Chapter 21
Link and the rest of the team were knocked out cold by Cole and his team and all that Link could picture was the fight that went on moments ago. The fight played out in Link's mind, each bit echoing like a dream until he reached the part where Cole said
"Oh Angel if only you knew how big you really were in this plan."
For some reason that kept replaying in Link's mind confusing Link to the point where he couldn't understand it and that was when a new echo joined in but this one called out for him.
"Link" the voice echoed faintly.
The call was getting louder and clear each time until Link suddenly groaned as he opened his eyes a little before closing them and reopened trying to adjust to the surrounding he was in. When he fully opened his eyes he found Zelda was staring down at him looking concerned but her face changed once she saw Link was awake in which she began to smile and Link thought he saw tears speckle in her eyes.
"Link thank goodness you're alive!"
Zelda cried out happily hugging Link as Link's face turned red.
"We thought after the blast you or anyone would have been killed or kidnapped by Cole!".
Link stood up and looked around knowing two of his friends were gone in different ways. As he was staring at the open sky Ciela flew up to Link, flying around like she was busting to say something.
"Link your alive! But I have terrible news…" Ciela said to Link.
"I know Angel is gone" Link butted in before Ciela could finish, startling Ciela.
"What? But how did you know?" Ciela asked confused.
"I saw Cole take her into the portal and once they were inside the portal closed and I fell unconscious. I awoke before to see Cole take Angel but Byrne stopped him for a bit…"
Suddenly Link remembered Byrne's death when he was saving Angel from Cole. Zelda caught on and gasped in shokc placing her hands on her mouth.
"So Byrne's…"
She didn't finish the sentence but Link knew what she was asking and he nodded. Zelda' face fell as she looked saddened as Ciela looked down as well.
"He died protecting Angel as best as he could" Link explained sighing heavily.
"So we are left with just the three of us then?" Ciela asked.
"I guess so…" Zelda replied.
"Not exactly!" An old woman's voice called out as they turned around to see Anjean rolling towards them on her wheelchair smiling at them as she pulled up.
"Although you are down two members, one of them isn't fully dead. In fact they are still floating around you at this very moment."
Link, Zelda and Ciela wondered what Anjean meant as she closed her eyes and lifted her arms above her head. Suddenly a white sparkling bubble appeared above her head as it sparkled brightly before floating in circles around Anjean herself.
"You see…" Anjean started explaining.
"I have given Byrne the power of the Lokomo's ever since he swapped sides and although he isn't an official Lokomo I still have the rightful power to give or take away any powers he has received so when a Lokomo dies they don't really die but instead regenerate in a different form such as bubbles so don't count Byrne out just yet."
Link, Zelda and Ciela all felt relieved and glad after hearing that. Byrne was such a strong being and ally, he will surely be of use in their next battle when they meet again or when he retrieves his body.
"But what about Angel?" Ciela asked Anjean feeling sad again just thinking about it.
"I think we should discuss Angel's situation back in our world where we are a little safer than we are here." Anjean replied looking around disgusted by the world she was currently in.
Anjean placed her arms in front of everyone as a giant blue orb covered them all and suddenly Link, Zelda and Ciela knew what was going to happen as they held on. The orb shot through the ground, passing through it like it was a ghost as they watched the ground pass them until they flew through a bright light and after a few seconds they were back at the Tower of Spirits and the orb was gone as they landed on the floor below.
"I always hated doing that" Link said sighing in relief that it was over.
Anjean just laughed as she wheeled herself away for a moment
"Anjean what's wrong?" Zelda asked noticing Anjean's move.
"It's just that I have had to keep something from you all this entire time and if I told you, you could have been in a better situation then where you are now." Anjean explained turning back around to face them. Link noticed Anjean was displaying a brave smile instead of her normal expression.
"What do you mean?" Link asked confused. "Why did you have to keep something from us?"
"The Spirit Guardian dear" Anjean explained.
"She trusted me not to say a word about Angel when you first met in case someone overheard or she was put in danger."
"What about Angel?" Ciela questioned Anjean wanting to know more.
Anjean sighed and closed her eyes ready to let out the truth at last.
"Well the truth is Angel is….a former princess herself."
Link, Zelda and Ciela gasped in shock as they heard the news and they couldn't believe it especially Princess Zelda.
"Angel's a princess?!" Link asked feeling shocked.
Link tried to picture Angel as a princess but couldn't so he looked over at Anjean hoping she was lying but she wasn't and looked rather serious about it.
"But that doesn't make sense" Zelda questioned.
"She didn't say anything about it and she didn't really look like a princess herself" Zelda said trying to figure it out.
"Well the truth to that is she doesn't even know she's a princess but secretly she is and she is the key to the Demon King's success so that is why they captured her instead of stealing Zelda or just killing her off. They are going to use the power she has a princess, which a lot is contained in her own body and they are going to use the Spirit Guardian and Angel's to be as powerful as the Spirit Guardian herself.
What's worse is that with all that power it might become impossible to be able to stop the Demon King if he possesses such great power."
Link, Zelda and Ciela stood there in disbelief still not wrapping their heads around the whole Angel's a princess thing as Anjean noticed and sighed.
"I will give you a little backstory to this then and hopefully this will help clear it up a bit." Anjean said as she began to tell the story.
"The truth is Angel doesn't know this but her mother is actually the daughter of the Spirit Guardian herself and her power was passed down from her mother to Angel and so Angel has the power that has been passed down through generations of powerful spirits.
Angel's mom thought that telling her daughter she was a powerful princess was too dangerous and probably too much information for her sake so she chose to keep it a secret from her but she also did something that blocked her memory of ever knowing she was in fact a Princess. This blocked memory appears anytime she thinks about her past and once it occurs it gets replaced with a much happier memory instead.
Her mother took Angel to the Spirit Guardian when she was young and begged the Spirit Guardian to take away such great power because of how dangerous it could be and her mother was scared for her life so the Spirit Guardian agreed and placed Angel's memory of becoming a princess in three objects which were three rings that helped become a princess. The Spirit Guardian then hid the three rings all over the Spirit World in hope that if they ever needed Angel to a Princess again she would be told where they were. These three rings were recreations of the three goddesses that helped make the land below called Hyrule.
They were Power, Wisdom and Courage and once all three rings were placed on the fingers of a princess it would transform them into their true self.
Angel doesn't know that the Spirit Guardian was actually her grandmother and she also doesn't know that she is in fact a princess. Angel's mother told her that she was born a spirit and that her grandmother had died fighting in the war against the evil and her dad died as a royal guard for the Spirit Guardian so Angel didn't suspect anything and moaned for her fake family she was told about.
When Angel was much older she discovered her talent for harnessing the power of light arrows which was indeed a useful talent but she discovered it because in fact the Light Arrow was one of the many powers the Spirit Guardian had that transferred over to Angel but she didn't know about it.
She thought she had learned it herself and she felt amazed by her new power but her mother wasn't as proud. Her mother told the Spirit Guardian and asked her to keep an eye on her and maybe train her so she could at least have a power that could protect her if she needed it plus it was a way for the Spirit Guardian to keep an eye on her and also make her stronger so the Spirit Guardian took her under her wing and trained her and that was when she met you Ciela.
You were a stray Spirit fairy lost and confused in the big wide world of the land above. The Spirit Guardian found you on the streets and you looked like you were struggling so the Spirit Guardian took you in and gave you a place to stay. As thanks you decided you wanted to be trained by the all mighty Spirt Guardian and that is when you and Angel became best friends.
Eventually Angel's skill with the arrow was impressive and the Spirit Guardian decided it was enough for her to be a royal guard and so she was appointed the status of royal gaur alongside Ciela. Her mother wasn't pleased at first but grew to agree with her decision and let her be who she wanted but meanwhile her son Veox was making his own choices in life like Angel's but for the wrong reasons.
Veox got jealous of Angel's abilities and wanted his own but he traded Cole his life for new power but Cole took advantage of him and changed him forever which forced him to move out and live in the Spirit World until his time would come again to see Cole and join him without having to be asked.
Angel grew up not really knowing about her own true self and thought she was only a spirit who was lucky enough to be close to the Spirit Guardian but in reality It was more of a protection and the Spirt Guardian was protecting her instead. This was all very important for you to hear because Angel's story isn't finished. Angel is the Guardian Princess of the Spirit Land and she is next in line for the throne after the Spirit Guardian."
Link, Zelda and Ciela stood frozen in shock and awe after the story.
They couldn't believe Angel was really a princess.
"How do you know all about this?" Ciela asked out of nowhere curious.
"We Lokomo's are very good friends to the Spirit people and have connections through the Spirit Guardian." Anjean explained laughing.
As Anjean was laughing the white bubble that was floating next to Anjean began to grow in size and suddenly erupted into a burst of light which brightened the whole room and afterwards Byrne stood there looking fresh and new like he hadn't been killed as he smiled at Link, Zelda and Ciela and turned to Anjean and bowed.
"Thank you Anjean for recovering me."
"You don't need to thank me" Anjean replied laughing. "Just don't die again dear."
"Thanks you for trying to help Byrne" Link said looking up at Byrne as he frowned remembering the part well.
"It's okay we did all that we could but in the end we were just not prepared for what they were doing."
"So you knew about Angel being a princess then?" Zelda asked.
"Yes I did" Byrne nodded.
"I could not say a word though as I was sworn I would keep it a secret in case she was in any danger. That is why I tried to protect her with my last life. I couldn't let them know about her but I don't think Angel will spill the beans anytime soon."
"Well now I have explained everything I think it's time we departed for now and we start the next adventure another day I think of a comeback plan for this crisis going on."
"Ciela since your world is in danger would you like to stay me with me and Byrne?" Anjean asked.
"Yes of course I would love to. I hope I can be some assistance!" Ciela replied a little shy as Anjean laughed.
"I am sure you will."
"Link are you going to return to your home?" Anjean asked.
"Yes I will" Link nodded confidently.
"I need to catch up on stuff at home and I think I can train peacefully there without having to worry much."
"Well good luck then and I will see you soon enough" Anjean replied smiling.
"Oh I forgot I have a present for you." Anjean said as she lifted her arms up high. A bright yellow light appeared on the tracks beside them all and suddenly the Spirit train appeared looking brand new as Link gasped happily and ran up to the train as everyone followed.
"Thank you Anjean!" Link exclaimed as he hopped on the driver's seat and smiled looking at the gears and train whistle.
"Well I will see you all soon!" Link said proudly smiling and waving to his friends.
Byrne, Zelda, Ciela and Anjean nodded as they smiled watching Link start up the train.
"Princess Zelda, where are you going to stay?" Ciela asked curiously.
"I am going to stay here as well because then Anjean can train me more and I can become more powerful and be more helpful!" Zelda explained feeling determined.
Link smiled as he looked ahead through the dark tunnel and blew the train whistle before it started moving.
"Bye everyone!" Link yelled out waving.
Everyone excluding Ciela waved back smiling while Ciela flew around crazily and soon darkness appeared before Link as light rushed before him as Link shot out into the world and smiled as he felt the wind on his face feeling happy to be back.
He drove close to Hyrule Castle and frowned remembering what had happened but looked up to the sky like someone was up there.
"You will pay for all the damage you have done Cole!"
Link turned onto a new track that headed towards home and before Link knew it he could see Outset Island on the horizon. Link smiled and blew the train whistle a couple of times alerting the island of his return.
"I am finally home!" Link shouted loudly seeing the island up close and smiling upon returning.
End of Chapter 21
THE END
LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT GUARDIAN
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