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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated

Chapter Twenty-Two: Small Talk

Tessa frowned as she looked down at the well. She wasn't entirely sure if she should go or not, given the fact that she had a little bit of a holiday before she had to back to school. It was Wednesday, and the first day of that holiday. School would start again the next Monday, so it wasn't a long break.

Her mom, although disgruntled, allowed Tessa to leave, and her dad didn't seem to be too thrilled with the idea either, but her sisters didn't seem to care either way. Ava was now in basketball, and Greer didn't know enough to care, though by now she was nine.

Tessa took one look back towards the door of the shed, and sighed. Then, she leaped into the well, and was soon surrounded by light. When she reached the other side of the well, she pulled herself up and immediately saw Malon and Link having a nice conversation while grooming the horses. Link only really had to groom Epona, but he wasn't as good as it so he didn't get done nearly as fast as Malon.

"So, where are you off to next?" Malon asked Link politely. Neither of them took notice of Tessa, but she was okay with that as she dusted off her farm skirt and top, and silently looked for Tompton. Link seemed to be in a little bit of thought.

"Well, if I recall Sheik's words right, I'm going to head off to the Zora's domain. At least I'll get a little bit of information from Princess Ruto, or her father, King Zora." Link shrugged. Malon eyed him suspiciously.

"Isn't Ruto the one…"

"Yes…" Link sighed. Tessa perked her eyebrow at the conversation, but forgot about it instantly as she saw Tompton trotting her way. She ran up and hugged Tompton silently, a silent question on her face.

"Well, that should be awkward." Malon giggled. Link turned a bright shade of red. "Do you even think of her that way?" Malon's looked at Link through the corner of her eye.

"No! I didn't even know what that word meant until I asked you about it." Link grumbled.

"That would explain why the conversation came up so suddenly yesterday, though." Malon shrugged.

Tessa had taken no heed of this conversation, as she made a quick decision to run into Malon's house, and change into a pair of pants and a tunic, so she could go out for a ride. She was just in the mood for one.

Rhea sighed and stretched. Shadow Link was in some kind of training, which was kind of a relief to her. That meant she had a break from making sure everything was absolutely perfect for him.

"In fact…" Rhea smiled. "I think I'll go out for a ride."

Tessa grinned as she let Tompton walk out of the ranch. Link and Malon had not noticed either of them was gone, but Tessa wasn't going to complain. It was just nice to see the countryside without anything on her mind. It wasn't too long before Tessa saw a castle, and the rather large river that stretched off into the distance.

Without a word, Tessa turned Tompton towards the river, and trotted over to it. Tessa dismounted from her horse and sat by the river as she hugged her knees.

Rhea turned to her left after she exited Hyrule Castle Town, or what was left of it. "An outing by the river sounds good to me." It only took her about five minutes as she made her horse, Webster, canter out to it. When she saw it, the first thing she noticed was that a girl was sitting there. She slowed her horse down to a walk, and as she got closer, the girl seemed more familiar.

Then, she heard a soft tune coming from the girl. The basic voice made Rhea realize who this person was.

'So, Link's partner is out here.' Rhea thought, a grimace came to her face, but then a sudden realization came and she smiled. 'Well, I might as well play nice and figure out about this girl.'

Tessa hummed as she looked at the flowing river. The words went through her head, though she couldn't remember what they all meant. She was so into watching the river, that she didn't even notice that a girl had sat down next to her.

"That's a pretty tune you're humming." Rhea smiled nicely. Tessa jumped, and stared.

"Ah, I didn't know you were there." Tessa turned beet red, and attempted to hide her face with her short hair. Rhea blinked, and laughed a bit.

"I have a tendency to do that to people. What's your name?"

Tessa sighed, and looked at Rhea. "I'm Tessa, what's your name?" Rhea was thoughtful for a moment.

"Rhea." Rhea smiled. Tessa smiled also. Rhea had one of her eyes covered by a cloth band, but her other eye was black. She also seemed to be dressed in loose clothes, all gray and semi loose. She also wore silver bracelets on both wrists. "Are you from around here? Your ears aren't pointed."

Tessa shook her head. "No, I'm not. I'm just here for a time." Tessa shrugged. "Are you from around here?"

"Yes, I'm from Hyrule Castle Town." Rhea smiled, and threw a tiny pebble at the water. "What was that tune you were humming earlier?"

Tessa blushed again, and ducked her head down. "It's just something I heard…" Tessa mumbled. "It's called 'Lilium' and it's just something to hum, nothing special." Rhea smiled.

"What does that mean?"

"Lily. The full phrase is 'O Castitatis Lilium' which means 'Oh Lily of Chastity' but…I don't know what most of the song means."

"What's the language?"

"Latin…I think…" Tessa frowned. "I don't know. Right now I'm just kind of sitting here, enjoying the scenery. It's very beautiful here."

"That it is." Rhea smiled, and looked at the river. "In these dark times, how do you know I'm not your enemy?" Rhea waited for an answer from Tessa.

"Well…I don't, actually." Tessa shrugged. "So far you haven't attacked me yet, but I don't plan on attacking you. I like to enjoy serenity as much as I can. Maybe I'm just naïve, who knows?"

Although Tessa wasn't looking at her, Rhea gave a genuine smile this time. Tessa didn't seem like a bad person, in fact, she seemed also neutral. Some of the way she talked, it was as if the actual issues of the world didn't seem to bother her that much. She just did what she believed was right, and yet could understand the side of her opponents.

Suddenly, Tessa looked out at the setting sun. "Oh, I better go back…" Tessa stood up and brushed the dirt off her pants. "Well…it was nice to meet you, maybe we'll see each other again?" Tessa held out her hand to Rhea. Rhea took it without hesitation, and Tessa pulled her to her feet. "Wow…you're really tall."

"Or, you're really short." Rhea joked. Tessa laughed.

"That's very true." Tessa said.

"So, I guess maybe we will see each other again." Rhea smiled. The two girls mounted their horses, and with one final goodbye, they galloped off in opposite directions. Rhea headed for the castle, while Tessa headed for the ranch.

'I know we'll meet each other again.' Rhea thought, as she made her horse gallop towards the castle.

'That girl…she seemed familiar.' Tessa thought quietly, a frown was on her features as she dug through her memory. 'Especially those eyes.'

Then, a vision came to Tessa, or rather, a memory. When she looked into the eyes of the cloaked figure, one was black, and the other one was gray…the same eye that was black was the one that wasn't hidden, while where the gray one was, it was covered.

"Rhea…" Tessa frowned, but smiled at the same time. "It's too bad that we have to be enemies, I'm sure we could have been friends under different circumstances."

It wasn't too long before Tessa made it back to the ranch, and smelled that dinner was cooking. She dismounted Tompton, and took all the tack off her, before she went inside.

"Hey guys." Tessa waved at Malon, Talon, and Link. They all looked at her.

"Weren't you supposed to be back earlier?" Malon asked, her voice curious as she checked her food. Tessa grinned.

"Yeah, I guess. Sorry about that."

End of Chappie

I know it's short, but my time is almost up on the computer. I haven't updated due to family issues and crap (nothing too big) and umm…yeah. - Sorry about the wait, and I'll try and get the next chapter out as quickly as possible!!! The song that I mentioned, 'Lilium' is actually a favorite song of mine. It opens "Elfen Lied" which is an awesome anime, watch it!

Oh…

AND HAPPY TURKEY DAY:D