Chapter 4
The seconds turned to minutes. Minutes turned to hours and hours became days. As the weeks passed by I began to lose hope that Link would return. Dmitri and Saria did everything they could to ease my mind. Trying to assure me that Link was ok.
I began studying other languages and learning about the history of Hyrule. Saria began teaching me about our neighboring worlds so that incase I ever needed to know I would. I had also begun to learn Hylian because I grew up learning Elvish and I wanted to understand the other native language of Hyrule. I took to it quick and was soon fluent in both languages. I could read it much better than Dmitri too.
It had been 4 months since I had seen Link. I tried to push bad thoughts out of my mind. As I did everyday, I sat on the bridge facing the entrance into Kokiri. No one ever came but I watched and waited nonetheless.
"Saira?"
Dmitri sat down with me. I didn't look but I knew it was him. He did everyday and I loved him for it.
"Everyday you sit with me. Why?" I asked
"You're my best friend. I hate seeing you like this but the look on your face fades slightly when I join you. Plus I know you'd do the same for me."
"Thank you"
I laid my head on his shoulder
"I'll be right back. Stay here" I said to him. It was winter and I wanted a blanket to warm up. It started snowing when I came out. Kokiri and some places in Hyrule only received snow from the gods. The desert never did and neither did the lake. I heard Dmitri laughing as I came back and it was because he wasn't alone.
I saw who sat there "Link!"
He turned and looked at me grinning ear to ear. He held his arms open and I ran to him.
"My dear baby sister. Did you miss me?"
"What a stupid question. No letters. Nothing."
"I'm sorry."
All I did was hug him. I had a feeling at the pit of my stomach but I didn't want to address it. I finally said something though I didn't want to ruin the moment
"You're not staying are you?"
".. No. I have to go to Zora's Domain and retrieve the last stone"
He stayed all day and we pretended that nothing had happened and he didn't have to leave me again in the morning. I knew my heart would break the moment I saw Link disappear again but I also knew that I couldn't convince him not to go.
Dmitri stayed at Saria's that night so Link could have his bed.
"Can I see it?" I asked him talking about the Goron's Ruby.
He pulled out a beautiful stone from his bag.
"It's beautiful but I still prefer amethyst" I said
"Yeah but my arms aren't so beautiful. I got plenty of burn marks to show for it"
I helped Link cover his scars with magic. Link wasn't very talented when it came to changing appearances as I was.
The next morning I said goodbye again but it was easier this time because I now knew he would always come back. There was still a spot in the back of my mind where I though he'd leave and never come back. But Dmitri always found a way for me to forget.
"'Once upon a midnight dreary. As I wondered weak and weary -"
"What are you on about?" I said to Dmitri who was hanging upside- down above me in a tree while I was reading a new book.
"'The Raven.' I found it in a book in the library. Some guy from Earth wrote it"
"Edgar Allen Poe"
"How'd you know? Whoa!" And Dmitri fell right into my lap
"I read a lot so naturally I know one of the most famous poets from Earth. Oh, now look, you got snow all in my book" I shoved him off
"Saira, c'mon. All you ever do is read. You're probably the smartest person in Hyrule already. Let's play. Help me build an igloo or a snowman. Or best of all you can help me shove snow down Mido's pants."
I smiled and fought back a laugh, but he didn't notice the snowball in my hand. I threw it straight at him
"You didn't" he laughed
"Merry Christmas" I said before running away
Christmas was happy. I got new clothes sent from Vienne and rupees from Link. Dmitri gave me an I.O.U., but he did put snow down Mido's pants to make me happy.
Time passed and winter gave way to spring. I started learning to mix potions at the apothecary by an old Kokiri. However, the old Kokiri only knew the basics and I didn't learn more that I already knew form reading. Dmitri had me teach him what I learned. Unfortunately his attention span only allowed so much information to stay.
If I didn't have Dmitri with me throughout the long months of Link's absence, I would have gone crazy. True, Saria was there, but Dmitri just had an air about him that made me trust him beyond anything. We were always together causing all kinds of trouble. Plus no matter how I was feeling he was there to cheer me up and vice versa although he rarely needed it.
Nearly a year had passes since I said goodbye to Link for the first time. Dmitri's birthday had come and gone and he was now 7, and my birthday was approaching.
Dmitri was still sleeping on the eve of my birthday so I went with Saria to the Sacred Forest Meadow.
"Have you heard anything from Link?" I asked her
"Not much. He had to make a few stops before going to Zora's Domain. He rarely answers my ocarina anymore"
I sat there with Saria for a while until I began to feel dizzy.
"Saira, are you alright?"
"I feel weird"
I felt like wind was blowing all around me but when I looked around everything was still. The image of Saria before me had disappeared and was replaced with something else. I saw the land of Hyrule. Dark clouds covered the land. I was now standing in the Temple of Time. Link was there. I began running to him as he played the lost 'ocarina of time' and opened the Door of Time inside the temple. I followed him through where I saw the legendary Master Sword sitting in the middle of the room in a pedestal. Link pulled it out and was surrounded by light. Ganondorf appeared. I saw evil sweep across the land, and I could no longer feel Link until I screamed and closed my eyes.
When I opened them again I was still looking at Saria and she stared frantically at me
"Saira, what happened? What did you see?" she asked
"I don't know! One second--. Next it was like-- like a movie playing in front of my eyes! Oh god, I think Link's in trouble." I didn't make sense
I ran as fast as my legs could carry my. I grabbed a huge stick when I got to the entrance of Kokiri. I kept hitting the barriers as hard as I could over and over again. Each time it lit up and disappeared just as quick.
"Saira, what are you doing?" Dmitri asked running up
"Link's in trouble. Why wont they let me leave?!"
Dmitri grabbed me and pulled me away kicking and yelling. He fell backward but didn't let me go.
"Stop, Saira, stop"
I stopped. I was panting hard. I fell into Dmitri's arms and wept.
"Shh" he held me close. Saria ran up
"Saira you had a vision. What did you see?"
But Dmitri hushed Saria and took me home. I told him everything while he made hot chocolate for us.
"Wait, so you had a vision?" Dmitri said disbelieving
"Yeah. Saria said my mother was a 'seer.' It must run in the family"
"But Saira even if you did get out, you wouldn't even know where to begin"
"But I know where it ends"
"Think about what you are saying" Dmitri said
".. You're right. How many years till' I'm allowed to leave?"
"3 tomorrow"
I spent that night in worry. I'd had a vision and according to everyone and everything I knew, visions don't lie. Something was going to happen very soon and I could do nothing.
The next morning was bright and cheerful to everyone but me. Even though the sun shone down, I kept waiting for clouds to appear and confirm my vision. I looked up more information on the Spiritual Stones and found a picture of the last one: Zora's Sapphire.
"Saira! Come quick!" Someone yelled from outside
I walked outside and a harsh wind swirled around me. I looked up and storm clouds moved swiftly across the sky. Rain began to fall and at that moment I know it would be a long time before I would lay eyes on my brother again.
The rain covered my tears as I stood getting drenched in the ever- harder rain. A blast of light filled the sky but it wasn't lightening. Dmitri forced me inside when hail began to replace the rain. The sounds outside were deafening
Dmitri walked toward me with a wet cloth. He dabbed my head with it and it stung. Apparently one of the hail pieces had hit me but I didn't notice. The hail and rain lasted hours upon hours and it seemed it would never stop.
"Now do you believe me?" I asked softly
"Never had a doubt"
"Hail of darkness falls and the Hero of Time is taken. Evil shall rule the land until his return."
I wasn't sure what I was saying. I'm not even sure it was me talking but I knew that what I spoke was true.
No one can describe the heartache I felt. It cannot be put into words for I wanted to die and only Dmitri kept me here. Each day I prayed to the goddesses to send me a sign to say Link was alright and he would walk into Kokiri Forest at any moment
But with each day that passed my hope died. I was a frightened 7 year old girl with no parents and only my best friend for company but I know now that it was that best friend that kept me going.
The seconds turned to minutes. Minutes turned to hours and hours became days. As the weeks passed by I began to lose hope that Link would return. Dmitri and Saria did everything they could to ease my mind. Trying to assure me that Link was ok.
I began studying other languages and learning about the history of Hyrule. Saria began teaching me about our neighboring worlds so that incase I ever needed to know I would. I had also begun to learn Hylian because I grew up learning Elvish and I wanted to understand the other native language of Hyrule. I took to it quick and was soon fluent in both languages. I could read it much better than Dmitri too.
It had been 4 months since I had seen Link. I tried to push bad thoughts out of my mind. As I did everyday, I sat on the bridge facing the entrance into Kokiri. No one ever came but I watched and waited nonetheless.
"Saira?"
Dmitri sat down with me. I didn't look but I knew it was him. He did everyday and I loved him for it.
"Everyday you sit with me. Why?" I asked
"You're my best friend. I hate seeing you like this but the look on your face fades slightly when I join you. Plus I know you'd do the same for me."
"Thank you"
I laid my head on his shoulder
"I'll be right back. Stay here" I said to him. It was winter and I wanted a blanket to warm up. It started snowing when I came out. Kokiri and some places in Hyrule only received snow from the gods. The desert never did and neither did the lake. I heard Dmitri laughing as I came back and it was because he wasn't alone.
I saw who sat there "Link!"
He turned and looked at me grinning ear to ear. He held his arms open and I ran to him.
"My dear baby sister. Did you miss me?"
"What a stupid question. No letters. Nothing."
"I'm sorry."
All I did was hug him. I had a feeling at the pit of my stomach but I didn't want to address it. I finally said something though I didn't want to ruin the moment
"You're not staying are you?"
".. No. I have to go to Zora's Domain and retrieve the last stone"
He stayed all day and we pretended that nothing had happened and he didn't have to leave me again in the morning. I knew my heart would break the moment I saw Link disappear again but I also knew that I couldn't convince him not to go.
Dmitri stayed at Saria's that night so Link could have his bed.
"Can I see it?" I asked him talking about the Goron's Ruby.
He pulled out a beautiful stone from his bag.
"It's beautiful but I still prefer amethyst" I said
"Yeah but my arms aren't so beautiful. I got plenty of burn marks to show for it"
I helped Link cover his scars with magic. Link wasn't very talented when it came to changing appearances as I was.
The next morning I said goodbye again but it was easier this time because I now knew he would always come back. There was still a spot in the back of my mind where I though he'd leave and never come back. But Dmitri always found a way for me to forget.
"'Once upon a midnight dreary. As I wondered weak and weary -"
"What are you on about?" I said to Dmitri who was hanging upside- down above me in a tree while I was reading a new book.
"'The Raven.' I found it in a book in the library. Some guy from Earth wrote it"
"Edgar Allen Poe"
"How'd you know? Whoa!" And Dmitri fell right into my lap
"I read a lot so naturally I know one of the most famous poets from Earth. Oh, now look, you got snow all in my book" I shoved him off
"Saira, c'mon. All you ever do is read. You're probably the smartest person in Hyrule already. Let's play. Help me build an igloo or a snowman. Or best of all you can help me shove snow down Mido's pants."
I smiled and fought back a laugh, but he didn't notice the snowball in my hand. I threw it straight at him
"You didn't" he laughed
"Merry Christmas" I said before running away
Christmas was happy. I got new clothes sent from Vienne and rupees from Link. Dmitri gave me an I.O.U., but he did put snow down Mido's pants to make me happy.
Time passed and winter gave way to spring. I started learning to mix potions at the apothecary by an old Kokiri. However, the old Kokiri only knew the basics and I didn't learn more that I already knew form reading. Dmitri had me teach him what I learned. Unfortunately his attention span only allowed so much information to stay.
If I didn't have Dmitri with me throughout the long months of Link's absence, I would have gone crazy. True, Saria was there, but Dmitri just had an air about him that made me trust him beyond anything. We were always together causing all kinds of trouble. Plus no matter how I was feeling he was there to cheer me up and vice versa although he rarely needed it.
Nearly a year had passes since I said goodbye to Link for the first time. Dmitri's birthday had come and gone and he was now 7, and my birthday was approaching.
Dmitri was still sleeping on the eve of my birthday so I went with Saria to the Sacred Forest Meadow.
"Have you heard anything from Link?" I asked her
"Not much. He had to make a few stops before going to Zora's Domain. He rarely answers my ocarina anymore"
I sat there with Saria for a while until I began to feel dizzy.
"Saira, are you alright?"
"I feel weird"
I felt like wind was blowing all around me but when I looked around everything was still. The image of Saria before me had disappeared and was replaced with something else. I saw the land of Hyrule. Dark clouds covered the land. I was now standing in the Temple of Time. Link was there. I began running to him as he played the lost 'ocarina of time' and opened the Door of Time inside the temple. I followed him through where I saw the legendary Master Sword sitting in the middle of the room in a pedestal. Link pulled it out and was surrounded by light. Ganondorf appeared. I saw evil sweep across the land, and I could no longer feel Link until I screamed and closed my eyes.
When I opened them again I was still looking at Saria and she stared frantically at me
"Saira, what happened? What did you see?" she asked
"I don't know! One second--. Next it was like-- like a movie playing in front of my eyes! Oh god, I think Link's in trouble." I didn't make sense
I ran as fast as my legs could carry my. I grabbed a huge stick when I got to the entrance of Kokiri. I kept hitting the barriers as hard as I could over and over again. Each time it lit up and disappeared just as quick.
"Saira, what are you doing?" Dmitri asked running up
"Link's in trouble. Why wont they let me leave?!"
Dmitri grabbed me and pulled me away kicking and yelling. He fell backward but didn't let me go.
"Stop, Saira, stop"
I stopped. I was panting hard. I fell into Dmitri's arms and wept.
"Shh" he held me close. Saria ran up
"Saira you had a vision. What did you see?"
But Dmitri hushed Saria and took me home. I told him everything while he made hot chocolate for us.
"Wait, so you had a vision?" Dmitri said disbelieving
"Yeah. Saria said my mother was a 'seer.' It must run in the family"
"But Saira even if you did get out, you wouldn't even know where to begin"
"But I know where it ends"
"Think about what you are saying" Dmitri said
".. You're right. How many years till' I'm allowed to leave?"
"3 tomorrow"
I spent that night in worry. I'd had a vision and according to everyone and everything I knew, visions don't lie. Something was going to happen very soon and I could do nothing.
The next morning was bright and cheerful to everyone but me. Even though the sun shone down, I kept waiting for clouds to appear and confirm my vision. I looked up more information on the Spiritual Stones and found a picture of the last one: Zora's Sapphire.
"Saira! Come quick!" Someone yelled from outside
I walked outside and a harsh wind swirled around me. I looked up and storm clouds moved swiftly across the sky. Rain began to fall and at that moment I know it would be a long time before I would lay eyes on my brother again.
The rain covered my tears as I stood getting drenched in the ever- harder rain. A blast of light filled the sky but it wasn't lightening. Dmitri forced me inside when hail began to replace the rain. The sounds outside were deafening
Dmitri walked toward me with a wet cloth. He dabbed my head with it and it stung. Apparently one of the hail pieces had hit me but I didn't notice. The hail and rain lasted hours upon hours and it seemed it would never stop.
"Now do you believe me?" I asked softly
"Never had a doubt"
"Hail of darkness falls and the Hero of Time is taken. Evil shall rule the land until his return."
I wasn't sure what I was saying. I'm not even sure it was me talking but I knew that what I spoke was true.
No one can describe the heartache I felt. It cannot be put into words for I wanted to die and only Dmitri kept me here. Each day I prayed to the goddesses to send me a sign to say Link was alright and he would walk into Kokiri Forest at any moment
But with each day that passed my hope died. I was a frightened 7 year old girl with no parents and only my best friend for company but I know now that it was that best friend that kept me going.