The Legend of Zelda: Omega
This story takes place after the events of The Ocarina of Time; nothing from Majora's Mask influenced this story.
Part I: The Meeting
A chill breeze found its way through Links' window. Stirring himself awake, he looked around his small room, thinking it had all been a dream. The Princess, the death of the Great Deku tree, even Navi; it had to have been a dream. He looked at his hands, seeing them the way they were when he had gone to bed that night before the dream had taken place; yes they were small. He had hoped against hope that he would be older, as he was in the dream; capable of complex tasks and fighting with the vigor of a true hero. He buried his head in his hands and sighed a long sigh. Dreams don't last forever.
He forced himself out of his bed and through the doorway of his room, looking down upon his beloved Kokiri Village. He smiled, a part of him were glad that the dream was just that. How could he leave such a wonderful place behind? The friends he had here, the simplicity of life; no, there would be no turning away from a place as wonderful as this. He hopped on the ladder and slid down landing quickly onto the soft green grass. A moment later he heard a familiar voice call out to him. Saria.
"There you are!" she smiled to him as she rounded the bin, her bright eyes reflecting the life that beat inside of her body, "I've been looking for you all morning. Did you sleep in late again?"
Link smiled with a small blush as he rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah, looks like I did. I had the strangest dream though, I dreamt that."
"Saria! Link! Come quick!" A voice called to them from the other side of the glen.
Saria casts a curious look to link as he shrugged meekly. The two of them took off in a flash to see what was going on.
'This path is so familiar,' Link thought to himself. It was the path that led to the Great Deku Tree. As the group, seven in total, rounded the last turn the massive out line of the Great Deku Tree could be seen; silhouetted against the morning sun. All around the ground, dead leaves lay as if fall had taken the premise to come early, but as the group got closer, they saw that the Deku Tree was no longer. Its branches were withered and the once brilliant brown of the bark had turned to a rusty green color, seemingly over night. Link stood in awe; what had happened here? Then he remembered his dream. No! It could not be! Dreams have no way of affecting the world we live in!
Link grabbed Saria's hand as they got closer. "Saria. what happened?"
Saria turned and looked at him. "Don't you remember? Think Link, you were there when it happened." Gently he released her hand as she dashed forward with the others. He stood a moment, thinking. Did he really remember? The dream. only a dream, he had to remind himself of this. He shook his head and began to run after the two when a blinding light flashed before his face. He stumbled backwards onto his back, gathered himself quickly he looked around. A small giggle, coming from all directions spoke.
"Link. I'm so glad you made it today. it's very important. Come now we must hurry."
He watched the light zip off to the others. "Navi?" He said to himself as he stood. The others had made a tight circle around a new sprout. He shook his head and continued onward. He caught up with the group as they started to sit down around the sprout. Saria looked to him with a smile and a wink. He returned her smile; she had a way of making him forget all of his problems. He searched the group, the faces of them all, they seemed to be in complete and total happiness, as if this new being had been here for weeks.
The sprout opened its eyes slowly and looked to all of them. Knowledge and understanding seemed to pour from it as it had from the Great Deku Tree. It bowed slightly to each of them, as there wasn't much a trunk to this new being yet, still half way from the ground, and it stood about the height of a normal Kokiri. Then it spoke to them. And the words. the words seem to be soothing as rain, and comforting as a fire on a winters eve.
"My children", the voice began," I am thankful that you have come today. Before you ask, there is a reason that only a select few of you are here. those reasons I keep to myself at this time. But know this, all things will become clear in the near future." A slight unease coursed from the last words spoken, but still it continued, "Soon there will come a time when decisions will be made. Dark times are coming to the lands of Hyrule. Dark indeed. The clouds to the west may have settled for now, but they will soon rise again. And when such a time comes.this forest will be forced to make a decision. To live on as the Children of the Forest. or to die."
A long pause followed the last phrase as the sprout looked at each of the Korkiri in a timely manner. But the words that it spoke were the truth. They had to be, a sprout from the Great Deku Tree, only wisdom could be passed on from such a wonderful being. The sprout smiled to the group and continued.
"Fear not, for there is always a way in which we can avoid all things happening. One of you knows. One of you has lived such a life. One of you alone has the power to stop this end from coming." The sprout stopped and looked directly at Link. Link gasped and almost fell over. All other eyes found their way to him also. How. how could the sprout have known his dream? Then again in his dream the sprout had taken place of the Deku Tree, he was now certain that it was no longer a dream.
"Link?" This was the only word Saria uttered to him. Her smooth hand reached out for him, reluctant for him to touch her or else a worse fate fall on her, he leaped to his feet and bolted out of the glen. Navi was close behind him begging him to slow down.
"Fear not for him, Saria," The sprout said calmly to her, "He knows what he has to do, and what he already has done."
Saria lowered her head and crossed her hands in her lap, "Will it be the same. the same as his dream?"
The sprout lowered its eyes, "No. This is different. What Link had accomplished before, he has only managed to give us more time. I pray that he does not delay too long. The fate of Hyrule rests in his hands once more."
Saria lifted her head, a tear few from her eye and she flashed her trademark smile, " I know he will. Link will not fail us. He has a good heart, a strong will." She turns away to look in the direction that he fled, then she spoke quietly to herself, "I hope he does not fail. for me."
This story takes place after the events of The Ocarina of Time; nothing from Majora's Mask influenced this story.
Part I: The Meeting
A chill breeze found its way through Links' window. Stirring himself awake, he looked around his small room, thinking it had all been a dream. The Princess, the death of the Great Deku tree, even Navi; it had to have been a dream. He looked at his hands, seeing them the way they were when he had gone to bed that night before the dream had taken place; yes they were small. He had hoped against hope that he would be older, as he was in the dream; capable of complex tasks and fighting with the vigor of a true hero. He buried his head in his hands and sighed a long sigh. Dreams don't last forever.
He forced himself out of his bed and through the doorway of his room, looking down upon his beloved Kokiri Village. He smiled, a part of him were glad that the dream was just that. How could he leave such a wonderful place behind? The friends he had here, the simplicity of life; no, there would be no turning away from a place as wonderful as this. He hopped on the ladder and slid down landing quickly onto the soft green grass. A moment later he heard a familiar voice call out to him. Saria.
"There you are!" she smiled to him as she rounded the bin, her bright eyes reflecting the life that beat inside of her body, "I've been looking for you all morning. Did you sleep in late again?"
Link smiled with a small blush as he rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah, looks like I did. I had the strangest dream though, I dreamt that."
"Saria! Link! Come quick!" A voice called to them from the other side of the glen.
Saria casts a curious look to link as he shrugged meekly. The two of them took off in a flash to see what was going on.
'This path is so familiar,' Link thought to himself. It was the path that led to the Great Deku Tree. As the group, seven in total, rounded the last turn the massive out line of the Great Deku Tree could be seen; silhouetted against the morning sun. All around the ground, dead leaves lay as if fall had taken the premise to come early, but as the group got closer, they saw that the Deku Tree was no longer. Its branches were withered and the once brilliant brown of the bark had turned to a rusty green color, seemingly over night. Link stood in awe; what had happened here? Then he remembered his dream. No! It could not be! Dreams have no way of affecting the world we live in!
Link grabbed Saria's hand as they got closer. "Saria. what happened?"
Saria turned and looked at him. "Don't you remember? Think Link, you were there when it happened." Gently he released her hand as she dashed forward with the others. He stood a moment, thinking. Did he really remember? The dream. only a dream, he had to remind himself of this. He shook his head and began to run after the two when a blinding light flashed before his face. He stumbled backwards onto his back, gathered himself quickly he looked around. A small giggle, coming from all directions spoke.
"Link. I'm so glad you made it today. it's very important. Come now we must hurry."
He watched the light zip off to the others. "Navi?" He said to himself as he stood. The others had made a tight circle around a new sprout. He shook his head and continued onward. He caught up with the group as they started to sit down around the sprout. Saria looked to him with a smile and a wink. He returned her smile; she had a way of making him forget all of his problems. He searched the group, the faces of them all, they seemed to be in complete and total happiness, as if this new being had been here for weeks.
The sprout opened its eyes slowly and looked to all of them. Knowledge and understanding seemed to pour from it as it had from the Great Deku Tree. It bowed slightly to each of them, as there wasn't much a trunk to this new being yet, still half way from the ground, and it stood about the height of a normal Kokiri. Then it spoke to them. And the words. the words seem to be soothing as rain, and comforting as a fire on a winters eve.
"My children", the voice began," I am thankful that you have come today. Before you ask, there is a reason that only a select few of you are here. those reasons I keep to myself at this time. But know this, all things will become clear in the near future." A slight unease coursed from the last words spoken, but still it continued, "Soon there will come a time when decisions will be made. Dark times are coming to the lands of Hyrule. Dark indeed. The clouds to the west may have settled for now, but they will soon rise again. And when such a time comes.this forest will be forced to make a decision. To live on as the Children of the Forest. or to die."
A long pause followed the last phrase as the sprout looked at each of the Korkiri in a timely manner. But the words that it spoke were the truth. They had to be, a sprout from the Great Deku Tree, only wisdom could be passed on from such a wonderful being. The sprout smiled to the group and continued.
"Fear not, for there is always a way in which we can avoid all things happening. One of you knows. One of you has lived such a life. One of you alone has the power to stop this end from coming." The sprout stopped and looked directly at Link. Link gasped and almost fell over. All other eyes found their way to him also. How. how could the sprout have known his dream? Then again in his dream the sprout had taken place of the Deku Tree, he was now certain that it was no longer a dream.
"Link?" This was the only word Saria uttered to him. Her smooth hand reached out for him, reluctant for him to touch her or else a worse fate fall on her, he leaped to his feet and bolted out of the glen. Navi was close behind him begging him to slow down.
"Fear not for him, Saria," The sprout said calmly to her, "He knows what he has to do, and what he already has done."
Saria lowered her head and crossed her hands in her lap, "Will it be the same. the same as his dream?"
The sprout lowered its eyes, "No. This is different. What Link had accomplished before, he has only managed to give us more time. I pray that he does not delay too long. The fate of Hyrule rests in his hands once more."
Saria lifted her head, a tear few from her eye and she flashed her trademark smile, " I know he will. Link will not fail us. He has a good heart, a strong will." She turns away to look in the direction that he fled, then she spoke quietly to herself, "I hope he does not fail. for me."