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"Peach."
A woman with thick blonde hair and deep blue eyes looks up.
"Samus?"
"It's Young Link. He's crying again."
"Samus...no need to call him Young Link anymore...I'll go talk to him."
The tall woman called Samus nods, and her green eyes suddenly get brighter. She brushes a strand of sunshine blonde hair out of her face and sniffs quietly.
Peach gets up, her pink dress rustling, and puts a hand on Samus's shoulder. "Samus...it's been so hard on all of us."
Peach leads Samus to a chair, and the taller woman sits down. "I really shouldn't be blubbering...it's not helping."
"We're all upset, Samus. I've even seen tough old Falco shed a tear. It won't hurt to cry."
Samus does not reply, but breaks down sobbing. Her shoulders heave, and Peach sits beside her. A tear
rolls down her smooth cheek, and she gets up again.
"I'll go talk to Young Link."
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I wonder...if anyone misses me. I'm not in the mortal world anymore...yet it was they who ostracized me. Of course, they did not tell me I was unwanted...But they made it so plain.
When he left, they were all distraught. I withdrew. No one noticed, no one cared. I didn't either. I only cared that he was gone, and my life was no more.
Here I am, in the darkness of my own mind. Even if I wanted to, I could not return to their world. I would wither like a dry flower. I don't belong there anymore. The dark is now my home. It is the only place where I can hide from my grief, shame, rejection...
And my sin.
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The small boy is on his bed, sobbing quietly. Peach enters quietly, and sits next to him. "Peach...it was like she was dead...she wasn't moving at all...she looked like her soul was gone..."
Peach envelops the boy in a hug.
"I'm sorry, Link."
"She was the closest thing I ever had to a mom...and now she's gone, too."
"Link..."
"Peach, will you promise me something?"
"Of course."
"Will you help me try to get her back?"
"From where?"
"Wherever her spirit is. So she can be my mom again."
Peach closes her eyes and pulls the child into her lap.
"Yes, Link. I will do everything I can."
"Peach?"
"Yes?"
"Until we get her back, can you be...my mom?"
"Oh Link...I'll try my hardest...I love you like my own child."
With that the young woman kisses Link's forehead.
She left the room, and walks quietly down the hall to a sun-bathed chamber. The young woman with golden hair is still there, unmoving.
"Please return to us soon...Zelda."
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