Hi guys! So, this is it! I'm very excited about this story, and I hope you guys like it as well! In this story, Zelda is Sheik and vice versa. So technically, Sheik is a girl. Sheik has the looks of a man, but on the inside she is a woman. If anything's not clear about that, feel free to PM me or tell it in your review. It's entirely written in Zelda/Sheik's POV. I did loads of research already, but if you know anything special about the Sheikah, feel free to tell me. Thanks to the awesome Bleachshowlover1 for coming up with a title. And the biggest thank you to the beautiful BlueFrenchHorn97 who is willing to beta read this story. In this prologue Zelda is ten years old. Please review.
I was scared. Why hadn't father listen to me? Where was he? Where was Impa? Just minutes ago everything had been fine, until Impa had to rush to dad because there was big trouble. The reason she had to go was because it was so big; the guards could not possibly protect their own king. In normal circumstances she would never have left me alone. But this was definitely not normal. The only thing she had said when she left kept me terrified.
"The prophecy you foretold… It has begun… Get ready, we don't have much time."
I had packed a bag with the things we needed. It was so sudden and I was so scared that I had a hard time holding things because my hands were trembling so much. The last thing I took was my blue ocarina, the ocarina of time. Link, he wouldn't know at all what was going on. I needed to tell him. I expected that he would have been here way sooner with all the three spiritual stones. I didn't blame him; he was just a child like me. But I couldn't wait any longer.
I took the ocarina in my hands, and started praying to the goddesses. "Dear golden goddesses. I need your help. Please give me the ability to create a short vision for the young hero. He has to know. It has to be done."
"Your prayers have been heard, princess of destiny," an angelic voice sounded.
"Thank you, oh great goddesses," I said, bowing out of respect. I was suddenly surrounded by a bluish light. I thought about the place I needed to be, and all of a sudden, I was in the temple of time. I breathed in slowly.
"Link...Can you hear me? It's me, Zelda. Link, when you hold this Ocarina in your hand... I won't be around anymore... I wanted to wait for you, but I couldn't delay any longer... At least I could leave you the ocarina and this melody..." I calmly showed him how to play the song of time on the ocarina. "Now Link. Play this melody in front of the altar in the Temple of Time. You must protect the Triforce!"
I opened my eyes again. I had done what I needed to do. He would be ok. Suddenly a blue figure with white hair entered my room.
"Impa! What do we do now?" I asked desperately, running up to her.
"Did you get everything I told you to pack?" she asked.
I nodded at the bag that was standing in front of my closet.
Where was my father? Why wasn't he with her? "Impa, where's my father?" I asked her.
She looked at me, guilt and compassion shining in her eyes. She shook her head. The feeling of pain and loss that streamed through my body was indescribable.
"No! It cannot be!" I yelled, crying. Sobs jolted trough my body as I held onto Impa's strong arms.
"Please, Zelda. I need you to be very brave ok? You know what's going on. You know what we need to do ok?" she said, while she was trying to sooth me.
I nodded. Impa was right. I tried to move the horrible thought of the dead of my father of my mind, and I tried to focus on the task that was lying ahead.
Impa took the bag and put her hand on my back. "Let's go."
We ran through the corridors and all I could hear were brave soldiers screaming from pain. A strong feeling of guilt dragged on me like a large rock, but Impa said I should try to ignore it. I tried. But the further we went out of the castle, the louder the screams sounded and the more blood I saw on the floors and walls. We finally reached the stables and Impa put me on what used to be my favourite horse. I liked it so much because it was large, white and it looked very brave and strong.
When I was on, Impa herself got on too and we left the stables. We rode to the front of the castle, passing several fighting scenes in the court yard. I noticed how ominous and dark the horizon looked. We rode into the market, and luckily people weren't on the streets, I assumed they were hiding or fleeing. We were almost at the gate, which was closed.
"Open the gates!" Impa yelled commandingly.
Suddenly I felt the urge to look behind. Behind us was the man that had caused this all: The man that was pure evil, the man that had killed my father. He was a large Gerudo, complete with green skin, yellow eyes and red hair, Ganondorf.
"Impa! Quick! It is him!" I yelled desperately. He was still quite far away, but his black steed was fast.
The gates opened and we rode out as fast as we could. But when we were past the river, I saw a confused and surprised looking boy standing there, dressed in green and accompanied by a fairy: Link. I quickly took the blue ocarina, and tossed it to Link. The only thing I could do now was hope that he would take the ocarina and everything would be clear for him. He could do this. I was sure of it. I held onto the horse as it rode us far into the unknown distance of Hyrule field.