Chapter 2
Link and I came back just in time for the tournament. When Groose saw Link on his bird he was stunned. When he got out of his state of shock, he muttered something to Cawlin. Cawlin nodded in agreement to whatever he said. My dad and the other instructor had everyone line up so they could start the tournament. Once everyone had lined up, the tournament begun. They all sprinted towards the end of the wooden bridge. Groose was the first to jump, followed by Stritch, Cawlin in third, and Link last. They all went spread-eagle and called their loftwings. It was a magnificent sight, all sorts of colors being carried by the wind, jet streams coming off the ends of the loftwings' wings. Link started closing the distance between him and the trophy what would knight him. But, as soon as the trophy was in arm's reach, Groose smacked him aside. All three other competitors soared past Link. When Link finally gained control over his loftwing again, the cheating happened.
Cawlin started the most questionable technique of cheating ever. He took an egg out of thin air and flung it at Link having deadly accuracy. Link tried to avoid them, but they would nearly always hit him. Once Link realized the eggs couldn't be avoided, he started to power through them. I could tell Link was starting to hate eggs now. "Isn't that cheating?" I asked my father. "Alas, it will go. A knight has to be clever and think outside the box." My father answered grimly. Link had now passed Cawlin and was next to Strich. Cawlin flung another egg at Link, but missed terribly. The wind had taken it and moved it so it splattered on Strich's back. Strich turned around and said, "He's the enemie! Not me!" I guess I haven't realized Link's flying skill. He had already covered 30 meters within the time of Strich yelling that at Cawlin. The trophy loftwing started to rise upwards, but Link had predicted that. In the blink of an eye he flew above Groose, closed the small distance between him and the trophy and yanked it off the rope.
He started to fly towards Skyloft, victory and relief in his eyes. When he was close enough I sprinted off the bridge and free fell onto Link's loftwing and landed right next to him. I leaned over to his ear and whispered, "Good job, Sir Link." He smiled at the teasing as we flew towards the goddess statue on Skyloft.
He flew us to the top, next to the goddess' head. I turned to him and said, "Hand me the statue." He obeyed and handed it over. I looked at the goddess and said, "Let the ceremony begin." I set the statue down in a small compartment and started to sing my lines, "Oh youth, guided by the servant of the goddess, unite earth and sky, and bring light to the land. Oh youth, show the two whirling sails the way to the Light Tower...and before you a path shall open, and a heavenly song you shall hear." With that I turned to him and handed him the sail cloth. I said, "Now, to use it. You can use the sail cloth to glide down, and what better way to learn then to do! Since we're up high… JUMP!" He looked startled at the idea as I shoved him off the platform we were standing on. He free fell towards the ground and at the last possible moment used the sail cloth. When I saw him land, I got on my loftwing and soared down to greet him. Once I was down there I looked at him and said, "Hey Link, since this is over. Do you want to go fly with me?"