alright, sorry for keeping you waiting, if you really care. I just want to let you know, whatever that face wrapping thing (don't know what it's called, looked 3 different places and got three different answers) Sheik wears in Ocarina of Time, the Shiek in my story doesnt wear. just figured I'd let you know, the knowledge will be important later


-Chapter 6-

"So I'm going to be a hero?" Link asked, and Sheik nodded. They were heading back to Kakariko.

"Yeah" Sheik said, kicking a rock.

"Did you know?" Link asked, but then added "of course you did, that was what the training was for wasn't it?"

Sheik nodded again

"Why didn't you tell me?" Link asked, exasperated "I even asked!"

"It wasn't my place to tell you" Sheik muttered

"How was it not your place to tell me?" Link asked, slightly angry.

"The Princess told me not too"

Link smiled now "Alright, I get it. Orders are orders aren't they?"

"Uh-huh" Sheik said

"You're quieter than usual"

"Just thinking"

"Thinking?" Link asked "about what?"

"Nothing really" Sheik said

"If you say so" Link said, bemused. He could just tell Sheik wasn't telling him something. But what does it matter? He thought, we're friends, not uhh… Link failed to find a good idea for what he was thinking about, and abandoned the thought.

"I've gotta go" Link said "I promised my mother I wouldn't be late for dinner, and if I don't head off now I definitely will be."

Sheik smiled at Link "I understand" he said "not like I was keeping you anyways."

Link laughed "Bye!!" he said, before running the rest of the way home. He burst into his house and set his sword against the wall before running to hug his mom.

"How was your day sweetie?" she asked

"Great!" Link replied

"Learn anything?"

Link nodded "I'm gonna be a Hero!!"

Link's mother's eyes went wide before they went to a look that would kill and then changed to a fake look of happiness. Link took no notice of this though.

"That's great honey!!" she said, pretending to be excited.


She put on her cloak and stepped outside, shutting the door quietly behind her so she didn't wake Link. She started walking around Kakariko in search of Sheik.

She found him sitting on a rock, attempting to play a song on a harp.

"You!" she hissed, and Sheik jumped to his feet. He relaxed quickly though when he realized who she was.

"Oh, hi Alice" he said

Link's mother grabbed Sheik by the collar of his shirt and looked him in the eye. "Why does he know?" she hissed.

"Who? Knows what?" Sheik asked, looking shocked.

"You can't fool me Sheik. You know!"

"Know what?" Sheik seemed completely confused now, and his eyes betrayed him.

Link's mother let him go; figuring he didn't know what she was talking about. "Link knows he's a hero! Why?"

"We ran across Zelda and she told him." Sheik said. Link's mother frowned. Of course Zelda did. Zelda could never keep a secret.

"This isn't good!! His memories could be triggered by anything! Even meeting the princess!! You have no idea how much she looks like her ancestors!!"

Sheik finally got what she was saying "Oh gosh, what did we just do?"

"You tell me" Link's mother said

Sheik groaned. "We can't go back in time now, so what's done is done. There's nothing we can do about it."

"If only that weren't true" Link's mother sighed "oh well, I suppose we should get some sleep then. Goodnight Sheik" she said as she started off.

"Night" he called

She stopped and turned back around "By the way!" she called "try harder to keep your emotions hidden. Your eyes betray your thoughts too quickly."

"Sheesh" she could hear Sheik say "you're starting to sound like Master Hiru."

Link's mother smiled.


Sheik was left there with his thoughts, and he picked up his harp off the ground and absentmindedly played a few notes. He sighed; maybe the harp just wasn't for him. It seemed the only instrument he could play was the piano, but what good would that do him if he was off somewhere and he wanted to play a little music?

Not only that, but he was bored. He considered sleeping for a moment, then discarded the idea. He wasn't anywhere near tired. He headed into the forest that he happened to be sitting on the outskirts of and headed to the pond that lay in the center.

The pond was still, and Sheik picked up a stone of the ground and tossed it across the pond. He sighed; it wasn't as fun as it used to be. He walked slowly towards the castle.

It was quiet when he got there. Sheik didn't feel the need to break the silence so he hopped over one of the side walls, his feet hitting the ground lightly on the other side. He walked around to a side door that he knew wouldn't be locked and shut the door quietly behind him.

Upon entering Sheik found himself right by the library. Realizing he hadn't actually been in the library before, he went on in.

The library was huge and there had to hold over a billion books, with the shelves reaching for what seemed like forever. There was even stairs that lead you to a higher level, and another above that, and another above that, and another above that and…

Sheik stood there in amazement. How could Zelda not find anything to replace the Master Sword here? With all these books there had to be something!

But maybe that's why she was so frustrated, with all these books there was nothing, and if you couldn't find anything here, then where could you?

But all thoughts of that were blown out of Sheik's mind as he decided to have a look around. He started with a sign that showed you where all the different subjects could be found.

"History, Legends, Novels…" he muttered to himself as he went down the list, none of them were really anything he would ever consider reading, especially not anytime soon, but he stopped when he found "Poetry" Sheik's eyes lit up at the thought of this. He happened to like poetry. He found what level it was on and headed up the stairs.

He pulled book after book off the shelf, and within a half hour had about 20 books surrounding him, and he was reading the one in his lap intently. The words leapt out at him, sucking him into their world. And soon, the only sound in the library was the ruffle of pages being turned.


Zelda woke later than usual, but wasn't the least surprised about it. She had fallen asleep among books last night, waking only long enough to crawl into her bed and go back to sleep. She got up and changed out of yesterday's clothes, and into something else.

Zelda picked up a few of the books she had deemed useless the night before, and headed off to the library to return them.

The library was silent when she entered, but that was usual. The sun managed to fill the entire library with a soft spring light, which automatically comforted Zelda. Winter was finally coming to end.

She sighed softly, and set the books on a nearby table, knowing that someone would be around eventually to put them back where they belonged. The books landed with a louder thud than she had expected and the sound cut through the silence like a knife would butter.

She heard a slight sound above her, and looked up in shock. It shouldn't have surprised her that someone was in the library, but something felt different than usual. She climbed the stairs two at a time to the floor where she had heard the noise and was shocked to find Sheik. He was surrounded by books.

"You read!?" she asked, her voice echoing slightly.

"Huh?" Sheik looked up "oh! That's who's here" he smiled broadly and stood up, "of course I read!" he laughed.

"But still… and I never would have pegged you as a poetry person" Zelda said

"Can't judge a book by its cover" Sheik merely replied

"So you find anything good?" Zelda asked

Sheik nodded and held up the book he had been previously reading. It was old and falling apart, with a worn leather cover bound with a loose string. It was also very small. "It has a lot of good poetry in it, most of them very interesting also" Sheik said "Oh! And you'll get a kick out of this one" he picked another off the floor and handed it to her.

It looked more like a journal than anything, and she found inside of it a bunch of tales of a Hero, most of them sad and somber. There wasn't one happy one in there. She was puzzled why Sheik thought she would like this one. It obviously showed, because Sheik said "It was written by one of Link's ancestors."

"No wonder why the dreams he had were nightmares" Zelda mused "with emotions like this…" she trailed off, knowing that Sheik didn't need more of an explanation to get what she meant. The poems in this journal were filled with trials and heartrending stories, each about an unloved and misunderstood hero with a broken heart.

"We better make sure Link won't find this" Sheik said "his memories could be triggered by anything, and something in here will most likely spark something."

Zelda nodded and closed it. "But where would we hide it?"

Then Sheik laughed "who am I kidding?" he gasped through his laughter "Link doesn't read."

Zelda couldn't help but laugh either. There was something about the way Sheik laughed that just made her want to smile and laugh along. It was probably the way his laughter showed in his bright red eyes; unlike it did in any other Sheikah. Or maybe it was the way that blond hair moved ever so slightly when he laughed. She didn't know, and didn't really care either.

"So…" Sheik said when they had finally stopped laughing "can I borrow this book?" he held up the old poetry book again.

"Of course you can" Zelda said "it is a library after all."

"Cool" Sheik said, and he stuck the book carefully in his belt. He started cleaning up the books that were strewn about his feet. Zelda bent down to help him, and soon they had all the books back on the shelves.

"Wanna go get some breakfast?" Zelda asked.

"Alright" Sheik said, with a shrug "not like I have anything to do today anyways."

Zelda looked at him "What about Link?" she asked, utterly confused.

Sheik raised his eyebrows at her as they began down the stairs "He's done here at the castle, and I haven't found another place we can go yet."

"Why can't you just train somewhere in Kakarkiko? I'm sure you could think of something"

"Good idea." Sheik said, punching her lightly on the shoulder, which actually hurt a bit. "But why did you have to think of it first?" he whined, but laughed

Zelda just shrugged and laughed along, rubbing her shoulder. They had stopped by the time they reached the bottom floor. The flashed a grin at each other and headed down to the kitchens to eat something.