*~EEE!!! My first *good* Zelda fanfic! But it's not gonna be my best, trust
me. I've been working on one for a year now and...oops. *Blush* There I go
babbling. Anyways, this is a very nice bit of fanfiction...and, NO, I am
NOT bragging, I just really love the way it turned out, and it's one of the
few I've written that I actually have confidence in. It's a peek inside
Saria's mind while she's trapped in the Forest Temple, waiting for Link to
awaken her as a Sage. But she doesn't know that he's coming. She doesn't
know that she's a Sage. Yet, anyways.
All the italicized parts are Saria's actual thoughts, and the rest is just stuff that's floating around in her brain, almost randomly. This was inspired a lot by a play I was in. So...I hope you like it!~*
Don't Forget Me
It's been so long...
Seven years, to the day. Seven years since the monsters, horrible beasts and ghosts have invaded our special place. Seven long years that I've spent trapped in here, floating in semi-consciousness. As if it were a dream. But it's a nightmare.
Link, have you forgotten me?
At first, I hoped. Hoped that you would return. My faith in you hasn't faded, no, not a bit. I know that you would save me...if you could...
Has he hurt you, my friend? Has he? Has he...
He can't have. I would sense it, wouldn't I? Or are such things only myths? Oh, Link. If you are still alive, please find some way to let me know. Anything, anything at all. Just...please...
If you are no more, what is the use of going on?
...Or have you just forgotten me? Gone on to greater worlds, greater adventures...greater friends? I know your quest for adventure often leads you far away, but...where are you?
Do you even remember me...?
I just wish I knew what was going on. Why I was attacked. Why the forest is in such chaos. Why you've been missing for so long. Has something happened? Has something gone wrong?
Oh, Goddesses...has he won?
No. Link, you would never let him win. You would never forget us. Us, your friends. We, your whole world. Hyrule. Every last person...I know you would give your life for us.
Have you?
It's too terrible to think about. Link, I cannot hold on much longer. I feel something calling me...but very distantly. What is it? If you were here, you would know. I feel like I could do something, but I don't know what.
If only...if only you were here...
I feel like a frightened child, trapped in a nightmare. Only I am trapped in a nightmare, a living nightmare. If you were with me, I could be calm. I could be happy. I wouldn't be afraid anymore.
But...
Seven years is a long time. Oh, my friend, how handsome you would look at seventeen. That's right...I know. I know that you aren't the same as me. I know that you aren't Kokiri. I always sensed it. You are destined to save Hyrule, and nothing can stop you.
But what about death?
No. Death can't keep its icy grip on you, Link. Somehow...the Goddesses keep their hands on you. They protect you. You will win. You will save Hyrule.
You will save...me.
I know you haven't forgotten me, Link. I will continue to hold on, and wait for you. Just like you refuse to give up and give in, so will I. You'll find me here, ready to see my best friend again. No matter how long it takes. I can wait.
All the italicized parts are Saria's actual thoughts, and the rest is just stuff that's floating around in her brain, almost randomly. This was inspired a lot by a play I was in. So...I hope you like it!~*
Don't Forget Me
It's been so long...
Seven years, to the day. Seven years since the monsters, horrible beasts and ghosts have invaded our special place. Seven long years that I've spent trapped in here, floating in semi-consciousness. As if it were a dream. But it's a nightmare.
Link, have you forgotten me?
At first, I hoped. Hoped that you would return. My faith in you hasn't faded, no, not a bit. I know that you would save me...if you could...
Has he hurt you, my friend? Has he? Has he...
He can't have. I would sense it, wouldn't I? Or are such things only myths? Oh, Link. If you are still alive, please find some way to let me know. Anything, anything at all. Just...please...
If you are no more, what is the use of going on?
...Or have you just forgotten me? Gone on to greater worlds, greater adventures...greater friends? I know your quest for adventure often leads you far away, but...where are you?
Do you even remember me...?
I just wish I knew what was going on. Why I was attacked. Why the forest is in such chaos. Why you've been missing for so long. Has something happened? Has something gone wrong?
Oh, Goddesses...has he won?
No. Link, you would never let him win. You would never forget us. Us, your friends. We, your whole world. Hyrule. Every last person...I know you would give your life for us.
Have you?
It's too terrible to think about. Link, I cannot hold on much longer. I feel something calling me...but very distantly. What is it? If you were here, you would know. I feel like I could do something, but I don't know what.
If only...if only you were here...
I feel like a frightened child, trapped in a nightmare. Only I am trapped in a nightmare, a living nightmare. If you were with me, I could be calm. I could be happy. I wouldn't be afraid anymore.
But...
Seven years is a long time. Oh, my friend, how handsome you would look at seventeen. That's right...I know. I know that you aren't the same as me. I know that you aren't Kokiri. I always sensed it. You are destined to save Hyrule, and nothing can stop you.
But what about death?
No. Death can't keep its icy grip on you, Link. Somehow...the Goddesses keep their hands on you. They protect you. You will win. You will save Hyrule.
You will save...me.
I know you haven't forgotten me, Link. I will continue to hold on, and wait for you. Just like you refuse to give up and give in, so will I. You'll find me here, ready to see my best friend again. No matter how long it takes. I can wait.
