Rain and thunder surrounded me. Darkness gloomed overhead. A bridge was lowered, and immediately 2 females on a white horse sped by. Then, a very dark looking man with short red hair appeared on a horse black as midnight. His icy stare pierced my very soul. He grinned and lifted a brown hand straight at me. A bright white energy ball began to form. The grin got wider as I heard a flash and saw blinding light, then no more.
I woke up to a very angry fairy. She was flying rapidly up and down. She was a light blue color within a little ball with wings attached. "You finally woke up! I'm Navi the fairy!" her commanding voice said. Before I could reply, she said, "The Great Deku Tree asked me to be your partner from now on! Nice to meet you!" I nodded and said, "Ok, my name is Link" She seemed to ignore me, and went on, "The Great Deku Tree has summoned you! So let's get going, right now!" Very excitable fairy I thought. I examined her a little bit, before she got mad and reminded me of the Great Deku Tree. I decided it wasn't worth looking at a fairy friend who I'd never have had before if she was just going to get mad.
I ran outside, only to find Saria run up. "Yahoo! Hi, Link!" she called." I pushed back my messy orange hair, and adjusted my green hat. Saria was all green, her skirt, her hair, her blouse, her boots, everything. Well, almost, her blue eyes were the only other color attached to her. Myself, I was in similar clothing, but with the hat and brown boots. I climbed down the ladder, and went up to Saria. I greeted her and tried to start a conversation but Navi was bugged. "Sorry, Saria, no time to talk now" I awkwardly said. Saria just giggled a little bit and said, "She's very energetic, but don't worry, you two will become perfect partners in time." She slightly motioned to her fairy, which was pink and quietly floating around her head. I sighed, wishing Navi was quiet, and said, "I'd better get going, if she's being so urgent, then it must be important. I'll talk to you later" Saria nodded and I ran off.
I ran across the forest. It was really beautiful. Green trees in the background, leaving our own little meadow for houses. There was a water source here, a bit of a pool and a river. All the Kokiri lived here. We were all little kids, around 10 years old and all dressed in green. As I ran by to the Great Deku Tree's meadow, the other Kokiri's congratulated me on finally getting a fairy. Each Kokiri was assigned their own guardian fairy, for some reason, mine has come very late. The Great Deku Tree is our parent, our guardian basically. It is always an honor to be summoned by him. I skipped across the stones, which were platforms so we wouldn't have to swim across, and blocking the Great Deku Tree's meadow entrance, was Mido.
He immediately got mad and demanded, "Where do you think your going?" Keeping my cool, I answered, "To see the Great Deku Tree, I was summoned" He laughed this very annoying squeaking laugh. It matched him really, his face looked like that of a bloated hamster. "You can't go anywhere equipped like that! You have no defense! Come back with a sword and shield then I'll think about letting you by," he snickered. I wanted to punch him, there was nothing truly dangerous in the meadow, just a few naughty deku baba's but they weren't a threat. "Fine" I snorted and ran off back to my house. I looked up at Navi, who was calmly following me. "Why didn't you say anything to him?" I asked her. Navi, still as calm as ever said, "I think he has a point" What? Now my annoying little fairy friend was teaming up with the "boss" of the Kokiri? I felt a bit betrayed. Saria had gone off to get a drink, so I climbed up to my house, got my things, and ran back to Mido. I ran back and showed him my things. Mido had this surprised look on his face, then it turned to anger. "GOOD GRIEF!!!" he exclaimed. "Well, even with all that stuff, a wimp is still a wimp, huh?" he said, trying to sound big. He tried his bigness again with, "I, the great Mido, will never accept you as one of us!" The kid had mood swing problems, he was back on with the anger, "Shoot! How did you get to be the favorite of Saria and the Great Deku Tree? Huh?!" and ended in grumbling and walking off. I thought to myself, because I'm not an ass wipe like you, while he left.
I ran through the passage to the meadow. A few deku baba's popped out of the ground. The plants went straight up into the air, clamping down their jaws trying to be frightening. I just ran past them. As soon as we reached the meadow, Navi flew forward and said "Great Deku Tree...I'm back!" The meadow was big and had almost nothing in it, except a very large tree. You could easily see great eyebrows, a nose, a mustache, and a mouth. This, was our forest guardian, the Great Deku Tree. "Oh.. Navi... Thou hast returned..." he murmured in a deep voice. I wouldn't want her back either. He then turned his attention to me, "Link...Welcome..." He explained to me that he had been cursed. He wanted me to test my courage, and break it. I felt a bit excited, something new and adventurous to do. Too bad the excitement didn't last long, when he told Navi to come with me. The Great Deku Tree's mouth fell open. I ran forward, but entering his mouth slowly, respectfully.
He looked very different on the inside. A spiraling sorta walkway wound up to a big spiderweb above. Below, on eye level, I could see another spiderweb and some deku baba's, waiting to ambush. "We need to hurry" the sudden sound of Navi's voice made me jump. It had seemed so peaceful in here. I went to the spiderweb, and gently stepped on it. It bounced a little bit; I wanted to jump on it like a trampoline. Navi interrupted again, "Look Link, there is another floor underneath here!" I looked down, and sure enough, there was. I could see water, but it looked deep. "What do we do now?" I asked. I really had no idea, how do you break curses anyway? Navi looked around a little bit before replying, "I'm not really sure, but I sense an evil source underneath here. We need to get down there" I tried jumping up and down, and even stabbing it with my sword, but nothing worked. "Well then," I said, getting frustrated, "I guess we go up."
I found a ladder, and climbed up it. Then I ran up the spiral. I was passing by a wall covered in vines when Navi stopped me. She looked at them and said, "Look at this wall! The vines growing on it give it a rough surface...Maybe you can climb it, Link!" I examined it, there were 3 spiders attached. What if I just climbed it and avoided those? I grabbed on, they were rough, and connected good. I began to climb up, then I heard Navi scream, "Get down!!" I saw to my right, a spider had glowed purple, then went charging straight at me. It hit me and I fell off the vines and onto the spiral. I rubbed my back, having fallen on that and said, "Guess we can't go that way." Navi motioned ahead, "Let's continue up the spiral, I see a door ahead" I'd never seen a door before, Kokiri houses do not have doors. So it took a little bit to figure out how to open it. I was beginning to be amazed by Navi's knowledge, were did she get it?
As soon as I walked in, a deku scrub popped out of it's nested and fired a deku nut at me. Luckily, I had experience with these, as some naughty ones escaped the Lost Woods and into the Kokiri Forest on occasion. I held up my deku shield, small and brown, but just good enough to deflect the nut right back at it. The Scrub squeaked and ran away, unlocking the next door in the process. In the next room, it was bland with nothing but a chest in the middle. I ran up and opened it. A slingshot was buried inside. Perfect, I thought, now I can get rid of those spiders. I went back into the scrub room, and gathered some deku seeds around his nest, to use for ammo. Feeling smart, I went back to the vines, loaded a seed and fired. All 3 spiders quickly fell to the ground dead. "Your a good shot" Navi complimented me. "Um, thanks" I said awkwardly.
I climbed up the vines, they twisted and went right over the final part of the spiral. Just as I landed, Navi exclaimed, "That's it!" "What?" I asked, looking at her. Navi flew a little bit away from me, and to a gap in the spiderweb, that surrounded the innerspiral. A spider unleashed a surprise attack and had landed on Navi. Navi did a squeak of surprise as the spider than took her in 4 of it's legs and began to squeeze. Navi's squeaks became more urgent and out of pain than surprise. I panicked, knowing that if Navi died I'd have no chance and saving the Great Deku Tree. I swung madly at the spider, only knocking it side to side. The spider just got mad and leaped at me and successfully bit me. I flew back, now very mad and confused. None of my blows were effecting it; and Navi was in no position to help me. The spider made a web and hung off it, torturing Navi with it's legs and watching me. Navi's wings began to flap rapidly, time was running out. Then I noticed, other spiders on the web, crawling around. I noticed their bellies, they looked soft and brown. I struck the spider, making it swing uncontrollably by it's own web. I dived behind it and slashed it with all my might across it's stomach. The spider squeeled and fell to the ground, semi-throwing Navi. I had to do another dive to catch her, but failing to catch myself. I had slipped and fallen through the cap in the spiderweb. As I was falling down, I realized what Navi had seen before. Gripping her tight, I curled into a little ball, and hit and broke the spiderweb below, falling through to the water.
We hit with a splash. I thanked the Great Deku Tree that the water was not shallow, otherwise we would've been doomed. I swam to some shallow water and jumped onto the dry land. "Navi.." I said, trying not to sound too worried. Afterall, if I couldn't help a fairy, how could I help the forest guardian? Navi's wings fluttered but no reply. I then felt her voice, telling me to stop goofing off and move on. I knew I was hearing things, she just had been rushing me all day and hearing her quiet was spooky. I took off my hat, picked her up, and put her inside for safe keeping. I knew I had to move on. The Great Deku Tree is suffering, and I must put an end to it. I saw a torch burning, several golden spiders, a web, and some land that I couldn't reach. I didn't know why those spider's were golden, but I did not want to mess with them, especially after last time. I didn't know what to do either. I sat there, feeling a bit helpless. I looked down, I couldn't figure it out, but the answer was down here. Navi said so. I looked up at the burning torch. I wondered, why was there a torch in a tree? Wouldn't it catch on fire? Fire...that's it! I took out a deku stick, everybody had atleast 1 on them, they were great fun. I caught the edge of the stick on fire, jumped to the spiderweb, and set it on fire. The web burned, and revealed it had been hiding a door.
I went inside, another scrub was there but this time, he told me something important. "You will never beat my brothers up ahead unless you punish them in the proper order. The order is...2 3 1" it squeaked. It ran away, without unlocking the door. I noticed an eye switch above the door. I threw a deku nut at it, then fire a deku seed. The seed made the eye close, and the door open. The next room was simple enough, the water was a clear blue, and the dark brown switch at the bottom was easy to press. I hopped in, taking care my hat stayed on, activated the switch, the water rose, and I could reach the other side and go through the door. The next few rooms were all the same. Defeat a spider, burn a spiderweb, and activate switches. I was really getting the hang of this. My feet grew sore, my stomach growled with hunger, and I keep hearing Navi in my head, telling me to keep going and don't stop.
I was back in the room with the golden spiders, only on the piece of land which I couldn't reach before. Suddenly, I felt my fat shoot off, I immediately tried to grab at it, almost smacking Navi. "Navi!" I exclaimed. I removed my hat off her and set it back on. Navi was flying a bit crooked, she still look weak. She looked at me and said, "Thank you for your concern, but we are very near the evil source! It's right underneath, I can feel it." She looked around, "Where are we?" I couldn't help but grin a little, "A ways away from were that spider got a hold of you." "Ohhh" she muttered and turned away. I guess it was embarrassing for her. I remembered the golden spiders. I asked her, "Hey, why are those spiders gold?" Navi looked and said, "I don't know." Ha, even you don't know everything I snickered silently. Navi got mad, "Are we curing the Great Deku Tree or not? Stop sitting there!" I could tell she was still weak, but, I left her and went on. I spotted a block and pushed it off, landing in shallow water. I then got out my deku stick, lit it on fire, climbed back up, and set the web on fire. We both fell through. I saw 3 deku scrubs, and I remembered what the other one had told me. I deflected the 2nd one's first, then the 3rd, and finally the 1st. They all squeaked, but in fear and vanished. The door unlocked.
"It's right in here" Navi said. We both entered the room. It was dark, but I could see spider webs all over the place. A slight fog hovered just an inch above the ground. I saw Navi freeze. Then, something orange caught my eye, I looked up, and saw a huge spider hanging on the ceiling. "Parasitic Armored Arachnid: Gohma.." whispered Navi. The huge spider was even more terrifying looking than the other ones. Her skin looked melted, and sharp bristles stuck out of her legs. Worse, a single bright orange eye was settled on her. I was so busy paying attention to that eye, that I didn't notice her backing up, and suddenly charging. Aah, escaped from my mouth and her jaws pressed and squeezed my small body. Navi was too weak to help me. I felt my skin tear and the pain hit me. I gritted my teeth, trying not to scream. Sense entered back into me, before Gohma could crush me, I took my sword and stabbed it into her leg that was on me. The sudden attack surprised her and I fell to the ground. Trying to regain myself, I heard Navi scream, "DON'T STOP!" Anger burst in me and I screamed back, "WILL YOU HANG ON?!" I then felt a heavy lash against my face and I fly a ways. A head splitting headache went across my head and I tasted blood in my mouth. Gohma had struck me and was coming this way. Even though I had yelled at Navi, she advised, "Link! Slingshot her eye when it is red!" I saw her eye turn red, readying for another attack. I lazily swung fired a deku seed and missed, the headache was making it hard to focus. I heard a "Watch out!" and this time, payed attention. I did a backflip and avoided another bite attack. Gohma struck me with another leg. It hit me in my leg and caused me to fall down. Her eye once again, was red. I got out my slingshot to fire and missed again. Gohma lunged and I jumped to the side, avoiding a bite and claw attack. I heard navi say, "Take your time, aim carefully, do not miss." Stupid fairy, I bitterly though, she wants me to be super fast and now she wants me to take my time? The anger of being beaten and wanting to collapse and Navi's mood swings were only making my head feel worse. Gohma turned around, and the eye went red again. I took out my slingshot and aimed carefully, and it hit.
Gohma's eye turned blue and I absentmindedly ran up to her, and slashed over and over the eye with my sword. It wasn't enough. She regained herself, then began to walk away from me, and climb the wall to the ceiling. I saw her eye turn red for a while, but I did not move. I didn't want to take the risk. I noticed, eggs were falling from her. Navi took this chance to get mad at me, "Why didn't you fire just then? It was a perfect chance" In return, I got mad, "I don't know what she's doing! Why does it turn red anyway? Could've been a trap!" Navi hovered very still, and spoke to me like she was an angry mother scolding her child, "In case you didn't notice, when her eye is red, she has to charge in order to do something drastic, whether it's a crunch or laying eggs. She's vulnerable, and can be attacked easily." I felt defeated, how could I argue with that? In the middle of our little argument, the eggs had hatched, and 3 Gohma babies had leapt on me. Each chewing on a different spot of my body. It felt like a bunch of little pins being stuck into my skin over and over. I stabbed each of them in the eye, clean through. They screeched and fell over dead. Gohma then leaped at me. I rolled out of the way. She turned around with her eye red. I fired my sling shot and got a direct hit. With the spider queen down, I jumped and slash at her eye, hoping it would be enough.
The arachnid then jolted it's head in the air and did this weird screech. At first I thought it was another attack, so I tensed up and readied my shield. Then, she fell down and began to burn up. I stared at the burning corpse. A small piece of her would fall over and burn in blue flames when it hit the ground. I heard Navi excitably say, "You did it!" I felt very proud of myself, but weak. The taste of blood was still in my mouth and it was hard to move. I wanted to lay on the floor and sleep but I couldn't. Gohma finally burned up, and a blue portal appeared. I stepped inside. I felt a little stronger, a little wiser, and overall better. Navi looked better too. We both then floated in the air. Next thing I know, we are both back in front of the Great Deku Tree. His voice appeared before us, "Well done, Link..."
The Great Deku Tree looked the same. It's as if nothing happened. I wondered if I had dreamed it all, but I hadn't. The Great Deku Tree then said, "Thou hast verily demonstrated thy courage...I knew that thou wouldst be able to carry out my wishes..." I felt a bit foolish, for I had wanted to give up, or thought that I couldn't. "Now...listen carefully..A wicked man of the desert cast this dreadful curse upon me..." the Tree spoke. The Great Deku Tree told me of a man, who uses his powers to try to find the Sacred Realm, that contains the Triforce; a relic that contains essence of the gods. He told me about the 3 goddess. Din, the goddess of power, Nayru the goddess of wisdom and Farore, the goddess of courage. Din created the earth, Nayru gave it life, and Farore gave it soul. The Triforce contains them. I sat there, half listening after that, the legend was very interesting. The Great Deku Tree's words, "Because of that curse, my end is nigh..." My soul froze. He continued, "Though your valiant efforts to break the curse were successful, I was doomed before you started..." I solemnly asked, "Will you...die soon?" He responded, "Yes, I will pass away soon...But do not grieve for me..I have been able to tell you of these important matters...This is Hyrule's final hope." I still stood there, it felt like time had stopped. The Great Deku Tree, still talked, sounding as strong as ever, "Link...Go now to Hyrule Castle...There, thou will surely meet the Princess of Destiny...Take this stone with you. The stone that man wanted to much, that he cast the curse on me..."
Floating out of nowhere, a beautiful green stone hovered down. A golden tail and spiral was connected on it. I touched it very gently, almost scared to break it with my fascinated eyes. Navi whispered, "The Spiritual Stone of the Forest, Kokiri's Emerald..." I look up, and the Tree kept talking, "The future depends upon thee, Link...Thou art courageous...Navi the fairy...Help Link to carry out my will.." Then, it happened. The Great Deku Tree's final words, "I entreat ye...Navi...Good...Bye.." They sounded weak and distant. My father, the forest guardian, turned into black and rotted. Navi and myself stood there, staring at what used to be the Great Deku Tree. The stone still in my hands, we just stood there. Then Navi had to scare the crap out of me, "Let's go to Hyrule Castle, Link!!" I almost dropped Kokiri's Emerald. I carefully put it away while Navi bid the Great Deku Tree good-bye. We stopped and stared one more time, before heading off to Hyrule Castle.