Chapter 2 The boy without a fairy
The Kokiri Forest was sometimes called the woods of laughter. Many travelers have said they have heard laughter when passing the forest. However they said it was a way to lure people into the forest to be eaten by the creatures that lived there. This belief was fueled by the fact that no one who entered the forest ever came out. However their thoughts of monsters couldn't be more wrong. Instead dwelling in the forest were children. Blessed with eternal youth and shielded from the evils of the outside the Kokiri were the only truly pure beings left in the world. There was once a time when the Kokiri could leave the forest and travel the world but soon the hearts of the other inhabitants became corrupt. So the Deku Tree made sure all his children returned to the forest. Then he sealed it with a curse. Not a bad curse mind you in fact it wasn't really a curse it was more of a magical barrier. Any outsider that entered the forest would become lost eternally in its woods. Therefore they got few visiter from the outside. The forest had been undisturbed for years. Not since the women from the outside came bearing a child had they had any one come close to the forest.
Every Kokiri has a guardian, their constant companion. The Kokiri were given fairies for a reason. Soon after the Deku Tree had sealed the forest the Kokiri found themselves entering the lost woods frequently because they had no where else to explore. The Deku Tree did nothing to limit this. He paid that price. One day a small Kokiri boy became lost in the woods and was never seen again. To keep this from happening again the Deku Tree had fairies assigned to every pure blooded Kokiri. Fairies are the only creatures incapable of getting lost in the woods. This made them the perfect way to prevent Kokiri from getting lost. However there is one Kokiri who was not blessed with a fairy. A young boy named Link. Because he had no fairy Link was looked on as an outcast. He was often subject to the usual harassment that outcasts have to put up with. Though not everyone made fun of him, but those that did were especially cruel. The one who took the most pleasure in his putdowns of Link was the Kokiri named Mido. Mido was the self proclaimed leader of the Kokiri. He thought of him self as the greatest Kokiri. Needless to say he was filled with pride. Though Mido wasn't truly the leader many still let him boss them around. Link just put up with him and never really did anything to defend himself from Mido's cruel taunts. All of this sprang from the fact that he had no fairy, and through all this Link's life is about to take a drastic turn.
Link stood alone in a small clearing of the forest. The area was a good distance away from the Kokiri houses and the usual "hotspots" so he was by himself. The crisp, forest mist caressed his face. The dew drops on the grass sank into his boots giving them a damp feeling on the outside but they were perfectly dry inside. There was only one tree in this area, and the rest was grass. Link stared solemnly at the tree in his hand was a badly carved boomerang. He brushed his long, golden bangs out of his eyes, lifted the boomerang and threw it hoping that it would circle around the tree and return to him. He had no such luck. Instead gracefully flying around the tree the boomerang wobbled through the air and smacked the tree. Link groaned in discouragement. He had been trying to carve the perfect boomerang for months and still he couldn't get it right. Link had always had a passion for Wood carving and he was actually quite good at it. It was an activity he could pursue alone which is the way he spent most of his time. Before the boomerang He had carved a Slingshot, and a Hiking Stick. He was also working on a shield made of deku wood. Those projects had turned out pretty well, but no matter what he just could not get the boomerangs curves perfect. Link walked over to pick up his boomerang when he heard a familiarly, scornful laugh from behind him. "Oh great, doesn't he have anything better to do?" Link thought before he turned to face Mido.
As if on cue Mido chimed In wit his typical greeting. "You're pathetic" Followed by " I could make boomerang a hundred times better then that stick". Link sighed. He had heard it all before. He knew for a fact Mido couldn't carve anything at all he was just trying to make Link feel bad. Link shook his head and tried to tune him out. Mido frowned "How dare you ignore the great Mido!" Mido spontaneously rushed up to Link and shoved him over. "Hah you're such a weakling" Mido scoffed with that high pitched thing that many would call a voice. The fact of the matter was Link wasn't a wimp in fact he had a lot more muscle then Mido did but Link never used it. He was more of a pacifist he would much rather avoid a fight. So he just took any harassment Mido threw at him. Link got up and brushed the grass from his behind. "Ok Mido if you can carve better then I can prove it" Link said slyly. Mido just laughed "Hah! Yeah right Like I have too everyone knows of the Great Mido's superior skills. Link rolled his eyes "Yeah right the only skill you excel at is making life hard for the rest of us" he thought.
Link turned and started to walk away from Mido. "Bye ,bye! Mister no fairy," Mido laughed. Normally Link just shrugged off what most people said to him but this time Mido was really getting on his nerves. Link glared back at Mido then continued on his way. He felt very tired for some reason so he figured he'd get some sleep. As he walked down the main path he thought to himself "Why don't I have a fairy. Why am I so different from everyone else? No one seems to understand me." As he walked he had his thoughts interrupted by more laughing. He looked up to see several Kokiri sitting on a ridge laughing at him. He couldn't make out what they were saying. They were obviously Mido's friends. Link didn't care what they said nor did he listen. Though it was true besides not having a fairy Link was very different from other Kokiri. Where most Kokiri would be to content to spend their time playing, Link had to be doing something productive or exploring some remote area of the lost woods. He could not be content bottled up in one place.Another difference stemmed from the fact that most Kokiri were short and never developed much muscle. Link had already grown 3 inches taller then the tallest of them and had very well developed muscles. While other Kokiri cared about nothing else then what was in the forest Link was extremely curious about the outside. In fact he even felt drawn to the outside. As Link continued walking another thought came through his mind. "Saria understands me but no one else does. Not everyone makes fun of me, but I can tell they think I'm strange." Link walked down the path a little further until he reached a little alcove. There in the center of three dirt walls at the foot of a small hill was Link's house. Link was fond of its location because it was out of view of most Kokiri except those passing by. Link liked being alone He would much rather do things alone or with Saria. But all in all away from the prying eyes of others. Saria was the only Kokiri who truly seemed to understand how Link felt and accepted him for who he was. Saria was definitely the most mature and insightful of all the Kokiri. She had been Link's best friend ever since he could remember.
Link approached his house but stopped when a voicesounded in his ears. "Hey Link where are you going?" the female voice asked. Link turned around to see that is was Saria. Link smiled "Oh hi. I was just gonna go and get some rest I'm kinda tired" He replied. "Oh... ok but what about the hike in the lost woods we were going to take today?" She asked with a hint of disappointment in her voice. Link slapped his forehead "Oh yeah! the hike I'm sorry I totally forgot. Mido must be getting to me" Link said. "Mido, that guy really burns me up what did he say to you this time?" Saria growled. "He just said he could carve better then I could" Link answered plainly. Saria shook her head "Yeah right he couldn't carve a line in a tree trunk." "Well do you think we could do that hike sometime tomorrow maybe during the middle of the day?" "Sure thing you do look tired so bye" Saria turned and left. Links house was, like everyone else's, a hallowed out tree. Link climbed up the wooden ladder that was fastened to the house and hoisted him self up onto a the small platform on his house. There was no door just a curtain. Link walked into his house. It wasn't too big but it was comfortable. In the center was a tree stump table. A smaller table set off to the side ; it was basically a halved log with two smaller log halves for the benchs. Link walked over to his soft wood bed and sat down on it. He removed his hat and tossed it onto the center stump. He took off his boots and lied down. Seconds later he was fast asleep
The Kokiri Forest was sometimes called the woods of laughter. Many travelers have said they have heard laughter when passing the forest. However they said it was a way to lure people into the forest to be eaten by the creatures that lived there. This belief was fueled by the fact that no one who entered the forest ever came out. However their thoughts of monsters couldn't be more wrong. Instead dwelling in the forest were children. Blessed with eternal youth and shielded from the evils of the outside the Kokiri were the only truly pure beings left in the world. There was once a time when the Kokiri could leave the forest and travel the world but soon the hearts of the other inhabitants became corrupt. So the Deku Tree made sure all his children returned to the forest. Then he sealed it with a curse. Not a bad curse mind you in fact it wasn't really a curse it was more of a magical barrier. Any outsider that entered the forest would become lost eternally in its woods. Therefore they got few visiter from the outside. The forest had been undisturbed for years. Not since the women from the outside came bearing a child had they had any one come close to the forest.
Every Kokiri has a guardian, their constant companion. The Kokiri were given fairies for a reason. Soon after the Deku Tree had sealed the forest the Kokiri found themselves entering the lost woods frequently because they had no where else to explore. The Deku Tree did nothing to limit this. He paid that price. One day a small Kokiri boy became lost in the woods and was never seen again. To keep this from happening again the Deku Tree had fairies assigned to every pure blooded Kokiri. Fairies are the only creatures incapable of getting lost in the woods. This made them the perfect way to prevent Kokiri from getting lost. However there is one Kokiri who was not blessed with a fairy. A young boy named Link. Because he had no fairy Link was looked on as an outcast. He was often subject to the usual harassment that outcasts have to put up with. Though not everyone made fun of him, but those that did were especially cruel. The one who took the most pleasure in his putdowns of Link was the Kokiri named Mido. Mido was the self proclaimed leader of the Kokiri. He thought of him self as the greatest Kokiri. Needless to say he was filled with pride. Though Mido wasn't truly the leader many still let him boss them around. Link just put up with him and never really did anything to defend himself from Mido's cruel taunts. All of this sprang from the fact that he had no fairy, and through all this Link's life is about to take a drastic turn.
Link stood alone in a small clearing of the forest. The area was a good distance away from the Kokiri houses and the usual "hotspots" so he was by himself. The crisp, forest mist caressed his face. The dew drops on the grass sank into his boots giving them a damp feeling on the outside but they were perfectly dry inside. There was only one tree in this area, and the rest was grass. Link stared solemnly at the tree in his hand was a badly carved boomerang. He brushed his long, golden bangs out of his eyes, lifted the boomerang and threw it hoping that it would circle around the tree and return to him. He had no such luck. Instead gracefully flying around the tree the boomerang wobbled through the air and smacked the tree. Link groaned in discouragement. He had been trying to carve the perfect boomerang for months and still he couldn't get it right. Link had always had a passion for Wood carving and he was actually quite good at it. It was an activity he could pursue alone which is the way he spent most of his time. Before the boomerang He had carved a Slingshot, and a Hiking Stick. He was also working on a shield made of deku wood. Those projects had turned out pretty well, but no matter what he just could not get the boomerangs curves perfect. Link walked over to pick up his boomerang when he heard a familiarly, scornful laugh from behind him. "Oh great, doesn't he have anything better to do?" Link thought before he turned to face Mido.
As if on cue Mido chimed In wit his typical greeting. "You're pathetic" Followed by " I could make boomerang a hundred times better then that stick". Link sighed. He had heard it all before. He knew for a fact Mido couldn't carve anything at all he was just trying to make Link feel bad. Link shook his head and tried to tune him out. Mido frowned "How dare you ignore the great Mido!" Mido spontaneously rushed up to Link and shoved him over. "Hah you're such a weakling" Mido scoffed with that high pitched thing that many would call a voice. The fact of the matter was Link wasn't a wimp in fact he had a lot more muscle then Mido did but Link never used it. He was more of a pacifist he would much rather avoid a fight. So he just took any harassment Mido threw at him. Link got up and brushed the grass from his behind. "Ok Mido if you can carve better then I can prove it" Link said slyly. Mido just laughed "Hah! Yeah right Like I have too everyone knows of the Great Mido's superior skills. Link rolled his eyes "Yeah right the only skill you excel at is making life hard for the rest of us" he thought.
Link turned and started to walk away from Mido. "Bye ,bye! Mister no fairy," Mido laughed. Normally Link just shrugged off what most people said to him but this time Mido was really getting on his nerves. Link glared back at Mido then continued on his way. He felt very tired for some reason so he figured he'd get some sleep. As he walked down the main path he thought to himself "Why don't I have a fairy. Why am I so different from everyone else? No one seems to understand me." As he walked he had his thoughts interrupted by more laughing. He looked up to see several Kokiri sitting on a ridge laughing at him. He couldn't make out what they were saying. They were obviously Mido's friends. Link didn't care what they said nor did he listen. Though it was true besides not having a fairy Link was very different from other Kokiri. Where most Kokiri would be to content to spend their time playing, Link had to be doing something productive or exploring some remote area of the lost woods. He could not be content bottled up in one place.Another difference stemmed from the fact that most Kokiri were short and never developed much muscle. Link had already grown 3 inches taller then the tallest of them and had very well developed muscles. While other Kokiri cared about nothing else then what was in the forest Link was extremely curious about the outside. In fact he even felt drawn to the outside. As Link continued walking another thought came through his mind. "Saria understands me but no one else does. Not everyone makes fun of me, but I can tell they think I'm strange." Link walked down the path a little further until he reached a little alcove. There in the center of three dirt walls at the foot of a small hill was Link's house. Link was fond of its location because it was out of view of most Kokiri except those passing by. Link liked being alone He would much rather do things alone or with Saria. But all in all away from the prying eyes of others. Saria was the only Kokiri who truly seemed to understand how Link felt and accepted him for who he was. Saria was definitely the most mature and insightful of all the Kokiri. She had been Link's best friend ever since he could remember.
Link approached his house but stopped when a voicesounded in his ears. "Hey Link where are you going?" the female voice asked. Link turned around to see that is was Saria. Link smiled "Oh hi. I was just gonna go and get some rest I'm kinda tired" He replied. "Oh... ok but what about the hike in the lost woods we were going to take today?" She asked with a hint of disappointment in her voice. Link slapped his forehead "Oh yeah! the hike I'm sorry I totally forgot. Mido must be getting to me" Link said. "Mido, that guy really burns me up what did he say to you this time?" Saria growled. "He just said he could carve better then I could" Link answered plainly. Saria shook her head "Yeah right he couldn't carve a line in a tree trunk." "Well do you think we could do that hike sometime tomorrow maybe during the middle of the day?" "Sure thing you do look tired so bye" Saria turned and left. Links house was, like everyone else's, a hallowed out tree. Link climbed up the wooden ladder that was fastened to the house and hoisted him self up onto a the small platform on his house. There was no door just a curtain. Link walked into his house. It wasn't too big but it was comfortable. In the center was a tree stump table. A smaller table set off to the side ; it was basically a halved log with two smaller log halves for the benchs. Link walked over to his soft wood bed and sat down on it. He removed his hat and tossed it onto the center stump. He took off his boots and lied down. Seconds later he was fast asleep