Sorry for not updating in a while, I am a piece of trash, I know

Today was the day. Makon, Ezili, and Romani would all be moved from their separate containers to the community pool where they would be gaining valuable social skills that would help them as they got older

Aquarina, Marina, and Coral all greeted us at the door. "Greetings your Highness," Aquarina greeted as the three nurses bowed.

"Please you three, Mipha is just fine. You have helped us so much, you are friends now, not just nurses. I don't let my friends use such formalities. It makes me feel isolated. Isn't that correct Link?"

I paused for a moment, trying to think of what to say when I figured it out. " That is correct Your Highness."

The glare I received would have been strong enough to defeat the Calamity on its own. One of the nurses started to chuckle a little, then another, and soon everyone was laughing together, which brought up the mood.

"Thank you very for the laugh Si...Link" Coral said hesitantly.

"Anytime," I responded with a warm smile to help her feel more secure about her answer. She was very worried about saying something wrong.

After some mid conversation back and forth with the nurses, we let them begin their work in moving outer children. Each of the three nurses went to one of the three children to run examination. Aquarian went to Ezili, Coral went to Romani, and Marina went to Makon.

I and Mipha decided to stand back to avoid getting in their way while they were working. The first thing they were doing was running a physical examination on the children to make sure it was okay for them to be around other kids and no one would harm anyone else.

They each wore a glove that protected their hands from getting hurt and they lowered it into the water. All of the kids inspected the hands curiously. When the hands were gently moved around in the water, Ezili swam to the other side of her container while the other two played around with it.

"From the results, they all will be fine and will in no way harm others, the only thing to say is that Ezili may be somewhat shy, but I do not think that nothing could be in anyway concerning. It will just take her longer to get used to people," Aquaria said as she returned to the kids.

They ran a few tests on the kids separately before Coral came up to us. "The next thing we wish to do is place the siblings in the same container with each other to watch interactions with others. This will take a few hours because we wish to see the long-term engagement of the kids with each other, but we do ask that no parents are present for this. It also helps us see how they react knowing that their parents are not nearby, and if this will, in turn, create stress or anything else that could be dangerous should other kids attempt to engage. If you wish to see this interaction, we can film it and give you the tape."

"That would be nice, thank you Coral. If anything comes up, Link and I will be in the Domain, and let us know whenever you are finished."

"Will do Mipha, thank you"

We both left our room and realized that we were not exactly sure what we wanted to do with our time now that we didn't have to worry about the children. "Why don't we swim under the Domain for a bit to relax. It feels like it has been forever since we last had the opportunity to do something of the sort.

We both went up as high as we could on the domain and jumped down into the water below us, feeling just like we had when we were younger. Not having to experience heartbreak, knowing that friends were dead, and the world was only just beginning to be rebuilt around us.

It was in these moments that I felt like I was a young kid once more. Before knowing I was chosen by the Master Sword, and was destined to defeat the Calamity. A time before all my friends would be killed by what they were to defeat. Sometimes, it felt good to forget things.

Mipha snapped me out of my thoughts as we chased each other around the water. She went slower than most Zora's could swim so I could have more enjoyment out of it, and we both knew that she could easily outmatch me in the water.

All too soon we were being called back up as the kids passed their examination and it was now time to move them into the community pool. The nurses helped move the tank onto a cart and we all went down to the pool.

Another Zora came and had a whispered discussion with the nurses and the unnamed Zora wrote down information on her clipboard before carefully helping move each of the kids out of the tank, and into the water. Once they were let out of the tank, Makon and Romani quickly chased each other around the pool, trying to be faster than the other one, and soon enough, even more of the kids swam over and joined in all the fun. Everyone except Ezili. She found an alcove and left herself to be alone.

I looked up, and the nurses had a worrying look on her face. "Is something wrong?" I asked Aquarina, who was in charge of Ezili.

"Nothing is wrong, Link. It simply is the fact that Ezili doesn't tend to be sociable in the least bit. She would much rather keep to herself than join in with other kids. It is nothing to worry about now, as you were told already, but later on, it could be troublesome, especially as she is the next heir after Princess Mipha."

"We promise to keep an eye on her, and hopefully help her grow out of her shell as she gets older."

Aquarina thanked us before returning to the others, leaving Mipha and me alone to watch out kids again. We studied the way each of them acted. It was true about Ezili being quite shy, while Romani and Makon were much more outgoing. It was something to be concerned about later on, but nothing to worry about much at this moment.

It was then that I noticed something spectacular. Another young one, much younger than the majority of kids in the pool, noticed Ezili was on her own and swam over to her. The unnamed child gently swam around Ezili, and Ezili hesitantly followed her, and the two played together.

"Mipha… this looks like the start of a beautiful friendship."

Once again, I apologize for not posting a chapter in a while, high school is sucking every ounce of my soul out of me and it is driving me crazy. Alot of people are asking if this story is going to be ending in the death of Link, but I promise it will not. I don't have a plan of how to end it, and I don't even intended to end it anytime soon. No worries.

Thank you all for the constant support and feed back I am getting from all of you, even though I have not been updating nearly enough. I also am sorry if this is not good at all, but I'm trying my best. It's easier to write on some days that it is on others, but I will do my best to upload often. Thanks again for the beedback, and I can't wait to here what you think.

Until next time, Bye:)