Chapter Fourteen: Revealed and Captured
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Disclaimer: I own nothing…still….and it will always be that way…
I wrote a small one shot-er for x-mas; it's about Sheik, so check it out if you haven't already. Beware of fluff, and sorry if the pairing isn't exactly common. I thought that it suited it very well. It's also outside of this (Reset into the Game) storyline, so it's not like he's cheating on his feelings for Rae or anything. Feel free to take a look! J OH! It's called All Too Visible.
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In a flash of light that was brilliant and thriving, Rae and Link suddenly found themselves on the warp platform in the Temple of Time. Standing near the pedestal at the other side of the room was Sheik. He came closer upon their arrival.
"You have succeeded?" He asked urgently. They nodded. "Good." He straightened his posture slightly. "Now, I believe is the time."
"The time for what?" Link asked.
Sheik stared the young man in the eyes. "In the time that you were asleep in the Sacred Realm, much had changed. This you know and can see from your travels across the lands. Races were wiped out, people were enslaved, and the sages were locked away forever. When you awoke, Link, as the Hero of Time, bearing the legendary Master Sword, you were sent out on a quest to save the lands. Do you know why?"
Link looked at Sheik strangely. "Ganon's forces had taken over Hyrule; isn't that reason enough?"
Sheik shook his head. "The only reason that he was able to do so was because he had gained a sufficiently large amount of power." Link stared at the Sheikah blankly. "You mean…you don't remember?"
Link glared at him. "Gannon seized the Triforce of Power." He said shortly. "I know."
Sheik again shook his head. "That's not the whole of it, Link…you see…" He hesitated. "Seven years ago, Ganon used the door you opened in the Temple of Time and entered the Sacred Realm. But when he had his hands on the Triforce, a prophecy came true and it separated into three parts. Ganon retained only the Triforce piece of Power, while the other two went to their destined holders. Ganon had gained a mighty and terrible power, yes, but he still sought out the strength of the other two pieces."
"Get to the point, Sheik!" Link said irritably. He didn't like speaking of the past; it was a hazy, unreal time to him.
The other young man paused, glancing sidewards at Rae. She had said nothing since they had arrived at the temple. Only now did she speak. "You hold one of the Triforce pieces, Link. You have the piece of courage."
Link stared at her. Then he stared at Sheik. "I…I have a part of the Triforce? But how?"
"When it split, it instinctively went to you." Sheik explained. "You are a child of destiny, Link."
"Then who has the last piece?" Link asked. "You?"
Sheik laughed. "No…that is not my fate. I think, now that you know, you can meet the holder of the third piece." Extending his arms, he clapped them together sharply. A dazzling blaze of daylight filled the room, and then faded away. Revealed, a woman stood at Sheik's side.
"Who—?" Link gasped.
She had long blonde hair, drawn back from her face by a golden tiara. Wise blue eyes glittered in a young face, and Triforce symbols dangled from her earlobes. She wore a simple white gown, with a pink shift tied to the waist, letting a drapery of embroidered fabric drop to the floor. Slim hands folded in front of her, covered in long white gloves.
Rae bowed slightly. "Princess." To her right, Link was trying to make his throat work.
Zelda smiled at them both. "So this is Rae?" She glanced at Sheik, who blushed lightly. Shaking her head, she went on. "I apologise for remaining hidden to you for all this time, but it was not safe for me to walk in the open. Instead, my brother acted as my eyes and ears." She indicated Sheik.
Link sputtered. "B-brother?" Rae wasn't surprised. She already knew.
Zelda went on. "It was all necessary in order to deceive the King of Evil. Please forgive me." She looked kindly at Link. "When you were sealed away in the Sacred Realm, your spirit matured and grew, preparing you for what you were to face."
"Prepare me?" Link demanded incredulously. "I thought I was a Kokiri! I thought that I had saved the world! I lived out my life, visiting old friends and having a peaceful existence! For the next seven years, I never even picked up a sword!" He stopped, pain showing in his expression. "When I came back, everything was different, changed. My friends didn't recognize me, I realised that I had no family, and I was double my remembered size! That is not being prepared!"
Zelda looked rather taken aback. "I-I am sorry, Link. We had no control over the life that you had lead in your stasis. There was nothing I could have done to prevent that."
Link appeared ready to burst out again, but Rae stepped in between him and the Princess. "Getting back to the immediate problem, Princess?" She suggested.
Zelda passed a weary hand over her face. "Yes. Now that you have awoken all the Sages, and gathered their power in the form of the medallions, we are finally ready to move against Ganon. The six sages will open the sealed door and hurl Ganon back into the place between realms. Then we will seal it again, and you will put the Master Sword to rest, insuring that something like this will never happen again!"
The Temple suddenly shook and a dark flash of light flared up around the Princess.
"Zelda!" Sheik cried, placing his hands on the flat surface of the jewel that now encased his sister. The shell flickered at his touch, and he was sent flying backwards. Link and Rae caught him, restraining him from doing it again.
"Princess Zelda." A deep voice drawled. "You foolish girl! I commend you for evading my capture for these seven long years, but you let your guard down." A dark laughing filled the Temple, but there appeared to be no source of the voice.
"Let her go, Ganon!" Sheik demanded fiercely.
"Let her go? I think not, Sheikah." He spit out the name like it was a filthy thing. "I will gain Zelda's Triforce piece. If you want to save your precious sister, then come to my castle!" He laughed once more, and then the crystal containing Zelda vanished.
"Zelda!" Sheik exclaimed, his tone low. He stopped fighting against Link and Rae's strength, and their arms sagged under his weight. "No…" They set him gently to the ground. "No." He breathed. "Not after all this time…it can't just…"
Rae touched him lightly. "We will save her. We have to."
"Or die trying." Link added.
"Or die trying…" Sheik whispered.
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There you go. Another chapp, another evil cliff-hanger. ^____^ I love cliff hangers.
Reviewers: WE DON'T!!!!
Yeah, I know, but you got two chapters at the same time, so you'll have to wait for a little while longer before you see the next one.
Reviewers: Noooooo! The evilness of it all!
Yeah, but that's the way it is sometimes. Meh.
Sheik: Hey, while on the subject of the evilness of it all, why do you always beat on me? Link's the hero—make him hurt all the time!
Link: I do! I lived a fake life all those seve-
Sheik: Oh suck it up. I lost my entire race in a seven-year battle, I can't figure out how to get Rae to like me That Way, my sister was just kidnapped by Ganon, and I think I snapped one of my harp strings!! {Pouts}
OV: {Hugs Sheik} Sorry Link, I think he wins this one
Link: *mumbles darkly*
Sheik: {Smiles in a satisfied way}
Luv ya all to pieces,
OracleVortex
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