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Ballad of the Goddess - 1

Lightning cracked and thunder rumbled as your hair whipped painfully in your face. Your body was weightless as you fell through the air. You whistled loudly, or so you thought. Could your loftwing not hear your desperate cries? The sounds of thunder rang in your ears. Your eyes filled with tears, partly from fear, partly from the wind. Sheets of lightning flashed above you. As thunder continued to boom you felt your consciousness slowly fade to nothing.

A small groan escaped your lips as hushed whispers entered your ears, "Shhh! Hide kwee-koo!" Your face twisted with a grimace as a stinging sensation came to your attention in your back and legs. The pounding in your head made it hard to string thoughts together. Sitting up, you took in your surroundings. Trees larger than you had ever seen before towered above you. Some holding large yellow fruit that looked to be sweet. You tried to stand, slowly lifting your legs despite their desperate cries for rest. You gazed at the forest around you, barely catching a glimpse of a red bokoblin that happened to be walking away. "Kwee! That was close! I told you to hide!" Turning towards the small voice you looked down to see a plant-like creature peering up at you. "You don't look like you should be walking, kwee."

Looking down, you noticed leaves attached to your skin. Reaching for one on your forearm you started to tug. "Kwee! Don't do that! Those are to heal your wounds. They also are your camouflage, since you don't seem to have any kwee-hee." Getting sap all over your fingers you stopped tugging, instead opting to ask the small creature some questions.

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Wind and rain came together in a flurry, beating down on those who dare go out in the raging storm. A group of knights flew through the stormy skies in search of a lost Hylian. A brand new knight joins them in the search for his classmate.

Blond hair sticks to the Knight's forehead as water drips down into his eyes. His friend follows close behind as they search. "Have they found her loftwing?!" His voice is muffled by the storm.

"Yes! It's frantic, but it's on Skyloft!" A frown settles on the Knight's face as he continues the search. The rain starts to let up as the Knight lands on a small island. Searching the small cave, he sighs. Lightning cracks, and a voice also. The knight looks frantically toward the noise. Eyes wide, he tries to scream for his friend, he rushes to the edge of the island. In the distance a dark twister has formed, pulling his friend from the back of her loftwing. "Zel—!!" His voice cracks as it is torn from his throat. He rushes to the edge as he whistles loudly, a blur of crimson picks him up and takes him to the scene. Tears mixed with raindrops as magic remnants in the shape of diamonds are all that remain.

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"So I fell out of the sky and knocked you out of your hiding spot." You blinked, observing the kikwi whose name turned out to be Machi. Machi gave an affirmative nod as you lay on the grass. "Do you know of a way for me to get back?"

"Of course not kwee! But maybe Bucha does... He's the elder. You should probably speak to him koo." Machi rolled back into a ball and resumed plant-like activity. "He should be near the biggest tree in the centre of the forest."

You decided it best to try and find Bucha, so you set your sights on the tallest tree you could find. The walk would've been nice if you didn't have to hide from bokoblins the whole time. Your sword must've been lost in the depths of the forest. You hoped to come across it on your walk.

Skillfully avoiding bokoblins and other monsters, you took a longer way to the centre of the forest. Not wanting to reopen any wounds. You barely noticed that your shirt had been torn in many places. Looking through them you could see the bruising on your abdomen and higher on your chest. I must have some broken ribs. It was uncomfortable to breathe, to say the least.