Chapter 2: Pike

Pike walked out the front door of a large castle and stepped not onto earth but what is best described as a solidified cloud. Her waist-length, silvery blonde hair was tossed over her right shoulder. Pike was a beautiful Hylain woman. She was 18, had perfect skin, and brilliant green eyes. Unlike most Hylain women, she did not where dresses, they restricted her movement too much; instead she wore some of Zinc's old tunics. And, although she had altered them to show off her figure she, was often criticized for wearing men's clothing. Pike had one major flaw; she was extremely competitive with other women. She watched the baby unicorns and baby playing in the pasture Zinc somehow grew without soil. She new some of the baby pegasi were, in fact, hybrids, but since their horns had yet to grow out, she didn't know witch ones.

"Sunsphere come to me," she called. One of the grazing unicorns raised its head and walked over to her. It was a yellowish mare with a white star beneath her horn. Of all the unicorns here, this one was, by far, her favorite.

Just as Pike began softly stroking the mane of the beautiful unicorn, she heard a sound behind her. As she turned around, she saw Zinc standing there with the pegasi he had called down and another man.

"Who's he?" Pike asked.

"What ever happened to 'Oh hi Zinc, glad your home?'" asked Zinc. "This is my brother, Link, the legendary Hero of Time"

"Oh yeah, so you're the guy that beat Ganon about a year back," said Pike.

"Yeah, well I don't really like to brag, but..." began Link.

"You realize that you just got lucky, right?" interrupted Pike.

Link was simply shocked at hearing this. "You call defeating a 20 foot pig monster, lucky?"

"Well, yeah," said Pike with a slight shrug. "If it had been Zinc, Ganon wouldn't have been able to come back."

"Pike you are so bias," said Zinc.

"So, what's your point?" asked Pike.

"My point is... oh, never mind," said Zinc. "I don't have the time to teach you manners. I just came to get my weapons and scrolls."

"You never spend time with me anymore," said Pike. "You're always on a quest or fighting with Scythe."

"If you want to come with us, get a pegasus and be ready when I get back outside with my stuff," said Zinc. He went inside the castle.

Link looked around. "So what's with this cloud?"

"I'd tell you, but I really have no idea myself," said Pike. "Zinc told me once, but it was kind of technical. I really didn't understand it that well."

Zinc came out carrying a magic pouch, that Link was sure was filled with various weapons and magical items, and a blue shield with a shiny gold surface.

"What's the difference between the Shield of Reflections and my Mirror Shield?" asked Link.

"Well, basically any energy that hits the Shield of Reflections is converted into light energy before it is reflected," said Zinc. The three of them mounted their pegasi and left for Hyrule Castle.

Meanwhile back at the castle, Zelda was getting restless. "Shouldn't they be back by now, Impa?" she asked impatiently.

"I don't know, princess," said Impa. "There are so many possible variables. We don't know how far away Zinc's castle is; they could have stopped to rescue someone."

"You are, of course, right Impa, as always," said Zelda. "I just wish they would get back soon. I miss Link."

"That's pathetic," said a voice from behind Zelda.

"Pike, could you be nice to somebody for once?" asked Zinc.

"I'm nice to you, aren't I," said Pike

"Other than me."

"I'll take it into consideration."

"Who's she?" asked Zelda

"Her name is Pike," said Zinc. "She's my girlfriend."

"Princess Zelda!" Ruto burst into the room franticly. "Rauru called for a meeting of the sages. He said all eleven sages have to be there."

"Eleven, but I thought there were only seven sages," said Link.

"I know some sages you guys probably don't," said Zinc

"Name someone," said Link. "I rescued the sages from the clutches of Ganondorf. I know them all."

"Pike," said Zinc. "She's the Sage of Wind."

"She's a sage?" asked Link.

"Yeah, I am," said Pike. "Got a problem with it."

"Let's go," said Impa. "If something's is so important that we need all eleven sages, then we don't have time to waste with petty bickering."

"Impa's right," said Zelda. "Everyone, gather around. I'll teleport us to the Chamber of Sages." The six of them teleported to the Chamber of Sages.