"YOU MEAN TO SAY GANONDORF HAS RETURNED? DESTRUCTION SHALL FALL UPON THE LAND!"
The giant tree had worry lines all over his face. It was still so hard to believe what had just happened, and then it had just clicked that the man from my dream and Ganondorf were obviously the same people. Apparently Lant and Mick were pretty surprised to hear it, according to the looks on their face.
"Yes"
Maria had been the one to answer, seeing as the guys were in shock, and I was amused at watching them. I turned back to Maria and the Tree to focus. Mick was the next to speak.
"What do you mean exactly by... Destruction falling upon the land?"
"THE LAND WILL BE DESTROYED. HYRULE WILL NO LONGER BE HERE, NOT AS THE PEACEFUL COUNTRY IT IS NOW... IT WILL BE AN EVIL REALM WITH NO ESCAPE."
"But why are we here, how did we get here?" I asked very quietly, but somehow the old Tree still heard me.
"I DO NOT KNOW. BUT IT MUST BE DESTINY." He looked around to all of us, me last, then repeated, "DESTINY" a little quieter, as if saying it to himself.
"But if you don't know, then who will?" Lant asked.
"THERE MAY BE A FEW. BUT YOU MUST BE QUICK, AS SOON IT WILL BE TOO DANGEROUS TO GO TO THESE PLACES TOO OFTEN. I KNOW OF ONE SAGE OF HYRULE THAT STILL SURVIVES, THROUGH MANY AND MANY GENERATIONS. MANY CLAIM HE IS A SPIRIT, IF ANYTHING AT ALL, IF HE STILL EXISTS. BUT I KNOW HE DOES, I FEEL IT. YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE SAGE, OF LIGHT-"
"Rauru?" I whispered, more to myself than to the others, but it must have been loud enough, because the Great Deku Tree looked down at me with a slightly startled face. I looked down at the ground in front of me and waited for him to continue.
"YES...RAURU, THE SAGE OF LIGHT. HE MAY HELP YOU. BUT YOU MUST PROVE THAT YOU NEED HIS HELP. AND I CANNOT HELP YOU, AS I HAVE NEVER LEFT THE FOREST AND I DO NOT SPEAK OF SUCH THINGS WITH THE YOUNG KOKIRI." he added, seeing the questions that would have come.
"Where is he? Rauru, I mean?" Lant asked, but the Deku Tree didn't answer. Instead, his eyes landed on me, as if I should talk. Following what I thought, I spoke.
"The Temple of Time, in Hyrule Marketplace. Near the castle." I didn't know how I knew it. I didn't know what castle I was really talking about, but the Temple of Time sounded familiar, somehow.
Lant gave me a surprised look, but I looked back at the Tree. He had a warm smile.
"INDEED. YOU KNOW WELL THE PLACES OF HYRULE? SO THEN YOU KNOW THAT THE CASTLE IS NORTH OF HERE, ACROSS THE FIELD." I nodded, although again I wasn't sure how I knew.
"And we have to pass the guards..." Mick stated.
"But how will we know exactly where to go?" Maria asked. The roots of the Tree creaked as he turned to Maria.
"YOU CANNOT MISS IT. ALAS, I CANNOT GO WITH YOU. BUT IF YOU DO NEED HELP, IT WOULD BE WISE TO TAKE SOMEONE WITH YOU THAT KNOWS THE WAY. THERE IS ONE IN KOKIRI FOREST THAT HAS BEEN WITH RAURU ONCE BEFORE"
This time I didn't answer, because I wasn't sure of who in Kokiri Forest would be able to leave. Suddenly, the Great Deku Tree turned to the side.
"NAVI!" He called, and it seemed to echo through the trees for the few silent seconds. Then a bright light broke from the darkness of the trees, and soon enough we could clearly see Navi high up in the air.
"Yes, Deku? I mean... Great Deku Tree, Sir!" Navi giggled. The Great Deku tree had an amused smile on his face as he looked at Navi.
"NAVI, I HAVE A JOB FOR YOU."
"A job? But-"
"IT IS IMPORTANT, NAVI."
"Yes...?" Navi flew backwards, as if he seemed to say that she didn't do important things otherwise.
"ACCOMPANY KELSA, MARIA, MICK AND LANT ON WHAT THEY MUST DO. YOU ARE TO HELP THEM WHENEVER THEY NEED IT. UNDERSTAND?" Navi seemed startled.
"Well, yes of course... But may I ask why? What importance are they to us?"
"THE LAND, NAVI. DESTINY." The Great Deku Tree replied in an amused tone, as if it were an inside joke.
"Yes sir, I understand!" Navi said, and immediately perked up.
"OKAY. IT IS SETTLED. NAVI, THEY ARE TO TALK TO RAURU. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON THEN. YOU MUST GO TOMORROW NIGHT. I'VE HEARD FROM MY SOURCES THAT THE GUARDS ON THE MID-WEEK NIGHT GATE POSTS DON'T SEEM TO TAKE THEIR JOB SERIOUSLY, AND ARE OFTEN CAUGHT SNOOZING." The Great Deku tree replied, happy and smiling.
"Yes sir. Then we are off! I will help them to the best of my ability!" Navi chimed, then flew down to us. "We had better get going. Even if we are going tomorrow, there are still things to plan. Believe me, it's a lot harder to get across that field than you'd think!" Navi finished, and began to lead us out of the Great Deku Tree's Grove.
"OH, AND NAVI..." The Great Deku Tree's voice boomed behind us, and all 5 of us turned to him, " I WOULDN'T LIKE HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF"
Navi hovered in midair, and the Great Deku Tree gave her yet another amused smile before we turned to leave.
"BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!" were his last words that we heard as we walked under the vines and back to the entrance of the tunnel.
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So ofcourse they get stuck with Navi, what fun would it be without her? and yes, most of Navi and Great Deku Tree's conversation is made up of inside jokes. destiny...Zelda was the Princess of Destiny. History repeating... They don't want Ganondorf to take over, and they don't want a war... And no, Navi really doesn't do anything important in her free time XD
