Six years have passed since Appleton had invaded Wedinburgh having a great success in that war, which unfortunately ended the lives of queens Laura and Bernadette, putting all the surroundings in danger, since they were under the dominions of the lord of Appleton, who started there a reign of terror and tyranny for all the lands that belonged to the kingdom of Wedinburgh that had been overthrown, in the meantime simply the princesses were never captured, they continued to hide on the island of Triskellion under the supervision of Croix and Chariot, where they were kind of around an isolated place with no news from the outside world and were always thinking about what might happen, after all the elders said that the majesties would return when everything was safe, but they never returned and with that the impression they had is that the war was lost, but still with the hope that the mothers were alive.
Marianne, who was badly wounded, fled with Lotte and Sucy to an unknown place far from the lands of Hyrule and the dominions of Appleton, nothing that could affect them and be safe, but the years went by and the concern around Akko grew, who spent the long years being a prisoner of Andrew, in a cell that was practically like a royal chamber, it was there where she was trapped and spending the days of her life, without much option of where to escape, which she has tried many times, but always failed.
In Kagari's cell there she was in her 20s, a little older than before, just trying to observe and reflect on what to do, with practically no hope of getting out, which soon receives a visit from the lord of Appleton as he always does and is already getting tired of it, having to deal with the situation.
"Good morning wonderful girl, it seems that another day that you do not stop looking at this wall, it is today that it is six years that you are here with me, it does not seem that time passes quickly" Hanbridge said treating the girl with great education and affection.
"It doesn't seem like six years since you killed the queens in cold blood... It doesn't seem like six years since I was forced to walk away from the woman I love... It doesn't seem like six years since Hyrule was ruled by a tyrant" said the crimson-eyed woman, glaring at the man with a look full of anger.
"Ohhhhh how much drama, you really never stopped to think about the wonderful life you have won, not even at Wedinburgh Castle they will give you these things, I give the maximum luxury, I treat you like a real princess, I could have killed you like I did with the queens, but a precious thing like you deserves a little place like this" Said the boy who was filling the cups of tea and watching the girl.
"I would rather have been killed, you only do this to have control over me and think that the legend will never materialise, all you want is not to allow the hero to defeat you" Said the brownish revolted.
"I will not waste my saliva explaining the reasons and power relations that led to this happening, you are already a grown woman to understand, soon it will only be a matter of time to find your princess friends, look at this good thing, you will be able to see your dear friends again here in the castle, I will allow you to see them, after all one of them will marry me, which will make me king of Hyrule and also make you the first royal concubine, you will live in a comfortable luxurious harem where you will be treated as well as the queen, look at the power they will give you, are you really sure you insist on breaking up with me? I am the person who will bring you all the good and the best, no incarnation of Ganondorf has managed to do this before, I will be the first" said Andrew who soon noticed the answer in the form of a middle finger.
"And like all reincarnations of Ganon, they will be defeated by the hero, it doesn't even seem like you killed thousands of innocent people because of this obsession of yours for power" Said the former warrior of Luna Nova which even made the older boy get out of there.
With that he was leaving the cell of the girl he took prisoner for so many years, as a trophy in the most both for being the heroine, as well as for being just a girl of an exotic beauty for the lord of Appleton who saw it as something rare and a trophy for him to have just for himself.
Akko was eating that food that was left to her by the boy, just waiting for the moment of someday being able to escape, since in all the years she tried several ways to escape, they were already dug tunnels, they were already disguises, she was already trying to run out, under the bed and none of the ways worked so well, the confidence in the security of the place was so great that the girl was simply left with her clothes, bag and even her own master sword in the room for her to pick up.
(Damn it, no matter how much I train, how hard I try, never that an escape of mine comes working, last year I had come so close with that tunnel, but it exhausted me all physically, that damn one will pay one day I know it, he will pay dearly for everything, the people I love, all gone, either by death or by going far away... Diana... All I wanted was for you to be here being the voice of reason, helping me escape).
"One day I will be free of this place, sorry for everything... Laura... Bernadette... Diana... Hellene... Marianne... Lotte... Sucy... I failed to protect us from him... I failed and now in all these six years I don't even know if you're okay" Atsuko said, coming to the point of crying and some tears falling to the floor.
The weight on her conscience that Kagari had for everything that happened is still huge, she feels bad that she couldn't defeat Andrew when she had the chance that she couldn't escape in time, she feels guilty for the deaths of the queens, she misses a lot all her friends that she used to live many adventures, that day she was excited to start new ones alongside the girls she had just taken away from Luna Nova.
[...]
Far from there on the distant island of Triskellion, there were Croix, Chariot, Diana and Hellene, the two sisters as usual since they arrived there were watching the sea, with the waves breaking, Cavendish also older with 20 years and much more skilful learned to perfect the style with the rapier even more, combining a little magic, much for training with Aunt Chelsea who was also present there. McLaren on the other hand received a prosthesis built by Meridies that she can use as if it were the piece of the hand she had lost, just thought of Marianne if she had survived everything, always passing in her head the vision of that day that everything fell apart.
"It's been six years..." said the platinum blonde-haired girl.
"I count each day... I miss Mari... I keep wondering if she really survived all this, I just keep thinking about Akko too... All I wanted was to see Mari appear here out of nowhere and want to play with me... She's gone... He took her from me, not even the hand I lost, I lost the thing I love the most" Said the redhead.
"It's been six years, are our mothers really alive? Did we fail in the war all along?" said the blue-eyed one, standing up and then feeling Chariot's hand on her shoulder. If this happened then we need to act Hellene -Said the blue-eyed one getting up and then feeling Chariot's hand on their shoulder.
"You two, I know you want to get out of here so badly, but it's not safe for you yet..." Said Du Nord who soon felt the stare of the older princess.
"Are we going to stay here waiting for Chariot? We're 20 years old now, we're both grown women, we're not the same children you brought and took us, we're already better than you and even the devices Croix made, we have to somehow find Akko's whereabouts and my mothers" Said the girl.
"Look, I think Diana is right, if the worst happened, it may be dangerous out there, but it's better to leave than never leave, you are adult women, we can't keep you here forever, it's been six years since that happened, we can't just stand here, we have to act" Said the one with lilac hair.
"Croix! And the promise we made the queens? Are you really going to break it? Weren't we supposed to wait for them to arrive?" Said the one with the reddish hair.
"What if they never arrive Chariot? If they don't arrive anymore... You understand, we have to act somehow, or we will stay forever on this island, for everything there is a beginning, so come with me girls, I will prepare here enough for your departure" Said Croix.
The two youngest even open a smile, they follow the inventor to their house, where there she takes a very peculiar device that she hands in the hand of the two, which looks like a bracelet, such as appropriate clothing for the disguise and a whole luggage, since they were already trained. they were already trained.
In addition to enough supplies to leave safely, the two were very anxious, which was soon placed on the boat of the princesses who took a deep breath.
"I think it's time to leave here, you two take care and don't think you're going to get rid of us, these bracelets have a communicator that I invented that uses magic so that I can speak telepathically with you at any time, so I can know that you are safe, and anything that can happen we will send an emergency plan" Said Meridies.
"Finally we will know what happened to our friends" Hellene said.
"Be careful is important, even if I don't agree with your idea I ask you to be careful" Chariot said.
"Somewhere action has to come from, we're not going to stand here" said Diana.
"Remember that if the situation is not the best, you may be wanted by the Appleton army, so keep your disguise in case that is the case, if your mothers have contained the war, which I probably think is difficult since they would send a messenger if that were the case, so please disguise yourself and take this boat route, do not go straight to Wedinburgh, try to go to Luna Nova first" Said the one with lilac hair.
"You're really not going to stop picking on us, are you Croix?" McLaren said.
"You are the princesses of Wedinburgh, your life is important, if anything happens to you it will affect the future of Hyrule, so please don't die, we will be waiting for you, when you finish fetching everything please come back" Du Nord said.
And with all the things put on the boat they were ready to leave, what could be a long trip to the vicinity of the forest of Arcturus where they would be close to Luna nova travelling by boat away, all for safety, the two were walking to the pier and soon they were receiving a hug from everyone around them.
Holly, Chelsea, Chariot and Croix, they were all hugging the girls who also did not go alone, they had as a companion the gerudo Amanda, much for being very strong and being able to assist in the journey when they arrive and enter the lands of Gerudo looking for Akko.
"Well let's go then, it looks like it's going to be a long journey" said Princess Cavendish as she got into the boat with her sister and her friend.
"I'll take good care of these two, you bet" said O'Neill.
"Easier for us to look after you O'Neill" said the platinum blonde.
"You may have all the skill with a sword and weapons, but I am the strongest physically, you shorties, remember that I have much more strength and height, you will need me when you can not lift a stone or when you are having trouble opening a pot hahaha" Said the gerudo who left with the boat.
"Bye girls and please take care of yourselves" said Chariot waving to them.
The boat was starting to leave that pier and with the sails hoisted it was starting to sail south, for a long journey towards the beach of the Arcturus forest that is very far from everything, but that with a smooth journey they will be able to arrive in a few days and soon begin the search for Akko and the queens in Hyrule.
The two princesses are already looking at the sea while Gerudo was driving the boat and their eyes are already full, eyes full of hope, just thinking about what lies ahead.
"Now that we're far enough away. Do you really think your mothers are alive?" Amanda asks.
"I still have a little hope that it will, I just think the war must be so intense between the kingdoms that she can't make much progress, that's why she didn't come to us" Diana said.
"I still think we can find them, but the hope is to find Akko, I hope they didn't really kill her" Hellene said.
"From what I've been told she defended you against the lord of Appleton, but then I think, that would be a huge crime for Appleton, what she did, they wouldn't forgive her, but I don't want to make you give up the search, I just want to be more realistic" said O'Neill.
"Well anyway, let's find out what happened to the world" Cavendish said, and soon her bracelet began to beep.
She presses the button on the bracelet and just not only does Croix's voice appear, but a hologram version of her with her face looking at the two girls through some device she created which soon went to talk to the girls.
"This is just to test if everything is working, but I'll ask you, is everything ok at sea? Are you safe? Be very careful" Croix said through the device.
"Oh it's all working Croix, we're fine yes, we just left" Said the eldest princess.
"We didn't build this boat for nothing, it was our emergency plan in case your mums didn't come back with news, in any case be careful, if there are any creatures or Appleton troops, don't hesitate to show them what you came for" Said Meridies who then disconnected the communication seeing the girls nodding.
(Akko... I feel that you are alive, I know that you are in danger, I will save you, I feel it in me, I know that the day will come that we will see each other again and I will not forget what I wanted to promise myself before I left, that I told my mothers behind my back, when we are home... I'm going to make what I've wanted so much happen).
"You still think a lot about Akko don't you?" The youngest princess said.
"And you in Mari" said the blue-eyed one.
"I could understand now what was all the feeling of love that I felt... Only when I understood it happened, just thinking that I saw Mari going away after everything makes me all thoughtful... Is she alive? I don't know, but when she arrives I'll take her to our mums and..." Said the purple-eyed one.
"Proposing" The two speak together.
"It seems we have the same idea about our girls" said the platinum blonde-haired girl, laughing.
"Now there's no need to hide that feeling, it's been six years, we're old enough to get married and we know who we want" said the redhead.
The two sisters even go hugging with Diana putting her hand passing behind her sister's neck and leaning on her shoulder since she is the biggest and was just looking at the horizon admiring the landscape while Amanda was just rolling her eyes at the two sisters being that way, just thinking soon to arrive and be able to meet the loved ones.
[...]
In other distant lands in the far east of Hyrule, there were already Jasminka and Constanze the girls that Akko had saved after being almost made slaves, six years ago they had arrived in the lands of the island of Edo for a mission at Croix's request to try to find Akko's origins since she was already suspicious of that girl being so peculiar, but they were not alone there, more girls appeared from a long journey.
Lotte, Sucy and Marianne had also arrived in those distant lands trying in every way to escape as far as possible from the lands that belong to Appleton and for that they arrived on this island, where they spent a whole period there to get used to, learn the local language and also even writing and some techniques.
"It's been six years... Six years since all that happened" Marianne said.
"So what do we do?" Sucy asks.
"I don't know about you, but I'm going back to the mainland, I'm going to rescue Akko, from what we know from the information of ninjas who went there, she's in the capital of Appleton, probably trapped in that castle where the lord is" Leclerc said.
"Wouldn't that be a bit risky? You almost died with a blow to the belly Mari, to this day you have the scar of the huge tear you made, we were desperate trying to heal you all the way, until you arrived here in Edo and you were finally safe" Said Lotte.
"Risky it is, but are we going to let the lands of Appleton remain in that lord's domain? Somewhere action has to come from, and we can't just stand by and do nothing," said the dark-haired woman.
"Well you are the only one of us who has perfectly perfected the metamorphosis spell, that could be useful for us, what are we going to do after that?" Manbavaran asks.
"Let's all go to Appleton, we will disguise ourselves as ordinary citizens, everyone here knows how to do the partial version of the metamorphosis we learned here, changing at least the face and hair is enough, we will leave here from the port of Nagasaki towards the city of Dover, there we already disguise ourselves as merchants, we will follow the path, until Appleton, when entering inside Constanze with her gadgets can develop a good escape plan in case we have emergencies, but let's pretend to be traders, from there we leave with Akko to Luna Nova, since this way we can get simply safe, since from what we heard it is the only place that Appleton could not dominate because of the creatures of Arcturus that protect everything even from his troops, there we start the journey" Said Marianne.
"A good plan, but how do we go... Like capture Akko? You already have the escape plan mapped out and the plan to get there" Sucy said.
"Now here comes the interesting part, I use my social and shapeshifting skills, while you are in town renting a room for us, I will disguise myself as a soldier mapping the castle trying to find out specifically where Akko's cell is and the best way to escape, on the day of the escape, Sucy and Jasminka are the tallest, we can easily impersonate soldiers and gain access to everything, which can be our help, you will observe the path while I leave with Akko metamorphised into a soldier what I can do just by being very close to her, until I reach the outside of the castle, where we follow the path in hiding, but we have to be quick" Leclerc said explaining better.
"We can knock out a soldier and use him as a scapegoat, and that might distract the lord of Appleton enough that we've already left Appleton far enough that they're wasting time searching, we're past the walls," the Manbavaran said, adding.
"That's right, so we're going to Appleton? Are we going to save Akko? She saved us" Said the dark-haired one with red locks and they all held hands then stood up happily.
"Let's go!" They all say, and with that, they start packing up.
The five girls are taking everything they could take for this mission of high importance, with the aim of rescuing their friend, who despite everything she ended up in a situation like that, where alone she would not be able to escape the clutches of the lord of Appleton, but with the help of friends it will be a matter of time to get the freedom so dreamed of soon.
When they finish everything, they walk towards the port with the things in hand and leave that exotic land where they stayed for so long and were even welcomed and treated well by the residents there for so much that they brought more, in addition to many of them training new techniques that will be useful for the plando to work.
"Now tomorrow we arrive at the nearest harbour, luckily it is not dominated byAppleton yet and we can prepare ourselves" Marianne said.
"It's kind of strange that in all these years Akko is still alive, or even that we managed to escape, it seemed like that lord just wanted her, as if she were a prize, I really hope we can find her well and healthy" said Lotte.
"I hope so too, I have faith that we will find her well and alive, then we will start the journey, as far as we know the first seal of the nine witches is in Arcturus, in the temple of Luna Nova, all we have to do is get there and get the first seal, we can only do this with the help of Akko, she is our key, after that we will defeat the lord once and for all" Said Leclerc.
"You are very optimistic to be honest, I don't even know if Akko is really alive, but I want to believe so, anyway we will leave back home, that land of Edo is too exotic, even though I know their language and discovered many people similar to me andAkko, it amazes me that they are so receptive, but I miss new Luna, I miss even there and also Akko" Said Sucy.
"I just want things to be peaceful again like before, we will fight until the end, this Andrew may be strong, but so is the legend, we will make the legend real, we will defeat Andrew and bring peace to Hyrule, by the
way ... We have to find the princesses too, we don't even know their whereabouts, not even in Appleton, so it can only be a sign that they are alive and hidden" Said the dark-haired one.
"And do you think that even if we do, we will be able to make them queens?" said Manbavaran. Do you think that after so many years they will accept to come back, after so much trauma, the queens have been murdered" said Manbavaran.
"Don't make me remember it all the time, I know they were killed, but they left long before that... Unfortunately we have to start over somewhere, they are our future queens, one of them will still marry and we will have peace in a new kingdom of Hyrule I believe in it, our magic is to believe in ourselves" Said the girl from Wedinburgh full of hope.
(Hellene, I know you're alive and well somewhere, I know that bastard is going to pay for what he did to your hand, to your arm, I'm going to make him lose more than his arm, I dream every day about that day, the bastard cutting you, him sticking his sword in me, to this day my wound hurts and triggers a trauma in me, as if those piercing green eyes were piercing me... All I want is to see you again, nothing else stops me from getting close, doing what I should have done years ago, tell you I really love you and give you a kiss).
All the girl can think about is being optimistic on this journey, after all after six years she just hopes to someday be able to meet that loved one again, she still feels very sorry despite everything, always
remembering past traumas, just thinking about what may happen in the future, sometimes having some falls thanks to the PTSD that Andrew gave her.
[...]
Akko has no idea there's a rescue mission coming for her, he's just mulling around the castle after everything, while in the throne room of the lord of Appleton, he's just getting very pensive, after everything he can't think of anything else, getting bored that news has no news and none of his plans have been working, when one more of his messengers arrives regarding the search after the princesses.
"More news? Finally found them?" The excited lord said.
"Unfortunately not my lord, they are very well hidden in Hyrule, but I believe you will soon find them, we have explored all the surrounding lands, even Luna Nova with our spies who are inside and nothing of those two, it seems that we will have to cross the ocean, they must surely be on the surrounding islands" Said the messenger.
"Why didn't they start searching there before?" said an angry Hanbridge. At this point it's been six years since the princesses have been hidden from our radar, that's long enough for them to hide" said the furious Hanbridge.
"My lord, forgive me, we are only trying to do our best, but to say we are not failing the islands around are few, we can soon find them and bring them to you, why so afraid? You can marry that girl you captured and become king" Said the messenger.
"No! She is a commoner above all, if I marry her I will not show any respect to the kingdom, nothing will help to turn her into a noblewoman, this would be a plan in case in five years we do not find the princesses, then I start the process of nobbling the prisoner so that I can make the marriage count and become king with a noblewoman, but we have to focus on them, before they become a threat to the kingdom" said Andrew.
"My lord you are the most powerful of all the lands, why be afraid of two girls who were children not many years ago and today are only 20 years old, they are women and are weak above all, they are not a threat to you" Said the messenger.
"Never underestimate your enemy, they may end up trying to reverse the journey that the hero will make and appear here with the missing piece of the triforce and an extra power, it is not an impossibility and who will say the strength that they must have strength the ability, they are not someone to play with, they would make my soldiers look useless, only their mothers have already given work who will say the daughters well trained and in the prime of youth, with a huge thirst for revenge and one of them with even greater fuel, hatred is a very strong power, but nothing beats the power of someone in love, that girl will cross barriers to have my prize in hand, which can also be my greatest asset against her, since I can use blackmail to force her to marry me" Said the dark-haired one smiling and then got up from the throne.
From there he left the room walking slowly towards the cell where Akko is, there he goes making another visit on the day and sees that the girl was simply training with her weapons to the point that she almost hits a cut on the boy who just faces the blade with the greatest nonchalance laughing at the situation.
"You look good when you're this trained with weapons, too bad it's useless any effort of yours to become a stronger warrior, I'm still far beyond, than you can reach" Said the green-eyed one staring at the girl who was furious.
"I don't know if you can count on it so much, you keep underestimating me, but one day you will come out with your chest bleeding to death and there will be nothing the triforce can do to save you Andrew" Said Atsuko putting the blade of the sword in the scabbard.
"You should be celebrating, soon I will find your friends, and if I don't you will stop being a commoner, you will behave like a noblewoman and you better do as I ask or else you will suffer the consequences" Said the boy threateningly.
"What are you going to do, kill the people I hold so dear? You already did that, I have nothing to lose Andrew, are you going to torture me? Wow, what a crock of shit, who would have thought that you would go for this" Kagari said.
"I will not torture you because a beautiful body like this does not deserve such a thing, but I will make you understand your situation, you will be responsible for keeping the Hyllians alive, that's right, remember that
the life of Hyrule depends on you obeying me, if you make a mistake I will bring monsters and kill innocent people, and everyone will know that someone was involved in this and is to blame, I just won't say it was you, but if you insist I will let them know that it is your fault for denying everything I offer you" Said Hanbridge with his hand on the chin of the girl who hits the biggest slap in the face of Andrew who is even laughing.
Akko is simply living the most tense moments of her life in this hell that even with all the luxury nothing compared to living with her friends whom she keeps thinking about and looking at every day for their lack, but this can come to an end since her friends have been preparing a great plan to rescue Kagari from Andrew's clutches once and for all, but for that it will still require a lot from them and a very dangerous and tense mission.
See you, older witches...