On the frozen slope at the frozen mountain of snow peak, Link and Malon had finally formed a small camp and were both sitting around a campfire for warmth, hoping that they could make it through the night without being attacked or freezing to death
Both of them were silent and stared at the fire, they hadn't spoken a word since they set up camp, and Link had noticed this, ever since he had known her Malon was a talkative person, she always had something to say about this or something to say about that, and honestly he enjoyed it, he had been alone for the past few years and hearing someone else's voice than his own was a good feeling.
So in other words, he knew she had something on her mind, he was actually about to ask her when suddenly Malon looked at him and asked
"Link...I've uh...there's something I've been meaning to ask you..."
Link then slightly chuckled and said "oh boy, your actually using my real name, this must be important...what's on your mind?"
Malon seemed to think about her words for a moment when finally she said "well...ever since you returned...I and as well as many others I'm sure...have been wondering...a-and you don't have to answer if you don't want to! I just wanted to-"
She kept talking and avoiding her question for another minute when finally Link said
"Hey! just ask already! I'd be happy to answer anything you have to ask...just ask it and I'll tell you..."
Malon was then silent for a moment...when finally she asked "How...exactly. ..did you lose your eye?...I mean I've always known you were a warrior and naturally things like that come with the job...but that's...you lost an eye..and from what I can tell...you've gotten used to it meaning its been a long while...right? ..."
Link took a deep breath and looked at Malon, he then said "ok...ok...I'll tell you, I suppose ive kept the mystery on long enough..."
He then stared into the fire and put in more wood, he then thought about his next words carefully when finally he said
"Tell me...what do you know...about the sheikah?...not much right?..well..ever since I visited the shadow temple all those years ago..I found out that the sheikah had a bloody history with hyrule...I had heard that they were involved in the old civil war..but I always wondered..how is it..that Impa and well maybe zelda depending on if she still wants to hold that title, became the last of the sheikah? one thing I noticed in my travels..was that despite being outside of hyrule...the sheikah left their marks and symbols almost everywhere I went...so I ended up investigating this while a traveled..a little side quest if you will"
Link was then silent for a moment when finally he continued by saying
"but then...around two years ago...my investigation led me to a secret sheikah temple or atleast I believe that's what it is...and inside...thats where I met...him...a sole sheikah survivor...he apparently had found out I was investigating and wasn't pleased with my progress..."
"this is what happened specifically..."
~Flashback~
As Link entered the temple, he realized that it was almost pitch black, only lit by the few torches on the walls, and speaking of the walls, they were covered in symbols and writings he assumed were in sheikah
at the end of the room, was a narrow hallway in wich he could not see the end, having no where else to go he decided to enter it.
Then, he began hearing inaudible voices in his head, as Link got deeper within the hallway they got louder and louder until they were almost screaming
Link tried to ignore them, he tried to stay sane, until suddenly, they stopped
the sudden silence caused Link to stop in his tracks, he then realized that he had walked to the end of the hallway without even noticing, but what really got him worried...was the person silently standing at the end of the hallway, staring at the marking's of the wall, they were wearing a hooded thick light gray robe, on their back was the sheikahsheikah symbol, that almost seemed to glow in the dark hallway
Not knowing what else to do, Link drew his blade and said
"You there! turn around slowly and identify yourself!"
And once Link said that, the figure slowly turned towards Link, it was then that Link saw the person was wearing a mask of truth, they both silently stared at each other for a moment, when suddenly two blades came out of the figure's sleeves
Link then suddenly remembered his jounrney in termina and his encounter with the garo, he then thought to himself "termina had a counter part for everyone in the real world...could he be-!?" Suddenly his thought process was interupted when the figure jumped at Link and attempted to stab him
Link managed to deflect the blade away and started walking backwards to try and gain some distance, meanwhile his attacker was stabbing and slashing and essentially using all his weight in his attacks, no movements were wasted in his technique, Link was barely able to defend against it and he was given no opportunity to counter in any way
Link thought to himself "he's good...if I don't gain distance or counter soon, I'll be in trouble..."
Luckily however, they had walked all the way back to the entrance room, now that he had plenty of space, Link rolled around his attacker and attempted to deliver a backslice, his opponent however, just barely blocked the attack, he then flipped away from Link and landed at the entrance to block the way out, he then stared at Link and said
"You're pretty good, no one's ever defended against my technique before, much less get past my guard"
Link stared at him for a moment then said "since you seem to be willing to talk now, I'll ask you again, identify yourself!"
the figure then slightly laughed and said "im afraid I can't do that, see me and my people don't want to be found, and that means silencing anyone too close to finding us...and at this moment, that's you, but I will however confirm your suspicions since you've earned it...i am a sheikah, we are not extinct, and we will have our revenge on the royal family!"
It was at that moment that the sheikah slashed one of his swords towards Link, who did the same towards the sheikah, they both ended up in a fierce blade lock, Link was luckily far stronger physical then his opponent and was beginning to overpower him, when suddenly the sheikah raised his second blade and slashed at Link
"agh!!" Said Link in pain as he fell onto his back, his eye had been slashed and was heavily bleeding, the man then said to Link
"Fool! don't underestimate the skill of the sheikah!"
it was at that moment, that Link slowly rose up, he could feel the rage building up inside of him, once he stood up he threw his poncho at the sheikah blinding him
"what!?" said the sheikah as he took a few steps back and struggled to remove the poncho, when he finally did however, Link was standing behind him with his blade raised, the sheikah then yelled
"No! don-" when Link cut him in half, spilling his blood and guts on the temple floor and making his now lifeless body fall to the floor, Link then stared at him for a moment then picked up and put his poncho back on, turned around and began walking out of the temple, he then said
"tch...rest in peace asshole..."
~end of flashback~
Malon silently stared at Link as she took in everything he just told her, finally she said
"so...this sheikah said there were other survivors..right? so did you track them down? did you even tell zelda or sheik about this?"
Link looked at her and said "no...I haven't had any encoumencounters with them since then..and I haven't told zelda or sheik yet but im gonna do it After this mission though..."
it was then that Link got up and streched, he then said
"well...we better get some rest, lots more traveling to do tomorrow as you know"
Malon then nodded and they both got onto their makeshift beds and were about to go to sleep when Malon smiled and said
"good night fairy boy" to wich Link answered
"yeah...good night"
End of chapter 2
Author's note
hey guys, sorry this chapter took so long, I simply just haven't felt like writing recently and if I write when I don't wanna write its gonna suck and I won't be enjoying myself, so im doing quality over quantity here, that's pretty much all I had to say, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, I'll try to update more often