Link put away his sailcloth after he made a soft landing at Eldin Volcano. The mountain appeared calm again, and any chaos from the eruption had subsided. He had no idea of where to start looking for his beetle, but he knew that one of his many Mogma would surely be up for a treasure hunt. With that in mind, Link headed for the Mogma Area at the base of the volcano. He rounded up around four Mogmas and told them what they were looking for, that it probably wasn't buried, and that the Mogma that found it would get a healthy amount of rupees as reward.
Recruiting help had gone much easier than Link had expected and he started searching outside the Earth Temple. He looked up and down the sand slopes, he checked the old Bokoblin camp, and he checked the exterior ledges of the temple itself. Growing discouraged, Link's eyes wandered over to the little shrine-like structure overlooking the sand slope; he could make out the silhouette of a person there who bore resemblance to Impa. Growing slightly excited that Impa may be alive, Link ran over to the shrine, but he was disappointed to see that it was not Impa, but Ilysa.
"Ilysa? What are you doing down here?"
"I was searching for you, but when I realized you were preoccupied, I wandered over here to look at the view for a while."
"Searching for me? What for?" Link put his hands on his hips, getting slightly impatient with the girl's mysterious actions. Ilysa turned to face him,
"I needed to tell you that I know what will happen to Skyloft…" Ilysa then proceeded to tell Link the knowledge that she had somehow obtained. She told him that the Loftwings were much more sentient than previously believed and that their spirits would allow for Hylia's spell to remain active without the presence of humans. She told him that the Loftwings that would not become attached to humans would one day adapt and that they would still remain connected to the future generations of humans. She also told him of a prophecy which spoke of a split between the people of the sky, which would ultimately forge separate villages. And finally, she told him that her tribe had remained on the surface in a Time Rift in the Lanayru Desert. She told him that they had been allies of Hylia, but that they were powerful enough to survive without her aid, and that they remained on the surface so that the humans could be saved. She stopped talking, but Link made no reply for a few moments; he had just been told the past, present, and future of his fellow humans, and that no one would have to stay in Skyloft if they wanted to leave. He was now aware that there were other tribes on the surface that were stronger than the Hylians and that some of them were allies, but it was possible that others were not. He had been told that the Loftwings would be okay, but he was also told that the plans for a unified village would not succeed and that there would be a division. He lowered himself down and leaned against a column in the shrine. Ilysa lowered herself next to him and spoke once more,
"Just because you know that not everyone will end up living happily with you, does not mean that you can give up. You must return to Faron Woods immediately and begin constructing your village so that less people grow unhappy with their surroundings."
"But my beetle, it is such a useful tool that we can use for entertainment, for security, for scouting, for_"
"I will search for your device, but you must go immediately; the Hylians are embarking towards the surface in only three days time, and you must begin preparations. Go; I will find your beetle and meet you in the woods as soon as I can, but you must promise me that_" She fell silent as a cold wind stirred around them, "Link you must go now, before you can no longer leave this volcano."
"What, is it going to erupt again?"
"I fear something much worse is happening; go quickly. I will meet you in Faron Woods," she stood up quickly and pulled him up. She pushed him towards the Bird Statue and continued shoving him until he was right in front of the carved stone. Within a moment, he was being blasted up into the sky, forced to watch Ilysa fade into a tiny spec which disappeared before it should have.
He greeted his Loftwing in the clouds and he flew over to the town, which was now mostly empty buildings and a bustling plaza that was no less active than when he had left earlier. He landed right at the edge of the bazaar, from where he had a view of the chaos that was now the plaza; people were fighting each other, some lay on the ground unconscious, others being beat down. From where he stood, he could see Zelda over at the base of the light tower, where Groose was preventing anyone from attacking her; it seemed that somehow she had become a target. Analysing the plaza, Link removed a bomb from his pouch and threw it right into an open area of the plaza where no people were and where there was very little materials to damage. A moment of chaos continued before the loud explosion caused everyone to fall still and silent; everyone's eyes eventually fell on Link;
"What in Farore's incarnation is going on here?" He yelled across the plaza as he jumped over the railing, "I've only been gone a few short hours and this is what I come back to?" Zelda ran over to him and grasped his shoulder from behind, hiding from the townsfolk,
"It's the Triforce… they want the Triforce, all of them, they all want to be powerful." He looked at her and saw several bruises and cuts, and even though he could see her pain, he could not comfort her right now.
"Everyone is to be at the Knight Academy in thirty minutes; any more violence erupts and I will send an arrow through your shoulder." And with that, Link gestured to Groose who ran over to them; the three of them shared a look and all walked up towards to Academy.