Borrowed Time

This chapter is 24

Also by Jem

Also on her Finally Woken CD

It is a very fun/scary song if you listen to it and think about it long enough.

Wishing time away

And this chapter puts Sheik in the spotlight!

W00t!

He goes off hunting

And finds fun things

Meanwhile…

Link is drowning in his dreams

And Areylyn is dancing away time

This will be fun

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

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Borrowed Time

Catacomb Waltz

Been given 24 hours

With Link sleeping the day away, Sheik went out. Temporarily borrowing Epona, he shuffled his way over to Lake Hylia. Upon arriving, he headed along the beach towards the other side, to the ruined Nekoi city.

To tie up loose ends
To make amends

Nothing had been touched. Charred buildings and a ruined cathedral were all that remained. Skeletons of the Nekoi people lay in the dirt streets, their once beautiful clothes now torn and ragged by time. None were spared. There were corpses of children huddled together in the inky blackness of buildings.

His eyes said it all

Sheik made his way towards the cathedral.

I started to fall

The elaborate windows were shattered, glass lying around Sheik's feet. He slowly made his way among the fallen statues and walls, over to the back of the church. The one wall was still standing, the only remaining window depicting none other than...

And the silence deafened

"Why have you come?" A voice hissed.

Head spinning round
No time to sit down

Sheik whirled to see Areylyn. Her eyes blazed with fury and she looked ready to kill. Sheik tensed, ready for a minor dose of battle. Areylyn's aura ignited and everything around her seemed to wake. Ghosts from the past emerged, whirling and dancing about. There was a noise, line hearing the dead sing and scream and cry out for mercy. Sheik tried to resist the slumber, but all was in vain.

Just wanted to
Run and run and run
Be careful they say
Don't wish life away,
Now I've one day

Sheik watched as the events transpired behind his closed eyes.

And I can't believe
How I've been wasting my time

Link was missing, and Zelda was about to go find him. She was concerned when Sheik showed up and asked about the Nekoi, and something in the back of her mind cried "HERETIC" over and over. With no other ideas, she went to the Temple of Time to pray.

In 24 hours they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight

Upon setting foot in the temple, everything strange happened. Three bursts of light; red, blue and green, appeared on the altar. When the light receded, who would be standing there but the three goddesses themselves. Din, with her arms continually blazing with flame like a phoenix, stepped down first, fire springing up then dying behind her. Farore, with bird wings as part of her arms, had a continuous wind encircling her. Naryu, with crystalline shields on her arms, was the only one who didn't look enraged.

I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

We know what you are about to ask us. Din said.

Is there a heaven a hell

We have come to instigate the hunt. Naryu added.

And will I come back
Who can tell

The last of the heretics will be destroyed. Farore remarked.

Now I can see
What matters to me
It's as clear as crystal

Zelda's mind shut down then and there. She crumpled to the ground with her eyes glazed over and her speech slurred. The three goddesses walked past her and into the world. They began a witch hunt, hunting for Areylyn.

The places I've been
The people I've seen
Plans that I made
Start to fade

Sheik woke.

The sun's setting gold
Thought I would grow old,
It wasn't to be

He knew now. He knew everything about the Nekoi massacre. Areylyn stood over him, now concerned, for she had felt the descent. Sheik sat up and the Nekoi pulled him to his feet.

And I can't believe
How I've been wasting my time

"We must go. Save your friend before they find him." Areylyn said.

In 18 hours they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

"What do you mean?" Sheik asked, still not quite awake.

In 13 hours they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

"The Triforce mark...it's reacting."

I'm not alone, I sense it, I sense it
All that I said, I meant it, I meant it

"Reacting to what?"

And I can't believe
How much I've wasted my time

"To Link. It's reacting to him."

In just 8 hours they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

"What?"

In just 1 hour they'll be
Laying flowers
On my life, it's over tonight
I'm not messing no I
Need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

"The Triforce of Courage is rejecting Link."

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