Chapter 5
"What do you mean he's here?" Link looked up and among the cadets in the background.
"I mean that he is training with us...he's over there." The junior cadet stopped when his instructor received his attention. The instructor spoke to him and the boy translated, "Since we are technically still in training, you cannot speak with Cadet Colonel Sheik here. But I assure you that you will be able to speak to him once we arrive back at Nordök, the Sheikah village. You are to follow us and speak to no one. If you do you may only get yourself into trouble..." the man stopped talking, but the black haired boy tried to clear a few things up.
"Look, to the big guy here," he referred to their instructor, "You're a 'prisoner', but if you keep clean the rest of the way there, you will be no less to us than a guest. He just wants to keep us safe."
The instructor said something else and the boy asked Link, "Would you like to join us the rest of the way there?"
Link looked back at the kids in the background. Some were talking to one another, and the rest either looking around or looking right at him. There couldn't have more than 15 there, and some looked to be around 8 to 10 while the oldest looked to be around his age.
"Alright. But what am I going to do with her?" He pointed to the horse.
"Don't worry," He smiled, "She knows where to go."
The run back there was completely exhausting. But Link was glad it was finally over. You'd think living the forest would help you prepare for the 3 mile run from the middle of the western desert to Nordök. And in that part of the desert it was also know as The Shadow Desert, famous for the 'shadows' that pop up once the sun goes down.
Link plopped himself down onto the bed in the guest bedroom given to him in the small village. The folks there that lent him the bedroom were a friend of Sheik's mother, Impa.
There was a knock at the door, "There is someone here to see you, young Hylian."
Link sat up and walked to the door, opening it. Mrs. Kamen stood there. She was a nice silver haired lady with red eyes. The entire Sheikah race had red eyes, so no surprise.
"This is my friend's son, Sheik." She smiled at the two twelve year olds.
The young Sheik had blonde hair and of course, sharp red eyes. He wore his tight-fitting Sheikah training uniform.
**Flashback**
"Who are you?"
"You know my name, Link."
"Yes, I do, Sheik. But I didn't ask what you name was, now did I. I merely asked where are you from? Why should I trust you?"
There wasn't an immediate answer. Sheik walked up to Link and stopped less than a foot in front of him, "I'm from a land...a village far away from here. As to why you can trust me... You can trust me," he closed in the space left in between them and leaned up beside Link's ear, "because right now, I'm the closest thing to a friend you have left."
And with that said, the mysterious Sheikah bent forward, pulled down his mask and covered Link's lips with his own.
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"LINK! Link," a soft moan escaped Link's lips, "Are you alright?"
Mrs. Kamen stood beside the bed the young Hylian laid in. He sat up, "Yes, I'm fine."
"My dear Goddesses, we were so worried about you." She indicated Sheik, her husband and herself, "What, in Hyrule, happened, dear boy?"
"Don't worry about it. It happens all the time."
"What do you mean 'it happens all the time'?" Link smiled and shook his head, "If it happens again, I'm going to be sickly worried, understand?" Link nodded.
She sighed, "Well, I'm going to make lunch, Sheik can stay in here and look after you."
Mister and Misses Kamen went about their business while Link and Sheik were left in the room alone.
There was an annoyingly stressful amount of silence filled in the room. Sheik looked over the young Hylian once again for the umpteenth time.
"You look a little young to be traveling the Shadow Wasteland, don't you think?" The young red-eyed boy asked.
Link sneered at the stupid statement, "Age has nothing to do with courage."
"No. I suppose it doesn't." Sheik smiled, "Why did you come here though?"
"I was on a...a quest. In search for my lost memory..."
"What does that have to do with you ending up here?
"I was getting to that!" Link barked.
"Fine, no need to bit my head off."
"Sorry," Sheik only nodded, "I met your mother, the Sage of Shadows, on the way. She strangely remembers who I am...but she couldn't tell me, or explain to me who I was and how I lost my memory. That's when she told me to find you...she said that you could help me regain it again."
"But I don't even know who you are. This doesn't make any sense."
"Well, that's the thing...you nor no one else is suppose to know who I am."
"I don't understand..."
Link sighed, "It's a complicated story, I barely believed it myself..."
"Well, go on." He urged Link on.
"Um...well. I can really only tell you what I know." Sheik nodded again, "Maybe I should start by telling you that I am the Hero of Time. Your mother and my close friend, Saria, told me that there is more to my life than living as a misplaced Hylian in a Kokiri village. Impa told me that I was once the Hero of Time with the legendary Master Sword..."
"...And you saved the Great Seven Sages and defeated the King of Evil, restoring the land of Hyrule and destined to be forgotten." Sheik completed. Link sat there for a moment, not knowing what to say, and then nodded, "I first heard that legend when I was 10... My mom made it sound like such a fairy tale that I didn't know what to believe. Then, I started having dreams about The Legendary Hero, himself. He looked quite a lot like you...only older."
"I...know..." was Link's only answer.
There was once again an innerving moment of silence. Neither knew what to say or if any part of the legend had ever been reality.
"So...is it true?" Sheik quietly asked.
"Is what true?"
"The legend? My dreams?" Sheik looked up and into Link's large, round blue eyes, "Are they all true? Or am I just hallucinating, and it's all just wishful thinking?"
"I don't know...but right now. I really don't care. I know apart of who I am...and I'm satisfied with just that for now."
There was a knock on the door, "Boys! Lunch is ready." Mrs. Kamen opened the door and entered, a large plate of what seemed to be sandwiches. She handed them each one, and place the plate down on the table beside the bed.
She placed the back of her hand on Link's forehead, "Hmm. Your temperature seems to be normal."
"Of course it is. I'm not sick."
She stepped back and sighed, "I suppose not, but I worry easily."
Link finally realized she had an accent...similar to Impa's in a way. "Yoko dreha mébayu to sneag esa teru."
"Ya, Diur!" Mrs. Kamen called back to her husband, "We are going out for a while you two. Will you be alright while we are gone?"
Link and Sheik looked at each other then back at Mrs. Kamen and nodded.
She smiled, "Good. I don't know when we will be back, but if we are gone past sundown, you two better be in bed. Alright?"
"Yes, ma'am." They said in unison.
She walked to the door, "If you are still hungry, there's the pantry in the kitchen. And supper is on the stove. Sheik, you know how to cook." She opened the door, "Well, we'll see you later."
"Bye, Mrs. Kamen."
And behind her she closed the door.
End of Chapter 5 REVIEW!!!
"What do you mean he's here?" Link looked up and among the cadets in the background.
"I mean that he is training with us...he's over there." The junior cadet stopped when his instructor received his attention. The instructor spoke to him and the boy translated, "Since we are technically still in training, you cannot speak with Cadet Colonel Sheik here. But I assure you that you will be able to speak to him once we arrive back at Nordök, the Sheikah village. You are to follow us and speak to no one. If you do you may only get yourself into trouble..." the man stopped talking, but the black haired boy tried to clear a few things up.
"Look, to the big guy here," he referred to their instructor, "You're a 'prisoner', but if you keep clean the rest of the way there, you will be no less to us than a guest. He just wants to keep us safe."
The instructor said something else and the boy asked Link, "Would you like to join us the rest of the way there?"
Link looked back at the kids in the background. Some were talking to one another, and the rest either looking around or looking right at him. There couldn't have more than 15 there, and some looked to be around 8 to 10 while the oldest looked to be around his age.
"Alright. But what am I going to do with her?" He pointed to the horse.
"Don't worry," He smiled, "She knows where to go."
The run back there was completely exhausting. But Link was glad it was finally over. You'd think living the forest would help you prepare for the 3 mile run from the middle of the western desert to Nordök. And in that part of the desert it was also know as The Shadow Desert, famous for the 'shadows' that pop up once the sun goes down.
Link plopped himself down onto the bed in the guest bedroom given to him in the small village. The folks there that lent him the bedroom were a friend of Sheik's mother, Impa.
There was a knock at the door, "There is someone here to see you, young Hylian."
Link sat up and walked to the door, opening it. Mrs. Kamen stood there. She was a nice silver haired lady with red eyes. The entire Sheikah race had red eyes, so no surprise.
"This is my friend's son, Sheik." She smiled at the two twelve year olds.
The young Sheik had blonde hair and of course, sharp red eyes. He wore his tight-fitting Sheikah training uniform.
**Flashback**
"Who are you?"
"You know my name, Link."
"Yes, I do, Sheik. But I didn't ask what you name was, now did I. I merely asked where are you from? Why should I trust you?"
There wasn't an immediate answer. Sheik walked up to Link and stopped less than a foot in front of him, "I'm from a land...a village far away from here. As to why you can trust me... You can trust me," he closed in the space left in between them and leaned up beside Link's ear, "because right now, I'm the closest thing to a friend you have left."
And with that said, the mysterious Sheikah bent forward, pulled down his mask and covered Link's lips with his own.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"LINK! Link," a soft moan escaped Link's lips, "Are you alright?"
Mrs. Kamen stood beside the bed the young Hylian laid in. He sat up, "Yes, I'm fine."
"My dear Goddesses, we were so worried about you." She indicated Sheik, her husband and herself, "What, in Hyrule, happened, dear boy?"
"Don't worry about it. It happens all the time."
"What do you mean 'it happens all the time'?" Link smiled and shook his head, "If it happens again, I'm going to be sickly worried, understand?" Link nodded.
She sighed, "Well, I'm going to make lunch, Sheik can stay in here and look after you."
Mister and Misses Kamen went about their business while Link and Sheik were left in the room alone.
There was an annoyingly stressful amount of silence filled in the room. Sheik looked over the young Hylian once again for the umpteenth time.
"You look a little young to be traveling the Shadow Wasteland, don't you think?" The young red-eyed boy asked.
Link sneered at the stupid statement, "Age has nothing to do with courage."
"No. I suppose it doesn't." Sheik smiled, "Why did you come here though?"
"I was on a...a quest. In search for my lost memory..."
"What does that have to do with you ending up here?
"I was getting to that!" Link barked.
"Fine, no need to bit my head off."
"Sorry," Sheik only nodded, "I met your mother, the Sage of Shadows, on the way. She strangely remembers who I am...but she couldn't tell me, or explain to me who I was and how I lost my memory. That's when she told me to find you...she said that you could help me regain it again."
"But I don't even know who you are. This doesn't make any sense."
"Well, that's the thing...you nor no one else is suppose to know who I am."
"I don't understand..."
Link sighed, "It's a complicated story, I barely believed it myself..."
"Well, go on." He urged Link on.
"Um...well. I can really only tell you what I know." Sheik nodded again, "Maybe I should start by telling you that I am the Hero of Time. Your mother and my close friend, Saria, told me that there is more to my life than living as a misplaced Hylian in a Kokiri village. Impa told me that I was once the Hero of Time with the legendary Master Sword..."
"...And you saved the Great Seven Sages and defeated the King of Evil, restoring the land of Hyrule and destined to be forgotten." Sheik completed. Link sat there for a moment, not knowing what to say, and then nodded, "I first heard that legend when I was 10... My mom made it sound like such a fairy tale that I didn't know what to believe. Then, I started having dreams about The Legendary Hero, himself. He looked quite a lot like you...only older."
"I...know..." was Link's only answer.
There was once again an innerving moment of silence. Neither knew what to say or if any part of the legend had ever been reality.
"So...is it true?" Sheik quietly asked.
"Is what true?"
"The legend? My dreams?" Sheik looked up and into Link's large, round blue eyes, "Are they all true? Or am I just hallucinating, and it's all just wishful thinking?"
"I don't know...but right now. I really don't care. I know apart of who I am...and I'm satisfied with just that for now."
There was a knock on the door, "Boys! Lunch is ready." Mrs. Kamen opened the door and entered, a large plate of what seemed to be sandwiches. She handed them each one, and place the plate down on the table beside the bed.
She placed the back of her hand on Link's forehead, "Hmm. Your temperature seems to be normal."
"Of course it is. I'm not sick."
She stepped back and sighed, "I suppose not, but I worry easily."
Link finally realized she had an accent...similar to Impa's in a way. "Yoko dreha mébayu to sneag esa teru."
"Ya, Diur!" Mrs. Kamen called back to her husband, "We are going out for a while you two. Will you be alright while we are gone?"
Link and Sheik looked at each other then back at Mrs. Kamen and nodded.
She smiled, "Good. I don't know when we will be back, but if we are gone past sundown, you two better be in bed. Alright?"
"Yes, ma'am." They said in unison.
She walked to the door, "If you are still hungry, there's the pantry in the kitchen. And supper is on the stove. Sheik, you know how to cook." She opened the door, "Well, we'll see you later."
"Bye, Mrs. Kamen."
And behind her she closed the door.
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