Stuck in the World of Skyloft
Chapter 1: A Fated School Trip
If someone told me that today is the day, my life will change, I wouldn't believe them. I would just laugh in their face and tell them that they're crazy, but today it did change, and it started with a school trip to a gaming laboratory. This is my story of how I became stuck in a different world; a world called Skyloft.
I was sitting at the back of the bus listening to "Candy" by Robbie Williams on my musical device, hoping the song would lighten my mood. Looking out into the gray world that was passing by me, I couldn't help but feel that something big was about to happen. Christmas had come and gone, and my mother gifted me with a new game that has just been released: "The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword".
It's about an elf boy named Link who lives in a village in the sky. One day his best friend Zelda is kidnapped and is taken to the surface where the village has never been before. Link then travels to the surface to save her... What? You want me to tell you the ending? I would love to! ...but I only got up to the second temple before my mum took the game away from me and asked me to start studying for my tests that are coming up in the summer.
Anyways, let me introduce myself. My name is Leah; Leah Glover. I have just turned sixteen. I have long brown hair that goes down to my breast, but I always have my hair up in a bun when I'm at school to keep it out of my way. I have brown eyes, but on occasion, they look green. I'm five feet, two inches in height and my body is thin with curves. My hobbies include drawing, reading on my phone, and playing games.
As the school bus comes to a halt, my teacher stands up to address the class. "Okay everyone, I want you all to stay together! Make sure you have gotten all your belongings!" Everyone starts to get up and walk out the bus. I wrap my headphones up in a coil and grab my bag before joining everyone else off the bus.
As we make our way into the building I can't help but feel like I am being watched by something or someone. I shake off the feeling, thinking it might just be the cameras and carry on walking with my class into the entrance of the building, where we are met by a tall man with brown hair who is wearing a white lab coat.
"Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Aperture Technology & Science, Inc." Some of the student's mutter a hello while others just stare blankly at the man. He clears his throat. "Alright then... my name is Doctor O'Connor. Please, follow me, stay with the group, and don't touch anything unless you are specifically asked to." We follow him around the factory.
Through the tour we see new gadgets and how the products are first made-just normal stuff in a factory tour-but halfway through the tour, while Doctor O' Conner is in the middle of explaining the history of the industry, a loud crashing sound comes from behind the class, making everyone turn around to the noise and stopping Doctor O' Conner in the middle of his sentence.
"FAILING, ALWAYS FAILING!" shouts a voice. The doors slam open and a man in a singed lab coat storms off with frustration down the corridor in a direction opposite the class.
"Professor Miller, is everything okay?" Doctor O'Connor asks.
"DO I SOUND OKAY TO YOU?" he shouts back to the doctor before slamming through another pair of doors.
"What's his problem, Doc?" one of the boys in my class asks.
"That was Professor Miller. He is working on a big project but the project keeps failing, sadly," he replies solemnly, "Anyway let's carry on with the tour. I will talk to Professor Miller later." He starts walking down the corridor, carrying on with the tour.
I walk at the back of the line when I suddenly hear someone's hushed whispering coming from the same place Professor Miller had walked from. I turn to see if anyone had heard it as well but everyone continues walking with the Doctor. I was about to catch up with the class when I hear a voice calling me.
"Go that way," a voice echoes through the corridors, "through the doors... Go!" the voice calls again. I turn to see that my class had disappeared down the corridor.
I turn and look down the corridor. "Hello, who's there?" I call back.
"This way," the voice echoes again. I feel my body respond to the voice and start to be drawn to the voice until I push the door open.
I can't help but gasp at the sight before me. Everything I had seen on the tour was nothing to what is in this room. The room is something you would find in a science fiction movie; computers are everywhere, buttons are flashing on the boards and wires are strewn lazily around the room, all leading to a white bed that reminds me of the animas from 'Assassin creed'. Walking up to the computer boards, I notice a flashing box on the screen. "Failed. Transfer could not be made"
"What does that mean?" I ask myself looking more closely.
"This machine was programmed to transfer a body into a new world, however for years it has failed. That is until today," a woman wearing a white robe with the hood up covering her face says.
"I'm so sorry! I know I'm not allowed in here but... Wait, what do you mean: 'Until today?' Have you made a breakthrough for that Professor Miller guy?" I ask.
"Yes. Today a breakthrough will be made and the machine will transfer a body into a new world. I suspect you know this world well," the woman says, causing me to become confused.
"What body? What world?" I ask, each second more confusing than the last. I see her smirk under the hood before she steps closer to me.
"Your body is the key to save the world you know well."
I back away at her words. Who is this woman? Why is she saying I'm a key?
"I better go, my teacher will be looking me." I smile politely before turning and running to the door, but as I try to open the door, I find it locked.
"Why did you lock the door?" I ask.
"I did not lock the door. Fate locked the door as soon as you walked into this room. The wheels of your fate started to spin once you walked in here, but it knew you would try to deny it."
"Okay," I mutter under my breath, "now I'm scared." I start to rattle the door, hoping it would open and get me away from this crazy woman.
"Help! Someone, help me!" I scream. I pray and hope someone outside will hear me, but the more I ponder, the more I realize no one can hear me. I hear the woman walking closer to me, causing me to tug on the door's handle even harder.
"Don't deny your fate, or fate will take you for itself." But I don't listen, only struggling against the door even more. I suddenly feel my body relax and turn to face the hooded woman; I can't control my body.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?" I scream. My body starts to slowly walk towards the bed that is hooked up to the computers.
"I already told you," the woman states impatiently, "don't deny your fate or it will take you." She walks to the computer.
"But why me? Why do I have to be hooked up into this crazy machine? What is it going to do to me?" No answer. She just starts typing into the computer like I'm not there. I now lay down on the bed, watching the woman before she turns to face me.
"We will meet again in the future, and then everything will make sense to you." I just look at her in confusion but I can see that eerie smirk on her face. She then turns to press one last button that lowers clear glass to surround the bed.
"Til then, Leah," she says, the glass finally coming to a stop around me. I lay there for several minutes, feeling my eyes become heavy and my head becoming dizzier before I close my eyes and fall into a sleep that I think I will never wake up from again.
Floating, I am floating. Darkness; it surrounds me. Is this what death feels like, this accursed nothingness? I just keep my eyes closed and feel the light wind pass my face. Then I don't feel light anymore; I feel the sun on my cheeks and the wind in my face
Two arms grasp my body. I struggle against them. Is death taking me to the underworld? I think to myself.
I open my eyes. This doesn't look like hell. I find in its place a heaven, a land above the clouds.
I look down, finding something that I don't expect to see... A Crimson Loftwing... Wait, what? Do they have Loftwings in heaven? The Loftwing notices me staring at it and it seems quite annoyed. It lets out a loud squawk, scaring the heck out of me, and sends me deeper into the strong arms.
"Oh, you're awake. Are you okay?" a voice asks me. I turn around to see who holds of me, and for a second, I feel at through my eyes are messing with me. I close them and open them again to find that he is still there, smiling down at me.
"I'm Link! nice for you to drop in" he chuckles.
This has to be a dream! There is no way he is real! There is no way this is happening! I open my mouth to say something, but I feel as if I can't breathe, as if my body isn't letting any air into my body. I start to choke, trying to breathe out, but I just feel everything around me going black. His arms tighten around my waist, before a gust of wind hits my face.
"Just hold on! I'll get you some help," he says before I once again fall into a deep sleep.