Fantiality

Lady of the Glass

The window he found was just in the room across from us. It looked to be some sort of bedroom with a small balcony that barely had enough space for two people to stand side by side. Outside I could see nothing but blue and the sight amazed me. I had not seen clear blue sky in so long. Shadow turned on the balcony, thumb to his chin.

"This will do," he looked to me and frowned. "Come on, Kara, where are your wings? You do want to save Amanda, don't you?"

"Well, yeah, but—" but I was terrified. Though I was partially curious to see if I could recall my wings, I wasn't ready to jump out of a window above a raging storm WITH a full grown man dangling from my arms. And I was defiantly not ready to jump out carrying two full grown men.

A hand fell on my shoulder and I found Link smiling at me encouragingly. My heart sped up at the sight.

"Don't worry, Kara. If it helps we'll only go one at a time, kay?"

Still... "Why don't we just let ourselves be captured by the Gerudo? Won't they just take us to Ganon anyways?"

"Probably, but then again I'm suppose to be dead." said Shadow.

"How about just Link and I go then?"

"And have them drug you again?"

"I could pretend..." I said in a small voice.

"And where would I go? What if I got lost in this hellish maze?"

Getting frustrated with him, I stomped my foot and jerked my shoulder out of Link's reach. "Stop being so pushy! You just want me to sprout wings like some freak show! It would be much easier to be captured and you know it!"

Shadow rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "No, this is also a lot faster. If Ganon gets Zelda's triforce of wisdom she might be injured, or worse, dead, and we don't even know what he has planned with Amanda. We're sort of in a rush."

Link nodded hesitantly, "He's right, Kara. If you can, flying would be the quickest way, especially since we don't know this castle. I'm sorry. Also, I don't trust those Gerudo to be so easy going on us."

A rush. Yeah, that was going to help me imagine everything just fine. Suddenly all I wanted to do was bang my head against the wall and cry. This would be like skydiving without a parachute. There was a reason I never put skydiving on my bucket list. Besides that I wasn't even sure if I could even remember how to fly, let alone carrying around a Link.

Both of them watched me, waiting, and in Shadow's case making huffing noises of impatience. Deciding it was now or never, I closed my eyes and remembered the feel of wings. I remembered how it was to stretch those huge muscles and to feel every feather. Then I imagined I could feel them again, reaching and reaching outwards and sensing every joint. I could feel my back heaving and, in a thrilling moment like unto birth, I flapped and could feel the air beneath them. Quivering with anticipation, I opened my eyes. To my great astonishment there they were, long and beautiful and brown, gently flapping at the air. Link had dived out of the way as they grew and now stood by Shadow near the porch with mouth open in wonder and awe. I folded them in awkwardly, touching the soft feathers and glowing with a sense of accomplishment. I did it. I really could do it. It wasn't just some crap Shadow had been feeding me.

"Amazing," murmured Link.

"See? Was that so hard? Technically, they were there the whole time. You just let Miyamoto make you believe you didn't have them. Reality," and at this he tapped his forehead, "is all about perception."

"Okay fine, so I have wings now again, can I still just take one person at a time?" The urge to bash my head and wail in dismay still hadn't left me. Shadow scowled and shook his head.