It was warm…nice and comfortable and soft.

But there was a noise, a ring. Beating with my heart. It was bugging me. I made to scratch my hand, and open my eyes to tell whoever was doing whatever was making it to stop…

My hand was glowing.

"WAAA!"

I bolted upright. My birthmark was lit, flaring up again with each beat in my chest. As I stared at it pale-faced, it began to fade out.

It stopped. I took a cautious breath. Then another. I moved my fingers slowly, but my mark stayed its normal colour.

"SARAH!"

A small figure collided against me, almost flipping me off the bed. Saria held me close, sobbing into my chest, the chair she'd been sleeping in toppled over with the force she tackled me with. I couldn't make out anything she was saying through her blubbering.

"…they…carry…hand…Navi…you're alive…"

I patted her head, as a loss for what to do or say. I glanced over at my ungloved hand, fear in my chest daring it not to light up again.

Wait a sec, how'd we get this far?

Umm…Mido…Wolfos…b-bite…forest…Skull Kid…den…Killed Queen…

Moonlight.

I pulled away from Saria in a start. Wait, no. But I still had hands. And everything else? I reached for my ears…they were their normal, pointy selves, complete with Kage's earrings dangling there. And I was sitting right; no tail lump.

"Saria, am I dead?" I asked, not sure of any other explanation.

She laughed through her sniffles. "N-no, you're not. You saved everyone Sarah."

Well that just made things even more confusing.

"Ah, you've awoken," boomed a voice from the right. I looked up and the Elder was there, smiling at me, Navi at his side. She bee-lined for me and sat on my shoulder, staying silent. It twinged a bit. I looked over. It was wrapped a lot more neatly now, and just sore. The wrappings didn't look too bloody anymore. My side flared up a bit, but it felted as if it was wrapped too.

The Elder righted Saria's chair and sat in it himself, beaming at me.

"I suppose you are quite confused at the moment, Sarah." He said.

I looked between him, sitting there watching me with a funny look, Saria currently cutting off circulation on my good arm, Navi nestling in my neck, and my just glowing hand.

"Incredibly."

"Navi, would you like to start?" The Elder asked her. She shook against my skin. I could only just see her glow.

"You…you were changing, when the moonlight hit you. I c-couldn't do anything," she squeaked. "But then…your hand. In the middle of it, it started to glow white. There was a big flash of light that covered the whole area and you were lying there, normal. And so was the rest of the Wolfos, they…changed back." She shuddered again. "None of them had clothes…"

"Heh, yeah," Saria nodded, blushing a bit, "Yeah, I guess…they asked Navi what happened and she told them. They made some clothing with plants though, thank the Goddesses…because after that they picked you up and carried you through the forest. They said they followed a song. I don't think mine would have reached them all that way… B-but I was playing, like I said I would, and a whole bunch of kinda confused people just walked into the clearing. They said who they were and asked to see the Elder. One had brought the wolfsbane too. Not like we needed it anymore." Saria held onto me closer. "Sarah, you're amazing."

"O-okay…" I contemplated this information, swallowing slowly. "Okay…but…umm… does anyone know w-why my hand was glowing? And how that…uh…exactly helped? S-should I still have some wolfsbane?"

The Elder sighed. "I am sorry, Sarah, but no. We're not entirely sure how or why. If you wish to have some distilled wolfsbane you may, but I do not see the need. Considering the symbol you are blessed with, I believe this must have been an act of the Goddesses."

I flushed. Why would they want to protect me? I grabbed my hand, covering the mark.

"And maybe…you can break their chains…for the future…"

I shivered as an inkling of a dream returned to me. But I couldn't really remember it. Was it even a dream?

"Sarah, are you alright?" Elder Deku asked, frowning at my sudden movement.

"…No, I'm not." I gulped, fighting back tears. Saria rubbed my arm beside me.

I contemplated, biting my lip. "Elder Deku, I think…I think there's something wrong with me."

He frowned. "What makes you say that?"

What didn't? "I…I've been having a lot of nightmares lately. Until recently I just thought they were just normal and stress. But I don't know anymore. I don't…I just…I found Navi, and I can't remember it. I can hear though time and they're all…like the start of a journey or something? I somehow cured myself and others with my hand?! I feel like I'm…missing something…I feel like…someone wants to get me…I don't know!" I sobbed, scrunching up.

"Oh my child," The Elder sighed, and I felt his hand on my head. He rubbed it slowly. "I may not have the answers, but I believe I know of someone who may." I peered up.

Elder Deku pulled something from a pouch around his waist. "I have already considered this, and I wish to set you with a new task." He turned and I saw what he held. It was small package, with two letters on top. They looked official. "You were a courier previously, no? I wish you to deliver this package and letter for me, and there you can ask the recipient some questions. They can undoubtedly help you more than I."

He knew about that? And wanted me, a mere student, to leave the Forest before my year and deliver these things?

He handed them over to me. I looked to the front of the package, for my recipient's name. None was listed.

"Who am I supposed to deliver it to?" I asked him, confused.

"These are for the King, dear girl." My mouth dropped open. "And it is imperative that they reach him, as soon as possible. The first is a Letter of Introduction, as I'm sure you've never delivered mail in the Castle before. It states what I trust you will put before everything else; you, and you alone must hand it to him directly. No middlemen. No giving it to a solider or royal administrator to pass it on. You must hand this to the King, yourself."

"You think…t-the King can help?" I squeaked. I felt like that was a bit much. Oh, here you go, your Highness. By the way, do you know why I'm going nuts?

"I believe he may," the Elder nodded seriously. He looked worn once again… "But regardless, he should know about what transpired here, so I would have written this for him anyway. If you are the one to deliver it, being the cause of the cure, I think he may have questions for you. Even if you do not know the answers, simply tell him all you know, and perhaps with some research and his connections, the mystery of what surrounds you will be solved."

I mean, he had a point. And…I could visit home! And Kage, I'm sure I would see him too, in the Castle. If I was delivering something to the King…oh man, that was a weird thought.

"Okay, I'll do it," I nodded.

The Elder gave my head one last pat. "This is good. I suggest you spend your night here in the clinic; perhaps Saria can gather any things you may need from your dorm room for the journey. I will request a pouch with variety of seeds be given to you, so you may grow shelter and food as you need it. I'm sure you can manage that much. Would you still like that wolfsbane treatment?" I nodded once more. "Then I shall request a healer bring it to you. Until then, please, relax. You shall have busy next few days, I'm sure." Elder Deku stood, and made for the door.

Navi flew up from my shoulder. "Umm, Elder Deku? Can I talk to you a minute?"

"Of course. Come with me." The Elder held the door open and Navi flew out. He gave us a nod and closed it behind him.

Saria smiled. "Sarah, it's amazing, you're amazing! You're going to meet the King! And your hand…" She went to touch my marked hand, sitting on my lap.

I jerked it away, and held it tight, covering the symbol. "It's just a hand." I muttered through my teeth.

But I knew it wasn't.

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"Come here, Navi. It's a private room." Elder Deku opened the door for me and I flew in. It was another sickbay room like Sarah was in, but this one didn't hold any patient.

The Elder closed the door behind him. "What is it you wished to speak with me about, Navi?"

I shuttered. I was still having a hard time grasping it all, and well, who knew how he was going to take it! But I couldn't not tell him.

"Elder Deku," I began, turning to face him, "I remember everything."

He smiled. "I thought as much."

This confused me…he didn't seem as surprised as I figured he would. But I guess I hadn't told him what I remembered yet.

"Elder, I remember you, you were a tree before! The Great Deku Tree! And you sent me with Link to help him fight-"

"-fight against the forces of darkness, against Lord Ganondorf, through my death and reincarnation as a sprout, over the span of seven years." He finished.

"What? You know, you remember?!" I jumped back, surprised. If he knew, why hadn't he told me?

"I apologize, Navi, for startling you with such information," The Deku Elder replied, sitting on the bed in the middle of the room. "But yes…with my deep meditations this last week…I have recalled much from my other lives."

"So, you just remembered everything recently?" I pondered…I guess that's why he didn't say anything before.

"Yes. Much of it, as I'm sure with you, seeming to co-inside with the glow of young Sarah's Triforce in the Wolfos den."

He realized that too?! That's when everything came flooding back to me; I thought I'd been zapped! I remembered Link, and traveling all around Hyrule with him. Inside The Deku Tree himself, the Castle, to the mountains with the Gorons, the lake, even (unfortunately) inside Jabu Jabu!

Then in the Temple of Time he…grew up. The little Kokiri boy who, nearly tackled me down when he realized we were partners, was a man! He was pretty freaked out, but when we revived the Deku Tree, he found out he was actually Hylian. I remembered that crushed him…he cried about it more than a few times. But we were a team, and Zelda and the Deku Tree asked us to stop Ganondorf's evil influence with the Triforce, and so, we fought through a lot together and did it. The evil of the land vanished after Link stabbed the monster he'd become with the Master Sword. After that…everything was a blank.

But regardless, that meant the Deku Elder…lied.

"If you realized, and, and remember everything too, why did you tell Sarah you didn't know what her hand meant? You know it. I know it. She's got a piece of the Triforce in her!" I yelled at him, frustrated all he was doing was watching me with that stupid smile.

"Keep you're voice down, Navi, please…"

"But why, Elder? G-Great Deku Tree, why?"

He'd always been just before, fair before. As a tree I could easily feel his magic and warmth. Hylians were harder, I really had to concentrate for most of them. But before it was always, and since I knew he was hiding this, when Sarah was so visibly upset about it, how could I just accept it?!

"Navi, please, calm yourself…hush child, and listen to my words. Sarah is not yet ready for such knowledge. She is scared, confused, and feels singled out. If you recall I never told Link about his housing the Triforce either, though I could sense it, even as just a sprout, yes. I knew when I took him in his destiny was important, though not how much at the time. But If I told her now, I pushed that knowledge onto her, she would run away from it. I don't say this lightly, I have seen it through my meditations. But I also know she can find her Second in the Castle, and they can help her through this."

"You mean…like Princess Zelda? The barer of the Triforce of Wisdom?"

"…not quite, little one. But yes, the other Triforce barer. Things are different this time, I'm afraid…and my magic is nothing to how it was in my past lives. I can not tell you which one holds which piece."

I laughed in disbelief. "You doubt Sarah's got the Triforce of Courage? After what she just did?"

"I have seen the prince, and he bares much Courage as well. And Sarah also displayed much Wisdom in her trust of the Skull Kid, as you told me." The Elder sighed. "Things were much more dry cut before. This time, things are very strange. I no not where Link or Zelda's Souls hide. This is supposed to be their burden. I wonder if…they have been lost."

Link's soul…gone? No, it couldn't be…I shook, and noticed my light fade fast.

The Elder put his hand up. "No, Navi please. Like I said, I am unsure. But I am sure that another Triforce barer needs you again." I glanced up at him. "Navi, I ask you accompany Sarah to the Castle. But I beg of you, do not tell her of her fate yet. It will be discussed in the Castle with the King shortly; I explained everything to him in my letter. And with the package of the Kokiri Emerald, they can start seeking out the remaining two gems to help us find the Master Sword. I can't believe that knowledge was lost to time, no wonder our searches brought up nothing…"

I humphed. I wanted to tell her. This was gunna be hard on her, I knew, from helping Link through it. I didn't know…if I wanted to do it again even. But sending her in unprepared like this seemed reckless. The Great Deku Tree might have known Link was special in taking him in, but wouldn't have known about him having part of the Triforce until he grew, which was when he got it. We'd already been well into our adventure, so I didn't mind so much learning he didn't tell him about it, even if he knew after we got the Forest Medallion. This man was just a shadow of the Great Deku Tree I knew and admired.

I flew towards the door. "I'd of gone with her whether you asked me to or not."

"And not tell her of her fate?" He pressed, desperation seeping into his voice.

"Fine. I won't tell her. I'll let the King do so. But I still think this is a bad idea."

"…I appreciate your honesty. Thank you, Navi."