Din Akera
Sniper
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2010
- Location
- My own little world
Read it, several typos but just forget them, lolz. Good job.
Nice word you used to describe that new race: Essencorix. Did you make it up? Or is it actually from some Zelda game? Just curious.
Thank-you No, I made it up. They are my own race. The race described in this section is a Zelda race though.
----------------------------
“Yes, I probably should have guessed that one.” Din moved through the door and the two left Kakariko Inn, moving out into the early afternoon sun.
Shielding her eyes, Din squinted into the bright street and Rishian grunted with approval. In the center of the street lay a structure that could only be described as a large pod. It was a cube with windows around the entire upper half and a sliding door on one side. It was made out of aluminum and had faded green stripes painted on the lower half. The most striking feature on the pod was four massive propeller blades. They sat, currently idle, on the top and both sides of the pod.
Din’s eyebrows went up, through the windows she could see benches on either side of the pod, but is didn’t look big enough for all five of them.
Toan and Sophia stood between Din and Rish and the pod, they seemed to be talking to someone, but Din could not see with whom.
Sophia turned upon hearing the Inn door open and close again. She smiled brightly at Rishian and Din. When she moved Din could see who she had been talking too, and Din was taken aback. Rishian lead her forward, toward the pod.
Sitting on a little ledge on the front of the container was what appeared to Din, to be a chicken. It’s feet, body, and wings were bird-like and were covered in white and yellow tinted feathers. Its neck was unusually long and led to a chicken sized head. But instead of a beak and the usual structure of a chicken, its face was that of a very young Hylian, other than the feathers.
Sophia spoke, breaking Din’s stare, “Din this is Ooccoo. He is going to take us to the City in the Sky.”
“It is nice to meet you Din,” the little being said in a perfectly Hylian voice.
Din was surprise to hear him speak, and speak perfectly well.
She shook away her surprise and smiled back, still holding Rishian’s arm. “It is nice to meet you too, Ooccoo.”
“Ooccoo is a member of the Oocca race. They are the ones that built and reside in the City in the Sky. Others do as well now, but the Oocca are the primary residents.” Rishian whispered into Din’s ear, and she gave him a small thankful nod.
Din felt a hand glide lightly over the skin of her free arm and she looked down and to her right where the touch had come from. She looked up into Rad’s Hylian face, and he smiled down at her. She gave him a friendly smile back, and looked down to see that he had suited his armor back in place over his chest and arms.
Rad’s eyes wandered to where Din held Rishian. His face showed no emotion, but he slid Din’s hand up to land in the crease of his elbow as well.
Rishian snikered behind his wrappings and hid a smile.
Din stood happily in between the two, one on each arm, completely oblivious.
“Well, are we all here? Can we depart?” Ooccoo chirped at them.
“Yes, I believe so.” Sophia smiled and stepped though the open door into the small pod.
Toan followed his sister and sat beside her with his back to the open door. Rishian unlinked his arm from Din and followed the siblings inside. After he was through the door, Din took a step to follow him, but Rad caught her around the waist. Stopping she looked up at him. He had a playful smile pressed on his lips.
“Oh no, you get your own personal ride.” His smile grew and he grabbed her by both wrists. With a little spin he slung her up onto his back. She grabbed tightly around his neck as she landed.
“Wait, wha--”
Before Din had time to think, Rad let out a relaxing breath and his wings shot out from the holes carved in his armor on either side of Din.
Din gasped, as she had not been expecting the sudden change. She quickly looked up toward the pod. Rishian, Toan and Sophia had closed the door and Ooccoo had started up the blades to pull them in the air.
“See ya there guys!” Rad waved toward the pod and bent his knees. He shot upward into the air, his large wings forcing them upward. Rad dove them forcefully upward with great speed into the blue afternoon sky. Din grasped tightly at his shirt, her arms tightening around his neck. She squeezed her knees down around his hips and buried her face in his neck, a little scared.
Rad slowed his speed at her reaction and placed his hands on her arms. “I didn’t mean to scare you, I’m sorry.”
Din took a couple deep breaths and slowly picked up her head. She looked around, seeing the clouds much closer overhead and empty space all around them. She took a couple more deep breaths. “You just surprised me.” A small single giggle came from her throat.
Rad squeezed her hand. “I’ve got you. I promise. You are safe with me.”
Din smiled nuzzled his ear. “I know.”
Looking down, the two could see the little pod ascending toward them, the propeller blades spinning rapidly. Rad started to move upward as well, without beating his wings harder.
“Oh! How nice of him.” Rad’s tone was slightly mocking.
“What?” Din asked.
“Toan is creating an updraft for us to make better time.”
“What do you mean creating?”
Rad’s face fell to a serious but relaxed expression. “Toan controls the air element. Similar to how you control fire.”
Din’s eyebrows went up. “Really?” Her tone was excited, and she looked back down at the pod underneath them.
“Yes, and Sophia controls water. That is why Rishian asked them to come.”
Din nodded in understanding. Her thoughts began to wander as they flew upward, maybe that is why she felt connected to them, because they had similar magic of the elements. Din thought about the way she felt when she had first met Kate, and nodded to herself. They were similar feelings, and she was fairly sure that was probably the answer to her question.
Rad’s wings carried them up into the clouds, ahead of the pod. Din reached out, amazed, and ran her hands through the white puffy mixtures hanging in the sky as they moved past them. Din wrapped both arms back around Rad and looked down. They were so far above the ground now that she could barely make out the difference between the trees and the grass. Kakariko was lost between the rocks, and clouds were beginning to prevent the vision completely.
Rad began to fall back and let the pod catch up to them. “We need to follow Ooccoo now. It is difficult to find the city unless you know exactly where to look.”
Rad flew beside the pod, following Ooccoo’s lead. Rishian waved at Din through the window and she waved back. Toan, held both hands out, palms up. His eyes were closed and he moved them in an upward circular motion. The updraft continued and they continued to fly through the air toward their unseen destination.
“Din. Look” Rad pointed ahead of them and Din excitedly peered over his shoulder, her hold on his neck not loosening.
The clouds moved slightly and then Din saw it. The City in the Sky was everything Din had imagined. The buildings were made of what appeared to be crystallized stone and metal. The buildings were very large and most of them were dome shaped. The colors were brilliant. Most of the walls were sandstone grey, but many had stripes of green, blue, pink, and purple painted around the bottoms. The buildings had been decorated with various flags, emphasizing the wind speed at this altitude and greatly adding to the visual effect. The great city had propeller blades everywhere. They were underneath the flat bottoms of the buildings, on the tops of spikes protruding form the roves of the buildings, and on the ends of poles that stuck in every direction off the metal paths that created the ground of the city. This was most fascinating to Din. She looked at the pathways. They were simply long stretches of metal and stone that ran between the buildings and created common areas between the structures. The part that was surprising, was that there was no rails, they were just paths, complete with the spinning blades beneath them. The city was very bright, and seemed to sparkle in the direct sun. The great burning ball seemed to be almost even with the city. Din was in awe of the miraculous sight. The city indeed hovered in the sky in perfect balance.
Rad followed Ooccoo’s pod toward a landing dock, where the pod touched down and opened, allowing for it’s passengers to get out and stand on one of the railing-less paths.
Rad pulled up and set down on his feet, next to the open door of the pod. Din let go of his neck and loosened her squeeze on his hips between her knees. She slid from his back and landed lightly on her feet.
“Welcome to The City in the Sky! Please enjoy your stay. Be alert for wind gusts and it is recommended to stay with a creature of flight or air affinity at all times. Thank-you.” Ooccoo chirped happily. The Oocca got back in his pod and waved them good-bye. He took off, bound back to the ground, now many miles below.
The new arrivals looked around. They had touched down at the port that lead to the main square of the city, a large disk of ‘ground’ that connected several buildings, which backed onto the common-area. There were creatures of several different races, most of them having wings, Din noted. The Oocca were in the most abundance, as Rishian had said they would be. But several other beings walked about with large wings growing out of their backs, under their arms, or folded around themselves. Din noticed a couple Hylians and even a Zora, all of which seemed to be with a winged being.
Toan stretched and took in a large breath. “Oh. I like it up here.” He held his hands out and a large swoop of wind ran around his sister and pulled her into his chest. He caught her and squeezed her with one arm.
Sophia laughed. “Yeah I think you are going to have too much fun up here.”
“Let’s go to the temple. They know we are coming, and have prepared rooms for us.” Rishian stated, while securing his wrapping tighter around him as they blew in the wind.
Rad placed a hand in the center of Din’s back and guided her toward the square. Rishian fell into step beside Rad, and Toan and Sophia followed, playfully poking at each other.
Din looked at Rad, and was slightly surprised that he had not morphed back to his Hylian guise, but then remembered what Ooccoo had said, and suppressed the question.
They came to the largest building in the city. The giant door at the front was comparable to the ones on the front of Hyrule Castle, and the mighty tower also stood straight into the sky in a similar fashion.
Rishian and Rad led the group up the stairs. As Rad grabbed hold of the handle to open the door, the opposite door swung open violently. A young brunette girl bounced out of the opening and jumped Din.
“Wha!!” Din staggered backward and caught the girl as fast as she could.
“Din!” The girls voice came out excitedly as she threw her arms around Din’s neck in a hug.
Din began to laugh and hugged her back. “Hi Kate.”
The girls let go and they looked at each other. Koroko appeared in the now open door a second later, smiling at them. “Hey guys.”
Rishian perked up when he saw his old friend. “Koroko!”
“Rish!” The two met in the center of the space and clasped hands. Rishian had to lean down slightly due to the Kokiri’s size.
“When did you get in?” Rishian asked his friend.
“Only a couple of hours ago. We thought we’d meet up with you here. We heard all the news.” Koroko looked at Din and Rad.
Rad rolled his eyes, “I’m sure you have, apparently we are the talk of the land.” Rad seemed unimpressed.
Koroko ignored him and turned a greeting to Din. She greeted him back and went on to introductions.
“Koroko, Kate, this is Toan and Sophia. They have kindly agreed come along and provide us with their support” Din motioned between them all.
Kate moved and extended a hand to Sophia.
As they greeted each other, Din could not help but notice the similarities between the two women. They seemed to be unrelated in family heritage, but their features, body structure, and aura seemed to be the same. Din noticed this as Kate stood next to Toan as well. Toan and Sophia greeted Kate happily, and with friendliness Din had only seen out of Sophia toward herself. Din began to consider why this was.
“Shall we?” Rishian’s voice broke through her thoughts and Din turned to see him holding the door open.
(Chapter continues)