CHAPTER 8 Tree Hugging







Amber stood gazing up at the two golden triangles shimmering from the water sliding off their surfaces. Time seemed to stop for her as the few Sheikan that happened to be passing by stopped and started in amazement as well. There was another pair of eyes looking as well. Prince Andrew saw the raising water out of the corner of his eye and nearly fell over in amazement as he saw the two bottom pieces of the Triforce raise up from that very same water. Quickly, he rushed from the wooden cabin, tripping over a loose cobble stone on the way. His face slammed onto the hard ground but he quickly shook off the pain and sprang back up and sprinted to his destination. He halted to the left of Amber. "Wha-, how?" He stammered, the triangles reflecting in his blue eyes.

Amber quickly hid her right hand in case Andrew happened to see her own glowing piece. As they continued to stare, the Triforce of Wisdom spun faster than Courage and flew off over the valley's mountainous borders. "It would seem that Wisdom has chosen its new recipient." Brise said with a solemn nod.



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Jilleana glanced over at her slumbering twin sister with envy. How can she be so lucky? She thought jealously. I'm so tired I can't sleep. She lifted her small framed glasses to her forehead and rubbed her red rimmed eyes and let out a long sigh. Her eyes went over to her friend Darien, also asleep. It seemed strange to her, they both fell asleep almost as soon as she was finished talking to Amber. Not that she didn't try. "I must be unlucky." She told herself, getting up and walking over to the still raised Thera armor. The design of the armor looked familiar to her as she scrutinized it. Jilleana knew that Carl's armors were designed from mobile technologies, but….She narrowed her eyes and gasped in recognition. Her mind flashed back to a rainy evening.



She saw the stretched out and mutated form of the rouge mobile hurl itself toward her. Jilleana let out a scream and ran out of the way, the rain making the computer image through the visor on her helmet streaky.

"Jilly!" She heard a voice off to her side and looked over to see a green suit of armor. "Arg, damn rain, Kathy is she ok?"

"She is fine, Carl. Just scared." The green helmet nodded and rushed forward and tackled the mobile, skidding it across the wet pavement as steam rose from the ground from the heat of the metal. The mobile howled and flung The Trezen off and into a building, leaving a dent in the concrete structure.

Carl's eyes bulged out and he let out a grunt of pain as his body crashed against the building. The mobile turned its attention from Carl back to the black armored girl.

Jilleana was standing in fear as the mobile's yellow eyes peered down at her. She lifted her hand and started firing her rail gun at the beast. White hot shards of metal stuck out of her opponent's metal frame. The mobile let out an enraged yell and slammed its three clawed fist into the side of the black helmet. Jilleana tumbled head over heals as her head hit against the ground she felt the mobile grasp her ankle and lift her up into the air and crash her down onto the pavement. Seeming unsatisfied doing it once, the mobile lifted and crashed Jilleana into the payment again and again.

"Carl! Get up! Jill is getting creamed!"

"Ung…what?" Carl slowly rose and shook his head. His body immediately started stiffening up from the blow it had received, even with all the protection his armor gave him. Carl growled angrily as he saw the mutated robot fling his friend around and turned on his jets and flew forward as his knuckle bombs activated. As The Trezen whizzed by, his fist hit against the mobile's shoulder, blowing the arm off its body. Jilleana hit the ground with a loud thud, leaving a dent in the pavement. "Jill, you Okay?" Carl asked as he landed next to her.

"Mmm," Jilleana tried to sit up but her head swam as static blurred the vision of her electronic visor. "I'm gonna be sick." She said weakly.

"Carl, Jill, the police are closing in, it would be advantageous of us to depart now."

"But, the mobile," Jilleana moaned.

"Screw the mobile, I need to get you home now." Carl activated the knuckle bombs on his right hand and slammed it into the ground, kicking up concrete and dust into the mobile's vision, giving them the opportunity to escape.



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"I still get back aches from that damn fight." Jilleana said softly to herself. She reached out and slid her hand across the visor, remembering the feel of joy when she first set eyes on it. Her hand slid down over the chest of the armor and her eyebrow twitched as the chest area was bigger now. "Hmf."

Jilleana felt a slight breeze from behind and heard the soft clatter of wind chimes. She turned around to see a little blonde haired girl with blue eyes and a small smile. "Where the hell did you come from?!" Jilleana asked wide eyed. "How did you get in here!?"

The girl continued to smile up at Jilleana with out an answer and pulled out a small red mushroom, took a deep breath and blew. Spores flew from the fungi and surrounded Jilleana. She staggered back a step, her head swirling. Soon, her eyes started closing and she could feel herself falling.



The sound of children's voices took her out of her sleep. As her eyes fluttered open she heard a boy crying out, "Look, she's wakin' up!" Sitting up, found that she was surrounded by children. She found it rather disconcerting that all these children were around her, looking at her like she was a freak or something.

"Um, where are all your parents?" Jilleana spoke hesitantly.

"Pair-ents?" One of the children said slowly, pulling back his lips to sound out the unfamiliar word. "What is a pair-ent?"

"Uh, yea, your mommies and daddies?" Blank stairs. "People that look like you, only older and taller?"

"No-one here is older and taller than us." Another blond haired girl said.

This isn't going well. Jilleana thought to herself.

"She talks of many strange things." One of the little boys put on a face of thought.

"We shall take her to the Great Deku Tree." The little girl who appeared in the Pit commanded with a stern look. It surprised Jilleana that such a look could belong to a child. It looked too…mature.

"Yes, of course, the Great Deku Tree!" Others chimed.

"A tree?" Jilleana crooked her eyebrow down at the girl. The children began pushing on her legs and hips. One of the hands slipped to her rear. "Hey, watch those hands!" Jilleana struggled. The children's strength surprised her as she was led outdoors.

The air was so fresh and pure that she could taste it. She could tell that it was still day, even though the sun was filtered so much that only a few beams came through. Jilleana wondered how the trees were still a deep green, even though autumn was scant weeks away. "Uh, excuse me…" Jilleana looked back at one of the children who stepped on the back of her foot. Something caught her sight in the corner of her eye and turned to face forward. Her voice trailed off in awe as an absolutely immense tree filled her eyes. "Din, Nayru, and Ferore." She whispered. It has to be at least thirty feet in diameter and so tall that she couldn't even see the top. Then she saw the face.

Jilleana rubbed her eyes thinking that it must be the shadows, or maybe it was just a fluke of nature. Maybe that's why these children apparently admired this tree. Of course it was.

Then, she heard it talk.

"Ah, my children." It said in a low deep voice. "You have brought me an outsider?"

"Yes Great Deku Tree," One of the children said. "She speaks many strange words like: Parent, and Mom."

"That is true child, for she comes from a different place from beyond the forest." The tree paused for a moment. "Leave now my children, I have things to discus with this stranger."



Jilleana looked up at the Great Deku Tree still not believing what she is seeing. "I must be going nuts." Jilleana said as the children began leaving the glen. She turned her attention to the blond haired girl that took her here. "And just who do you think you are kidnapping me like that?" She asked the little girl.

"I'm Sarah, that is who I am." She said with a blank look.

Jilleana scrunched her face at the girl's smart comment. "Please do not argue, my children." The tree said.

"Um, I am awake right?" Jilleana asked up at the tree. "I mean, this isn't some crazy dream from working too hard is it?"

"Why not pinch yourself and find out?" Sarah smirked as she smoothed out her short green dress and sat down on the soft grass.

"You will have to excuse Sarah," The Great Deku Tree said. "She can be rather rude at times. Please, sit. I have much to tell you." After the green haired girl sat, The Great Deku Tree continued. "Have you ever wondered why you have that medallion you wear around your neck?"

Jilleana shrugged. "My mother gave it to me when I was really little, along with my sister. We first thought that they were just pretty necklaces that glowed when they got near each other. It wasn't until Mahrea was in the park one day and a dog began to bark and chase her that we began to see our gifts in a different light. As my sister ran and cried, her medallion glowed a bright blue and shot out a beam of ice and struck the dog. It fell to the ground and shattered into thousands of pieces. We thought that it was to help us defend ourselves."

"Which in a way, it is." GDT said. "Thousands of years ago, when Ganon was still a threat to Hyrule, three warriors from a distant plane sealed away some of their power into three separate amulets."

"You sister's is apparently Ether, from the warrior Rowen." Sarah said with a bit of nostalgia in her voice. "Which do you have?" Jilleana pulled the amulet from under her shirt and held it up for the small girl to see. "Hmm, Ryo's amulet; Bombos. Who, may I ask, has Quake with the power of Anubis?"

"Well, right now it is in the possession of an acquaintance of mine. She is somewhere up in the Death Mountain Range. Buuut, before she had it my close friend Carl had it."

"I see." Sarah said speculatively, rubbing under her chin in thought.

"If you don't mind me saying so, you certainly act older than you look"

"Yes, I do mind." Sarah said, flicking her hair.

Jilleana frowned as GDT continued. "I told Sarah to bring you here. For I am in need of assistance."

"You see, I have been feeling a malignant presence from inside the Forbidden Forest for a while now. I sent Sarah to try and find the source of the problem, but she could not. That is why I had her find a Kokiri that could help her find and put an end to the evil emanating from the forest."

"Um, I hate to burst your bubble Mr. uh, Tree….but I don't think a ten year old could help me with anything. And I'd like to mention the fact that I am Catalian, not-what was it?- Kokiri." Sarah frowned deeply and looked up at the tree.

"Sarah is more than she looks to be." The tree responded as a breeze shook the leaves of his branches. "And while you may be from the land of Catalia, you have Kokiri lineage in you. I can feel it in you, and since I am the creator of the Kokiri I think that I would have an idea when I am looking at one."

Jilleana rolled her eyes. "Whatever, look can we just find this evil badness or whatever it is. I have a very important job to get done back in the city." She waved away a small floating orb that hovered in front of her face for a moment. "So, am I gonna have to fight with my bare hands? Or do I get a gun or sword or something?"

Sarah let out a short sharp laugh. "You have Bombos remember?" Looking up at TGDT she asked. "Are you sure she will be able to help me?"

Jilleana had a feeling she wasn't going to like this.



The pair had been walking in the woods for about an hour, and Jilleana was getting aggravated. "The view is nice, but this is getting annoying. How much longer do we have to get to where you felt this presence?"

Sarah frowned as her fairy yawned as it sat on her shoulder. "I don't know, it moved a lot last time I looked for it." Sarah stopped in her tracks and stiffened.

"What? Do you feel something?" Jilleana asked, starting to feel nervous.

The fairy took off from her shoulder and flew into the air. "Do you see anything Akana?" She asked, ignoring Jilleana. The fairy landed back on her shoulder and shook her head. "Very well. Jilleana, be very quiet from now on."

"Great, I'm taking orders from a ten year old." Jilleana heard a huff from Sarah and her fairy flew over to Jilleana and put her finger to her lips. "And a fairy, which I still can't believe I'm seeing." She continued just above a whisper.

Sarah stopped suddenly and leaped back yelling out. "Get back!" Three long vines with thorns shot up from the ground where Sarah was standing.

"What is that?" Jilleana asked backing up.

"That would be part of the evil I'm feeling." Sarah said pulling out the Kokiri sword from its scabbard that hung from her left hip. Another set of vines burst from the earth behind them. "Trapped!"

"Not necessarily." Jilleana said as she took out her amulet. "Okay Bombos, do your stuff!" The amulet glowed red and shot a stream of fire at the vines that stuck out in front of them, turning the flora into ashes. "Shall we continue on?" She asked, tucking Bombos back into her shirt. Sarah nodded and they continued once again.

But two red irises followed them. Long, slender fingers with painted black fingernails twirled around a lock of thick black hair. "So," A woman's soft voice spoke. "you brought along someone to help you this time?" Crimson lips turned into an evil smile as its owner faded away into the surrounding forest.

Another half hour of wandering in the forest, Bombos began getting warm under Jilleana's shirt and Sarah stopped and looked around, her head swimming from the sensation she felt again. Now instead of a few vines sticking from the ground in front of them, countless ones started exploding from the ground, scattering grass and dirt in all over until they were surrounded in all directions by thorny vines. Sarah drew the Kokiri Sword again, Jilleana pulled out Bombos and let it rest against her shirt, and Akana hid in Sarah's pouch. "I'm tired and my feet are hurting!" Jilleana called out to the wall of vines. "Show yourself!"

A malicious laugh came from behind the vines and they separated in front of the pair of girls. A female about Jilleana's height stepped through the vines, black hair curling down over her back and chest. She wore a simple band of cloth around her chest and waist, revealing ivory white skin. Her red eyes gazed at her opponents and her pointed ears flicked at the sound of the vines growing back together, the many piercings in them making a chiming sound. What Jilleana found most disturbing were the woman's wings. Exactly like Akana's and the other fairies that she saw already in the forest.

"Sarai." Sarah said, narrowing her eyes in hatred. "I should have known it was you all along."

"I see you had to bring a helper along this time. What's the matter? Afraid you couldn't handle killing me all by yourself?" Sarai taunted as her bare feet padded against the soft grass. "Of course you can't, your vaunted Great Deku Tree couldn't even hold back my power. He is growing too weak, surely you have noticed. He even had to have you go and get this mutt of a Kokiri to come and save this forest. Which, I might add belongs to me now!" She laughed.

Jilleana frowned at the insult and commanded Bombos to shoot a wave of fire at the dark fairy. Sarai's eyes lit up in terror as the flames crashed into her body, surrounding it in flames. "A mutt am I?" She asked with a smirk on her face. As the flames died around her body, Sarai's pure body was riddled with burns and red boils that oozed puss. She bared her teeth in hideous anger as her eyes burned fiery red. The smirk turned into a look of shock as her skin began to heal and the burns fade off her skin.

"You little brat!" Sarai hissed as a small pointed vines came out of the ground and stuck through Jilleana's feet, pinning her to the ground.

Jilleana shrieked in pain as blood began seeping through her shoes. She tried moving her left foot, but the vine just wrapped itself around her foot tighter and sunk into the ground, firmly holding her in place. But Jilleana had a trick up her sleeve and had Bombos burn away the vines, her teeth clenching tightly though the intense pain. "Damn it, that hurt! I'll make you burn for that!" She took a step foreword and slumped down on one knee from the pain.

"Now that that little annoyance has been taken care of," Sarai said turning her attention to Sarah. The child began backing up until her rear poked into one of the thorns on the vines.

"Eep!" Sarah's face paled and she could feel Akana shivering with fear in her pouch. Sarai slapped the Kokiri Sword from the girl's right hand and smiled. "This forest will be mine as soon as I dispose of you two little rodents." Sarai reached out and was blown to the side by a fireball.

Jilleana was standing painfully. "I'm not done yet you freak of nature. I learned a few things from a friend of mine that I've been wanting to use for a while now. And how lucky you are to be the one!" She leapt in the air and kicked an unsuspecting Sarai into the vines.

The dark fairy grimaced in irritation as the thorns dug deep into her skin, causing many little gashes that started bleeding, staining her skin. She inhaled deeply and the injuries were gone. "You will have to do more than just kicking me into thorns to beat me."

"So I see." Jilleana threw a few punches at her opponent, all scoring hits to her ribs and stomach. They didn't seem to be doing much good as Sarai kept absorbing her hits like they were nothing but mosquito bites. Jilleana got in closer to Sarai and grabbed onto her shoulders and flung her over her body. The fairy turned in mid air and hovered there.

"These aren't just for decorations you know." She commented snidely. Jilleana took Bombos in her hand and started shooting fireballs at the flying fairy. Sarai just laughed as she dodged the projectiles and dived straight into Jilleana, colliding with her and sending her head over heals. Jilleana held her stomach curled up on the ground and groaned in pain as Sarai kicked her under the chin, snapping back her head. "Your friend didn't teach you very well." She commented with a frown as she turned back to Sarah. Jilleana shot out her leg and kicked Sarai in the back of her knees, causing her to involuntarily crumple to the ground. Now, Sarai was angry and kicked Jilleana in the head again as she lay on the ground. Getting up, Sarai pulled her up by her shirt and lifted her into the air and slammed her down on her back with one hand. She picked up Jilleana's body by the neck and started clasping harder and harder, Jilleana letting out small gasps of pain.

"Stop it sister!" Came a voice much like Sarai's only softer and full of goodness.

Sarai smiled still looking at her victim's face. "I'm surprised it took you this long to show yourself sister." Her voice came out as venom.

Jilleana managed to open an eye to see Sarah's body glowing and in a burst of light, she was a completely different person. Blond hair now in three black braids with blue streaks flowing through them touched the ground, fair skin turned tan, simple green clothing turned into knee high leather boots, green leggings, and tree brown leather armor that covered her chest. Her left hand now wore a black glove with the fingers cut off and her right arm had a tattoo of vines winding their way up from fingertips to shoulder. "Our mothers are disappointed in you Sarai. They wish for your return to them."

Sarai dropped Jilleana to the ground and turned to face her sister. "Make me then." Her red eyes deepened in anger while green lightning danced between her fingers and up her arms.

"You were always stubborn." Angakita quipped as she closed her eyes and formed her sword. Diamond edging danced over the golden blade as the ruby encrusted handle was quickly warmed in her hands.

"And you always the perfect little daughter, always doing what our mothers wanted with out question. You even abandoned your beloved Rowen because They forbade you to intervene in his death!" She began to laugh cruely.

Angakita narrowed her eyes hatefully at the mention of that event. "You don't know how hard that was sister, since you do not have a heart!"…….



Rowen screamed as he tackled the masked man. The two began struggling on the concrete and she heard a shot from the gun that was once pointed at her face. She saw Rowen's body fall back from the robber. The man quickly got too his feet and ran as Angakita quickly crawled over to her husband's body. Blood was quickly staining the front of his blue shirt from his stomach outward, even though Rowen held the wound tightly with his hand. "Don't worry dear," Angakita said soothingly. "I will heal you with my powers." Her body suddenly went stiff and her eyes glazed over as her mothers bid her to come to them. She blinked and was before the three goddesses of Hyrule.

"Daughter." Farore said calmly.

"You cannot save Rowen from this fate." Din continued after her sister.

"What?! Why?!" Angakita's eyes were full of horror as the words came into her pointed ears.

"This is his fate and it cannot be changed." Nayru said with her blue eyes closed sadly.

"No! I will save him! I will not listen to this!"

"Daughter." Din's voice was full of authority. "We do know that this is difficult for you,"

"But you must understand." Nayru said.

Tears pooled at the corners of Angakita's eyes and soon they slid down her smooth cheeks. "As you wish, Mothers."

All of that had lasted less than a second in real time. Angakita looked back down at Rowen, her tears fell from her eyes and onto Rowen's forehead. "I'm sorry my love, I cannot help this time. My Mothers…"

"I see." Rowen winced at the pain stabbing at his body. "K-Kita, I l-love…."

"Rowen?! Rowen!? Someone call and ambulance!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs as her husband's body became limp in her arms. (A/N: This happened in Rowen's plain, modern day Japan.)……….



Angakita blinked the tears forming in her eyes at the memory of that day. "You were never happy when we were together, you were jealous of my happiness, just as you were jealous of my favor with our Mothers."

"Why would I be jealous of being a sheep?" Sarai flung a bolt of lightning at her sister, which was batted away by the sword. Sarai commanded the vines to spring forth from the ground again, and Angakita cut them down with precise strokes. "Wretched bitch!" She cursed and flung another bolt of lightning at her sister.

Angakita let the lightning hit her sword and reflected the electricity back at the plant wall, blowing a whole into it. "Jilleana, quickly, go through the hole!"

Jilleana was slowly standing back up, shaking her head. "I-I'm here to help…" She could feel the forest breathing, living under her and around her. Photosynthesis happening over and over, cells dividing millions and millions of time, the chains of life in the forest. "You called me too protect…my…forest…"

"Feh, foolish girl." Sarai sneered and nodded her head slightly and vines burst from the ground and wrapped up Jilleana's body tightly. "I will finish you off after I kill my dearest sister."

Jilleana's face was hard with anger as her eyes clouded over, turning to pure brown from her irises out to her corneas. She breathed deep and could feel her body commanding the rope vines to untangle from her body. They did and she nodded toward Sarai, knocking into her and wrapping around the evil fairy. "Ung, fool, you think that that can stop me?" Sarai scowled and diverted the vines back to Jilleana. The teen held up Bombos and a fireball incinerated the projectiles.

"Forgive me plants," She whispered as she glanced at the ashes sizzling on the ground then looked back up at Sarai. Jilleana shouted out a command at Bombos and a ring of fire shot out and surrounded the evil fairy. The ring grew hotter and hotter before it collapsed in on itself, striking Sarai with a huge amount of heat and energy.

The force of the attack forced Sarai to her knees. "Ung! That was a good hit, girl." Sarai slowly got up, her wounds already healing. "But you are forgetting that I can't be hurt." She held up her hands and shot out lightning bolts at Jilleana. She screeched in pain as electricity streamed through her body and she quickly collapsed onto the ground. "Now that we are alone Kita, I hope you won't put up too much of a struggle while I kill you."

"You overestimate yourself, Sarai." Angakita said, readying her blade. She cried out and started swinging. Sarai disappeared and reappeared each time her sister made an attack. Angakita faked a move and as Sarai reappeared, she ran her blade through her sister's heart. "Hmf, pathetic." She slid the blade from Sarai's body and turned around as her sister slumped down on her face. She shook her head then quickly went over to Jilleana still lying on her back, looking up with pain filled eyes as her body racked with sobs. "You did good, Jilleana." She said with a smile on her face. "Come on, let's get out of here."

Jilleana nodded and her face suddenly turned terror stricken as Sarai's shadow covered them. Purple lightning shot out of Saria's hands and danced around Angakita's body. As the attack stopped, steam gently rose from Angakita's body as it slumped over onto Jilleana's. "Silly girl, turning your back on me. You should have known better than that."

Jilleana looked up at their adversary with her open eye. Sarai then looked down at her. "So girl, are you ready for me to end your misery? It must hurt so much yes?" The lightning danced around her finger and hand once again.

"I'm, I'm not through yet." Jilleana let out a raspy whisper as her eyes turned all green again and a huge tree limb came crashing through the vine prison and ran through Sarai from the back, the bloodied branch sticking through her chest and into the ground, holding her in place. As Sarai screamed in pain, Jilleana let out a satisfied smile and tried standing up on her wounded feet. As she steadied herself she peered into Sarai's red eyes. "I could bring this whole forest down onto your head."

"Heh, heh, but I know you won't." Sarai smiled evilly as she could feel her organs and bones already start to heal themselves. Her power was coming back.

"That maybe true, but at least I can burn you to ashes." Jilleana replied as she held Bombos to Sarai's face and let the liquid fire pour over the evil fairy's form. She sneered as the smell of burning flesh came to her nose, but she kept the fire flowing, knowing that Sarai was still alive. "Burn in Hell!"

It was then that a charred hand shot out of the fire and grabbed Jilleana by the neck. "How many times do I have to tell you that you can't kill me you little rodent!" Jilleana's mind was racked with the burning pain of her own medallion worked its way over her throat and over her whole body.

Goddesses, Carl, please help me! She thought in despair that her life was soon to be over. Then suddenly, the pressure on her neck began to lessen and she could start breathing again. She watched as the still burning form of Sarai slumped to the ground lifelessly. Jilleana stared at it for a moment before looking up to see Angakita breathing heavily, her sword to her side as if she had just swung it. Sarai's head slowly rolled from her shoulders and onto the ground.

Jilleana slumped down onto her knees exhausted as Angakita slowly leaned down onto her sword and sat down next to her. "Thanks for running interference for me Jilleana, Jilleana?" Angakita shook her comrade softly. "She must have passed out from all the hits she took."

"I can't blame her." Akana said matter of factly. "She took more than any mortal I've ever seen."

Angakita gingerly lifted Jilleana's body over her right shoulder. "Let's get back to the Great Deku Tree so she can rest."

A soft sigh came from the trees a few minutes after they left. "Why must all of my warriors be defeated?" Lenard shook his head before disappearing in a flash of black light.



The Great Deku Tree looked down on the sleeping form of Jilleana before him. "You three have done very well." He said. "Angakita, your mothers are surely proud of you."

Angakita blushed slightly. "I was only fulfilling my duties as the Goddesses' daughter." She replied humbly.

"But this girl has taken many injuries." The tree said, his huge limbs moving in worry.

Angakita looked up at the tree filtered sky and smiled warmly. "I think she will be just fine."

"Oh?"

"In fact, I can assure you that she will recover very rapidly in about ten seconds."

The tree's face turned to a frown, the wood of his body moving loudly. "I'm sorry, but I am still skeptical." Angakita continued to stare up, her pointed ears hearing the crashing of tree branches and leaves as something careened through the forest. A second later, a golden triangle burst through the foliage and stopped abruptly above Jilleana's body. The Great Deku Tree's mouth formed a surprised look as the Triforce of Wisdom hovered above her for a moment before shrinking and imbedding itself into her right hand. The Triforce symbol glowed brightly for a moment before fading. The teen let out a small groan as her cuts and burns began healing rapidly before their eyes.

Her eyes fluttered open to see Angakita smiling down at her. "Hello hero."

"Ung, huh?" She replied, her vision still blurry. Blinking a few times she focused again on the tan face above her. "What happened?"

"You passed out from your injuries. But don't worry, I took care of Sarai." Angakita winked. "Thanks to you."

"D-don't mention it." Jilleana winced in pain and let out a screech. "Kyaaa!"

Angakita's eyes widened. "What wrong?"

"My, my head it hurts! There is so much stuff going through it. Voices, ideas, formulas!" Jilleana said as she held onto her head.

"It must be the Wisdom Triforce." Great Deku Tree said. The two women looked up at him. "Look upon your right hand Jilleana. It bestows upon its bearer infinite wisdom."

"How can I stop all the noise?!" She screamed above the noise in her head.

"Just concentrate and force it away into your subconscious." Angakita commanded.

Jilleana inhaled deeply and fought the voices and thoughts to the back of her brain where they remained, just out of reach but always there if she needed it. Her breath rushed out and she blinked a few times. She did keep some of it in the front of her head, the thoughts and plans for DNA and biotechnology. With this new knowledge, restoring Carl would be a snap. "I'm surprised that you could control the plant life like that." Angakita quipped as Jilleana smiled at the thought of Carl returning quickly now.

"Uh, control the what?"

"You mean you didn't know that you were controlling those vines that Sarai was as well?"

"Well, it's rather obvious don't you think?" Jilleana crooked her eyebrow and felt her neck again, still surprised that there wasn't a scar remaining where Sarai's burning hand had clutched it so tightly.

"Now that I think about it, your eyes did become pure brown, so I guess you were under a trance. But at least you know that you can do something special now."

"Probably from my Kokiri blood." Jilleana said spitefully. "I am defiantly going to have a talk with my father when I get back. Which I would like to do now by the way." Jilleana stood up shakily.

Angakita looked up unsure at the Great Deku Tree who smiled, his wood creaking loudly again as he did. "Before you do, remember that you now are a true defender of the land of Hyrule and you must protect her with your very life if need be."

At this, Jilleana looked a bit nervous and sweatdropped. "Gee, no pressure."

AN: Sorry it took so long for this chapter to get up, I've been having trouble righting anymore! Thanks for all your patience.