Navi looked at the Boy as he hid his head in his hands. His cries were heart piercing to anyone in the area. The Great Deku Tree, despite not showing it, was upset at this. Navi spoke up at last.
"Link, it helps to get it out in the open. Tell me what you can remember."
"I...I was here..." Link cried. "I remember my mother singing... She then stood up quickly and left... Great... Great Deku Tree... I remember she left... left me with you..."
"Yes, Link. Thou's mother left thou to be under my protection, under my spell to protect you and..."
The Great Deku Tree stopped talking suddenly. Link and Navi looked up at the giant tree, wondering what was wrong.
"I..." He began. "I have little time left..."
"WHAT?" Navi shouted it disbelief.
"No...Great Deku Tree... you can't..." Link tried to speak clearly through his tears.
"Link, thou can not fight the future. I am soon to pass away."
"But...the Kokiri..."
"Thou will find out in time what their fate is..."
Link had burst into realy heavy tears now.
"I killed Gohma! You can't die!"
"Queen Gohma did too much damage to my insides for it to be fixed."
Link's attention was now fully on the topic of the Deku Tree, and wasn't thinking about his mother anymore.
"YOU KNEW YOU WERE INFESTED BEFORE YOU CALLED FOR ME! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER? I COULD HAVE SAVED YOU!"
"I wanted thou to be able to cope with death. I know thou future, Link."
"NO! YOU DONT KNOW IT! I CAN CHANGE MY FUTURE! I COULD HAVE SAVED YOU!"
Link was too upset to understand all of this, and the Deku Tree knew this. The Great Duke Tree could remember the night when Link was sent to the forest...

"Take him to the forest."
"But..."
"Just do it! I have to protect the king. I might not make it, just save our child. Take him to the forest and hope the Great Deku Tree will look after him."
"I...I love you..."
"And I you..."

A woman ran from a flaming castle, a bundle in her arms. She ran into the forest, singing a soft tune to the blanket.

She set the bundle down in front of a tree. She cried as she spoke her last words to the bundle, a baby wrapped in a warm blanket.

"You haven't woke up yet, my child." she said, laughing slightly, but soon going back to speaking through tears. "You were always the quietest child in Hyrule."
The Child opened its eyes and gurgled with joy of seeing its mother.
"You haven't cried yet, my child. Not even when you were born. Don't, for the love of the Triforce, don't cry yet. I will have to leave now. Maybe, when you're a strong boy, we might meet again. Your father, I don't know."
She pulled the blanket over the child's head, giving it more warmth.
"He should be in the Temple of Time now. That is, if he made it. Oh, Link, I don't know if I can bare this..."
She stood up and ran from the child, who started to strain its arms out for its mother. Then, realising it was on its own, it started to cry.
The first time he ever cried.

"Link... thou has seen that?"
Link stared at the Deku Tree. He, like the Deku Tree, had just watched this vision. This had calmed him down.
"I...didn't cry?"
"Thou never cried, Link. When thou were born thou never cried. Thou only cried when your mother left thou. When this happened, thou's emotions were stirred and the slightest upset would make thou cry."
"But..." Link pondered. "Why must so many people die... I don't understand death... where do you go? Why does it happen?"
"Thou will find that out for yourself someday, child. My time is almost up..."
Link stood up. He couldn't cry. He couldn't shout. He was in a weird trance of confusion.
"Link..." The Deku tree gasped, obviously dying. "...You must...leave the forest..."
"LEAVE THE FOREST?"
"Link...you...are...the...worlds...last...hope..."
The Great Deku Tree suddenly lost all life inside of it. The bark on its body shrivelled and turned grey. The leaves on its once-proud branches fell off gradually. Link knelt on one knee and looked up at the dead saviour.
"Goodbye...Great Deku Tree..."

Link walked slowly back to the Kokiri village. The sun was setting and Link's mind was full of questions. His mother and father left him to protect him. Why was he so special? The Great Deku tree was dead. Why did he let himself die? What will happen to the Kokiri? But only one thing troubled Link the most...
He had to leave the forest...
Link looked around for Saria. At first he saw the twins, painting their house pink. He then saw Mido telling two of the Know-it-all Brothers that they were carrying a plank of wood wrong. Not many people other than these four were working. The rest were either playing or in their huts. Link started walking more when he finally saw Saria, sitting on a tree-stump looking at her musical instrument, the Ocarina.
"SARIA!" Link called to his friend, who looked up in delight at Link.
"LINK! I THOUGHT YOU WERE COMING BACK SOON! YOU'VE BEEN AWAY ALL DAY!"
Navi flew up to Link (she had been trailing behind) and rested on his shoulder.
"Is that the fairy we saw yesterday?" Saria asked.
"Uh-huh. The Great Deku Tree appointed her to be my companion!"
"THATS GREAT LINK! YOU FINALY HAVE A FAIRY!"
"I know!"
"Listen..." Navi said. "I'm sorry for the way I treated you."
"Its ok," Saria replied. "We gotta be friends if were gonna see each other every day!"
"Uh..." Link muttered. Saria was his best friend in the whole world. She had to know. Link was about to open his mouth when-
"HAY MR. NO-FAIRY!"
"Shut up Mido... I have a fairy now..."
"Oooohh! So Mr-No-Fairy thinks he can get a fairy and be 100% Kokiri!"
"SHUT UP MIDO!" Saria snapped. "LINK IS A TRUE KOKIRI!"
"I'm not..."
Mido and Saria stared at Link in disbelief, even though they were in different stages of disbelief.
"Link...your not serious..." Saria asked softly
"And... And the Great Deku Tree..."
"What about him?"
"The Great Deku Tree died when I left him..."
"WWWHHHAAATTT?" Mido shouted. "YOUR NOT KOKIRI AND YOU KILLED THE GREAT DEKU TREE? GET OUT OF THE FOREST, YOU SCUM!"
"Link, I know you didn't kill the Deku Tree..." Saria said, caring for her friend.
"HE ISN'T KOKIRI!" Mido shouted, determined to finish his wrath. "HE HAS LIVED WITH US, ATE WITH US AND WORE OUR GARMENTS AND HE ISN'T KOKIRI! HE KILLED THE GREAT DEKU TREE! YOU SHOULDNT BE IN THE FOREST!"
Link's temper broke.
"WELL I'M LEAVING THE FOREST ANYWAY!"
"Link..." Saria gasped. "...Why?"
"It was the Great Deku Tree's last bidding."
"WHAT?" Mido shouted once more. "HE ASKED YOU TO LEAVE? BUT ANYONE WHO LEAVES WILL DIE!"
"I know..." Link said worriedly. "I'm afraid to leave. But the Great Deku Tree wants me to..."
"YOU STUPID NON-KOKIRI-" Mido started
"OH SHUT UP YOU WIND-FILLED NO-GOOD..." Navi began.
"...SMALL BRAINED, PIG-HEADED..." Saria continued.
"...WORTHLESS PEICE OF JUNK!" Link ended. Mido went silent and walked away. Link turned to Saria, who sighed.
"You're...leaving the forest?"
"Yeah... I don't want to... The Great Deku Tree never told me where to go..."
"When are you leaving?"
"Soon... the sooner the better... at least I'll be away from Mido..."
"Link... take this..."
Saria handed Link a round object. Link looked amazed at this and stared at Saria.
"You're... giving me this?"
"It's only my spare..." Saria laughed slightly. "I wouldn't give you mine!"
Saria had handed Link her spare Ocarina, a musical instrument that she played. She had tried to show Link how to play it, but Link could never remember the notes she showed him.
"I can't play it..." Link muttered.
"Well, practice." Saria smiled. Link smiled back.
"I'm gonna get out the forest now... I don't wanna wait any longer... I've been crying allot..."
"Hurry up and get out!" Saria smiled. "I understand your hurt. The Great Deku Tree dying, finding out your not Kokiri. Run out now, and don't look back at me, Link. I'm always here for you."
Link nodded and, turning around quickly ran through the forest.
"You have my mothers soul, Saria..." Link muttered, a tear running down his cheek. Saria put her head down and, in the same place as Link, a tear rolled down her soft skin.