Chalk, A Legend of Zelda fanfiction

Chapter 2: Missions Possible

Link snuck out of Saria's house, taking the spiral path around the outside of her place. He crept along the randomly placed walkways that for some reason branched off of the house. Avoiding the girl who stood on the last pillar, he jumped down and ran into Mido's house.

[Why the hell are there so many unopened chests in this place? And what's with the freaking stage?]

Link used his best judgment and only opened two of the chests, and they both contained money. Behind one of Mido's potted trees, he found one of the many slingshots that Mido made.

[Yessssss!] Link thought, throwing his fist vertically into the air and slowly bringing it down. He ran out of Mido's house and quickly climbed to the entrance to the Lost Woods. Following his previously made map, he ended up at the target again. Remembering he had no ammo, he picked up a rock and threw it, breaking it into pieces. He took a nicely-sized chunk, and fired it at the target, scoring a perfect bullseye. He tried to do it again, but failed. Seeing that he only had 3 chunks left, he made sure to aim carefull. He hi the three targets, and a Deku Scrub popped out and spit him a brown, string-tie sack. Inside the sack was ammo! He tied the sack to his belt and continued throughthe woods, marking each room and false exit on his bark. His chalk was growing considerably short, and finally he was in a giant clearing, and it looked to him like there was a giant maze after the open doorway.

Being careful to look down each alley before crossing, he darted left and right, back and forth, and all the directions inbetween, finding small ponds, ladders, and Deku Scrubs. After getting hit a few times, Link climbed the ladder he had found and saw a hole on the inside of the maze wall. He tried to get a better look into the hole, and accidentally fell in. Strangely enough, he found himself float down. He opened his eyes, and what laid before him was something unlike anything he had ever seen.

[It's so beautiful!] he thought, taking a couple steps forward.

He touched one of the fairies, and it whooshed and zipped around him until in disappeared. He felt so much better than he did before! He was full of energy, and produced a small wooden bottle he had carved a few years before. Luckily, he still had the cap capped on to the top. He tried to catch a fairy in his little wood bottle, and succeeded. Satisfaction filled his mind, and he stepped back into the light coming from the surface, and was even more surprised to be lifted in the air and sent back up.

As he exited the hole and climbed up the ladder, he saw a long staircase and quiclky ran up it, stopping only once to sidestep an oncoming Deku Nut. As he went up the final staircase, he heard ocarina music becoming louder and louder. He struggled to advance past the last step, and when he had accomplished the feat, bent over, clutching his burning chest and gasped for breath. He looked ahead of him and saw the ruins of an ancient building.

[The Forest Temple! I thought it was just a story!] he thought, provoked by the large, gaping doorway atop the lack of a staircase.

Glancing, by chance, to his lover right, he saw a tree stump, and upon it...

[Good goddesses... she's so beautiful...] he managed mentally.

He slowly walked up to her, and as she finished her lively and jive-worthy melody, she looked, almost seductively, into his eyes.

"Hello, Link. I sensed your presence in the Woods. How did you find your way here?" she asked, her voice hinting at some concealed angst.

"It really was guesswork, and I made a map..." He took it out and showed it to her. "It seems like I forgot to map out this last clearing. It's so beautiful back here..." He fumbled the chalk from his pocket and drew a long rectangle.

"You drew this entire map? You even marked out all the false holes! How did you find the determination?" she asked him, eying some of his fading injuries and running her hand over them.

"Well.. I..." he began, ashamed of what she would think. "I was worried about you. You see, when you didn't wake me up with your usual 'Hello!' I figured something was a little off-kilter... Eventually I got so bored, I picked some bark off of my tree and stole one of Mido's slingshots and headed in here. It took me a while, as you can see, and now that I think about it, I have something for you..."

"What is it?" she asked, leaning both of her hands on his shoulder.

He pulled out his wooden bottle and folded it into her small, soft hands.

"It's really just a bottle but the surprise is inside. Go ahead and open it!" He said reassuringly.

She flipped the cap off, and the fairy sped out, saw Saria, and swirled around her, revitalizing the green-haired Kokiri.

"Link! That was so nice of you! Thank you!" She hugged him, and he smiled like he was getting presents on the Great Deku Tree's birthday. "I have a little something for you. Can I see the chalk?"

He handed it to her very carefully. She walked to the lowest part of the absent staircase and wrote: "Saria and Link will always be friends."

"I used up all the chalk! I'm sorry!" she stuttered.

"Don't worry about it! I have a drawer full of chalk sticks!" he said, patting her back as she sat back down.

"How did you manage stealing one of Mido's prized slingshots?" She said, letting a smile consume her face.

"He left one by a potted plant in his house..." he replied, casually rubbing the back of his neck.

Her smile suddenly morphed into a dreadful expression. "Does it have a silver 'M' painted on the bottom?" She asked, now putting one hand on each of his shoulders and looking him square in the face.

"I don't know... why?" he asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Because that's his favourite one. He tucks it in bed with him at night! We have to get it back to him before he notices its absence!"

"It's going to take forever to re-navigate that maze!" he exclaimed, panic rising in his voice. "Not to mention, about fifteen Deku Scrubs!"

Saria lifted her index finger and pushed it against Link's mouth.

"Don't worry," she said with a sly smile, "I've got this."

Grabbing Link by the hand, she interlocked their fingers and began running down the stairs.

"Nayru's Love!" Saria yelled, and a blue diamond surrounded the two of them, making a wroo-eh-weh noise.

[She's so hot when she's smart!] Link guiltily thought.

Most of the escape was an adrenaline rush, but Link remembered a decent amount. As they ran, they jumped into Deku Scrubs left and right, and the Scrubs died upon contact. Any Nuts that were spit at them were incinerated, and the diamond allowed them to glide over the patches of water. Once they reached the Lost Woods, Link pulled out his bark map to guide Saria, but he quickly realised that She knew where she was going. Link never had to move his feet so fast, and it certainly wasn't the last time he would do so. Upon re-entrance to the Kokiri Forest, they successfully jumped the fence, and Saria let go of Link as the magic faded. He ran to put the slingshot back, and did so with a great sense of accomplishment. He ran back to Saria, and started nervously laughing.

"What do you say to eating dinner at my house tonight?" he asked her, still trying to catch his breath. "I still have some bowls and spoons of yours from last time. And how did you do that blue diamond thing earlier?"

"Oh, great idea! I'm starving!" she said, high on Link's good vibes. "The Great Deku Tree taught me quite a few things, and I've been saving up mana for days. That's why you found me by the Temple."

They approached his tree house, Link not noticing the familiar smell wafting from it. As he climbed the ladder after Saria, (ladies first) he bit his tongue to keep from cursing in front of the girl. His house had been filled with Deku Nuts again.

"MIII-DOOO!" he yelled in the direction of the Deku Path. He got various Kokiri voices laughing in response.

"Listen, Saria, it's getting quite dark... why don't you go make yourself supper while I clear out these Nuts? I promise I'll get your kitchenware back to you tomorrow." he asked, feeling very tired.

"Link?" She softly asked.

"Um... yes?" He responded, unsure of what she was doing.

"Can I stay here and help you clear out the Nuts? We've had so much fun today, and I don't want it to end just yet. If you don't mind waiting for supper, I don't either..." she explained, reaching out, touching his arm, which was growing considerably strong from carrying the Kokiri Sword around.

"Saria, thank you so much. You are literally the only friend that I have... that, and I think the shopkeeper has a crush on me."

Saria snickered and laughed until her stomach hurt, and she and Link began taking the Nuts out of his house. The other Kokiri pulled up some chairs and watched the Deku Nuts flash as they hit the ground. They were also passing around a few bags of Boko Baba Corn, which were freshly popped over the Know-It-All Brother's firepit,

As long as he was with Saria, he didn't mind a thing. He also couldn't wait to eat.