Hey guys, I know I haven't uploaded this as early as I wanted to... It's just because I've been busy so I haven't been filling enough pages up. I hope you guys will still read my story, though! Here it is, chapter two.
Chapter Two: The Plan
Zelda
"It's time to go to bed, Zelda." Her dad said as he laid out the thick, soft carpets and a pillow for her. "I'll be going to bed as well soon, so there won't be so much racket."
Zelda nodded, gave her dad a kiss, and pretended to fall asleep. She listened to his footsteps the whole time until he went into his bed. She waited and waited until he finally fell asleep. For her, it was way simpler to get out and meet the other three at the Statue of the Goddess as Karane or Pipit. She then got out of the room quietly and headed out the door that was on the second floor. She tried to jump across to the other platform that was ahead, but she could only get to hold on. She was being very noisy trying to get back up and talking to herself.
"Who's there!?" The guard said. As Zelda heard the guard, she quickly dropped down and ran down the stairs to the plaza. The guard kept walking and looking around everywhere. He got closer to the stairs down to the plaza where she would be in point of view. She looked around quickly for a place to hide. She ran on one side and didn't notice that the Bazaar was closed before entering it.
"I think I lost him..." Zelda said. She turned around and jumped when she saw that she was in the Bazaar. "Uh- oh... I have to get out of here."
As soon as she exited the Bazaar, the guard had seen her. He didn't know it was her, he thought it was a thief. She ran back inside and was looking for a place to hide. She saw his footsteps near the entrance that was covered with a drape. Panicking, she ran behind a counter. She hadn't remembered that Gondo, the Scrap Shop owner, was working on a new kind of way to wash your clothes and that there was a disgusting pile of oil on the floor right under the counter from his work. As she hid under the counter, she stepped in it, and had an expression of disgust on her face.
The guard kept on walking and looking around for the supposed "thief" that had entered the Bazaar.
"Hm." The guard said, still looking in the spot he was standing. "Must have left."
He got out of the Bazaar and Zelda let out a sigh of relief. As soon as she figured he was gone, she got out of the Bazaar, being careful not to get caught out at night by anyone. She kept walking along until she was at the Statue of the Goddess, where none of her friends where at the moment.
"What if they got caught?" She thought. "I'll just wait and see."
So, she decided to sit down and wait for them.
Link
Link got in bed and yawned. After a little while, Link had almost fallen asleep until he remembered that he had to meet Zelda, Pipit and Karane at the Statue of the Goddess. He sighed and sat up, rubbing his eyes. He then just stayed there, staring at his covers for quite a while. He got up out of bed after that and kept rubbing his eyes. He jumped up and down to wake himself up, which didn't seem to work. All it did was make him even more tired and sat down on the floor. He closed his eyes for a bit, lying down. He didn't actually fall asleep, he was just resting. After about half an hour or so, he got up again and left his little house. He started walking without knowing exactly where he was going.
Without being cautious, he tripped over something.
"Ouch..." Link said, getting back up.
What had he tripped over? A rock maybe? Or an item someone had dropped by mistake?
"It's too soft to be a rock..." Link thought. "And what kind of item makes a sound when you trip over it?"
He then looked toward what he tripped over. He was worried when he saw that it was Mia, the Headmaster's pet Remlit.
"Are you hurt?" Link said in a soft voice, bringing his hand over to pet her until she looked over at him with mean red eyes, her ears and tail up, hissing at him and trying to bite him.
He quickly scrambled onto his feet and started running as she started following him, always trying to bite him aggressively.
He then arrived to the Statue of the Goddess and ran up the staircase. He noticed Zelda was there as well.
"Hurry!" Link said, quickly grabbing Zelda's arm and dragging her behind a wall. "We have to hide from Mia."
"Why?" Zelda asked. " She's harmless..."
"That's what you think." Link said. "Now let's stop talking."
While Link was busy looking if Mia was following them or had spotted them, Zelda noticed they were still holding hands. Link turned around and saw her blushing. He looked down and saw that he was still holding her hand. He blushed as well and took his hand away.
Link was looking out for the evil Mia, until he saw her. He took a little peek, and the little Remlit was looking around. She was just about to turn to go up the stairs until she saw a figure in the darkness. Thinking it was Link, she ran after it.
"That poor person..." Zelda said. "I feel bad."
"At least we're safe," Link started. "And we can still hold the meeting."
Zelda agreed with Link but still felt sympathy for whoever got chased by Mia, who didn't seem like her normal annoying self, following everyone around to be pet.
"Who in Skyloft would be wandering around so late at night?" Zelda thought. "Well, at least we can still hold up the meeting..."
Karane
"Good night mom." Karane said. "When are you going to bed?"
"Soon," Her mom replied. "You look warm... I'll open a window for you."
Karane's mom opened the window right near Karane and gave her a kiss on her forehead. She gave her a smile and walked back to the kitchen where she was doing dishes. Karane turned around so her mom couldn't tell that she was actually staying awake the whole time.
After what seemed like the longest half hour of her life, Karane got out of bed quietly and went to the door. It was locked, and she didn't know exactly how to unlock it... Because of this, she went towards her bed and climbed onto it. She was trying to get out of the window without waking up her mom or hurting herself.
After a few minutes, she figured out how to get out through the window. She took her pillow and placed it where she would stand, climbing out of the window. She stood on her pillow and and placed her hands on the windowsill. She put all of her force down to her hands and pushed herself up. All the pillow did was give her more height. She successfully got her whole self to sit on the windowsill and then slowly turned around to take grip on the other side of the window. She felt her heart start beating faster once she looked down. It wasn't that far down, but since she wasn't that tall for a five year old to start with, it was for her. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She let go of the windowsill and landed on her feet. She looked around, watching out for anyone outside or a guard of some sort. She started to walk and kept turning her head from side to side. She had never been outside before. Her mom restricted her from going outside at night. She was there right then, and she was perfectly fine.
"Nothing bad will happen to me, mom." Karane thought to herself. "I'm perfectly fine!"
But she was wrong. She didn't know that there was actually bats flying around at night. She didn't know that these mysterious blobs would be wandering at night and would disappear during the day. She thought the guards were just to make sure that no one left their houses late. She had no idea that they made people stay inside because there were some type of weird force coming from the graveyard that attracted these bad beings.
She arrived near the Statue of the Goddess until a big blob thing, whatever it was, had popped up in front of her. She jumped and covered her mouth with her hands before she could scream. She looked around, looking for a place to hide. But the "thing" was about to jump at her. She got surprised and jumped to the side before it could get her. She started running. She had no idea where she was going, but she just ran. She quickly turned a corner so the "thing" couldn't find her and she could catch her breath.
"I think I'm safe now..." Karane whispered to herself. "I'll just walk this direction to get back to the Statue of the Goddess."
She was surprised again when she saw an even bigger "thing" pop up in front of her. This time, she couldn't keep quiet. She screamed, and soon enough, the "thing" started to attack. She tried to dodge and was looking for a way to run.
"Who's there!?"
Karane heard the voice. She started thinking.
"Who could that be?" She whispered to herself.
As soon as she remembered that guards patrolled around Skyloft at night, she snapped and started running. She ran in every direction, trying to avoid the voice. In the distance, she could see a giant bird flying around. Several, actually. She then suddenly figured it out; they were night guards, who patrolled the sky! She looked for somewhere to take cover and hide. She hid under a type of tent, which actually sold various items. There was a type of kart made of a metal of some sort, which was locked up. She hid behind it to hide from the guard on ground that was searching for the "scream".
As soon as she thought the guard was gone, she took a little peek and realized that he was right around the corner. She moved her head back quickly, her heart beating very fast. She was breathing loudly, which was luckily covered by the sound of bugs. She calmed her heart rate down and took slow, deep breaths.
She heard the guards' footsteps getting closer and closer. She was hoping not to get caught, which would mean lots of trouble. She couldn't imagine what kind of punishment she would get from her mom if she found out her five year old daughter snuck out of the house at night with dangerous "things".
The guard got closer to the little tent, and luckily, passed by it, calling out for the "scream". She held her breath, so he couldn't hear her at all. She waited a few seconds to start breathing again, which let out a sigh. She got her breath back to normal and got up. She peeked her head out of the tent to see if there were any guards in the sky above her.
When the coast was clear, she left and walked slowly. She didn't want to attract any more "things" or the guards. She picked up a stick, a pretty long one, to help her defend herself, in case a "thing" popped up again. She was right, of course. Another "thing" popped up. This time, she felt confident. She started to hit it with the stick. It wasn't happy, and if you got yourself hit with a stick on the head as hard as a five year old could, hey, it would hurt!
After a long period of hitting the "thing", it gave up and left. It hadn't died or anything, but at least Karane didn't have to keep hitting it on and on.
She kept walking, and after encountering a few "things", she arrived at the Statue of the Goddess. She ran up the stairs and met up with Link and Zelda. They seemed fine, not hurt or really nervous.
"Finally!" Karane whispered. "I made it!"
"Yes," Zelda said. "The only person left is Pipit."
"Hmm..." Link said, with a worried look on his face. "I wonder if he got past his mom, she is pretty strict."
The three exchanged looks of worry, and finally decided to wait.
Karane told them all about how scared she was when the "thing" popped up, about the guards and everything.
"I still wonder who that poor person was..." Zelda said. "It was being chased by Mia, the Remlit."
Karane looked a little surprised to know that Mia was chasing people around at night.
"She was chasing people?" Karane asked. "Really?"
Zelda and Link both nodded.
"Mia?" Karane asked.
They both nodded again, making it nice and clear that it was Mia.
Karane thought for a second. She didn't know about anyone out at night, except for their plan. She didn't know exactly who it was, but she was eager to find out.
Pipit
"Good night, mom." Pipit said, in a tired voice.
"Good night, Pipit," Pipit's mom replied, in a soft voice with a smile. "Have a good sleep."
"When are you going to bed?" Pipit asked, not being suspicious at all.
"Soon," She replied. "Soon."
Pipit nodded, with big, wide eyes, and a puppy dog face. His mom gave him a light kiss on the forehead, smiled, and went to her side of the room to do other little things before she went to bed herself.
Pipit waited just a little while until she went to bed. He had to wait still, since she had to fall asleep. It seemed like it took forever for Pipit, waiting impatiently for his mother to fall sound asleep so he could meet his friends. All they wanted was an actual tour in the rooms and getting to taste food. The tour that the Headmaster had given them was not much of a tour.
After his mom had (finally) fallen asleep, he climbed out of bed silently and climbed out the window that had been open all day long, actually. This window was actually very low, so he would be able to get back inside. Pipit lived quite a distance from the Knight Academy and the Statue of the Goddess, but far away from the guards as well.
He arrived across the bridge until he saw little Mia, the Remlit, sleeping. He didn't want to wake her up, so he went past her very quietly. Waking Link up is the worst person you could ever wake up. He gets really grumpy and is grouchy all day. Doesn't sound at all like your typical, calm Link!
Once he got closer to the bazaar, a few bats had flown around him and had almost hit him in the face, perhaps on purpose. He had never really seen an actual bat before, which made him curious to know if every bat had red eyes. All of the bats that flew past him had red eyes, which was pretty weird...
The way to the Statue of the Goddess went really well. Too good to be true, even. But Pipit kept on walking closer to where he would meet his friends, until a bat flew past him and Mia, the Remlit, started chasing him. He didn't notice that she was right about to go to the Statue of the Goddess, too. What was really weird was that she had red eyes. Her fur was completely straight, and she seemed to be really angry. He didn't do anything, did he? He didn't wake her up when he crossed the bridge, or anything like that. It was really strange.
But instead of getting himself bitten by Mia, or some angry wolf, he started running. He passed by the front of the staircase to the Statue of the Goddess without even noticing. He was too busy looking for a place to hide so Mia wouldn't be able to find him. He ran as fast as his little legs could handle, and turned sharp corners trying to lose Mia.
He turned another sharp corner and saw that there was a back trail from the building. He turned that corner quickly so he could lose her and make her think that he went straight.
He kept on walking to reach the Statue of the Goddess and finally arrived. He climbed the stairs and reached his friends.
"Wow!" Zelda said. "You did it!"
They all smiled at him and were all happy. He explained to them how he got there and about Mia.
"So Zelda was right," Link said. "She had a feeling it was you."
"Wait, you saw me?" Pipit asked. "And you didn't help me?"
"We weren't really sure if it was you..." Karane mentioned. "It would be a great risk for our meeting, too."
"True," Pipit said. "But my safety was at hand too, you know."
"How come?" Zelda asked.
"Mia was really angry and had red eyes..." Pipit said. "She was gonna bite me!"
The three agreed and apologized, and they went on with the meeting.
"There's not much to discuss but our entrance in the Knight Academy." Link said. "I suggest we climb the boxes that are always there and get in through the doors on the second floor."
"Why don't we just go in through the front doors?" Pipit asked.
"They're locked." Zelda said. "My dad told me that a while ago so I wouldn't be afraid of monsters coming in anymore."
"I guess we do have to get in from the doors on the second floor, then." Karane said. "Than that's it."
They nodded and headed to the Knight Academy. The guard was there, and started walking towards the Sparring Hall. They slowly started walking up the stairs and arrived to the boxes. They pushed each other up the boxes and the last one had to jump and hold on to the others' hands. Once they were all on top, they ran quickly and lay on their bellies so the guard wouldn't see people hanging up there waiting for him to go away.
As soon as he left, they opened the door and quickly closed it again from what they had just seen. They saw the Headmaster who had a towel wrapped around him and his clothes in his hands. He was all wet, and he seemed really clean. He had just taken a bath, of course. He had seen them, so he must be putting his clothes back on and then punish them for sneaking out at night.
They ran towards the boxes and jumped down without even noticing the guard standing right there.
"Hey!" The guard yelled. "What are you kids doing out so late at night?"
They couldn't say a thing, and they couldn't move either. They just stood there, with their wide eyes and their mouth hanging open.
"The Headmaster will be disappointed to hear about this!" The guard said once again.
"He already knows..." Pipit said.
The Headmaster rushed out and gave them each punishments. They were responsible for cleaning the washroom and the bath for five months each, and there was no talking. He would be observing them the whole time. And as a bonus for each of them by their parents, Zelda getting it from the Headmaster again, they were not allowed to play outside with anyone for a week.
"This sucks..." Link said. "Cleaning the dirty bath and the stinky toilet for five months..."
"And no playing outside for a week..." Pipit said. "Let's never do this again, guys..."
They all agreed to Pipit's words and said good-bye.
"See you all tomorrow to clean the bath and washroom!" The Headmaster said, with Zelda beside him, her head hanging low.
The next day, and for the next five months, that's what they did every day. After the week of no playing outside, they were relieved to be able to talk to each other again.
Once again, I'm sorry for the wait... I hope seven pages of reading will help you forgive me, though! I apologize... Just to inform you guys, next chapter, they're not five anymore... Five months of cleaning isn't fun! I promise to update sooner this time. I promise!