Okay, remember, this IS NOT part of the real story! This is what WOULD HAVE happened if the votes had gone the other way. Blu and I have already written chapter 1 of the next story, so you can read that when you finish with this. Here it is, folks, the alternate chapter 13!

Kimiko's Quest

Chapter 13 (ALTERNATE)

Day Six: 6:00 PM

Malon's POV

Outside the Spirit Temple (Sacred Realm)

Link and Tael finished filling in the grave just as it was starting to get dark. "Well, I guess we should head back, now." Link put his cap back on and started walking back towards the Sprit Temple.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" I pointed towards the Triforce.

"Oh. Oops." Nobody ever accused Link of being overly bright... Zelda, Link, and I moved our hands towards our Triforce pieces and were about to touch them when...

"Wait!" I turned around to see Nayru, running from the other side of the grassy field. "Before you touch the Triforce, I have some things I want to tell you. I know it's been a rough week for you all, and I'm sorry that it had to happen. However, this is just something we knew would happen, not something that has happened before. Now that it has, it should never happen again. You will all keep the Triforce for the rest of your lives, unless you give it up."

"Nayru, why did you send Kimiko and Blu out here on their own to clear the way? And why didn't you just let them use the warp in the Spirit Temple in the first place?" Link was wringing his hat, an adorable puzzled look on his face.

"We sent them out instead of you because being separated from the Triforce weakened you. Besides that, you and Kimiko are the only two alive who were chosen by destiny to be able to pull the Master Sword. After the first time you pulled it, there has been some strange connection between you and the sword that would have sent you to some strange time. As for why we didn't let them use the warp, it's because the warp didn't exist until they activated them all. The warps in each temple didn't appear until they warped to each temple from the Sacred Realm. Now, go touch the Triforce. It needs to be in good hands again."

Zelda, Link, and I walked back to the altar and each moved once again to touch our respective Triforce piece. There was a glow, a warm feeling and it was over with. The thing that we had been dreading for sixteen years was finally over. Our daughters were safe, as was the Triforce, and we could get on with our extremely long lives.

Kimiko's POV

"Mom? Dad? Will you meet us in the Temple of Time? Blu and I have to go put the Master Sword back. We'll be there in a bit. It's not a very long walk back to the Temple of Light, so we won't be long." Blu and I rose into the air and started flying out over the field, which had repaired itself in Ganondorf's absence. There were no walls, so it was a short flight there.

The area around the Temple of Light was just as beautiful in the moonlight, and the temple itself seemed like something from a dream. We walked inside and were immediately drawn to the Chamber of Sages. "Well done, girls." Rauru was standing behind us. "Everything turned out all right then, didn't it? Just stick the sword into this pedestal and you will be taken back to the Temple of Time." Blu and I grabbed the sword and plunged it into the stone.

The next thing we knew, a blue pillar of light was closing in on us, revealing the Temple of Time and our parents. We hugged and walked outside, meeting with Epona, Mom's horse, Marin, and two other horses we had never seen. "These two horses are yours, girls. Their names are Makoto and Asako." Makoto walked up to me, and Blu jumped on Asako. "Let's go home."

"The next morning, Mom and Dad gave us each 1000 rupees and sent us on a shopping spree in the market. As we rode up to the drawbridge, Blu started talking. "You know, Kimiko, we've still got at least one more quest to go on."

"What?"

"The quest for cute guys!"

Yeah, I know. That last part was Blu's idea. I repeat, this is not the end. The other chapter 13 is the real chapter 13, and it leads directly into the next story. Part five is called Rebirth of the Deity and the address is . Blu is the co-author, so we'll see you there!