Chapter 23 + 2 = The chapter you're on. (I'll give you a hint... It's close to 25... Maybe.) Still NOT the last chapter, don't worry... It's the second last! ^^ ... *shot* T_T I know I know... :/ But hey! I have a few special surprise/announcement thingys for you guys on the last chapter (they're not that special... But whatever)... Though I won't tell you yet... Some of you already know about them. ^~^ Hm, what I guess I could say is this, did ANYONE see that coming in the last chapter? Re Guest review (s): Raven (Guest) : First, I'm not sure why your review isn't showing up on the review section because I did get an email... Anyways thank you for the review hun'. And yes I am aware of the lack of description in the first few chapters when I first posted it, but I have been going through them and editing it. (I have a thing for small details as well ^^) If you still feel like there is a lack of detail in this story (that is if you decided to continue reading) then please let me know. I will gladly add in more. ^^ (Just let me know what exactly is lacking description.) Anyways, here it is... The final battle against Mallaudus... ~Whisp
No?
Fine... *sulks in corner*
It was time.
Link almost couldn't believe it. But it was really happening.
He was going to have to fight Malladus and beat him if he ever wanted to see the sun again. He glared towards the demonic bull that stood before them, waiting for them to make the first move. Link distantly wondered if Aife was okay. He hoped that she didn't follow the same way Byrne did...
"Link!" Zelda said, catching his attention and silencing his thoughts. "I'm going to concentrate on channeling my power. While I do that please protect me from Malladus." Zelda instructed.
Link gave her a serious nod and Zelda turned away from him. She closed her eyes, and pressed her hands together, as though she was in some sort of deep prayer. There seemed to be a sort of stillness in the air surrounding her, as though it was an aura of faint peace around her small body.
Link looked to where Malladus stood in front of them again. The Demon King roared into the air, making the earth tremble beneath them in the process. Link gripped the Lokomo sword, taking in comfort of the leather bound hilt. He let out a shaky breath as his heart started to pick up its pace, his knees shook slightly and he swallowed hard. 'This is it...' His mind echoed.
And with that, the battle begun,
Malladus shot out an enormous flaming boulder at Zelda, and Link slashed his sword at it, making it fly off to the side and smash into shattered pebbles in one swift motion.
He almost smiled at that, and he almost thought that maybe this wouldn't be so bad...
Until three more flaming rocks were shot towards him.
Links eyes widened and he raced ahead to smack away the first one, which was quickly replaced by the next. He spun and slammed his sword into the second one and then jumped forward to smash down the third one.
The hot rocks made slight sizzling noises once they shattered into the cool grey stone beneath them, and Link could feel his sword growing slightly warm them.
He stood and stepped back a bit so that he could properly defend Zelda, keeping his sword up and ready for the next attacks.
Malladus roared into the air and glared down at the small boy that stood up against him. Link glared back and positioned his feet so that he could move quickly when needed.
Malladus fired out four this time and Link easily smacked them away with a slash of his sword. Flicking his wrists around easily to greet the approaching rocks. Malladus then shot out four in a perfect line. Link spun and whipped his sword around him in a large arc to hit all four of the fiery rocks, knocking them all away at once.
Link snuck a glance back at Zelda to see that her aura was glowing a strange light pink and gold, pouring from her body as her arms were slowly rising.
There was a loud bang and Link turned to face Malladus at the same time a flaming rock flew straight at him. Link raised his sword, but was too late. The giant rock slammed into him and knocked him away to the side. He yelled out at the sudden pain and with shaky arms, tried to lift himself up.
He glanced up at Zelda to see a deeper golden and pink aura glowing around her body.
His eyes widened as he saw Malladus fire out a rock directly at Zelda. Link scrambled to his feet and raced towards Zelda to stop the rock from hitting her.
"AH-!" Link cried out as the boulder slammed directly into his sword, making the boys small wrists bend back in an extremely painful way. The rock flew to the side and just barely missed Zelda.
His breathing grew more ragged and his heart slammed in his chest, filling his ears with a constant and continuous thump.
Link whimpered slightly at the pain that shot through his legs and arms. He swallowed hard and let out a deep breath.
He stood up straight in front of Zelda now and raised his sword towards Malladus, as of to say I'm ready now.
Malladus screamed into the air and slammed his front claws into the ground and growled at the small blonde boy that dared to challenge him. Malladus then shot out a straight row of four flaming stones, and another row as well.
Link gripped his sword tightly and spun in a circle to reach them all, slashing them away with some effort. He spun again, just barely hitting the rocks, and quickly again until all the stones flew back and into the ground where they shattered to bits.
There was a whoosh noise and a bright golden flash behind Link and Zelda turned to him. Link looked at her to see that her skin had this unearthly brightness to it, as though it was purified in a way with splashes of gold and pink. 'She looks so pretty...' Of course she always did, but now... Link has to will back his cheeks from heating up as he stared at her.
"Thank you for protecting me." Zelda smiled softly. "I'm ready now, Link. Let's combine my sacred power with the power of Spirit Flute. I think we can use them to weaken Malladus!" She exclaimed.
Link nodded, and with that, they were suddenly surrounded with a deep blue and purple barrier with a bright and colorful ground. Beams of light danced around them and struck the strange glowing floor they were on, all while lazily shining through the darkness.
Links eyes widened in amazement at the sudden change in their surrounding, but his attention was quickly caught by Zelda.
"This is it. Just follow along with me Link!" Zelda smiled sweetly at him and that made his heart jump slightly as he grinned back.
Zelda turned from him and closed her eyes as she cleared her throat slightly. Link pulled out the Spirit Flute and waited for Zelda to play out the first notes.
And then, there was a soft singing. Zelda's voice was absolute beautiful as she sang out five notes, a lot more difficult compared to when Link had played with the Lokomos.
When Zelda grew quiet, Link brought the flute to his lips and copied the exact notes she had sang out. He dragged the last one out for a second and Zelda started to sing her part again. Her voice was so sweet, Link couldn't help but smile silently to himself.
When it was Links turn again, Zelda continued to sing different parts, and Link had to remind himself to focus on his own notes and not mess up.
Zelda sang out her part right after him and then a bright light shone from them and up into the air.
Link continued to play his part directly after Zelda, but he couldn't help but glance up when he heard a familiar violin chime in.
Gage, the guardian of the Forest Realm was above them, playing the same tune Link and him had played to restore the tracks in the Forest Realm. Each note lined up perfectly with their own song.
Then, Steem appeared with his lute, his eyes were closed as his old fingers strummed the strings of his lute. Carben, the guardian of the Ocean Realm appeared next with his flute, the high pitched noise blending perfectly with the rest of them. Embrose, the Fire Realm Lokomo appeared after, sternly playing his drums to allow a deep beat for the tune. And finally, Rael came with his clarinet*. Playing the strange notes, that Link had just learned in the Sand Realm, beautifully.
And then, as the last notes were played from each of them, a great shining light appeared and engulfed them all.
With a high pitched whoosh, Link and Zelda appeared back in the area where Malladus was. Malladus screamed into the air as a giant golden light appeared on his back, forming a strange design that looked just like a spiraling target with a bright golden circle in the centre.
"You distract Malladus, Link." Zelda told him, her eyes looked steady and confident, but there was still a sliver of innocence and fear in them. "When I see an opportunity I'll shoot him in the back with the Bow of Light. This is the last battle, so let's make it count!" She told him and he nodded.
The small blonde boy walked towards the enormous demonic bull that stood before him snarling and growing. And with slightly quivering hands, Link took out the Lokomo sword and charged towards the Demon King.
A/N: *I don't know what that instrument is called. -Aifes POV-
Once Aife was on the flat surface within the ring Malladus was in her muscles were shrieking and begging her to stop moving, to just rest...
But she had to ignore them, she couldn't waste any time now. She moved straight towards where she saw a familiar boy in green.
There wad a loud and sudden crashing noise and Aife squealed as a large and flaming boulder smashed into the ground in front of her.
She snapped her attention to where it had come from to see another one flying straight at her. Her eyes grew wide and she quickly jumped away to the side, rolling away on the ground as it smashed into the ground just where she use to be. Hot flicks of fire and slivers of rock whizzed past her cheeks and she gasped.
"Bloody bugger..." She breathed out and quickly stood up.
She glanced over at Link to see him slashing his sword at Malladus's leg. The demon whipped towards him, forgetting about Aife now, and glared at Link as he swiped his enormous claw at him.
Only, instead of jumping away like Aife thought he would, Link was smacked away.
The kid cried out at the pain as he slammed into the ground several feet away and struggled to push himself up. He was covered in cuts and blood and looked absolutely exhausted. Aife also couldn't help but notice how young he looked now, how small and innocent he seemed compared to the enormous demon in front of him...
She growled at that, 'He's a bloody kid! Why does he have to put up with this shit?' Her mind growled in fury. She charged towards the giant bull and stabbed her sword into its leg, making black blood splash out to greet her face and blade.
'Ugh... Bull blood...'
Malladus roared and whipped towards her too quickly for her to react, making her wrists pop from the sudden jerk on her hilt.
She glared up at the enormous bull that breathed heavily down on her, his unearthly yellow eyes looking furious.
She growled and slashed her sword up at his lower jaw. Not making as big as an impact as she wanted. He roared at her but she only huffed and jabbed her sword into his foot, making him jerk away and yell in pain.
She yanked it back and somehow managed to roll/jump away as his enormous claw came swooping over to hit her.
Once she was clear from his constant attacks she raced over to where Link had finally gotten up.
She watched in horror as Malladus readied an attack of more fire rocks.
She pumped her legs faster and almost ended up tripping as she reached Link.
"Come on!" She yelled and grabbed his forearm.
Malladus shot out a flaming rock at them and Aife cursed.
She yanked Link into her chest and rolled clumsily away from the giant flaming boulder. Keeping Link close to herself so that he didn't feel the impact of the hard grey stones that she rolled away on. Link gasped in pain and gripped her shoulders tightly as he closed his eyes.
Once they were in a somewhat more clear area Aife slowly loosened her grip around the small boy and carefully helped to lift him up in her arms. He's small body was covered in slashes of dirt and scrapes. He's hands were slightly swollen and bruised and his eyes... They had this sort of haunted look to them, something that no boy should ever have to have. Aife felt the great urge to hug him and take him away from this cruel fate.
"Aife," He started. "He's too... He's too strong.." He winced at his own words as though they pained him to say it.
Her gaze softened. "Come on kiddo," She grinned down at him. "We're going to beat him." She grabbed his arm and he held onto hers too with his small hand, looking up at her with his enormous blue eyes. "Alright?"
He smiled shyly and then nodded determinedly as she helped him up.
"We need to distract him so Zelda can hit the weak spot on his back." Link explained.
Aife nodded. "Let's split up. It'll be easier for us to attack then."
Link glanced at her for a second and then nodded and raced away, as did she after a moment,
She glared at the giant blue bull and raised her sword towards him.
'This ends here.' She thought to the demonic bull creature that rose above her.
He sneered down at her, almost with a hint of amusement in his fierce yellow eyes.
'You think you can defeat me, mortal?' A deep and unearthly voice echoed through her mind, spitting the word mortal as though it were poison on his tongue. She glared at him with enough fury to kill.
Aife charged towards him, ignoring what he said, and raised her sword and slashed it down towards his leg, creating a large bloody gash. Sticky blood splashed out to her sword and arms, but she didn't notice.
Malladus screamed into the air and slammed his claw into her in rage. She was tossed to the side with an oof, and he stalked towards her, glaring with absolute hatred.
She growled and pushed herself up, her arms shaking as pain shot through her weary body.
She looked past Malladus to see Zelda with her bow ready to be fired as strange light spheres grew and then flew towards the arrow tip. She released the arrow and it shot straight into Malladuses back, making the bull yell out and tumble to the ground. A large and bright ruby colored stone appeared on his forehead and he looked as though he were unconscious for the moment.
Aife scrambled to stand up and raced over there immediately but Link got to him first.
The small boy yelled as he slammed and slashed his sword at the horns of Malladus, trying to reach the stone on his forehead.
Malladuses eyes flew open the same time as Link sliced off one of his horns. The demon shook Link off and stood as he roared out with fury.
The demon slammed his claw into Link, making him fly off to the side with a cry of pain.
"Link no!" Zelda cried out.
Zelda readied another arrow and then fired as soon as the light spheres entered the arrows tip. The arrow dug itself into Malladuses shoulder and the demon turned towards the small blonde girl.
He started towards her and Zelda automatically moved back in fear.
Aife forced herself up and raced towards Malladus with her sword readied.
With all her force she stabbed her sword into the his hind leg, forcing it deeper into the strange blue skin. The demon shrieked and spun around towards her, his eyes full of outrage. And because of his quick movement, Aife was pushed back.
With her sword still stuck in his leg.
"OH FU*-!" She screamed as he charged towards her head first.
She screamed as he slammed into her, his horn just cutting through her arm instead of her actual chest. His forehead slammed into her and she flew back onto a piece of the Demon Trains wall.
She groaned and fell to the ground on her hands and knees, gripping her bloody arm and glaring at Malladus through her messy and blood soaked hair. Her head was pounding and throbbing and her body screamed and begged her to stop moving.
"Oh you did not just do that..." Aife growled at the demon and tried to stand.
Link yelled out to her but she didn't quite catch what he had said.
She glanced over to him to see him running towards Malladus, his sword raised.
He thrust his sword into the demons leg and quickly pulled back as he grabbed Aifes sword.
Malladus whipped towards him and Zelda fired another golden arrow. The arrow dug deeply into the side of his head and he screamed. The demon moved towards her and Link threw Aifes sword towards her.
She nodded to him as thanks and then stood up. She ran over to her sword, scooped it up into her hand without stopping and raced towards Malladus beside Link.
The two of them moved behind Malladus and stabbed their swords into the back of his ankles. Malladus screamed at them and spun around to face them.
He made his posture grow so that he appeared like a giant to them, rising above them as he glared down at them. As though they were mere maggots to him.
'You will regret your foolish attempt to save this world!' Malladuses voice roared through her mind.
Aife smirked, resting her sword on her shoulder as if she didn't give a damn. She looked him straight in the eye then and her smirk grew darker as she lifted her fist up and flipped him off without a care. She heard Link hold back a burst of laughter at the casual gesture.
"Bring it." She spat and raced towards him, jumping out of the way of his claw that came swooping towards her as he screamed at her in outrage.
She smiled darkly as she stabbed her sword into his leg.
"Now!" Aife yelled towards Zelda
"Okay!" The girl called back.
Zelda moved around to the side and raised her bow towards Malladuses back, trying to aim it just right.
*Whoosh*
An arrow was shot out towards Malladus, hitting the golden mark on his back perfectly. Malladus growled and fell to the ground with a loud thump.
Link rushed towards him and started to hack away at the next horn to reach the strange stone on his forehead.
Aife came over as well to help cut off the horn. After a few more hits and slashes of their blades, it finally fell off with a loud crack and snap.
Malladus shook them off and fired out more burning rocks at them. Link was able to roll away and practically jump on Zelda to help shield her from the burning stones that flew everywhere.
Aife dodged them with a simple roll and laughed at him.
"Miss!" She yelled.
Malladus growled at her and charged towards her in a flash.
Though instead of being pushed back, she was knocked to the ground, her head making a loud banging noise when making contact with the cold stone ground. Her sword flew out of her hand and landed with a clang.
'Goddess dammit! Why does that keep happening?!'
She hissed and groaned at the burning pain that shot through her head.
Malladus moved toward her and pressed his large claw onto her chest.
She gasped and wheezed for air and whimpered as his sharp claws dug into her chest and stomach. She struggled underneath him then growled as he pressed further, his claws stabbing into her skin.
He brought his face closer to hers and screamed right into her face. His hot and disgusting breath blew over her face and she flinched away from it. A loud and annoying whining noise rang through her ears and she glared at him as she struggled to grab her sword, her fingers barely grazing over the handle.
He raised his other claw, and was about to finish her off completely when something slammed into the ruby like stone on his forehead, making him loosen his grip on her.
Which was just enough for her to roll out some more and grab her swords hilt.
She brought her sword up and awkwardly stabbed it into his claw from the side. Malladus raised his claw off of her chest at the sudden pain and she did not hesitate to roll away before it came slamming back down again.
Aife stood up shakily, blood soaking her clothes and staining her skin. She gripped her stomach where she had been stabbed by the bulls sharp claws, wincing slightly at the pain.
Aife glanced to where that strange blue explosion thing had come from and she smirked slightly as she saw a familiar dark haired man racing through the jagged rocks and dodging Malladuses fire balls in the process. He seemed to just snake through the jagged rocks smoothly as if he were running over a flat surface, his quick movements over each stone seemed flawless, and his dark hair snapped around in a black flash with his quick movements.
Byrne raised his gauntlet and shot out another electric blue orb thing that slammed into Malladuses forehead, his arm muscles flexing as he did so.
Magic...
Aifes eyes widened. 'Since when does he have magic!?' Her mind yelled. But she shook her head, deciding that it didn't matter now.
Byrne glanced at Aife for a second before he dodged one of Malladuses fire balls, that exploded everywhere upon hitting the jagged stones.
Link started to hit the demons leg again with his sword to distract him and Aife raced over to help.
That was also when Zelda let loose an arrow surrounded by golden light that hit the middle of Malladus back. Making the demon roar in rage and fury as he fell to the ground, momentarily unconscious.
Aifes eyes widened and she only froze for a second before she raced over to where Malladus was.
"Now!" She yelled at Link.
The boy nodded and raced to the front of Malladus where he quickly started to slash away at the stone on the demons forehead.
Aife quickly joined in, and raised her sword over her head and struck the blade into the demons head.
But the creature woke up too soon, and Link barely had enough time to stab his sword into Malladuses weak spot as well. Malladus pushed back and Link struggled to hold back the enormous bull that pushed against him.
Aife quickly pushed her own sword into the creatures forehead further and they both pushed back against the demon that tried to force them down.
"Zelda!" Link cried out.
"Hang on! I'm coming!" She called as she raced over to them.
Aife cried out as her arms threatened to give out and crumble. Her muscles were shaking so badly and her hands were even worse. Everything thing in her body screamed at her to stop, and she knew full well that it would only be a matter of time before she passed out.
But she felt something warm press against her back then, and a pair of hands grabbed the hilt of her sword to help her push her sword further into the demons weak spot. Large arms were up against her own and she felt the force of Malladus ease off of her arms.
She didn't have to glance back to know Byrne was there. He was all too familiar and that made her smile slightly.
"I've got your back." He muttered gruffly into her ear right as they pushed her sword even further into the ruby stone on the demons forehead.
'Focus...' Her mind whispered. Aife closed her eyes and pushed her body further, she whimpered slightly as her muscles started to ache more. She then growled at her body for being so weak, 'Come on Aife, finish this.'
Zelda finally grabbed the hilt of Links sword and helped him push back Malladus, who screamed out at them in fury.
"Unh, almost there!" Zelda cried out.
Mallaudus pushed his head even closer to them, and they all grunted as they struggled to push him back.
But just before they were about to make the final and killing blow, something deep rumbled through Aifes ears. She opened her eyes and everything seemed to freeze when she looked into Malladuses eyes. She wasn't even breathing now, everything had gone silent and motionless...
The demons yellow eyes flickered to the black mark on her hand, and it almost looked as though he was smirking.
'I see you've received my little gift for you...' His deep voice rumbled through her mind and almost seemed to crackle like lightning with a somewhat amused tone to it. 'We will meet again little child... Just wait and see...' Malladus said threateningly.
She smirked darkly. 'Challenge accepted.' She thought back, no way would she let his words scare her.
His glare turned cold with hatred and her mark started to burn, making her gasp and flinch in pain. She yelled and pushed her sword further into the demons crystal forehead as everything seemed to go back to normal. Well, as normal as it was to be fighting a giant demonic blue bull.
"Just one last push!" Zelda cried as she helped Link.
"Now!" Aife yelled.
They cried out at the amount of pressure on their bodies and all four of them pushed their swords up and stabbed even further into Malladuses head, until the hilt of their swords were the only things visible. There was a loud crack and everything seemed to freeze then.
Link and Zelda held their sword into the demons head and Aife and Byrne kept theirs in place as well. No one dared to move, breathe, or even blink for that matter.
A deep thunder rumbled around them, and a flash of bright yellow lightning soon followed above them. The winds howled miles away as though it was in a threateningly way, but everything around them seemed to be still. Waiting.
And then, it all shattered.
The ruby colored weak spot exploded into tiny shards of stone everywhere.
Malladus pulled back and gripped his head as he yelled and screamed into the air, shaking furiously. He jerked around screaming in pain and fury, his blue skin twitching here and there. His fiery glare passed over Aife for a second and she glared back cooly.
With a final scream into the air, Malladus froze, his skin started to crack everywhere, and then it exploded into tiny blue shards that scattered everywhere in the air.
... And he was gone.
Everyone was breathing hard, feeling as though they could just crumble to the ground and sleep there forever from all the fighting.
Aife dropped her sword and leaned back into Byrnes chest, exhaustion hitting her hard as though she could just die from all the pain in her sore muscles. 'It's done.' She thought. 'It's over now.'
Byrne caught her and held her closely to him as he tried to catch his breath, the pain in his chest throbbed and he closed his eyes.
Zelda stared into space, looking hazed and shocked as she moved away from Link, her mind unable to process anything now.
Link only lowered his sword and glanced over at Zelda, he was a out of breath, and was looking pale but he was relieved that this was over.
There was a moment of silence between them all. The winds stopped their screaming and the sky stopped yelling as the dark clouds above them grew thin and bright orange and pink beams snuck out. When the darkness had finally cleared, the sun was finally visible at the horizon, making the sky orange with small fluffy pink clouds floating lazily by.
"So... It's all over now... But-" Zelda started solemnly but was cut off upon seeing Byrne. Her eyes grew wide and she froze for a second, as though she could not believe he was there. The small blonde girls face brightened and she squealed as she raced over to him, practically jumping on him to hug him.
"Y-You're alive!" She laughed out.
Byrne smiled kindly and gave the small blonde girl a hug back.
"Thank you for-... Thank you for protecting me, Byrne." She smiled sweetly up at him tears pricking at her eyes.
He nodded down at her. "You are welcome, Your Majesty."
She smiled and took a step back and grinned at Aife, she opened her mouth to speak but she was cut off.
"For a second there... I thought we were too late." A voice said softly.
An old looking women came up to them, dressed in a pink robe with her hair stacked in a high bun on top of her head. Her skin was wrinkled from time with a slight pink shading to it.
"Anjean?" Zelda asked in confusion, moving up to the elderly women who came up to them in some sort of strange wheel chair like thing.
"Your friend there," The old women, Anjean, gestured to Aife, "Payed a great price indeed to help Byrne."
"What?" Link asked, glancing at Aife nervously.
Aife only frowned and Byrne stiffened behind her.
"What happened Anjean?" Zelda asked as she walked up to the elderly Lokomo.
Anjean closed her eyes as she spoke. "Aife was able to get assistance from the Goddess, and for that, all of her memories of the lokomos, and her blood tying her to them was erased." Anjean explained.
Aifes frown only grew. Byrnes eyes widened as well as everyone else.
"What?" Zelda asked, "So she's... human then?"
Anjean nodded. "Yes, my dear, she is a full human now. Though she will not remember being half Lokomo."
"I can hear you you know..." Aife mumbled. 'This doesn't make any sense...' She thought to herself. 'But they wouldn't lie about this...'
"Then what's this mark?" Byrne asked, lifting up Aifes left hand.
Anjean frowned and shook her head. "That I cannot say. There is something odd about it though..."
"Great..." Aife grumbled to herself.
"But it's nothing to worry about now." Anjean smiled at them sweetly.
Zelda spoke up then. "So, will she never be able to remember anything about the Lokomos then?"
"No, but there should be no remorse. She chose this. And besides, our kind are the servants of the spirits, we will never lose that..." Anjean said as she rolled past them.
Zelda stared at her. "What do you mean?"
Anjean spoke kindly to them. "You see, as Lokomos... We weren't only meant to protect the spirit tracks. We were also meant to watch over mankind." Anjean laughed. "But are protection is no longer needed. Even without the spirits' guidance, you will do well." She smiled at the warmly. "So I think I will return to the heavens... In the company of my old friends."
And with that, Anjean raised her arms outward and started to float up from her strange looking chair.
"Anjean wait!" Zelda called out, stepping forward towards Anjean.
"Please watch over this land, my dear. Link, Aife, and Byrne... You must help her." She told them softly.
There was a flash of light, and suddenly Anjean was replaced by a glowing pink orb.
"Good bye and thank you, thank you all." She said as she floated up into the air as long as some other colorful orb spirits.
Aife felt tears prick at her eyes when she saw a silver orb fly up into the air, but she was unsure as to why it upset her. Byrne wrapped his arms around her and she leaned back into him, taking comfort in his warmth.
There were six different colored orbs floating through the sky now. Pink, blue, silver, red, green, and brown.
Link and Zelda watched in awe and slowly, their fingers intertwined together as they watched the Lokomo guardians leave this world. Knowing that it was finally over and it was going to be okay from now on.
Aife felt Byrne release her and she only had a second to turn her head as he moved in front of her and hugged her into his chest, tucking her head under his chin. She let out a soft sigh and leaned against him, feeling her muscles become loose and relaxed in his embrace. Byrne looked ahead of them and she snuck a glance to the side as well.
The sun was slowly starting to set in the west, leaving behind streaks of orange and blue, and the crisp twilight air surrounded the four of them as the calm finally came.