Joey and Sheik sat in the back of a hay-wagon. Joey closed his eyes, listening to the few birds of Hyrule Field. Sheik looked over at him. "Can you really hear birds?" Joey nodded.
"If you took off those bandages, maybe you could hear them, too." Sheik looked at the sun, hidden behind a thin layer of clouds. "The birds make a beautiful sound in the spring, don't you think so?" Sheik nodded.
"I guess." Sheik sat up and looked at Joey. "So, why did you join Ganondorf?" Joey's smile faded. He looked at Sheik.
"Can you keep a secret?" Sheik nodded. "I want to find Zelda before Ganondorf does." Sheik nodded. "Zelda and I were really close as children. Then that Link showed up and screwed everything over. We were childhood friends, but I knew when I first saw him that he was no Kokiri. None of the Kokiri had pointed ears but Link. How he never noticed it himself was beyond me." Joey looked at Sheik. "Where'd you say you were from again?" Sheik looked at the clouds.
"The Sheikah were wanderers. They traveled all across Hyrule. Most of us settled down in Kakariko village, though." Joey turned and looked at Sheik.
"So this is like a trip home for you, right?" Sheik looked back at the clouds.
"I suppose." Joey looked up at the clouds.
"It must be nice to go home." Sheik looked at Joey.
"Don't you have a home?" Joey looked at Sheik.
"My home was the Hyrule Castle Town Market. Now it's swamped with re-deads. A place with zombies isn't a place I call home. Even working for Ganondorf doesn't get me immunity from all of the monsters in Hyrule. At least my line of work doesn't require me to team up with these demons." He looked at Sheik. "What's your job for Ganondorf?"
"I'm the search and find type. I'm not really all that violent, so I don't like to fight. Ganondorf has me look for things, and most of the time, bring them back." Joey laughed and looked at the clouds again.
"Some people have all the luck. I'm a warrior by nature. I guess that's why I was chosen to be the backup plan if Link failed." Sheik looked at Joey.
"Is that what Ganondorf told you?" Joey nodded. "I don't think that's true at all." Joey laughed.
"Well, true or not, it's all I believe in this world. If Link ever fails, I wanna prove that I'm ten times the warrior he ever would have been." Sheik looked at the clouds.
"Well good for you." Sheik thought to himself. "Hey Joey, why exactly are you looking for Zelda?" Joey sighed.
"I just really liked the great friendship we had. We were the best of friends. Then… well, Ganondorf showed up. I would give anything to go back to those days" Sheik smiled.
"So if you could see Zelda right now, what would you tell her?" Joey smiled and looked at the clouds. He listened to the birds chirping again.
"Something I've been meaning to tell her for a while." Sheik blushed. "I dunno, it's my problem, not yours. Don't trouble yourself." Joey paused. "What would you do?" Sheik laughed.
"I'd like to hear what you have to say." Joey lay back in the hay.
"I wouldn't say much." He blew his hair out of his face. "I'd give her something I've been holding onto for a while. And I'd tell her something I've waited to tell her for a long time." Sheik drew closer.
"And what would that be?" Joey looked at the ground.
"Hey, you hear that?" Sheik looked around.
"What?" Joey stood up and looked around.
"It's a cuckoo. We're in Kakariko." Joey hopped off. He held his hand out to Sheik. "C'mon, let's go." Sheik took Joey's hand and hopped off the carriage. "It's been nice talking to you, Sheik. I feel like I can really open up to you." Sheik nodded.
"Yeah. I hope we get partnered up again real soon." Joey walked through town.
"Let's see if they sell Lon-Lon milk here. I'm parched." Sheik nodded and followed Joey through town.