Chapter 3
Link awoke as the sun was rising. He looked down the hill and saw the forest, just as he left it. He brushed his blonde hair out of his eyes and stood up. It was a rather cold morning. Link turned around and saw Ralph still sleeping. In the background Link could still see the castle in distance. They hadn't made much progress at all, which meant that they would skip breakfast and head out early. Link walked over to Ralph and had the pleasure of pinching his nose so that he couldn't breath. Ralph woke up quickly gasping for air and thrashing his arms and legs.
Link: Come on we're going now.
Ralph: But the sun is barely up! I just woke up and we haven't had breakfast.
Link: Well we're going now because we wasted a lot of time yesterday.
Ralph: I thought I was the leader here.
Link: You are. I'm just rebelling against your rule.
Link snatched Ralph's blanket right up from on top of him. Ralph curled into a ball as the cold air hit him like a bag of bricks. Link loaded the camp supplies onto the horses that where tied to a low hanging tree branch near by. Link then untied the horses and dragged Ralph's horse over to the shivering ball that was Ralph.
Link: Come on get dressed! We got to get going.
Ralph reluctantly put on some clothes and some light armor.
Link: Okay now when where in the woods your job is to protect the horses.
Ralph was too uncomfortable and tired to complain about him being the ruler of the operation.
Link: Okay now lets go.
Ralph and link dragged the horses down the hill until they came to the edge of the forest. Ralph Pulled out his sword quickly. Link put his shield and sword onto Epona.
Ralph: Aren't you using a sword?
Link: Nope.
He walked up to a nearby tree and snapped of a clean, smooth, long branch. Ralph laughed. Ralph: Don't tell me you're going in there armed with a stick.
Link: This isn't a stick this is a Deku stick.
Ralph: Whatever.
Epona walked by herself, as if she knew the route. Link walked ahead moving through the trees with extreme stealth and agility. Someone had made a couple of very crude little paths through the brush. But it still wasn't a true road. They walked for a while; in some areas the canopy was so thick it almost looked like nightfall. Then they came to a much clearer road made of grass that was about ten feet wide. They followed this path for a while when suddenly up ahead Link froze and listened.
Ralph: What is it?
But Link held up a hand to silence him. They stood there for a about a minute when link started walking backwards toward Ralph and the horses, His stick raised in the air. There was something in the bushes. Ralph could hear it now. Ralph looked around with his sword raised ready to confront anything that might attack him. Then, out of the bushes leaped several forest wolves.
A forest wolf is not to be confused with the common wolf. They are related to the snow wolves. This species of wolf is actually somewhat of a wolf/man species but it is much more of a wolf then a man. The only thing they have in common to a man is that they have learned how to balance on two legs, however they are not very good at walking, so they usually are on all fours. They only stand on two legs to fight other creatures. By standing on two legs they can swipe and slash at things with there front claws. Their front arms have become very hard from blocking other wolves, when they fight amongst themselves. This means they can block with there arms when they are attacked. This has also led to there front legs being much more muscular in comparison to there back legs.
The wolves slowly moved forward on four legs, showing their teeth. Link was surprised to be so boldly attacked by them because, although they where aggressive, it was not that common for them to attack people without having a reason to do so. The wolves approached Link with caution. When they got close they rose up on two feet and stumbled towards link. Link hit one across the face with the Deku stick and then stabbed another one in the stomach with it. A wolf slashed at link. Link rolled to the side to avoid the attack then hit the wolf in the legs, knocking them out from under it. Ralph stood and watched as Link combated the strangely bold creatures. He was brought back to reality by the sight of two wolves approaching him on four legs and advancing quickly upon him and the cargo. He stabbed one in the back, killing it. The other wolf was outraged by the death of his friend and leaped at Ralph. Epona ran in the way of the wolf and kicked it in the face with her rear legs. Ralph was stunned that a horse could be so smart as to protect another human from a vicious beast. Epona gave Ralph a look as if to say " I told you I was better then that other horse". Link hit one in the rib and poked it in the neck. Then he swung for ones face. The wolf caught the stick in its jaws and snapped it in half. More wolves had come to see what all the noise was about. Link picked up the two pieces off stick and threw them at two other wolves, hitting them in the face. The wolves began moving in on Link. Without having a weapon to fight them with, Link rolled up his sleeves and jumped on one of the wolves. Link bravely engaged the wolves in a wrestling match. He picked one up and dropped it on another. Then he kicked one in the face and punched another in the nose. He leaped onto the back of one and started to choke it. He stood up and was slashed across the chest. He let out a cry and slumped to the ground.
Ralph: Link!
The wolves advanced on Ralph. Ralph raised his sword prepared to slay as many as he could. Ralph knew he couldn't fight them all. This was it, he was done for. Then all of the sudden a spear came flying out of nowhere, striking a wolf in its side. Then rocks, nuts and spears came flying from all directions at the wolves. Ralph got down as a wide variety of things flew past his head, hitting the bewildered wolves. The wolves ran away and disappeared into the bush. Ralph cautiously stood up.
Ralph: Whose there? Show yourself!
Out of the bushes crept several Deku shrubs.
The Deku are often described as living bushes. But this description is not quite true. Deku are very bizarre creatures that thrive in the woods. They are about the size of a bush but they are not bushes. Their skin is a brownish color, to help them camouflage among the trees. Their skin is also very thick and tough, which has often given them the description of being made of wood. They are not made of wood, but they are not far from it. They have large expression full eyes. One of there most bizarre attributes is their nose. Their nose is hollow and circular. The Deku can put Deku nuts in their tube like nose and fire them with extreme skill. Although this may not seem very hygienic it actually is quite effective. The Dekus are peaceful people but they can defend themselves quite well. They enjoy parties and music. They have a connection with trees and rush to there aid when there is a disturbance amongst them. They dress in clothes they make out of leaves and bark. There clothes are usually very decorative and colorful and when hiding they can dress in the same color as the leaves of the trees they are near, to further hide them.
Ralph raised his hands above his head.
Ralph: People of the forest, I come in peace.
Deku: We know, the trees told us you mean good.
Ralph slowly lowered his hands and rushed over to Link. Link began getting up as he approached.
Ralph: Hey your not.. Link: Dead? Of course not, it's only a scratch.
Ralph looked at Links chest. His clothes had a huge rip across the front and the wound was bleeding rather badly.
Deku: Here rub this on it.
The Deku handed Link a small vile full of red liquid. Link splash the red stuff on his chest and the bleeding stopped.
Deku: Come, well take you're the kokori village, that's nearby.
The group of Dekus led Link and Ralph through the forest.
Link: Why did those wolves attack us?
Deku: They have been acting like that recently. The trees and the animals have been disturbed lately by something, but we can't think of what it could be.
They came to a rope bridge that marked the entrance into the kokori children's village. They crossed the rope bridge and found themselves in a small and peaceful village.
Link: Ah, home sweet home.
All around them children played and sang and did all sorts of peaceful things that children do. But these where not just children, these where the Kokori.
Kokori where just as normal as you and me. The only difference being, that they never grew up. They never stopped being children. They where always children they never became adults. They where protected by the Deku and lived in gigantic hollowed out trees. They strictly wore green. This is the place Link had been raised in. For many years he had been raised under the impression that he was a Kokori child. But after he set off on his quest he found out that his mother's town had been under attack. His mother took him and fled to the forest, where she left him in the care of the great Deku tree. After she left him in the hands of the tree she fled, never to be seen again. He was 100% Hylian. The Kokori crowded around them trying to see why the Deku had come to the village.
Deku: Children prepare a feast to welcome are visitors!
The children let out a cheer and began running around, setting up a feast. Link talked to the Leader of the Dekus and walked back towards Ralph.
Link: Ralph, stay here I have business to attend to.
Link walked away from the group and walked through a small path that lead from the village. He walked only a very short distance before he came to a massive clearing. In the middle of this clearing was a fairly large tree. Behind the tree was the dead crumbled remains of what had once been the largest tree Link had ever seen. This new tree was the new Great tree of the forest. The tree was the ruler of the forest and he over saw everything that took place in it. The dead crumbling remains where what was left of the old great tree, it died after Ganon put a curse on it. The now dead tree was the tree that Link's mother had entrusted the protection of her son. When the tree died, a new tree replaced it and grew over time. It was now fairly large.
Link: Hello, great Deku tree.
Tree: I've been expecting you.
Link: Yeah, I thought you might be the one to ask about where Jamie went.
Tree: Whoever stole her has a much bigger scheme their plotting.
Link: Like what?
Tree: I don't know. But it is something evil.
Link: But what would they want with Jamie.
Tree: It's hard to tell I don't see much past the borders of these woods. But you'll need more people with you if you plan on stopping them.
Link: Any other advice?
Tree: Head to Zoras River.
Link: Why?
Tree: The Zoras are wise. They might know more about the matter then I.
Link: Okay. Ill try that. Thanks for the help.
Tree: Any time.
Link ran back down the path to join the party.
Link awoke as the sun was rising. He looked down the hill and saw the forest, just as he left it. He brushed his blonde hair out of his eyes and stood up. It was a rather cold morning. Link turned around and saw Ralph still sleeping. In the background Link could still see the castle in distance. They hadn't made much progress at all, which meant that they would skip breakfast and head out early. Link walked over to Ralph and had the pleasure of pinching his nose so that he couldn't breath. Ralph woke up quickly gasping for air and thrashing his arms and legs.
Link: Come on we're going now.
Ralph: But the sun is barely up! I just woke up and we haven't had breakfast.
Link: Well we're going now because we wasted a lot of time yesterday.
Ralph: I thought I was the leader here.
Link: You are. I'm just rebelling against your rule.
Link snatched Ralph's blanket right up from on top of him. Ralph curled into a ball as the cold air hit him like a bag of bricks. Link loaded the camp supplies onto the horses that where tied to a low hanging tree branch near by. Link then untied the horses and dragged Ralph's horse over to the shivering ball that was Ralph.
Link: Come on get dressed! We got to get going.
Ralph reluctantly put on some clothes and some light armor.
Link: Okay now when where in the woods your job is to protect the horses.
Ralph was too uncomfortable and tired to complain about him being the ruler of the operation.
Link: Okay now lets go.
Ralph and link dragged the horses down the hill until they came to the edge of the forest. Ralph Pulled out his sword quickly. Link put his shield and sword onto Epona.
Ralph: Aren't you using a sword?
Link: Nope.
He walked up to a nearby tree and snapped of a clean, smooth, long branch. Ralph laughed. Ralph: Don't tell me you're going in there armed with a stick.
Link: This isn't a stick this is a Deku stick.
Ralph: Whatever.
Epona walked by herself, as if she knew the route. Link walked ahead moving through the trees with extreme stealth and agility. Someone had made a couple of very crude little paths through the brush. But it still wasn't a true road. They walked for a while; in some areas the canopy was so thick it almost looked like nightfall. Then they came to a much clearer road made of grass that was about ten feet wide. They followed this path for a while when suddenly up ahead Link froze and listened.
Ralph: What is it?
But Link held up a hand to silence him. They stood there for a about a minute when link started walking backwards toward Ralph and the horses, His stick raised in the air. There was something in the bushes. Ralph could hear it now. Ralph looked around with his sword raised ready to confront anything that might attack him. Then, out of the bushes leaped several forest wolves.
A forest wolf is not to be confused with the common wolf. They are related to the snow wolves. This species of wolf is actually somewhat of a wolf/man species but it is much more of a wolf then a man. The only thing they have in common to a man is that they have learned how to balance on two legs, however they are not very good at walking, so they usually are on all fours. They only stand on two legs to fight other creatures. By standing on two legs they can swipe and slash at things with there front claws. Their front arms have become very hard from blocking other wolves, when they fight amongst themselves. This means they can block with there arms when they are attacked. This has also led to there front legs being much more muscular in comparison to there back legs.
The wolves slowly moved forward on four legs, showing their teeth. Link was surprised to be so boldly attacked by them because, although they where aggressive, it was not that common for them to attack people without having a reason to do so. The wolves approached Link with caution. When they got close they rose up on two feet and stumbled towards link. Link hit one across the face with the Deku stick and then stabbed another one in the stomach with it. A wolf slashed at link. Link rolled to the side to avoid the attack then hit the wolf in the legs, knocking them out from under it. Ralph stood and watched as Link combated the strangely bold creatures. He was brought back to reality by the sight of two wolves approaching him on four legs and advancing quickly upon him and the cargo. He stabbed one in the back, killing it. The other wolf was outraged by the death of his friend and leaped at Ralph. Epona ran in the way of the wolf and kicked it in the face with her rear legs. Ralph was stunned that a horse could be so smart as to protect another human from a vicious beast. Epona gave Ralph a look as if to say " I told you I was better then that other horse". Link hit one in the rib and poked it in the neck. Then he swung for ones face. The wolf caught the stick in its jaws and snapped it in half. More wolves had come to see what all the noise was about. Link picked up the two pieces off stick and threw them at two other wolves, hitting them in the face. The wolves began moving in on Link. Without having a weapon to fight them with, Link rolled up his sleeves and jumped on one of the wolves. Link bravely engaged the wolves in a wrestling match. He picked one up and dropped it on another. Then he kicked one in the face and punched another in the nose. He leaped onto the back of one and started to choke it. He stood up and was slashed across the chest. He let out a cry and slumped to the ground.
Ralph: Link!
The wolves advanced on Ralph. Ralph raised his sword prepared to slay as many as he could. Ralph knew he couldn't fight them all. This was it, he was done for. Then all of the sudden a spear came flying out of nowhere, striking a wolf in its side. Then rocks, nuts and spears came flying from all directions at the wolves. Ralph got down as a wide variety of things flew past his head, hitting the bewildered wolves. The wolves ran away and disappeared into the bush. Ralph cautiously stood up.
Ralph: Whose there? Show yourself!
Out of the bushes crept several Deku shrubs.
The Deku are often described as living bushes. But this description is not quite true. Deku are very bizarre creatures that thrive in the woods. They are about the size of a bush but they are not bushes. Their skin is a brownish color, to help them camouflage among the trees. Their skin is also very thick and tough, which has often given them the description of being made of wood. They are not made of wood, but they are not far from it. They have large expression full eyes. One of there most bizarre attributes is their nose. Their nose is hollow and circular. The Deku can put Deku nuts in their tube like nose and fire them with extreme skill. Although this may not seem very hygienic it actually is quite effective. The Dekus are peaceful people but they can defend themselves quite well. They enjoy parties and music. They have a connection with trees and rush to there aid when there is a disturbance amongst them. They dress in clothes they make out of leaves and bark. There clothes are usually very decorative and colorful and when hiding they can dress in the same color as the leaves of the trees they are near, to further hide them.
Ralph raised his hands above his head.
Ralph: People of the forest, I come in peace.
Deku: We know, the trees told us you mean good.
Ralph slowly lowered his hands and rushed over to Link. Link began getting up as he approached.
Ralph: Hey your not.. Link: Dead? Of course not, it's only a scratch.
Ralph looked at Links chest. His clothes had a huge rip across the front and the wound was bleeding rather badly.
Deku: Here rub this on it.
The Deku handed Link a small vile full of red liquid. Link splash the red stuff on his chest and the bleeding stopped.
Deku: Come, well take you're the kokori village, that's nearby.
The group of Dekus led Link and Ralph through the forest.
Link: Why did those wolves attack us?
Deku: They have been acting like that recently. The trees and the animals have been disturbed lately by something, but we can't think of what it could be.
They came to a rope bridge that marked the entrance into the kokori children's village. They crossed the rope bridge and found themselves in a small and peaceful village.
Link: Ah, home sweet home.
All around them children played and sang and did all sorts of peaceful things that children do. But these where not just children, these where the Kokori.
Kokori where just as normal as you and me. The only difference being, that they never grew up. They never stopped being children. They where always children they never became adults. They where protected by the Deku and lived in gigantic hollowed out trees. They strictly wore green. This is the place Link had been raised in. For many years he had been raised under the impression that he was a Kokori child. But after he set off on his quest he found out that his mother's town had been under attack. His mother took him and fled to the forest, where she left him in the care of the great Deku tree. After she left him in the hands of the tree she fled, never to be seen again. He was 100% Hylian. The Kokori crowded around them trying to see why the Deku had come to the village.
Deku: Children prepare a feast to welcome are visitors!
The children let out a cheer and began running around, setting up a feast. Link talked to the Leader of the Dekus and walked back towards Ralph.
Link: Ralph, stay here I have business to attend to.
Link walked away from the group and walked through a small path that lead from the village. He walked only a very short distance before he came to a massive clearing. In the middle of this clearing was a fairly large tree. Behind the tree was the dead crumbled remains of what had once been the largest tree Link had ever seen. This new tree was the new Great tree of the forest. The tree was the ruler of the forest and he over saw everything that took place in it. The dead crumbling remains where what was left of the old great tree, it died after Ganon put a curse on it. The now dead tree was the tree that Link's mother had entrusted the protection of her son. When the tree died, a new tree replaced it and grew over time. It was now fairly large.
Link: Hello, great Deku tree.
Tree: I've been expecting you.
Link: Yeah, I thought you might be the one to ask about where Jamie went.
Tree: Whoever stole her has a much bigger scheme their plotting.
Link: Like what?
Tree: I don't know. But it is something evil.
Link: But what would they want with Jamie.
Tree: It's hard to tell I don't see much past the borders of these woods. But you'll need more people with you if you plan on stopping them.
Link: Any other advice?
Tree: Head to Zoras River.
Link: Why?
Tree: The Zoras are wise. They might know more about the matter then I.
Link: Okay. Ill try that. Thanks for the help.
Tree: Any time.
Link ran back down the path to join the party.