Chapter 2

Without a single word spoken on the way back, I slammed our front door open and immediately climbed the ladder to my loft. I ripped my clothes off and stared at myself in my mirror. My naked figure looked back at me. My tall, lanky body makes me grossed out. I wanted to gag. A "bomb" he called me, an unstable, explosive, destructive piece of shit. That's what I am. No normal girl is 5'11", no normal girl has magical unexpected powers, no normal girl has white hair, no normal girl is hated by every single person on this stupid island.

I put on my nightgown and sat on my bed. I hear Link finally shut his door to go to bed. I waited and thought to myself. After several minutes I heard a pebble hit the window below my loft. I quickly and quietly climbed down my ladder and walked toward the window. I open it slowly and climb out one leg at a time. Closing the window behind me, I turned to see Mable crouched down and held a couple more pebbles in her hand.

"You were fast." She whispered. I smiled at her. We quickly walk away from my house towards a diving platform in the center of town. We sat with our legs off the edge and watch the navy blue darkness engulf the world below us.

"I'm not going down there tomorrow…" I sighed.

"Um… yeah, you are." She laughed, I looked at her confused.

"I told you, you're going down there, even if I have to drag you down myself."

"Link told me-"

"And you're seventeen tomorrow. It doesn't matter what he says, you're old enough to take control of your life. We fly down, pick up some dirt or sticks for your silly relic, come up safe and sound, then you get knighted. He's just scared you'll get hurt. When you show him you're fine then there's nothing else for him to do." She had a good point. If I just went down he couldn't do anything about it. I'd get to have a good birthday, my knighthood, and who cares if I'm grounded a few weeks for it? I'd be getting what I worked so hard for.

"You're right." I leaned over to put my head on her shoulder. She rested her head on mine and we stared off into the distance. We stayed like this for so long. I felt so much peace and comfort with her touch.

I don't know how long we were out there, but eventually, I felt her head lift off mine and I sat up to look at her. She got up and grabbed my hand to pull me up. I knew that was her signal that we should head back. We walked back quietly to my house and I hugged her goodbye. I opened the window that I used to sneak out. As hushed as I could I closed it and went up to my loft and crawled into my cramped bed. As soon as my head hit the pillow I drifted to sleep.

I opened my eyes but I was surrounded by darkness.

"my- my baby-My baby!" The screams of a young woman echoed in my ears. "MY BABY!"

"Hello?" I shouted. My voice didn't echo back. I felt separated from her.

"Don't you touch my baby, witch!" The same woman screeched and demanded.

A bright image floods my vision. I squint. Once I focused my eyes I noticed a woman panting and quickly walking. I was looking up at her. I felt tiny. It felt like I was shrunk down. She was pretty. She was young and had deep red hair. She looked tired and dirty. I tried to look closer but I felt like a filter blocked me from focusing. I couldn't make out a lot of other details. She was very fuzzy, almost like a faded painting. She knocked loudly and quickly on a door in front of us. The more I looked away from anything besides her the more blurry it got.

"She can never return down to the surface. It's too dangerous." She spurted out her words as fast as she could. A familiar young man's voice responded.

"Listen, I can't help you."

"You don't have a choice!" She snapped.

"Catto, you saved my life but-"

"I said you don't have a choice. She can never see the surface. She can never know who I am-who her father is. And she can never-" her voice became impossible to understand, it sounded like she was underwater.

I jolted out of bed. The sun was up. I heard small birds chirping outside. Rubbing my head, I drug myself out of bed and over to my vanity. I was drenched in sweat again. That dream whacked me up. I've never had a dream like that before. I felt like a lot was missing to it. Who was that lady I've never seen before? Why was she in my dream? I was extremely confused and no matter how much I tried to get my mind off of it, I just found myself thinking about her again.

After getting ready again I grabbed my satchel and climb down my ladder into the dining room. I have no idea where Link is. He is normally in here before me. I took advantage of this opportunity and shoved some bread and fruit into my satchel for my journey. I put some extra candles and knives in there as well.

I walked outside and it was sunny but windy. It was really windy. I had to hold tight to my satchel to keep it from possibly flying off. I walked quickly toward the academy. The whole island seems suspiciously quiet outside. There were a few people out but not the normal-day people. Once at the academy I took a deep breath and opened the large doors that led to the interior. The whole academy was buzzing with all the students. A lot stopped and stared at me, but I kept moving. Once I got to where I was headed I knocked on the door in front of me. I kept my head down and ignored the looks and whispers. The door slowly opened a crack, I look up and smile at Zelda's face. She opened the door more to let me in and then closed it behind me.

"I'm sorry about how last night went." She apologized sincerely, but I know it wasn't her fault. "I know how much that trip meant to you-"

"I'm still going down there today." I interrupted her. She had a large grin quickly spread across her face.

"I was hoping you'd say that." She laughed. "What do I need to do to help?"

"I need you to distract him. Link is going to be keeping an eye on the skies and my bird. If he or another knight notice me out there, he's going to stop me. Just find a way to buy me some time in the sky. "

"He's not very easily sidetracked, but I'll do my best." She stated with a wink. "If he is on a mission he will have the determination to see it through."

"Oh trust me, I know. You're the only person I can count on right now. You're the only person he worries about more than me." I explained that I have a plan and that all I need is twenty minutes. We agree that we both know our parts and jobs. It was at this point that I finally realized that I was finally going to see the surface. I began to get very nervous and realized that it was going to be dangerous.

"Listen, Snow Head. No matter what happens out there, you make every effort to get there safely. Don't give up and get the job done. I believe in you." There was an uncomfortable amount of concern in her face. I look her in the eyes and nod to show her that I understand. I give her a tight hug and leave her room. Now, I needed to get a real weapon…