Royal Rebel 5 ~ Worlds Apart

Chapter 17: Between Worlds

"Good morning, Zelda," Lucien smiled as he entered the dining hall of the castle to see his wife sitting with their three children, and she glanced back at him and gave him a small, tired smile. "You could have woken me so you could stay in bed for longer." He sat down beside her, and she held the sleeping baby in her arms to him.

"You were up late last night, Lucien, I wanted you to rest." She leaned her head into the palm of her hand as she watched Levin eat his small pieces of cereal, and Maeve yawned as she drank from her cup of juice. "How did the council meeting go?"

"It went well. Adrian announced his upcoming retirement, and Reeves told us about new ideas he has for the guard's training practices." He told her, and she nodded and yawned as she leaned back in her seat, and Lucien gently rocked Janela as he kept an eye on his toddlers to make sure they didn't start playing with their food.

They heard talking down the hall paired with the sound of heels clicking, and then the doors on the right side of the room were pushed open by you, and you peered inside.

"_____!" Zelda sat up when she saw you, and you stepped further into the room and looked around. "Are you looking for someone?" Suddenly, the doors on the left side of the room opened, and you saw Amirah behind them.

"Amirah!" You grinned as you ran around the table to greet her, and she opened her arms for you once you were close enough. "I was worried I'd have to head all the way back out to the Royal Lab to see you."

"Rhoam and I just got back. And we have something to show you!" She walked to where her daughter and grandchildren were sitting, and she took Levin out of his highchair and held him on her hip. "I want you to see this too, Zelda." Lucien got up from his chair, and Zelda lifted Maeve from her chair and followed you and Amirah and you headed out into the hallway.

"Did you finally get Terrako to behave?" You joked as everyone made it outside, and Amirah led everyone down the long path that wrapped around the castle.

"Even better." She said, and you spent the rest of the short walk wondering what she meant. Finally, you reached her study, where Robbie and Purah were with Rhoam and Terrako. "Rhoam." She held Levin up to her husband, and Rhoam took the boy and stepped aside so you and Amirah could take his place. "We think we might have found the key to getting us back to your world."

Terrako was still on the table, and his eye was glowing brightly. Robbie tried to touch the orb, but as soon as his gloved hand made contact with it, it stopped glowing and Terrako started whistling.

"If only we could just figure out how to channel his power properly." Amirah hummed as she watched Terrako leap off the table, and Purah chased him around the lab. "Oh! I forgot to ask, how was your trip to the Village? You've been gone for a few days, did you get to talk to Revali?"

"Yeah, it took some work to get to him, but we definitely talked," You told her, and she let out a sigh of relief. "I want to talk to you about something. Something that Revali told me." You watched as Terrako leaped over Purah, allowing Robbie to catch him in mid-air.

"Yes?" She asked, but before you could answer, Robbie huffed as he lifted Terrako's head and turned a screw, causing Terrako's eye to glow bright and blast a laser into the ceiling. His eye continued to glow as Robbie closed his head, and the researcher lifted the guardian up.

"I think that did something!" Robbie announced, and it was only seconds before you saw a bright flash of blue light shoot through the room, and a laser shot right towards you.

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Back in the Hyrule that you called home, the skies were bright and sunny despite the kingdom hitting one of the lowest points it had in years. The Calamity was now just a week away, Zelda still had yet to awaken her powers, and the Elemental Scroll wielder had gone missing. The king was in panic and the champions were being overworked.