"Hey Zelda," Link said cheerfully. He was still wearing his day clothes, like her. Sheik almost shouted out with shock. Millions of questions were already forming in her mind. She said something really smart, like-

"What the?" Sheik couldn't understand how he knew where she would be when she read the note. Or when, for that matter. Link smiled, enjoying seeing her confused. Score for the Hero of Time!

"You know what, Sheik?" Link asked.

"What?"

"I've never actually seen you with your headscarf off,"

Sheik had never actually removed her headscarf in public. Even so, she didn't back away or flinch when Link came over and pulled it down. She was beautiful.

"Wow," He said. Sheik blushed and smiled. And someone had finally seen it happen. Link loved her smile. It was gorgeous. Sheik looked away and pulled her scarf back over her nose and mouth.

Did I offend her? Link thought worriedly. He hadn't. Sheik still looked undaunted by Link's unmasking.

But then all the questions came racing back to her head. Sheik couldn't believe she had forgot to ask. "How did you know when I would read the note? How did you know where I would be standing? How did you get up here? I'm on the third floor!"

"Oh, I just waited until nightfall and watched you, then I went back in time using my ocarina to dinner. I wrote you a note that applied to where you would be standing. My timing depended on when I watched you read the note. I got here just before then. Oh yes, to get up here. I was outside, at the foot of Smash Mannsion, then I jumped up and got onto the first balcony. Sorry about those flowers, Peach. Then I jumped again, did a midair jump, and used my tether to grab your balcony. My foot kind of slipped on something and then I had to grab the gutter and climb up to your room. No big deal," Sheik stared at him for a while.

"So..." She started. "Why are you here?"

"Uh..." Link began nervously. He gave a slight cough. "Well, heheheh. Funny story. It's just...um..." The Hero of Time shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot. Sheik waited patiently. "I...um...I really like you and you want to practice with me tomorrow? " Link said the last part very fast, so Sheik only caught the "You want to practice with me tommorrow?'' part.

"What was the first bit?" She asked. Link turned red, which stood out greatly against his green atire.

"It was...ummm...unimportant. Do you want to practice with me tommorrow?"

"Sure," the ninja replied. Link looked greatly relieved.

"See you then," He called. Then he dropped off the balcony, just like Sheik did in their match together.

"Bye Link," Sheik whispered. She lay down in her bed, and soon was fast asleep.

Sheik P.O.V.

That was the night I dreamed about Link. I was drowning. Delfino Square. With the water as blue as blue can be. But as the water sucked me into it, I didn't feel like screaming or fighting my way back up. I felt whole. I didn't want to resurface, or do anything at all. Just to sit there, under the water. Music was playing, I knew there was something familiar about it, something I couldn't grasp or remember. But it was beautiful all the same. Then it hit me. I did know that music.

Link's ocarina.

Breakfast

Breakfast was as good as always. There were huge pancakes the size of the plates they sat on. Sheik ate fast, wanting to be on time for her practice with Link. She drained her orange juice and hurried to the training grounds. Unlike the brawling stages, the training ground had dummies and open areas instead of the excitement of moving platforms and disappearing ground. It wasn't very crowded in the morning; Sheik only saw three of four other people. She spotted Samus and waved. Her friend waved back.

Sheik scanned the training stations, searching for Link. Her eyes caught on that familiar green outfit and she headed over to him. Link was already slashing a poor dummy to pieces. He seemed really angry at it (What the heck? It's a dummy). Then Sheik noticed the name written on it.

Pit. It even had fake wings taped to the back of it. Why does Link hate Pit all of a sudden? Sheik wondered. I mean, they were sitting by eachother at dinner, and they were really friendly to one another. What in the name of Hyrule happened in one night?

"Got a grudge on PIt?" Sheik asked. Link jumped a couple feet in the air, clearly surprised. I'm getting good at my "Scare Link" factor. Score for Sheik! the ninja thought happily.

"Oh hey Pi- I mean Sheik." Link said. "Sorry, you scared the heck out of me," "Apparently," Sheik replied. "Anyway, sorry I'm late,"

"Oh, you're not late," Link told her. "I just came here early," He sliced the wings neatly off the Pit effigy. They floated to the floor, and then Sheik question came back into her mind.

"So... Why do you hate Pit all of a sudden? You guys looked cheerful enough last night," Sheik asked. Link suddenly found his sword a thing of great interest.

"Ummm... He was just annoying me last night. About...something." Link said, a little nervously. The ninja decided not to press for details. He looked relieved when she dropped the subject.

"Alright, that's cool, but let's do what I came here to do," She ran at Link and threw her fist, but he blocked it, and soon they were engaged in their fighting.