The Demon Lord's Inner Battle

Chapter 1

I wake up from the usal nightmare that plaques me since days and stretch.

Today is the day of the wing ceremony. The winner will become a knight of the academy.

I was training for this in secret for long.

After getting up from my bed, I head into the bathroom of the academy.

"Alright. Today's the day."

I ball my hand into fists as I get dressed and head back to my room to fetch the brush for Crimson, my loftwing.

As every day I leave the academy and head towards the goddess statue where I whistle for my feathered friend.

"..."

Weird... Usally he comes flying within seconds... I whistle again but still nothing.

"Crimson! C'mon, buddy!"

I close my eyes, focusing on my senses, that connects us but I can't feel his presense. Something must have happend to him!

I dash away to look for clues as Zelda comes into my direction.

"Oh, Link! Good morning!"

She smiles at me. Maybe she knows something.

"Morning, Zelda... have you seen Crimson today?"

Her eyes widen and she looks into the sky. Sapphire, her loftwing is flying in circles above us but Crimson is no where to be seen.

She whistles for him and he immediatly lands infront of her, holding his beak towards her for pets.

"No... I didn't... Sapphire. Did you saw Crimson today?"

She looks her loftwing in the eyes and he flaps his wings and lets out warning shouts.

"He... he knows! Sapphire, please show me where he is!"

I rush to him and look into his eyes. He calms down and lowers his back for me to climb on. I look at Zelda and she nods.

"You go. I'm going to ask my father to wait with the ceremony."

I nod at her and fly of with Sapphire. We circle around Skyloft as I hear faint screams.

"Crimson!"

Sapphire speeds up and lands at the space under the waterfall. Crimson is locked up by some wood.

"Damn, I don't have anything to cut the ropes with!"

Crimson flaps his wings and screams out panickly, wanting to get out of his prison.

"Shh... it's alright, Crimson. I will get you out of there."

I pet his beak through the bars. Sapphire approaches me with a sharp rock in his beak.

"Thanks, Sapphire."

I take the rock from him and cut through the ropes. The wooden bars fall to the ground and Crimson steps out, flapping his wings exited. Then he comes to me and I pet his head.

"Hey, buddy. Are you hurt?"

Crimson nudges my stomach and let's out a cheerful scream.

"Haha. Good. Let's go then, we have a race to win!"

He and Sapphire take off to fly as I run towards the wooden platform and jump off. I whistle and within seconds Crimson caught me and we fly off.

"Alright, let's head back to the academy. Zelda must be waiting for us."

The loftwings cirlce around the island and land at the academy entrance, where Zelda and Instructor Horwell are waiting.

"You found him!"