Okay, I know that you're all excited about this story because… Impa doesn't really get a lot of attention in the game… or any other stories really. So, I think that this will reveal how a real sheikah's mind works. I really hope you sit back and enjoy.
Character- Impa
Setting- Impa and Sheik have now been in hiding for seven years. Although Sheik blindly believes that the Hero will return, Impa tries fruitlessly to turn him away from his false hopes. She believes that maybe the Hero has abandoned them.
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Lost for Words
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Sheik slams the door behind him.
He storms into the tiny cottage.
I sit still on my tattered chair.
My eyes on him.
He struts past me without a glance.
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I know where he's been all day.
And even after I told him not to go into town.
He still goes.
He disobeys me.
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He slams another door.
This time to the one separating the two rooms of the cottage.
His side… And my side.
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I get up off of my chair.
A horrible groaning noise occurs at this.
I walk across the wooden paneled floor.
I creaks continuously.
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I knock on his door and enter.
He's sitting on his window sill.
He looks out to the dying Lake Hylia.
It reflects in his eyes.
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"Where were you today, Sheik?" I ask.
I know the answer.
I just want him to know I know.
Because I always do.
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"Guess." He responds viciously.
He sighs angrily.
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I nod my head.
I walk in and take a seat on his old chair.
It's better than mine.
I gave it to him for his birthday.
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"Sheik." I say seriously, "This is getting out of hand now."
He looks to me.
"You know what my rules are. You DO NOT go to the old town… Ever."
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"Impa." He says exasperatingly, "When will you ever see that what you say will not be enough to stop me?"
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"Listen, Sheik. You may be too young to see the dangers, but let me clarify them to you. What if you were caught? Then what? Ganondorf has methods of finding out who you are, you know that."
I sigh.
"We cannot allow him two pieces of the Triforce."
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"Impa. Now it's your turn to listen. I. don't. care."
He turns head.
He looks back out to the lake.
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"When will you see that he will not come?" I yell.
I know that I shouldn't.
But I have to.
He won't listen if I don't.
"It's been seven years! Look at us. Why has he not come earlier? What would have made him come today?"
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Sheik turns to me.
He spits on the wooden floor.
"Then you've lost hope?" He shouts.
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I shake my head.
"No." I say.
I haven't.
Just… Lost hope in him.
"We are the hope. There is still light while you have the Triforce. Why can't you see that?"
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"Because there are three pieces!" He screams.
"Can't you see? I was gifted with wisdom, Impa. I know that he will come. There can't only be two pieces of the Triforce."
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I ignore this.
My job is to keep him safe.
How can I do that when he threatens and cheats death?
I cannot allow him out of my sight.
His argument doesn't matter to me…
Only his life.
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"You will no longer go to wait at the Temple for him." I command.
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Sheik looks at me in disgust.
"You can't tell me what to do anymore."
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I take a deep breath.
Calm down.
I need to calm down.
I regain my posture.
"You will no longer go to the Temple to wait for him." I repeat sternly.
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Sheik gets up.
He walks past me.
I follow him.
He raises his hand to open the door out the cottage.
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"Zelda." I call out.
I know that he'll listen to me.
Now that I've said that.
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Sheik whirls around.
"Don't you ever call me that." He says quietly.
He brings his hands up to look at them.
"Not while I'm like this… Don't you ever call me that."
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I look at him.
I can't imagine how hard it must be.
"Sheik. Don't go to wait for him."
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He shakes his head slowly.
"Just once more." He whispers, "Just once more. I know… He won't abandon us. One more night only will I wait. Then I'll let him go."
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I look at him intensely.
I can see into his mind.
He believes so blindly that the Hero will come.
With all his heart he believes it.
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I will let him.
Just once more.
Because he's lost for words on how to tell me…
That he needs the Hero.
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That she needs the Hero.
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I stand still.
I nod my head slightly.
My face is still as it always has been…
Stony.
Hard.
Emotionless.
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Sheik nods back to me.
He turns the handle.
He leaves the cottage.
I watch through the mucky window.
He runs off quickly.
Like the shadow of a person he really is.
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I know now why he had been so suborn about this now.
Hope is a hard thing to find these days…
And when you do find it…
You cling to it forever.
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Deep down…
I know…
I know too what Sheik knew.
That he will return…
In time.
It will just take time.
And maybe this time… it is time.
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A small smile curls up my lips.
"Good luck." I whisper.
I wish I could have said more.
To Sheik's face.
But right now…
I'm lost for words.
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Yey! Done! Read and review. I'm still accepting requests. I've actually taken on two more; one of Link and one of Saria when Saria is awakened as a sage. I've got some good ideas for this one. They all came to me when I was listening to Evanescence's (Who I do not own either) Bring me to Life. I like that song. And I find it relevant to that part in the game. Well, until next time! (R&R… again!)