[TartoonHand94]

So, she figured it out huh? Read like an open book.
“I guess I wasn’t so subtle about it after all…” Zelda could only simper in embarrassment.
“It’s what she does…” She soberly repeated, taking another pausing gaze at Arle from the hallway.
“I know that’s what she does, but does she have to do it?” Zelda asked in a whisper. “I mean, I have no doubt that she can do it. She’s an amazingly talented and powerful little girl…” She quietly pleaded. “…But does she have to do it alone?”
“I mean, please do not take me out of context, I understand as well as anyone, the magnitude and responsibility that comes with destiny.” Zelda insistently made clear. “Link and I had yet to even graduate the academy when our destiny struck.” She reminisced. “I know for sure it was a lot to take in for me, and I can only imagine what it was like for him… But we weren’t alone.” Zelda began to reach her point.
“Link had Fi to guide him on his quest. She knew exactly where he had to go and what to do there, and she could tell him how.” She elaborated. “Just like I had Impa to watch over me and guide me on my mission, and protect me on my path from the forces of Demise…” She nearly got choked up on the memory.
“But who does Arle have?”

[Mari]

. . . Gosh! It was so odd to think of Arle as a little girl. She was only a year younger than Peach, after all. Were they all really young, when she thought about it? Really though, this wasn't odd at all because sometimes Arle was five. She had to consider her answer for a long moment. Arle had Peach herself, her friends, her loved ones--She had a lot of people in her life! But a guardian? "...I do try my best to watch over her." Peach softly replied, as was her nature. "But--...Perhaps a better answer would be: you." the princess went on to offer, accompanied by an inviting smile. How did such a big heart fit in her chest? Her words of encouragement were a response to an overt affection she'd noticed. She could never assume how true to the nature of love someone was, but she had a good feeling about Zelda. "If it would befit you, I would be happy to accept you as a member of the sisterhood. You would be welcome to visit or stay here whenever you liked, and I would be most appreciative to accept your help." Peach continued to offer, offering Zelda her hands. Usually such an offering followed an interview, but she felt like she knew what she had a pretty good idea of who Zelda was from their brief meeting.

[TartoonHand94]

Even looking at her face in profile as she gazed at Arle, Peach could pinpoint the exact second the answer "You" hit Zelda.
“You’re… Absolutely right, Princess Peach.” She said soft and introspectively. She immediately turned back to look at Peach, unconsciously making the face even clearer to read. She had a point, and more and more Zelda came to realize it. Come to think of it, she had appointed herself as Arle’s guardian for a while now without noticing it. After making that promise to Arle, all there was left to do is make it official… with herself. Something else just became official too.

“Me? A member of the sisterhood?” Zelda’s eyes slowly widened with eager. It did seem like the kind of club she’d be in by now. She was so busy brushing up on Hylia’s legacy she must’ve neglected to make friends.
“Why, your highness I’d be honoured!” Zelda agreed, accepting Peach’s hands. Despite being a literal goddess reincarnate, Zelda was still supernaturally humble when it came to things like this. “And yes of course, you all can count on me for anything.”

[Mari]

Peach beamed rather brightly at Zelda. "You may help. By being yourself." she cheerily replied in a tone that managed to come off as both matter-o-fact and encouraging. She could tell just by having met Zelda that she would be a benefit to the sisterhood just by being around her, which was handy because that wasn't a requirement at all! It was merely a consequence of their way of life. Those who loved their fellow sister naturally stood to gain mutual benefit from being around them. But Zelda? She got the impression that she had something of a 'big sister' or motherly spirit to her, which was perhaps a rarely stated but important benefit for the group as a whole. It was founded by such people, after all! "Welcome." Peach went on to remark, moving to welcome Zelda with a welcoming embrace.

((End of thread?))

[TartoonHand94]

“By being myself?...” Zelda asked, too humble to immediately understanding what Peach meant by that. Did she mean herself as Zelda or herself as Hylia? Before she could ask for clarification, Zelda was surprised by a hug. Bashful and slightly overwhelmed, Zelda embraced her invitation to the sisterhood and hugged Peach right back back.

“Thank you… Sister.”

((End of thread.))