As Mipha looked up at the Divine Beast Vah Ruta, she couldn't help but remember her time with Link there. Their meeting atop the Divine Beast's flat head had been like a dream. As such, she could not believe what they said happened to Link. He had been such a great warrior, as far as she remembered. She just thought about how impossible it seemed that all those memories, all those declarations of love were just history set in stone a century ago. She couldn't believe they could never get them back.
"HEY! You awake back there, because were nearly there?" shouted the gruff Hylian, who was directing the horse.
Startled and a bit dazed, Mipha replied, "Yeah, yeah. I'm quite alright."
"Good, 'cause this dang thing ain't gonna go easy on us!" With that, he signaled his horse and they both went dashing towards the Divine Beast.
Immediately, the Divine Beast noticed their arrival and began lifting and throwing huge chunks of stone and soil toward them. These projectiles fell at them like meteorites. The Hylian was ready, though, because he had taught his horse to strafe. When the first projectile neared, the Hylian immediately signaled to the horse, who jumped to the left, dodging the projectile by such a short distance that a few drops of mud caked Mipha's left cheek. But, they had no time to worry about that, as a second projectile bolted towards them. The horse again avoided it by a hair but they had no time to celebrate as a third projectile, which they had not noticed, flew towards them. In an instant, Mipha immediately drew her bow and sent a bomb arrow into the projectile. It was blown into a million pieces upon impact, only leaving sand and mud facing away from them.
Finally, they were nearing the Divine Beast. The Hylian sped up as he prepared to launch Mipha from the horse. "You ready?!" He shouted.
"More than you know!" She confidently replied, while standing up. Without another word said, the Hylian stopped the horse dead in its tracks flinging Mipha over the Divine Beast. Because of her lack of Stamina Vessels, Mipha wasted no time in belting off four bomb arrows at the Divine Beast's shoulders. Not even looking back, Mipha, immediately, whipped out her paraglider as the Divine Beast lost its defenses.
"Best of luck, I'll see you as soon as you've saved Ordon Village" he triumphantly shouted.
"It's my pleasure!" Mipha shouted back. With that, as the Hylian road away, Mipha flew to the entrance, to finally save the soul of the one she loved. She landed on a small platform on the top of the Divine Beast and without hesitation opened the door. The room she entered into was stained with Ganon's evil and watched over by many ancient soldiers.
Mipha was just about to bolt towards the first evil eye she saw, when she heard "Hey, Mipha, I always knew you would be the one to save me." She froze, after hearing this. "Mipha, I said that I would always protect you but… I wasn't even able to protect myself. Mipha, I love you… and, I'm just so sorry you have to pick up my failures. Though, I want to say your amazing and I know you'll save me and Vah Ruta… Oh, and by the way, the map is over there to your left, you should probably use it."
When she heard this, Mipha stopped for a moment just to sort out her thoughts. She had heard such pain and sadness in his voice, which must have come from the century of imprisonment. Because of this, she became even more resolved and fought through the Beast as quickly as she could.
The entire Beast felt like blur. Her resolve was so strong that it seemed nothing could stop her. After what felt like seconds, she was standing in front of the controls. She attempted touch it but stopped when a huge mass of Ganon's evil poured out and formed in the shape of a flying sword wielder, with the stains of ancient Hylian blood, rusting the swords.
"Mipha, it was that monster that ended my life, one hundred years ago. But, I know you will succeed where I failed. Please, be careful Mipha and… I have faith in you."
The evil mass, immediately began to charge a Guardian Shot at her. Mipha pulled out her shield. She was ready. When it fired, Mipha perfectly blocked it, sending it directly into the mass and stunning it.
Mipha then took out a Royal Halberd, the only one she had found and the one she had been saving for this very situation, and placed her Barbarian gear on. With the Halberd, she stabbed deeply into the mass, cutting its health to only a small bit.
Suddenly, the mass began to regain its composure and rose high into the room. It prepared to slash into Mipha, with everything it had. Mipha saw this and stared it down. For a few seconds, they just seemed to stair at each other. But then, the mass picked up its swords and swung it down towards Mipha. Just a millisecond before it hit her, Mipha jumped out of the way. Just as she did, she saw an opening and thrust the Halberd in for the final strike.
With that, the mass streaked as it began to melt. Mipha pulled out the Halberd as the mass melted to nothing. She watched it, thinking if she had just went with Link, if she had just… been there when he needed her, she, she could of…
"Mipha!" shouted Links spirit.
Mipha turned around to find him flying towards her. "Link!" she yelled. They met in the middle of the room and hugged for what felt like hours. Neither of them wanted to let go but they eventually did, much to both of their disappointment.
Link looked so pained but happy as he said, "thank you so much Mipha, you've done what I couldn…"
"It's okay. I… I love you. I know, I use to tell you that a lot but I hated that I didn't tell you during our last day together" Mipha said in a melancholy tone.
"You know, I already knew."
"Yeah… I'm happy you felt that way" Mipha said as she looked at the floor.
"Mipha… Vah Ruta and I will help you. And, if you ever need me to take a hit for you, I will provide you that power."
"Thank you" she said through the layers of melancholy, she endured as Link faded away.
After this encounter, Mipha went off to save Hyrule and Link stayed in the Divine Beast to help Mipha in any way he could. Though, despite their facades, the pain of loss remained nearly unbearable in their hearts.
Hey bros, I hope you really enjoyed this story. I must admit, I am not exactly sure if I got Mipha's character right in this and I think the alternate universe in this story is a bit underdeveloped. I might attempt to redo this later, in its own story. I dunno, what do you guys think?
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