"Yes, I saw her and the Master Sword there this time." Link had recounted everything to the Deku Tree right after his last dream. He had hoped these new pieces of information might help them in uncovering the identity of the Dream Walker.

The Great Tree looked thoughtful, its branches rustling with the slightest movement.

"I SEE, AND THE DREAM WALKER WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND?" The tree asked.

Link drew in a breath a bit nervous. "If anything I think he's the one that gave me this vision. But there are some things about the dream that I don't understand, why would Dream Walker show me this lady? Why did she call my name? Why did the room the Master Sword resided in look completely different from where I found it?" The questions rolled of Link's tongue and he began to grow more frustrated. There just didn't seem to be enough answers. The tree saw this and spoke;

"LINK, DO NOT BE SO CROSS."

"I can't help it Great Deku Tree, I feel like the Dream Walker is trying to tell me something important and I just don't get it!" Link burst his voice rising louder. "For every answer I get there are a bunch more questions. I, I can't stand this sitting around and wait for things to happen deal!" The boy stopped then and lowered his gaze ashamed for his outburst. The great tree looked upon the boy sympathetically.

"I, I'm sorry for yelling Great Deku Tree, it's just that I feel like I'm going crazy being cooped up here. I can't stand the thought that some one is calling out to me for help.And what's more these dreams are making me feel strange inside, like I should know the places.everything the Dream Walker shows me feels like some part of my memory I'd some how forgotten."

"LINK, I AM SORRY FOR CONFINING YOU HERE. I WAS FULLY AWARE OF YOUR NATURE AND I HAD THOUGHT THAT KEEPING YOU HERE WOULD ASSURE YOUR SAFTY TILL WE COULD FIND OUT THE IDENTITY OF THE DREAM WALKER." The Great Tree explained. "I ALSO WANTED TO WATCH YOU AND SEE IF YOU WOULD HAVE ANY MORE DREAMS LIKE BEFORE."

Link shook his head, "No, its okay I totally understand your actions Deku Tree.." Link began but the tree stopped him short.

"LINK, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN HOLDING BACK FROM YOU. SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT."

The boy's eyes widened. "S, something important?"

" THOUGH I AM STILL NOT CERTAIN OF THE DREAM WALKER'S IDENTITY, THE CLUES AND VISIONS HE LEAVES YOU SHARE THE SAME CONSISTANCY."

Link felt his heart skip a beat, a clue, a lead, what had the Deku Tree found?

The great tree gave a small nod seeing Link's eyes light up, however his expression turned somewhat sad, it was the same look he had given Link when he first met him.

"FORGIVE ME LINK, BUT IT IS HARD TO TALK OF THE PAST AS IT HAS BEEN SO LONG AND MY MEMORY ISN'T AS IT USED TO BE. BUT I WILL TRY AS HARD I CAN TO REMEMBER."

"So you do know something right? About the dream right?" Link asked eagerly. The tree did not reply as it seemed to be concentrating very hard. Link couldn't really blame him, the tree's been around for a very long time and who knows what kinds of things it had seen in it's time. As Link thought this, it gave him hope. The Deku Tree with its vast knowledge may be the key that can unlock the Dream Walker's puzzle.

It was then that Link heard the sound of many rattles, and when he looked from his leaf perch, he saw that the tiny Kokoros has gathered at the banks of the small shimmering pools at either side of the Great Tree's roots.

"Great Deku Tree! Shall we play something for you? It may help you to think better!" A little Kokoro suggested. With in its hands it held a small instrument as was all the little forest children. Some bounced in excitement causing a stir of rattling again. The Grand Tree Smiled lovingly at his children.

"YES, PLEASE DO. IT HAS BEEN TOO QUIET IN THIS HAVEN SINCE MAKAR LEFT US TO ANSWER HIS CALLING. PERHAPS A BIT OF MUSIC WILL HELP ME THINK BETTER."

The rattling grew as the Kokoros were delighted to perform for their guardian tree. One of the Kokoros turned to Link then;

"Great Swordsman! Will you do us the pleasure of conducting us?" It asked. Of course, Link couldn't refuse, but he really wasn't sure what song he should perform for the Deku Tree.

*Conduct something spirited.*

A voice in his head said, but did he know any songs that were like that?

*What about one of the songs that the Dream Walker played for you?*

Link's eyes lit up. Of course! He had almost forgotten about that! Even thought it had been awhile, the boy still remembered the song. It was certainly cheerful enough, and it made him want to dance when he had first heard it.

Link took out the wind waker baton, catch the attention of all Kokoros. He listened to the song in his head and gave his baton a few practice swishes. When he was confident that he could conduct the song he edged a little closer to the side of his leaf platform so that all could see him. With his baton, he motioned for all to harmonize with each other before he started.

As Link conducted he closed his eyes to envision the dream again. He could hear the song and see himself conducting. Link mimed every move he had done, the baton slid through the air unerringly. The boy motioned to the small band guiding the instruments along, making sure each group of instruments came in at the right part of the song.

Though there were more instruments performing as to just the Dream Walker's lonesome, the song sounded just as good if not better. The song was fast and commanding just as the Dream Walker had preformed it, and Link loved it's music so, that he wanted it to fill the whole hallow. He could faintly hear the sounds of the Kokoros bouncing, obviously feeling the music with in themselves, even the fireflies bobbed and danced in the rhythm to the music. In fact, it seemed as if the whole Forest Haven were celebrating. Link thought he could hear the small brooks bubble and sing, thought that he heard the leaves and grass sway and rustle with excitement, and even the wind picked up and seemed to encircle the boy with a mysterious air.

The boy opened his eyes then, his blond fringe lifting with the slightest breeze.

"Dream Walker.?" He hadn't meant to say the name, hell! He didn't even realize that he had said it. But there was a feeling deep down inside that stirred with this wind. The wind was familiar and alive. Link felt it running through his fingers as if trying to grasp them with it's shapeless form. Was it trying to lead him somewhere? Link looked about as if trying to catch sight of this wind, but all he could hear was it's breath, whispering things through the grass, and escape through the tree's leaves.

"Great Deku Tree!" A small Kokoro cried out. Link's attention immediately came back that instant. The boy looked back to the Great tree before him only to find tears forming at it's eyes.

"Deku Tree!" Link said putting his wind waker away. "Deku Tree what's wrong?"

The Tree guardian moved it's face too and fro to shake away it's large tears.

"DO NOT FRET, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME SINCE I HEARD THAT SONG.IT BROUGHT SO MANY MEMORIES BACK TO THIS OLD TREE. I NEVER THOUGHT I'D EVER HEAR IT AGAIN." The tree finally was able to recompose it's self and it calmed down. "LINK, WHERE DID YOU LEARN SUCH A SONG?"

Link was taken aback by this and he immediately replied. "The Dream Walker taught me this song in one of my dreams."

The Tree's eyes seemed to widen at this fact. "OH? SO IT WAS THE DREAM WALKER?"

Link's heart began to beat fast once again. "You know this song too Great Deku Tree?"

"OF COURSE I KNOW THIS SONG! THIS SONG IS KNOWN AS THE MINUET OF THE FOREST! IT ONCE HELD SPECIAL PROPORTIES AND HAD GREAT MEANING TO ALL THE FOREST DWELLERS."

"So then how would the Dream Walker know it?" Link asked.

"OF THAT I AM NOT SURE, BUT IT IS NOW CERTAIN THAT HE HAS GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE SACRAED FOREST OF THE PAST. IN FACT, THAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN ALL HIS DREAMS."

"The link?" The boy asked not understanding.

"THANKS TO THE SONG YOU PREFORMED, I WAS ABLE TO RECALL SPECIFIC DETAILS TO YOUR DREAM FORGOTTEN IN THE TIMES PAST."

Link wasn't sure how to take this and he waited for the Great Tree to continue.

"LINK, THE DREAMS YOU'VE HAD, THE VISIONS THE DREAM WALKER GIVES YOU, ARE ALL IN THE ANCIENT TIMES OF HYRULE. BACK THEN THIS HAVEN WAS NOT CONFINED TO JUST THIS HOLLOW, BUT IT COVERED THE LANDS, AND WAS KNOWN AS THE SACRED FOREST."

"And that's when the Kokoros were known as Kokiri and had human forms." Link said softly. "And they were children weren't they?"

The old tree nodded. "AND IT IS WITH OUT A DOUBT THAT THE DREAM YOU HAD WAS WITH IN THE TEMPLE OF TIME WHERE THE MASTER SWORD ONCE RESIDED. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE ATTACK FROM GANNON THAT THE TEMPLE WAS BURNED DOWN AND THE MASTER SWORD MOVED TO THE HIDDEN CHAMBER."

"To seal away Gannon's power." Link finished. "So then the Dream Walker could be Gannon?"

"I DO NOT BELIEVE SO, FOR HE WOULD NOT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCARED FORESTS OR EVEN AN IDEA WHERE THE MASTER SWORD'S RESTING PLACE WAS.."

Link felt a tightness in his chest as something came over him, an excited feeling that he was one step closer to the meaning in his dreams. But that feeling soon disappeared when he heard the surprised screams of the Kokoros below.

"Ayiieee!!! Great Deku Tree!" They yelled and Link scrambled to the side of the leafy platform to see them running away from something rumbling beneath the ground. At first Link thought it was moles or something else, but that thought vanished when a bony hand erupted from the ground.

"LINK! THERE IS STALFOSES WITNIN THE FOREST HAVEN!" The Great Tree bellowed.