When we walked out of the Deku Tree's Grove, all of the Kokiri looked over to us. Mae and Sima hopped across the pond to where we were standing, and immediately started asking questions.
"How did it go?"
"What did he say?"
"Who is that?" they asked in unison, pointing to Navi.
"What did he say about you being here?" Mae continued.
"Yeah, and what about the Ocarina?"
Navi, who was fluttering around Lant's head, suddenly stopped and faced me.
"What Ocarina?"
"Shh," I said," we don't need everyone to know!"
"Hurry, we'll go back to my house." Mae offered. She led, we followed. As soon as the door shut, Navi flew in front and faced us.
"So what is this about an Ocarina?"
"Who are you?" Sima asked curiously.
"I asked first." replied Navi.
"That's Navi, the Great Deku Tree told her to come with us. Navi, I have an Ocarina." I quickly explained. As soon as we get done telling one group everything, we just find another group of people that we have to explain this all too. WHY?!
"The Great Deku Tree gave you a fairy?" said a surprised Mae.
"Yes!" Maria answered.
"May I see the Ocarina?" Navi requested, flying closer.
"Sure, here." I felt in my pocket and pulled it out. Mae and Sima also came closer.
"Oh my..." was all Navi muttered.
"What?" Lant asked.
"That is the Ocarina of Time!" Navi whispered in disbelief.
"Yes... and?" I asked, somewhat annoyed.
"You mean, you already know of the Ocarina of Time? How!?"
"We just do," Mick joked.
"We found it after Kelsa brought a big scroll over to my house."
"Oh!" Navi chimed. "I wonder why you have it?"
"It was in my field when she found it," Lant explained. He seemed a lot calmer now, and was no longer trying to kill Navi.
"No, that's not exactly what I meant. You found it, but how did it get there?" Navi asked herself, flying back and forth.
"Can't we figure this out later?" I asked.
"Yeah, shouldn't we be figuring out tomorrow night instead?" Maria questioned.
"Ah. Yes... "
"Wait, what? You still didn't tell us anything about the meeting!"
"And they shouldn't have to! It's none of your business!" Navi scolded.
"Shouldn't you have things to collect or friends to look after or something?"
"Well at the moment our fairies are out somewhere else and - "
"Your friends are Tatl and Tael, are they not?"
"Um... yeah. Why?" Mae replied.
"They must be a handful, especially with the two of them in the same house. I mean - "
"Ahem!" Lant coughed.
"Right. So you need to get any supplies you can carry by foot - "
"Why by foot? We have horses!" Lant simply asked, walking around the room.
"Well, the soldiers would hear the horses, of course!" Navi said.
"Oh." Lant muttered. Mae and Sima just sat and listened.
"Now as I was saying, we must leave just after the sun sets. It is a long walk. You must sneak in the front gates without being caught. Luckily, at night, they leave the gates open now. But they've never seen you before, so it's better that they just don't notice you. After we get in, you go to the Temple of Time. I haven't been to the Temple in a long, long while. Oh, and be sure to bring that Ocarina, we may need it."
"Okay." I nodded.
"That's it?" Mick asked.
"Yes."
"Wow, that's simple."
"So it seems, but things are almost always easier said then done."
The room went silent, and I decided to walk to the door. Outside, kids and fairies were playing. Our horses were drinking from the ponds and some other Kokiri were giving them handfuls of the green grass. I smiled when a child quickly dropped the grass and backed away as Epona came near him.
"So what next?" I asked, still standing by the door.
"We wait" Navi whispered.
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The next night came too quickly. Although we had argued with Navi many times, she still won. We weren't allowed to ride the horses, we had to walk. There was a strange silence as the sun began to set.
"Time to go," Navi said, flying up. We all stood and followed her. I felt my pocket to make sure the Ocarina was there. It was.
"Good luck!" Sima whispered. Tael and Tatl were back with Mae and Sima, and were quietly floating beside them. I looked back at them and managed a smile. Then I turned around again.
We had gone over the plan a few times. There really wasn't much to it. Walk across the field, enter the Temple of Time, and talk to Rauru.
"Okay, everyone ready? We just walk through here and then we'll be in Hyrule field."
We were on a bridge. We had already gone through one opening and were now heading for the second one.
As we walked through, I could hear a wolf howl and the crickets chirp. The sun had set. There was barely any light, and thanks to the full moon and Navi's glow, we could see where we were going.
"We must hurry! No playing around. We don't have the time. Night only lasts so long." Navi explained for the umpteenth time. I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
"So tell me again, why can't we ride the horses?" Lant asked. I heard Navi sigh.
"Because! The soldiers knew someone was in Hyrule field the other night. Someone got away from them on horses. You will seem less suspicious if you are walking. That is, if you get caught. If they are asleep, then there is nothing to worry about!" She chimed. She seemed excited.
"Right..." Lant muttered. As we exited from the trees, we saw Hyrule Field. It was much bigger than I thought it was. I couldn't even see the castle. We walked forward. The light from Navi showed a path on the ground, and she seemed to be following it until we got to the top of one hill. Although it didn't seem like a long walk, my feet were beginning to ache. Then she turned left and followed a fence. This was the same place we came from when the portal brought us here...
"We were here last night" Maria whispered, as if reading my mind. Navi didn't say anything as she continued to float near to the ground. Navi stopped at the top of the hill.
"There it is", Navi muttered. The view from the hill was beyond belief. There were the castle walls, with torches up high lighting the way. I continued to look, and saw 2 guards. Between the guards there was a bridge into the castle walls.
"We have to get past them?" I asked.
"Yes. The Temple of Time is just through the gate."
"This is just like my vision" I whispered.
"Vision?" Navi asked. She seemed to be concentrating on something else, but asked anyways.
"Yes. I had a vision. We were in this field. We made it into the town, and we found a girl. But it ended before I got her name. You weren't in the vision, Navi. I wonder why." I mumbled.
"I see. Are we ready?" She didn't wait for us to answer. She took off, still low to the ground, and expected us to follow. We did, as quietly as we could. Lant and Mick still weren't used to the tunics, and it was amusing to watch them run.
We were about halfway to the gate when Navi stopped. I didn't understand why, and it worried me.
"Navi?"
"Sh! Did you hear that?" Navi quickly asked.
"Navi? Hear what? I don't understand..." Even Lant sounded worried. That's never a good sign...
A chill went up my spine. I heard a cracking sound coming from behind us. I turned to look but Navi's yell interupted it.
"Run! Hurry!"
Without asking why, I followed Navi. The crunching sound was becoming louder. I was afraid to look behind us.
"What are they?" Lant shouted. What is what? I looked behind us and quickly wished I hadn't. I saw small glowing eyes chasing after us. After taking another look, I realized they were some type of animal. I though Hyrule was supposed to be peaceful! Where did these come from?
"Oh! HURRY! The gate, its shutting!" Navi shouted. I looked forward once again and noticed she was right. The drawbridge to the castle was closing, the soldiers from the gate were gone, and the torches on the sides were close to going out. The animals were getting closer behind us.
"Jump!" Mick ordered. He was the first one to the gate and was holding hands out to the rest of us. Lant got there second, and Mick quickly pulled him up. Maria and I were right behind him, and had just enough time to catch their hands before the bridge went out of our reach.
As soon as they pulled us over the edge of the bridge, the bridge closed further and we slid down inside. Are we safe?
As soon as we caught our breath, we stood up. Navi came fluttering around the corner, perfectly fine.
"Navi, what were-"
"There are no guards. We must hurry! I will explain later", Navi said, interrupting Maria's question. We quickly followed her down the main brick pathway. Suddenly we heard sobbing. We turned to look around us.
"There" Mick pointed into the shadow of a building. We cautiously walked over. Navi's glow showed a young girl, crying.
"Uh... Excuse me? What's wrong?" Lant asked her. She looked up at him, eyes wide.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you!" Mick apologized. She looked around at our group.
"Who are you? Where did you come from?"
"I'm Kelsa. This is Maria, Mick, and Lant. Oh, and that's Navi. We came... from out there," I introduced. "Who are you?"
"I am Aliona. I live on the farm in Hyrule Field, but they closed the gates. I can't go home. I have no where else to go." she quickly explained to us.
"Aren't there hotels or something around here?" Lant asked. This confused Aliona.
"Hotels? What are hotels?"
"He means inns. You know, somewhere people can stay for a night?" I said.
"Oh... Yes, they do have one. My sister works in one. I'm sure she can help." She smiled. Then she looked at us again. "Do you know why they closed the bridge?"
This time Navi gave an answer. "There are monsters out there. It is not safe. Stay in the town." Navi was fluttering around. She seemed to be checking the area, to make sure no one else was there.
"Okay... Thank you." Aliona muttered. She got up, nodded her head in thanks, and walked off to nearby building.
"That was the girl!" I exclaimed. I had recognized her from the crying but I couldn't yell out that it was her. Something about that scene probably would have scared her away.
"From the dream?" Lant asked me. I nodded.
"Aliona...Farm girl. That was her." I repeated. Navi flew quickly up and down in front of us to get our attention.
"Hurry!" Navi scolded. The moon was still up, but it was beginning to get lower in the sky. We followed Navi, and she led us to a great building. It looked centuries old, but somehow was still standing. The front steps led to giant doors. And that is where we went.
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Me:yup, that was quite interesting, no?
Kelsa: My feet STILL hurt!
Me: Well maybe you should get more excercise then.
Lant: Yeah, like me. I wasn't tired at all.
Kelsa: Yeah, but you screamed like a girl infront of the Deku Tree snicker
Lant: ...
Me: Speaking of which, there is an April Fools Chapter on my Deviantart account (my name is SquirtSapphire, Daisy's is DaisyDazzeDiamond). You should go read it. its pretty funny
Kelsa and Lant: Noooo!!
Me: mwahahaha. They just don't like it because... well.. Go find out for yourself. :) By the way, it'd be awesome if you'd leave us a review. You know you want to :) oh, flames will be used to ... make s'mores XD
