Hey guys~

So this is my first Zelda fanfic, and I haven't written anything in over 2 years so I'm a bit rusty But I hope you like it so far and I'll try to update at least once a week.

Kaydance: What about me? arent you going to introduce me?

Oh ye this here is Kaydance or Kay, shes a dear OC of mine and I'm quite fond of her C:

She 16 and about 5ft2, she has orange hair and dull purple eyes and wears a brown hooded long jumper, orange tights, brown boots and red earrings, please be nice to her, thank you~

Gummy~

Kaydance's POV

I woke up with a pounding head ache again, this has got to be the third night in a row, it isn't helping that theres music and people being noisy outside. Wait, Music?

Aw crud.

I was late again.

"Damn it I promised to meet Link and Zelda at the statue" I grumbled to myself as I tried to pull on my cloths as quick as I could and dashed out the door or the academy.

It wasn't far to the Goddess statue but I was still a little out of breath as I approached my two friends.

"Sorry I'm late, slept in...again" I said looking down earning a small laugh from Zelda and a pat on the shoulder from Link.

"You're not the only one Kay" Zelda said hitting Link playfully on the arm.

"Ye but you didn't send your loft wing to go wake her up" Link protested.

"That's because Kay doesn't like birds, I'm not that mean" Zelda replied putting her hands on her hips, All of this gave me enough time to catch my breath.

"Hey I'm getting better you know" I tried defending myself but this was all made pointless as Zelda loft wing landed beside me and I jumped back.

"I can't help doing that, old habits die hard" I lied

I kept a safe distance from the huge bird and continued my conversation.

"So Link are you ready for the race?"

"Of course" He said with a huge smile.

"Are you sure about that you barely practice your flying anymore" Zelda butted in and began to lecture him.

"You need to work more, what if something happened and you injured yourself or your loftwing?"

"I'm sure he'll be fine Zelda he's one of the best flyers we know right?" my attempt to help Link went unnoticed as Zelda continued to tell him he needed more practice and he should get some before the race starts.

"I would but-"

"No buts just go"

"No wait Zelda I have to-"

Too late.

Zelda had pushed Link from the edge of the Island and he began to plummet to the layer of clouds below.

"Linkl! Call your loftwing!" I shouted down to him.

He did.

Nothing happened.

"Something's not right" Zelda said and jumped after him calling her own loft wing.

She just about made it and her loftwing grabbed Links shoulders and dragged him back to the island.

"Link are you ok" I helped him to his feet as he groaned and rubbed his arm where Zelda's bird had dropped him.

"ah..ye…just about" he said wincing when I touched his arm and I gave him an apologetic look.

"What happened why didn't your loftwing answer to your call?" Zelda asked tending to her own loftwing.

"That's what I tried to tell you, I can't feel its presence nearby" he said sounding worried.

"That's not good, was he here this morning?" I asked looking around to see if I could spot the crimson bird.

"No I haven't seen him all day" Link sounded worried, obviously wondering where his companion could be.

"Well don't worry we'll find him" I said to try and cheer him up.

"Zelda, do you think your dad can delay the festival?" I asked her and she looked up thoughtfully.

"I suppose I could ask"

"Great! Come on Link I'll help you look for him don't worry" I grabbed his arm and pulled him along with me to start asking around to see if anyone had seen the red bird.

After a long time asking it seemed no one had seen him and we were at a bit of a dead end.

"What if he got injured or something worse" Link was starting to worry again and there wasn't much I could do to help.

"Trust me he's fine, He might have just gotten himself into a sticky situation is all"

Crap is that really the best I can do?

We walked towards the main square and overheard the town tough guy, Groose, bragging to his companions about something.

"That bird aint never getting out of there, not even a great big loftwing like him can break out of that cage. This way that show off Link wont be able to enter the race and I'll get Zelda all to myself"

The idiot what was he thinking locking a loftwing up like that.

I stormed right on up to him, I wasn't letting him get away with this.

"You stupid, big headed idiot, what are you thinking locking such a harmless creature up like that!"

He seemed startled, he hadn't known we had been eves dropping on his gloating session.

"Oh ye, what are you going to do about it little girl?"

Little!

"That's it, no one calls me little and gets away with it" The L word, I'm not little, I have growth problems…

I didn't really know what I was doing, a girl like me against a big guy like him wasn't going to end well.

He just laughed at me as I tried to look as intimidating as I could. Oh shit.

Groose walked over, picked me up by the collar of my jumper and held me over the edge of the floating island.

I wasn't going to kick, this would ensue he dropped me sooner, I couldn't do anything, hjs two goons were holding Link back and he couldn't take both of them.

I was doomed.

"Have a nice trip" Groose let go of my collar and I began a long decent to whatever lay beneath the thick layer of clouds.

I was pretty sure I was a goner, I began wondering what I had achieved in life, was it all worth it and all that kind of stuff.

Then it hit me.

No really it actually hit me.

And it hurt.

I had fallen on something soft but I didn't want to open my eyes just yet.

"Kaydance, hey are you ok?" It was Pipit.

I slowly opened my eyes I had landed on his loftwing…loftwing…Oh crap this day isn't going well.

I started to panic, no solid ground below me and I'm on a giant bird, what if I fall, how do people enjoy this!

I just clung to that bird for dear life until it landed back on solid ground and I quickly climbed off...ok fell off.

Link caught me just as I hit the ground pulling me to my feet.

I was shaking uncontrollably and I couldn't even string a sentence together.

"I…t-the….clouds….a-and…." Nope wasn't working.

Link just held onto my shoulders and looked me up and down to make sure I was alright.

Without even saying anything he hugged me, I was still shaking but it calmed slightly at this.

"You're such an idiot, what made you think you could have won against a big guy like Groose? don't ever do that again" I didn't really know what to do my mind was still jumbled from the fall and the bird.

"Sorry" that was about all I could manage at that minute.

"As long as you're ok, you are ok aren't you" Link held me at arm's length again just to double check.

"Ye" again, all I could manage.

"Thanks Pipit for catching her" Link said smiling.

"Hey no problem I wouldn't have let her fall"

Link patted my cheek and then pulled me along with him back to the academy, on the way we came across Zelda.

"Hey guys, My Dad says the race can be delayed for a while…Kay what's wrong with you, your all pale and your shaking what happened?"

"Groose dropped her off the edge of the island, Lucky Pipit was around and caught her"

"WHAT! You actually sat on a loftwing, are you kidding me and I missed it"

She means well no matter how bad that last sentence sounded.

"There was also that part where she almost died" Link added in.

"Oh of course that's not acceptable at all, I'll let my Dad know, really though are you ok" Zelda did that same check-up Link had done a few minutes ago.

"Ye I'm fine just a bit shaken up" I was finally able to form sentences again at least.

"Do you need to rest, I'll be fine on my own now that I know whats happened to my loftwing, I'll find him" Link reassured me but I shook my head.

"No I promised I would help, I-I'm ok now" Link let go of my so I could walk on my own but my legs still didn't want to do that and I almost fell over.

"Maybe just a glass of water…then I'll be fine"

I was sitting on my bed in the academy with Zelda sitting beside me and Link came in after talking to headmaster Geapora. I had filled Zelda in on what happened and told her about Link's loftwing.

"What a day huh" I said as Link sat down in the chair by my desk.

"Tell me about it, today is supposed to be a fun day instead all of this happens" Link held his head in his hands in frustration.

"Well let's not make it any worse, we don't want to leave your loft wing waiting any longer do we" I said getting up from the bed, I was feeling a whole lot better.

"Right, I was talking to Pipit, apparently they trapped him near a waterfall, so only one place to look really, and" Link stood and pulled a sword from a sheathe on his back.

"Wow are you really allowed to take that" I asked looking at the practice sword in his hand.

"Ye but I have to bring it back as soon as I get my loftwing"

"Well lets go then" I walked over to the door and waited for Link and Zelda.

"Guys I'm gonna stay here and talk to my Dad about something you tow go ahead, I'll catch up" Zelda said waving and walking to her Dads office.

Link and I headed to the only waterfall in Skyloft.

There was an entrance to a cave blocked by trees but Link took them down with ease.

"Nice job" I said elbowing him in the side.

"Ye but just think about what's actually inside here"

I gulped he was right there could be all manner of creatures in that cave.

He laughed and hit me on the back.

"It's ok I won't let them do anything to you" with that he rushed into the cave and I was left stumbling after him.

I stuck close to Link throughout the whole walk, he took down any chuchu or keese that came within 2 feet of us.

"You ok?" he asked looking back at me as I was pretty much clinging to the back of his shirt. I hate chuchu's…

"Ye I'm good" I saw some light around a corner and bolted for it and inhaled deeply once I got outside.

"I. Hate. Caves." Link chuckled at this.

"Oh its fine for you, you have a sword!"

He didn't even respond to that as he looked ahead.

"What is it?"

"I can sense my loftwing again" he said before dashing forwards, I followed after him.

And there it was, kept in a very tight crevice in the side of the island barricaded by thick wooden planks.

There wasn't much I could do so I stood by and watched as Link swung his sword at the planks and worked at it until they had all come away from the wall.

What happened next, neither of us were expecting.

Links loftwing jumped out from where it had been trapped and came right for me, I didn't know what to do, my eyes widened. It was angry, but why at me?

It jumped at me and knocked me to the ground holding me there with its giant talons, it's a big bird and it pretty heavy I couldn't breathe under the weight of it.

Link came over to try and calm the bird down, it was screeching and I was pretty sure that was going to burst my ear drums.

Why did everyone want to kill me today?

Eventually Link calmed the bird down and with one last squawk it flew off.

"Kaydance, are you ok" He pulled me up for the second time today, I just wheezed and coughed trying to catch my breath. Loftwings tend to not like me but I was never attacked like that by one before.

"I think it scratched my shoulder" I said in between big gulps of air.

Link looked at my left shoulder and could clearly see blood starting to stain my jumper, he went behind me and I heard him take a deep breath.

"What is it" I asked worried.

"He got your shoulder alright, in fact he got both of them" He touched the shoulder that wasn't bleeding all that much but it still hurt and I winced.

"We have to get you back before you start to lose too much blood" Link put and arm around my waist for support but after a while that wasn't enough.

I started feeling faint.

I just felt Link pick me up and then that's about where I blacked out.

Today really wasn't my day.