The Death of the Deku Tree
By: Green_Beauty

I couldn't stop it!
There was no way for me
To halt the demise
Of the Great Deku Tree.

I sensed the man's evil intentions
As he entered the forest
Under the flag of the Hyrulian king.

Even before the Gerudo spoke,
I had attempted
To make the man withdraw
Back to the fiery desert
From which he came.

But it was to no avail
As he swatted me
Against the wall,
And squashed the last
Of my powers into nothingness.

Although, in the end,
The ferocity of the woods
Forced the wicked man to depart
From the forest,
But he left a stain of his malice behind him.

Soon, the stain revealed
The curse the Gerudo
Had put on the Great Deku Tree,
And Queen Gohma
Started to hollow out
And kill the forest deity.

And so I flew
In such an alarm
That I ran into other things
As I looked for
The destined child,
Who was sleeping the day away.

Could such a lazy child really
Save the forest
In its present turmoil?

After yelling this child's name
In his ear for so long
That I thought my voice would go hoarse,
The child finally woke up,
And was in such a glee that a fairy
Had finally come to him,
That he barely listened to me
When I told him the Great Deku Tree
Had summoned him.

Soon, we reached the Deku Tree's meadow,
And I could see him dying
As the child walked up to him.

Then the Deku Tree did something unbelievable,
That I will never forget:
He let us enter him.

That ritual was only given to heroes,
And this boy didn't seem
To fit any of the requirements.

But, of course,
There was more to the boy
Than one could guess.

He seemed to have
Expertise in swordsmanship
That he claims never
To have practiced before.

Soon, the little boy
Managed to defeat
The monstrous Queen of Spiders,
But there was still nothing we could do
To keep the life of the Deku Tree from diminishing,
And he charged us with finding
The Princess of Destiny.

I can only hope
That the courage of this little one
Will be enough to strike back
The vile shadow
That has crept from the eastern deserts
And will keep the life of the land
Forever beautiful.