After writing The Vessel I decided I really like writing Sheik with amazing powers. (I really want to make him a god, but I haven't gotten a good enough idea for that, so we only have this.) In short, this lovely thing was born. Mainly because of the very last scene. It was technically the first. I do that a lot. Endings are the easiest for me. It's just getting there.

Enjoy!

There was a boy of Sheikah descent that was born with powers beyond belief. On the day of his birth, the babe sneezed and a thousand wild flowers bloomed outside his home. His mother was pleased, but knew the infant would grow up alone, for the mother would not last through the night. Come the break of day, the village would mourn the loss of the beautiful woman. And, five years later, they would once again mourn. For word of the Sheikah boy had reached the Hylian king's ears. His wife gone from the world and his only daughter on her deathbed.

"Sheik! Catch!" A young teen, eyes red as the late evening sky, turned to try and catch a ball he had been tossing around with another guy, this one with eyes like sapphires. The ball was speeding towards him and he gasped. Too fast! Right before the projectile made contact with his face, a vine sprout from the ground to snatch it from the air.

"Woah! That was soooo cool!" The older boy, obviously of Hylian descent, made his way over. "How did you do that?"

The Sheikah boy, no more than fifteen years of age, whimpered. He had been afraid for his life only seconds ago. He glanced down at his hands to see that more vines had crawled up his body to wrap around his fingers. Are my powers getting stronger? He thought about that for a moment. Never had he been able to grow plants on command.

"Hey, Hyrule to Sheikah!" The other boy waved his hands in front of Sheik's face.

That seemed to snap the boy from his trance. "Sorry, Link. What were you saying?" He cocked his head to the side and glanced up at the majorly taller boy. I wonder when I will start to grow? I've gone through puberty and everything...

The Hylian boy had to take a moment to not lean forward and pull the tiny Sheikah into his embrace. How can he be so cute? Link wrinkled his nose and chuckled lightly. "That was the coolest thing I have ever seen!" Link threw his hands up and then fell back into the grass, laughing.

"Well, I thought I was going to die!" Sheik huffed and stormed off, flowers blooming everywhere his feet touched.

Link simply watched him with a bemused smile. The boy was adorable, even when angry. No, especially when he was mad. He stopped to ponder why Sheik was different in his eyes lately. Must be because he is growing up. It was really only a problem when Link thought about less innocent things. Like when Sheik woke him up last week by perching on his... happy manhood. The prince was thinking some naughty things right then too as he watched Sheik bend down to touch the flowers. The male went to put his hand down there, thinking that perhaps he could do something about it while Sheik was occupied, but stopped when his father's voice rang out. "Link, I need to speak to you." Perhaps another time.

I watched the king come and take Link away. I didn't know why, not that I minded, because I should go check on Zelda. Maybe she needs another treatment.

The guards lifted their helmets to send me a smile as I passed and I beamed right back. It was a nice place to live, not that I remembered living elsewhere. I did get to go see my people in my home village when I wished too, not that I did often. The king was not too terribly strict on me since the princess was doing better. Or... seemed to be doing better. I was simply pouring more energy into her.

I arrived at Zelda's quarters and one of the guards opened the door. I walked over to her bedroom door and her personal guard, David, smiled at me. "Hello, Sheik. How are you today?"

I looked up at the forty-something year old man. He was kind and cared deeply for his charge. The princess was in good hands. David would be there for her the rest of her life. I thought about the commitment it must take to have such a job and how one proves something like that before coming back to reality to answer David. "Well, if you must know. Link almost killed me while we were playing catch. He threw the ball at me and about took my head off."

David shook his head lightly and smiled. "You kids." He pushed open the door and motioned for me to enter.

A hoarse whisper sounded out as I walked into the room and the door closed. "Sheik?"

"Nice to see you, princess." I bent low and heard Zelda snort.

"What do you think you are doing, Sheik?" With much amusement in my eyes, I straightened up and caught her annoyed stare. "Get over here and hug me."

I laughed and made my way over to sit beside the princess. It was nice when she pulled me into her embrace and I couldn't help the smile that spread from ear to ear. But I could feel her shaking and it caused a frown to form on my face. "You need a treatment." It was a statement, not a question.

Zelda sighed. "Yeah, I know."

A soft glow covered my hands. I still stare in amazement when it happens. I had been given the gift of life and healing. "What have you been doing lately?"

"Well... There is this boy at the marketplace. He is really nice." Even I, a shut-in teen with no experience, could see where this was headed.

"I hope he treats you well, Zelda." She bit her lip and I chuckled. "I may not have much experience with... life, really. But I can tell you like him. I won't tell your father."

"Thank you, Sheik." My hair bounced lightly as I shook my head.

I continued the princess's treatment, working on giving her skin a healthy glow and lips a pink tinge. I'd make her as radiant as the sun for that special boy. I felt so important at times like this, when my energy was poured into preserving something so beautiful. Helping the princess of Hyrule live somewhat of a life. It was weird to think that, until they found a cure, I was the only thing keeping her alive.

"Does Link know you like him?" I coughed, concentration failing, and my hands lowered to my lap.

"How do you know about that?" I didn't dare meet her gaze.

A single finger lifted my chin and I tried to turn my face away, but Zelda's hand was there to stop me. "I have no issues with you loving my brother, Sheik. I foresaw it when I first set my gaze upon you. I knew you would be important to him."

"But I-"

She held her unoccupied hand up, silencing me. "I want you to be happy. If Link makes you happy, then why can't you make an attempt. Maybe he likes you too."

I sighed and turned to dangle my feet off the bed. "What is the point in trying, if he is only going to reject me."

"What if he doesn't reject you." I thought of the possibility. But it could never happen. Zelda grabbed both my wrist then, surprising me, and sent me the biggest puppy dog eyes I have ever seen. "At least try. For me."

It wasn't worth the effort to try and deny her, so I simply hung my head in defeat. "Fine, I will tell him. But on my own time. No rushing me."

"Sheik." I bit my lip. That tone. I knew she was about to tell me something I didn't want to hear. "You need to do it soon, please. I want to see the outcome and I am afraid I won't last much longer."

I was about to speak, but she spoke again. "And before you say anything. I know you are trying hard to save me, but you simply aren't strong enough to keep me alive forever and keep yourself healthy. Sharing your energy with me is keeping you from living a full life."

"I can live a full life." I stood from the bed, trying to keep tears from my eyes. Trying to block out the truth.

"No, you can't. I know, Sheik. I watch you in the courtyard. You can't run on days you treat me. I bet you will go to your room and sleep after this. And the treatments are getting closer and closer together. Last year it was every other month, but now it is almost every week." My throat felt like it was constricting. "What happens when it is every day or multiple times a day."

I shrugged, not wanting to think on it. "Then I guess I will stay by your side and care for you."

"And kill yourself trying to keep me alive!" I could hear the anger in her voice. "I'm giving you a choice, Sheik! Please don't give away your life to save someone that is already dead!"

"It is my life!" I spun around and could feel the tears run down my face. "If I want to extend your life a few more years in exchange for my own, then I will! I'll kill myself if it means you can have a life, even if just a little. I'll give up my happiness in order to see you every day until I die."

I hunched over and felt like I was going to vomit. "Please... Don't tell me to let you die. I just can't, Zelda."

Arms wrapped around me and I snuggled in close to the princess's warmth. "I'm sorry, Sheik. I'm so sorry. I'll never mention it again. Just please don't cry."

I stopped, my hand raised to push open Zelda's bedroom door. My vision was blurring as tears streamed down my face. Zelda was getting worse? How had I not noticed? And Sheik was tending to her more and more... How could I not see it? He was tired every now and again, but I had no idea that was because he has been taking care of Zelda. I just thought... I don't know what I thought.

David's hand landed on my upper arm. "Link?' I clenched my fist in frustration.

"Did you know her condition was getting worse?" He nodded solemnly.

"And Sheik? Did you know he was exhausting himself to care for her?" Another nod.

"The princess told me not to speak of it to you. I swore I would not." I wanted to be mad at him for not telling me, but I knew he was faithful to my sister without end. He would never betray her trust.

"Don't tell them that I know." I turned to walk back to the door that would lead me to the hall.

"But sir-"

"I want to help them, David. Please, keep this one secret from her." Then I was gone.

I sighed. Link isn't around often enough for me to confess. I had worked up the nerve and, when we were finally alone, a servant girl came walking up to ask Link about something to which he had silenced her. She urged him to follow instead and he complied. We haven't been alone since and I fear I am never going to fulfill Zelda's request.

I know I am running out of time.

Without Zelda's knowledge, I have been using more and more of myself to keep her healthy. She is getting worse and I had to start treating her everyday almost three months ago. Now, I treat her when she is asleep and right after breakfast, so she doesn't think I am overdoing things. But I fear that I won't be around to see the end of this year if this goes on. I try to get the energy to complete simple task, like making a single flower bloom, but I simply can't. The potion master over in Kakariko makes a blue potion that helps, but it only works if I drink it daily and I don't have the time or money to do that.

Even now, I am sitting by her bedside and tending to her. She is colder than ice and I take the blanket that David put around my shoulders some hours ago to lay on her. Perhaps that will help. My eyes are drooping and I know I should move, but I find that the place I have rested my head is extremely comfortable.

"Someone help! Please!" My ears twitch. That sounds like...

"Please! He needs a doctor!" Zelda! I sprint in the direction I hear my sister's voice. Could it possibly be David? He was getting up there in years. I suddenly worried that father had taken Zelda for a walk around the castle and fallen down or worse. Maybe he was sick like her. I couldn't stand to lose anyone else.

But what I saw as I rounded the corner made my heart stop beating. Sheik was cradled in Zelda's arms, no color to his usually glowing skin and his eyes, that were open, had no pupils. I stumbled forward, body going into overdrive.

Zelda spotted me and gasped. "Link! Please, help him! He... He has been working so hard to keep me alive. I fear he is... I don't want him to die, Link." The absolute terror in my sister's words threw me off for a moment. She was never scared. Not even when she was asking Sheik to give up on her almost seven months ago.

I carefully took the Sheikah boy from Zelda. He looked like he was already gone, but I could feel a faint heartbeat when I pressed around on his neck and hear almost non-existent breathing when I brought my ear down to his mouth. I started off in the direction of the infirmary and Zelda trailed behind me. But I needed some answer.

"Where is David?" Zelda's ears dropped in guilt as she caught up to me.

"It was his break and the other guard hadn't made it to my room yet. He never leaves when I am unattended, but I begged him to because he was so tired." She must have thought I would get mad at her, but I moved on.

"How long has Sheik been like this?" I glanced down, but had to look up when my gaze trailed over his face, over his soulless eyes.

"I woke up and he was in my bed. I thought he was more tired lately and it is because he has been treating me when I was asleep. I'm so stupid for not realizing it... So, I let him sleep. But then... oh, gods." Her face paled. "He screamed. I was in my sitting room sipping on some tea when it happened."

I bit my lip as I imagined my sister scrambling to get into her bedroom. I almost wanted to stop her as she went on to describe what happened. "He was convulsing on the bed, hands grabbing for something that wasn't there. He just kept screaming, then I placed my fingers on his arm to try and still him. He did, but then his eyes changed. He has been like that every since." I could hear the breaks in her voice. It must have been horrifying to see Sheik like that.

"Don't worry, Sis." She smiled slightly. "I'll make sure he gets through this."

"What is..." I would have jumped at the sudden yell, but my body wouldn't move.

"...ingredient ...blue… called... chu... rare..." Everything was foggy and clouded. I wondered if I was dead, but the pain in my head told me I wasn't.

I worried my lip into a mess. Link had stepped out to check on some miracle cure he had been working on for some time now. I hadn't even known he knew about how bad I was getting. Or Sheik for that matter.

"Got it." My brother marched triumphantly back into the room. "Here, Zel. Sip this."

"What is it?" I sniffed the strange concoction and gagged. "Gods, Link! That's vile!"

"An ingredient for blue potion. It's called blue chu jelly. Extremely rare." I sipped the substance and found it had an almost sweet flavor. Strange. I watched Link work at Sheik's throat as he poured small drops into the unconscious boy's mouth. "I had to search the whole of Hyrule for that 'vile' stuff. As you so kindly put it. Finally found it in a cave near the spring in Zora's Domain. Apparently, blue chu like wet environments."

"Will it help him?" I didn't miss the sorrowful look on my brother's face.

"I sure hope so."

My jaw cracked as a yawn ripped its way out. I rubbed at my sore cheek as I sat up and looked around the room I was in. This was... the infirmary? What? Why was I in here?

Soft foot steps broke the quiet in the room and soon a head of golden hair had popped through the curtain surrounding the bed I was in. "Sheik?"

Tears caught in Zelda's eyes as she looked at me. "Oh, gods! Sheik!"

I had to gulp in air as Zelda tackled me, knocking the wind from my lungs. "He-Hello, Princess." My voice was a low rasp, as if I hadn't used it in quite some time.

She pulled back and scowled at me. "My name is Zelda."

I smiled softly. "So it is."

"Zelda, you really need to keep it down in here. There are other patients, you know, and I doubt Sheik will wake up if you scream at him every day." The curtain was pulled back and Link came into view.

The platter in his hands hit the floor and my lungs hated me for a second time today. "Sheik, goddess. I didn't think... I thought... I missed you."

I rubbed at his back as Link huddled close to me. "I'm okay, Link. I promise."

He pulled back and I could see tears in his eyes. "Don't ever scare me like that again."

My mind focused in on his lips and I bit mine. Now or never. Slowly, I leaned in to press my chapped lips to Link's torn ones. He really needed to stop biting them. The prince gasped and I was afraid I had done something wrong. Yet, when I tried to retreat, his hand was at the back of my neck. He didn't want me to pull out of this. Link's lips moved over mine and I moaned in happiness. I had waited so long for this.

It was a few seconds before we broke apart, both breathing heavy. Link grinned and moved back in to peck my lips. "Never thought I would get to this point."

My heart beat ever faster as Link's sky blue eyes captivated me. He looked so peaceful. "You... like me, Link?"

"I love you, Sheik." I gasped and ducked my head to the side to hide my blush. A hand cupped my jaw and then I was staring into his endless azure gaze once more. "I mean it."

A soft golden glow filled the room and then a breeze blew the window open gently. Vines grew into the room and wrapped around the base of my bed, slowly making their way up to wind around my fingertips. Buds appeared and blossomed into lush, pink flowers causing me to flush.

Link laughed and took my hands in his, sniffing the flowers as he grinned. "I guess this means you're happy." I felt my face redden further, caught.

"Ye-yeah." He nuzzled my cheek and I squealed in delight.

It seemed to take all of us off guard and Zelda was the first to regain her thoughts. "Well, that was... unexpected."

"But so very cute." Link sent me a predatory grin. "I think I want to hear it again."

"Link..." I tried to take my hands from him, but the vines had worked their way around his fingers and down his arms without my knowledge.

He seemed to notice this when I did. "Well, well. It appears as though you don't want to be away from me. But to go as far as hold me captive..."

I yelped when Link pinned me to the bed, his lips leaving whispers of kisses along my throat. "Link!"

Zelda ended up prying him off of me and untangled the vines. "Okay. That's quite enough, little brother. I think Sheik needs his rest." She winked at me as she dragged Link away.

And sure enough, in the next few moments, I curled up and fell asleep.

I sighed in bliss as the late afternoon breeze ruffled my hair. Currently, I was pouring my magic into getting the castle gardens up to my standards again. But not too much, seeing as I was still recovering. Zelda and I talked about what had happened. She did extensive research and found that by keeping her alive, I was literally pouring my life energy into her. It would take some time and lots of rest, but my body would slowly absorb the part of my soul I had accidentally put in her. I had worried that by doing so, she would die. But Zelda assured me that she was well enough that she didn't need me anymore. Something about Link going on an adventure to find a miracle cure.

"What doin'?" Warmth surrounded me as Link's arms wrapped around my waist.

"Just helping the flowers grow. They withered in the time I wasn't strong enough to care for them." I smiled as a lone, white flower grew up to press into my palm. It tickled, but I could feel the plant's happiness.

"Not using too much, right?" I could hear the worry in my prince's voice.

I turned around and curled into him. "No. I promise."

"Good." I purred as he pressed a kiss into my hair. "Hey, Sheik?"

I could hear the mischief in his voice and knew what he wanted. "Yes, Prince?"

He rolled his eyes and then leaned down to kiss me. "Do the thing."

"What thing?" I batted my eyelashes.

"You know. The thing with the flowers and lights." His eyes were alight with childish happiness.

"Hmm... I don't know. You may have to be more-"

He cut me off as I was tossed back into the bed of flowers. They reacted instantly, growing over and cuddling close to me. If plants could cuddle... Link was straddling me in seconds and I giggled. "Do it."

"As you wish." Slowly, vines grew up and around us creating a small dome, yellow flowers blooming and releasing these strange balls of light. All different colors floated around us as Link looked on with joy. Zelda and I had looked for the small creatures in many books and finally found them. Apparently, they are native to the Kokiri Forest and glowed in more colors than we have names for.

The prince, my prince, laid down next to me and seemed to be ready to nap. I didn't blame him. I probably would too. "Sheik?"

I glanced over to find him on his side, looking at me. "Yeah, Link."

"I love you." My face heated up and I shyly ducked my head down. "Do you love me?"

I could feel my heart hammering away in my chest. "Y-Yes."

"Good. That makes me happy." And then he dozed off.

I pressed a kiss to his cheek. Ready to follow his lead. "I love you." Link's arms tightened around me as I joined him in sleep.

This was quite fun to write. I've decided that I really like making Zelda and Sheik the best of friends, but her being much older than him. So... Big sister/little brother friendship, I guess. I think I want to write one where they are friends and Link gets jealous thinking Zelda is after Sheik. Yes/No?

Review. Tell me what you think.

Love and flowers, (I like wild flowers.)

~Annoying :)