A.N- Hi everyone. I'm back and hopefully here to stay. I'm sorry for taking so long to update this chapter but I was super busy with college and work and my life in general that I couldn't find the time to work on this. Anyways, without further adieu here's chapter 29!
Link and Sheik were making their way down the mountain when they felt rather than heard an explosion. The explosion caused them to fall the rest of the way down and nearly fell into a hole.
"Link!" Sheik yelled as he grabbed him and saved him from falling into one of the holes in front of them.
"What the hell is going on?" Link yelled back as they fell onto the ground. Sheik shook his head to clear some of the cloud of dust that dropped on him. He told Link honestly,
"I don't know but whatever it was didn't sound good. Let's carefully continue on." Link nodded as he and Sheik stood up. They walked slowly down the mountain because every few steps, a hole would appear suddenly from one wrong step. Another explosion caused the duo to fall through a hole that appeared and they landed on the ground below. Link woke up first but was blasted back into the wall behind him when another explosion went off. He hit his head hard causing it to bleed and slowly moved over by Sheik. Sheik had yet to move and Link was worried for him. When Link reached Sheik, he was just coming around and Link helped him up.
"Where are we?" Sheik asked as they began to slowly move anywhere but where they fell from. Link glanced around the small cave and remembered where they were.
"I think we are inside Goron City somewhere." Sheik coughed because of the dust hanging in the air then told Link in slight shock,
"This doesn't look like Goron City. This can't be right." then looked around and saw one of the Goron's signias on a wall that had not been destroyed. "You're right. It is Goron City." Sheik continued as they moved slowly through the debris. Link and Sheik had finally made it through some debris when Link slipped and fell down another hole in the ground leading him further into the city.
"Hero! Are you ok?" Link looked up at Sheik and nodded before he yelled up to him,
"Yeah. I'm ok though I don't think I will be able to get back up there. There seems to be only one way forward. I'm going to keep going. I'll catch up with you the-"
"No! I'll come with you!" then Sheik jumped down the hole before Link could protest and landed next to him. He continued,
"I can't have you going alone not when I'm supposed to be with you since you don't have a guide anymore." Link turned his gaze in slight sadness at the loss of his friend and former guide, Navi before he glanced back at Sheik. He nodded and they moved on through the debris filled city. As they were making their way through, Link and Sheik happened to come upon the destroyed bodies of the once proud people, the Gorons. Link turned away from the sight and into Sheik's chest. Sheik jumped at the sudden contact and almost pushed him away but when he felt the sobs wracking through Link's body; Sheik held him.
"Come on, let's move away from here. I'm sorry but there is nothing we can do." Sheik whispered to Link and the two of them moved out of the mountain. Once out of the city and the mountain, Link and Sheik walked down the mountain and into Kakariko Village.
Once they made it to the village, Sheik glanced at Link and saw the sadness behind his eyes. Sheik stopped Link and asked,
"Are you okay, Hero?" Link shrugged his shoulders but didn't say anything. He grabbed Link's arm and began to lead him out of the village. They were just about to get out of Kakariko when a voice stopped them,
"Are you… by chance... Link?" it was a man's voice. Link and Sheik turned toward the voice and saw that the man was Talon.
"It's me, Talon. You knew my daughter…. Malon." he told them voice thick with emotion. Link almost visibly dropped to his knees, had not for Sheik, at the mention of Malon's name. He felt horrible because he knew it was his fault this man lost his one and only daughter. Link wanted to be far away from him but couldn't move. Talon cleared his throat before he continued,
"Please… don't go. Stay with me a while." Then saw that neither of them were moving, he told them,
"I'll be in the tavern at the other end of town if you want to join me." Then Talon walked away, leaving Link and Sheik standing at the entrance. Sheik glanced at Link then told him,
"You know, Hero, you can go visit Talon. You don't have to come with me right this min-" but he was interrupted by Link himself.
"No. We have to save this land so that all the people who died, won't have died in vain. Let's go, Sheik." Then walked out of Kakariko Village leaving Sheik behind.
Sheik swore as he tore after Link and stopped him.
"Go and see what he wants, Hero. That man, Talon wants to talk to you." Link, with his back facing Sheik, shrugged out of Sheik's grip before turning to look at him; face stained with tears as he whispered ghostly,
"I…. can't. I was the one who got his daughter…. I got her killed. I… can't. Please Sheik, let's just go." Sheik sighed heavily and shut his eyes at the news but steeled himself as he spoke to Link firmly,
"Link, I know but wouldn't you want some closer or something if it was someone you loved? Wouldn't you want to learn the truth from someone who was there?" As Sheik asked these questions, he saw fresh tears fall from Link's beautiful baby blue eyes. Link sighed shakily before he nodded and turned back toward the village.
Sheik's voice called out to Link as he made his way up the steps,
"Hero, I'll be right here when you get back." Link nodded without turning Sheik as he climbed the last of the first set of steps before Link disappeared on the turn heading up the last set of steps.
Sheik would wait for Link, knowing full well he would be gone for quite a while. As he leaned against a tree just outside Kakariko Village in Hyrule Field, without looking up at the sky; a nasty storm was brewing in even though the sky was clear, Sheik could feel it coming. Whether the storm on the horizon was metaphorical or physical, Sheik didn't know. All he knew was that a storm was brewing and it was coming fast.
A few hours later, Sheik still leaning on a tree outside of Kakariko, suddenly felt the wind pick up. He glanced up into the sky and saw that it was still clear. Sheik happened to look toward their next destination, Lake Hylia and saw black, soulless, menacing, dark clouds making their way toward him fast. Sheik hoped Link would be down from the village soon or they were going to be stuck in the eye of that storm. As if the Goddesses had heard Sheik, Link was making his way slowly down the steps from Kakariko. Sheik noticed that Link's eyes were red and puffy like he had been crying. Sheik sighed and walked over to the poor guy before he tripped on his own two feet and fell.
"You ok?" Sheik had to ask even though he could clearly see something was wrong and Link nodded real slow like. Like he was trying to convince himself. Sighing, Sheik pulled Link into a quick hug before they pulled apart.
"Come on Hero. We have to make it to the next temple before this storm hits." Sheik told him quietly and placed a hand on his back then began walking away from the Hero of Time. Link glanced back up the steps; back up to where Talon had heard the full story behind his only daughter's death before Link returned his gaze back to the field. Link watched Sheik walk; watched how beautiful his walk really was. It was almost like Sheik didn't even move; like he was gliding across the landscape. Suddenly, Sheik stopped and turned and… Oh man, Link's heart sped up as he stared into those red ruby eyes of his. His body burned all over with a sudden desire to kiss that man senseless and something else… Link couldn't quite put his finger on it. He was still staring not really paying attention when Sheik's voice called out to him; his angelic voice,
"Hero? Hey, are you ok?" Link realized Sheik was standing in front of him and blushed in embarrassment and desire. Sheik frowned a little in confusion and shook his head then sighed out,
"Come on, let's go." and walked away. Sheik thought, (What... was that? Link was blushing and…. No. He wasn't blushing that was… Oh Goddesses, this man…) and watched out of the corner of his eyes as Link had to run to catch up with him.
By the time Link and Sheik had arrived at the waterfall where the Zora's lived it was pouring rain. The duo was soaked and cold for the wind had picked up as well. Through chattering teeth, Sheik told Link,
"H-H-Hero, p-p-p-p-p-play t-t-the s-song." Link nodded and reached into his little pouch on his hip with cold shaky hands. (How does everything he practically owns fit inside that little pouch? It's not possible. It's too small!) Sheik thought as he brought his hands up to his lips to try and warm them up. Link then pulled out a sky blue ocarina, (Like his eyes only lighter.) Sheik thought again only to either shake from the cold or to get rid of what he was thinking; Sheik didn't and couldn't tell. Sheik watched Link bring the metal blue instrument up to his lips and played Zelda's Lullaby.
The waterfall parted down the middle and the duo quickly jumped through before the waterfall closed. The minute they were inside, Link immediately commented,
"I-Is it j-j-just me or d-did it get even c-c-colder in here than out there?" Sheik shrugged his shoulders as the two of them made their way through the cave and into Zora's Domain. The second they entered through the archway, a freezing cold wind blew and the duo stopped and stared. Zora's Domain was quiet; almost too quiet. No waterfall rushing and no splashing. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Link glanced around and found out the reason. The waterfall was frozen.
"S-S-Sheik, l-l-look!" Link exclaimed with chattering teeth as he pointed toward the waterfall, "That's why it's so quiet in here. The waterfall has frozen over." Sheik only nodded for he couldn't speak without chattering too much and wandered further inside Zora's Domain. Link followed after found the Domain to frozen over including the Zoras themselves and they had no way of getting them out of their icy prison.
"W-W-Well, now what?" Link asked as an icy wind cut through their still soaking wet clothes like a knife. Sheik thought about their situation for a while, knowing full well that if they don't get out of these wet clothes, they were goners. After a few minutes went by, he announced his plan to at least get them dry and warm before they froze to death.
"We need to build a fire somewhere in here and away from the wind. Somewhere….." he glanced around the Domain before he found the perfect spot. "There!" Sheik yelled and scared Link a little. Then Sheik made his way over the area where the shop used to be, with Link not far behind. Looking around, Sheik told Link,
"This will protect us for now. Or at least until our clothes dry. Now all we need is something for the firewood." Link glanced around the area finding nothing that they could use as firewood. So he stood up and walked back outside in the freezing cold storm. Sheik watched him go in slight worry but seconds later Link returned with a small handful of branches and twigs.
"Sorry, this was all I could find without going too far." Sheik waved off the apology and took the branches and twigs from Link's arms and went to work on getting a fire going. It Sheik a while but he finally got a fire going and the duo was now warm and were in the process of getting their clothes dry. Link pulled out two blankets for them to use and then stripped out of his red tunic and shorts and put on his green tunic. Sheik had also down the same except he didn't have a change of clothes like Link. Link noticed and took off his green tunic then handed it to Sheik.
"Here, put this on." When Sheik shook his head, Link pushed, "Take it Sheik. You need it more than I do." Sheik hesitated before complying and taking it. Link smiled and wrapped himself further in his blanket.
"Thank you, Hero. You didn't have to do that you know." Sheik told him as he put on the much too big tunic and Link nodded but said,
"Yeah, I know bu-" however he never finished because a resounding bang sounded throughout the empty cold Domain. Sheik immediately was by Link's side and scanned the area. He didn't see anything out of the ordinary and was about to go back to his placed next to the fire when the sound came again.
"What the hell is that?" Link demanded and Sheik couldn't answer because he didn't even know. Link stood up next to Sheik and listened. The banging sound came again and Link realised it was coming from the ice covered small lake. He took off over in that area with Sheik close behind. When they got there, Link noticed movement under the ice and moved closer. What was under the ice shocked them. Link spoke a little in disbelief,
"Ruto?"
A.N.- Hi again. I hope you are still liking my story and can't wait for more! Please don't forget to leave a review! I haven't had one in so long and I've begun to think no one cares about this anymore. I really don't want to get rid of this story. I really don't. So please, take the time to leave a review and I will love you guys forever! Onto the next chapter!
