The Destiny Of Shadows

By Luckycharms88

Prologue

The Child That Never Should Have Been

Sheila bustled about the house in a rush to get things done before the mistress got home. The mistress wasn't strict but she preferred to not have any reason for her to get mad at her. Which was no easy task considering that she was very far along in her pregnancy. The village midwife said she shouldn't be due for another month but she was looking ready to pop already. She hadn't picked any names yet but she was sure she would be a girl like all of her half-siblings.

But she hoped that one trait that she didn't share with the little misses of the house was there naughty nature. Having this child was more than a handful, a bad omen from he start. A bad omen but a loved one, she was awaiting motherhood with anticipation. Life may be hard for her, but she would do all she could to protect this child from any harm. Even the from the dangers of a jealous wife and taunting half siblings.

The mistress would never know, no matter what the cost, not for her own safety or the family's but for the baby and the master of the house. She loved both of them with all her heart, and would protect them with her life.

But right now she had too much work to do to be lazing around daydreaming. It would no do to have the mistress mad at her for something so trivial when she had been carrying on an affair with the master for so long.

Gwendolyn sashayed into the kitchen. She loved her life; she was rich, gorgeous and had three beautiful children. Though she didn't have the best husband or the son he longed for, her life was perfect. Jillian was just old enough for her to take to court with her so she could enjoy the glamour that came with royalty.

So of course she wasn't expecting to see Sheila, the cleaning maid, on the floor going through labor pains.

"Oh, dear! Are you all right? Should I send for the midwife?" Gwendolyn shrieked, alerting the rest of the house.

" No, I'm sure that…they are just false…contractions" Sheila assured her.

"But how could you know, you've never had a baby! It could be anything! I'm sending for the midwife anyways. Tobias would say the same, you're like family to us Sheila." Gwendolyn rushed out.

"Oh, Gwendolyn…" Sheila said guiltily, huffing through contractions. 'If only she knew.'

"A beautiful baby boy", the midwife shifted the small bundle to its mother. She looked curiously at his eyes and hair. "Curious shades for a baby of yours, I'd say."

Curious indeed, he had eyes of deep crimson, the same color of the blood that graced his veins. Not very surmising considering her heritage. Her grandmother was a full-blooded Sheikah. Nobody else in her family besides her cousin impa had ever received this legendary Sheikah trait. This child had the eyes and like all who had them, the special powers that came with them.

"good luck with the mistress, you'll need it." Said the mid wife drearily, and left the new mother alone.

But what's more curious are the golden hairs that came out of his head. Her own head was covered in dirt brown locks, nothing out of the norm. His locks were like his father's, like spun gold. And everyone would know once he was shown to the world. She couldn't hide him anymore. She would have to flee this mansion and all that he had worked for.

It was then that a grand man glided through the doorway and pushed the door closed behind him.

"No worries, she fell asleep hours ago, she wasn't made for this hour of the night." He whispered as he came to her side, to look upon his child for the first time.

"Here hold him now, before I must escape, he cannot be seen" she said hurriedly, her voice did not match her state, as she was exhausted.

" Why are you so glum nothing could be wrong with this child. " he said as he came to her side. "And 'he'? I have a son? Let me see him!"

She handed him their son, letting his features speak for themselves.

Tobias held the small bundle that held his son. He pushed away the blankets that covered the majority of his face. The scarlet, bleary eyes surprised him, but he was even more surprised by the blond hair that fell from the top of the baby's head.

"He will out us both, with those locks." He murmured to her.

"What will we do? I can't have a child with your hair! People already wonder who the father is! Now they won't have to look twice to see it's you! I won't have your wife look ashamed every time she see our son! I love you and him, so I will not ruin either of you lives." Sheila sobbed into the covers that surrounded her

"I won't let your lives be ruined either." Said Gwendolyn coming out from behind the slightly ajar door.

"Gwendolyn…I…I'm so…" Sheila stuttered at Gwendolyn. "I thought…you were asleep."

"This child will be the ruin of us all, it cannot be seen in this house ever again." Gwendolyn said sternly. "We need to act swiftly, before dawn, or this catastrophe might get out."

"But I have nowhere to go, and no money to support the baby with…" she choked

"Tobias will send you money monthly, after all it is his child" she spoke bitterly. "As for where, I believe there is an empty house in kakariko. Tobias will buy it for you. They wont know your face there, all of our reputations are safe, even the child's."

"I don't know what to say" Sheila whispered, feeling terribly guilty

"Then don't say anything, you aren't welcome here any more, gather your things as soon as you can stand." She said coldly. Gwendolyn couldn't manage to gather any sympathy for Sheila or the child. This woman who had stole her husband and the product of their joining. She was torn between her giving spirit and her jealousy.

As she left she venomously spat, "that child shouldn't have ever been!" and ran out the door.

"There is a horse and some supplies waiting outside, they should last you until you get settled…"

Tobias' deep baritone woke her from the half-sleep she had fallen into while waiting. How had it come to this? She and Tobias had always been the most careful, but even the most talented illusionists couldn't hide this.

"I will come to visit you around once a month, to deliver your allowance of 500 rupees." He paused, "sending a servant might lead to trouble."

"Oh, I see…" she said sadly.

"And how else will I see my son grow?" hearing his tone put a flutter in her heart. "Or see my love? I wouldn't be able to live with out seeing you ever again" he embraced her tightly. She closed her eyes to cherish the moment before pushing away gently.

"I must go, if I wait any longer the early risers might see me." She whispered, as though she as already sneaking out of town.

"Here… " He handed her a note and a small pouch, "for the bridge guards, you'll need it"

He walked her out to the mare he had saddled himself, a rare occurrence, and helped her on to the saddle. She handed him the child to hold once more before she left.

"We still haven't given him a name." She muttered absent-mindedly.

"Why don't we name him something that would be unique to him not me or you? A name that would be hard to trace to either of us."

"There is a common sheikah name that I think would suit him perfectly. It means 'shadow' when written in Hylian but it means 'destined one' in Sheikah. It's Sheik."

He chuckled, "but isn't that just Sheikah without the end? How can it mean so much?"

"The Sheikah are known as the 'shadow people', and as master spies, but they are also the protectors of the royal family, destined to protect the royal family with their lives." She took a deep breath. "It is a race built upon destiny."

"Than sheik it is, a grand name for a grand boy." He handed the newborn to his mother. " You must go now before the sun rises."

Gwendolyn watched fronted highest window in her grand house as he husband passionately wished Sheila and her babe goodbye.

"I hope I never see you again… and your child that never should have been."

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