The Legend of Zelda
Ti'ana's Story
__________by Ti'ana MYST
Chapter One
Out in the distance, a cuckoo crowed. A single beam of light found its way into Ti'ana's house.
Taabu sat up and stretched. He couldn't understand how Ti'ana slept on this thing every night.
"Speaking of Ti'ana.." Taabu mumbled, still half-asleep. He couldn't remember where she was. "Oh yea," he said. "Saria's house." He wondered if they were up yet. Knowing Ti'ana, she had probably been awake hours before the sun rose.
As Taabu stepped out of Ti'ana's house, which was built in a tree (unlike Link's, which had been fashioned in the trunk), he found out he was right. Ti'ana was up. He could see her on Saria's roof, and Nuli flitting around her head.
He couldn't clearly see her, since a light fog had settled on the forest because of the storm the night before. He heard her ocarina playing, the mysterious song she had played at Lon Lon Ranch the day before.
Taabu climbed the ladder down the tree and ran over to Saria's house. He went around the left side and followed the path up to the roof. Ti'ana still hadn't seen him, but Nuli had, and she was already flying over to him. He tried to shoo her away, but Nuli just continued to flutter around his head.
Just as she was about to warn Ti'ana, Taabu grabbed the fairy loosely in his hand and put her in his pocket.
Taabu reached the roof and climbed up. He stood behind Ti'ana and held his hands over her shoulders. Just as he was about to scare her, she turned around quickly and shouted, "BOO!" Shocking Taabu, he fell backwards, and landed hard on his back.
Ti'ana snickered. "That's what you get for trying to frighten me."
Taabu seemed to growl as he stood. "It's not fair! I never get a chance to scare you." He crossed his arms. "Sheesh."
Ti'ana stood. "So, what do you wanna do today?"
Taabu frowned. "Can't do anything. Gotta work today."
"Oh."
"Come with me? I don't feel like facing Malon alone today."
Ti'ana smirked, glad to see that she didn't feel the same way about Malon as she did for him. "Sure."
They climbed down the roof onto the path that led to ground level. Mido was standing there, yelling at one of the Kokiri for not working on Saria's yard.
"I am the boss of all the Kokiri, and when I ask for a minor favor, just pulling up a few weeds, I expect it to be done!" He was red in the face as he continued to shout at the poor fellow, who was named Remi. Blonde bangs covered his eyes. He was quite a short guy, even next to Mido (mostly because he lowered himself, so the spit that was coming out of Mido's screaming mouth would go over his head).
"I'm sorry, Mido!" he said in defense. "It is only seven o'clock in the morning as it is! I just got up less than a half hour ago!!"
Mido was about to say something, which would have probably been very vulgar if not he had seen Taabu.
"Ti'ana! What have I told you about bringing Hylians into the forest! It is not their place to be among the Kokiri!"
"Geez, Mido, calm down. Taaby's just as Kokiri as we are... except for that fact that both of his parents are Hylians, and he was born in Kakariko Village, and..."
A small Kokiri girl poked her head around the side of Saria's house. It was the girl that usually stood on the raised spot at the end of the bridge that protruded from Saria's house. "Hi, Mido!"
Mido looked up. "Uh.. Hi Fado." He coughed. "Now, get back to work, Remi! Don't make me have to leave my post again!" Mido stormed off. He didn't want to drag the argument out any further, knowing that he probably would have lost in the end, anyway.
Fado sighed, smiling and holding her hands clasped together under her chin. "He's sooo dreamy!" Her eyes became wide as she watched Mido go back to the entrance of Deku Tree's valley. "Isn't he, Ti'ana?"
Ti'ana snickered. "Yeah, Fado, he's the cutest thing in all of Hyrule." Fado, though, wasn't paying much attention.
Taabu grinned at Ti'ana. "How do you put up with him, anyway?"
Ti'ana just smiled. "Let's go." She pulled Taabu over to the exit of the Kokiri Forest, when the guard, Tido, stopped her.
"No Kokiri shall leave this forest, 'Ana. You know the rules."
"Yeah, but I always leave the forest... You know that. And I haven't disintegrated yet." She lifted her arms up at her sides and lowered them. "See?"
Tido shook his head. "Not any more, kid. Your friend can leave on his own."
Ti'ana frowned, and walked away. Taabu shrugged and followed her.
"Where are you going?" He asked, catching up to her.
"To the Lost Woods."
"Why?"
"You'll see."
They walked on to the wall and climbed up the roots and vines attached to it. They entered the forest, after Ti'ana kicked the gossip stone for fun. Taabu took out a slingshot and shot it with a deku nut.
They traveled through the forest a bit.
"Where are we going, anyway?" Taabu inquired.
Ti'ana scratched her chin. "Well, how do you want to get out? Through Goron City or Zora's Domain?"
Taabu thought a bit. "How about Zora's Domain? I'd like to go for a swim!"
They walked to the small pond where the entrance to Zora's Domain was.
"Ready?" Ti'ana asked?
"Ready!" Taabu cannon-balled straight into the water, with Ti'ana right behind him. Diving down to the bottom, they made their way to the small entrance that led to Zora's River, which led to Zora's Domain.
Ti'ana reached the river first. She held her head above the water, gasping for air. Taabu followed.
"Now what?" asked Taabu.
"Hang out with Ruto for a while?" Ti'ana requested. "Sure," Taabu said. The two pulled themselves from the small pool of water. Ti'ana stepped over to the small plate that was imbedded in the ground before the great deluge. She pulled her ocarina from her bag, and put the mouthpiece to her lips. She began to play Zelda's Lullaby, a song that Zelda herself had taught Ti'ana.
The waterfall instantly began to slow down to almost a trickle of water.
"Follow me," Ti'ana ordered. She jumped into a small cavity in the wall over which the waterfall fell over. Taabu was next, and almost tripped as he jumped through the dripping water.
"Oof!" he exclaimed. "Isn't there another way to get into the Domain without having to break out necks?"
'Ana shook her head, and walked through the passageway leading to Zora's Domain.