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Hello peoples, and welcome to the first chapter of my new fic, Navi the Kokiri! It's just an idea that popped into my mind out of nowhere, and I would love to write about it. Funny enough it came to me when I was playing wind waker of all things! Anyhoo, enough babbling! On with the fic!

Intro

It was mid day in Kokiri forest, and the sun shone brightly. The children of the forest, the Kokiri, were trying to stay cool in the intense summer heat. Some stayed indoors; others sat under the vast amounts of trees that were scattered through the village. Some even played in the village pond. Though they all enjoyed a blissful life, they could never forget one Kokiri boy. His name was Link. He had a fairy named Navi. The two of them disappeared one day, and never came back. At least, Navi never did.

Link had returned to the village many times. However each time it was to look for Navi. It baffled everyone, even Saria. Saria was the unofficial fairy girl, who had taken it upon herself to keep track of and take care of everyone's fairies. As for Navi, she had left not a trace. Her own fairy, Talon, had not seen Navi in the forest, nor had any other fairies in the forest. Despite not knowing where she was, Link continued to look frantically for her. However one day upon returning to the village, he stayed for more than a day. In fact, he stayed for a month or two. In that month or two, everyone in the village learned of his great voyage to the great land of Hyrule outside the forest. They learned many new things about the outside world. However they also learned that Link himself wasn't a Kokiri child. He was Hylian. Even so, they all welcomed him.

While their welcome was received graciously, he knew it would not last. Knowing this, he told them that he was staying for as long as he was because he wanted everyone to get a chance to be with him before he departed for good. He also told them he was going to a distant land far from Hyrule called Termina, where he was sure he'd find Navi. The entire Kokiri village was reluctant to let him leave, but they knew they had no choice in the matter. The Kokiri knew that Link would one day return, even if he was an… adult. The one who was the most shocked was Saria, and she was deeply saddened by his departure from them. On the day of his goodbye, the Kokiri had a tremendous celebration for him, where they made delicacies and special drinks just for him. This sending-off celebration was just what Link deserved, and exactly what he needed for the long journey ahead.

Just before he could leave that night however, Saria had stopped him on the bridge at the forest's edge just like she had when he first left the forest. They had a small conversation as they talked of fond memories and of the good times they shared. Upon ending their conversation, Saria stood silently and watched as the boy she had become such good friends with left the forest for good. However just before he could disappear, Saria yelled his name. As he turned around, all he could see was Saria running towards him, and just before he could prepare to catch her, she jumped at him and knocked him down. Now on top of him, she threw her head down and placed her lips on his. While it was a short lived moment of passion, both of them understood what they felt for one another, and they both said 'I love you' to one another. It was with this that Link left the Kokiri village, leaving behind not only his childhood, but his one first true love, Saria.

Chapter 1: The Transformation (Part 1)

A small wisp with wings fluttered through the forest; it was a blue ball of light, of which flew at very high speed, as if it were being chased. However this was not the case. In fact, it was the one chasing something. It was chasing after another fairy, a green one. The two fairies sped through the forest at breakneck speed, only to end up in Kokiri village. The green one, even though it had been a fair amount in front of the blue one before, was slowly losing its lead on the blue one. In a last ditch effort to lose the blue fairy, it dove under some brush. Unfortunately for the green fairy, it was a dead end, and it was tackled by the blue one just as it turned to face it. Tiny, high pitched giggles could be heard emanating from the bush. The two fairies emerged, being the giggling ones.

The blue one spoke with a high pitched, nasally girl's voice,

"I told you I would get you Chance!"

The green fairy, 'Chance', glared at the blue girl fairy and said,

"Yeah, well whatever! I could catch you any day too Trixie!"

The other fairy, Trixie, simply laughed at her friend and flew off in the opposite direction. Once again glaring at her, Chance followed. While going through the village, they saw all of the Kokiri children were rather down. The low energy they felt flowing through the air almost sucked the life out of them. A confused look formed on Chance's face while Trixie's face turned into a concerned one. As they flew deeper into the village, towards the former deku tree, they saw less and less people, but that was to be expected. However the one face they were hoping to see, Mido, was nowhere to be found. Normally he and his fairy Norman would roam around the pond, and occasionally guard the entrance to the Deku Tree's meadow, but he was not there today. When they finally reached the Great Deku Tree's Meadow, they both found a limb high on the tree, and sat together. Looking over the village, it was not too hard to tell that there wasn't much going on.

Turning to Chance, Trixie said worriedly,

"Chance, I wonder what happened?"

Giving her a bewildered look, he replied,

"I can't say I know or anything… but I'm guessing from the way the air flowed, it was because someone left the village."

"Really, you think so?"

"Well, that's the feeling I got. I don't know about you, but I'm guessing that it was Link."

Trixie looked at him in shock, and then she formed a look of disbelief on her face before exclaiming,

"Link wouldn't leave! Why would he? I know he was looking for Navi, but why would he stay for so long if he was just going to leave?"

"Well, were you there when Link told the story of how he's a Hylian and that he was going to have to leave eventually anyway?"

Looking and feeling defeated, Trixie hunched down in her seat and a glazed look fell over her eyes. Then they began to turn glassy. Trixie then said, while tears began streaming down her cheeks,

"I know… it's just, I didn't want Link to go… I wanted him to talk more about his adventures to us, and I wanted him to stay because… I… wanted to be his fairy…"

Looking at her with sympathy, he put an arm around her shoulders and gently held her close while comforting her. He understood the way she felt. All of the girl fairies wanted to be Link's fairy. They remembered when Navi was chosen over a year ago to be Link's fairy. Everyone was jealous of her, and that only fed her growing pride. Despite having a large ego, she still handled everything with a sense of gentleness and kindness. At least, when it came to all of her fairy friends.

Flashback

It was not very well known that the Deku Tree was dying. Yes, the Great Deku Tree, guardian of the forest, was slowly being eaten away at the roots by a beast beset upon him by the dark wizard Ganondorf. Only two or three fairies knew the truth; others simply lived in ignorant bliss. One of the fairies that knew the Deku tree's fate was Navi. She was considered the Deku Tree's attendant, though she was not perfect at it. She was successful most of the time, but not without botching something up in the process. Even so, Navi the fairy was considered his best aide. No one else in the fairy kingdom could really do what Navi could, so that meant she was consistently the best candidate, even with her constant mess ups.

At the same time this was occurring however, there was a much larger piece of news that all of the girl fairies were set on; there was a boy in the Kokiri village that had no fairy. His name was link; he had blonde hair and blue eyes, and was, according to all of the girl fairies that had seen him, cute as a button. It seemed to be every girl's dream in the fairy kingdom to be his fairy.

Typically in the world of fairy guardians, each fairy would be assigned to a Kokiri child of the opposite gender. Although there were some exceptions, such as Mido and Norman, and Tina and Tara. There were other exceptions, but those were the most well known. As for Link, he wouldn't be one of those exceptions. He would be a normal Kokiri now. With a fairy by the name of Navi; Navi the fairy.

It was a crisp spring day, as the air was frigid and the dew on the grass was heavy. The smell of the dew wafted through the air, and woke all the early risers. Link, however, was not one of them. He was a late riser, and typically slept into the late morning. His routine would change however when he was suddenly awakened by a fairy. This fairy shone a bright blue, with gently fluttering wings. As she hovered above him, she was constantly telling him to wake up. When he sat up and stretched, he looked at the fairy once more. The fairy then proceeded to tell him her name; Navi the fairy.

Earlier that morning, just as the sun began to rise, Navi was called to the forest meadow by the Great Deku Tree. It was normal for her to be called many times a day. However this was strange; she was never called this early in the morning. She rushed to the meadow to see him. When she arrived, she found that he was looking rather pale; was it the time of the morning? The weather maybe? Whatever it was, she mentioned it to him. He replied by saying that it was his condition that was causing it. Navi's expression, of which only the Deku Tree could see, was that of horror and grief. Settling her, he told her why he had called for her.

He had called her to explain to her about Link. At first she was caught off guard hearing Link's name brought up in this situation. A small part of her thought that it might be the Deku tree assigning her to Link. The Deku Tree went on with his explanation, eventually coming to the point that he wanted her to hear the most. He told her that Link was the only hope for Hyrule, as he was the one who would save it from the evil wizard Ganondorf. Skeptical as she was, she could never deny that the Deku Tree was right. Now that she'd heard this, she was even more unprepared to hear what he had to say next. He told her to be Link's fairy for his quest.

She was dumbfounded; out of all the fairies in the entire kingdom, she got the prized possession that each of them wanted so much. How was it that she of all fairies was chosen? Why? What was the purpose for making her Link's fairy? Then he explained that it was because he had watched her the whole time she did his bidding. He continued to tell her how she was the best qualified to watch over Link, because of many, many reasons. By the time he was done explaining her qualifications, her head was spinning. Of course when he spoke, she listened. His final command before she left was to bring Link back to the forest meadow. On his command, she sped away in the direction of the village.

Link was overwhelmed, even if it was just having a fairy. Of course, he was even more overtaken when Navi explained that she was there to also bring Link to see the Great Deku Tree. When he was ready, the two of them left in the direction of the deku tree. Unbeknownst to them, there were thousands upon thousands of zealous fairy girls burning holes through Navi. If one looked around the forest, they might see it glowing brightly. From that day, every girl in the fairy kingdom will remember the name of the one who took what they had always wanted; Navi, the fairy.

End Flashback

Chance continued to hold the sobbing fairy girl, knowing that she was just upset knowing that Link was free, but she couldn't claim him. None of the fairies could. In fact, since he was a Hylian, being his fairy was taboo. There was only one way they could be his fairy, and that was to be assigned by the Great Deku Tree. That was impossible now. Of course, that didn't mean that a fairy couldn't break the rule. Although it would mean being exiled from the forest. None of the fairies in the forest were willing enough to give their freedom in the forest up for one person.

Trixie finished her sobbing fit, and looked up to Chance with watery eyes. Then she looked back down while sniffling, wiped away her tears, and then looked back up at him with a smile. Then she asked him,

"Hey Chance?"

"What's up?"

"Do you think you know what happened to Navi?"

Chance took a moment to think before giving her a sheepish look and replying,

"… I don't know anything…"

Trixie looked at him with a hard glare and a frown before saying,

"I know when you're lying you bastard; now tell me what you know!"

Knowing he was defeated, he gave in and looked at her with a solemn expression. Taking another short pause to gather together his thoughts, he replied with,

"Well, if you really wanna know, then I think that you should know that she was the one who told me not to tell."

"And since when have you seen her and I haven't?"

Dumbfounded and feeling a little left out, she demanded an answer from her lifelong companion,

"Well… it was… a rather unfortunate kind of meeting."

This caught Trixie off guard; she thought that he'd be rubbing it in like he always did, but she supposed that it was a more serious meeting if he was being so down about it. What was so serious about the confrontation, she was going to have to find out, but for now she was going to listen to what he had to say,

"How so?"

"Well… when I saw her, she was not herself; it was like she was depressed about something. When I talked to her, she ended up expressing that she was only supposed to be Link's fairy for the duration of their adventure together. She had left him reluctantly, and when she returned to the forest, she told me she sobbed. Ever since that time, I've wondered where she went. All I can remember is that she said she was going somewhere where she 'wouldn't be disturbed'. I couldn't tell you where that is, but I'm guessing it's someplace that no one would suspect. Where do you think that would be—"

"The forest temple… the forest temple is where she is I'll bet!"

Looking at her like she'd sprouted a second head, Chance had to question her reasoning,

"And what gave you that idea?"

"Well, think about it; where is somewhere that the fairies never go?"

"The Forest Temple, but—"

She cut him off and asked,

"Okay, and where did Navi say she would go?"

"A place where she wouldn't be disturbed, but—"

"Exactly! So that means if she doesn't want to be disturbed and no fairies go to the forest temple, then doesn't that mean that she'd go to the forest temple?"

After a short silence, Chance shook his head at her and reluctantly agreed. Just before he could say anything in response however, she cut him off once more and said,

"Well then that settles it! No ands, ifs, or buts about it! If you don't wanna come with me, it's fine! Just remember that I'll be the only one in the temple, with all the creepy monsters inside—"

"Alright, alright I'll go! Just remember that we're doing this for Navi, alright?"

Trixie shook her head up and down vigorously in affirmation before shooting off for the lost woods shouting,

"C'mon Chance! Hurry your ass up already!"

Yelling after Trixie, Chance followed behind her as fast as he could, both of them flying the direction of the Forest Temple.

3 months earlier…

If one looked to the highest window of the Temple of Time, one could see a bright blue dot floating about. If one got a closer look at it, they could make out wings. It was a fairy. This fairy was headed in the direction of the forest. This fairy was named Navi. The reason she was in the Temple of Time in the first place was because of a boy named Link. Link and Navi had grown fond of one another; so much so that, since she was only assigned to be his fairy until the end of his journey, neither one of them could bear to part. Even so, off Navi flew. She did not tell Link about their limited amount of time together. Link called after her, running out of the temple, and out into the castle town. He called and called, but all he saw were confused faces around him. She was gone. Nothing to remember her by either; simply the sight of her flying out of the single window in the altar tower that held the Master Sword. He hung his head, and trudged out of town, with the single goal in his mind; he was going to find Navi, no matter what.

The fairy in question was already at the entrance to the forest. Entering, she flew as hard and fast as she could into the deepest reaches of the forest where even fairies seldom trod. Plopping down, she began to sob. Why? Why did she have to leave Link? Why was she only assigned to him for a partial period of time? The questions rolled around in her head, feeding the leaking faucets that were her eyes. When she finally settled down, she looked around and found that she was in a familiar part of the woods. The answer wouldn't dawn on her until she saw someone familiar. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a bright green light shooting in her direction. Before she could react, the light knocked her over. Both she and the light tumbled down a small hill before coming to a stop. When Navi got up, she looked right at the green light to find that it was none other than Chance.

Walking over to him, she slapped him twice. Once on each cheek. Chance sat up after receiving his wake up call, and simply rubbed his cheeks. Then he realized just who it was that he'd elicited the two slaps from; it was Navi. She had returned to the forest after all this time away, and yet all he got from her was two slaps in the face. Not that he didn't deserve it, but he still felt like it was a crappy way of saying 'I'm back'. Looking her right in the eye, he finally said,

"Navi, what brings you to this neck of the woods?"

She looked at him with a generally distressed look on her face before replying,

"… Well, if you'd really like to know, then follow me…"

Shortly after saying that, she flew in the opposite direction of Chance. Shortly after Chance followed suit and trailed her to a small clearing in the forest. She sat upon a stump in the middle of the clearing, afterward being accompanied by Chance. Just before Chance could say anything to break the ice, Navi went straight into her story. As he sat and listened, he could not believe his ears. She had been places that he hadn't even dreamed of going, like Death Mountain, Zora's Domain, and Lake Hylia, even Kakariko Village and Hyrule Castle. Of her wild and crazy adventures with Link, she remembered one better than the rest; it was the memory of going through the Great Deku Tree and defeating Queen Ghoma. It was that memory that started the entire bonding experience with Link. Of course the longer she went on, the more the story centered on how great Link was. By the time she'd reached the part about Ganon's defeat, she was focused solely on Link's power and might.

As she finished her tall tale, she began to tear up. Chance knew what was going to happen, and tried what he could to keep the waterworks from happening, but Navi was simply too upset to keep under control, and she began to sob in the boy fairy's arms. Shortly after finishing her sobbing fit, she calmed herself once more and told Chance what she intended to do. Chance bought into it, but was short changed when she told him that she planned to go someplace where she 'wouldn't be disturbed'. He would have figured on her at least going out and finding Link again, but it was not so. She simply gave up on ever seeing him again and was going to go somewhere into the forest to lament over her lost companion. Chance knew it wouldn't last forever and that she'd bounce back eventually, but when that was, he didn't know. In the mean time, Navi would be in the spot where she said she would be; a place where she 'Wouldn't be disturbed'…

Present

"Boy I hope she's still there."

"Don't worry Chance, knowing her she is probably still there. After all, she keeps her word when it comes to things like that."

Looking down at the ground, he began to wonder if Navi would truly be there after so long. He was sure that she'd heard of Link's return through Saria. Not that she would jump at the idea of seeing him once more, but he couldn't be sure. He simply prayed that the goddesses would watch over her and guide her. As they continually got closer and closer to the forest temple, they began to see the tell tale signs of the entrance. The maze was a huge hint, with the mad scrubs that lay around nearly every corner of it. Next was the long, almost corridor like path that was completely covered in trees. Then finally the staircase that lead to the actual temple courtyard. There stood a large tree beside the entrance; the stairs going up to the entrance were completely destroyed, making it nigh impossible to enter the temple without climbing the tree beside it or using a tool of some sort to climb to the top. There also laid a stump, of which was Saria's favorite sitting place when she would play the forest melody that could be heard throughout the forest.

Saria was nowhere to be found today however; therefore the forest stood still in silence. It was very strange to the fairies, which had grown used to the beautiful melody. Both of them knew where Saria was; she was at home sorting out her emotions and trying to come to terms with Link's goodbye. They both knew what she was going through; it was the same thing that Navi was going through. While it weighed heavily on their minds, they continued into the Temple.

As they entered the inner courtyard, they were confronted by two wolfos. Neither of them attacked, but rather stared at the fairies as if they were waiting for them to speak. Since Trixie was already hiding behind him, it was up to Chance to speak to the two wolf demons,

"Uh… hey there, wolfos… heh heh… you wouldn't mind telling us if you've seen another fairy pass through here would you?"

The two beasts looked at one another, then back at the fairy before giving him a friendly look. The one on the left began to speak first,

"Welcome to the forest temple. My brother and I keep guard day and night to protect and preserve this temple. If you wish to enter, you must first prove yourself worthy to enter."

"… That wasn't what I was looking for… what I wanted to know was—"

"Yes, we have seen a fairy pass through here," interrupted the wolfos on the right, "However we shall not tell where she hides, for she specifically requested to keep all those seeking for her out of the temple."

Now they knew where Navi was. However getting to her was going to be trouble now. If they were wise, the two fairies would have turned back and went towards the fairy village, or to see Saria, or something of the sort. Of course, these were not wise fairies. They were young, naïve, and very, very stupid. Either that or they were very brave, of which no one would agree with. Looking at one another, they concluded that the only way to get in was through the wolfos, and they had an idea that might get them through. Chance turned to Trixie and said,

"Okay, you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"I sure hope so!"

"Well tell me what you're thinking!"

"Alright, what I was thinking was that we can just fly over the wolfos and straight into the temple through the door."

"Great, that's what I was planning! Alright, on your mark,"

Both fairies turned into position to shoot over the beasts,

"Get set,"

They lowered themselves as if they were going to run a race. Both of them looked right at the door with determination in their eyes, and an unwavering, confident expression. When they were both ready, Chance gave the final word,

"GO!"

And they were off like lightning. Over the creatures they went, only to fly face first into an invisible barrier. Slowly, they squeaked down the barrier wall until they simply peeled off and landed on the ground defeated. The wolfos themselves were laughing hysterically over the antics of the two sprites, which were obviously too stupid to think things through before they attempted anything. After a minute of laughter, Trixie and Chance lifted themselves painfully to their feet. They felt like they'd been hit by a freight train. Both of them shot a dirty look at the now crying wolves, who simply kept laughing at them.

Finally their laughter died down after a few minutes, and both re-assumed their position as guards. The wolfos on the right spoke first once again,

"If you would have listened to us, and learned of the trial that would prove your worth to enter the temple, you could have prevented such a foolish thing from happening."

The fairies blushed, Trixie more heavily than Chance. Knowing they were embarrassed, the wolfos didn't wait for them to say anything,

"Even so, we shall explain the trial. The first of these that you need to do is to retrieve a very rare flower that lies deep within the lost woods. It is a flower that's called the Kokiri's Gardenia. It is a beautiful flower, which is tinged green on the tips of the outer petals, while the center is a deep blue. Next, you must obtain a fairy ocarina, of which you must play a song that can only be taught by Saria the Kokiri guardian of the forest. Finally, you must battle the two of us and after defeating us you shall enter."

The only thing on Chance's mind was how much work this was all going to be. Sure, it was probably going to be easy enough to round up all the pieces of the puzzle, but to fight the wolfos was going to be a completely different problem. They couldn't fight; they were just fairies! What can a pint sized little sprite do against a comparably gigantic beast? Surely not that much. Of course, what other way was there to get into the temple? They had to get in there to see Navi. Otherwise, how would they know how she was doing or if she was going to come back? Trixie was the first to leave, with Chance right behind her…

And that's a wrap! Sorry for leaving you hanging, but what can I say? This thing is already long enough, so why the hell should I make it any longer? After all, if I'm going to make a chapter of this average length, I figure that I want to only have to write half as much per chapter! It means more updates for you and an easier workload for me! So that's how that goes! So, with that said, please leave a kind review and I will be back with part 2 in a short while!

-JT Jewels