A young man, but a year older than the girl, clad in a green uniform, stood in front of her, the moldarach's indigo blood seeping onto the sand covered ground. She ran. Ran as fast as her legs would carry her, but she was too late. The moldarach's eyes closed, and it evaporated into black smoke. When the fog cleared, nothing remained of it. She ran over, collapsing onto the ground, her hands clutching the sand beneath her in both anger and sadness. Her gold eyes burned with hatred for this man that had just killed her "father", and she whipped around, drawing her blade. The steel glinted in the faint light that entered from the cracked ceiling above the two, and she attacked the hero, kicking him backwards, snapping his right arm painfully, before throwing him onto the ground, her sword positioned just above his heart.
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't just kill you now" she said, rage clear in her voice, mercy a long forgotten term. The boy rolled out of her way before she could stab him, disarming her and taking her blade.
"I'm doing you a favor! I just killed that Moldarach that would have killed you first!" He shouted at the violent girl. Tears streamed down her face, her breathing heavy. "That. Was. My. FATHER!" She shouted at the man, heart beating fast.
"That demon is hardly a father. I'm Link by the way. And you are?" Asked the boy, a genuine smile on his face, as though he had not just slain the monster. The smile made the girl narrow her eyes slightly
"Now is hardly the time for introductions." She said in a low voice. Link blinked at her reaction, not yet realizing how the demons and this girl connected to each other. He shook his head slightly, a soft sigh escaping him.
"You should come with me. It's not safe here." He said. The red haired girl shook her head, taking a step back from him. "I'm not going anywhere. I will stay here thank you very much." She said in a cold voice.
Link shook his head once again "I'm afraid staying isn't an option. My duty to the goddess is to protect, and no one has been down on the surface for a very long time, so that means that you're a very special girl. Come on, I'm taking you to the surface to get you some proper food, you look starved." He said, grabbing her arm, bringing her out of the factory.
She attempted to yank her arm away from the stranger, but his strength far surpassed her own, making it impossible for her to fight back. Her blade was still with Link, and she couldn't get it with one arm. The boy went to a stone statue of a bird, one that she had passed by so many times without giving it a second glance, and placed his hand on it, the statue glowing before an air current came from below them.
The girl took one final chance to escape, whistling loudly. Ampilus came immediately, rolling towards them at high speed, electricity coming off their shells. But it was too late. Link had already gotten out his sail cloth, and up they went, towards the heavens. The sandy ground below them disappeared, as did her only chance to escape.
The clouds neared them, and the girl shut her eyes, preparing almost for an impact. But they passed through with ease, water droplets clinging to the girl's red hair and black outfit, the droplets clinging to Link's green knight uniform. He whistled as they started to fall back down, and before they could hit the clouds again, they were caught by what looked like, a large bird. Link grinned when the crimson loftwing caught them, the breath momentarily being knocked out of the girl when they were caught, and she clung to the bird so tight that her bronze colored skin turned white at the knuckles from gripping so hard.
A wispy laugh escaped the boy when he noticed just how tight she was holding on. "Don't worry, he wont drop you!" He said as they neared a large chunk of earth, with buildings, and windmills on it. Despite his reassurance, the girl still clung to the loftwing, her eyes closing.
Though Link would normally disembark by jumping, for the sake of this girls sanity, he landed the loftwing on the large wooden dock below them. The loftwings talons clicked softly against the wood when they landed, the girl slowly opening her eyes, her grip loosening.
When she did open her eyes, a town was the first thing she saw. People were walking along the grass and dirt paths, children running about without a care in the world, loftwings soaring above them. Too many people for the girls liking. She had been raised with no human contact whatsoever, so seeing so many hylians was unnerving for her.
She shut her eyes quickly again when a man walked towards them. His hair was red like hers, but slicked up into a pompadour. He sneered at Link, before looking down at her. "Who's this?" He asked with a small smirk on his face.
He knelt down beside the terrified girl, his voice changing from its usual gruffness to a soft and endearing tone. "What's your name?" He asked, the girl slowly looking up at him, her body quivering.
Noticing his red hair, and red gem on his chest, reminded this girl of her people from many years past. Perhaps this man was one of her kind as well, just up here instead of down on the surface.
A newfound trust in this man, she slowly answered "A-A-Aleya..." The man smiled at her "I'm Groose. What's this halfwit done to upset you?" He asked, his gold eyes looking into her own gold eyes.
"T-Took me away from m-my home" Aleya said quietly. Groose's eyes widened and then narrowed at Link "Why would you take Aleya here away from her home? You know that's considered kidnapping! She probably has a family that's worried sick about her." Groose said in a low voice, the hero taking a step back.
"There hasn't been anyone down on the surface for thousands of years, this girl was being raised by demons. I had to take her up here. It's my duty" Link said, Groose scoffing at Link. "That's still no reason to rip her away from her home." Groose said, helping Aleya to her feet.
Aleya's garb was strange to be sure. She wore a black baggy shirt, netting at the top that reached her neckline. A red jewel much like Groose's was resting atop her head in a crown like fashion, the jewel on her forehead. She wore gold triforce earrings, and fingerless gloves that almost reached her elbow. Black eyeliner that swept into a cat eye lined her eyes, and she wore dark red pants with the same symbols that were along groose's pants. Her red hair reached halfway down her back, white lipstick covered her pink lips as well. Groose stared at her, but looked slightly away before she noticed he was staring at her.
"Come on Aleya, you can come to my dorm. Where you'll be away from this creep" Groose said, placing a hand gently on her back and leading her away from Link towards the Skyloft Knight Academy.
