He had taken his time getting ready; making sure his hair was perfect, that his fresh outfit was clean (he had asked to wear his normal clothes, as the tunic wasn't comfortable, and because he had worn a tunic for an entire month straight), before grabbing his adventure belt, and wandering down to the bazaar. He talked for a while with Piper for a while, before humouring himself to go and look inside Beedle's shop. Nothing new.

Link figured it was probably time to go meet Zelda, so he headed down to the plaza, which had become a lot more active over the last day, as people were packing their things in crates, preparing for a mass relocation down to the surface. He could see Gondo and Scrapper examining crates, as every now and then, Scrapper would lift one to test the weight. Link figured that Scrapper would end up taking most of the supplies down to the surface; at least all the larger items like crates of items, beds, wardrobes. The council in charge of the move (Gaepora, Groose, Owlan, Horwell, and Eagus) had decided to bring furniture with them, as it would be useless to leave it all in the sky. Without Fi, it was much harder to persuade Scrapper into helping them, but with much convincing, he eventually agreed to do it.

Zelda was waiting for him, near the base of the Light Tower. She was holding a basket of some sorts, and was back to wearing her pink dress. He liked the look on her a lot more; the white gown was to heavenly for a city already amongst the clouds. She was clearly happy to see him, as she jumped up when she saw him.

"Hey again," she walked right up to him, rather closely, "I hope you'll be glad to know, that we're going flying, and we don't have to stay in town."

"Yeah I am; I was starting to think that your father wouldn't let you leave." Link slyly put his hand through his hair to realize it was a lot softer than it was yesterday. "The nine hour bath did that you fool" he thought to himself, and was glad that his thoughts were interrupted by Zelda grabbing his free hand and pulling him over to the diving dock.

"We're going somewhere where no one can bother us, so just follow me when we get out there." Zelda blushed, and let go of his hand. Link smiled and nodded to her, and gestured for her to go first. Last time he went first he ended up plummeting towards the cloud barrier; something that he didn't want to repeat. She turned on the spot, and stared him right in the eye in that "You better be right behind me" kind of way. She stepped backwards right over the edge; a daring move that showed Link that she was trying to be adventurous and spontaneous. He dove right after her, and was on his crimson Loftwing in seconds. Straightening out, Link saw that Zelda was headed to Thunderhead. "Where are you taking me you little goddess" Link thought to himself. Soon enough, Link could tell that they were headed to the Isle of Songs, a different location he thought; definitely private. Soon they had both landed on their Loftwings right onto the isle. Their Loftwings took off, leaving the two by themselves; alone in the heavens.

"I figured this would be one of our hiding spots now; seeing how important it is. I guess this was the only place I could think of that wouldn't involve prying eyes I suppose."

"Hiding spot?" Link teased, "What are we hiding from?"

"We're hiding from people; having everyone look at us having a picnic felt weird." She smiled one of her sweet, innocent smiles and opened up the basket. She pulled out a large green blanket and spread it on the ground. She then plopped herself down, and patted the space in front of her, silently telling him to sit down: he did as he was told. She grabbed a bottle of… was Zelda holding a bottle of champagne? She could clearly read the puzzled look on his face, and responded to it quickly, "Don't worry Link, it's just pumpkin cider." She laughed as she poured two glasses full of the stuff.

"I was starting to wonder what you were thinking for a moment there," Link took one of the glasses in hand, and briefly took a sip. Definitely just cider: phew. They began to enjoy a peaceful afternoon in the sky, talking about the good things they'd encountered on their journey, and the still undiscovered lands down there. Link talked most about the creatures he had met: the Gorons were the first ally creatures that Link had encountered. He talked about Gorko, Golo, and Gortram. Link explained how he had saved Gorko from a group of Bokoblins near the Sealed Grounds. Before continuing with the story, Zelda started talking about the Kikwis, and the area around them.

"So we've decided on Faron Woods, but where exactly did you have in mind? I mean, the Sealed Grounds have a temple and a statue that the people are going to cling to, so we can't go too far from there."

"I have the area around the Great Tree in mind; we've got water, natural surroundings, and the Kikwis would be great friends to the Skyloftians. Plus we'll already have that viewing platform structure, which is a huge plus, because that has a bird statue right on it, which means easy access to Skyloft. Not to mention the high altitude of the tree would provide great nesting for the Loftwings."

"Link…" Zelda paused, seemingly nervous about what she was going to say, "Have you considered the living arrangements yet? I mean, who'll live with whom while we build the more permanent structures?"

"I have the Mogma's tent-like homes in mind while we build, but when we're all set in stone and we have to decide who lives with whom, I haven't thought about it that much. I guess that I was hoping it'd just figure itself out, you know?" Link looked into Zelda's eyes; they were staring right back into his, glistening with what might have been tears.

"I guess Link, what I'm trying to say is, well, after all this time, I've really figured out what I was going to say that day when we were flying, before that tornado…" Suddenly Link remembered: Zelda was about to tell him something that she'd been thinking about for a long time, but she couldn't tell him before Ghirahim snatched her out of the sky. "I was going to say Link; I love you, and I want to live with you, and be with you, and hold your hand as we watch the people of Skyloft evolve into the great people of Hylia's land_" Link had an epiphany,

"Hylians."