disclaimer in first chapter.
The Sages' Sheik
.chapter two.
Sheik hummed the tune quietly, ignoring Impa's 'hurry up' gestures. He barely had the songs memorized and already she was after him to teleport across Hyrule. Either that or to kill him off. Maybe that was the reason for the small number of Sheikah. He eyed Impa, who glared right back.
"Get going Sheik or have you forgotten the song already?" She called out.
"No! I didn't forget!" He spluttered a bit.
"Then sing the blasted prelude," Impa ordered.
The last syllable had past his lips when Sheik felt his stomach drop and disappear half way down his legs. He couldn't see anything, couldn't even hear his heartbeat or feel his cloak brush against his neck. Nothing.
Impa found him on the floor of the Temple of Time, fingers digging into the plush carpet. Tears tracked on his face. He murmured something, eyes finally pulling away from the carpet to Impa.
"What was that?" Sheik sniffled, rubbed his nose on a sleeve before repeating himself.
"I don't like the nothing. Do...do I have to do that again?" He asked nervously, plucking at the carpet strands. Impa nodded and squatted down beside her apprentice.
"I usually countdown from ten while in the void." She admitted, helping the boy to his feet. Impa didn't say anything as Sheik wiped the tears from his face and straightened his tunic.
"We best get back to the castle. Princess Zelda wished for you to have lunch with her today. Would you like that?" Sheik nodded, grasping at Impa's hand.
"I'll try counting next time Impa," He told her outside the Temple. Impa gave his hand a squeeze.
Sheik regretted eating that third cupcake the moment he finished the teleportation and left the void.
Impa had given him the afternoon to practice on his own the teleport songs and to get used to the void. She had been right, counting did help with the nothing. The cupcakes Zelda had given him during lunch were a bribe to keep him going on his task of stalking faerie boy.
Breathing slowly to keep the cupcakes in his stomach, Sheik wrinkled his nose at the smell of molten lava and burning rocks.
"Impa did say the arrival point was Death Mountain, but the crater?" He grumbled, looking around the deadly place. Hylians rarely came into the crater, something about the heat and the air destroyed their bodies. Sheikahs were a much sturdier race, Sheik thought proudly even as he held one hand to his rebelling stomach.
"Faerie boy or no, he's not coming down here." He declared to nobody, heading out of the crater.
"Who isn't?" Sheik stared up at the owl, reached for a deku nut incase of attack while part of him wondered if he could touch the soft-looking feathers.
"A boy, dressed in green with a faerie. Have you seen him?" He asked.
"Link and Navi entered the Dodongo's cavern nearly two days ago. I fear they are trapped or injured or dead." The owl answered solemnly.
"Dead?" The boy squeaked. "He can't be dead! Zelda wants me to keep him safe. How can I do that if he's dead?" Sheik demanded to know from the owl, who hooted amusedly.
"Link will not be killed so easily Sheikah. If you hurry, you may keep him safe for Hyrule's princess." Sheik didn't wait for the owl to finish, but sprinted down the mountain, cloak flying behind him.
"You may one day keep him safe for your own sake Sheikah." The owl settled down on his perch, smiling knowingly.
-end chapter two.
The Sages' Sheik
.chapter two.
Sheik hummed the tune quietly, ignoring Impa's 'hurry up' gestures. He barely had the songs memorized and already she was after him to teleport across Hyrule. Either that or to kill him off. Maybe that was the reason for the small number of Sheikah. He eyed Impa, who glared right back.
"Get going Sheik or have you forgotten the song already?" She called out.
"No! I didn't forget!" He spluttered a bit.
"Then sing the blasted prelude," Impa ordered.
The last syllable had past his lips when Sheik felt his stomach drop and disappear half way down his legs. He couldn't see anything, couldn't even hear his heartbeat or feel his cloak brush against his neck. Nothing.
Impa found him on the floor of the Temple of Time, fingers digging into the plush carpet. Tears tracked on his face. He murmured something, eyes finally pulling away from the carpet to Impa.
"What was that?" Sheik sniffled, rubbed his nose on a sleeve before repeating himself.
"I don't like the nothing. Do...do I have to do that again?" He asked nervously, plucking at the carpet strands. Impa nodded and squatted down beside her apprentice.
"I usually countdown from ten while in the void." She admitted, helping the boy to his feet. Impa didn't say anything as Sheik wiped the tears from his face and straightened his tunic.
"We best get back to the castle. Princess Zelda wished for you to have lunch with her today. Would you like that?" Sheik nodded, grasping at Impa's hand.
"I'll try counting next time Impa," He told her outside the Temple. Impa gave his hand a squeeze.
Sheik regretted eating that third cupcake the moment he finished the teleportation and left the void.
Impa had given him the afternoon to practice on his own the teleport songs and to get used to the void. She had been right, counting did help with the nothing. The cupcakes Zelda had given him during lunch were a bribe to keep him going on his task of stalking faerie boy.
Breathing slowly to keep the cupcakes in his stomach, Sheik wrinkled his nose at the smell of molten lava and burning rocks.
"Impa did say the arrival point was Death Mountain, but the crater?" He grumbled, looking around the deadly place. Hylians rarely came into the crater, something about the heat and the air destroyed their bodies. Sheikahs were a much sturdier race, Sheik thought proudly even as he held one hand to his rebelling stomach.
"Faerie boy or no, he's not coming down here." He declared to nobody, heading out of the crater.
"Who isn't?" Sheik stared up at the owl, reached for a deku nut incase of attack while part of him wondered if he could touch the soft-looking feathers.
"A boy, dressed in green with a faerie. Have you seen him?" He asked.
"Link and Navi entered the Dodongo's cavern nearly two days ago. I fear they are trapped or injured or dead." The owl answered solemnly.
"Dead?" The boy squeaked. "He can't be dead! Zelda wants me to keep him safe. How can I do that if he's dead?" Sheik demanded to know from the owl, who hooted amusedly.
"Link will not be killed so easily Sheikah. If you hurry, you may keep him safe for Hyrule's princess." Sheik didn't wait for the owl to finish, but sprinted down the mountain, cloak flying behind him.
"You may one day keep him safe for your own sake Sheikah." The owl settled down on his perch, smiling knowingly.
-end chapter two.