Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda if you haven't figured that out yet. Duh.
"Link, where are you going to find some peace and quiet?" Navi asked eagerly to Link. She hoped Link wasn't planning reckless ideas.
"Agh! Navi, I don't know! I'm just going to look around for a place where I can think, but still practice my technique." Link didn't look back at Navi. He just kept his eyes forward. He looked so confident, that it did seem like he knew where he was going.
Navi examined where they were going. Towards the far borders of Hyrule Field. Why was he going over here? He didn't appear to be going towards Lon Lon Ranch, and that was not the place to get some quiet time.
Link looked around, and for the first time in awhile he lost his firm gaze ahead. They were heading towards a few trees. Link tried to recall where this place was. He searched his mind for an answer. It did seem awfully familiar. Link had Epona turn towards the trees to enter them. Although, Epona refused to enter the trees. Link grumbled and got off Epona. Epona made him a lot faster, but lots of times refused to go into places. Link ran into the forest, with Navi trailing behind him.
"You know where this is, Link?" Navi said in a serious voice as Link traveled down a bridge. Link looked up at the fairy. He looked shyly down.
"This is the Kokiri Forest." Navi exclaimed softly. Link's head perked up a bit.
"Kokiri Forest?" Link said as he looked around. "This is where I lived as a child!" Navi made a nodding motion. "I didn't recognize it because I usually always left the Forest.
Link advanced a few paces with Navi close behind him. He walked forward and saw a blond, smiling girl. She too had a fairy flying near her head. Link searched his mind for memories of the Forest. As he kept on walking, he saw more Kokiris and more sights that brought memories flooding back to him. He looked around in awe as he walked. He saw water up ahead and started running faster towards it. Big brown blocks were in the water. He hopped onto one. He sat down on it and just sat there kicking his feet in the water, his eyes full with mystery.
"Link? What are you doing? This isn't really a peaceful, quiet place. There's people all around you!" Navi flew over to Link's shoulder.
"Navi…" Link said in a low tone, "I remember this spot… from years ago. It was a few nights before I left this forest." Link still had that mysterious look in his eye.
"I'll only wonder what that memory was," Navi said in a joking tone but then got serious, "I didn't know you then, Link." Link nodded and continued to act like a child and just sit there and kick his feet in the water. Navi flew around to the other side of Link's head from the back and startled Link.
"Navi!" Link exclaimed just before slipping off the block into the water.
Link didn't float up to the top right away. He stayed underwater starring up at the sky. He began to see the face of a child above him. The face of a green-haired, light blue-eyed Kokiri child girl. But she wasn't like the other Kokiris. She had a look of shock on her face as she watched over him from above on the block. She extended her hand towards the water to help him get out of the water. He saw a smile forming on her face, a unique, yet magnificent smile. He began to smile at her back and reaching his hand up towards her hand. As he was getting closer to the surface to grasp it, he felt only air and went suddenly back down into the water. He looked up to see the smiling child again, but she wasn't there. He floated up to the surface to see Navi swarming around.
"Link! Are you all right? What were you thinking staying underwater for so long! You're not wearing the Zora tunic! I was worried!"
"Sorry, Navi. Didn't mean to worry you." Link didn't want to tell her about the vision he'd had, so he just let her assume that it was one of his foolish actions.
"Ok, but no more swimming for today." Navi said in a playful tone. "Where off to now, Link?"
"Oh, I don't know. Somewhere." Link said in a casual tone. He did know where he was going now, but he wasn't about to get into that with Navi. Link ran over to a Kokiri standing outside one of the Kokiri's huts.
"Do you know where the Lost Woods are?" Link said eagerly to the confused Kokiri.
"You look familiar…" the Kokiri boy responded. Link put his hands on his hips to show that he wanted a straight answer. "Oh yes," the Kokiri boy continued, "See where that hut is over towards the entrance? Climb up those vines and somewhere around there is the entrance to the Lost Woods." Link nodded.
"That's where you expect to find some decent peace and quiet?" Navi said questioningly. "With all the music playing in there?" Link ignored Navi for the meantime.
Link started to run towards the house near the entrance. For some reason, the house made him cringe. He climbed up the vines on the side of a ledge. He ran around a few curves to see a sign that said "Lost Woods". Link ran into the entrance.
Navi, still angry for being ignored said, "Careful of the Skull Kids, Link. They don't like adults. They may have been friendly when you were a child, but don't talk to them now." Link continued to pretend to ignore her, as he ran into the Forest. He tried to remember the combination of pathways not to get sent out. It was all coming back to him. As he ran towards the Goron City entrance, he considered if he was sure that he wanted to keep going through the woods to find some unrealistic hope. He decided to keep going. He had lots of time to spare, now that Hyrule was at peace.
After a long, exhausting many trips through the Lost Woods, Link finally came to a clearing in the forest.
"Sacred Forest Meadow…" Navi said in a serious voice, that was almost eerie.
Link advanced a few paces and walked towards an opening. He saw, as it was walking by, one of the ugliest creatures in Hyrule, Great Moblins. Link pulled out his Longshot and aimed it at the Moblin. It made a horrible scream and fell over. Link made his way around the corners, using bits of stealth he had gained over his years of saving Hyrule, to kill the Moblins.
He came to a flight of stairs. He started to walk up the stairs when he heard a scream. Not the horrific scream of a dying Moblin, but the scream of a little girl. Link rushed up the flight of steps to see a shocking sight…
To be contiued…
