A Flickering Light

That Once we Left Behind

A/N: Hi! You kinda like this story, so I'm here with a monstrous 9.3k word chapter. Big shoutout to my betas, Byrony and Sylph! You guys rock!! Also, I've just recently (like this last week) decided I'm going to learn how to draw. So expect to eventually see some very crappy stuff from me. *snickers*.

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Alone in the Darkness, We Find a Light

Strings of Fate Unwind

New Faces Emerge, Unveiling the Questions

That Once we Left Behind

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It'd been a month since Faron joined the group. They had yet to hit his home Hyrule, but he was rather okay with that. Traveling with everyone... it was fun. He enjoyed the quiet nights of keeping watch and the rambunctious days of travel. Wind always kept the energy up, and Time made sure things didn't get too hectic.

Perhaps that was why Faron had let his guard down. He was starting to trust them. To like them. And Legend's newfound trust in him had seemed to spark a sort of olive branch of trust from the others—not that they hadn't been trusting before. Sometimes Faron could even believe that they mistook him for one of them.

They were in Twilight's Hyrule. It was so lush and green and full of life. Faron would never tire of seeing these Hyrules full of magic and energy. They were immeasurably beautiful and he couldn't wait to tell Navi about it all.

"I can't believe how big this Hyrule is!" Wind laughed. "There's so many trees! I've never seen mountains like that before!"

"Well, we've never seen a Hyrule that was covered by the sea, so I suppose we're even." Warriors smirked.

"There are so many weird animals, too." Wind tilted his head. "And I haven't seen a single pig."

A few of them startled, Faron more than most. "Pig?" Twilight questioned gently. "I think that's a different term in your Hyrule."

"Huh?" Wind turned his attention towards Twilight. "Pigs are cute little animals that go oink! They're tasty, too!"

Many of them relaxed. "Pig isn't a word used to describe animals in most of our Hyrules." Twilight explained. "It's a slur—an insult. One of the worst you can give someone, because of its association with Ganon."

"O-oh. I didn't know, I'm sorry." Wind bit his lip. "In my world, it's just an animal. Sometimes if someone eats a lot, or eats really messy, you can call them a pig. I didn't know it was such a bad thing, here."

Faron winced. If Wind had unknowingly called someone a pig in good fun, he probably would've gotten punched. Likely by Faron, himself.

"Pig isn't a word in my Hyrule at all." Sky spoke up with a soft smile. "Since Ganon's not a thing in Skyloft."

Quite a few of them startled at that. "He isn't?" Legend shot Sky a look. "Then who did you fight?"

"Not all of us fought Ganon." Four spoke up. "I fought Vaati—a wind mage."

"I fought Demise, the Demon King of Hatred." Sky answered simply, and Time paled.

"Isn't that a god?" He asked, a light tremble to his tone.

"Technically, yeah." Sky nodded. "He was insanely strong, too."

"Wait, so you fought a literal god and won?" Legend stared at Sky incredulously.