My name is Stabil, or my friends call me Stab. I usually live in a small rural island not far from Skyloft.
Life has been hectic after the events of the Ganondorf. Yeah we heard of him, that cruel idiot who always thinks highly of himself versus those who'd challenge his power. Link, who was a childhood friend of mine, went from becoming a Sky Knight champion to become the Champion of the whole world of Hyrule, not to mention special treatment from Princess Zelda herself.
Link used to live here on Aario, looking after the children here at the adoption shack before moving to Skyloft to work as a Sky Knight. Heard they pay brilliantly for the duties they serve and not to mention flying those amazing Loftwings.
Today was my birthday and Dulie, the old woman who runs the home, alongside the children help celebrate my 25th birthday. Cake was baked from Mother Turisa, who lives opposite to us. It was only 3 houses on this floating rock but we live off supplies from Skyloft but it turned out to be a VERY special day when Link finally arrives through the creaky wooden door and almost all of the children tackle him like a horde of Bokoblins! Then I came up and embraced him.
"Where have you been, ya green nut!" I said.
Link has no voice apparently but I could read his body language.
"Augh fine. Here, we got cake!" I smiled but before I ran to cut it, Link gave me a present and gestured not to open it until after the cake.
We sat round and they chanted in Hylian before I blew the candles and we cheered. I opened the childrens' gifts. Surely they're either the same or some drawing they made but at least the children made the effort but then I opened link's and two things were revealed. A certificate of recruitment into the Sky Knight's Academy and a invitation from Zelda herself!
I gasped in amazement.
"This is a prank isn't it?" I asked.
Link gestured that it was indeed geninue and wants to see you today. Don't want to keep her waiting I suppose.
So this was not only my special day but the last day here at the Lost Leaves Home. Its hard to see Dulie having to look after the kids but I told them to take it easy on her.
I waved my goodbyes and took to the skies on Link's Crimson loftwing and arrived on the huge floating island. It was more bustling than Aario but Link guides me to the shrine where Zelda lives with her father. It was quiet but the sounds of a harp playing notes to Zelda's presence but she isn't visually seen. We looked around until I heard a voice behind us.
"Hello my hero and Stabil. I heard about you from Link, you were a great friend to him from his origins so I wanted to give you this, from me." Zelda smiled as she approached, making my heart beat quicker and quicker until she was standing right in front of me and gave me a ring to wear but after the exchange came a change of weather.
The air became stormy and the winds picked up. We ran out of the shrine to see a blue portal opening in the air and then we witnessed the most amazing sight; a gigantic flying ship, bigger than Levias himself, comes sailing across the sky but then a huge ball of magic strikes the vessel, seemingly causing a crippling amount of damage. The mighty behemoth loses power and comes down onto a crash course beneath the ground and then worse still the whole place began to shake and the glowing symbol, which I knew as the Triforce glowing and pulsing with red.
"The Triforce! It's in pain! Suffering! Oh what is going on!" Zelda gasped before fainting when her father appears.
"I felt the mysterious power fainting, the power keeping the triforce together and that ship seems to have caused it to suffer and I fear it may have killed the Mystic in its doomed descent.
Link and Stabil, I am relieved for your timing. Hyrule is in peril for which I felt a great evil beneath the island."
"What is going on!?" I shouted.
"Do lower your tone and I will explain." Gaepora said.
The Mystic was the one with the Inner Triangle, a not so strong part of the triforce yet was responsible with the most important role in keeping the three powers in harmony. In legends, the Mystic would provide and guard the Triforce's power to those who uphold the three elements strongly. However he cannot fend for himself and thus relied on his allies to protect his interests from the tyranny of evil. The...machine...youse saw, I do not know of, may have killed the Mystic as the Triforce is now losing stability. If it is not balanced once again, it will be destroyed and the entire world of Hyrule will be destroyed in a catastrophic disaster.
"Stabil, and Link, two friends inseperable at childhood; I bestow youse with the sacred mission in bestering the evil and investigate the happenings beneath Skyloft. The ship may have survivors so it is best advised looking for survivors.
Descend into the Sealed Grounds and Link must relieve the Sword from the pedestal for which its purpose will be needed once more.
I promise youse will complete this mission, correct?" He briefed.
"Yes sir." I complied.
"So be it, go forth and help us from an inevitable fate" He smiled before we sprinted out of the shrine. Me Stabil, bestowed a mission as great as Link himself?! I don't want to do this but my heart feels that is a duty that I cannot pass on. If hyrule is at stake and Gaepora asked me personally to aid link then so be it.
Then we stopped as Link needed his Loftwing which came swiftly. I hopped on with him and we descended beneath the clouds.
Below we could witness the aftermath of the occurances beneath.