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They appeared in a dark forest. Wild vegetation covered the ground and tall, skinny pine trees loomed all around them; a mist flowed between
their branches, creating an eerie atmosphere.
"Where are we?" Mihn asked nervously, holding onto Leah's tunic again.
"This is not kokiri village," Mido said tensely, he didn't like the dark ravens flying over them.
"Mihn, what were you thinking about when you opened the portal the first time?"
"I was thinking of the story of the wolf that Ran always tells," she answered. Ran, like Saria, was also a plant kokiri who loved to invent
stories.
"Who are you?"
They all turned to find a boy standing near them. He was slightly taller than Saria, who was the tallest of the five, and had blond hair and
blond eyebrows that outlined clear blue eyes. He had pointed ears like them, but he was not one of them. He stood straight and wore strange
clothes of a soft, black fabric they didn't recognize. A blue pendant graced his brow. His presence reeked of a power they didn't now, and Saria
and Mido poised in a prepared stance to protect the younger girls.
"You appeared out of nowhere, how did you do that?" the boy asked.
"Who are you?" Mido returned the question. "Do you mean us harm?"
The boy looked confused at the question. "No, I am merely curious. My name is Link, or at least that's what they tell me."
"Where are we?" Saria asked. She felt unnerved at his handsome appearance.
"This is the kingdom of Hyrule, ruled by the wolf prince."
"Wolf prince!?" Maddie exclaimed appalled "we must go back to kokiri village! Mihn take us back now!"
"Shh!" Link held his hand up for a moment, demanding their silence, and looked to the distance at his right side with concentration. He turned
to them again with a serious expression "They're coming, please don't move."
He met Saria's eyes, and she felt something pulling at her, as if her power was being called. And that's exactly what was happening, for
suddenly plants began to appear out of nowhere and covered them.
'How did he do that?' Saria wondered, terrified that her power had being manipulated from her so easily by a complete strange. 'Who is he
really?'
"Stay very still and they'll think you're just trees. But I can't hide your presence if you make any kind of noise, so please remain quiet." Link
said in a whisper.
Who are they? The five of them wondered.
They didn't have to wonder for too long, for at that moment they could hear the sound of several people running toward them at great speed.
Three strange women were approaching Link, they were all unique in their appearances: the first had long, red hair braided to her side and
wide, strangely vivid green eyes; she was dressed in a beautiful light blue shirt with a darker corset and her baggy dark pants were made of a
fabric that made them flow with the wind. The second woman had also long hair, but hers was as dark as ebony and her eyes were an icy
blue. She was dressed in a similar outfit but hers were of an ocean blue color. The third woman had short, blond hair that was shortest at her
back neck and longest at the sides. Her dark eyes looked around her with arrogance and intelligence and her outfit was completely white. The
three of them stopped in front of Link who stood as if he hadn't just had an encounter with five particular people.
The five kokiri children almost flinched when the woman with the blond, short hair slapped Link so hard he took an involuntary step back, but
they were wise enough not to do the slightest movement.
"What aren't you inside the castle?" she demanded angrily.
Link turned to her, refusing to show the pain inflicted by the slap and straightening himself to stand with dignity. "I was not aware that I was
confined to the castle." he simply said indifferently.
"I am sick and tired of your attitude! You are always the same no matter how many times we take your m—"
"Oris!" the woman with the red hair reprimanded her. She went closer to Link, trying to intimidate him with her looming presence, but Link
would not change his dignified posture. She frowned at him, trying not to give in to her frustration, how could he not feel threatened by her
presence? Even the strongest soldier in the castle knew to respect her. "You are now aware that you cannot leave the castle," she said to
him. "Go back."
"I will go back in a moment," he answered in a flat tone.
"I will not suffer your impertinence, you will go back now."
However, Link did not move. He had no desire to go back to the cold, tall walls of the castle and was curious to know more about the five
weird people he had found. Oris had had enough of his indifferent, disrespectful attitude, and in a flash she had him pinned against a tree.
"Don't push it boy, if I had my way I would have taken your life long ago, count yourself lucky that Prince Ganondorf is a merciful lord." she said
against his face.
Link then did something he hadn't dared to do in front of them: he used his power. For some reason, he couldn't do it while in the castle, and
now that he was about to he felt momentarily afraid that it would fail him. However, he was relieved when he felt himself sliding out of his
body and into the tree. His body then became a marionette he could control. Unaware of what had happened, Oris let go of the boy, who felt
on the ground and for some strange reason struggled for a moment to stand up. When he finally did, he walked pass them toward the castle.
"I can never tell what that he's thinking," Lune, the woman with the black hair, said pensively "and I don't like it." They followed him.
When they were a good distance away from him, Link slid out of the tree and ended his spell on the Kokiri children. They all felt unnerved at
what had happened, and more so when there now seemed to be two Links: the one who left and the one who stood before them
transparently, as if he was a ghost.
"I can't retain this form for too long, so we must talk quickly" Link said "where do you come from? Who are you?"
"We are called the Kokiri children," Saria began. She wasn't sure she would be able to lie to the powerful boy standing in front of her, but she
refused to tell the absolute truth. "My name is Saria, and these are Maddie, Mido, Mihn and Leah. We were dragged into a portal and brought
here."
"Who were those women?" Mido asked, afraid of them and of Link's magical abilities.
"They are the guardians, spies and counselors of the king, but I don't trust them," he suddenly shut his eyes and grabbed his head as if in
pain, his ghostly presence faltered slightly. After a few seconds, he straightened, but looked weary. "I don't understand many things, my
thoughts are lost in a sea of blankness, I can't remember anything. But if I do know something for certain, and that's that I can't trust those
women nor the king."
The ravens above them cawed. They looked viciously at the children below them.
"I don't like those birds," Mido said, hunching slightly.
Maddie reached out to them in her mind to know what their intentions were, but a wall as strong as iron met her attempts, and the ebony birds
sent a mental wave of pain to the girl, who cried out and fainted. Saria reached out to her before she met the ground, and laid her gently on
the grass.
"Maddie!" Leah exclaimed worried, kneeling beside her sister.
"What happened to her?" Mido asked Link.
"I don't know," he answered confused, unaware of the tone of accusation in Mido's voice. "What was she doing?" He had felt a stream of
magic leaving her, but wasn't sure what she had done to herself.
"She was mentally reaching for the birds," Leah explained before Saria could stop her. "Normally she can control them with her mind, I don't
know what went wrong, this has never happened to her before," she looked at her sister anxiously.
Link looked up to the malevolent birds, curious to see if he could do what the girl had attempted. He met the eyes of the biggest raven, they
were as dark as a hollow pit, and a strange blurry image of a big, black beast met his mind painfully. He shut his eyes immediately and
grabbed his head again, hating the sharp stabs of pain he kept having inside his skull. When he calmed down, he met the wary eyes of the
Kokiri children.
"Those aren't birds," he said "I don't know what they are, but it'd be wise if she doesn't attempt that again."
"Who are you really?" Saria asked.
He smiled wearily "I wish I knew," his ghostly image faltered again. "They're nearing the walls," he murmured to himself looking disappointed.
"I have to go," he stood up and prepared himself to go back to his physical body. Before leaving, he turned to the Kokiri children who were
surprised to see that his eyes took a sudden pleading expression. However, his voice didn't reflect the desperation he felt.
"If you wish to know what's going on in Hyrule's realm, wear these," he tore part of the seam of his shirt and ripped it in five pieces, he closed
his eyes for a moment and turned them to bracelets. "These will conceal your presence." He handed them to Saria. With that, he nodded to
each one of them goodbye and vanished, letting the pull he felt from his far away physical body take him to it.
The four Kokiri children stood in silence, each wondering what exactly had happened.