Author's note: Hey guys, Pikatwins here! I know it's been longer than I would like it to be, but here it is! Chapter nine!
Disclaimer: I think it is pretty obvious by now that I don't own Legend of Zelda, but I gotta say this for clarity anyway, so there.
Chapter nine: The first attack
Six days have passed since then, and Link taught Sheik what he learned everyday after school, and by the sixth night, Sheik knew everything he'd need to.
The next day...
"So, how long have you known Sheik?" Malon, a beautiful girl about Link's age with auburn hair and a fiery temper, asked Link at lunch.
"About a week," came Link's reply. Link was happy for Malon, as the usually cold girl when she were to first meet someone instantly took a liking to Sheik. It was truly obvious that she was in love with Sheik, as whenever he would try to strike up a normal conversation, she would blush and look away, and would look at him whenever she thought he wasn't looking. Link was pulled away from his thoughts however, when he heard Malon say that Groose was up to his old antics again.
"Come on Sheik, show me how you got accepted into this academy," Groose said mockingly. When Link heard this, he got up and walked over to where Groose and Sheik were.
"Be careful what you wish for, Groose," Link said spitting out the bully's name as if it were poison on his mouth. This of course caught the attention of Impa, the swordsplay teacher, who walked over and demanded to know what was going on.
"Ms. Impa, Groose here was merely challenging me to a sparring match," Sheik reported, a slight smirk on his face, as Groose's eyes widened in realization of what he just got himself into. "
Is that so?" Impa's gruff voice replied, looking at Groose, who just nodded his head, unsure of if he was making the correct choice. "Very well. Follow me," Impa said, leading the two to the sparring arena, which of course the other students followed, as they too were curious about the skills of the new kid.
As Impa grabbed the wooden swords for the two combatants, the rest of the students from lunch filed into the bleachers, Link sitting down next to Malon in the bottom row. Then, after a few words about fighting fairly, the match began. "Hey, you want to know why Sheik got in the academy?" Link quietly asked Malon during the match, when he saw how worried she was. "You see, his skills with a sword are on par with mine," Link then explained with a chuckle, causing Malon's jaw to drop open.
Sure enough, within two minutes of Link saying that, Sheik had Groose lying flat on the ground, sword pointed at his throat. "Check and mate," was all Sheik said, which in turn caused the crowd to burst into applause once they overcame the shock of Sheik's incredible sword skills. The applause abruptly stopped however, when the ground suddenly shook violently.
"Shit," Link muttered under his breath when he realized that these tremors were not normal. "Impa, get the students out of here," Link ordered over the commotion. Impa was obviously not happy with being told what to do, and was about to reprimand him, but she realized what was going on when a wall broke down, revealing an army of Moblins and Bokoblins that estimated a good hundred or so. "Sheik, you're with me!" Link yelled as he rushed to meet the forces head on while Impa led the students out, before pulling out a pair of daggers and leaping in to join the fight.
"How the heck did they get so big so quickly?!" Impa asked halfway through the battle, angry at her scouts for not reporting it, and mad at Link for not going to take care of them sooner.
"I don't know! For now though, let's stop them before they can kill the students!" Link replied, taking down the twentieth and final Moblin, before moving on to strike the Bokoblins down.
"I must agree with Link on this one! The students are the highest priority!" Sheik called, who was taking down his fourteenth Bokoblin. That was all it took to silence Impa, keeping silent for the rest of the battle, which took another forty five minutes. When the battle ended however, Link heard a thump on the ground.
When Link looked at where he heard the sound, his eyes widened in horror. For there, lying on the ground, was the one he loved. It was Zelda, and there, standing above her, was none other than Dark Link.
End note: I hate leaving it like this, but it was necessary in order to set up the stage for chapter ten. Again, let me know if there is anything I can fix in a review, and I will try very hard to do so. I really liked portraying Sheik as cold and calculated, yet kind and caring when the situation warranted it. Anyway, Ms. Impa is Zelda's caretaker, and was fully aware of Zelda's disguise as Sheik, which is why she came back to fight after getting the students away safely.
One last thing to mention: my other fanfic, Lovers by Twilight, is finally up with its first two chapters, and I will be posting a third once I'm done here. For those who do not want to wait, nor want to search for it, here is the URL: s/10628384/1/Lovers-by-Twilight
See you next time!
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