Link: FIREBALLS! LOOK OUT!
The flaming boulders came down hard, each one felt like a comet coming down from the stars. Link had to dive out of the way as one landed near him. He stumbled and fell to ground. The ground shook as the boulders collided with trees, which exploded upon impact and sent flaming pieces of wood raining down everywhere. Link got to his feet. Many were already dead and the soldiers had been thrown off guard when the enemies got to them. The enemy swept over them like a cloud. The Deku parried the enemy's sword with their spears and swiped with the sharp tips of their spears. Link hit a man in the side, making a gash that spewed blood. Another came at him and link hit the man across the face with his thick metal shield, which broke his neck instantly. He killed several more foes before the trolls entered the forest. Link watched as the nearest troll dropped his club, uprooted a whole tree and then threw it at a group of Dekus, smashing them where they stood. The few soldiers that had been rallied now made no resistance at all and most of the enemies simply walked past them and destroyed more trees. The survivors stood in a group with their weapons drawn and fought of the enemy. Many of the Dekus leaped onto the back of a troll and stabbed him repeatedly with their spears. After a few minutes of them struggling with the giant the troll fell and made the ground rumble as it hit the forest floor. Drom and a troll had their hands locked to each other and were using all of their might to try to push each other back. Link watched in awe as Drom lifted the troll above his head and threw him down hard on the ground. The Dekus were dropping all around them like flies. Just as had been predicted the defense had been cut through in minutes. There was only about a dozen left and they stood huddled together ready to strike down anyone that cam near several of the soldiers made a large circle around them.
Soldier: put your weapons down! We are taking you as prisoner! If you resist we will kill you without hesitation! Put em down!
Maku: like hell we will!
He raised a boomerang above his head, ready to strike with it. The other soldiers grunted in agreement and waved their spears.
Link: no! Put them down! We'll do no good to anyone by throwing away our lives.
Ralph: are you crazy!
Link: shut up Ralph!
Ralph: do you know what they'll do to us!
Link turned to face Ralph
But was stopped by the soldiers.
Soldier: enough! Drop your weapons! Link threw down his sword and the others followed suit. The men moved in and were about to capture the group, when they stopped. There was a low roaring sound. It started out dull but steadily became louder. As it came closer it sounded like hundreds of small objects crashing through leaves on trees. Then they could make out several little wings fluttering. From off in the distance someone screamed. Everyone froze and looked over in the distance and out of the thick trees they could see hundreds of bright little lights flying towards them.
Treom: The fairies! The fairies come to the forest's aid!
The fairies came upon them like a great swarm and began ramming into the enemies. The bewildered foes swatted at them with their hands but the fairies easily dodged. Then they drew their swords and lashed out at the fairies. The fairies had to repel to the blows with their magic. If they were not quick enough tough they died instantly when struck by a blade. The group stood watching as the enemy fought the little balls of light. But the fairies could not possibly fight the whole army single handedly. Then Link watched as suddenly a rather long branch on a tree reached out, snatched a foe around the waist, and squeezed him to death. The other trees then began to follow suit and now what was happening became apparent. The fairies were not defending the forest the forest was defending itself. A foe lunged at link from the side. Link would have been hit but three fairies seized him by the collar of his shirt and flung him several feet. Link hit the ground and watched as the fairies confronted the man. Then he felt several other fairies grab his collar and he began to rise into the air. He looked around and saw the other survivors lifting into the air. The fairies began dragging them above the battle, out of harms way. The Deku's took advantage of this aerial view and flung some of their spears from above and take out enemies before they knew they were being attacked. The ground began to pound slowly just as it had when the trolls marched upon the forest. But this time it wasn't trolls that were marching into to battle, it was elephants along with a great many other things. Link looked down as they flew over an army of every animal in the forest. There was elephants, lions, wolves, forest wolves, ghomas, mice, beavers, caterpillars, spiders, skelutas, rabbits, pheasants and many, many more. Link looked up to see hundreds of birds and insects flying above them. The whole forest was rushing to its own aid. This was the intervention they needed to fight off this invasion. After they had passed over the animals and were out of harms way, fairies dropped all of them and flew off. They got to their feet slowly.
Deku: We have a chance now!
Link: but they aren't enough to stop the whole army we need to build a defense at the bridge!
Treom: but we won't make it! The river is going to block itself off! We won't be able to cross it in time!
Link: we must try! Hurry!
Deku: there's a way to get across, south of here but we might not get over in time and we'll be trapped!
Link: run!
They got up and ran through the foliage of the bushes and trees. Link darted through the brush and received several nicks and cuts. Link could feel his heart pounding and sweat falling from his face as he weaved in and out of the trees. It took them about 15 minutes to reach the river. They could here the waves coming their way. There wasn't much time at all they had come to a spot with a couple large stones in it. One of the men leaped from rock to rock and got to the other side. He beckoned the others to do so. Treom went next, followed by the remaining Deku soldiers. Then went Ralph and then Link. The water was close now; they would be able to see it any moment now. Drom stared at the water uncertainly. Gorons cannot swim at all and their weight doubles when in water which means they sink to the bottom like a stone and drown. Falling in would be fatal. He slowly leaped to the nearest stone, stopped and slowly leaped to the next. He was halfway across when the roaring waves appeared from around the bend in the river. Much as the trees had been fighting to protect themselves earlier the river was making a great current so that the enemy could not get across and enter the city. Once the rivers current was that strong the only way across would be the bridge. Drom stared at the great wall of water in terror as it came at him.
Link: hurry!
Drom leaped to the next stone. Maku was the only one left on the other side and he waited patiently for Drom to cross but he was stricken with fear as the water rushed towards him.
Link: come on!
Drom sucked up his fear and quickly hopped the next three stones and onto shore. Maku leaped into the water and sped towards the opposite bank.
Link: look out!
Maku was only halfway across when the massive wave of water swept him away.
Link: no!
Whenever the river defended it in this way, anyone that was swept in the current was washed downstream and never seen again. Link walked towards the bank and yelled for Maku but was drowned out as a blast of foam hit him and blew him backwards onto his back. Maku had disappeared under the water for a long time when they thought they glimpsed a hand struggling against the overwhelming current. Link rubbed his eyes as he saw Maku desperately swimming as fats as he possibly could upstream. But he was in a stalemate with the river and stayed in one place fighting back the raging river. Link: hold on!
He shot his hook shot just upstream of Maku. The hook went back downstream and right to Maku. Maku seized the chain and stopped swimming against the current. He went downstream and stopped when the slack ran out. Link felt a violent tug that jerked him off his feet. He lay on his stomach holding on to the handle of the device. Drom seized him around the mid section and began dragging Link backwards, which in turn inched Maku closer to the shore. Maku eventually was able to hold on long enough that he was able to touch the riverbed. He crawled onto land and gripped the grass. He pulled himself onto firm ground and lay there, panting. The others rushed to him. And so Maku was the first thing to ever survive the might of Wasberhn River in the depths of Lingoth forest. It really was a wonder that anything could stand a chance out there. Eventually Maku got to his feet.
Link: We have to help them at the bridge! The forest bought us time but if they get past the river there'll be nothing stopping them from destroying the city!
Treom: that was close! If we hadn't made it we would be trapped over there and would be killed by the enemy.
Ralph: yeah.
Deku: lets go!
One of the Deku soldiers took out a torch he was carrying and lit it. He ran ahead of the others with the torch raised above his head. the others followed and they ran along the river, following it to the bridge. The river kept a consistent roaring as they followed it upstream and looked very formidable. They soon could see the stone bridge. As they got close they could see that most of the army was positioned there ready to hold it. Link saw the confusion in their eyes as they listened to the battle that the forest was waging with the enemy. They had no idea what was going on the opposite bank. He could also see the sorrow in their eyes. It came to him that a scout must have reported Link entering the forest and that word had long since past that Link had not been able to escape the enemy and was now dead. One Deku commander stood up on a log as they approached.
Commander: let word spread across the world! It is a sad day for all who do not have a heart of evil and a day of great celebration for those who do! Today is the day that witnessed the death of the Hero Of Time!
Link: I don't know where you get your information!
Everyone turned on him.
Link: but it takes more then a host of trolls to bring me down!
If you had looked at the crowd you would have seen every single mouth hang open and gape. Many people rubbed their eyes and smacked themselves in the head a couple times and squinted. Link thought he saw one of them faint. He must look quite a sight he thought. Covered in blood and mud and standing with a ragged group of companions.
Link: well, the day is wasting. We don't have a moment to lose before them trolls reach us.
The group walked towards them as if nothing had happened at all. Instead of anyone saying anything every soldier got on their knees and bowed before them.
Link: im very flattered but this really isn't the time.
The soldiers were to amaze to speak. They slowly stood and resumed their positions. The soldiers all were carrying several spears and had Deku shields that had a red spiral on the front of them. Some had fairy bows. Several logs were being carried in and crude defenses were being built to block the bridge even thought they knew one blow form the club of a troll would shatter them instantly wires had been strung form one side of the river to the other to be used as zip lines if the men needed to get to the other side. Several of them were riding on wild boars and there were a few tamed elephants that were carrying large amounts of soldiers on them.
A commander approached them. He bowed deeply when he reached them.
Commander: Um, Link. Do you have any idea of what's going on over there?
He indicated to the trees where fire was raging and catapults were being fired. Trees were being toppled and eagles kept flying up and diving back down. Screams, roars and howls could be heard. Link told him the whole story of what he knew and the commander spread the word quickly.
Link went to the front line and notched an arrow on his bow, ready to strike the first thing he saw on the other side of the raging river. This forest was one of the strongest allies that Hyrule had now and if it fell then all hope would be lost.
The flaming boulders came down hard, each one felt like a comet coming down from the stars. Link had to dive out of the way as one landed near him. He stumbled and fell to ground. The ground shook as the boulders collided with trees, which exploded upon impact and sent flaming pieces of wood raining down everywhere. Link got to his feet. Many were already dead and the soldiers had been thrown off guard when the enemies got to them. The enemy swept over them like a cloud. The Deku parried the enemy's sword with their spears and swiped with the sharp tips of their spears. Link hit a man in the side, making a gash that spewed blood. Another came at him and link hit the man across the face with his thick metal shield, which broke his neck instantly. He killed several more foes before the trolls entered the forest. Link watched as the nearest troll dropped his club, uprooted a whole tree and then threw it at a group of Dekus, smashing them where they stood. The few soldiers that had been rallied now made no resistance at all and most of the enemies simply walked past them and destroyed more trees. The survivors stood in a group with their weapons drawn and fought of the enemy. Many of the Dekus leaped onto the back of a troll and stabbed him repeatedly with their spears. After a few minutes of them struggling with the giant the troll fell and made the ground rumble as it hit the forest floor. Drom and a troll had their hands locked to each other and were using all of their might to try to push each other back. Link watched in awe as Drom lifted the troll above his head and threw him down hard on the ground. The Dekus were dropping all around them like flies. Just as had been predicted the defense had been cut through in minutes. There was only about a dozen left and they stood huddled together ready to strike down anyone that cam near several of the soldiers made a large circle around them.
Soldier: put your weapons down! We are taking you as prisoner! If you resist we will kill you without hesitation! Put em down!
Maku: like hell we will!
He raised a boomerang above his head, ready to strike with it. The other soldiers grunted in agreement and waved their spears.
Link: no! Put them down! We'll do no good to anyone by throwing away our lives.
Ralph: are you crazy!
Link: shut up Ralph!
Ralph: do you know what they'll do to us!
Link turned to face Ralph
But was stopped by the soldiers.
Soldier: enough! Drop your weapons! Link threw down his sword and the others followed suit. The men moved in and were about to capture the group, when they stopped. There was a low roaring sound. It started out dull but steadily became louder. As it came closer it sounded like hundreds of small objects crashing through leaves on trees. Then they could make out several little wings fluttering. From off in the distance someone screamed. Everyone froze and looked over in the distance and out of the thick trees they could see hundreds of bright little lights flying towards them.
Treom: The fairies! The fairies come to the forest's aid!
The fairies came upon them like a great swarm and began ramming into the enemies. The bewildered foes swatted at them with their hands but the fairies easily dodged. Then they drew their swords and lashed out at the fairies. The fairies had to repel to the blows with their magic. If they were not quick enough tough they died instantly when struck by a blade. The group stood watching as the enemy fought the little balls of light. But the fairies could not possibly fight the whole army single handedly. Then Link watched as suddenly a rather long branch on a tree reached out, snatched a foe around the waist, and squeezed him to death. The other trees then began to follow suit and now what was happening became apparent. The fairies were not defending the forest the forest was defending itself. A foe lunged at link from the side. Link would have been hit but three fairies seized him by the collar of his shirt and flung him several feet. Link hit the ground and watched as the fairies confronted the man. Then he felt several other fairies grab his collar and he began to rise into the air. He looked around and saw the other survivors lifting into the air. The fairies began dragging them above the battle, out of harms way. The Deku's took advantage of this aerial view and flung some of their spears from above and take out enemies before they knew they were being attacked. The ground began to pound slowly just as it had when the trolls marched upon the forest. But this time it wasn't trolls that were marching into to battle, it was elephants along with a great many other things. Link looked down as they flew over an army of every animal in the forest. There was elephants, lions, wolves, forest wolves, ghomas, mice, beavers, caterpillars, spiders, skelutas, rabbits, pheasants and many, many more. Link looked up to see hundreds of birds and insects flying above them. The whole forest was rushing to its own aid. This was the intervention they needed to fight off this invasion. After they had passed over the animals and were out of harms way, fairies dropped all of them and flew off. They got to their feet slowly.
Deku: We have a chance now!
Link: but they aren't enough to stop the whole army we need to build a defense at the bridge!
Treom: but we won't make it! The river is going to block itself off! We won't be able to cross it in time!
Link: we must try! Hurry!
Deku: there's a way to get across, south of here but we might not get over in time and we'll be trapped!
Link: run!
They got up and ran through the foliage of the bushes and trees. Link darted through the brush and received several nicks and cuts. Link could feel his heart pounding and sweat falling from his face as he weaved in and out of the trees. It took them about 15 minutes to reach the river. They could here the waves coming their way. There wasn't much time at all they had come to a spot with a couple large stones in it. One of the men leaped from rock to rock and got to the other side. He beckoned the others to do so. Treom went next, followed by the remaining Deku soldiers. Then went Ralph and then Link. The water was close now; they would be able to see it any moment now. Drom stared at the water uncertainly. Gorons cannot swim at all and their weight doubles when in water which means they sink to the bottom like a stone and drown. Falling in would be fatal. He slowly leaped to the nearest stone, stopped and slowly leaped to the next. He was halfway across when the roaring waves appeared from around the bend in the river. Much as the trees had been fighting to protect themselves earlier the river was making a great current so that the enemy could not get across and enter the city. Once the rivers current was that strong the only way across would be the bridge. Drom stared at the great wall of water in terror as it came at him.
Link: hurry!
Drom leaped to the next stone. Maku was the only one left on the other side and he waited patiently for Drom to cross but he was stricken with fear as the water rushed towards him.
Link: come on!
Drom sucked up his fear and quickly hopped the next three stones and onto shore. Maku leaped into the water and sped towards the opposite bank.
Link: look out!
Maku was only halfway across when the massive wave of water swept him away.
Link: no!
Whenever the river defended it in this way, anyone that was swept in the current was washed downstream and never seen again. Link walked towards the bank and yelled for Maku but was drowned out as a blast of foam hit him and blew him backwards onto his back. Maku had disappeared under the water for a long time when they thought they glimpsed a hand struggling against the overwhelming current. Link rubbed his eyes as he saw Maku desperately swimming as fats as he possibly could upstream. But he was in a stalemate with the river and stayed in one place fighting back the raging river. Link: hold on!
He shot his hook shot just upstream of Maku. The hook went back downstream and right to Maku. Maku seized the chain and stopped swimming against the current. He went downstream and stopped when the slack ran out. Link felt a violent tug that jerked him off his feet. He lay on his stomach holding on to the handle of the device. Drom seized him around the mid section and began dragging Link backwards, which in turn inched Maku closer to the shore. Maku eventually was able to hold on long enough that he was able to touch the riverbed. He crawled onto land and gripped the grass. He pulled himself onto firm ground and lay there, panting. The others rushed to him. And so Maku was the first thing to ever survive the might of Wasberhn River in the depths of Lingoth forest. It really was a wonder that anything could stand a chance out there. Eventually Maku got to his feet.
Link: We have to help them at the bridge! The forest bought us time but if they get past the river there'll be nothing stopping them from destroying the city!
Treom: that was close! If we hadn't made it we would be trapped over there and would be killed by the enemy.
Ralph: yeah.
Deku: lets go!
One of the Deku soldiers took out a torch he was carrying and lit it. He ran ahead of the others with the torch raised above his head. the others followed and they ran along the river, following it to the bridge. The river kept a consistent roaring as they followed it upstream and looked very formidable. They soon could see the stone bridge. As they got close they could see that most of the army was positioned there ready to hold it. Link saw the confusion in their eyes as they listened to the battle that the forest was waging with the enemy. They had no idea what was going on the opposite bank. He could also see the sorrow in their eyes. It came to him that a scout must have reported Link entering the forest and that word had long since past that Link had not been able to escape the enemy and was now dead. One Deku commander stood up on a log as they approached.
Commander: let word spread across the world! It is a sad day for all who do not have a heart of evil and a day of great celebration for those who do! Today is the day that witnessed the death of the Hero Of Time!
Link: I don't know where you get your information!
Everyone turned on him.
Link: but it takes more then a host of trolls to bring me down!
If you had looked at the crowd you would have seen every single mouth hang open and gape. Many people rubbed their eyes and smacked themselves in the head a couple times and squinted. Link thought he saw one of them faint. He must look quite a sight he thought. Covered in blood and mud and standing with a ragged group of companions.
Link: well, the day is wasting. We don't have a moment to lose before them trolls reach us.
The group walked towards them as if nothing had happened at all. Instead of anyone saying anything every soldier got on their knees and bowed before them.
Link: im very flattered but this really isn't the time.
The soldiers were to amaze to speak. They slowly stood and resumed their positions. The soldiers all were carrying several spears and had Deku shields that had a red spiral on the front of them. Some had fairy bows. Several logs were being carried in and crude defenses were being built to block the bridge even thought they knew one blow form the club of a troll would shatter them instantly wires had been strung form one side of the river to the other to be used as zip lines if the men needed to get to the other side. Several of them were riding on wild boars and there were a few tamed elephants that were carrying large amounts of soldiers on them.
A commander approached them. He bowed deeply when he reached them.
Commander: Um, Link. Do you have any idea of what's going on over there?
He indicated to the trees where fire was raging and catapults were being fired. Trees were being toppled and eagles kept flying up and diving back down. Screams, roars and howls could be heard. Link told him the whole story of what he knew and the commander spread the word quickly.
Link went to the front line and notched an arrow on his bow, ready to strike the first thing he saw on the other side of the raging river. This forest was one of the strongest allies that Hyrule had now and if it fell then all hope would be lost.