Forest. Seducing.
I awoke from my painful rest to feel totally energized. I got up, said my thanks to the Gorons and head out on my way. I left Kakariko village and went out onto the plains of Hyrule again. I mounted Epona and started riding towards the Kokiri forest. The ride was bumpy and realized that it was considerably late in the day as the sun was already setting. I was riding through the plains when I began to remember what Darunia said about Illidan Stormrage bringing a great threat to the Gorons. I was shocked when I heard, for me and Illidan fought side by side in many battles and rough times. I remember one day at camp he showed me something that he trusted no other with. He took me to the mound behind the camp site and reached into his ripped Elvin shorts and pulled out a darkly glowing orb. He looked at me with the sternest of faces; even though his eyes were blind folded I could tell his expression by the way he bit his lip and the way his eyebrows creased under the blindfold. He spoke in his quiet, yet powerful voice; "This is the orb of the demon lord Kil'Jaden. He was my old master. He had sent me to complete an impossible quest at one point and left me to die. If it weren't for my elvish allies, I would have died, but as soon as I recovered, I bid them farewell quickly and slipped off into another dimension. This orb allows me to channel my pain through hate and expression; I can't count the times it saved me from slicing myself open with my two blades. The part I enjoy most about this orb is all the pain I channel through it goes to a select being I have in mind. I send all my pain to the Lich King, Arthas." Illidan then handed me the orb. "Please try. I can feel anger in your magical soul." I took the orb in my hand, shaking a little. I then concentrated on my pains in life and a being I detested. Ash. I would've loved to see what the motherfucker was feeling then as I poured out my drug and sexual addictions into that orb. I felt free that night, but by morning, I felt the same. Illidan was a strange being. But a very interesting one.
By the time I reached the forest, it was dusk. I quickly got off my horse and entered Kokiri forest. As I entered many Kokiris watched me agape and even Mido shut up and stopped making fun of me in seeing how powerful I had become. As I walked toward my very own home to unwind, I was stopped by Saria, who by very much surprise had grown taller. "Link!" she yelled as she threw her arms around me. I staggered back as she had grown quite bigger and more powerful. "Saria..." I started. "How have you been?" Saria looked back and said "I've been alright, and being the most powerful forest wizard has gained me much respect even out of the forest." She sighed and then tightened her grip around me saying "we had harsh partings after the deku tree battle against the Pokemon and the Animations." I remembered. We were so drunk and foolish I didn't want to remember at all. "I'd like to put that tough time behind us" I told her. She nodded in agreement. "Why don't you come to my place and we can catch up?" I said sure. After all she was my best friend.
Saria's house was the most luxurious of all the Kokiri houses around. It had a large bed, a cook pot with an enchanted fire pit and comfortable furniture. I relaxed into one of the chairs and watched her while she made a quite large pot of tea. She turned to me and asked "how are your M.T.Y.L. allies. They were enemies last time I saw them." One of those fucking idiots still is... or wait no he's dead I replied "They are all doing alright... except for the skilled Pokemon trainer Ash who got killed. "I am sorry to hear." Said Saria. She then said "Link do you still remember how to play the Ocarina?" I pondered that question for a few moments and then told her "yes, I do." Saria smiled and went to her cupboard and pulled out her very own Fairy Ocarina and then The Ocarina of Time. I was very perplexed. Saria handed it to me saying "Zelda entrusted it to me after you were heading off to Mushroom lands. I wanted to keep it from you but let's just play Ocarinas together tonight, eh?" I nodded my head and said "sure I haven't played for awhile." I warmed up by blowing in and out deeply. Then I played something I was sure she'd recognize. The song she taught me in the Lost Woods that night in the Sacred Forest Meadow. She almost cried with happiness after hearing what I played. All she could say was "...you remember!" We started playing and jamming around in the key the tune was in, but always sticking to the recurring theme. Saria's ocarina solos put mine to shame, my defense being that I was out of practice. It had been a good 3 ages. But I was better than I remembered I was. We played until late that night.
Later that night the two of us lay outside looking up at the stars above. Zebes and Corneria also came into orbit view as well. Zebes was quite a brilliant planet to look at. It gleamed yellow. It was very bright in the sky. Corneria was a very blue planet. It was also quite nice. Just then Saria asked me a question. "Have you ever been off Nintendo?" I chuckled a bit and said "I've been to Venom, and I've been to the Chozo planet... ugh, I can't remember the name of it." "Tallon IV?" Saria asked. "Yeah, that's it." I said. Saria sighed. "I can never leave this forest, Link." I then realized how painful it must be to be forever confined in this area of Hyrule. "I want to break free so badly Link." I replied "I can understand, Saria." Her voice then became tenser. "I just must break free and find release in this village. I'm so much more mature than anyone else here; no one can understand the things I think." I nodded. What else could I fucking do? She was spilling her guts all over me. It's best to fucking shut up and listen. She continued "No one comprehends love. No one comprehends pain. No one comprehends what I think about. That's why you were my best friend. You were not a Kokiri and you could understand everything. Sometimes I feel like I'm not a Kokiri." She continued. I could feel there were tears swelling up in her eyes as she continued.
"He came a dark night and demanded the Deku Tree's strength and valor!" I paused and asked her who she was referring to. She looked me in the eyes. "A Demon Hunter with wings and rigged blades." I swallowed hard. Illidan. I started to feel like I had been betrayed by a good friend. Saria kept going.
"I experienced pain, true suffering, and true affection that night." I was a bit confused by the combination of feelings there. "I tried to stop him from getting to the Deku Tree. He first asked me to leave quietly, but when I challenged him to fight, he grabbed me, dropped his blades and grunted something like 'it's time I've broken one of you Kokiris'. It was awful. He tore my clothes and proceeded to rape me." I then felt a surge of anger against the man who I once felt I could relate to myself. Now I've heard he almost killed my sworn brother and that he's sexually damaged my best friend. Saria solemnly continued. "He was ruthless, unloving and full of hate. I could feel his inner hatred rammed into me. I could only admire his true feeling at the climax of it all" she finally admitted. After a long pause she finished her long story. "That's why I've grown Link. The only way us Kokiri can grow past childhood is if we partake in sexual intercourse." Wow. I had learned something new that day. Something very fucked up and something very powerful. Something I could feel Saria had to tell me. And I felt good that she did. I was still very angry at Illidan. Very angry. I then realized that I and Saria really were best friends. I would've had to be pretty close to her for her to tell me that. I'd never felt closer to anyone in my life. Except Malon of course. I had no idea what to say. Then I finally said "You getting tired?" No answer. I looked over and there Saria was, sound asleep. I picked her up, brought her into her house and tucked her into her bed. I then head out to my house and went to bed.
I woke up to the sound of rustling in the bushes behind my house. I looked out my back window to see. I couldn't see anything there. Whatever that thing was it woke me up. I got up and packed my stuff, knowing I wouldn't return to my house for awhile. I stopped by Saria's house one more time to say goodbye. As I left the forest, I felt some kind of self defeat inside. For what reason I was not sure. Now I was going to go to Lon Lon Ranch, and nothing was going to stop me.
...Or so I thought. As I was riding, three bandits came up riding beside me. One of them yelled something that sounded like "ima kill you fucka"(?). I quickly jumped off Epona who rode off to a safe point and drew my sword. The horse that was careening towards me didn't stop so I lopped off one of its legs and the bandit on it flew off. I ran up to him and got ready to attack him. I heard the bandit sware as he flipped around to attack me. I blocked it with my shield and jabbed at him. He sidestepped and attacked me. I jumped, and sliced his head off. The two other bandits came at me. I had to think quickly, so I started running. When I was far enough away, I jumped, turned around and fired an arrow in mid-air, striking the bandit and causing him to fall forward and get trampled by his own horse. The last bandit still came with much confidence, so I dodged getting hit by his horse and stabbed his horse's side. As the horse kneeled over and the bandit jumped off, he pulled out a crossbow and aimed for me. I held up my shield, but the arrow spiked me in my thigh. It throbbed with pain, but not enough that I couldn't stand. I fake kneeled over to draw the bandit closer so he would deliver the final blow. When he was close enough, I stood up and stabbed him. I then realized I was but a mile from Lon Lon Ranch. I quickly shook of my pain in my thigh and lightly bandaged it up.
I rode a bit farther until Epona, who I suppose felt some presence, neighed very loudly and stood on her hind two legs. I almost fell off her and I desperately tried to calm her down. She finally went back on all fours' but still seemed very tense for a horse. I slowly dismounted as I slowly drew my sword and looked around myself warily. Could it be another bandit with a cloaking drive? Then I heard a heavy footstep. I spun around, but saw no one so I figured it was Epona shifting her footing. Still I didn't think it sounded like her. So I rummaged through my inventory for my Lens of Truth®. I held it up to my good eye and spun around, looking for whoever was about. I swung around and did a double take on one figure- Illidan Stormrage.
Illidan must have figured I was able to see him- I was staring right at him, and even though he was blind, he had spiritual sight. Something about that blindfold I tell you... Illidan took a small gem out of his pocket and cracked it, becoming completely visible to the human eye. I could tell because I heard Epona neigh quite loudly. I removed my lens of truth and slipped it back into my inventory. I could tell Illidan's face softened as his expression drooped a bit from behind his blindfold. He then spoke. "...Link?" I was a bit confused. He didn't seem that hostile. And he must have been able to know who I was if he was fucking following me. Instead of going apeshit on him there, I stayed calm and said "It is I, Illidan." Illidan's mouth then curved into a devilish smirk. "I haven't seen you for a good long while." He bluntly stated. "In the year I had been gone from the M.T.Y.L. headquarters, I slipped into yet another alternate dimension. It was there I met a powerful man by the name of Vlad Drac. He was a powerful warlord who had complete control of Bunglia. He was also known as Mr. Bungle. Through a series of hideous tests to see if I was worthy, he sent me on a quest. I was to drain the land of Hyrule of all its strength and beauty.
At this point I still couldn't believe that Illidan would do such a thing. Still he continued his tinted tale. "If I was to complete this mission, he would grant me a strength in which I could grab anyone's mind. I could then change everything that they know into something like, say, Illidan is your true master." Illidan must have gone insane with that visit to Bunglia, or whatever. Illidan never dreamed of world domination. And why would Vlad Drac want to take out Hyrule? No one even had connections to other dimensions in the land of Hyrule. I began to wonder if I was but dreaming. It was a bit too real for that, though. I focused myself and then asked Illidan "Why must you do this to my home country? I have had word that you raised the evil Volvagia and raped my best friend, the forest girl, Saria." Illidan laughed a bit. "Ah, Link, they denied me entrance to their stronghold. The Stone Chambers and the Deku Tree were unharmed, so I must return to both after you undid both my plans in the areas. And you will not stop me! Besides, I am off to Zora's Domain. Maybe they will be more cooperative. I wouldn't want to have to hurt anyone."
At that point I drew my sword and told him "I will not let you drain Hyrule of its three points of strength. Without those three strongholds, Hyrule will whither and die!" Illidan then became very smug. "What do you care about this land? You abandoned it for Mushroom lands, I recall..." That was about all I could take. I rushed towards him with my sword drawn. He sensed my attack with his spiritual strength. He countered my attack with a swing of one of his blades. Illidan's swing was so forceful, I staggered back before I saw him gearing up for an attack on me. I held up my shield to block the blow, and whipped my sword out to block an attack with his other crescent-moon blade. He whipped each of them in and out of my area, hoping to strike home with one of them. Our strengths were but equal and neither one of us were damaging the opposition. I finally jumped up over him and tried to slice his backside. It was there and I could've. But I didn't. I couldn't hurt the man who saved my life many times. Or was it me who was preventing me to attack? I could hear Illidan laughing.
"Can't do it can you?" He spun around and sliced my gut pretty deeply- not deep enough to damage any of my organs, something more of a warning slice. He then dropped his blades, grabbed me by the neck and began to speak in a sinister slow. "You are but a weak hero. I am a true hero. I am relentless in what I must do. You couldn't even kill the man who threatened your way of life!" He paused as I gagged into his hand. He then kneed me in the stomach, brought one of his hoofs into my crotch and knocked me out with a swift jab across my face. In my last breath I could muster "I'll fucking kill you!" Illidan laughed at my remark. I was gonna kill that bastard. But in my exhaustion, I passed out and slipped into a pleasurable dream- my escape from the pain.
(chapter 5 will continue chapter 3, in result it will be quite short.)