1 The Light



Jack knelt in front of the boy with the kindest smile he could muster, which was not much. "Hey, kid. How ya doin'?" he asked causally.

Amazingly the little boy spoke candidly as well, "I'm okay, mister. Thank you for dealing with that deku scrub, it chased me all the way from the Lost Woods." His voice was young, maybe ten years old. He cradled the fairy like a sister in his pocket.

{I'll be damned the kid speaks English,} Jack thought, {or whatever he might call it.} "The Lost Woods, huh," his tone was prodding, yet soft. "So you must be from Hyrule, am I right? What's your name anyways? I'm Jack."

"I am Rando," the small figure said with a smile as he pointed to his pocket, "and this is Pava." The tiny woman flapped her wings and floated to Jack's face.

Her face was flawless, and when she giggled her smile seemed to make her pink light slightly brighter. In a high-pitched voice she gleefully spoke, "Hi."

Jack gave a gentle expression and returned with his own hello. He then asked the boy, "So, little Rando, how is it you and your cute friend ended up here?" Pava blushed at the "cute" remark.

Rando lowered he head, and after some time raised it again with a serious face attached to it, "I was wandering through the Lost Woods like always, when I saw near the Sacred Forest Meadow a man. He wore black armor and a black cape too. He was throwing something on a wall in the Forest Maze, I wasn't close enough to see, and a white light opened up on it. He was about to step into the light when a bunch of Deku scrubs jumped out and hit him with their nuts. He cursed the Deku Tree for sending them to stop him and fought back, kicking and using magic. I've never seen a MAN use magic before. Anyways, however many scrubs he destroyed, more would take their place until he finally ran off. The scrubs went away after the man left, but one had seen me watching and it came after me, and.."

"… you ran into the light to get away and ended up here, is that it?" Jack inquired politely. He didn't want to be mean to this wondrous boy. "It followed you I take?"

"Yeah, I guess it thought I was with the man in black, but I lost it in the strange garden out there," Rando pointed towards the patio area. "That's where I ended up after I ran into the light. After I stepped through I looked back and there it was. Now that the scrub is gone I hope the light is still open so I can go home." He lowered his head again. Jack thought he saw a little sadness.

"Let's go check, shall we?" He put a hand on Rando's shoulder, and he looked up and Jack with a smile. Together, the stepped back onto the patio.

Rando lead Jack by the hand towards the backyard grills being sold behind the plants. "It was those large metal things I ran into first, so it would have to be around here." They looked about until Rando saw a radiance along the back fence, "There it is!! It's still open!!" He and Pava leapt and flew about respectively, "We're going home Pava!!"

Jack gave a look of approval, but considered the aspect of the light being there. {Ganondorf. That had to be the man in black Rando meant. That means he cursed the Deku Tree because It had sent scrubs to keep him from entering this world. Who knows what damage he could do. His Magic in our world, and our technology in his. The Tree has to be protected, and the Kokiri are not fighters, except Link, but if Gannondorf is stopped before the Deku Tree needs to call Link, Then maybe the Deku Tree can close the doorway between worlds. I have the knowledge of the game, and there's no time to lose informing anyone else.}

While Jack was debating with himself, the light has begun to fade. Rando had stepped in front of it and blocked a few of its rays. "Bye, Jack. Thanks for everything you did for me." With a smile and a wave he turned and walked into the light. It enveloped him as a mother would her offspring, utterly and completely, and he was gone. The light shone as brightly as it always had.

{Well,} Jack thought, {that settles it. Rando returning to his world didn't close it off. So now I HAVE to go. Gannondorf can't be allowed to come into this world.} With resolution in his head he strode towards the light, stopping just in front of it. Jack turned and looked back at his life. He took a deep breath and sighed. {So much for a routine life.} Turning back to the light he stepped through without hesitation.

Unknown to Jack, after his following foot had disappeared into the light, It gave a bright flash and closed quickly. No sign or trace that it had appeared in the first place was left behind.