Author's Note: I decided that I will wait until the longest I can wait for the last character. So that will be I guess when they travel to Death Mountain. So send those characters in. And I do accept female characters.

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

Ch. 6 Return to the Forest

Meanwhile in the barn Link wasn't having as great a time as Dameon.

"I hate cows!" He complained as Leon pushed him into the barn. "Why did you have to say we would stay in here?"

"'Cause we like to torture you." Navi said simply.

"B-but…" He was cut off as Leon threw him into the barn and locked the door. The barn was a decent size with sections for each of the cows to sleep. There was a large hay pile in the center of the barn where Ingo would distribute to the cows. In each of the sixteen sections was a rather large cow eating noisily.

One cow slowly walked up to Link.

"Eeep." Link ran to the corner of the barn and right into another cow. He screamed again and jumped head first into the pile of hay. Leon, Navi, and Neo stared for a moment then burst out laughing.

"You're really sad." Leon said between laughs. Link said nothing but stayed underneath the hay.

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In the morning Link awoke to the sound of chomping.

"What the…" Link looked up to see a cow opening its mouth to take a bite of some hay. Of course Link being who he is thought that the cow was going to eat him. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" He ran from the cow. Not realizing that the door to the barn was locked he ran right into it…. and broke it down.

Now Leon and the two fairies were watching this while rolling on the floor laughing. However they stopped when they saw that Link had knocked down the door.

"Oh crap. Malon is going to kill us." Leon said while gaping at the giant hole in the door.

"I didn't think he would have been able to knock a hole in the door." Navi said amazed.

"Well maybe if we get out of here she'll think that the cows did it." Neo said hopefully.

"I doubt it but… I guess it's worth a try." Leon said trying to convince himself that it would work. And with that the three ran for the corral.

Just as they had reached the other end of the corral to hide with Link Malon came out of the house to tell them that breakfast was done. She didn't notice them on the other side of the corral and thought they were in barn. As she turned the corner she saw what was left of the door.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE BARN DOOR!" She yelled furiously. She turned around outraged and looked for Link and the others. She spotted them on the other side of the corral. She looked like she was about to breathe fire. She practically flew over to where they hid. "What did you do?" She hissed out.

"It was him. It was him. It was him." Leon, Navi, and Neo said while pointing at Link each time they said it. She turned to him.

"What did you do!"

"B-but I didn-. He. They. It wasn't my fault!" He stammered out.

"You are going to pay for that!" And with that she started to chase him around the corral.

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"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE BARN DOOR!"

Dameon sighed as he heard Malon yell. He finished putting on his clothes and walked over to the window. He had changed his clothing from the robe and boots to a Sheikah outfit. It was a one piece suit that was tight and showed his muscled chest well. It was white on the chest with the Sheikah symbol, an eye with a single tear, in black. Its arms were black and so were the legs. His hands were wrapped in bandages. ( A/n: It looks a lot like Sheik's outfit. I'm not very good at that.) He had a small sheath on his back for his staff. He had also taken the blade off of his staff; it was also used as a dagger, and put it in its sheath and then that onto his hip.

He watched Malon from in the window. It's not like her to get mad. They must have done something really bad. He chuckled. He still couldn't believe that Link was the Hero of Time. He's afraid of cows. What kind of hero is afraid of cows? He sighed again as Malon started to chase Link. I guess I better stop her from killing Link.

He made his way down the staircase and past a still sleeping Talon and out the door. He slowly made his way to the corral.

"Malon let him go I'll pay for the door."

Malon stopped chasing Link and turned around to face Dameon. "No you don't hav…." She stopped talking as she looked at Dameon as he walked closer. She just stood there staring at him.

"Hey Malon are you alright?" He asked as he got closer.

"Uh yeah I'm fine." She blushed. "I didn't know you had that outfit." She said looking at anything but him.

"Yeah Impa gave it to me." He looked down at his clothing. "I don't really like it though but it's easier to fight in it."

"Why you look great."

"I-I do?" He asked his face turning scarlet.

"Yeah."

"T-thanks." He turned around to look at the barn door. "Listen Malon I'll pay for that…"

"No you won't. You had nothing to do with it. Link will pay for it."

"I will." He asked staring in disbelief. He didn't have that kind of money.

"Yes you and Leon."

"What? Why me?" He asked. "I didn't do it!"

"Because you probably made him do it."

"Fine." They said together.

"A new door will be about 500 rupees."

"WHAT?" Leon yelled.

"We don't have that kind of money." Link said desperately trying to get Dameon to help.

"You won't have to pay it immediately."

"We better get going Malon." Dameon said. "We have a long journey ahead of us."

"But you didn't even eat yet. You have to have something to eat before you go." Malon said pulling Dameon towards the house.

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After a fast breakfast the three boys went to the stable to saddle there horses. (A/n: I know nothing about horses so please correct me if I'm wrong.) They walked the horses over to the entrance of the ranch.

"Promise you'll be careful?" Malon asked Dameon worriedly.

"I promise. And once we come back from Death Mountain we'll come back here. Ok?"

"Yeah I'll be waiting." She walked close to him and kissed him lightly on the cheek. Dameon blushed a dark crimson that matched his eyes. He quickly turned away to try and hide it.

"Hey what about us?" Leon asked Malon while putting his cheek out ready for a kiss. But instead received a hard slap from Malon. "Ow. What was that for?" He asked rubbing the red mark on his cheek.

"For breaking the barn door." She shot Link and Leon a death glare. "And you two better return here with the money. Or else." She added threateningly.

The three of them mounted their horses.

"Bye Malon." They all said.

"Bye." The three of them headed off in the direction of the forest. "And please don't die." She added too quietly for them to hear.

The three of them rode on quietly making it to the edge of the forest by nightfall.

"I think it would be better if we stayed here for tonight." Link said thoughtfully.

"How come you have a house in the forest right?" Leon asked while dismounting his horse.

"Well yeah I do but I was sort of banished from the town."

"Banished?" Neo asked.

Link looked down at the ground.

"They all thought that he killed The Great Deku Tree." Navi said sadly. "But he wasn't really banished exactly. See Mido, he's like the leader of the Kokiri, made Link get out of the forest so he wouldn't be too happy about him coming back."

"So who cares we have to get in there." Leon said angrily.

"He's right we have to go into the forest if you want to see your friend. We don't have to. But if we don't we will turn around right now." Dameon said while leaning against a tree.

"Fine but we have to wait out here tonight it takes a little while to get to the village anyway." Link said nervously looking at the forest.

"All right. Now Link you can go get the wood and Dameon and Leon can go look for a river and get some water." Navi said directing everyone in the right way to go.

"Wait a minute who put you in charge?" Leon asked.

"Well I'm older so that makes me the leader." She said pointedly.

"Oh yeah how old are you?" He asked smirking.

"Uh…." She looked around nervously. "23." She said nervously. "Yeah that's it 23."

"Sure you are. She's not 23 is she Link?" No one answered him. "Link?" He looked around and saw no one. "Dameon?" Once again he didn't hear anything. He looked over to where Dameon was leaning against the tree and could see him walking quietly away in the glow of Neo. "Hey Dameon wait for me!" He yelled while running arms flailing at him.

"Phew that was a close one. I'm going to have to start pretending I'm 23." She said nervously waiting for the others to return.

They returned with the wood and water and made a small camp. Leon had shot down a bird and they had eaten that for dinner.

"Augh shut up will you!" Leon shouted at Link who was trying to play Zelda's Lullaby and not succeeding.

"Well sooooooorry. I was just trying to get it right," Link said annoyed.

"Well try some other time," Navi said irritably. "I'm trying to sleep."

"Fine I'll stop."

"While you two bicker I am going to get some sleep," Dameon stated as he closed his eyes, his back resting on a tree. "And I suggest you two do the same we are going to have a long day tomorrow."

The two agreed and put out the fire. Link found a nice bed of grass and fell asleep. Leon did the same and fell asleep also.

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Link and Leon woke up to the smell of another bird roasting on the fire.

"It's about time you two woke up," Dameon said casually.

"We were tired I mean we were walking all day," Leon said angrily.

"Well just hurry up we need to get to the forest," Dameon replied as he ate his food.

They ate rather quickly and were on there way through the forest.

"Hey is it true that if a hylian goes into the forest he turns into a stalfos?" Leon asked scared.

"Yes," Link replied but seeing the look on Leon's face added, "But only if you stay in too long."

Leon was still scared but didn't show it. They trudged through the tunnel that led to the village slowly. After a little while they got to the village.

"Wow it's beautiful!" Leon said in amazement as he stared wide-eyed at the village.

Link ignored the remark as he set out for the nearest Kokiri.

"Hey Shmitty have you seen Saria anywhere?" He asked him.

"Link! I thought Mido banished you?" Shmitty gasped as he said this.

"Don't remind me but have you seen her?" He asked again.

"Hmm I think she went into the lost woods."

"Thanks Shmitty," Link walked back to the others and told them the news. As he was telling them a Kokiri by the name Sabastion walked by them.

Noticing Dameon and Leon as strangers he started to shout, "Strangers! Strangers! Everyone get the torches and pickforks!"

"Oh no they realized that you two were outsiders," Navi said. "Now there going to kill you."

"Kill us! What for being strangers!" Leon shouted.

"Apparently," Dameon sarcastically said.

The three began to run to the lost woods with the fairies following behind, Leon and Link screaming like little girls.

Eventually they got away from the mob.

"Ok Saria will probably be in the meadow. So lets head up there." Link said sounding like he knew where he was.

"Sounds good to me," Neo said as he sat down on Leon's shoulder.

Three hours later they were still wandering through the woods.

"Just admit it we are lost!" Dameon, his temper rising, shouted angrily.

"No, because we're not lost I know exactly where we are." Link said.

"Hoot hoot. No you don't," An all too familiar voice said from above.

"No not you," Navi said exasperatedly.

Kaepora ignored her, "If you go west here you will come to the meadow."

"Hah see I told you I would get us there," Link said looking around proudly.

"Whatever," Dameon replied coldly as he walked to the west.

They all followed leaving Kaepora to ramble to himself about how the compass was first made. They carefully made there way through the maze, making sure to kill off the mad dekus, and finally made it to the meadow. Link could hear a soft melody and instantly realized it was the one Saria would always play. Slowly he walked into the meadow.

Leon started to follow but Dameon held him back. "I think those two need to be alone."

Leon nodded and stayed put.

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Link slowly walked up to the stump Saria was sitting on and listened to the melody as he looked around the meadow. Right now he was standing on a stone platform with the sacred triangles engraved into it. The meadow surrounded by trees at all ends except for the south which had a small path and the north which held the forest temple.

Link and Saria had tried to explore the temple several times but were unable to access it. The staircase which led to the temple was broken so they couldn't even jump up to reach it. There was a single tree next to the stairs which rose up to the entrance of the temple. A branch from the tree jutted up just above the top of the staircase. Although they two had tried to climb the tree it was just too steep.

Next to a broken piece of staircase was a stump and sitting on that stump was Saria playing her ocarina. He listened as she finished the song. She looked up and saw Link standing before her.

"Link! Your back!" she shouted excitedly. Dropping her ocarina she ran into Link's arms. "I missed you so much." Tears once again staining his tunic.

"Yeah but I have to go soon. I just came back to visit you," He said sadly.

"But you just got back," She sobbed.

"Don't worry I promise I'll come back as soon as I can,"

"Ok," She stopped crying and let go of Link, "I want to teach you a song. It will let us talk no matter how far we are apart." Saria grabbed her ocarina from the ground as Link took out his. Slowly she played the notes of the song she was playing before and Link replayed it perfectly.

Saria had started crying again.

"I have to go now. I promise I'll be back." Noticing Saria was still crying he added, "Don't think of it as good bye but as a see you later."

"Ok I will. See you later Link,"

"See you later," With that Link left the meadow.

I was planning on making it longer but it sounded like a good place to stop. I'm sooo sorry it took so long to write. I'll try to write faster.

Keep sending those characters in. And sorry to those people who I said would be in if I find better characters then I might replace you. Just a warning though.