Writers Block... you authors know how it is... I split up my original plans of chapter 4 just to get it out... so the whole thing you read about in chapter 3 isn't going to happen til chapter 5. Chapter 5 should be up soon!
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Chapter IV: The smallest goodbye...
As grandiose as ever, the Great Deku Tree's meadow was bright and cheerful in the daytime. Rays of golden light sifting through the large leaves touched the dark, green grass ever so slightly. This mystical effect made it seem like the forest spirits floating around the area were sparkling like the Great Fairies. None of this mattered to Link though, because the sunlight made only one thing stand out to him, Saria's sapphire eyes.
Link and Saria sat patiently as the Great Deku Tree told his tale of Link's origins and why he never had a fairy. Very patiently, the hero of time tried to focus in on the story, even though he already knew all of it was true. The Great Deku tree decided that Link deserved to know before he headed out to find out the source of his and Saria's dreams. Although he couldn't give any information at all about the dream or the so-called 'Phantoms of echoes', he told Link the way to the person who would know and gave him the initiative to do it.
"I... don't get any of this," Saria shook her head sadly, "why didn't you tell us earlier?"
"Thou hast knowledge of this... thy knew it in thy heart," the Great Deku Tree responded.
"What are you talking about, Great Deku tree?" Link stood up, pretending to be outraged, "I didn't have a clue about this! I had a right to know!"
"We all had a right to know," Saria stood beside Link, who nodded in agreement.
"Such fierceness in thy voice shalt not be allowed," spoke the Deku tree, "a mistake, it is then."
"Sorry Great Deku Tree," they both lowered their heads and whispered. Link, especially, didn't want to yell at him because he knew he was right. Throughout the entire story, Link acted in total bewilderment, like he never knew he could leave the forest whenever he pleased or he was really a Kokiri, not a Hylian. But deceiving Saria was the worst thing he could possibly do to a person. He hoped his adopted father would understand that, but the realization slowly hit him that not even he remembered Link's journey into the future.
Not having a clue what was going on, Saria tried her best to be understanding towards Link's feelings and the Deku tree's feelings as well. Of course when it came up to the fact that Link would have to visit this "princess of destiny," she just nodded slowly, wishing with her heart and soul that there was a way she could come. But, being a Kokiri, Saria knew this was impossible. As everything began to hit her, her emotions broke free of their barriers.
Thinking of the forest girl beside him, he looked over to find his pale-faced friend teary-eyed. Still tired from the hectic night before, the young girl's emotions weren't in check at all and the very thought of Link leaving the forest left her ready to cry, he assumed. In the duration of the story, Saria was sniffling the whole way through it because she knew what it meant. The forest girl, though, wouldn't allow Link to see her crying and covered it up as much as possible.
"Saria... are you alright?" Link's concern cooled down his infuriated state.
"I'm... fi... no I can't lie to you, Link," Saria looked towards the ground, messing with a few blades of grass, "I think I'm going to go think about all of this for a while, you should probably get ready anyways, right?"
This just made Link feel even worse. 'I can't lie to you, Link' The words kept repeating over and over in his head until his eyes were fixed in a gazed stare at the sky and his body began to shudder lightly. Everything he was thinking about faded and the only thing on his mind were those six words. Snapping him back to reality, Saria shook his shoulders lightly and fixed her eyes on him.
"Link? Did you hear me?" Saria shook him lightly again, "I'll be at my usual place if you need help getting ready, alright?"
He snapped back to attention and looked at her with partial panic in his eyes.
"Your usual place?" Link remembered all of the monsters he had to fight just to get to her the first time he wanted to see her, "Please be careful, alright?"
Hesitantly making her way to the exit of the Great Deku Tree's meadow, she glanced back at him, fake smile in all.
"Aren't I always?" she winked at him before disappearing into the shadows of the trees near the exit.
Forcing a fake smile as well, Link waved cheerfully and nodded. There must be something about her if she's never attacked by any of the things in the sacred forest meadow. Well... there IS something about her, he laughed to himself thinking of the first time he saw her in the chamber of sages and how surprised he was. Even though, somewhere in his mind, when Sheik told him that the sage was a girl, he knew.
Link shook his head repeatedly, trying to get the images out of his mind. There was no way he wanted to put Saria in that kind of danger ever again. He didn't want her to become a sage or for Hyrule to be in any danger again and secretly hoped that their dreams were just coincidence.
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"Please don't ride out too far, honey!" Talon yelled to his daughter, who was currently taking their best horse out for a trot in the Hyrule field.
Letting her fiery red hair flow behind her as if it were coming out of a flame shooter, Malon simply waved to her father and nodded, even though she knew he couldn't see her do so from such a far distance. Already her father seemed like a small speck to her and how his voice got out so far was a mystery to her. As she rode out further, a disturbing scene caught her eye.
Two white Wolfos were running, scared, away from two simple Stalfos. Although it was strange enough that the Stalfos would be out in the open daylight, usually a Wolfos was scared of nothing.
Of course, the Stalfos DID look much different that normal ones. Their helmets were a glimmering gold, as were their swords, shields and chest plates. These were supped up Stalfos, she thought to herself as she kept her horse to a slow trot, nearing the situation at hand.
Just as Malon was about to turn back and read for the ranch, a small grass mouse scurried by Epona's feet. This immediately scared her and made Epona jump up to her hind legs. Without a proper grip on Epona, Malon fell back and landed on the ground hard, which knocked the wind out of her. When she sat up, coughing her lungs out, she had just enough time to notice her "faithful" horse sprinting off into the horizon and two agitated Stalfos heading her way.
Struggling to move, but frozen in pure fear, Malon's eyes grew several inches wider than usual and her voice quivered. With each approaching step, she felt her end getting closer and closer. Once she felt the bony skeleton hand touch her bare shoulder, she let out a blood-curdling scream, hoping it would reach anyone's ears.
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It was now exactly two hours after he left the forest...
Hyrule field looked exactly the same to him as it did when he first went out. The sun glided through the sky as if it were moved by a chariot and the grass swayed together in a sacred melody only the wind knew. And endless prairie of grass delayed only by the ranch on the horizon. Beyond that was his true destination, the place where everything would start once again... Hyrule Castle. Closely advancing forward, the castle was the last thing on his mind though.
The melody of the wind took a sharp turn when his mind changed it unconsciously. The grass began to move to a different melody in his eyes... Saria's song. As if his memories forcefully came up to haunt him, Link stopped in dead step. His green-haired friend simply wouldn't leave his mind... or his heart. Closing his eyes, he could see it all again, in fact, he could even feel the same things he felt just two hours ago...
The same floaty feeling that came over Link when he saw Zelda in the sacred realm happened again. This time to a person he'd least expect it to.
But as the rays of sunlight unhindered by the trees hit the balcony of the closed off temple, they created an aura around Saria as she played her ocarina. For some reason, she had abandoned her usual tree stump and came to play near the temple, a place she always felt comfortable about. Link knew exactly why and he hoped that Saria never found out.
Now more than ever, the childhood friend he grew up with seemed more beautiful with every step he took towards the temple. The way her head swayed ever so slightly to the beat of her song, the graceful moves of her fingers, and loose strands of her hair flying wild in the small breeze captured Link's heart and took his breath away. Every little thing he never noticed before became so apparent to him. While he unconsciously trekked towards her, the only thing going through his mind was why he was leaving her now.
Silence hit the meadow as Link's hesitant movements caused a stir in the forest spirits, lulling Saria out of her usual melody and forcing her to look up. Despite her heart being emerged in that one song, she could always tell when Link was near, not just from the spirits but the gentle waves he emits. The kind of waves that draw you to a person and make you want to be next to do, just to feel the influence stronger.
"Do you always try to creep up on people or is this a new thing?" Saria looked down and smiled at Link the best she could. After all, the thought of him leaving was too fresh on her mind.
"It's gotta be an angel..." Link thought to himself as her sapphire spheres glittered in the sunlight. Everything about her at that moment was so perfect, so grand, that for a moment, Link thought he was looking at one of the Goddesses.
"And now you've taken up staring too?" Saria put her ocarina down and started to get slightly concerned, "Are you alright, Link?"
"I just... came to say goodbye, Saria..." Link came up to the huge tree beside the fallen steps and began to climb slowly. "Hopefully, I'll be at the castle in the next day or so..."
Standing up to face him, Saria stopped Link before he could put one foot on the balcony, leaving him hanging on the tree. She shook her head and looked up at the sky for a moment.
"You know... I knew this day would come," Saria told him.
"You did?" Link attempted to act surprised, even though he had already heard this speech once.
"You were always... different from everyone else, but that's how I knew you were special," Saria blushed.
Link glanced at the ground, blushing too. This wasn't exactly the speech she gave last time. Saria was too shy beforehand to actually admit anything to Link before he left on the quest to stop Gannondorf.
"Saria... I have to leave soon." Link reminded her, trying not to be in anyway cold to her.
"Yes... you have a destiny to begin, right?" Saria turned her head towards Link and closed her eyes, single tear sliding down her cheek.
Not being able to watch a girl cry himself, Link jumped off the tree onto the balcony and wiped her cheek softly. He kept his hand there and continued to stroke her cheek in the same way.
"You know I'll return to see you, after all you're my best friend!" Link truly smiled at her, hoping she would open her eyes, "All I have to do is play your song and the sweetest melody will come to my ears, your voice."
Gasping, Saria opened her eyes to find Link's face about 3 inches from hers. He wasn't acting like... himself, but then again, neither was she. Trying to nod and respond to him, Saria opened her mouth but nothing came out. Surprise took over as she realized something about Link she never knew possible. Link always talked about other girls he had a crush on. He was the corniest hopeless romantic, but the most lovable. And now... her best friend had a crush... on her.
"So please don't cry, Saria," Link stroked her cheek one more time, "just..."
Their faces edged closer and closer together until they were nearly an inch apart. Hanging onto a small pillar near the edge of the balcony with one foot on the tree, Link smiled with a somewhat concerned look on his face. Her brilliant eyes took over him like a witch's spell, but he couldn't do it.
An unseen force stopped him flat in his tracks to kiss his best friend and brought him going to the side of her face and his mouth staying near Saria's ear.
"Just remember... we'll always be friends..." Link whispered before lightly pecking her on the cheek and tilting himself backwards away from her and into the tree.
Thinking she was wrong about the whole crush thing, Saria genuinely smiled at Link and nodded. Her best friend would never change, and that's just what she wanted.
"You're going on a big adventure to Hyrule castle, not me!" Saria giggled, "You should be trying to remember that!"
Link nodded and jumped down, walking backwards towards the exit of the meadow, just like before. His emotions had calmed down with her pleasant tone and he knew what the unseen force was. No matter what he did, the princess was still on his mind.
As a smile slowly crept on his face, Link knew that the person who truly would fall in love with his best friend is going to be head over heels for her until the day they die. As special as she was to him, Link knew the future and his own destiny wouldn't allow them to be together. Not being able to say another word to her, Link turned around and sprinted off towards the Lost Woods. Grinning, Link could only think of one thing.
"Whoever the lucky guy is... he'll have to answer to me first!"
Before he could imagine the swift exit out of the forest, a piercing scream hit his ears with a tremendous force. It was a female shriek coming from the south... towards Lake Hylia. As much as the hero of time didn't want to turn around and get himself involved in others' affairs, his feet and conscience wouldn't let him walk towards the castle. Once the cry was heard again... Link started to recognize the voice. A voice from the past... and around 7 years into the future.
His past caught up with him once again as the second coincidence kicked in. Seeing her before the princess... the voice had to be that of Malon, the ranch maiden from Lon Lon Ranch.
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Yes its short, no I don't care!!! Next up:
Chapter V: Unusual circumstances: Now its time for Link to fight... with a new friend by his side and old acquaintances behind him. Perhaps the trip to the castle won't be so lonely... if he lives through the day.
- ^_^
Chapter IV: The smallest goodbye...
As grandiose as ever, the Great Deku Tree's meadow was bright and cheerful in the daytime. Rays of golden light sifting through the large leaves touched the dark, green grass ever so slightly. This mystical effect made it seem like the forest spirits floating around the area were sparkling like the Great Fairies. None of this mattered to Link though, because the sunlight made only one thing stand out to him, Saria's sapphire eyes.
Link and Saria sat patiently as the Great Deku Tree told his tale of Link's origins and why he never had a fairy. Very patiently, the hero of time tried to focus in on the story, even though he already knew all of it was true. The Great Deku tree decided that Link deserved to know before he headed out to find out the source of his and Saria's dreams. Although he couldn't give any information at all about the dream or the so-called 'Phantoms of echoes', he told Link the way to the person who would know and gave him the initiative to do it.
"I... don't get any of this," Saria shook her head sadly, "why didn't you tell us earlier?"
"Thou hast knowledge of this... thy knew it in thy heart," the Great Deku Tree responded.
"What are you talking about, Great Deku tree?" Link stood up, pretending to be outraged, "I didn't have a clue about this! I had a right to know!"
"We all had a right to know," Saria stood beside Link, who nodded in agreement.
"Such fierceness in thy voice shalt not be allowed," spoke the Deku tree, "a mistake, it is then."
"Sorry Great Deku Tree," they both lowered their heads and whispered. Link, especially, didn't want to yell at him because he knew he was right. Throughout the entire story, Link acted in total bewilderment, like he never knew he could leave the forest whenever he pleased or he was really a Kokiri, not a Hylian. But deceiving Saria was the worst thing he could possibly do to a person. He hoped his adopted father would understand that, but the realization slowly hit him that not even he remembered Link's journey into the future.
Not having a clue what was going on, Saria tried her best to be understanding towards Link's feelings and the Deku tree's feelings as well. Of course when it came up to the fact that Link would have to visit this "princess of destiny," she just nodded slowly, wishing with her heart and soul that there was a way she could come. But, being a Kokiri, Saria knew this was impossible. As everything began to hit her, her emotions broke free of their barriers.
Thinking of the forest girl beside him, he looked over to find his pale-faced friend teary-eyed. Still tired from the hectic night before, the young girl's emotions weren't in check at all and the very thought of Link leaving the forest left her ready to cry, he assumed. In the duration of the story, Saria was sniffling the whole way through it because she knew what it meant. The forest girl, though, wouldn't allow Link to see her crying and covered it up as much as possible.
"Saria... are you alright?" Link's concern cooled down his infuriated state.
"I'm... fi... no I can't lie to you, Link," Saria looked towards the ground, messing with a few blades of grass, "I think I'm going to go think about all of this for a while, you should probably get ready anyways, right?"
This just made Link feel even worse. 'I can't lie to you, Link' The words kept repeating over and over in his head until his eyes were fixed in a gazed stare at the sky and his body began to shudder lightly. Everything he was thinking about faded and the only thing on his mind were those six words. Snapping him back to reality, Saria shook his shoulders lightly and fixed her eyes on him.
"Link? Did you hear me?" Saria shook him lightly again, "I'll be at my usual place if you need help getting ready, alright?"
He snapped back to attention and looked at her with partial panic in his eyes.
"Your usual place?" Link remembered all of the monsters he had to fight just to get to her the first time he wanted to see her, "Please be careful, alright?"
Hesitantly making her way to the exit of the Great Deku Tree's meadow, she glanced back at him, fake smile in all.
"Aren't I always?" she winked at him before disappearing into the shadows of the trees near the exit.
Forcing a fake smile as well, Link waved cheerfully and nodded. There must be something about her if she's never attacked by any of the things in the sacred forest meadow. Well... there IS something about her, he laughed to himself thinking of the first time he saw her in the chamber of sages and how surprised he was. Even though, somewhere in his mind, when Sheik told him that the sage was a girl, he knew.
Link shook his head repeatedly, trying to get the images out of his mind. There was no way he wanted to put Saria in that kind of danger ever again. He didn't want her to become a sage or for Hyrule to be in any danger again and secretly hoped that their dreams were just coincidence.
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"Please don't ride out too far, honey!" Talon yelled to his daughter, who was currently taking their best horse out for a trot in the Hyrule field.
Letting her fiery red hair flow behind her as if it were coming out of a flame shooter, Malon simply waved to her father and nodded, even though she knew he couldn't see her do so from such a far distance. Already her father seemed like a small speck to her and how his voice got out so far was a mystery to her. As she rode out further, a disturbing scene caught her eye.
Two white Wolfos were running, scared, away from two simple Stalfos. Although it was strange enough that the Stalfos would be out in the open daylight, usually a Wolfos was scared of nothing.
Of course, the Stalfos DID look much different that normal ones. Their helmets were a glimmering gold, as were their swords, shields and chest plates. These were supped up Stalfos, she thought to herself as she kept her horse to a slow trot, nearing the situation at hand.
Just as Malon was about to turn back and read for the ranch, a small grass mouse scurried by Epona's feet. This immediately scared her and made Epona jump up to her hind legs. Without a proper grip on Epona, Malon fell back and landed on the ground hard, which knocked the wind out of her. When she sat up, coughing her lungs out, she had just enough time to notice her "faithful" horse sprinting off into the horizon and two agitated Stalfos heading her way.
Struggling to move, but frozen in pure fear, Malon's eyes grew several inches wider than usual and her voice quivered. With each approaching step, she felt her end getting closer and closer. Once she felt the bony skeleton hand touch her bare shoulder, she let out a blood-curdling scream, hoping it would reach anyone's ears.
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It was now exactly two hours after he left the forest...
Hyrule field looked exactly the same to him as it did when he first went out. The sun glided through the sky as if it were moved by a chariot and the grass swayed together in a sacred melody only the wind knew. And endless prairie of grass delayed only by the ranch on the horizon. Beyond that was his true destination, the place where everything would start once again... Hyrule Castle. Closely advancing forward, the castle was the last thing on his mind though.
The melody of the wind took a sharp turn when his mind changed it unconsciously. The grass began to move to a different melody in his eyes... Saria's song. As if his memories forcefully came up to haunt him, Link stopped in dead step. His green-haired friend simply wouldn't leave his mind... or his heart. Closing his eyes, he could see it all again, in fact, he could even feel the same things he felt just two hours ago...
The same floaty feeling that came over Link when he saw Zelda in the sacred realm happened again. This time to a person he'd least expect it to.
But as the rays of sunlight unhindered by the trees hit the balcony of the closed off temple, they created an aura around Saria as she played her ocarina. For some reason, she had abandoned her usual tree stump and came to play near the temple, a place she always felt comfortable about. Link knew exactly why and he hoped that Saria never found out.
Now more than ever, the childhood friend he grew up with seemed more beautiful with every step he took towards the temple. The way her head swayed ever so slightly to the beat of her song, the graceful moves of her fingers, and loose strands of her hair flying wild in the small breeze captured Link's heart and took his breath away. Every little thing he never noticed before became so apparent to him. While he unconsciously trekked towards her, the only thing going through his mind was why he was leaving her now.
Silence hit the meadow as Link's hesitant movements caused a stir in the forest spirits, lulling Saria out of her usual melody and forcing her to look up. Despite her heart being emerged in that one song, she could always tell when Link was near, not just from the spirits but the gentle waves he emits. The kind of waves that draw you to a person and make you want to be next to do, just to feel the influence stronger.
"Do you always try to creep up on people or is this a new thing?" Saria looked down and smiled at Link the best she could. After all, the thought of him leaving was too fresh on her mind.
"It's gotta be an angel..." Link thought to himself as her sapphire spheres glittered in the sunlight. Everything about her at that moment was so perfect, so grand, that for a moment, Link thought he was looking at one of the Goddesses.
"And now you've taken up staring too?" Saria put her ocarina down and started to get slightly concerned, "Are you alright, Link?"
"I just... came to say goodbye, Saria..." Link came up to the huge tree beside the fallen steps and began to climb slowly. "Hopefully, I'll be at the castle in the next day or so..."
Standing up to face him, Saria stopped Link before he could put one foot on the balcony, leaving him hanging on the tree. She shook her head and looked up at the sky for a moment.
"You know... I knew this day would come," Saria told him.
"You did?" Link attempted to act surprised, even though he had already heard this speech once.
"You were always... different from everyone else, but that's how I knew you were special," Saria blushed.
Link glanced at the ground, blushing too. This wasn't exactly the speech she gave last time. Saria was too shy beforehand to actually admit anything to Link before he left on the quest to stop Gannondorf.
"Saria... I have to leave soon." Link reminded her, trying not to be in anyway cold to her.
"Yes... you have a destiny to begin, right?" Saria turned her head towards Link and closed her eyes, single tear sliding down her cheek.
Not being able to watch a girl cry himself, Link jumped off the tree onto the balcony and wiped her cheek softly. He kept his hand there and continued to stroke her cheek in the same way.
"You know I'll return to see you, after all you're my best friend!" Link truly smiled at her, hoping she would open her eyes, "All I have to do is play your song and the sweetest melody will come to my ears, your voice."
Gasping, Saria opened her eyes to find Link's face about 3 inches from hers. He wasn't acting like... himself, but then again, neither was she. Trying to nod and respond to him, Saria opened her mouth but nothing came out. Surprise took over as she realized something about Link she never knew possible. Link always talked about other girls he had a crush on. He was the corniest hopeless romantic, but the most lovable. And now... her best friend had a crush... on her.
"So please don't cry, Saria," Link stroked her cheek one more time, "just..."
Their faces edged closer and closer together until they were nearly an inch apart. Hanging onto a small pillar near the edge of the balcony with one foot on the tree, Link smiled with a somewhat concerned look on his face. Her brilliant eyes took over him like a witch's spell, but he couldn't do it.
An unseen force stopped him flat in his tracks to kiss his best friend and brought him going to the side of her face and his mouth staying near Saria's ear.
"Just remember... we'll always be friends..." Link whispered before lightly pecking her on the cheek and tilting himself backwards away from her and into the tree.
Thinking she was wrong about the whole crush thing, Saria genuinely smiled at Link and nodded. Her best friend would never change, and that's just what she wanted.
"You're going on a big adventure to Hyrule castle, not me!" Saria giggled, "You should be trying to remember that!"
Link nodded and jumped down, walking backwards towards the exit of the meadow, just like before. His emotions had calmed down with her pleasant tone and he knew what the unseen force was. No matter what he did, the princess was still on his mind.
As a smile slowly crept on his face, Link knew that the person who truly would fall in love with his best friend is going to be head over heels for her until the day they die. As special as she was to him, Link knew the future and his own destiny wouldn't allow them to be together. Not being able to say another word to her, Link turned around and sprinted off towards the Lost Woods. Grinning, Link could only think of one thing.
"Whoever the lucky guy is... he'll have to answer to me first!"
Before he could imagine the swift exit out of the forest, a piercing scream hit his ears with a tremendous force. It was a female shriek coming from the south... towards Lake Hylia. As much as the hero of time didn't want to turn around and get himself involved in others' affairs, his feet and conscience wouldn't let him walk towards the castle. Once the cry was heard again... Link started to recognize the voice. A voice from the past... and around 7 years into the future.
His past caught up with him once again as the second coincidence kicked in. Seeing her before the princess... the voice had to be that of Malon, the ranch maiden from Lon Lon Ranch.
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Yes its short, no I don't care!!! Next up:
Chapter V: Unusual circumstances: Now its time for Link to fight... with a new friend by his side and old acquaintances behind him. Perhaps the trip to the castle won't be so lonely... if he lives through the day.
