"I'm bored," Ruto said in an annoying tone, after an hour of being carried by Sheik. Sheik's arms ached. "Sheiky, tell your friend to stop his arms from shaking, it's uncomfortable!" She looked to Link and smiled. Then, she looked down at Sheik and glared.

Sheik moaned. "Link, your arms," Link said with a smile. "It's annoying the princess. Would you stop?" Sheik growled, and gave Link a glare.

"Sure thing Sheik," he snapped, straining himself to not shake. Ruto gave a slightly evil giggle, and crossed her legs.

"Thanks darling," she said to Link. "Help is so hard to find these days!"

"I'm not your help," Sheik snapped. Ruto glared down at him.

"I do not want you to talk back! What did Sheik say about the shaking? Stop it!" Her voice was terribly high pitched, and as she snapped orders to him, Sheik's anger boiled within. How could she? The stupid, spoiled brat. He had never noticed that she was this bad. She had always treated him like he was some sort of god. But now that Link was in his body, she treated Link like her savoir.

"Sorry princess," Sheik hissed in the most sarcastic, bitter tone he could manage under the pain.

"No need the be rude. I was just giving orders, like a real ruler does with her subjects," Ruto snapped.

"Good thing you aren't my princess," Sheik murmured angrily. "Zelda is my princess."

"Hm, funny. Sheik, you always used to say that, didn't you?" Ruto muttered, looking lazily over to Link. Link nodded, unsure.

"Don't worry Ruto! You're a great princess!" Link said, smiling big. He obviously had no idea that Ruto only liked him, because he was in Sheik's body. The idiot.

They came to a room, that was barred with gooey rope looking things. Across from it, was a white button. "Step on it Sheik," Sheik told Link.

Link nodded, and went to do it, but was stopped by Ruto's annoying voice. "Hold on! Since when can you give Sheik orders? Why don't you stand on it?" she snapped. Link shrugged, and jumped on it.

But it didn't go down. He jumped off and shrugged. "Here, let me," Sheik murmured. He jumped on, while holding Ruto still. It went down, and the door opened. "It was your amazing weight Ruto," Sheik growled.

"Heeey!" Ruto whined. They all went in, ignoring the princesses complaining.

In this room, there were little things hiding in the ground. Sheik set Ruto down. He sighed with relief from the sudden weight loss. "Let me take care of them," Sheik said.

"No!" Ruto snapped. "We should let Sheik showcase his talents! You can't hog the spotlight! I already gave you the honour of carrying me!" Man, this girl really needed to get her definition of punishment and honour straight.

"Alright, Sheik," Sheik said with a smirk. "Show her your talents why don't you? We'll just sit back here and watch." Ruto gave a smirk, and started playing with a lock of Link's hair(Technically Sheik... But we've gone over that already, haven't we?).

Link looked nervous as Sheik threw him the bag of weapons. "Go get 'em Sheiky!" Sheik said in fake encouragement. Link took it as real encouragement though, and skipped off happily, to go fight these monsters.

Minutes Later

Link lay on the ground, sobbing. "The scary monsters hurted me!" he cried. Ruto was just staring blankly, in disbelief.

"See?" Sheik murmured. "Should have let me do it." He walked into the middle of the battle field, and picked Link up.

"Sheik," Link whined. "Those monsters hurted me." Sheik smirked, and set Link down beside Ruto. Sheik took the weapons bag back form him, and walked out into the middle of the fighting arena.

Sheik defeated the monsters with much ease, leaving Ruto in awe. But, of course, the stubborn princess wouldn't admit it. She crossed her arms over her chest, and sighed, annoyed.

"Let's go. Pick me up, Link. Help Sheik up. He obviously isn't feeling well to have gotten beaten like that," snapped the princess. "Stupid forest peasant." She rolled her eyes, and sat, cross legged. Sheik sighed, and walked up to Link. He held out his hand, and glared down at the boy.

Link smiled cheerfully, and took Sheik's offered hand. Sheik pulled him up, and then walked over to the princess. "This is going to be a long day," he murmured to himself, picking up the princess.

Later

They walked through a door, and in the next room, there was platform in the middle, and a little runway, that went all around. On the little island, there was a blue, shining stone.

"That's it!" Ruto shrieked, flailing in Sheik's arms. "That's my mothers' stone!" Sheik looked at it. It had three sapphires and it was surrounded by gold. It was a beautiful stone, and watching it shine made it even more so. "Throw me up there!" Sheik smirked. He liked how she said 'throw'.

So, Sheik threw her, right at the platform. She landed on her stomach, and slid right into the stone. She gave a shriek. "You could have been less forceful about it," she snapped, picking up her mothers' stone. "But we can go now. I have my mum's stone. Come here and get me." Goddesses, she was such a spoiled brat.

Both Sheik and Link approached the platform. Before they could get right to it, and get her, it started to rise. "Ah! Let me off!" Ruto called. But, it was too late. The platform rose into an opening in the roof.

"She's gone!" Sheik cheered. "Thank the goddesses! She's gone!"

"Don't be stupid Sheik! She has the spiritual stone!" Navi snapped. "We have to go after the stone!"

"Oh no! Ruto's gone!" Link cried. Navi and Sheik stared at him. "What if she gets hurt!?"

"We cheer and dance around her injured body," Navi seethed. Link tilted his head.

"But, Ruto is so nice, why would we do something like that to her?" Link asked. Sheik blinked.

"Have you been tuning out everything she's said to me and Navi, this whole trip?" Sheik asked. "She just treated you well." Link looked confused. Sheik sighed, and went on to explain, but the platform suddenly came back down. On the platform was a large monster, a gigantic octopus creature.

"It's a giant Octorok!" Navi cried.

"Maybe it ate Ruto!" Sheik suggested. Navi giggled.

"Anyways," Navi continued, "there's a weak spot on its back! Hit it with your boomerang to stun it." The Octorok jumped off the platform, which began to turn, and grew spikes. And, it started to chase Link and Sheik.

"Ahhhhhh," Link cried, running after Sheik.

"Stay away for the edge!" Sheik snapped at Link. The platform stopped for a second, and began to turn the other way.

"Look out! The Octorok turned around! It runs the opposite way of the way the platform turns!" Navi hollered. Sheik stopped in his tracks, and started to run the other way, pulling Link along with him. Sheik took out the boomerang, and aimed for the weak spot.

Too bad Sheik couldn't throw the boomerang worth a damn. It hit the wall, and fell to the ground. "No!" Sheik cried, picking up the boomerang as he continued to chase the creature.

"Are you telling me, you can't use that boomerang?" Navi asked, sounding irritated. "You guys are screwed! I'm outta here!" She flew away, hiding in the hole in the roof.

"God damn it," Sheik sighed, chasing after the monster.

"Give me the boomerang," Link said, suddenly sounding brave. Sheik was startled, but handed it to Link. Link aimed, and quickly threw the boomerang with a snap of his wrist. The weapon flew, and hit the giant Octorok in the weak point. You could hear Navi scream with shock from above. Sheik was stunned, and just stood there.

Link, on the other hang, lunged forward, and hit the Giant Octorok in the weak point with his sword. He began to run, before the monster had a chance to regain consciousness, pulling the shocked Sheik along with him.

With some amazing action by Link, the monster was defeated with ease. Sheik was standing there, not believing what he had just seen. The platform lost the spikes, in the amount of time it took for Sheik to come-to.

"Wha-What the-Did you just-Huuuhh?" Sheik stuttered on. Link fixed his large collar, and smoothed out the form fitting clothing, so nonchalantly, you wouldn't know it was Link.

Sheik heard a soft fluttering, and saw Navi, who was also shocked. "I can't believe it," Navi said. "I honestly can't believe it. Link actually looked, and acted cool and tough out there."

"I-I-I-I... I'm so proud!" Sheik shouted. Link blinked softly, running a had through his hair. Sheik took out "The Notebook of Historical Events", and opened it. Just under the first entry, when Link said something intelligent, he wrote, in his neat Hylian writing:

"2. Day 17: Link beat a miniboss, and looked cool doing it!
Place: Inside Lord Jabu-Jabu
Time: Late Afternoon/ Possibly night (Unsure of the time, we're inside a fish for Din's sake)
Sheik's Note: I'm so proud of him, but it's very weird..."

Sheik flipped the book closed, and put it away.

"Let's go," Link said. "We shouldn't waste any more time. We must get the spiritual stone. Personally, I don't care whether Princess Ruto lives, it's her own fault for getting into this mess. I'm worried about getting the stones to Princess Zelda."

Just as Sheik was overwhelmed with utter shock, this shocked feeling, made him fall to the ground. He had blacked out.

Later

"Sheik, I can't believe you passed out," Navi muttered. "We had to find the stone, and you passed out from being in shock."

"I agree. That was a silly thing to do. We cannot, and shall not waste anymore time," Link said. By this point, both Navi and Sheik had gotten used to Link talking so smart-like.

"I know. I was just so surprised!" Sheik said.

They had stepped onto the platform after Sheik had woken up, and it took them up into the roof, after Ruto. But, being the smart princess that Ruto was, she decided not to wait for Sheik and Link, but, instead, she thought it would be the most intelligent choice to wander the dungeon, without them.

"That silly girl," Link murmured. "Why would she leave without us? I mean, she didn't even wait to see what could happen. Now we have to wander, when we may not even find her." He paused lightly, and thought. "I supposed we should look for the source of the monsters appearing inside this poor fish. There must be some sort of... Ring leader. Boss."

"I agree," Sheik sighed. "We might find something with this boss." The two nodded. "I honestly never thought I'd come to an agreement with you Link. You're just acting... So sensible."

"You are the smartest twelve year old I've ever met," Link muttered. "In need of some anger management classes, but, smart none the less."

Sheik paused. "Did you just intelligently insult me?" he asked. "Oh wow..."

Link ignored him. "But, then again... I haven't met many twelve year olds," he mused. Sheik gave a blank, unimpressed look. "I usually stick to mingling with adults."

"How many adults can you know? You were born in the forest!" Sheik snapped. Link paused, and opened his eyes wide.

"Oops, slipped up," Link hissed lightly. "Sheik, head through the next few rooms. Soon enough, you will be brought to the boss room. Bear with Lin-... Me for the next while. As for when you have to fight... I'll be back like this, and I'll be able to help you."

"What are you talking about?" Sheik asked, annoyed. Link closed his eyes, and opened them again.

"Sheiiik," Link whined, sounding less mature. "Did you beat the big monster-thingy? And where are we?" Sheik was utterly confused.

"What... What just happened?" he asked. Link tilted his head slightly.

"I dunno. I must have fallen asleep..." Link said slowly. "I don't remember a thing, since Ruto got eaten by the roof."

"First of all, she wasn't eaten by the roof. Second of all, you beat the miniboss! You're telling me you don't remember a thing?" Sheik was completely confused. How could Link not remember? He had beaten the miniboss, and saved all of their asses. "You were talking intelligently and everything! How can you not remember!?"

"That is a bit odd," Navi murmured. "And you know, Link was acting really strange. Like he was a whole different person... Saying to bear with him? Then he went back to normal." Link blinked excessively.

"Nobody's listening to you, fairy," Sheik snapped. He honestly hadn't listened to a word the fairy had said. Little did he know, Navi was on to something.

"Let's go find the boss," Navi said. "Just through the next few rooms, and we should be at the boss." Sheik nodded.

Some time later

They arrived in a large circular room. There were boxes in the edged in corners, that they could break for items. Sheik assumed this was the boss room. He assumed right. A large monster was attached to the roof.

"Great," Sheik murmured.

"Give me the boomerang," Link murmured. "This is the easy stage. Dodge the charge of electricity it's going to send at us. Stick close to me for now." Sheik blinked, but gave a nod.

"Link, what's up with this? Last time, you didn't remember a thing...Are you actually Link? Maybe... Did you also get caught up in the switching bodies mess? And just are sharing my body with Link?" Sheik asked, following as Link attacked the things that attached the creature to the roof.

"No, I'm not sharing a body with Link, because I am Link," Link murmured. "Don't be silly. Why would I be somebody other than myself?" Sheik sighed.

"Don't think I forgot what you said earlier! You said 'I'll be back like this'! What did that mean?" he asked, dodging a jolt of lighting. Link tossed the boomerang, muttering under his breath. He caught it again, and began to run. Sheik followed on his heels.

"You'll learn when you're older," Link muttered. "It'll come sooner than you think."

"What do you mean!?" Sheik asked angrily. Link hissed, as he detached the last tentacle attached to the roof. The monster came out of the ground, spinning with jelly fish and electricity spinning around it.

"Watch for it," Link murmured, throwing a boomerang at the jellyfish. The thing stopped, and the jellyfish became unattached by the lightning. Link threw the boomerang at as many as his could, before they attached again.

"Don't avoid the question!" Sheik snapped. Link took out more of the jellyfish, and Sheik stabbed the actual monster repeatedly.

"I'm not avoiding the question, I'm saving you from getting killed!" Link snapped, taking out the rest of the jellyfish as Sheik stabbed the creature and avoided its electric wrath.

"I can save myself!" Sheik snapped defensively. The huge monster completely emerged from the ground. It was spinning faster and faster, with new jellyfish attached to its lower half.

"You cannot," Link hissed, boomeranging the monster. The monster was stunned. "Double team it!" The two of them ran up to the creature, slashing at it. Soon enough, the thing started to grow massive lumps. "Back away!" Link snapped. They did so, just as the monster exploded into green goo. Appearing in its spot was a heart container, and a blue light.

Link blinked slowly. "Wait, what just happened?" he asked. "Where are we, and where is there green stuff on the floor?" He made a disgusted face. "And on my shoes." He lifted his foot, the sticky green substance following him.

"What? You just helped me defeat the boss!" Sheik growled. "Goddesses, this is getting annoying! What's going on with you?!" Link shrugged. Sheik groaned, and rolled his eyes. "Whatever, we don't have time for this now! Let's get the heart container." He paused. "And I think I see Ruto in that light! How the hell did she get there!? I hope she has the stone."

Link frowned, and followed Sheik into the light.

Ruto was blushing. "You... You're late! What took the two of you so long!? You're useless! I was just lonely! That's all... Just a little!!" she snapped, crossing her arms over her chest. Sheik rolled his eyes, and the light took them away.

They appeared on a branch, reaching out in the middle of Zora's Fountain, right outside where they entered the fish. Ruto was face to face with Sheik, and then, seeing it was him, pushed him into the water. Sheik emerged from the water, and saw her walk up, and put her face right in Link's. Link looked shocked, and fell backward, right into the water.

Ruto jumped in as well, following after Link. Sheik slowly followed, rolling his eyes. Wow, this girl sure was obsessed with him. Too bad she didn't know it wasn't actually Sheik in that body.

"Sheik," Ruto said, swimming right to Link. "You looked cool... cooler than I thought you would, anyway... Just a little! Well, you saved me, so I guess I'll reward you... What do you wish, just tell me!" Sheik prayed to Nayru that Link would answer 'The Spiritual Stone'.

"Uhm..." Link said quietly, thinking. "The Spiritual stone... Please?"

"You mean, the Spiritual Stone of water, the Zora's Sapphire, don't you Sheik?" Ruto asked. "My mother gave it to me and said I should only give it to the man who will be my husband. You might call it the Zora's Engagement Ring! All right! I'll give you my precious possession! The Zora's Sapphire!" She swam on her back, away from Link.

"No," Sheik hissed. "No! No! Nooooo!" He would NOT be engaged to Ruto! Never! Link did NOT just agree to have Sheik marry Ruto! Sheik was ready to sob. "Sheik, don't accept it!" he called to the boy in his body. "You're too young to be engaged!" Navi was shocked.

"Don't do it Sheik!" Navi called at Link. But, it was too late. Ruto began to shine, and soon, Link was holding the Zora's Sapphire!

"Don't tell my father..." Sheik heard Ruto faintly call.

"Sheik! I got us the last stone! Aren't you proud of me!?" Link asked happily, swimming up to Sheik. Sheik blinked.

"You idiot!" Sheik hollered.

Here we are, chapter twelve! Ahahaha, wasn't Ruto just THE BEST? I hope I made her annoying enough. I honestly hate her so much XD. I liked this chapter, it wasn't too bad. And, what's up with Link? Loosing his memory of the events? Hmmmmm. I know what it is, but you guys' don't =3. You'll find out in about chapter fourteen, if I feel like being nice x3. If not, muuuuuch later.

Next chapter. There is A LOT. Like, it's the longest chapter I've written yet for this fanfiction. I spent a lot of work on it. There's a little Malon cameo at the beginning, as a bit of filler. But, it's seriously, one of my favourite chapters. There isn't as many jokes, it's more of the serious type, but it requiered a lot of patience and effort to get wording right, and to add in little jokes to lift the mood a bit. Plus I took actual quotes from gameplay, using youtube walkthroughs, which took a lot of looking(It took me a whole day to write that chapter. Literally, I spent from nine in the morning, until five at nigh, then I took a three hour break, and wrote again until one inthe morning XD. And about a quarter of that time, was spent looking for the quotes and taking them down.). And, to top it all off, all of the quotes I got, had to be altered to work for both Sheik AND Link, so they're talking to two people, and it would flow properly. It was confusing, but so much fun.

As for those of you who read my "Shard" fanfiction, I'd like to say that I might not update that one in a while... I'm in a bit of a slump, and I'm not sure which direction I want to take it in... There will be a chapter up, sometime this month, or at the beginning of March though... Call me lazy if you wish xD

Anyways, so long for now!