The Road to Twighlight; Chapter 4: Sayonara, Saria
Italics: thoughts
Flash Back* (Links P.O.V)
There was a bright blue light that covered me. The light engulfed everything around me as well. I couldn't see a thing and started to get a sensational feeling. It was as if everything around me was moving and changing. I started to feel somewhat distorted by the bright blue light. I couldn't see her anymore. She was standing right in front of me not only a few seconds ago, but also, she along with everything around me had suddenly vanished. The only thing that did not vanish was that melodious tune. It was soothing and hypnotic; I got so caught up with the song that I found myself humming to it. I closed by eyes because the light was so bright. This was an important song in my life, as well as hers too. To me, it signified change or a new beginning. To her, it held a great sentimental value toward both her and her family. The Song of Time, the shear mention of the name of the melody made me think about the gods of old. Was this always their plan? To have one man save an entire kingdom by going through time itself to defeat an evil threat. I never thought that I would do half the things that I did on my journey, nor did I think that I would even become this kind of hero. I always thought that I would amount to nothing in my life. Just be the punch line of every joke that a Kokiri made. That I would always be different from everybody else just because I didn't have a fairy to call my very own. However, here I was, getting sent back to re-live the childhood that I had lost.
The bright blue light had started to fade and became smaller. I could start to see things appear in front of me as the light started to vanish. Even when the light started to fade away, the melody still played. It echoed all around me, spreading its melodious tune all around. Then all at once, everything just came to a stop. The light vanished completely, as did the melody. The sensational feeling that I had went away and I felt normal again. I heard a chime and a flutter of wings from behind me as I started to open my eyes.
Even after all this time she still stood besides me. It didn't matter where I went in the world, she would always be one step behind me. Even though we had not been friends for a long time. I immediately felt a connection between the two of us. Like, I couldn't live without her. We had become one and the same and I think she felt the same exact way. Navi, she would follow me to the ends of the earth.
When I opened my eyes I was in the same exact spot that I was seven years ago. I was in a small room with white walls. I was on a pedestal in the shape of a hexagon. The seven sage symbols were imbedded all around the pedestal as well as the iconic royal family emblem: The Triforce. The Triforce consisted of three triangles, each representing something different: courage, wisdom and power. The Temple of Time, it was where I technically spent half of my life. As I noticed that I had returned to the temple I looked up towards the ceiling. A bright light shined from it; pointing towards my sword. My sword was none other then the legendary blade of evils bane: The Master Sword. It was a long double-edged blade that's pommel was purple. The Triforce can be seen engraved in the lower part of the blade and a yellow gemstone is embedded in the cross guard.
The light slowly moved off my sword and started moving towards the pedestal in front of me. It was the Pedestal of Time, the place in which I originally pulled the Master Sword out from. The light stopped on the Pedestal of Time and stayed there. Something inside of me told me what to do and I placed the Master Sword back in its eternal resting place. It was as if the gods themselves were telling me to place the sword back. It was never truly mine and if the world was ever in danger again, this sword had to be here to help. With that, the sword was back in its original resting place. The light started to fade away and recede towards the top of the ceiling. I started to here a chime and the flutter of wings once again. Navi, she was flying towards the ever-vanishing light. She flew all the way to the top of the ceiling following the bright light.
"Link, you're a magnificent hero! The forest will be safe with you there. Link…..I love you!" she said as she started to disappear. The light and her both vanished into thin air. The entire room turned back to normal and everything seemed to be back to the way it was before. "Navi loved me? Why hadn't she told me before, even though I didn't feel the same way about her," I thought to myself.
"Wait a second,"
"Navi! Where did you go? Don't tell me you're just playing a cruel game of hide and seek?" I said as my voice echoed throughout the temple. As much as I wanted to trick myself that this was true, it wasn't. It seemed that she had just abruptly left me without any reason for doing so. "Maybe, she just went to go to the forest to tell everyone I am okay," I thought to myself. I was a little sad that she had left in such a hurry.
"I better get back to the others as soon as possible and meet her there," I said to myself as I started to make my way out of the temple. As I exited the temple, I could not help, but think of how it was finally over. I had finally triumphed over Ganondorf and saved Hyrule, now what was I going to do? What time was it that exactly Zelda sent me back too? Was it the day before the invasion of Ganondorf and his army or was it the day after I found the last Spiritual Stone? All these question flew around my head, I had to figure out the answers and the only way I could do this, was by getting out of the Temple of Time. The Door of Time slowly closed behind me. As I started to approach the door to the exit of the temple, I noticed the Spiritual Stones were not in front of The Door of Time. "I must have been sent back before I went on my journey to find them, so that would mean that Ganondorf."
I suddenly realized what I had to do and opened the door to the outside world. I still had a job to do and this wasn't over just yet. I exited the Temple of Time and stepped on the grass outside. It was good to be back, the sky was a bright blue and not one ReDead was in sight. "I must have traveled back to the day when The Great Deku Tree sent me to go see Princess Zelda," I thought to myself as I closed the front doors of The Temple of Time. I searched my pockets for a specific item that I was looking for. I pulled out the item I was looking for and I held it in my hand. It was a green jewel: The Kokiri's Emerald. One of the three Spiritual Stones needed to open The Door of Time; witch you needed to open to get the Master Sword. I also noticed that I was equipped with only a few items, including my wooden shield: The Deku Shield. Witch was embedded with a swirled line, the Kokiri emblem. I also had Saria's ocarina with me. I also noticed that I had a slingshot, as well as a few Deku Seeds. I also had my old Kokiri Sword, it had a red pommel, but the blade was short. It wasn't much, but it would have to do for a little while. I had to warn Princess Zelda of Ganondorfs treacherous nature, so I started to make my way towards Hyrule Castle. However, when I started walking away from the Temple of Time, I noticed that it started to shake. The temple moved around franticly and all of a sudden vanished into nothing. The Temple completely vanished right before my very eyes. I couldn't believe what had just happened, was this real or just a dream? I decided to ignore the strange occurrence because I had an important duty to be done
*End of Flashback
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The Temple of Time had disappeared and reappeared in a different location. The only explanation I could think of is that maybe the gods have something to do with it, but how could that be? The gods had left after the creation of the land that would be our very own land of Hyrule. Could this have somehow be connected to Navi's disappearance? All of these question flowed through my mind and it was beginning to annoy me. It was as if the the Temple of Time actually replaced the Forest Temple. The Forest Temple was completely out of sight. It was just gone. Then I had the sudden urge to touch the doors to the temple. As I reached out to touch the temples doors Saria asked, "What's the matter Link?" I ignored her question and placed my hand on the doors. Then suddenly I had a surge of thoughts rush through my mind, as If someone was trying to tell me something. There were flashing images in my mind of the three gods, the Temple of Time and my home: the forest. Then all the images faded away and I was left with just my own thoughts to contemplate. Then everything came full circle; the gods had moved the temple to a safer location. Just in case someone tried to tamper with the blade or maybe if a new hero was ever needed. It would be placed in a safe location until it was needed. The gods had communicated with me telepathically showing me their actions and now I fully understood why it happened. Even when they left the land of Hyrule it seemed they still wanted to look after both it and its inhabitants.
"This will be the Temple of Times new resting place," I said calmly as I took my hand away from the door. Saria looked somewhat confused at my statement and said, "So I guess this will have to be our new special place."
"It can be all of our special place! Yelled a mysterious voice. I looked to see where the voice had come from, but couldn't seem to find the location where the voice came from. The voice however, seemed somewhat familiar. It was a little silly and childish, the voice was almost hypnotic actually.
"Hey whose there? Show your self!" I yelled as I prepared to draw my sword. "I have to be cautious this could be a deadly monster that we are dealing with," I thought. I stepped in front of Saria to make sure that she was out of harms way. She quivered behind me and said, "Be careful Link."
"Hee hee! Silly I'm not here to hurt you," the voice said. Then a mysterious figure came down from the tree above us and landed right in front of Saria and me. The mysterious figure lunged at me making me fall over. The figure landed on top of me and looked at me straight in the eyes. The figure was small and was dressed in a red cloak and hat covering an under layer of clothing. A mask covered his face. The mask was white and had a big smile on it with teeth from its mouth showing. It also had yellow eyes and black pupils designed on the mask. It was actually quite an impressive looking mask, but it brought back scary memories. "That mask looks just like….the moon," I thought to myself as I tried to push the small masked figure off of me.
The moon was a dreaded image from my past. To most people, the moon is a symbol of the night and is suppose to be soothing to people while they sleep. It was never meant to be something menacing, it was like the substitute for the sun when it was nighttime. However, for me and every citizen of the land of Termina, it represented the very fear of dying in just three days. How would you feel if you knew that you only had three days to live? Would you spend those last three days with the ones you love or would spend them living in fear of approaching death? This was my adventure in Termina; I had to live with this for what seemed like a decade. I had to save the land of Termina in just three days before the moon crashed into Termina. I was entrusted in stopping the apocalypse from happening. I had to stop a Skull Kid possessed by an evil mask named Majora from causing the moon to reach its destination. What an adventure it was, but it made be scared of looking at the moon afterward.
I pushed the small figure off of me and stood up to confront the perpetrator. Then two small lights came down from the tree where the figure had come from. The lights had wings and they fluttered there way next to the figure that had tackled me. They were fairies, just like Navi. Except both looked very familiar, one of the fairies had a dark purple color and the other had a bright yellow color.
"Link I can't believe its really you!" yelled the yellow fairy as she flew over to me. She flew all around my head franticly in excitement.
"Tatl! I cant believe its really you! I feel like its been ages since our adventure in Termina," I said as I gave her a small high five. Her hand was like a small speck on my hand, when our hands touched. She sure had changed a lot since we first met. She used to be so much ruder and oblivious to everything around her, but now she truly was nice to me and cared about me. "I guess when two people travel together they can set aside their differences and work together," I thought to myself. She had accompanied me through Termina at first just to be reunited with her brother: Tael. However, the longer we were together the more we started to care about each other. "
"We became true friends after all in only three days."
"Friends sure are a nice thing to have..huh," said the small cloaked figure. He took off the mask he was wearing after saying so. He had bright yellow eyes and an orange mouth.
"Skull Kid and Tael, its good to see all of you again," I said as Skull Kid put his mask back on to cover his face. What were they doing in Hyrule? They said that they were all staying in Termina before he left. Maybe they had changed their minds and wanted to come and live in Hyrule?
Skull Kid seemed to be somewhat interested in Saria. Saria seemed somewhat confused because she had never met any of these people in her entire life before. Skull Kid ran up to Saria and started to observe her. He then stuck his hand out toward her and said "My names Skull Kid! What's yours?"
Saria awkwardly shook his hand and said "Umm, Hello there. My names Saria..nice to meet you." She seemed somewhat nervous because she was around new people. Saria was very shy sometimes. Skull Kid then moved closer to Saria and started to sniff her.
"What in the world are you doing!? Yelled Saria as she pushed Skull Kid away. She seemed somewhat taken back at the fact that somebody had just sniffed her.
"I knew it was you! Hee Hee! You're the same fairy kid that taught me that song in the woods! Now I remember!" Skull Kid exclaimed.
Saria and Skull Kid had met once before? How could this be I had only met Skulk Kid a little while ago in the forest. Had she befriended him before I did?
"Oh yes, I remember now. You're the silly little Skull Kid who wanted to learn how to play my song," she responded.
"Oh! Lets play the song now! Can we, can we, please? Skull Kid asked a bit childishly. He reached into his cloak and pulled out what seemed to be a musical instrument. It was shaped just like a trumpet, but it had more then one bell coming out of it.
"Do you like my trumpet? I promise I didn't steal it, Link!" Skull Kid was always a mischievous one. He would always play around too much and end up taking it to far. This is what always ended up getting him in trouble. "However, it seems he has toned down a little bit, but he still is a bit silly," I thought to myself.
"Playing music will make me feel so much better!" Saria exclaimed as she took out her ocarina. She had acquired a new ocarina after she gave me her old one. Her new one was green and had the Kokiri emblem engraved on it. Her face was filled with excitement now. Music always seemed to cheer Saria up.
"Come on Link! Take out your Ocarina and we can all play music together!" She said with excitement in her voice. Even though I would really enjoy playing music with Saria and Skull Kid, I had to ask a few questions first.
"Wait, before we start playing…may I ask a few questions?" I said.
"Aw come on! Can't it wait till later grasshopper?" Skull Kid said with a whimper in his voice. I twitched at the nickname. I didn't like it. Saria seemed to giggle a little bit at the name.
I chose to ignore the nickname for now and said, "Fine. Will all play music, but after we are done you will tell me how you and Saria met, Skull Kid. I also want to know what you guys are all doing in Hyrule." I put my hand into one of my pouches that I used to carry some of my travelling items and pulled out my ocarina. My ocarina was light blue and had the royal family crescent engraved on it. It was a very important gift that was given to me from a special friend. She entrusted me with the royal family's prize possession: The Ocarina of Time.
"Awesome! This is going to be show much fun!" Tatl yelled as she started to flutter around franticly.
"Yeah this is going to be so fun!" both Saria and Skull kid said together. Saria and I both started to play our ocarinas; creating an up beat little tune. Skull kid started to play along to our melody with his trumpet. Tatl and Tael started dancing all around together. The melody was one that Saria created herself. It was a fast and unpredictable song. It was the same song I used to listen to in order to find Saria in the Lost Woods. She dubbed the song: Saria's Song.
Saria and I were both finished playing our ocarinas; Tatl and Tael both ceased dancing after the song had ended. Skull Kid stopped playing his trumpet, but continued to dance in place. "Woohoo! That was so much fun, I love that song soooooooooo much," Skull Kid said excitedly.
"Yeah that was so much fun! I feel a lot better now!" Saria said happily. She seemed to be back to normal. I was happy that I got to see her smile again; it was one of the few things in this world that I couldn't live without. Tatl and Tael both seemed like they had fun as well.
"Now back to my question," I said as I put my ocarina away. I still had a few questions to ask Skull Kid and the others.
"Oh yeah right." Skull kid said as he stopped dancing. He put his trumpet away and adjusted his mask. "What do you want to know?" he asked.
"First off, what are you guys doing here in Hyrule?" I asked.
"We decided to come here to live permanently, we thought we would fit in better with the rest of the people in the forest," Tatl said.
"Yeah! We wanted to be with our friends again!" Skull Kid said. That was just like Skull Kid to say. He always put his friends above anything else. That's his nature after all.
"Alright. Second, when did you meet Saria?" I asked.
"I was busy one day in the forest looking for herbs. He jumped out of nowhere and scared me. I told him it wasn't nice to scare people like that and after that I told him I would teach him a song. However, when I met him, he didn't have these two fairies accompanying him," Saria said.
"We didn't meet until Skull Kid found his way into Termina," Tael said. It all made sense now. Skull Kid has met Saria some time before he met Tatl and Tael. He traveled to Hyrule with both of them to meet up with Saria and I.
"Alright, I guess that clears everything up then," I said. I looked up to the sky; it was starting to get dark. More monsters came out during the night than the day. "I think it would be a good idea to head back to Kokiri Forest."
"Aw we can't play anymore?" Skull Kid asked.
"We will see, we should all head back to Kokiri Forest to get some rest now. Besides, I bet everyone in the forest would love to meet you guys," I said.
"Alright! That means I can make even more friends! Tatl, Tael lets go! Skull Kid yelled as he started to make his way towards Kokiri Forest with his fairy friends. I started to follow him closely behind, but stopped when I noticed that Saria was not following us. She was just standing still, looking at the Temple of Time. I approached her slowly and said "Come on Saria, everyone is waiting for us to get back."
"Aren't you going to tell them?" she asked. I knew what she was referring too. She was wondering why I didn't tell Tatl and the others that I was to leave the forest for good the next day.
"I let them now when we get back. I think it would break their hearts if I told them after all the fun we just had." Saria sighed and looked at me and said "That was a fun last day though. I'm glad we got to do that before you leave," she said.
"I'm glad we did that too. Come on let's get back to the others," I said.
"What's taking you so long you slowpokes? Lets get a move on!" Skull Kid yelled from afar. Saria and I both chuckled a little as we started to run towards Skull Kid and the others. As we left I thought about how much better the Temple of Time looked in the forest then in the middle of Castle Town. "It will be much safer there," I thought to myself.
The rest of the day was loads of fun. We introduced Skull Kid and the others to the rest of the Kokiri. At first they seemed a little frighten of him, but as he showed off some of his childish demeanors, they got to like him a lot more. They all seemed to get a kick out of his mask and thought it was hilarious. Tatl and Tael both seemed to fit perfectly in with the rest of the Kokiri fairies. Everyone got together at Saria's house and we all had a big feast. I had brought her a pink rose that I picked outsider her house; she placed it in her hair and gave me a hug. It felt pretty awesome. It was like a little farewell party for me; this was when I had to tell Skull Kid and the others about our situation.
"I'm sorry to tell you thing guys, but I have leave the forest for good tomorrow. The Great Deku Sprout and Mido, have both come the conclusion that in order to protect the forest they have to change the Kokiris forms. However, I am not a Kokiri so I would not be able to change with them. Plus, I would draw attention to the group because I am different," I said. It was all so much information to say, but I think they seemed to understand me.
"Aw, but I really want to play more music with you grasshopper," Skull Kid said sadly. He looked genuinely sad to see that I had to leave. After all I was the main reason he came here to Hyrule. It must have been difficult for him because he had wanted to spend time with me. However, it wasn't just him that seemed upset. All of the Kokiri seemed genuinely sad that I had to leave. Even though they all still couldn't get used to me being older, they all seemed to look past it and treat me like…a friend. Even Mido, who was all the way in the back of the room, seemed sad that I had to leave, He was never one to show his true feelings.
"I can't believe this. I just get to see you again and now you have to leave?" Tatl asked sadly.
"Yes, I am very sorry," I said with deep remorse. I was truly sad at the fact that they had come so far just for me and now I was leaving. "This must be like how Malon felt when I left for Termina," I thought to myself. After all this time in the forest I just had to leave? The forest is the only place I've ever actually called home.
Mido came out from the corner of the room and said "I had a talk with The Great Deku Sprout, he said it was alright for the three of you to stay here." Tatl and Tael fluttered around and danced happily with the other Kokiri's fairies at the statement. Skull Kid didn't seem to pleased by the statement.
Saria put down the drink she was holding and said "Is something wrong, Skull Kid?" Skull Kid looked at me, adjusted his mask and said, "Are you going to visit at all?"
I had never thought about visiting. In fact, I didn't even know where I was going to go after I left the forest. All I knew was that I had to leave in order to everyone to be safe. That was all that I cared about. I looked at Mido and made a strange gesture.
"Well, you see Skull Kid when Link returns we won't be the same anymore. We are all changing and we might forget things in the process. This is what The Great Deku Sprout told me, these are some of the drawbacks of us changing shape. We might not even remember him," Mido said.
The whole room went silent. Everyone was already informed about the memory loss that may occur during the change. They all seemed frightened when Mido brought it up though. Even Saria seemed greatly upset at what Mido had said.
Skull Kid then broke the silence in the room and said "Then if this is the last time we meet, I want you to have this grasshopper." He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out an old withered out mask in the shape of a skull. "This was the first mask I ever wore, it was given to me by someone who I hold very dear to my heart. Please take it as a token of our friendship," he said happily. He gave the mask to me and I accepted gratefully.
"Thank you Skull Kid, I will keep this safe," I said.
The rest of the afternoon went great. I told every one of the great adventures I had been on and the interesting people I had met. I told them of the Happy Mask Salesman, who was silly yet scary sometimes. I told them about the odd man Tingle, who believed that he was a fairy. We all had many laughs and it was a night to remember. Once night came everyone went back to their homes, saying that they would see me off in the morning. However, I was planning on leaving early the next day so no one had to see me go. I couldn't stand goodbyes, even if it was with people that I didn't care for very much, I still hated goodbyes. Skull Kid, Tatl and Tael were going to be staying in Saria's house until they could find a place to live. As I started to make my way home after saying goodbye to Saria and Skull Kid, I was approached my Mido.
"Hey, Link," he said. It was dark out so I couldn't see his face very well. However, his voice seemed somewhat deeper and serious.
"Hi, Mido. That was a fun afternoon wasn't it?" I said smiling even though he probably couldn't even se it.
"Yeah it was fun. That Skull kid sure eats a lot," he said with a chuckle. He was right, Skull Kid had eaten almost half of the food Saria and Fado had prepared for everyone.
I laughed a little bit and said "Do Skull Kids even have stomachs?" Mido and I both started laughing together. We both couldn't stop laughing and kept talking for the rest of the walk to my house. When we reached my house Mido said, "Alright so I guess this is it."
"What do you mean? Aren't you going to come with the others tomorrow to see me off?" I asked shocked.
"Come on Link, I know you better then that. You're going to leave early so you don't have to say goodbye to anyone. You hate goodbyes," Mido said confidently. I rubbed the back of my neck. I was a bit embarrassed. Mido knew me better then I thought he did.
"Well I guess you got me," I said with a bit of a chuckle. I reached into one of my pouches that I used for carrying traveling items and pulled out a long boomerang. It had curved edges and both sides of it looked like the wings on a bird. It was a fairly large boomerang that I acquired on my travels from a man who said that the object was possessed by a fairy. He called it the "Gale Boomerang."
"I want you to have this," I said as I put the boomerang in his hands. He seemed somewhat baffled at the large object in his hands.
"Wow thanks, Link….um what exactly is this thing? He asked me as he played around with the large object.
"That's the Gale Boomerang, try giving it a throw," I said as I pointed to it. He took the boomerang and through it creating a small whirlwind around the boomerang as it span around in a circular motion. It then came back to him as he caught it in his hands. I was impressed; usually Mido couldn't even catch a ball if it was thrown at him.
"Hey, your pretty good with that thing. You'll need that to protect the people you care about out," I said.
He looked into my eyes and started to tear up a little. He lunged at me and pulled me into a hug. "I'm sorry I was never there for you, Link. I just wish I could have been a better friend to you," he said sadly with tears dripping down his face. I was much taller then he was. His green hat only brushed up to the top of my nose. I pushed him away from me and stuck out my hand.
"That's all in the past now. From now on were friends," I said. He whipped away the last of the tears with his hand and put his hand on mine. We shook hands and said our goodbyes. I climbed up my tree house of a home and looked down at Kokiri Forest for one last time. "Thank you everyone."
It was dusk; the sun hadn't even come up yet. I had packed my things the night beforehand so I could leave faster. I had packed just the essentials really, my sword, shield, ocarina and various other items. I probably should have stocked up on food, but I didn't have enough time to do that. I climbed down the ladder of my tree house taking one last good look at it. It was finally time to move on I guess, a great change was coming to this forest and I had to change with it. I continued out of the forest while everyone was still in his or her homes sleeping. It was a little cold out and I shivered a bit as I made by way towards the exit of the forest. I took one last good look of the forest and took one last breath of the fresh forest air. It was finally time to leave this place. I continued on to the exit of the forest. I passed through a large log that was connected to a bridge where the exit of the forest was. I made my way through the dark log and continued onto the rickety bridge. I continued across the bride until I heard a voice say "Link."
I turned around and saw Saria leaning on the ropes that kept the bridge up, she was still searing the red rose I her hair. She didn't seem tired even though it was still very early in the morning. "What is she doing here? This is exactly what I was trying to avoid," I thought to myself.
"Saria, what are you doing up so early," I said nervously. She looked very serious, I had never seen this serious before in all my life.
"So you're just going to leave? After all we've been through," she said. She seemed to have a blank expression on her face. It seemed she didn't know how to feel about me leaving.
"I'm sorry, but I need to do this in order to-
"Protect the forest I know!" she interrupted. She seemed to be angry with me now. Part of me just wanted to run away from her, but another part of me wanted to talk to her. "That's all you ever talk about is protecting us, Link! What about you? Have you ever once thought about what you wanted? She did have a point; I always cared about others rather then myself. Isn't that a good trait?
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I mean, you need to think about what you want sometimes. Is this what you really want Link? To leave both me and the forest behind?" she said. I walked up to where she was standing on the bridge so that I was closer to her.
"Saria you are my best friend and you always will be. No I don't want t leave you and the forest, but I don't need to do this because The Great Deku Sprout told me or cause I want to protect you guys. I feel that this is something I need to do in order to find out about who I really am and why I am here on this world," I said. She seemed to understand what I meant and said "I get it, I just wanted to come out here to make sure that you were absolutely sure about this." She seemed satisfied at what I said and that made me happy. I approached her and said "Close your eyes and stick out your hands."
"Why?" She asked. She seemed to be a bit creeped out at what I said.
"Don't worry, I wont do anything weird. I promise," I said as gave her a smile. She nodded and closed her eyes. "If you do anything weird I promise I will sock you," she said as she stuck her hands out. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a green worn out ocarina. Saria had given it to be the day that I left the forest to go and see Princess Zelda. I kept it with me always as I went on my adventures, even after I got the Ocarina of Time from Zelda. I kept it with me to remind me of Saria, whenever I would be about to give up; I would look at her ocarina and it would give me the courage to keep on going. I placed the ocarina in her hands and said "Okay, you can open you eyes now."
Saria opened her eyes and saw what was in her hands. She opened her mouth in awe and said "Oh Link, my ocarina. I can't take this, it was a gift for you not me." She was about to give it back to be when I took her hand and covered the ocarina with mine.
"This ocarina has been on a longer journey then you think. I want you to have it so it can bring you the same joy that that it did to me," I said as she took the ocarina into her hands and looked at it carefully.
"Thank you Link. I will cherish it always," she said as she put the ocarina away. She started to cry a little bit and threw herself at me. She pulled me into a tight embrace and cried on my shoulder. "Please, never forget me or the forest Link." I wrapped my arms around her and put my head on hers. "I won't," I said. She made her way out of the hug and stepped back a few steps and ran away. She ran all the way back towards the forest. I tried to reach out and grab her, but she was gone. She had left the bridge and my life. I slowly turned around and walked out of the forest that I had called home for my entire life.
It was cold and dark. It had been raining for almost the whole day while I was traveling. I started to feel sick, my throat was sore and I kept sneezing. I felt horrible. The heavy rain wasn't making it any better either. I had no idea where to go now that I had left the forest. I couldn't go back and try to convince everyone to let me back in. I just decided that I would go wherever my feet would take me and that was not working out very well. I started to get dizzy and started to feel slight nausea. I kept trying to walk in the slippery mud, but I kept falling down. I felt like giving up, but I thought about everyone in the forest and how much it would hurt them if I didn't realize my dream. So I kept pressing on through the dark and gloomy Hyrule Field. However, more time passed and I started to feel worse. The nausea got worse and I started to get even dizzier. Things around me started to fade in and fade out. My vision was starting to blur a little as I heard the rain tumble onto the ground. The last thing I remembered was hitting the ground into a big puddle of mud, but I started to hear stomping. Galloping of some kind of horse, but I didn't know here It was coming from or who it was riding this horse. Then everything went black and the heavy rain suddenly stopped.
Authors Note: Thanks everyone for waiting for the next chapter so patiently. Sorry it took so long to update, I have been busy with finals, but all in all I'm glad I finally got this chapter out. Leave reviews please! I'd like to get some input on this! Thank You All!