three! You can't say no! They're your friends!" He stopped the prince right there. "Not so fast! They're your friends, not mine."

"I'm staying here in my evil villain lair." Four threw his eyes back in annoyance to find that he had come all this way for nothing. "Oh that's just great. You're the one guy who knows more about Bergens than anyone, but when we finally need you, you're just going to hide down here forever!"

"Forever? No." He flipped a switch that Four had somehow missed on the way in. They began to descend down on a platform to his lair. "I really only have enough supplies down here to last me 10 years, maybe 11, if I'm willing to store and drink coffee from the beans I find...which I am!"

Four looked around in amazement. He had no idea that Three had built all of this. He had never bothered to invite Four, or anyone else to his home. "You all said that I was crazy, but who's crazy now?"

"..."

"Me. Crazy prepared."

The platform had arrived at the bottom and Three stepped off to store the sticks he had gathered earlier. Four then felt something brush up against his leg. The friendly little Eggdog wanted to say hello to the unexpected guest and barked happily at him. Four smiled and patted his head, then worked up the courage to admit he was wrong.

"Look, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you." Three turned with a raised eyebrow to hear what he had to say. "You told me not to throw the party, I threw it anyway, it's my fault they were taken, and now I don't know what to do!" Three crossed his arms and said "Why don't you try praying to the memes for their freedom." Four looked unamused while Three had a smug grin.

"Well...thanks anyway." He headed off as Three called out "Sure. See you in 10 years idiot." Four kept his unimpressed eyeballs on Three as he pulled the lever. Once he was gone, Three's smile slowly faded. He started walking away when he heard the platform coming back.

"Hey Three? I was wondering if I could borrow something."

"What."

"You're lair!"

"WHAT!?"

The room was swarmed instantly by the entire population of trolls, all in desperate need of a home. Three grabbed Eggdog as the two were overwhelmed by the now crowded space they were sharing. "FOUR! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" Four placed his hands on his hips like a sassy teenager and said "You said you had enough supplies to last 10 years right?" Three couldn't believe this moron had turned his own words against him. "To last me 10 years! ME! It will last them 2 weeks!"

"Then I guess I better hurry!" He began walking to the exit when Three stopped him by grabbing his hand. "Wait! You won't last a day out there."

Four pointed to the collection of trolls and roasted him back by saying "And you won't last a day in here." Three looked around and saw all the trolls drinking his coffee rations, playing with his bear traps, and smashing his valuables. He looked at the prince confused on how he was played while Four walked off.

"Four!"

He turned to find his father, filled with concern. "Please be careful." He nodded and said with reassurance "I can do this." His father hugged him and let his son carry on with the journey. Four got back on the platform and said "Bye everyone! See you soon!" Three pushed through the crowd as they waved back "Good luck prince Smg4!"

Four stared at his hug time bracelet and counted down with his fingers "And 3...2...1..." A ding sounded off and that was his cue to leave as he pulled the lever. All the trolls's bracelets sounded off and Three's pupils shrunk instantly. "Hug time!" He slowly backed away as the crowd drew closer like zombies. "No..." Four watched Three become more panicked induced as the trolls came closer and closer.

"No! NO! NOOOO!"

Chapter 3: The Adventure Begins

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linksthoughtbrambles · 26 days ago

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Lift us from these sands.

Part 18 of Adventure Log+ (sequel to Link's Thought Brambles - best to read in order, also on ao3). Warning for strong language, violence, and minor character death. Trigger warning for intense fire. Disclaimer: The content of this chapter is fiction only, and is not intended to contain advice or instructions for surviving hazardous conditions.

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The Prayer of the Dawn Hylia, preserve us. Lift us from these sands. Keep us with the dawn. In these lofty skies, Make of us a temple of hope That when we descend, We may breathe new life into the surface's green fields, Its flowered meadows, and its vast waters. That we may scale its mountains and seek out the wonders of its caverns. That we may treat all life with reverence, Cherishing not only its preservation but its freedom, For all things must balance. What you raise will one day fall. What we cultivate will one day wither, and all that lives will one day die. And on that day, we rise once more, though our body sinks. Hylia, preserve us. Lift us from these sands. When the bonds of flesh release us, May your light illuminate our path.

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Master—run!

”Run?!”

“Link?!”

pain“Fi says run!”

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Seek a way!

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“KhhHHHHHH-HH!”

it’sAHEADofus “Zelda!”

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Wecanmakeit wecanmakeitwecanmakeit fasterFASTERit’scoming “S#$^!”

“Whhe- shall-!”

“We will, we WILL make it!” Andthenwhatthef#$*dowedo?

Seek escape!

“Hhh- HHH!”

Maybe we should've gonespeedSPEED down the damn wellZeldahurry

Inadvisable, master.

butpain we didn't and now mygutsaysENGAGEpain ohGoddess “GOGOGOGOGOGO!”

I understand—your instincts are typically excellent in combat

“N-kh-NG!”

PAINshe’stryingsohard but ithasaRIDER hewon'tletuspaceourselves

yet in this instance, I advise against them!

Without them I have nothing to go onGoddessGoddessGODDESS DON’T LET IT hotHOT

MASTER!

“Mmm-!”

HOTHOTHOTPAIN”GghhHH!” The burnsPAIN

“AaAH! Ohh-“

the already-burnsBURNSMORE “W-w-mgh-phh- what do you-“

“-hh-HH-“

“WANT from me, Fi?!“

“Link- are- are yhouu?!“

“We’re running aren’t we!?!”

A change of direction is in order!

burningTo where, the fricking canyon?!

If it allows escape from this foe, then yes!

Does a bone-shattering death

“KhhH-hh-hhh-h.”

on the canyon floor count as escape?

I believe, this time, I must accuse YOU of ‘snark,’ master, at a most UNWISE and INNAPROPRIATE-

Pain

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Oh Link, look at Zelda looking at you like that “It’s- alright, I’m a- alright!”what’salittlemorepain, Link?

“Li-HHHh!”

OhGoddesspain hereitcomes aheadevenfurther aheadaheadaHEAD “WE CAN MAKE IT!” speedSPEED howmuchmoreSPEEDsprintdoIhaveinme?

“HHHHH-hh-kh-m.”

ListenSPEED to that, how much does she? We’re tired, physical limits think think think think

“Hhh-gm-g!”

think PAINTHINK it could blast further ahead if it wanted to, cut us off for painPAINohf%&#sure so we’d never make it, so that’s not what it wants it wantspain to EXHAUST you, Link, you and the Princess

I- concur, master, please-

run you down right into the paAINground and pound you into it when you’re already spent so RUNNING IS NOT THE ANSWER, FI

Escape still is!

technicalities fricking WORD games at this point close close close KEEPHERAHEADclose CLOSE it’sgonnabesoCLOOOSEhotHOTPAINHOTPAINHOT “MM-HH!” HOTplease

“HhhHHHHh!”

NOMOREpainOFTHATPLEASE

“KH-HH! HHHHhhhh-HHHHH-Hhhhhoh-h-h…“

BACKSKINPAIN ANYLEFT?BURNSBLISTERS? “Z-Zelda- Zelda, slow back down!”pain

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“Slow! Ghh- slow-“

“OH-HH!”

AGAINohnonoNO, no NO, too soon wecan’tslow itwon’tLETUS nonoNOZELDA “Y-ou got this!” LookatherFACE DON’TLETHERGIVEUPpain “You’ve got it!” She does!pain

“Oh-hh! L-LinkhHHh! I-“

“You can DO IT!” DON’T LET HER GIVE UP! “A FEW MORE SECONDS!”

Conserve your air, master!

PAINSHE NEEDS ME!

“Rrr-rgh-kh-”

Your stamina is NOT infinite!

FasterYOUfasterTHINKfaster IpainDON’TfasterKNOWFASTERTHAT?!FASTER

“-hh-hh-HH-“

My master of time-

YourWHAT?gogogogoTOOSLOW”HERE!”SPRINT AND

“-HhhHHHH!”

PULL HER LINK!!!!!PAIN “FF!”

A master of long past-

HOT“AaaAAH-H-h!”PAINHOT

“Gg-h!”

-the one who fell to our enemy!

can’tCONCENTRATE “ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!”pain

Master, he fell to his own exhaustion!

“T-tryihhhhng-hhh!”

Ohs$%&, s$#^, Fi you did say that, you saidpain last night-

This morning-

THATDOESN’T-

Apologies, master, please- heed me! Seek an alternate way of escape!

S#$%- s#$%, Fi, THE WAY OUT IS TO KILL IT! OHS$#^-

“AnoHHhhther!”

YOU ARE IN NO STATE TO MEET THIS ENEMY!

“MOVE!” She’sscared

“Ghh-hh!”

Fi’s scaredfasterPULLZELDAHARD

“KhhhHHHH-hhH!”

Fi thinks you’re going topain dieFASTER-

NO- do not lose hope!

“Fi,” forthepainloveofHylia “Fi, we aren’t fast enough no matter which way we run!”

“Sh-hhh-e still- HHh-hh-hh advises- HH-hh-hh- flight?!!”

“Yes!”

“I’ve- hh-KHHH-hh- no- no-idea- HH?!”

I know, I know, I don’t know how either, I don’tcomingCOMING YANKHERHOTHOTHOTPAIN “F-GHH!” HOTPAINohGoddessjustbarely

“KGH-HH!”

is she burnt too? Her clothes!

Master, focus-

I’M REALLY GODDESSDAMN FOCUSED.

The canyon-

Would be totally pointless! It’spain a massive drop-

You have not seen it for yourself.

I’ve seen MAPS and it’s way, way, way way way-cannot-emphasize-enough-how-much-way higher

“Kh-hhhh- HHhhhh.”

than anything I’ve ever free-climbed, the other side is WAY HIGHER than that, I'd have to CARRY Zelda because no way in hell, that's a recipe forpain dead Zelda if I let her do that on her first try and sure my paraglider’s in the pouch, but it is NOT meant to carry two people, even if it's just me I sink pretty fast and theburns TWO OF US would sink FASTER! You should’ve seen the fricking warning label on that thing.

It’s in your memory, master. ‘Do not use to descend vertical distances greater than forty feet.

“Hh-hh!”

'Firaldi and Sons is not responsible for injury or death incurred when using this product-’

I remember, Fi, you can stop! Do YOU get it? I have NO IDEA HOW FAST WE’D BE MOVING WHEN WE HIT BOTTOM where that thing could BLAST US LIKE SITTING DUCKS and Fi-

“Ohh-oh-HH!”

I’m already running out of steam. I’d have to hang on to the damn thing long enough to make it and so would-

“Link, HUURRY!”

OHFFIREBALLFIREBALL FASTERLINK Zelda said I getpain turned in talking to Fi, it's true, it's like my body kept running without me

“HH-hh- hhh-HH-hh-”

and it’s a damn good thing it did because thatpain fireball

“-Hh-HH-h-hh-“

is still AHEAD OF US but- oh s$*% I set the pre-blast pace

“HH-hh HH-hehh-h-“

which is fast, faster than was smart for her, look at her

“-h- h- h-hh-“

listen to her breath, but It’s going to- going to pass behind

“-hh-h- ohh…”

and not singe us this time. It feels like good luck but also not-

ANOTHER “RIGHT BEHIND IT!”

“AH-HH!”

OHMYGODDESS RUNRUNRUN “YOU HAVE IT!” ZELDA

“Oh-h-KHHHHhhh!”

PULLHER HELP

“HHHRRR!”

FASTERFASTER!!!! “THAT’S IT ALMOST ALMOST KEEP GOING, PUSH!! PUSH HARD!!!” HOT

“RRRRRRGHRHAAAAH!”

HOTPAINHOThurting she’shurtingHOTHOT we can’tpain

“Hhh-h- hh-mmh…”

can’t keep doingpain this, slow down again, she’s struggling SO HARD, if she falters you’ll have to carry her and that’ll be worse for both of you

I estimate you have successfully used the paraglider at a height of 48.9 feet.

“KhHHh-hh.”

Sure, with just ME, not withpain Zelda’s life at stake!

The warning label has a 99.82% probability of being overly-conservative in order to minimize the likelihood of litigation.

Huh?

Turn north, master!

Fi, I- don’tbestupidLink “Zelda?”

“Y-y-ehhskhh.”

Oh my Goddess, no tears-“I- I have a paraglider.”

“A- parahh-hhhH- what-hh?”

Guess that’s obscure even for her. “It’s- like a- a little sail! For getting down easier after rock climbing.”

“...Whh-hhill it bhhe-hh enough?”

“I…” don’t actually think so, I know the time Fi’s talking about and I hit ground pretty hard “I’m not…”

”Yhou- hHh- doubt.”

Bad time to not know s#$*.

“Won’t-hh we-hhhh-khhh- be- supremely prone- hh-hh-hh- at the-hh bottom- of Tanagar Canyon?”

“…Yh-yeah.” Low ground. Always bad.

“Ahhnd- it-hh- shall send-hh- flame at us hh-hh- as we-h- flee.”

Yeah.

And here it comes.

She didn’t even gasp this time

“Ghh-hh-“

Faster that’s it, that’s it, good you slowedpain a bit, tiny recovery time andFASTERFASTER

“Nn-gh- g- hKHHHhh-“

Can’t tell issheshaking? Bet so like a leaf if we stop whichwecan’tfasterFASTER, and what happensSPEED if we try to hold on to that paraglider in this state, if we can’t hang on

“Hh-h-h-“

or if we just break our legs at the bottom anyway and can’t run, can’t even walk andhereitcomeshereitCOMEShotHOTHOTHOTpainHOT

“HHH- L-ink-“

“We’re together!”

“Y-yhes-hh-hhhh!”

Don’t know what made me say that but it seemed to help, her face changed.

“This hh-h- won’t do!”

HER HANDgone?! What’s she-?! “Zelda!”

“It shallkhhhhhh- run us to death! And even if not- we khhhhhHHHhh-cannot lead it west to Maritta, nor-hhh- leap to our own deaths northward! We kh- khill it!”

No-

ARROW from this far?!

NO.

Nocked, aiming, stillpain, Link, be STILL, stand ready to knock your Princess the HELL out of the way if-

FireballfireballFIREBALLFIREBALL THERE’Spain HER SHOT

”HHhhhHHH!”

She’sRUNNINGRUNNING pastyoualreadyLink, presence of mind, your Princess so has more of it than you, can’tseethearrow, can’tseeit, and it aimed at US this time, not ahead, because we were staying still, is that how we do this? Small bursts of speed, then stand still ANDIT’SDOWN?!!!?!?”WOOOOOO!! HOLY S@#$, ZELDA!!!” MIPHA WAS RIGHT THIS TIME

“HA! Khh-hhHh-“

BUT I’M TOTALLYpain

“khhh.”

NOT TELLING ZELDA THAT BECAUSE IT’LL RUIN IT

“Did it-“

ZELDA IS SO SO SO SO SOOO MAGIC

Master, if so-

“-strike the head?”

-she is expending even more energy.

NO WAY THAT SHOULD’VE HIT AT THIS DISTANCE! Oh-“I didn’t see!”toomanythings

She will tire!

“Nor c-hhould I! The-hh-h- flames obscured it!”

If the beast is down, take this chance- fly!

“Z-“ Fi, she’s already aiming- arrow away!

“F-further!”

And your Princess is running again, and she’s right, they’re both right, the painflames-

“KhhhHHHh-hh.”

so muchpain fire behind us and the plain is dry, bad bad badpain bad BAD news, worsepain even for the others- holy light, did Cohl make it out okay? Beraya’s group hadpain the best chance, and Zelda HIT IT AGAINpain, I saw it jerk, I can’t- wh?FIREBALL STOP”STOP STOP STOPSTOP!!”

“It’s too- hh-HH- far!”

Her voice. She knows. How bad.

That’s it, Link. And that’s it, Fi. Nowhere to run, not even nearby- not with a wall of flames to the west.

Shakingpain

Please master

painThere’s- even if we kill it, there’s nowhere to go. “Zelda.”

“I- I know- I- hhh-”

shakingHer eyes.

Guardian lasers.

Bright.

Another arrow nocked- and aiming-

hurts

-and away.

And anotherpain fireballshakingshaking to the west. An inferno between us and anywhere even a little safer.

“Lh-h-hink.”

“Yes, Princess?” Oh- YOUR voice, Link. It sounded strange. Made her smile a little, strange smile, sad smile?

“I cannot- kh- ckhlose on it. My legs- I…”

“Zelda, you’re still-“shaking “you have” pain “no idea how incredible it is- totally untrained, you did this TOTALLY cold-“

“I’ve little-h- left. KhhhHHHHhh.”

Look at her chest. Spasming. Inpain. Trying not to cough. “Your air.”

“…Khyehh-hhhh- y-ehs.”

Swallowingpain. Swallowing down those soundsshaking her lungs want to make. “…You- want me to attack.”

Not recommended.

Her call.

“I can evade its fire at thihhs-hh- distance-”

Each stage of this has been a chillingly coordinated attempt on your life-

“-and support yhh-ou from here.”

-and that of the Princess.

Your voice sounds strange. No probability?

I am certain.

…Yeah. I guess I ampain, shakingtoo.

Do not leave her.

“Linkhh- please-KHhhhdo not hesitate.”

“Fi says to stay with you.”

“Fi cannot f-fhh-eel my body’s- state-hh- as she does yours.”

Yeahshaking it’s your body’s state she’s worried about, though. “The lynel could break off. From the rider.” And probably kill herpain unless I could stop it. Another arrow

“If ihhtKH- does… attack the more immediate threat.”

More immediate is whatever’s closest to her and more FIRE big fricking surprise but west again, just lighting everything up, driving it home we’re dead that way shakingstopshakingLink

…It’s definitelypain still off-kilter, isn’t it? Can it gallop? Can’tpain see the rider, but I could barely tell what it was even when she pointed it out-

“Lhh- Link. I’ve no wish to order you.”

shakingGrip, Link.

Get that. On your hilt and yourpainself and stop shaking.

Please stop shaking. Push it thephysicallimits hell down.

She doesn’t want to have to order youpain.

Don’t make her.

Run, Link.

painRun and trust her. She’ll be firing arrows over your damnphysicallimits head.

More painfire- more west. Like it wants the whole plain lit. No escape.

Escape THROUGH this enemy of ours? Maybe.

…Nothing to say to that, Fi?

I am with you, master.

Really? I thought this waspain the opposite of what you wanted.

I am with you, regardless.

You’re scared painignoreit

…I felt that. It was dread.

There must be some recourse.

I’m sorry. I… Fi, even if we run north, it’ll justpain set this middle strip on fire.

It is likely to regardless.

Hylia

Preserve us- lift us from these sands.

Zelda, keep it off-center… please. (Keep us with the dawn) Arrows. There’s one.

Sheathe your sword, Link. (In these lofty skies) You havepain a bow, too. (Make of us a temple of hope) Draw that. Wait for it. As soon as you’re inpain range.

Hylia

The INSTANT you can make that shot…

Preserve us- lift us from these sandsZelda yes!! Anotherpain hit, it’s reeling, ignorethepain it’sjustpain keeprunning and I still don’t see the rider. Check back checkpain back no one there. Did he retreat? Is he circlingpain somewhere behind the fire? I don’t like it.

Draw an arrow, Link. Too far from itburns too far from herpain check back she looks amazing like that she’s a goddess still too far paintoo far too far toopain far keep checking, do you see the rider? Do you see him? painCheck check check this thing’s so far that fire’s so damn fast why isn’t it going for it? Take the pot shot at me, I’mpain right here. Not Zelda. She’s further.

painburns

painSeriously, why isn’t it bothering to go after me?

Zelda?

She just sent another arrow, she’s fine, she-

Wait.

Wait, what painwas that?

Red-

SMOKE

MASTER!

I KNOW I KNOWPAIN I SEE IT

“Wh-hh- why is he?”

ZELDA ON YOUR LEFT!

“HH-hhhHKKH- hh?”

ON YOUR LEFT!!! SMOKE IN THE EAST WRONG COLOR ON YOUR LEEEEEEEFT!!! IT’S ONE OF THEM ISN’T IT IT’S HUIRU OR REIDA USING THEIR MAGIC

TELEPORTATION, MASTER!

PAIN THEY CAN GET OVER THE FIRE LEFT ZELDA LEFT!!

“Hh-hh. Hh-hh.”

SHEDOESN’TSEE, SHE’SLOOKING BUTSHEDOESN’T THESMOKEDOESN’TLAST WHOEVER IT IS ISPAIN BEHIND THE LAST FLAME WALL

“Hphhh- hhhhHHh-“

BUT ANY SECOND AND THEYWON’TBE ANYMORE! RUNLINK RUN FOR YOUR PRINCESS’ LIFE THE BOW’S ALREADY IN YOURPAIN HANDS USE IT RUN RUN RUN RUN RUNSOHARD LINK OH MY GODDESS I’M TOO SLOW “ZELDA ON YOUR LEFT!!”

”I SEE- hh-hh- NOTHING!”

“RED SMOKE, YIGA!” WHEREWHEREWHEREWHERE NOTTHEREYET WHERE-!!! “ABOVE!” STAYINGINAIRFLOATING!DOWNTHRUST!! “MOVE!” SHE’S WAYAHEADOFYOU LINK, SHEDODGED, SWORDINDIRT YIGAMINE!!!!! JUMPLINK!

NOCKconcentrateconcentrateconcentrate slow everything slow all the time in the world now, asshole aimaimaimaimaimaimFIRE”FPFFFAAAH!”

“Link?!”

PAINmyFACE GODDESSLink RECOVERECOVER youstillhaveyour PAINeye PAIN noBOW

“A- Mmm!“

BOWgone theHEATtheSTRINGnoNO RUNLink!

“Ah-hahaha.”

REIDAburntSOBADpainPAIN how is she MOVING? ”NO!” ZELDADODGE!!!

“Hhmf.” “HHhhHHHaAhhh-gm-ph!”

HERBACK!!!! SwordSKYWARD LONGRANGEpleasehelpPLEASEpleasepleasePLEASE- ?! I FELT IT GOpain!

“HA!”

NoDODGED! attackingZELDAagain stillprone!hurt “ROLL- HA!”

LinkNEVERFORGET howTRICKY your Princess is LOOK AT HER GUARDIAN EYES, YES!that’s my move, the kick-throw them behind me and Reida’s PRONE and painMINE-

“RR-GH-KHH-“

herSWORD vs MINEstrangelystronglikeVayden I’mstronger winningwinning whysmilingbloodburntface?

“LINK RUN!”

Oh S%&@ I hearitIHEARITpain FIREBALL “GGHHE-“GUTKICKED “HH!”pain she’sSMOKEagainLink andYOU’REpainONTHEWRONGSIDEOFTHEFIRE RUNpainRUN ZELDA’SSIDE RUNRUNRUNRUNRUNpainLEAPHOTpainPAIN “Hhhhhh-hhh!” ROLLHOTPAIN

SingedSINGEDbootheels morepain withZelda she’s standing again

“Lhh- ink-“

She's horrified “I’m-m-hh-“ shakingagain “good, where’s Reida?!” painBacktoback hersbleeding noLinkno youlethergetHURTAGAIN thatSLASHinherback!!

No herpainburning choice, hers, she knew she was vulnerable, but I never would’ve thought they’d live through thatpain fireball, either-

THEY.

Link. Oh Link, there were TWO “Huiru?!”

“O-HHhhhonly Reida!”

“So faAAR”ABOVE DODGEconcentratesloweverything herblade towardZELDA’SSPINE paintooclosetoZELDA GRABREIDA’SWRISTSLINK andLEAP she’sstruggling but THIStime my knee’s in YOUR gut!

“GHHAAhh-“

FACE HILTPUNCH

“BF-!”

HolyF#$&shecrunched

Is she-?

P-eople’s bones. Thinner. Than monsters’.

“Hh-hh- Link?”

Holy f#$&.

Zelda, Zelda? Just heard her- fired- at- the- lynel thing. Again(doessheknowaboutme?)

? Different. Yellow? …Lightning?

amIshaking?It’s- “Zelda-” it’s moving

“I- see it!”

It’s- “No.” (Not. It’s not) “charging…”

“I s-kh-ee it!”

(She thinks I). Oh. It is. Charging. Light “Oh-fire oh!” Fireleft-

“Hhh! KHHh-hh.”

-and right. “Z- el!” StopitLink

“It’s penning uhhs- in!”

Trapclosing myGoddess, can we kill it in time, can we run fast enough? Getagrip numbhands and anotherarrow- and- and- blocked?

“Hh-KHHh.”

Lightning glow. A shield?

Master- if you see this ‘lightning’ shield move toward you-

“Link-“

-use me.

Use you how?numbhands

“I- I khhhh cannot h- harm it!”

Strike it with me.

Ohnoshe’sreallyscarednow, Zelda’s- wait, Fi, that’ll work?!

If this being is-

AndANSWERnumbZelda “I know. I’m sorry-“(sorry)

-what I fear it is, then yes.

Confusing(sorry) “-I’m with you, Zelda-” stopit beREADYLink “-I’m right here!” don’tshowit ignore swordright “Stay- behind me-“ andLINK don’tforget, two of them “-watch for Huiru.” Zelda thinkofZelda “We back up.” We can’t outrun this thing-

“As- h-hh- you say!”

-only buy a few extra(sorry)shakingnumb seconds as it lights the grass even CLOSER to us on fire, Hylia (sorry) Preserve us (dead), Lift us from these sands (deadifcan’tkillit). If I could teleport, I would (teleportZeldaatleast Idon’tdeserveit) “Keep… backing up.”

Master.

“Linkhhh- h-how do I aid you- if I khhhannot hh-harm it?”

The Yiga woman sought your death.

ignore “Be my eyes. Watch behind and above.” I know Fi, can’t help it, can’t help the thoughts they just(aresorry).

Don’t- don’t say it, Link.

She’ll think YOU think this could be the end. (sorrySORRY)NO getagrip getagrip getaholdofyourself, Fi’s right, Reida down is the best possible outcome, it’s over, one less person trying to murder you both(howdoIsaveZelda?saveZeldasaveZelda shedeserves)

“I-hhh-h- I love you, Link.”

Oh no. “I love you, too.”

She thinks we’re dead(howdoIsaveher?).

…You can’t leave it like that, Link- “So much. More than anything.”numb(shedeserves)

“Hh-hh-“

Fi…

What about the fire?(saveher) Can I hit the fireballs with you? Will that work?

I am sorry, master. Against that, I currently have no defense for you. All I can do is absorb what little energy I can.

So why the lightning thing-?

Because I am its antithesis, master.

…That sounds bad.

? It is of benefit to you.

No, no, I mean(needtoSAVEher)- if that’s like yournumb opposite, and you’re the Goddess’ sword, what the hell does that make IT?

I would be overjoyed to explain later.

Nasty, antithesis-wielding guy

Antithesis only.

on the back of a stal lynel- stalynel? Totally unphased by the dawn, too, by the way- who could burn us to death(notZeldadon’tletit) any minute.

I think.

So… why is it slowing down? “Zel-“

It slows-?

“-it’s stopping.”

“Stopping?”

Don’t you dare relax, Link(Zelda youhavetogetZeldaout) Not for one second(howdoIsaveher?)

Those massive hoofbeats were thundering a second ago. Nowpain(whocaresifyouhurt?) just a trot. Somehow. No reigns. How ispain(youdeserveit) he controlling it?

Its… eyes. Glowing. Purple. They look dead. Sightless.

Like Reida(sorry)

Don’t.

Grip.

Sword right.

Front stance.

Andpain for f$&#’s sake watch for Huiru.

What the hell is this person doing? He’s still a long way off. More glowing. He could be sending painfireball after fireball at us, couldn’t he? …Can it run out of fire or something?

Unknown.

…I could go forward and takepain the thing on- if I knew Huiru was dead. She knows, too, or she’d tell mepain to do it WOAH “Zel!” shestumbled

“F-hh-ine!”

She’sshaking wait, what- what? “Is that malice?”

“What?”

painIfeelher lookingoverhershoulder purple. “I think it is.” Glowing. Around Reida “Oh G- MOVE, Zelda-“

“YES!”

Okay back off BACK OFF “Zelda!” good, quick, eyesout, alldirections, she’spaintrying, she’s never done anything like this and it’s notidealatall and that’s whypain Fi wanted us to run, nochoice, wewon’thavechoice, she’s not ready and I’m hurt, we BOTH arepain and ignoring the pain doesn’t mean it isn’t there and I’ve had 20 minutes of sleep and while I haven’t lostpain all that much blood my clothes are IN my burntskin and I’m shakingexhausted and(a killer) way way way below optimal-

Something- something’spain happeningtothebody and ARROW!Zelda “Zelda, eyes behind!” Amazing shot directly up Reida’s whole chest cavity but that doesn’tseemtohavechangedanything and- “Huiru, keep watching-“

“I ahhm- khHHhhh.”

The rider doesn’t want to get near us does he, he wants to stay away and have other things do the painwork for him, longrange and using other people, using deadthings, it’s… him, theonefromtheplain “It’s Erl, isn’t it?”

“Not-Erl!”

Right right not actually Erl but “If he could do this why didn’t he before?!?”

“He appears loathe to attack us head-on!”

His behavior strongly supports that hypothesis.

“Fi, does that fit with”pain “who you think it is?”

I am uncertain.

Keep this one down low Link just in case somehow painone of them can year you, should I not swing at the yellow magic? If it might not be what you think?

…Use me if all else fail-

MELTING?! Noteverything-! “Zelda, the bones!”

“Hhh!”

Different notaReDead, somethingelse, like the dead lynel?

“Link- it’s stirring!”

“I’m-“ I don’t know what the f$*# I am- “as ready as I’ll get.”

“Akhhs am I, but- arrows. Low.”

“Use mine!”

“Y- yes!”

She’sgrabbingthose and Reidapainstarting- to push herself up-

“Twelve years.”

“FF-!“rightinmyEAR-

“Hhh!”

-who?! Wh?! “Was that him?!” How did we hear him?! So far

“Yes. It was me.”

HECANHEARUS thank Hylia I didn’t say the yellow magic thing out loud

“You’ll be dead soon.”

You'd think he'd sound happier about that.

“Hh-hh- hhh-hh- indeed not.”

“Heh.” What’s the matter with you, Link? Your Princess isn’t joking

“I’d say I regret we’ve had so little time together, but it would be such a lie.“

Keepbackingup he sounds-

“It’s beneath me.”

-tight. Wound up. Flat.

Reida’s… skeleton. Rising.

“Hh-hh.”

Thepain- eyes on it. Glowing like the lynel aaaaand wait.

Wait.

What was the thing about twelve years?? “Not sure you’re so good at counting. You haven’t been with us twelve years.” Oh s#$& or HAS HE?

“Twelve years is all the rest I received, thanks to you.”

“Pretty sure I didn’t wake you up.” Thatpain chattering-

“My master did.”

-it’s Reida’s… teeth.

“Pretty little Princess, lying in bed. I didn’t harm a hair on her head.”

What thepain hell does that mean?

“Never again. Not that it will matter. This time, it will finally end.”

Master.

“I khH- do not recall your presence in my bedchamber.”

Master, it is him.

That’s- I can FEELpain his weird smile, is this- is this some kind of telepathy, Fi, is it like you?

Like yet not alike.

“You don’t remember much, from what I’ve heard.”

It is DEFINITELY not-Erl, he heard her SAY that.

“I wonder how it happened.”

And- here comes thepain skeleton slow, slow-

“How did you survive?”

-still holding Reida’s sword, watch the hell out of everything, Link, holy s$&%pain

“How did your power suddenly arrive?”

it doesn’t matter if Huiru died or not, he’s up, he’spain up somewhere anywhere wherewherewhere ohf- skeleton! Canwalkthroughfire?

“Or- did it? Do you have power, tiniest Princess?”

? I don’t- don’t get it-

“Where is your light?”

Her light? Ours? Zelda- keep- just keep moving back-

“I freely admit my confusion. I can be honest with you, after all.”

...

Whatthef$&#? “We’re… not friends.”

“Dead men can’t spill secrets. Only organs. Well, and bile. Blood. Lymph. The things that make you so repulsive on the inside.”

“Make US repulsive?” painHow does ANYONE say that so totally matter-of-fact?

“In the extreme.”

pain“So, what- do you not have organs?” He sounds dead inside.

“My insides are far cleaner than yours.”

“Want me to check?” OOH, Link, what the hell are you doing PROVOKING him?!

It… went awfully quiet. Except Reida’s teeth.

painburns

That tightness in his voice- it’s weird, what is it? Like he’s straining. Nerves? Stress? Fear?

Fear?

He doesn’t want to getpain near us.

Is he… afraid of us?

Did I just SCARE him? “…Seems like that worries you.”

“Ffff-hhhh. Ffff.”

Hot breath on my neck

“I was content to let you live without her.”

(SAVEZelda)“NOT happening.”

“She was dead already.”

“Mg-?“ SHHH Link don’t give away that you havepain no idea what the f#$& he’s talking about, Zelda'snotdead, she's right behind you-

“You no longer mattered. I could rest. That’s all I want. Peace.”

Doesn't seem great with definitions, either. “This isn’t peace.”

“This isn’t what I want.”

“InHHdeed?! What do you wish for then, foul creature?”

Zelda.

“You-hh- massacred the inhabitants of this plain! That isn’t peace!”

Pissed off Zelda.

“It is when it’s over.”

Dear Hylia, he didn’t deny it!

“Phhhh-“

She’s so pissed off she’s hissing-

“-hhh-kh-hh.”

“Over. That’s what I want.”

-andpain creaking the hell out of that bowstring.

“But you pull me here- and the most frustrating thing is this may all be for nothing. Ripped from rest for the likes of you. Do you know what I think?”

…No idea but I’m sure going to give away as little as possible.

pain

“I think the way has already been paved. The power laid to rest, as it was meant to be. I think you are nothing but a lie.”

He’s angry, must be, why bother telling us that otherwise, whatever it means?

“You’d have used your power by now if you weren’t. Wouldn’t you, tiniest Princess?”

Tryingpain to get a dig in somewhere, but too scared to come over here and fight.

Afraid of us.

Ofpain me?

…Let’s find out.

“Is your hero also a lie?”

It’s like I just FELT him bare his teeth at me and ohhh it’s coming anyway isn’t it even if I WASN’Tpain about to do what I’m doing with your hand, that’s right Zelda, my hand, come with me, forward, if we run he just burns uspain but if he’s SCARED OF US maybe we can push his ass back if we freak him out.

Do not underestimate him.

What happened to not losing hope? ForwardFORWARD hesees

Do not lose caution, either, master. He- must have some aim.

Theskeleton swordraising you mean some reason he hasn’t already burnt us to a crisp.

An unsettling way to put it.

painSwordSKYWARD.

That’s right, Reida. It’sforYOU AWAY she’sfarbutit’ll- what’sthatsound?

“Hh-?”

?! therider LIGHTNINGBALL

“H-Link?!”

“STAY BEHIND ME!” READY LINK here it comes it’spain not as fast different totally different from the fire it’s like it lives by itself in the air

“Are you a lie, boy?”

it’s bigger than it seemed

“Hh-hh-Link-“

TrustmeZelda

“Link, move!”

“Trust me.” Quiet quiet it’s almost lazy how slow it is butpain

“Link!”

Ohno is she stillwatching behind “Behind, Zelda!” hereitIS!!”HFFF!”

IT WORKED!!!!

“O- oh!”

Probability 100%.

pain

“Gh-hhhh…”

Hot breath on my neck

It is him.

“YOU.”

he’s snarling isn’t he?

“OhhKhhh- thankhh-hh-“

It’squiet but Icanfeelit, he’s pissed, the lightning’s just floating away likepain a cloud now damn I should’ve tried to aim it at Reida, she’s still walking, the sword light didn’t do much, she just paused, I wonder, I wonder “So am I a lie or not?”

“You are dead.”

“LINK!”

Left? LEFT OHMYGODDESSTHEYCANRUNpain CHATTERING HUIRUBONES IT’SFAST?! ZELDASHOT IT VEERED! INTERCEPTINTERCEPTpain UPSLASH”GHHAAH!”

“HH!”

DearHylia it’spain like its ribs started to split and just came right back together and DODGELINKmissedmeHuiruSPINSLASHSLASHSLASHSLASHSLASHSPINSLASH BRITTLEBONES

Chattering!

“Mgh-HHhkhhh-“

REIDA! NOZELDA GETAWAYFROMHER ZeldaintheWAY can’tspinslash

“HHH! HHH!”

painTACKLE!!

It’s no weaker, she’s NO WEAKER painSTRONGER!!!

Master, the heads!

MAGIC OH F- “ZELDA, HUIRU!” She’snotUPyet “THE HEAD!” myTHROAT“KGHh-“OHS#$#!!

“It-hhs- rolling hhh-hh LINK!”

LIGHTNINGBALL airair“K”AIRPAINAIR GET THESE BONES OFFPAIN LINKohNOno-noAIR-PAIN-painpain-

“GHAAAAAAH-HHH-hhh!”

ZELDASWORDDRAWN CloseCOMBAT didn’twantthatbut REIDA’SHEAD “GH!” OFF YANKTHEARMS

“RRGKh-H!”

YESOFF “HHHH! HHH-hh-hh-“ airairthank butdidn’twant Zelda closecombat pain twoexperts stalexperts S#$& HERE’S THE BALL HIT IT

Target the rider!

HITpain- You read my mind, Fi! throat throathurts

As usual, master!

windpipe Fisillyonpurpose-? Lightning fasternow! Must’ve hit hard andHUIRU backTOGETHER oh my Goddess. Fi, they just keep-

The head MUST be destroyed or the skeleton utterly obliterated, as we- MASTER!

I KNOW I SEE FASTERpain HE HIT IT BACK THELIGHTNING BAAAACK “HAAAAAH!” YES!RIGHTBACKATYOURFACE he’s closer, he got closer, paincareful that lynel lynelbonesfire if he gets desperate he’llburnus Zelda?! Reida’shead, sheknockeditWAYoverthere, drawingher BOW “NO DON’T!” HUIRUHASHER HERNECK “NO YOU” RIP HIM “BASTARD!” RIP HIM OFF HERPAIN!

No Isawitinherface herpain movement she’ssotired- F-ING THROW THIS GODDESSDAMN SKELETONPAIN, AWAY WITH YOU ASSHOLE ENJOY PICKING UP ALL YOUR PARTS WHILE I FRICKING STALK REIDA

“LINK!!!!”

F-LIGHTNI”AA”PAIN“hh”PAIN“AAA”

MASTER!

“NO!!!”

“Ha.”

PAIN“AAAA”PAIN“A”PAIN“AA”PAIN“AAAAaaaahhh!”CAN’T

Master, open your eyes!

“LinkgGGGH! Link phh-h-lease…”

Herhandsher whereamI? pain

“Phh-lease, they-hhh-hh- shall re-form!”

Herhandsareshaking pain sohard “Sh-shh-hh.” Squeezethathand hardto though hardtomove pain

“Oh- hh- HHH!”

Light-

Light?

Turn!

The- LIGHTNINGBALL what’swrongwithyouLink?! IN FRONT OF ZELDA painIN FRONT HIT IT YOUR SWORD YOU CAN DO IT PAY ATTENTION YES! Right back at this asshole and now I knowpain getting closer I’m CLOSING on you oh you don’t like that do you yeah yeah here it comes aGAIN and it’spain back at you AGAIN and FASTER and FINE you want FASTER I’ll give you FASTERWOAHHIT HIT

“GHHAAAAGH-K!!!! HH-“

HIT! HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?! stillmounted, toobad checkZelda, there, watching people-bones, almost back together thatSOUND THELIGHTNING FINE YOU WANTpain TO GO AGAIN HERE WE GO HIT CLOSER I’ll get CLOSER TO YOU and CLOSER and painAGAIN FASTER and FASTER AGAIN RIGHT AT YOUR FACE YOU DIDN’T LIKEpain IT LAST TIME THOUGH- FINE! FASTER AGAIN AND-!!! “ZELDA!”

AIMEDATHER! SHESEES SHE’LL

“HH-HHH!”

SKELETONARMS?!?!!?! “NO!” RUNPAINHOWTHEF#$( ARETHEYDOINGTHAT THEY’REJUSTARMS NONO PLEASEHYLIA

“KGHHHHAAAA”

“ZELDA!” SCREAMINGNO!!!!!!!!

“As I thought.”

“AAAAAAAA”

SHE’SSCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH”

“Lies.”

(What will happen if I hear her scream?)

“oOOOHh-”

(Will I freeze?)

“No magic, pretty little Princess?”

NOTTODAY “RRRAaAH!” NOFREEZING

“Oh-hh-h-h-“

Because that arm’s SPLINTERSpain

“hhh-hh-“

“Nothing to save you?”

and THIS ONE’s FLYINGSOMEWHERE GOODBYE

“hhhhh…”

“Good.”

FIREBA- fireBALLS HOTBOTHSIDES PENNEDINTIGHT HOT Wh- OhmyGoddessZeldahereyes “Heyheyhey openup- open!” She’strying she’spainwoozy I wastoo myGoddesswhat's he doing???

“Dead, regardless.”

Wind?

Wind. Sudden- blowing…

North?

Oh no. No, NOpain- “Zelda! Zelda, UP! NOWwwwOOOH!”FIREBALL”MOVE!”TOOCLOSESHECAN’T OVERYOURSHOULDERLINK THROW HERPAIN OVERBACK PAINand RUNPAINPAINPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“HH-hhhoh-hhh?”

“GH!” PAINIGNORE “HH-hh-hhhhh-hhh- I- HAVE you!”HOTHOThotOHPLEASEHYLIAPAIN ALOT ALOT IT PASSED JUST RUNPAIN

“Hmh…”

stillRUN hotNORTH AS FAST ASPAIN YOU CANPAIN noCHOICEANYMORE

“I…”

AS hotFAR AS IT’LL LET YOU PAINMY GODDESS

“Hot…”

PLEASEhot DON’ThotPAIN LET IT CLOSE THE PATH OFF

“Hhh-khhhhh-hh-“

NO CHOICE NOWhot

“-it h-h- got…”

THEPAIN WIND WILL CLOSE IT UP IFPAIN WE’RE SLOW

“so…”

hotREIDAHUIRUWHERE?!

“h- hot…”

NO TIMEPAIN TO LOOK JUSTPAIN RUN LINK

“Khhhhh-h…”

RUN RUN PAINRUN WE’LL BEhot TRAPPED RUNPAIN RUN RUN hotRUN I HEAR it ANOTHERsohot anotherFIREBALLwhere

“O-oh!! L-hh-i-HH!”

PainPAINback

“G- H- OH THI-IS W-AY!“

OBEY YOUR PRINCESS PAINLEFT hotLEFT LEFTPAIN

“KH-HHHhhh-hhH!”

LEFT LEFThot hotTHEREIT HOT!!PAINHOT!! GOES oh no, no- no, diagonal, we have to go around no no, no-

“I-khHHhh-hHh- c- ahn run!”

Pain isshesure?don’tquestion notime hotpain tryit DOWNpain

“A- hh- khh-h.”

DOWN she’s downhot she’s painMOVINGwobbling MOVING though yes she’s – I think it’s hotfaster, a little faster, badpain shape though BAD and the path is sohot much narrower, the north wind’ll close the trap

“HH-hhKhh.”

it’s closing by the second, how close is it painhow close the fire behind us?

?!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO “Zelda.” WAYtooclose

“HhhH-hh-h- try-hiing-!”

Oh noNO “I know, I KNOW- we’re together!” She’s ontheverge I’msureofit, there’s so muchpain fire I can hardly see, can’t- howhot will I even see the next hotfireball coming?

“KhhHHHhh-hh-m.“

It’s like the fire’s alive and chasing us (allmyfault I)hot (recommended wecametohelp becauseIrecommended)pain hotHOT ISTHATANOTHER “LEFT NOW!!!!”

SOCLOSESOCLOSEHOTHOT”AaaAAF!”

“Lhhiihhink!”

Sheyanked“FFf-FFfhu-hh!”methistime

“Hhh-oh…”

Goodthingtoobecause NO STUPID STUPID LINK PAT IT OUT HOT PAT OUT YOUR POUCH HOT HOT!!!

pain Holy S%&@ you lose THAT and you are BOTHpain DEFINITELY DEAD BURNED ALIVEhot OR SMASHED AT CANYON BOTTOM AND YOU PROBABLY ARE ANYWAYprobablyare Cheecryinginbed (Zeldabody burntbroken) no please

hotNo

Zelda

Not Zelda

Not her

Please

Pleasepain

Hylia

Preserve us(please)

Lift us from these sands(please)

Keep us with the dawn(notZelda)hot

“L-hhHh-i-“

Ithappenedalready dawn keep us with the dawn

“KHHH-hhh-HHH!”

Thepain smoke again no(notZelda)- she-

He who wields the sacred blade

“HH!” Who is that?!

“Hhh-hKgh-what- is it?”

Fly with the wind

Ishot- the smoke getting to me, too?

Blood oxygenation level 97%.

Okay that’s Fi again what?what? 97 seems okay.

I hear her too, Master.

Hear…

Her?

Hear HER?!

SPEEDLINK!!! “COME ON, ZELDA!”

“Hhh-HH?”

DON’T GET IT OUT YET, WOOD PLUS HOTFIRE BAD, BUT YOU’REpain GOING TO AND THERE’S ACTUAL

REAL

HOPE!

HYLIA, PRESERVE US!

LIFT US FROM THESE SANDS

Fly with the wind

KEEP US- I- I hear you! “Z- Zelda!”

“LHH-H-EFT!”

YES LEFT MORE FIREHOT BUT “Zelda, did you hear it?”

“Yh-YES-fire- more!”

No no “The voice!”

“V-hhhHHHHkHHh- voi- ce?”

painLaterLink! figureitoutwhenshe’ssafe “Just- sprint!”

“I AAHhm!”

hot“No, SPRINT! SPRINT for me” pain “Zelda, give everything!” paindoesn’tmatter

“I- HHhhh-“

“Everything you’ve got!!” Zeldalivingmatters

“R-RRRrrrRRR!”

That’s it YES hot she’s so tired butpain there’s always that one last hotburst

“HH- hh- hh!”

everyone has in them and this is it! We’ve got to make it through

“Hh- HH-h!”

before the wind makes all these firelines join, makespain it overtake us hotand yes it hurts

“HhHH-h.”

it hurts, legsbackneckclothestuckpullingrubbing hotand whatever’s going to happen when wepain go over that edge will be dangerous as all hell hotbut there’s hope, there IS!

“Hh-KHH-h-h.”

There is-

Something?

What is that?pain

Like a banner

Shining in the wind

?hot

It’s likehot the thing I saw last week

I paindon’t-

Is it hotthe same thing?

painWhat IS that? “Zelda? Do you- know what that is?”

hotHer eyebrow paincrease fireFIREPOP theregoesthatbush holy- burning ignoretheburningpainHOPE pouchstillgoodgood

“Wh- Hh-hh- what?”

She-

She doesn’t see? “There!”

hotShaking her head and-!!!

“HHhH!”

Wobble- she’s okay butpain

“Mgh-hh.”

she’s going to slow soon sohot sohot she doesn’t see it toohot does she?

She likely does not, Master.

Why not?

For the same reason she could not hear the words. The same reason only you saw the spirits of the sacred woods.

Huh?hot

The koroks.

Oh!

“K-hhh-kh.”

painThe others sohotcouldn’t see them?

No, master.

They’re spirits?pain

Fairies, to be precise.

Is- hotthat thing in the distance a fairy, too?

I do not believe so, but my sight depends on you.

Okay- okay-

“Mgh- hh- hh-“

Keep running runhotpain FAST, but- she’s already a little slower.

Don’t take her hand, not yet.

“H- h- hh-“

Let her poundpain out everything she can with her arms pumping

Wait for her- to hotreally need itsohot- waitWINDHOWLING! Checkback

“Oh-hh?”

she’scheckingtoo fireball? painFireball? No fireball? He’s just stirring up the windtoohot behind uspain isn’t he, the way behind us is totallyhot blocked. Can’tpain go back, can’t. burningDeath.

“KHhhHHHHHH-hhh!”

The others? Prayforthempray pray he spent all his hotenergy on uspain and the others got away and he hotreally doesn’t care about thempain so they’ll- be fine. As long as theytoohot get away from the fire, maybe, maybe findthosekids

“Mm-gh-KHh.”

and help themhot. Zelda and I, wepain couldn’t. Couldn’t get back throughpainburning those flames, not without teleporting likehot the Yiga or beingaskeleton which is reallynotwhatwewant-

Or a skeleton.

SKELETONS?

???sohotlookhowbrightheflames

I don’tbrighthot see thempain but the fire’s moving so fast

“KhhHHHHhh.”

For all I know they’re right there, hotbehind the first wave. They’d have to’ve painput “khh-h” themselves back together first, buthot

“KhhHHHHhhhhHH-hh.”

hotthey seemed disturbingly good at that.

The- firehotHOT. Forcingpain “kghkH” us more lefthot morewest toward the other inferno too much smoke bet he can’t see us at all anymore though-

“L-Linkhh-h? Para-“

“Shhh.” Just in case he can still hear!

…She gets it.

“KhhHHh-hh! Hh- hh-“

…hotStruggling. Slowing.

“KHHhHH-h!”

Look at her legspainunsteady.

My hand.

Here.

Take it.

“Hh-h. Hh-h.”

Some of the painburden. Let me take it.

That’sit, I know you’re tiredhotpainburning(scared) “kh.”

“Hh-oh- mgh.”

pullher More tired than I am pleaselessburntthoughplease

We neverhot even had a single day to start training you.

If we’d been… anyonepain else but us, hotwe’d both’ve been dead last night hotpainalready POP loud thatonewasloud

“K-k-hGh.”

It seems like such a huge deal, to just be “khh-hh” hotburns crazy strong and fast with insanepain stamina without even trying, to be even more so whenpain you work hard at it, buthot these things- the THINGS we sawhot on this plain-

We’re massively outnumbered.

“HhHHh-khhhHHhhh.”

There are so many horrors. So many creatures hotjustpain “khhHh-hh” as strong or stronger than us. We have toburning “Gh-khm” burningpullingstopit concentrateonherpullingherinstead pullawayfromthefire the edge

“Hhh- hhh-“

we have to use everything we’ve got, and we have to get betterMOREPOPPINGBUSHESSWERVE

“KHHhhh!”

Explodingbushes both of us. burnsMe and her. Havetogetbetter. Because we weren’t enough for this.

Hyliashaking burnspain “g-gh-hh.”

We weren’t enough for this.

“Li- hhkHHhh-“

“I-h- have you!” pullingharder

Are therepain- are there others?

There are, there’s painMipha, Daruk, Urbosa, and Revaliburning.

“KHHH-hh-KHhhhhh.”

Are… six of us enough?

shakingCan we hotfind others?

“Mm-hhkhHh- hhh- I- I-”

“You can do it!” (gettingweakbothweakpullingZelda we’dfall firealloverusweburn)stopitLink

Is there a backup if one of us diespain? (fallburnwouldhurtsomuch)NO HopeHOPELink

Survive, master!

HopeHOPEhot, that spirit! Fire sohot, there’s fire

I will gladly speak of it when you are safe.

but flameslower there “kh-kh” get therepain gettheregetthere see over them

“HHkH-hh.”

I… I see it. I see its head!

You approach Dinraal.

Dinraal?

She is a sacred dragon—an ancient servant of the Spring of Power.

Dragon?

Dragon.

…Wow.

hotsohotWow. Justrunjustgetthere it’s getting sohot, hotter- just hot all the time “khH” not just when the flames are licking at my legs

“Hh-h-h-h-hhh-hh-hh-ghhhh-hh- oh-h-“

Zelda “Almost!”

“Mgh-hh.”

The painonherface “We’re almost there.”

…She’s shaking her head.

“We’ll make it!”

“L-hh- Link-hh-hh- Mghph- our- chance iskhHHHh-hh- no hh-better-h than-h be-hh-fore.”

“It is.”

“N-h- ohhhthing has-hh-hh- changed!”

“It has.”

Look at her painlooking at you.

“KhhHHHHHh-hh-hh-HH-h.”

hotsohotWould she be crying?

If we had any tears left to? I’m parched. “It has- really. KhhH- please trust me.”

“I…hhh-hh…”

A tiny pout

“I do-hh.”

She does.

But I think she thinks I’mpainhotter just trying to make her feel better.

I’m not.

“KhhHHHh-HHHKHH-hh-oh- hHHh-hhKHHH!”

TherepainHOT it is, Link.

The dragon.

And the- the(heat) the wind.

“O-ohHh-ohh-hh-hohhh-L-L-“

The WIND theheatmoreheat(you’llbeovercome) (it’sevenhotterandyou’llpassout)

“L-hhink the-hh-hh- heatkHHHhhhhh!”

“I-h- know, I- fhh-eel it, too!” the wind kickingpain up hard it’s theheat thefire Fi, Fi(you’llpassout) I’m- waveringWAVERwoah nono I might- I’mtoohot- she- ?! “ZELDA STAY UP!” herbicep

“Th-hh-HHHh-KHHHHhhh!”

KeepherUP that’s it that’s it she’s uppain we’re “al-hhh-mohst there, almost, I- promise!”

She- smiling?

“HH-HH-hhh-HHh- Hhh is that-hh- a chhhhallenge?”

hotHOThotpain can’thelpit smilingbackatheranyway shescrewedupthejoke butwhocares becauseshe’swoozy(dyingno pleasenother) andshestillLOVESyou and “YES!”

“Hhh-hh-hahh!”

And we reallyaretoohot "khHh-hh" almostthere DESPITE your sh!^^& intrusive thoughts, Link, there’sHOPEyouHEARDher heardHER! We’reslowingpain pain, butthere’stheedge, I SEE it!

Only a little space(it’stoohot), so little not burning(yourgliderwillburn) (you’llfall) (dead), havepain to hurry that north wind kickedupsomuchharder so MUCH it’sHOTchasingyou(firefast) (burnyouboth) (dead) so strong it’s notonlynorth so painhot it’s blowing up blowing up wait, up?

“KhhHHHHhhh-hh.”

Up?

UP! Is- ispain that enough, would it lift you?!

Pre(saveher)hot

Preserve

Lift us from these sands?

Keep us with the DAWN? WHICH JUST HAPPENED ?

“HhhkhHHhh-“

hothotSong lyrics- guides!

“-hh-h…hhh…”

Ifpain songs can be guides why not prayers we thought the song of the Goddess was gibberish and it wasn’t it was a GUIDE for an ancientpain hero and spirit maiden Fi can the prayer be a guide?!!?

Given the current situation

toohot

and the telepathic communication you and I experienced

gettingcloser

I estimate a probability of 98.3%

thatfirewallbehindyou

that those words of prayer were specifically intended for you, master.

burninghotblazing Holy Light.

Fly with the wind she said and that’s EXACTLY WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN “MOVE!!” SPEEDBURST PULLHER BELIEVE “WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT!”

“L-Link!”

BELIEVEITLINK Scaredsound Zelda “It’s alright!!” Pull her, painpull her, we’re almost theresohot BELIEVE IT

I don’t dare reach in that pouch yet can’tpainburning risk dropping anything back here but plan Link, Zelda’s so tired

“KhhHHHHHhhhHhh.”

paineven morehot than you, she could slip andburningsohot if she slips over the drop she’s dead(yourfault), can’t let it happen, your climbing gear!

“Hh-hh-HHH-hh-hh-h.”

Bepain fast use the clips the harness there’s only ONEhotter(closingtrapclosing), have to get her into it, clip herpain to me so if she passes out or her painstrength gives out she won’t fall hotEMBERSHAIR "Kh-HHpfff-t-hh!" HOTpainhot

“Hh-hh! Oh-HHh-h-h.”

hurts(closingin fromallsides)ignore, my- belts- not made to hold her weight, have to clip her to all of them Link allpain and pray! Can I rig the paraglider…? No, no if off kilter we plummet, it has to be me. I hold on, she rides me, she clips onto me.

The dragonWOWjustwow HUGE?! There’s flames! Fi, are those dangerous?

It is likely, master.

And here we ARE SKID

“HHh-hh!”

SKIDSTOP “Harness” inpouchinpouchshaking shakinghands hardtoreachin “harness! Put it on!”

“Khh-wh?”

She’s confused but she’s- “This way, this- yeah, leg, leg-“ my Goddess she’s shakingsobadNO-

“Mm-m!”

she- she almost painfell the flames flames any minute they’ll be lickingus can’t risk it lighting the paragliderHURRYhelpherhelpher “That’s it, yeah- buckle- I’ve got that part” tightentighten securesecuresecure needstobetight ifshepassesout

“L-Ink-wh-? We khhhah- not- climb such a height!”

“We’re not, clips!” One two three one for each point you know WHAT extra clips, extras too, I don’t have enough belts but “my back, clip them- like this, you see? To the backs of my belts, the baldric, anywhere you can- yeah- that- that one- the one under too-“

“All-hh- five-hh??”

“Ye-kh-“ what’s- thatsound “yes-ssss!” OHMYGODDESS “GRAB ME, RIDE!”

“L-? OH!!”

PAINBACKPAINREIDAHUIRUCOMING THEYWERERIGHTBEHINDUS SWORDS SHE’S PAINONMESHAKING PARAGLIDER PAIN GETITOUT GETITOUT NOTIME JUST JUMP BELIEVE AND JUMPLINK!

“MmmmMMMMM-“

“KHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEHHHHH….”

PAINonmyback UNFOLD

“-MMMmmMM!”

FALLINGpain”gh!”UNFOLDHOLYS$%^

“Llll-!!!“

STOMACHINHEADpain!!!!

“LNNnnnAAAAAA-”

HYLIAhurts”GH!”HURTS PRESERVEUS

“-AAAAAAAAAAAA-“

LIFTUShurtsobad UNFOLDDON’TDROPIT

“-AAAAAAAAAAAAH-HHH-HH!”

painZeldaFROMbackTHESESANDS DON’TDROPIT YOU’REDEAD YOU’REOHMYGODDESSWHIPPEDUP

“HHHH-hHH! Oh!”

WHIPPEDWIND NOTdead- NOTDEAD!!!painPAIN

“Ohh-h-my-!“

WINDsostrong paingoingUP!

“Ohh! H-Hylia!”

HyliaHYLIA prasePRAISEHylia IfeelitWHIPPING our hair up up up UP UP UP so hot- the dragon, it’s fire, there’s painfire all over floating like those lightningballs, painMASSIVE updraft and our enemy’s north wind is HELPING us now! North- and UP!!!

And she’s- she’s panting- andpain shaking- or sobbingmaybe, silent sobs withpain her arms thrown around my neck- “Zelda.”

“Mmm- hmMm.”

So scared “Shh- sh- Zelda-“

“Link.”

“It’s okay, it’s alright now.” She’s barely hanging on, painstruggling to keep her legs wrapped aroundpain my hips, to keep all her weight on her limbs and not those clips. “Just- stay with me.”

She’s… not the onlypain one struggling.

I’m shaking so bad. And she… REALLY hurts pressed on my back like that in its very-possibly-entirely-skinless state.

But I’ll take itpain. She’s alive.

“D- id- you see?”

“…See?”

“They- they’re there.”

“They- who?”

“Huiru. Reida. They- below us.”

Can I-

painPAINNo. “I- I can’t see, can’t twist around.” Too risky withshakingpain you riding. “Can only see ahead.” I shouldn’t beshaking surprised, they’re dead already, they probably don’t care if they fall…

How… ever… manypain painfeet that is. That.

shakingHoly

Yeahpain, Fi, that 48 feetshaking or painwhatever I’d done before? shakingDoesn’t even sort of compare to thispain. Ifpain we fall. Evenshaking if we painstart to sink, if painwe speedshaking up as we go paindown, it’s so far-

Cease to fear what lies below, master. Fly while you can, and mind the flames.

Woah, she’s painright. shakingstopshakingThose fireballs (can’tstop) they’re moving almost like – like soap bubbles. Firebubbles. Moving, and we’reshakingpain at least partially at the mercy of the wind.

Andpain thank Hylia- thank YOU Hylia- for having that mercy on us. painThe wind, lifting us up.

There’s a weirdshaking smile on your face, Link.

You canpain unpack it later.

For now, painsteer the glider. Beshaking between all that floating flame.

“Link?”

“It’s alright. Just making sure we don’t hit anything.”

“Hit-?”

She probably can’t see the bubbles either.

“Link, you- are… trembling.”

“…Yeah.”

And there it is, Link. She has painstrength enoughshaking to try and hug you, even though she’s already basically hugging youpain, and nuzzling in your hair.

“I love yhou-khHh- oh. I’m sorry.”

“Heh. Don’t be sorry.” pain“I love you, too. Just…” shaking “hang on for me, okay?”

Nodding against me

And shaking like crazypain.

shakingJust like me.

It’s- up to you, now, Link. painHow to get her to safety. How to get theshaking two of us somewhere we can actually deal withpain our wounds, and rest, and painmaybe eat something, and get fricking word to the castle aspain fast as possible. Margil, Beraya, Daile… they’llshaking… all think we’re dead.

The dragon. It’spain – huge. And FAST. Now that we’re paincloser I can see it’ speed and it’s phenomenal(can’tstopshaking). Looks like it’s just gliding gently along like us but it’spain racing through the air.

That’spain… got to be making some wind, too.

It’ll pass us, won’t it? Very soonpain. If we’d been earlier or later, painwe couldn’t- it wouldn’t’ve been here to give us that boost.

(Thank you).

The updraft’ll stop at some point.

Steer- left- painthere- try to stay near it as long as possible. Maybe-

If I angle forward?

“Hh!”

“It’s okay- trying to pick up some speed.” She’s scrabbling again-

“You- do you think- we can make it- to the other side?”

That’s a really, really long way. Andpain- where would we land?

What we’d really want is to go up, up, up, up as far as painpossible on that updraft.

shakingShe said they’re below us – Huiru and Reida.

And- going down is NOT an option anyway. painBroken legs. Minimum. “I’ll try.”

“How- how can I help?”

Nuzzle her, Link. As best you can in this position. Who cares if it hurts. “Just stay with me. Hang on.”

Tighterpain. Good. Stay strong, Zelda. Please stay strong for me.

The dragon really is moving very, very fast. Catch up, Link, lean inpain and buildshaking as much speed and height as possible on that wind. You havepain your next goal, and it’s the cliff on the other side.

Fly with the wind, she said.

Who am I to argue with the Goddess?

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[Note: There'll be a break from the intense action for a while after this. I am absolutely thrilled to have gotten up to this part! Hope it's fairly evident who the rider is, though for sure all my thoughts about him aren't evident yet.]

[Part 19 will probably be late December or January]

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