1. Pass up the magic beans
"LINK! Behind you!" Link whipped around to see the deku baba snapping at his head.
"Thanks," he panted, as he used the Sword of Time (or the Master sword) to slash at the stalk.
"You should treat that weapon with more care. It's not your old Kokiri sword you know!" Zelda smiled. She walked to him, and used her magic to summon a fairy to heal him.
"I know, I will." He looked at the Great Deku Tree. Its dead leaves hung limp, and its twisted branches swayed sadly with the wind.
"I thought . . ." Link began. He glanced at the grey Deku Tree, and continued, "It's strange. If the curse on the Deku Tree was from Ganandolf, I would have thought that, even after seven years, if I killed him, the curse would have lifted."
Zelda sighed. "Link, the curse . . . killed the Great Deku Tree, just after you got the green spiritual stone. You couldn't have helped him." Link still felt that it was his fault. He shook his head.
"Let's just talk to Mido. He said he had something he had to show us."
So the two of them walked to where Mido was, just behind the shop in the Kokiri Forest. Other children, Kokiri's, were there too. The strange thing about these children, was that they never grew up! They were exactly as Link remembered them seven years ago.
"Hey, I found . . . this. I think it's a soil patch, it leads up there. Nobody can get to it. We think something important is up there; we heard a funny noise. I wouldn't be surprised if it was that boy, that one Saria used to hang around with, up to something funny. Huh, I'll bet! Running around with our sacred sword like it was a toy, why, if only I found it first . . ."
As Mido rambled on, Link knew that Mido was talking about him, (or the child him) and rolled his eyes. He looked up and saw a little crevice, then looked down at the soil patch. It was exactly like those ones he used to plant 'magic' beans.
"I think to get up there . . . we'll need magic beans . . ." Link muttered. "The guy who sells them sits by Zora River, or he did anyway. But they take years grow!" he moaned in despair.
"So?" Zelda said. "We've got seven years!" Link looked at her, puzzled at first, but then he realised. He dragged her a little way away from the others and talked it through.
"You mean use the Sword to go back in time?" he hissed.
"Why not? For all we know, a Ganondolf wannabe could be hiding up there, making his power secretly get stronger, and as the Queen of Hyrule, I cannot let that happen. We have to be cautious but aware." Zelda whispered back.
"Quickly, go and use the ocarina of time to warp to the Temple. Come back here when you're done. Get help from me if you need it, but don't forget, seven years ago, I was just the Princess. The guards won't let you in; you'll have to sneak in the other way."
"Okay then . . ." he said, and got going. He warped to the Temple of Time, put the sword back, and before he knew it, he was a child again.
'Right, now lets get those beans,' he thought determinedly. He ran all the way to Zora river, where the chubby and lazy Bean Guy was sitting.
"I need some more of those Magic Beans!" Link panted, pushing his blond hair away from his eyes.
"So you liked 'em and came back for more eh?" Bean Guy chuckled. "Well, they're all the rage now. It'll 150 rupees."
"What?! For one tiny bean?" Link complained.
"No, for one tiny magic bean!"
"How about 200 rupees for two beans?" questioned Link. He hoped that the Bean Guy was dumb enough to agree. Bean Guy grunted.
"Fine. When you plant them, you gotta-"
"I know!" interrupted Link, hurrying away and grinning happily. He had to run quickly though; night was falling and if he didn't move fast he would have to fight those Stalchids. 'But I could always just play the sun's song, or use a light arrow, no problem.' But as he ran to Kokiri Forest, he realised that what was bothering him wasn't that he'd have to fight them, but that he was so used to a little fairy friend telling him how to fight them. 'Navi,' he thought sadly.
When Link reached Kokiri Forest, it was pitch black, and the lights in the huts were fully on. He worked quickly and quietly. He located the soil patch and planted one bean, but he saved the other for when he might need it.
He left the forest, but as he crossed the bridge, he suddenly became aware of someone standing near him, so he whipped around to see . . . Saria.
"Link," she murmured. Dressed in her green clothing, she held a small, dainty ocarina in her hand. "Haven't seen you in a while . . . or heard from you either . . . why don't you play your ocarina and talk with me?"
"I'm sorry," Link said, uncomfortably, "I've been busy searching for the medallions-"
"What medallions? I thought you were searching for the spiritual stones?" She interrupted curiously.
"I am!" Link said quickly, forgetting that she wouldn't understand. He sighed. "Never mind . . ."
Then it was her turn to sigh. She didn't understand him sometimes. She'd been his friend for a long time, but after he'd spoken to the Great Deku Tree, there was something different about him; she couldn't place her finger on it.
"Then I suppose you'd better get back to what ever you do . . ."
"Yep. Watch out for Mido!" Link called over his shoulder, grinning.
She smiled back. "I will." As she left, she could have sworn she heard a strange little tune being played, and when she looked back, many yellow sparkles of yellow light were rising into the pale sky.