A/N: Who's ready for a new chapter? Great! It has occurred to me that I did NOT put a title for the last chapter like I intended to do...I'm gonna need to fix that. I also noticed that the summary for this story is not...well, good. I'm glad, however, that you chose to read this anyways! FREE PIKACHU DOLLS FOR EVERYONE! *Pikachu dolls rain down on audience* Now that that's outta the way, enjoy Chapter 2!

The morning air felt warm and calm to Zelda. She stood in the heart of a vast forest, with tall trees filled with the nests of birds. The sun was partially blocked by the mass of green leaves, but some light still managed to filter through. As the princess strolled on the dirt ground, she took the time to admire the eerie calmness of the area. It was hard to believe a great struggle had taken place here so many years ago.

Ever since the destruction of Tabuu, the island had begun to return to its normal, peaceful state. No trace at all that interdimensional monsters had spawned here in an attempt to destroy it. However, the Smashers continued to shun this place for the terrible trouble that was caused here that almost killed them all and destroyed Nintendo. Now, the only reason Smashers came back here was if they were invited back to Midair Stadium.

It was for this reason that Zelda had decided against telling Link where she was going. After she was saved from the clutches of Subspace, Link was always worrying about her. It wasn't as bad now as it had been the first month following the Subspace incident, but there were times when he could be a little bit overly protective. She could only imagine his reaction if he realized where she had gone. Zelda decided not to focus on this-Link knew around this time, she would probably be working on perfecting spells in the library.

Suddenly, a rustle in a nearby bush got Zelda's attention. Could it be...? Zelda thought. She readied a fireball in case she saw what she was looking for, and slowly approached the bush. She stopped and listened. Another rustle. She took a deep breath, set down the bag she has carrying, and leaped.

What she saw was not what she was hoping for. Near a tiny stream running across the dirt floor, a Taillow was angrily pecking at what appeared to be two moving rocks. However, a closer look revealed that these 'rocks' bore two crab pinchers. In fact, the rocks were actually creatures called mudcrabs, which were basically crablike creatures that strongly resembled stones in mud, which they would use to their advantage while catching prey. However, they were not the creature she was looking for. Still, she was impressed at how much the pair of mudcrabs acted as though they were at home...while in reality, they were not native to Nintendo. This was a result of the Transdimensional Paradox, just as Zelda had predicted.

The princess walked back to her bag, disappointed. How long had she been searching the island? An hour, maybe? She didn't know. Either way, she hadn't found any sign of any of the four creatures she was searching for. Surely, though, one of them had to be in this forest! She opened her bag and took out a photo of what she hoped to find.

The creature resembled a combination of woman and tree. It was made entirely of bark, with a few curved patterns in the wood. Long, thin branches protruded from its head and shoulders, and it had a humanlike face, with glowing, orange eyes, which was a result of its magic. Indeed, this creature was in fact a spriggan.

From what Zelda had learned about them, they lived in forested area and often hid near trees. This was why she had been searching so hard for one here- it seemed natural that one would be here. However, finding one was proving to be easier said than done. However, she knew she needed to persist. After all, all spriggans carried an item that was a vital ingredient in Zelda's 'mystery potion'...the source of its magic, the taproot.

As Zelda put the photo back in the bag and began to head off to a different area, she heard another rustle. At first, she thought it was the mudcrabs again, until the Taillow she saw earlier flew swiftly away, no longer with the anger it faced against them with. She glanced in the direction it flew from, and she saw something moving. It was fast, and it was bigger than the mudcrabs. Zelda walked over to where she saw it, and was disappointed to see that nothing was there. Suddenly, she heard a noise.

Bzzzzzzzz...

Were those...bees? There had been no beehives around when Zelda was wandering around, so where was it coming from?

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

There it was again...and this time it sounded frighteningly close. What was it? Wait...Zelda had read that spriggans could use a spell that used bees to poison their targets...and...that figure she saw...it looked awfully human...

Right then, a swarm of bees sped towards Zelda. She barely had time to dodge the attack. Once she did, she turned around and saw what had attacked her- it was a spriggan! It was levitating near a thick tree, as its body glowed with the magic flowing from its taproot.

"There you are!" Zelda shouted to it. She immediately unleashed Din's Fire towards the spriggan, but it swiftly dodged the fireball, which then exploded on a nearby tree, igniting it. She screamed in terror, and swiftly used Farore's Wind to blow the flames out. I can't fight it like this. Zelda thought. Not with such a huge risk of starting a wildfire...I need to get to a more open area!

She looked around, and saw what looked like a large clearing down the path. She quickly darted down to the area, with the spriggan in hot pursuit. However, Zelda wasn't very fast, and it was quickly catching up. As Zelda closed in on the clearing, the spriggan raked at her with its poisonous claws, putting a small tear in her dress. She lunged for the clearing just as it launched its bee spell at her. She sidestepped out of the way, and the bees flew into another tree.

Now, she was in the clearing, a large, oval like area of dirt surrounded by trees. Zelda turned around to face her opponent, no longer at the risk of setting a tree on fire, but saw the spriggan was no longer there.

"Wait...where did it go?" Zelda asked no one in particular. She looked around the clearing, but saw no humanoid trees. For a second, she thought she might have lost it, but then she heard the buzzing again. She turned to the noise, which was behind, and there was nobody there...until the spriggan suddenly appeared out of thin air right in front of her!

She screamed in terror as it brought a clawed hand down her, and blasted it in the face with a fireball. It staggered backwards, as Zelda used this as an opportunity to scorch with another one. This seemed to work great, but as Zelda was about to launch a third one, the spriggan regained its senses a swiftly flew to another section of the clearing while launching bees at her. She dodged all of them and fired two more fireballs, which it avoided. As it flew behind her, Zelda saw that it used what looked like a different spell. Not two minutes later, two deer charged out of the bushes and towards Zelda. This confused her- deer were normally docile creatures! Why were they attacking?

As the spriggan launched more bees at her, she quickly summoned a Phantom to distract it while she dealt with the deer. Once she saw them, she realized they shone with a green aura. That's when Zelda remembered that spriggans had the power to enthrall wildlife to defend them- even if they were usually nonviolent animals. She didn't want to hurt the deer...so, maybe if the spriggan was defeated, then the deer would be free, right?

She turned around and saw that the spriggan had defeated her Phantom and was floating towards her. Luckily, it seemed as though it had weakened it, so maybe two more fireballs should beat it! The spriggan charged at her, claws ready, and right when it got close enough to slash her, Zelda blasted it with a fireball, staggering it again. Right as Zelda was about to finish it, the pair of deer rammed her, knocking her into a tree. When she got up, deer and spriggan were all coming straight for her.

This was it. If Zelda didn't hit it now, then she might get clawed or stung, resulting in her being poisoned. She charged the fire, waited...waited...and then...it suddenly began to glow. And then she remembered...healing spell! Spriggans can heal themselves! That was it- she had to blast it before it was restored too much! She charged the fire, aimed it, and...

BOOM!

Din's Fire scored the spriggan's chest, and it fell backwards, collapsed onto the dirt, and lied there, unmoving, dead. At last, Zelda could obtain the first ingredient of-

Then, the deers attacked again! This confused Zelda- the spriggan was dead, so why were they still enthralled!? She shook her head- she was not going to kill them. She sprinted over to the corpse, and there it was- the taproot, the source of a spriggan's magic. She pried it off it body, put it in her bag. As the deer attacked again, she quickly used Farore's Wind to teleport away from the clearing.

Once she was at a safe distance, she proceeded to trek out of the forest, careful to avoid any more tree people. Zelda sighed. She still had three ingredients to go. This was going to be a long day.

A/N: Alright, Chapter 2 done! Sorry if the beginning was sorta boring...it if the fight scene was kinda bad...or if the ending wasn't very good either. Hopefully, I'll be better in the future. I really hope I get better...

Insecurity aside, thank you for reading to the end of this chapter! I'll update this story as soon as I'm able! 'Til then!