~*Here Comes The Sun*~

By Mr. Crash

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Based on the song "Here Comes The Sun," off the Abbey Road album. Written by George Harrison.

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~*Here comes the sun,

Here comes the sun,

And I say...

It's all right.*~

The sun crept over the horizon in the forest. Rays of golden light struck flowers, and they began to blossom. Sunlight floated through the drops of water at the tips of leaves, and a sparkling magnificence was brought to the woodland of Kokiri.

Spring was here!

~*Little darling it's been a long cold lonely winter,

Little darling it feels like years since it's been here.*~

After a frigid winter, warmth had crawled back into the lands of the forest. It had been a much colder winter than normal. Saria had been able to keep very rare plants alive through the winter; Kokiri are naturally attuned to nature. And being the Sage of the Forest had its perks.

Last night, Saria had come and lain in a bed of grass. Literally. She had used her forest powers to create a small, fluffy patch of grass and flowers.

Saria had been drained when the fight with Ganondorf ended only a month ago. But at times like these, she felt at peace with herself. All the violence and death that she'd advocated for, the support she'd given Link while he slaughtered so many, and fighting Ganondorf's minions...all of the feelings surrounding those things seemed to wash away.

~*Here comes the sun,

Here comes the sun,

And I say...

It's all right.*~

The Sages were all granted powers designed to combat the forces of evil and death. The Sages, when working together, all helped create a current of magic that drew power from all parts of the life cycle. They each were links in a chain that made up the circle of life, and it was through Link that they worked.

Darunia symbolized growing up and the Coming of Age, when ambition is all you know. Ruto symbolized the prime of a person's life, where anything that you set your mind to can be accomplished. Nabooru represented the middle-aged parts of a person's life, when experience takes over and your body's ability starts to decline. Impa was the twilight of a life, when the fingers of old age begin to grasp you.

Zelda was a representation of the entire life cycle, and Rauru was a symbolization of the heavens and infinite wisdom.

What was Saria? Saria's part in the life cycle was birth. She was the newborn child.

This was something Saria found amazingly ironic. Kokiri never aged, and were immortal; they were unaffected by disease and sickness. Saria was as beautiful, flawless, and perfect as the day the forest gave birth to her...which was nearly one-thousand years ago. Yet, because she did not age, she was still a child at heart, though her wisdom and demeanor was that of an old woman.

~*Little darling, the smiles returning to their faces,

Little darling, it seems like it's years since it's been here.*~

Saria followed a type of magic totally foreign to the rest of the sages. Saria followed the way of Karma. It feed off the feelings and thoughts of people. All feelings are radiated through auras. With just a glance, Saria can see what a person was thinking or feeling. If someone was joyful and euphoric, one type of aura was generated. If someone was hateful and destructive, another type of aura was generated. All feelings; jealousy, love, disgust, skepticism, happiness...all of them create a type of aura. Saria, in turn, can draw upon these auras to do magical things.

Saria had discovered, when she was just beginning to practice Karma, that she most easily created magic when drawing upon auras of love and caring. This was what her normal demeanor had been like, but now, she strove to have all others be at peace and not fight. The ways of Karma had profoundly affected her life.

~*Here comes the sun,

Here comes the sun,

And I say...

It's all right.*~

When the fight with evil had ended, Saria returned to Kokiri forest to find it in shambles. Darkness had crept back into the woods, and monsters had begun freely roaming the Lost Woods. When Saria returned to her home, she found it in ruins. Monsters had destroyed all the houses and scattered the Kokiri children. She'd spent almost a month tracking down the other children of the forest.

The most shocking discovery she'd made was that winter had begun to fall over the edges of Kokiri Forest. When the Goddesses had first come to Hyrule, they created the Kokiri Forest to be a place of life, and as such had it be in an eternal spring. The Forest had never experienced summer, fall, or winter since the dawn of time. But when she reached the edge of the woodland, it had been there, plain as day: snow and ice. The trees and plants were long dead, and a thin layer of snow was on the ground. Truly, Ganondorf had been much more powerful than any of them had ever realized.

~*Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.*~

But that was some time ago. Now, she was taking in the view of a beautiful sunrise.

The sun had always been a symbol of hope and peace to her. No matter how dark the night became, the sun would always break over the horizon and banish the blackness away from the land. It was one of the few constants in her life; no matter what happened _under_ the sun, there would always _be_ a sun.

During the war, she would always wake at the first break of day. Since there was so much to do, it was important to wake early so that as much as possible could be accomplished. For one, Ganondorf had no idea that Link was freeing the Sages during the war, otherwise, he would've simply sought Link out personally and confronted him, which would've been disastrous; Link would have no hope of defeating Ganondorf unless he had the full strength of all the Sages behind him. She and the other Sages had to constantly stem and inhibit Ganondorf's skills, so that he never became aware that his empire was falling apart at the seams.

Also, the when she and Rauru were the only two free Sages, they had much to do in the way of repair. Although Link only saw a tiny part of it, the Sacred Realm was quite huge. It had been a golden land, filled with rolling, green hills, massive lakes, and a sky colored a perfect golden color. However, when Ganondorf had arrived, the land had instantly been defiled with black magic. She and Rauru had the arduous task of restoring the Sacred Realm to it's former glory.

~*Little darling I feel that ice is slowly melting,

Little darling it seems like years since it's been clear.*~

Saria rose up from her bed of leaves. Recently, she'd been sleeping out in the woods. Having been disconnected from the forest so long, she wanted to be one again with nature. Right now, she was sleeping on the top of a hill overlooking Kokiri Forest. With dawn just breaking, it was truly a breathtaking sight to behold: Kokiri Forest in all it's splendor.

~*Here comes the sun,

Here comes the sun,And I say...

It's all right.*~

With a deep sigh of satisfaction, Saria smiled. All was right with the world.