(Did you ever have one of those days where you wonder why you got out of your bed? Yeah? Well so have I except it has lasted a couple of weeks. I also was having trouble logging in to FanFiction to post new chapters, but here they are. There is only two this time, but a third is close to being done. I will be posting new chapters hopefully every 3 to 5 days from now on. Also I am getting what is commonly referred to as rites block, so if any of you have any ideas on how \you would like to see the story progress please put it into a review. I may or may not use any of the ideas, but it will at least give me a idea of maybe where to go. If I do use any of your ideas I will add a line on the top of the chapter stating who gave me the idea. Thank you.)









Prologue ( What happened last time)





The following morning Ganondorf woke up with a start. He had been crying and moaning all night and Link had decided to stay up and keep an eye out for him. When Ganondorf awoke, Link had fallen asleep in a chair in his room. It took Ganondorf a few minutes to remember what happened last night. He immediately got up and went into the common room. There he found everyone with the exception of Zelda sleeping. He peeked into the kitchen and there he found who he was looking for. " I...Kume'...I he stammered sobbing in between. Kume said nothing. She just walked over to Ganondorf and held him in her arms. " I know why you did what you were doing, and I don't blame you. I have never blamed you. Even when you tricked us into helping you years ago, I never blamed you. Koume' was a different story. Let's not dwell on the past, ok? I am here and so are you and that is all that matters." she said. " Where IS Koume'" he asked. Kume' shook her head, " I don't know. She left some years ago and I have not seen her sense. I know she is still alive, we are twins and therefore we have a bond. We made it even stronger with our magic. She is still out there, I just don't know where." Ganondorf nodded his head. They never discussed it anymore after that. By noon everyone was up and fed and ready to go. The man who used to be a Skulltula said he would show them that short cut to Termaina now. So with goodbye, and thank you, they headed to the land of Termaina.





Chapter 15





The shortcut turned out to be very helpful. It took Link over 8 days to get from Hyrule to Termaina last time. With the new short cut it took the group only 4. They ran into very little trouble on the way. Once, the food they had brought was taken by a few wood nymphs. A few animals would get close and threaten them, but never would they attack. The short cut brought them into the Deku Kingdom by way of the Southern Swamp. Link wondered how the land of Termaina had turned out sense he was here last. Lin decided that they should all go to the Deku palace and get whatever provisions they could find. Link tried to remember the way there. He made a few missteps, but they eventually got there. Link was surprised to see no guards standing watch over the entrance. He lead the way into the palace and headed in the direction of the throne room. As they walked towards the throne room Link heard something odd. He was not hearing anything at all. No drums, no sounds of activity. It sounded to him like a " TRAP" Impa screamed. Link and the others never had time to react. Immediately nets were thrown on them and they were surrounded by Deku shrubs with spears. Link tried to pull his sword out and cut the rope, but it was made of a material that he was unfamiliar with. It was stronger then any rope he had ever encountered and his sword just bounced right off of it. Link could tell that Ganondorf was not amused by this. Link worried that he would do something stupid. He looked at Ganondorf and showed in his face, not to do anything as of yet. Ganondorf gave him a understood nod.

The group was taken into the throne room, and there put into individual cages. Link demanded to see the king, but no one was paying him any attention. After everyone was in their respective cages, the king entered and went to each cage. He looked very closely at each one of them. When he got to Links cage, he paused for a moment. " You, I know you. You look like someone from long ago." " Yes" Link replied hoping he would remember. " I was the young boy who saved your daughter from the Deku temple, remember?" The King paused for a moment, and then looked at Link, examining him closer then before. After a few moments he turned away. Link called out to him, but he did not respond. He moved over to his throne and sat down, he then motioned for one of the guards to come over. The king whispered something into the guards ear, and then sent the guard away. After a few minutes the guard came back with a Deku girl, of about Links age. He assumed it was the Deku princess from long ago. " Princess, it is I Link the man who saved your life 15 years ago. The Deku girl looked at him as if he were crazy. " Who is that strange man father" she asked. " I don't know, but he seems to think he knows your Grandmother." Link was in shock, her grandmother? How could she be a grandmother of this Deku girl, when this Deku girl had to be Links age? Link was just about to ask that question when a elderly Deku came in. She was by Links estimate to be about eighty or so. Link didn't remember any elderly Deku being around here last time he was here. Link assumed she was part of the Royal family though, everyone bowed down to her when she came in. The King and the young Deku did as well.

When the King stood up he addressed the old Deku. " So good to see you mother. This young man clams to know you." Link did a double take, this old woman, could this be the Deku Princess that Link remembered? The old Deku came up to Link and studied him closely. Link tried not to look at her too much, he was afraid he might stare. After a few moments the old Deku woman looked at her son, " He is who he says he is. Let him and his friends go." The King looked like he was going to cry. " But mom, you never let me do anything fun. Let me torture them for just a little while, then I will let them go." " IF you don't let us go right now, I am going to torture you little man" Ganondorf said. " That will be quite unnecessary" The Deku woman said. " Son, let them go now, or I will be forced to spank you in front of all these people." The Deku kings eyes got really big and he immediately instructed his guards to let them down. Once everyone was down the Deku woman came over to Link and gave him a big hug. " I never got the chance to really thank you last time you were here." Link blushed and mumbled something. The Deku woman smiled and looked at his party. " Well now that your back I assume Termaina is in trouble again?" " Not just Termaina, but all of the worlds." She creased her brow and frowned. " I was afraid of that. Well no sense for all of you to stand around here. My son will make arrangements for you all to go somewhere and rest. In the meantime, Link you and I must talk. For one thing you must be wondering why I am eighty while you are only 24. That is something we must discuss." With that everyone went their separate ways and Link and the Deku woman went of to talk.

Link and the old Deku woman went into a small house. Once inside they sat down in adjacent chairs and got caught up on their respective lives. During her story she told Link how she came to be so old in such a short amount of time. " A few years after you were here, I was walking though the southern swamp looking for some roots to make a special kind of stew. While on my walk I came upon a old hag in the woods. She asked me what I was doing there and after I told her she just smiled. " You are such a pretty little girl. I would like to do something nice for you. I will grant you one wish. Any wish you want I will give it to you. I am a very powerful sorceress, and I have that ability." She said. Well I didn't know what to say. " I don't know what to wish for. Can you give me a idea for a good wish?" I asked her. She thought about it for a moment and then smiled. " I know one. How about a wish to be immortal. You will never die, how is that?" I thought that was a good idea. I was young and didn't think much of it. So I asked to be immortal. The sorceress granted my wish and started to laugh. I asked her what was so funny. " There was something I forgot to tell you. You are now immortal, but you will still grow old, but you can never die. In fact your aging process and been increased by four. You will now age at four times your normal rate, but you can never die. You will spend all of eternity a frail old woman who cannot do anything, but cannot die." "With that she disappeared in a puff of smoke and was gone. To this day that part of the southern swamp is considered cursed. Many unfortunate travelers have seen her sense, all have suffered a fate as bad as mine." " Is there anyway to break this wish" inquired Link. " The only way it can be broken is if the sorceress herself is destroyed. No one dares go anywhere near there anymore, let alone try to kill her." Link sat in silence for a moment and then stood up. I will go and put a end to this sorceress, but in return you must get word to clock town that all who are coming to aide me, must meet me here in three days time. I will not be able to make it to them. Can you do that for me?" The Deku Woman shook her head yes. With that Link walked out of her house and went to find Ganondorf.