Chapter 2: Eavesdropping

Her knight had gone off, having been sent for by Revali. It was the perfect time to spy on them.

It wasn't like she was doing it because she wanted to listen to their private conversations! Well, yes, she was. But she was doing it to figure out where the friction between them had come from. It was important for a princess to know what was happening between her champions, wasn't it?

Zelda walked around, trying to find them. It wasn't hard- the Hylian Champion's blue tunic stood out against the light brown wood of the platform. She had dodged behind a wooden support just in time to see Revali soar upward.

She had seen the rito do so before, but it seemed he was trying to impress his fellow champion. He landed with a flourish, onto the fence of the platform, but when he stood the hylian was as blank as ever. Zelda could tell, even when facing the knight's back, as Revali's smirk shrank a bit smaller.

"Impressive, I know." Revali said smugly, folding his wings. He hid his previous disappointment well. "Very few can achieve a mastery of sky."

Revali raised his wing. "Yet I have made an art of creating an updraft that allows me to soar." He stated, waving his wing to imitate the manner of which he took off. "It's considered to be quite the masterpiece of aerial techniques, even among the Rito." The rito looked smugly at the Hylian Champion, but his smirk died a bit once again. Still stoic, I see. Zelda bit her lip.

"With proper utilization of my superior skills, I see no reason why we couldn't easily dispense with Ganon." Revali waved his wings at this, as if presenting the answer to everything.

"Now then," The Rito Champion said, leaping down from the fence. "My ability to explore the firmament is certainly of note…" He strutted around Sir Link, before turning to rest at the knight's side and laying a wing on the hero's shoulder.

"But let's not- pardon me for being so blunt- let's not forget the fact that I am the most skilled archer of all the Rito." Revali said, not meeting the knight's eyes.

The rito removed his wing from the Hylian Champion's shoulder and stalked around him. tapping his wing to his beak. "Yet despite these truths, it seems that I have been tapped to merely assist you."

The knight remained blank and followed the rito champion with his piercing gaze. Revali pointed at the hero in an accusing manner. "All because you happen to have that little darkness sealing sword on your back."

The rito turned and clutched his wing into a fist. "I mean, it's just… asinine."

Zelda gaped at them from her hiding place. Revali knew the legends. It wasn't like they could change them just so he could be the hero!

Then again… That hero was nothing but a big headed, egotistical warrior. He was probably from a family of minor nobles, and he was in this to get more riches and glory than ever. Zelda would definitely prefer Revali. At least he spoke his mind!

"Unless…" Revali glanced at the knight out of the corner of his eye. "...You think you can prove me wrong?"

That's when Revali quite literally got in the knight's face. "Maybe we should settle this one on one?"

The knight remained silent. "But where...?" Revali turned and placed a wing to his beak as if deep in thought. Then he turned to the Hylian Champion and rose his wing triumphantly. "Oh, I know!" He whirled around and pointed to the sky with a flourish, where Vah Medoh was passing overhead. "How about up there?"

Then Revali let his wing fall and turned to the Hylian Champion, chuckling as if something was quite humorous about this. "Oh, you must pardon me!" The rito continued pacing, gesturing with his wings as he spoke. "I forgot that you have no way of making it up to that Divine Beast on your own." Revali turned and flung his wings out, looking at the hero over his shoulder.

Then the rito shot into the sky right in front of the knight, causing him to take on a sturdier stance.

The wind barely carried Revali's words. "Good luck sealing the darkness!" He laughed as he soared to the Divine Beast.

Well that was… rude. Zelda huffed. She went to look at the knight, and was surprised to see some of his demeanor melt away.

Instead of standing confidently, as he usually did, the knight's posture sagged momentarily. Then, as suddenly as he had shifted, he jolted and stood straight once again, looking around as if alarmed.

What is up with him? Zelda shook her head. I suppose Revali was right, but that doesn't mean he can be so blunt.

All that knight had to do was pull a sword. Nothing more. Everything, handed to him on a silver platter.

Zelda shook her thoughts away. Now wasn't the time to be thinking about that knight. She had a rito elder to meet with.

Hmm... I think this chapter could use some more work, so do leave suggestions for how I could possibly make it run smoother.

Next chapter has lots of surprises in store! I'm writing ahead, and I decided that I am going to shift some of the memories a bit so that they make a bit more sense. I also, like pretty much every fan fiction on Pre-BOTW, will be adding a few OCs and new events to keep it interesting.

So, like I have said before, please review! I love feedback, and motivation is very important when writing a story! I have a few other Zelda fan fictions (not on this site), and I kind of gave up on them due to lack of motivation and inspiration. So if people would like that, then I would gladly try to take them up again.

Phew! That's a lot of words! Now I'll do replies!

SoundMusicion60: Hello to you, too! Thank you! Like I said earlier in this Author's Note, your review is really helping to motivate me, so I appreciate it! I will totally keep it up if it brings happiness to others!