Book 1: The Rescue of the Saviour

By JoeMoron2000

Chapter 1: The Tale of the Mother

The thunder raged just beyond the trees, but it was just a storm, nothing to be afraid of. They lived in the Forest, using the crude wooden houses only to have a "home". Rain was natural, it was fresh, and it was necessary. That was not what startled them.

A strong burst of wind, and the storm blew over the Forest itself. The children danced in the rain, unafraid. Lighting crashed overhead, but again, it was to be expected. That was not what startled them, either. The Kokiri were accustomed to the ways of the Sky and the Earth and the Forest.

No, it was the giant being that appeared in the forest that was frightening.

Nadu was nearest when it happened, and she fled for cover. The long-abandoned, absurdly overgrown path out to the mysterious lands only known as "Hyrule" had been breached. The rotting hollow tree had once again been put to use, and through it climbed what the small Kokiri could only describe as a huge female with a child. But as the Children of the Forest, hiding in their houses, peeked at the being, they became increasingly aware of her bruises, and that if she were here to attack, she wouldn't last long at all. "Overexertion", they believed it was called.

"Big sis?" came a voice, and Nadu turned around. "Is big woman here to hurt us?" Her little sister was only three, but knew the tongue as well as anybody.

As Nadu turned back to look at the mysterious woman, she decided to find out for herself. "Wait here, Sary", she said.

She bravely put her hand on the doorknob and turned it, and, with a display of fearlessness that she knew she didn't have, she leaped off the platform and approached the lady.

"Who-who are you?" she asked in a voice she hoped didn't convey her fear. "Who are you?" she said again.

The woman smiled weakly, but didn't respond.

Picking up a long stick and wielding it like a sword, she demanded, in a higher pitched tone than she would have liked, "Answer the question!"

"ENOUGH," came a booming voice, and Nadu instantly dropped the stick and looked up. "NADU, THY BRAVERY IS NOTED, BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME."

"But, Gre--"

"I UNDERSTAND THY CONCERN. HOWEVER, I CAN SENSE THAT THIS WOMAN AND HER CHILD POSE NO THREAT; QUITE THE CONTRARY. I CAN SENSE GREAT POTENTIAL."

"I understand, Great Deku Tree," Nadu said respectfully.

Slowly, more of the Kokiri approached the woman, until she was completely surrounded.

As the oldest of the Kokiri at the wonderfully young age of 25, Nadu was the de-facto leader. In an effort to uphold the Deku Tree's belief that the woman was important, she said, "Come on, everyone, let's get her bandaged up!"

Many hours later, the clouds finally parted, and the sun once again shone upon the Kokiri Forest. It had been a long night, and the Kokiri were tired from their efforts. Yet, despite their greatest doctors and the potions, they were unable to heal her wounds, now believed to have been caused by magic. Slowly, she was slipping away, and her child cried.

Knowing that there was little time before she expired completely, the Great Deku tree requested a meeting. "BRING HER TO ME, NADU. THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT, AND I WISH TO SPEAK WITH HER. ALONE."

Curious, but resigning to the will of their Guardian Spirit, she complied, and she and a few others carefully carried the stirring woman to the tree, bowed, and respectfully left.

Nobody knows what was said, save the tree and the woman, but after ten minutes of waiting, the Kokiri were summoned back, and the Deku Tree spoke.

"SHE HAS SPOKEN, AND I HAVE DECIDED. YE SHALL RAISE THE BOY AS ONE OF OUR OWN. THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT HIM. HE SHALL SERVE A PURPOSE ONE DAY, BUT UNTIL THEN, HE SHALL BE SHELTERED AND RAISED AS KOKIRI, AND HIS NAME SHALL BE LINK."

Like the Great Deku Tree, he sensed it, the unmistakable call of destiny; a higher purpose. He knew that there was a reason these two were successful in their attempt to hide in the Forest, but he knew not what it was. The Civil War was almost over; he knew that the Goddesses would aid him there. His plan was already in motion, and he knew that he could trust them again. But he could tell that they had also delivered the two here safely so that something else, something far worse, could be stopped.

Both he and the Deku Tree knew that their arrivals would change the world, but he feared something the Great Deku Tree could not possibly know about, and it troubled him greatly.

Kazimir knew about Hyrule.