Sidon couldn't believe it. This couldn't be real. There was no way this could've happened, it was just a dream!
Yet laying before him was the very thing "Dream Zelda" had given him.
He clamped his hands over his mouth to keep himself from screaming.
After taking a moment to compose himself, he slowly reaches over to grab the slate.
It activates upon touch, making him jerk back.
A few minutes go by and it powers off....somehow.
He picks it up again, flinching at its activation beep. Despite having ancient exterior, it was way beyond any advanced technology he knew. It seemed to have a smooth surface, with some unwanted water droplets on it. Sidon attempted to wipe away the water, feeling guilty that he nearly could've ruined something of precious value.
The screen flickered on, revealing the of map of Hyrule. Sadly, Sidon was too surprised to really pay attention to what it was and dropped said tablet into his water pool.
"Ohhhhhh noooooo......." he quietly and internally screamed.
"Don't tell me I just doomed all of Hyrule.....?" He muttered to himself, fishing out the sheikah slate.
He took a few moments inspecting it before sighing in relief.
"Good. Still seems to work..."
"What seems to work your highness?"
"AH!" The slate fell right back into the pool. Sidon whipped his body around to face the intruder.
"M-Muzu! W-W-What are you doing here?!" He sputtered.
Muzu gave him a stern look of silence.
Sidon nervously darted his eyes around, profusely sweating.
".......What are you hiding?" Muzu suspiciously asked.
"Hi-Hiding? Pfsshhhhhhh, ME? HIDING SOMETHING? A-As if I would EVER! Ah ha ah ha ah ha...ha.....haaaa....." Sidon's laughter died after seeing Muzu's scowl.
Muzu eyed between Sidon and the sunken slate before leaving silently, and disapprovingly.
"Well....if I wasn't on lockdown before I sure as Twilight am now....."

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"So what your telling me is that there is this thing called 'languages'?" Link questioned Scala, unbelieving.
Scala nodded and simply grunted a 'yeah' as if it was the easiest and simplest thing ever.
Link pulled at his hair in confusion.
"But....why doesn't everyone speak the same language?????"
"I dunno!" Scala threw up her hands. "Why don't you ask Ganon?" She asked sarcastically.
"Fine! I will! Unlike you, HE actually knows what he's talking about!"
"Pfft, you act like you've ACTUALLY spoke to him in person!"
"Uh yeah because I HAVE!"
All the Wildlings went still.
Link's confidence dropped and he nervously looked around.
"SPILL!" Demanded Scala, grabbing ahold of him.
"WH-WHAT AM I SPILLING??" Link prepared himself for bloody combat.
"We are in combat?!" Namira asked, looking around frantically.
"It's....an expression guys...." Scala rubbed her temples.
"Like the ones we make on our face?"
"So battle expressions?"
"So then we ARE in combat?!!?"
"Oh my Ganon- GUYS!" Scala yelled.
"We AREN'T in combat. It's just a.....Hyrulean saying...." Scala was getting real tired of this Lynel Shit.
Link huffed in annoyance and settled back down. Whether he was annoyed with Hyrulean slang or the lack of fighting was unknown to Scala.
"Spill simply means to give me the details it did NOT have to be as complicated as it just was!" She said while sighing, already knowing this was going to be a long day.
"Well then why didn't you just say that instead?" Link scoffed.
"Sorry I forget that you guys are MORONS!"
"So....we aren't getting attacked...?"
Scala groaned effortlessly.

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Sidon paced around his room anxiously.
Muzu had told him to remain there until further notice. He wasn't sure when 'further notice' was.
"Your Highness..." Muzu said, creaking the door open a tad.
"YES,MUZU?" Sidon rushed to the door in immediate alert.
Muzu looked mildly perturbed before shaking his head silently.
"The King wishes to see you. He says to bring the....slate along as well." Muzu spat venom upon the words of saying slate. Sidon wasn't quite sure as to why.
"A-Ah yes! Right away! Tell him I will be there momentarily!" Sidon hastily responded, gathering his things.
Muzu halfheartedly grumbled a response in return before quietly shutting the door behind him.

Sidon scurried to his father's throne, bowing in respectable honor upon arrival.
"Father! I have arrived!" Sidon announced dramatically.
"I can see that. Now then, Muzu has been telling me about you having some sort of slate....?"
'Cutting to the chase, huh, father?'
Sidon pulled it out of his bag, one of the many 'fan gifts' he was glad to have finally found use for, and presented it to his father.
King Dorephan looked at it in awe.
"By Twilight....it really is the Champion's Slate....."
"Th-The Champions Slate....?"
"Yes.....Zelda's appointed knight herself, Link. But how exactly did you get it.....?" King Dorephan inquired.
Sidon rubbed the back of his fin.
"Well.....you see....."

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Today was raining harder than usual. Vah Ruta seemed to have been especially angry this evening, and it happened to be the evening of a very important meeting.
Upon hearing the name of Link all the Zorans had gathered around to listen in on the private conversation, hoping to get new gossip.
All except one.
Reylin bolted the moment he saw the opportunity, making his way to the mountains. Swimming was never his expertise but climbing was always fun to him. He liked to imitate the lizalfos he would see far from the domain, only he couldn't camouflage like them. He also admired how fast they ran, and how they used their tails as an additional weapon. Reylin aspired to be a Lizalfos when he grows up.
"Reylin!"
Reylin tensed and ran as fast as his little legs could carry him.
"Reylin! Where are you!"
It would soon all be meaningless noise! He couldn't wait!
He was going to be free!
He bounded over the mountain and beamed in triumph.

(Y'all thought I was dead. Sorry it's been forever. I'm graduating in like a couple of weeks and I'm getting a new puppy. A lot of things are happening atm in life. BUT I REFUSE TO LEAVE THIS STORY HANGING. NOT THIS ONE! I REFUSEEEE!!!!! Also I'm working on making video games and like doing TikTok/YouTube for some god awful reason. My Users are Orangelover18- check me outtttt! Anyways- bye-bee~! Stay Orange! I will also be accepting Wildling OCs btw, someone on AO3 made a wildling OC and like that's cool I wanna add them n such or st least draw them. Let me know what y'all think bout this chapter. ALSO chapter title has to do with each character part sort of heheheh)