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"Come on Nari,"

A young boy said to his beloved Skywing, Nari, as he was standing on the ledge of his home island, Skyloft. Nari, Max's light green bird cawed softly as she looked at him. "I know that the sun's is setting," Max told her as he was petting her. "But just one last flight," he said softly. Nari let another caw, letting her owner have one more flight. "Thanks Nari," Max said softly as he got on her then led her off the floating island. He always enjoyed flying over the island, it was always so peaceful, calm, relaxing. But with the sun setting, it made the view like it came out of the painting. The Goddess Statue standing tall and proud with the orange coloring to it, the people going places or just hanging out with their friends or family, and some of his friends were seen outside.

Max let his feet dangle in the soft breeze as he enjoyed the feeling of the wind on his face, "Skyloft is so peaceful," he said to his bird, smiling as he circled around the island a few times to enjoy the scenery of the peaceful town of Skyloft.

"Hey Samantha,"

Max's sister, Cressa, said when she saw her entering her house. "Hey Cressa," Samantha smiled as she was greeted with a hug. "How are you?" Samantha asked when she pulled away, "The same," Cressa replied casually after working a long shift in the Bazaar. Cressa had very, very blonde hair, deep blue eyes, and had normal skin. Samantha has long dark blue hair that goes to the middle of her back in a pony tail usually, warm chocolate brown eyes, and has lighter then normal skin. "So where's Max?" Samantha asked. "He's around in Skyloft," Max's sister replied as she sat down on the couch. "Or in the sky," Samantha added, taking a seat next to her best friend. "Hopefully he isn't at the Lumpy Pumpkin." Cressa said softly as she saw the sun setting. "Or else he'll be stuck there for the night." she added soon after. "I'm sure he's flying around the island." Samantha chuckled then getting up. "I'll go find him." she told Cressa then heading toward the door. "Tell him that dinner is almost ready," Cressa told her before she left. Samantha nodded, "Sure," she said then leaving the building.

Samantha was walking around the island, looking at the now dark orange skies trying to find Max, "Where could he be," Samantha asked herself as she was walking around. "How is it hard to find such a lazy boy?" she mused, remembering when she had to drag him out of bed simply because 'It was too much work.'. She chuckled when she did that, she got him out of bed alright… and into the tub. "The look on his face," Samantha said to herself, remembering his expression as clear as day. That was normal for Max. He wasn't lazy to waste the day away, but lazy enough to try, and fail, to get out of doing something. Max was a reasonable kid, kind, nice, and trustful person.

While she was still looking around, she noticed a person doing flips in the air, "Blue rupees that it's Max," Samantha betted herself as she was getting closer to the person doing flips in the air. Upon a closer look, Samantha saw that it was, her lazy friend, Max, doing the favorite thing he loved to do:

Skydiving.

Samantha smiled as she watched Max skydiving, it was so much fun to watch him do it; she remembered him trying to show off for her one day when they were younger. "Good times, good times." she thought to herself as she continued to watch Max. No matter how many times she watched him do this, she had a constant fear of him falling below the clouds; Max didn't help since he just passed her and was now under the island.

"Falsetto!"

Samantha called out as she jumped off the island and landed on her aqua colored Skywing, "He's going to call his Skywing… he's going to call Nari soon." she told herself as she flew down to his side. "Where's Nari?" Samantha asked him while trying to stay with him, but having slight difficulty since Skywings weren't use for going directly down but up. "She'll come!" Max told Samantha, giving her his usual smiles. "She better hurry up or you're going to-" she told him until Nari flew by and caught him just before he hit the cloud bank. "You should call her sooner or else you're going to fall through the clouds." Samantha told him, happy that her fear didn't come true. "Sorry," Max chuckled. "And besides," the girl said. "Everything will be boring without you." she said, winking at him. Max blushed when he saw the wink, "So my sister told you to get me?" he ask, trying to start a conversation. Samantha nodded, "Come on, it's getting late." she reminded him them moving Falsetto to the island.

"So can you believe that you're going to do the Wing Ceremony tomorrow?" Samantha reminded Max when she watched Falsetto and Nari fly off into the night. "I'm still surprised." Max smiled, standing beside his childhood friend. "Beautiful night, isn't it?" Samantha said. Max nodded, "Yeah," he said softly, looking at the stars and the moon. "Full moon is the best, isn't it?" she asked, now looking at him. "I say the second best thing," he said back, smiling back at her. "What's the first?" Samantha blushed, surprised that Max said that. "Well," Max said softly, looking at her now.

"Y-yes?"

"The very first thing is-"

"There you two are,"

Cressa said as she walked up to them. "What's taking so long?" she asked the two. "Nothing!" Samantha blushed, embarrassed by that she was about to know what Max thought. "I'll tell you later," Max smiled, now back to his normal self. "Alright," Samantha sighed, slightly sad that he didn't finished what he was going to say. "Come on," Cressa said, grabbing the two by the arms. "The food's getting cold." she told them as she was walking toward the house.

"What were you two talking about?" Max's sister asked, pouring some food for Samantha. "We were just talking." Max said, already eating his food. "About what?" Cressa asked, not knowing what's going on. "Just how I'll cheer Max on at the Wing Ceremony tomorrow." Samantha said slowly, trying to think of someway for her to avoid a weird conversation since Max's sister was there. "Can you believe it, I'm going to be a Knight!" Max said, thinking of everything he'll do and all the people he'll save. "That is if you make it." Samantha corrected him. "Remember, Groose is part of the race too." she added then taking another bite. "His ego will slow him down." the boy replied then taking a drink. "Still, you've been relaxing and doing nothing too." she said back. "Thanks for having so much faith in me…" Max sighed, hurt. "You know that I'm just messing with you," she said, messing up his hair. Max smiled when she done that, "Alright," he said, now back to his old, happy self.

"Remember that it starts at noon, so don't sleep in, ok?" Samantha smiled. "I do not," Max replied, now finishing his bowl. "Right," his sister replied, rolling her eyes. "When you had to put your clothes over your pajamas and had to run to class just to find out that you just missed it." his sister reminded him then laughing. "I never seen anyone ran that fast." she added. "I thought he flew into the classroom." Samantha added. Max smiled, happy that they were having a good laugh, but was hurting inside. "See the look on the teacher's face?" he commented, trying to enjoy it too. "Oh yeah," the two girls replied in unison. "I'll get you some more," Cressa said as she got up and got Max's bowl and went to the kitchen. "Hey Max," Samantha said suddenly as she was digging in her carry bag. "Yeah?" he replied, wondering what she had in that bag of hers. "Fest your eyes on this," she said, pulling out a deep blue, oddly shape object. "What is it?" Max asked, looking at it, wondering what it was. The object was a deep blue color, shaped like an oval with seven holes, and a part that sticks out like a mouth piece.

"I call it a Ocarina,"

Samantha said, obviously proud of it. "A what?" Max said, never hearing of a 'ocarina' before. "It's something that I made up when I was making it." the girl replied. "Can I see it?" he asked, now curiosity getting the better of him. "Sure," she said, handing him the ocarina. "Apparently it can play the most beautiful sounds." she added, seeing Max put the mouth piece to his lips. The air was filled… with the most sour note ever known. "What in the Goddess's name was that?" Cressa asked when she heard that sound. "That was Max being a one man ear drum buster." Samantha smirk, taking back the ocarina. "I don't think it's going to catch on," she said soon after. "Why do you say that?" Max asked. "Can you think of our decedents actually using this?" Samantha replied, laughing softly. "I say this will last about… three years." she added. "Don't be so hard on yourself," Max said, placing a hand on Samantha's shoulder. "I'm sure that everyone will like it." he told her, reassuring her. "Thanks Max," she smiled. "Isn't Groose going to be in the game too?" Cressa asked, trying to see if she remembered correctly. "I think so," Max said, thinking about it. "Then he's going to cheat," his sister sighed, already thinking of how he'll cheat in the game. "Maybe he won't," Samantha said, even though it wasn't true. "That'll be the day when the Goddess Statue falls down," Cressa remarked, laughing. "I have to get going, I have to set up the dummies for the new recruits for the teacher." she explained, getting up. "Alright," Max smiled. "See ya tomorrow," he added, waving when she left.

When Samantha entered the training hall, she noticed a person with dusty brown hair long enough that it was in a loose ponytail, having a healthy tan skin, and having sea green eyes. Samantha knew that this person since she was his only friend, he wore a brown tunic with white leggings, and bandages on his right hand for some reason. This person didn't noticed Samantha's presents since he was looking at a feather from his Skywing, Lux.

"Hey Drake,"

She smiled as she entered the room, getting his attention. "Hey Sam," he said softly, not really a person to talk much. "How have you been?" she asked as she went to the supply closet to get the attacking dummies out… only to have them fall on top of her when she opened the door. "Are you alright?" Drake asked, already over to her and moving the dummies off of her, not having any difficulty with moving them. "Yeah, I'm fine…" Samantha said, getting out of the dummy pile. "Thanks," she smiled. "No problem," Drake replied. "So what are you doing here?" she asked, picking one end of the dummy and dragging it to it's spot. "I was waiting for the swordsman teacher to get here so we can talk." Drake replied then picking up the other end, helping Samantha carry the dummy. "He might be gone for the night." she said then setting up the dummy. "That's too bad," Drake sighed. "He was suppose to teach me about a new move," he explained then going over to the other dummies. "Oh," Samantha replied, not knowing what to say. "Aren't you a Knight?" Samantha asked, picking up another dummy. "I'm actually trying out for it," he replied, helping her carry it. "So what made you want to become a knight?" the girl asked while moving the attack dummy. "It was what my mom wanted after she…" Drake said then trailing off, not wanting to say about her late mother.

She didn't really know his mother too well since she was too young to remember and that it was hazy for her to remember that far back. "Don't worry about it," Drake said, shrugging it off. "Hey you're going to take part of the game with Max." she said, now realizing that they'll have to meet. "Max?" Drake repeated, not knowing who he was. "Oh right, you haven't really met him." Samantha said softly, mostly to herself. "I'll introduce you to him before the Wing Ceremony, deal?" she said to him, holding out her hand. Drake smiled and replied, "Deal,"

Groose was making sure that the old cook wasn't around as he entered the kitchen with several bottles of potions hidden away in his pockets. When he was sure that the cost was clear, he ran up and to the caldron where she made the food. "Let's see how you can win," Groose said softly, smirking as he was pouring the potions into the food. "When Potion G is in your food, Max." he added then stirring the potion in with the food.

"What do you think you're doing?"

A shrill voice asked, surprising Groose. "Miss Cook!" he said, now facing her. "What are you doing to my food, young man?" she asked him, holding up a wooden spoon. "Nothing," he said, trying not to look at the food in case if she might noticed and see Potion G still sitting on the top. "Don't you lie to me!" the old woman said, banging the spoon on the counter, making him to jump. "Everyone's the same," she mumbled, walking up to the caldron and started stirring it, unknowingly stirring in Potion G into the food that she's going to serve tomorrow. "You wanted to help yourself to extra food, isn't it?" the old woman asked Groose. "No ma'am, I wasn't." he replied as he was trying so hard not to grin. "Just be like everyone else and go back to bed." the cook told him. "Yes ma'am, will do." he said then running off to his room. Once he entered the room, a grin appeared across his face as he laid down and said to himself,

"Max's knots will have knots when he eats breakfast."