Back to the Zelda: DeLocarina of Time: Chapter 5: Lost and Found

Well, it's time for me to get back to Back to the Zelda. It's been quite some time.

Ech: Yeah, like four weeks! It hasn't found its way to the second page on the site yet, though. I wonder why.

I thought you seven were on vacation for this story.

Roo: We were, but we decided to intervene.

Well, for intervening, you get this! (tosses furute at Ech)

Ech: AAAAH! GET IT OFF ME! GET IT OFF AND I'LL SAY IT!

Furute, sit. You know, it may have been weird so far, but just wait for the item Marty finds in the Shadow Temple. Then it'll really get good.

Ech: Good, okay, TTE owns nothing but us. And we're even stretching it. Jeez, I remember when I was the only one...

Well, let's get going!

"Clara, are you sure that we're going the right way?"

"Trust me, Marty, when have I gotten you lost before so that you were precariously stuck in a completely different time period than your own?"

"Good point."

Yep, Marty and Clara were heading through the Lost Woods, all the time hearing Babs's song repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over... They walked around and around until finally, something caught Marty's eye.

"Hey, Clara, do you remember the Kokiri forest?"

"Very vaguely, Marty. Ever since I recognized your ocarina, my memories of Hill Valley came back and mostly erased the ones I had of Hillrule. I don't know why it happened, but you say that the same thing happened to Emmett when you said your name."

"That's right. At first, though, I was the only one who remembered Hill Valley. It's like I traveled through time and changed history to make everyone remember things like this had always been here."

Marty looked over towards another open log, and then it hit him. That was the way back to the Kokiri forest! He ran through the opening, and suddenly found himself in the place he wanted to go: the forest where he had apparently been raised. When he looked for the Kokiri children, he thought that he'd find them in their green clothes, like they had been in the game. Unfortunately for him, the only thing he saw was his vest, jacket, shirts, blue jeans, and even his Nike shoes replicated in every way on everyone he saw there. He stood in shock that anyone, especially all of these little kids, would actually wear the exact same thing as him. [Imagine how surprised he'd be if he went to the DeLorean Car Show.] Marty ran over to the nearest little kid he saw, and asked them for help. "Hey, kid, do you know where I could find Babs?"

"Gee, Mister, you're pretty big to be wearing clothes like that."

"Uh... Sure. But can you help me find Babs?"

"She went to the Sacred Forest Meadow. You should find her there." The Kokiri told him.

"Thanks a lot." Marty ran over to the stump entrance that led to the Lost Woods, and as soon as he heard Babs's song start to play, he knew he was going in the right direction. He went right, remembering the way he went while playing the game earlier. Of course, to his surprise, as the music got louder, he saw another Kokiri ahead of him.

"Hey!" the small Marty-clothed person called to him, "Babs told me to guard the forest and make sure that nobody stops her from going to the Forest Temple."

"I don't have time for this, kid."

"Whoa, whoa, no passing!"

"What do you want me to do, kid? Play her song on my ocarina?"

Mido thought about Marty's proposition for a moment, putting his hand on his chin to keep Marty from becoming bored. "All right, whoever you are, play her song. It'll prove to me that you're her friend. She only teaches it to them, you know." Marty accepted the small challenge; he had memorized the song from when he had called her in Kakariko Village. Marty played the song with his stainless steel ocarina, proving to Mido that he knew Babs enough to know her song. Mido resigned to Marty's obvious friendship to Babs, only adding one thing before he let Marty go on: "It's the funniest thing, but you remind me of Marty McFly, that one Kokiri who left the forest after he killed the Great McFleku Tree seven years ago."

Marty nodded at Mido, knowing full well that he shouldn't say anything; Link and Mido were furious rivals in the game, and Marty was apparently Link's counterpart in this world. Marty continued through the Lost Woods, turning like he remembered doing in the game and getting to the Sacred Forest Meadow, the source of the music, very quickly.

"Well that was easy enough. Now all I have to do is–" Marty saw a Moblin pass by inside of the maze. "Aw, crap." Marty waited for the perfect time to pass the Moblin by and get through the maze. There couldn't be that many Moblins in there anyway. He ran down the path to the left, turned the corner, and was face-to-face with another Moblin. "Aw shoot!" Marty yelled as he brought out something–anything–to save himself from the Moblin. The Hookshot! Marty pressed its button and aimed straight for the Moblin, hitting it right in the eye. "Bull's-eye!" The Moblin fell to the ground, defeated, and Marty picked up the rupees that it left behind. "You know, Clara, I'm starting to like this thing."

"Well, Marty you should watch out, because another one of those hideous things is coming right this way!" Marty blocked with his Hillian Shield and smashed the Hookshot's blade directly into the Moblin's stomach, killing it as well. Marty picked up the rupees and a little heart that it left behind. Marty saw the end of the maze ahead of him; finally he could get to the Forest Temple. "Jeez, now this should be easy. I mean, what could the boss be, a leaf?"

"Uh, Marty, there's another–" SMASH! "–Moblin ahead." Clara pointed at the gigantic club-swinging Moblin ahead of them. "Well then, Clara, we'll just have to have a little "target practice," won't we?" Marty got the Hookshot ready to fire. "Now remember, I'm a crack shot at this." Ka-chink! Ka- chink! Ka-chink! Marty fired away at the Moblin, killing it with three hits and gaining ten rupees from it. Now Marty was completely free to go into the– "Hey, where the hell's the staircase?" –Okay, maybe not.

"Marty, look, there's someone there!"

"Sheik!" Marty yelled to the figure standing near where the stairs would be.

"Marty McFly." Sheik said. "I've been waiting for you, Hero of Time. This song that you will play on your DeLocarina can bring you back here whenever you want to. Play this: The Minuet of Forest." Marty followed Sheik's harp, playing the notes on his DeLocarina of Time. When he finished, he went to ask Sheik a question, like what the heck was going on, and if Sheik knew that this wasn't Marty's world, or any of theirs, to be exact. Marty approached slowly, but before he knew it, Sheik had left Marty in the same way as before, a flash and then nothing.

"Sheik's very mysterious, don't you think, Marty?"

"Yeah, Clara. But it's kind of weird... It feels like Sheik's hiding something from us."

"Well, there's time for that later, Marty, we have to get home to Hill Valley and defeat Biff! Hookshot up to the ledge above and we can get into the Temple from there!"

Marty did as she said, flying off from the ground as the chain retracted towards the branch above the entrance. Marty put it away after he landed and walked in to begin his quest for the Forest Medallion.

Ech: Wow. I totally love this DMC font.

Roo: Too bad that it won't work when TTE puts it up. Oh well.

Wex: Or will it...?

Antiech: I wish it would. Then people could really appreciate it.

Antiroo: Well, hey, don't you guys forget to review! TTE won't make more until after that happens.

Platypous: Next time on Back to the Zelda: The Forest Temple, and NOT the Poe Sisters. Who can guess who's gonna be their counterparts?

Princess Aquaech: I'll give you a hint: they really are siblings. Two guesses to who they are.