DAMN IT! She thought as she came in contact with the ground.

"Sheik!" Link yelled, dropping the bow and arrow and drawing his sword.

Quickly regaining her senses, she sat up, her blooded kunai still in her hand. She opened her eyes to a bulbin's own beady blood eyes staring into hers. It jumped when she opened her eyes, seeing the color of her iris. It quickly cried out in a distorted call, unable to finish the call as Link interrupted it by stabbing his sword through its skull. The bulbin's body fell over limp and spontaneously combusted into ashes, revealing Link behind it. He quicky grabbed her hand and nearly threw her to her feet before slashing through another bulbin that was approaching.

"Are you alright?" Link asked, looking back at her.

She nodded in reply and secured the kunai in her hand. She trembled as she remembered the blood gaze of the bulbin. She remembered looking up at a bulbin on a boar-like creature as it fought her. She remembered the blood stares of the monsters that invaded her and others like her in a village. The blood glare mimicked evil, as if you could see their dark thoughts. That glare was too familiar to her. She quickly killed another bulbin, spilling it's greenish blood that also seemed eerily familiar. Images of people with the same eyes as hers came into her mind, each one fighting one of these monsters. Multiple people she now recognized laid dead on the battlefield, the bulbins running over them in search of something. She remembered dodging the arrows of those who attacked her, some were tied together as a net. She busted out of every attempt of capture, not willing to surrender.

The battle she fought now seemed far too familiar. It was semi-clear to her now. She didn't know why, but she knew what they were here for.

These things are looking for me. She thought, slaugtering another bulbin.

She glanced at Mayor Bo's house where, according to Ilia, the whole village was hiding. She killed another bulbin attacker, glancing at Link who was also spilling the blood of an attacker. She remembered the images of a village coated in blood; she attempted to fight for it. She quickly moved on to another bulbin who wasn't even attempting an attack, killing it quickly. She knew the consequences now, and she didn't exactly like it. She noticed some bulbins retreating from the battle, running back into the woods. She glanced at Link as he smirked at her, as if showing a victory. She showed a smirk back at him, hiding her fear behind her face. She heard the cries of the bulbins as they ran and heard the sound of bodies exploding into ashes.

"They're retreating!" Jaggle exclaimed as he ran into the village with a blood coated gardening hoe, followed by Mayor Bo. They slaughtered the bulbins they passed, as if showing a warning to their group.

The number of retreating bulbins grew, only a few courageous ones remained only to perish by either a blade or a gardening tool. They all stared at the entrance when the number of bulbins reached zero, waiting for a rebound ambush to appear. They all panted in exhaustion as they waited. Finally Mayor Bo stood up straight from his defense position and sighed, breaking the suspenseful silence.

"I believe we won this fight."

"YES!" Jaggle cheered, holding his gardening hoe towards the sky.

Link, Sheik, and Navi all sighed simultaneously, followed by a snort from Epona. Mayor Bo smiled at his protecting team.

"I suppose I can tell the village that the monsters are gone." He said, scratching his chin.

"Yea, my wife's probably having a stroke." Jaggle joked.

Link nodded in reply.

"I'll stay out here in case some hidden bulbins return."

Mayor Bo nodded before walking towards his house to where his daughter and the other villagers plus a hippie were hiding, followed by Jaggle. Link turned to Sheik as they stepped on the steps of Mayor Bo's house.

"I should seriously stop underestimating you." He said, smiling.

Sheik was able to show a smirk back at him, hiding her eyes behind her bangs. Link tilted his head and frowned at her.

"Why do you always hide your eyes like that?" He asked. "They're pretty."

Sheik remained silent, still hiding behind her bangs. She still thought about the images she remembered, a small village in blood, the ambush of the bulbins attacking her, and the woman she painfully left behind. She used to wonder if there was someone looking for her, but now that she knew the answer, she felt sick. She looked at Link, revealing one eye from her hair.

"Did Fado say why the bulbins attacked him?" She asked.

"Yea, he said they were looking for something...at least that's what it seemed like." Link answered, arching an eyebrow at her.

She sighed sadly, confirming what she believed. The monsters had business with her, and they were using violence to retrieve her. She knew that this village could possibly turn out like the other village she saw. She tightened her grip around the handle of the kunai, her bandaged hand and fingers not allowing her to feel the handle's touch.

"...You're never going to let me see what's on your hand, are you?" Link asked.

Sheik glanced down at her bandaged hand and back at Link.

"It's just a scar."

"So? Why do you cover it up all the time?" He asked. "I have a pretty impressive scar on my shoulder from when Rusl nailed me while sparring. You can see it whenever, I'll even let you tell me who's scar is worse."

She sighed in reply. Besides always trying to convince her into riding Epona, he would always ask why she hid the scar on her hand. He already knew why her fingers were bandaged, since she's a harpist, but those two missions of his never seem to bore him. She didn't understand why he wanted to know or why he wanted her to ride Epona. Link sighed, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"I'm just trying to be a friend to you." Link said, as if he read her mind. He showed a smile at her.

She hid behind her bangs again, feeling guilty for what she had just learned. She slowly took in a breath.

"Link."

Link blinked a few times before answering.

"Yeah? What's wrong?"

"...I'm sorry."

"...Sorry for wha-"

Link's sentence was cut off from a kunai handle to the back of the head. Sheik had quickly lunged herself at him and behind him and struck him in the head with the handle of her kunai. Link looked back at her as he fell to the earth, looking into the blood eyes he rarely was allowed to see. They were fierce yet sorrowful, but yet they still held the beauty they always did, her bangs framing her eyes. The cold darkness of unconsciousness enveloped him the moment he hit the ground. Sheik threw the kunai at him, striking the earth only inches in front of his eyes.

"Link!" Navi yelled, flying around her companion's face.

Epona neighed loudly, lifting up her front hooves and slamming them back down to the ground. She stared at Sheik with confused eyes. Sheik sighed and approached the horse, holding her hand out to pet her muzzle. Epona took a few steps back, unsure if this was a betrayal. Navi quickly flew beside Epona.

"Sheik, what are you doing?" The fairy yelled as the Sheikah passed Epona's head and opened the brown bag attached to her saddle, the horse's gaze following her curiously. She pulled out her harp from where she placed it before bringing Epona from the farm after hearing the news from Ilia. Navi flew in front of her face, inches from her eyes.

"What's going on?" She yelled, knowing this time there was no way she wouldn't be noticed. Sheik sighed and quickly pushed the fairy into the bag, closing it quickly and buckling it tighly, allowing no exit and trapping Navi. She heard the muffled protests and complaints as she sighed and ran from the scene into Uli's house.

She wrapped her blonde hair in bandages at the end of her braid, her head wrapped in the same type of cloth-like bandages. She felt the scarf-like mask across her face, covering everything below the arch of her nose, her bangs hiding what her mask was unable to cover. She glanced at the mirror as she tied the bandages around her chest, flattening the surface. Her outfit was a blue color; the cloth over her chest remained white. The symbol of the Sheikah was on the front of her chest on her wardrobe, bandages wrapped around her lower arms and upper legs. She examined the work, silently thanking Uli for sewing it up perfectly. Uli even kept the weapons she found hidden in the clothes, which were now hidden in the clothes again. The only visible items were her harp strapped to her back and a knife in it's holder strapped to the arch of her back. She sighed before cracking the door open, glancing around outside. Link still lay on the ground where she left him, she saw Navi struggling to escape her bag prison. Epona looked down at her master, nudging his shoulder.

She stepped out the door, causing Epona to turn her attention to her. She stared at her with sad eyes as she approached, taking a few steps back when she too close. Sheik stared down at Link with red eyes, her change in wardrobe made her look more like a warrior, and her eyes more fierce. Link still laid in the position she had left on, he had fallen onto his stomach and chest, his arms raised to form a slight circle around his head and neck. His eyes were covered by his bangs, the bottom lid barely visable. She kneeled down to him and brushed his bangs back, showing his closed eyes. He looked as if he were sleeping, but she knew the truth, more than she wanted to know. She stood back up and sighed before looking back at Epona and then at the bag that contained Navi. She still heard the muffled cries from the fairy.

"Navi."

"Sheik! Sheik what's going on!" Navi yelled, her voice now somewhat clearer.

"Tell Link I said thanks."

"Wait what?" Navi asked, confused to what was going on outside of the bag.

Sheik walked toward the entrance, hearing the muffled protests from Navi. Epona watched as she left taking a step forward and nudging Link's shoulder again. She looked back at the Sheikah and whinnied sadly as she disappeared, sad that she was leaving and sad that she acted in a betrayal toward her master. The last whinny echoed through the forest.


Alright, here's the next chapter, where her memories finally begin to return to her. ...Poor Navi, I am putting her through yet another experience. She has a fear of goats, and now maybe even claustraphobia hahah just kidding. Now we know what the bulbin were really after!

Anyway, to review or not to review is up to you. I just hope you enjoyed it!