So here it is: 2 years later after one afternoon when I had this little idea for a story in which Zelda was hidden in an academy and no one knew she was the princess, to here. The story I had thought of grew over time with characters I grew to love, dialogue I took from my own life, and an over-arching plot twist that I kind of made up as I went along (but it all turned out good in the end). This was my first "real" story, and I can't believe that it gained the kind of popularity it did. You fans have stuck through this through the thick and thin, and I hope this conclusion offers you all the kind of happiness and joy that I get whenever I see people favorite it, or review it, or anything else of the sort.

Thank you, and I hope everyone enjoys this ending of Becoming Zelda!

A/N: Because it is the end, this is a little shorter than most of the other chapters. There also may be a lot more mistakes in here, but I leave for 18 months on Wednesday (aka 2 days) and I wanted to get this out before I left otherwise, well, I know a lot of people would be angry. So please forgive the errors (because I know they're there) and just enjoy the story instead!

I was standing in the middle of an empty room, wearing a simple gown of white gossamer material. The dress was calf-length and had loose sleeves, my hair pulled back in an elegant updo and I was wearing the modest silver crown I had grown accustomed to wearing as of late. Overall, I was radiant and I knew it as I began to walk, my steps silent as if I was walking on a cloud itself.

"My child," a familiar voice called as I turned to see the goddess Nayru walking up to me, a warm smile on her face as I humbly bowed my head and curtseyed.

"Stand my dear, my dear sweet hero of Hyrule," she said as I raised my head to see that tears began to gracefully fall down her beautiful, never-changing face. I stood up straight and saw that somehow behind her the Peace Treaty revolved in a circle, the fear of it being broken long gone as I looked down then back up to her.

"You have become the princess you were born to be, and we are all so very proud of you." She was smiling and gesturing behind me as I turned around in confusion and was once again shown the Princess Zelda's of old, but this time I was shocked to see they were not alone. Standing by each of the five incarnations I had seen before were the various heroes as well, each as handsome as I could have imagined them, and each one of them smiling at me.

"Sweet Hylia I did good," one of the heroes said as my eyes widened and I looked to see the Zelda from the Era of Sky turn and smack the man next to her as I realized that she truly was Hylia. He was still grinning as she sighed, though I could tell she was really amused to as she shook her head

"Link, you know that you cannot just say those sorts of things to our many great-great granddaughter," she said sternly as my eyes widened more at her words and I stared at the Hero of the Sky in awe.

"Link?" I whispered as he grinned at me and nodded, motioning to the other heroes as I turned around and stared at them in wonder.

"Link," the Hero of the Winds said with a laugh, his youthful eyes full of wonder and mischief.

"Link," the Hero of the Sages said as he smiled and grabbed the hand of his Princess Zelda.

"Link," the Hero of Twilight said with a nod, his smile more familiar the more that I stared at it.

"Link," the Hero of Time finished, grinning at me and looking so much like my own Link that it made me stare at him for lack of anything else to do. I looked all around at them again as I turned back to Nayru, tears in my eyes as she smiled kindly.

"The right Hero will always find his Princess, and the Princess will always be led to her Hero," she said as I continued to stare with so many questions on my brain as the scene began to blacken, her words and smile trailing off for the last time…..

Silence.

The sound of water rushing in the nearby fountain.

The chirping of birds as they passed by overhead.

The familiar sound of Link's voice as he called my name….

I sighed as I opened my eyes, irritated that I couldn't keep my mind straight and despite all my best efforts, was still as distracted by the mere thought of Link just as much as I would be if he was actually there with me.

Link. My Link.

I had not heard from Link in almost two weeks now, and it was the longest I had gone without hearing his voice or talking to him in any way, and I missed him like crazy. Even if… even if he could never love me the way I did him, he was still my friend and not seeing him truly made me miserable. Not to mention that I wanted to apologize to him, something I desired to do even more ever since I had talked to Midna and she had mentioned that Link thought I hated him.

Midna, oh Midna.

Despite all my efforts and previous ill-thoughts, I truly could not hate her even if I tried. She was actually beginning to become a dear friend to me, and her sarcasm and humorous charm were fun to be around. I actually liked hanging out with her (I had been allowed a few more visits back to the academy where more parties in Pipit's room took place), and only problem I had with her was my own spiteful jealousy. Because as much as I would have hoped, as much as I could have wished, I just had to admit (to myself more than anything) that Link truthfully was in love with her still… and not me. Why else would he have gone to see her first and not me? Why else had he not even called me yet? Or tried contacting me through Rusl?

The answer, because he knew of my feelings and didn't know how to act around me because they weren't reciprocated.

I thought of the vision I had had a few nights ago, concerning the various incarnations of Princess Zelda and her heroes from throughout all of Hyrule's history and thought of Nayru's promise that the "Hero will always find his Princess," and the epiphany that all the heroes thus far also had the name of Link. However, if she was trying to prove a point then she must not have gotten the memo. The Hero may have found the Princess, but I doubt that any of the other heroes was already in love with someone else first I thought bitterly as I sighed again and stood.

I was in the center courtyard in the middle of the castle, right underneath my bedroom window where I had been sitting on a bench reading. However, I had given up on the book quite a while ago, instead merely sitting there trying to think about everything. I was dressed in my regal clothes of purple and white, the triforce sash of the royal family and belt around me, a small silver crown on the top of my head. All hail the Princess Zelda I thought with a lot of lackluster as I began to walk around a bit, stopping on the other side of the fountain that looked into the throne room as I watched my father doing official castle business with royal ease as he always did.

My application to Hyrule University had just been sent the previous day, my major undeclared still, but nonetheless I was still very excited. I was the first princess in all of Hyrule's university to choose an education over getting married straight away, and I had heard that the entire kingdom was overjoyed. "The Princess of Wisdom" the largest newspaper chain of Hyrule, the Gossip Stone, had raved in their cover article, and all over the internet were the pictures and articles of my re-entry into both the required social scenes and the public's ever watchful eye. The "grace" that I held, my comparison to the late queen, everyone was raving about the Princess Zelda and for that of course, I was grateful. It was nice to still be me at the moment and to not worry about Ghirahim or any other person who was trying to usurp the kingdom. I continued to watch through my father through the window when I heard the same melody I had heard being whistled a few weeks previous from my window from behind me and I turned around in surprise, holding my hand up to my mouth as I saw who it was.

He was wearing what appeared to be an entire green garb, complete with a somewhat ridiculous looking hat and striking leather boots. Metal gauntlets (that also looked very impressive) were on his wrists, a long sword hilt coming from behind his back, but appearances didn't matter at that moment. For at that moment, I was only staring at the face I had been thinking of for weeks. Those familiar blue eyes that were staring at me, that half-smile that could shatter my heart into a thousand and one pieces, but most all, I was happy to see the familiar face of my best friend Link Avalon.

We stood there staring at one another, the Princess and her Hero, and I knew that neither of us quite knew what to do anymore with one another. My heart was beating harder than it ever had and I could feel the happy tears forming in the corner of my eyes just by merely seeing him. I doubted if I could ever tell him just how happy his presence made me but I continued to smile at him, my eyes slightly watering.

"That song," I said in surprise but with my fixed smile as he looked down with a grin.

"You like it?" he asked as I continued to stare at him and nodded.

"Yes, but what is it?" I inquired farther as he smiled again, a look of pleasure on his face.

"I wrote it for you, like a lullaby for you…" He paused as he cleared his throat and before anything else had come up and kneeled in front of me, holding my hand above his like proper protocol. "Forgive my manners: Link Avalon of the Royal Guard requesting permission to speak with the Princess Zelda."

"Granted," I said softly, though sad at his reminding me of the conventionalities needed just for normal conversation. He grinned up at me though and stood so that we were very close together.

"Glad that it was, Princess," he added as I shook my head, trying to stop more tears from coming.

"You know that's not necessary, I'm just Zelda to you," I spoke with sadness because I knew that he was going to tell me about Midna and that this could possibly be the last time I would be seeing him. He stared at me in confusion, putting a hand up to my face and wiping away one of my tears with concern.

"Why are you crying?" he questioned in surprise as I recoiled almost from the touch and took a step back with a shake of my head.

"I'm not crying," I said defiantly as his lips twitched almost in amusement and he took a step so that we were very close once again.

"Your tears would suggest otherwise," he said almost in amusement as I furrowed my eyebrows and took another step back.

"I'm not crying though," I insisted as he looked down in amusement and then back up to me.

"Very well then. However I do have something to tell you, if now is a good time," he said as my heart began to contract because I knew it was coming. He's going to tell me that he's in love with Midna I thought bitterly as I shook my head and began to walk away.

"Well, I don't want to hear it," I protested with defiance as I began to walk towards the fountain and he jogged so that he was standing in front of me, blocking my way.

"I think you might," he grinned as I shook my head to stop any more tears coming down.

"Well, it's been a few weeks since I've last seen you Link so you may be surprised if what I want and do not want to hear has changed since we last talked," I snapped (with a lot of understandable sass) as he smirked and got closer to me again, the process hurting my heart more than anything else.

"Trust me," he said with a smile and I knew I could not resist that smile or his somewhat pleading eyes. I merely nodded for my lack of anything to say as he grinned and we walked over to the bench I had been sitting at earlier and he picked up my book. "Emma?" he asked as I bleakly nodded again.

"It seemed appropriate," I sighed as he continued to stare at me in confusion but nodded also.

"Prin… Zelda," he began as I nodded in approval. "You said it yourself, I have been gone for a couple weeks now and after much searching and extensive tracking, I can properly inform you that all of Ghirahim's network of spies have been captured and are now on trial as we speak and above all, you are completely safe." He smiled at me reassuringly as I continued to stare at him in slight confusion.

"That's what you were doing these past few weeks, rounding up criminals?" I asked after a pause as he laughed a little with a nod.

"That's the phrase for it I suppose. Why, what else did you think I could be doing?" he asked as I blushed and looked down almost ashamed of my own thoughts.

"I thought you were avoiding me," I admitted truthfully as he shook his head with a smile.

"No, just guaranteeing your safety," he said as I frowned and shook my head.

"But, why?" I asked incredulously as he gave a little laugh of amusement.

"Well for one, you are the Princess of Hyrule and it's my job. And two, because I needed to be the one to guarantee that you'd be safe. Because, I've always needed you safe," he explained as my heart leaped at the possibility of what he could mean as I shook my head and stood to clear my thoughts.

"Well that's very considerate of you, so and I and Hyrule thank you," I said stiffly as he stood too, his eyebrows furrowed in concern.

"Why are you acting so, different today?" he asked as I tried to be calm and collected, then decided against it as I threw my hands in the air in frustration.

"Because… Midna, Link! I know all about that okay?" I sighed as his eyes widened in comprehension and he nodded.

"Ah, Midna," he said as I felt tears forming again in my eyes and I looked down at the ground.

"I know that you saw her a few weeks ago at the academy, and its fine I understand. She is a great girl and I wish you both the most happiness in your futures," I said as I heard him start laughing and I looked up in disbelief. And true, there he was laughing as he grinned at me and my obviously broken heart.

"You think, that's the reason?" he continued to grin as I opened my mouth in surprise.

"What are you getting at?" I asked in confusion as he continued to laugh and before I knew it had grabbed my hands and was happily staring at me.

"Zelda, I am not in love with Midna," he said firmly with a smile as I blinked several times, not truly comprehending what he said.

"But, yes you are," I insisted as he shook his head, still smiling.

"I'm really not," he said as he let go of my hands and I turned away from him, my mind and heart not truly comprehending what he was saying as I turned back to him.

"But, you saw her before me! And I've seen the way you stare at her multiple times all throughout the school year…" I sighed as I looked down and began to twist my hands knowing that I had to be the bigger man in this situation. "But, as your friend I do support you." I turned back to him as I gave a forced smile and nodded. "As your friend, I will always support you with whomever you choose to date."

"You'll support me? As a friend?" he asked with a strange expression as I smiled again, my eyes watering a tad in the corners as I nodded.

"Of course, you know that no matter what I'll always be your friend," I said simply as he continued to stare at me and took a step so that he was closer to me.

"I think, friend," he emphasized with a grin, "you're a little mistaken about many things."

"Of course I'm not," I snapped as he laughed again and I realized that this whole time he had been overly happy, as if he almost enjoyed seeing my pain. I furrowed my eyebrows at this brilliant revelation and was going to walk away when he grabbed my hands again and my eyes widened.

"I think that I should tell you a story then, friend." He held my hands in his as I stared at him in utter confusion and he grinned, dropping our hands as he began to walk away and faced the fountain as he began to speak. "Many years ago, I was a young orphaned boy who lived with my aunt in Ordon. My uncle Rusl was of course a member of the Royal Guard, and every summer would bring me into town as he began to train me in sword-fighting, archery, combat skills, everything-training me to become the youngest knight in the Royal Guard. I was young but eager to fight as all young boys are, and it was in this time one summer I met a girl named Midna."

He turned around and grinned at me as I continued to stare at him in confusion. "Midna was the daughter of the Captain of the Twili Royal Guard, and during the summer her entire family would come with her father for training with Hyrule's Royal Guard. She was the only one my age, and of course a childhood crush was formed over the course of a summer. She was to be attending Hyrule Academy, a prestigious university I could never even dare think of going to because of my lack of finances. I was naturally crushed but didn't think much of it because I was young and carefree, happily living my days in Ordon with my friends. It was the next summer though, when my uncle had a request for me. The elusive Princess Zelda was in danger and would be dropping her identity to attend a new school where she would hopefully be safer. It was my duty to attend school with her in order to keep a watchful eye on her and keep her identity hidden no matter what, and keep her safe against everything.

"I of course obliged, excited for the possibility of seeing Midna and of course excited for the responsibility that was given to me to watch Hyrule's gem, the Princess Zelda. Over the years I would watch her in the distance; observe her while she was eating in the cafeteria, overhear conversations about her from her best friend in the stables, listen to her in class present ever answer with exact precision, but she was always just a job. She was nobody to me or at least, nobody that I thought of in any way except for my responsibility and I genuinely had no desire to meet her. I had been told that she was lonely which in my mind was synonymous with snobbish, and the less contact I had with this Princess Zelda, the better with me."

He paused as I continued to stare, my breathing deep as all his words sunk into me. "I befriended a boy named Pipit and a girl named Karane. Saria, Mido; Kafei, Anju; Sheik, and then of course Midna herself who hardly recognized me from the summer we spent together in Castle Town. I was happy, the princess was safe enough, and everything was going well for me. And then of course, everything changed.

"There were reports of a rebellion in Hyrule, and I was informed that the murder of several other guards in the Royal guard meant that the princess I had been protecting all these years was of course in danger. I was told to make contact, get close to her so that I could always be present at a moment's notice of any threat, and above all do anything that would keep her safe. And so I increased my observations, inquired of you at all the right places, and prepared for the proper moment when I was able to truly come into your life. I had it all planned out too: I was going to meet you after chemistry and walk you home, make myself know in your life, become a close confidant, a very well thought-out plan of mine." He grinned with a laugh and stared at my wide-eyed face. "And then of course, being the clumsy person you are ran into me with a door, and we talked for the first time.

He stared at me as I felt my eyes began to mist and he gave another little laugh. "I was taken aback because you were humble. You were smart, collected, funny, witty, but above all interesting and I found myself wanting to know about you more. You never once acted like a stuck-up princess, but instead a poised woman who could make me smile and we quickly became genuine friends and Midna was quickly out of the picture because how in Hyrule could she compare to you?"

I continued to stare at him as he looked at me expectantly, and I began to really think over what he had said. His implications and hints made my heart pound in the right way, but I myself could not dare believe the possibility of anything more because it truly didn't make sense to me. "But, you never did anything and you took her to the sweetheart's dance and-"

"-of course I took her to the sweetheart's dance! I was trying to stop my affection for you, an event I may add that was very unsuccessful." He smiled again as my heart began to pound harder and what he was saying began to settle in as my mind replayed his words several times as I just stared at him in shock, unable to say anything. "I have tried many times to stop my affection for you Zelda, but despite all my best efforts, every day I have spent with you has merely increased them. I knew that ideally it could never work because you are a royal and I am merely a soldier and I tried to do everything to keep me in check, though obviously I failed a bit. But," he said again with that same grin, "if I may add, in the guidelines of the Royal Family it clearly states that any member of the Royal Family may indeed date anyone of their choice. I know we'll have no problems with that though," he continued to grin as I swallowed deeply and looked down.

"But then you know-"

"-of course I know Zelda. My dearest, most beloved Zelda," he smiled as he took a step closer and took my hands. "For, your affections have luckily been very obvious, almost as obvious as mine."

"Yours may not have been as obvious as you might think," I managed to say as he smiled and looked down as he began to rub my hand and my heart pounded, not daring to believe if any of this was true. He cannot truly mean that, he loves me back? I thought bleakly as I looked up to see him staring at me and I continued to breathe, unable to form words to express how I felt.

"Please say something Zel," he said and without really thinking and instead doing I got on my tiptoes and kissed him with the passion and love I had felt for months. Our lips met and there were fireworks, symphonies in my head and I was happier than I could have ever imagined as he let go of my hands so that I could wrap my arms around his neck as we continued to kiss and we eventually broke apart, both of us shakily breathing but smiling. He leaned his forehead to mine as I smiled, happy tears forming in the corner of my eyes.

"I think I may have always loved you from the first moment I met you, but I was just too stubborn to admit it to myself," I said as he laughed, moving his face so that he kissed my forehead gently.

"And how do you think it was for me, falling for the one person I was supposed to be guarding and protecting when all I wanted to do was…" He let his voice trail off as he grinned and kissed me again, more swiftly than but just as passionately as we had the first time. We continued as he put his hands on my hips and we pulled apart from as I grinned and he lifted me in the air like they did in all the cliché romantic movies. He gently placed me back on the ground as I smiled happily and interlocked our fingers as we began to walk around the garden and for the first time in weeks I felt ease. We sat on the bench as I merely stared at our interlocked hands then back to him, wondering if I was dreaming it all.

"So, how long have you actually had feelings for me, I'm curious?" I asked as he grinned, stroking my hand with his thumb as he thought.

"There were many times actually, when I knew that I was falling for you. Dark's party for sure when we almost kissed in his basement." I blushed at the memory as he grinned and gently put a hand up to my cheek and pushed a strand of hair from my face. "Dancing with you on your birthday and being amazed by truly how beautiful you really were. Then of course the other party we met up at and I distinctly remember you being so proud and so defiant and something about your powerful eyes in the midst of chaos that I truly began to remember being very attracted to you," he grinned as I laughed a little in musing.

"How ironic because that really was not a good day for me," I said as he shrugged.

"I'm not sure, that's the day you punched Ruto and honestly, nothing is more attractive than a woman who can hold her own," he pointed out as I rolled my eyes to his smirking grin. He smiled again and continued to hold my hand, rubbing circles on the back as he suddenly had a very curious expression. "It was a lot at once though; I tried my hardest not to fall for you because you were the Princess and I knew that nothing could ever become of it. And of course, I did have some lingering feelings for Midna that I was dealing with. I was asked to take you to Ordon for the vacation though, for fear if you were left at the Academy you'd do something reckless." He grinned at my protesting face, putting a finger to gently shush me. "And then you walked out in my mother's dress the night of my aunt's party and from then on, I was a goner."

"So really, you've been in love with me all this time?" I asked incredulously, trying to put his feelings to the last few months and realizing how well they fit together. That would explain so much I realized in relief as he smiled again down at our hands.

"Of course all this time I've been in love with you, I just think it's funny that you were the only one who didn't figure it out." He laughed as I smiled then gave a serious face to the ground.

"I thought that you were still in love with Midna all this time and I couldn't even dare hope that you could maybe have feelings for me. And then you took me to prom and I thought you were maybe doing it for a romantic reason alone…." I let my voice trail off as he looked at the ground with a bleak nod.

"Ah yes, prom. I wanted to tell you who I was when we were dancing-"

"-and I wanted to tell you who I was while we were dancing," I smiled as I thought about it and he grinned, then looked very serious again.

"And of course both of us were cut short. And then you hated me for a while."

"I most definitely did hate you for a while," I said truthfully as he continued to look down and I raised my hand and put it on his face to raise it to be level with mine as I smiled. "But then you saved me," I told him as he smiled too.

"And I'll always be there to save you Zelda. My Zelda," he smiled as I grinned and looked knowingly at the fountain and the scene I had once witnessed there between the late Princess Zelda and the Hero of Time. Does this make Link the Hero of the Rebellion? I mused as I turned back to him.

"The Princess and her Hero," I merely stated with a smile as he grinned again and before I knew it he had kissed me again and I did not complain because all was well in the kingdom. There were no rebellions, no problems with the peace treaties, and Link loved me. Me. And as I sat there with him, I was perfectly and incandescently happier than I had ever been before.

I was the Princess Zelda of Hyrule, and my Hero had come back to me like I knew he always would. And that alone was enough to make anyone happy.

-Epilogue-

I yawned as I opened my eyes and sat up from the bed I had been sleeping in. I turned to the empty spot next to mine and realized Link had already gotten up and had left for his job. He was the "official" Overseer of the Royal Guard, which was a fancy way for saying he was both in the Royal Guard and oversaw them for the purpose to observe their training to make sure they were performing at the best of their abilities. The job had been made specifically for him by my father to ensure that he was never drafted so that I would never be left deserted on the throne without a husband.

"Mommy, mommy!" a small voice cried from the closed door as I stood in amusement and opened it to see my three children all huddled outside my door and the oldest, Tetra, holding a tray of breakfast.

"Happy birthday Mommy!" my youngest girl, Aryll, said, smiling so that I could her small baby teeth that made her smile so adorably cute. I smiled at them all then looked up to see Link smirking at me from across the hallway.

"They insisted on being the ones to bring you food," he explained as I smiled and leaned forward to kiss him as our children all protested. "Happy birthday. And anniversary," he added as I grinned, thinking of our own wedding ceremony years ago that I had insisted be on my birthday so we could be married during the Hylian Day Festival (of which I had still not changed the name of) just like many regular couples did. It had been "The Wedding of the Century," but I merely enjoyed it so that I was legally and officially as tied to Link as I could be. He chose to take my surname (as per tradition in the Royal Family), so the name Harkinian ran on through all of our children. He put an affectionate hand on my pregnant stomach, smiling at it then me as I laughed at the touch.

"Baby-whatever this will be-is doing very well also," I grinned as he smiled again. We had both agreed early on that we wanted a large family due to his being orphaned and my own life of growing up all alone in the castle, and of course Hyrule could not be more thrilled. I could just see the headlines for today when we went to the festival, "Royal Family Takes on Annual Hylian Day Festival With Style." We wouldn't be doing much walking around enjoying all of the festival (all of our children were still eleven and under), but it was more for the socialization and publicity besides anything. I walked over to the bed where I began to eat the food.

"Did you make all this yourselves?" I asked as Alfonzo (our only boy) shook his head.

"No mom, of course we didn't," he said with a humorous little hint of sass as I looked up to Link smiling at us and we locked eyes as he grinned. Aryll began to tug on my pajama bottoms with as I looked at here to see the serious look in her eyes.

"Are Aunt Karane and Uncle Pipit going to be there?" she asked with a lot of concern as I looked up at Link with a raised eyebrow as he shrugged.

"I'm not sure, I can call Pip but I think they'd love the excuse to take little Scrapper out," he grinned as I rolled my eyes at him.

"You can't make fun of their child's name, you know how weird Pip gets about it," I pointed out as Link grinned again. Alfonzo looked up at me.

"Well what about Romani and Mikau?" he asked as I shrugged.

"I don't know, but I can call Auntie Malon if you want," I said as he nodded, no doubt glad at the possibility he would have someone to play with. I looked down at my stomach as I looked back up at Link. "What if these are twins like Malon, that'd be a lot of kids," I pointed out as he grinned and sat by me.

"We can take over this country one spawn at a time," he said proudly as I rolled my eyes at his ridiculousness and our children ran to go get ready for the day. I looked back at Link and wondered (not for the first time) how I could have been so lucky to get him. He almost exactly looked like he had when I had first met him, except for a little bit lighter hair, a few more lines around his eyes, but that familiar smile that still to this day could make my heart pound faster than a samba.

"You know, I think I must love you or something," I said nonchalantly as he grinned at me and before I knew, he had come over and had picked me up and spun me around like in our youth.

"Psh love, who needs that anyways?" he asked as I laughed and we stood there, smiling at each other.

"I didn't, until I found you," I said sincerely as he grinned and put our foreheads together.

"Nor did I, until you came into my life. My Zelda, the Princess of Hyrule," he said as I laughed and we stood there, not thinking about the future, not over-dwelling on the past, but merely standing there, happy that we had each other and that peace had existed for over fifteen years now. We broke apart as he took my hand and interlocked our fingers as I smiled up at him and we walked away because everything in our lives was perfect.

And... that's a wrap. Seriously though, thank you all for reading this story and enjoying it as much as everyone did. It was your dedication and love that made me keep going sometimes, even though I did hit a few rough patches in life. Like I said, I'll be gone for 18 months in a few short days serving a mission for my church in New York, so don't be expectant of any immediate writing projects of mine in the foreseeable future. As a one last hurrah, any reviews of course would be lovely, and I hope that everyone has enjoyed this crazy writing ride I've put you all through for these two years!