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Wild and Sky sat near what felt like the edge of the world. Or at least, kind of close.
They sat against a little drop-off that led down a steep hill that would then take them into the massive ravine. So, yes, close enough.
Though Wild wanted to get closer. The mad man.
“What’s on the other side?” Wild asked, leaning a touch too far over their little ledge.
“Of the nothingness? Lanayru Desert. But like I said, if we want to meet the others, we’ll have to head up back around Eldin Volcano so we can find a spot for Crimson to pick us up.”
“Show me your map.”
Sky sighed. Leave it to Wild to try and find the hard way to get somewhere. Usually Hyrule was his buddy for that. He complied anyway, pulling it from his bag and spreading it over the ground.
“That’s your map?” Wild raised a brow.
Sky was confused. Of course it was. “Yes?”
“I thought you said you explored the whole kingdom?”
“I have. Those are all the major landmarks and paths.” Sky gestured at the well-illustrated locations he and Sun had worked so hard to make look nice.
Wild did not let up, “But what about all these blank spots? You’ve only actually got like half a map.”
“They’re blank because they’re inaccessible. We would just have to fly over them regardless. See?” He pointed to one of the spots, “There’s a terrible rushing river here, which gets even worse when it floods.” To the next, “I’m pretty sure this is literally just quicksand and mudpits.” Then he moved from the map and gestured in front of them. “And of course there’s the giant rift of nothingness here. You can’t travel on foot here.”
And even after all that, Wild still grinned. “I never said ‘on foot.’ Maps show where you are, and where you’re trying to go. However, we’re still getting there however the heck we please. We can totally shield surf down the mountainside, hit that ramp, and then… hmmm.”
“I told you, it’s too far to get across. That ledge would maybe get us halfway, and then we’d plummet into the void.”
“I can literally see the other side, Sky. That just means we have to share a shield. Don’t worry, I’ve got some long ones.” Seeing the insane problem as solved, Wild began flipping through his slate.
Sky rolled up his map. “That still can’t get us across. We’ll just have to walk back up the mountain. It sucks. But that’s realistic.”
A black and golden shield materialized in Wild’s hands. “That’ll take too long. We can make it, Sky. I might be an adrenaline junky, but I very much like being alive. You just gotta trust me.” He set the shield on the ground near the edge and stepped onto the front half. “Now, you coming?”
“Are you serious, right now?”
“It’ll be fun, I promise. This way we also get to see your girlfriend faster.” Wild said, sing-songing the end of the sentence.
“What is possibly going to propel us the rest of the way?”
“Secret magic.”
“Wild.”
“Sky.” He whined. Then, he sobered up a bit. “Do you trust me?”
Yes, with his life. But this felt like overstepping. Each of them held so many secrets close to their chest; of course they did. In the matter of what Sky felt was life-or-death, revealing one of those secrets also felt like a show of trust. Sky hoped he didn’t hesitate too long with an answer.
Wild waggled his eyebrows. “Don’t be such a Legend.”
Somehow, that did it.
With full faith that Wild wouldn’t just let something like this kill them, Sky finally stepped onto the shield, wrapping his arms tightly around the Champion’s torso.
Wild immediately took them down the edge, leaving no chance for him to back out. The shield slid down the mountainside fast. It seemed to hit every little bump possible.
The ledge-ramp came back into view. Then they were on it and shooting up into the air before Sky was truly able to regret every decision that brought him to this moment. He might’ve screamed.
Wild pulled open his paraglider once they hit the top of their arc, which carried their momentum further, but would still fall short of the other side.
Before he could voice it, however, a fresh yet strong breeze hit him. Something glowing flashed in the corner of his eye. The wind rose and caught on the paraglider.
It propelled them upward, dozens of feet further into the air.
“Magic!” Wild yelled, looking over his shoulder with a grin. “I told you!”
They would make it. Holy crap, they were going to make it.
Sky could not form a response.
A few minutes later, they slowly landed on the opposite ravine, the edge of the familiar desert in sight. Wild laughed. The mad man.
“Sky?”
“Hmm?”
“You can let go now.”