Chapter 5: The Great Deku Tree
Link and Saria were best friends. Heck, she was his ONLY friend! They often went into the woods together. Saria had a favorite spot, a clearing. It was peaceful. There were vines to climb on, and a half-roof, overgrown with moss to take shelter under. They had finished their schooling and were supposed to do chores now for the village. But they often forsook their chores to go play in the meadow.
One day, both were snagged for chores. But that was alright. They knew that that night the heavens were to fall. It would be a spectacular event. They had plotted out when the next one would be the week before school ended. Now, the long awaited day had come, and they were all abuzz with excitement.
That night, they snuck out to the clearing. A few other kids were on their roofs, but Saria and Link wanted to be alone for once. SO they went to the meadow.
The sky lit up with falling stars. Nobody in Hyrule knew why they fell, and no-one could find where they fell from. All that was known was that meteors set them off sometimes. Link and Saria had been lucky.
That night, both saw visions in the stars. Saria saw this meadow, only it broke apart, and everything was destroyed in a flaming fireball. And she saw a sword, and a fairy, and thought of Link. Could it mean the end of their friendship? Everyone knew star-visions were always cryptic, but always accurate. PErhaps... no. It must mean something else. She must not let the seed of doubt grow in her heart, lest that break them apart.
Link saw a young hawk, roosted on a branch with it's mate, who appeared green. But then the hawk flew away, and it had a sword in it's claws. And then it came back, older now, and it's mate was the same age as before, and then the mate nuzzled it and flew one way while the hawk flew another. Link wondered what it ment. Could he be the hawk? But he didn't have a sword. Could Saria be the mate? She had green hair... but no, this indicated a parting, and Link was not leaving. So it must be something else.
Slowly, and after midnight, they crept back into bed. They were tired. Each decided to not tell the other about their strange visions.
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That night, while asleep, Saria dreamed she had her hands full of gold dust. But then it all ran out between her fingers, and she cried.
That night, while asleep, Link dreamed of a scary green man with red hair on a black horse that ran out of a castle after a white horse. He could not see the people on the white horse. It scared him.
In the morning, he felt a slight pain, as if being lightly punched. It was hot to the touch. There was a bright light in his eyes waking him. He was still tired, but he woke slowly, swatting at the bright thing bobbing and weaving.
**** *Get up, Lazy! Honestly, can Hyrule's future really depend on such a lazy boy? GET UP!!*
He stared in shock. A fairy! After so long, a fairy! Like Saria's! Wow! But what was she talking about? Perhaps a cruel joke of fate, he had a demented fairy.
***** *Come on, we have to go see the Great Deku Tree!*
"NO, we have to go see Saria. Boy, wait'll she gets a load of this! A fairy! Wow! What's your name?"
*I'm Navi. The Great Deku Tree sent me. We have to GO!!*
Link went to go see Saria. She showed him some neat tricks to do with a fairy. But she had a bad feeling about this. She did not tell that to Link. She didn't want to put a dampner on his good mood.
Then, at Navi's request, they went to go see the Great Deku Tree. Link had never actually seen the great tree. It had always spoken to him in his mind form afar. But Mido was playing odd games again. He was suppossed to let any Kokori that wanted to get in. But no, he didn't think Link WAS a real Kokori.
"After all, you don't even have a... Woah! A fairy! yeah, well, the only way you'll ever get past me is to have a sword. Better get a sheild, too. I have a rather powerful kick! hahahahahahahahhahahhahahhahahahahahahahaha!"
Link almost dispaired, until he remembered the Training course. Wasn't there a sheild in there? At the end? Or something? SO he went through and found a treasure chest. BUt inside was not a sheild. It was the Kokori Sword, treasure of the Kokori, and supposedly lost. It was in a plain ordianary looking chest from the outside, but the inside was lined with velvet and had jewls in the lid and on the rim. He would not have taken it if he didn't need to go see the Great Deku Tree.
He purchased a Deku sheild at the shop and approached Mido, who was still laughing his head off.
"hahahahaha! A sword! hahaha! Sheild!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Hey, fairy-less! I thought i told you you need a... what's That? a Deku sheild. and what's THAT??!?!!? Since when did YOu find the Kokori Sword?!?!!?"
"I don't want to have to use this, Mido. Now step aside." Link's voice was deadly serious. He had had enough.
"Yeah well, I still say you're a freak!" But he stepped aside. And Link went to go see the Great Deku Tree.
The Great Deku tree tol him he was dying. He tols Link about the Triforce and the goddesses. He told Link he was not a real Kokori. And he told Link to try and save him.
And Link entered the Great Deku Tree.
K, I'm gonna stop now, b/c you all know what happens after this. No, wait, I should do one more scene. Forgive me for skipping ahead, but this is getting long and tiresome and I want to get back to Zelda.
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Saria knew Link would leave her. He went to go see the Great Deku Tree with a sword, and he came back 3 days later with blood on the sword and the announcement that the Great Deku Tree was dead. Saria knew from his expression that he had not killed it, but attempted to save it and failed. He no longer looked young and boyish. She had been in the forest when he returned. She went to the bridge out of Kokori.
"You're leaving, arn't you."
He said nothing. He did not want to hurt her. HE did not deny it, either.
"Link..."
It didn't matter that he said nothing. She understood. Her heart was breaking. She knew once he left he may never come back.
"I'm not a Kokori."
"But... you have a fairy, and..."
"A loan. I'm Hylian. I was found at the forest's edge. The Great Deku Tree said..."
"Link.... Here. I have something for you." She fumbled around with a pouch, head down to hide tears. "It's a Fairy Ocerina. I made it."
"Saria... It's beautiful."
He understood what it took out of her to make this. It was a going away present. Making it meant facing that he was leaving her. It must have been horrible. But she chose to make something good out of it, instead of sobbing over their parting. Ocarinas usually took a week to make. she had done it in 3 days. She had not slept, he could tell. She really liked him. He had not known how much he meant to her until now.
"Link.... don't go. Stay with me, here, forever."
"I can't. Don't you see? I'll grow older, and you won't."
"I don't care, stay here, Link, I need you, please Link, I love you, "
And he kissed her, soflty, on the mouth. A lover's kiss, a goodbye kiss, not a brotherly kiss. And he left her standing on the bridge as he ventured out into the wide world.
K, that's all now. I'm done with Link perspective for a while. Hopefully a long, long while. I hate Link perspecitves because there is nothing new to say. I like Zelda perspecitves better. Notice, too, that this Link perspective was actually a lot like a Saria perspecitve. I like her better. She's cool.
Link and Saria were best friends. Heck, she was his ONLY friend! They often went into the woods together. Saria had a favorite spot, a clearing. It was peaceful. There were vines to climb on, and a half-roof, overgrown with moss to take shelter under. They had finished their schooling and were supposed to do chores now for the village. But they often forsook their chores to go play in the meadow.
One day, both were snagged for chores. But that was alright. They knew that that night the heavens were to fall. It would be a spectacular event. They had plotted out when the next one would be the week before school ended. Now, the long awaited day had come, and they were all abuzz with excitement.
That night, they snuck out to the clearing. A few other kids were on their roofs, but Saria and Link wanted to be alone for once. SO they went to the meadow.
The sky lit up with falling stars. Nobody in Hyrule knew why they fell, and no-one could find where they fell from. All that was known was that meteors set them off sometimes. Link and Saria had been lucky.
That night, both saw visions in the stars. Saria saw this meadow, only it broke apart, and everything was destroyed in a flaming fireball. And she saw a sword, and a fairy, and thought of Link. Could it mean the end of their friendship? Everyone knew star-visions were always cryptic, but always accurate. PErhaps... no. It must mean something else. She must not let the seed of doubt grow in her heart, lest that break them apart.
Link saw a young hawk, roosted on a branch with it's mate, who appeared green. But then the hawk flew away, and it had a sword in it's claws. And then it came back, older now, and it's mate was the same age as before, and then the mate nuzzled it and flew one way while the hawk flew another. Link wondered what it ment. Could he be the hawk? But he didn't have a sword. Could Saria be the mate? She had green hair... but no, this indicated a parting, and Link was not leaving. So it must be something else.
Slowly, and after midnight, they crept back into bed. They were tired. Each decided to not tell the other about their strange visions.
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That night, while asleep, Saria dreamed she had her hands full of gold dust. But then it all ran out between her fingers, and she cried.
That night, while asleep, Link dreamed of a scary green man with red hair on a black horse that ran out of a castle after a white horse. He could not see the people on the white horse. It scared him.
In the morning, he felt a slight pain, as if being lightly punched. It was hot to the touch. There was a bright light in his eyes waking him. He was still tired, but he woke slowly, swatting at the bright thing bobbing and weaving.
**** *Get up, Lazy! Honestly, can Hyrule's future really depend on such a lazy boy? GET UP!!*
He stared in shock. A fairy! After so long, a fairy! Like Saria's! Wow! But what was she talking about? Perhaps a cruel joke of fate, he had a demented fairy.
***** *Come on, we have to go see the Great Deku Tree!*
"NO, we have to go see Saria. Boy, wait'll she gets a load of this! A fairy! Wow! What's your name?"
*I'm Navi. The Great Deku Tree sent me. We have to GO!!*
Link went to go see Saria. She showed him some neat tricks to do with a fairy. But she had a bad feeling about this. She did not tell that to Link. She didn't want to put a dampner on his good mood.
Then, at Navi's request, they went to go see the Great Deku Tree. Link had never actually seen the great tree. It had always spoken to him in his mind form afar. But Mido was playing odd games again. He was suppossed to let any Kokori that wanted to get in. But no, he didn't think Link WAS a real Kokori.
"After all, you don't even have a... Woah! A fairy! yeah, well, the only way you'll ever get past me is to have a sword. Better get a sheild, too. I have a rather powerful kick! hahahahahahahahhahahhahahhahahahahahahahaha!"
Link almost dispaired, until he remembered the Training course. Wasn't there a sheild in there? At the end? Or something? SO he went through and found a treasure chest. BUt inside was not a sheild. It was the Kokori Sword, treasure of the Kokori, and supposedly lost. It was in a plain ordianary looking chest from the outside, but the inside was lined with velvet and had jewls in the lid and on the rim. He would not have taken it if he didn't need to go see the Great Deku Tree.
He purchased a Deku sheild at the shop and approached Mido, who was still laughing his head off.
"hahahahaha! A sword! hahaha! Sheild!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Hey, fairy-less! I thought i told you you need a... what's That? a Deku sheild. and what's THAT??!?!!? Since when did YOu find the Kokori Sword?!?!!?"
"I don't want to have to use this, Mido. Now step aside." Link's voice was deadly serious. He had had enough.
"Yeah well, I still say you're a freak!" But he stepped aside. And Link went to go see the Great Deku Tree.
The Great Deku tree tol him he was dying. He tols Link about the Triforce and the goddesses. He told Link he was not a real Kokori. And he told Link to try and save him.
And Link entered the Great Deku Tree.
K, I'm gonna stop now, b/c you all know what happens after this. No, wait, I should do one more scene. Forgive me for skipping ahead, but this is getting long and tiresome and I want to get back to Zelda.
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Saria knew Link would leave her. He went to go see the Great Deku Tree with a sword, and he came back 3 days later with blood on the sword and the announcement that the Great Deku Tree was dead. Saria knew from his expression that he had not killed it, but attempted to save it and failed. He no longer looked young and boyish. She had been in the forest when he returned. She went to the bridge out of Kokori.
"You're leaving, arn't you."
He said nothing. He did not want to hurt her. HE did not deny it, either.
"Link..."
It didn't matter that he said nothing. She understood. Her heart was breaking. She knew once he left he may never come back.
"I'm not a Kokori."
"But... you have a fairy, and..."
"A loan. I'm Hylian. I was found at the forest's edge. The Great Deku Tree said..."
"Link.... Here. I have something for you." She fumbled around with a pouch, head down to hide tears. "It's a Fairy Ocerina. I made it."
"Saria... It's beautiful."
He understood what it took out of her to make this. It was a going away present. Making it meant facing that he was leaving her. It must have been horrible. But she chose to make something good out of it, instead of sobbing over their parting. Ocarinas usually took a week to make. she had done it in 3 days. She had not slept, he could tell. She really liked him. He had not known how much he meant to her until now.
"Link.... don't go. Stay with me, here, forever."
"I can't. Don't you see? I'll grow older, and you won't."
"I don't care, stay here, Link, I need you, please Link, I love you, "
And he kissed her, soflty, on the mouth. A lover's kiss, a goodbye kiss, not a brotherly kiss. And he left her standing on the bridge as he ventured out into the wide world.
K, that's all now. I'm done with Link perspective for a while. Hopefully a long, long while. I hate Link perspecitves because there is nothing new to say. I like Zelda perspecitves better. Notice, too, that this Link perspective was actually a lot like a Saria perspecitve. I like her better. She's cool.