Chapter Fifteen

We soar back to Skyloft, careful to avoid the Watchers. The last thing we need is to summon the Guardians and die right before finishing this.

The Loftwings let us off in front of the Statue of the Goddess. This is the only area that has no Guardians or Watchers or Waking Water. I guess it's because of the Statue.

We walk into the Statue, and hear Other Link playing his harp. In here, there isn't a blue tint. It looks exactly like it would outside of the Silent Realm. I guess the Statue isn't affected here. When he hears us he turns around, looking relieved.

"Good, you're all okay. I heard the Guardians wake up, but it seems you got the better of them. Did you get the items?"

Link hands him the Heart Container, Goddess Plume and Tear Vessel.

Other Link smiles. "Zelda will be happy to have another one of these stones, the goddesses use them to make rainbows, as corny as that sounds. The Tear Vessal, however, is mine. I've been looking for one of these for ages. A little souvenir."

"What about the Heart Container?" Link says.

"Keep it," Other Link replies. "I have no need for it. You can use it on your journey."

"Thanks," Link says as he puts it back into his pouch.

"Hey, Link Two, just a quick question," Navi says, coming out of Link's hat. "How was Link able to get the Clawshot? Farore said he couldn't use weapons."

Other Link looks at us for a second as if the answer's obvious. "You don't know what this place is, do you?"

"Uh, the Silent Realm." Sheik says, confused.

Other Link turns to me. "You remember in the video game of this, the last time I entered the Silent Realm to obtain the last piece of the Triforce?" I nod. "And how it turned golden at my leave?" Oh yeah, I'd forgotten that. "Why do you think it did that?"

I think for a second. Because the Triforce was taken out of it? Because it was Link's last visit? I read some theories online that the Silent Realm is really the Sacred Realm, since the Triforce was kept there...

Ohh... hey...

"This is the Sacred Realm, isn't it?" He nods. Awesome!

"Wait," Says a surprised Link. "What do you mean this is the Sacred Realm? I thought this was the Silent Realm?"

"It is," Other Link explains. "I know, it's confusing. When a person must prove himself worthy of hero, they change this place to the Silent Realm. It first became the Silent Realm when a 17-year-old me first went through it in Faron Woods. No one's gone through it again since I last went through it to get the Triforce. But, since you, Link, needed to prove yourself to the goddesses as well, they turned it into the Silent Realm once again."

"We just had to go through it when it's the bad, scary wasteland." Navi grumbles as she flies back under Link's hat.

Other Link smiles sadly. "This is actually a gorgeous place when it's the Sacred Realm. You'd love it." He clears his throat. "Now then, your reward," He hands Link his harp. "The Goddess's Harp. Zelda gave it to me when I was on my quest, and now I give it to you."

Link takes it gingerly. "It's beautiful. Thank you."

Navi flutters out of his hat again. "You're kidding me right? A harp? That's it? I was expecting like this amazing ancient ninja weapon, not a thousand year-old harp!"

Other Link laughs. "Hey, that harp is actually very valuable. Without it, you can't enter the Dark Castle, or your last two trails. And without me, you wouldn't have the Master Sword. So technically I really gave you two weapons."

"What do you mean?" Link asks.

"Well, when I went on my quest, part of it was making the sword."

Link raises his eyebrows in surprise. "You made the Master Sword?"

"Yes. When I found it, it was just the Goddess Sword. But after tempering it with three Sacred Flames and Zelda's blessing it became the Master Sword. So, you're welcome for that."

Navi flies back under Link's hat, mumbling something about stupid musical instruments.

"Your fairy friend is very amusing," Other Link says.

A thought comes to me. "Hey, is Fi still in the Master Sword?"

Other Link looks at me in surprise. Guess he wasn't expecting that. "Yes, she still resides there, in eternal sleep. In a way, she did fulfill her wish to meet me again in another life, through all the other mes that have wielded the Master Sword. Though they weren't me exactly, they were a reincarnation of me. And I'm allowed to have communication with her from the Sacred Realm, so we did meet again, just not physically."

Link eyes the Master Sword warily. "I have a sleeping spirit in my sword?"

"Fi, my companion." Other Link answers. "She's much like Navi, though not quite as... spirited. Hylia sent her to aid me. She fell dormant when I put the Master Sword back in its pedestal." Link unsheathes the Master Sword and examines it.

"Now then, I'm also supposed to tell you the next Chosen Hero's location," Other Link says, clearing his throat. "Go to the Temple of Time in Castletown. He awaits you there."

"Castletown?" Sheik asks. "But that's the whole reason we're getting these weapon. We can't get into Castletown."

"That's why you need the Goddess's Harp." Other Link explains. "First, go to the Kokiri's Forest. Play the harp in front of the Great Deku Tree. With the power of the harp, he'll be able to send you to the temple, but only the temple."

Suddenly a huge golden Triforce appears behind him. He smiles at us all. "Good luck, you'll need it. Be brave, heroes." He walks over to the Triforce. I notice the silhouette of a women standing before it. Other Link gets down on one knee and bows his head to her. She smiles at him. Zelda.

The Silent Realm turns golden, and then there's the same disintegrating and materializing that happened when we entered the Silent Realm. When it's over the world looks normal again, sunlight streams into the room. And the huge Triforce is gone, along with Other Link and Zelda.