A loud bang was heard and the race began.
Link unsheathed his Kokiri sword as he and Saria wandered into the tall trees. The atmosphere was still and quiet not a sound could be heard apart from the waves of the sea in the background. Suddenly a pack of wolfos leaped out of the trees and surrounded the pair.
With Link's sword and Saria's sage powers the pack of wolfos was soon down to one. The last wolfos lunged towards Saria who was the closest, Link dived in the way with his Hylian shield raised. The wolfos crashed into the shield and fell to the floor. Link ran at the monster and slashed it to bits.
Ruto pulled Mido along by the arm not daring to let go in case he wandered off again. They had been walking through bushes and trees for a while when they came across a large pit which had a deep purple mist in the middle of it. Mido slowly walked to the edge and peered into the mist.
"It looks like a bottomless pit." He stated. He looked up to expect to see Ruto but she had found a thin white string of something going across the pit. The Zora was carefully crawling along it.
"Come on Mido this is the quickest way over this pit!" Ruto yelled from the centre of the string.
Mido eyed the rope and looked to the end of it. He got a big surprise because the string was actually attached to a small Gohma web which was carrying a Gohma.
"Ruto don't go any further it's not safe!" Mido shouted worriedly.
Ruto turned her head to reply, as she did she heard a low growl. Ruto slowly faced the front only to come face to face with an angry Gohma. Ruto let out a piercing scream that angered the monster even more.
"Sar did you just hear something like a scream?" Link asked as they continued to travel through the trees.
"Umm yeah I did but it was probably an animal or someone's whistle." Saria quietly replied.
Link looked over at Saria and noticed she didn't seem very happy. He went over and wrapped his arms around her pulling her close to him.
"You want to go home?" Link asked softly. He dug in his pocket and took out the small silver whistle, he was about to blow it when Saria reached up and gently pulled the whistle away from Link
"No no don't do that it would ruin your chance of gaining 50 points." Saria said holding the whistle in her hand.
"If it made you happier it would be worth it." Link smiled down at her.
"You're so sweet." Saria beamed up at him then before they knew it the two were deep in a passionate kiss.
"AAARRGGHHH!" Ruto screamed as Gohma lunged for her. Mido picked up some pebbles and hurled them for the spider.
"Blow the whistle Ruto you have to!" Mido yelled.
"Never! I will never give up!" Ruto screamed.She was now hanging on for her life, one more hit and she would be off. Mido frantically searched for a bigger thing to throw. Beforehe could grab something Alfos Red appeared on the opposite side of the pit. Alfos shot a purple ball at the spider and it instantly vanished. Then the cloaked magician warped to the other side of the pit reappearing in a purple light.
Mido was stunned at this show of magic and was even more shocked when the things around him including Ruto froze. Allfos moved slowly towards Mido and spoke in an eerie low voice.
"You are going to help me boy."
Mido jumped backwards as Alfos loomed over him.
"I'd never help you, you grim reaper wanna be." Mido whimpered.
Alfos stopped and began to laugh evilly.
"Oh I think you will." Alfos shot a red ball at Mido.The boyturned a bright blood red and then he looked at Alfos.
"Master what is your wish?" Mido's eyes gleamed a dark red.
Alfos placed a hand on the boy's shoulder and took out a small dagger giving it to Mido.
"I want you to get rid of the two that have caused you the most grief in your life."
A large grin formed on Mido's face as he held the dagger tightly in his hand. He nodded and Alfos warped him to the right spot. Alfos then unfroze time except for Ruto. He couldn't have anyone ruining his plans.
Link and Saria continued to trek through the tall trees holding hands so they wouldn't lose each other. Suddenly a rustling sound came from in front of them. Link quickly pulled out his sword and shield. But he soon put them down as they saw who it was.
"Oh it's only Mido." Saria sighed.
Link looked down at the dagger Mido was holding and raised his sword again. Saria also noticed a change about Mido, his eyes were glowing a deep red, he looked ready to kill someone.
Mido lunged forward crashing into Link's raised shield. Mido jumped up and held his dagger in the air. The dagger started to flash black as it let out a massive energy blast.
Link dived into the nearby trees as Saria dived the other way. Link rushed back to where Mido was and found he had disappeared in a puff of purple smoke. But before Link had time to think about Mido…
"LINK HELP!"
Link ran through the trees to find an enormous hole.
"Sar where are you?" Link asked looking around the hole.
"Down here." Saria replied. Link leaned over the edge to see Saria hanging onto a loose branch which would snap any second.
Link was thinking what to do when Alfos Red appeared followed by Mido. Link who had his back turned didn't see them until they shoved him off the edge. Link swiftly took out his longshot and grabbed onto a protruding ledge. Alfos sent a black blast at the branch Saria was clinging to and it snapped with a loud crack.
Alfos couldn't see the ledge Link was on and as Saria fell to her death Link managed to reach out and pull her to him. Back at the top Alfos let out another evil cackle thinking he had killed the both of them. He summoned Mido and the two of them left.
Link held Saria close to him not daring to move in case the ledge gave way. Link could sense that Saria was quite shaken by that fall, he was himself even though he was used to falling off ledges from his adventures. They were stuck.
Zelda and Darunia had also been going through the trees for ages. Soon they came to a clearing with the large hole. Darunia peered over the edge and whistled at the size of the drop. Link heard the whistle and had never been so relieved to see Darunia in his life.
"Hey Darunia brother help us out could you?" Link yelled. Darunia looked a little scared, he could hear Link but not see him. Zelda had also heard the shout.
"Darunia I think they are in the hole." Zelda made Darunia hold her ankles and lift her down so she could get a better look. Luckily Zelda had pink shorts on so her dress wouldn't go up. Darunia carefully lowered the princess down and she was just able to see them.
"Hang on guys I think I have a rope." Zelda explained as she tugged off the rope around her waist and lowered it down. Darunia pulled Zelda back up so she could tie the rope tightly around a tree.
Link refused to climb the rope first so Saria went up followed by him. Everything was going fine until…
"Mwahahaa fools you think I don't have ways to check if you are alive." Alfos's voice could be heard all around and suddenly the rope caught fire sending Saria sliding down into Link and the two had to let the rope go before the got burnt. They fell so hard the ledge cracked away leaving Link and Saria tumbling into darkness.
