Well everyone, here it is: the epilogue. If you don't like the ending, I might change it, but only if I have enough people ask me just the right way, bc I'm satisfied with it. I do want to please what little fan base I have though. So anyhow, here's the epilogue, and the ending of LoM: Clockwork Darkness. R&R plz.

The Legend of Midna: Clockwork Darkness

Epilogue

"So what do we do now?" Eoghan mused. They had returned to Hyrule castle, but not before taking note of how they had gotten back from Termina.

"Well," said Zelda, "once things return to some sense of normalcy, I'll send a party out to confirm the way to Termina. I believe your friend Shad will find that exciting," she said, turning her head to face Link as she said it. "Hopefully we will be able to establish an actual road to that world and establish relations with Termina. Of course Hyrule will take an active role in rebuilding Termina."

"The Twilight Realm will help, too," said Link. "Granted, there isn't much the Twili can do since they can't survive in the light unless they've been magically altered," he gave a quick look in Midna's direction, "although that would be undesirable, to say the least. However, we will help in whatever way we can."

"There may be a way to magically alter that world's ambience," Midna interjected. "With any luck we could possibly convert Termina into a sort of half-light realm, so that Hyruleans and Twili could live there together."

"That is an eventual goal for Hyrule as well," Zelda said, "once Twili are able to survive in the light. I'm not sure, though, if I could force something like that upon that world and be okay with it. That would be something to take before the remaining inhabitants of that world."

"It may be that the Twilight Realm will have to remain separated from the rest of the worlds," said Link. "I mean, light-dwellers can live in the Twilight, but not the other way around. At the very least, we could build another mirror to allow travel directly between the Twilight Realm and Termina."

"Wait a minute," Eoghan interjected, "can't things from the Twilight survive in the light? Not people, obviously, but I mean like, things. Like the Sword of Kings. That sword was forged in the Twilight, and it was fine when you took it into the light."

"Yes," Link said warily. "Eoghan, where are you going with this?"

"Well, if things from the Twilight can survive in the light…then this would totally work. Ok, you build a mirror that connects to Termina, right, and then people from there can go to the Twilight Realm, and all that. Well, theoretically, couldn't you take building materials from the Twilight Realm and then move them to Termina?"

"I suppose you could," said Link. "What do you think, Midna? Would that work?"

"I don't see why it wouldn't," she said. "Continue, Eoghan."

"Right, so if you did that, you could build Twilit settlements in Hyrule and Termina, so that way the Twili could go about freely in any of the worlds. Like, okay, you know how Zagros' Bronze City was all inside the one humongous structure? Well, you could sort of do the same thing with these, and have Twilight Mirrors set up so that the Twili never have to leave the Twilight, they can just go straight from one to the next."

"You know," Cailin said, speaking for the first time since arriving back at the castle, "your sister didn't give you enough credit. You may be a fighter but you're pretty smart."

"Indeed," Zelda affirmed, "and unlike Siobhán, you are using your mind for the benefit of mankind."

"I still can't believe she did that," Cailin sighed. "It could have all been over. I unleashed the Light Force and everything, and she saved him. Why would she do that?"

"She was hungry for power," Eoghan said. "I've known for the longest time that she looked down on me, and everyone else who wasn't full-blooded Twili. She thinks the other races are weak, and she saw power in Zagros. I imagine by saving his life she thinks that she'll gain some of his power."

"Only time will tell," said Zelda. "We must all be ready when it does. I have a feeling this will not be the last time we see the son of Ganondorf, the new Chosen One."

"Well, I'm ready to fight when the time comes," said Eoghan defiantly.

"As much as I don't want to," said Link, "I have to agree with my son. He's already proven that he's capable. In fact, should the need arise, I'll take up arms again, too."

"Link, you can't be serious," Midna argued. "You're an old man. You shouldn't be out fighting."

"I'm not that old," he retorted. "Besides, I'm still capable."

"Well," said Midna, "let's just worry about that when the time comes and then we'll see."

"Where am I and what's going on?" said a feeble voice from the doorway across the room.

"Will!" Cailin shouted with glee, as she ran over to him. "You're up and walking around! We're in Hyrule Castle, but soon we'll go home."

"Where is home anymore?" he sighed. "After you left again, I decided to leave too. I thought maybe I could start my own life somewhere in Hyrule, but then something happened and the next thing I remember I was stuck in that machine."

"Tell you what," she said. "We'll start a new life here in Castle Town. Our family has been redeemed, so it's ok for us to come back."

"Yes," Zelda affirmed. "Your family may go freely through Hyrule. I would have permitted it before, but it was a divine decree, so I could do nothing against it."

"Well, I hate to cut the party short," Link interrupted, "but we should probably be getting home. There's a kingdom that's been without a monarch for too long."

"Oh, one last thing before I forget," said Zelda. "Midna and I were talking about this earlier this morning, and I agree with her on this matter."

"What?" Link questioned warily.

"You really have got to shave that beard."

"Oh, it's good to be back at my palace," Zagros mused as he placed a hand on one of the columns supporting the roof over one of the patios.

"I'm sure it is," said Siobhán, "but here's the thing. If it weren't for me, you'd be toast right now, so you owe me."

"I suppose that's fair," Zagros said, taking his chin in his hand. "I'll have to take that into consideration. Until I decide what to do on that, feel free to make yourself at home. It's not like you can really go back to your home anymore. You'll be a criminal in Hyrule and the Twilight Realm, guilty of treason and aiding a terrorist, I'm sure."

"Well, I can make it a lot easier for you," Siobhán interjected. "I want the kind of power you've got. Let me stand at your side."

"I'm afraid I can't do that in good conscience," Zagros said. "You are sixteen years old, I am 124. That is unacceptable in any culture, even though that have arranged marriages between children."

"So you're saying I just saved your ass for nothing?"

"Oh no," Zagros said. "I never said it was impossible. All I said was that that kind of bond is unacceptable between two people with an age disparity far smaller than that between us. However, there is a way. Do you know the way to the Sacred Grove?"

"No," she replied dully.

"No matter," said Zagros nonchalantly. "I know you know how to get to Ordon Village. I need you to teleport us there, and then I can get us the rest of the way to the Sacred Grove. You see, the Sacred Grove is where the Temple of Time stood all those years ago. It's there that the Hero of Time began his quest. We need to get you there."

"Why?" Siobhán pressed hungrily.

"Magic still resides there," Zagros said with fire in his eyes. "We just need to age you up a bit."

Without another word, he took Siobhán's hand in his, and then they were gone.