Chapter 2

I wake up the next morning. I feel much better, just a runny nose and a slight bit of dizziness. Other than that, I feel great. I get up and stretch to get my muscles looser. I'm not too strong. I can lift barrels, but they are really heavy. Fledge is stronger than me, he can actually run with the barrels.

"Looks like someone's feeling better." I look up at Faron.

"I feel much better. Thank you for that fruit. It helped a lot." I say gratefully.

"You're quite welcome. I thought of something. You should stay down here to practice with the sword."

"There's a Loftwing flying part too." I tell her.

"I see. I will take you to an island so you can call your Loftwing and practice. After you're done practicing, I will take you back here."

"Ok. Sounds like a plan. I'll go practice now." I pick up my sword and quiver and head out. I'm not wasting my arrows, that might leave me vulnerable if Ghirahim comes. I wonder if Faron is watching me or not. I start slashing my sword at invisible targets. It's not too hard really, Zelda always said I had a very active imagination. I can imagine my opponent and what they do and I can counter it and fight back. Beating some of Ghirahim's minions was good training too. I spot one, but it's only my imagination. I slash it, I feel substance under the blade, so it's no illusion. I spot more and they start running. I follow them and I take the secret passage to Faron woods, no longer in front of the Ancient Cistern entrance. I need to make sure they don't try to attack any of the Kikwi. They are running to the sacred grounds. I manage to kill one of them and I chase the others but they keep running. We are in the temple of the sacred grounds and I manage to finally kill the bokoblins remaining.

"Oh, aren't you a skilled fighter?" No, why was I so stupid!? I see Ghirahim come around the corner. I take no chances and I turn and run to the exit, but a diamond wall appears. It appears on the other door too. "I'm afraid, there's no escape for you now, sky child. Your precious water dragon can't come and help you unless she wants to destroy this temple and possibly you along with it. Time to die." He made his sword appear. I ready my sword. He charges toward me with his sword up and I slash at him with my sword. It doesn't do much damage. Not as much as the Master Sword, not even of the Goddess sword.

"I won't lose to you."

"Is that so? I'll make you eat those words." He threw a slash at me and cut my arm a bit. I blocked another attack. I blocked again and again and I can't get a hit. Maybe, I could grab the Master Sword to fight, can I even get over there? I have to focus on blocking and dodging, I can't be focused on the Master Sword. He managed to cut my leg because I fell off my focus. I block again. I have searing pain on those places. I can't let it affect me, if I do I'm done for.

"I won't give up, you know that right. No matter how many times I get cut, I will never let you kill me." I kick him in the stomach and I run to the bird statue. "To the sky! To the sky!" There's a bright orange glow and I lift up in a burst of air. I quickly pull out my sail cloth and fly up in the air, but Ghirahim flies up and cuts it and I fall back down. I fall onto the roof of the temple and it knocks the wind out of my lungs. Ghirahim starts to make the final blow, but I roll out of the way and his sword gets stuck in the roof. I regain my breath quickly and I pull out my sword and slash at Ghirahim, he snaps his fingers and disappears before I can hurt him. So does his sword. Knowing him, this isn't over so quickly.

I hold my arm. It hurts badly, I've got to stop the bleeding. What can I do? I have no idea what I can do. I'm getting dizzy again. Too much blood loss. I hate to do this, but I have to if I want to survive. I grab a strip of the sailcloth and I wrap it around my arm the best I can. Luckily it was my left arm that got injured. I can tie with one hand too. I manage to get it on my arm. I grab another and tie it to my leg. I pick up the sword and I try to get down, but I might get hurt worse. I know! I turn around and I use the rest of the strips and tie them into a rope I tie that rope to an arrow and tie the other end to the top of the roof. I test it to see if it will break. Seems sturdy enough. I notch the arrow and shoot it to a tree.

It may not work, I could get seriously hurt, don't try this at home kids. I slide down, half expecting to fall to the ground. I land safely in the tree and start to climb down. I get down safely and head up the road. I need to clean my cuts. I can't let them get infected. I head to the closest source of water. It's to the ancient cistern again. I remove my sword and quiver, take of my boots, take off the tie on my arm, then I take off my tunic and the chainmail and set it down on the ground, I will wash it soon. I'm used to having to clean up my wounds. They haven't gotten infected before and I don't want to start now.

I get in the water and I start to clean the cut on my arm. Then I start to clean the cut on my leg. The water feels so good. It's such a relief. The water is also very clean too. I lift up my injured leg onto the ledge and clean it easier. It stopped bleeding and I continue to clean my arm. It stops bleeding and I tie it back up and tie my leg up. I need to get the blood stains out of my tunic. I get out of the water and I pick up my tunic. I start cleaning it of the blood after I remove the adventure pouch from it. I have a needle and thread that I can use to sew up the hole on it. I can probably ask the scrap shop owner to fix the chainmail. I clean the tunic and set it to dry in the sun. It may fade, but I don't care. I have no idea what to do now. I can't swim well with an injured leg. Guess I'll just twiddle my fingers. I sit against the wall and look up to the sky. I wonder what Zelda is doing right now. She's probably worried sick about me. I hope not. I better get home to her somehow to let her know I'm ok, but I can't. My sailcloth is ruined, I'm using parts of it to keep my wounds from bleeding. I also might get questioned if she sees them. She'll wonder what did that to me. I can't explain to her what happened.

"Link!" I look up. It's Faron. "Thank goodness. I came back here to check on you and you were gone. I searched everywhere. What happened?"

"It was Ghirahim. His minions led me to the Sacred Grounds temple and he was there." I told her all the details. And I could tell she was listening.

"I see. You are not leaving my sight at all from now on."

"I wish I could tell Zelda I'm alright. Though I don't want her to see me this way."

"See you in what way, Master Shorty Pants?" I look up. I was not expecting to see that little robot.

"Scrapper? What are you doing here?"

"I could hear Mistress Fi giving me a signal to see what's going on with you. She said you were in trouble and I finally found you."

"Wow." This turned out to be of some help. I've thought of a plan. "Can you possibly deliver a message for me."

"No way, I'm no messenger bot."

"do it!" Faron says with a booming voice.

"Ah, y-yes, Mistress Faron."

"Good." I pull out some parchment from my pouch and a writing utensil. I write a little letter to Zelda and give it to Scrapper.

"Give this to Zelda. She has golden blond hair. Don't tell her where I am either." I tell him.

"Yea, yea, Master Shorty pants." He flies away. In the letter it said:

Dear Zelda,

It's me, Link. I wanted to tell you not to worry about me.
I'm fine. I'm no longer sick. I can't tell you what's going on
or where I am, but I assure you I'm safe. I will be home
before the Final Ceremony, don't worry. Don't try looking
for me, please. I'll see you soon. Take care.

-Link

I hope she doesn't force Scrapper to tell her where I am.

"Do you trust that little bot?" Faron asks.

"Somewhat. I know he'll get it to her, but I don't know if he'll tell or not."

"For her sake, I hope not." I hope not either. Ghirahim could hurt her, I don't want that for her. I'd soon kill myself than let that happen to her. I check my tunic, it's still wet. It's a pain to stitch up when wet, the water makes the needle slippery and then I can accidently prick my finger. Luckily, it doesn't draw any blood. "What are you doing?"

"I'm waiting for my tunic to dry, so I can sew up the tear, then go to the scrap shop to get my chainmail fixed."

"Doesn't your arm and leg hurt?"

"Not as bad as before. Besides, I'm used to pushing myself over my limit. This is nothing compared to what I had to deal with before."

"You've had to push yourself to the limit to finish your quest?"

"Yea, part of being a Hero I guess. You have to do whatever you can to succeed and finish the quest you've taken. If you can't manage, then you weren't the one meant for that quest." She seemed a bit surprised by my words. My words hold truth, don't they?

"You are very wise for your age, surprise considering how you were acting when I was thinking of a plan." I smile. "I can dry your tunic for you." She waves a hand over it and it starts to look lighter. She moves her hand and I feel the fabric. It's dry!

"Thank you so much."

"Don't mention it." I take it off it's drying rack and get my needle and thread from my adventure pouch. Zelda taught me how to sew. I start sewing up my tunic and then the hole on my pants. I put my tunic back on, it feel so weird without chainmail on.

"Can you take me back to Skyloft?" I ask.

"Sure." She turned around and I got on her back. She flew up to Skyloft and flew me over to the Bazaar shop. I go over to the scrap shop.

"Ah, Link. What can I do for ya?" Gondo asks.

"Um, can you fix up this chainmail?"

"Sure thing." I set the chainmail down on his work table and he gets to work. It doesn't take long and he's finished. I go to the back room to get my chainmail back on then I go back out to Faron after I thank and pay him.

"Link!?" I freeze. No, not now. I turn and see Zelda running to me. Faron hides so nobody can see her. "Link, oh my gosh." She's crying and hugs me tight. "I was so scared and worried for you. When Fledge told me you ran off, I almost panicked. You were sick."

"Sorry I made you worry. I'm much better now. Don't worry. I'm no longer dizzy either." She stopped hugging me and felt my forehead.

"No fever, that's amazing. How'd you get well so soon?"

"I had help. I'll be ok. I need to go practice my flying now."

"Ok. Take care, be safe."

"I will." She sees me off and I jump off the diving platform. I fly around for a bit, making sure nobody is following me. I jump into the green pillar of light and I gently fall. Faron catches me.

"You managed to keep your cool back there." Faron says.

"Thanks. I feel a bit bad for lying like that." I say back.

"You're doing what you have to, to keep her safe."

"I know, but it still feels wrong."

"Don't let it get to you. You are keeping her safe by staying with me."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive." We made it to Faron's home. I hope Zelda will be safe. She matters most to me. I hope everything will turn out ok.


~Zelda's Pov~

"Fledge?" Fledge looked up at me.

"Yes?" He asks.

"Have you seen Link at all?" I ask.

"No, not since yesterday."

"Oh."

"Why?"

"Well, I saw him earlier."

"What? Is he ok?"

"Yes. He was still a bit pale, but he no longer has a fever. He went out to practice his flying and hasn't come back. It's starting to get very late. Loftwings can't see in the dark, remember."

"Do you think he might have fallen off and fell to the surface?"

"Oh I hope not. I barely survived. I need to go find him."

"Not without some help. I'm coming with you. Let's get our friends together. Pipit and Karane can get the other knights to help search the sky. Cawlin and Stritch will help if Groose tells them to. We'll search Faron woods. Cawlin, Stritch and Groose can search Lanayru. Pipit and Karane can search Eldin."

"Fledge, this is extremely dangerous. Someone could get hurt."

"Yes, but Link possibly could be hurt. We need to find him."

"Ok. Let's get the others." He nods and gets up. "I'll ask Groose, you ask Pipit and Karane."

"Ok. We'll meet at the plaza." We split and went to our destinations. I found Groose in his room.

"Oh, Zelda, what are you doing here?" Groose asks. He's become less of a rude idiot. He's more friendly, no longer a bully.

"I came to ask a favor. It's about Link."

"What?"

"Well, Link went out flying and he hasn't come back yet. Fledge and I made a plan to search for him, but we need help."

"Link is missing? I will help in any way I can."

"Thank you. Can you get Cawlin and Stritch involved too?"

"I might be able to get Stritch to help and possibly Cawlin. We'll see. Where are we going to meet?"

"At the Plaza."

"Ok. I will see you there."

"Great. And thank you."

"Don't mention it. Link is my buddy now."

"Ok." I left his room and went to the plaza where Pipit, Karane, and Fledge were waiting. Groose comes with Cawlin and Stritch.

"What's the plan?" Groose asks.

"Zelda and I agreed on Pipit and Karane going to Eldin. You and your group goes to Lanayru, make sure you don't get stuck in quicksand. Link told me about how he would almost fall through the sand. So you have to be careful. I have a few of Link's weapons, such as his clawshots, his bombs, his beetle, and the whip. The Sparring center has let us borrow some swords, as long as you use them wisely, you can use them." Fledge explained.

"Ok. What should we do if we find him?" Karane asks

"Scrapper is going to go from area to area to talk to us." Fledge explains. He's no longer the shy, wimpy kid that he was before.

"Ok."

"Anymore questions?"

"None."

"Good. Scrapper!" The little bot came to us. "Remember, if you don't help us, then your Mistress will not be pleased with you."

"Right." Scrapper said.

"Then, let's start this. Be careful." We all went to their destinations, some of the knights have started looking in the sky, while the rest of us go to the surface.


Hello people of fanfiction. I have uploaded this chapter. i think I will have the author's notes down at the bottom. Disclaimer, if I owned Legend of Zelda, I wouldn't be typing fanfictions of it, I'd be making it a reality. So, I don't own it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. More will be coming soon.

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-Zem :D