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The Sages' Sheik .chapter 8.
Sheik moved easily from the Void onto the faded red carpet lining the Temple hall. No bouts of nausea or disorientation that he'd suffered as a child. He had come to enjoy the brief moments within the void as one might enjoy the prickling sensation from a sleeping limb. It was more welcoming than Zelda had been.
He grimaced at the memory. She had yelled until the Sisters had returned, then only leaving with Impa's hand clamped over her mouth and a hateful look in her eyes. Was he a traitor because he had not died for her? Wasn't that only for heroes? He wondered idly from his crouch on the floor. He stood, quietly letting his senses focus on the low-lying hum of the Temple.
Once, Ganondorf had found him sitting by the dais. When asked what he was doing, Sheik had replied in a dazed voice that he was listening to the breathing. As a child, untrained, he could hear Link's slumbering breath.
Link's heartbeat thrummed in the stone foundation, slow and calm. No dreaming today, Sheik thought.
"So our Hero has a Sheikah." There was a knife drawn and pointed between the old man's twinkling eyes before the sentence was finished. "A jumpy one at that." The stout, balding man added with a quirk of his lips. Sheik flushed red, but didn't lower his weapon.
"Perhaps wise as well." The man clasped his hands in front of himself. "Tell me Sheikah, what do you hear in my Temple?"
"A heartbeat," Sheik answered without thought, puzzled by the man's claim of ownership. The quirk of lips turned into a tiny smile. "Who are you?" He asked.
"I am Rauru, Sage of Light. This is my Temple, where the Hero of Time will awaken and banish the Darkness from Hyrule." He wore a broad grin now. "I've been waiting for seven years for a little boy to grow up, plenty of time to make up fancy speeches, wouldn't you agree?" Sheik chuckled in response.
"I have also had much time to watch you little Sheikah," Rauru added. Sheik's laughter faded away. "The Queen Zelda has much to learn before she can take her place in this war. Do not trouble yourself over her childish names." Sheik sighed, looking downcast at his boots, scuffing the carpet in shame.
"I have a task for you, if you wish to aide our Hero." At this, Sheik looked from his boots to Rauru. Not help Hyrule or Zelda, but Link. "Tell him of the Sages, the Temples, help him with knowledge so that he may carry out his duty."
Sheik stared past, hearing Link's stirrings as he slowly woke from a seven year sleep.
Ganondorf kept him out of the warfare while Zelda's cold eyes declared him excommunicate to the Hyrule forces, yet Link's only duty was to stop evil.
A Sheikah could do worse in protecting such a person.
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He tensed as the sword scrapped from its scabbard, keeping still while Link lowered the Mastersword. The faery hovered protectively over Link's hat, glaring at him. Sheik smiled behind his desert cloak.
Link was older, but he noticed the unwieldy pull of the sword, the slight amazement from now adult strength and the awkward balance in his stance. A memory from the past trapped in the future, the thought came to Sheik as he observed the grown faery boy. Even so, Link looked... right to Sheik's eyes. He looked like the Hero of Time and Sheik told him so.
With some hesitance, Sheik relayed the knowledge of the five sages and their temples, the locations and threats Link would face in order to defeat them. He saw the shock and fear plainly on Link's face as he spoke of the Forest Sage.
Rauru had told him of Link's childhood friend, one of the immortal kokiri, and her fate once Ganondorf had invaded Hyrule. Uncertainty had filled Sheik then, even as he remembered the Gerudo's teachings from their evening chess games in the castle.
"Do not ignore your enemies, even ones that seem innocent and passive magelet, for they are the ones who will mean your defeat one day." The phrase still rung in his mind as he asked Link if he understood.
He didn't know himself what the Gerudo had meant, stepping back from the Hero of Time nervously. As Link approached, trying to stop him from leaving, he threw down a deku nut and disappeared.
-end chapter 8.
The Sages' Sheik .chapter 8.
Sheik moved easily from the Void onto the faded red carpet lining the Temple hall. No bouts of nausea or disorientation that he'd suffered as a child. He had come to enjoy the brief moments within the void as one might enjoy the prickling sensation from a sleeping limb. It was more welcoming than Zelda had been.
He grimaced at the memory. She had yelled until the Sisters had returned, then only leaving with Impa's hand clamped over her mouth and a hateful look in her eyes. Was he a traitor because he had not died for her? Wasn't that only for heroes? He wondered idly from his crouch on the floor. He stood, quietly letting his senses focus on the low-lying hum of the Temple.
Once, Ganondorf had found him sitting by the dais. When asked what he was doing, Sheik had replied in a dazed voice that he was listening to the breathing. As a child, untrained, he could hear Link's slumbering breath.
Link's heartbeat thrummed in the stone foundation, slow and calm. No dreaming today, Sheik thought.
"So our Hero has a Sheikah." There was a knife drawn and pointed between the old man's twinkling eyes before the sentence was finished. "A jumpy one at that." The stout, balding man added with a quirk of his lips. Sheik flushed red, but didn't lower his weapon.
"Perhaps wise as well." The man clasped his hands in front of himself. "Tell me Sheikah, what do you hear in my Temple?"
"A heartbeat," Sheik answered without thought, puzzled by the man's claim of ownership. The quirk of lips turned into a tiny smile. "Who are you?" He asked.
"I am Rauru, Sage of Light. This is my Temple, where the Hero of Time will awaken and banish the Darkness from Hyrule." He wore a broad grin now. "I've been waiting for seven years for a little boy to grow up, plenty of time to make up fancy speeches, wouldn't you agree?" Sheik chuckled in response.
"I have also had much time to watch you little Sheikah," Rauru added. Sheik's laughter faded away. "The Queen Zelda has much to learn before she can take her place in this war. Do not trouble yourself over her childish names." Sheik sighed, looking downcast at his boots, scuffing the carpet in shame.
"I have a task for you, if you wish to aide our Hero." At this, Sheik looked from his boots to Rauru. Not help Hyrule or Zelda, but Link. "Tell him of the Sages, the Temples, help him with knowledge so that he may carry out his duty."
Sheik stared past, hearing Link's stirrings as he slowly woke from a seven year sleep.
Ganondorf kept him out of the warfare while Zelda's cold eyes declared him excommunicate to the Hyrule forces, yet Link's only duty was to stop evil.
A Sheikah could do worse in protecting such a person.
********
He tensed as the sword scrapped from its scabbard, keeping still while Link lowered the Mastersword. The faery hovered protectively over Link's hat, glaring at him. Sheik smiled behind his desert cloak.
Link was older, but he noticed the unwieldy pull of the sword, the slight amazement from now adult strength and the awkward balance in his stance. A memory from the past trapped in the future, the thought came to Sheik as he observed the grown faery boy. Even so, Link looked... right to Sheik's eyes. He looked like the Hero of Time and Sheik told him so.
With some hesitance, Sheik relayed the knowledge of the five sages and their temples, the locations and threats Link would face in order to defeat them. He saw the shock and fear plainly on Link's face as he spoke of the Forest Sage.
Rauru had told him of Link's childhood friend, one of the immortal kokiri, and her fate once Ganondorf had invaded Hyrule. Uncertainty had filled Sheik then, even as he remembered the Gerudo's teachings from their evening chess games in the castle.
"Do not ignore your enemies, even ones that seem innocent and passive magelet, for they are the ones who will mean your defeat one day." The phrase still rung in his mind as he asked Link if he understood.
He didn't know himself what the Gerudo had meant, stepping back from the Hero of Time nervously. As Link approached, trying to stop him from leaving, he threw down a deku nut and disappeared.
-end chapter 8.