The Finest hour

-The Next Generation Monarch-

       -3 years later-

          Lydia, Link and Garland are now 21, Syla is 20, and Arden is 22. The castle was finished, Lydia and Link got married, and Syla, Garland, and Arden finished training and are now full time guards.

          It is finally morning. The sun has risen, and the birds are chirping. Link rolls over in bed realizing that Lydia is already awake and out of bed. Link groans and stretches. Lydia opens the bedroom doors and walks in with a tray of fruit and eggs. She pushes the doors closed with her foot making the doors shut with a bang. She walks over to the bed. Link sits up. 

          “Good morning, and happy birthday.” They both smile. Lydia sets the tray of food on Links lap and sits at the edge of the bed just past Links feet. 

          “Well, thank you.” 

          “You’re welcome” Link starts to eat. Lydia stands up and goes over to the vanity and starts to do her hair. Once Link finishes eating he gets up and sets the tray on the desk. He walks over to Lydia, and putsL his hands on her shoulders. “So, I was thinking, since its your birthday, I would take you out for a nice picnic. It is nice out today after all.” She leans her head back to look up at him. Her head rest on his chest and he looks down to look back at her. 

           “Well, I do love picnics.” They both smile and giggle. He lowers his head and kisses Lydia on the forehead. He brings his head back up. Lydia looks back to the mirror and Link goes into the bathroom and changes into his everyday outfit. He walks back out and goes back over to the vanity with Lydia. He grabs his comb off of the vanity, stands behind Lydia, leaning down to look in the mirror. He swipes his hair back with his comb and they both start laughing. He sets his phone down on the vanity and walks over to the desk, scoots the tray over and sits down. He grabs a book and starts reading. The next minute you know the doors are getting thrown open. Lydia quickly stands up to face the door while Link turns quickly in his chair. Syla, Garland, and Arden all trample through the door. 

            “Happy birthday!!!!!” They all say in sync. Lydia giggles and sits back down and continues to braid her hair. Syla, Arden, and Garland all run over to Link. 

            “Thank you! Aren’t all of you on the job right now?” 

            “Well, technically yes but we do have little breaks and this just happens to be one of them.” Arden states. Link laughs.

            “Well, thank you all.” They all nod. 

            “We should get back to work.” Syla states. Link nods.

            “Byeeeee” They all say in sync and walks out the door closing the doors shut. Link and Lydia both laugh. 

            “Every special event” Link says, laughs, and opens his book. 

            “I know. Will we ever get used to it?” Lydia laughs. 

            “Probably not.” They both laugh harder. The next minute someone knocks on the doors. Lydia gets up and opens the door to see another guard.

            “Queen Lydia and King Link, you have a visitor.” 

            “Who is it?” Link gets up and walks over to Lydia and the guard. 

            “It is King Trystan from one of the other kingdoms.”

            “Okay, thank you. We will be down in a second.” The guard bows and walks away. Lydia closes the door and looks over to Link. 

            “Why is Trystan here?” Link asks confused.

            “I’m not sure. Let me change real quick.” Link nods. Lydia goes into the bathroom and changes into her dress then walks back out. “Well, lets head down.” Link nods. Link opens the bedroom doors and they head down to the front 1st floor of the castle. Trystan stands by the front door. “Trystan?” Trystan looks over to Lydia and Link. He walks over quickly. 

             “Lydia, Link!” They meet in the middle of the floor. 

             “Trystan, are you ok? You look pale?” Link says concerned. Trystan shakes his head. 

             “We have a problem. It’s happening again.” Lydia and Link look to each other then back to Trystan.

             “What’s happening again?” Lydia asks. 

             “The other kingdoms monarch found out about the plan the last monarchs made. They got mad that you didn’t tell anyone else and just went on killing. They already came to my kingdom and town and tried destroying it. They didn’t get far but they were heading over here. You need to prepare to fight.” Link looks over to Lydia. Lydia has gone pale. Lydia looks over to Link. 

              “You ready to do this again?” Lydia asks Link. Link takes a deep breath. 

              “No not really but we have no other option.” Lydia nods slightly and looks back to Trystan.

              “Will you stay and help?” Lydia asks. 

              “Of course. And I brought some people to help.” Lydia nods. 

              “Well, lets prepare.” Lydia and Link start to walk away down the hall to prepare for the war.