The Life and Adventures of Sheik



Prologue:

Everything was going so well, I don't understand what happened.
One minute, I'm standing near the Temple of Time with the Ocarina, ready to get to the Triforce before Gannondorf, the next I'm being carried out my protector, Impa. Somehow, the evil man had gotten warning of what we were planning, and he chased us out of the castle. As we raced out of the castle, I saw him. The boy from my dream. The "Sacred" that was to part the clouds. I figured he was our best chance, so I threw the Ocarina to him, sealed with the song that would allow him into the Sacred Realm. I thought we were safe. But I was wrong. Something terrible happened. The boy never came back, Gannondorf somehow claimed the Triforce, and the world fell into darkness...
Now, I wait in secret for the boy to return to us, someday...
I only hope that when he does, he'll be able to fulfil the prophecy that Fate has labeled him to do....
Please Link, come back and redeem our beautiful land of Hyrule!


Chapter One: Falling into Darkness


It had been a few days since the eight-year-old Princess Zelda had last seen Link, and she was beginning to get worried. By now, she thought to herself, he should have been through the Sacred Realm and back with the Triforce. After their escape from the Castle, Impa and Zelda had retreated into hiding in Kakariko village, Impa's hometown. She turned towards Impa, who was across the room preparing lunch for the two. "Impa, what happened to Link? Don't you think he should be back by now, or at least made a wish on the Triforce?" Impa looks over her shoulder at the princess, "Please understand, Princess, that we do not know much of the Sacred Realm. It could take him days to find the Triforce, or maybe the dimensions are not on the same units of Time..." The Princess frowns, trying hard to understand the explanation Impa had given. Seeing her frustration, Impa takes the pan she was cooking in and comes over, pouring out its contents onto Zelda's plate. "Don't worry Princess. We know he got through the door of Time before Gannondorf, so there is nothing to fear." Zelda smiled slightly, wanting to believe Impa's optimistic words, but after Zelda had thrown the Ocarina of Time into Hyrule Castle's moat, it was uncertain what had occurred. Though her dreams had shown her to have faith in Link, her dreams over the last few nights had been too dark and strained to be ones of salvation to come. "Princess, please eat. There is nothing we can do now but wait."
"OK..." responded Zelda. She pushed her dreary thoughts beside and tried to focus on lunch. "Mm, its good!" she exclaimed, trying hard to be as optimistic as Impa...
Another week passed.
Things began to change for the worse. First it was the sky, turning from its usually happy and cloudless sky of blue, into a forbidding shade of purple.
Soon, news of such creatures as Poes and wandering spirits began to reach the ears of the villagers, and Zelda knew that something had gone wrong, and Gannondorf had seized the Triforce.
As the days past, so did Zelda's and Impa's hope that Link was even still alive. The first of the "Hell's Raptures", as the people of Kakariko soon began to know them as, occurred. ReDeads invaded Hyrule Market Town, and the town's people that survived sought shelter at Kakariko. Things grew worse from there. Zora's domain began to freeze over, an ancient and evil dragon was revived in Death Mountain, and the previously magnificent Hyrule Castle was vaporized, leaving only a gaping crater of active lava....

I can't believe all this is happening. Even worse, I also know it's my fault. The world is falling into darkness, and it is all because of me. Yesterday though, one of the villagers saw a ReDead near the river outside of the village. I fear that Kakariko may be next to collapse...