Epilogue: Forever

Final word count: 6500

The limit has been met.

I look out from atop the hill. Pit had acted just like I assumed, telling Master Hand the moment he was healed. He would've vaporized me then and there had it not been for the intervention of the kind Palutena.

Instead, he cursed me. He thinks that by giving me this sort of power I shall be cursed forever. I am immortal, able to feed only off of blood. I can no longer touch the Master Sword.

But it does not matter.

I have new weapons now.

I turn and gaze at the graves in front of me. But it is her grave that I want. My vision is enhanced in the night…

I am Hylian no longer…

I lift her body into my arms, relishing the touch of her skin upon mine. I kiss her, gentle at first, but then applying force.

Her cold lips do not return them.

I now take my leave of the place I once called home. Carrying her body and what few belongings I have, I disappear into the night. Upon her corpse I swear my revenge against the angel I once called my friend. I look up and see him watching from a window, his face is twisted in fear and sorrow.

However, before I leave, I drop a single object on the ground. It is a single white rose, stained with blood. I leave it as a tiny token of thanks for the angel.

For it was with his help that Zelda and I can now be together.

For all eternity…