Chapter 22
Queen Tempest
In Hyrule Castle:
Queen Zaria – (looking up and seeing Link, Midna, Sora, Gallina, Zelda, Dasar, and Aryll enter the room) Hey, what are all of you doing here?
Midna – We need your help, Zaria.
Zaria – With what? And, where's Lya?
Aryll – That's what this is about. We need your help to find her.
Zaria – (noticing Dasar for the first time) How dare you bring her back here! Guards!
Zelda – No mother! She's not dangerous!
Zaria – Oh yeah? And exactly how do you know that?
Zelda – She's been helping us. She helped Lya change Link back into a human, and she gave us the warning that the Tempests were coming back for Lya. We just didn't listen to her…
Zaria – Oh. I see. So Lya has been taken by the Tempests has she? How do you know that Dasar didn't tell them where she was?
Dasar – Zaria, you know I would never do something like that, and I can't believe you would even consider that I would!
Zaria – I don't know you, so how could I possibly know that?
Dasar – Zaria, I was the first Tempest that you ever trained. I was called Diana then; that was before I had been given another name.
Zaria – Oh, well if that's the case, then … GUARDS! (several guards come into the room) ARREST THEM!
Gallina – Wait! Let us explain!
Zaria – Why should I? I don't have to listen to any of you!
Link – Zaria, I can't believe this! You used to be someone that we looked up to, but now, now you're just a spoiled, bratty royal! You're even worse than Zelda!
Zelda – Hey!
Link – We only came here because we thought you might be interested in getting rid of the Tempests, like you were before. But I guess you don't care, because if you did, you would help us!
Zaria – (hesitating) Well … I suppose … I could find a way to get you into their Fortress …
Link – You have to hurry. I don't know how much time she has left.
Zaria – I'm sorry, it's just that, I've avoided anything to do with the Tempests since I returned. That way I couldn't be considered one anymore. But to do what you ask, I have to go back to being one again.
Zelda – It doesn't matter anymore mother. Father won't let them banish you again, so it'll be okay if you go back to being one.
Zaria – (sigh) Alright.