The sun hung high in the sky, blinding those who dared look directly at it too long. Link set two bottles in one of the pouches attacked to Epona's saddle; one was filled with solid red liquid while the other remained empty. His sword rested in it's sheath, his metal shield attacked close to it on his back. The shield bared the symbol of three triangles, forming into one triangle while leaving a triangle-like space between them. He knew the symbol as Hyrule's crest; the same symbol was shown in Hyrule Town and the castle. The crest was a golden-yellow color, as if it showed its importance. His sheath showed the same golden crest near the bottom, the blade inside a gift from Rusl. He glanced over at Navi, the fairy sat on his shoulder, looking back at him. He nodded and lifted himself onto the seat of the saddle, holding the reigns as he got ready to go.

"Link..." A soft voice said. Link looked at the entrance of the village, seeing Uli standing. He was planning on leaving off from his house, skipping the goodbye from the village to avoid both lost time and worried people hoping to convince him to stay. Uli took a few steps forward, stopping half way. "...While you're looking for her, can you keep an eye out for my husband?"

Link smiled at her, glad she didn't come to drag him off his horse. She had been worried when the letters from Rusl stopped nearly a week ago. He nodded, remembering his promise to Colin. Uli smiled at him before turning her expression into a worried face and folding her hands in a praying-like pose over her heart.

"Be careful, then."

Link nodded before commanding Epona to walk toward the woods, knowing that past the two woodland areas, Hyrule field would stretch out in front of him. His back was completely turned to the village when another voice called his name, this time not so calm. He stopped Epona and looked over his shoulder, spotting a half mad half worried Ilia.

"You can't just get up and get on a horse and think you're going to find anyone! It's all of Hyrule, it's much bigger than from the village to Faron Woods!" She began, glaring at him with green eyes. "And what if something happens to you or Epona? How will you get any help if that happens?"

Navi quickly flew off of Link's shoulder and into plain sight.

"Listen, as his guardian fairy, I'll make sure he doesn't do anything too stupid. And if he or Epona does get hurt, I'll fly as fast as I can to the closest form of civilization for any form of help."

"And that worked when we found Link unconscious yesterday and you in Epona's saddle!" Ilia argued.

Navi flew in sight for a moment before slowly sinking back onto her partner's shoulder, unsure how to respond to that fact. Link sighed as he felt the fairy sit on his shoulder. Uli walked to Ilia's side.

"Ilia, you know they are capable. Sheik is a friend of the village, and she's out in Hyrule with no memory, small fragments are most likely all that she has as a memory. And with those monsters roaming around, it's not easy to defeat them with only one person." Uli tried to explain.

"That's what I'm saying; it's not easy to defeat them all with just one person!" Ilia countered, looking up at Link.

Epona turned her head, looking at Ilia, and whinnied. Ilia looked back at the horse she adored and sighed.

"You're for it, too?" She asked the horse before looking back at Link. "...You better come back, all of you."

Link nodded as Navi flew back into sight, flying up and down as if motioning nodding. Epona simply snorted. Ilia showed a worried smile.

"...You better leave soon if you want to find her faster. And don't forget to keep a look out for Rusl, too!" She said, causing another nod from Link and Navi before commanding Epona forward. Truth was, she wanted them out enough before she changed her mind. Ilia and Uli watched as the horse disappeared with the courageous Ordonian. Navi clung onto his shoulder tightly; her light seemed dimmer in the sunlight. She looked up at her partner's face.

"...Are you sure you want to find her?" She asked, followed by a side glance from Link.

"...what happened to backing me up?" He asked, getting a better grip on the reigns.

"Well, we don't know what happened to her, where to start, or even why she attacked you..." Navi started.

Link sighed, all of that was true. He knows something had to have happened, something strange, but he has no clue of what it was. He assumed she was either in Hyrule fields already or maybe even the edge of the Faron forest. As for the reason she knocked him out cold and ran away...He had no idea. He shrugged, causing Navi to shift a bit to regain her grip on his tunic's sleeve, and the sound of hooves slightly changed as Epona galloped across the narrow bridge across the bottomless chasm.

The forest was silent; the only sounds were the chirping of the birds. The footsteps she took were not heard as she walked. Although she was used to the simple dress, the tight-fitted Sheikah outfit seemed natural already. The weapons hidden in the cloth and fabric, the bandages wrapped around her head, chest, arms, and legs, and her once free-flowing blonde hair in a braid all seemed natural, even if she barely remembers what is natural to her. She glanced around her surroundings through her long bangs, just seeing a bunch of trees and no exit from Faron Woods. She sighed, knowing that if she spent too much time looking for one exit, she'd most likely get caught.

It's not like anyone is actually looking for me anyway, She thought, remembering the act of betrayal she expressed. Except for bulbins. And if I stay here too long they'll just return...

She pushed her thoughts away and glanced around again, looking for something she missed. Her eyes set on a strangely familiar tree. She slowly approached it, wondering why it was so familiar, it was only a tree. Her eyes fell down on the large grey stone that rested against the plant. Without thinking, she dropped to her knees and sat on her legs before moving the stone to the side, revealing both dead and living grass that existed between the stone and tree. She brushed the grass aside with the rock, showing a hollowed hole in the tree. Even though the edge of the hole looked wore down by nature, the hallowed hole looked to her as if it were carved not by termites and age, but more like a blade, later attacked by the forces of nature. She blinked her scarlet eyes at the hole, staring at the inside of her discovery.

How did I know this was here?

The tree possessed a black cloth folded into a square. She unfolded the black cloth and revealed a silver line that gleamed in the sunlight. She lifted the line up, the chains clanged together as they made contact with each other. Skinny shining silver lines also existed on top of the black cloth, the sharpness of both ends of the lines were very noticeable on top of the dark background. The lines were in several clusters, most were nearly two inches long, the rest were a dangerous three inches, the sharpness even more noticeable. She flipped the cloth over, dumping the flat of the needles into the palm of her hand, not harming her and revealed silver stitching slightly decorating the cloth. The silver stitch work bordered the cloth; near the top was a small symbol about the size of her palm. The symbol almost looked like an eye, a teardrop-like shape under it. She glanced down at the front of her clothes, the same symbol was found.

She sighed, still more questions and little to no answers. More frustration than sanctuary. She quickly placed the dead grass and stone back where it was found; knowing if she stayed here too long someone would find her. That is, if the bulbins could be called a "someone", since that is all she expected to be looking for her.

With that thought, she quickly stood up, placing the needles into an unnoticeable pocket, and ran the way she was going, knowing she took longer getting through Faron Woods than she had planned.

Sorry this took me so long to put up. I actually thought I already posted this so I went ahead and started on the next chapter, until I realized that I didn't post this yet. ^^; my bad. Well, now the next chapter should come sooner. Now that I am over my writer's block for now...hopefully.

Well Sheik wasn't in the last chapter, so I made sure to put here in this one, since I do really like writing her parts. Link sets off on his journey, so this is where the fun starts! (for me at least.)

Well, feel free to review this and tell me what ya think. I do enjoy reading the reviews.

-MidnightTwi