Tiana: Aria's upset because these are the last real parts of the story. I
am too. I'll miss everybody, but I'm Aria's personal fairy, so I'll stay
with her.
Aria: *in background* Waaaaaaahhhhhhh! I loved writing this story! I
can't believe it's over already!
Din: Oh, suck it up, you stupid spirit mage!
Aria: Who told her what I am?! That's a secret! Like my name!
Nayru: You mean the fact that your REAL name is Julie Anna?
Aria: Stop it! Where are you learning my secrets from?!
*everybody looks at Nayru*
Nayru: *shifts uncomfortably* What?
Aria: Memo to self: do something very embarrassing to Nayru.
Anri: It's not that bad, Lady Aria. After all, you are named after your
maternal great-grandmother.
Aria: No offense, but that's not the point! I like being called Aria.
Anyway, at least Nayru doesn't know my last name.
Twister: Oh, but she's been trying to, mistress! It's a good thing you
keep passwords on the files that you've signed.
Tiana: Please cheer up, Aria! This is probably the sweetest chapter you've
written!
Aria: I suppose so.
Farore: Does anyone know what happened to Kaepora?
Tiana: Aria sent him back to his normal place so that he doesn't have to
deal with us girls anymore OR Twister the genius kitty.
Aria: Twister the genius kitty! *laughs* Where'd you come up with that
nickname?
Tiana: Poetic wit.
Aria: Cool.
Anri: Should I call Sol here so he can do the disclaimers? Or do you want
to preserve his innocent mind?
Aria: Nothing dirty happens! Just a pair of kissing scenes. But, if you
think he'll get grossed out anyway, I'm sure some other goofball here will
do it.
Tiana: He won't see anything. Those parts are over eight paragraphs away.
Anri: Okay. Sol, we could use your help!
Sol: *appears* Hi! Disclaimers again?
Tiana: Yup.
Sol: Okay! Aria Zephyr does not own the Legend of Zelda games, their
characters, and things like that, but she does own this story and she is
the authoress. That's everything! I have to go practice my magic, so see
ya! *disappears*
Tiana: He's in a hurry.
Aria: That's okay. Anyway, like we've been hinting, there are two short
kissing scenes ahead. Onward and forward!
Chapter 44: A Lingering Farewell from Some Old Friends
A warm, welcoming breeze blew through the elegant, giant trees whose leafy
tops rose high into the air. The smell of blooming flowers tinged the air.
The soft calls of birds swept sweetly through the forest. Small creatures
scurried from one tree to another.
At the foot of the tallest tree at the center of the forest, two figures
lay side by side, fast asleep. If any of the squirrels running about had
noticed them, it wouldn't have paid much attention to them.
A soft blue butterfly was flitting through the air, its powder blue wings
silent. It landed softly on the cheek of the girl, tickling her. "That
tickles," she murmured in her sleep, startling the butterfly away from her.
It took flight again, but only for a short time; it landed on the boy's
nose. "Achoo!" he sneezed, fully scaring the butterfly away, but also
waking the girl up.
"Wha-what happened?" Zelda mumbled sleepily. She blinked and yawned.
Fully awake, she looked around and was stunned to see the forest around
her. "Link, Link, wake up!" she said, shaking him. "You've got to see
this!" she said.
"Five more minutes." he mumbled. "Link, get up now or I'll put a bug down
your back," Zelda said. "Ugh.What's the matter?" Link asked, rubbing his
eyes to get the sleep out. "Look for yourself," she said, gesturing around
her. Link looked and his eyes widened when he did.
"Is this-is this what the Forgotten Forest really looks like?" he asked in
astonishment. "But, of course!" said a familiar voice to their left, "This
is what your wish did." Both Link and Zelda turned and saw the princess,
sitting calmly on a stone, the hero next to her.
"You're back? But, didn't you.?" Zelda asked. The princess smiled and
said, "That was yesterday and, now that the witch's influence is gone, I
didn't need as much time as I did." "I suppose that's the same for you?"
Link asked the hero. "Somewhat. I can at least go to my final rest now
that the curse I was under is gone," he replied. "That's good," Zelda
said, "But, what are you two doing here?"
The hero smiled and said, "We both wanted to say farewell to you two.
Also, we wanted to tell you that the demigods made it out of here safely.
But, when we found you here, but you two looked so cute asleep together
like that, we couldn't wake you up. So, we spent some time catching up
together." Link and Zelda looked at each other and turned red from
embarrassment.
"You know, you really can't blush every time you two get caught in a
situation that involves your relationship anymore. Especially not after
you told each other that you love each other," the princess said roguishly.
"It's not like we've kissed or anything yet," Zelda said, turning redder
as she said it. "And, why not?" the hero asked. Now, they both turned
extremely red.
"Um, well, it's not like it would have been appropriate with the witch
yelling at us and all," Link said. "I understand that, but she IS gone
now," the princess said, smiling impishly. "Are you two really just here
so that you can say good-bye, or are you here to see Link and me kiss?"
Zelda asked. Both the princess and the hero said, "Both," and laughed.
Zelda sighed and shook her head.
Just as Link was about to say something, Zelda said, "Fine! Have it your
way!" Then, she grabbed Link by the front of his tunic and kissed him on
the lips. Both the princess and the hero immediately started laughing.
When Zelda pulled back and let go of Link's tunic, he was wearing a look of
intense shock. "What?" Zelda asked, smiling at his look. "That was." he
said, unable to come up with anything else.
"Was what?" Zelda asked. "The most brazen thing that you've ever done to
me in a romantic way!" Link said. "Do you have a problem with that?" Zelda
asked, putting her head slightly to the side. "Not really," he said,
"But." Now, he leaned forward and kissed HER on the lips. The couple on
the stone's laughter doubled.
Now, when he pulled away, Zelda had a look of shock on her face. He
grinned and said, "Surprised?" Zelda managed a nod. Finally, the princess
and the hero were getting over their laughter, but the princess still had a
case of giggles.
"I must agree with my descendant; that was rather forward of you,
princess," the hero said. "You two were being pests so I had to do
something," Zelda replied. "Is that why you kissed me?" Link asked, giving
her a fake expression of hurt. "Of course not! I love you! They only had
influence. I would have kissed you eventually, whether they were being
pests or not," Zelda said, trying to undo any rift she may have caused.
"It's okay, really. I was just checking. Anyway," he said, "I liked it."
Zelda blushed again. "I think we can call this mission accomplished," the
hero said, smiling at his companion. She suppressed an oncoming giggle and
said, "Indeed."
They both turned to Link and Zelda and said, "Thank you for defeating the
witch and undoing the harms she did to the Sacred Wood and to others." "I,
especially, appreciate it," the hero said. "If you two hadn't showed up
here, I probably would have stayed in that bottle until the end of time,"
he said.
"And, I appreciate knowing what happened to my goofy Link here," the
princess said, shoving said hero playfully. "Right back at you, Princess
Zelda," he said.
"This is probably the silliest situation in time! There are two Zeldas and
two Links here and nobody cares!" Link said suddenly. They all paused for
a moment, before they all burst out laughing. "I never really thought
about that until now," Zelda said. "Speaking of time, Zelda, do you still
have what you took back from the witch?" the princess asked. "Oh, wait! I
do!" Zelda said, taking the ocarina out.
When he saw it, the hero smiled appreciatively. "The Ocarina of Time; it's
exactly the way it was in the old days," he said. "The witch had it?
Why'd she want that?" Link asked. "It was a treasure of the Hyrulean royal
family. When you play specific songs on it, different things can happen,"
the princess said.
"That's partially why she snatched the thing," the hero said, "She mostly
wanted it so that she could say she stole a major treasure of the Hyrulean
royal family and got away with it." "That witch was awfully conceited,"
Zelda said. "Try listening to her for a thousand plus years," the hero
said.
Zelda imagined it and shuddered. The princess interrupted and said, "It
seems we're running low on time now. We must say our farewells now or we
won't be able to later." She turned to Zelda and Link and curtsied
regally.
"I am glad I was able to meet you both while I was able. And, I am proud
of you both," she said. "Same here. I'm glad that both my and Zelda's
descendants are such great people," the hero added. Their forms began to
fade and they said, "We'll always be watching over you! Good-bye until we
meet again!" They faded away and were gone.
Aria: Don't you just love it when they tease each other like that?
Tiana: Yup! *suddenly remembers something* Anri! When the story ends,
you'll be leaving us!
Anri: I wouldn't worry about that. My master says I can continue to help
Lady Aria in future stories.
Tiana: Wow! Really? That's great! Now, I won't have to talk to Twister
out of boredom when Aria isn't around or is possessing somebody.
Aria: Speaking of which. . . *fades and vanishes*
Din: Uh-oh. Why do I feel like she's planning to get sweet revenge?
Nayru: I don't know. Hey, I feel funny.
*everyone edges away from Nayru*
Nayru: YAH! *starts dancing around like a maniac*
Tiana: Well, we know what Aria's doing.
Nayru: Make. . . her. . . stop!
Twister: Sorry, but we can't. She's a spirit mage and she's an authoress.
She can do whatever she likes.
Nayru: *stops dancing*
Aria: *reappears* Don't ever underestimate the power of a spirit mage.
Anri: After that, Lady Aria, I don't think we could.
Farore: Why are you a spirit mage?
Aria: Well, I have the personality of a spirit mage. They're normally have
a sharp know-how of the human nature, are slow to act and, sometimes, to
speak, and because of their observations, they have a better knowledge of
motives and emotions than most others. That's the good qualities. The bad
things they have are that, though they understand others, no one seems to
understand them in the same way; they feel like an ear to the world, they
tend to bottle their emotions, for fear of being misunderstood. I got all
that off a personality quiz on a place called mutedfaith.com.
Everyone: *eyes are all bugged out*
Aria: What?
Nayru: So, what you're saying is, that if you wanted to, you could
instantly be a spirit mage here?
Aria: Uh, duh! I am a spirit mage here! I just have the addition of my
authoress powers.
Everyone: *looks at her blankly*
Aria: I can see this isn't making any difference. Okay, this is the second
to last chapter! Last one coming right up!
am too. I'll miss everybody, but I'm Aria's personal fairy, so I'll stay
with her.
Aria: *in background* Waaaaaaahhhhhhh! I loved writing this story! I
can't believe it's over already!
Din: Oh, suck it up, you stupid spirit mage!
Aria: Who told her what I am?! That's a secret! Like my name!
Nayru: You mean the fact that your REAL name is Julie Anna?
Aria: Stop it! Where are you learning my secrets from?!
*everybody looks at Nayru*
Nayru: *shifts uncomfortably* What?
Aria: Memo to self: do something very embarrassing to Nayru.
Anri: It's not that bad, Lady Aria. After all, you are named after your
maternal great-grandmother.
Aria: No offense, but that's not the point! I like being called Aria.
Anyway, at least Nayru doesn't know my last name.
Twister: Oh, but she's been trying to, mistress! It's a good thing you
keep passwords on the files that you've signed.
Tiana: Please cheer up, Aria! This is probably the sweetest chapter you've
written!
Aria: I suppose so.
Farore: Does anyone know what happened to Kaepora?
Tiana: Aria sent him back to his normal place so that he doesn't have to
deal with us girls anymore OR Twister the genius kitty.
Aria: Twister the genius kitty! *laughs* Where'd you come up with that
nickname?
Tiana: Poetic wit.
Aria: Cool.
Anri: Should I call Sol here so he can do the disclaimers? Or do you want
to preserve his innocent mind?
Aria: Nothing dirty happens! Just a pair of kissing scenes. But, if you
think he'll get grossed out anyway, I'm sure some other goofball here will
do it.
Tiana: He won't see anything. Those parts are over eight paragraphs away.
Anri: Okay. Sol, we could use your help!
Sol: *appears* Hi! Disclaimers again?
Tiana: Yup.
Sol: Okay! Aria Zephyr does not own the Legend of Zelda games, their
characters, and things like that, but she does own this story and she is
the authoress. That's everything! I have to go practice my magic, so see
ya! *disappears*
Tiana: He's in a hurry.
Aria: That's okay. Anyway, like we've been hinting, there are two short
kissing scenes ahead. Onward and forward!
Chapter 44: A Lingering Farewell from Some Old Friends
A warm, welcoming breeze blew through the elegant, giant trees whose leafy
tops rose high into the air. The smell of blooming flowers tinged the air.
The soft calls of birds swept sweetly through the forest. Small creatures
scurried from one tree to another.
At the foot of the tallest tree at the center of the forest, two figures
lay side by side, fast asleep. If any of the squirrels running about had
noticed them, it wouldn't have paid much attention to them.
A soft blue butterfly was flitting through the air, its powder blue wings
silent. It landed softly on the cheek of the girl, tickling her. "That
tickles," she murmured in her sleep, startling the butterfly away from her.
It took flight again, but only for a short time; it landed on the boy's
nose. "Achoo!" he sneezed, fully scaring the butterfly away, but also
waking the girl up.
"Wha-what happened?" Zelda mumbled sleepily. She blinked and yawned.
Fully awake, she looked around and was stunned to see the forest around
her. "Link, Link, wake up!" she said, shaking him. "You've got to see
this!" she said.
"Five more minutes." he mumbled. "Link, get up now or I'll put a bug down
your back," Zelda said. "Ugh.What's the matter?" Link asked, rubbing his
eyes to get the sleep out. "Look for yourself," she said, gesturing around
her. Link looked and his eyes widened when he did.
"Is this-is this what the Forgotten Forest really looks like?" he asked in
astonishment. "But, of course!" said a familiar voice to their left, "This
is what your wish did." Both Link and Zelda turned and saw the princess,
sitting calmly on a stone, the hero next to her.
"You're back? But, didn't you.?" Zelda asked. The princess smiled and
said, "That was yesterday and, now that the witch's influence is gone, I
didn't need as much time as I did." "I suppose that's the same for you?"
Link asked the hero. "Somewhat. I can at least go to my final rest now
that the curse I was under is gone," he replied. "That's good," Zelda
said, "But, what are you two doing here?"
The hero smiled and said, "We both wanted to say farewell to you two.
Also, we wanted to tell you that the demigods made it out of here safely.
But, when we found you here, but you two looked so cute asleep together
like that, we couldn't wake you up. So, we spent some time catching up
together." Link and Zelda looked at each other and turned red from
embarrassment.
"You know, you really can't blush every time you two get caught in a
situation that involves your relationship anymore. Especially not after
you told each other that you love each other," the princess said roguishly.
"It's not like we've kissed or anything yet," Zelda said, turning redder
as she said it. "And, why not?" the hero asked. Now, they both turned
extremely red.
"Um, well, it's not like it would have been appropriate with the witch
yelling at us and all," Link said. "I understand that, but she IS gone
now," the princess said, smiling impishly. "Are you two really just here
so that you can say good-bye, or are you here to see Link and me kiss?"
Zelda asked. Both the princess and the hero said, "Both," and laughed.
Zelda sighed and shook her head.
Just as Link was about to say something, Zelda said, "Fine! Have it your
way!" Then, she grabbed Link by the front of his tunic and kissed him on
the lips. Both the princess and the hero immediately started laughing.
When Zelda pulled back and let go of Link's tunic, he was wearing a look of
intense shock. "What?" Zelda asked, smiling at his look. "That was." he
said, unable to come up with anything else.
"Was what?" Zelda asked. "The most brazen thing that you've ever done to
me in a romantic way!" Link said. "Do you have a problem with that?" Zelda
asked, putting her head slightly to the side. "Not really," he said,
"But." Now, he leaned forward and kissed HER on the lips. The couple on
the stone's laughter doubled.
Now, when he pulled away, Zelda had a look of shock on her face. He
grinned and said, "Surprised?" Zelda managed a nod. Finally, the princess
and the hero were getting over their laughter, but the princess still had a
case of giggles.
"I must agree with my descendant; that was rather forward of you,
princess," the hero said. "You two were being pests so I had to do
something," Zelda replied. "Is that why you kissed me?" Link asked, giving
her a fake expression of hurt. "Of course not! I love you! They only had
influence. I would have kissed you eventually, whether they were being
pests or not," Zelda said, trying to undo any rift she may have caused.
"It's okay, really. I was just checking. Anyway," he said, "I liked it."
Zelda blushed again. "I think we can call this mission accomplished," the
hero said, smiling at his companion. She suppressed an oncoming giggle and
said, "Indeed."
They both turned to Link and Zelda and said, "Thank you for defeating the
witch and undoing the harms she did to the Sacred Wood and to others." "I,
especially, appreciate it," the hero said. "If you two hadn't showed up
here, I probably would have stayed in that bottle until the end of time,"
he said.
"And, I appreciate knowing what happened to my goofy Link here," the
princess said, shoving said hero playfully. "Right back at you, Princess
Zelda," he said.
"This is probably the silliest situation in time! There are two Zeldas and
two Links here and nobody cares!" Link said suddenly. They all paused for
a moment, before they all burst out laughing. "I never really thought
about that until now," Zelda said. "Speaking of time, Zelda, do you still
have what you took back from the witch?" the princess asked. "Oh, wait! I
do!" Zelda said, taking the ocarina out.
When he saw it, the hero smiled appreciatively. "The Ocarina of Time; it's
exactly the way it was in the old days," he said. "The witch had it?
Why'd she want that?" Link asked. "It was a treasure of the Hyrulean royal
family. When you play specific songs on it, different things can happen,"
the princess said.
"That's partially why she snatched the thing," the hero said, "She mostly
wanted it so that she could say she stole a major treasure of the Hyrulean
royal family and got away with it." "That witch was awfully conceited,"
Zelda said. "Try listening to her for a thousand plus years," the hero
said.
Zelda imagined it and shuddered. The princess interrupted and said, "It
seems we're running low on time now. We must say our farewells now or we
won't be able to later." She turned to Zelda and Link and curtsied
regally.
"I am glad I was able to meet you both while I was able. And, I am proud
of you both," she said. "Same here. I'm glad that both my and Zelda's
descendants are such great people," the hero added. Their forms began to
fade and they said, "We'll always be watching over you! Good-bye until we
meet again!" They faded away and were gone.
Aria: Don't you just love it when they tease each other like that?
Tiana: Yup! *suddenly remembers something* Anri! When the story ends,
you'll be leaving us!
Anri: I wouldn't worry about that. My master says I can continue to help
Lady Aria in future stories.
Tiana: Wow! Really? That's great! Now, I won't have to talk to Twister
out of boredom when Aria isn't around or is possessing somebody.
Aria: Speaking of which. . . *fades and vanishes*
Din: Uh-oh. Why do I feel like she's planning to get sweet revenge?
Nayru: I don't know. Hey, I feel funny.
*everyone edges away from Nayru*
Nayru: YAH! *starts dancing around like a maniac*
Tiana: Well, we know what Aria's doing.
Nayru: Make. . . her. . . stop!
Twister: Sorry, but we can't. She's a spirit mage and she's an authoress.
She can do whatever she likes.
Nayru: *stops dancing*
Aria: *reappears* Don't ever underestimate the power of a spirit mage.
Anri: After that, Lady Aria, I don't think we could.
Farore: Why are you a spirit mage?
Aria: Well, I have the personality of a spirit mage. They're normally have
a sharp know-how of the human nature, are slow to act and, sometimes, to
speak, and because of their observations, they have a better knowledge of
motives and emotions than most others. That's the good qualities. The bad
things they have are that, though they understand others, no one seems to
understand them in the same way; they feel like an ear to the world, they
tend to bottle their emotions, for fear of being misunderstood. I got all
that off a personality quiz on a place called mutedfaith.com.
Everyone: *eyes are all bugged out*
Aria: What?
Nayru: So, what you're saying is, that if you wanted to, you could
instantly be a spirit mage here?
Aria: Uh, duh! I am a spirit mage here! I just have the addition of my
authoress powers.
Everyone: *looks at her blankly*
Aria: I can see this isn't making any difference. Okay, this is the second
to last chapter! Last one coming right up!
