Chapter Twenty-Six: Epilogue

"Which one should I choose?" I carefully studied the book in front of me, reading all options available. "Let's see, if I were to choose this course then I wouldn't be able to take that course." I heaved a sigh. "Why must this be so hard?" Frustrated, I shut the book with a bang.

"Zelda, are you back here?" Looking up, I saw Link poke his head over the fence. When he saw me sitting under the oak tree, he waved. "Hey!"

"Morning," I replied.

"Can I come over?"

"Sure." I giggled, watching him scale the fence. When reaching the top he jumped down with a soft thud and jogged towards me.

"What are you doing?" He inquired curiously and took a seat next to me. I showed him the papers and the book I had lying next to me. "Course selection sheets?" he said, reading them briefly and shrugged. "Eh, I guess it makes sense. You need to pick your courses before the school year starts. Besides, we've already done it."

"Lucky you," I voiced aloud.

He snickered, "You having any trouble deciding?"

I cringed, "Just a bit."

He pursed his lips together. "Let's see if I can help." He shuffled the papers until he found the one where I had to list the courses I wished to take. His eyes scanned over the page briefly. I watched his expression change from neutral to bewilder in a matter of seconds. "Zelda, you can't be serious." He gaped.

I huffed. "What's that supposed to mean, Link?" I thought the courses I had selected were good. However, based on Link's expression, he clearly didn't feel the same way.

"Zelda, taking all these courses will kill you. You won't have any time for fun."

"Ah." I paused. "Is that a bad thing?"

Link stared dumbfounded. "Zelda, you dunce… you're not taking all these courses." He reached for the eraser and began to erase some of the course codes.

My jaw dropped, "Link!"

He reached for the pencil. "I'm going to write down some courses I think you should consider taking. You might enjoy them more than advanced chemistry or—"

"Thank you for the suggestion, but I like what I had selected." I pulled the paper away from his grasp. He looked startled. "Link," I spoke. "It's fine if you don't like the courses I want to take, but I want to take them, and I will take them regardless of how you feel."

Sheepishly, he rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm sorry, Zelda. I just think you're making a mistake taking all those courses at once. It will be quite difficult to manage." He paused. "Also, do you really want to spend so much time studying every single day? Don't you want some time to relax and have fun?"

I kept quiet. Maybe he did have a point, I realized. I wasn't about to admit that I had made a mistake, but I decided to let him suggest some courses. "Link, what are some of the courses you're taking?"

He looked startled, but answered with a grin, "Gym."

My face paled, "Heck no."

He crossed his arms over his chest. "What's wrong with gym?" He inquired playfully. "It is a course and provides good exercise. I figure you'd like it, Zelda."

I suppressed a shudder. "I haven't had the best experiences in that class, Link." Back at my old school, it was a requirement to take gym all four years of high school. But Kakariko Secondary only required you take it for one year. If I could get away without taking gym in my last year, I would go for it.

Link shook his head. "Zelda, all of us would be in the class with you. We're all taking gym."

"Even Saria?" I asked doubtfully.

Link looked away. "Saria doesn't take gym."

"Ha!" I retorted. "Not everyone likes to take gym."

"But," Link rebutted. "She plays on a bunch of sports teams at school."

"Like what?" I asked, curious. I found it hard to imagine Saria playing sports. She seemed like more of an artistic person to me.

"Let's see, last year she was on swimming, soccer, cross country and field hockey team."

"Shit." I swore, blushing. "I never knew that."

Link cracked a grin. "A lot of people feel the same way." He admitted. "It always surprises people how many teams she joins during the year. Believe it or not, but she is quite the athlete."

"Seriously," I laughed, "I'd love to see her play sometime."

"You should consider joining a team then," he informed me. "Saria would love it if the two of you played together on the same team."

I pursed my lips together. "I'll consider it."

"Anyway, back to the task on hand." Link voiced loudly, startling me. "Zelda, you can keep some of those courses, but some have to go." He reached over and snatched the sheets out of my hands. "One of the sciences can stay, but you're going to have to replace one with gym."

"Link, it's my schedule, not yours!"

He stood up. "Maybe I'll call Sheik and Nabooru and tell them what you want to take."

My eyes widened. If I thought Link was bad with his suggestions, Nabooru and Sheik would be twice as bad. "You wouldn't dare." I jumped to my feet.

He smiled comically. "Just watch me," he taunted, running off.

Mouth agape, I stared for a second before coming to my senses. "Link! Get back here!" I roared, following him. "Don't you dare call Nabooru or Sheik! If you do, I'll make you regret it!"

"I'd like to see you try." He laughed.

My eyes narrowed. "Link!" I screamed and tackled him to the ground, "You big meanie!"

Fin~

Author's Note: Before any of you say it, I know that ending wasn't what you would have anticipated. I have a feeling that some might oppose it, but I thought that this aspect was much better to do than the usual – what you would expect to occur. Feel free to voice your opinion, but I like the ending and am keeping it this way.

Besides the ending though, there are a few other things I would like to address. Firstly, thank you everyone for sticking by me as I attempted to edit this story from the beginning. It has been a bit of a ride, but I finally managed to finish editing the story, and am more than satisfied with how it turned out. The grammar and spelling was not only corrected, but I feel that by going through the story and fixing it, I managed to flesh out Zelda's character and give her a bit more of a backbone.

Second, thank you to everyone for reviewing, alerting and favouriting the story. I am immensely happy to know that people still like the story – even after the changes I've made. Thank you to my previous readers for sticking by me as I made the changes and made the story even better. :) I have learned a lot from writing this fanfiction, and even more from going back and editing the chapters.

I suppose that sums up everything. Oh, wait… some of you have been asking about a sequel. Right now, I have no plans for a sequel. In the future, I might write one, but for now you'll just have to be satisfied with this story. (Sorry everyone. XD)

Thank you for being such wonderful readers. I hope you enjoyed the epilogue and the entire story itself. It was fun writing it, and I am sad to see it end. But all good things must end eventually, and that is what is happening with this story.

Sincerely,

-TriforceandSheikahArts