The only thing I can register is that I am not in Skyloft anymore. My first thought is "not in Skyloft? That's ridiculous. What else is there!" But the rest of me knows. I've somehow managed past the endless sea of clouds that separate Skyloft from wherever I am now - and I'm on the surface. A place that was said to only be a fairy tale.
Most people in the sky don't believe in a surface world. The could barrier is as far down as anything goes. But the stories I've heard - about the great hero who saved everyone from the evil on the surface by sending Skyloft...well...skyward - they always made it hard for me to doubt the existence of SOMETHING below the clouds. Now that I'm here, it almost seems like a dream. I don't have time to sit and admire everything right now - Zelda still needs to be found, and Fi says that she is somewhere nearby. But the more I look around, the more I just want to stop - to touch things, and inspect and explore. I can't stop thinking about Pipit. He would love it down here - I bet he wouldn't even believe me if I told him about everything there was, especially the tiny birds (he likes to consider himself a bird expert. Imagine if he found out that there were entire species of birds that he hadn't even CONSIDERED). I want to bring him down with me someday, below the clouds, but there is a nagging voice at the back of my mind telling me that he would much rather come here with Karane. The thought stops me in my tracks, almost, but then I remember the importance of the task at hand. Fi hasn't told me a lot of details, I suspect that she knows more than she's letting on about why Zelda was snatched from the sky the way that she was. But now isn't the time.
I make my way through the woods. I've never seen so many trees before - and they're all so big. It's strange. I see little birds nesting inside the holes, and I wonder if that's how big they are going to get, or if they will grow to be the size of baby loftwings. My eyes drift up to the sky, and I suck in a breath in surprise. Never, have I ever, had a chance to actually look UP at the clouds. The very thought seemed impossible up in Skyloft, and now that it's real, I almost can't believe it. I'm looking UP. At the CLOUDS. I stand there in shock for a few moments before Fi materializes out of my sword, appearing in front of me.
"Master, we should get moving. Zelda is close by, I can sense her aura in the surrounding area."
My ears hear what she's saying, but my brain can't process the words for the shock that has currently stopped my system. How would I get home? Was there a way to get back to Skyloft from here? My eyes widen as I realize that I might never see the sky again - might never see PIPIT again. And my heart sinks to my feet, I can feel a terrible pain in my stomach, it seems like a hole is developing in my gut.
"F-Fi?" I manage, eyes trained on the sky. She is silent for a moment, as if reguarding my current facial expression and trying to determine my mood.
"Master, I believe you are panicking. What is troubling you?"
"Will I ever see Pipit again?" The words are out of my mouth before i can stop them - before I can regain my composure and realize that, I am talking to a sword, she might not even know who Pipit is. Fi cocks her head.
"Pipit is...a close friend of yours, yes?" I nod, though "close friend" doesn't even begin to describe the sort of feelings I get around Pipit - the way my heart starts hammering and my palms start sweating and my tongue gets tied and I can't say anything that makes sense to me, but Pipit always laughs because he knows that I'm me, and he thinks it's funny when I trip over my words.
"We will find ways to get back to Skyloft, master, there is no need to fear. Now I believe we should proceed to find Zelda." I nod again, feeling slightly relieved, before continuing on my way.