When Sheik arrived in the town square of Kakariko Village, the first thing she noticed was the smell of smoke. This was normal, considering they lived next to an active volcano, but it was different right now. It smelled like wood smoke, along with other things, a bit like a forest fire. Curious, Sheik glanced up toward the top of the volcano, expecting to see flames shooting out of the peak, but the volcano was silent and dark. Behind the volcano she could see a orange glow, at first she thought it was the sun, but slowly it dawned on her that the sun was setting behind her, and that the Sheikah village was over there.
A pillar of flames suddenly rose up from the approximate location on the Sheikah Village, lighting the darkening sky as if it were mid-day.
Frantically, Sheik pulled out another deku nut and warped to the Sheikah village.
Her abrupt appearance in the middle of their village prompted somebody next to her jumped and throw a needle at her, which she dodged, before she was recognized. Seriously, if people that were supposed to be her allies kept throwing sharp object at her she would die before Ganondorf could kill her for interrupting his freezing of the Zora's Domain.
There was another large pillar of fire and Sheik turned to face it's source.
Speak of the devil, there was Ganondorf now. Sheikah warriors were attacking him from all angles, those not able to fight were running for the secret passage down to Kakariko, and others, mages and healers mostly, were pulling water from the river on the edge of the village and attempting to douse the fire.
Narrowing her eyes and growling, Sheik ran towards Ganondorf, throwing knives in one hand, and her tanto in the other.
"Shiek!" Ganondorf saw her coming and grinned. "Nice of you to join us." He threw a fire ball at a house and it burst into flames.
The other Shiekah backed up a bit and tried to regroup, so luckily nobody heard the familiarity with which he spoke to Sheik.
Sheik jumped and threw the knives, each aimed for a different kill spot.
All three knives bounced uselessly off of his magical shield.
"It will take more than that to kill me." Ganondorf stated, "Try harder." Sheik attacked again, and Ganondorf blocked it with no effort at all. He flung Sheik aside and burned another building. Angry and desperate, Sheik charged at him, discarding her usual carefully planned out attacks in favor of a beat down strategy.
"It's unlike you to be so rushed," Ganondorf chided. "Maybe you need to take a deep breath and calm down." Sheik ignored him and continued her onslaught, but her attacks were nullified by Ganondorf's shield. Laughing, Ganondorf reached out and grabbed Sheik out of the air, holding her with an invisible hand.
"Look around you. This is what happens when you disobey me." There was a note of amusement in his voice, a cruel sound that Sheik had come to know quite well. He lost interest in her and slammed her into the ground, then floated into the air, surveying his work. Everything was burning, each house and stable, even the once green plants were burning. The air was thick with smoke, making it hard to breath and see. All in all, Ganondorf was pleased with his work. Except for the little Sheikah scuttling around like irritating bugs. He would have to squish them later, but for now, he would let those who remained alive live.
Picking herself up, Sheik looked around as well. Her home was on fire, soon the surrounding trees would catch as well and all of this mountain's greenery would burn to the ground.
She took a deep breath to steady herself, and was at once thankful for the scarf wrapped around her face that protected her from the worst of the smoke.
"Sheik!" Impa was suddenly beside her, launching fireballs at Ganondorf. "Get to the tunnel and take those there to Kakariko. Now!" Impa flew into the sky after Ganondorf, using fire magic to try and take him down. Izzati was also in the air, weaving spells to dismantle Ganondorf's shield.
Not wasting another second, Sheik ran to the tunnel's entrance and rushed inside, pushing through the people to find whoever was in charge.
She found Amur wading through the group counting people and taking stock of injuries and young children.
"Amur," Sheik said, moving to stand next to him. He glanced over at her, looking relieved to see her.
"Thank goodness your here. Can you run back out and check if there's anyone else? We'll be leaving in five minutes, so hurry." Nodding, Sheik made her way back out and into the scalding heat.
She darted between burning houses and falling objects, searching the entire village for anyone who had gotten stuck or hurt. Amur had done a good job of finding everyone, and she could find nobody who needed help, for which Sheik was grateful.
She returned to the tunnel just as Amur was herding the group away. She joined the back of the line and watched for any dangers from behind and made sure nobody left the group.
As they left, a few of the Sheikah who had been putting out the fires ran to join the line. When asked what the situation was they shook their heads and said that fire was impossible to put out, the best they could do was prevent it from spreading.

Amur led the line through the tunnels, stopping once to clear the passage of a pile of crumbling rock.
"Be careful!" Amur called back, "The tunnel seems to be weaker up here." Sheik frowned. This tunnel was supposed to be fixed every month, there shouldn't be any weaknesses in then supports after barely a month.
The line emerged onto the side of the mountain, hundreds of feet above ground level. The paths here were thin, so the Sheikah were forced to proceed one at a time, making it difficult to help the injured and young. They had been in the path for only about five minutes when the ground beneath their feet suddenly crumbled into the abyss below. Most of the Sheikah who had been walking across that spot managed to jump across before it fell, but one young child screamed as she lost her grip and began to fall.
Amur leapt across the six foot gap, grabbing the child and bringing her safely to the other side.
"Are you okay?" he asked. The kid nodded and clung onto Amur, screaming at the top of his lungs.
Wincing at the loud noise, Amur passed the crying child to the nearest Sheikah and yelled for Sheik.
"We have one other apprentice, but he's taking care of the younger children, the Elder the two of us are the only uninjured people over the age of six," Amur whispered. "Eight people on this side of the gap." That was bad. On their own, both Sheik and Amur could leap the gap, but weighed down, even if only a little, Neither would be able to certainly make it across. The Elder, as his name implied, was old, and therefore couldn't jump the gap either. The other apprentice should probably stay on the other side and take care of the people there, and the injured warriors should also stay on that side. Both Sheikah thought for a moment, then had an idea.
"Magic!" they exclaimed.
"The Elder is on the other side, right?" Amur nodded confirmation. "Do you remember how to fly?" Sheik asked. He did, but not very well. Flying was a difficult skill to master, but they thought they could do it over this short a distance. Sheik reached inside a hidden pocket in her armor and pulled out a blood red stone. Each Sheikah was given one when they learned how to do six different types of magic.
"You finished already?" Amur asked. Sheik nodded and closed her eyes, gathering energy into the stone. Once she decided she had enough, she released it and immediately used wind magic to form wings. Then she grabbed a kid and leapt off the edge of the path, only having to use a bit more of her power than usual to get her and the child across. She immediately leapt back and repeated the process.
By the time she was on her third child, Amur had procured himself a gem and had wings of his own.
A few minutes later, there was only one child left.
"I'll get him," Amur offered. Sheik nodded tiredly and he leapt back across the gap and picked up the child. He was glad only children had gotten caught on this side, he didn't think he'd be strong enough to carry an adult over.
He leapt towards the other side, but, as fate would have it, a small pile of falling rocks fell from above at that exact moment and hit Amur, causing him to lose focus and release the magic. Swearing, Amur flung the child the remainder of the way to the edge where Sheik caught the kid, then reached out for Amur's hand. She felt his fingertips touch hers, but then Amur's hand slipped and he continued to plummet toward the ground.
"Amur!" Sheik yelled. She reached for her magic, only to find it nearly depleted. Not nearly enough to fly, but maybe enough to teleport. Sheik grabbed a deku nut and was about to leap of the edge when something collided with her back.
"Get the others to Kakariko! I'll meet you there!" Amur called back. Doubting his amount of magic, Sheik started struggling to escape the iron grip of her captor, but she was pinned to the ground and unable to move.
"If you jump, you'll both die!" the person snapped. Twisting so that she could see the person, Shiek growled.
"Amur is going to die because of you, Raven." Raven stared down at her, eyes expressionless.
"We cannot risk losing you both. You have no more magic, and no more energy," Raven stated in a matter of fact tone. Sheik had to admit she was right, but now it was highly likely Amur was going to die, and it was partially her fault.
"Get off." Raven relented and got off her back, still watching her encase she tried to jump. Getting to her feet, Sheik looked over the side. Amur was nowhere to be seen.
"You are in charge now," Raven said. "I will heal those who are injured as best as I can." Then she walked into the crowd of Sheikah, picking her way carefully through the line so no one fell of the edge.
Sheik hadn't known that Raven was a healer, she hadn't known Raven was among the group, but that wasn't important right now. What was important was to get the others to Kakariko.

It was nearly noon when the small band of Sheikah arrived at Kakariko's gates. They were tiered and hungry, the injured needed proper treatment, and everyone was in need of a long nap. Raven had healed those with the worst injuries as best as she could, fixing broken bones and life threatening injuries, but she had her limits and after she had healed four of the six injured, she fainted. The warrior who she had just healed carried her the rest of the way to the village. Light magic took a lot out of a person of the shadows, Sheik knew about that from first hand experience.
After making sure everyone had passed the gates, Sheik stumbled in, motioning for the soldiers to close the gates behind her. Glancing up, Sheik saw the village's small fighting force gathered near the gates, tensely awaiting orders or a threat.
Zelda stood near the back, and when she saw Sheik she flung herself toward her for a hug. Sheik's tiered mind registered only a object flying toward her, and she sidestepped. Zelda nearly tripped when she only felt empty space. She stopped and took a moment to regain her balance before spinning around and glaring at Sheik.
"Sorry... I didn't realize it was you," Sheik muttered, rubbing her eyes. Zelda noticed her exhaustion and took her arm, leading her toward Impa's house.
"Come on, you must be tired." Zelda unlocked the door and deposited Sheik on the couch before leaving to get some food and a cup of tea.
When she returned, the two settled down to wait for Impa.

Many hours later, Impa entered the house silently. Her body ached and she was covered in minor cuts and burns.
Feet barely making a sound on the wooden floor, she made her way to the back room, smiling slightly when she passed her two sleeping wards on the couch.
Ganondorf had escaped nearly unharmed. Their attacks had uselessly bounced off of his shield and after awhile he had gotten bored and teleported away, leaving their village to burn to the ground.
She wasn't sure how many had died or been hurt, but she knew there were a lot. Ganondorf was ruthless and cruel, and very powerful. A very bad combination. Stray attacks had taken out a good portion of their number, and nearly all of those fighting had been taken out as well. Those who could fly had flown up to attack Ganondorf, and all had been knocked from the sky. They were now scattered across the mountain, most probably wouldn't survive. Impa had been lucky to fall near the gate, and only had a twisted ankle to pay for it.
After washing and dressing her wounds, Impa went to her own room, too tired to eat, and instantly fell asleep. Tomorrow she would deal with the repercussions of Ganondorf's attack, but right now she needed to sleep. So that's exactly what she did.

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A/N

Thank you all for reading!
Please review and tell me what you think. I was re-reading this story and realized that it isn't very good, and so this will serve as a rough outline for a final version which I will write after I finish this.

I was talking to some people and wondered if any of the following names were any good for a new title;

Legacy

Hero(s)

Hero's Legacy

In Time

There were a few others which I don't remember. But please tell me if any of these are acceptable.

Also thank you very much to LagksZ for your title ideas, but I decided not to use them because they implied that the Hero would not be in this story much, or were too much like mine. But thank you so much!

Thank you to all others who reveiwed, followed, etc.

More title ideas would be greatly appreciated!