''=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 4

Link was back in Kokiri Forest for a few days. Anna and Saria weren't waiting to meet him there, despite the fact they knew he was coming. He looked around. He couldn't see them anywhere in Kokiri Forest, so he decided to look for them in the Lost Woods.

"Hoo hoo! It's easy to get lost in the woods. Listen to the song that is playing. Where it is loudest is the way to go." The owl said, flying off.

Link found his way through the Lost Woods.

"Whoa! Deku Scrubs!" He cried, raising his shield.

He got past the Deku Scrubs, and his face lit up.

"Anna! Saria!" He ran towards them. Anna looked up. She jumped off the tree stump. Saria stayed where she was.

"Link…" She trailed off, thinking. "I need to teach you a song. Play along."

"Saria, are you sure?" Anna asked softly.

Saria nodded. "Just like you were."

Saria taught him the song. "Whenever you play the song, you can talk to me and Anna!" Saria exclaimed.

"Hey, Link, you're staying for a few days, right?" Anna asked. He nodded. "Why don't we pretend it's like before then? Only I have blonde hair, not green, and my name is not Saria 2." She suggested.

He thought for a second before answering. "OK."

"Come on, then." Saria said, hopping off the tree stump.

The three of them walked out of the Lost Woods. They had barely sat down to start talking, before Ganondorf stormed into Kokiri Forest.

"I'm looking for two blonde Hylians." Ganondorf said. All the Kokiri ignored him, except Saria, Anna, and Link.

"Anna! Where's the dye?" Saria whispered hurriedly.

"Back at our place. But I only have enough for one person." Anna whispered back.

"I'll go get it." Saria said, running to her house. She grabbed the bottle and ran back. "Here. Sorry, Link." She said.

Link shrugged. "It's OK."

Anna dumped the dye in her hair. Saria styled it so it looked exactly like her own hair style, and made sure that the dye coved all of Anna's hair. She put in a headband so they would look exactly alike.

"There. Done, Saria 2." Anna rolled her eyes at the name.

"Link, go back to our house. We'll get you when he's gone." Saria said.

Link nodded, and went to Saria's place.

"What's that?" Saria said loudly to attract the Gerudo's attention. "Do you see any Hylians, Saria 2?"

"No, Saria. Everyone here is a Kokiri. There are lots of Kokiri with blonde hair." Anna replied, trying not to laugh.

Ganondorf stomped over to them swiftly. "You," he pointed to Saria. "Will pay for your impudence. I think you know the two Hylians personally."

Saria rolled her eyes.

"Show me the way through those woods up there." He told her, pointing to the Lost Woods. "Or I'll make you show me."

Saria rolled her eyes again.

"You too." He said to Anna.

"I have to do something first." She told him snidely. She knew what was going to happen. She also knew she would be the one who lived. She also knew why she would be the one who didn't die.

"Very well. And watch your tone when you talk to me."

She ran off to where she and Saria lived. "Link! Saria won't be back, and I might not either. When it's safe, I'll send Tatl." She told him.

He nodded, and she ran back. "I'm done!" She called out.

"Good. Now show me the way, or I'll make you." He said again.

"How exactly are you going to do that?" Anna asked, laughing inwardly at him.

He laughed maniacally. "You'll find out. You'll find out."

"Whatever." Saria said, climbing up the vines, with Anna following her.

Ganondorf smirked, and jumped onto the ledge. "I didn't know Kokiri were so slow."

'So you want to use your piece of the Triforce to get ahead of us? Two can play at that game.' Anna thought, smirking.

Saria glared at him.

"You're only upping your punishment." He taunted. 'Maybe you think so, but you're wrong, Ganondorf.' Anna thought.

They went through the Lost Woods, with Ganondorf following.

Ganondorf took them both by the arm, and jumped into the Forest Temple.

"What is this place?" Saria asked.

Anna paled. "The Forest Temple. Didn't you ever wonder why we chose that place to hang out?" She whispered in awe. Then she started to laugh as she yanked her arm out of Ganondorf's grip. She spun around taking the dye out of her hair, and guiding it into the bottle.

Last, she took out the headband. "I'm surprised you haven't realized that you're helping my brother."

"You!" Ganondorf shouted, lunging at her in a fit of rage.

She dodged and looked around. "Look out, Saria!" She screamed.

'This is how Saria dies. It's my fault." Anna thought. 'Well, not exactly how she dies. It weakens her.' Anna amended.

Saria looked up, just as Ganondorf knocked her over. As he got up, the piece of the Triforce in his hand connected with her head. Anna winced.

"My work here is nearly done." Ganondorf, said, creating Phantom Ganon, and sticking him in a picture.

With that, he swept his cape around himself and disappeared, laughing insanely.

"Tatl, go tell Link it's safe to leave." Anna told her fairy.

Tatl nodded, and flew off.

"Saria, Saria, I'm so sorry." Anna said, dropping to her knees beside Saria.

"It wasn't your fault." Saria said weakly.

"Yes it was. And what happens next is my fault, too. I baited Ganondorf."

"Don't blame yourself." Saria said, trying to grin. 'I can stop this.' Anna thought grimly. She raised her trembling hands, summoning her Sage magic. Jets of green magic emanated from her hands, but refused to cooperate with what she wanted to do.

Phantom Ganon noticed the magic, and jumped out of the picture. He shot an arrow at them.

"Saria, I have to dodge. Your destiny lies along a different path then mine." Anna said apologetically.

"It's all right." Saria said.

"I'm sorry." Anna said, rolling out of the way.

Saria covered her face with her arms as the arrow came at her. She was too weak to use her Sage powers. Anna didn't bother using hers. She thought it wouldn't work, seeing as how they hadn't worked the last time she had used them.

Phantom Ganon shot arrow after arrow at Saria. Saria tried to block as many as she could, but soon she was too weak to do that. Anna shot her Sage magic at him, and banished him to the picture, until the Hero of Time came.

She ran over to Saria. "Saria!" She cried.

"Anna… that day in the Lost Woods… when I said I had no magic.…" Saria tried to say coughing up blood. She kept going. She had to tell Anna this. "I was wrong… I knew in my conscience I was wrong.… I'm sorry, Anna.… Take care of Tael…. Goodbye…" She said, with her last breath.

"Saria! No!" Anna sobbed. It was too late. Saria was gone.

Tatl flew back in. "He left safely." She said, oblivious to the fact that Saria was dead.

Anna ignored her. "Goodbye Saria." She said. She could feel tears pricking at her eyes. She squeezed them shut.

While she had her eyes shut, Saria somehow got to the Realm of the Sages.

Anna got up, and moved to another section of the Forest Temple, after trying to leave. The entrance had been barred. Tatl and Tael followed her. She refused to acknowledge them. A Skull Kid came up to her quietly, and took Tael, then darted through the barrier in front of the Forest Temple.

I'm sorry, Saria. I failed you again. She got no answer. Then again she didn't expect one.