Chapter 26: Finals
When I got back to school, I was honestly a little bit surprised at the fact that I had been correct about what I told Zelda. Having actually done something about the Master Sword, I found it infinitely easier to concentrate during class. It also didn't take me very long to realize that while I had been spacing out, the finals had crept up and were less that a week away! Allthroughout the day, I was desperately either taking notes or trying to find Zelda. I eventually concluded that not only did I need to find Zelda in order to figure out where we three Links were going to go next, but I also needed her help with studying for the finals!
I finally found her at lunch. So, I took her into the back parts of the library again in order to talk to her. She looked like she had been about to say something, but I had cut her off and I kind of freaked out a bit… okay, a lot. Then again, I pretty much had the right to do so, given the situation. When I finished, she sighed and said
"Okay, as far as things go, I haven't heard anything from the other Zeldas yet. Therefore, I'm not sure of where to send you and the other two Links next. However, I was wondering when you'd notice just how close the finals were… calm down, Link; I'll help you. In fact, I'll come over to your place after school today in order to at least get you started. Heck, you haven't really noticed the most important thing about your schedule, have you?... *sigh* if you pass all of your courses in this semester, then you can still graduate without the second one and I'm still going to be setting you up with correspondence courses when you get back, so there's no need to worry."
At this, I did a double take and I realized that she was right! She must have pulled some serious strings when she planned this one. After showering her with my gratitude (I could've sworn that I saw a crystal of some sort at some point), I proceeded to the rest of the day. Then, when the day ended, the two of us met up and we went back to my place. When we got there, we found the other two links playing chess again and both of them seemed a little bit confused as to why Zelda was there.
Thankfully, it proved to be ridiculously easy to explain everything to them. After all, the idea of a final exam dated pretty far back and neither of them were strangers to it, apparently; not even slave Link. It began to make me wonder as to how he knew about the intensities of final exams, but I just figured that it had something to do with which slaves a master wanted to keep, so I just kept my mouth shut and began to study with Zelda. After a while, though I realized that she wasn't in all of the classes that she was helping my study for.
I questioned her about it, but the only thing that she replied with was a smile. After that, it hit me like a bus! She had planned it all out so that it would be fail-safe. By the gods, she was smart! However, when a few more hours had passed, there was a knock at the door. I answered it to find none other than Aryll.