(ShadowSilver's POV)
It's a beautiful morning in the floating island of Skyloft! Today is the annual Wing Ceremony! Loftwings are flying above the island into the sky, clouds are above and down, the small river pours above the clouds, the skies breeze blowing on my skin (well everyone on the island...Ha!)...sorry! A little humor there... I'm gonna be playing a role of the goddess after the race! Zelda does the ritual last year... but this year is different! I'll be performing 'The Ballad of the Goddess' at the show at the Goddess statue! (Kinda glad it floated back up after Link's adventure), the Triforce wasn't in her hands anymore. I wondered if it's still down at the Surface. Me and Zelda are both the same but not related as we are both the goddess... Zelda is the goddess... I am the different kind of Goddess... I'm so excited about this day, I just wanna make this day my life! *Giggles* I am just hoping to win the race this year! After today, I have been thinking about moving down to the Surface, where Zelda wanting to live a year ago before she stayed there, to feel the solid ground beneath my feet and seeing the clouds above me. I have to ask my headmaster Gaepora about me moving there, I couldn't stay down there, because of my records of my trainings and my graduation at the Knight Academy. So this is the day to ask him. Ten years ago, the day after I attended the Knight Academy when I was five years old, my parents moved away... They couldn't keep me because I attended to the Academy... They were sad...They have to move away... I felt sad... But I miss them... I still loved them... But today is the ceremony! I am excited about this day! My mom told me about the Surface when I was two. says that if I start a new life in the world below, the light from Goddess Hylia or my mom's spirit will bring it to me.
I wore a dress similar to Zelda's dress during the ceremony but it's blue, same boots, green bracelets, A Triforce on the middle where my heart was. I also had a Triforce headpiece on my head. I wore Zelda's sailcloth on my back Link gave me before he stayed at the surface A year ago. I miss them so much...*sniffs* I stood in front of the statue of Goddess Hylia that floated back up where it belongs on this island a year ago after Demise's death as I began playing my silver Goddess Harp I crafted myself. It's like a goddess harp like Zelda had but silver. I begin to sing The Ballad of the Goddess in both Hylian and English languages.
Hylian translation: En dashe bu nobe shundutie shutwu kewenu swa lei
English translation: Oh youth, guided by the servant of the goddess... Unite earth and sky... Bring light to the land...
As I stopped, I look at the statue and putted on the smile I ever had putted on my pale-white face, not noticing the footsteps from behind.
"Hey, ShadowSilver!" A voice called my name.
I turned around, it was the Headmaster of the Knight Academy, Gaepora! My best friend Zelda's father!
"Oh! Headmaster Gaepora! What umm... brings you here?" I asked him.
"Just seeing one of my student, going to be playing a role of the goddess almost like my daughter did, but to perform a song! How's my special little goddess doing?" He asked with a smile.
"Standing in front of the statue of Goddess Hylia, playing my harp, and mostly got prepared for this day! And-" I was going to convince Gaepora to let me live down to the Surface, but then cuts me off.
"I see you wore this similar dress like my daughter, Zelda wore in the last year's ceremony. *Starts to notice the sailcloth around ShadowSilver's back* Where did you get that sailcloth? I thought Link had it." He asked, anxious about the sailcloth on my back. I look at the sailcloth on my back, then to Gaepora.
"Oh! This sailcloth? Link gave me it before he stayed at the Surface with Zelda..." Then I putted my harp away, feeling sad about them as I rubbed my left arm ...I just hope they're ok... I wish I can see them again...
"I miss them... Gaepora...I wish I can see them again..." I said sadly to Gaepora.
"I miss them, too... Hopefully I'll see them, too..." He said back. We both giggled.
We stopped giggling until I wanted to convince him to let me move down to the Surface, and even see Link and Zelda! He was about to leave.
I quickly called him before he exited out. "Gaepora!"
"Yes, my dear?" He turned around and asked.
"Umm..." I rolled my fingers together nervously and looked to the left as I began to convince to the headmaster.
"Well...After today...Umm...You know, I've been thinking...*Chuckles a little bit* Tomorrow..." Gaepora raised one brow at me, anxious to say the least.
"I mean... Tomorrow after the ceremony..." I mumbled.
"What after the ceremony?" He asked.
I inhaled my breath and clutch my fist to my cheeks, holding to where I need to ask him.
"I wanted to move down to the Surface!" I quickly asked him, holding my fists to my chest.
Gaepora looked at me with a surprised look in his face. My heart pounded. I have to explain to him why I want to move there.
"*Sigh* Look...Zelda dreamt of living down there when she, Link and I were kids, and it came true to her. Link wanted to stay with her. I wanted to, but I can't because you wouldn't let me because of my records of my training. I want to feel what Zelda wants to feel! Even watching over the Triforce! Ever since my parents moved away ten years ago when I was five the day after I attended the Knight Academy, I had a good life here but I miss them. My mother told me about the Surface when I was two years old. When I was five, she told me if I ever move down at the world below, the light of the new beginning given to me by her spirit or Goddess Hylia will come to me. So I wanted to live down to the Surface to relive a new one. I want to feel the solid ground beneath my feet, seeing the clouds above me, and feel the breeze blowing on my skin... I couldn't go with Link because of my training records and my graduation. I lived a best life here in Skyloft... But I want to live down to Surface to relive a better one and do the things I wanted to do on my own or with somebody... And even see Link and Zelda again." I explained and convinced him, waiting if he is going to say yes or no, but instead he requested me something...
"Come with me to the office." I followed him to the Knight Academy building. He escorted me to his office. I sat down on the chair. Gaepora did the same but in front of his desk. I looked at him with
concerned look on my face, taping my left foot. Gaepora sighed.
"ShadowSilver. Do you know how many years you have of your trainings?" He asked. I hesitated awkwardly.
"Uhh... Ten ye-"
"Since you attended here the day before your parents moved away! Why would you want to live down to the Surface when you have more years of training to go until your graduation?!" He asked in a stern voice.
"I thought you would give me a chance to let me live there. I mean, I trained well... It's just that...I don't know..." I paused for 5 seconds, thinking what I was gonna say.
"Maybe I am ready?" I asked him if I'm ready to do stuff on my own down there, then I gave him the grin, nervously.
"Ready for what?" Gaepora asked.
I sighed.
"Ready to do stuff on my own like Link and Zelda did a year ago after Demise's death... Please, headmaster Gaepora? Please can I move down there? Please?" I pleaded with my fist on my chest. He walked around thinking. I waited and worrying.
Gaepora sighed with a smile "As long as you keep yourself safe, I'll let you move down at the Surface."
I gasped in excitement. I asked him "Really?" In a quiet tone.
He nodded. "If you have confidence in you, I'll let you move down there."
It's really happening! He's letting me move down to the Surface! I got up from my seat with joy!
"Yes! I mean I'll have Link and/or Zelda with me, but thank you so much, Gaepora!" I said in excitement.
He nodded, then his face had a surprised expression.
"Oh! I have something for you." He opened the closet and grabbed a silver, thin sword, known as the rapier.
"You'll be needing this! This is supposed to be given when you graduate... But since you want to move down to the Surface to relive your life... I guess I'll give it to you." Gaepora handed the rapier to me as I grabbed it with my hands. He gave me the brown sheath for the sword. I grabbed it with my left hand and looked at him surprisedly.
"Really?" I asked him. He nodded.
I putted my rapier in it's sheath, wrapped it around my back, walked up to Gaepora and gave him a hug. He hugged back.
"I'm gonna be missing you, ShadowSilver dear." He whispered.
"I'm gonna miss you, too." I said to him back, then pulled away from a hug.
"First thing tomorrow, I will start packing. Sound ok?" I asked him.
"Whenever you need to." He answered with a smile.
"Thank you so much!" I said in excitement before I left the office.
"See you at the ceremony!" I called out in the hallway as If he heard me from his office.
"I'll be there!" He called out as I heard him from the hallway. Before I exited the building, I quickly made a stop to my room to put my rapier away and then rushed out of the academy.
