[A/N] Finally! The last chapter! Not the end of the arc, though, I still have a couple more stories to do. But hey, this has been hanging over my head for so long now, I'm happy to finally get it done. Also, if it wasn't obvious before, now you will know why it is called "The Splintering." [End of A/N]

Curly looks so peaceful when she is asleep. I feel like I could just stay here and look at her forever, but we need to leave this place.

I jump down the crevice when I leave the house, and weave my way through the currents and the spikes. I almost get skewered a couple of times, but I end up OK.

The currents are very tricky to maneuver, but at least there aren't any enemies. I make it to the end of the passage, and find myself in a wide open area full of rushing currents.

Suddenly, I hear someone yell "Something's coming!" It isn't Curly, or me. It seems to be some kind of disembodied voice. Before I can ponder on this, these odd fish covered in prickles come rushing toward me, along with a lot of blocks and a giant fish with a cyber helmet.

The creatures don't seem very powerful, and even the giant fish can't hurt me that much, it seems. It just periodically sends blasts of red energy towards me, and it isn't long before the fish has been defeated.

What I don't notice, though, is that the rope I'm using to hold Curly on to me is loosening with the currents.

When the big fish is defeated, I feel the hooks come undone, and Curly is drifting away from me…

I make a desperate grab for her end of the rope, and take it, but the knot comes undone, and she is floating away…

I can't swim fast enough, and she is gone…

I wake up in the Mimiga Reservoir, and find my pack a bit heavier. I reach inside and find a small medal in it with a squid on it.

It won't help me. I drop it back in my pack and go back into the village, and prepare to go all around the island, to get Curly back in my arms…

[A/N] The Splintering has finally been finished! Now, AscendingAnthem and krikanalo, I have a contest for you. You only get one entry, so make it count. I can't decide what to name my next story, which will be about how the hero goes to the Plantation and finds Curly again. You should know how the game goes, so I would like you guys to choose what the name will be. Include it in your review for this chapter. Anyone else who wants to partake in it, can, but no one else has reviewed my stories, so it will be aimed you two awesome guys. One last thing; it has to be something about them reuniting. If you can come up with something better, though, I'm all ears.[End of A/N]