Hello! I haven't really had time to update. But I'm going to do it now! By the way, has anyone here actually finished Skyward Sword? I'm almost done! But anyways, let's get on with the story, people!

Growing Up With a Girl Named Zelda

When we were ten

Oh, how I miss my childhood. Back when we were innocent. The only things we had to worry about were tests at the Mini Academy. Me, now? I'm fighting for my best friend's life. Everyday I'm in a new location. Fighting all these horrific creatures of the surface. Missing every moment that I took for granted in Skyloft. I never thought the surface would be so bad. Just today, I've gone through two bottles of heart potions and one of shield repair. I don't go to the sky often, but when I do I cherish every moment up there. Soak up the sun, see everyone, and make it back down to the surface. Sometimes I go get pumpkin soup. That was Zelda's favorite soup. Right now, I'm just searching Lanayru Desert for the dragon. It's hot and miserable. To top it all off, night is falling. I must find a place to sleep.

Finally, I found one atop of a cliff. Life sucks for me. But whenever life gets me down, I think of this memory from when I was ten.

It was a day off from the academy. Zelda and I had snuck our way up to the Goddess Tower. The sun was shining bright that day. We sat atop of the tower. A breeze was blowing. Zelda had her harp. She was strumming it lightly.

"Zelda, that sounds good,' I told her.

"Thanks. Link, I want you to try," she said.

"What? I can't play!"

"I have a feeling someday you're going to need it. So start your strumming!"

"Okay, Okay" She handed it to me. I had never played a harp before so I just started playing. Looking back on it, it sounded like the Song of Farore.

"Link that sounds amazing and familiar!"

"Thanks."

After a while, she took it back and started playing and singing. It was more beautiful than anything. I loved it.

"Zelda, it's beautiful. Like you." Yeah. I have always been a flirt like that.

She blushed hard. "Thanks, Link."

We sat there for a long time. Then I said, "How are we getting down?"

She stood up and looked down. "Uhh. It's very high."

"Well, if we dive at the right moment, we could call for our Loftwings," I suggested.

"Uh, I don't know about that."

"What? You dive off the sides of Skyloft everyday to a big, white, cloudy death! How come you can't do this?"

"Because if you don't call your Loftwing in time in the sky, the Knights will catch you. This? I'll hit the concrete faster than I can yell ow!"

"Zelda, come on! How else are we going to get down?"

By then she had bursted into tears. I took her in my arms and held her. We were only ten, but we cared for each other. She was totally scared.

"I don't want to jump, Link!" she sobbed.

I held her and tried to think of a plan. Anything to get her down.

"Zelda! I have an idea!"

She tried to quit crying to listen to me. "What?"

"Jump on my back and I'll call for my Loftwing and get us down safely."

"Oh, I don't know, Link."

"Come on."

She breathed in and out. "Alright. Let's do it."

Zelda hopped on my back and I turned towards the edge. I looked down. She was right. It was very tall. Very very tall. If I haven't called my Loftwing at the right moment, we could have easily die by falling on that concrete. That was the scariest thing I had done at the time.

"Alright. Start a countdown, Zelda."

"Okay, three!"

I began to back up.

"Two!"

I was getting ready for sprinting off.

"ONE!"

I ran off the side of that Goddess Tower. Zelda was holding onto me for dear life and screaming. I had called for my Loftwing. We were getting close to the ground. I had closed my eyes for the impact. I seriously thought we were going to die.

At the last moment, a crimson bird flew under us and caught us. I had a sigh of relief. I opened my eyes and dropped us off near the Plaza.

"That wasn't too bad, Zelda!"

"Yeah, you're my hero."

That was when I realized I would do anything for her. Even crawl around on the surface looking for her.

I think of this memory all the time. It's the first time I saved her life.

I look into the sky and smoke from the volcanoes. On clear nights, I can see Skyloft. And I think of the time where I got Zelda down from the tower.

I still think of her quote "Yeah, you're my hero."

It turned out to be very literal.

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