Ranch Problems
"Is it supposed to move?" asked Geo to his companions as the red cone started to shake
and move as if it were trying to pull itself out of the ground. Both of the knights immediately
stopped arguing, faced the cone and said, "Crap." The kids looked at the knights then back at the
cone and Sheik then asked, "What do you mean crap?"
Michael then ran over to the boys and grabbed Sheik and Hiro's hands and pulled them,
shouting, "That doesn't matter right now. What does, is that we get out of here. Now!" As
Michael shouted this, Derrick ran over to Geo and Dart and started to pull them in a similar
fashion. The six started to run, but the kids still didn't understand why they should be running.
"Why are we running?" shouted Hiro to the knights in a confused manor. Derrick then
shouted up to Hiro, "You guys woke up a Peahat. They are giant, flying creatures with four
blades for wings. If it spots us, it will not stop chasing us till nightfall, when it goes back to its
lair." After hearing this, the boys started to run as fast as they possibly could. Geo then shouted at
them saying, "Why didn't you say so?"
Dart then shouted, "Shut up Geo. You're the one who got us in this mess." Geo was
about to protest when they heard a swooshing noise coming from behind them. They turned their
heads to see what it was and sure enough, there was a giant, red, cone with four blades flying
after them. All of them shouted, "Ah, shit!" It, of course, started to chase them and they didn't
stop running for an hour, when the sun went down.
"So. tired," panted Geo to his friends. Sheik replied saying, "You're. not. the.
only. one." They continued panting and resting until they heard a wolf howling off in the
distance. When Derrick heard that, he shouted, "Oh crap. We forgot about the starchildren." The
boys looked at him, Michael, then themselves and said, "What?"
All of a sudden, a zombie-like creature popped out of the ground and attacked Dart. The
others were about to help him when, he pulled out a harpoon and jabbed the starchild's skull,
causing it to fall right off. Then without a second thought, he pulled his harpoon back and slashed
the starchild's body right down the middle. The only word that escaped the shocked faces of his
comrade was a simple, "Cool," that came from the lips of his friend Hiro.
Suddenly, another starchild popped out of the ground and attacked Geo. Geo immediately
got into a defensive stance and punched one of the starchildren in the middle, killing it instantly.
This time it was Sheik who said, "Wow," to the young Goron. Like before, more starchildren
popped out of the ground. Before they attacked, Michael shouted out, "They won't stop coming
until sunrise, or if we get to some shelter. So we have no choice, but to go to the ranch."
With a nod from everyone, including a reluctant one from Derrick, they all started to run,
again, toward the only ranch in Hyrule, Lon Lon Ranch. Even though Hiro was preoccupied with
running, he was still wondering why Derrick didn't want to go to the ranch. They ran for a couple
hours, and by the time they had gotten to the ranch, it was 11. "Great, now we have to wait till
morning before we can leave," said Derrick, not realizing he said that out loud.
Michael then said, "Ok, that does it. You're going to tell us why you hate this ranch."
Derrick then said, "I'll tell you in the morning," hoping that they would forget. With an angered
face Michael looked over to his son and nodded to him. Understanding what he wanted him to do,
Sheik pulled out a golden harp and played, `v^ v^.' After the melody was played, night turned
into day and the group found themselves in the same spot where they had entered the ranch, but it
was noon of the next day.
Derrick then glared at Sheik and shouted, "You knew the Sun's Song the whole time."
Derrick's shout attracted an old man who had some brown hair with some gray on the sides of his
head but he was bald on the top. He also had a brownish, grayish mustache. The old man then
said, "Greetings young travelers. Welcome to Lon Lon Ranch. I'm Ingo. How may we be of
service?"
Michael stepped forward and then said, "We are on a quest to save the Sacred Sages of
Hyrule, We are in need of some horses." Ingo smiled at him and said, "That shouldn't be a
problem, but the kids will have to ride adult horses, seeing as the colts are still to young to take on
riders." Michael replied, "That's fine." Hiro then walked up to Ingo, and asked, "Can you tell me
if Epona is here?"
Ingo turned toward Hiro and said, "She's out in the coral, up ahead, You can go see her,
but stay out of the coral. A black stallion that belonged to Ganon, named Tornado, is out there, so
be careful." Hiro nodded then ran off toward the coral, followed closely by his friends. When
they turned the corner to the coral, they noticed a girl was riding a black horse, who they thought
was Tornado. She was wearing a leather tunic with leather boots and had long brown hair (that's
all they could notice from their distance). She was riding him with great skill as they jumped the
gates as if they were nothing.
They looked on but Hiro couldn't find Epona. He ran back over to Ingo and asked,
"Where's Epona? All we saw was some girl riding that black horse that you warned us about."
After hearing this, Derrick ran over to the coral and gained a look of terror as he saw the girl
riding the horse. The look then changed to a look of concern and anger as he yelled over to the
girl, "Sarah! Get off that horse right now!" The yell looked to have shocked the horse and the girl,
for after he yelled, the horse bucked and neighed causing the girl, now known as Sarah, to fall off.
The kids all gained looks of shock as they remembered that the girl who had the last Spiritual
Stone was named Sarah.
Sarah shook her head, trying the get her senses back together. She then noticed that she
was in a very dangerous place as Tornado was still bucking and stomping on the ground. Tornado
was about to stomp on her, but she quickly rolled back and did a back flip, causing her to avoid
the stomp, but she also had gotten back on her feet. She quickly ran forward and grabbed at
Tornado's reins. She pulled on them as hard as she could while talking to the horse to try to calm
him down, but she wasn't strong enough. She was stubborn and didn't let go, for she didn't want
him to hurt himself by kicking the gates. Sarah continued to hold on to the reins of the giant black
stallion.
Snapping out of it, Ingo started to yell over to the stable, "Malon! Tornado's acting up
again! Sarah's trying to hold him down!" Not even five seconds later, a woman with long red hair
came out of the stable riding none other then Epona.
It didn't take Epona long to get to Tornado, for she was the fastest horse in Hyrule. Once
she got there, Malon jumped off of her and grabbed a hold of Tornado's reins. Together, they
were finally able to calm the great horse down. Malon then pulled on Tornado's reins causing the
black horse to follow her back to the stable. Sarah followed Malon back towards the stable with
Epona in tow.
Ingo ran out to them and said, "I'm sorry I didn't help, I'm just so old that I didn't think I
could help. Here let me put them back." Ingo took the reins of both horses and left the group and
the two girls alone. Malon was about to speak with the knight but she noticed that Sarah was
holding her arm. "Sarah, what happened to your arm?" asked Malon to Sarah. Sarah merely
replied, "Nothing mom. I just bumped it, that's all."
Malon then looked at her daughter and said, "Yeah right. Last time you said that, you had
sprained your leg. Go get some milk from the cows." Sarah was about to protest when Malon
gave her a motherly glare. Hiro then spoke out, "Wait a minute! You mean that you having a kid
wasn't a rumor?" Malon looked at Hiro, smiled and replied, "I get that a lot, and yes Sarah is my
daughter." Michael then asked, "Well, who's the father?"
At that moment, Derrick paled and gulped as he tried in vain to hide under his helmet, but
all he did was bring attention to himself. Everyone looked at him then they heard Malon scream,
"You! What are you doing here? Haven't you cost Sarah and me enough pain?" Derrick started to
back up and tremble but then he heard something that made him pale even more.
"Mom, why are you yelling. at.DAD!" The entire group gained shocked expressions
as they had just found out that Derrick was the father of Malon's daughter. Sarah had come out of
the stable with a half full bottle of milk and was staring at Derrick. Her stare then turned into a
glare, an even worse one then her mother's. "What's he doing here?" she asked her mother.
Malon then replied, "I was wondering the same thing." The group, minus Derrick, were really
puzzled by now. The boys had still not mention the Spiritual Stone part but they weren't sure if
this was the same girl.
Michael then snapped out at Derrick yelling, "Why didn't you tell me that you had a
daughter? Does Lord Link or Queen Zelda know of this? You're a royal bodyguard; you don't
have time to take care of a family. " Derrick then shouted back, "I became a royal bodyguard so I
could provide my family with more money. But I just recently found out that the man I hired to
take the money to the ranch wasn't bringing it here. Instead he was stealing it so he could
gamble."
Derrick then walked up to Malon and showed her the contract that he had with the man
and that it was canceled due to not holding up with half of the deal. Derrick continued, "The
reason that I didn't come back was because I was afraid to face you and I didn't want to get
caught by the main guards and knights. I'm sorry."
Malon started to cry out of pain and love, and Derrick took her in his arms. After a few
minutes he released his hold from Malon and looked toward Sarah. He expected her to run up to
him and give him a hug but instead she said, "I hate you, and I always will hate you. Remember
that." After saying this she ran into the stable and slammed the door.
For the rest of the day the group relaxed at the ranch but stayed out of the stable, so as not
to anger Sarah more. While the kids played with the horses, cows, and cuccos, the adults talked
about what they had been doing for the past few years. They also got to meet Talon, Malon's
father. Malon invited them to stay for supper and then for the night. That night, they ate roasted
chicken with herbal broth, warm bread with butter, chestnut pudding, and fresh milk. It was the
best meal that the group had had in quite a while. But Sarah never showed up. Instead Malon
brought some food over to the stable for Sarah.
After dinner, the adults joked around at the table and the kids, headed outside. Once they
got out the door they heard a melody being played. The four walked over to the coral, where it
seemed to be coming from. Looking inside it, they saw Sarah playing an ocarina. It was a creamy
color with a little green. She was playing, `^ ^.' Running around her were four colts. Two
were the same color as Epona while the other two were black, like Tornado.
The boys decided to risk it and approached Sarah and the colts. The boys stopped when
they got within five feet of her, and the colts had run off. Sarah had stopped playing but had her
eyes closed. She simply asked, "What do you want?" Hiro then approached her and replied, "We
were wondering if you happened to have ever been in Kokiri Forest." Sarah, without moving,
answered back, "Why would I go there? That's where the Kokiri live. Hylians aren't permitted to
go there."
Sarah then opened her eyes, looked at Hiro and asked him, "Why would you ask me
something like that?" Hiro didn't know how to answer without blowing their cover so Sheik
answered her saying, "Your ocarina looks like a Fairy Ocarina, and those are only found in the
forest." Without nodding or making any move of understanding, Sarah went back to playing her
ocarina. Once she started to play again, the four colts came back. The boys, not wanting to scare
the colts and get on Sarah's bad side, decided to return to the house.
Once they returned to the house, Malon told them that they would have to sleep on the
floor on blankest and pillows. The boys agreed to do it, as long as the cuccos were put in the
stable or outside. They all took off their weapons and armor, and placed them next to their
blankets. Because of the long day, it didn't take long for them to fall into a deep sleep.
Later that night, Sheik awoke when he heard someone moving. Slowly and quietly, Sheik
sat up and looked over to where Geo was sleeping. His eyes widened in shock as he saw a
cloaked figure removing the spiritual stone from Geo's pouch, while holding the other. Sheik
tried to get up quietly, but the boards under him made a creek, causing the figure to turn around.
Once the figure saw him, Sheik cried out, "Hey, give those back!"
The figure pulled the stones into his/her cloak, hiding them from view. The shout had
caused Dart to wake up. Sheik leaped at the figure, trying to capture him/her. The figure, with
great ease, was able to flip over Sheik, causing him to fly into Geo, and, with both stones, escape
through the door that led outside. Dart flipped onto his feet and ran out the door after the figure,
while Geo and Sheik woke everyone else up.
Dart chased the figure, but found it quite difficult to do since the figure seemed very agile
and fast. Since Dart had long legs, he didn't get too far behind the cloaked figure. Dart tried to
fire his fin boomerangs at him/her, but the figure kept avoiding the attack. Finally the chase ended
when the two reached the silo in the back of the ranch. The thief ran in 15 seconds before Dart,
and by the time he got in the figure had pushed some crates out of the way and had crawled
through a hole in the side of the silo. To keep the figure in the tunnel, Dart pushed the crates
against the hole and waited for the others to get there.
A few minutes later, everyone from the house was in the silo, except Talon and Ingo who
were left at the house to sleep. Sheik ran up to Dart and asked in an angered tone, "Ok, where is
he, Dart?" Without uttering a word, Dart pointed to the crated that was covering the hole. Geo
walked up to Dart and asked, "He's in the crate?" Dart looked at him funny before answering,
"No, he's in a tunnel behind the crate." Geo nodded in understanding and pulled the crate out of
the way. Malon then interfered by saying, "Wait! Only a few people knew of this tunnel, so that
means that the thief is." Malon trailed off as she walked over to the hole and yelled into it,
"Sarah! Get out before I ground you. And bring those stone out here too."
Everyone was shocked, until they realized that Sarah never did come back to the house
and when she came out of the tunnel, the boys realized that Sarah had lied to them earlier about
going to the forest, for she was wearing a Kokiri Tunic. Not only that, but she had a bow and a
quiver of arrows on her back, but that wasn't all, she also had a Fairy sword and a Deku shield on
her back too. A few seconds after she came out, two fairies came out of the hole behind her. One
of the fairies was yellow while the other was purple. Malon was the only one that wasn't shocked
by this.
"Sarah, why did you do that? Furthermore, why are you wearing that and why are there
two fairies flying above your head?" Derrick asked his daughter with great anger. Sarah didn't
answer her father and remained quiet until Malon asked her to answer the question for the others.
Sarah nodded and answered, "The Deku tree told me to keep the Kokiri Emerald safe to protect
Saria, but when I saw that you had the other stones, I took them to protect them too." The boys
nodded their heads in an understanding manor, but Derrick and Michael were a little mad because
they were never informed of the Deku tree's message. Derrick then spoke, "I guess I'm going to
have to stay here to keep you out of trouble." Sarah was about to protest but before the
conversation got worst, Malon sent everyone off to bed.
In the morning, a crying Malon wakened everyone. Derrick ran up to her and asked,
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Malon couldn't stop crying so she handed Derrick a letter
that she was holding. Derrick opened it and read it out loud so everyone could hear.
Dear Mother,
I'm sorry to leave you but I must. I can not handle living with that man who calls himself my
father. Don't worry about the colts, I'm taking them with me so that they receive proper training.
I'll return when I feel it is time. I can't tell you where I'm heading for I don't want to be found.
At least not yet. Inside the envelope attached, is a letter for Hiro and the other boys. Please don't
let `dad' read it."
Your daughter,
Sarah
Hiro looked over to Malon and she handed him an envelope. Sure enough, inside was
another letter. Hiro took it and read it to his friends. It read:
Hiro,
You may be the son of Link, but you can't beat Ganro alone. You need the power, and knowledge
of the sages, so on the bottom of this letter is a song that you can use to contact Saria. This will
provide you with a lot of useful information. You'll find the Emerald in the secret room behind
the tunnel I was hiding in. There are also some weapons that belonged to your father down there,
use them well. There is surprise waiting for you in the silo. So till we meet again.
Sarah
Saria's Song `v
"Is it supposed to move?" asked Geo to his companions as the red cone started to shake
and move as if it were trying to pull itself out of the ground. Both of the knights immediately
stopped arguing, faced the cone and said, "Crap." The kids looked at the knights then back at the
cone and Sheik then asked, "What do you mean crap?"
Michael then ran over to the boys and grabbed Sheik and Hiro's hands and pulled them,
shouting, "That doesn't matter right now. What does, is that we get out of here. Now!" As
Michael shouted this, Derrick ran over to Geo and Dart and started to pull them in a similar
fashion. The six started to run, but the kids still didn't understand why they should be running.
"Why are we running?" shouted Hiro to the knights in a confused manor. Derrick then
shouted up to Hiro, "You guys woke up a Peahat. They are giant, flying creatures with four
blades for wings. If it spots us, it will not stop chasing us till nightfall, when it goes back to its
lair." After hearing this, the boys started to run as fast as they possibly could. Geo then shouted at
them saying, "Why didn't you say so?"
Dart then shouted, "Shut up Geo. You're the one who got us in this mess." Geo was
about to protest when they heard a swooshing noise coming from behind them. They turned their
heads to see what it was and sure enough, there was a giant, red, cone with four blades flying
after them. All of them shouted, "Ah, shit!" It, of course, started to chase them and they didn't
stop running for an hour, when the sun went down.
"So. tired," panted Geo to his friends. Sheik replied saying, "You're. not. the.
only. one." They continued panting and resting until they heard a wolf howling off in the
distance. When Derrick heard that, he shouted, "Oh crap. We forgot about the starchildren." The
boys looked at him, Michael, then themselves and said, "What?"
All of a sudden, a zombie-like creature popped out of the ground and attacked Dart. The
others were about to help him when, he pulled out a harpoon and jabbed the starchild's skull,
causing it to fall right off. Then without a second thought, he pulled his harpoon back and slashed
the starchild's body right down the middle. The only word that escaped the shocked faces of his
comrade was a simple, "Cool," that came from the lips of his friend Hiro.
Suddenly, another starchild popped out of the ground and attacked Geo. Geo immediately
got into a defensive stance and punched one of the starchildren in the middle, killing it instantly.
This time it was Sheik who said, "Wow," to the young Goron. Like before, more starchildren
popped out of the ground. Before they attacked, Michael shouted out, "They won't stop coming
until sunrise, or if we get to some shelter. So we have no choice, but to go to the ranch."
With a nod from everyone, including a reluctant one from Derrick, they all started to run,
again, toward the only ranch in Hyrule, Lon Lon Ranch. Even though Hiro was preoccupied with
running, he was still wondering why Derrick didn't want to go to the ranch. They ran for a couple
hours, and by the time they had gotten to the ranch, it was 11. "Great, now we have to wait till
morning before we can leave," said Derrick, not realizing he said that out loud.
Michael then said, "Ok, that does it. You're going to tell us why you hate this ranch."
Derrick then said, "I'll tell you in the morning," hoping that they would forget. With an angered
face Michael looked over to his son and nodded to him. Understanding what he wanted him to do,
Sheik pulled out a golden harp and played, `v^ v^.' After the melody was played, night turned
into day and the group found themselves in the same spot where they had entered the ranch, but it
was noon of the next day.
Derrick then glared at Sheik and shouted, "You knew the Sun's Song the whole time."
Derrick's shout attracted an old man who had some brown hair with some gray on the sides of his
head but he was bald on the top. He also had a brownish, grayish mustache. The old man then
said, "Greetings young travelers. Welcome to Lon Lon Ranch. I'm Ingo. How may we be of
service?"
Michael stepped forward and then said, "We are on a quest to save the Sacred Sages of
Hyrule, We are in need of some horses." Ingo smiled at him and said, "That shouldn't be a
problem, but the kids will have to ride adult horses, seeing as the colts are still to young to take on
riders." Michael replied, "That's fine." Hiro then walked up to Ingo, and asked, "Can you tell me
if Epona is here?"
Ingo turned toward Hiro and said, "She's out in the coral, up ahead, You can go see her,
but stay out of the coral. A black stallion that belonged to Ganon, named Tornado, is out there, so
be careful." Hiro nodded then ran off toward the coral, followed closely by his friends. When
they turned the corner to the coral, they noticed a girl was riding a black horse, who they thought
was Tornado. She was wearing a leather tunic with leather boots and had long brown hair (that's
all they could notice from their distance). She was riding him with great skill as they jumped the
gates as if they were nothing.
They looked on but Hiro couldn't find Epona. He ran back over to Ingo and asked,
"Where's Epona? All we saw was some girl riding that black horse that you warned us about."
After hearing this, Derrick ran over to the coral and gained a look of terror as he saw the girl
riding the horse. The look then changed to a look of concern and anger as he yelled over to the
girl, "Sarah! Get off that horse right now!" The yell looked to have shocked the horse and the girl,
for after he yelled, the horse bucked and neighed causing the girl, now known as Sarah, to fall off.
The kids all gained looks of shock as they remembered that the girl who had the last Spiritual
Stone was named Sarah.
Sarah shook her head, trying the get her senses back together. She then noticed that she
was in a very dangerous place as Tornado was still bucking and stomping on the ground. Tornado
was about to stomp on her, but she quickly rolled back and did a back flip, causing her to avoid
the stomp, but she also had gotten back on her feet. She quickly ran forward and grabbed at
Tornado's reins. She pulled on them as hard as she could while talking to the horse to try to calm
him down, but she wasn't strong enough. She was stubborn and didn't let go, for she didn't want
him to hurt himself by kicking the gates. Sarah continued to hold on to the reins of the giant black
stallion.
Snapping out of it, Ingo started to yell over to the stable, "Malon! Tornado's acting up
again! Sarah's trying to hold him down!" Not even five seconds later, a woman with long red hair
came out of the stable riding none other then Epona.
It didn't take Epona long to get to Tornado, for she was the fastest horse in Hyrule. Once
she got there, Malon jumped off of her and grabbed a hold of Tornado's reins. Together, they
were finally able to calm the great horse down. Malon then pulled on Tornado's reins causing the
black horse to follow her back to the stable. Sarah followed Malon back towards the stable with
Epona in tow.
Ingo ran out to them and said, "I'm sorry I didn't help, I'm just so old that I didn't think I
could help. Here let me put them back." Ingo took the reins of both horses and left the group and
the two girls alone. Malon was about to speak with the knight but she noticed that Sarah was
holding her arm. "Sarah, what happened to your arm?" asked Malon to Sarah. Sarah merely
replied, "Nothing mom. I just bumped it, that's all."
Malon then looked at her daughter and said, "Yeah right. Last time you said that, you had
sprained your leg. Go get some milk from the cows." Sarah was about to protest when Malon
gave her a motherly glare. Hiro then spoke out, "Wait a minute! You mean that you having a kid
wasn't a rumor?" Malon looked at Hiro, smiled and replied, "I get that a lot, and yes Sarah is my
daughter." Michael then asked, "Well, who's the father?"
At that moment, Derrick paled and gulped as he tried in vain to hide under his helmet, but
all he did was bring attention to himself. Everyone looked at him then they heard Malon scream,
"You! What are you doing here? Haven't you cost Sarah and me enough pain?" Derrick started to
back up and tremble but then he heard something that made him pale even more.
"Mom, why are you yelling. at.DAD!" The entire group gained shocked expressions
as they had just found out that Derrick was the father of Malon's daughter. Sarah had come out of
the stable with a half full bottle of milk and was staring at Derrick. Her stare then turned into a
glare, an even worse one then her mother's. "What's he doing here?" she asked her mother.
Malon then replied, "I was wondering the same thing." The group, minus Derrick, were really
puzzled by now. The boys had still not mention the Spiritual Stone part but they weren't sure if
this was the same girl.
Michael then snapped out at Derrick yelling, "Why didn't you tell me that you had a
daughter? Does Lord Link or Queen Zelda know of this? You're a royal bodyguard; you don't
have time to take care of a family. " Derrick then shouted back, "I became a royal bodyguard so I
could provide my family with more money. But I just recently found out that the man I hired to
take the money to the ranch wasn't bringing it here. Instead he was stealing it so he could
gamble."
Derrick then walked up to Malon and showed her the contract that he had with the man
and that it was canceled due to not holding up with half of the deal. Derrick continued, "The
reason that I didn't come back was because I was afraid to face you and I didn't want to get
caught by the main guards and knights. I'm sorry."
Malon started to cry out of pain and love, and Derrick took her in his arms. After a few
minutes he released his hold from Malon and looked toward Sarah. He expected her to run up to
him and give him a hug but instead she said, "I hate you, and I always will hate you. Remember
that." After saying this she ran into the stable and slammed the door.
For the rest of the day the group relaxed at the ranch but stayed out of the stable, so as not
to anger Sarah more. While the kids played with the horses, cows, and cuccos, the adults talked
about what they had been doing for the past few years. They also got to meet Talon, Malon's
father. Malon invited them to stay for supper and then for the night. That night, they ate roasted
chicken with herbal broth, warm bread with butter, chestnut pudding, and fresh milk. It was the
best meal that the group had had in quite a while. But Sarah never showed up. Instead Malon
brought some food over to the stable for Sarah.
After dinner, the adults joked around at the table and the kids, headed outside. Once they
got out the door they heard a melody being played. The four walked over to the coral, where it
seemed to be coming from. Looking inside it, they saw Sarah playing an ocarina. It was a creamy
color with a little green. She was playing, `^ ^.' Running around her were four colts. Two
were the same color as Epona while the other two were black, like Tornado.
The boys decided to risk it and approached Sarah and the colts. The boys stopped when
they got within five feet of her, and the colts had run off. Sarah had stopped playing but had her
eyes closed. She simply asked, "What do you want?" Hiro then approached her and replied, "We
were wondering if you happened to have ever been in Kokiri Forest." Sarah, without moving,
answered back, "Why would I go there? That's where the Kokiri live. Hylians aren't permitted to
go there."
Sarah then opened her eyes, looked at Hiro and asked him, "Why would you ask me
something like that?" Hiro didn't know how to answer without blowing their cover so Sheik
answered her saying, "Your ocarina looks like a Fairy Ocarina, and those are only found in the
forest." Without nodding or making any move of understanding, Sarah went back to playing her
ocarina. Once she started to play again, the four colts came back. The boys, not wanting to scare
the colts and get on Sarah's bad side, decided to return to the house.
Once they returned to the house, Malon told them that they would have to sleep on the
floor on blankest and pillows. The boys agreed to do it, as long as the cuccos were put in the
stable or outside. They all took off their weapons and armor, and placed them next to their
blankets. Because of the long day, it didn't take long for them to fall into a deep sleep.
Later that night, Sheik awoke when he heard someone moving. Slowly and quietly, Sheik
sat up and looked over to where Geo was sleeping. His eyes widened in shock as he saw a
cloaked figure removing the spiritual stone from Geo's pouch, while holding the other. Sheik
tried to get up quietly, but the boards under him made a creek, causing the figure to turn around.
Once the figure saw him, Sheik cried out, "Hey, give those back!"
The figure pulled the stones into his/her cloak, hiding them from view. The shout had
caused Dart to wake up. Sheik leaped at the figure, trying to capture him/her. The figure, with
great ease, was able to flip over Sheik, causing him to fly into Geo, and, with both stones, escape
through the door that led outside. Dart flipped onto his feet and ran out the door after the figure,
while Geo and Sheik woke everyone else up.
Dart chased the figure, but found it quite difficult to do since the figure seemed very agile
and fast. Since Dart had long legs, he didn't get too far behind the cloaked figure. Dart tried to
fire his fin boomerangs at him/her, but the figure kept avoiding the attack. Finally the chase ended
when the two reached the silo in the back of the ranch. The thief ran in 15 seconds before Dart,
and by the time he got in the figure had pushed some crates out of the way and had crawled
through a hole in the side of the silo. To keep the figure in the tunnel, Dart pushed the crates
against the hole and waited for the others to get there.
A few minutes later, everyone from the house was in the silo, except Talon and Ingo who
were left at the house to sleep. Sheik ran up to Dart and asked in an angered tone, "Ok, where is
he, Dart?" Without uttering a word, Dart pointed to the crated that was covering the hole. Geo
walked up to Dart and asked, "He's in the crate?" Dart looked at him funny before answering,
"No, he's in a tunnel behind the crate." Geo nodded in understanding and pulled the crate out of
the way. Malon then interfered by saying, "Wait! Only a few people knew of this tunnel, so that
means that the thief is." Malon trailed off as she walked over to the hole and yelled into it,
"Sarah! Get out before I ground you. And bring those stone out here too."
Everyone was shocked, until they realized that Sarah never did come back to the house
and when she came out of the tunnel, the boys realized that Sarah had lied to them earlier about
going to the forest, for she was wearing a Kokiri Tunic. Not only that, but she had a bow and a
quiver of arrows on her back, but that wasn't all, she also had a Fairy sword and a Deku shield on
her back too. A few seconds after she came out, two fairies came out of the hole behind her. One
of the fairies was yellow while the other was purple. Malon was the only one that wasn't shocked
by this.
"Sarah, why did you do that? Furthermore, why are you wearing that and why are there
two fairies flying above your head?" Derrick asked his daughter with great anger. Sarah didn't
answer her father and remained quiet until Malon asked her to answer the question for the others.
Sarah nodded and answered, "The Deku tree told me to keep the Kokiri Emerald safe to protect
Saria, but when I saw that you had the other stones, I took them to protect them too." The boys
nodded their heads in an understanding manor, but Derrick and Michael were a little mad because
they were never informed of the Deku tree's message. Derrick then spoke, "I guess I'm going to
have to stay here to keep you out of trouble." Sarah was about to protest but before the
conversation got worst, Malon sent everyone off to bed.
In the morning, a crying Malon wakened everyone. Derrick ran up to her and asked,
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Malon couldn't stop crying so she handed Derrick a letter
that she was holding. Derrick opened it and read it out loud so everyone could hear.
Dear Mother,
I'm sorry to leave you but I must. I can not handle living with that man who calls himself my
father. Don't worry about the colts, I'm taking them with me so that they receive proper training.
I'll return when I feel it is time. I can't tell you where I'm heading for I don't want to be found.
At least not yet. Inside the envelope attached, is a letter for Hiro and the other boys. Please don't
let `dad' read it."
Your daughter,
Sarah
Hiro looked over to Malon and she handed him an envelope. Sure enough, inside was
another letter. Hiro took it and read it to his friends. It read:
Hiro,
You may be the son of Link, but you can't beat Ganro alone. You need the power, and knowledge
of the sages, so on the bottom of this letter is a song that you can use to contact Saria. This will
provide you with a lot of useful information. You'll find the Emerald in the secret room behind
the tunnel I was hiding in. There are also some weapons that belonged to your father down there,
use them well. There is surprise waiting for you in the silo. So till we meet again.
Sarah
Saria's Song `v