The Angel in Skyloft

Chapter 1 The Feather

Link walked out of Pipit's house after helping his mom clean the place (though she did absolutely nothing and left Link to use his Gust Bellows on the whole thing). He wiped the sweat from his forehead and stretched, letting his joints pop, sighing in relief and gazed up at the sky as the sun was starting to set.

Link walked towards the nearest platform and sat down on the edge as he watched the knights above scatter around searching for residents that haven't returned. Loftwings didn't fly at night except for the knights. Theirs were the only ones that did, just in case a resident fell off Skyloft. Even though Link was now considered a knight he was still a few ranks lower from being able to fly at night. Though after everything he had gone through, he should've been a high ranking knight but he was something better than just a knight. He was a hero, a chosen hero at that. He had saved the world from the return of the Demon King and saved the girl he loved.

Link sighed and peered into the sunset. It had been several months since those events and only a selected few even knew what was happening. To those who knew what happened below, he was the chosen hero of the goddess. While the rest of Skyloft thought of him as the quiet lazy boy that saved Zelda and brought her home. In a way he was a hero to them but they didn't know everything that happened. Zelda's father, Headmaster Gaepora had told them that the time wasn't ready for the residents to know all in which happened. Gaepora wanted to get things settled below before he revealed to them all that happened. He had been working with his daughter and Link to go over plans for starting a new life below. He wanted everything planned out before all was revealed. All they knew was that Link had found Zelda.

Link didn't know how he felt about living below. He always had his head in the clouds and felt like Skyloft was the best place for him. Though he had made many new friends and had promised to stay with Zelda on the surface, he was going to miss Skyloft. He was thankful that the process for starting a new home on the surface wasn't for a long while. He had plenty of time to soak up the sun on Skyloft.

"Wake-up Sleepyhead!" He heard a familiar voice call him.

His blue eyes snapped open as he realized he fell asleep. He looked up to see sky-blue eyes staring at him.

"Is this where you have been all day? Father and I were looking for you!" Zelda said, irritated as she put her hands on her hips.

Link sat up and turned to look at her. He gave her a sheepish smile and scratched his head.

"Sorry Zelda, I was helping Pipit's mom with some cleaning."

Zelda rolled her eyes, crossing her arms and smiled. "Again? Honestly, that woman needs to learn how to clean."

Link chuckled as he nodded in agreement.

Link glanced back at the sky to see that the night had crept on him. There was a full moon out tonight and for once, clouds didn't plague it. He looked back at Zelda with a smile and gently pat the spot next to him.

Zelda rolled her eyes but smiled as she sat beside him. Her feet hung over the ledge as his did and she leaned her head on his shoulder and inhaled his sweet scent. Link looked at her with a smile as he stretched his arm, wrapping it around her shoulders, pulling her into him.

"What about the monsters that come out?" She asked.

"I'll keep them from you just like I did before."

She smiled and blushed. She glanced up at her childhood friend. They had been friends forever and even had developed feelings for one another. They especially grew when Zelda was kidnapped and Link went after her. Link had always been her hero, even before it became his actual destiny. She knew that Link would come, she always knew. Though he wasn't good with his feelings and was too shy to say it, they both knew that they loved each other.

Zelda leaned up and gently planted her lips on her hero's cheek.

Link blushed and looked down at Zelda, whom was now looking at the moon. He played her game and pressed his lips on top of her sun blond head. He saw her blush and smiled as he followed her gaze.

Link glanced up at the stars. There was a lot out tonight. He watched a few shooting stars raced by when he noticed something above brighter than a star. It was bigger too. It was a golden light that breezed by. Link squinted his eyes and focused on the light. It wasn't a star. It had a movement to it, like a bird or something. He watched it zoom by some clouds. It definitely wasn't a star. It flew in between the clouds and went in every direction. He watched as it made its way towards the moon. The golden light flipped and changed to a blue color before gliding past the moon and disappearing.

"Whoa! What was that?" Zelda asked. She looked up at Link, whom was staring, stunned. "Link? Did you just see that blue light?"

Link nodded. Just before the light disappeared he managed to catch a quick glance once it crossed the moon. Though he couldn't quite make out for sure what it was, he swore he saw a figure with wings. Could it possible be a loftwing? No way! What loftwing flew at night unless it was trained to? Plus it seemed thinner then a loftwing, almost human if anything.

"Yeah...I did." He said.

"I wonder what it was." Zelda pondered as she leaned back into Link.

"Yeah me too."

"Hey you two! It's time to come in! The monsters are coming out soon!"

Link and Zelda turned around to see Pipit standing with his arms on his hips and hunched slightly over as was his usual pose.

Link and Zelda smiled. "Alright Pipit we are coming!"

Link stood up and offered his hand to Zelda, whom took it and entwined their fingers together. She gave him a smile before leading him towards Pipit. He smiled back but it fell when he saw a shadow figure watching him. He tripped on his feet and fell.

"Link are you okay?" Both Zelda and Pipit asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I thought I saw-"Link stopped as he noticed a feather right in front of his face.

"C'mon Link, we need to get going." Pipit said, impatiently.

Link ignored his friend and gently picked up and end of the feather. Zelda offered her hand and helped Link to his feet. She kept her hand in his as they followed Pipit to the academy.

Once they were inside, Pipit said his goodbyes and went out to begin his night patrol. As soon as they were alone, Zelda led Link to her room, shutting the door behind him.

The whole way back to the academy, Link stared at the tiny feather. It was smaller then a Loftwing's but bigger then the tiny birds below. It was about the size of Link's hand if not a little bit bigger. It was white with a few missing strands but still in good shape.

Zelda walked over to him and looked at the feather. She too became fascinated with it. Sure feathers were feathers but this one was different, they both knew it.

"I wonder what kind of bird it fell off of?" Zelda asked

"I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that it came off of that light we saw earlier." Link answered.

Zelda looked at him confused. "The light?"

Link held the feather close to his face, examining it. "Yeah, I caught a glimpse of it just as it passed by the moon. I don't know what it was but I saw wings."

"Maybe it's something from the surface that flew through the cloud barrier?"

"Maybe. I guess we will never know."

Zelda kissed his cheek. "You're not fooling me Link. I know you are going to go search for it tomorrow."

He smiled and looked toward the girl he loved.

She returned his smile and rolled her eyes. "I'll help you."

"What about your dad?"

"Oh crap! I forgot, we're going to the surface tomorrow. Were you going to meet us down there?" She asked hopeful.

"I'll try to. I do have an exam later"

"An exam you haven't studied at all for?"

He gave her a sheepish smile.

"Though, I wouldn't mind seeing Fi...again." His smile faded as the memories of his past began to reappear. Though he was sometimes annoyed with his companion's constant analyzingness, he missed her. He knew she was in an eternal sleep within the Master Sword on the surface. Every time Link was down there he always made sure he visited the sleeping spirit and exchanged pointless words. It made him feel better to talk to her even if she never heard anything.

Zelda embraced Link with a hug. He accepted her action and wrapped his arms around her, placing his head on hers.

"Zelda-kins, Daddy is here for his goodnight kis-" The door opened and on the other side was Zelda's father, Headmaster Gaepora. The two jumped at the headmaster's walk in. They froze as Gaepora's happy face fell to a disapproving snarl.

"Zelda, I thought I told you no boys in your room!"

"Daddy, we weren't-"

"I don't care what you were or weren't doing! Even if it is Link."

Link smiled sheepishly before pulling away from Zelda. "Sorry headmaster I was just saying goodnight to your daughter. I'll be on my way."

He hid the feather and walked out of Zelda's room with Gaepora giving him the stink eye. Gaepora knew they weren't doing anything other then hugging. The man trusted Link but still young teenage hormones were unpredictable, so it was only natural that his fatherly instinct took over.

Link laughed to himself as he walked down to his room, hearing Zelda snap at her dad and insisting they weren't doing anything.

He made his way down the stairs to his room. He shut the door behind him and pulled out the little white feather for one more look before he set it down on his table and got ready for bed.