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     They arrived at Lookout Landing a few hours later. Zelda was napping, despite the sun still being high in the sky.

     "Zelda. Wake up. We're here." Link attempted to quietly get her attention.

     Her head jolted up. "Already?" She had been asleep for at least two hours. "Sorry, I must have dozed off."

     "That's alright. I'll get Epona into a stable." He and Epona headed to the mini stable, Epona munching on another carrot.

     The princess walked towards Purah's house. She waved to passerbys as she continued. She wondered what progress had occurred on Link's special Purah Pad. She approached Purah's house.

     Zelda knocked on Purah's door. "Not now, Josha!" Purah assumed it was Josha, as she had been bugging Purah the whole day.

     "It's me. Zelda." She chuckled under her breath. Josha was a very eccentric and sometimes troublesome young scientist. She reminded Zelda of Purah back before the calamity.

     "Oh! My apologies, your highness. Josha has been requiring a lot of attention today. Come in, please. Is Link here today?" Purah was always very sweet and caring

     "Yes, I am here." Link had showed up while nobody noticed. "I escorted Zelda here to Lookout Landing."

     "Oh, perfect, Linky! I have a gift for you." For some reason, that nickname irritated Zelda. "You have been missing your awesome Zonai arm, yes?"

     "Now that you mention it, yeah. Why do you ask?" Link had embarrassingly failed to ultrahand a zonai wing back at the sky Island.

     "Got the perfect thing! Check it!" She held up a greenish version of the Purah Pad, even with Zonai inscriptions. "Well, Linky, me and Robby managed to replicate your ultrahand and fuse ability on this! And you also have your own Purah Pad now. It was commissioned by your very own Princess Zelda!" Purah was very enthusiastic about this. Zelda had put her head to the side, slightly blushing.

     "I'm surprised she finished it so quickly!" Zelda embraced Link in a hug, making him go red.

     "Thank you so much! I can show you some creations I've thought up. The Koroks love them." He hugged her back.

     Purah watched happily, thinking it was adorable. Only a century ago, they hated each other. Now, it wouldn't be far-fetched to say they were in love. "You two lovebirds done yet?"

     "We are not-!" Zelda quickly spoke, her face turning cherry red.

     "Chill out, princess. Don't want your dear Linky to think you're crazy, yeah?" Zelda didn't even reply. She was too embarrassed. Link was just standing back, awkwardly blushing. "Anyway, what were you two here for?"

     "Well, I wanted to assess the damage Ganondorf caused to Hyrule. As you know, I was a dragon this whole time, so I have no clue as to what's happening."

     "Well, most of the damage was focused around Gloom, which disappeared when Link killed Ganondorf. 'Sides from that, most combative measures have been run into the ground. Follow me." Purah motioned for the two to follow her. She walked towards a training dummy and a very focused soldier.

     "Check it. Most weapons got utterly ruined, therefore monsters have been everywhere." She pointed to a few broadswords, which have been ravaged by Gloom.

     "That's.. Not good. The weapons issue should fix itself overtime, as new ones are made. But as for the monsters.." She couldn't finish her sentence before an aerocuda dove down. Link swiftly protected Zelda with his shield, slicing the Aerocuda in two with the now glowing Master Sword.

     "Get down!" He stood in front of her, wielding his sword and shield. "These things must be mad we killed their boss." Chuckling at his own joke, he looked towards a group of black and blue bokoblins.

     "What are they doing here!" Purah unsheathed a previously hidden eightfold blade with a lizalfos horn fused to it.

     "I'll get the citizens to the shelter!" Zelda ran towards a shop keeper and a group of customers.

     Just then, a silver boss bokoblin smashed a wall leading into Lookout Landing.

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Sorry for the wait. Been playing Terraria a lot recently, and 4th of July happened. Hope you liked it!

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