#divineoath

He had insisted on going alone. It wasn’t necessarily a sound decision, but when news reached Zelda in Kakariko, Link had only left a note behind. Because even though he didn’t know everything that had once been, something in him still knew that he had to see her by himself. He’d heard her voice in his mind for so long. He’d read her diary when he knew she shouldn’t, and he’d kept the tunic she had made--

Mipha was back. Recovering, no doubt surrounded by her family and an entire kingdom of concerned Zora, but she was alive once again. And of all the champions who had fallen, Link felt like he owed Mipha the most.

Though he didn’t really know all of what that debt was.

He had hoped to arrive in relative quiet to Zora’s Domain, but that was niave of him. Once his horse was spotted on the horizon, the Zora had spread word and he’d been met with what could be described as a small amount of fanfare. So it was in a cloud of whispers and expectations that he’d come to stand before her now.

She looked so weak... her body was too thin and her color was a bit dull. But she was alive... she wasn’t a specter.

A smile flickered at the corner of his lips. There were Zora all around and their voices had become an unintelligible buzz in his ears.

Jinora had been feeling unusual surges of spiritual energy lately, coming from an unknown place, almost feeling...OTHERWORLDLY. Determined to know where the surges were coming from, she left the temple to enter the Spirit World and began exploring. As soon as she entered the portal, she found herself in a lake and waterfall terrain, the varying shades of blue of the domain distracting the airbender from the fish-like people surrounding her; a peculiar terrain that was definitely not the Spirit World. ❝Where am I?! Why would the spirits bring me here?❞ She mused aloud. As she began to admire the EXQUISITE architecture of the domain, the surge was becoming STRONGER, indicating she was nearing the thing, or person, as the source of the energy.

Now Divineoath (aka Nessa) is SO amazing. I can't even begin talking about how she is one of the driving forces who got me loving Mipha so, so, SO much. Who was once a character I felt neutral toward suddenly became a character I absolutely adored because of Nessa's portrayal of her. Her writing is soft and gentle just like Mipha's and I always feel so calm reading everything she writes. I'm so blessed to be able to read her writing every day!

— goddessoath.

Walking into dark portals made by Ganondorf wasn’t one of Link’s best ideas, that much he is willing to admit. Yet, in his defense, it had brought him to the surface of the Great Sea the last time he had entered it. 

This time however did not go as planned. 

The first clue was the fact that Daphnes was no longer in the room. The King of Red Lions was gone. The two of them had transported to the surface mere minutes ago just to see where it went. There was no plausible reason for him to suddenly leave without saying a word to Link.

Link knew Daphnes. Link also knew the lengths Ganondorf would go. Despite only meeting the King of Evil once, nearly being chopped up left a certain impression (Not to mention the way he had attacked Tetra). He wasn’t above fighting dirty. 

His first instinct was to find Daphnes. Yelling out his name did nothing. Talking into the gossip stone did nothing. Panicking wasn’t going to solve anything. Ganondorf had Tetra and Daphnes was the only explanation Link could come up with. How one could catch a spirit, he didn’t know, but he knew that the Triforce was Power was terrifying from the stories the King had told them on their journey.

That’s when the young hero’s eyes fell upon the portal to above, the way Gaondorf had escape Hyrule. What if Daphnes was up there? Yes, perhaps it was just hopeful thinking, but there was no one there to talk him out of it. 

Standing at the edge of the stones, he jumped in with a splash. He took one more look around the room before swimming into the swirling dark portal. Instead of taking the young hero up towards to surface, it yanked him down. 

A garbled yelp was all he was able to get out. He wasn’t even given a chance to swim. By the time he was fully submerged in the water, it started to change into something else entirely. The water only got thicker, it was as if he was buried in sand, but he was focused on trying to breath. 

Link wasn’t given much time to comprehend the situation he was in before the substance around him altered. It turned into air and he was floating in it. Gasping in the air, he found only darkness around him. The young hero couldn’t even see his own hand that was right in front of his face. 

It was unnerving how most of senses were cut off. There was nothing to hear besides to his own struggles. There was nothing to feel besides his drenched clothing. It then hit him, maybe his short limbs weren’t long enough to reach the edges of this prison.

Taking a deep breath, Link equipped his hook-shot with ease before firing it. Within seconds a deafening pop filled the air and he was falling. 

Hurling towards the ground normally wouldn’t have posed much of a problem, but his Korok Leaf was out of magic. Floating safely to the ground was out of the question when the leaf was a skeleton. 

As he frantically looked around for someplace to grab onto, his eyes locked on some beast. By no means was it a living beast but it was huge and he didn’t have a clue of what it was. 

(Was that supposed to be its nose?)

Taking a chance, Link aimed his hook-shot at the beast and shot. He stared as the end of it latched upon the armor of the beast. A sigh of relief fell from his lips as his body was pulled towards it.

Unfortunately, that relief was short-lived. Once he got within a few meters of the beast, something shot him off. It was searing but it was gone as soon as it began. By the time Link yelled out, his body was launched the opposite way from the beast; Into the water below. 

Crashing into the water hurt and his own body didn’t want to listen when he scrambled up to the surface. Knowing that he wouldn’t be able to swim for long, Link did his best to make it to the shore. Cutting it unbelievably short, the boy pulled himself onto the shore before falling back onto the ground.

My wife and I rp that there is SO MUCH MORE under water. Little towns and such.

He didn’t know why he was here. To pay respect to her memory? To try and see if he could remember his last moments with her? Link stepped through the new defunct Ruta, its majesty restored now that Hyrule was free. But without her, it felt empty, his footsteps ringing hollow.

A corridor shot off from the main chamber, leading to the control room he had fought Waterblight Ganon in. He expected the room to be empty. 

Instead, a red figure laid curled on the floor. Link hesitated only a moment, blue eyes widening, before hurrying across the room. At her side, he fell to his knees, desperate hands gripping her shoulders to pull her toward him, both head and tail cradled in his lap.

Link trusted her. He did not retract his hands. Usually he did, when someone tried to put a muzzle on him, but not with Mipha. With Mipha, he only stood still and followed her instruction, closing his eyes as she asked.

He smiled ever so slightly, wondering if she was going to surprise him with a gift. Maybe some fiddlehead ferns for a stew?

But then he felt her lips upon his. They were damp and cold, but still so soft and loving. It was barely even there, the lightly pressure that shook ever so slightly, no doubt in her own shy nerves.

Link gasped against her lips, his blue eyes flying open. Yes. She was kissing him. This was real, this wasn’t a dream--

She pulled back, inevitably, and he was staring at her. His face burning like a Gerudo summer, and his eyes wide. His hands squeezed her own, begging her to stay close--

Because he leaned forward to kiss her back. To try again and not be caught so off guard.

Shout out to bladeoath! Wasabi here is one of my absolute FAVORITE people out there. They're so fun to talk to and rping with them is just such a joy. When I was told they were planning on returning to tumblr, I just got so ecstatic! Such an amazing and wonderful Link that's just so detailed and well thought out with such a good writing style. I will always love them!

— divineoath.