Chapter three:The Deku Tree;Inside a tree
Link grunted as he tripped over another tree root. It was vaguely dark now, he suspected it was dusk, and it was hard to see the snake like roots that stuck a few inches out of the ground.
"Quit being so clumsy," Flora would say every few minutes. He had been successfully ignoring her.
"Who would have thought that it would take this long to get to the Deku Tr- ," he tripped over a root again and groaned, "Tree."
"Link! Hurry up would you!"
Link clenched his teeth as Flora squeaked at him again.
"Flora," he growled out, while getting up and wiping dirt off him, before meeting her glare with one of his own.
"What!" she yelled coming right up into his face.
He shook a finger at her, before letting an angered sigh out saying under his breath, "Nothing, nothing!"
"Then why bother me! We need to got to the Deku Tree, so quit stalling!" With that she fluttered a few feet in front of him, waited for his approval, and wavered around a tree. "Wait Flora," he shouted, as he broke into a run, noticing that she had gone out of sight.
After a few minutes of running and shouting, he stopped to take a breather. Looking around, he noticed something quivering up ahead. He frowned, his brows coming together. It looked like a strangely shaped egg plant. Carefully making his way toward it, he unsheathed his sword, taking his shield onto his arm. Breathing deeply, he took another step.
And immediately jump back with a scream. It had come up several feet, teeth baring at the top of the blue egg shaped head, balancing on a large thick green stem. The thing lunged at him. He fell back, but noticed, suddenly, it was just a few inches short. He scurried back, and stopped, putting a hand over his thumping heart, one thought going through his head as he brushed back some blond strands, "What was that?"
Deciding not to stay to ponder it, he quickly jumped to his feet. He was about to go around it, when something glinted on the ground close to the now calmed plant that had returned to the ground. He stood for a few minutes, fear raging in his stomach.
What should he do? Should he try to get it quickly? If not there could be more of them. He might need to protect himself. He gulped.
Taking a deep breath, he lunged forward. The plant, as expected, burst out of the ground.
He grabbed his sword, and thought it was a total success until... Link yelled as a fiery, hot pain spread from his leg to his spine to his head buzzing in his ears. The teeth of the plant had sunk deeply into his leg and, momentarily, felt paralyzed, his head swimming in semiconscious thoughts of fear.
Suddenly, the teeth weren't there, and something hard and thick landed on his leg. Breathing deeply, tears still in his eyes, he looked blurry back at his leg. It was a mess; half his boot had been ripped, and blood was gushing from a large cut. A large stick lay harmlessly across his legs, and, floating above him, was Flora. She wasn't angry at him anymore. No, she was worried about him.
"Link are you ok?!" she shouted making him wince inwardly. "Does it look like I'm ok?" he questioned through clenched teeth, as he slowly put a hand gingerly on the cut, quickly taking it back, hissing in obvious pain.
"Can you walk?" she whispered.
He nodded. He'd have to. This stick was going to be useful for something. So, grabbing it, he painfully got up, feeling bile go into his throat. He gulped. He would 'not' get sick in front of Flora. So gulping it down, he started to walk on, when he kicked something. ,Looking down he noticed his sword, which had, once again, found itself on the ground. Picking it up, he brushed it off, and put it in it's sheath. This, obviously, was going to be a long, painful journey. *** It had been around twenty minutes since he had had the run in with the plant, a Deku Baba from what Flora told him, and his leg had gone numb with only a small throb to notify him it was still attached to his hip.
"Don't worry Link," said Flora suddenly, making his head snap up. Everything had been an odd silence since the attack. Maybe, Link thought, she was feeling sorry for him. Or for her actions of leaving him behind. "We should arrive there soon."
He sighed. That was helpful. He didn't know if he could actually bare it if he had to walk much longer. He dearly wished he had brought the bag of ointment that had been on his table at home. He was worried about his cut getting infected.
Suddenly there was a chomping sound, and in front of them the ground burst. Two Deku Babas stood flailing around in circles looking up.
"Don't worry," whispered Flora, as Link looked up wide-eyed, adrenalin causing him to forget about the throb in his leg, as his heart rushed in fear, "They can't attack you unless they are notified of where you are by touching them. Just. Don't. Touch. Them."
Link nodded, swallowing, and slowly made his way past the Deku Babas, sweat dripping down his face as he came very close to hitting the one on his right.
He broke free of the small trap and quickly walked on. Not long after that, though, the trees suddenly came to a stop, and light burst freely down on them. It was sunlight. Something Link was very glad to see.
And, in front of them, stood a large, magnificent tree, its trunk bigger than all the trees in the forest. Its height towered over them into the clouds.
"Link,"boomed a voice, "I knew you would come here as my bidding."
Link nodded, dumb struck, as his mouth went dry. Here, in front of him, was the Great Deku Tree, and he was talking to it! Flora quickly fluttered past him in a whiz of red as she squealed, "Great Deku Tree, I'm back!"
As she whizzed past two sticks dropped at his side. He blinked. Looking back, a sudden idea sparking in his mind, he saw that the Deku Baba's heads were not sticking out of the ground. He clenched his teeth. She could of destroyed them and not caused him the trouble, yet, she didn't!
Calming himself, he forced himself to look back up at the Deku Tree.
"Link," it boomed, "I have a motion for you. Will thy take this task on my bidding?"
Link, numb, nodded. He hadn't a choice had he? He was just a mere Kokiri while the great Deku Tree was... well the Great Deku Tree.
"Then come forth into my roots," as he said this, the ground rumbled, and Link had to hold to his stick for support. Suddenly, a large thick root made its way lashing out of the ground. A hole as big as any of the great redwood trees confronted him, and soon he found himself timidly fallowing Flora into it.
"Be sure to listen to Flora; and, Flora, be sure to help Link," murmured the Deku Tree in a low voice. They nodded before stepping into the darkness of the tunnel.
Link grunted as he tripped over another tree root. It was vaguely dark now, he suspected it was dusk, and it was hard to see the snake like roots that stuck a few inches out of the ground.
"Quit being so clumsy," Flora would say every few minutes. He had been successfully ignoring her.
"Who would have thought that it would take this long to get to the Deku Tr- ," he tripped over a root again and groaned, "Tree."
"Link! Hurry up would you!"
Link clenched his teeth as Flora squeaked at him again.
"Flora," he growled out, while getting up and wiping dirt off him, before meeting her glare with one of his own.
"What!" she yelled coming right up into his face.
He shook a finger at her, before letting an angered sigh out saying under his breath, "Nothing, nothing!"
"Then why bother me! We need to got to the Deku Tree, so quit stalling!" With that she fluttered a few feet in front of him, waited for his approval, and wavered around a tree. "Wait Flora," he shouted, as he broke into a run, noticing that she had gone out of sight.
After a few minutes of running and shouting, he stopped to take a breather. Looking around, he noticed something quivering up ahead. He frowned, his brows coming together. It looked like a strangely shaped egg plant. Carefully making his way toward it, he unsheathed his sword, taking his shield onto his arm. Breathing deeply, he took another step.
And immediately jump back with a scream. It had come up several feet, teeth baring at the top of the blue egg shaped head, balancing on a large thick green stem. The thing lunged at him. He fell back, but noticed, suddenly, it was just a few inches short. He scurried back, and stopped, putting a hand over his thumping heart, one thought going through his head as he brushed back some blond strands, "What was that?"
Deciding not to stay to ponder it, he quickly jumped to his feet. He was about to go around it, when something glinted on the ground close to the now calmed plant that had returned to the ground. He stood for a few minutes, fear raging in his stomach.
What should he do? Should he try to get it quickly? If not there could be more of them. He might need to protect himself. He gulped.
Taking a deep breath, he lunged forward. The plant, as expected, burst out of the ground.
He grabbed his sword, and thought it was a total success until... Link yelled as a fiery, hot pain spread from his leg to his spine to his head buzzing in his ears. The teeth of the plant had sunk deeply into his leg and, momentarily, felt paralyzed, his head swimming in semiconscious thoughts of fear.
Suddenly, the teeth weren't there, and something hard and thick landed on his leg. Breathing deeply, tears still in his eyes, he looked blurry back at his leg. It was a mess; half his boot had been ripped, and blood was gushing from a large cut. A large stick lay harmlessly across his legs, and, floating above him, was Flora. She wasn't angry at him anymore. No, she was worried about him.
"Link are you ok?!" she shouted making him wince inwardly. "Does it look like I'm ok?" he questioned through clenched teeth, as he slowly put a hand gingerly on the cut, quickly taking it back, hissing in obvious pain.
"Can you walk?" she whispered.
He nodded. He'd have to. This stick was going to be useful for something. So, grabbing it, he painfully got up, feeling bile go into his throat. He gulped. He would 'not' get sick in front of Flora. So gulping it down, he started to walk on, when he kicked something. ,Looking down he noticed his sword, which had, once again, found itself on the ground. Picking it up, he brushed it off, and put it in it's sheath. This, obviously, was going to be a long, painful journey. *** It had been around twenty minutes since he had had the run in with the plant, a Deku Baba from what Flora told him, and his leg had gone numb with only a small throb to notify him it was still attached to his hip.
"Don't worry Link," said Flora suddenly, making his head snap up. Everything had been an odd silence since the attack. Maybe, Link thought, she was feeling sorry for him. Or for her actions of leaving him behind. "We should arrive there soon."
He sighed. That was helpful. He didn't know if he could actually bare it if he had to walk much longer. He dearly wished he had brought the bag of ointment that had been on his table at home. He was worried about his cut getting infected.
Suddenly there was a chomping sound, and in front of them the ground burst. Two Deku Babas stood flailing around in circles looking up.
"Don't worry," whispered Flora, as Link looked up wide-eyed, adrenalin causing him to forget about the throb in his leg, as his heart rushed in fear, "They can't attack you unless they are notified of where you are by touching them. Just. Don't. Touch. Them."
Link nodded, swallowing, and slowly made his way past the Deku Babas, sweat dripping down his face as he came very close to hitting the one on his right.
He broke free of the small trap and quickly walked on. Not long after that, though, the trees suddenly came to a stop, and light burst freely down on them. It was sunlight. Something Link was very glad to see.
And, in front of them, stood a large, magnificent tree, its trunk bigger than all the trees in the forest. Its height towered over them into the clouds.
"Link,"boomed a voice, "I knew you would come here as my bidding."
Link nodded, dumb struck, as his mouth went dry. Here, in front of him, was the Great Deku Tree, and he was talking to it! Flora quickly fluttered past him in a whiz of red as she squealed, "Great Deku Tree, I'm back!"
As she whizzed past two sticks dropped at his side. He blinked. Looking back, a sudden idea sparking in his mind, he saw that the Deku Baba's heads were not sticking out of the ground. He clenched his teeth. She could of destroyed them and not caused him the trouble, yet, she didn't!
Calming himself, he forced himself to look back up at the Deku Tree.
"Link," it boomed, "I have a motion for you. Will thy take this task on my bidding?"
Link, numb, nodded. He hadn't a choice had he? He was just a mere Kokiri while the great Deku Tree was... well the Great Deku Tree.
"Then come forth into my roots," as he said this, the ground rumbled, and Link had to hold to his stick for support. Suddenly, a large thick root made its way lashing out of the ground. A hole as big as any of the great redwood trees confronted him, and soon he found himself timidly fallowing Flora into it.
"Be sure to listen to Flora; and, Flora, be sure to help Link," murmured the Deku Tree in a low voice. They nodded before stepping into the darkness of the tunnel.
