They burst out into the clearing and screached to a halt. It was deathly quiet-hint, hint-. VERY DEATHLY quiet. Brown rotting leaves covered the ground. In the very centre of the clearing, where the great deku tree himself had once stood, nothing more remained than one hell of a tree stump. And, even in death, the great deku tree had succeded in being a bastard: his rotting trunk had fallen and crushed most of the village and most of the villagers.
Maggots wormed their way across the great deku trees face. Even as they watched, one of his huge eyeballs slid out of its socket and fell with a thud to the ground.
"Man, are you OK?" Navi called.
They moved closer to the tree, noting the repuganant rotting oak smell. It looked as though he had been dead for days.
Something rustled under Link's foot. He glanced down and saw a note, flappig gently in the brease. He snatched it up and read.
'Dear Link,
I hope you are reading this letter. It may be the only way for you to learn what I have to tell you. That fairy I sent to find you does not seem to be returning. As I write this she is most likly swilling back beers at the local pub. Never trust a concubine, I always say.'
Link glanced over the top of the paper, to where Navi was sat on a rock, pulling a leaf apart with all the inocence of a child.
'Anyway, I would have liked to tell you this face to face but.......you're not a Kokirir. Wow, big shock, huh? What a twist. Bet you didn't see that one coming, eh? I'll just give you some time to organise you're thoughts.'
What followed next was several lines of dots. It seemed the old guy really had lost it in his old, old, old, old, old age.
'Now that you've recovered from that deep and emotional trauma, you will probably be wondering why I am now dead.'
"No," said Link.
'No, you say?' the letter continued. 'Well tough. I'm telling you anyway.'
There was the feeling of great speed, a huge wind roaring past him, of flames and smoke, and then his consciousness jerked to a halt feeling sick and nauseuas.
The clearing had gone. His body had gone. He felt down with no hands and felt no body. His soul considered this for a second and then the nausea caught up on it and it was sick with no mouth.
Smoke blew through his no face. Looking down, he found he now hovered above the ground and it seemed as though the land itself was burning. As far as he could see, the world was in flames. And he smelt blood too, on the stagnant wind that whipped the flames. The sky was a mass of throthing clouds.
A black shape moved among the crimson flames. It looked like a horse but it couldn't be: no creature could have possibly stand the heat. It grew closer, cresting the hill, and he saw it was indeed a horse, black as the scorched ground, heavilly armoured. Then the thing that rode it looked up. And fires feircer than any that raged about me looked at him, scorched through his veryt soul...
With a thud, the real world reaserted itself and he found himself back in the brightness of the clearing He was shaking where he stood and covered in sweat. Navi hovered before his face, flicking him constantly on his forehead.
"Hello? Hello? Anyone in there? Aren't you gonna stop me?" She laughed and then, glancing round the clearing, jabbed me in the eye.
"Ah! Jesus! What the hell are you doing!"
The little fairy gave a yelp and dived for cover. She chose his pocket and lay there quivering.
There was just one last bit to the letter.
'This man killed me. Now you must kill him. Seriously. No joke. Good luck. :)
P.S. You WILL do this for me. You'll see.....'
Link laughed.
"How the hell does he think I'm going to be stupid ennough to go kill this man? he said to the world in general. "I mean I'm not even going to leave the forest for a start."
At the head of the clearing, a large group of kokiri had gathered. They all brandished pitchforks or burning torches.
"You killed our tree!!!"
"Bastard!!"
"Get the hell out of our forest!!"
"We gonna kill you!!"
Link turned to the body of the tree and shook his fist.
"Fine!" he yelled. "So I'm leaving the town now. But I am NOT killing that guy."
And with that he turned on his heels and legged it out the forest.
Maggots wormed their way across the great deku trees face. Even as they watched, one of his huge eyeballs slid out of its socket and fell with a thud to the ground.
"Man, are you OK?" Navi called.
They moved closer to the tree, noting the repuganant rotting oak smell. It looked as though he had been dead for days.
Something rustled under Link's foot. He glanced down and saw a note, flappig gently in the brease. He snatched it up and read.
'Dear Link,
I hope you are reading this letter. It may be the only way for you to learn what I have to tell you. That fairy I sent to find you does not seem to be returning. As I write this she is most likly swilling back beers at the local pub. Never trust a concubine, I always say.'
Link glanced over the top of the paper, to where Navi was sat on a rock, pulling a leaf apart with all the inocence of a child.
'Anyway, I would have liked to tell you this face to face but.......you're not a Kokirir. Wow, big shock, huh? What a twist. Bet you didn't see that one coming, eh? I'll just give you some time to organise you're thoughts.'
What followed next was several lines of dots. It seemed the old guy really had lost it in his old, old, old, old, old age.
'Now that you've recovered from that deep and emotional trauma, you will probably be wondering why I am now dead.'
"No," said Link.
'No, you say?' the letter continued. 'Well tough. I'm telling you anyway.'
There was the feeling of great speed, a huge wind roaring past him, of flames and smoke, and then his consciousness jerked to a halt feeling sick and nauseuas.
The clearing had gone. His body had gone. He felt down with no hands and felt no body. His soul considered this for a second and then the nausea caught up on it and it was sick with no mouth.
Smoke blew through his no face. Looking down, he found he now hovered above the ground and it seemed as though the land itself was burning. As far as he could see, the world was in flames. And he smelt blood too, on the stagnant wind that whipped the flames. The sky was a mass of throthing clouds.
A black shape moved among the crimson flames. It looked like a horse but it couldn't be: no creature could have possibly stand the heat. It grew closer, cresting the hill, and he saw it was indeed a horse, black as the scorched ground, heavilly armoured. Then the thing that rode it looked up. And fires feircer than any that raged about me looked at him, scorched through his veryt soul...
With a thud, the real world reaserted itself and he found himself back in the brightness of the clearing He was shaking where he stood and covered in sweat. Navi hovered before his face, flicking him constantly on his forehead.
"Hello? Hello? Anyone in there? Aren't you gonna stop me?" She laughed and then, glancing round the clearing, jabbed me in the eye.
"Ah! Jesus! What the hell are you doing!"
The little fairy gave a yelp and dived for cover. She chose his pocket and lay there quivering.
There was just one last bit to the letter.
'This man killed me. Now you must kill him. Seriously. No joke. Good luck. :)
P.S. You WILL do this for me. You'll see.....'
Link laughed.
"How the hell does he think I'm going to be stupid ennough to go kill this man? he said to the world in general. "I mean I'm not even going to leave the forest for a start."
At the head of the clearing, a large group of kokiri had gathered. They all brandished pitchforks or burning torches.
"You killed our tree!!!"
"Bastard!!"
"Get the hell out of our forest!!"
"We gonna kill you!!"
Link turned to the body of the tree and shook his fist.
"Fine!" he yelled. "So I'm leaving the town now. But I am NOT killing that guy."
And with that he turned on his heels and legged it out the forest.