A/N: Who's ready for chapter eleven?! I know I am! WHOO!

I like this chapter more an the last one, as I was a bit disappointed with my latest work. Except for the battle with Meg, I liked that bit. Oh, what am I saying, I did like chapter ten, I just was displeased with all of the bits and pieces put together. It's like me and s'mores.

Yes, I love graham crackers. Yes, I LoVe chocolate. And yes, I love toasted marshmallows. But put them all together, and whaddya' get?

A big heap of disappointment.

The platform had turned out to be an elevator, taking Link down deep into the earth. Link had solved whatever puzzle that was set up to reach the door he was currently standing at. He had inserted the key, and was staring at the lock that covered the massive door. What kind of monster was waiting beyond this one? What would trap him into battle? Was Saria in there, being tortured by whatever unholy beast lay on the other side of this door? Link had no answer for his questions, and that scared him. He eventually reached up and turned the key in its hole, watching as gears clinked and turned. Shrieking noised came from the lock as it fell to the floor in pieces. Pushing open the massive door, Link bravely stepped into the mystery that lay before him.

It was dark. Not as dark as when he had fought his last Poe, but it was still harder to see than most of the temple. Link assumed some form of dark magic, as he could see torches lining some of the walls. There was a small set of stairs leading up to a platform, where Link assumed was where he was going to face the evil of this place.

Taking the steps two at a time, Link quickly reached to top of the stairs. Distractedly, he spun in circles, seeing all of the paintings hanging on the walls. They were all the same down to the exact detail. The scene was a narrow road between two rows of bare trees. The sky was a deep purple color, and the road was disappearing into the horizon. Link turned on his heel, and jumped when he saw a horse with rider in one of the paintings. It was so realistically drawn, that the horse really looked as if it was rapidly approaching him.

Link realized not a moment too soon that the horse indeed was coming towards him. Link jumped out of the way as the horse leaped over his head, and into the painting directly across from it. Link watched in amazement as it sped off into the distance. Hearing a noise behind him, he faced a different painting, only to see that the picture was swirling a bit, with the horse and its rider speeding out once again. Link got a good look at the rider as he passer overhead. He looked almost just like...

"Ganondorf." Link spat out his name. He should have seen it coming! Who else would be in this room, waiting for Link to appear.

Ganondorf pulled of the reins and turned his beast around, still suspended in the air.

"Good guess, but not quite." Ganondorf stared hard at Link. He had a mask on his face that looked like a mix between a Stalfos and a goat. The result was terrifying, and not at all silly as it may have sounded. "This creature is my creation, made for the sole purpose of destroying you!"

Link realized that the man on the horse was not moving his lips, but that the voice was located somewhere outside of the room. The creature looked like a phantom, and Link was sure that was what it was.

Phantom Ganon thrust his heel into the thigh of his horse, sending it sprinting into the painting directly in front of it. Link readied his bow and waited for Phantom to show his face again. When a picture to his right started flashing, he pulled back the string and let his arrow fly into the skull-face of Phantom. The monster roared in anger and tried to decapitate Link with a sword at his side. Nimbly, Link rolled out of the way of the attack.

Link fired another arrow at the retreating form of the horse as it galloped along the road. The arrow made a loud thud when it sank into the canvas. It stuck out quite far, only half of the arrowhead was implanted into the painting. It was a good thing link had found plenty of arrows in the pots back in the other room. What would he do without his faithful clay pots?

For a fourth time, Phantom came at him, and Link shot his arrow straight into the blank eye of his opponent. Phantom screeched in pain and fell off his horse. As the beast continued running down the road in the wall, it turned to black mist and disappeared for good.

Phantom summoned a black and silver trident and powered it with a bright yellow sphere of magic. He threw the power ball at Link, who dodged it easily. He ran up towards Phantom, and tried to stick him through with the Master Sword. In response, Phantom quickly charged up another ball of energy and shot it straight down at Link as he himself rose higher into the air.

Link heard himself scream at the intense shock wave coursing through his veins. It felt like being hit by a blast from one hundred Octorocks at once, added with being struck by lightning. But as usual, after a minute or so, Link shook the effects off and stared hard at Phantom Ganon. Obviously, just running up and attacking him wouldn't work. How would he defeat this monster? [There had to be a way!] he silently panicked at the thought of dying in here, the only witness to his death being a small fairy, of which would probably die as well.

When the next energy ball came though, he snapped out of his tormenting thoughts, and wildly striking the core of the ball with his sword. He was totally surprised when the shock didn't travel up his sword, but instead bounced back towards its caster.

Phantom himself was surprised by the outcome of Link's lucky tactic and didn't have time to do anything to stop it. Painfully, the ball surrounded his body and forced him to lower himself to the ground. Link wasted no time and ran up to the monster. He stabbed and slashed at Phantom, earning an angry howl with every hit. Knowing that playing "pass the dangerously high-voltage death ball" would take too long for either of them to give out, Phantom stayed with his feet firmly planted on the ground. Not for long though.

As Link was staring at him, wondering what he was about to do, Phantom charged at the hero, pointing the tip of his trident at Link's throat. Brightly did his sword glow when Link brought it up to block the attack. Link was being pushed back by his opponent's brute strength, and he needed to figure out a way to defeat him without going muscle to muscle, because he knew who would win that battle.

Link had in idea, but it was risky. Very much so. He also needed Navi to realize what he wanted to do without saying anything, as that would give it away. He made the signal to have her come out and tell him about his opponent, but when she came out, he motioned for her to do what he wanted. She seemed to understand, and flew right up to Phantom's face. He stopped putting as much force into his trident as he studied the little thing that had gotten in his way. Before he could swat the pest away, she made a highly rude gesture, sending Phantom into uncontrollable fits of disgust. Link seized the opportunity and knocked both his sword, and the trident away.

Phantom now had no idea as to what Link and his fairy were doing. But he soon learned when Link full-on punched him where his nose should have been!

[Man, I've always wanted to try that.] Link praised his handy-work as Phantom held his face in his hands. He was more surprised than anything, though it was very painful. The battle seemed to be in Link's favor now. Link kicked the still-stunned monster in the gut, and when he went down, Link grabbed his sword and pierced the heart of Phantom. Or where it should have been. Phantom had rolled out of the way at the last moment, and came into contact with his trident. Link saw him reach for the weapon and kicked it out of the way. He was about to do it, he was going to kill the creation of Ganondorf. His blade was only inches away from the monster's face, and though Link didn't like the idea of killing anything that could be considered human, he knew that whatever this thing was, it had to go.

Link stopped is attack when he heard Phantom scream in agony. The sword was still a few millimeters from his face, but still he cried out. His entire body shook with spasms as electricity was injected through an outside source.

"Why, Master?!" Phantom cried out to Ganondorf, who he knew could hear him.

"Wha-" Link stared, dumbfounded as Phantom cried out to the voice of Ganondorf.

"You worthless creation! You had no chance against him! Why should I allow you to waste my time watching you fail?!" the voice boomed throughout the room, and echoed in Link's ears.

"I can still win! I-AAARGGH!" Giving one last final scream, Phantom melted into the floor with shock waves still pouring out of his body.

"Don't think this is over Link! I will find you, and make sure that when we meet, you won't come out alive!" Ganondorf's presence also disappeared from the room, which Link hadn't noticed until now that it was gone.

Hesitantly, Link stepped into the floating crystal that appeared where Phantom Ganon had died. His body felt as if it was being stretched in a thousand directions, and on top of that, the world was spinning outside of the crystal. Link opened his mouth and let out a scream, but there was no sound to be heard.

Link squeezed his eyes shut, and waited for the sensation to pass. After his senses finally faded away to nothingness, he allowed himself to open his eyes.

The deep, swirling blue of the Sacred Realm met his gaze, and he could hear voices singing a song in an unknown language in the distance. He was standing between a slightly raised section of the ground, and he could see that it was shaped to look like the Triforce. Surrounding him, were six, evenly spaced colored circles, all with different designs on them. Two of the colors, gold and emerald, were much brighter than the others. Link was facing the emerald one, and he saw a faint outline of a child begin to form. Soon enough, Saria was standing before him on the emerald surface.

"Saria..." Link started. It had been so long since he had seen his friend, and the emotions flooding him were too much to handle.

"Link. It's good to see you again." The green-haired Kokiri stated. "It's been a while."

Saria smiled, and Link returned the gesture.

"Link..." it looked like Saria wanted to say something, but decided against it. "Thank you. Because of you, I was able to reawaken as a sage. I always believed that you would come, because... I know you, Link. I think that it is destiny, that you and I live in different worlds. I guess that we won't be seeing each other much anymore..."

"What? But, why not?" Link's face fell, and he took on a sad expression.

"I will stay here as the Forest Sage to help you... Now, please take this Medallion. It will take you back to the Sacred Grove. Good bye, Link"

Saria handed Link an emerald green medallion, and as soon as his hands clamped around the smooth surface, a bright light covered his vision. He could see just enough, though, that he though he saw tears slowly streaming down the face of his childhood friend.

Saria will always be... your friend... Link heard the whispered words carry through the darkness as he felt himself leaving the Sacred Realm, and entering the cold world of sleep...

When Link awoke from his dream, he found himself lying on the cold surface of the Warp Stone. Lazily, he shook the sleep from his senses, and removed himself from the ground. Link decided that he should probably visit the Fairy's Fountain that was hiding not too far from the temple. Walking towards his destination, Link thought about what Saria had said.

Did she mean to say that they would never see each other again? If she stayed in the Sacred Realm, than they wouldn't be able to spend time together. Sighing at the thought of losing his friend, Link climbed the ladder that led to the top of the maze, and jumped down into the hole.

Link felt himself being gently lowered onto the ground of the fountain, unlike when he fell into Dampe's grave... Slowly, Link walked towards the center of the underground fountain, admiring the way the light seemed to come from the water itself, and how all of the pink fairies danced around him as he approached.

Holding out his hand, a small fairy landed in his palm and worked her magic, healing him with her little hands. More fairies joined and helped to revive Link's strength. The sensation tickled, and Link had to hold in a laugh. Fairies got a little upset when they were made fun of. When they had finished their work, the fairies returned to flying around the marble walls and conversing with one another in their tinkling language.

Link left the fountain with renewed strength. He traveled on top of the maze, not wanting to get lost, and for fear of any Moblins still running around. Thankfully, he saw none. As he continued on through the Lost Woods, careful to go the correct way, Link tried to remember where Sheik had said to go next. The Sheikah had said something about a fiery mountain. The only mountain Link knew about was Death Mountain, home to the Gorons. That was probably the place to go, but first, Link thought it best to rest for a while.

When Link entered the safety of the Kokiri village, Link felt himself being pulled in the direction of the resting place of the Great Deku Tree. Staring up at the massive tree, Link's memories started to flood his mind. He remember all the times that the Kokiri gathered around the Deku Tree to listen on old tales and legends. He remembered the day that Navi first came to his side, and then the haunting began. He recalled the entire task of entering the massive tree and driving out Ghoma and her minions. The memory sent shivers down Link's spine, and he felt his eyes begin to fill with un-shed tears at the thought of the guardian being dead for all these years. With no one to look after the Kokiri.

Just then, Link noticed a small twig sticking out of the ground. The thing was wiggling and squirming around in the dirt, and Link leaned in for a closer look. The twig had a single green leaf on the tip, and it shook with a passion, as if it was trying to shake its way out of the earth. Reaching for the small plant, Link was surprised when it suddenly spotted moving. All was silent with the twig, when suddenly,

'AAAAAHHH!" Link cried out as the twig sprung up out of the earth and sent Link flying through the air. Landing hard on his back, Link carefully crawled over to where the twig was. Only, it wasn't a twig anymore, it was a small tree. And what was strangest of all, was that this tree had a face!

"Hello!"

[Great, just great. First, trees start popping out of the ground and scaring me half to death, and now, I'm hearing these strange voices!] Mumbling under his breath about magical trees, Link got up from his knees and brushed the dirt from his tunic. Staring at the tree long and hard, Link came to the conclusion, that this was obviously some sort of trick that one of the Kokiri had left here. That is, until it spoke.

"Hello, Link!"

"Aahhh! It talks!" Link ducked and threw his arms over his head as if to protect himself from the menacing tree that was firmly planted in the earth.

"Of coarse I talk! I'm the Deku Tree Sprout!" The tree just sat there, twitching its little leaf on the top of it's... head, and smiled that cute little smile of his.

"You mean to say, that you're... him? Reborn?" Link pointed to the massive dead tree that loomed over both Link and the little tree.

"Yup, that's me!"

Link felt tears start to spring into his eyes. His father-figure wasn't dead after all! Overjoyed, Link knelt down and engulfed the tree in a large hug. The tree's smile seemed to grow even bigger than it already was. Stepping back, a thought that was bothering Link for a while now came to the front of his mind.

"Deku Tree Sprout?"

"Yes, Link?"

"Why is it that I'm the only one of the Kokiri that have grown? Rauru, he's the Sage of Light, told me that I was too young to fight off Ganondorf. But, I though that the Kokiri didn't grow old. Unless I'm just the freak Mido always said I was..."

"...how do I tell you this? Well, Link. You aren't one of the Kokiri." the tree started.

"I'm not?"

"No. You are of the Hylian race. Your mother fled the war that raged on at the time of your birth, and stumbled upon the forest. She was gravely injured, and as a last request to the Goddesses, she asked that the Spirits of the Forest would watch over you." pausing for a moment, the Deku tree looked at Link, as if asking if he had anything to say. Link shook his head, and the tree continued his tale.

"You were taken in by the forest, and raised as one of the Kokiri. As a Hylian, you were always bound to leave this forest, and that day has come and passed those seven years ago. Link, take hold of your destiny, and return Hyrule to the peaceful land it once was."

Link nodded his head, acknowledging what he had to do. It seemed that Sheik would be very helpful indeed in saving the land, Link thought.

Link said his good byes to the Deku tree, and also to the forest. As he was walking through the Lost Woods on his way into Hyrule field, he thought he heard the sound of laughter, but it must have all been in his head.

Ghirahim stood beneath a tall, ancient tree, watching, and waiting for the Forestchild to appear. He had concealed himself into the shadows, and imagined all of the horrible things he would make Link go through when he captured the boy. He could almost hear the screams in his head. Ghirahim heard the forest shift around him, and he looked around, eventually spotting Link coming his way. Letting Link walk a few steps ahead of him, Ghirahim was about to pounce onto his prey when he overheard some of what Link was saying to his fairy companion.

"...and Sheik should be there when I arrive. I just hope I know how to get to that spot..." Ghirahim tuned out of what he was saying. Sheik? What exactly did Sheik have to do with the Forestchild's everyday life? Yes, Ghirahim had sent Sheik out to try and kill the boy a few times now, but Link's expression didn't hold the look of anger, or hate one usually had when talking about someone who tries to harm you at every possible opportunity. It was more of confusion.

[I might as well look into this, and let the boy live. For now...] Ghirahim fell into step with Link, being careful not to attract attention to himself. Ahead, Link laughed at something the fairy said. Not paying attention, he then tripped over a fallen tree and shouted as he went down.

[Soon, that scream will be for me. Soon...]

A/N: I changed some of the dialogue, because when I looked at the video for reference, I was thinking to myself, "Saria acts as if she's never met Link before!" And that is a lie! What makes it worse is that she calls him Link, proving that she knows who he is! So, I got upset and fed her my own words.

A bit with the Deku Tree Sprout as well. I wanted him to make him sound less excited, but still happy and childish. As well as being wise. Confusing? Good. All you must know is whether I did a good job or not.

Updates will probably take longer now, because I'm going to try to stop fooling around on the internet when I have chores and school to do, and I have started a few other stories (which is stupid, because I'm trying to stop goofing off) that I want to work on and get published here in fanfiction. Not to mention, we're all mature here (I hope), you can take the wait. Just thought I'd let you know.

Hoping that everyone has a Merry Christmas!