Chapter 27: Heading Off

When the knock came at the door, both slave Link and I hid, just in case. However, the instant that we heard that it was solely Aryll, we came out in order to greet her. Sure, she flinched at the sight of us, but she quickly apologized for it and she explained that she just wasn't used to us yet. Understanding, both slave Link and I kept our distance. It seemed as though she had just come over to tell her big brother that she was keeping the whole thing a secret from their parents. Future Link did seem thankful for that, so neither slave Link nor I said anything about it, despite us feeling concern about it seeming like future Link didn't trust his parents.

Aryll stayed a little bit longer, but nothing was really said that was important, so, after she left, future Link went back to studying with Zelda. Personally, I thought that the fact that he didn't know about his final exams was VERY irresponsible, but I just left him to study. After all, he really needed that time, even if he still had a week. Although it seemed like he thought that a week's time was only a few minutes, because he looked really desperate.

Even though his finals were over, future Link was still stressing out because it took them a few days to mark everyone's finals. I could personally understand his anxiety, but he seriously needed to calm down. After all, Zelda had told him that she would bring not only his marks, but also the info on where the three of us needed to go next to him. Therefore, I felt like he just needed to have a little bit more patience. Thankfully, Zelda showed up pretty quickly and handed him the paper that held his marks on it without a single word.

Future Link took the paper and, after what seemed like the absolute most tense few minutes ever, he breathed a sigh of relief and he informed us that he just barely passed. Slave Link, Zelda, and I all congratulated him for it. As we did so, I could actually see him stumble a little bit from the stress release. I laughed a bit, but I made sure to keep it as low key as I could. After all, we needed to move on as quickly as possible. So, I asked Zelda where the three of us were supposed to go next.

"Well, I actually received the message a couple of days before the finals, but I figured that I might as well wait until afterwards, just so that there would be fewer distractions. Either way, the next one of us that felt the 'sacred power' was actually the other princess. This means that you three are going to knight Link's dimension next! All that you have to do is meet with that princess and she'll take it from there. Does that sound alright?"

The three of us nodded yes and then we proceeded to get ready for the trip. Zelda eventually left, even though there was one last thing that was bugging me. I asked future Link about the rest of his school-year because he was still in school when we had first met and it had been springtime back then. Although, all that he would tell me was that he had it handled. At this, I shrugged and claimed that it was alright.

Finally, it was time for the three of us to head off. As usual, the car ride was a total blur for me and the boat ride was actually pretty boring. Thankfully, though, it was easy because future Link had all of the finances handled through Zelda. When we actually got to the tower of the gods, we were delighted to find that there were no monsters there. However, there was one thing that confused us when we got to the room that we had first seen each other in.

In the absolute center was a boy who was about out our age. He was a very wide brunette who was also nearly bald. Future Link seemed to recognize him from somewhere, but before he could say anything, the boy vanished into thin air. All three of us were very confused by it. However, future Link recovered first, saying that that had been one of his classmates, who knew about the three of us sewing time back together, who had also recently become a troublemaker and was named 'Ethan'. After an uncomfortably long silence, we just assumed that there was a monster of some sort who was trying to screw with our minds, even though I wasn't so sure.

Either way, it was time to go back home to my dimension.

So was it just a monster that was trying to screw with their minds? I will tell you that there is someone who wants to do that in this story (and has the power to). So, yeah, filler chapters were filler. However, most of these events downright needed to happen before the next three, so there we go. Also, I am fully aware of the fact that finals are nowhere near November 2nd (the day that this was posted), but it works for the story.