Disclaimer: Still not mine, my lovely beans!
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Even when a door is closed, it is not always locked.
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After changing, Zyuiu Dbyu went alone to her once-foster family's house. They were shocked to see her; angry at her too. She merely apologized for running away, then walked to the next house, the house where Ymota U had lived. She knocked on that door and got an old woman who didn't recognize her. Zyuiu said that she was Tami's sister Kristi, and that Tami had died in an accident. She decided not to tell them it was an accident involving giant people-eating chickens.
After that, Zyuiu walked away, feeling lighter than she ever had. The shadows of her past were gone; and though the shadows of Ymota U still lingered, the sun was coming out.
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Several days after the feast to welcome back Zelda (and make sure everyone knew she was still alive), Zelda's friends began to go home. For Rhia this wasn't too great of a problem. Zelda made her swear that she would visit often, and they would practice magic together. Rhia laughed and said she would've come over anyway, and wasn't it nice to be invited?
Lindsay announced at the banquet that she would be going to Odnetnin with Rowrun, but when they had the chance and the time, they would come stay in Lindsay's house and visit Rhia and Zelda, often bringing André with them. And so the three of them left together for Odnetnin. André would continue Tourney-ing, as before, and would eventually become the King of Odnetnin. But until then…he would visit Zelda, and Link, and Rhia, and hope he never fought against Lindsay in the Tourney.
It was Zyuiu who stayed the longest. Zelda did not mind; she enjoyed Zyuiu's company. Link told Zelda that he figured the young fighter was trying to heal; trying to find a way to move on. Before she left for Odnetnin, Zyuiu told Rhia to become a regular. Surprisingly, Rhia agreed. She would show up to the Tourney a week or two early and stay a week longer. After all, she reasoned, the Tourney was boring as dirt without somebody turning people into chickens. Rhia was excited about it: it meant one more opportunity to see Zyuiu and Lindsay, and Rowrun and André. There was no way Lindsay would miss the Tourney in the years to come.
It suddenly seemed, for Zelda and Link, that life would begin to carry on as normal. Zelda realized this as Zyuiu became no more than a speck, far down on the road. She turned to Link, whom she was still a little ill at ease with. He looked at her, then lunged forward, took her face in his hands, and kissed her.
Ah. Now life would be back to normal.
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He paced disconsolately. How had the scheme not worked? With two evil minions working for him—Damion and Ymota U, even if Ymota U had not seen it that way—there should have been no stopping the deaths of Zelda and Link. And yet now his two best helpers were dead! And Zelda and Link yet lived.
And he was again the only one who heard the voice. He had yet to figure out what the voice was.
Hm. Looks like your plan didn't work. Guess you're stuck again.
Ganondorf fell to his knees, his hands over his ears. He let out an agonized howl that carried down from his lonely mountain prison to the village far below.
In the village, the people all heard the sound. They still called it the Gerudo's Lament—but this time, they did not listen.
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a/n: wow…now it's over. I mean, there's still outtakes, but there's no plot development in that. Eeeeeek! I finished! *sob*
Lil' Blue Muse: Whatcha gonna do now?
Me: Ooohh…good question…er…um…One of those odd fics where the Smashers come to Earth and they kinda live with the author? *giggle* Prolly not…
Lil' Blue Muse: Oh…hold on…*beans Simi with an overly large English textbook* BWAHAHAHA! Now…down to business…..um…don't have none…But we hopes this satisfies you people! Simi is notoriously bad at finishing her stories…*cough Chappy 23 of TCEIS cough* She had to write a sequel for the only other fic that she finished…hehe…
A-er & B-er the C of D,
Lil' Blue Muse
And the poor, poor beaned Winged One