Good morning! Since today's theme is "Breath of the Wild", rather than going for the game aspect of it, I decided to go for what such words bring to my mind: freedom. There was one scene, from one Disney movie, that expressed that feeling more than anything else, and this was my starting point for today.

Her blonde hair in the wind, her toes feeling the grass, she was feeling free for the first time. She couldn't help but run around, giggling and screaming "BEST DAY EVER."

Little had she known, the princess of this realm had done the exact same thing some while ago. She was no princess, but she enjoyed it just the same, tears of joy shimmering in her eyes.

"Yes, yes, we get it. Could you be quiet now? You're scaring the birds away." She blew a raspberry at her timeless friend, who rolled his eyes. They wouldn't say it, but they were glad they still were together. Elrena and Lauriam, who were known for a while as Larxene and Marluxia, were back to their usual selves.

Although he was a lot more quiet than she was, there was no denying Lauriam was enjoying every second of freedom as much as she did. He was fluttering from one bush to another, smelling the flowers, feeling the wind, and for the first time in ages, he could feel all these things, feel a spark of joy at every bird chirping, remembering dear memories with every smell. Everything felt more vibrant with a heart. The sounds, the flavours, the colours. Everything had a meaning. His world had been in shades of grey for so long that he was almost blinded by how colourful everything was now. And when he caught a glimpse of his old partner in crime, it would be a lie to say she wasn't herself glowing, and it made him happy.

Elrena grinned at him, then she scooped some water from a nearby pond, and swiftly threw it at another one of their party members, who shrieked.

"What was that for exactly? Can't a guy enjoy a bit of peace?"

"Oh, come on," she said with a mocking voice, "surely you didn't expect me to be soft on you just because I had my heart back, Demyx?"

"Truth be told I'm still not sure you ever had a heart to begin with," he said, glaring at her. He looked so pitiful with his face covered with water that she couldn't help but laugh, falling to her knees next to him.

"You're right, I sold it in exchange for my gorgeous looks, best deal of my life!"

"So the merchant got his part with your heart, but when are you supposed to get the good looks then?" Demyx looked genuinely confused, and only a mischevious spark in his eyes betrayed his sly attack. Elrena looked offended and took a knife out of her pocket.

"Careful, waterboy, we're allowing you here only because we want to know why Xemnas thought you were important, but that doesn't mean that you need all ten of your fingers…"

"Would you please show some respect for the elderly at least?"

The complaint came from the fourth member of their unusual party. Luxord - who, just like Demyx, had kept his human name for himself - had been trying to take a nap forever. With the sun on his face and the relative quietness of the place, he had assumed he would be allowed to get some rest, but that was forgetting about his bickering groupmates. Everyone was rather secretive about what Xemnas saw in them, so he wondered how exactly they were planning to find out the truth about all of them. He knew perfectly well what made him unique, but the three of them? From what he could tell, Elrena and Lauriam, as they now wished to be called, had known each other for a very long time. Longer than one would assume, he believed from what they would sometimes hint. Demyx was a complete mystery, just shrugging off any question, saying he didn't want to be the first one to tell his past. And Luxord understood that well. He had no intention of revealing any of his main cards until the other ones showed their own hands. What none of them knew, besides him of course, was that there was a fifth player in their game, an opponent they would not suspect. And so, while Elrena was running barefoot in the grass, while Demyx was playing a joyous melody, while Lauriam was picking up flowers, Luxord would only pretend to enjoy this newfound freedom, but, his eyes closed, he would try to sense the fifth presence, that was bound to show up someday : the man they all knew under the name Xigbar.

At this point are we EVEN surprised Lauriamarluxia is still there? At least he thought of bringing friends this time! The new khux story update is out for JP, I'm still waiting for translation to have a look, I hope we will get nice content!

"Tomorrow we fight" is the upcoming theme even though "tomorrow we enjoy the fact that weekend is nigh" is going to be a lot more accurate for me!