Royal Rebel 5 ~ Worlds Apart

Chapter 7: Queen and Chief

I stared up at the early night sky above Gerudo Town, watching each star twinkle and glow in its own way. The moon had just begun rising, minutes after the sun had finally set. I was sat on a blanket laid out on the sandstone floor, just outside on the balcony connected to Urbosa's room. Pillows and more blankets surrounded me, and just looking at the pillows around me made me yawn.

"I'm back!" Urbosa called as she walked into her room, carrying a bottle along with a plate of berries and chocolates. "I've brought wildberries and our famous Gerudo chocolate, as well as our finest wine." She set the wine bottle and the snacks on the blanket beside me, and then she went back into her room to get two glasses.

"These look delicious," I smiled as I picked up a wildberry, and I popped it into my mouth as I watched her sit down beside me. "You really do know what makes a lovely girl's night, don't you, Urbosa?"

"I always have, Mira." She cupped one of her hands around mine as she grabbed a piece of chocolate with the other, and she set the sweet into my palm. "I think you'll like this one."

"Alright," I giggled as I took a bite of it, and I hummed as it practically melted in my mouth. "Oh, Urbosa, this is incredible," I said as I looked down at the other half, watching the melted caramel slowly drip out of the dark chocolate shell. White chocolate was layered at the bottom beneath the caramel, and I finished the other half and was just as delighted as I was with the first half. "What's it called?"

"Queen's Delicacy," Urbosa told me as a smile met her light blue lips, and she looked down at the plate and took a wildberry. "It's new. I had it named for you."

"Aw, Urbosa." I giggled, and she tossed the berry into her mouth before she reached for the wine bottle. "That's so sweet of you."

"Well, you are a chocolate lover, so I figured when I told you one should be named after you, I wasn't lying." She laughed, and I playfully hit her arm. She popped the top off the bottle and poured it into the glasses, and she handed me the first one. "I'm glad you were able to visit this weekend. Especially considering how you've been feeling."

"I'm starting to feel a bit better now that the day has passed. Besides, Urbosa, you know this is one of the first places I want to be when I'm not feeling myself. You've seen me at my worst." I took a sip of my wine, and she placed her hand on my shoulder, offering me a soft smile. "I've decided I need to stop looking at the past. If I always look back, I'm losing the time I have in the present."

"You're right. But the hurt will still never go away, will it?"

"No. The hurt will never leave me." I looked out at the canyon that led into the Yiga Clan's hideout. I haven't been there for twenty years. Neither has Rhoam, or Janelle. And Zelda's never even been there. "I know that someday, we'll be together again. But that day won't be today, nor will it be tomorrow. I hope it won't be for many years, though I still look forward to it."

"She's looking forward to it as well." She assured me, and I leaned back and closer to her as we stared out across the desert. Small clouds of dust gathered across the sand, and the voltfuits on cacti swayed in the gentle breeze passing through.

"When I think of that day, I see such simple days ahead of me. But there's so much more I want to do. I just... I'm not sure of what that is."

"I'm sure there will be more for us to do. Even if it may be... difficult, to go through again, we still have the matter of the Yiga Clan." She sighed, her eyes locking onto the canyon once again.

"We'll make sure that they pay for all they've done to Hyrule. We've waited this long to take action, it's time we finally do something." She smiled at my optimism, sipping at the drink in her hand. "I didn't take my revenge when it happened, but it isn't too late."