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Wild and his Zelda exited their portal. It had been placed in Zelda's study in Hyrule Castle. Wild looked around, thinking about all the time he had spent in this room. Time that he actually remembered now. Having seventeen years' worth of memories thrust upon you in the space of a second was rather disorienting, but it was definitely worth it. Wild felt like he was drowning in a surplus of information, but he was so happy to have it all.
"What would you like to do now, Zelda?" he asked his princess.
She smiled. "It's been so long since you called me that."
"It's been so long since I've remembered that we used to be close friends," Wild replied. "Before, I only remembered my time as your knight. But now, I remember it all. Remember when we first met? I was only seven, I think. Your father and mine were close friends. The king and his best knight. You and I met at an important dinner in Zora's Domain. That was also when I met Mipha."
"Of course, I remember!" Zelda laughed. "Your father could hardly keep you under control! You wanted to run around and play! It didn't matter with who...you were my only friend back then. All the other children resented me because of my royal blood. But you didn't care."
"I remember all that!" Wild exclaimed happily. "But...why did I get so...closed off? I'm sure I've got that information up here somewhere, but my head's kind of a mess right now."
Zelda sighed. "When you were only ten, you showed so much potential as a knight that your father sent you to train five years early. It was too much for you. You had no friends. I could never see you, since I was busy trying to awaken my power. You responded to the pressure by closing yourself off to all emotion."
Wild nodded. "Oh yeah. I can remember that now."
Zelda smiled. "Even though that memory is less than pleasant, I'm just happy you have it."
Wild nodded. "Me too."
"Well," Zelda began. "I better get busy. I've got a book to write about parallel worlds!"
"You think the idea will be accepted?" Wild questioned.
Zelda shrugged. "We won't know unless we try, will we?"
"I suppose not," Wild admitted.