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It is a dark and stormy night in Skyloft. This type of weather is very rare, and during this rare weather, flying is forbidden if you aren't a professional. But tonight was even more special than just rare weather.

"MONSTERS!" Someone screams.

And there are indeed monsters - Skytails - flying straight towards Skyloft.

The Knight Commander is standing in the Plaza in the pouring rain in front of every trained knight in the small village. All of the townspeople are there, too. This includes one eight-year-old boy: Katis.

Katis's parents are both knights, and he is standing behind the crowd of knights, looking for them. He is standing next to two other children - both two years younger than him - that he is not familiar with, only knowing their names to be Link and Zelda. He knows that the girl was the daughter of the Knight Academy's Headmaster, but he knows nothing of Link. His parents are good friends of the Headmaster, and had helped him on many occasions. Tonight, the Headmaster is paying them back by watching their son.

"Are you ready to defend your home?!" The Knight Commander calls out to the crowd of knights, who all cheer in response. "Are you ready to defend your families?!" Cheering. "Are you ready to fight?!" And again, cheering. Then the Commander turns around. "Then ATTACK!"

All of the knights run off of the Plaza and summon their loftwings, heading into battle.

Hours pass before the first loftwing returns. It's the Knight Commander.

Figures he'd be the first back. Katis thinks to himself.

Then, loftwing by loftwing, the knights begin returning to their families. Katis keeps looking for his parents. After a few minutes, he hears the unmistakable cry of two loftwings.

"Mom! Dad!" Katis cries out, running to the birds as they land in the Plaza, but he doesn't see his parents on their backs. Not until he gets right next to one of them. He sees a bad sight: his father bleeding out. He runs to the other loftwing, and sees his mother in the same situation. At that point he does the only thing he can think of. "HELP!"

Two other knights come sprinting over to see what Katis is yelling about. "Goddess, help them." One of the knights says. They carry his parents from the plaza and run over to the Academy, where the healers are waiting.

The headmaster walks over to Katis. "They'll be fine, Katis." He reassures him. He couldn't have been more wrong.

Katis arrives at the Academy the next day to check up on his parents. One of the students sees him and stops him.

"Hey, buddy. Why are you in a rush?" She asks him, smiling.

"My parents are here." Katis says. "They were really hurt in the fight last night."

The student immediately stops smiling. "Uh…"

Katis starts worrying. "I want to see my parents. Can you take me to them?"

The student puts on a forced smile. "Maybe you should come back later. The healers are still working on it." She says.

"What's wrong with my parents?" Katis may be young, but he can read people like a book.

The headmaster walks over and sees Katis and the student. He nods at the student, who wastes no time in walking away. "Katis…" He starts, but doesn't need to say anything else.

"No... no, no, no no no no no no!" Katis starts crying. He hugs the Headmaster for about a half an hour before letting go. "Can. Sniff. Can I see them?"

The Headmaster nods and directs him to the room where they are keeping the injured. He directs Katis to the beds where his parents lay, motionless. They both see another knight standing by them, the knight who took his mother to the Academy the night before.

"I saw them when they were attacked." The knight says. "They were injured protecting each other." He walked over to Katis and kneels down to his level. "Your mother told me to tell you that they both loved you, and that they will love you, beyond death, no matter what."

That make Katis smile. It's a bare smile, but a smile nonetheless. The knight walks over to the headmaster. "She also said that they wanted you to take him in. Adopt him."

The headmaster nods, and the knight walks away.

Katis doesn't leave his parents' side for three hours, then he needs to use the restroom. On his way back, the Headmaster stops him. "Katis," He starts. "Your parents also said that they wanted me to take you in. Adopt you."

Katis's only response to that is to hug the Headmaster again.

One year later, and Katis is still getting used to it all. He has a new father, a new home, and the strangest of all, he has a sister. He and Zelda were having trouble getting used to each other. The transition had been hard for Katis, and it still was. He never really talked about it, and he kept his distance. Zelda, on the other hand, was trying, and failing, to get him to open up.

One day, Zelda is walking through the hallway, and she bumps into Katis.

"Oh, sorry Zelda." Katis says.

"No, it's fine, Katis." Zelda replies with a smile.

Katis smiles back.

Zelda notices that Katis is holding something in his hand. "Hey what's that?"

"N-nothing!" Katis slips it into his pocket.

Zelda doesn't push. "Oh, okay." She says, a little sad that Katis still won't open up to her. She starts walking again

"It's a picture." Katis says.

Zelda stops walking and turns around. "Of what?" She asks.

"My parents and I." Katis says.

Zelda frowns. "We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."

"No, it's fine. I… I need to get this off of my chest." Katis says, smiling, sadly.

"Do you want to talk about it somewhere private?" Zelda says.

Katis nods in response. The two walk into his room, which is pretty full. On the nightstand, there are two loftwing feathers - one dark green and one sky-blue.

Katis shows Zelda the picture. It's of Katis and his parents in front of the Goddess Statue. "That was on my eighth birthday." Katis says, and he tells Zelda the story of that day.

"... and then he... grabs the lemon and throws it at the remlit... and it attacks him. After he finally gets the cursed thing... off of him, I ask him 'What did you think... was gonna happen?' And he just shrugs, as if… as if nothing just happened. And Mom! Mom was so angry at him!" Katis says, barely able to talk through his laughter.

Zelda laughs along with him, glad that Katis is smiling. "They sound like they were great people."

"They were…" Katis says, his smile slowly turning into a frown. "I miss them."

Zelda cringes at her mistake of saying that. "Hey, it's okay. They miss you, too, but you know what?"

"What?" Katis asks.

"I'm sure that they'd want you to move on. You have a new family, now. You have Father… and you have me." Zelda says.

Katis smiles and hugs his adoptive sister. "Thanks, Zelda." He says. "I needed this."

"Any time, Katis." Zelda says, hugging him back. "Any time."

Five years later, Katis and Link are walking through Skyloft. The two had become good friends over the years. Not as good friends as Zelda and Link, but good friends, none the less.

"So, what have you been doing these past few days?" Link asks.

"Oh, not much. I've been doing some stuff with Pipit and I've been hanging around the Lumpy Pumpkin. Pumm's soup is amazing. I mean, really. I just have to give credit where it's due. I can see why Eagus 'can't start the day without it.'" Katis says.

"How's Orielle?" Link asks with a smirk.

"She- She's fine." Katis says, blushing. "You know, we're just friends."

"Not that you want to be 'just friends.'" Link says.

"Shut up!" Katis says. "She might hear you. She could be around the corner for all you know."

"All I'm saying is that if you want to date her, you better move it." Link says.

"What? Why?" Katis asks.

"Rumor around the Bazaar has it that Strich has his eye on her." Link says.

"Over my dead body." Katis says.

Link points to a girl with brown hair with two braids in the Plaza. "Look, there she is now."

Katis doesn't say anything, but he runs to the Plaza. "Hey! Orielle!" He calls to the girl.

She turns to him and waves.

Katis stops in front of her. "How have you been?" He asks.

"I've been fine. How are you?" Orielle asks.

"I'm great." Katis says.

Link catches up with them. "Well… Go on…"

"Shut up, Link." Katis mutters.

"Go on with what?" Orielle asks.

Katis's face turns red. "Well…" He turns to Link, then back to Orielle. 'I should ditch him.' He thinks to himself. "Do you want to go fly through the clouds?"

Orielle giggles. "Why not?" She says. The two walk over to the edge of the Plaza. They dive off of the platform and call their loftwings. Katis's is a scarlet color.

Link snickers back in the Plaza. "He's way too gullible. Strich and Orielle? As if!"

"So, what did you want to fly with me for?" Orielle asks.

"What? Can friends not fly together?" Katis says, pretending to be offended.

Orielle giggles. "No, that's not it. It's just that, you were a bit hesitant back in the Plaza."

"Well, it's just that…" Katis starts. "I've been thinking lately, about us, and as I've been thinking, I've been feeling something towards you. A certain… attraction." He looks at Orielle, who is listening to every word. "I… Orielle… I love you. I have for about three years, now. I just, I never had the courage to tell you until now."

"Katis…" Orielle says. "I… I don't know what to say, except… I feel the same way towards you."

Katis smiles the biggest smile he has smiled since his parents died. "I… let's land."

The two land on the nearest island. They walk up to each other. Katis puts his hands on Orielle's sides and Orielle wraps her arms around Katis's neck. They begin to kiss passionately.

Thank you, Link. Is all Katis can think.

Two years later, it is the day of the Twenty-Third Annual Wing Ceremony. There are only two candidates this year: Pipit and Katis. The two students are very good friends.

The two students walk to the Plaza.

"Hey, Katis." Pipit says.

"Yeah, Pipit?" Katis says.

"May the best rider win." Pipit says.

Katis smiles. "Indeed."

"The Wing Ceremony is about to start!" Instructor Horwell yells.

"We'd better get a move on!" Katis says. The two students run to the Plaza just in time.

"Ah, there you are." Horwell says.

Katis finds Link and Zelda in the crowd of people watching. He also finds Orielle and her older brother, Parrow.

Pipit finds his Mother and Karane, who had won the Wing Ceremony the year before.

"I'm glad to see that our two candidates are here with us today, and that they're such good friends." Horwell says. "Today is the Twenty-Third Annual Wing Ceremony. The great thing about this year is that our two students are very good friends, so I'm sure that this will be a good, clean race, and a close one at that."

"By the way, I'm not holding back." Katis says.

"Same here." Pipit says.

Horwell explains the rules of the race and the two friends dive off of Skyloft.

The race is intense. Both racers come close, but not close enough, to grabbing the statuette. It lasts for about an hour, then Pipit is almost about to grab the statuette when Katis swoops in from above, hanging upside-down from his loftwing's talons, and grabs it. He climbs back onto the back of his loftwing, and he flies back to the Plaza.

Once he lands, Katis sees Orielle waiting for him. She hugs him as she giggles.

Katis laughs, hugging her back. "Somebody's happy!" He says.

"I'm proud of you." She says.

"I'm proud of me, too!" Katis jokes.

Orielle just rolls her eyes at the bad joke. "You were great out there."

"Hey, Katis!" Pipit walks over. "Nice flying out there! You clearly have quite the bond with your bird."

"Thanks, Pipit. That means a lot to me." Katis says.

"What are friends for?" Pipit says. "Now, I believe you have to meet with 'the Goddess.'" He puts air quotes when saying "the Goddess."

"Yeah, because Peatrice can be considered a Goddess." Katis mutters so that only Pipit and Orielle can hear him.

Or so he thought. "Katis!" He turned, scared out of his mind, thinking it was Peatrice. When he saw Zelda standing there, he immediately wished it was Peatrice.

"Nowsnotthetimegottagobye!" Katis started running off the platform, only to be intercepted by Groose, who was easily dodged. He jumped off of the platform and called his scarlet loftwing. He flew over to the statue of the Goddess, where Peatrice was waiting. 'Ugh… Peatrice.' Katis thought to himself. He put on a forced smile before landing.

They continue the ceremony until the point when Katis lands in the center of the circle, where he sees Orielle, Parrow, and his adoptive father,

Headmaster Gaepora waiting. Orielle runs up to him and hugs him, again. The two hug for a bit before Parrow pretends to clear his throat, uncomfortable with how long Katis is hugging his little sister. Only Orielle notices, and she lets go, leaving a confused Katis, who catches on when the girl nods her head in Parrow's direction.

Gaepora walks over to his adoptive son. "I'm very proud of you, my son. Zelda is too, but she seems to be angry at you for some reason." He says.

"That's weird." Katis says, mentally rolling his eyes.

"Link is trying to calm her down. I'm sure that she'll get over it. Link seems to have a trick to calming her down." Gaepora continues. "Anyway, you did very well, Katis. I know that you will grow into a fine knight."

"Thanks, Father." Katis says with a smile.

Gaepora smiles back.

One year later, Katis is walking through Skyloft, in his new crimson knight tunic, with Orielle and Parrow. Orielle and Katis are holding hands, which makes Parrow a little bit annoyed. Orielle says she wants to get something back at her home to show the two of them. She leaves to get the item, kissing Katis on the cheek before doing so, leaving the two men in an awkward silence.

Katis breaks the silence. "You don't approve of us, do you?"

"What?" Parrow asks.

"Orielle and I. You don't approve of our relationship." Katis explains.

Parrow sighs. "I… I'm not sure."

"What do you mean?" Katis asks, hopeful and curious at the same time.

"I mean… I guess I just… I always saw Orielle as my little sister, who I need to protect. I guess that just goes to show how much I love her." Parrow says. "I guess I just… I can't come to terms with the fact that she's… she's growing up."

Katis chuckles. "I can see that. In fact, there have been times when I thought that way about Zelda." He says. "I mean, we may not be bonded by blood, but I still love her as as sister, and she loves me as a brother. But there are times when I feel like I need to jump in and defend her. That's just about when Link hops in front of her, ready to take on any kind of punishment that stands in his way, just to protect Zelda. Now that takes courage, courage that I have, too. In fact there was that one time when Mia, our pet remlit, snuck into the Academy at nighttime. Luckily my room is right next to Zelda's, so when I heard the screaming, I sprung into action and kicked Zelda's locked door down and punched Mia until she cowered away from me. I still have scars from that day, in places I'd rather not share."

"Wait. You were the one to save her? I thought that was Groose." Parrow said.

"What?! Where'd you hear that nonsense?" Katis says. "Sure, Groose may sound all tough, but when it comes to the fight, he'll only attack if his opponent doesn't fight back."

Parrow chuckles at that. "Groose told me that it was him."

"Figures." Katis says. "Anyway, there are times when I feel like I need to protect my sister, but most of the time, she can handle herself. And, I promise you, if Orielle ever needs protecting, I'll be there on the double."

"Thanks. That's good to know." Parrow says.

"So, do you approve now?" Katis says with a smile.

Parrow laughs and pretends to think about it. "I guess… but if you break her heart, you'll answer to me."

"I don't think I need to worry about that." Katis says.

"Well, I couldn't find it," Orielle says, walking in between the two, "but, I did find this, instead." She showed them a tiny, wooden figurine of the Goddess.

"Oh, that reminds me, I have something I want to give you." Katis says. He looks in his adventure pouch. "Shoot, I must've left it at the Academy. How about you two come with me." He says, winking to Parrow.

"Sure." Parrow says. "Come on, Orie."

"I told you to stop calling me that!" Orielle says, giggling.

"I kinda like it. 'Orie…' It has a nice ring to it." Katis says.

Orielle blushes.

The three walk back to the Academy. It's pitch black inside.

"Why is it so dark?" Orielle asks.

At that moment, light returned and revealed all of the students at the Academy (even Groose and his cronies), Keet, and Kina standing behind a table with a cake sitting on it. "Happy Birthday, Orielle!"

Katis just stands next to Orielle, smirking at his hard work and planning.

"You did all this for me?" Orielle turns to Katis.

"Of course I did!" Katis says. "You know I'd do anything for you."

Orielle giggles as Katis hugs her. The two end up kissing, earning an "Awwwwww…" from the crowd.

Katis breaks from the kiss. "Oh, shut up all of you!" He says, which caused everyone to laugh.

They all got down to the festivities, which really just consisted of talking and eating. Link and Zelda walk over to the couple.

"So, Orielle, how's my brother treating you?" Zelda asks.

"He's a great guy, Zelda. I'm lucky to be with him." Orielle says.

"He's quite the person, I've gotta say. You're a lucky girl." Zelda agrees.

"I don't think I can take all of these compliments at once! You two are overwhelming me with praise!" Katis jokes.

"His bad jokes are the only downside." Orielle says.

"Hey! That's not nice!" Katis says.

Orielle laughs and kisses him.

"So, I guess it's a good thing I made up that thing about Strich having his eye on Orielle." Link says to Katis. "If I hadn't, you two might not be together."

"You made it up?!" Katis says, angrily.

"Oh, boy." Link says.

"I could've made a fool of myself that day!" Katis says. Link prepares for more, but then Katis breaks out into laughter. "The look on your face! Priceless!" Katis says in between breaths. "I knew you made it up!"

"Screw you, Katis!" Link says.

"That was hilarious." Katis says.

The two girls, Zelda and Orielle, giggle.

Link blushes as Katis smirks.

Katis walks over to Karane. She is staring at Pipit, who is talking to Keet.

"You're staring at him." Katis says, which startles Karane.

"Katis! Don't scare me like that!" She says.

"I was stopping you from looking like a freak." Katis says.

"I didn't look like a freak." Karane says.

"Yet." Katis says.

"Well, you know how I feel about him." Karane says, blushing.

"I think the only person who doesn't know would be him." Katis says. "But don't let that stop you. Keep trying, and, well, who knows? Maybe he'll feel the same way about you." He smiles.

Karane smiles back. "Thanks, Katis."

"No problem, Karane." Katis says. He walks over to Pipit, who isn't talking to Keet anymore.

"So the Wing Ceremony is coming up." Pipit says.

"Indeed. You nervous?" Katis asks.

"A little bit, yes." Pipit says. "I have to race against Groose."

"What makes you so nervous about that?" Katis asks.

"You and I both know he's probably going to cheat." Pipit says.

"He's only going to cheat against Link." Katis says.

"What makes you so sure of that?" Pipit asks.

"Zelda is playing the Goddess next year." Katis says.

"Really? That's already been decided?" Pipit asks.

"Oh, yeah. They always pick the Goddess before one year early." Katis explains.

"Ah…" Pipit says.

"I'm sure you already know this, but it's Karane this year." Katis says.

"Yeah, I know." Pipit says, abruptly.

'Dammit. Think, Katis, think! … Eh… I've got nothin'.' Katis thinks to himself. "I'll see you later." Katis says.

"See you." Pipit says.

Katis walks back over to Orielle and notices Keet talking with Kina. Kina giggles as Keet speaks. 'Good for him.' Katis thinks to himself.

Katis sees that Orielle is still talking to Link and Zelda. He joins the three of them.

The party lasts until about dusk, when everyone heads to bed. Orielle asks Parrow if she can stay at the Academy with Katis for the night. He says yes and hugs his sister goodnight before walking back to his house.

Katis leads Orielle to his room, where there is a present on his desk. He takes the gift and hands it to her, smiling.

Orielle takes the gift and unwraps it. It's a carving of her brown loftwing.

"Link taught me how to carve wood. It's just another hobby, other than composing music." Katis says. "I spent a week on this one, making sure it was perfect. After all, you don't deserve anything less."

"I love it." Orielle says. "But you didn't have to do any of this."

"Yes I did." Katis says. "I couldn't just do nothing for your birthday, and I still feel bad for missing your sixteenth birthday last year."

"I told you it was fine!" Orielle says.

"You believed that, but I still felt guilty." Katis says.

Orielle hugs him. "Well, I still love you, either way."

"I love you, too." Katis says, returning the the hug.

The two begin to make out.

This is Katis' past. It is rather peaceful.

That would all change the next year.

And that is the prologue to my newest story. Please tell me what you think of my OC, Katis, in a review. If you want to see how the actual story goes, follow or, better yet, favorite. Check out my other stories for other fandoms by clicking on my name. This story will not center around Katis, or not just Katis. It will center around Link, Zelda, Katis, and Orielle.