30FF submission!
Warning: I plan for this to be yaoi which means two males doings the do. If you don't like this, press the back button please and do not flame. Another thing: This will contain spoilers from OoT and TP (though I'm certain that if you're here, you know about OoT) Sheik is also his own character and separate from Zelda. I'm not too certain if I'll explain their relationship (AKA Sheik = Zelda or not).
Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, or any of its characters do not belong to be and are property of Nintendo. However, I do claim possession of this story's plot line and any Original Characters formed in the process of it (Characters:N/A ATM)
How many times has he experienced his death by now? It was countless times where Link would arrive moments to hours before the other's murder, just to only experience the pain once more. He tried! He tried to stop it. How could he be the Hero of an entire nation if he couldn't save one person? He tried everything from bows to bombs, from mallets to magic. It was all useless.
Sheik refused to live!
Sheik always stepped in to prevent a blade aimed at him. He always received that deadly blow to his gut. Fairies or red potions couldn't help and the blood wouldn't stop flowing. Sheik always smiled and whispered his apologies.
Couldn't Sheik see that Link valued Sheik's life more than his own!
But no, Link was The Hero of Time, and Sheik was the useless shadow.
Link had to live and Sheik had to die. There was no other option for the rest of the world. It was Link, not Sheik, who had to slay Ganon.
So Link decided that, if the past was set in stone, the future had to at least be malleable clay. So Link finished the temple and trials ahead of him. So Link met Zelda and received the arrows. So Link conquered Ganon's castle and the Evil Lord himself. So Link fulfilled his destiny. So Link went back in time.
But there was nothing saying he couldn't go forward again.
He pulled the sword once again, pushed it back in, aiming for each time they were reincarnated. He looked for the time where he and Sheik were the same age, because Zelda told him Sheik was dead to begin with.
Did this make him a necrophiliac?
The sardonic thought passed through his mind without a thought. Who cared who he was! Who cared what he was? He wanted Sheik, he couldn't give up.
Link swore he went through at least a hundred different time zones with pulling and pushing. He aged from childhood to old age, never finding the right age difference between him and Sheik. The land kept changing around him, the Temple slowly but surely decaying with Time. Now, that made Link laugh. However, his laugh died out into gurgles moments after he pulled out the sword once again. His hands couldn't grasp the hilt properly and everything looked so big. Everything became confusing and his body wouldn't move. The last thing he saw was something that looked very similar to a skull kid with a horn.
Originally this was planned to be a oneshot... but another idea hit me and it's turned into a multi-chaptered fic. And yes, I think that Skull Kid is the Skull Kid from OoT/Majora's mask!
Note: The Sharp Machete's fiction: "The Bleeding Effect" sparked the idea in me, I just thought's I'd state that :P Go read it. It's awesome!
Anther note: I'd really like to have a beta for this fanfiction. This is the first Twilight Princess fiction, no less first crossover I've done. The next chapter is kind of screwing me over, and I don't know how to go through it. I don't know if its too confusing ETC. Just drop a reply, or PM (if you're an anonymous replier answering to my beta call, please leave a means where I can respond)