Chapter 21. The Four champions bond

The Royal family come to start to help with the upcoming war, along with the people of Boss Monster village, Zora's Demaion, the Aurors, and some more people from Hogwarts.

Hylia (Epona) starts teaching the Goddesses how to Transform.

Also, they start to deal with Chloe's bad behaviour. Also, the Champions meet. And they along with Aengus, Felicity and Alphys start learning how to use the Guardians and the Beasts.

This is set two days after the previous chapter. By the way, Charlottes last name is Waterman. And, their trip to castle town and back took a week.

Princess Zelda, Princess Maddiely, Minerva, Sapphire and Hylia where all in Hylia's study, talking about the future and planning for it. Win or lose the war, they needed to have future plans just in case; and they needed to plan for the war.

Sapphire said, putting her part in, (they were onto the war,) "I have gotten a letter from Toriel: they are on their way back. Along with our best warriors: Sam, Crystal, Eve and Amelia."

Then Minerva spoke, "Amelia Bones is bringing herself and her best Aurors here in two days. Albus said that he is sending some people who wish to help us in the war: older school students and members of the Order of the Phoenix. They should arrive next week; at different times during the week, by the way."

Then it was Maddiely's turn: "My father said he will send some of our fine warriors to help; he just wants to know when to send them, because we are a bit short."

Then Zelda said, bringing out the most impressive number, "Dad has ordered one hundred guards be trained then sent here. If all goes well, they will be here by the end of the month, plus some of our senior guards."

Hylia said, "This is good: thank you, everyone. Maddiely, could you give your father the same date as Zelda has said the guards from the Castle are coming?" Maddiely nodded. Then Hylia said, "This is all good. Tom has also said that Arianna is going to help him help Chloe become a bit more bearable for us."
"Yeah, that would be good. Didn't it hurt when she insulted you at dinner last night?" asked Maddiely.

Hylia said shrugging, "I have been insulted lots of times. And I'm sure there are still more to come. Now, you may leave: I must hurry and oversee the Champion's Ceremony. If you want, please come."

Then Hylia went to the pond nearby the house with Maddiely, Zelda, Sapphire and Minerva closely following behind. (Beside the pond is where the Ceremony will be held) quite a few people were hanging around a print on the ground. Charlie, Mipha and Draco's families where here to watch the ceremony, plus everyone who lived there.

When Hylia was ready, she said, "We are gathered today to unite the Four Champions, who will pilot the Devine Beasts. Princess Mipha of the Zoras, please step forward."

Mipha stepped forward. Hylia said, "Will you promise to treat Vah Ruta as your most loyal friend, and your guide in the water?"
"Yes," whispered Mipha, barely containing her excitement. It was all new and exciting for the young Zora.

Then Hylia continued, "Do you promise to protect Hyrule at all costs, but watch out for your own life and the lives of your three kin members?"
Mipha hesitated for a second, then she said honestly, "Yes, I promise."

"Then I give you this sash as proof of you being The Champion of Water!" said Hylia. She lifted up a blue sash and keeping it a sash, was a broch, which looked like the Zora's Sapphire. The sash had elephants on it. Mipha bowed and while she was bowing, Hylia placed the Sash over her head.

Then Hylia said, "Princess Mipha, Heir to the Zora Throne, I declare you Champion of Water!"

Everyone watching clapped. When Mipha had stepped back next to the other champions, Hylia spoke again, "Charlie Weasley, please step forward."

A tall red-haired man stepped forward, he had blue eyes. Hylia said to him, "Do you promise to treat Vah Meladoh as a loyal friend, and your guide in the sky?"

"I promise," said Charlie nodding.

Hylia then said, "Do you promise to protect Hyrule at all costs, but watch your own back at the same time and the backs of those below you?"
"Yes, I do," said Charlie.

Hylia then lifted up another slash the same colour as Mipha's, but it had Falcons' on it. Hylia said, "Then I give you this sash, as proof of you being the Champion of Air!"

Charlie took the sash from Hylia, and then folded it in half, then did a sort of cow hitch with it around his neck.

Then Hylia said, "Charlie Weasley, Heir of the title of Lord Weasley, I declare you, Champion of Air!"

Everyone clapped again for Charlie, then he stepped back next to Draco. Hylia spoke again, "Charlotte Waterman, please step forward."

Charlotte did that. She looked a bit nervous, but she smiled and tried to brush that look off her face. Hylia spoke, "Charlotte, do you promise to continue treating Vah Rudania as a loyal friend, and your guide through the world of lava?"
"Yes, I promise with all my heart," said Charlotte holding her hands at her chest.

Hylia spoke again, "Do your promise to protect Hyrule at all costs, but never forget the safety of yourself and others on your side?"

"Of course! I promise," said Charlotte getting a little excited.

Then Hylia picked up a long and wide sash, with Lizards on it. She said, "Charlotte Waterman, I present you with the sash as proof of you being the Champion of Fire."

Charlotte took it, then she did as a skirt around her middle. It would have been too short of she didn't have anything underneath, but as it was it looked quite good.

Hylia said, "Charlotte Waterman of the Sheikah, I Declare you… Champion of Fire!"

For the third time, everyone clapped, and Charlotte stepped back to be in line with the other Champions. Then Hylia said, "Draconic Hero-Malfoy, step forward please."

Draco did. He looked very confident. Hylia spoke, "Draconic, do you promise to treat Vah Nabouris, as a Loyal friend, and your guide across the sand?"
"I do," spoke Draco promptly.

Then Hylia asked, "Do you promise to protect Hyrule at all costs, but also watch out for yourself and those you love?"

"I do," said Draco.

Then Hylia picked up the last sash. It had camels on it, and it looked like it was supposed to be done sort of like a scarf. But Draco put the widest bit to dangle down his back.

Hylia said, "Draconic Hero-Malfoy, I present to you this sash, as proof of you being the Champion of Sand!"

Draco took it and put it on, then Hylia said, "Draconic Hero-Malfoy, I Declare you Champion of the Sand!"
Everyone clapped, then Draco stepped back next to Mipha. Then Hylia said, "Champions, step forward."

The four Champions did. Then Hylia said, "Do you all promise to protect each other, and watch over each other like siblings and members of the same tribe?"
"Yes," the four said, getting down on their knees.

"That's very old: back when this ceremony was first made, tribes were very much a thing," Minerva whispered to Asriel who had been wondering.

Then there was a bright flash of light, and Hylia said, "You may go back. This ceremony is done; thanks for coming."

Hylia when straight back up to the house to change into less formal clothes. Draco asked his three follow champions, "That was pretty fancy, wasn't it?"
"Sure was," said Charlotte.

Mipha said, "It was nice of our families to come, wasn't it?"
"If they hadn't, I think Hylia would not have been impressed," said Charlie.

Draco said, "You hit the nail on the head there, Charlie." Charlotte at least noticed that Draco and Charlie got on well. She wasn't sure if Mipha noticed that, though.

The Weasleys, (and Victoria) the Malfoys and Mipha's family came up to them. The King of Zoras said to them, "Well done! You all did well there."
"We didn't really do anything; we just had to say yes to Hylia's questions," said Draco dryly.

Charlotte elbowed Draco and said, "Lay off it, Draco! You sound too much like Severus!"

"He's not that bad!" argued Draco.

Charlotte said, "Well, Hylia gave him orders to be on safety duty for me and Alphys, so I have had his undivided dry sense of humour for the whole week!"
"I don't mean to be rude, but, would you two stop arguing?" asked Charlie.

Charlie's mother, Molly asked, "Are they always like this?"
"Yes," Nora said joining them. Then Felicity, Creamia and Alphys joined them too.

Creamia said, "Now, so we don't look like idiots, who is everyone?"
"I'm Victoria!" said Victoria smiling evilly.

Felicity said, glaring annoyedly at Victoria, "Yes, we know that!"

"This is my Dad, Arthur, my mother, Molly, my older brother, Bill, one of my younger brothers, Percy, the twins in our family, Fred and George. And last but not least, is Ron," said Charlie.

Nora said, "Thanks, Charlie. Victoria being annoying was not going to be good for my mood."

"This is my father, Daphon, my sister, well you've met her, Maddiely. Lastly, my brother, Sidon," said Mipha.

Alphys said, "Nice to meet you all."

"And this is my father, Lucius, and my mother Narcissa," said Draco not wanting to be left out.

After a quick chat, Tom came over to Lucius and said, "Nice to see you again."

"And you," said Lucius.

While they were talking, Asriel somehow got conned into talking with the Royal Zora family by Zelda and Chloe. Honestly! They were horrid together! From a window in the house, Hylia watched the whole thing.

Chloe was still her same self, mostly: but after a talk, Tom had with her yesterday, Hylia and Impa could tell she was trying to not be so unpleasant, but it was hard for her. Hylia had a good feeling Chloe would get better, though.

Impa asked Hylia, "Should they be doing something?"
"No, Impa: we still have plenty of time, all the families who came for today except the Malfoys, are going home later. And they probably won't get to see them for a while," said Hylia.

Impa asked, "Why are the Malfoys staying?"
"To get to know Felicity. You know why correct?" Impa nodded. Hylia continued, "They have accepted it well, so they want to know their daughter in law."

"You know, they aren't the only ones who changed," commented Impa.

Hylia said, "No, it's not that. Yes, Felicity is a Muggle-born, but the Malfoys do understand about rituals, and they know they can't do a thing about it. So rather than hating her, and not getting to know grandchildren which might come, they have just accepted it."

Later that day…

Asriel came into Hylia's study, he asked, "You called for me?"
"Yes, have you started training with Fi yet?" asked Hylia.

Asriel shook his head and said, "No, it was a bit busy recently, so I haven't had the chance."

"Can you leave the sword here? I will return it at dinner, but I need to speak to FI, and she can't go too far from the sword," said Hylia.

Asriel said, "Sure. I'll go get it."

A short time later, he returned with the sword. Then Asriel said groaning, "I hate Zelda and Chloe!"
"Really? Yesterday you said the opposite," said Hylia amused.

Asriel said, "Well I somehow ended up talking with the Zora Royal family, and I've decided that the Prince is strange."
"We're all strange," responded Hylia.

Asriel said, "Yes, but he takes the cake. It was very annoying, and it didn't help that Zelda and Chloe were swooning over every move he made."
"I think a lot of the females were doing that," said Hylia, examining the master sword.

Asriel asked, "You weren't, I hope?"
"God no! I'm an adult goddess, not an eleven-year-old schoolgirl," said Hylia looking horrified at the thought. Then she said, "You may go. Oh! And, by the way, I am starting the Goddesses on their Transformation tomorrow."

"Right, do I need to tell them?" asked Asriel.

Hylia said. "No, I am announcing that tonight. Later tonight."

"Bye," said Asriel, he left the room.

Then Hylia whispered, "FI, please show yourself."
Then the sword glowed, and FI appeared. Fi asked, "Yes, your Grace?"
"Please, Hylia. I would like to know your plans for teaching Asriel," said Hylia.

The next day…

Hylia, Victoria, Chloe and Lilith were gathered in the living room. Hylia asked, "Lilith, Victoria, have you read through those notes I gave you a week ago?"
"Yes, Hylia," said Victoria.
Lilith said, "Yes, I only finished them this morning."

"Typical," thought Hylia. Then she said to Chloe, "Have you started reading them?"
"Of course! I'm not a stupid Gryffindor like Lilith is!" said Chloe brattily.

Lilith countered, "At least I'm not a prat!"

"Don't you call me that! Bloody Orphan!" shouted Chloe.

"Augh, she has had a bad day, and Lilith has fallen for it," thought Hylia.

Victoria came up, and asked, "Please! Stop it!"
"YOU TWO CUT IT OUT!" shouted Hylia. They both stopped, then Hylia said, "Frankly, I am in a good mind to make you both set this lesson out, but if I did that I think Impa would drive me insane until this darn war is over. So, everyone, start meditating, I'll help from there."

About five minutes later, she went over to Chloe, pulled out her wand and said, "Listen, Chloe, I am going to plant an image in your mind, I want you to concentrate on being that image."
Chloe saw it. She saw Nayru, and she tried to think that she was her. Hylia saw Chloe trying to do it, and she said, "Keep trying, if you lose the image and you can't get it back, notify me, and if something happens; do the same."

Then Hylia went to help Victoria. A while later, after Hylia had just helped Lilith, Chloe saw a memory!
(Memory)

Chloe and Hylia where walking around the lake in Hylia's Hole. Chloe asked, kicking a stone, making a hot-footed frog hop away, "How long until Demise's troops start to attack?"

"Two weeks," responded Hylia.

Chloe was a youngish Zora, with purple earrings, and wore a dark blue dress with the Triforce of Wisdom's Symbol on it. (It later becomes known as Zora's sapphire.) Then Chloe asked, "Does Spirit know anything about who will pilot the Beasts in the future?"
"No, the only thing he knows about them is two will have some connection with the Sheikah," said Hylia.

Chloe said, "Right. I hope we're there. It will be exciting."

"Yeah, it would be exciting to watch four people who don't have a clue what they're doing try and work the Guardians and Beasts," said Hylia, not actually meaning it.

Chloe said, "Now, now, Hylia: speaking like that is not becoming of you." Chloe paused as Hylia glared at her. Then Chloe said, "Oh, I want to show you something I've been working on!"

Chloe went over to the water and concentrated. then four shapes came up from the water! An elephant, a Camel, a Falcon and a Lizard danced around.

Hylia said, "That's great! Can you make them bigger?"
Chloe nodded, and they became bigger. Hylia commented, "Can you do different forms?"
"Yes, I have done a series of different forms," said Chloe.

Hylia nodded, then said, "This could be a useful thing for you to use in battle."
"Yeah. Do you think I could teach Ruto?" asked Chloe.

Hylia said, "If her father is fine with it: then it would be a good idea, Nayru."

Then Hylia and Chloe started skimming stones across the lake. Chloe said, "Augh! You won again! How are you so good at this?"
"Just potluck," Answered Hylia. Then the scene faded.

(Memory end)

"Hylia!" called Chloe.

Hylia came over and said, "Yeah?"

"I had a memory! And one of the things which I saw was I creating water animals," said Chloe.

Hylia said nodding, "Yeah, that's right, I remember it."
"Will we have memories too?" asked Victoria.

"Yes. Keep meditating. And you'll get one too," said Hylia.

Then a short time later, Victoria's body changed! She looked exactly the same, except she had a Goron's body build and skin tone. Victoria asked panicked, "What happened?"
"It seems you managed to skip a phrase, and you have started your transforming. If you look under your clothes, you'll see your battle wounds," said Hylia.

Victoria looked under her clothes, and there were great big war wounds, Hylia handed her same slarve, and said, "Put this on. Then change back to yourself, just think about yourself."

With the Pilots and Guardian workers…

They had brought the Guardians and Beasts out onto the lawn. No one had gotten anything to move yet, but they had got everything working. Then Charlotte got Rudania to move! Charlotte shouted, "YES! I've started to get it!"
"Well done, Charlotte!" said Mipha.

Draco thought irritably, "Looks like to competition has started."

Nearby was Zelda and Asriel. Asriel was being taught by Fi, and Zelda was lolly gazing. Alphys came over, and said, "How's it going?"
"Okay," said Asriel.

When he turned back to his training, Zelda said, "He's been doing well."
"That's good. Charlotte has got Rudania working. I am trying to see if standing a way away from the Guardian makes a difference," said Alphys.

Then Felicity shouted, "Alphys! We have an idea on getting them moving! Aengus has cracked it!"
"Well, I better go!" said Alphys.

"Have fun," Zelda nodded.

At dinner….

Hylia asked, "How did working the Guardians and Divine Beasts?"

"I got one of the Guardians working! Then I told the others, what I did, and we got them all moving," said Aengus.

Mipha said, "Charlotte got Rudania moving."

"Yeah, once I got that; the rest came easily," said Charlotte looking slightly uncomfortable.

Severus asked, "How did training go, Asriel?"
"It went well! And Asriel needs to work on his self-esteem," said Zelda after two minutes of silence.

Linnea asked, "How did the Transforming go, Hylia?"
"Okay. Chloe triggered her memories, and Victoria changed her body to Din's body. It was not the right colour, but the right build, and had the same battle wounds," said Hylia.

Maddiely asked, "What's tomorrow's agenda?"
"Undyne and I are training the Sages. And anyone else who wants to be trained," said Impa, quickly adding the last bit.

Lilith said, "Hylia is doing more transforming with us."

Minerva said, "I'm meeting Albus tomorrow."

"I'm seeing my father," said Maddiely.

Charlie said looking at the other Champions, "We're working on the beasts tomorrow."

"And we're working with the Guardians again," said Felicity.

Alliances are confirmed, and the Champions get full control of their beasts, and they get better and better at wielding them. Also, Chloe starts Transforming parts of her body, and Victoria does more, and Lilith triggers her memories.