"Wings of Despair"
A/N: Ahh, an AU Zelda story from yours truly. Isn't it great? No...not the fact that I'm supplying you with Zelda-y goodness...the fact that I'm actually using my account again...I think it's actually been around two or three...hell maybe more years since I last put something on here...not counting Steiner's Worst Nightmare...but yea...it's great...oh yea...as before...
I DON'T OWN ZELDA OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS...WELL EXCEPT FOR KRI...SHE'S THE PRODUCT OF MY WEIRD AND TWISTED MIND, BUT OTHER THAN THAT...I DON'T OWN ANYONE. o
And now...on with the story! WOOT!
Kri: If you ppl don't mind...I think I'll muse with the usual muses for this story.
Zidane: Woo! Hot bird chick!
Steiner: I will protect you Lady Kri! Stay back you ruffian!
Zidane: pouts You're no fun Steinie-poo...
Steiner: Don't call me that!
Storme: Did I not say "ON WITH THE STORY"?
All: Sorry...
Storme: --;;
Chapter I
The Bird That Couldn't Fly
Quill circled around and stared with a half-terrified, half-awed expression as the Tower of the Gods crumbled and sank into the Great Sea. Soon all that was left was rippling water and a few occasional bubbles that would surface, then immediately burst upon hitting the air. He flew northward and quickly made his way back to his home island of Dragon Roost.
Did he make it out alive? he thought frantically. He flapped his wings as hard as he could and thanked the Gods for a northbound wind.
"I don't understand why you couldn't get a scale from the great Valoo?" a tall Rito said with his wings crossed. A smaller female Rito looked down and shuffled her feet. She shrugged her shoulders. The Rito chieftain stared down at the girl before him and sighed heavily. "We've gone through this before Kri. You have to get a scale or your wings won't grow in. You'll never take to the skies like the proud aerie before you." The girl merely nodded. He sighed again and walked out of the room. Kri's brow furrowed and she breathed heavily out of her beak.
"He doesn't understand." She muttered. She walked out of the other exit and looked at the spring and broken bridge. The water looked dingy, but she knew that it was pure. She picked up a healthy bomb flower and threw it over the edge of the balcony, watching the fuse fizzle as soon as it hit the water. She raised her arm and frowned at the small ruffled feathers that hadn't grown properly yet.
"What's the matter little one?" a voice asked from behind. Kri jumped, clearly startled, and turned around with a scowl on her face. Her expression softened when she saw Ilari, one of the Rito postmen, and her father.
"Nothing Papa." She replied. Ilari sat down beside her and scooped her up into his arms.
"I know there's something wrong. You get the same unnerving look that your mother used to get when she was upset. Now tell me what's on your mind." He said. Kri leaned against the nook of his shoulder and sighed.
"Why won't the Great Valoo let me fly?" she asked. "I've already ventured up Dragon Roost to ask for the scale. He only said something in a weird language then ushered me back down. That's not like him is it? I mean...when Prince Komali went up, he returned with a beautiful set of wings and a scale. What's wrong with me? Was I not meant to fly?" Ilari saddened and nuzzled his beak against her long white hair.
"Prince Komali has wings because he is the prince. Valoo recognizes the importance for the chieftain's son to be airborne. If anything should ever happen to the chieftain, Komali would take over. It would be senseless for the Rito leader to be flightless." He said. "You'll get your wings one day as well. I promise." Kri smiled. She hugged her father tightly and stood.
"Ilari come quickly! Quill had returned with urgent news!" Akoot exclaimed from the doorway. The Rito nodded and stood back up. He smiled down at his daughter.
"You know the drill." He said. Kri nodded and followed the taller bird as he walked back into the room. She stopped on the upper ledge and sat down with her feet dangling in the open space. Akoot and Ilari made their descent to the lower floor where the rest of the guards and postmen were. The ivory haired bird listened in to the conversation as Quill nervously paced back and forth in front of the chieftain.
"It's gone! The great tower that could be seen for miles on the southern horizon is gone! It just crumbled into the sea and disappeared. I'm not sure if this yields good news or bad. I have not seen any signs of Link either." He said. Soft murmurs could be heard across the room.
"Komali has gone out to search for him. He said that he sensed great misery near the Forsaken Fortress. I tried to stop him, but he was very fervent in his actions."
"The prince can sense such emotions?" Ilari asked with astonishment. The chieftain nodded.
"Not even I can sense emotions across the Great Sea. Sadly, I'm only limited to this island and its inhabitants. Komali must have gotten his enhanced ability from his mother." He said.
"Yes, but to be able to sense all the way out as far as the Forsaken Fortress is an amazing feat!" Akoot exclaimed. The chieftain smiled and nodded. Ilari looked up and frowned when he didn't see Kri. He turned back to the conversation.
Kri grumbled and kicked up some dust as she walked toward the small post office at the end of the high walkway. She looked up to see the smiling face of Koboli and smiled back.
"Hello my beautiful little flightless bird. Have you earned those wings yet?" Koboli asked. Kri shook her head. "Oh. Well you'll get them. Don't worry. Hey do you want to help me sort some letters?" Kri grinned and nodded. She picked up a large stack of letters and began to throw them into their correct boxes. Koboli looked at Baito and grinned.
"She certainly has the talent doesn't she?" he asked. Baito nodded.
"Pretty soon she'll be as good as Link." The tattooed human said.
"She may already be better than him." Koboli said. "Let's test her." Baito smiled. He walked around the Rito and watched as Kri finished sorting the letters.
"Hey little sis!" he said with a wave. Kri smiled. "I want you to do something for me really quick." The white haired girl nodded, completely silent. "Sort as many letters as you can within thirty seconds. We wanna see how good you are."
"Okay." She said. She picked up a huge stack and laid her palm over the top. As soon as Baito gave the signal to start, she began to fling the letters into their boxes with an ever-quickening speed. Thirty seconds had passed quickly and Baito signaled for her to stop. He ran over and counted the letters.
"Whoa! Forty-seven letters! You're good little sis!" he exclaimed.
"Better than that one guy who sorted twenty-six letters before?" she said, a little bit of her ego showing. Baito and Koboli nodded. She smiled. "I don't think this is the job for me though. I know that I'm destined for greater things. Like that guy, Link. He fought the Great Evil on his own. If he comes back alive he'll be a hero. People all over the Great Sea will praise and worship him as if he were a god. I know I will be like him one day." Koboli and Baito looked at each other and frowned.
"Even if you don't become like Link, you'll always be our little goddess. Every one here loves you Kri. You don't need to prove yourself to us." Koboli said.
"I'm not going to prove myself to you. I'm doing it for me. I have to know if I was born for something greater, or just doomed to be a flightless bird in captivity." She said. She said good-bye and walked off.
A/N: Well you all like-y so far?
Kri: You turned me into a depressing little girl! You know damn well that I'm a whole lot more lively than that!
Storme: Uhh...but you were a little girl in the first chappie...right now your nineteen. You've changed a lot since then.
Kri: Oh yeah...hehe rubs back of head
Zidane: I'll say she's changed...eyes Kri like a piece of meat
Steiner: Down boy! Cracks a whip
Zidane: eyes widen as he sweatdrops runs off screaming He's got a weapon! He'll make me all hurty and stuff!
Steiner: ... Get back here you ruffian! I won't hurt you...too much...hehe runs off with a psychotic cackle
Storme & Kri: O.O;
Vivi: Hi all! Waves cutely
Audience: WE LOVE YOU VIVI!! Cheering madly and clapping
Vivi: o; Umm...love you too!
Audience: WOOT!!
Storme: Well this A/N is taking too long to finish, so I'll just finish it here!
Kri: Leave a review on your way out!
Storme: Hey that's my line! chases after Kri
Vivi: Bye everyone!
Audience: BYE VIVI!! WE STILL LOVE YOU!!
Vivi: XD
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