I slowly opened my eyes as the feeling of a hay bed was under my body. I looked around to see that I was in the Kakariko house, "Who's there?" I asked, as I sensed another presence in the shadows of the room. There was no light, which meant that it was Sheik, but I wanted to be sure that Link wasn't around, after all, there were some things we were keeping from him at the moment.

"Don't worry so much," Sheik said as she revealed herself. The lantern to my left turned on almost automatically as soon as she did, "Link is asleep in the other room," she sat by the bed and looked into my eyes, "You scared us for a second there." Compared to her voice when she was Zelda, hers was very stiff and held little inflection. It was obvious that not only her body changed when I turned her into Sheik, but also her personality. It was a bit more intense, but that wasn't entirely a bad thing.

I turned just enough for me to feel resistance on my bandages, I brought my right hand over to the bandage, "Trying to cut off my circulation?" I asked before focusing on the wound. Healing magic was never my forte, but after receiving the triforce, I was able to use other types of magic besides summoning. Even without the gauntlet to act as a conduit for the magic, I was around average with my healing magic. I could feel the green glow around my arm as the wound began sealing itself, leaving a sizable scar where it once was, "I'm never going to get used to that," I admitted as I summoned a knife and cut off the bandage, "though it does have its uses," I flipped the knife in my hand to hold the blade and offered it to Sheik, "You'll want this back eventually," I told her.

She only glared at me as she took it back, "That's not fair," Sheik said as she narrowed her eyes, "Here's a question, why didn't you use your summoning magic on the Trident instead of pushing Link out of the way? I'm sure it would have yielded better results."

I sighed as I sat up in bed, "Because, in order to summon something, I have to have a rough idea about its properties," I explained in a simplistic way, "The trident wasn't made completely out of metal, there was a fleshy component to it as well, as well as some sort of magic that was probably made so that only the Shadow could wield it. I think that, even if I wanted to use my summoning on the trident, I wouldn't have been able to." I took a deep breath as I sat forward to look at Sheik's face under her mask, "You know, as a chick, you look pretty cute."

Sheik sighed as she stood up and walked towards the door, "Get some rest Kyle," she didn't look back, but I could definitely hear something in her voice that wasn't there before. Suddenly I got the feeling of being slightly more energized, and I knew that the transformation was beginning to undo itself, "We get up early tomorrow to go to the next temple, and we'll need our wits about us."

I stood up and walked over to her before she could exit, "Sheik, no, Zelda," he said softly as he grabbed her arm gently, "What happened with Impa, I'm sorry I couldn't do anything to help her, but I was following orders." I turned her around and looked into her eyes. Instead of the red eyes of the Sheika I had so recently gotten used to, I saw the blue eyes of a princess.

"I never blamed you for-" she started before I pulled her closer, "Why are you doing this?" I could feel her tears begin to well up in eyes, "We both agreed..."

"I never agreed," I told her as I pulled her close, "I just was following orders, and right now I'm sick of that," I closed my eyes as my common sense began to come back, if I did this, there was no coming back. I let go of Zelda and turned around, "I'm sorry, that was improper. A knight shouldn't seduce his ward," I said as I walked back to the bed and turned the lantern off, "Please, forget-"

"No," she interrupted as she walked towards me, I could see the tears in her eyes as she showed determination, "It's your fault, so take responsibility, ass," she said quietly as she put her hands gently against my back, "You know me better than anyone, and I know you." She slowly wrapped her arms around my torso, reminding me of how big she had grown since being the little princess that relied on everyone else. She was a young woman who was capable of her own thoughts, and desires.

"The negative effects of being your sparring partner for two years," I chuckled as I wrapped my arms around her while she was still behind me, "You might regret letting someone like me be your partner," I told her before turning around, "Zelda, I-"

"Not Zelda," she said softly as she looked into my eyes, "The name you gave me is Sheik, and that's the only name I need."

One year ago, Castle town, just outside of Hyrule Castle.

My cloak kept me hidden in the shadows, something that the two ninjas over there could do naturally since they had special training. I sighed as I walked out of the shadows, "Do we really need to hide like this?" I asked as the other two came out of concealment, "I mean the only things in this place are zombies, and they don't exactly have the brightest lights on the spectrum,"

"Because, the zombies aren't the things we have to worry about," Impa said as she pulled down her mask. Unlike Sheik and myself, she was confident in her own skills. I figured that this experience was more for developing our confidence when surrounded by enemies.

I sighed as I looked at Sheik, "So, I'm guessing that I'm the only one who is annoyed by this unnecessary sneaking around," I shook my head as I followed Sheik and Impa deeper into the castle town slums. Unlike the rest of the city, the slums were relatively untouched by destruction from what I've been told, leaving most of the denizens still in it, "How long until we meet your contact?" I asked as I pulled up my hood, unlike the other two, I was well known by Ganon's forces because of the triforce on my left right hand.

"We are nearly there," Impa said just before she stopped completely. Even I knew that when she stopped, it was time to be cautious, "Looks like we were sold out," she said as she pulled two daggers out of her outfit, "Kyle, Sheik, protect each other," she ordered as giant lizards surrounded us.

I summoned my sword as I turned around to face the three lizards at our back, "Sheik, as soon as we kill these three we make a break for it," I suggested as Sheik turned around to face the same three as me, "That's the protocol we follow."

Without waiting for confirmation I jumped forward, and slashed at the lizard to the far left. It was far more agile than I initially thought as it dodged out of the way and immediately tried to stab me with its curved sword. I was able to parry the attack with my blade, but I could feel the presence of the middle lizard coming up on my back. I summoned a second sword just in time to lock blades with the middle one. It wasn't a surprise how strong these monstrosities were, considering that they were around twice my size. I felt my feet sliding against the stone bricks as I was pushed back.

In order to give my self some distance, I jumped to the side and watched as the lizard's blade broke the ground where I was standing, "Thank Hylia for superior weapons," I said to myself as I decided to try a new tactic out. I ran at the two lizards that focused on me, but instead of fighting in a strength battle, I jumped high over their heads and threw my swords down at them. To no surprise, they both dodged out of the way of the two swords, but one of the lizards had his back to a stone wall. I closed my eyes as I imagined the many daggers back in the Kakariko house floating around my body. When I opened my eyes, the triforce on my hand was glowing through my glove and the knives I had summoned were glowing with magic. Time felt like it was slowing down for me, because the combat seemed to have subsided when the knives began glowing.

I grabbed the first knife and threw it into the lizard's stomach, but I knew that wasn't enough to kill him. I twisted my body as I grabbed two more knives out of the air and threw them. The first of the two landed in its arm, nearly dismembering it completely, the second landed in his throat. Even if it survived the blows, it wouldn't live for much longer. As my body turned in the air, I saw the Sheik dodging out of the way of the lizard she decided to fight, but she was losing the battle. I grabbed two more knives and launched them in quick succession with another pair, all four impaled their target and pinned him to a wall. As for the last lizard, originally the middle one that I had been fighting, I grabbed the last two knives and brought them down on it with the full amount of my strength. I could hear the tearing of muscle and snapping of bones as the lizard's body hit the floor with me on top of him. He wasn't dead yet, so I pulled the daggers out of his body and repeatedly stabbed his body until I felt his heart stop beating.

I could feel the cold blood on my face from the blood spurts caused by the initial knife wounds, but I didn't care, it felt good to utterly destroy my opponent like this. It made me wonder if this is what bad guys felt like whenever the crushed someone. I held my hand out, and all of the knives that I had thrown disappeared, going back to their original places at the Kakariko house.

Sheik looked at me as I regained my ability to reason, and I turned to Impa. She was fighting four of the lizards by herself, and was evenly matched, but there was only so much that you could do against four opponents that were stronger than you. I moved to assist her, but all the energy I had suddenly disappeared. I felt my legs give out and I collapsed onto the hard stone floor that was covered in lizard blood. I could barely turn my head enough to keep it out of my mouth. I saw Sheik who was looking between me and Impa, "Help her," I tried to tell her as I tried to push myself to my knees.

I didn't know whether or not she actually heard me, but she started moving towards Impa who was in the process of skewering one of her opponents, "Stay back!" she shouted as she had to dodge out of the way of another lizard. To our great disdain, the lizard that Impa had just stabbed multiple times wasn't dying, in fact it was healing and getting stronger from what I could see when I looked up at them, "Sheik, get him out of here," she ordered as she jumped over the lizards and landed on the other side, "Only a magical weapon will kill them," she said softly as she kept luring them towards her, "Take Kyle, and run."

"Impa," I said as I tried to stand up, "No, we can't..." The triforce on my hand began to burn as I heard heavy footsteps coming towards the fight, "Sheik," I said as I changed my mind immediately. My fight or flight instincts were taking over, and I could feel the andrenaline begin flowing through my body, "Ganon," I told her as I struggled to walk towards her, "We can't let him get the triforce."

"Ah, the young man who stopped me from entering the sacred realm," I heard the familiar voice of a dark soul, "This is a lovely surprise, I was here to capture the sage of shadow, and now I have the triforce of wisdom."

I grabbed onto Sheik's shoulder, and could feel how tense her body had become. I remember Impa telling me stories about how Ganon had killed the royal family in front of Zelda, and closed my eyes. I didn't know if I would have enough energy for teleporting us, but I would have to try. I felt the triforce burn even hotter as I pushed my limits of magic. I felt the wind flow into my body as it was forcefully moved from one place to the other in an instant. I felt as if I were going to die in that instant when my feet touched wooden floors. My nose was invaded by the familiar scent of the Kakariko house, and I knew we had gotten away. I let out a sigh of relief before I felt my body hit the wooden floor and my consciousness escape me.