Warnings:

Warnings:

Shounen-ai mostly, not really yaoi. in other words: boy/boy er...relationships?

I wouldn't exactly call it love...yet ^_^ so it's...yeah. They're gay okay?

Episode Zero warnings! If you haven't read it I would suggest it! You can find

translations at GundamWing.net an a lot of other places.

::blush:: and er...Dorothy bashing...yeah...I have nothing against Dorothy but

I...well...she's not treated kindly here....sorry....

Ratings and such are in the first chapter! I'm to lazy to do them again...

Legend of Zelda: Dreams of Hyrule

Back to the Forest

*A Short Adventure*

(Yeah right! Like I can write short chapters!)

~I~ Chapter One ~I~

I was making my way to Death Mountain when Duo stopped flying.

"Hold it! I just remembered, we gotta go to the forest," he said.

I tried to hide my excitement. I could see Iria again. "Why?" I asked.

Duo shrugged. "Part'a the game. We gotta go get a song from your sister, I guess we should..." he cringed. "I guess we should go see Dorothy too."

"...Why?" I repeated, though this time I wasn't as excited...well not at all.

"Another song, a bottle, marriage proposal, heart piece..."

"Marriage proposal!?" I yelled.

Duo raised his hands in a surrendering gesture. "Hey it ain't my fault! Besides I'm sure you can prevent that! And it's not by the psycho herself, the Duke will just kid you around."

I sighed. "You could have said that to begin with"

~()~

I ran as fast as I could out of the god-forsaken, inbreeding, hell hole Duo called Lon Lon Ranch.

When I felt safe I turned and yelled at Duo: "You said it wasn't going to be that bad!"

Duo was shaking and looked extremely pale. "I-I didn't know! Hey it didn't have...that in the game! It's not my fault you have a sick imagination! I never thought you had it in you..." he was turning green now.

I was beating the side of my head trying to get the images and voices out of my head.

~()~

"Oh come on fairy boy!" Dorothy pleaded. "I just want one kiss! Then I'll teach you a song!"

I shook my head. "No! I don't want to!"

"Oh please!" she asked again. "Grandfather said I'm getting much better! And Septem, he's our stable cleaner, says I'm really talented when it comes to..."

~()~

"Oh god get it out!!!" I screamed.

Duo shivered and tried to smile. "Hey at least we got the song!" he said.

I shuddered. "Don't remind me...ever."

"And the bottle!" Duo tried again. "And though the Duke tried to kill you when you refused Dorothy...well we got away right?"

I sighed. "Well at least we don't ever have to go back" I said.

Duo laughed nervously.

~()~

I ran across the bridge and into the Kokiri Village.

"Where to now?" I asked Duo.

He pointed up to a hollowed out log, much like the entryway I had just come through.

"There," he said. "The Lost Woods."

~()~

Duo guided me through the maze, I was amazed at how much he remembered.

Halfway through a voice called from above: "We meet again" the low voice said. Millrardo was standing above one of the log entrance.

"Hey there Millie!" Duo greeted brightly.

Millrardo scowled but otherwise ignored the Fairy of Death.

"Fairy of Death, I like that." Millrardo chuckled.

I blushed and Duo rolled his eyes.

"You know how annoying that is?" he asked.

Again, Millrardo ignored him. "Quatre, you have come to the forest again, that is wise."

Duo smiled smugly and polished his nails on his shirt.

"It was Duo's idea," I said with a shrug. "Uh...Millrardo? Can I ask something?"

"Of course, though I might not be able to answer"

I nodded. "Who are the people in the forest? The Kokiri? I've never seen these people before, I'm sure I haven't! Yet they seem so familiar."

Millrardo nodded. "You are very observant. Yes you do know them, in a way. They are memories, but not your own. You know that with your 'Space Heart' you can sense others emotions?"

I nodded.

"Well as a sort of side effect you acquire some of their memories, only strong ones though, and only vaguely. So the people of Kokiri forest are memories of people who are really close -or were- to them at one time. Most of them are from you former pilots, though I know some myself."

"How do you know?" Duo asked.

Millrardo smirked.

"That's the most intelligent question I've ever heard you ask. The reason is that I am Quatre's sub-conscious, or rather the embodiment. He knows this deep down, and I reveal it to him in dreams, quiet moments or times of great emotion."

I nodded slowly. "I think I understand," I said slowly. "So this place? It's seems to be only of memories...but Iria...Will...Will I not see her again? Is she..."

Millrardo looked thoughtful. "She is fine. But you feel like she is only a memory to you, it must mean that you wish to see her but haven't made the time."

I nodded. He was right, I was still guilty and I felt I couldn't face her.

"We should get going..." Duo said.

I nodded again. "One more thing. Millrardo? Who was the girl guarding father? She seemed important and she called herself 'Nataku' but that's Wufei's Gundam."

"Yes," Millrardo said. "You are right, she is important. She was Wufei's wife."

I could hear Duo choking next to me but I was too shocked to help him.

"His what?!"

"His wife, or at least how he remembers her. I think you need to ask him. Now you need to go."

"Yeah let's go," Duo said, something in his tone made me suspicious.

"Are you okay Duo?"

Duo flew ahead of me so I couldn't see his face.

"I'm fine," he said. "Let's get going."

~()~

Duo lead again, taking me through a maze that looked exactly the same every turn.

"Is this really possible?" I asked.

"Is what possible?"

"This" I said waving my hand to the trees. "I mean, every tree looks the same, it just looks like a wall, and you said that if you go through the wrong log you go back to the entrance, right?"

"Right" Duo answered.

"That doesn't make sense!" I yelled.

Duo sighed. "It doesn't have to. It's just a dream Quatre. It was like this in the game."

I blinked.

*Of course it's just a dream. So why am I getting so upset? This isn't about the trees*

I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts.

"I think this is getting to me," I said, not really meaning say it out laud.

"Yeah, I think I know what you mean," Duo whispered, sounding worried. "Look" he continued. "Let's just get going okay? The sooner we get this done, the sooner we're out'a here."

I nodded.

*I'm torn. If I finish quickly, so I can get this over with, I'll have to hurt Heero before I wake up. But if I stall...I just have a bad feeling about this*

"Come on Q, you're lagging," Duo said, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Right" I said, running to catch up.

~()~

"I'm really getting tired of these mazes," I said as I disposed of another Deku Scrub.

"We're almost there...yeah look! There's the stair case!" he said pointing it out. "Come on! This is taking way too long!" Duo flew a head a few feet then came back.

"Let's go!!!" he yelled.

"I'm coming!" I said, wiping off my sword.

"You don't have to do that! Just think it's clean." I could tell he was loosing what little patience he had.

~()~

Iria was sitting on a tree stump, eyes closed with an ocarina to her lips, swaying softly to the music. She looked like she belonged here. It felt like she belonged here.

"Iria!" I called, running towards my sister.

Iria looked up, smiling brightly. "You came back! My dearest Quatre."

I gave her a tight hug.

*I hate to leave her!*

"Of course I came back! I had to see you again!" I said out loud.

She smiled brighter. "I missed you too, Quatre" she said. "But I have a way you can talk to me. Though I wish I could see you more, I must settle to hear your voice. Do you still have your ocarina?"

I nodded.

"Good" she said. "Then I will teach you My Song."

~()~

We ran back through the Lost Woods. I felt a little sad, having to leave her again, but at least I could talk to her. Too bad Duo got mad when I tried it out the first minute we lost sight of her. We had met up with Millrardo again, but Duo made him mad so he didn't stay long.

"Oh! Hold up!" Duo said stopping mid-flight.

"What is it?" I asked.

"There's a few things ya gotta do here," He said. "Shouldn't take long."

I nodded.

~()~

I was admiring my new Deku Seed Bag when we walked in to one of many cross-sections.

Duo gasped and stopped.

"What is it?" I asked, alarmed at the pale look on his face.

He didn't say anything so I looked to where he was staring. There was a boy, I couldn't see his face very well, a large hat over shadowed it.

"What is it Duo?" I asked.

The boy was hardly scary, he actually looked scared himself, he was watching us curiously.

"S-Solo?" Duo whispered.

"How can you tell?" I asked.

Duo had told me of a former friend of his, not much detail but I knew he was important. I regretted ever having this dream when I saw the pained look on Duo's face.

"I...I just know," he whispered.

I walked closer and the boy lifted his head a little, revealing his face. He looked like any normal ten-year-old boy would. Light brown hair, gray eyes, nothing to define him.

*No wait...*

I looked closer. Solo -if that's who he was- was filthy, grim smudged his face and the hair that I could see was matted and caked with dirt. He had scars too, and his lip was a little

puffy. He looked like he was just in a fight.

"He looks like he did when I first met him," Duo whispered. "Except for the clothes of course."

I could see tiny glistening tears roll down the fairy's face.

"I'm sorry Duo. I..." I trailed off as he shook his head.

"It's...It's all right Quatre. Do me a favor though okay?"

"Anything," I said.

"Could you...could you clean him up a bit?" he asked shakily, his eyes never moved from the boy.

"Of course," I said.

I closed my eyes. When I opened them again, Solo looked as clean as if he'd just taken a long bath and the swelling in his lip was gone.

"How'd ya do that?" Solo asked.

"Magic," Duo answered, a sad smile on his face. "Cool huh?"

Solo nodded. "Thanks" he said. "I ain't been this clean since...I can't remember when."

I nodded and smiled. "Sure."

"Guess what?" Duo asked Solo.

"Huh?"

"We know 'Iria's Song' huh Quatre?" Duo turned to me for the first time since we met up with Solo.

I nodded.

"Play it for him" Duo said.

*Yeah, he's definitely loosing patience*

I took out my ocarina and played.

"All right then!" Solo said, once I'd finished. "Since you know Iria, and ya got me all cleaned up, I think we ought'a be friends" Solo gave us a big grin.

Duo nodded. "I'd like that" he said quietly, I doubt if Solo even heard him.

The young boy dug out something from his pocket and threw it to me. It was a small glass heart.

"What is this?" I asked.

"It makes things hurt a lil' less," Solo said with a shrug. "It might come in handy."

I smiled at him. "Thank you."

"Sure!" Solo said brightly. "An' if ya need anythin' just ask!"

"Thanks Solo," Duo said.

"'ey" Solo said. "How'd ya know my name?"

"Magic," Duo said with wink.

Solo smiled. "Ya sure are a weird fairy. 'ey kid, I'd watch 'im if I were you."

Duo laughed. I just smiled.

"Thanks for the tip" I said. "We'd better get going. Are you ready Duo?"

Duo sighed and nodded. "Yeah."

With one last look at the boy, he flew off.

"See ya around Solo!" he called over his shoulder.

I followed quickly behind.

To be continued...

Next: The Gorons and Death Mountain