"Do you think it was a mistake to send Rusl home?" Zelda stood beside Ashei as she looked out into a new blizzard that kept them at bay in the manor. They had planned to leave for Hyrule today, but the weather had intensified. Rusl had left in the early morning the day before. But something else was strange. "And do you think we should be worried about Ganon's disappearance?"
"I don't think it was a mistake for Rusl, but Ganon's absence bothers me. Creina has searched the estate several times over looking for him. I have reason to believe that he left yesterday, possibly around the same time as Rusl." Ashei wasn't too concerned herself. She still had the repressed memories of what he had done to her… Dimitri had always been there to keep those things from her mind, to heal her wounds…
"Still nothing." Creina came back into the large room. She had a look of puzzlement on her elegant face. "What do you think it means?"
"I don't know. And personally… If we didn't need as much help as we can get, I would have killed him myself." Ashei let the disgust and hatred bleed through her normally icy façade. Only Dimitri knew how hot blooded she truly was.
She remembered what had captured her heart about him. She remembered when she had threatened to kill him when they first met, and how he had easily overpowered her… and all of the other people in the room without any effort. He didn't care about his previous lovers, but he was truly her man.
She had a dream the night before, one of Dimitri, promising to always live in her heart and dreams, just as she last remembered him. Kind, loving, warm to her body, more of a soul mate then she could have ever dreamed. He told her before kissing her deeply and ending her dream, that he was now dead and nothing could change that. She had to free his body from this torrential destiny of madness and demonic descent.
She had cried when he spoke these words. She screamed at him, the only woman that had ever dared to raise her voice to him. But this was because of how much she really loved him. She loved him to the point that she did not stop herself. She had beaten his scarred chest with her fists, letting him know her feelings.
He had simply smiled and pulled her closer. She stopped lashing out and leaned against her. Her eyes still shimmered from the tears that clouded her vision. He begged her to end his misery that he had to endure watching his demon tirade around and kill more and more innocent people under his name. She had finally said that she would. He smiled again and then told her that he lay within Zelda's and Creina's dreams as well. She was jealous, but she realized that this was something that united the three of them.
They were the new guardians of the realms, and they had to stand together in order to slay the demon. Their visions of Dimitri and their love for him would steady their minds, preparing them for what they had to do. They had to free him from the endless torture and clear his tarnished name. Whether or not they survived did not matter. The preservation of this kingdom was all that did matter.
"Ashei?" Zelda interrupted Ashei's myriad thoughts and snapped her back to reality. She had been lost in thought for only a few seconds but Creina and Zelda knew that she was in the middle of deep thought. She looked at the two previous lovers of Dimitri. Zelda looked concerned while Creina seemed lost in thought now. "Are you okay, Ashei?"
"I'm fine. Just thinking." She shook her head slightly to clear her mind. "Am I the only one that can navigate in a blizzard?"
"I'm afraid so." Creina didn't look up. Her eyes seemed focused on something that wasn't there.
"Okay. Well then I'm afraid that we're going to have to split up…" Ashei put the golden bladed sword Dimitri had slain Ralis with years ago, still dripping with divine blood, on her back and put her smaller personal sword on her hip.
"Why?" Zelda asked as Creina's head snapped up.
"Because I sense Dimitri… or rather two of him…" Ashei shrugged. "I also sense a much more powerful Lanaryu alongside one of the Dimitri presences."
"Where are they?" Creina left behind her private thoughts.
"Well, one Dimitri and Lanaryu are in the Faron Province moving toward Ordon. The other is in the graveyard outside of Kakariko…" Ashei turned from the two and started toward the door.
"So where are you going to go first?" Zelda moved in front of her.
"I'm going to Ordon. When the blizzard clears up, I want you to go to the graveyard. After things are sorted out in Ordon, I'll come to the graveyard." Ashei gently moved Zelda aside. Then Creina stepped in front of her. "What?"
"You know what Dimitri said…" She spoke of the dreams they all had. Ashei's posture slumped only slightly. "He said we must stand united to defeat the demon, otherwise we have no hope. Midna must wake up soon, and when she does—,"
"We must combat the demon together." Midna said from behind them in the doorway.
"You're finally awake." Creina smiled a little. "See? You can't just go off crusading on your own. We need you and you need us."
"Fine. Then you go to the graveyard while we go to Ordon." Ashei looked at Creina. Her eyebrow cocked in surprise. "We've been here too long and I'm tired of feeling cooped up and useless."
"Sounds okay to me." Midna was full rested and had the sacred blue sword once used to seal Ganon in the Sacred Realm on her back. She had dressed warm with lots of fur from Ashei and Dimitri's closets. "When do we leave?"
"In a few minutes. Dress warmly Zelda." Ashei looked at her quickly. "There's plenty of clothes around here. Creina, you may leave whenever you like, just don't take too much time."
Zelda nodded and went into the next room and Creina sat down, back in more thoughts. Ashei walked to Midna who was leaning against the door leading into the blizzard.
"How long have you been awake?" Ashei smiled at her good friend.
"About an hour. I noticed Ganon was missing, Rusl was gone, and overheard everything you were talking about in here." Midna returned the smile. "This blizzard is pretty bad. Are you sure that we must leave now?"
"I am. We've been here too long as it is." Ashei nodded and her smile diminished. "What does it mean? Two of him…"
"We'll find out, but we must go to Ordon's aid. Rusl is in danger." Midna set their objective.
