Part 2 of 2, this half's slightly longer at 545 words long, based around the ending of Wind Waker, which was AWESOME.
Uploaded it because I'm feeling nice, and so I don't get snowed under a huge pile of documents to upload.
And I pondered the pointlessness of it all while the credits were scrolling too, while that amazing music played in the background~

[ CONTAINS SPOILERS ]

The Drowning Kingdom Part 2-

Sighing with relief, he slumps to one side, clutching his injured arm. He didn't expect victory to be like this: he felt so exhausted. Just as he begins to fall someone catches him: a gentle grip on his shoulders with warm hands, propping him up. She shouts his name worriedly, and he smiles weakly- he's grateful she cares.

Footsteps, barely audible above the roar of the flood, approach, and another voice joins the conversation, speaking of regrets, ancestors and apologies. Slowly he lifts his head, eyes meeting a familiar sight.

The King of Hyrule stood before them, droplets of water in his beard, his soaked tunic clinging to his skin, but red robe still managing to billow majestically in the strong wind. Link half wonders where he'd disappeared to during the battle, but the thought is pushed from his head as the conversation turns to thoughts of finding a new Hyrule, paths of hope, and final farewells.

As though it had been waiting for the conversation to finish, the last of the barrier broke down, the walls of water closing in towards the spot where they stood, the noise deafening. Link claps his hands over his ears, bracing himself for the impact of the ocean water. It never comes.

Suspended in the water, once again safe inside a bubble of air, saved by the King's wish, he looks upwards to see Zelda just ahead of him, beginning to float away. Glancing downwards, he sees with horror the King is not following. Stretching out his arm, he offers the king his hand, silently pleading for him to take it. The King begins to raise his arm, but with a small shake of his head stops, letting his arm drop back limply to his side, eyes never leaving Link's.

Feeling himself being pulled upwards, back to the surface where he belonged, he could do nothing but helplessly watch the king fade from view, whose lips moved in a silent final line, before the depths of the ocean claimed him too.

Link sighed deeply, closing his eyes in sorrow. They had won, but lost so much in the process: the victory felt so bittersweet. Even though the Triforce had been reunited, Hyrule and its King had still been lost. Ganondorf's words about divine abandonment echoed in his head, tormenting him. He swallows hard, looking around for Zelda, memories of his whole adventure flooding back to him with the music of victory that seemed to pulse in the very water around him, as what was left of the land of the Goddesses rejoiced that peace and balance had been restored, whether its people knew or not.

But he couldn't help but wonder, if it was really worth it in the end. Really and truly.

Warm rays of dappled sunlight hit his face through the water, its surface not far off. He looks up, spotting the rippling form of the sun grinning down at him.

The Sun.

Hope flairs in his heart, and he smiles, knowing that no matter what had happened, peace had returned and his destiny fulfilled, and so everything happened how it was meant to be. With that thought in mind, he lets his eyes fall shut, waiting to surface upon a new day.

A new destiny.

Well that's it for tonight, but I'll update daily until I've uploaded HUGE PILE of drabbles sitting around on my laptop~
Just one or two more Wind Waker ones left for now, and then I'll upload some MC, FSA or PH ones to balance it out xD
Also my friend pointed out to me I tend to dance around between different tenses, for which I apologise- it stems from remembering the game and writing the event at the same time, but my aim is to get better at writing in 3rd person anyway lolol

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