As each day passed Link discovered more about himself. As each week passed Link discovered more about Hyrule. As months passed Link discovered the four sub-kingdoms in Hyrule. With the help of the Sheikah Slate he was able to recover some crucial memories on his duties and the princess. With the job he had to finish he was beginning to remember more and more.

And it was overwhelming.

Zora's Domain. The memory hit him like a bunch of boulders. By the end of it he was on the ground, tears streaming down his face, and the Prince of the Zora kneeling besides him. After that first memory, Link left. With shaky hands he pressed the shrine nestled besides Kakariko Village. He stumbled into Impa's home and broke down in front of her.

Impa sat there, allowing him to cry until he felt better. When his sobs died down he looked up at her with puffy eyes and signed a single word.

"Mipha."

Impa hummed and stood up. Instructing him to stay put while she retrieved something from her room. He obliged and sat up, drying off his face. Minutes later and Impa had returned holding a book.

"Now this," Impa began as she handed Link the book, "is yours. I took it off your person before we placed you in the Shrine of Resurrection." Link opened it, flipping through the pages. He was met with messy writing all over each page. "You used it to communicate with others, you used it to keep yourself rooted to the ground." Impa smiled at the memory of Link hunched over and scrawling in his book. "You would sometimes write about your days. Perhaps this can you help you deal with remembering your past."

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Sometimes Revali would sometimes fade in and out of consciousness. To him it was the closest thing to death, which was kind of sad.

Medoh screeched and Revali snapped back to reality. The Champion looked through the Divine Beast's eyes and saw something that would've knocked the wind out of him. You know, if he had any.

Out in the horizon, Vah Ruta glowed a comforting blue. She was perched on top of a cliff near the Zora's Domain, her pilot standing on top.

Her pilot standing on top.

Mipha had a glowing blue light surrounding her, the same color as the one that illuminated from the Divine Beast. From afar, Revali could see her point towards the castle. Seconds later and Ruta took aim. Suddenly, Mipha turned around and extended her hand. A mop of messy blond hair and a bright blue tunic appeared.

In that moment, Revali was filled with so many overwhelming and complicated emotions. Medoh sensed it and, just for a moment, the pink that corrupted the poor machine vanished. The blue returned and Vah Medoh shook. It dropped a few feet, the gears inside groaned. Medoh screeched. The pink glow returned.

-

"Ah," Mipha said with a small smile, "I see Revali has noticed you're back." Link rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. He had read some parts about Revali in his book. Notes he wrote to the Rito Champion, entries he wrote about the days spent with him. "Is something the matter, Link?"

Link shook his head rapidly.

The Zora Princess hummed and rested a hand on Link's shoulder. "It's okay," she began. "It'll all be fine, you'll remember." Link nodded stiffly, looking at Medoh. He was terrified. He didn't want to face the Rito Champion. He didn't want to look at him and feel nothing. He didn't want Revali to know that Link didn't remember any of the time they spent together. 

"You know, even if you don't remember any of the time you spent together that doesn't mean he'll hate you or shun you." Link's ears turn red and he looked out in the horizon. It was like Mipha knew exactly what he was thinking. She turned to face Medoh and continued speaking. "He'll be sad, yes. He might be upset, but he'll know it's not your fault. However, knowing him he might squawk and complain about how he now has to go through the trouble of wooing you yet again." The Zora Princess giggled as the red spread from Link's ears to his cheeks. "It'll be fine in the end." Link hoped she was right.

Link thanked Mipha for her patience and advice before he pulled out his Sheikah slate and transported to the domain down below.

The next few weeks were agonizing. Link spent his time going from one location to the next, reading and rereading the journal. With every word he read his nerves rose. With every second he spent thinking about the inevitable reunion between him and the Rito Champion the more he wanted to delay it. Oh Hylia he was nervous.

Revali was just as jittery. He watched from afar as the remaining Divine Beasts returned to their blue glow. Medoh was the last one. 

Medoh was the last one.

Oh Hylia.

Medoh screeched and activated its barriers and Revali felt better than he has in years. Through Medoh's eyes he could see the Rito Warrior and Link flying alongside the Divine Beast. The Hylian took out a bow and bomb arrows, nodding along to whatever the other Rito before hopping off the others back and beginning the battle.

"Come on," Revali was on edge as he watched Medoh's lasers barely miss Link. "You giant mechanical piece of junk, just let him on!" Link and the Rito battled in sync. The warrior would bait the canons away and Link would shoot bomb arrow after bomb arrow at them. Eventually, Medoh groaned and the barriers fell. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Revali chanted to himself as he saw Link paraglide onto the Divine Beast. 

Finally.

"Well well well." Revali's voice echoed throughout the beast, momentarily scaring the poor Hylian. "Look who finally made it. Only took about a century. I suppose it is better late then never." Link looked all around him but he couldn't find the source of the voice. "Don't bother looking for me, instead look for the terminals. There's one up ahead that'll get you a map of Medoh onto your Sheikah slate. The rest will slowly regain control this over-sized hunk of junk." Link nodded and began searching.

"I've missed you, you know." Revali grumbled as Link set the slate on the first terminal. "We both know I'm not much for...such emotional vulnerability but I am particularly glad to see you again." Link's ears went bright red and he nodded awkwardly. "What?" Link picked the slate up and searched for the next terminal. "Can't talk?" Link rubbed the back of his neck and shrugged sheepishly. "Well, that's all right. Not like you spoke much back then either." There was no response from Link this time and Revali was just fine with that. He could save his words for when Link was done.

It didn't take him long to figure out Medoh's confusing layout and take back most of the Divine Beast. All that was left now was the heart.

"Careful now," Revali warned as Link drew closer to the final terminal. "I know that goddess-forsaken monster is around. It bested me a hundred years ago... but only because I was winging it." As if on cue the monstrosity formed itself and let out an ear-splitting cry. Link winced at the sound and pulled out the sword of legend. With a determined look on his face, Link dashed forward but the monster was quicker. It was pushed off the ground and into the air by a mini-tornado it created. Then, three more appeared and began swirling menacingly towards Link.

Link's mind was freaking out but his body instinctively dove behind a pillar. He put the sword back into its sheathe and pulled the bow and bomb arrows back out. Link sucked in a deep breath and ran to one of the giant circular vents creating an updraft. With the bomb arrows being held by his teeth and the bow clenched tightly in his fist he pulled out his paraglider and was shot up into the air. In one swift motion he brought the glider down, spat an arrow onto his hand and aimed. His heart hammered in his chest as he left the arrow fly and hit the monster. He repeated this action for a while until the beast could no longer fight. It collapsed to the ground and Link sprinted over to deliver the finishing blow with his sword. Pink goop exploded everywhere before disintegrating.

On wobbly legs the Hylian set the slate on the final terminal.

It glowed bright blue and suddenly Revali could feel. He felt white hot pain all over his body as he was ripped out of the final terminal and thrown onto the ground. He groaned and stood up for the first time in one hundred years. He looked down at himself and noticed that he was surrounded by the same blue light he saw around Mipha. The noise of a sword clanging on the ground tore Revali out of his train of thought.

Link had dropped to his knees. Tears streaming down his face and they didn't seem like they would end any time soon. The memories he shared with Revali slammed into him so suddenly.

"Link?" Revali cocked his head to the side. Link said nothing. All he could do was kneel there as images of himself and Revali flashed through his mind.  There they were, side by side sitting at the front of a carriage. "What's gotten into you?" There they were in the home Revali had in the Rito Village, sharing a nice meal. "Answer me, dammit." There they were, squished together in a hammock meant for one but they made it work anyway. "Link! What in Hylia's name is wrong with you?" There the two of them were, training with one another. There they were, Link on Revali's back as they flew through the sky. There they were, battling on a snowy mountaintop together. There they were, in the forest as rain poured down. The other champions and Zelda were there too but Link had his eyes fixated on Revali.

There they were, together as if nothing happened. As if the memories never left his mind.

"For Hylia's sake!" Revali was kneeling in front of Link now, gripping his shoulders and worry clear on his face. "Say something before I throw you off this damn bird!" Link looked up at Revali and a fresh wave of tears threatened to spill. 

"Fer...fer...got you." Link managed to whimper out, his hands going to grip Revali's elbows. He needed to feel him there, needed to keep him right there with him. He was scared if Revali left he wouldn't remember again. "Di'nt...muh-mean... Wuh...wo...wo...-"

"S-Stop it now." Revali tried to sound as calm as possible but this whole situation was making it kind of hard. "Clearly it's difficult for you to talk, so don't. It's fine." Link sniffled and pulled out a journal that shouldn't of fit in his too small pouch. Revali recognized it instantly. "Link, we don't- I don't need an explanation." Link ignored him and began scrawling away on a blank page. When he finished, he handed it over to Revali.

"I woke up with no memory. No memory of you. No one. When I saw you right now everything hit me all at once. I forgot you, I forgot you and I'm sorry." Revali looked up.

"Suh...sorry..." Hylia, Link's voice was raspy and disgusting to hear but right now it was music to Revali's ears.

"Damn that all." Revali huffed out, his own tears threatening spill. "You forgot when you woke up, no big deal." A little bit of a big deal but Revali wouldn't admit it. Not now at least. "You remember now, right?" Link nodded, still sniffling. "So to calamity with forgetting me. Just some absurd side affect from being...gone for...a hundred years..."

The air was awkward and heavy. 

"Suh...sorry..." Link rasped out. His eyes were glued to his lap but his hands snaked their way to rest atop Revali's wing. "Leh...let you...die..." Revali scoffed.

"No one let me die. It was my own stupidity that let me die. Besides," Revali patted Link's hand, "We aren't fully sure if I'm dead. Right? I mean, I feel pretty solid. I don't think ghosts are normally solid." Link nodded slightly, not convinced.

To be honest neither of them knew if Revali was dead or not. If any of the other champions were dead or not. Yeah Link was there when they were all freed but he didn't fully understand if they were dead and neither did the Champions themselves. Hylia, why did this have to be so confusing?

"What if you are dead?" Link scrawled onto the page and showed it to Revali. The Rito chuckled nervously and shrugged. 

"Then...then..." His shoulders slumped and sighed. So much for trying to be strong for the both of them. "I don't know...To be perfectly honest I believed I was dead for the  past hundred years! Now you're back and..." Link looked up at him and Revali couldn't fight the tears any longer. They streamed down his feathery face as he continued. "And I don't think I'll be able to...to..."

"...Me neither." Link finished Revali's thought much to the Rito's gratitude. "Sorry..." Revali shook his head. 

"Don't be. Let's just-"

"Sit here." Revali grinned slightly and nodded.

"Yes. But you really should let me finish my own damn sentences, Link." Link smiled and scooted closer to Revali.

They sat together, silently. It was nice, it was comforting. Revali felt alive, happy. He felt as if maybe his life could go back to the way it was before the Calamity. Maybe when this was all said and done he would be able to rebuild his home in the Rito Village. Maybe he takes up his old position as a Rito Warrior. Maybe a certain Hylian decides he wants to stay in the village too. Revali looked down. The blue glow surrounding him threatened the probability of a future were he would be happy. 

"No." Revali thought to himself. "I am not about to throw myself a goddamn pity party. Not now." He slowly wrapped his wing around Link. Link eased into the touch almost immediately. "If I'm a ghost, I'm a ghost. But that doesn't mean I haven't been graced by the goddesses for a second chance at spending some last moments with him."

Their time together didn't last much longer. Link nudged Revali, urging him to land Medoh and command it to take aim at the castle. Revali did so. With Link nestled on Revali's back he flew up into  sky and guided Medoh to perch itself  just above the village. He landed on the Divine Beast's head and pointed to at the castle. Medoh screeched and the red targeting beam shot out of its beak. 

"Link," Revali glanced at the Hylian who was about to teleport away, "before you go, take this." Revali closed his eyes and concentrated, pouring all his energy into copying and pulling out the skill he had spent years perfecting. Within seconds it was a green orb with Vah Medoh's symbol hovering in between the two of them. "Hopefully it'll help you in final battle with the vile monster that's tormented Hyrule but humiliated me." Link snickered and nodded. "And please," Revali waved his wing and the orb flew into Link's chest, disappearing on impact, "Don't die again."