Chapter 3: Parasitic Armored Arachnid Queen Gohma

"Wake up Link, Wake up" Link opened his eyes, it was becoming a habit of his to pass out,

"Ah, you've awoken, good to see you don't stay down for long" Link looked around, everywhere was black apart from the figure in front, shining green. Saria? He thought. The woman looked at him.

"I am Farore, Goddess of Courage. Link, you know why I face you, you are a courageous soul, you don't stop. You have my blessing Link, know forever I am with you." She approached him and kissed him on the cheek. He noticed just how beautiful she was, with long green hair and a long green dress.

"Link, wake up" He didn't understand, he was already awake wasn't he? He opened his eyes and he was surrounded by spider webs. He himself was coated with spider webs, all entangled around him, strong as iron. He moved, nothing happened, he wasn't strong enough to even rock it. He sighed, there must be something else. He cast his eyes around the room, it was pretty dark, a shining stone stuck to a wall in the corner. At least it wasn't pitch black he thought.

"Link, know that I am forever with you"

He felt something inside, he felt… bright. Green light was shining from him. Not just from his tunic but from him, he watched open mouthed in wonder. He noticed, hints of gold glistened within the bright green light. The shadows sulked away and hid behind other webs and suddenly he burst out of his and onto the floor. The green light faded as he regained his footing. He was at a loss for what had happened but he felt it was no time to think about it, Saria had mentioned feeding time and he felt this was probably where it lived. He looked for the exit, which at the moment wasn't presenting itself, then he noticed, that glowing stone had gone.

It had just disappeared, the big yellow stone, vanished. He walked a few steps forward. He had no sword, no shield, nothing. He had a goddess on his side though, that must account for something he thought. But then again since when do gods help in human matters. The webs really did mask the room, it was even more evident from the ground, looking up just presented a maze of white lines, each one probably as sticky as the next. He shuddered. All from the room he had the eerie feeling something was watching him. He turned, and there he saw the biggest spider he had ever seen. It was a giant the size of a small house. Dark Green and glistening with ooze and light. He stepped back, It stepped forward, mimicking his moves. Then he noticed, its one giant eye was the stone from the wall. Yellow with a pupil in the centre that was surrounded by light. Link gulped as it got closer, opening its mouth. The teeth came down over him and the drool dripped down on his shirt, it was heavy and thick, like liquid lead. He grimaced but turned his attention back to the fangs. They bit, he slide out the way and broke into a run. All he had to figure out was where it was he was running to. The giant arachnid jumped and landed in front of him, her big tail swinging. She turned and looked him down with her big eye.

"Link!" It was Saria's voice, but from where, "Catch!" She shouted, and his sword fell into the ground next to him, he looked up and saw her silhouette wave at him. He grabbed it quickly, wrenching it from the ground and swung it backwards in the air. He bought it down on the creature's eye but it blinked, the sword ricocheted off the eyelid as though it was made of metal. He ran again and it jumped, Link jumped too, sticking his sword into its stomach as it passed over head. It landed slightly clumsily but wasn't thrown off guard. It brought down a long armoured leg and smashed down on the ground. Link rolled out the way and slashed at the leg. It did no use, the sword wasn't strong enough. Next the tail came down, and tried to knock him off his feet. As it came from the right Link jumped onto it and kicked off it, landing where it had started. The beast looked at him with her eye again and then lunged forward. Link slide under her and stood at her back. He stabbed the sword into where her tail joined and it slid in, it took some force but he got it right in up to the hilt. She cried in agony, he brought it out again as she turned, she jumped up but this time not over. She clung to the ceiling and watched him before turning her tail to face him. Out of it sprouted five eggs which hit the ground with a slump. He ran to one and, wasting no time, sliced it apart with his sword, he did the same for the second but he was too late for the rest. Three smaller versions approached him now. He wondered just how tough their armour was. He brought down the sword on the head of one but it jumped to the side. He stepped back, poised, waiting. One jumped and he hit it with an uppercut from his sword. It fell backwards, its green blood splashed against the ground. The giant started spewing out more eggs. They hatched fast and surrounded him. Spiders everywhere, they jumped. He kicked some off and hit the others with his sword. He cart wheeled sideways over ones head and started running across the rest. When he landed he quickly turned and watched them as they also turned. Taking up his sword he cut through them like vines, making his way to the other side. He kicked some away, he punched some away. One got hold of his leg but he pushed it away and stamped down, feeling its skull breaking underneath his boot. He was coated in spider blood, thick and green, it smelled putrid. He looked back at the mess, few spiders had lived and they all scuttled away. The rest just left rotting carcasses on the ground. The queen spider jumped down, causing a tremor. She roared at Link and brought down her tail like a scorpion. Grabbing hold link was taken up above her, she looked around, unsure of where he had gone. He dropped down, landing on her back and straddling her neck. He took the sword in two hands and plunged it down into her eye. Wailing she moved backwards, blood pouring from her eye, dripping from the armour around it. She jumped forward, trying to hit Link by luck but she failed. She just toppled onto the ground, leaving herself upturned. Link ran and using one of her legs to propel himself further he landed on her stomach. He took his sword and stabbed it in her neck before pulling it backwards and slicing straight down the centre. She kicked him off and got to her feet. Blood was now gushing from her middle, she couldn't see, and vital organs were clinging to what they could inside. She stumbled about a bit, crashing into the webs around the room before finally falling backwards into the centre of the room where she burst apart in a shower.

Link looked around still wary of his surroundings.

"Link, up here, quickly climb up" Saria dropped a rope down, "You will have to climb up the other webs to reach it" Link quickly grabbed hold of one of the webs and started a climb. It suck to him making it difficult but he persevered till he reach the top. There the rope hung from the centre of the room.

"You'll have to jump" She shouted. He kicked off from the web an managed to make it to the rope. Saria braced as his weight took hold of the bottom but then she pulled up with all her might, glowing green as she did so. When he finally reached the top she hugged him.

"Link, you did it, you saved the Great Deku Tree" She had lost her all knowing accent that she had had before and spoke more like a normal person.

"I thought you were going to die down there, nothing could normally survive Gohma" She smiled at him

"I told you I couldn't predict your future but clearly fate brought you here, think, though that mark on your arm is a curse, without it you wouldn't have stumbled from your horse, you wouldn't be here, you wouldn't of saved the Great Deku Tree. I only hope it isn't too late!" She hugged him again, it felt as though she wasn't letting go. Then she looked up, eyes tearful.

"I really thought you were doomed, I'm sorry to of doubted you. Farore is really with you. Its true, its why I saw courage when I saw you, Farore is somewhere with you, Farore is guiding you Link" She let go and took his hand.

"Quickly, we need to see the Deku Tree" She pulled his arm and led him to the wall.

"Great Deku Tree, Its Saria, Please open up!" She shouted. It echoed around the room. Link looked back, all the vines were dieing and all the evil was leaving. He smiled. The wall opened up and Saria dragged him out before he could see anything else. Outside however was even more impressive. Before him stood a giant face in the side of the tree and he realised he had just come out of its mouth.

"I" It said slowly, "Am The Great Deku Tree, You, I Believe, Must Be Link" Link nodded.

"Come Sit" It said, "And I Will Explain"