Quality notice: The writing style is seriously lacking. I know this and can theoretically remedy to that.
The problem is that I don't have any energy left for this story. So I won't be rewriting it anytime soon. So, I'll just hope that some of you will enjoy the story despite of the rough syntax and descriptions. I still intent to post the sequel I announced in later chapters. But even if I already have the detailed plot written and parts of three chapter fleshed out, it will take much longer before I'm ready to post anything. (Chatting about it might help, though. I'm just suffering from loss of confidence in my plot and...details. Hopefully this will pass and I'll five the nerve to write again and post.)
If you can enjoy romantic role-reversals and understand what's a creative continuation fic, you can skip this preamble.
What follows contains huge spoilers.
Is this tale really for you?
Here is what you can expect of Sweet Lies:
1• This story is a Grimbright version for the game ending. Which means it is digressing from the canon. So it's *not* aiming to be a continuation fic. Remember that it is an *ending*, and is not going to feature action or adventure. It has subtle Deus ex Machinas and spoons of fluff... Like Link being much too accepting for his own good... (wait, no, that part is canon) ;)
2• This isn't exactly your classic fairytale : the M rating is for tame m/F contents and dubious consent in a very close relationship. The pairing here is functional, but it's not balanced and it's not ideally healthy. This is fiction and the relationship was meant that way.
3• Demise's parting words were the first thing to inspire this. First, Demise implied that there would be others to who share both the blood of the goddess and the spirit of her hero. So I guessed they may have already be fated to exist. Then, he was sure to be able to rise again later. So unless Link's wish to the Triforce was something ill-phrased, granted that the Triforce was genuine, the only explanation I found was that Link's wish had been nullified by Ghirahim's travel into the past...
4• The idea is that the first Zelda, from Skyward Sword, has always been a mortal version of Hylia with dormant memories, instead of being Hylia's reincarnation. Now, here, Hylia was a deity treating mortals with much pragmatism and very little feelings. But that was before she got to know one of them much more closely.
5• Zelda's personality cannot completely revert to what it was before she entered the crystal and got one thousand years to explore Hylia's memories. It doesn't mean that Zelda is fading, it means that in the span of one thousand years, she has slightly evolved.
Now that you know everything, if you chose to continue further, I hope you'll enjoy the story.
Your non-aggressive critiques and comments are always welcome, however short or long.
NB: I don't reply to reviews in story chapters so I can't answer to anons. To my grief.
