Chapter 16 – Fierce Deity LoZ! GX

Zelda leaned against a white wall of Nurse Fonda's office. Just behind the wall, Link slept. Or so she thought he was asleep. Nurse Fonda had assured Zelda he was okay and should be up later that day, but Zelda and her maternal nature couldn't help but to worry. She stayed there waiting for him to wake up.

In honor of Link and his bravery, Zelda sat on the floor and sang a Hylian song called 'Entewya'. The name meant 'river' and it was about life basically. Zelda finished the song and started right back again.

This time as she sang, she thought of not only Link, but the Zora Entewya. She was one of the first Zoran in Hyrule.

'I wonder if the First Link knew Entewya…' Zelda thought while resting a note.

"Zelda," the sudden voice made Zelda jump and snap her head towards the one who said her name.

She stopped singing and looked at Zane carefully. He stood by the doorway with a ZERO-expression on his face, but he also watched what she said next in an acute nature.

"How long have you been standing there?" Zelda asked.

"That last chorus," Zane answered.

"What was that song?" he asked again.

Zelda smiled, "River, you remember that one?"

"How could I forget?" Zane leaned against the wall next to Zelda and slid down so he sat beside her.

"I remember, you used to sing it to orphans. It's named after a zora, right?" Zane tried to pronounce the name of the zora, until Zelda corrected him.

"Oh yeah…" he mumbled.

'No smile…' Zelda thought as she watched his profile. Why wouldn't he look at her?

"How are we going to defeat Majora?" Zane asked out of the blue.

Zelda still watched him, "I don't know. Bastion is still working on something, but a Human world: it's a little difficult to find things Hylian around here, especially if my brother and I don't know."

His eyes seemed darker. His irises were almost black, and around his eyes were extremely dark. When she caught his eye take a glimpse at her, she quickly looked away.

Zane said nothing for a moment, but then Zelda sensed him move his arm. When she looked back over at him, he was digging for something in his jacket pocket. After a few seconds, he'd found was he was looking for and held it out for Zelda to take.

A book. It was a book with a Hylian Crest on it and it was familiar to her.

"I kept something from Hyrule. This is a Legends Book of Hyrule. It's kind of like an encyclopedia of Hyrule."

Zelda was dumbfounded. With being Hylian and all, she didn't know what an 'encyclopedia' was.

"What is an encyclapeda? Or whatever you said…"

"It's nothing important. Here, just take it." He held the book closer towards Zelda.

She'd hesitated, but it only took her one more second to reach out slowly and take it.

"This book…" she was starting to remember where she'd seen it before. Of course! How could she forget?

As she zipped through a few pages, she saw ancient Hylian writing and human letters pushed together.

'His notes…' she figured.

"You kept it the whole time." Zelda smiled and looked at Zane.

No smile, no eye contact, no nothing….

"Thank you." She told him as he stood up and walked towards the door.

She remembered the book. More memories: She and Link had handmade this book and Zelda gave it to Zane as a gift a long time ago.

"Wait!" Zelda called for Zane.

He stopped, and looked at Zelda for one of the first times…Zelda tried to force herself to say something, but she was too weak in the end.

'C'mon, Zel! Say it!' she tried to push herself.

"Thank you…" she said again, and watched him leave.

Zelda sat there and before she could reflect on Zane, he came back and told her Link was awake.

Zane walked away from this brother/sister moment, and went outside into the sunlight.

At first, he wasn't sure if he was going anywhere particular, he was just walking on the grass. He soon came to realize he was going to the lighthouse. It was the same pathway, where else would he go?

A strange picture flashed in Zane's mind just then. It was horrifying, and it was the reason he'd ever left Hyrule.

A young Hylian and Hyrulian hid behind a large 'catholic-style' building. The two were just walking in the Hyrule Castle Town together, and a riot broke out. No, it was worse than a riot! It was a massacre! A group of Humans are riding through Hyrule, slicing Hylians. Killing their once great friends, Humans brought the Hylians to their knees.

Zelda and Zane. They hid together, trying to be quiet, both extremely terrified. They both knew if they were found, they would both be killed because Zelda was a Hylian, and Zane was a Hyrulian with a Hylian.

Luckily…they weren't found.

Luckily, they got away. Zane couldn't help but remember the look on her face. She was scared, vulnerable, and for the first time, she had said she was helpless. The Hylians were betrayed by the Humans, that's why they were hated by the Hylians so much.

"…Hylians and Humans can never live together in peace and harmony…"

Link had told Zelda about Majora's Plan. He also told her about Termina and where he was, where he was taken.

After Link's tale, Zelda stayed silent and looked at Link. At first she was blank, and she became sad-like afterwards. Her eyes pointed downward, and she sighed.

"We will beat Majora, Link."

"How?" Link asked desperately, "I can't stand up to this!"

"You don't have to! I will help, Jaden can help you! Link, understand that you never have to do anything alone. You have me and your friends." Zelda assured.

"No!" Link screamed with tears in his eyes, "I can't do this to people anymore! Hassleberry, Chazz, Audre: they're all here!" Link gestured to himself.

"Yes, and we can help them, but you have to stand strong." Zelda cried.

Zelda took her brother in a hug and felt his breath along her neck as he cried out loud. He was more in shock, but regardless, she'd never seen him so scared before.

"I want to go back. I don't want this anymore! I'd rather things be the way they were before!" Link told her.

"…but you were never happy." Zelda tried to help him change his mind.

"But I was never scared," he admits, "If I fail, it wouldn't mean I failed the world, it would mean I failed you! I can't fail on you…"

That last phrase hit Zelda hard. His last phrase made her understand that she means more than the world to Link. Maybe it was because when the world was up against him, Zelda was the one who shielded him and prevented him from becoming crushed.

Across from Link's bed was a mirror, and in the mirror she saw her face and the back of Link's head. Her eyes looked shiny because of the tears, her pale face was a pinkish color now, and her mouth was quivering slightly.

She let him go and held something out for him.

"I have something for you." Zelda said.

"Jaden and Syrus took this from Audre's deck and told me I should give it to you. After all, it is rightfully yours, and you deserve to have it back." Zelda told him.

Link was a bit calmer now, and he stared down at the card his sister held in front of him.

"Fierce Deity…No."

Link's words confused Zelda, "What?"

"You keep it."

Zelda smiled at him, "Are you sure?"

"…yes." Link smiled back at her. It was a real smile.

"Now get out of here before someone catches you. Tell the others I'll be out in no time."

Zelda nodded and went out.

"Zelda," Link stopped her, "no boys."

Zelda laughed slightly, "Okay…"

Then she stealthily made her way out of the room. He didn't know why, but he thought of a Hylian song right there that made him feel like he would never see her again. The thought was so silly, he smiled and hummed it as he lay down and closed his eyes.

Thankfully, she wasn't caught…