Author's NoteOk we're on chapter five now! This chapter is about what Saria has been doing over the years in Link's absence. /Author's Note
"…Link…" Saria softly mumbled. Link, the person she'd thought about every day of her life since he'd left the Kokiri forest, over seven years ago. Saria laid sprawled on a rock outside the Forest Temple looking at the beautiful night sky filled with tiny stars glimmering brightly over the black sheet of darkness.
"Saria?" Saria's fairy, Miki said to Saria "You say something?" When Saria didn't answer she said "Saria… don't you think you should get off that rock today for just a little bit?" Saria just groaned. Miki was getting worried for Saria. She'd become less and less the bright and cheerful girl she'd been over the years. Miki wished that Saria would just forget about Link and go back to the way she was. But she knew Saria had would never forget about Link when she was in this state. Saria hadn't left the forest since Link left those long seven years ago. Saria spent all her time at the clearing at the top of the stairs in the Sacred Forest Meadow or in the Forest Temple.
"…Link…" Saria trailed off, starring up at the sky with a blank expression that filled her azure eyes.
"Saria…" Miki said, for it was all she could say because she couldn't make out what Saria was trying to say.
"The thing I really want…" Saria said, not blinking, just starring blankly up at the night sky.
"The thing you really want…?" Miki repeated. She didn't understand Saria at all.
"I just… want… I've always wanted… to be with Link… nothing but to be with Link. What if…" Saria mumbled softly but still loud enough so that Miki could still hear her. "…He doesn't want me back?" Saria continued her expressionless stare at the sky.
"Oh, Saria…" Miki said, trying to be comforting. Saria's eyes began to fill up with tears.
"He must've forgotten about me by now… He probably doesn't remember just some mere forest girl." Tears slowly ran down Saria's face. Miki was saddened to think that Saria was giving up hope on the one person in the world she'd dedicated her whole life to.
"Saria… maybe… just maybe… Link didn't forget about you… he just forgot to look here for you? Maybe he's been looking for you over the years, but he's had trouble finding you, since you've been here for ages. " Miki tried to sound confidant and reassuring, and hoped it wasn't too obvious that she didn't completely support her own theory.
"Miki… I can't… I don't think I could do it… I don't think I could leave…" Saria's voice trailed off as she sat up and stopped the tears.
"Yes you could, Saria! You need to leave this place! It's holding you hostage, like an animal almost. I know you love Link and think this is the way to see him again, but…" Miki sighed, but decided to tell Saria about how she felt about her life in the Sacred Forest Meadow, as a way to get Link back, while slowly putting herself into an irreversible depression. "Saria, I think you really need to leave. It's been awful watching the Saria I loved, the Saria I still love dearly, the Saria that Link loved, fade away like she were almost nothing. You've gotten more depressed every day you've been here. Love has taken a huge toll on you and I think it's time you expanded your horizon a bit. Please, Saria…" Saria turned her head away from Miki. She was partly shocked by this speech Miki had given, but partly it was making her realize a few things…
"I don't know… I DON'T KNOW!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME! BUT I'LL NEVER GIVE UP ON LINK!" Saria started sobbing and climbed up the tree and ran into the Forest Temple.
"Saria… Saria… wake up Saria…" Saria slowly opened her eyes to meet the gaze of her fairy. She groaned slightly. She slowly sat up. "You hit your head last night in the Forest Temple. Shortly after you ran off." Miki said.
"Unh…" Saria groaned. She lay down again and felt the wet towel on her forehead. "Miki…" Saria trailed off.
"Yeah?" The tiny fairy said.
"I think I see things in a different way this morning." Miki brightened a little at Saria's change of heart. "Maybe you are right. I have trapped myself here in the Sacred Forest Meadow for over seven years. Link could be in the outside world looking for me. Maybe it's time I venture outwards, ne?" Saria smiled at Miki. Miki was in total shock, for one, that she'd changed her mind, and the fact that Saria had actually smiled. Smiling and Saria… those two words had become an Oxy-Moron over the years.
"Saria, I'm really glad you finally decided to leave. I still want you to think about Link, that is if you want to, but I want to see you happy for the first time in over seven years." Saria sighed.
"Over seven years… Wow… It's been so long… Almost like an endless waltz for all that time." Saria wondered in her head what the long seven years had been like for Link.
"So," Miki said with an anxious tone in her voice, "Watcha gonna do now?"
"I'll leave today!" Saria announced with a little more enthusiasm than expected from the girl who'd had a fit over the thought of leaving last night.
"So soon?" Miki said with a bit of curiosity. Saria must've hit her head harder than she'd thought.
"Yes!" Saria giggled gaily. The sooner I can find Link, the better!" Saria gave a little yelp of joy. Miki felt better to know that Saria was slowly regaining her former state.
"Now?"
"Right now! In fact, this second if possible."
"Uh… Saria… you need to get your belongings, as few as they are." Miki smiled.
"Right." Saria said smiling back at Miki and running to get her belongings. She felt more than ready to venture outwards to find Link. It seemed now that she had been so clouded before. Why didn't she think of it before? Link probably forgot where to look for her over the years. She needed to leave the Sacred Forest Meadow and find Link on her own. Why was she waiting for him anyway? "Almost ready!" Saria called to Miki, eager with anticipation of leaving to find Link… the thing she really wanted.
Author's NoteSo how was that? I might explain Saria's change in the thought of leaving later on in the story. I'm not sure what I want to fit in the next chapter, but the best is coming up soon (I'm planning some action and the reunion of Saria and Link soon.). And no, I'm not going to keep Link and Saria apart forever. Please review!! Why? Because I need to know that people actually read my story! ^_^ Thanks! /Author's Note
