Chapter 3: A single request

Ok I have like the best chapter for chapter 4 but this one isn't that great…but you might like it though…I hope

"I don't understand," Zelda said the wind tearing through her hair as we rode forward towards Karkariko village. "Please calm down Link."

"I can't calm down when this is all my fault," I said feeling the power of the master sword beneath my fingers. I wanted to kill all those monsters for what they did to me. I wanted to slaughter them one by one for every single time they had hurt my loved ones and that was more then I could count up to. They had down way to much for me to just let them leave and while they still had Ilia I didn't have a choice but to go after them.

"It is not Link," she said frantically as Epona trudged on through the field towards Karkariko. "We don't even know where to find her Link. I know she is important to you but this is common sense Link!"

"Don't tell me about common sense," I said angrily pulling the reins back stopping Epona right from her death speed. "All I ever had was my common sense when I fought to find her. She was the only thing that kept me going and now she is gone!"

"Don't yell at me!" Zelda said angrily. Pushed herself off the horse and stumbled on to the ground where she started to walk away.

"Where are you going?" I asked worriedly jumping off Epona behind her. She didn't even turn back.

"I'm going home," she said walking the total opposite direction of the Hyrule castle which made me laugh. "What?"

"You don't have a clue where you're going do you princess?" I said jumping back up on Epona getting ready to leave again. "I'm not going to stop you from getting totally lost so if you want my help then you're just going to have to ask."

"I know exactly where I'm going," she crossed her arms in frustration. "I wouldn't ask for your help if you're the last hero on earth!"

"But I'm the only one here at the moment," this comment made her fume with anger.

"I am a princess of Hyrule," she said holding her head high. "I will not be made a fool of by a…"

"Peasant?" I said lightly nudging Epona forward. "Well if that's what you think about me then I think I will leave you here. I have better things to do right now."

"Wait!" she said desperately but straightened herself out from the sudden outburst. "I hate to admit it but I don't exactly know where I am…"

"Ilia need's my help right now," I said holding my head up proudly. "I promised to protect her and I will because I never go back on my promises."

"Then I will go with you on this mission of yours," she stated plainly. "Once you have rescued her then you can take me home simple as that. Do you have any objections?"

"Yes as a matter of fact I do!" I snapped remembering the danger that I had to face fighting Ganondorf and if she was with me then the trip would be twice as hard for I would have to protect her and I needed all my concentration to win against the monsters.

"I can be more help then I look," Zelda pleaded clasping her hands together and with a few whispered words a flame split her hands from each other so that a ball of fire floated in her hands. "I am a very skilled with magic."

"But your magic is silly tricks like that," I said angrily looking up at the sky. She was wasting the little time I had.

"Then this might come as a shock," she said letting the fire disappear. She clasped her hands together and whispered a few new words the lifted her right hand over her head and closed her blue eyes shut. Then she dropped down and when she stood up again she was no longer Zelda anymore.

"Where did Zelda go?" I asked worriedly looking at the stranger in front of me. He wore a blue outfit that would be easy to fight in and a hood that covered tightly around his mouth and forehead so that his eyes and hair peaked out of the slit that was at least and inch wide. His eyes were a peculiar shade of purple.

"My name is Sheik but you know me as Zelda," said Zelda's voice from under the mask. "I am Zelda's alter ego and I fight better then any man that you have ever fought against. Test me and you will only see how strong I am."

"Fine," I said pulling the master sword out of its sheath. This new Zelda didn't even flinch at the site which I thought was amazing. She just fell into a fighting stance that was good for quick attacks.

"Don't go easy on me," she said and I knew she was smiling. I charged at her thinking how much I didn't want to hurt her for she was the princess and all but something happened that I didn't expect. As my blade came down upon her I blinked my eyes and the next thing I knew my blade banged off the ground. I turned my head and there sat Zelda looking at her hands lazily. I spun the blade over my head and came down but she put her fingers together and she disappeared. I turned and there she at least 5 meters away. I stared at her gaping. "Looks like its my turn to be on the offensive," she said the she pulled thin needles out of a small pouch that was tied on her thigh. She flung them at me and I blocked myself with my shield just in time as I heard the rough pang of metal against metal. I lowered my shield just to see Zelda bolting towards me so fast that I couldn't block it. I was pushed down to the ground in an instant.

"But how," I said getting up. Zelda had her arms across her chest and changed back into a princess.

"I guess that I can go with you then," she said yawning loudly. "So let's go!"

"I guess I don't have a choice," I said helping Zelda onto Epona.

"Oh by the way," she said as I jumped up behind her. "When Sheik is out please call her Sheik for she takes great offense when people call her my name."

"But isn't she you?" I asked confused.

"She's my alter ego," Zelda said. "She isn't me but she is in a way. She has a total different personality then I. It was like the fighter me was separated from my political me so that I could change from on to the other. It's pretty simple really."

"To you maybe," I said nudging Epona forward. Zelda truly was a strange girl but for some reason that was what I liked about her. She was different then any girl I had ever met before and I didn't really understand what I felt about her but all I knew now was that I had to save Ilia and once that was done then I could work out these feelings. "I'm just a simple peasant who was never taught any better."

"I already said I was sorry," Zelda said angrily.

"Just kidding," I said with a smile. Then we traveled to Kakariko where I hoped that I could find out more on Ilia's location for I promised her that I would save her no matter what and I planned on keeping the promise even if it killed me. With Sheik's help I believe that maybe this mission won't end sad after all…"

Sorry this chapter is soooo short but I couldn't think of anything else to write but the next chapter will be like a lot better!!!