A/N: This is a twist on the story of Ocarina of Time. What if Link and (separate) Sheik's sexes were reversed, meaning that Link was a girl suddenly made into a woman, and Sheik was a man quite enamored with that woman? And what if lovestruck dorks do as they are wont to do, and discover the consequences of those actions? How does a young woman who doesn't know what's going on with her body react? How does a young man who DOES know what's going on react when he finds out? And what do they do to keep everything secret from the Demon King?

There will be one rather mature and detailed chapter as the plot necessitates it. ;) Aside from that, the rest of the story is about teen-older teen level.

Sheik leaned against the rear walls of the Temple of Time, listening to the moans of the creatures outside. Today was the seventh year to the day of when the hero pulled the Master Sword from the pedestal, and so if Impa's calculations were correct, he would be returning from the Sacred Realm at any moment. Princess Zelda was safely hidden away with his elder, so it was his duty to guide the hero in his quest to awaken the other sages. Sheik was as ready as he could be, now it was on Link.

A few hours later, a hum rang out through the air, and the sword chamber filled with a blue light. When the light dissipated, a figure in green stood in front of the Pedestal of Time, with a small blue fairy flitting around the room in excitement. "Link! We're back in the Temple of Time! But have seven years really passed?"

Sheik crept closer to the hero to make his introduction, but stopped short as Link heard him and turned around on alert. Link... Link was a girl. A beautiful girl. Why hadn't Impa told him? Of course, Impa couldn't have known if Link would be attractive or not. In fact, Link's looks were rather plain. She was short, had a boyish body, and with that hat on, it was impossible to tell what kind of hair...

Oh. Oh. Sheik's train of thought went out the window, as Link nervously pulled her hat off and wrung it between her hands as she chewed on her bottom lip. The hat was hiding a ponytail of golden hair, just a tad shorter than Princess Zelda's. She had a blush on her cheeks, and her doe eyes were turned toward the ground. She may be plain, but then again he never needed much to be impressed.

"Um..." Sheik's pulse jumped; her voice was so angelic, he couldn't believe that she was the Goddesses' hero and not divine herself. "Are, are you the guide Rauru told me to look for?"

"...Yes!" Sheik had to shake himself out of his stupor. "Yes, I've been waiting for you, Hero of Time. I am Sheik, of the Sheikah. And if I may say so, it is a pleasure to meet you." He bowed, then got down to business. "Rauru told you about me, so I guess he told you of your quest?"

"Kind of. Something about sages and getting everyone together to seal evil." She scratched her head, then looked at the fairy. "I don't understand all of it."

"Well, it is a long process. You have to wake each of the five sages remaining in Hyrule," Sheik explained. "The first is in the Forest Temple, but you will need weapons before you can even enter..."

A loud thunk echoed through the room, and Sheik looked to the new pile at his feet. "Sword, bombs, slingshot, deku nuts, boomerang, and fire charm. That last one is handy for wood."

"Some of these are children's weapons, you can't use them anymore."

Link pouted. "Well, why not? I'm still small."

"Look at yourself, you're an adult," he pointed out. "You've... matured." Extremely. He remembered seeing the boy who snuck into the castle once, but then again he thought that was a boy. Standing in front of him was no boy, this was a woman. A deadly woman. An extremely attractive deadly woman, who he would get to follow around for the next-

"...Fine." Link gathered up her 'adult' weapons, and pushed the childish ones into a pile in the corner. "So where do I get these 'adult' weapons at?"

Sheik had to resist staring at Link's figure as she shoved her gear into the corner. "Go to Kakariko Village. You'll find a tool there that will help you, then meet me at the entrance to the Forest Temple. I'll advise you from there." Sheik watched Link load up her stuff, then head for the exit. "Be careful, hero. The land is the same, but darkness has taken over. Never let your guard down." Now, if only he could listen to his own advice...

Link waited until she was safely outside of the Castle Town gates, before gushing to Navi. "Navi Navi NAVI! Did you see that back there?!"

The fairy bowed her head. "I don't think I'll forget that for as long as I live. The poor town..."

"Not that," Link grumbled. "I meant Sheik! He was gorgeous!"

"WHAT?"

"Those crimson eyes, dark skin, and the hair over one side of his face... Oh and the deep voice, and his muscled body... Not too big, but not too lean. And did you see how tight his clothes were? Especially down by-"

"HEY!" Navi flew in Link's face, her normally blue cheeks puffed up and red. "You have been seventeen for less than a DAY! You have no business thinking about boys like that! How do you even know what boys have, anyway?"

"Mido told me," Link shrugged. "Then Fado said if Mido was teasing me too much, all I had to do was kick him there and he would stop. Boys don't like it when you kick them there."

Navi gasped and shook her head. "Further proof that you're a seventeen year old with the mind of a ten year old. No thinking about boys for you. Go on, off to Kakariko Village!"

"Aww... Okay, to Kakariko."