Alright, another chapter edited thoroughly. I would have done this this past weekend if I hadn't gone to a con and then had to actually apply to college. I have no clue if I'll get in this late _ More time for fanfics I guess...?

I did similar edits to the first chapter's, leaving a few things in that I felt was tolerable. And a few typos and grammatical things.


Every contestant lined up at the beginning of the diving platform. Instructor Owlan went over the rules one last time. All we have to do is grab the miniature bird statue from the yellow Loftwing. He warned Groose any horseplayers would have to deal with him.

"Link," CC called me before the race began. "You remember what I said, right?"

"Yeah, I know. 'Kick his ass'," I repeated. She laughed a little.

"I'm counting on you," she continued. "Don't you DARE let that bastard Groose win!"

"Heh, I won't," I slightly laughed. "I promise."

I joined the others on the diving platform, the tension of the whole town's eyes beating down on me. Gaepora waited a second, making the suspense even greater. Then he blew the whistle to start the race

I dashed off the platform before anyone else could and whistled for my Loftwing. The flash of red caught me and raised altitude. I spotted the yellow Loftwing and headed for it. For a while, I felt like I was the only one in the sky, until Groose and his buddies zoomed passed me. I caught up with them, dodging small islands and boulders. Next thing I knew, I was just behind the yellow Loftwing. I got a little closer and reached for the bird statue in its claws.

"Can't you let me have my moment, shrimp?!"

Splat! My Loftwing shrieked out crows. I looked over to see clear and yellow ooze sliding off his face, blocking his vision. Eggs… of course. I wiped it off and gained his control again. Groose and his gang kept chucking eggs at me, trying to knock me off course. I avoided the eggs and tried to catch up to the yellow bird. I reached and reached, trying to grab the statue while avoiding eggs. My fingers just barely skimmed the wood of the statue. Come on, just a little closer…

Pain shot up through my right side. I was startled at first, but that changed to panic when I realized I was now falling out the sky. My Loftwing was nowhere in sight. Yet again I was falling closer and closer to the clouds. Then, I spotted the yellow Loftwing with Groose tailing it. That bastard… No, I can't let him get the statue. I can't let him win. I won't let him win because… because I promised CC!

Instinctively, I whistled for my Loftwing then almost immediately landed on his back. I pulled him back, aiming straight up to the yellow bird and Groose. The crimson bird shot up, faster than we'd ever flown before. Groose looked down at me bulleting up to him and quickly dodged out my path, allowing my to take his spot behind the yellow Loftwing.

"No!" he screamed at me, his face flooding red with anger and frustration.

"Yes!" I yelled back at him. Then I focused on my prize. I reached forward just feet away from the bird statue. Yes, finally, I grabbed it! The yellow bird crowed loudly, signaling that the race was over. Faintly, I heard the townspeople cheering in the distance. I swooped down closer to Skyloft to show them I had the bird statue.

"Liiiink!" I heard CC's voice. She dove off the platform... but what is she doing?! She didn't call for her bird! I dashed faster and caught her just in time.

"W-what're you doing?!" I asked, startled. She sat up in my arms bridal style.

"Scaring the crap outta you," she teased, "We have to go to the Goddess Statue now!" Oh that's right. We have to meet Zelda for that… special moment.

My Loftwing flew us up to the Isle of the Goddess and dropped us off on the Goddess Statue's hands. Zelda greeted us with a cheerful smile.

"I just knew you two would win," she sighed joyfully.

"Really? 'Cause you guys didn't seem too confident in me this morning," I pointed out.

"That was only to get you motivated," CC told me.

"'Cause you know great motivation techniques, Loftwing alarm clock."

"Hey, it worked, didn't it?!"

"Anyway, let's start this ritual," Zelda continued, interrupting us. "I need the statues you both one." I held out the bird statue I had and CC took out the one she had. Zelda took both of the wooden carvings and placed them on a small ledge attached to the Goddess. She then took out the golden instrument she had from earlier.

"This is an instrument from the Goddess," she explained. "It's called a harp. Doesn't it sound so pretty?" She started strumming it, playing the song we heard earlier, only this time with lyrics:

En dashabu nobei shyandu dyen shutwu kieranu sa lei…

She stopped playing and turned to us.

"You know," she spoke, "In this ritual, we represent the saviors of our land. I'm the Goddess who guides you, and you two are the heroes of the legend; the two who stalled evil from overrunning the world."

"Stalled?" CC repeated.

"Unfortunately… They couldn't find a way to defeat it, but they stopped it long enough to save some people. The Goddess then took a piece of land from the surface and lifted it into the sky, thus creating Skyloft. Or so the legend says.

"Now, I have to bless you with the power you'll need on your journey… well, your senior year." She took my left hand and CC's right hand, and we knelt down before her.

"Great Goddess, guiding light and protector of people, grant us your blessing and mercy as I act in your stead during this ceremony. Valiant youths who grasped victory at the celebration of the bird folk… In accordance with the old ways… I now bestow the blessings of the Goddess upon you."

She untied the cloth she had around her shoulders.

"The blessings of the Goddess drift down from the heavens aloft a sail, which I now pass on to you both." CC and I both took the cloth and examined the odd blue symbol. It's so familiar… where've I seen it before?

"You do know what happens next, right?" Zelda asked, with that same cunning smile on her face. CC and I looked at each other, probably thinking 'Uh-oh. What's she up to?'. Zelda walked behind CC and pushed her into me. She looked up at me, violet eyes meeting blue, our faces just inches apart, and we both turned bright red. Oh damn, this is what Zelda meant?!

"That's right!" She said, as if reading my mind. Then, unexpectedly, she turned us both to face the edge of the Goddess Statue's hands. "You have to jump off and use the Sailcloth!"

"Ohh…" CC and I both sighed in relief. Zelda then pushed us off, making us yelp. Then I tried to focus on falling, taking one end of the Sailcloth and CC's hand. She took the other end of the cloth in her free hand and it opened up like a parachute. We slowly floated to the ground, followed by Zelda on her sky-blue Loftwing.

"That was amazing, guys!" She told us. "It's like you really are the Hero and Heroine." Zelda was always fascinated in the myths of the 'surface' and how Skyloft came to be. She's always in her dad's old textbooks reading up on the legend. As kids, they were taught as a fairytale, but others really believe it's true. No one else in all of Skyloft believes in the world under the clouds more than Zelda.

"Now, to sum up the ritual," Zelda continued, "the 'saviors' get to fly around Skyloft as if watching over the land… but the heroes often road the same Loftwing."

Of course, anything to get us two closer. Not that I'm complaining.

I whistled for my bird, and the red bundle of feathers landed next to us. I mounted it and reached my hand down to CC. She hesitated a moment, then took it and I pulled her up behind me. We lifted into the sky and calmly soared off beside Skyloft. We flew at a pace not to fast or slow, the breeze blanketing us in comfort. Zelda flew beside us peacefully, just staring out at the perfect sky.

"Can you believe it, Link?" I heard CC. "Now that we won our portion of the Wing Ceremony, we're seniors!"

"Yeah, just one more year and we'll be knights," I added. She sighed and leaned forward, resting her head on my back.

"Today went perfectly," She continued, "despite all the craziness."

"Even the craziest memories of the three of us…" I hesitated a second. "… or even just the two of us, I wouldn't change for the world." I felt her laugh slightly and nod, relaxing on me. I looked up at Zelda, who mouthed the words "Tell her already!" Everything was just so peaceful that moment. It could be now… or never.

"CC…" I started, looking over my shoulder at her. She opened her eyes and leaned to the side to look at me.

"Hm?"

"There's something… I've been meaning… to tell you…"

A flash of bright light blinded us both. We heard Zelda shriek, and we looked in the direction of an impossibly loud wind sound. We both gasped at the sight of an enormous, black tornado. Both the red and blue Loftwings immediately turned in the opposite direction, but the suction of the twister was too strong. The birds just flapped in place helplessly. CC wrapped her arms around me, holding me tightly as the tornado got closer. Then, we heard Zelda scream again, and saw her loose grip of her Loftwing and go flying into the black tornado.

"Zelda!" CC and I both screamed in unison. My Loftwing stopped flapping, exhausted from the futile task. I gripped onto my bird as the twister sucked us in and spun us this way and that. I started feeling queasy and light-headed, and my grip on the reigns of my Loftwing slowly eases up. CC's grip on my shirt began to loosened as well. No, no, this can't be happening. Why is this happening? Why must something always get in the way?!

Everything that was happening started to drain me. The horribly loud sound of the tornado, my bird crowing like crazy, CC and I screaming our heads off, the stomach churning of the twister… it was all too much. It was all draining me. I quickly fell unconscious to it all, somehow everything turning calm and even more black…


"…nk…Link… Link!"

Violet… such a nice shade of violet. I know that shade… I'd never forget that shade of purple…

"CC…?" I mumbled unconsciously, my eyes starting to open. They focused, and sure enough, it was CC. Wait… is she… above me? And why do I feel like I'm falling…? I was falling, into black nothingness. It felt so nostalgic…

CC's eyes widened before she shrieked at something behind me. I turned, seeing the same enormous, dark figure with countless teeth from before. Oh shit, this was no dream. It roared, displaying all of its sharp, pain-filled teeth, and a one-way ticket to death. We were falling right for its mouth.

"Link, what's going on?!" She asked panicking, her voice shaking.

"I-I don't know…" I responded.

"What do we do?! What do we do?! The tornado's gone, but it took Zelda and next thing I knew I was falling and then that thing and… and…" She kept panicking, her eyes starting to tear up. My Goddess… I don't think I've ever seen CC cry… not even when we were younger.

I reached up and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her close to me. As she began to sob, she wrapped her arms around me tightly, not daring to let go, her face buried in my shirt. I looked back, seeing we were getting dangerously close to the monstrosity. Our final seconds were ticking away. What even is this? Is this even real? But there were no signs of hope, no signs of it being a cruel joke. I didn't want it to end like this… this can't be the end!

The beast roared again, this time closer and loud enough to wake the dead. I shut my eyes tight, squeezing CC tighter to me. If this was the last thing I could do, leave this world with her, then I was determined to do it.

And so I did.


I actually really like how this chapter ended. It definitely came out more intense than before, and I actually smiled while rereading it. So, 2? more chapters to repost, then new stuff. If I can find the old history notebook I wrote everything in from 2 years ago, I'll edit from that (and there is a hell of a lot of editing in those I can already tell you). Either way, I'm going to try to make it more elaborate than what I remember, getting into some deep plot development earlier. That should be fun, yeah?