Gohma itself was extremely hard to describe, let alone look at. One glowing red eye, going yellow towards the centre, was the main part of her ugly body. Not the biggest part, but the part that was most noticeable.
Its slug-like torso was mostly a mussel-red, with two green lumps under where two of its three limbs sprouted out from every side of its "head". The end of its torso was formed to be another foot.
Above its eye were two pincer-like things that didn't look like they had much use. Horrid spikes and spines poked out at part of her body, as if she was pulled out from evolving suddenly. But the wicked person who was trying to kill the Deku Tree might have been in a rush to form this horrid beast.
It lowered itself from the roof, its one glaring eye constantly looking at Link and Navi. Link was practically paralysed at the sight of this beast. A normal person might have died at the sight of it; but then again Link wasn't normal...
The size of this thing, also, scared Link. It scared him almost more than its looks had. The most disgusting part of its body, its eye, was at least half the size of Link. And compared to how big the actual monster was, they eye was one of the smallest things on its body.
"Gohma..." Navi whispered to Link, but she was whispering out of fear. "Parasect Armoured Arachnid Queen Gohma."
"I should have asked Tippo how to destroy her while he was still here..." Link muttered, still looking at the beast, which was studying its new victims by tilting its slime-covered head to look around them. Navi would normally have a witty comment, but she knew now was not the time.
Gohma turned its head once more and then pulled it back.
Soon after doing this she threw her head into the air and roared. It sounded horrible, like the sound bones make when hit together. The cry was at first a clicking, then it turned into a loud growl, then a roar, which echoed around the inside of the Great Deku Tree. Its cry lasted around 7 seconds, just getting louder and more horrific. Then it looked back at one of the two that interrupted its slumber...
...It looked at Link...
Link stood back slightly in defence. Gohma grunted slightly in agreement with herself and charged at the boy. Link screamed as Gohma ran to him, he didn't have time to draw his sword or grab his shield. Gohma's body drew closer and faster. Its eye becoming horrifically more detailed...
"It's eye..."
Link said this before Gohma hit him. The speed, Power and weight of the beast all hitting him at once winded him, almost knocking him out and, to Gohma, almost killing him. Gohma watched the child's body fall into the shallow water and lie there without movement. Whenever this happened before to any of her victims, they were dead. Gohma decided this must also be the case for the boy.
"LINK! NO!"
Gohma turned sharply to see Navi, obviously worried about the boy. It was best, Gohma decided, to kill this loud-floating-glowing-thing before feasting on the child. She again growled in agreement with herself and charged at Navi.
Link sat up from the shallow water, rubbing his head. He at first thought he was going to be in his bed, like this morning, looking at his new sword, but his attention was drawn to a female scream. Link's confused face turned into one of anger when he saw what was happening, his teeth locked together in rage.
"NAVI!"
Gohma was looking over a glowing light, which Link identified to be the fairy. Link hoped she wasn't dead. He stood up, now hearing Navi's voice, trying to reason with Gohma.
"Now, come on, don't eat me... I'm pathetically small and will get stuck in-between your teeth..."
"GOHMA!"
Gohma again spun round to see something she thought she wouldn't. Link was poised, ready for battle, sword ready and shield at his side. Gohma roared again, her saliva dropping onto a poor and defenceless Navi, almost drowning her. Gohma charged at Link again.
"Great Deku tree, guide me now..." Link muttered as Gohma charged at him.
Gohma roared as she ran, obviously angry that her next meal had survived her first attack. The boy had guts to do that to her, gut which she personally wanted to eat, but first he had to be destroyed. Gohma ran the fastest she could, the boy not seeming to react. This didn't put Gohma off. To her it was an easy lunch.
Gohma was focused on the boy, standing ready to attack but not actually attacking. Something was wrong, definitely. She looked away be accident in thought, then looked back. Link wasn't there.
"Up here."
Gohma looked up to see the boy had jumped high above her head. It was then that she realised what the boy had planned...
...That today was her last...
Link had his sword pointing down towards the beast. Link had figured it out, not to strike Gohma's underside, nor her back, but her eye would be the death of her. Link didn't close his eyes this time round but did feel bad about what he was going to do. Gohma had fallen silent and still as she watched Link lift his sword upwards and then drove it into the eye of Gohma. Her body fell down, her two front legs giving way as lost all power over her body. Link landed too, still grasping his sword, the sword that's blade had slit through the middle of Gohma's eye. He pulled it out, uncomfortable about what was on the blade, and dipped it in the water.
"Link...you saved me..."
Link turned to see Navi floating in front of him. The boy smiled.
"Are you ok now?" He asked.
"My right wing hurts but it'll be fine. Yourself?"
"I suppose I'm ok... I hate killing things..."
"You have a nasty bruise on your head... I'll heal you later."
"Ok"
A blue light fell from the roof. Link looked amazed at this and, after staring at it for a long time, turned to Navi.
"What's..." Link began, only to be interrupted by the happy voice of Navi.
"That's a teleporter. I guess the Great Deku Tree sent it to help us out."
"What do we do?"
"Walk into it, silly!" Navi laughed, flying towards the beam. Link followed, with the feeling that Navi had finally forgiven him for catching her in a net.
With the feeling the Great Deku Tree was right in assigning them to be together.
With the feeling they had become friends at last.

"Thou hast done well, Link."
"Thank you Great Deku Tree."
"Navi, thou hast been courageous in facing the beast."
"Thank you, Great Deku Tree."
Link and Navi both stood before the Deku Tree, Navi had healed Link's bruise and Link was letting Navi rest on his shoulder. Even though Link was smiling, he didn't feel too good about himself. Killing Gohma was the worst thing Link had done so far, and was hoping he didn't have to bring it up when he returned to the Kokiri, but something was still bugging Link.
"Great Deku Tree, what did you mean when you told me I wasn't a Kokiri?"
"Thou are actually Hylian, from the outside of the forest. Thou's father-"
"Father?"
The Great Deku Tree sighed.
"Thou will not understand, but thou had two, as it were, guardians. They both brought thou into this world, and cared for you. Link, thou was their child."
Link's eye's filled with tears. Him only being ten made all this harder to take in, as was the Great Deku tree finding it hard to tell.
"A war descended on Hyrule, whilst thou was only a baby. You will not remember, but thou's mother's last requests were to send you to be guarded under my power."
"Last requests?" Link tried to ask. He was about to burst into heavy tears; all this information came too fast, too soon. New words entered his head. "Mother" "Father" "War". The Kokiri lived in peace under the protection of the Great Deku Tree; the outside was until recently for Link a myth. Now all this. Link asked his question again, knowing the first time it was covered by heavy crying.
"Last...requests?"
The Great Deku Tree struggled more to tell Link this.
"Thou's Mother and Father... were... killed... soon after they left you..."
Link fell to the floor in tears, which was unexpected by the Great Deku Tree.
"Why art thou crying, Link?"
"I..." Link shouted though his raging pain. "...I THINK I CAN REMEMBER MY MOTHER!"