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One second the sword was about to end his life, the next second, Linebeck found himself on his knees. He was alive, or at least that's what he hoped. His emerald eyes blinked in disbelief. What on Din's green earth happened? The sky had cleared up, and gone back to its beautiful blue self. Linebeck felt a warm embrace around him. He looked down and saw Link latch onto him.

"Why would you do that?" Link asked, his green eyes were fighting back tears as he gripped onto his father tighter.

"Linebeck! You idiot! Why?" Ciela cried out.

Jolene added, "You had us worried!"

Linebeck hugged his son tightly as he spoke, "I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I hurt you anymore. And if taking my own life meant stopping Bellum, I was going to do it without hesitation. Speaking of which, how did you stop him?"

"It was because of Ciela." explained Link.

"When you were about to sacrifice yourself, something in me woke up. I realized my true power. Somehow I was able to stop time. Link was then able to destroy Bellum while you and Bellum were frozen in place. The monster exploded into the Sands of Time and returned to the sword. After that everything went back to normal." Explained Ciela.

"So Bellum's gone for good huh?" asked Linebeck.

Link nodded, "I think so."

Ciela slumped, her voice growing quivering, "But Grandpa..."

Everything grew quiet. The sounds of waves washing up against the wreckage of the ship hung in the air. Sure they had stopped Bellum, but... Oshus was gone. Moments later a strange noise could be heard from beneath the surface of the water. The Phantom Blade began glowing a bright yellow. Gold bolts of lightning and sparkles emanated from the sword. One giant bolt flew straight up into the sky and exploded. Tiny sparkles rained down into the ocean. They had barely settled into the water before a rumbling shook the driftwood.

The ocean opened up and a giant alabaster whale breached the surface, ocean water cascaded rushed over them as the whale splashed back down, effectively soaking the Hylains on the drift wood. The whale resurfaced they heard a familiar voice.

"Link, Linebeck, Ciela, Jolene, and Tetra, I have returned to my true form. And for that, I thank you." Oshus' voice said.

Linebeck's eyebrows rose and his jaw dropped, "Huh. Is that really you? I never would have guessed that that was what you really looked like."

"Had you not have defeated Bellum, I would have been bound to my human form. The ocean would have fallen into desolation. Thank you for saving this realm. The Sand of Hours has returned peace to the regions. The Ghost Ship will not longer haunt any of the split worlds." As the Ocean King spoke, a fog began to appear around them.

"The time for you to return to your realm draws near. Jolene, do you wish to go back with them?" Oshus asked.

Jolene looked over at Linebeck and a smile curled up on her lips, "I would like that."

Oshus seemed to nod, "Then the time draws near to say our goodbyes. Your courage and legacy will never be forgotten."

The three fairies flew up to the Hylians.

"We're gonna miss you guys." Leaf said quietly.

Neri also added, "It was a lot of fun traveling with you. I won't ever forget it."

Ciela's voice sounded the most bittersweet, "We've been through so much together. It's really hard to say goodbye, but we have to. We belong here, with the Ocean King. I was glad to have met you guys. Who knows, maybe our paths will cross again someday."

"That would be nice." Link's words were quiet.

"Take care of yourself Sparkles. I'm going to miss giving you a hard time about everything." Linebeck added.

Ciela laughed, "Yeah. It's going to be quiet without your constant smart Alec comments."

The fog grew even thicker, and became almost impossible to see beyond a few inches.

"Goodbye guys. And thank you." Ciela's words faded out as the fog consumed them completely.

Linebeck was sitting on the wreckage of the Ghost Ship, holding on to his son as the fog covered everything in sight. A while vale covered him for what seemed like minutes. After what felt like ages, the whiteness faded. Linebeck found himself laying on his back, his eyes were closed. The sound of seagulls and lapping water against wood brought him out of his dream like state. His emerald eyes opened and found himself staring up at the blue sky of his own world.

So this is the end of my longest story I have ever written. this is the best way I could think of ending it while trying to leave the ending open for the split timeline. You can check out the first chapters of the sequels right now to make up for such a short ending.

It had been a blast writing for you, and I look forward to posting more stories for you guys, so until next time, have a good day.