Chapter 2;
Uprooted
"Must you go back so soon, dear?" Robin asked with a big frown as Raven was donning his armor, "It has only been 3 days..."
"I am afraid I must...I don't think they can keep going without me any more." Raven laughed a little.
"I suppose..." Robin said, "Promise to come straight home after?"
Raven nodded, "But of course." he smiled reassuringly, "It's not like I WANT to go off like this..."
"Alright..." Robin sighed, "You take care of yourself, alright?"
"Same to you." he said as he made his way to the door.
"Say bye bye to your daddy~" Robin cooed to Link, who just gave a little hiccup.
Raven gently stroked his son's head for a moment, "See you this afternoon."
Robin kissed him on the cheek, and off he went, to preform is duties.
When Raven arrived at the castle, he was greeted by his closest friends, who were all asking about Robin and Link, and how he felt about being a father now that it's had a few days to sink in. Raven had good reports to give his men on the subject, of course.
"So have you been thinking about what I said?" Spearrow asked, once he got Raven alone.
"Yes..."
"What is your plan?"
"I will tell the knights of what is going to happen...and we will all be prepared to fight that night."
Spearrow nodded, "Yes...that should work out nicely."
"Are you going to help us?"
Spearrow smirked a little, "I will definitely be here! You can count on it." and in saying this, he was not lying.
That day felt like it would drag on forever for Raven...he didn't realize how much he would miss his family until he was away from them for as long as he was. When he arrived home, he was happily greeted by Robin, and of course, little Link.
Raven tried his best to not dread what was coming at the end of the week...he told Robin of it one day before it was to happen.
"Why did you not tell me earlier...?" she asked, a hurt look on her face.
"I did not want to worry you for longer than was necessary..." Raven sighed, sitting next to her.
"I don't want our son to grow up a child of a war as intense as this..."
"Neither do I...but what can we do?"
"I have heard of a place...a forest, that is isolated from the rest of the world." Josephine cut in, "It is called the Kokiri forest. Perhaps you could take the child there?"
Robin and Raven exchanged looks of uncertainty, but knew it was their only option.
"Then...our hope is with the Kokiri..." Robin said, holding her son close.
Raven nodded, "It would seem so..." he sighed, finished getting dressed for tonight's battle.
"I will take him and meet with you back here..." Robin's words seemed to get caught in her throat on the way out.
"Alright..." he nodded slightly, and held Robin close, "...I love you." he said, kissing her, before shifting his gaze to his son, who he held in his arms now, "Grow up to be brave and strong, my son..."
Tears fell down Robin's cheeks as Raven handed Link back to her. He said his final goodbye, and was off into the stormy night that was that night.
"My child...I am not sure of what kind of things are starting to churn tonight..." Josephine sighed, putting her hand on her daughter's shoulder, "But...know that whatever it is, I feel that...Link is going to be very important in it..."
"I do not know what you mean, but...for now, I...have to go." Robin said, still crying, but managing to control it enough to wrap her son up tight and get onto one of their horses, riding off into the night.
On her trek, she was stopped by a large owl.
"Hoo! Stop!" he called, "You are going into the forbidden forest!"
"I must get my son to safety...please...!" she replied, holding her wailing baby boy close to her.
"...I will take you there...but know that YOU will not survive this..."
Robin's eyes widened, and she paused for a second, but regained her determined look, "I do not care. As long as my son lives!"
"Alright." the owl said, "Follow me." he flew off in the direction of the vast Kokiri forest.
The cold rain stung horridly against Robin's skin...she made extra sure that her son was not exposed to the storm as she rode, keeping her eyes on her guide as they went further and further into the forest. They eventually arrived at a large clearing...for some reason, it was not raining there.
In the center was a large tree, with what seemed to be facial features.
"Kaepora Gaebora, who is this?" a booming voice asked.
"A woman trying to find shelter for her son..." the owl, Kaepora Gaebora, answered, "She knows she is sacrificing herself just by coming her, but still insisted.
"...I see..." the voice asked.
"Please...whoever you are, I want my son to live a peaceful life, away from the war...!" she pleaded, sinking to her knees.
"...I will allow this...for the child you hold was born under a special constellation...he will someday become great, I can sense it..." the voice said.
"My child...? I believe you are mistaken...he is just a normal boy..."
"Nay, he has a great fate ahead of him."
"...thank you..." she said, her eyes starting to fade, "For allowing Link to stay here..." she kissed her son's forehead one last time, "I love you, Link..."
And just like that, she collapsed, the child landing softly on the grass, wailing louder than he already had been as he thrashed.
"There there, little one..." a fairy that had been listening to the whole conversation said, "It will be alright..." he stroked the child's hair, "We'll take good care of you!" he smiled.
Link gave a confused look, crying turning to a sniffle as he reached at the shiny light that was hovering above him.
The male fairy laughed a little, "Link was it?" he said, "Nice to meet ya, Link. I'm Gaet."
"Gaet...bring the child hither so that I may keep him safe..." the booming voice said, and the tree seemed to open it's mouth.
Gaet nodded, and got a few other fairies to help him in bringing the child into the tree.
"Great Deku Tree...are you sure we should allow this...?" one fairy asked.
The Great Deku Tree gave a sound of agreement, "Yes...You will all see my reasoning for this one day..."
"Alright...you're the boss." the little fairy said, giving a slight shrug, "So this is a Hylian, huh...?" she poked the baby's cheek.
"Stop that!" Gaet scolded, pulling the little fairy away from him, "You don't poke em like that!"
"Awww..." the small fairy frowned, "But big brother...!"
"But nothin', Navi!" he said, poking Navi hard on the arm, "See? Don't feel good, does it?"
"Owie!" she squealed, holding where he had just injured her, "I didn't poke him THAT hard!"
"Babies are sensitive! It probably FELT like that to him!" Gaet nodded, pleased with his wisdom.
"...ohh...I'm sorry, baby!" Navi frowned to the child.
When Navi turned around to face the child again, he simply laughed at her.
Other fairies gathered around to observe the outsider who would be living amongst them.
"...Great Deku Tree...?" Gaet asked, breaking away from the crowd while everyone else doted over how adorable the child was.
"Yes, Gaet?"
"Are...you going to raise him to know of his ancestry...?"
"No...he will grow up thinking he is a normal Kokiri until the time is right..."
"Why?"
"Just because he will have a big role to play in the fate of our world does not mean he must live his first few years knowing so...he should have the right to a normal childhood, just as anyone else..."
"I see...You are very wise, Great Deku Tree!" Gaet smiled.
The Deku Tree chuckled softly, "I should hope so, with as long as I have been here..."
"Great Deku Tree...?" asked a young girls' voice, walking up to them.
"Yes? What is it, Saria?"
"I heard some crying...is there something wrong...?" asked the young child with short, green hair.
"There is a new child among us today." he answered, "His name is Link."
"Ah? A new Kokiri?" her face lit up in a smile as the three year old ran up to where the fairies were gathered to get a look.
The infant smiled up at Saria, laughing sweetly when his eyes met hers.
"He's adorable!" Saria squealed, holding him carefully, "Hi there, Link! I'm Saria!"
Link babbled a little at her.
"Sa-ri-a." she said slowly, still with a big smile on her face.
Link sort of imitated her lip motion, but still messed up the sound.
"It's alright, you'll get it~" she giggled, "We'll be good friends, okay?"
Author's Notes:
Hi all! Soooo...yeah...thanks for reading this story so far~ It'll get better as I go, I promise! See, this is being done for NaNoWriMo(National Novel Writing Month). If you have any suggestions, I'd just LOVE to hear 'em~
I hope you all liked it, and will like what is yet to come.
~KidGoku13
