Sheik stayed mostly in bed the rest of the day after the little episode down stairs. He shivered every time he felt the dragon's power pulse through his body and burried himself farther in to the blankets. Link had come in and visted with him for an hour or so expressing how glad he was that Sheik was okay and to tell him that Lady Impa was taking him out to get more potions and that they'd be back soon.
When the house was empty Sheik got up and went down stairs. He stumbled down the stairs and in to the living room, the only room where there was a big enough mirror for him to use. Pulling his shirt off and laying it over the couch arm he began to unwrap the white gauz that covered his lower torso. Letting the bandaging fall to the foor in a heap Sheik went and stood in front of the mirror that rested on the fireplace mantel. Taking a deep breath and closing his eyes Sheik turned so his back faced the refective serface. Mustering up enough courage Sheik turned his head and looked over his shoulder in to the mirror. He staired mesmerized at the reflection unable to understand why the birthmark had moved, then he heard a voice. It was quiet and he couldn't make out anything the voice was saying. Looking around for the souce of the murmur he found none, then, he realized the voice was in his head. "No, I can't be going crazy yet! I'm only eighteen!" Sheik gripped the sides of his head and held on as he shook his head vigorously.
As he was freaking out Sheik hadn't heard the voice tell him to calm down. In a fit of sheer frustration the voice screamed at Sheik to clam down. Freezing as the noise bounced around in his skull he listened, terrified of what the murmuring voice was going to tell him.
"It's high time you learned why you have been blessed with the Dragon's Flame." The voice told Sheik in a calmer tone than before. Suddenly Sheik didn't see the living room but the snow covered cap of a mountain. There in the side of the mountain face were caves, soft orange glows emanating from them in to the frosty night air. In the caves dragons of all ages were by the fires keeping warm and cuddling with their mates. "We were a peacefull community on the top of the eastern rang of Death Mountain. We bothered no one and took only what we needed," the voice told Sheik as the scenery changed in a cloak of white. Then Sheik witnessed a gruesome scene.
Bodies of dragons lay in the red stained snow as a war went on around them, the dragons who had not fallen trying to protect the others were trying unsuccessfully to flee with the smaller dragons and the eggs that had been in the caves. Sheik watched as a blue and purple colored dragon was slain as she tried to protect her child; the child was given no mercy and was killed were it stood. "Then Volvagia came. He had slaughtered other clans of our kind and taken their strength and power as his own, planning on ruling over the dragons he didn't slay." The voice Sheik heard had a touch of sadness as they watched the horrid killings take place. "When all but a few of us had escapepd the power crazed dragon we went in to hiding.
The scene changed again to a cave deep in the earth. Vines hung from the rock ceiling and crawled along the brocken floor. Twelve dragons stood around a high rock table hatching a plan to defeat Volvagia. "It's risky but it's all we have." A dragon said with a sigh, his red and oragne tail swishing back and forth slightly. "I know Kie, we will all die in the process but we will be able to take down Volvagia and in the futer at least the boy will be able to defeat the threat to his people if he so choose ." The dragon who spoke gestured over to a mirror on the wall. Sheik turned to look then gasped as he saw himself in the mirror. He was sitting in Lady Impa's arms crying over his favorite stuffed animal as she gently combed her fingers through his hair waiting for him to calm down. "How do you even know this will work, Argon?" An all black dragon with golden eyes yelled as he slamed a fist down on the stone table. " Because Haku! Destiny does not lie! That boy in the mirror is the one who will receive our souls and all of those who have fallen because of Volvagia!" Argon shouted back. The other ten dragons sat quite and waited for the two to finish. "I want to see you all here tomorrow night at midnight. Is that clear?" Everyone gave some form of acknowledgment and watched at Argon left the cave, soon leaving themselves.
Sheik blinked a few times and saw that he wasn't in the cave anymore, instead he was watching as the twelve dragons preformed a spell. One by one the dragons breathed fire in to a ball in the center of the stone table while Argon chanted in a language Sheik didn't recognise. Finally stopping when the last of the dragons breathed his flame in to the fire ball Argon added his own. A blinding flash of light swept everyone up and blinded them for a few moments. There in the center of the table was a vial of poison. Grabbing the vial Argon strung it on a necklace he was wearing. Sighing he looked each of the dragons in the eye and thanked them for their sacrafice.
He watched as Argon and the others forced Volvagia to drink the poison, finally noticing the small vial around Volvagia's neck where he guessed all the collected souls were kept. One by one the dragons fell dead and their souls mingled with the others before becoming one and destroying Volvagia's evil soul. The ball of yellow-white light transfromed in to the dragon Sheik now had on his back and before he knew, it had dissapeared in another flash of blinding light.
Returning to the living room Sheik looked at the birthmark again. "Do you now understand why you have the brithmark and why Ganon wants you?" The dragon asked. "Yes, A-Argon?" Sheik whispered. The dragon smiled and Sheik felt it. "What is it little one?" Sheik gasped as he felt the tail of the birthmark move a bit and he fell to his knees, all of this a bit too much for him. "T-this'll sound stupid, but if the souls are a birthmark why are you guys moving?" Sheik asked. Argon took his time answering this question but finally gave Sheik an answer. "We move because of a lot of different reasons. Sometimes it's your emotions that stir us and other times it's because we feel the need to move to protect you. Like this morning, your emotions were going wild and so we felt the need to protect you so we moved to cover more of your back." Argon explained. Nodding Sheik stood up just as the front door opened and in walked Link and Lady Impa.
"Damn it Sheik! You were to stay in bed!" Impa scolded as she drug her son up stairs, Link walking in to the kitchen to put up the groceries.
In the bedroom Impa made Sheik get back in bed and under the covers. She wouldn't let the teen get a word in as she tucked him in tightly. "But-" Sheik started. "Nope no buts. What were you thinking? You're sick and hurt and need to rest." Impa's mother voice came out as she stuck a thermometer in Sheik's mouth. "Listen!" Sheik spit out the thermometer and sat up. "I finally found out why I have the dragon birthmark!" He cried to his mother as she staired at him shocked. "What? How did you find out?" Impa asked sitting on the bed taking Sheik's hands in her own.
As Sheik told her what he had learned she cried and laughed and when it was all done she hugged her son tightly glad that they finally knew the truth about Sheik's mysterious mark.