''=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.
Chapter 3
The drawbridge lowered. Two people on a horse ran across it, followed by an evil Gerudo. A princess with long, blonde hair through something into the moat, before they disappeared into the distance
"Navi, where are you? Come here." The Deku Tree said.
Navi flitted in front of the Deku Tree.
"Navi, listen to me. Do you sense it? Evil is descending upon Hyrule. They are even now gathering to attack us.
For a long time, this Forest has stood as a barrier, keeping the order of the world.
It is time for the boy who has no fairy to begin the quest. The one whose destiny it is to lead Hyrule to truth.
Navi, find him and his sister. Go to him, and lead them both to me. I don't have very long to live. Fly, Navi! The fate of Hyrule depends on you!"
Navi flew into Link's house and flitted around his head.
"Hey, Link, wake up! The Great Deku Tree wants to talk with you!"
Navi flew up and down in front of him. "Come on! Can the fate of the world really depend on such a lazy boy?"
Link yawned, and sat up on his bed.
"You finally woke up! I'm Navi. The Great Deku Tree gave me to you. I'm your fairy now. The Great Deku Tree needs to talk to you!"
Link nodded, and ran out of his house. Saria and Anna came by his house, just as he ran out of it.
"Yippee!" Saria said.
"Hi, Link!" Anna finished.
Link climbed down the ladder to meet his two best friends.
"You got a fairy!" Saria continued.
Next, was Anna. "Finally you have a guardian fairy, Link!"
"That's great!" Saria said.
"Good job!" Anna said, right after Saria. Surprisingly, she said it in a non-sarcastic context.
"Now you're an actual Kokiri!" Saria continued.
"Is that true? The Great Deku Tree needs to talk to you?" Anna asked.
"Oh, that reminds me. He needs to see you as well, Saria 2." Navi said, taking a guess as to which one was Link's twin sister.
"Why?" Anna asked.
"I don't make the news, I just bring it." Navi said.
"Nothing new for Saria 2! It's an honour to go talk with the Great Deku Tree for you, though Link!" Saria exclaimed.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Anna demanded.
"Nothing, Saria 2. I'll wait for you two here." Saria replied.
Anna and Link ran to the entrance of where the Deku Tree lived. Mido was guarding it.
"We have to go see the Great Deku Tree, Mido." Anna said coldly.
"Watch your tone when you talk to me. I'll let you past, but he," Mido jerked a thumb at Link. "Needs to get a sword and shield, before he can go past." He finished in the same tone as Anna.
Anna glared at him. "I could say the same for you." She replied. She sighed, and in a softer tone, said to Link, "I'll wait for you here."
Link nodded, and went off to get a sword and shield.
"Saria 2, why do you like the mute better than me?" Mido asked. Anna ignored him.
"Will you tell me?" He persisted.
Anna spun around to face him, her blue eyes flashing. "Don't call him a mute! He has a name!" Anna shrieked at Mido.
"But he is a mute." Mido sputtered, taken aback.
"That doesn't give you the right to call him a mute! You want to know why he's our friend, and not you? You bully everyone! You're not trustworthy!"
"Yes, I am." Mido replied.
"Really? Saria asked you to get rid of the grass in front of our house, and you got another Kokiri to do it! We can't even trust you to do that!"
"That kind of stuff is beneath me."
"That's another reason! You think you're above the other Kokiri! Let me ask you something. How many times have you talked with the Great Deku Tree?"
"None. But what does that have to do with anything?"
Anna smirked. "I talk with the Great Deku Tree on a regular basis."
"What?!"
"You heard me. Still think you're above the other Kokiri?" Anna replied.
Just then, Link showed up with a sword and shield.
"You call that a shield and sword? It'll do, though. Shoot! How did you get to be the favourite of the Great Deku Tree and the Sarias?" He looked at Anna. "Don't answer that." With that, he stomped off.
Link leaned over to Anna and whispered, "He looked like he was taken down a few notches."
Anna laughed. "You could say that."
"What'd you do?"
"I yelled at him." She replied.
Link cracked up.
"Come on; let's go see the Great Deku Tree." Anna said, smiling.
Link nodded, still laughing.
They went ahead into the section of Kokiri forest where the Deku Tree lived.
"Link, are you ready to get rid of the curse the Gerudo put on me?" The Deku Tree asked.
Link nodded.
"It's time already?" Anna asked quietly.
"Yes, it's time already." The Deku Tree told Anna.
Link gazed at Anna. She didn't look shocked or scared. Actually, she looked resigned.
The Deku Tree opened his mouth, and Link walked into it.
Anna sighed, and sat down. This was going to take a while.
A couple hours later, Link came out.
The Deku Tree told him about the Triforce, and about how Hyrule began, and gave him the Kokiri Emerald.
"Now, Anna. What I need to tell you is about your past." The Deku Tree said to her.
Anna gasped. She recognized the name, yet how was that possible when she was called Saria 2 all her life?
"Run a hand through your hair." The Deku Tree instructed her.
She did so. She looked at her hand, and gasped again. Green dye had come off in her hand.
"I'm sorry I deceived you all these years. You are not Saria's twin sister, you are Link's.
You are not a Kokiri named Saria 2; you are a Hylian named Anna. You will still remain a Sage, because you are the Hero of Time's twin sister."
"B-but why?" Anna stammered.
"To…protect…you…both….Goodbye…." The Deku Tree said. With what he had to tell the two Hylians done, the Deku Tree died.
Goodbye. Anna said silently.
Link put his arm around her, and they walked into Kokiri Forest.
"You killed the Great Deku Tree!" Mido accused Link.
Link rolled his eyes, and went off to his house.
Anna glared at Mido, and pointed him to his house.
"OK, OK, I can take a hint." Mido said, stomping off again.
Anna sighed, stuck her head under the water, and gave her head a good rub to get the dye out.
She moved to another section of water, and blinked. She had gotten all the dye out of her hair, and wasn't used to seeing herself with blonde hair.
She got a bottle out of a pocket, and scooped up all the dye, in case she needed to become Saria 2 again. She hoped it wouldn't be necessary.
She saw Saria heading out of Kokiri Forest, and ran after her.
"Saria!" Anna called.
Saria turned. "Huh? Who are you?"
"Saria, it's me!" Anna said.
"I don't know you." Saria replied.
Anna gritted her teeth and made a decision. "Will this convince you?" She pressed something into Saria's hand. Saria looked down. It was a fairy ocarina, almost identical to hers.
"Saria 2?" She asked in disbelief.
"In a way." Anna said, shrugging.
Saria looked at her hair. "You dyed your hair." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"Sort of. This is my natural hair color." Anna replied.
"How? You've had green hair all your life."
"That was the dye." Anna explained.
Saria shook her head. "I'm confused."
"I'll explain later." Anna said. Link was coming.
"Give him my ocarina. I won't need it." Anna added.
Saria gaped at her. "Don't say that." She pleaded.
"What? The truth?" Anna asked harshly.
Saria sighed. "All right." She turned to Link. "You're leaving, aren't you? Here, take this." She said softly, holding out Anna's ocarina. "Whenever you play it, think of me and…"
"Anna." Anna supplied.
Saria nodded. "Think of me and Anna." She finished.
"Goodbye, Link." Anna said, quietly.
Link backed up, and ran out of Kokiri Forest.
Anna and Saria sighed sadly in unison.