a/n: wow ten reviews! thanks muchly! the zora chapter is next, but i
couldn't pass up on this side quest.
The Sages' Sheik
.chapter four.
Sheik crept past the graveyard keeper's hut, quiet though the keeper slept like the dead he watched over. No one knew he visited this place and he liked it that way.
He moved silently along the dirt path, nodding his head respectfully to the stones marking his Sheikah ancestors. Their stones were similar to the gossip stones, the Eye watching even over the dead. Impa had explained it the first time she had taken him to Kakariko's graveyard. He was still struggling to understand what she had told him as a three year old.
Finally, he stepped off the path to stand in front of two gravestones. Sheik sank into the overgrown grass and moss surrounding them. He breathed in the alive scent of the plants, smiling a little. There were no monsters here, just the living and the dead.
"No heros either," Sheik muttered to himself before facing the gravestones. He bowed his head a moment, bringing up the memories of a low burly voice singing to him and a plait of blond hair held in his chubby fist. That was all he remembered of them.
"Hello Mother, Father. I haven't been here for a while, mostly 'cus Impa's made me her apprentice. Finally. I was old enough a year ago! Well," Sheik frowned.
"Maybe not, all this new stuff is hard to learn and I can't ask Zelda for help because she's busy with her own stuff." He slumped, knowing it had been a few weeks since Zelda had any time at all to play with him or even talk over lunch.
"I did my first spell yesterday! Impa was so surprised! I guess she was happy I didn't hit her with that fireball. Poor cucco though."
Sheik grinned suddenly.
"We had barbecue cucco for dinner last night. Impa says I have to stay around the castle for more training instead of chasing after Faerie boy."
Sheik stopped, peering at the graves then quickly darted a look around the graveyard. He looked at his knees, plucking at a strand of grass.
"He's very good at some of the stuff Impa's been teaching me." He admitted quietly. "Maybe he has more time than Zelda and could..." Sheik shook his head.
"Nah, he's suppose to be the Hero of Time. That's even more important that being Hyrule's Heir. Besides I have you both to talk to, even if you can't answer my questions."
It started to rain, plastering down Sheik's hair to his face.
"Nice. I hope you're not commenting on how clean my uniform is. Took me hours to climb out of that cave on my own!" He blinked as a raindrop splattered on his nose. Sheik blinked again, hearing an unknown song being played in the graveyard.
The song ended, the rain stopping soon after and Sheik could only stare over the stones at the boy standing a few feet away. Faerie boy was looking right at him, lowering the clay ocarina from his mouth.
"Hi," Faerie boy said.
"Ah, hi." Sheik's curiousity got the better of him. "What was that song?"
"Sun's Song. Navi told me stories about it, so I went looking for the notes." He shrugged a shoulder, taking a seat beside Sheik in the quickly drying grass.
"Navi?" Sheik asked. A faerie shot out of the future Hero's green hat, trilling loudly.
"She's Navi. I'm Link." Link stated. "Do you want to learn the song too?" He asked. "Little boys shouldn't go into the royal crypt. It's...scary down there." Link shuddered.
"I'm not little!" Sheik exclaimed, then bit his tongue before saying he'd been in just as many scary spots as the other boy had. Link probably wouldn't like to know that he was being followed on Zelda's orders. Probably just as much as he liked being called little by a boy only a year older than himself.
"You really would teach me the song?" He questioned hopefully.
"Sure." Link smiled and brought the ocarina to his mouth once more.
end of chapter four.
The Sages' Sheik
.chapter four.
Sheik crept past the graveyard keeper's hut, quiet though the keeper slept like the dead he watched over. No one knew he visited this place and he liked it that way.
He moved silently along the dirt path, nodding his head respectfully to the stones marking his Sheikah ancestors. Their stones were similar to the gossip stones, the Eye watching even over the dead. Impa had explained it the first time she had taken him to Kakariko's graveyard. He was still struggling to understand what she had told him as a three year old.
Finally, he stepped off the path to stand in front of two gravestones. Sheik sank into the overgrown grass and moss surrounding them. He breathed in the alive scent of the plants, smiling a little. There were no monsters here, just the living and the dead.
"No heros either," Sheik muttered to himself before facing the gravestones. He bowed his head a moment, bringing up the memories of a low burly voice singing to him and a plait of blond hair held in his chubby fist. That was all he remembered of them.
"Hello Mother, Father. I haven't been here for a while, mostly 'cus Impa's made me her apprentice. Finally. I was old enough a year ago! Well," Sheik frowned.
"Maybe not, all this new stuff is hard to learn and I can't ask Zelda for help because she's busy with her own stuff." He slumped, knowing it had been a few weeks since Zelda had any time at all to play with him or even talk over lunch.
"I did my first spell yesterday! Impa was so surprised! I guess she was happy I didn't hit her with that fireball. Poor cucco though."
Sheik grinned suddenly.
"We had barbecue cucco for dinner last night. Impa says I have to stay around the castle for more training instead of chasing after Faerie boy."
Sheik stopped, peering at the graves then quickly darted a look around the graveyard. He looked at his knees, plucking at a strand of grass.
"He's very good at some of the stuff Impa's been teaching me." He admitted quietly. "Maybe he has more time than Zelda and could..." Sheik shook his head.
"Nah, he's suppose to be the Hero of Time. That's even more important that being Hyrule's Heir. Besides I have you both to talk to, even if you can't answer my questions."
It started to rain, plastering down Sheik's hair to his face.
"Nice. I hope you're not commenting on how clean my uniform is. Took me hours to climb out of that cave on my own!" He blinked as a raindrop splattered on his nose. Sheik blinked again, hearing an unknown song being played in the graveyard.
The song ended, the rain stopping soon after and Sheik could only stare over the stones at the boy standing a few feet away. Faerie boy was looking right at him, lowering the clay ocarina from his mouth.
"Hi," Faerie boy said.
"Ah, hi." Sheik's curiousity got the better of him. "What was that song?"
"Sun's Song. Navi told me stories about it, so I went looking for the notes." He shrugged a shoulder, taking a seat beside Sheik in the quickly drying grass.
"Navi?" Sheik asked. A faerie shot out of the future Hero's green hat, trilling loudly.
"She's Navi. I'm Link." Link stated. "Do you want to learn the song too?" He asked. "Little boys shouldn't go into the royal crypt. It's...scary down there." Link shuddered.
"I'm not little!" Sheik exclaimed, then bit his tongue before saying he'd been in just as many scary spots as the other boy had. Link probably wouldn't like to know that he was being followed on Zelda's orders. Probably just as much as he liked being called little by a boy only a year older than himself.
"You really would teach me the song?" He questioned hopefully.
"Sure." Link smiled and brought the ocarina to his mouth once more.
end of chapter four.