Once again I say Sheik is not *****. Oh, and for all the people who don't know. Reyon is pronounced RAY~OWN. Onto the fic…
Falling Rayn
II
'Yeah..?'
Rayn was in a daze. Link was telling him all about his adventures since he left Kokiri Forest and he wasn't really listening. Hearing his brother brag about his achievements didn't really interest him.
'Yeah. It was really strange. I was in this giant fish's stomach looking for a Zora princess, her name's Ruto.' Continued Link 'She's so stubborn. I know I shouldn't say that about royalty, but she was so annoying!'
Sheik turned around.
'Ruto?' he asked, turning to Shadow 'Is she the one I found in Zora's Domain?'
Shadow nodded.
Sheik had found Princess Zora when he went to check around Hyrule. Every Sheikah had to do it. They may have been small in number, but they kept everything near normal in Hyrule. When he found her, she was under the water, almost freezing. Sheik had helped her out as they both watched Zora's Domain suffer its icy fate.
'She was asking about you.' He continued 'Something about you ditching her on your special day.'
'Special day?' asked Link 'I don't know anything about that.'
'Forgets his own wedding day.' Thought Rayn 'How can he be so stupid?'
'It can't have been too important.' Said Link
'I'm sure it wasn't.' Rayn lied 'If it was she'd be with us right now, wouldn't she?'
'I guess so.' Replied Link
No one talked after that. Rayn felt true hatred for his brother and Sheik had no idea what the "Special day" was. Rayn hoped Link would never know.
When they were far enough away, they could see the sun peering out from the dissolving black clouds. Link found it strange that there could be light in one place and not another.
Time passed and eventually they reached the camp where the remaining Sheikah lived, a hidden area near Lake Hylia. Now that Kakariko was open to all of Hyrule, The Sheikah were forced to find other places to stay.
'They're back.' Someone informed
'Is He with them?' another voice said
'Yes! It's Him! The Hero has arrived!'
The Sheikah appeared, closing in on them like they were unnatural beings that demanded respect. Link backed away out of the circle, he didn't want them to get too close.
'He's scared?' a female Sheikah said, surprised
'He has a right to be. Look at you all. You surround Him like you would an enemy.'
Link looked beyond the group of people to the Hylian behind them.
He looked wary, like he was expecting to be attacked. A red tattoo of The Eye Of Truth was over his left eye, clashing with his short black hair. His eyes were green and seemed to pierce right through Link.
He walked forward and bowed in front of Link, still watchful.
'I'm Keyva, leader of this team of Sheikah.' He said 'It's an honour to meet you… Kokiri?'
'Name's Link. It's great to meet you too.' Link said dully, it was all he could think of
'I commend you three for finding Him.' Praised Keyva 'I don't wish to keep our little chat short Link, but you have hardships ahead of you. Why don't you rest a while?'
Link nodded. He hadn't done anything in seven years, but was exhausted. Another Sheikah came and showed him where he would sleep.
'So you're the legendary Hero huh?' the female Sheikah asked 'I don't mean to be rude or anything, but you're not quite what I expected.'
'Yeah well, I didn't expect to be the one.' Replied Link
The girl looked away, realizing her mistake.
'I'm sorry, let's start over.' She apologised 'I'm Nightshade, one of the Sheikah Sorcerers, or Sorceresses depending on how you look at it.'
Link noticed that she also had a blue moon symbol on her forehead. But unlike Rayn's, the moon had the Eye of Truth inside it.
'That mark, what does it mean?' he asked her
'What? This? It just means I'm a sorceress.' She explained
'My brother's got a mark like that, but it didn't have that eye thing there.'
Nightshade was confused.
'Your brother?' she asked
'Rayn.'
She sat back and thought.
'Rayn's your brother? Well, that would explain the resemblance.' She said to herself 'The eye means that we've reached our limit, we know our most powerful magic and can't learn anymore.'
Link felt slightly vulnerable after she said that.
'Err, how powerful?' he said uneasily
'I'll show you some other time,' Nightshade smiled 'You've got some hard journeys ahead of you; catch up on your sleep.'
Outside, The Sheikah were continuing with their duties happily. There were all talking about how powerful they thought Link would be, with the young Sheikah novices thinking childish thoughts about how fast he would be and how good he would be at their games. It was only natural; Sheikah novices were aged only between 6 and 9.
While the commotion was going on, Keyva was finishing praising Sheik, Rayn and Shadow.
'That's about it. I should say this now, the other Sheikah will look at you differently from now on, but only because you were the ones that found him.' Told Keyva 'And Rayn, don't take their different approach to you as an excuse to have your rank raised, it doesn't work like that.'
'Yes sir.' Said Rayn
He and Sheik left. Shadow stayed to admire the view of the Lake.
The sun was setting and its rays reflected off the Lake, giving it a dazzling shimmer of green mixed with a deep blue atmosphere around it. Shadow could hardly believe that beyond this beauty lurked unimaginable evil just waiting to strike.
Not just the evil that was inside the Temple, but another that was her being left alone. The spot by the tree was where she last saw her brother, Reyon. He had gone to search for something, but hadn't made it clear just what he was searching for.
She was so absorbed by her surroundings that she didn't notice Keyva behind her.
'Shadow?'
His voice startled her, but she did her best not to show it. Shadow preferred not to let her weak and innermost feelings show.
'What?' she said blankly
'Tell me what you're thinking about.' Requested Keyva
She was not going to let him know. It was none of his business and it would just show that she was afraid to be alone.
'About Link.' She lied
'What about Him?'
Shadow looked at him. This was something she thought Keyva should know.
'About how everyone acts. You saw the others when they saw him, they were all so amazed and excited.' She said 'They didn't even know who he was, so why did they act like that?'
'He is the Hero of Time Shadow.' Reminded Keyva
'It's stupid to be respected just because of your title!' argued Shadow
Keyva shook his head and smiled.
'You respect me, don't you?' he said 'So why not him?'
'You're different, I know you.' Shadow said 'You earned our respect, not like him. He just comes walking in here then people think "Oh wow! He must be good!" It's not him that's good, it's his damn sword!'
'Shadow!' shouted Keyva
She remembered who she was speaking to. He was her leader and she was complaining about the Hero to him. He had to show respect no matter what.
'Sorry.' She apologised 'I won't say anymore.'
That wasn't what Keyva wanted. He wanted to let her release her feeling and share her problems, but he also had to tell her when to stop.
'I respect your opinion Shadow but I have to draw the line somewhere.' He told her
Shadow looked away, knowing she had gone too far.
'I'm saying this as a leader, not as me but as your commander.' Told Keyva 'You are a Sheikah and he is the Hero of Time. You are his ally and must acknowledge his presence and respect his opinions. No matter what. Do you understand?'
Shadow gave him a cold stare.
'Yes sir.' She said and walked off.
What d'ya think? Please R&R. Not too harsh though!