I looked proudly at Link as he received the Sailcloth from me after he won the competition that same day.

"You do know what's next, don't you?" I asked him as he carefully put the Sailcloth in his possessions.

He looked at me, his eyes betraying a slight panic and I could see he was thinking, No, I don't Zelda!

I drew close to him, my body centimeters away from him. I noticed his panic starting to build and that he started to sweat. I leaned forward, trying to decide if I should do the unspeakable or not. I sighed to myself and decided that it wasn't the right time.

Instead, I spun him around and said, "You have to jump off the cliff!"

He shouted all the way down as I called down to him to use the Sailcloth. I berated myself for not telling him beforehand. I closed my eyes for a moment and only opened them when I heard Link holler at me. I flew down on my Loftwing, Thré, and scrambled off her to see if Link was alright. He seemed to be smiling and I thought he was going to laugh. The stunt I had pulled on him brought merriment to his eyes. It had been payback for a stunt he had done on me, taking the strings off my harp and putting them in places that we visited together.

I grinned at him and stuttered out, "Y-You think maybe you'd like to, you know, go fly around the clouds together?"

Link nodded enthusiastically and I found myself flying high in the sky with him. After a while, I said, "Link? I have something I need to tell you."

He looked at me quietly and suggested that we land on the small island ahead. I landed and hopped off Thré, trying to form the next words that would precede from my mouth. Link waited patiently as I stared at him. I took a deep breath and said, "You know the new boy, Adlez, who was recruited into the Knight Academy six months ago? Well, that's me."

I cringed as I waited for his response, but he only smiled and told me that he thought I had looked familiar. He asked me why I had joined the Knight Academy as a boy, and not as a woman.

"I didn't want the Captain to look at me any differently than the rest of you. The others knights would have gone easy on me in training and wouldn't have taught me what I needed to learn. I had decided to join because I felt vulnerable due to reoccurring nightmares that were too realistic to not be real."

I paused for a moment, hesitant as to what I should say next, "I have something else I need to tell you…"

He asked me what it was but I never got the chance to answer. Just as I opened my mouth to reply, a sudden darkness descended upon us. I looked up and saw a tornado bearing down on us. I couldn't see as dirt and grass flew into my eyes.

"Link!" I choked out, slitting my eyes. I saw a look of panic on his face as he was swept in the tornado and fell toward the cloud barrier. I straddled Thré and tried to dive down to him but the tornado knocked Thré off balance and I tumbled off her. I whistled for her to catch me and just as I landed in my saddle, I saw Link disappear below to The Surface. I steered Thré to the island we had been on, slid off her, and looked below me. I turned numb and my heart pounded in my chest, What is to come?