Link examined the tree from the inside. He had expected a peaceful place, but this was quite different. It was gloomy, and covered in spider webs. Hyosui gasped.

"What happened to him?"

"Don't  know." Link said, staring in awe. "I've never even seen the Deku tree before. I know a lot about him. Saria visited him often and told me about him. This is my first encounter."

"I see" Enshou said, taking out his sword from the sheath. "Looks like we have our work cut out of us here. I see a bunch of Skulltulas."

"Skulltulas?" Link and Hyosui said at the same time.

"Weird skull spider looking things. You'll learn to have them." He grasped the sword tightly in his hand as he walked to the center the room, atop a spider web. "I think we need to go down here." He held the sword tightly and attempted to slice it. It didn't work, the web was to think. "Dangit.. Alright, Hyosui, go up that ladder and to the top floor. Let me know what you find."

"Right, brother." She did was she was told, climbing the ladder up the walls of the tree. She couldn't believe how dank and dark it was in here. She sighed and ran forward, hopping across a platform, coming a little short and began to fall. As she did so she quickly grabbed onto the side of the wall and hoisted herself up. She grinned a little and began running again. She looked up at a skulltula on the wall where there were vines. "Might be able to climb up those.." She thought. "Better not risk it with that thing there though." She pulled up her crossbow and carefully aimed, shooting it accurately. It fell to the ground before her and disintegrated before her eyes. She studied the spoils it left behind, a Deku nut. She snorted and picked them up and stuck them in her pocket. They might come in handy for later. She then held her crossbow in her right hand and hopped another platform, seeing a door across from her. She entered it, and no sooner had she entered the next room had the bars behind her closed. She looked back and blinked. "Aw, man, that's not good.." She turned around to the middle of the room. A Deku popped it's head up from the flower in the middle. She backed away. It spit a Deku nut at her and she quickly did a flip to dodge it. Holding the crossbow tightly in her hand she aimed at it, firing. The Deku ducked and the shot missed. It poked it's head up once more and fired another nut. Unbeknownst to her was that it was about to make contact with her cheek as she was aiming again. Angered by the stinging pain on her, she took out her shield, figuring she'd fight fire with fire. She held it out in front of her as the Deku arrogantly shot at her. The nut bounced off her shield and back at the Deku. Shocked that his attack had backfired, the Deku hopped from it's flower and began running around the room frantically. Hyosui blinked slightly and took an accurate shot at the Deku, who hopped out of the way at the last second.

"Ahh! Don't hurt me! I'm sorry for attacking you!" The Deku cried. Hyosui raised an eyebrow.

"Cowardly little creature.."

"Well, I have a thing about having arrows stuck through my head, hope you don't mind." The Deku said indignantly. Hyosui rolled her eyes.

"Oh, and I just LOVE getting Deku nut's scrapped against my cheek." She muttered, about to aim her crossbow. The Deku cowered in fear.

"N-n-no! Please don't hurt me! If you spare me, I will tell you a secret!"

"A secret? What would that be?"

"Well.. in the far reached of the Deku tree are my three brothers. Now, you can't beat them without stunning them in a certain order. That order is 2-3-1. You can remember it by saying 'Twenty-three is number one!' Get it? Sorry about that!" The Deku quickly ran back into it's flower before Hyosui had a chance to respond. She sighed as suddenly the barred door rose up. She turned around to find another door there to. She quickly ran over to it and went in. She hopped off to a platform in the middle of the room and onto a large notch from across the room, finding a treasure chest. She kicked the lock off and hoisted herself on top of it, reaching in and pulling out.. A slingshot. She grinned a little and looked back over at the platform. It was gone. She blinked slightly and looked down below where the platform was originally to find that it had fallen and crumbled to pieces. She rolled her eyes and looked up above a notch in the wall. She took out the slingshot and fired it at a ladder that was conveniently placed above the notch in the wall. She hopped off the patch of land she was currently on and climbed up the ladder, walking through the door and back into the main room, looking down, she saw Link and Enshou standing on the web below. She looked over at the vines that she had cleared earlier and climbed up them, finding a platform right above the spider web. She put two and two together and got a running start. She hopped from it quickly and landed in the middle of the web, it broke and she came falling down into water below. Enshou and Link, who were right next to it when she jumped, stared blankly.

"..Hyosui, next time you do that, tell us." Link said, a little dazed. Enshou grinned and hopped down. Link hopped after him and they both landed in the water. Hyosui was no where to be seen by now. Link blinked and began hoisting himself up from the platform, just as he had done so, he felt a tugging on his foot. He looked around the water and saw nothing. He began climbing up against when he felt himself being dragged back into the water. He was pulled under and had no idea what was going on. He sort of panicked and yelped and kicked away, quickly running up the platform. Then he heard laughing and turned to see Enshou cracking up next to him. Then he looked back at the water and see Hyosui right where he was before, laughing. He got the hint that he had been tricked and grinned. "Very funny, guys.." He muttered. Enshou regained his composure and looked  across the area. It was cover in water except for 3 big patches of land. One was to big to climb up, and the other was accessible and right next to the land they were on right now. Hyosui swam over to the opposite patch of land to them and climbed up it. She saw a Deku Baba again and got agitated and hit it with an arrow. It was stunned. Link, being the kind of guy he was, hopped over to the platform and jump slashed it, picking up the spoils that was a Deku stick. He looked across the room at a door that was covered in the, oh, so familiar spider webs. He picked up the Deku Stick and found a torch, lighting the stick. He quickly ran over and burned the spider web, blowing the flame out of the Deku stick and sticking it in his satchel. He turned around and grinned at Hyosui and Enshou. Enshou hopped up from the platform he was on and over to the door.

"I'll go in here and try and find a way to that platform. You guys stay here. If I'm not back in five minutes...wait longer." He said and grinned, walking through the door. Hyosui looked at Link.

"He likes doing things for himself. He'll be back soon." She said to him. Link nodded.

"I'm the exact same way about things."

"I guess we all are." Hyosui sat on the edge of the platform, legs dangling off the edge and into the water. "It's nice in Zora's domain. I love hanging out in the waterfalls."

"I imagine it would be nice. I love the forest as well. It's worth living with someone like Mido to live in such a nice place."

"I suppose so. I have my share of unhappy acquaintances at Zora's domain as well."

"Everyone usually does." Link sighed and looked at the other platform, awaiting Enshou's return. In the room next to them, Enshou was fighting a skulltula that had popped out right in front of him and had scratched him in the cheek. He had a fiery temper and began slicing at it from all directions with his sword. After defeating it, he made his way into a huge room. He walked into the middle of it and heard a crackling. He turned around to find an egg had fallen right behind him. He unsheathed his sword once more and prepared. The egg cracked open, revealing a spider. He cringed. He hated spiders. Regaining his composure he ran at it and sliced it repetitively in the eye. Gosh that thing had a big eye, he thought. After finished off the spider, he heard another crackling, and another, then another. Three spider eggs came crashing down from the ceiling. Enshou didn't want to stick around for the grand hatching and went running into a crawlspace in the wall. Crawling through it he found himself coming out onto the platform he wanted to be in. Hyosui saw him and grinned.

"Nice job, brother!" She shouted. Link nodded.

"Now how do we get over there?"

"Watch and learn my friend.." Enshou walked over to a block that was at the edge of the platform and pushed it off quickly. Link smirked and hopped onto it, pulling himself onto the platform. Enshou turned around to find yet another spider web on the ground, blocking their way to the bottom floor. He sighed and rolled his eyes, turning to Hyosui, tossing her a Deku stick. "Take that and have it catch fire and bring it over here. Quick." Doing as she was told, she quickly ran to the torch and the Deku stick caught on fire. She ran over as quick as possible and tosses Enshou the stick. He threw it on the spider web and it disintegrated. Hyosui climbed up the block and onto the platform, whipping some water out of her eyes and yawned slightly.

"How much longer is this going to take, guys? I'm kind of tired." She said. Link turned to face her.

"Shouldn't be much more, c'mon." He hopped down the hole and the other two followed. They fell into a huge room, with 3 Deku flowers, and a locked door behind them. Hyosui took out her shield.

"Link, take out your shield and block the second one's attack. I'll take the third one. Link, block the last ones attack and send it back at him. After that, Enshou, attack it. Alright?" She said. If the two boys had anything strange to say about this report, they kept it to themselves. Link leaned forward and held his shield out and the Deku nut fired by the second one came colliding into it. The nut bounced off the shield and into the second Deku. It turned blue and was completely paralyzed. Hyosui repeated the process with the third Deku, just barely hitting it. Link did a somersault roll over to the last one, blocking it's attack with his shield. The Deku was hit and Enshou came running at it with a jump slash. The Deku hopped out of the way and cowered.

"Draat!! How did you find out our secret? How irritating!! It's so irritating, I'm going to tell you the secret of killing our Queen Ghoma! You can only attack her when her eye turns red. Oh queenie...Sorry about that!" The Deku ran back into it's flower. He had said that so quickly that Link, Hyosui, and Enshou didn't even have time yet to respond. Link blinked and shrugged on shoulder at the fairly puzzled faces of Hyosui and Enshou. He looked to the side and saw the bars covering the door that was behind the Deku's had fluttered open given them the chance to go inside. Link sighed slightly.

"I think whatever is causing the Deku tree's illness is in here.. That 'Ghoma' creature or whatever." He said. Enshou nodded, unsheathing his sword. Hyosui took out her crossbow and readied her arrows. Link grabbed his sword and shield. He turned to the others and nodded, then stepped through the door to Ghoma....

There was a slight rattling sound. The three couldn't quiet put their finger on where it was coming from. Hyosui stepped out from the edge of the room. It was covered in a mist, and there were four 'pillars' across the room. She looked up to find a huge spider, about twice the size of the children and about four times as wide. The eye of the spider spinned around in it's head as it fell to the ground, getting in an intimidating battle stance. Hyosui gasped and backed up, the spider had it's sight on her, it got poised for attack as it's eye turned red. She clumsily shot at it's eye with her arrow and it fell over, stunned. Enshou ran at the spider while it was stunned and jump sliced it. Link came up at it from behind and began slashing at it repeatedly. Hyosui had regained her composure by now and was taking an arrow and was stabbing at the spider. Ghoma grew annoyed and growled and pushed them away from her. Then she climbed up one of the pillars, up above them. Her eye turned red and an egg dropped from her. Then another fell. Enshou took care of killing the spiders in the eggs, Link helping him. Hyosui caught sight of the red eye and shot at it. Ghoma fell from the ceiling and lay on the ground paralyzed. Hyosui began an onslaught of attack it with the bow once more. Link came to her aid after he finished with the baby spiders and shoved his sword into the eye of the best. Ghoma flinched and fell backwards. Link had hit her ultimate weak spot. She fell to the ground, beginning to disintegrate. Hyosui stared in awe as it disappeared, leaving no spoils behind, but a blue glowing lightly. Enshou stared at the light and took a deep breath, stepping into it. The others followed.

You've done it, children..

The curse is broken..

You have fulfilled your first mission..

The three felt themselves be teleported in front of the Great Deku tree. They stared at the withered thing with hope in their eyes.

"Will you be alright, Deku tree?" Navi said. The Deku tree paid no attention to that.

"You were successful.. I knew you could do it.. But, I must tell you this.. Though you were successful in defeating the curse, I was doomed before you ever started.." He paused for a second, the continued. "But, I have strength enough to tell you one thing.. Dost thou wish to listen?" He looked at the three children, who nodded in turn. "Back long ago, Hyrule was created by three Goddesses.. Din, the goddess of power, gave the earth shape and form.. Nayru, goddess of wisdom, gave spirit and law to the world.. And Farore, goddess of courage, gave life and hope to the world.. After their labors were finished, they each sealed their powers in the Triforce, which has been guarded until now. The man who cursed me is after the Triforce, and wants to use it's power to bring Hyrule to it's end. You must stop them.. Also.. Hyosui.. Enshou, approach me, my children.." Hyosui looked at her brother, who shrugged, and they walked toward him. They saw something sparkle within him. Out came two fairies. One was red, one was blue. They flew over and floated in front of theme. "They will aid you.. Yours is called Layri, Hyosui.. And yours is Taya, Enshou.. Navi, Layri, Taya.. Watch over your partners.. You three need to go to the castle.. There you will meet Princess Zelda.. And she will.. Help you on your journey.. And you will need this.." The tree paused as a emerald appeared from inside him and flew over to Link. The Forest Emerald. Link held it in awe, then looked up at the Great Deku tree. "My time is ny.. Good luck.. I beseech ye..good..bye..." And with those last words, before anyone could say anything, all color left the Deku tree, and he died. He was a dark, old tree, the leaves fell from his branches gradually. Link stared at him and swallowed hard.

"...L...Let's go guys." He said, putting the emerald in his pocket. Hyosui and Enshou stared at the tree, their fairy's on their shoulders. They sighed and walked ahead, following Link to the field. There stood Mido once more, blocking their way.

"What did the Great Deku tree want?"

"Well.. he.." Link began, unsure of what to say exactly.

"He was cursed, and well.. he passed away." Hyosui said. Mido gaped at them.

"..He...he died?! What'd you do?! I can't believe you!" He marched away angerilly, adding an "it's all your fault Link!" under his breath as he marched away. Hyosui lay a hand on his shoulder.

"It's alright Link.. It's not your fault." She said. Link nodded.

"I know.. Just wish I could've done more." He said. Enshou cleared his throat.

"Shall we go see the Princess?" He said. The other two nodded and they headed to the south of the village, walking through a pathway and across the bridge. Seeing Saria.

"Hey Saria.." Link said.

"You're leaving, aren't you?" Saria said. Link nodded. "That's okay.. I knew you'd leave us someday.. You're destined for something great, Link.. I know it.. I want you three to have these Ocarinas." She held out a green ocarina, a blue, and a red one. She sighed slightly as she saw them each put their own Ocarina's in their satchels, thanking her. "It's no problem.. But remember me, Link.. I'll miss you." Link nodded and began backing away, looking at his friend. Then he ran off, not looking back. Hyosui looked at her brother, who nodded, and they both ran off.

One mission complete..

Their adventure has only begun..

What will it be like this the Princess?

What trails with the tree face in the coming days?

Will they survive their mission to protect their beloved land of Hyrule?

Only time will tell..

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