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Fairy's Fountain

//I was alone then…//

//Confused…//

//Scared…//

//My life meant nothing to me…//

//It's strange…//

//Strange, very strange…//

//How things can change your life forever…//

//And ever…//

I felt a wave of power sweep over me. I dreaded this wave. It was the Great Fairy, summoning her minion fairies… and me. I felt myself being lifted from the water. What was she planning this time? Probably another capture of human life to support her. As I was lifted I felt myself flying around in spirals. I tried to fight it, but the Great Fairy has ultimate power over us. I felt myself becoming one in the hideous Great Fairy.

"Welcome traveler." The Great Fairy spoke. I looked out through the Great Fairy to see a young child whimpering before the evil fairy.

The child made no response except for the look on her terrified face.

I didn't want the child to be taken.

But my efforts were futile. I alone, can not break the Great Fairy's power.

"I am the Great Fairy, of the Fairy Fountains." The Great Fairy tried to look innocent, queenly, and pure to the child. It's hard to face the fact that I am part of her… Part of the horrible fairy claiming to be good, and capturing other's lives to take as part of herself. It's sick. And I'm part of it.

The child began to cry.

"Now, now dear. Don't cry. I'll take care of you." The Great Fairy smiled upon the child. I hate when she fakes things like this. "Your parents aren't coming for you. Stay with us for awhile."

The child looked up at the Great Fairy, through tears. I can't stand this, yet my soul is a part of this crime. The child was soon swarmed by pink fairies. The innocent child began to morph into a fairy, worker for evil.

I felt myself being released from the Great Fairy form. It was a feeling like being let loose after being tied up tightly. I was free. No, I was never free.

Things like this happen all the time. That's how I became a fairy. Except the others that have become fairies always seem so much worthier than I had been. I have never been worthy of anything but shame. I hate watching all of this, but I have no voice in the matter, and must take part of this.

The Great Fairy claims that although she graciously adds fairies to our fountain, she can do otherwise to travelers. I don't know what that is, but I suppose it can't be much better than what she gives most wanderers. She claims that very certain, limited, travelers can receive ultimate gifts from her. And what does everyone else get? A doomed life as a fairy. For me it wasn't quite so bad, because I was a pathetic human, and remain to be a pathetic fairy.

I have not lived long enough as a fairy to have seen these "ultimate gifts" rewarded to anyone. Is there anyone out there worthy enough of this at all? Or maybe she still considers being a minion for her the ultimate gift.

'Navi…' I spun myself around to see the speaker, although none of us can speak. I've been working on a way to speak, even limited. Although I never talked before either…

'Yes?' I responded to the speaker, another fairy. A pink fairy. They were all pink, except me.

'The Great Fairy wants to see you.'

'You mean take form on and talk to me?'

'I suppose.' This was only partly bad. The bad thing was that the Great Fairy had something to say to me. I wasn't sure what this could be. The good thing was that I wouldn't have to take part in taking her form for once.

The pink fairies began to fly in spirals until they formed the hideous Great Fairy. It felt great not to have to be part of her for once.

"Navi? That is your name isn't it?" the Great Fairy spoke to me. Did I have to respond to her?

'Yes, that's me. What did you need to speak to me about?' I responded. She usually didn't take on form for nothing.

"I have a mission for you…" she said sternly.

'What? Why me?' I was kind of shocked why I was chosen out of all the fairies. Nothing seemed to make sense in my life.

"Navi… I don't suppose you've noticed this… but I can read my fairies thoughts when I take on form. I know what you've been thinking about me. I know your thoughts." I looked down, as much as a fairy can. "You've always been quite a pest to me…" Here we go again. Why did I always manage to have the same life, no matter how many life forms I took on? "And I've received a request from the Great Deku Tree, an old friend of mine." She had friends? Doesn't anyone notice her evil? "And I thought the perfect way to get rid of you would be to send you, so you wouldn't be able to spread your absurd ideas." I never told anyone about how I felt about the witch, and they were quite true.

I wasn't sure how I felt then. I was angry, on one hand. I was also happy on the other for I was finally leaving her. But how much better could a friend of the Great Fairy be than the Great Fairy herself? I was also confused… where was I supposed to go?

"Navi, I need you to report to the Deku Tree." The Great Fairy said. Was she being ridiculous? I didn't know where that was! No one ever told me… "The Deku Tree has a mission for you. Not that you deserve one." Was I marked to have a life like this?

'What does he need me for?'

"Something to do with a young boy. Stupid, isn't it?" She let out a little laugh.

//Stupid…? Anything but… this boy was amazing…//

Now what was I supposed to expect? What did they expect me to do? Be this boy's fairy-nanny?

'When do I leave?' I hoped she couldn't recognize the eagerness in my voice. I'd worry about directions later.

"As soon as possible of course. I certainly don't need you anymore." She acted like I must've been devastated to leave the Fountain. Doesn't she take a hint?

I left about the next day. About, because it's not like I can keep track of time when I'm trapped in a Fairy's Fountain. So from my memory as a citizen of Hyrule I'm supposing it's a day.

I was very glad to be leaving this day. It was wonderful. Almost like waking up from a terrible dream.

It's not like they had a good-bye ceremony for me… Not that they ever would. She just told me to leave. So I did. And I was more than happy to.

As I was released from the Fountain I flew towards light shining through the ceiling. I flew close to the platform. I felt my body floating up. It was taking me, but it wasn't a manipulative feeling, like the Great Fairy making the fairies take on her form.

As I flew up, I saw sunlight. I was pained. It was hard to be experiencing sunlight after years of being in a dark grotto. I flew around a bit.

It's good to be free.

//That was just the beginning of my changed life as a fairy…//

To be continued…

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