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thank, well, everyone, especially Link Masters, H7, God of Death,
Snowsilver, Armed Ninja and whoever I happen to have missed oot. Well, you
want Li'l old 'Seven sages' to continue? Kdoki..so, here's chappy 4..
DISCLAIMER: ........................Don't even go there.
CHAPTER 4 - An Old Friend
Link, Mitch and Navi landed on the platform outside the Forest Temple. Saria was not there.
"What do you mean a cruel and malicious death? And how do you know?" Link asked Mitch.
Mitch simply frowned, and said, "There's no time to tell you. You must go inside. Find your way, your heart will show you, as it has always done."
Link nodded, looked at Navi and headed towards the temple as Mitch watched him. He pulled out his golden hookshot, and fired it into the tree above the entrance, and without turning back, he ran inside.
"You think he'll be up to it?"
Mitch bowed his head slightly.
"I hope so. Otherwise it's not only this world that's in danger" Mitch replied
*~*~*~
"We're back Navi, we're back inside Forest Temple."
The Temple looked quite bright. Link was slightly taken aback when he saw this, then realised he had only seen it when he was an adult.
Pointing to the elevator in the centre of the room, he said "That's the way to where Saria should be, let's go."
Navi shone in approval, and the two made their way towards the centre podium.
They were within steps of it, when it began to move to the lower area. Link and Navi patiently stood in wait. They heard the elevator stop at the lower room, then whirr as it ascended. Finally the elevator came into view, along with a person on it.
"The Hero of Time. I've been waiting for you." It said.
Dressed in purple and black garments, with a shroud half-covering their face, stood a mirror image of Sheik, albeit with a few alterations.
"Sheik?" Navi said, obviously bewildered.
The figure shook his head, and looked towards Navi.
"Not quite, my fairy friend. I am Oma, a sheikah."
"You can't be!" Link stated "There are no more sheikah left!"
Oma tossed back his head in laughter.
"Of course there are sheikah left! We are the shadow folk; we survive where others fall."
Oma chuckled slightly and continued "I am sure our princess told you that Impa was the last sheikah. Well, that is not true, far from it. There are about forty of us left, which is enough to let us continue serving the Royal Family."
Navi gasped. "Link! We are forgetting Saria!"
Link's eyes open wide and he started for the elevator. Oma held his arm out and stopped him.
"Saria, the child of the wood..she is dead. I am sorry."
Link blinked, and shook his head in disbelief. "No! She can't be!!!!"
Oma simply looked away. He lowered his arm, and Link and Navi proceeded for the elevator.
"There is nothing you can do, Link. She is gone now." Oma said.
The elevator whirred and began its descent. Link was praying that Saria was alright, that Oma was wrong. But deep in his heart, he knew it was true.
The elevator stopped. Link and Navi walked off and ran towards the door of the inner sanctum, where Saria would be found. He approached the door, and it opened automatically, sliding upwards. What Link saw shocked him, and dropped to his knees at the sight of it, with feelings of shock and horror.
DISCLAIMER: ........................Don't even go there.
CHAPTER 4 - An Old Friend
Link, Mitch and Navi landed on the platform outside the Forest Temple. Saria was not there.
"What do you mean a cruel and malicious death? And how do you know?" Link asked Mitch.
Mitch simply frowned, and said, "There's no time to tell you. You must go inside. Find your way, your heart will show you, as it has always done."
Link nodded, looked at Navi and headed towards the temple as Mitch watched him. He pulled out his golden hookshot, and fired it into the tree above the entrance, and without turning back, he ran inside.
"You think he'll be up to it?"
Mitch bowed his head slightly.
"I hope so. Otherwise it's not only this world that's in danger" Mitch replied
*~*~*~
"We're back Navi, we're back inside Forest Temple."
The Temple looked quite bright. Link was slightly taken aback when he saw this, then realised he had only seen it when he was an adult.
Pointing to the elevator in the centre of the room, he said "That's the way to where Saria should be, let's go."
Navi shone in approval, and the two made their way towards the centre podium.
They were within steps of it, when it began to move to the lower area. Link and Navi patiently stood in wait. They heard the elevator stop at the lower room, then whirr as it ascended. Finally the elevator came into view, along with a person on it.
"The Hero of Time. I've been waiting for you." It said.
Dressed in purple and black garments, with a shroud half-covering their face, stood a mirror image of Sheik, albeit with a few alterations.
"Sheik?" Navi said, obviously bewildered.
The figure shook his head, and looked towards Navi.
"Not quite, my fairy friend. I am Oma, a sheikah."
"You can't be!" Link stated "There are no more sheikah left!"
Oma tossed back his head in laughter.
"Of course there are sheikah left! We are the shadow folk; we survive where others fall."
Oma chuckled slightly and continued "I am sure our princess told you that Impa was the last sheikah. Well, that is not true, far from it. There are about forty of us left, which is enough to let us continue serving the Royal Family."
Navi gasped. "Link! We are forgetting Saria!"
Link's eyes open wide and he started for the elevator. Oma held his arm out and stopped him.
"Saria, the child of the wood..she is dead. I am sorry."
Link blinked, and shook his head in disbelief. "No! She can't be!!!!"
Oma simply looked away. He lowered his arm, and Link and Navi proceeded for the elevator.
"There is nothing you can do, Link. She is gone now." Oma said.
The elevator whirred and began its descent. Link was praying that Saria was alright, that Oma was wrong. But deep in his heart, he knew it was true.
The elevator stopped. Link and Navi walked off and ran towards the door of the inner sanctum, where Saria would be found. He approached the door, and it opened automatically, sliding upwards. What Link saw shocked him, and dropped to his knees at the sight of it, with feelings of shock and horror.