Link started walking toward the ladder when a big plant that looked like a Venus Fly Trap attacked Link. "Aah!" yelled Link as it bit him on the shoulder. Link quickly pulled out his sword and shield. "What is that thing!" Link asked Navi since the Kokiri never see anything besides themselves, fairies, and Deku Trees. "That's a Deku Baba! Cut it on its stem!" suggested Navi. The Deku Baba attacked Link again but Link blocked it with his shield. "I can't get through to its stem!" said Link. "When attacks again dodge don't block." said Navi. Link waited for the Deku Baba to attack again. Then it did. It lunged at link but Link dodged it. The Deku Baba stayed on the ground for a little while. Link saw his chance and slashed his sword on the Deku Baba's head. The Deku Baba stood up straight and Link cut right through the stem killing it. "I did it! I beat a Deku Baba!" yelled Link in joy. "Hey what's that?" asked Link looking at a stick on the ground where the Deku Baba was. "That's a Deku Stick. It could be useful so I would take it with you." answered Navi. "Ok." said Link as he put his shield and sword back and picked up the Deku Stick. He put that right by his sword.
Link and Navi then walked/flew toward the ladder that led to the next level of the Deku Tree. "Were Deku Baba's always in the Great Deku Tree?" asked Link. "I think so. I think that's how he gets rid of any monsters in the Kokiri Forest. He puts them inside of him. That might also be how he has stayed alive this long." answered Navi. "How old is he?" asked Link. "Thousand's of years old. The normal life span of a regular Deku Tree is only 300 years." replied Navi.
When Link and Navi got to the ladder they climbed it. "I don't see anything except for some doors and a chest." said Link. "Go open the chest." said Navi. Link walked over to the chest and opened it. He reached inside and pulled out a map. "It looks like a map of the Deku Tree." said Link. "Look Link. The chest was in front of a bunch of vines that you could probably climb." said Navi. Link looked up and saw some vines. "What are those spider things?" asked Link. "Those are Skullawallutallus (sue me if I got it wrong). You might want to find some way to get rid of them before you climb up there." said Navi. "Yeah your probably right. There's a door over there. I'll go check that out." said Link.
Link walked past the vines and the Skullawallutallus. He walked up to the door and opened it. Link walked towards another door in the back of the room he just entered when a small bush looking thing jumped up out of the ground. "Woh! What is that!" Link asked Navi. "A Deku Scrub. Don't worry about him." Navi answered. But then the Deku Scrub shot out a rock at Link. Link quickly pulled out his Deku Shield and bounced the rock back at the Deku Scrub.
"Aah!" said the Deku Scrub as he was hit. The Scrub then ran away from Link. "No you don't." said Link as he chased the Deku Scrub. After a couple of minutes of running Link finally caught the Scrub. "Don't hurt me! If you let me go I'll tell you a secret." said the Deku Scrub. "What?" asked Link. "If you roll on the ground when you jump off a high place it won't hurt as much as if you just landed on your feet. Goodbye." said the Deku Scrub as Link put him down after he said the secret. "That was it? I knew that." said Link.
Link then walked toward the door on the other side of the room. He opened the door and saw a floating platform leading to a chest on the other side of the room. "How is that platform floating?" asked Link. "Magic." said Navi the fairy. "I hope it's strong magic." said Link.
Link looked at the platform and started to run to it. He jumped to the platform and landed on it. "That was easy." said Link. But then the platform started to shake. "Link jump to the other side! The platform is falling!" exclaimed Navi. "I know I know!" said Link. He started to run toward the end of the platform so he could jump to the other side of the room. But the platform fell just as Link jumped. Link almost didn't make it to the other side but managed to grab onto the edge of the cliff. "Link! Hold on I'll help you!" said Navi. But Link just pulled himself up. "Help me with what?" asked Link. "Nothing." said Navi.
Link walked to the chest and opened it. He reached in and pulled out a Slingshot and some Deku Seeds. "I found a Slingshot and some Deku Seeds!" said Link. "Nice. Put how are you going to get down from here?" asked Navi. "I'll jump." said Link. "What!" exclaimed Navi. Link ran toward the edge of the cliff and jumped off. He fell for only 10 feet when he hit the ground and rolled. He got up. Navi flew down. "I didn't know you could do that!" said Navi. "Do what? Jump?" asked Link. "Nevermind." replied Navi.
"I've gotten down but how do I get up?" Link asked himself. Navi started to fly around the room looking for a way for Link to get up to the door. "Link, I found a ladder." said Navi. "It doesn't look like the hooks holding it up here are very strong. Maybe you could knock the ladder off them some how."
"I know a way how." said Link. He pulled out his Slingshot and loaded it with a Deku Seed. "You might want to move Navi." suggested Link as he aimed at the ladder. Navi flew down from the ladder to Link. Link aimed carefully and fired at the ladder. The Deku Seed knocked the ladder off the hooks. The ladder fell to the ground in front of the doorway.
Link walked up to the ladder and set it up right. "Navi, could you somehow keep the ladder from wobbling all around with magic or something?" asked Link. "Yeah. I could try." answered Navi. Link climbed up the ladder. It wobbled a little but not enough to throw Link off. Link got up the ladder and walked out of the room.
"Now I can get those Skullawallutallus off the vines." said Link. Link and Navi walked back to the vines. Link pulled out his Slingshot and put a Deku Seed in it. Link took aim on one of the Skullawallutallus and fired. The Deku Seed hit the Skullawallutallus and knocked it off the vines. Link took aim on another one and fired. That one fell. Link did the same thing with another one. That one fell. Link did that again and again until all of the Skullawallutallus were off the wall.
"Now I can see what's up there." said Link. Link climbed up the vines while Navi flew up behind him. "You have easy with wings." said Link when he got to the top. "Not much more than you do. My wings get tired just as your legs do. But not as quickly I have to admit." replied Navi.
Link looked around and saw several ledges. Link walked to the end of one and looked down. "Man, that's a long way down." said Link as he looked down at the bottom of the Deku Tree. "LINK WATCH OUT!" yelled Navi as a big spider came down from the ceiling and hit Link. Link didn't fall to the bottom of the tree. Link took out his sword and shield and started to fight the spider. "Navi, this spider is about to knock me off the ledge. Is there a way past it?" asked Link. "It's a Skullatulla. There is a bug web at the bottom of the tree. The only way you can survive is if you jump and try to land on the web." said Navi. "I hope you're right." said Link as he turned around and jumped of the ledge.
Link jumped off the ledge and went above the web. Link fell until he hit web. The web bent under the weight and broke sending Link into the water that was below the web. "Aaaaaaaaah!" screamed Link as he fell. Link hit water hard on his stomach. "Oof!" said Link as he hit the water. Link swan to land and got up. He looked up and saw Navi coming down through the hole in the ground. "I hope we find this curse soon. I can't take much more of this." said Link.
"I don't see a way out of this room except for a door that's behind the web over there." said Navi. "Could I cut the web with my sword?" asked Link. "Skullatulla web is really tough. I don't think you could." answered Navi.
Link was walking around looking at the room he fell into when he pressed a button. A torch behind Link lit up in flames. "Could the web be burnt?" Link asked Navi. "Yeah. But I don't know how you could get the fire over to the web." said Navi. Link pulled out his Deku Stick. "I do." said Link. "But you have cross water to get over there!" said Navi. Link walked over to the water and looked down. "There a platform under there. I walk on that." said Link.
Link got out his Deku Stick and caught it on fire. He ran to the other side jumping on the platform under the water. He jumped onto the other side and ran to the wed covering the door. Link touched the end of the stick that was on fire to the web. Once the web started to burn Link put out the fire on his Deku Stick before it burnt away.
The web then burnt away uncovering the door. "See? I told there was a platform under there." said Link.
Link walked to the door, opened it, and walked inside the next room. Inside was another Deku Scrub. The Deku Scrub jumped out of the ground and shot a rock at Link. Link pulled out his shield and bounced the rock back to the Deku Scrub. The rock hit the Scrub. The Deku Scrub jumped completely out of the ground and started running around. "Uh huh." said Link as he ran after the Scrub. Link jumped on the Scrub and pinned it to the ground. "Ah! Don't hurt me! I'll you a secret if you let me go!" pleaded the Deku Scrub. "What?" asked Link. "The only way you can beat my brothers is in this order. 2 3 1. 23 is number 1. I'm sorry brothers!" said the Deku Tree. When Link let him go he burrowed back into the ground. "I wonder what he meant by that? Twenty-three is number one?" wondered Link. "We'll figure it out when we meet his 'brothers'." said Navi, "We need to find the curse."
Link looked around the room and saw a door with bars over it. "How am I supposed to open that?" asked Link. Navi flew over to it and looked around. "I don't see any switches. Since the door is sealed with magic I can't open the door with magic." said Navi. "Do you have a weird feeling like your being watched?" asked Link. "Yeah, I do." answered Navi. "Deku Scrub are still in here?" asked Link. When the Deku Scrub didn't answer in a few minutes Link repeated himself. "If you're still here I'll find you and this time I won't let you go." threatened Link.
The Deku Scrub still didn't reply. "Either he doesn't believe you or he's not here anymore." said Navi. "Fine. I guess I'll try to figure out how to get out of here." declared Link.
Meanwhile...........
"Mido, where's Link?" asked Saria. "I don't know. He went to the Deku Tree's meadow and hasn't come back yet." answered Mido. "I wonder what he's doing in there?" wondered Saria. "I bet you it's no good." replied Mido. "I'll be on the bridge. When he comes out tell him I'm there." said Saria. "Yeah fine whatever." said Mido.
In the Great Deku Tree...........
Link looked around the room seeing if he could find a way out of here. "Link, look!" exclaimed Navi. Link looked where Navi was flying. "That looks like an eye." said Link. What he was looking at was a diamond with an eye thing in the middle of it. "That must be the thing that was 'watching it'." said Link. "It must be enchanted. If it sees anyone the doors locked." said Navi. "What if doesn't see anybody?" asked Link. "It wouldn't matter where you were in the room. Even if you were right beside it were the eye wouldn't see you it would still sense you." said Navi. "No. Could the eye close?" asked Link. "I think so. But how would you close the oh." said Navi as she saw Link pull out his slingshot and load it with a Deku Seed. He aimed for the 'eye' and shot the seed. The seed flew to the eye and hit it closing the eye. The bars on the door lifted up.
Link walked up to the door and opened it. He looked inside saw some Deku Baba's, a lit torch, two unlit torches, and a door with bars on it. "I wonder what I have to do." said Link sarcastically.
Link walked in. He took out his sword and shield and walked up to the Deku Baba in the middle of the room. The Baba shot up out of the ground and attacked Link. It lunged at Link but Link blocked it with his shield. He tried to slash at the Deku Baba but it dodged. The Deku Baba tried to bite Link but Link dodged the vicious mouth. The Baba fell to the ground. Link slashed at it and the Deku Baba shot up. Link slashed again and a Deku Stick was the only remains of the Deku Baba.
Link let the stick sit there. Link took out the Deku Stick he already had out and lit it on fire from the lit torch. He then set the other two torches on fire. The bars on the door retreated into the ceiling. Link put out the fire on his Deku Stick and that stick down. Then he picked up the other Deku Stick.
"A fresh Deku Stick. The other one was burnt a little." said Link. He walked over to the door and opened it.
Inside the room was a small pond of water with a platform floating from the side Link was standing on to another platform on the other side. Link would have jumped on the platform and floated to the other side but big bar right above the water was stopping him.
"If the water was just a couple feet lower I would be able to float across the water without giving the bar a second thought." said Link. Navi was floating around looking for a switch or something that could lower the water level. "I found something! It's under the water. You should be able to reach it." said Navi. "Ok. I'll look for it." said Link. He walked over to the edge of the platform and took his shirt, his sword, his slingshot, and his deku stick off and jumped into the water.
He dived under and saw the switch. He swam to it and pressed it. He could fell the water level lower. He swam back to the platform and climbed on it. He then put all his gear back on. "Good work Navi." complimented Link.
Link and Navi waited for the platform to reach Link. When it did Link jumped on it. When the bar was above him he ducked just in case. He then reached the other side of the room. "That was easy." said Link.
Link saw an opening in the wall. It was too high though. He also saw a big block that was high enough for him to reach the opening. But it wasn't under the hole. "I guess I have to push the block." said Link. He walked over to under the hole when a Skulltulla came down on him. "Oof!." said Link as he fell.
Link got up and pulled out his sword and shield. "Navi! Figure what its weak stop is!" said Link. "Its belly. When it turns around cut it." replied Navi. The Skulltulla didn't attack Link. The only thing it did is turn around. Link jumped up and cut the Skulltulla with a jump slash instantly killing it. "That was easier than I thought it would be. Hey Navi. How com you didn't tell me the weakness of the Skulltullas earlier?" asked Link. "Because I knew you wouldn't willingly jump off the cliff into the web unless you had to." answered Navi. "Oh." said Link.
In the Deku Tree's meadow..........
"Kaporea (sue me if I got this wrong too) come here." said the Great Deku Tree. An owl flew into the Great Deku Tree's meadow. "Yes Great Deku Tree?" asked Kaporea Gaborea, the owl, when he landed on one of the Great Deku Tree's branches. "I have a request of you." said the Great Deku Tree. "I will do anything you say wise one." replied Kaporea Gaborea. "There is a young boy in me fighting a curse. But his fight is useless. When I pass away I need you to look after him." said the Deku Tree. "Is that the Hyl-?" asked Kaporea. "Yes he is. But I don't want you to say anything to Link. He will learn his past and his destiny and time." interrupted the Great Deku Tree. "Yes sir. I take it he will be leaving the forest?" asked Kaporea. "Yes." answered the Deku Tree. "I will wait for him at the edge of the forest and Hyrule Field. There I will give him any help I think he may need." said Kaporea Gaborea. "Yes. Now go." said the Deku Tree.
Kaporea Gaborea then took off and flew to the edge of the forest.
Back in the Deku Tree.........
Link had moved the block under the hole in the wall. Link climbed into the hole and saw a door. Link opened it and walked inside. There was a small passageway before Link entered the room. When he got to the end of the passageway a Skulltulla came down from the ceiling and attacked Link. "Not another one." said Link as he pulled out his sword. The big spider spun around and Link executed a jump slash with his sword. "That was easy." said Link.
Link walked into the room and looked around. He saw a hole in the wall covered with web. He looked the other way and saw a small passageway going down that was covered by web. "Link watch out!" cried Navi. Link looked behind him but was too slow. Something tackled him from behind. He turned around and saw what looked like a black roach with eight legs. It was small but it had long claws. Link pulled out his sword to kill the thing that tackled him but then something dug into his shoulder. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" screamed Link in pain. Another one, the third one, slashed him in the stomach. "Navi help!" screamed Link. "I'm trying!" exclaimed Navi.
One of the things jumped at his head for the killing blow. But Navi then started to glow brighter. The thing then just stopped in the air. It was floating and glowing a light blue. "Link, kill it! I can't hold on to it much longer!" said Navi. Link slashed his sword down and cut the thing in half.
"Link one of them is behind you!" said Navi. Link turned around and pulled his sword up. The thing rammed into the shield. Although it didn't hurt Link it forced him to take a few steps back. Link pulled down the shield and cut deep into the creature's flesh killing it.
"Link!" screamed Navi. Link ducked and the last of the creatures flew over Link. It landed on the ground. Link then stabbed the ting with his sword instantly killing the thing. All of the monsters evaporated into the air.
"Ugh." said Link in pain. Blood covered his tunic and shorts. And it wasn't the monsters' blood. It was his. "Stay still Link. I can't heal the wounds but I can make them stop bleeding and hurt less." said Navi. Navi glowed brighter and the blood stopped seeping out of Link's wounds. Link then found that the wounds didn't hurt as much. The pain was as little as being sore after a jog. "I also mad it where they couldn't get infected and destroyed any poison that was in the wounds." said Navi. "Thanks Navi." said Link.
"Do you think that was the curse?" Link wondered. "I don't think so. The curse would have to be pretty big for it to endanger the Great Deku Tree." said Navi. "Great." said Link.
Link looked around and saw a lit torch. "I'll see what's in the passageway going down first." said Link. He got out his Deku Stick and lit it. He then ran to the web on the other side of the room. He ran down the passageway and burnt the web. He then put out the flame on the end of the Deku Stick.
Link looked down and saw a small hole. "I'll have to crawl through that." said Link. He got down on his hands and knees and crawled through the hole with Navi following behind him.
When Link got out of the hole he looked around the room. "I've gone in a circle!" said Link. He was in the room where he landed in when he fell through the web on the first 'floor' of the Deku Tree. "You are Link but look. You're on a side that you couldn't get to before. And there's a hole covered with web. I'd bet my wings that where you have to go." said Navi. "I guess you're right." said Link.
Link walked over to the hole covered with web. "I guess I have to cut it." said Link. He took out his sword and starting cutting away at the web. But after ten minutes work he was only able to cut through a centimeter of the web. "I guess not." said Link.
Link looked around to see if he could find a way to burn it. When he saw a block on the edge of platform he was on he asked, "Navi, if I pushed that block down into the water do you think I could jump from the platform on the other side to the that block with a burning stick in my hand?"
"Maybe. Why?" asked navi. But Link was already pushing the block the edge of the platform and into the water. When the block landed into the water Link jumped down onto the block. He then jumped onto the platform where he got the flame to burn the web over the door to get to the room where the Deku Scrub was that told Link twenty-three is number one.
Link then lit his Deku Stick again on that same torch. He ran to the end of the platform and jumped on the block. He then got back on the other platform and ran to the web- covered hole. He set the burning Deku Stick on the web and fell down into water putting out the Deku Stick.
Link swam to land. "Ow. That was probably the biggest belly flop of all time." said Link. Then a rock hit him in the stomach. "Link! There are three Deku Scrubs!" said Navi. Link then pulled out his shield. One was headed straight for him. He blocked it and it was sent to the Deku Scrub on the left. All of the Deku Scrubs went under ground and then popped right back up.
"Link. Remember when that Deku Scrub said that we would never beat his brothers unless we went in this order, two three one? Maybe you have to hit the Scrub in the middle. Then hit the one on the right. And then the one on the left." said navi. "Ok. I'll do that." said Link.
Link ran over to the Deku Scrub in the middle. The Scrub shot a rock at Link. Link blocked and repelled it back at the scrub. When the rock hit the Deku Scrub it turned blue and froze.
Then Link did the same with the one on the left. It also turned blue and froze.
Then Link ran at the one on the right. He did the same thing but when the rock hit the Deku Scrub the Scrub didn't turn blue and freeze. It started to run. Link chased after the Scrub and grabbed it. "Agh! How did you know our secret? If you don't kill me I'll tell you to deliver the coup de grace on Queen Gomah." said the Deku Scrub. "What?" asked Link. "All you have to do is slice her up when she is stunned. Oh Queenie forgive me." said the Deku Scrub. The all three of the Scrubs went underground.
"I'll do that." said Link. Link looked round the room and noticed a door on the side of the wall. "That's the way I'm going." said Link.
Link walked up to the door and opened it. Past the door was a walkway. Link walked through the walkway and was in a misty room. "This place is big." said Link. Just then there was a loud boom. Link turned around and saw that a door had closed leaving Link trapped in the room. "Link, I think we've found the curse." said Navi. Link looked where Navi was. On the ceiling of the room Link was in was a big version of the little monsters that Link fought earlier. "I'm guessing that's Queen Gomah." said Link.
Queen Gomah jumped off the ceiling and landed on her feet. Gomah then walked to Link. Link pulled out his sword and shield. Gomah then hit Link across the room. "Link!" said Navi.
Gomah walked toward Link. Gomah was about to stab Link but Link tried to cut. The sword didn't pierce Gomah's skin but Gomah climbed back on the ceiling. "Why did go back up there?" Link wondered.
Gomah, once completely on the ceiling, shot out three eggs. The eggs hatched immediately and the small monsters that Link fought earlier came out. "Not them." said Link.
The three 'Little Gomahs' started to attack Link. Link blocked one with his shield and hit another one with the flat of his sword. The other one attacked Link and hit him. One of the claws scratched Link in the back. "Aaaah!" exclaimed Link. Link turned around and cut it in half. Link turned around and faced the other two Little Gomahs. One of the Gomahs jumped at Link but Link dodged and stabbed the Gomah.
The last Gomah backed away but Link walked toward it. Then the Gomah started to run at Link. Link blocked it with his sword and cut the Gomah in half.
"Link! Queen Gomah's behind you!" said Navi. Link turned around and got stabbed right through the shoulder. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" screamed Link in pain. The claw that went through Link's shoulder then came out of Link's body. Queen Gomah started to slap Link around and put several scratches on his body.
Gomah picked up Link and threw him across the room. Navi who was watching couldn't stand to watch any more. Navi used her magic to stop Queen Gomah. But all she did was slow Gomah down.
Link slowly got up. He didn't have his sword or shield. He saw his shield just several feet away but his sword was lost in the mist that hung over the ground. He slowly walked over to his shield and picked it up. "Ugh." groaned Link. He looked up and saw Queen Gomah slowly walking towards him. "Link, kill it before it kills you, the Deku Tree, and me!" commanded Navi. "I can't find my sword." said Link. "I could find it but then I wouldn't be able to hold Gomah." said navi. "Ok. I'll, ugh, look for it." said Link.
Link walked around looking for the Kokiri Sword. He was bent down, very painful for him now, searching for his sword. Meanwhile Navi was having trouble keeping Queen Gomah away from Link. "No you don't Queenie. If you're going to attack a Kokiri let him be armed." said Navi who was putting her magical abilities to the extreme.
Link was down on his hands and knees when Navi couldn't hold Queen Gomah any longer. Gomah started to go as fast as she could toward link. "Link watch out she's heading toward you!" yelled Navi. Link looked up and saw the giant arachnid running toward him. Link backed up to the wall. Queen Gomah was almost to execute the final blow when Link quickly pulled out his slingshot, aimed it, and by luck hit Queen Gomah in the eye stunning her. Link felt to his and felt his sword. "Link kill her!" said Navi.
Link rose up his sword and slashed and cut at Queen Gomah's eye. He rose up his sword and let it down on Gomah's eye. And for the last blow he stabbed her.
Queen Gomah then reared up. Link though she was about to kill him but she fell backwards. Then black mist came from her body and rose into the air. Parts of her body were falling off. Her body was disappearing. "The curse is evaporating as is the body that held it." explained Navi to Link.
When the body of Queen Gomah completely evaporated magic held by a ring of metal shaped like a heart appeared where Queen Gomah was. Link walked over to and picked it up. The magic went into Link's body and healed all his wounds. He also saw a ring of light. "Come on Navi." said the refreshed Link. Navi flew over to her partner and they both walked into the circle of light. The light then carried them up.
To Be Continued...........
