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Where we last left off, Rose died due to her injuries. :( Link has been really struggling when it comes to coping with reality. Can he find closure, or will he feel sorrowful over Rose's death forever?

Chapter 24: The Dream

A few more nights passed, and then it was the night before Rose's funeral. By then, Ilia and some other people had come to Nikitre to join me for the funeral. Everyone was asleep, except for me. I was tossing and turning, discomfort overcoming me. It was sinking in that the woman I loved was going to be buried under the ground for eternity in a matter of hours now. After an hour or two of struggle, I fell asleep at 1:00am, but I didn't remain that way long.

I had the craziest dream…Rose just simply woke up from her eternal slumber and was alive again. Everyone rejoiced, and a couple of weeks later I proposed to her, and then two months passed and we got married. As she and I were walking out of the church, everything was engulfed by a black hole; her, and everything else I knew and loved. All that was left was me; standing alone as an idiot would be in front of the church doors. I woke up with tears rushing down my face like a waterfall. I got up out of bed to get some water and to wipe away the tears. Then I went back to bed and looked at the two pictures of Rose and me before falling asleep.

This time I had a different dream. It felt so real. Rose was with the Goddesses…which would make sense because based on our beliefs, when you die; you join the Goddesses in heaven as a spirit. (Note: A made-up Hylian belief.) She was in grief for leaving the earth so soon. She was on her knees and sobbing with her hands over her eyes. Din put her hand on Rose's shoulder and Rose put her hands down. She looked up at Din with her eyes still misty, but she looked at her with the most sincere determination. "Please…I want to live. I don't want to be apart from Link." She said earnestly.

"It was your time to die; Rose. We cannot give you your life back." Din sighed. "I am sorry." Rose forced Din's hand off her shoulder.

Farore was looking down at the earth and watching everything that was occurring. "Rose, you can watch over him from here."

Rose stood up and looked down at her translucent feet; shaking her head. "That isn't what I want; it isn't what I need." She said desperately.

My father walked up to her and put his hand on her back. "That's what I did when I left my son; I begged for my life back. I wanted to be there for him, but it will be okay…someday you will understand why." Rose looked at him. "Link will be here someday, and the two of you will be reunited. Keep that in your mind, and it won't be so hard."

Nayru kept on looking through her book of records. In Hylian folklore, one of her many jobs include keeping track of who dies and why they died. (Made up and not mentioned in the games.) Rose looked at her. "Nayru, was it really my time to die?" she said with a pool of tears in her eyes.

"Yes, I'm afraid." She said bitterly. Rose walked away.

An hour passed, and nothing happened. Then my father walked up to Nayru. "Someone else killed her…she died because of those injuries." He stopped for a moment and turned his attention to Rose, all the while never completely taking his attention off of Nayru. "Look at her; she's miserable. I know it's a hell of a lot to ask, but could you make an exception, just this once? It would make her happy, and it would make Link happy, too. I'd hate to have those two apart for so long. We both know he's going to live a long life."

She took a deep breath. "Okay, I'll do it, but only because we had meant for her to live longer…she wasn't really supposed to die now, but she wasn't supposed to know that her death was a mistake."

His eyes widened. "Oh, that's wonderful!" He smiled.

Nayru told Rose that her death was a mistake and Rose was overjoyed. "It really was a mistake?" She asked.

"Yes." Nayru said. "You will be granted your life back." She smiled. "All that we ask you to do is to go down to where your body is kept so your soul will be joined with your body again." Rose smiled. Without any delay, she went to the open casket where her body lied, and as a spirit she entered her lifeless body and awoke with life again.

The dream felt so real that I woke up and got out of bed. I ran down the stairs to her casket, feeling as weightless as a bird in flight with hopes that she would be alive. I opened the casket, but my hopes were destroyed, and I now felt like a bird with a broken wing; looking hopelessly at the sky. There she was, as dead as she was before. I did not close the casket. I kept it open, believing that if I did so it would perhaps bring her spirit down to the earth like in the dream. Unable to bring myself to going back to sleep, I wandered outside into the courtyard. I looked up at the stars for a moment, noticing the big dipper in the sky. It was pretty, but it did not bring me happiness. I walked over to the pond where Rose and I used to play with the frogs as kids. I looked in the water, and seeing a frog, I smiled; but that smile faded when I saw my own gloomy reflection. I heard a familiar voice to my left. I looked and it was my grandfather, in the form of that golden wolf that I have often seen.

"Link." He said quietly. "Something troubles you…what is it?"

"Someone I deeply care about is not on this earth anymore." I said, looking back at my reflection in the pond.

"Rose, I assume?" He asked.

"Yes." I nodded.

"Whatever do you mean that she is no longer on this earth?"

"That is all that I mean. She is no longer on this earth." I said; feeling quite confused.

"I just saw her inside…looking for you." He said seriously. "Look at the doorway leading to the courtyard."

I looked at the doorway and couldn't believe my eyes. There was Rose, full of life. I ran over to her, and she was beaming as I embraced her in my arms. "Pinch me! I've got to be dreaming!"

I screamed in pain as Rose pinched me. "You're not dreaming!" She said while laughing.

"How…how are you alive? You were dead!" I looked towards where my grandfather was, but he was gone.

"The Goddesses gave me another chance to live. My death was a mistake."

I was shocked. "So…the dream…?"

"Was me trying to communicate with you. I needed the casket to be opened." She said to me. She tried to kiss me on the cheek, for my mouth was still open in surprise, but I intercepted by kissing her on the lips.

"I'm so glad you're alive!" I said as I hugged her.

"I'm glad too." She said with vivacity.

"What happened?" Harold raced out in his pajamas. "I heard someone scream—" He ran over to Rose and hugged her. "My daughter's alive!" He yelled with glee as he squeezed tighter.

"Dad, you're choking me!" She shouted.

"Alright. I'll let go." He stopped hugging her and put his hand on her head. "I thought I'd never see you again." He said as he began to tear up.

"I love you, dad." She gave him another hug.

Everyone else came running outside soon after and shared in the joy of Rose being alive again.

…

I ended up Proposing to Rose about a week later, and we tied the knot in Hyrule within two months. The ceremony was held at a church near Hyrule castle. Everyone I knew was there, including the postman…although I wished he wasn't at the time. We came out of the church, and there was no black hole to bring us to our demise. Ever since then I've learned to live life to the fullest, and to never let my fears prevent me from fulfilling my dreams.

The End