The Ocarina of Time Novelization Chapter 1
The Sea of Envy
By Habuki
Copyright: I do not own Zelda, Nintendo does. Story by Habuki
productions.
The place was huge! The breathing
corridor was from the looks only about one room, but it expended about
two-hundred feet across and stretched up several miles upward. The young
boy's eyes glared upward and around, there were structured branches and webs
all over the entire place, but from the looks of it no more of those stupid
babas or any other dangers of the world. Well, that was good for Link because
soon after he sheathed the Kokiiri blade and walked around the room exploring
the area for any clues. It was all right to be here now, he felt so secure
inside of his creator's body, it gave him a sense of refreshment, as if when
he was with
Saria.
"This place is huge, Navi,
I didn't think he was so hollow hee!" Remarked Link, tapping on the right
end of the tree, it had taken him a few minutes to travel that far, just
showing how big this tree was. This place was so extraordinary, sort of like
some ancient museum where the artifacts were just placed in the ground, waiting
to be explored. Smiling at his new companion, the young boy just looked around
the place, eyes brightened for their New World, the new adventure. Yes, he
had always wanted to explore ever since he was small, and now with the exception
of his master being sick, he was having his dream become a reality. Only
now his best dream had come true, he had himself a fairie, something he had
never dreamed of coming true, and now here it
was.
"Mmhm, Linky, it is huge.
Dangerous, too, you had had your guard up and use it wisely. I don't know
how long that shield can hold, it is only
Deku."
"What other materials are
there?"
"Metal, iron, crystal, and
other
materials."
"I am not even going to ask."
Remarked the young boy as he moved over towards the bushes, wow, maybe there
were some supplies such as some more of those sticks, but those only came
from. Another one of those horrible screeches, one that sounded a little
cut off his thoughts fiercer than the Babas on the outside. This time he
was ready, though, his newly trained weapon was out and the shield slammed
into the recently uprooted baba that had, so stupidly appeared right infront
of him. With three quick strokes, them seeming tougher, the liquid spilled
aside and it was dead, throwing out some more of the sticks, which were gathered
up and nestled in his pack. Growling at the dead creature, he kicked the
carcass aside, not even liking the smell of the dead thing, death had never
been a quality of
his.
"Hrm, they are getting easier
and easier, Navi, I wonder if that is all there is to this? If it is, I will
be out of here in half an hour, or so." He truly believed this, not having
an idea at just how hard a dungeon could be, the place was illuminated by
the nutrients in the
tree.
"Don't get too cocky, Linky,
these things aren't what is poisoning the Deku Tree, because his defenses
could of killed them easily." Navi insisted, it would be a hard road ahead
for both of
them.
"That is probably true, Navi."
Clearing his throat, he slid down onto his knees and rustled through the
palate brown bushes, just searching through and out for something. Going
through the bushes was what he had seen the older Kokiiri doing a few days
of the week, looking not just for rubies, but also food. It was a simple
matter every Kokiiri knew that most likely things had been dropped or planted
in the ground for other people to find. Staring around the branches, the
boy was wondering how the place was so bright and why was hollow, trees weren't
supposed to be hollow. It took about less than a minute and pulled out a
packet of nuts, he turned around and held them outright towards her. "What
are
these?"
"Ooh, those are Deku Nuts,
they can paralyze opponents, but they aren't for eating. If you throw them
down to the ground, they can paralyze your enemy for a few seconds. More
than enough time to
attack."
Nodding, he stuffed the three
oversized nuts into a small compartment on the left angle of his side-pack,
leaving it open, just in case those little nuts were needed. Before he even
had enough time to turn around, he heard three shrieks at his right side
and gasped loudly at what was in his view now. The babas, the first one had
regenerated, and two more where now with him, sort of his companions for
trying to get in an assault attack. Luckily Babas were so loud that he had
enough time to dodge away from them for the time being, yet killing them
now was out of the question. Not enough time to act, he yanked out the three
nuts and threw them at the plants in every direction, not caring which nut
hit who.
With three screeches they
all froze into place and just smelt the young boy and his companion with
the nostrils, the eyeless creatures crying out in confusion. Holding the
sword out, he spun around in two circular turns and decapitated all the animals
in one, slumping down the liquid spewed and stick all formed over the corpses.
Gathering all of them, he had a set of ten and it just enough room, so he
gathered back towards the bushes and picked up three more new nuts before
looking around for something to get up. There was obviously no ladder, so
he went to the wall and stared up around the area for a way up, but for the
time being it seemed hopeless. No physical way he could jump all that way,
the wall was solid so no holding marks for him to grab and climb, all he
could do was
watch.
It was actually Navi who
found the entrances as she tugged at the branches and flew up towards them,
exploring around. They were actually looked like they could support his small
form, now a normal kokiiri would fall, but he was extremely smaller than
the rest of them. Fluttering down to where he sat, she watched him look around,
amazed at his clueless nature, and also finding it very adorable. The way
he looked all around, peering in every other direction and not even seeing
the obvious infront of him, although it wasn't all the bright in here. Perching
onto of his hat and staring down at him with the eyes of a little girl who
had just gotten some candy, she pointed out the obvious to the young boy.
"Linky, check the limbs, they look like they will do the
trick."
"Hrm? Well, let me check,
I guess it won't hurt." Staring up at the vines, they extended about forty
feet up and led onto a cliff, and so he climbed up it feeling pretty sure
of it, until he got about seven feet and one of the ropes snapped. Turning
around, he let out a screech, pulling out the Kokiiri blade out and slamming
into the uneven soul with it, breaking his fall, also saving him from any
broken limbs. Turning towards his fairie, he sneered a little at her, before
calling out to her in sort of an obnoxious tone, not that it wasn't appropriate.
"Well, thanks Navi." He remarked with a bit of sarcasm and stared back up
at her with those eyes carrying a bit of tears from the scrapes on
him.
"Oh, Link, I am so sorry!
I, thought it would work, I am so s- sorry!" She literally broke into tears
and went over towards his face, pressing her face up against his or her entire
body, and rubbing against him in a powdery
stance.
"Hee, it is alright, I am
alright. I--let us just try again and I will go on the right side instead
of the left side, this time." Well, again, he stood himself up and brushed
off, before climbing up the trail until he surpassingly reached the top of
the cliff and pulled himself over. The insect-like thing floated around him,
and rubbed up against his face, until he had to pull her away and gingerly
hold the small body inside of his hands. Finally finding the edge of it,
the vines disappeared when he lavished the twenty feet, pulling himself up
all the way, taking a look around his
surroundings.
"We did it! We did it! Hee
now let us see--" taking a look around this room made him suddenly lose every
bit of happiness there was. There was a larger corridors all around with
spider-webs floating in areas he didn't want to see, and other stuff that
would of made him creep out (given the circumstances.) Shivering, the boy
looked off to the other side, staring at the ground for a few seconds, trying
to get his own act together before she noticed. As long as he had lived,
Link had hated spiders, he hated the webs, everything about them gave him
the shivers, and even the name of them did the trick. Now with the webs
everywhere, he just knew that spiders were around, waiting to get him at
any exact moment he acted up, or let his guard
down.
This, well palace was the
only word, was circular all across and had several trudges that looked like
they would have to leapt across. Heh, he turned southwards and went the direction
that didn't have the jumps until he came upon a large wooden chest. It did
quite resemble the chest with the sword, so he bent down on both knees and
lifted up with all his might until a creek resembled, and golden light poured
out of the old chest along with a piece of paper. The paper was in a language
he could read, having several areas on the map, places he couldn't even see,
nor could he decipher. Sitting down on the ground, he stared at the map in
utter confusion, trying to make it out, before turning to his more knowledgeable
fairie and speaking.
"Navi?"
"Oh, that's a dungeon map,
Link, it will help you navigate throughout this entire place. Maybe the Deku
Tree left this out for you, so you could find your way throughout this
place."
"Hee, I guess he is watching
out for me?" Gasping, she began to point out to him how to use it, and within
a few minutes, he had the thing down to bat, able to read it now. Delighted,
he checked the top corridor and it did show where they were, and there was
a door just a few miles south of here! Placing the map deep inside his side-pack,
he raced the rest of the way down the dungeon halls, hoping the map gave
the location of monsters too. This place just stank of evil; he could feel
it as he passed the spider-webbed sides, which blocked his way down there,
not that he planned on going there. Finally he saw the door, but as he turned
a slithering sound appeared and he was thrown halfway across the wall, slamming
into the close wall, only a couple of feet
away.
-Skicchh
"Link! Link!" Screamed the
young farie, literally throwing her down into his chest and slapping his
face wildly. "A Skulltulla! Run, it'll eat
you!"
Skull-wha? He looked up at
the sight that beheld him, and what it was made his breath stop all at once,
his fear of spiders getting in the way once more. There was this creature,
a creature that was like a spider, yet it wasn't, certainly something that
he had never seen before, nor wanted too again. A skull head attached to
what looked like a spider underneath with a scurry of legs pounding right
at him, trying to get on him. The skull didn't even look like the monsters,
like it took it from a corpse it had killed, latching it on for some sort
of armour, or something. Instantly, he sprung up and brought out that blade
launching an attack right at his head, well he aimed for the head, trying
to break the
skull.
That was just one of the
many mistakes that Link made in this dungeon, he wasn't that skilled in tactics
yet, so he could do some stupid things. Because as soon as he threw the blow,
he was thrown back against the wall and hit with a slumped falls. Feeling
weak, he just watched the monster stare at him until it turned around? What
was this? A tender spot was on its backside; it seemed to be a weak spot.
So he took a chance and leapt forward slicing the blade right into the center
of this spider-demon. A screech erupted from the beast when the blade slammed
back into its exoskeleton and shattered inward through its' heart. Blood
gushed from the sides all over, as the monster slumped down and pulled itself
off of the ledge, and falling down towards the ground. With one last thump,
it gave a screech of terror and
died.
"W-what? Was that?
Navi?"
"T-that was a Skulltula,
Link. It is a skeleton and a spider hybrid, but I have never seen one of
those in the longest of years. You had better be on your guard, his babies
might be
around."
"Babies! Oh, no. Are they
as big as
him?"
"Thankfully no, they are
called Skullwalltulas and they usually reside on branches and are about the
size of your fist. Not very big, but hard to shoot off with a sword. We need
to find something else." She trailed off, and stared up at the door for some
reason, trying to find a way out of this creepy place; it just didn't seem
like the Deku Tree
anymore.
Nodding with agreement, he
headed over and pushed the door open, seeing no danger and walked inside
of the area with open arms. Thankfully this room was smaller, and had a deep
ledge that looked like it would kill a person if they were to fall off of
it, not that he planned on it. Great, nothing in this room except a bush.
Turning around, he didn't seem to notice that the bush pushed up and something
was looking up at him with the reddest of eyes, making a snorting sound.
A nasty sort of sound that those elfish ears would have picked up, and in
fact they did hear the sound, the ugly sound from the monster. The sound
did get to Link's ears quickly, so when Navi shouted something at him, he
was already way ahead of her, readying himself by the time he heard
it.
"LINK! Shield, spin and
block!"
Instinctively, he spun around
and the Deku Shield went out as a nut was fired, and reflected back to some
sort of wooden bush. It was brown and obviously made of wood, but had a muzzle
and could walk and move, some sort of automatic puppet of some sort? The
nut went back and hit the thing in the head, and showing cowardliness, it
jumped up and ran around the entire small ledge, keeping from falling off.
Looking for a place to hide, was it? He didn't know, but leapt forward and
caught it in his grasp, holding it down and sitting on top of its' body,
stared down at it with fierce determination. It didn't take much to scare
it, because the look made it squeal out in pain, even though Link weighed
less than the thing, and so he spoke. "Why did you do
that?"
"Oh, forgive me, master!"
It could talk? So it did, speak in a raspy voice, and did once more. "I will
tell you a secret, if you let me
go."
"I'm
listening."
"See? Getting down there
is such a hassle, but if you hold your balance and curl into a ball you can
jump down. Now, I am not saying this works for all ledges, so don't try it
on mountains or anything." And with that, it spit into Link's face and scurried
back down the bushel from wince it came, leaving a rude exit as it had done
with the
entrance.
Wiping the green saliva from
his eyes, he sat upon the bush, and looked up at her. "What did he mean?
You think I
can?"
"Well, not all the way, but
I see that there is a platform hanging in the air. Why don't you try it that
way? I know it is once in a lifetime, but I will catch you, if you
fall."
Nodding, he spun around and
put his sword up behind him, while backing up all the way to the entrance,
readying his muscles for a jump he would take. He wasn't as crazy as the
shrub thought he was, why would he take orders from a monster that was too
cowardly to face him in battle. Nah, he might try it later on, but now he
was going to go for the ledge, to pick his own spots and fight his own battles
when they came to him. A loose bang flung in his face, pushing it aside,
readying his cap for the jump and making sure he wasn't going to pull a muscle
when jumping. Smirking to himself, he shook his head, feeling the courage
of him already beginning to build back up, it seemed the spirit of a warrior
was inside of
him.
"Ready?"
"Yep, Linky, let her
rip!"
With a burst of speed, he
took off like a hurricane, and leapt off of the ledge until he came to the
middle platform in the air, held up by nothing. Invading how gravity did
this, he was simply amazed at what was holding this up, since there was no
weird air current below, nor strings holding it up. He shrugged a shoulder,
waving over to his fairie, smiling at her, giving a no problem smile, before
he spoke in a louder voice than usual. Before he could muster a thought or
any words, he was cut off when the platform began to shake and he quickly
leapt to the over side of the bridge as fast as he can. The ground he was
just on, fell to the ground with a crash, the boy flailing his arms wildly,
he gripped the end of the ledge and pulled himself up in a scurry of
angst.
"Great. I don't see a way
back, Navi." But he saw another chest; this one had the silver rims, like
the one with the sword on it, which meant that the rims meant something greater
than a map. Leaping for it, he pressed all his weight up and pulled it out
of the rut that it was in, the chest giving off a lot more weight than it
seemed capable of. In a matter of minutes, he had the chest open, a spray
of golden light filling his eyes, as if the Goddesses themselves had visited
him. Shaking the chest on its edge, he reached his hand inside quickly, not
afraid of anything inside, sound a sort of solid object, and yanked out a
slingshot.
"Hrm, Link, you need those,
but what about.oh, I know!" She spun around the side of the chest, beginning
to dig through the thing with her submerged inside of the box for a few minutes.
Link just stared at her, hoping she wouldn't suffocate in the box, trying
out his new slingshot (with no ammo), before long she appeared with her hands
full with a sack. The sack she handed to the young boy, who opened it up
and saw inside were a bunch of seeds that went when planting smaller Deku
Trees. What these could be used for was beyond Link, so he looked over to
Navi, whom was already speaking to him in her informative manner. "There.
Use these for your slingshot, these are Deku
Seeds."
"Hee, thanks, Navi." Pulling
out the slingshot, he looked around his area for something to shoot and literally
fainted, there was an area for him to shoot, being so close! "Navi, a
ladder!"
"Well, shoot
it!"
Mmhm, he pulled one of the
nuts out, pulled back the rubber band and let the nut flow as it cracked
against the ladder, incased in some thin web, on the other side of the room.
With one shot, the webs cracked and a finely tuned ladder went plummeting
down at the other side, the ladder landing in the position that they could
get out of here. Giving them a way out of here by the tools of a new object,
it was like this place was designed together, so without all the materials
you couldn't leave. Now, all he did was simply put his slingshot and nuts
in the right side of his pack and leapt off of the edge, trying his luck
with the advice. Pulling his legs and curling into a ball, he slammed down
on the ground with nothing more than just a few scratches nothing more or
less. Grinning, the boy ran over towards the ladder and climbed up towards
the top and went out the room from which he
came.
After finding the slingshot,
Link was feeling pretty sure of himself. He had found a new weapon-- a new,
convenient weapon, and a map. The only problem was which direction he was
headed, the map may have been what he was tutored on a while back, but he
wasn't an expert on it. This map was so old; it looked like if he pulled
it hard enough it would turn to ashes, and not taking his luck, he just kept
it tucked at his side. No idea knowing how to navigate, he left that up to
Navi, whom seemed to know where she was going around here and in this weird
place. Hands were down by his sides, wrapped up like a school-boy and staring
off in different directions, listening for any sort of scuttles or any sounds
that didn't seem
natural.
"Navi, where are
we?"
"I really don't know--" she
stopped speaking as they came around the corner. "A room! Link, another
room!"
"Yeah! Hee, now lets see
what's in here." Walking infront of the door, he tapped onto it with his
sword, and it sprang open, that seemed a very nice convenient way of opening
doors, since they didn't have knobs. Hrm, he inspected for those nasty Deku
shrubs and headed deep inside, when he found none, no bushels were they could
be hiding, anyway. In the room was a platform, where he was standing, a lower
region, and another high region across the room, the rooms seemingly to get
a bit smaller as the higher up they went. At his left and right were two
unlit torches, and to the side was a small-lit torch, each of them seeming
to play a part in those old stories Saria read to him. When he entered the
area, a pair of bars slammed down across the exit, concealing him from getting
out of here, the bars not really bendable.
"Hey!"
Navi fluttered around and
began to explore the room, looking for a way out of this trap; it looked
so weird that he would have implanted these mechanisms. There was no way
this could be real; this dungeon must have been carved out of the remains
of the Deku Tree, which just had to be it? Were the Deku Tree's insides always
like this or were these the defenses he always talked about in the works,
or were they the enemies? As she went across the room she saw that there
was a hidden wall, but the hidden room was empty, nothing in particular was
going on there. Going across the room, she spotted a large chest, just like
what the map and slingshot were inside, the rim not silver this time, but
who cared? Who really cared about it, there was a chest there that had some
valuable items in them, maybe like a more updated map or something. "Link,
come on and try to get this chest! It may have some more weapons inside of
it!"
"Hrm? Oh, coming, Navi!"
He yelled back at his full lungs, trying to make her feel it and when she
waved back, he nodded towards her, smiling to him bashfully. Well, he was
almost there when he spotted a small switch that was squared with the shape
of a moon on top of it, he couldn't have gotten across the area anyway, and
it was too long. Curiously, he slammed his foot upon the switch, the switch
making a small crinkling sound, something he had never heard before, then
a ticking sound going off. Link ignored the ticking, thinking it was all
in his mind, turning his attention to the platforms with his eyes lighting
up, he did something
right!
"Link, what're you--" Three
small platforms appeared in the middle, lower region of the two platforms,
they weren't that wide apart, but just enough for him to land and not fall
off. She saw what he was doing, and congradulated him, as it seemed he was
gaining some knowledge of this place, learning the ropes. Yup, he was gaining
a little skill in these matters, braving the odds and conquering whatever
came infront of him, a nice talent for him. Nodding, he hopped across all
three of the platforms easily, I mean, it was quite easy to do it after the
slingshot incident, his confidence boosted. Leaping across the last one,
he landed infront of her and giggled, nodding to himself at how easy it was,
still hearing that stupid ticking. "See, that was quite
easy."
Turning towards the chest,
he knelt down upon the ground and examined the chest, it was the same as
the other boxes, so it checked it. It was a deep Deku-brown with a bronze
lining across the entire chest, making him think that it wasn't as good as
a weapon, but the best next thing. Placing his hands upon the top-part of
the brown box and pressed upward with all his strength, not wanting to tip
this one over. Flowing, golden light pierced out, and what he picked up was
a small blue instrument, something used for telling time or something. Before
he could sit down and examine it, the platforms began to lower, the timer
disappearing from his mind altogether, gasping
loudly.
"Link, run!" Navi screamed
aloud, she was already on the other side of the platform, with one of his
Deku sticks at her side, keeping it incase she needed it. Concentrating,
he slipped the compass inside of his side- pack and leapt across each of
the platforms, except the last, the last one just coming down too slow. Gasping,
he stood on the last one as the other two went down, him trapped in the place,
and when looking down, all he saw was darkness. Crying out in surprise, he
should have been quicker and now he would die all because of this stupid
thing, leaving Navi alone to fight. Well, it would end this way, which was
what he didn't approve of so, he was trying to think, looking at Navi with
his eyes dimming
some.
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It was like a dream-almost, for she saw him doing well, until the last one,
where he stumbled and screwed up on the platform, leading him down to his
doom. He slammed into the gravel because the platforms were too low, and
now he was trapped in the spot, not being able to get back to the exit. Now,
what was better than that, it was just like the nightmare had occurred right
when there was no place to wake up, only the blackness was the sweet relief.
That's when the platforms sunk below into the bitter darkness, and it was
so sad that they came this far, yet she was not going to let that spoil the
fun, no way she lost him. Now all he had was two hands holding against the
brimstone, trying to pull him up with all his might, not able to on his own.
"N-N-Navi!"
"Linky!" She flew up and
grabbed the Deku stick, lowering it until she felt him grab a hold. When
she felt the enormous weight upon the stick, she pulled up with all of her
might. There was no use, at first, he was just too heavy and no matter how
hard she beat her wings, she didn't think that he was going to come back
up. Well, it was not going to end that way, she would make sure of it, so
the wings went even faster than before, almost at a hummingbird's speed.
The weight was intense, yes, but she was not letting this boy die, her boy
would not die in these circumstances, nor ever would he. No way, no how.
This wasn't the end of their
journey.
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Placing both soft digits, upon the stick, he implanted his hands into the
ground (or walls, in this case) pulling up with all he could muster from
within. When he was just almost the full way up, he felt a weight relieve
from him, like some sort of burden being lifted. It was like something had
disappeared from like, yes a burden was a nice way of saying it, well that
was what it felt like at first, almost losing himself from the relief. No,
instead he saw the compass drop from his side pack, and cried out in surprise,
and with a gasp, he tried to reach out for the item. He even grasped the
thing in his hands, pulling it back, yet the slipping circle slid from his
fingers and down the blackness. "The new
item!"
"Nevermind that, Link!
Concentrate!" Then he felt her rise up and let him start pulling, while she
pulled herself, trying to maintain this at the maximum speed of her wings.
After about ten minutes of pulling, the floor and platforms long gone, he
sprang up and stood across the solid ground. Automatically, she pounced upon
him and buried her face into his, nuzzling and kissing his cheeks. "I can't
believe you! We went through that and you lost it. Oh, you stupid--cute.Oh!"
She cried out loud and went under his hat. Sighing, he picked up his Deku
stick. Moving over towards the lit torch, he let the end began to burn. There
he walked over towards the two torches and lit them easily. A small dinging
sound went off and the bars of the exit rose, but instead of keeping the
stick, he threw it over the side of the cliff. Heading out of the room, he
shook his head and buried his hands across his chest, with a peeved off Navi
under his
hat.
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On further inspection, he saw some branches that were in the way and some
of those spiders, which she was talking about earlier. The spiders looked
just like their masters, wearing the skull upon its head for protection,
and he got the feeling that they may have been born that way. Either that
or there were a lot of dead things inside of this tree that the spiders could
get a hold of and use for some sort of helmet. Looking at the distance between
them, he measured with his fingers, trying to see if maybe he could hit them
with something. Yes, the idea of his new weapon appeared in his mind, seeing
how he could indeed shoot a new seed at them, knocking them down here. When
they were down, he would either smash their exoskeleton in, or just kick
them off the edge, taking them out of
commission.
It was Navi that saw the
way on it, as she studied them spiders, she fluttered down back at him, and
pointed at the slingshot. "Hit them with it, Linky, it'll knock them off
balance and you can smash them when they come back down. They are defenseless
on the
ground."
"Alright, that won't take
long." He only had fifteen nuts, so he used precise aiming when knocking
them off, but since Link had never used a weapon like this in his life, the
perfect was so perfect. Well, at first he tried a few shots at the nearby
webs, nailing it in with some good accuracy, going towards the web and picking
them off. Conserving the seeds that way, the young boy spun around back to
where the skull spiders and his fairie were, waiting for it to happen. Aiming
for the legs, it took three shots to take the first one down, and when it
was down he brought the boots down, crushing the skull. The other two took
only a shot each, because he aimed for the head instead. When they were down,
he smashed them and began to scale the vines
upward.
These vines extended at least
two hundred feet upward, and when he finally reached the top, an hour later,
he was panting and letting his little poor appendages rest. Shaking his head,
have to save the Deku Tree, he stood back up and looked around, peering at
all angle for where this place was next. The top room was just a long circle
with four planks sticking out of each one, it was like something out of a
story, it was weird but there was nothing here. Walking over towards the
third one, each on one side of the circle, he peered over at the end, trying
to see what was over there. There was nothing? Nothing! What to do! But,
he never saw it
coming.
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One of those Skulltullas was going to take revenge for his brother, so it
hid up in the web until he was just on the edge, in stealth. With one silent
slither, it went down with all force and slammed onto the little thing's
back, the enticing feeling was back in action. It was beautiful how it struck
it, seeing the glow that was with the creature was alert, but not able to
do anything about it, being so weak. The thing went flying down towards its
death, it seemed and the monster was satisfied, yea the revenge was sweet
for it. He had avenged his brother and all was good with the world, so the
stupid thing went back to sleep, hitting back in slumber, not caring for
the thing's beneficial
health.
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Wha? He went flying through the air, was he a bird or something, or was this
dream like he wished, but unfortunately that was not so, he had no idea why
he was in the air. Navi had yelled something, but it was too late as he was
already about two hundred feet from death, no way to turn back around and
grab for help. There was some sort of web on the way down; it was where he
first entered, it was weird that he missed it because they would be already
down there if not. One chance. He had one chance to do this, so he took out
his sword and floated up so it was, the blade having more weight than before,
because of the air pressure. He was going to land face first, and kept the
sword ahead in place, to cut whatever, aiming more for the web than anything
at all.
Upon impact, the sword sliced
into the web and he saw there was actually a secret passage that led down
to another area of the place? He heard water, so it must have been an underground
stream, maybe there was a river under the Deku Tree, which was why they always
received fresh water. Through the familiar room he passed and down a longer
room that had to have at least been three hundred feet down, more than he
could have imagined. His screams echoed as he kept the sword forward and
shut his eyes tightly. After a few seconds, he let the sword, if he was gonna
die, he didn't need to land on that. And the sword went forward back into
the air. Pushing his shield infront of his body, he curled up and
sobbed.
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Navi sensed the monster coming, and as she turned around and screamed Link's
name, he was gone, and there was nothing she could do. No, he was gone! No,
it couldn't end this way, no. She was his! He was hers! Growling and cursing
at the monster, it had gone away, she raced down the passage and saw Link
as he neared the end of the road. He would smash and would be no more, just
Baba food, and just a smash upon the pavement that would be nothing to recover
from. She-She wouldn't make it! Racing down, she saw his sword come out and
stared as he split the ground open? No, it was a web, why hadn't he noticed
earlier? Down through the web he went and she put her flying into turbo.
Racing down the corridor, she saw the sword as it floated just past her,
catching it and shoving it downward. Racing past all that seemed well, a
figure impacted into the water, deep and clog, with a shield protecting his
body.
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He must have been out for a good while, because when he woke, he could hear
the darkness of the night, the night echoing harder. Was he dead? Was he
somewhere in his wildest dreams? Looking forward, he saw it again, the man,
the man from what he guessed the Desert, could they be one in the same, well
could they? It was highly possible, the same evil he saw here, he couldn't
imagine coming from anyone else, and no he never imagined anything this bad.
He was dressed in black and had the darkest skin ever seen on anything, all
the Kokiiris were pale-skinned, so tan was weird, but this man was almost
black. Much taller than him, but not the Deku Tree, the man threw out something
of yellow that burst past his skin and sent him crying out. The light that
was there faded, as he went into eternal darkness and cried out more for
help, seeing no one (not even Navi) around to help him face the
evil.
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Throwing himself up, he felt the cool water of the Kokiiri; it had the sweeter
taste of sugar in it, something that she never understood. Eyes weren't open
yet, though he heard a voice around and another one, a weirder one that sounded
like Navi when she was cussing. Another feminine voice surrounded in the
fairish language, the boy still not clear who it was, not that he could ask
who it was. It was way out of the question, since he wasn't moving, the pain
in his body making him summon up the strength to sit up, or try to sit up.
Shivering for a few moments, the power finally came from deep in the soul,
the enticing feeling was back, something he had felt when first finding the
sword. Wow, it was just a dream, just
a--
"Link! You okay, Linky!"
A voice, some beautiful voice, but the dread that this wasn't a dream and
that he was in, this was not a dream for all his senses were back. Yes, opening
his eyes revealed he was still in the Deku Tree and indeed it was night,
because he heard the night faries giving off there beat. Even deep in the
tree, he could still head it, the sounds of the fairies as they did their
nightly ritual before they went to sleep. Looking up, a huge amount of pain
went in his head, and he held it, turning up towards the beautiful angel,
yes the angel with wings. She was sitting on his nose and looking at him,
muttering something in her language, but no, it wasn't an angel at all, though
it did have wings.
"Navi?"
"Oh, thank the Goddess. I
thought you had cracked your skull open." The last of the ancient words stopped
as he felt the headache lift from him, and caught the gleam of something
at his side, a bright pink. Whatever it was, it was hurting his eyes whenever
he looked over at it with those slanted eyes, beginning to peek open at her.
Hee, it was a farie, but not like Navi, this fairie was covered in an aura,
just like her with the pinkish tint instead of the blue one, it was weird.
The fairie was something he had never seen, all the ones in the forest were
either blue or sometimes green, an occasional yellow ones. This one was wore
a hot pink veil, and was nuzzling against his face tenderly, speaking in
a feminine ancient language, the
fairish.
"W-what
happened?"
"Well, a Skulltulla fell
down and knocked you off the edge, and well you used your instincts and survived
by cutting open this secret passage. Using your shield was smart too." Waving
her hand over, she showed him the shield that was flat out dented from his
body imprint. "There is water, but you landed on a dry piece of rock and
lucky you used that shield. Anyway, you hit your head and so I am healing
you."
"Whose
this?"
"Oh, that is a healing farie,
I don't know her name, but I had her in a bottle and she is healing your
head
injury."
Lifting his fingers upward,
he tickled at the little farie and heard a small giggle and something in
that farie
language.
"She can't speak the normal
tongue, Link, but she said her name is Jivu and to stop that, while she is
working." The small pink farie stopped the healing, as the feeling returned
through his whole body and it went up on his cheek kissing it, before floating
up and out of the Deku
Tree.
Flushing, he looked up at
Navi, and giggled a little. "Where did she go,
Navi?"
"After they heal, they return
to their mistress, the Great Farie. There aren't any fountains here, but
who knows, maybe one day one will come out here. There are five of them,
but I am sure they might come out to be closer to our faries, but sometimes
the stray fairies hang around the Lost Woods to see other forest
fairies."
"Hee, oh. So, how long have
I been
out?"
"Oh, let's see. I think about
six hours. These faries are slow healing, so I am guessing all and all we
have been in this tree about eight hours. All your pain isn't gone, we just
healed you enough so you can get through here, then you will have to go to
sleep for a
while."
"Humph, I wanted to finish
this in half an hour. Are we almost done?"
"According to the map, no. But, I don't know, this map is so
old."
Pushing himself up, he looked
off at the entire scenery and shook his head sadly. "This just keeps getting
better and better, doesn't
it?"
"At least this room is clear
of enemies, I mean, it would have been hard-.oh!" She raced onward and began
to wade through the water until finally she threw out the blade and pushed
his shield over at him. "There, thought I lost that, for a minute
there."
Nodding, he stood himself
up, from the mess and stared around the room once more, getting a better
view of it now, since he was wide awake. It was indeed an underground stream
and there seemed to be no way up, so they might as well go explore, find
the monster here. Picking his sword up, he turned around as he heard a scuttling
sound, the sound of something following him, so that was when he reacted.
Spinning around again, he saw nothing and shrugged it off, it was probably
just his overactive imagination at work, and he was still half-asleep. One
further investigation there was right near some sort of switch and unlit
torch. Stomping on the switch, the torch went to life and he warmed his wet
clothes on it. Across was a little shallow end and another portion that was
covered by a web.
"I am gonna try something--stay
here."
"But,
Link!"
"Navi, hee, I am not gonna
do something stupid,
again."
Not waiting for an argument,
he put out one of the Deku Sticks and lit it with the torch, the end of it
beginning to burn, but it didn't burn up. The stick just caught fire and
stayed burning, according to the other Kokiiri this thing could have been
burning for quite a while, so he had himself some time. Running forward,
he leapt across the water and moved over towards where the web was, slinging
the thing forward to catch onto something. Placing it on the web, it went
out in a burst of flames, clearing a path. Dipping the stick in the water,
he put it back in his back, and waved over for
her.
She raced over with his shield
and sword, and after some item alternations he was back to normal, having
his things back in place. The Kokiiri blade was placed in his left hand,
while the shield went for the right one, giving him some easy access, before
he bent the shield back. Inside the front of the side pack were the Farie
Slingshot and some Deku Nuts, and the Deku Sticks strapped on his right side
and the nuts on the left. Pockets were assigned all in the side pack, so
that he would be able to get to them, he left it opens for some easy access
to get it. Through that he entered a small door that was hidden behind the
web, the door one of those doors that just slid up in the way when you touched
it.
Inside that door, there was
an even smaller room with a familiar- looking bush, something he had seen
in a previous room. This time he was ready, backing up until another familiar
looking Deku fired a nut, and when it fired, instead of standing there, he
rushed at the nut pushing it against the thing's skull. The nut wasn't just
reflected that time, the thing was up against the skull, yet slammed at a
very tremendous speed, stopping the assault. Squealing, the nut hit with
a forceful impact, but even before it could escape, he had it pinned and
was sitting on top of the heavy burden. Smirking, he reached for the blade,
sliding the dull end across its hide, which it cried out in surprise, even
false pain for not being
hurt.
"Ah! Master; please spare
me, if you do. I will tell you something
cool."
"Hrm.maybe."
"U-um, please! Ooh, okay!
My brothers up ahead are much stronger and there is only one way. The order
is 2-3-1. Twenty-three to one! Remember that." And with that, he pushed away
and burrowed itself back into the
bush.
"2-3-1? Navi? You get
that?"
"Yea, but I don't understand."
The little farie flew over and perched she upon his hat, looking up at something.
Hmm? What was that? "There are bars over the door, try hitting that eye with
a
shot."
Indeed, over the doors were
bars that he obviously couldn't break with any tool at his disposal, the
sword would just get bent hitting the thing. Maybe if he had some Kokiirish
tools along he could break it, but he didn't feel like climbing back up the
long hole and then sliding back down. Above that was a metal incased figure
of an eye, looking like something out a Buddhist religion or something like
that. Taking his aim with his own fingers, he picked it in a slow-motion
type, seeing what would happen if he shot it then, and nailing it imaginatively.
Picking his sling with one seed, he shot at the eye, the seed bouncing right
in the center of it and a small creaking sound occurring as the bars went
up, the door shutting.
"Good thinking, Navi!" Curling about his fingers, he picked her up and gently
petted her body with soft digits, them caressing her up for what he called
a simple thank-you. Before residing her on his hat, he walked over and checked
the door, seeing that if it was stuck were one of the bars had made a bad
impression. Simple enough, but still looked a little stuck, so he could have
kicked it in, but since they were in the tree there was the possibility of
something spring in on him. Taking the hilt of his sword, he swung it, and
the door swished open without any hassle at all, pushing the fairie back
on his head, the sword going back to its spot. Smiling at his marksmanship,
the boy looked at the door, watching the entrance and walked through the
entrance with his arms at his sides. "There we
go."
The next room was a sight
for sour eyes, the place was a regular maze of traps, it was sad that the
monster was so smart to create all this. It was submerged, basically, with
the platform he was on, and on the other side was another and one Small Island
that floated back and forth. Mmhm, and of course a black log with spikes
sticking out it, rotating back and forth, creating a problem since if he
went under there was the chance he would hit the spikes on accident. Now
there was another chance that the spikes would follow him, so he picked up
a stone, throwing it up above the spike, the tool moving on a mechanical
device and rising as the stone went over. It didn't move, but swished along
the water. Interesting enough, the platform blocked anyway from getting under
without cutting your throat on the
spikes.
"Problem."
"Indeed," responded the little
farie. This is indeed a problem, how can we get across? She didn't trust
herself to carry him. Maybe there is? "Maybe there is a switch underwater,
you go under and check because if there is, I won't be able to push
it."
Without hesitation, he dove
into the water, and searched the bottom of the left side with his hands;
there was the only way to do. Hoping that there weren't any traps underwater,
his hands groped around while those eyes remained shut, holding his breath
deeply. No equipment for seeing underwater, so he was as blind as a bat until
he hit it, it seemed to be in the shape of a block when he grabbed it. Yes!
It was a switch and pushing down on it, a ticking sound came out, and the
ticking he could feel under the water, even from that altitude. It reminded
him of the room with the blocks, his own mind going for the realization that
this wasn't just a reminder, it was the same thing! Ticking? Clock, time?
A time limit! Sprinting back into the water, which seemed shorter than before.
He found an eager Navi waving frantically at
him.
"The water drained, come
on, get on the platform before it sounds. A timer has
sounded!"
Sprinting backward, he scooped
her up and jumped, just as the platform was taking off from their location,
landing on the black platform just as it was onward. Onto it they want, and
he ducked under the black 'log', as the time sounded faster and faster, all
the more nervous when it ended. He was away from it less than ten seconds
before the water raised back up, and parts of the island being lopped off,
gasping in fear. Turning around, half of the island was indeed gone, worried
that if he had been on the edge that he wouldn't be around anymore. If he
had been there, oh, he just blocked that out of his mind. The end of the
road was only a few feet, and before he knew it, the boy was climbing up
onto the other ledge and looking
forward.
"That was close, Linky.you'd
better being more careful around here. This place is filled with traps, and
from the looks of it, they aren't
friendly."
"Mmhm, thank you Navi, there
was a switch. Hee, if I had been there a few seconds earlier, I would have
been a sandwich. Hrm, what is this?" From looking forward, he saw another
web, but it was empty with a large block and a path that was engraved for
the block. Upward you could stand on the rock and climb up to a new place,
maybe an
exit?
With all the luck, a few
seconds before he touched down, another Skulltulla showed up, this one not
as friendly as the rest, one of the big ones. This one was much slower and
much easier to deal with, and with one quick stab to the back, it was down
for the match, just as stupid as the others. Slinging it aside, he walked
over to the boulder and began to push on it, pushing harder and harder upon
it so that it would move. No such luck, the thing weighed about five hundred
pounds, nothing was going to get it to move and now it seemed so much impossible.
Gasping loudly, the boy slammed his fist into the thing at the top, nothing
happening at all, knowing that if he leapt for the ledge he wouldn't
land.
"No, this can't stop us,
Navi." We have come so far, and there is no way back!" Link squealed a little,
slamming his fist into the square middle of the rock, but this time something
did happen to the rock, this time was different. There was supposed to have
been pain an immense pain he would feel for punching the rock, but there
was none at all, there seemed to be nothing. Just a stretching mark as if
something had been set off, and that it was, because when he hit the middle
a portion of the rock slid in, only about a small square. Next, the rock
moved up until it was, at last, at the end of the grinding path and held
a way out, giving him the room that he needed to climb it. When he would
climb it, the boy could get his way and up on the
ledge.
"Wow, Link. I guess you don't
know your own strength, Eh? Mm, you must have set off some sort of passage.
Looks like your skills got us out of this one." She would have easily carried
him up; it wasn't as dangerous as spikes, if he fell. Only about seven feet
up.
"Hee, well, I got us out
of this one, Navi!" He pulled her off of his hat, and smothered her with
the warm embrace, kissing and letting out a lashing of
tenderness.
"A-ah, Link! S-stop it, the
mission, oh!" She couldn't help it, and began to give back into the hug,
stroking that strong and beautiful-- .boyish face, with
hands.
Finally, getting a hold of
himself, he put her onto the top of his nose and pushed up on the boulder,
taking the boulder and rubbing it. Finely shaped it was, and didn't take
long to mount before pulling himself up into a dark corridor, where there
was no where to go. Sometimes the boy wished he could have a torch or something,
Navi's light could brighten a whole room, but for some reason it didn't work
here. There was only one lit torch and two more were unlit, with a locked
door. This did not take much time, as he took the other side of the already
burnt Deku Stick and ran around the room lighting all three of the torches.
This opened up the door, throwing the burnt stick down; he walked down into
the next room. Unfortunately, the exit looked a million miles from
here.
Another boring room, but
this room had two exits. One was a crawl space; the other was webbed and
could be burned by the nearby torch, ready for him to light if need be done.
Putting up the sword and shield, he took out a Deku Stick and lit it on the
torch, and passing through the middle of the room, heard a weird noise. Like
a frog, but at the same time had an eerie feeling to it. Hrm, no bother,
he got to the end of the room when a thump made him jump. Turning around,
he saw the ugliest thing he'd ever seen. It was a spider, or at least a mutated
kind, about half his height with razor sharp claws barred at him. At the
same time, it wasn't an anarchic. The beast had only two legs and a single
orangish-yellow eye, with a green pupil. The thing spelt trouble, so; he
ran for the web and lit it on fire. As soon as he ran, three more dropped,
and all charged at the same exact
moment.
"N-navi, what are
those?"
"I-I-I don't know, Link.
I have never seen them, but--
run!"
No second repeating for him,
because he took off when only a portion of the web was burned, and jumped
onward, pushing through the door, and slamming it
shut.
"We are safe Navi. Navi?
Navi!" Turning around, he heard a shriek and pounding, opening up the door,
saw one of the monsters had her, and leaping forward, at the same moment
pulling out two nuts, slammed them against the spider's head. Three of them
paralyzed, because they were together, and he snatched Navi, pushing his
way out of here and back into the new
room.
"Y-you
okay!"
"Mmhm, Link." She just glared
at him for a few seconds, before punching him in the cheek. "You left me!
Ooh! Linky, I can't believe
you!"
"I'm sorry! I-I didn't know
you were--" but he trailed off and looked at the room, amazed. "Navi, we
are back. We are on the new platform, and oh my Goddess!" He ran forward
and tried punching the thing in the middle, as the block went forward, and
this time, the new block clapped into the water and gave them a new entrance
towards the
fire.
"Link, don't change the subject!"
She trailed off, giving a small sigh, how could she stay mad at him? He was
so cute! Fluttering over on his shoulder, she hugged him and nodded. "You
are forgiven, only because of the mission." My Goddess, when did I get all
buddy-buddy with
him?
Sticking her on his hat,
he jumped over, with the opposite end of the other stick and moved over at
the torch, using it now for some preparations. Lighting this one up, he ran
over towards the new entrance and threw it down on the webbed entrance, knowing
it was too sticky to cut. Falling through it did, and revealed a similar
path towards before, except this one had a vine ladder that led down, letting
the stick go alone when it fell. Summoning up the strength, he climbed down
the hundreds of feet in the pitch black until at last he saw a torched up
room. Dropping the last three feet, he saw three bushes and a room that looked
like the end of the line. It was engraved in gold with the indication of
a spider on
it.
"I see Deku bushes, Navi,
what about
2-3-1?"
"Well, I think, maybe you
should fight them from the middle, last, and first. Two is the middle, three
is the last, and one is the first. Try it, but be careful, you have never
faced three at
once."
Stepping out of the water,
and four feet on the surface, he heard the shuffles of the bushes and saw
three Deku Scrubs stand up. These were about twice as big as the last one,
and a lot bigger than Link, they looked more vicious and not at all cowardly
like their siblings. Gasping a little, he saw the nuts fly, wincing at them
for a few seconds, before taking the shield out and regaining his courage
back. Leaning forward, the boy would take the other two hits, giving the
other at the middle guy in the full frontal assault, taking the good with
the bad. They were all headed, but he leapt forward and pushed the middle
one into the middle's face, letting out a shriek, it froze in some sort of
purple mass, but the other two hit Link with full force, taking the boy's
breath
away.
"Linky!"
"I'm
oka-!"
Leaping forward, he pushed
the second nut into the last one's face, which again paralyzed it in a purple
gooey mass, giving him only one more down. Another shriek, but instead of
getting hit again, he slammed the first nut, with the shield, into the first
ones' face. It seemed to have worked, except this one didn't freeze and took
off, the others seemed to be frozen in the mass, not going anywhere else.
Giving a growl of frustration, the young boy took off after the monster,
determined to catch him in his own tracks, beat him at the game. Oh, this
one was definitely faster than the other was three. After chasing the guy
for three minutes, Link plopped onto of the Deku bush as the thing stopped
and gasped, falling to his knees.
"Oh, forgive master, but how did you ever know out
secret!"
"Hee, it worked, Navi. Um,
one of your brothers told
me."
"What! I-I-I will surely
pound those little-- please let me go, master! I will tell you a secret about
our
mistress."
"Alright."
"Well, to give the coup de
grade to the Parasitic Armoured Arachnid, Gohma, wait until the eyes are
red." Kicking Link away, it scuttled back into the bush, along with the other
of its three
brothers.
"Gohma?" Pondered Navi, as
she flew over with two small little bottles. They were shaped like hearts
and had red juice in
them.
"What are those,
Navi?"
"Oh, keep these in your pack,
they restore your health. You seem all right, well, no. Take one
now."
"I am fine, Navi. I think
I can handle this Gohma." A little too cocky, especially not knowing what
he is going
into.
"Alright, but stick it in
your pack,
nevertheless."
Nodding, away it went into
his side pack, not even feeling the need to keep one now, for his new found
courage was in place now. Standing up, and stretching, he went over to the
water and sipped it down, trying to get his mouth watered for the upcoming
battle. It was clean, a little Lake Water, but clean as it could be inside
of a tree, though not as sweet as that of the Kokiirish water. Searching
through the bushes, he found about ten more Deku Seeds and some Deku Nuts,
letting them feel in his hands for a few seconds. Stuffing them in the slots,
he went back and rested onto of the third bush, sitting down gingerly, to
keep himself from sitting on something he didn't need to. "I need a little
break."
"No, Link. Come on, we need
to-go?" Beyond disbelief, she watched as he fell asleep.
Asleep? He was asleep on the job, and whatever was infecting the Deku Tree
was inside there, so they needed to exterminate it. What in the world was
she going to do, and she needed to do whatever was going to happen fast so
that the tree didn't rot. Slapping his face roughly, he seemed to be more
asleep than he is had been in the bed, it was hard to wake him up, hitting
away at those cheeks. Now the cheeks were red with small slap marks on them,
the little child still not awakening from his slumber to do a thing about
it. Scurrying up to his ear, she had an idea, something that just might do
the trick, so she got a little closer and whispered inside the ear. "Whatever
is in there, might be tired of a Great Tree and will come out for some Kokiiri.
Not you, but maybe," dare she say it? Yep, she said it. "The one and only,
Saria."
Let us just say, he was awakened two seconds later, the sword put in his
left hand and the bent Deku Shield in his right, and he was ready. Grinning
over at her, he shrugged a confident shoulder, looking ahead at the door,
studying it with those eyes glancing in all directions. The bushes hadn't
moved since he had been asleep, that was good, those things afraid that if
he failed at this mission than they would be punished. Punished they would
be for revealing their masters weakness, the eye, or whatever they said..
It wasn't at all that clear. Moving forward, he nodded, rubbing those tender
cerulean hues. "Alright, Navi, let us go. I mean, we need to fight this Arachnid,
anyway. Navi, what is an arachnid?"
"A spider, Link. What he meant was parasitic, or diseased, and armoured means,
well, you know. Arachnid, or spider, named
Gohma."
"S-spider?"
"Mmhm. Linky, come on, don't tell me you are afraid of a little
spider?"
"No, no. Of course not, you just surprised me there."
"Hmm, alright, then. Let's go."
"Yes,
let's."
With that, he walked over
towards the big door, pushing against it for one second, and whatever happened,
he had her at his side. He had Saria waiting, and the Deku Tree was here
all around, guiding him, there was no more running away, it was time to face
the fears. Giving him weapons, tools, and the guidance of it all. Yes, the
boy could do this. Mido was wrong, he wasn't a loser, he could fight, and
he had shown it. He has a warrior's presence. The Deku Tree said so, and
he wouldn't lie, would he? Shrugging it off, he pushed the door open, and
kept it that way, for the sake of Navi. Taking three steps away from the
door, just out of door-sight, it slammed shut behind him. Nearly shrieking,
he turned around, and ran over, beating on it. He could hear a tugging on
his shoulder. "Linky, Linky, Shh. It's, okay, I'm here. We will face this
together."
Calming himself down, he
nodded, and smiled. "I am just a little jumpy, those usually don't close
on there own, hee." Gulping, a little too loudly, a look around showed that
they were in a dark room with only the mist around, yet somehow he could
see. Somehow, light was illuminating and glowing around the bottom of the
room, but it wasn't normal light, it was moonlight, so moonlight underground.
Yes, somehow different from the Kokiiri moonlight, but yet all the same.
Shivering from the cold, he stared forward, only pillars were seen, but no
Gohma. This skirt didn't help either; it had to be 40 degrees in here, shivering
at the cold light with his arms held at his chest, rubbing around there.
All right, maybe Gohma went away; maybe he is a wimp, or was so small that
he couldn't see it, a little baby was what he
wanted.
"Maybe Gohma ran
away?"
"Don't think so, Linky, I
can definitely feel evil in
here."
"Yeah, you encouraged me,
Navi."
"Link, quiet. You need to
listen for him. Calm down and concentrate, you can do
this."
Before the boy could even
gesture some concentration, a sound erupted from their conversation, blocking
the chilling silence out. This sound made him break out in a series of sweats,
gasping at the sound and although he didn't mind the sound itself, it was
how large it was. Maybe it was a bellow of a beast, but whatever the sound
was, it sure wasn't anything that was friendly dwelling in the last room.
The sound told him that the thing wasn't small, the thing wasn't scared of
him or anything, for that matter, and the thing wasn't a Kokiiri. Not that
he thought it was a Kokiiri, he didn't think it was anything, maybe a nightmare
that the Deku Tree was having (he did say he had been having
them.)
-Shrikjuu
It was like a roar, maybe
something from an amphibian, yet he couldn't imagine a giant frog doing all
of this, and nah he just didn't see it. It reminded him of those things he
had seen earlier, except this one was twenty times as loud, and looking around,
a light sounded out of the middle of nowhere. This light was an orange, with
a bit of yellow, and sort of like the sunsets from the Lost Woods, the eye
of Din when it set off the horizon. Hrm, could day be here, he wondered if
it
was, but no, it was coming from the top of the pillars, while day would be
from the doors. Staring upward, he saw something that made his heart stop
and all of the courage in that tender flesh, turn hauling itself. On there
was the biggest thing he had ever seen, except the Deku Tree, of course,
but this thing wasn't friendly. He didn't even have time to visualize the
whole thing, and turned around, dashing out of the room, screaming. "Gohma
is a girl! Those were its
babies!"
--------------------
The creature, Gohma, had been studying the two ever since they had entered
its lair, spying upon them from since the beginning. Eating the creatures
would have been too easy; it wanted to wait for them to go into her territory,
so that she had the full-home advantage. The small one was nothing more than
a small snack, but this bigger one, this it could actually feed off of. She
knew nothing of where she was, born to the world only months ago, but now
she saw the most beautiful thing in the world. Living off of Deku Scrubs
seemed to be old, and this was flesh, not wood or rock. Thanks to one of
its children, the door was shut, blocking off the escape for the two trespassers.
Yes, they were in here territory and it was time to pay the piper.
The tender one had noticed him and ran, so with a one huge smash, it jumped
from its spot and scurried after it, fangs bared open. Sure, she wasn't one
of the faster creatures, but she surely stronger than any of them and compared
to this little creature she would win. Actually, it went against the door
and began to paw on it, crying in some tongue she didn't understand, but
this didn't affect her. Emotions were useless to her, although she did feel
a sudden fury for her dead children that he had killed, yet she felt no remorse
for this. Nothing did, she just stared the creature down, imaging what it
would look like with the clothes off, those nasty materials pulled aside.
One armoured claw pushed down, holding the creature down, and ripped the
clothing off. It was simply
beautiful.
--------------------
"Linky! Wait!" Navi screamed, when she heard the scream and saw him running
off in the opposite direction, for the door that wasn't going to open. What
was he talking about, a girl? Then, of course, she looked up and gasped.
It looked just like those creatures before, but with more legs and with a
mouth-like structure, fangs bared open at the young boy. More evolution,
obviously, but Navi followed it as the monster went after Link. Was it because
he was bigger than she was? Maybe this was her first time seeing Kokiiri
flesh of any kind? There were just scrubs down here and the occasional Baba.
Racing after the monster, it scurried in her face, but was pushed aside with
a claw, and it hurt a little, not enough to make her back off, though. Eyes
widened a little when she saw the beast actually pin the boy down and ripped
his clothing off, so he was absolutely nothing at all! Flying across her
face, she continued to glow and try to blind the
monster.
--------------------
He should have waited; he should have been calm, he should have kept his
cool and faced the monster head on, but no it wasn't so. But no, being the
coward he was, he ran. Now pinned against the wall, seeing the monster in
its true colours, the fear was displayed inside of his eyes, revealing the
true instincts. It was at least thirty feet tall, and wide as a house, with
six legs sticking out. Arachnids were supposed to have eight, though, this
one probably had two hidden ones? He didn't look, all he did was star into
those golden glazed eyes, with the green pupil. It was almost hypnotizing,
when his clothes were ripped off, he knew it was over. This thing was going
to eat him, the quest had failed, and he had underestimated Gohma and was
now going to pay. The clothes were thrown aside, nothing but rags now and
it didn't matter. He was dead meat,
anyway.
--------------------
It wouldn't end this way, because the little insect-like creature flew right
into Gohma's path and began to illuminate the brightest aura it could. She
was going to blind the thing so that the boy could get away, recuperate and
then plan for an assault, not even worrying about herself. This upset the
monster more than the big one's struggles, so it threw a claw of and slashed
the insect away, knocking it aside. Direct hit, the thing slammed into the
nearby wall, and she just stared at it, a showing the best move of a smirk
that it could, with the spider-face. At the same time, letting her guard
down of the creature, not even noticing that anything would happen, besides
the boy didn't have any thing to hurt
her.
--------------------
What? Navi? Navi! He watched as his partner was slammed into the ground,
blood guzzling from the little body, not much, but he didn't know how much
they had. Seeing his chance, he leapt around and grabbed his clothing, putting
on the rags, measly, slipping them on so that he could get at her. Even in
his own anger, he couldn't help but be embarrassed about running around naked,
it was just a little habit of his: modesty. His under area was covered, but
the shirt still exposed to the rest of the world, the thing would have to
be re-sown if they got out of this. Moving at a running speed, he rolled
forward towards the sword and shield, at least thirty feet away, and put
them both up for stance. Gohma must have noticed this because she went flying
at the little young one, in a fury of
rage.
--------------------
How dare it! How dare it take advantage of her and run away. The monster
charged up at the little boy with full force, that anger was enticing its
single eye, letting the full fury not be shown by anyone else. It was tired
of playing and was going to kill the little thing now, and then it would
go after the insect, the big one was the most worrisome now. Pushing forward,
the claw slashed across his chest, leaving a mark that would show for odds
end, a roar of triumph entered his ears. Blood was gushing from the wound,
the spider licking the lips of her own, loving the smell of the blood, just
wanting to taste it. It leapt back for the throat, going to take it and slash
it out, extracting the revenge for sneaking up on it, the monster never reaching
the spot,
paralyzed.
--------------------
Pain erupted as blood gushed
from the small wound, seeing the look in the monster's eyes, Link couldn't
help but trudge away from her. It would leave a scar, but as Gohma threw
back her claw, he reached into his pocket, not going to let her have the
finishing move. The eye is red. Maybe this'll work? My last chance. Throwing
a Deku nut directly into her eye area, the orb flashed red when the Gohma
stopped in her tracks, his own face breaking out into a grin. It worked?
It worked! Pulling back the sword, he slammed forward into the monster's
eye, pushing forward until the creature was blinded, feeling the puss pour
out. Yanking his sword out of it, he looked at the sticky mess upon the sword,
shivering a bit from it, the puss didn't look like it would come off. Watching
amazed, as it went the opposite direction and scurried back up a
pillar.
--------------------
What? No, it couldn't see!
There was no sight in its life anymore, only the pain from that cold metal
steel, even more when he yanked the sword out of it. No matter, its smell
was just as accurate; the creature would pay for taking away one of its only
joys, the love of its sight was gone. Sight was beautiful, but not anymore,
it would never see again, there was no way to be healed from this madness,
she wouldn't die, just be blinded. Curse the creature! Moving up towards
the top of the pillar, it had an idea, and maybe let her babies take her
sight for her? Mmhm, which was the plan, and so its abdomen went down, and
it began to prepare to lay a few eggs for this creature, that, would come
next.
--------------------
Turning around, he sprinted over towards where Navi was, and checked up on
her, his eyes matting out in concern for the fairie. He knew it was stupid,
but he was worried and for good cause and didn't care if the Gohma came in
for a sneak attack, it would die soon. She had lost a lot of blood, but was
watching the battle, eagerly; her unconsciousness had seemed to disappear
while he fought. Tenderly, he held out one of the jars to her, and she took
if with good cause, watching her drink a bit of it, it wouldn't heal her,
just make the pain disappear for a while. The scene was good and would have
remained if Gohma hadn't shot a web out, which picked Navi up and threw her
against the other wall. Staring in disbelief, he looked up at the smirking
Gohma. Eyes began to dilate, Link's that is, when he saw what had happened
to Navi. She was unconscious, possibly dying, those hues filled with
tears.
"No, no, no,
no!"
-Shrikjuu
Gohma's stupid sound! Lifting
up the sword, he charged back to where she was and began to curse the sounds
out of his mouth he had never even heard. Some of them are what Mido had
said before, what Saria had taught him not to say, but no matter how much
he tried he couldn't stop that madness. Maybe it was that presence that the
Deku Tree talked about, as a friend was in danger, he would explode into
a fury of madness. He didn't even know how to curse, but the sounds came
out with full force, them feeling even better when he said it, making the
pain disappear. It made no sense; it was like some spirit that was restless
possessed him, and then he thought of what the Deku Tree said
again.
"No! Why did you take her
away, you piece of shit! She never did anything to you. No! You will pay
with your fucking
life!"
Three eggs dropped from the
ground, which Link held the sword and spun around in a quick turn, slicing
the eggs all from the top corners. The babies were instantly decapitated
and put to rest, and of course this angered Gohma because she came down,
only a few feet from him. This time, the boy was ready, pulling out another
nut, and throwing it towards the spider's face, he leapt forward once more
and slammed the sword around two of its' legs. They instantly fell off, and
the monster scurried back upwards, trying to get away from the attacker that
had killed her children. This time, he had her, however, and leapt upon the
body, slicing all but one leg off, not going to let her get away for what
she
did.
--------------------
This was disastrous! Her children had been decimated in one quick slash from
that pointed metal and two of its legs had come off, the boy on her now.
To make matters much worse, that creature had rested himself onto her body
and four more off, instantly causing even more pain. Never had she thought
that doing this would cause the boy to become so more powerful, a master
of that cold steel that hit her. That left here with only one limb and not
enough to climb back up. This was going to die, she didn't know what she
did to anger it, but she really regretted it. Maybe hurting the insect was
a bad idea? It seemed to increase the strength of this usually weak creature,
but if it was so weak how did it get past all the traps and mazes? The monsters
in here? Maybe she had under given this creature for its true strength. Rearing
back, she charged again, throwing him off of her and charging the
body.
--------------------
This is it, the final confrontation, would she win, or would he, it was untold
from this point in time, both of their rage held up in ambition. He didn't
know as she charged at him, but instead of running. He just grinned a little.
It was actually funny, but how was it? How could he be happy when Navi- and
the boy jumped through the air once more, this time leaping over the beast
and throwing the shield. Deku slashed against her face and stunned her for
a few seconds; the nuts had spilled, so he relied on this. Giving a charging
run, Link jumped forward and landed onto the creature. Pulling the sword
forward and slashing back, he literally cut through the armour. This usually
wouldn't work, but there was so much determination in him. So much hidden
power, and so much fury that it did. The shell cracked open and the sword
plunged inside, cutting the monster in
two.
"Kyaaii!" It gave one long
screech before the heart was punctured and it turned into nothing but a carcass
would be left for the maggots. The weird thing was that before the boy a
blue fire began to encircle the body, the boy realizing that somehow it was
set on fire and reacting. Leaping off and running for Navi, the fire burned
the body until it was nothing but ashes, and the wind picked up from somewhere,
blowing the ashes away. With the ashes gone, it was as if the thing was never
there, she course of power had disappeared with it, the mist seeming to disappear
also. Scooping up the little farie, Link kissed her forehead and felt for
breathing, hoping that she was all right from the previous
battle.
Yes, there was some. Checking the slots, he looked disappointed, the juices
had disappeared? One was cracked and the one by Navi was already drained.
Moving over with her, he placed her in his clasped hands, about to head for
the door when he saw the blue light again. This time it formed what looked
an entrance, some sort of portal? Moving forward almost mesmerized, he entered
the light and felt the wound begin to restore itself, the pain didn't disappear,
the blood just clotted and stopped for a while. Still he would feel the pain
in a good while. A scar was left, but the wound hurt no more and Navi began
to heal also, or so he could tell from the way she was moving around. Funny
thing was, he felt stronger, and some new strength was opened inside of him,
because the power felt enormous, growing into a warrior, it seemed. Moving
more into the light, the dark room disappeared from
sight.
A new place, this was where
they were traveling, but he doubted it since the wind began to smell the
same, the scents back to normal. It seemed that the aura of blue fire wasn't
deadly, well it wasn't bad to him, but it seemed to be hazardous to enemies
and a way of transportation for him. No, it was old, and suddenly he fell
onto the ground right beside the Deku Tree where he had stood about nine
hours ago. Surprised, he stared in disbelief as the Great Deku Tree's entrance
shut and it looked upon him with wonder, the tree having a big smile upon
the face of the tree. However it was possible, he saw that the curse had
been broken, the place was back to normal now, and he would be a true
hero.
"G-Great Deku Tree?! Was
it a
dream?"
"No, young warrior, not a
dream. Thou has proven thyself, survived the dungeon and came forth. Thou
has indeed proven
thyself."
At the time, Navi seemed
to be coming too, and fluttered over towards the Deku Tree, amazed, her eyes
adjusting to the light like hers had. Being in a cavern that was dim, as
night was really breathtaking and from the look of things, the night had
passed through, it was stilling night. Morning was pushing through, so maybe
they had been in the tree more than nine hours, however it was very possible,
and Navi sometimes got time wrong. "Great Deku Tree? Are we done, are you
cured?" Then she turned on Link and swept into his arms, nuzzling him with
her full affection displayed infront of the Deku Tree, not even caring. She
didn't care if he saw she was almost happy that he saw. It meant that he
had made a wise choice in a partner for the two, a perfect match. "Linky!
You did
it!"
He held her in his palms
and collapsed on the ground, nodding eagerly. "Mmhm, I did it, Navi. No,
we did it. When she hit you, I-I just couldn't control my-" but the tree
interrupted.
"That was thou's warrior's
spirit, young Link. When a loved in danger, the spirit arises and allowed
thou to defeat the dreaded
Gohma."
"So, Great Deku Tree are
you cured?" The boy answered enthusiastically, but of course he was I mean,
they won against the monster, and when good won then the victim was always
cured.
"Unfortunately
not."
"Great Deku Tree, you aren't
serious!" The boy and partner both blurted out, astounded, their emotions
wondering how could he not be healed, it just seemed impossible. All sort
of emotions roared through Link's body: sadness, anger at the fact for Gohma,
the empty feeling that the revenge was in vain. If that was so, then maybe
he would die, if he wasn't cured then the virus was going to keep eating
at him until his health failed. Shuddering at the thoughts, he stared up
at his father, his creator, those eyes bright as sapphires, the confusion
plastered. They beat Gohma, together, and that monster was burned into ashes,
then spread to the
world.
"This was a test, young warrior.
I was doomed before thou even started. This was a test to prove if thou could
save the
world."
"World! What do you mean,
Great Deku
Tree?"
"Link, thou has proven thyself.
Yea, your victory was celebrated, but not for I. Hyrule, the world, is in
danger by the man from the desert. His name is not known, but I want you
to leave the
forest."
Navi chirped in. "Great Deku
Tree, he'll
die!"
"No, thou is different, Link.
Thou will survive. Thou must go to a place called Hyrule castle and see the
Princess of Destiny. There, thou will learn of what is to be. Please, take
this jewel, this is what the man in the desert wanted so bad that he put
a curse on
me."
From up above, a light appeared
and gleaming down was something surrounded by an aura, a feeling of beautiful
content displayed. The aura was pure green and inside the thing fell into
Link's hands, the aura disappearing and showing the true colours of the thing.
It was an emerald, beautiful and green, something of a brooch that went on
a specific body part something that a princess might wear. Link studied it
with awe, and placed it inside his pack, before looking up at him, not caring
about the jewel, only that the tree was dying. It just wasn't fair, he couldn't
die, he just couldn't, and his mind followed through on different accusations
on what could have happened. "You can't die, Great Deku Tree. No! I saved
you!"
"Good-bye Link, hero of time.
Goodbye Navi, guard Link well and take him to Hyrule. Be with him always
and never leave his side. Goodbye-" the last words were cut off when a cracking
sound occurred, only happening in the area where the Deku Tree was, the thing
changing colour. All around him, the bushes and the trims of the Deku Tree
began to petrify, which meant to stone they went, the entire tree going in
that state. Link just stared forward, mouth agape in horror at the tree,
not seeing it rot was a nice thing, but turning to a statue wasn't all that
great also. It went one for a few seconds and before Link knew it, the once
Great Deku Tree was now a statue, the entire place as hard as a rock. Testing
it with his fist, the boy knocked on the Deku Tree, his eyes beginning to
water at the realization of the
situation.
"Link, it's- okay. Shh."
She came over and fluttered up to his face, seeing the tears matted on his
face, also how he shuddered in fear, in desperation. The boy had become deeply
saddened, not looking to his faire, but just staring ahead at the lifeless
tree, wondering how this would have happened. It was some sort of shock,
the tree had said that if they beat Gohma then the curse would be lifted,
but he did never say he would be cured. He risked his life and for what?
Nothing! Pounding on the ground, where he sat, the boy looked down and sobbed
deeply, the sobs coming out of his chest in loud and protruding sounds. Such
a sad sight to the fairie, he was about to leave him to cry on his own (not
sure what to do in this situation) before he called out in a weak
whisper.
"Don't leave, you aren't
supposed too, remember?" Stretched fingers curled her up, and placing himself
on the ground, kissed and fiddled with the farie for the next twenty minutes,
while letting the rest of his tears out. They were quiet because when she
talked he didn't listen, or was too busy sobbing; sometimes he did try to
listen, not wanting to be rude. When the boy did try to speak they came out
in gibberish, or not gibberish, but it came out in a weird sound, trying
to form the words. Finally, half an hour later, he simply picked her put
while strapping the shield and sword back on, pulled out the jewel and headed
out. She was in the left hand, while the jewel was in the right, fiddling
around with it, his left hand also fiddling around with the fairie, rubbing
her
gently.
"What do you think this is
for?"
"I don't know, I've never
seen it.
Linky?"
"Hrm?"
"You gonna be okay? I mean,
we can stop
and-"
"No, we have to go now. I
am fine, remember, I am a hero and they are strong and
courageous."
"Even if no one thinks you
are one, your mine,
okay?"
"Hee, not if your mine, too."
He looked down and kissed her face before, slipping the jewel into his hair,
a grin coming upon his face, he did have to do what was
right.
"L-Linky? What are you, hee,
what are you doing!" He had sat her on he shoulder and stared to walk like
a lady, the grin remained on his face, as he shrugged a shoulder
lightly.
"Well, we are going to see
a princess, aren't we? I have to be more lady-like, y'know, like in the
story?"
Sighing, it seemed this was
going to be a long and hard journey, she didn't know how long it was going
to take now, but it wasn't bad. If they traveled together, that gave them
more time to be together and learn about each other, with no other people
to be involved. Moving forward, she scooped the jewel up, and put it down
in his pocket, fastening it shut so that it wouldn't slip out when he ran.
In the place where the jewel was, nothing had been there before, nothing
at all had been in that spot, and it made so not to fall out. The jewel was
in a spot in the back of side pack, away from all the weapons, so far that
he'd have to reach back to get it on his own. "Come on, Linky, let's get
past Mido and go to Saria. You do want to see
her-"
"Oh, yes. She can't go. Humph.
Yea, let's go see
her."
The Deku Babas were gone
for now, when he passed through, but he dashed through pretty quickly, so
if they were there he missed them. Those Babas were no match for a person
who took care of the evil Gohma; they were just in the way for him and a
nuisance. Moving back into the old smelling Kokiiri feel, he was almost home
free when he saw Mido by the entrance, waiting for him. How could this boy
still be on guard, or was he just doing what he wanted and seeing what the
Deku Tree wanted him for? This was very weird, he knew it, but he had to
face the older boy, not being afraid of him.he had defeated a giant spider
on his own. Was there no end to this torture? Moving over by him, he tapped
his shoulder, and grinned a
little.
"You're in my way,
Mido."
"Well if it isn't-- what
the hell happened to
you?"
"You don't want to know,
listen Mido,
move."
"So what
happened?"
"Well, the I had to defeat
a curse for the Great Deku
Tree."
"You liar! I don't believe
that." Mido looked down at Link, and
sighed.
"If you don't believe me,
go look for you-- wait don't go!" He watched as Mido helplessly dashed down
the path with one of the Deku Shields for protection, his eyes diverting
down in the other direction. Link should have never told the Kokiiri what
had happened, he should have just said that he was congratulating him on
his new fairie. If he did that then Mido wouldn't have caused the entire
ruckus through the entire forest, the ruckus that they had to remember for
years to come. About three minutes later he heard a horrified scream and
his name being called, it was obviously Mido who called his name out, the
sound making his blood curdle. Tying the tunic around his wounded chest so
that the thing would fall off when he fell, he turned back to his fairie,
grinning
uneasily.
"Linky,
run."
"G-good
idea."
He took off in a dash from
the entrance to the passage, and leapt past the stepping stones, moving
throughout the entire region. His earshot wasn't out of sight so he heard
the Kokiiri when he dashed out of the ledge to the Deku Tree, his eyes beaming
and voice still strong. Link felt something slide past him, the boy ducking
as a Deku Shield slid past where his head was, obviously trying to knock
him out. He didn't blame Mido, he probably thought that he had killed the
Deku Tree and the ruse about the curse was just a cover-up story. Still
listening, every now and then he heard Mido yelling out a curse and calling
his name out, the curses that he wasn't supposed to
say.
"You stupid bastard! You
killed him! I'll kill
you!"
Shivering from the words,
he wound past his house and saw nothing seeing that the ladder was empty
now, so looking for Saria was useless. When he had passed her house, he made
a quick detour inside, seeing no one was there and dashing out for his own
house. Gathering up some food and clothes, and stuffing them in a large packsack,
he put his weapons in there and the sides pack in there, too. He headed out
of the tree house when he saw Mido running up the ladder, with a mob behind
him, the mob only consisting of the boys. He saw the girls, but they were
staring at him tears in their eyes, a far way from where the mob was, not
carrying pitchforks like the boys. "There is the shit. Let's get him!" Cheering
was sounded when Mido reached the top of the house,
finally.
"It wa-wasn't my fault! A
man poisoned
him!"
"No man has ever been in
the forest, you liar. I am going to do what I have always wanted to do."
Letting out a cry of triumph, the boy pulled out came a small knife, manufactured
for cutting wood for the Kokiiri. The blade wasn't as sharp as his own sword,
but it sure could do the job in gutting the young boy, so he spun around
and looked for a way out. Link wouldn't draw his sword to Mido, he had killed
monsters, but killing another of his kind was strictly something against
his ethics. Taking one look at it, Link jumped from the house and landed
onto Saria's house, the jump quite expanding his own ethics, he guessed he'd
break his leg. Only problem was, the house was about twenty feet away, and
that showed that his power really had grown, so with excitement he continued
on.
"Navi, let's go. My power
did increase when I stepped into the blue
fire."
"It seems so, let's test
your speed.
Go!"
Jumping from the top of the
house, he peered in the window one last time, hoping she was there, but she
wasn't there, he took off running for the exit for the forest. Hopping from
house to house, until the houses were gone, he hopped upon the lowest house
and leapt down, taking off in full speed. No one could out-run Link now,
before they may have been able to outrun him, but now with this new power
on his heels, he was thought invincible. The mob was made up of just about
every male in the forest, so no one was guarding the entrance when he dashed
past it and into the unknown. It was shaped like a giant tree-trunk and the
entire mob stopped right infront of it, their leader was the only one
heard.
"And never come back, you
traitor!"
They weren't outside yet
because there was a small connecting bridge that led to another tree-shaped
exit, and that was where the outside was. For some reason the Kokiiri never
went past this, even though they could, the bridge was right in the middle
of the Lost Woods. It would seem the only ones that would ever come out here
were Saria and he, since they were the ones always in the Lost Woods. No
one else liked to go in there, scared of the Deku Scrubs that were sometimes
by the garden, yet you could dodge him or her easily with a shield. To read
his mind, the boy kept running, not even noticing anyone was there, not even
knowing until his indication was given away. He didn't even see her, but
when her voice sounded, he stopped dead in his tracks, and there was no one
else he would have stopped
for.
"So, you are finally leaving?"
It was Saria; of course, he would have kept running if anyone else
spoke.
"I-I, yes, I am leaving."
Turning around, gingerly, he searched the sadness in her face and frowned,
he giving the same indication, looking embarrassed for not finding her. It
was weird, but for some reason he didn't think she was out here, even though
both of them had been out here on several occasions. Staring down at her,
the boy finally glanced up at the older girl; she seemed older than the rest
of the Kokiiri, for she looked as if she was budding. She looked so pretty,
yet was sad, he was glad to have seen her now, because he didn't know if
he would ever have come back here. Navi, meanwhile, was still a little winded,
so she went under his hat when he jumped off of Saria's house, so that they
could have their private moment together. "Hee, I guess you, um, heard the
people?"
"What did you do,
Link?"
"I, went inside the Deku
Tree, and fought something called
Gohma."
"Spider, that is the Kokiiri
term for
it."
"Oh,
hee."
"You should know that, I
taught you
better."
"Hee-hee, sorry." Oh, he
was so nervous, his brain almost frying at the sight of her, but usually
it did that when he was around this certain Kokiiri. True, Gohma was Kokiirish,
but he hadn't thought of that at the time, if he had then he could have saved
some time and planned a strategy. It was only natural that she would get
mad at him for forgetting the old language, it was something no one used
anymore, yet it was important to her. Saria was always like that, she loved
the ancients of the past, and admiring them for their power and wanting him
to know the language they spoke. Having always been his teacher; she had
been with him ever since he was a child, and she was like a mother and a
sister, she was the only
one.
"But that isn't the reason
Mido called you a traitor, now is it?" She saw right through him; he couldn't
lie to
her.
"Um, no. After I got out,
the Great Deku Tree. He--died." The sadness and anger he saw in her face,
made him think she would turn on him, it was only a small emotion for a few
seconds, dying as soon as it
came.
"Oh, I see. A Mido thinks
you did
it?"
He nodded sadly, looking
off to the side and speaking. "It's just so weird, he knows I wouldn't do
that."
"You really think
that?"
"T-think
what!"
"That I would turn on
you."
He was speechless, but he
shook his head. "No, I know
you."
"I know you too. Oh, I knew
this day would come. You just aren't like you, you are so different, I raised
you from a small Kokiiri, but I know you are different. I've always, well,
kind of known you would leave. I don't want you too, but I can see the world
of Hyrule has big plans for you. Oh, what happened to you?" She reached forward
and placed a palm upon the scar on his ripped chest, running her fingers
over the small wound, causing the boy to
shudder.
"Gohma got at me, it'll leave
a scar."
"Oh, does it
hurt?"
"No, actually, it doesn't.
I mean, it did, but when we beat Gohma we stepped into some blue light and
I got stronger, faster, and healthy, but I think the wound will hurt later,
maybe some sort of numbing effect was placed on it. Anyway, I jumped from
my house to
yours!"
"You did! Wow, that's incredible.
Now, back to it. I want to give you
something."
"What?"
"You know, you've been in
the Lost
Woods."
"Your
flute?"
Her brow furrowed, and she
bopped him upon the head, giving him time and speaking to him with her normally
sweet tone, she was patient for him. "It isn't a flute, you big dummy. It
is called an Ocarina. I have an extra, and want you to have
it."
"Oh, but I can't
p-"
"I know that, that's why
you need to come back!" She smiled and took the smaller boy in a hug, her
tears letting through, wrapping her arms around the boy tightly, in a hug
they never did. "You come back and I'll teach you. Don't worry, if you sneak
in at night, they won't see and just come to the Lost
Woods."
"O-Okies, I don't know how
far this Princess of Destiny is, but I will come back." He turned around,
ready to go, but Saria tapped him on the shoulder, the boy about to turn
around and see what she wanted, when he sighed at her voice, the beautiful
melody making him shiver with
pleasure.
"Link?"
"Yea?"
"Don't forget me." As he
turned around she handed him the Farie Ocarina, which he placed, not in the
bag, but at his side, holding it firmly with one hand there. Just staring
down at the ocarina, the boy shrugged an innocent shoulder, knowing that
he would be back for lessons, to see her. No matter how much time it took
to get to this Hyrule, the young boy was going to conquer whatever was going
on and see to it that the man paid. Studying the ocarina, he saw that it
was brown, with a green leaf on the stem, the stem was probably something
she had played on. It was bowl shaped with a stem and holes all around it,
and on the other side were the words 'never forget' imprinted by
her.
"Never in my life." Turning
back around, he was this time spun around, and pulled into something that
was quite unexpected, never forgetting it. A mouth was pressed against his
along with gentle kissing sound, the sounds he had seen some of the other
Kokiiri do with one another. When they did that, the boy was jealous that
they had someone to love someone to be with, his cheeks always flushing
jealously. Now blue hues widened as he found the shape of Saria hovering
above him, stroking those blonde tresses through his fingers. He was frozen
in abyss were held in as his feelings felt so weird, and lovely at the same
time, seeing that she was a beautiful kisser, as hands were run through his
hair and over his entire body.
First his hair, then his back, is rubbing in all kinds of crazy patterns,
something he had never seen the other Kokiiri do to each other. The kiss,
though, that was extraordinary, a lot better than those he had seen the others
do to each other, this one was a never forget kind of kiss. Her, well, her
tongue was inside the boy's mouth, and having no idea why, he had only kissed
her cheek occasionally, and that was embarrassing, sometimes. Just staring
at her, his eye shut, and the boy just sat there in a paralyzed suit for
a few minutes before she let him go of his form, smiling beautifully. Eyes
finally opened up, but he couldn't speak, his voice seeming to have disappearing,
those cheeks also turning a complete red, as
apples.
"You will never forget me,
now."
Taking two, now three steps
away, he turned around and ran through the bridge, away from her, his nervousness
so apparent that it was cute. He had no idea what had just happened, but
whatever it was, he liked it, it was wonderful feeling that he had experienced
with her. Yes, the kiss was quite beautiful, it was a feeling that he would
love to feel, and a feeling he wanted to feel over and over at this moment
and time. Liking when she kissed him, because she was in control and was
showing him feelings that had never before shown, probably a first time in
Kokiiri history. Moving out of the tree hold, he held his hand over his face
as the place disappeared, Saria disappearing and into the new room. It was
so
bright!
"Navi!"
Automatically, she came out,
and hovered over his face, not resisting the fact to let out a giggle out,
the boy thought he was on fire or something. Oh, he had never been out of
the forest, for it was normal for him to feel this way, a new feeling on
the change of scenery. Yet he did look so adorable, trying to cover up his
face, knowing that the rays of Din's fire were just going to get through
anyway. Also the sky was bluer, he also noticed, the entire place was like
someone had lit a giant candle right in his face, the funny part that was.
Tapping him on the shoulder, the young girl just blew a sigh out, her veil
disappearing as she landed on his shoulder, sure he could handle it now as
she
spoke.
"Linky, it is just the
sun."
"When did it get that
bright!"
"Link, no forest. No forest
covering to hide the light. Look
ahead."
"Oh, my
Goddess."
There were fields and fields
of green as far as the eye could see, and not the fields like in the Kokiiri
Forest, these places were much brighter. A bright green was on them, not
matching his tunic at all, he wondered how everyone else would react to this
place, or if they would die. That legend he thought was foolish, he was out
of the forest and wasn't dead, and he was a Kokiiri (a young one, but still
a Kokiiri). There were a few trees by the entrance, but besides that, there
was nothing but green and the sun fields and the sun, the trees seeming to
be sucked up here. With one little dirt path that led both ways. The place
was extraordinary, that's for sure. Moving forward a few paces, he let out
a scream when he heard a voice from
above.
"Hoo-hoo-hoo! Well, look
here, a Kokiiri! Out of the forest, little Kokiiri? Don't you know, you'll
die!"
"What is that!" Link screamed,
pulling out his sword and trying to reach him, with no
avail.
"Whoa, Linky. That is an
owl, he is friendly, I know him. What's your name,
again?"
The owl smiled a friendly
grin, and flew down a few feet more, only when Link put up his sword, and
spoke to them in a gently manner. His voice was friendly enough; he seemed
to be one of the nicer creatures around here, not having ever seen an owl
at this size. Owls were usually smaller than this, didn't talk and certainly
didn't have the knowledge that the Kokiiris died if they left the forest.
Listening to what the owl said, he watched him, as Navi seemed to sneer a
bit at the creature, not really knowing why she did it. It was weird, but
maybe this owl would be a guide to them like Navi was, but maybe a sort of
distant guide that didn't always follow you. "He told me about you two, the
Great Deku Tree, told me I would be seeing you two. Me, my name is Kaepora
Gaebora, at your
service."
"Kayo
Gaypor?"
"No, Kaepora Gaebora, son.
I am asked to be your guide sometimes on this journey, not as close as Navi,
though." He chuckled, that made Navi a little uncomfortable and another little
sneer came out near his way, the owl ignoring it and just continuing on.
"There are many dangers in this field and you'd better be careful. There
are the Peahats, in the day. They look like flowers, so avoid them; they
are deadly and poisonous. At night, avoid confrontation at all cost, they're
are-"
"Stalchildren, I already
know this, Mr. Gaebora." Navi blurted out, in pure
sarcasm.
"Well, I will be off, then,
now be careful." And just like that, he took off, flying over the mountainside
and heading into the sun, and after a few moments he was gone out of sight
Link was trying to stifle a
giggle.
"And what is so
funny?"
"You didn't like him very
much, because he thought he knew more than you,
hee!"
"Well, we don't need some
stupid owl to tell us anything. You have me for
that."
"Hee, Navi, you are so
mean!"
"When the time comes to it,
yes, I am. Now, let's go. I want to reach Lon-Lon Ranch by
nightfall."
"What's that?" He didn't
really have much geography of Hyrule field, and even if he did, Lon-Lon Ranch
is fairly new, so he wasn't too typical on the place they were
headed.
"A ranch where they have
cows and
horses."
"Wow, I want to see that,
I've never seen a real
one."
"Oh, they are nice, you will
like the- what are you staring at?" Navi asked, a little
surprised.
"You've been out of the forest
before, haven't
you!"
"Well, occasionally, but
on
business."
"Yeah, whatever." He pushed
the Ocarina in his pack, and began to walk along the fields; just now he
had been carrying the wooden thing with him these past few minutes. It was
funny how sad the thing felt in his hand, as sad as he had felt when he left
Saria, so pushing it back in was a way to forget it. Wow, the place was hot,
he was used to subtropical climate, and this was pretty temperate, the areas
really hot enough to make him sweat, given time. Within a few hours that
had all changed, the sun going higher in the sky, it was about morning when
they left so sweat wasn't an option. Wiping the sweat from his brow, a few
hours later, he looked up and saw something of a mountainside, or at least
it looked like a mountain -side. They had been walking for about nine hours,
with a lunch break and a break to drink some water. Night had turned to morning,
well, it was morning when they left, and morning was now three o'clock, so
they had been at this for almost ten
hours.
"What's
that?"
"End of Lon-Lon Ranch, we
go around it and the mountainside is on the
top."
Well, that was a little said
because it turned out to be the next day before they got to Lon-Lon Ranch,
for Link thought he was the expert now. See they did loop around, but Link
got them lost, trying to find a shortcut, saying that he remembered something
from a map about this place. That 'map' turned out to be nothing at all,
the boy having lost it a long time ago and not even bothering to take a map
here, even though they didn't know the entire place. They ended up spending
the night under a crevice in the shield so that no monsters could get at
them, although Link saw none. It was now about seven o'clock in the morning,
and the ranch was only a few miles away, the time having erupted into twenty-five
hours.
"Are we there,
yet?"
"We'd be there, if it wasn't
for you,
Link."
"Hee, I'm sorry, Navi! I
just, I wanted to
explore."
"Hrm, it's fine. Let's go
on ahead."
The next three miles were
a breeze, because the boy to be gaining some muscle, not much now, but he
had a little on his body from the exercise of the past day or so. It was
easier to walk then when they first start out, although the muscle he had
was not apparent, he still looked like the same cute lad from before. Well,
he continued up the path, until seven miles since that morning, they fell
at the entrance of the building, the hours passing on a little more. The
place was not as big as the forest, but one of the biggest buildings he had
ever seen, and the most weird-looking, in his own opinion. Whatever this
place was, he hoped they had some drink, the boy had run out of water that
night, having drank it all because they were both
thirsty.
"Wow, I am thirsty, any water
left?"
"Nope, but they have milk
here."
"Milk?"
"Comes out of a cow, it is
usually for calves, but Hylians drink it sometimes. It is very good to taste,
a sweet taste to it, and can replenish you
greatly."
"Alright!" Taking off for
the entrance, he climbed the hill up to the top, and went inside the already
open gates, his nostrils beginning to burn as he entered. When the smell
hit him, he fell over and gagged, because he was right next to the horses'
stalls, something he had never smelt before. Looking up, Navi was back a
few yards, a clucking noise startled him, the sound making him glance over
in the other direction. It was coming from the other side of the building,
so he took off and what he saw were these white things cluttered together,
some white birds. They all had feathers, beaks, and red things on them, and
he had heard the name before from somewhere, never knowing what it was. Cuccos?
That was the name! Jumping forward, he tackled one, and it began to make
a bawking sound, before running off. Well, a chase, eh? So he took out after
it.
"L-Link! Hey, wait up!" She
flew after him, and stopped as she watched him inspect the Cuccos, her eyes
watching him closely, he wasn't to act up here. The people here might kick
them out of this place if they were to act up; Link really didn't know that
because he had never been out of the place. Link was never invited to other
people's houses, except Saria's and when there he could act anyway he wanted
without being thrown out. He had never seen one of those creatures before,
so she wondered what his little reaction to this place would be and especially
the animals. Oh, Goddess! He tackled the thing! Oh my Goddess! "Link, leave
it alone!" Now he was chasing it, but it looked so cute that she couldn't
help but smile; yet she shook here head. No, those people would be out here
any second, not a
sound.
The clucking was knocked
away when he heard a sound, losing interest in them as soon as they came,
so he let it run aside. Turning away, he saw some sort of fence and traced
it back to where the entrance was, the fence wasn't the one that he was near
when they first entered the place, though, this one was white. The other
one was black, and made of iron, while this one seemed to be made of some
sort of white wood, something he had never seen before. There someone out
there, she definitely wasn't a Kokiiri, but maybe it was those Hylians that
Navi was talking about, this girl wasn't a forest girl. Tracing out there,
he saw these huge things hurling at him, dodging them, he rolled over away,
until he ran into the girl. She nimbly stepped aside, and
giggled.
"Well, what do we have here?
Those are odd clothes!" The little girl spoke; she had deep auburn hair,
and eyes darker than his, the strange thing was on her body was a
sheet.
"Me? You are wearing a
sheet!"
"This is a dress, boy! You,
you are wearing green. Ah! What's that!" She was pointing at his
shoulder.
Turning, he saw Navi, and
shrugged before turning towards her. "My farie, where is
yours?"
"Oh, you must be a forest
boy, hee, we don't have faries around her. All right, Farie boy, what's your
name? My name is Malon, Malon
LonLon."
"Link will do." He spoke
out loud, not understanding the thought of her name because she had two
names.
"Don't you have a
surname?"
"Nope, whatever that is."
He scratched his head, shrugging a
shoulder.
"Alright, Farie boy." She
giggled, keeping her hand at her
sides.
"I said
Link."
"Farie
Boy."
"Link."
"Farie
boy."
Turning away, he growled
and looked up at Navi sternly. "Aren't you glad we got lost?"
"Kinda, um." The farie flew over towards Malon, and looked up at her. "Where
is
Talon?"
"Oh, Daddy? He went to Hyrule
Castle to deliver milk, but isn't back. Oh, will you go get him, please?
I'll give you two prizes if you
agree."
"Hmm? Prizes?" It was Link
that spoke up. "What
kind?"
"A song and a
egg."
"Alright, I am heading there
anyway, give me the prizes. Oh, can I have some milk
too?"
"Hee, sure, I was gonna give
you some
anyway."
She reached into a slit in
her dress, or a pocket, and pulled out a jar with the label saying 'Lon-Lon
Milk' inside was some white liquidity stuff, it sure didn't look tasty, so
he put it in his packsack. It didn't look as tasty as Navi said it did, it
really looked sort of nasty, but he wasn't about to put something that came
out of a cow into his mouth. Strapping it shut so the jar wouldn't fall out,
the young boy had all his supplies in there, having taken out his sword,
shield and side pack out duri