Chapter 2
Flight of the Fairy
Serena flew to each person she was told to go to, not exactly knowing why. She told each the same, "Link, a small boy in our village, is having nightmares about an evil creature called Ganondorf!" Each that she told, nodded, and was sent into deep thought, or at least enough to interrupt what they had been doing.
Goron City
The king of the Gorons, whose name was Darunia, was the first that was to be told. She flew from her peaceful village in the Kokiri Forest to the fiery Death Mountain and from there to the entrance to the Goron City. She immediately was received by his highness.
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Darunia was kneeling beside his fireplace, in the back of his throne room, just silently, being absentminded. All that was on his mind was a blur of actions, battles, a small boy, and the Fire Temple. "I wonder what he's doing right now?" He asked out loud, to no one really.
As if to answer his question, the door to his chamber opened and in flew a small ball of blurry light. *It has to be a fairy from the forest!* he thought excitedly. He smiled a famous Goron smile to show that he was happy to have her there.
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She introduced itself as Serena, the fairy guardian of Saria. Then, she quickly explained to him the very disturbing news. His reactions all revolved around worry, and that mystified Serena because she thought that he didn't know Link or Saria but for a some reason she was telling him what had been going on.
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"Is he all right?" Darunia asked, very concerned, "Will he be ok?" She only could tell him that "Link is going to be alright or (at least) he hasn't gotten hurt from the nightmares." It was visibly noticeable that he didn't want to even think about that happening to Link.
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*Why does he care so much about someone he doesn't even know?* Serena kept thinking, now becoming annoyed.
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Darunia kept his voice very low as he said, "Tell Saria that the fire has been lit, and is ready and waiting." The way he just had spoken to her was as if he didn't want other Gorons to hear what he was saying to her. Strange.
She called farewell to his highness and flew off to go the next place on her list.
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So, Ganondorf has been coming to his "Sworn Brother" in his sleep! This was not the kind of news he wanted to hear. 'All I could do right now is just hope for the best for his friend.' He reminded himself, as he placed his head in his hands and wished the best for his dear friend.
Zora's Domain
The next person on her list was the Zora Princess, Ruto. She cruised down from the Goron city on a warm breeze heading for Zora's Domain. As she reached the throne room, a dilemma was beginning to take place. Before she was allowed to speak to her highness, she had to first receive the private audience from his majesty, the King of the Zoras.
Now that was definitely quite a task, because neither his majesty or (as his majesty believed) his daughter had ever met anyone from the forest, or for that matter, anyone from anywhere outside Zora's Domain.
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Ruto, the little daughter of the Zora king, sat next to Lord Jabu-Jabu sulking. Why did she have to stay with this over sized trout when she could be having so much fun off somewhere else? She decided that she would sneak out when her father wasn't looking. Ruto got up as quietly as she could and crept toward the entrance of the fountain.
As she got closer, she heard her father talking (if you could call the noises coming from him talking) with a messenger who, if she was hearing right, wanted to speak with her! Ruto walked quietly into the doorway and toward the slight turn, that lead into the throne room.
Getting to a point where she could hear everything that was said, she stopped and poked her head around to see whom her father was addressing. It was a FAIRY. *He had a fairy, too…* she silently thought.
Suddenly, Ruto silently suppressed a giggle as she notice how it was apparently getting upset with the way her father was delaying their meeting. Finally, she heard her father giving up and was moving so the fairy could pass. When she heard her father start to move, she bolted from her spot near the doorway, forgetting that she didn't want to make any noise, and dashed back into the fountain.
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After she finally got past all the trifle his majesty placed in her path, she was able to speak with the little princess.
*Why would Saria send me to tell her?* Thought Serena, as she flew toward Zora's fountain, puzzled by the fact that the princess is nothing but a ten years old infant.
Serena told Princess Ruto exactly what she had told Darunia. When she finished, Ruto looked as if she were in a total daze full of shock, annoyance, and anger.
But with a tone of complete clarity, Ruto said, "So, Link will be alright?" Her voice sounded very concerned, and yet fragile, on the brink of tears. Serena nods, being unable to do anything else.
"Well…please, will you let Saria know that the water is falling, and is prepared for anything." Ruto spoke as if to shield her words from ears of evil hearted beings lurking near by.
*This is getting just plain strange.* Serena thought once again.
Then, the tiny princess whispered something to her about Gerudo warriors guarding the entrance to Gerudo Valley, not liking fairies.
*How in the world did she know that Gerudo Valley was her next stop?*
She thanked the princess for her time and flew off toward her next destination. As Serena flew into the distance, Ruto made a silent wish for Link to be safe from harm and sat down next to Jabu-Jabu to cry for her dearest friend.
Gerudo Valley
After leaving the Zora's Domain, Serena flew off toward the other end of Hyrule. That was where Gerudo Valley laid. The person to talk to there was their leader, Nabooru. But first, Serena remembered, she had to get past the Gerudo Thieves, she had been told about, lurking near the waterfall not far from the Gerudo Fortress. As she slowly approached the waterfall, she noticed several Gerudo warriors standing guard. Quietly and carefully, she flew up as high as she could go and sped off toward the fortress.
In the distance, she noticed an isolated figure looking out into the desert then suddenly it turned and looked right at her as she kept speeding toward this certain Gerudo. As she got closer, she realized that this Gerudo was indeed Nabooru. She, then, quickened her pace as she noticed the sun setting. "Man, this is taking so long!" she silently complained.
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Nabooru was staring out at the sun setting into the desert when she noticed a small ball of shining light out of the corner of her eye appeared in the distance. Her full attention was hooked as it flew closer and she could almost make out a figure inside of this light, because of the loss of light and the brightness of this shining ball o' light. It came right up to her, bowed to show its respect, and introduced itself.
Nabooru smiled one of her rare smiles at the fairy and thought, *Why would Saria send her fairy to see me?*
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Then, she again explained the story of Link's dreams. Serena noted that Nabooru was also extremely concerned about him.
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Nabooru never once had expected to find out that the evil, retched, disgusting, and completely unmannered Ganondorf was scaring Link in his sleep, claiming he will reek revenge (among other things) on all of the Hyrulians and especially the Hero of Time and the Sages of Hyrule. Her anger and concern was beginning to resurface once again.
"He is alright, though?" Nabooru asked, very concerned. Serena nodded.
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*She hasn't met him, why should she care?* She asked herself silently, in a singsong tone.
"Serena," Nabooru began, "please would you tell Saria that the Spirit is ready and willing."
Serena fluttered a yes, bowed again, and quietly said good-bye.
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Nabooru watched as Serena left and flew toward the direction of the Lake. She closed her eyes and prayed that no harm came to her friend Link.
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Hyrule Castle
The sun had already set by the time she reached the Hyrule castle.