Chapter 3-The Maku Tree
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Before Link set off to find a way to stop Veran, the Sorceress of Shadows, he grabbed the sword from Impa's hand. It wasn't to hard, because her hands were weak. Then he went out to the Forest of Time. He passed back through the opening and walked south for a time. Soon he came upon a sign with the words 'Lynna City, West'. So, logically, he went west. When he reached the town, he saw a kid playing in the field, and a woman sitting at a table, making a meal for her family.
"Three meals a day!" she complained. "It is so hard to cook, clean, and work all of the time!"
Suddenly, the boy looked over the trees and saw a tower. "That wasn't there before," he said. Link walked over to the boy.
"When did that tower appear there," he said to him.
"Just a few minutes ago," the boy said. "Who... who are you?"
"I am Link, and I'm here to protect Labrynna."
"Oh, okay," the boy said more confidently. "Your the boy the message talked about."
"Alright, thanks."
'Is that tower linked to Veran and Nayru's disappearance?' he wondered. 'And if it is, what is that connection?'
He entered the shop and dug a bag of rupees out of his tunic. How lucky that he had remembered it! He bought a shield. 'I'll need this,' he thought. Outside the shop he noticed a sign. It said 'Maku Tree, North'. He went over to the lady fixing a meal and asked, "What is the Maku Tree?"
She turned around and started yelling. "Are you stupid!? Go away, can't you see that i'm making lunch?" Then she noticed the sign on his hand. "Oh, I'm so sorry," she said. "Your that hero the Maku Tree talked about. The Maku Tree is a wise old tree, she can help you."
"Thank you," he said. Then he wondered, 'A female tree? Now I've heard everything.'
"Your welcome. I'm glad to know I can help Labrynna."
Link grinned and went north up to a large gate. "You ain't gettin' in there," he heard a voice say. Link turned around. "The only way in there is through Maku Road." The man pointed at an opening.
"Thanks," Link said. 'The people around here are very helpful,' he thought. He entered the opening. Inside was a castle-like interior with a door to the north and holes near the walls. Around the holes were fences and signs that said 'Danger'. Link headed through the doors. He went up some stairs at the end. When he was out, his eyes first fell upon a tree.
"Hello, Link," the tree said. "I am the Maku Tree. Nayru is the Oracle of Ages."
"So that's why Veran wanted her," Link observed. "She wanted her powers to terrorize the past."
"That's right," the Maku Tree said. Suddenly, she began to fade. "Something is happening to me in the past! If that happens, I will never have existed today!" Then she dissapeared. Just then, Ralph climbed up the stairs.
"Link, I thought I told you I can handle it..." he said. Then his eyes went to where the Maku Tree had been. "Where is the Maku Tree?" After Link explained, Ralph said, "First Nayru, now the Maku Tree. I'm going to the past to stop Veran." He walked past Link and up to a cliff where the portal rested and stepped through. Link quickly followed.
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Before Link set off to find a way to stop Veran, the Sorceress of Shadows, he grabbed the sword from Impa's hand. It wasn't to hard, because her hands were weak. Then he went out to the Forest of Time. He passed back through the opening and walked south for a time. Soon he came upon a sign with the words 'Lynna City, West'. So, logically, he went west. When he reached the town, he saw a kid playing in the field, and a woman sitting at a table, making a meal for her family.
"Three meals a day!" she complained. "It is so hard to cook, clean, and work all of the time!"
Suddenly, the boy looked over the trees and saw a tower. "That wasn't there before," he said. Link walked over to the boy.
"When did that tower appear there," he said to him.
"Just a few minutes ago," the boy said. "Who... who are you?"
"I am Link, and I'm here to protect Labrynna."
"Oh, okay," the boy said more confidently. "Your the boy the message talked about."
"Alright, thanks."
'Is that tower linked to Veran and Nayru's disappearance?' he wondered. 'And if it is, what is that connection?'
He entered the shop and dug a bag of rupees out of his tunic. How lucky that he had remembered it! He bought a shield. 'I'll need this,' he thought. Outside the shop he noticed a sign. It said 'Maku Tree, North'. He went over to the lady fixing a meal and asked, "What is the Maku Tree?"
She turned around and started yelling. "Are you stupid!? Go away, can't you see that i'm making lunch?" Then she noticed the sign on his hand. "Oh, I'm so sorry," she said. "Your that hero the Maku Tree talked about. The Maku Tree is a wise old tree, she can help you."
"Thank you," he said. Then he wondered, 'A female tree? Now I've heard everything.'
"Your welcome. I'm glad to know I can help Labrynna."
Link grinned and went north up to a large gate. "You ain't gettin' in there," he heard a voice say. Link turned around. "The only way in there is through Maku Road." The man pointed at an opening.
"Thanks," Link said. 'The people around here are very helpful,' he thought. He entered the opening. Inside was a castle-like interior with a door to the north and holes near the walls. Around the holes were fences and signs that said 'Danger'. Link headed through the doors. He went up some stairs at the end. When he was out, his eyes first fell upon a tree.
"Hello, Link," the tree said. "I am the Maku Tree. Nayru is the Oracle of Ages."
"So that's why Veran wanted her," Link observed. "She wanted her powers to terrorize the past."
"That's right," the Maku Tree said. Suddenly, she began to fade. "Something is happening to me in the past! If that happens, I will never have existed today!" Then she dissapeared. Just then, Ralph climbed up the stairs.
"Link, I thought I told you I can handle it..." he said. Then his eyes went to where the Maku Tree had been. "Where is the Maku Tree?" After Link explained, Ralph said, "First Nayru, now the Maku Tree. I'm going to the past to stop Veran." He walked past Link and up to a cliff where the portal rested and stepped through. Link quickly followed.