I can't believe that the story is finished! it's finally done. I've been through a lot and I've finally made it phew!, please enjoy the last chapter of taking chances! rest of the AN is at the end of the chapter!
Chapter 22: Life's all about taking chances
We ran back into castle town. The festival was almost over. It was ten minutes until the fireworks would begin. I held onto Link's hand tightly.
"What's wrong?" Link asked with concern.
"Nothing... I'm just nervous. What if he comes back?"
"Zelda, he's gone, he's not going to come back." He squeezed my hand back. I nodded and smiled at him.
"Zelda! Link!" someone called from behind. We both turned around and met with Sand Midna.
"Sheik! Midna!" I ran up to the two of them and gave them a big bear hug. "I'm so glad both of you are okay!"
I looked at Midna; her dress had dirt on it and was a little torn but was not as bad as mine. Sheik was covered in spider webs. Judging by their reaction, I'm assuming that they haven't gotten their memories of their past lives back, it would be better for them not to know.
"What happened to you?"
"Same goes for you! What happened, Zelda?" Sheik exclaimed "You look like you came running from an around the world marathon"
"It's a long story" I said. Link came from behind and wrapped his arms over my waist, I gasped in surprise. "Link!" I said playfully.
Sheik and Midna stood there wide eyed. "What happened between you two?" Midna raised an eyebrow at both of us.
I blushed and held Link close to me. "Let's just say that I knew Link before I knew him," I answered.
"I'm really confused here" Sheik said.
"Never mind," I giggled.
"What happened to you two?" Link asked.
"The weirdest things happened. We both bumped into Dawn and weird things just started to happen, I can't even explain," Midna replied. "But it's a long story; I just want to forget about it for now."
"Same goes for us, let's just enjoy the night. Where's Saria?" Link asked.
"I'm right here!" Saria said from behind.
"Whoa Saria!" Link almost tripped over but I caught him.
"What happened to all of you?" Saria asked in shock.
"We all decided to go out for a run," Sheik said convincingly.
Saria rolled her eyes. "Well everyone, this is Mido." Behind Saria was Mido.
"S'up Mido," Sheik said.
"Hey loser," Mido replied. Sheik put on a hurt look.
"Mido! Be nice to my friends!" Saria said.
Mido blushed and turned away. "Sorry Saria."
"Three minutes until the fireworks!" Midna said excitedly.
"Let's all go to where it's best to view them," Sheik suggested.
We did as Sheik suggested and climbed up a high hill. On the way we bumped into Karane and Pipit. Both of them were just as confused as Saria was when they first laid eyes on our state. We decided to use the same excuse we did for Saria. It was only us. The moon shone bright and the presence of evil was all gone. We all sat on the grassy hill, Karane decided to speak up first.
"Let's do some reflective thinking! What are we grateful for? I'll start, I'm grateful that I have a wonderful boyfriend and friends and they all love me and I love them back! Pipit's turn!"
"I'm grateful that I have an amazing girlfriend and I wouldn't have gotten her without my bro's help! Saria's turn!"
"I'm grateful that I have best friends and I'm so glad that I've met all of you. I don't know what I'll do without you all. If Zelda had never asked me for help on her first day we would be missing two people from our group!" We all smiled at each other. "Mido, you're next!"
"Uhh... I don't know any of you but Sheik, you might think that I hate you... but you're wrong. I'm glad to call you my friend," Mido admitted shyly.
"I'm glad to call you my bro." Sheik said enthusiastically.
"And Saria… I've always liked you." Mido said, his face was all red. Saria blushed deep pink. She slowly reached her hand for his.
"I like you too," Saria said.
"Aww!" Sheik said as he watched the two of them.
"Hey! You dork! Don't say that!" Mido shouted, still as red as a jalapeno. "It's your turn!" Mido pointed at Sheik.
"Uh well, I'm grateful that I have the best sister in the world and I have the best girlfriend that chose me and accepted me, out of all the guys out there," Sheik said proudly. Midna hugged sheik tightly. "Your turn Mid."
"I'm grateful that I have a wonderful boyfriend and he has taught me so many things that I never knew in this world. I'm so happy that I have the best of friends I could ever ask for. Link's turn!"
Link looked at me and smiled. "I'm grateful that I have met you Zelda, you have finally filled that big emptiness in my heart. We've been through good and bad times together, shared every moment of our lives together. I can't live without you, as well as my best friends and family!"
"Wow, Link, you talk to Zelda as if you've known her your whole life!" Karane spat out.
"You have no idea" I said.
"It's your turn Zel," Link said.
"Well I'm grateful that I have an amazing brother and friends and especially Link, you've always been there for me. Thank you, I don't know what I'd do without you," I finished off. Suddenly a spark of light ignited the night sky.
"The fireworks!" Midna said as Sheik held her close.
Everyone sat there in silence just enjoying the fireworks. I leaned my head onto Link's shoulder. Link reached down to kiss my forehead. "I love you" he whispered.
"I love you too."
A week later...
"Link, wait up!"
"Hurry up Zel!"
"My dress is going to get dirty!"
"Fine, hold my hand." Link reached out his hand for me to grab, I took it and he lead me up the hill.
"Thanks Link"
"Anytime." Link set the picnic mat on the grass. We both lay down and stared at the blue sky. "So, it's been a week since Ganondorf's defeat."
"Yeah. It feels like it's been forever... what are we going to do now? The main purpose of our lives was to defeat Ganon."
"Get married, have kids, grow old together... what we've been doing in every life."
"Sounds like a plan to me." I sat up and started to play with Link's hair. Link moved his head onto my lap to get more comfortable.
"I'm finally at peace," Link muttered as he closed his eyes. I giggled at his sleeping figure and leaned down to kiss his forehead like he did a week ago. Link suddenly sat up and looked at me.
"What's wrong?" I said.
"I missed you."
"What?" Link didn't reply, instead he moved in closer and placed his lips onto mine, they were soft and warm like always. I quickly responded and kissed back. Link slowly snaked his arms around my waist while I wrapped my arms around his neck. We soon pulled apart for air.
"We haven't done that in a while," Link finally said.
"I missed those times..." I said.
"Zelda…"
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?"
"You know, treating you like rubbish, being all mean to you even though it hurt me so much on the inside."
"Link, it's not your fault and it was all an act and it was for the best."
"But I failed because I just couldn't stand seeing you hurt anymore."
"But you know ever since you stopped being all mean, I was drawn to you even more. Wasn't that the exact opposite of what we were hoping for? Well you know we put ourselves in a big risk of getting killed, which we almost did, and yet you still stayed nice.
"Well you know what?" Link smirked.
"What?" I said. Link leaned in closer and gave me another mind blowing kiss.
"Life's all about taking chances isn't it?"
Aaaannnd it's over. I really had heaps of fun writing this. I still cant believe it's finished. lol. I just wanted to say thank you for all of your support, if no one was reading this I probably would've given up in the second chapter!.
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