Ten years later...
It's been ten years since everything happened and all of the excitement is over. My life went from normal village boy to hero back to normal village dweller.
I thought I would be happy going back to a normal average life but I'm starting to think not. Of course things did change when I came back home but not as much as I was expecting... I guess I should've known.
I'm married now and have a seven year old son with my wife. His name is Leif, he's a spitting image of his mother, blond hair, blue eyes, a little short for his age. He has my untamed bed head and fierce, courageous eyes though. .
I married my childhood friend, Ilia. She and I became increasingly close when I came back and got married a year later. I do love her but we never had that wild, burning passion that so many other couples have. Sometimes I feel like we're brother and sister rather than husband and wife. She still scolds me like a child when I do something wrong and tends to my horse when she is upset.
On the subject of my horse, the poor thing is starting to show her age. Epona has started to slow down recently. She's not the same fast and wild steed she used to be. Still loyal as ever but arthritis has started to take place and I can't push her as hard as I did before. When I herd the goats with Fado, my best friend, I have to pace her and jumping fences is definitely out of the question. Sometimes I wonder if I should put her out of her misery and get another younger horse, but it would break Ilia and Leif's heart. They both have a special bond with her.
As for Ordon, I was given the position of chief at the age of 18, I was more than happy to take the position without realizing now I'm bound to this town. Being chief is much like being an average villager, my main role is to maintain peace in the town, and supervise orders. I don't have a lot of outstanding power in such a small town.
My life sounds ideal to most people, but I want something else, something exciting. When you go on the adventure of your lifetime you don't want to come back to simplicity. Sometimes I wish I could go back to being 17 when the most exciting time of my life had begun.