CHAPTER SEVEN
The Guardians of the Forbidden Forest
Jacob readied his sword as the footsteps drew closer and closer. He pushed the others behind him and lifted the broken sword above his head and prepared to kill the intruder when they appeared.
Jacob's breath drew in ragged as he prepared to do what he must. The baby cooed and the footsteps stopped. All of them turned the Anastriana who held the baby, she looked up worried. The footsteps came again, faster this time.
"Hello?" called a young girl's voice.
Jacob looked at the others and shrugged, he then peeked out and saw the owner of the voice, a young girl, about ten, and she wore dark green clothing and had emerald eyes.
She spotted Jacob and looked closer at him, "Hello, may I ask you why you have entered our realm?"
"Uh, well..." Jacob eased out of the tree and walked a few steps towards the girl. "I'm...We're here to do a favor for someone."
"We?" the girl asked. Upon further inspection, the girl had green hair and she shared the same distinctive ears as Anastriana.
"Me and my friends." Jacob answered as he turned to the tree and motioned to the three coming warily out of it.
"We're looking for the guardians of the forest." Anastriana said.
"Well, you found us. The Kokiri." She walked up to Jacob and held her hand out. "My name is Saria, I'm elder of the Kokiri."
"Elder? You look young enough to be my daughter." Anastriana said to her.
The green haired girl, Saria, cut her a look and stated: "I'm one hundred and twenty-two years old." ((Author's Note: In "Ocarina of Time", Mido is Elder of the Kokiri, so I changed that, and I don't know if they age that old, but I do know they never grow up physically, so, I'm using it. Besides, you've probably noticed that I changed the storyline of OoT anyway.))
Anastriana raised her eyebrow and glared at the girl. Sarah caught this and nudged her, when Anastriana looked, Sarah shook her head.
"Saria, can you take to your, uh, head honcho, you know, your big boss?" Derek asked. Saria looked puzzled.
"I'm the Kokiri's boss." She said.
"No, What he means is whoever gives you orders." Jacob said. He had stepped closer to Saria to talk to her.
"Oh, Okay. Follow me." She rushed forward into the forest, and Jacob just noticed the faerie, or what he thought was a faerie, sitting on her shoulder.
* * *
As the group entered the Kokiri's village, they received stares from all the "children" running around. The stares were ones of confusion, wonder, awe, and fear.
They entered another part of the village, a small passageway that eventually opened up into a clearing. In the center was a gargantuan tree. Saria turned around and looked to Jacob. "You and your friends are going to have to stay here for a moment." Jacob nodded. Anastriana still stared at the girl, holding the child in her arms.
Sarah came up to Jacob and put her arm around his waist and held him close. "Jacob, I want to talk to you when we get the chance. Okay?"
"Sure." Jacob looked over at Sarah and realized how alike Saria Sarah looked. The green highlights in Sarah's hair were the same and they shared the same green eyes and hairstyle. The only thing that was missing from Sarah was the ears; she looked better with her own ears anyway.
Saria went to the large tree, lifted her arms and declared: "Oh, Great Deku Tree! Saria, Orator of your wisdom has come to seek an audience. I have brought the disturbance you sensed in the forest, they seek your wisdom."
"Bring them before me!" The bellowing voice cried. Jacob's eyes widened and realized, the tree had a face in it.
"Jacob, come." Saria came and took Jacob's hand and led him to the front of the tree. He stood there; he could feel the Tree's invisible eyes look him over.
"Speak, why hast thou come to seek mine wisdom?" the Tree boomed.
"We were sent to bring this child before you." He turned and motioned that Anastriana come to him. She brought the baby in her arms and stood next to Jacob.
"Bring the child before me." Anastriana took a few steps forward. "Yes, I sense divineness in this child. This is a child of destiny. You may leave him in our care. Orator, take this child, treat him as your own. Love him and nurture him." Saria came up and took the child gently into her arms from Anastriana and smiled up at the taller woman. She then turned to walk off back to the village.
"Wait." Saria turned around to face Anastriana who called. Anastriana reached behind her neck and unclasped her necklace, the one of three golden triangles, she flipped it over in her hands and looked at her name engraved upon it. She sighed, then smiled and placed it around the infant's neck. "For luck, little one." Saria then turn and scurried into the forest towards the village. Anastriana turned back to face the Deku Tree with Jacob.
"I sense you wish to ask me of another favor?" The Deku Tree spoke at Jacob.
"Yes, we are not of this... time. We need help returning." He said, the others had gathered behind him.
"I see." The tree spoke softly now. "As the Sage of the Forest, I can help you, but you may never return, or risk destroying the fabric of time, you were lucky once,"
"Thank you." Jacob said and he turned to his friends. "We're finally going home!" Jacob turned to Anastriana. "Thank you for your help, Anna. We appreciate it."
"Jacob, Sarah, and Derek. I want to say that it was a pleasure to meet you all." Anna said. Anastriana looked at Derek, she walked up to him and kissed him on the cheek. "Especially you." Derek blushed.
"You should come with us!" Sarah walked to Anna, "You would enjoy the twenty-first century."
"I don't know. I really shouldn't." Anna said.
Derek looked at Anna and smiled, he sighed and looked into her blue eyes. He mouthed the word "please"
Anastriana smiled, and walked up to Derek, and hugging him, whispered into his ear. "I will."
Derek nodded to Jacob who looked to the Tree and cried. "We're ready."
"Very Well then, Good luck, Jacob." The Tree boomed. A column of light descended down upon them. Sarah grabbed Jacob's hand and squeezed. They rose into the air and went into a whirling vertex of white light. Jacob closed his eyes and thought not of the rising sickness in his stomach.
* * *
Jacob felt solid ground beneath his feet and decided to open his eyes. Instead of finding themselves in a city, like they should. Akroma stood before him. Her golden body shining. He looked around and saw nothing but black.
"Where are we?"
Jacob readied his sword as the footsteps drew closer and closer. He pushed the others behind him and lifted the broken sword above his head and prepared to kill the intruder when they appeared.
Jacob's breath drew in ragged as he prepared to do what he must. The baby cooed and the footsteps stopped. All of them turned the Anastriana who held the baby, she looked up worried. The footsteps came again, faster this time.
"Hello?" called a young girl's voice.
Jacob looked at the others and shrugged, he then peeked out and saw the owner of the voice, a young girl, about ten, and she wore dark green clothing and had emerald eyes.
She spotted Jacob and looked closer at him, "Hello, may I ask you why you have entered our realm?"
"Uh, well..." Jacob eased out of the tree and walked a few steps towards the girl. "I'm...We're here to do a favor for someone."
"We?" the girl asked. Upon further inspection, the girl had green hair and she shared the same distinctive ears as Anastriana.
"Me and my friends." Jacob answered as he turned to the tree and motioned to the three coming warily out of it.
"We're looking for the guardians of the forest." Anastriana said.
"Well, you found us. The Kokiri." She walked up to Jacob and held her hand out. "My name is Saria, I'm elder of the Kokiri."
"Elder? You look young enough to be my daughter." Anastriana said to her.
The green haired girl, Saria, cut her a look and stated: "I'm one hundred and twenty-two years old." ((Author's Note: In "Ocarina of Time", Mido is Elder of the Kokiri, so I changed that, and I don't know if they age that old, but I do know they never grow up physically, so, I'm using it. Besides, you've probably noticed that I changed the storyline of OoT anyway.))
Anastriana raised her eyebrow and glared at the girl. Sarah caught this and nudged her, when Anastriana looked, Sarah shook her head.
"Saria, can you take to your, uh, head honcho, you know, your big boss?" Derek asked. Saria looked puzzled.
"I'm the Kokiri's boss." She said.
"No, What he means is whoever gives you orders." Jacob said. He had stepped closer to Saria to talk to her.
"Oh, Okay. Follow me." She rushed forward into the forest, and Jacob just noticed the faerie, or what he thought was a faerie, sitting on her shoulder.
* * *
As the group entered the Kokiri's village, they received stares from all the "children" running around. The stares were ones of confusion, wonder, awe, and fear.
They entered another part of the village, a small passageway that eventually opened up into a clearing. In the center was a gargantuan tree. Saria turned around and looked to Jacob. "You and your friends are going to have to stay here for a moment." Jacob nodded. Anastriana still stared at the girl, holding the child in her arms.
Sarah came up to Jacob and put her arm around his waist and held him close. "Jacob, I want to talk to you when we get the chance. Okay?"
"Sure." Jacob looked over at Sarah and realized how alike Saria Sarah looked. The green highlights in Sarah's hair were the same and they shared the same green eyes and hairstyle. The only thing that was missing from Sarah was the ears; she looked better with her own ears anyway.
Saria went to the large tree, lifted her arms and declared: "Oh, Great Deku Tree! Saria, Orator of your wisdom has come to seek an audience. I have brought the disturbance you sensed in the forest, they seek your wisdom."
"Bring them before me!" The bellowing voice cried. Jacob's eyes widened and realized, the tree had a face in it.
"Jacob, come." Saria came and took Jacob's hand and led him to the front of the tree. He stood there; he could feel the Tree's invisible eyes look him over.
"Speak, why hast thou come to seek mine wisdom?" the Tree boomed.
"We were sent to bring this child before you." He turned and motioned that Anastriana come to him. She brought the baby in her arms and stood next to Jacob.
"Bring the child before me." Anastriana took a few steps forward. "Yes, I sense divineness in this child. This is a child of destiny. You may leave him in our care. Orator, take this child, treat him as your own. Love him and nurture him." Saria came up and took the child gently into her arms from Anastriana and smiled up at the taller woman. She then turned to walk off back to the village.
"Wait." Saria turned around to face Anastriana who called. Anastriana reached behind her neck and unclasped her necklace, the one of three golden triangles, she flipped it over in her hands and looked at her name engraved upon it. She sighed, then smiled and placed it around the infant's neck. "For luck, little one." Saria then turn and scurried into the forest towards the village. Anastriana turned back to face the Deku Tree with Jacob.
"I sense you wish to ask me of another favor?" The Deku Tree spoke at Jacob.
"Yes, we are not of this... time. We need help returning." He said, the others had gathered behind him.
"I see." The tree spoke softly now. "As the Sage of the Forest, I can help you, but you may never return, or risk destroying the fabric of time, you were lucky once,"
"Thank you." Jacob said and he turned to his friends. "We're finally going home!" Jacob turned to Anastriana. "Thank you for your help, Anna. We appreciate it."
"Jacob, Sarah, and Derek. I want to say that it was a pleasure to meet you all." Anna said. Anastriana looked at Derek, she walked up to him and kissed him on the cheek. "Especially you." Derek blushed.
"You should come with us!" Sarah walked to Anna, "You would enjoy the twenty-first century."
"I don't know. I really shouldn't." Anna said.
Derek looked at Anna and smiled, he sighed and looked into her blue eyes. He mouthed the word "please"
Anastriana smiled, and walked up to Derek, and hugging him, whispered into his ear. "I will."
Derek nodded to Jacob who looked to the Tree and cried. "We're ready."
"Very Well then, Good luck, Jacob." The Tree boomed. A column of light descended down upon them. Sarah grabbed Jacob's hand and squeezed. They rose into the air and went into a whirling vertex of white light. Jacob closed his eyes and thought not of the rising sickness in his stomach.
* * *
Jacob felt solid ground beneath his feet and decided to open his eyes. Instead of finding themselves in a city, like they should. Akroma stood before him. Her golden body shining. He looked around and saw nothing but black.
"Where are we?"