V: As of now, twenty-one chapters have been edited. This is also another two part chapter, something the author forgot to point out originally.

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...Wow...irritating as this can be, the City in the Sky is actually in my top three temples of this game. And it seems that my favorite temples get barely more coverage than my least favorite...

For those of you wondering about the chapter title, I've always had a theory that the Oocca were looking for a home and eventually settled in a floating ruin. They called it "The City in the Sky," and so that's how it was introduced to us in Twilight Princess, but before it was the Palace of Winds, built by the Wind Tribe, claimed by Vaati. And that theory happened to work with the story *smile*

Sort of a sweet beginning, rather like the last chapter had its sweet/embarrassing moments, and you can read it as romance if you want. But I maintain that if there's any love between Link and Cal, it's a close friends-brother/sister kind of love.

● The Palace of Winds, Part One

The black wolf materialized for about the firth time that night. Cailin watched him transform, enter the shaman's house, and come back out a few minutes later. She sighed.

"Link, are you done yet?" With her pale skin and blonde hair, Cal was easy to spot, even this late at night. The hero gave her a tired smile.

"Not quite yet. I have to go back to that village and show Impaz the Dominion Rod."

A cool breeze played with the mage's hair, hiding her eyes. She flicked it back into place.

"Well hurry up. There's only so much waiting a girl can do."

Link paid Fyer to fix up the canon, and got out of sight to warp back to Kakariko. It had been a long day.

He found Cal still in her little corner, fast asleep. For the first time since meeting her true form, the hero was struck by how fragile the girl looked. In that moment, Cal didn't look like the confident, somewhat sarcastic mage he knew. With her knees pulled up to her chest and her cloak wrapped around her like a beggar's blanket, this girl looked like a lost child, all alone.

Link did not go to the Eldin Inn as he'd planned. He didn't even change back. For the first time since drawing the Master Sword, he curled up on the ground beside his friend, and slept a wolf.

When dawn woke her, this was the first sight Cal saw.

She smiled.

●The Palace of Winds, Part Two

A roar behind them made the party turn. The same great beast that had flown over them before circled over head. It flicked its tongue in a very deliberate way, and crashed down through the bridge.

A thin, green streamer zipped past Link and made a stabbing motion at the dragon's wing. Even at this distance, he could see a spurt of blood, and how the beast struggled to stay balanced.

"Link…"

The hero looked back to Cal, and froze.

She was on her knees, face contorted in obvious pain. One hand was still extended from casting, the other arm was wrapped around her stomach. The girl's skin was deathly pale and shone with sweat. She looked, all in all, very sick.

Cailin lurched to her feet. "…I…I need to check something." She hurried over to the door, and then just stood there, looking at it. Link and Midna exchanged a glance before following. The imp put a hand on her shoulder.

"Are you alright?" Midna whispered.

The mage shook her head. "No, I'm not alright. But…look, I'll explain." She pointed to a symbol etched into the middle panel of the door. It depicted an eye with six wings, four little extended ones and two large folded ones. "The Oocca may have moved in and renamed it, but this proves my theory. That's Vaati's crest. That means that we're in the ruins of the Palace of Winds."

She looked Link straight in the eye. "My ancestor made his home sentient, I don't know why. That dragon is killing it, and it's begging for help!" the girl cringed as another pain shot through her skull. "I know you can't feel it, but I can't sit this one out. I can't abandon this place, just my being here is a comfort to it. Please understand that, guys."

There was a soft clink when the crystals hit the ground.

For the second time that day, Cailin fell to her knees. The tension that had covered her vanished, and her chest filled with warmth. A smile found its way to the mages face. "Your welcome."

Link walked over, concerned. "You alright?"

Cal laughed and picked herself up. "I am now. The Palace says 'thanks,'" a new feeling thrummed through her. The girl's smile widened into a grin. "and to tell you, 'you're not too bad, for a hero.'"

Link's face turned bright red. Midna cackled as she floated over, clutching the Mirror Shard.

The imp had some trouble, but when she stopped laughing (not looking at Link definitely helped) she said, "Well, that's it! The last one!" the Mirror Shard vanished. "I've got the warp spell all set up. We can go whenever you want."

Yeah...Once again, would have gone exactly like it did in the game, except with Cailin floating along beside Link. Since she'd be in almost constant pain in this temple, there wouldn't even be many interesting conversations. On a different note, I'm hoping to 100% the game on the file I'm using as reference for this...

Don't expect the next update for a few days to a week, my dad's taking little ol' out-of-shape, computer-nerd me hiking. *heavy sarcasm* Fun!

Reviews:

fanfictionweirdo: I mainly didn't see a reason for Cal to go with Link on that one, as the Temple of Time is pretty mainly a one-person kinda thing. It also gave me an excuse to have my little mage girl bored out of her mind!

Llwnog the Bard: Interesting theory...All the Vaati info you really need for this story is 1) he's a sorcerer, 2) he had red eyes and incredibly pale skin, 3) he was not Hylian, despite his overall appearance, 4) he stole most of the Light Force, 5) in Four Swords Adventure, he kidnapped several young ladies, 6) he was sealed inside of the Four Sword at the beginnings of both FS and FSA. I try to just outright say everything else. Oh, and Happy Birthday.

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