A/N- Hello again everyone! I promise that this will be the last chapter in
the story (except if there is an epilogue) so everything should be wrapping
up. Anyway, I hope you like this chappy...it worked out well in my
head...so ENJOY!!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zelda trembled with fear. His breath was beating down on her back almost as intensely as the noonday sun that was scorching the desert sands. Perspiration began to stain her back, and soak through her cobalt frock. Her mind raced furiously, trying to come up with a plan for escape, but the immense knife that loomed an inch away from her neck advised otherwise. Tiny beads of blood began dripping down her neck and began mixing with sweat.
From the depths of his sinister cloak, the demon slowly revealed a rope. "Too bad your such a pretty thing," the demon snickered as he began to bond her palms together. Its sickening snorts of laughter made Zelda both sick, and terrified. Her heart and mind were both racing, and the sweat on her back was getting thicker. The demon's vile grunts continued as he began to bind her forearms with thick leather ropes.
"If your bounty wasn't ten million rupees, maybe I'd keep you as a wife." Zelda's face went white with terror. He was a bounty hunter. Bounty hunters were known for their cruel and unusual punishments toward the criminals (by Gannon's standards). 'It's taken them seven years but they've found me.'
The ropes became tighter, and Zelda could feel the bonds cutting off the circulation in her hands. 'So this is the end' Zelda thought as the bounds became tighter and tighter. She could feel her hope draining, as the minutes dragged on.
Suddenly she spotted a shadow emerge on the top of the waterfall. It moved quickly, darting around the boulders, and lightly splashing through the shallow waters that lay on the top of the waterfall. "Hey! You there!" The shadow man screamed to bounty hunter, who was now busy sharpening a dagger on a rock. Zelda's heart soared as she recognized the voice.
It was Sheik.
He had come. Zelda breathed a sigh of relief and began to beam. It wasn't over! She hadn't lost the fight to Gannon.
Yet.
"I believe it's illegal to tie up such a beautiful lady my good...what exactly are you anyway?" Zelda smiled but soon winced because of the pain. Sheik was even debonair in the face of death. "Wadda' you smiling at?" the beast snorted as he glanced back at the princess. "Do you really want to see your boyfriend get mashed into a pulp?" The demon drew his knife off of the rock he was sharpening it on.
However, Sheik was quicker. "Catch!" Sheik called out to the bounty hunter. Faster than a bolt of lightning, Sheik hurled a rock over the side of the waterfall. It landed with a ghastly crack right on top of the bounty hunter's skull. Zelda shivered as she stared at the dead corpse lying only a few meters away. 'Lucky Sheik's got good aim' Zelda thought.
"Come on Zelda!" Sheik yelled from atop the falls. "Untie your bonds and let's get out of here! We haven't much time!"
Zelda struggled with her bonds. Her hands were already ripped and marred, and the excess blood didn't make untying the dangerously tight ropes any easier. "I can't!" she screamed. "The bonds are too tight! You'll have to help me!" Sheik sighed and put his hand on his forehead. "Zelda. I didn't train you to become one of those "damsel in distress" princesses. Observe the situation and find a way out." He sighed again, this time with more annoyance. "Alright, I'll give you a little hint."
From his deep blue pocket, Sheik withdrew a small glass jar. He hurled it down to the rocks where Zelda was bound. It landed on a sharp stone and immediately broke into two pieces. Zelda shot him another puzzled glance, but soon had an idea. She moved her body only an inch or so toward the first chunk of glass. The noonday sun was blazing and it's rays were refracted through the glass and transformed into a ray of heat. Using what was left of her strength Zelda pulled her hand underneath the heat.
The smell of burning rope and leather filled the air, as slowly Zelda's bonds were scalded off, without even setting a flame! She threw off her ropes, and reached for the second piece of glass. Luckily this one was sharper and easily cut through the bondages that were around her feet and waist. Her hands and feet were purple, and swollen but she was free.
In a heartbeat Sheik swooped down from the cliff and joined Zelda. "It took you long enough." Sheik whispered with a tone of scorn. He smiled and laughed.
"I'm just kidding. That was good."
His eyes met hers and they gazed for only a moment at one another. The fighter's glint was gone from his eyes and in it's place Zelda saw only affection and concern.
Suddenly, Sheik snapped out of the moment. "Zelda! Hurry! We have to get to town!"
"Town? Why? What happened?"
"I'm not sure but I have a bad feeling the bounty hunters have something to do with it."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By the time Sheik and Zelda had reached town it was too late. A giant bonfire replaced their once thriving village. Great hues of red, orange, and yellow flashed before the couples' eyes. The white-hot fire had spread quickly and encompassed the entire area making a giant ring of fire. In the very center burned the fountain that was overflowing with the ferocious flames. On the peak of the fountain a half charred black flag stood waving in the noonday sky. Sheik watched his bonfire engulf buildings and shops slowly, as if hypnotized by the mystic flames. Zelda watched in shock as her childhood home went up in flames.
Sheik turned with tears in his eyes and began walking back in the direction of the desert. Zelda came tearing after him with a look of horror pasted on her face
"Sheik!" she screamed. "We have to do something! We have to rescue the survivors!"
"Survivors?" he scoffed. "There are no survivors. Everyone is dead. We are the sole survivors of the Sheikah clan, save one."
"Impa?" Zelda asked with a distressed tone.
Sheik nodded.
"How do you know!?"
Sheik turned toward her. "I've seen this moment many times in my dreams. I knew that when this day came you would have to fulfill your destiny." He pulled a dagger from his coat. "And I would have to fulfill mine."
"Sheik...what are you-"
Sheik held up his hand to silence Zelda. "You can't run away anymore and neither can I. The seven years are up. He's free now, and he needs your aid! We must all face our destinies!" With that he ran the blade through his heart with such force it knocked him off his feet.
"No!" screamed Zelda. She ran to his side and put her hand over his bloody chest. "Sheik" she whispered with tears in her eyes. "Why? I don't understand." The blood continued to flow from his torso, and bleached the sand underneath their feet the hue of red wine. Sheik's eyes were clouded and he was close to death, but he continued to hold on. "Reach into my...my....pocket" Sheik grimaced. Even speaking caused him pain. Slowly and carefully Zelda reached Sheik's breast pocket and withdrew a leather bag stocked full of shimmering seeds.
"These seeds-" Sheik began. "Are magical. They allow you to switch bodies with another person. But first..." he shuddered. "First, they must be dead."
Zelda gasped and immediately burst into tears. Her sobs were ignored by Sheik who continued with his instructions. "After I die, I want you to boil my blood with these seeds. Set them out to dry overnight. In the morning you should be able to use my body." He picked the bag up again and put it in her hand, closing her palm around them. "Do this as my last request."
"But Sheik. It...it can't end this way! What about your mission? Your destiny? The whole reason you were saved on that night when your mother died!" Zelda sobbed.
Sheik smiled. "Silly girl. Helping you was my destiny. And it still will be. Even after death."
"Sheik. You can't go!" Zelda screamed. "I...I...I love you."
"I love you too. But, perhaps in the next life we will meet again. Hurry. There's not much time. He will be emerging from the temple any day now. Take that dagger and stab me again."
"No! I can't!" Zelda's cries broke into great sobs as she choked to get the words out. Her mouth was dry and salty, and her throat had lump that she couldn't swallow.
"You must. The seeds only work if the blood has been shed because of a sacrifice."
Deep in heart, Zelda knew he was right. Without the use of a disguise that couldn't be unveiled by Gannon, Zelda would have no chance of survival. Slowly she drew the dagger and brought it down upon Sheik's chest. His chest drew in one final breath before his eyes closed for the final time.
Sheik, the last survivor of the Sheikah lay dead underneath the blood red sun, with his lover sobbing at his side. In her fist was a bloody dagger.
THE END?
A/N- Bitter sweet ending isn't it? Well, it's my spin on Sheik and if you didn't like it....then....too bad!!!! Tee-hee! Thanks for reading!
~KIWI PIXIE
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zelda trembled with fear. His breath was beating down on her back almost as intensely as the noonday sun that was scorching the desert sands. Perspiration began to stain her back, and soak through her cobalt frock. Her mind raced furiously, trying to come up with a plan for escape, but the immense knife that loomed an inch away from her neck advised otherwise. Tiny beads of blood began dripping down her neck and began mixing with sweat.
From the depths of his sinister cloak, the demon slowly revealed a rope. "Too bad your such a pretty thing," the demon snickered as he began to bond her palms together. Its sickening snorts of laughter made Zelda both sick, and terrified. Her heart and mind were both racing, and the sweat on her back was getting thicker. The demon's vile grunts continued as he began to bind her forearms with thick leather ropes.
"If your bounty wasn't ten million rupees, maybe I'd keep you as a wife." Zelda's face went white with terror. He was a bounty hunter. Bounty hunters were known for their cruel and unusual punishments toward the criminals (by Gannon's standards). 'It's taken them seven years but they've found me.'
The ropes became tighter, and Zelda could feel the bonds cutting off the circulation in her hands. 'So this is the end' Zelda thought as the bounds became tighter and tighter. She could feel her hope draining, as the minutes dragged on.
Suddenly she spotted a shadow emerge on the top of the waterfall. It moved quickly, darting around the boulders, and lightly splashing through the shallow waters that lay on the top of the waterfall. "Hey! You there!" The shadow man screamed to bounty hunter, who was now busy sharpening a dagger on a rock. Zelda's heart soared as she recognized the voice.
It was Sheik.
He had come. Zelda breathed a sigh of relief and began to beam. It wasn't over! She hadn't lost the fight to Gannon.
Yet.
"I believe it's illegal to tie up such a beautiful lady my good...what exactly are you anyway?" Zelda smiled but soon winced because of the pain. Sheik was even debonair in the face of death. "Wadda' you smiling at?" the beast snorted as he glanced back at the princess. "Do you really want to see your boyfriend get mashed into a pulp?" The demon drew his knife off of the rock he was sharpening it on.
However, Sheik was quicker. "Catch!" Sheik called out to the bounty hunter. Faster than a bolt of lightning, Sheik hurled a rock over the side of the waterfall. It landed with a ghastly crack right on top of the bounty hunter's skull. Zelda shivered as she stared at the dead corpse lying only a few meters away. 'Lucky Sheik's got good aim' Zelda thought.
"Come on Zelda!" Sheik yelled from atop the falls. "Untie your bonds and let's get out of here! We haven't much time!"
Zelda struggled with her bonds. Her hands were already ripped and marred, and the excess blood didn't make untying the dangerously tight ropes any easier. "I can't!" she screamed. "The bonds are too tight! You'll have to help me!" Sheik sighed and put his hand on his forehead. "Zelda. I didn't train you to become one of those "damsel in distress" princesses. Observe the situation and find a way out." He sighed again, this time with more annoyance. "Alright, I'll give you a little hint."
From his deep blue pocket, Sheik withdrew a small glass jar. He hurled it down to the rocks where Zelda was bound. It landed on a sharp stone and immediately broke into two pieces. Zelda shot him another puzzled glance, but soon had an idea. She moved her body only an inch or so toward the first chunk of glass. The noonday sun was blazing and it's rays were refracted through the glass and transformed into a ray of heat. Using what was left of her strength Zelda pulled her hand underneath the heat.
The smell of burning rope and leather filled the air, as slowly Zelda's bonds were scalded off, without even setting a flame! She threw off her ropes, and reached for the second piece of glass. Luckily this one was sharper and easily cut through the bondages that were around her feet and waist. Her hands and feet were purple, and swollen but she was free.
In a heartbeat Sheik swooped down from the cliff and joined Zelda. "It took you long enough." Sheik whispered with a tone of scorn. He smiled and laughed.
"I'm just kidding. That was good."
His eyes met hers and they gazed for only a moment at one another. The fighter's glint was gone from his eyes and in it's place Zelda saw only affection and concern.
Suddenly, Sheik snapped out of the moment. "Zelda! Hurry! We have to get to town!"
"Town? Why? What happened?"
"I'm not sure but I have a bad feeling the bounty hunters have something to do with it."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By the time Sheik and Zelda had reached town it was too late. A giant bonfire replaced their once thriving village. Great hues of red, orange, and yellow flashed before the couples' eyes. The white-hot fire had spread quickly and encompassed the entire area making a giant ring of fire. In the very center burned the fountain that was overflowing with the ferocious flames. On the peak of the fountain a half charred black flag stood waving in the noonday sky. Sheik watched his bonfire engulf buildings and shops slowly, as if hypnotized by the mystic flames. Zelda watched in shock as her childhood home went up in flames.
Sheik turned with tears in his eyes and began walking back in the direction of the desert. Zelda came tearing after him with a look of horror pasted on her face
"Sheik!" she screamed. "We have to do something! We have to rescue the survivors!"
"Survivors?" he scoffed. "There are no survivors. Everyone is dead. We are the sole survivors of the Sheikah clan, save one."
"Impa?" Zelda asked with a distressed tone.
Sheik nodded.
"How do you know!?"
Sheik turned toward her. "I've seen this moment many times in my dreams. I knew that when this day came you would have to fulfill your destiny." He pulled a dagger from his coat. "And I would have to fulfill mine."
"Sheik...what are you-"
Sheik held up his hand to silence Zelda. "You can't run away anymore and neither can I. The seven years are up. He's free now, and he needs your aid! We must all face our destinies!" With that he ran the blade through his heart with such force it knocked him off his feet.
"No!" screamed Zelda. She ran to his side and put her hand over his bloody chest. "Sheik" she whispered with tears in her eyes. "Why? I don't understand." The blood continued to flow from his torso, and bleached the sand underneath their feet the hue of red wine. Sheik's eyes were clouded and he was close to death, but he continued to hold on. "Reach into my...my....pocket" Sheik grimaced. Even speaking caused him pain. Slowly and carefully Zelda reached Sheik's breast pocket and withdrew a leather bag stocked full of shimmering seeds.
"These seeds-" Sheik began. "Are magical. They allow you to switch bodies with another person. But first..." he shuddered. "First, they must be dead."
Zelda gasped and immediately burst into tears. Her sobs were ignored by Sheik who continued with his instructions. "After I die, I want you to boil my blood with these seeds. Set them out to dry overnight. In the morning you should be able to use my body." He picked the bag up again and put it in her hand, closing her palm around them. "Do this as my last request."
"But Sheik. It...it can't end this way! What about your mission? Your destiny? The whole reason you were saved on that night when your mother died!" Zelda sobbed.
Sheik smiled. "Silly girl. Helping you was my destiny. And it still will be. Even after death."
"Sheik. You can't go!" Zelda screamed. "I...I...I love you."
"I love you too. But, perhaps in the next life we will meet again. Hurry. There's not much time. He will be emerging from the temple any day now. Take that dagger and stab me again."
"No! I can't!" Zelda's cries broke into great sobs as she choked to get the words out. Her mouth was dry and salty, and her throat had lump that she couldn't swallow.
"You must. The seeds only work if the blood has been shed because of a sacrifice."
Deep in heart, Zelda knew he was right. Without the use of a disguise that couldn't be unveiled by Gannon, Zelda would have no chance of survival. Slowly she drew the dagger and brought it down upon Sheik's chest. His chest drew in one final breath before his eyes closed for the final time.
Sheik, the last survivor of the Sheikah lay dead underneath the blood red sun, with his lover sobbing at his side. In her fist was a bloody dagger.
THE END?
A/N- Bitter sweet ending isn't it? Well, it's my spin on Sheik and if you didn't like it....then....too bad!!!! Tee-hee! Thanks for reading!
~KIWI PIXIE