Alright! I managed to get in one final chapter before the New Year's! HERE'S TO SURVIVING 2016 EVERYBODY! Now I just want to tell you all, this chapter will have a certain story that might seem somewhat out of place. Don't worry, you'll know it when you read it! Just know that I'm not trying to parody anything, this is just a personal story/headcannon that I made up for that certain character. But whatever, read on people! Enjoy!

Chapter 36: Prelude to Disaster

Zelda's POV

After brief initial shock from all of our group, we took the Deity's offer and tried to prepare however we could. Logan sent Aden and Adri (with her newfound powers) to heal all of the wounds from our respective battles. But Aden generously volunteered to heal all of our wounds himself, as his magic had the most effect to heal out of all seven of us. Logan opened his mouth to object, but Adri collapsed onto the nauseating floor before he could speak up, laying on her back. Judging from her many scars and wounds across her body, it seemed like she needed it.

"Adri come on, you got your energy back after the fight with Zant. You should at least help out a little." Logan complained, sitting legs crossed on the floor next to Lora. Without sitting up, she raised a finger and pointed at Logan.

"'M sorry, which one've us fought a crazy dude with god powers? Yeah, that's whatta thought." Her arm dropped back to the floor, and she seemed to pass out from exhaustion right on the spot. Logan groaned and rested his head in his palm and looked away, slightly angry. Lora looked mildly concerned for her as Aden approached her to heal some of her injuries.

"Wait, Adri, you took on Zant all by yourself?" Lora leaned in to listen to Adri's explanation while Aden surrounded her in one of his Memory Orbs. For her, Adri lifted her head up, automatically snapping out of her grogginess. Her face showed some slight stress from Lora's question. I was quite surprised myself! She had both Link and Logan with her, so why did they not aid her? 'Perhaps Zant had forced them out of the battle?'

"Errrrmyes! I did, and it wasn't really that easy let me tell you"-

"Why would you do that?!" She yelled at Adri while the Memory Orb's glow faded. Her skin showed no signs of there ever being scuffs or bruises. Adri winced, and sat up to try and explain herself. But Lora cut her off before she could try and retract her comment.

"You could've got yourself killed! The three of you all (thank you Aden) went there as a team to take him down together! Why would-oh. Oh my god don't tell me." She pinched her forehead as she tried to guess Adri's logic. "It was because of what he said, wasn't it? Back when you two were fighting at Castle Town?"

Adri retracted her hand, wincing even more from Lora's guess. It appeared that the two knew each other very well. Lora read Adri's face like an open book, and slapped her forehead in disappointment.

"Ugh, Adri." Lora groaned, with a slight touch of sympathy in her voice. "You have to stop doing this. One day that'll happen again and it will NOT end well! *sigh* At least you got rid of Zant."

Adri, Logan and Link froze where they sat, as if they all simultaneously remembered a very important detail they all forgot. I looked between the trio, becoming anxious at all of their realization. Midna noticed this as well.

"Why are you all… not saying anything?" Midna apprehensively asked the three. Aden, who was now preparing to heal Midna, stopped as well to stare at Logan and Adri. Adri nervously rubbed her shoulder and looked away and Link just looked down at the ground. Logan looked back and forth between his two teammates, and sighed.

"Wait, the second Triforce of Power wielder, where are they?" I asked. The trio's mission was to not only save Din, but to also rescue the second wielder of the Triforce of Power. But only they came back, not with any other person we would be familiar with. 'Did something happen to them?' I obliviously thought. Link and Adri just became even more nervous from my questioning, but Logan stood up to answer. We all went silent and stared at him.

Without saying a word, he took steps away from us, practically to the complete other side of the nauseating room. Using the spell that Midna had taught him, he conjured the dagger I had given him when we were facing off against the beast from Snowpeak mountain. It appeared just above his outstretched hand, and he snatched it from the air.

"Logan, what're"-

"Just…" Logan stalled, interrupting Link. "Get ready in case something goes wrong, alright?"

Before Link was given a chance to respond, Logan got into a battle stance, prepared as if some dangerous creature was to appear any moment right in front of him (to be fair, who did appear could be classified as a dangerous creature). He stretched out his palm, muttered a chant under his breath, and in a blinding flash of light blue light, Zant the Usurper appeared.

Logan grabbed him by the back of his garb and slammed him onto the floor with minimal effort, and put the dagger next to his neck. Midna and Aden gasped and took one or two steps away in fear, but Adri and Link sat where they were, having confidence in Logan, yet showing slight traces of fear. I copied Adri and Link's actions, and kept sitting where I was.

It was when he was on the floor I realized Zant's condition. His garb was torn and greatly shredded, and not a single spot on his skin did not have some sort of injury! His helmet was missing, showing his blue-bleeding, agonizing face. He laid on the floor, not resisting in the slightest, yet wearing an expression of pure rage.

'If Adri truly managed this on her own,' I thought 'I should most likely not try to make her angry.'

"This is him." Logan said, still focusing on Zant to make sure he didn't escape. However, it did not seem like he would be moving any time soon. "This is the final wielder of the Triforce."

Everyone (excluding Logan, Link and Adri) froze where they stood, astonished by Logan "introducing" our new ally. Midna's face was filled with pure horror, Lora's mouth was agape, Aden slowly put a palm to his forehead, and as for me? My reaction was similar to Midna's. 'Zant is.. He can't possibly be… but how in-' My thoughts scattered everywhere from the shock. He brought destruction and ruin to both the Light and Twilight Realms, twice! But if we wanted to save everyone, we would have to work with him!

"No. No! There is no way in Twilight I'm going to work with HIM!" Midna screamed, harshly waving a hand to emphasize her statement. Adri and Logan gave each other a glance, as if they both knew something and spoke through their eyes. Aden still seemed lost in his thoughts.

Logan, deciding that Zant wouldn't be moving anytime soon, good up from the Twili's back to face all of us. Just as he speculated, Zant did not move an inch. But he still clutched his dagger tightly, just in case Zant somehow suddenly got a burst of energy.

Lora stepped forward as well. "Logan, you aren't saying that-I mean, you guys told me what he did! Everything he did!" she exclaimed. Logan crossed his arms as Adri and Link rose from where they sat.

"I'm not." he said bluntly. "Believe me, I don't want to work with him as much as you guys. Right now," Logan gave a judgeful glare to the Usurper who laid a couple feet away, "I want to know what we should do with him."

"Easy." Midna pounded her fist into her right palm, with her hair hand mimicking her left intimidatingly. Adri and Link followed her, summoning fireballs and readying swords. I decided to cut them off before they decided to choose any rash decisions. Leaping up from my seat on the flooring, I rushed over to the group.

"Let us not be brash!" I commented, stepping into the center of the circle and raising my arms. "We cannot simply kill him now." Adri seemed beyond offended, right along with Midna. Meanwhile Logan obtained a curious expression. "What do you mean?" He asked me.

"Perhaps we do decide to kill him, where would his Triforce of Power half go? We do not know if it will go to its other bearer," I gestured to Adri, "if it will disappear, or worst of all…" I looked to the looming wooden door on the far wall. The four seemed to get my message. But I felt like this was not enough reason, so I pressed on. I lowered my arms and turned to Link.

"Link, you may not fully recall, but do you remember when we defeated Ganondorf?" He simply turned to me and nodded, with a slightly confused expression on his face. "When he passed, the Triforce of Power did not appear from his body, nor was there any signs of a new bearer ever since then. It simply disappeared, until now."

"Zelda," Link sheathed the Master Sword, "I get where yer comin' from, but this is different. The Triforce is split, and Adri's here too. It might go to her!"

"But what if it doesn't? Then we would have killed him for no true reason! We cannot make a decision until we completely know how to handle this situation!" I started to make a firm stance on my position. Truthfully, a part of my mind did want to get rid of Zant so I could avenge my home. But I forced that part deep down into my mind until I could come up with a concrete solution.

"Midna taught me the spell to store things in this "pocket dimension" place." Logan spoke up, looking at his hand. "I should be able to store Zant's half in there if it doesn't go to Adri. But if that doesn't work, maybe we could ask for a little help from the goddesses?" Aden started to walk around the group, maybe to find a good spot to enter into the conversation?

"That might work," Lora said, "but what if they don't have enough power to do it? Didn't you guys say that they were weak during this whole thing? They might not even have enough power to do that!"

"True, true. But maybe if every single one of us, including the goddesses, pitched in our powers, we might be able to make it work! Besides, we have seven pieces! That should be enough, right?" Logan was trying his hardest to find a way to transfer the Triforce of Power to Adri, he seemed very focused on getting rid of Zant for good! While his hate was not as shown as Adri's, it was still very strong. It made me ponder for a moment.

A slightly old memory resurfaced from the day before; when Zant had used his powers to trap us all in the Light Spirit Lanayru's cavern. Zant first taunted Logan, teasing him about a strange past event where they have previously met. At the time, we were all caught up in the action that I had paid it little to no mind. But one day later, I started to think again how they had known each other. 'He did say something about my descendant, but he did not elaborate much on the topic. It almost seemed like he was trying to avoid it.' I was beginning to go as deep into thought as Aden.

"I guess so, but…" Midna held her head trying to think. After a handful of seconds, she sighs and turns around to ask Aden for his input. "What do you think A"-

She stopped talking when she realized Aden moved. "Aden?" The rest of us turned to look at Aden's old spot along with Midna, and they all shared the same confusion, except for me. Looking past Logan and Adri, I found Aden kneeling by Zant, examining and taking one of Zant's scimitars. Lora and Link followed my gaze, and found Aden as well. He put the blade behind him, making sure that Zant couldn't reach it. But it did not seem like he would be using it anytime soon, judging from his condition.

At least, that is what I thought.

Aden stretched out his palm, and after an audible crackle, a Memory Orb appeared from his hands and began to surround Zant. By now, the rest of the group saw Aden, and it did not take too long to figure out what he would do.

"Aden!" Adri yelled

"What are you doing!" Midna screamed.

"Aden, don't!" Lora reached out, as did many others including myself.

But Aden paid them no mind, and ignored their screams. From inside the orb, I could see Zant staring up at Aden with utter disbelief. He still did not move, only huffing from where he was. I could faintly hear him whisper to Aden "what… what...are…"

"Just stay still." The innocent Twili spoke carefully. He then reached inside the Memory Orb, and gently placed his hand on Zant's arm. The familiar grey light shined, and when it faded, all of Zant's injuries were healed. His torn clothes were now patched, and his scars and bruises had disappeared. All signs from his previous battle with Adri had faded away. Nobody in the group knew what to say, we all stood there agape at the innocent Twili's actions. Even Zant was shocked at Aden's decision; one of his worst enemies had healed him back to full health, despite what he has done to all of us!

Aden took Zant's hand and pulled him up to his feet, with Zant lightly cooperating with him. He was still astonished by Aden's kind actions. The Twili turned around to face the six of us, his expression revealing a man filled with determination, yet at the same time, major fear. Taking a deep breath, Aden held out an arm as if it was a shield for him.

"I know you all won't like hearing this…" Aden opened his eyes and faced all of us, bearing a mask of determination.

"But I can't let you kill Zant."

Every single Triforce bearer went slack-jawed (except for Aden of course), and stood there in… I don't even know the proper word for how we felt; how I felt. Terrified, astonished, possibly even ashamed? Even now I am amazed at Aden's reasoning and self-assurance. Perhaps if Link and Aden had swapped roles in the Twilit Invasion, the Twili might have been able to match Link's accomplishments. But as of now, he brought only shock to all seven of his allies.

"Y-you're...Aden, you have"-

"No, I'm not Adri." Aden firmly stated. The female power bearer almost looked pale as Aden cut her off. She coursed her hand through her short hair, likely thinking the same thought we all had. I glanced at Midna; she was in a horrified daze, with her jaw hanging loosely and her gaze locked on to Aden and Zant. I couldn't imagine what terrified thoughts were running through her head. Lora stepped out of the group to confront her friend.

"Aden, how could you defend him? After everything he's done, to us AND Hyrule! He killed like, hundreds of people just because the Deity said so!" Lora interrogated. She had an outer layer of confusion, but her tone revealed a more rage-filled yet sorrowful inside. But despite one of his closest friends showing remorse for his actions, Aden continued to stand his ground.

"Even though we all hate him and what he's done"-

"Gee, really feeling the love here."

"Oh quiet you, I'm keeping you alive!" Aden talked down Zant, then turned back to us. "We need all the help we can get if we want to save Hyrule. Even if it means having to team up with him. Killing him won't help us."

"Didn't you hear us just talking?!" Logan yelled in annoyance. He pointed a finger at the two Twili. "We all have a way that we can transfer Zant's piece to Adri, or just keep it for ourselves! Adri is already strong, and with Zant's piece"-

"Well what if THIS is what the Fierce Deity wanted, huh?!" Aden wiped his hand sharply through the air. Logan's face of annoyance turned into confusion, and his hand slightly dropped. "What?"

"Think about it! Do you really think that the Fierce Deity, a person who slaughtered villages and towns for no real reason, is an "honorable man?" He tried to kill Zant after he tried and failed to kill us, without hesitation! He always knew where the Triforce Pieces were, how do you think he knew that Midna and I had these middle pieces?!" Aden showed off his dimly glowing Triforce piece, the left half of the new, grey, unnamed piece. Midna looked down at her half as well, contemplating Aden's statement.

"That was why we put up the barrier around the Hidden Village, to stop him from finding us! That means he knew where Zant was too!" He jerked his thumb back to the usurper, who was still surprised at Aden's will to save him. "He could've easily killed Zant before you got to the volcano, but he left him for you guys to kill! The Deity just thought it was easier for you guys to take care of it for him!" A light gasp came in the direction of Link and Adri.

"And what if he wanted THIS too?!" The Twili gestured vaguely around the room. "What if he WANTED us to turn on each other? What if he WANTED us to not only kill Zant, but try and kill each other?! It would just make the battle against him easier for him! The less people there are to fight, the less effort he'll have to make!"

Logan's hand had dropped completely. The tactician was absolutely dumbfounded by Aden's realizations; we all were! All of us were discussing how to get rid of the crazed Twili, that it had never even occurred to us! 'All this time, the Deity was controlling us… Manipulating us to destroy one another...' I placed a palm on my forehead and wiped away strands of hair that were drifting down.

"If we kill Zant, we're doing exactly what he wanted." Aden's tone had returned to its calm, determined state once again. All of us were utterly shocked, and it showed clearly. Adri had her hands over her mouth, Logan was slack-jawed once more, and Midna had continued with her blank stare. But Link had one more question to ask his Twili friend.

"So you're tellin' me that after everythin' he's done, you completely forgive him?" Aden stared at the floor for a moment, as if he was contemplating how to answer Link's question. Then after a sigh, he looked back up to face Link again.

"No, I don't." Aden blandly stated. "I know that he could probably try and kill us to redeem himself, to try and prove to the Deity that he's useful. But I'm not sure if he will or not. I know he could try and run away, teleport out of here and hide somewhere until all of this is over. But I don't know if he will or not. But if we want to save Hyrule, save our homes, save the world; then we have no other choice."

The group went silent once more; it seemed like they had no other idea of how to sway Aden's decision. I turned to my allies, and while not all of them seemed happy with their limited options, nobody else seemed prepared to object any further. While Adri, Logan and Midna all still appeared very angry at the idea of teaming up with Zant, Link, and Lora were beginning to realize that they actually didn't have any other option. But as for myself? I decided that it may be for the best for him to join. 'As Aden said, it would be easier for the Deity to have less people.'

Seeing as he had proved his point, Aden lowered his arms and sighed. Behind him, Zant began to get frustrated himself.

"Do I have a say in this?!" the usurper yelled.

"Do you want to live?" Aden glared back a second time, already frustrated at having to defend him from his own allies. This seemed to be a good enough answer for him, so he backed away and went quiet again. I could hear a frustrated grunt to my left, then Midna pushed through Lora and I to get to the two other Twili. Zant started to get a little scared from Midna's approach, trying to hide behind Aden. But seeing how his best friend was angry and coming closer, Aden got ready to defend Zant again if he had to. Midna stopped in front of him, and I could see Aden nervously gulp.

"Just, let me see him." Midna commanded. Aden looked at his friend nervously, but seeing as she most likely wouldn't try to kill him, he slowly stepped to the side with his hands up. Zant stood where he was, a look of terror lingered in his expression. Midna closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then stared at Zant dead in the eyes.

"Zant Ordoc, you have committed remorseless act after remorseless act. You have slaughtered hundreds of innocent people, only in hope of gaining power. You committed treason to your own people, and have now twice partnered with a deity in hopes of becoming a ruler. If it were up to me alone, we would not be having this conversation." Zant gulped.

"But, you can thank Aden that this isn't the case. While I don't like the idea of teaming up with you just as much as Adri back there," she jerked a thumb behind her, and Adri nodded, "he proved a good point. We're going to need you if we want to save everyone; including ourselves. So listen here. If you do just this one thing right and help us, and actually do the right thing for a change, you will have a possibility of getting redemption for your actions." Midna knelt down and picked up Zant's scimitar. After hesitating for a moment and staring down at the blade, she offered it to the usurper. Zant looked at it in awe, then up to his rival.

"We are giving you one final chance. Don't mess this up."

The usurper carefully took his blade as if it was some sort of trap, and examined it as if it was some sort of trap. Then he looked to Midna with a confident look in his eyes, while Aden was still prepared in case anything went wrong.

"I despise you Midna. But," Zant took his blade and put it back up his sleeve, "I thank you for allowing me to take revenge upon this god."

Aden breathed a long, satisfied sigh of relief, then smiled. I was grateful as well that everything was able to turn out this way, and that Zant did not try to kill us all the first chance that was given to him. I looked to the others, but while Link and Lora seemed somewhat happy that Zant was on his side, our other two allies from another world seemed very unhappy with this decision. But it was understandable for the two not to trust him fully yet.

"Hey, wait a second." Lora spoke up. All of us turned to her while she stared at her Triforce mark.

"The Triforce only got split into eight pieces, right?" a few people in our group nodded while I looked at my Triforce mark as well. She was correct, it did get split into eight halves. Then I realized where Lora was heading, and looked back up to my ally.

"Well, all of us are here now, we HAVE the full Triforce. Why can't we just use it now? We can wish away the Deity and have everything get back to normal just like that!" she snapped her fingers when she said "that", to prove how easy it would be to fix everything. But before we could all agree and use the Triforce together, all of our Triforce pieces (save for Midna and Aden) began to glow their respective colors. The colored mist emerged from our marks and all merged together in the side of the nauseating room furthest from us, and from their masses, the three goddesses appeared once more.

However, something seemed wrong. Farore, being the young energetic child of the trio, was looking down at the floor in shame, as if she was an actual child that broke a parent's belongings. Nayru was holding her left arm as if she was hiding a secret from her friends. Din however seemed normal (while it was the only first time I had seen the Goddess of Power), she only had her arms crossed while glaring at Zant intimidatingly.

"Sadly heroes," Nayru spoke up first, "it is not that simple."

"You may have all of the pieces of the Triforce, including Hylia's new piece, but you still do not have enough power to surpass the Fierce Deity's." Farore's tone was quiet to the point where it sounded like a mumble. Her head dropped lower and lower to the point where nobody could even see her face.

"W-wait, what?" Aden stuttered for a moment. "But we have the full Triforce and we saved all three of you! This is your power, isn't it? We should be fine!"

"Kid, if you did get all of the power you needed, we would've already saved Hyrule by now. Because of the corrupted being, our power has faded more and more over time. With the power we have right now, the most we can do is talk to you all here. There's still one more thing you have to do first." Din's voice was firm and commanding, like a natural commander who wasn't afraid to show dominance. All of us waited for a moment for Din to finish her sentence.

"...'n that is?" Link hesitantly asked. He was clearly nervous about getting on another goddess's bad side. Din groaned.

"Oh put two and two together kid! Triforce of Power, Goddess of Power!" She gestured to Adri and Zant, then to herself.

"Triforce of Wisdom, Goddess of Wisdom!" She pointed to Logan and myself, then to Nayru.

"Triforce of Courage, Goddess of Courage!" She pointed to Link and Lora, then to Farore.

"Now, what do you think is left?" Putting her hands on her hips, she directed her attention to Midna and Aden; as did everybody else. The two Twili looked down at their marks, then Aden's eyes widened. From where I was standing, I could faintly hear him mumble "Hylia."

"Bingo. And take a guess at who has her." The Goddess of Power looked to the wooden door that was across the room. That was enough information for all of us; we knew what we had to do now. Din frustratingly nodded.

"So I hope you're all ready, because you got a fight on your hands whether you like it or not!"

"Wait, can't you give us any advice or something? Like, tell us something about the Deity that we could use?" Logan shoved his way to the front of the group to face the Goddess Trio. Nayru put some fingers to her chin to think and let out a "hmm."

"If you wish to know more about the Fierce Deity," she looked over to the three Twili, "perhaps you should ask Zant." All of our gazes cut straight to the Twili Usurper, who was looking from person to person to goddess in confusion.

"Well? Do you want to tell us something Zant?" Adri asked, starting to conjure a tiny fireball in her hand to scare Zant. Her efforts proved successful, and Zant put his hands up in defence.

"T-they were only suspicions, but I did not think of them to be tru"-

"Just talk already Zant before you end up feeling something even more painful than Adri's beatdown!" Din slammed her fist in her palm to frighten Zant even more, and it was too easy for her.

"OKAY OKAY I'LL TALK!" Zant yelled. "I remember reading about this god from a story when I was young! It was an old story about a young boy who stops the moon from crashing onto a city using the power of different masks! It was in this giant book filled with other tales!" I could hear a gasp escape Midna's lips, and a faint whisper that sounded like something along the lines of "the story book."

"It greatly interested me, so I looked into the story more, researching different aspects of the story from texts in the royal archives. I did not find much, but the one thing I did find was of the final mask the child used. It had appeared in another story from an ancient text. It was very old, it was possibly even made before the first person was sent to the Twilight Realm!" Logan and Lora looked at each other, as if they knew something that we did not.

"It was a tale of a soldier who searched for the greatest power of all to protect his hometown from a raging war. He scoured the land searching, until he found a suit of armor and a sacred sword. It was being held in a cavern that many people from a neighboring village tried all they could to avoid. The armor whispered to him that he would be given ultimate power to serve his humble cause. But despite the warnings from the whispers and writings on the walls, he took the armor and put it on.

"The power that rushed into his body was overwhelming, and the soldier became corrupt. The cursed armor still served him, and it let the soldier do what he most desired; to protect his hometown. But instead of defending the town from the enemies of war, he went straight to the center of the war itself. He mercilessly slaughtered everyone on both sides, thinking that it would put an end to the war and bring peace back to his home.

"However, when he came back to his family, he was unrecognizable to everyone. What they saw was not a humble warrior who protected them, but a ruthless killer who desired bloodshed. So in a surprise attack, wizards and their apprentices cast a spell on the soldier to seal him and his dark power away into a mask so he would do no more harm.

"I do not know how the child used that cursed mask, or how it had appeared in our world, but I know now for a fact that this is what we're up against. The Fierce Deity is the cursed warrior from the ancient text, and with that armor, he's unstoppable. There's no way to land a single hit on him with that armor; we're doomed!"

The room fell silent once again; this time filling with looming dread. Farore, the Goddess of Courage herself, was trembling where she stood. She held her arms and shivered like a child trying to hide from a monster under her bed. Link was trying to think of a way to try and fight the Fierce Deity, I could sense it from how hard he was clenching his fist and how deep in thought he was. But as for myself, after thinking for about a single minute, I managed to come up with an idea.

"Wait, Aden, your Memory Orbs!" I eagerly shouted and pointed. He popped his head up and turned to me, already understanding what I was trying to say. He conjured an orb just to look at it and its markings.

"If the armor is stuck to the Deity, then we can use your Memory Orbs to turn him back to normal and get the cursed armor off! Then not only will we save Hylia, we can save the soldier as well! Then we can dispose of the cursed armor so it can never harm any person ever again!"

Aden looked at me with an open mouth, then put on a big smile! "Zelda, that might actually work!" He got rid of the Memory Orb and preserved his power, letting it shrink back into his palm. But his smile turned into a confused "But, how am I supposed to get close enough to him? With that armor, he'll be sure to know what I'm trying to do."

Link walked up behind him and put his hand on his shoulder, making the Twili look behind him. "Don' worry Aden, we'll have your back!" He gave a friendly smile and a thumbs-up for reassurance. Behind Link, all of us got our weapons ready and gave a confident grin. For the longest time ever since I've met Aden, he seemed genuinely hopeful and grateful. Unknown to him, his Triforce Mark began to faintly shine.

"Alright. Thank you all for helping me out for so long. I promise that for this last fight, I'll do the best I can! I'll save the warrior trapped in the armor, I'll save Hylia, and I'll save both of our worlds and everyone in it! I promise I won't let you down!"

All of us cheered and yelled with great confidence! We had a plan, we knew our enemy, and we were all together! 'Nothing can stop us now!' We all thought! The Goddesses seemed to regain hope as well! They were all smiling and holding their hands together eagerly. Farore even turned back to her happy, childish state!

"We wish you the best of luck heroes." Nayru spoke as their forms began to shimmer.

"We all have faith in you!" Farore cheered, pumping her fist into the sky as it turned to clouds.

"Finish this fight!" Din yelled, clenching her fist and raising it to her chest. The three Goddesses' forms came apart into clouds, and returned to our Triforce Marks, but not before leaving behind one final confident echo.

"ONCE AND FOR ALL!"

Happy New Year everyone, R,R&S! I hope you had some Happy Holidays! Now let's hope that 2017 will be less sucky!