''=thoughts, () =stuff that is an off hand bit of the story, (()) =A/Ns, ""=Dialogue, This=Link, This=Saria's spirit, This=Anna.
Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time belongs to Nintendo, not me. I only own Anna.
Anna and Saria climbed up the vines, and ran into the Lost Woods.
"You know the way?" Anna asked.
"Of course. Do you?" Saria replied.
Anna rolled her eyes in response.
"Good point. I shouldn't have asked." Saria said.
Anna cocked her head, listening. "Saria 2, we're the ones who play the song." Saria said slowly.
Anna ignored her. "That way." She said, pointing.
"How do you know? There's no music." Saria said.
"None that you can hear, Saria." Anna replied.
"Are you saying I'm deaf?!" Saria shrieked.
"In a way, yes. You have not realized your power." Anna said.
"WHAT?! I have no powers!" Saria continued to shriek.
Anna opened her mouth to reply, but before she could… "Saria 2, your sister must not know about being one of the Sages of the Forest Temple." The Deku Tree boomed.
"OW!" Anna clapped her hands over her ears.
Silently, however, she said, What do you mean, one of the Sages of the Forest Temple? There's only supposed to be one!
"There's an exception for 'twins'. You will be the one who stays alive; she is the one who dies." The Great Deku Tree replied.
"What happened?" Saria asked Anna. Anna shook her head at Saria.
What do you mean 'she is the one who dies'? Anna demanded of the Deku Tree.
"Sacrifices must be made, so we can save the world." The Deku Tree said gravely.
But she's your own daughter! Anna cried.
"Never mind, Saria 2." With that, the Deku Tree disappeared from Anna's mind.
"Let's keep going." Anna said.
"Are you OK? You looked out of it for a while there." Saria said.
"I'm fine." Anna said stiffly, walking into the next section of the Lost Woods.
Saria ran after her. "Are you hiding something from me?"
"No." Anna said.
"Yes, you are."
Anna rolled her eyes, and turned around, heading back to Kokiri Forest.
"Where are you going?" Saria asked, running after her again.
By way of answering, Anna pointed to the sky. The sky was slowly darkening.
"Ah." Saria said, turning to leave as well.
When they got back, Link was waiting for them.
"Hey, Link." Anna greeted him. He waved.
Anna put her hands on her hips. "Come on, Link."
He gestured around them.
"Oh yeah. We're outside. Good point." Anna said tonelessly.
"We'd better get home." Saria said to Link.
He nodded, and the three of them headed down the vines, and to their houses.
"OK, Saria 2, what are you hiding from me." Saria demanded, once they got home.
Anna turned away from Saria, looking at a picture. "I can't tell you."
"Why not?" Saria asked softly.
"Because the Great Deku Tree won't let me." Anna replied.
I'm sorry, Great Deku Tree; I had to tell her that. And I will also have to tell her that I can hear you when she can't. Anna told the Deku Tree.
"It's all right Saria 2. Just don't tell her how or why. She'll find out soon enough." The Deku Tree replied.
Yes, Great Deku Tree. Anna replied formally, ignoring the implication about the Sages.
"You can hear the Great Deku Tree?" Saria inquired.
Anna nodded.
"How?"
"I can't tell you that. I can't tell you why either."
Saria nodded. "Fair enough."
"I think we should go to sleep now." Anna pointed out. "The other Kokiri are probably asleep by now."
"Yeah." Saria agreed.
Anna flopped down on the bed on her side of the room. When Saria turned out the light, Anna turned on a flashlight. She turned onto her stomach, and pulled out a book. She read for half an hour, before she fell asleep, her head dropping onto the book she held in her hands. She was too tired to put it away before she fell asleep.