Eep! sorry I havent had enough time to make this chapter. It's just, Orchestra concerts, Christmas decorating,Blabbing about how much the Goblet of Fire moive ruled all others, and most of all:

THE DREADED OMLs! OMLs are the Ordinary Muggle Level exams. In other words, FINALS! I hate my life. It sucks. So I'll get this chapter up, a SS chapter (or 2 mabye) then before Christmas, I'll post a few more (hopefully).

Zelda is not mine nor will it ever.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Chapter XIII

The Forest Sage

"You!" was the only thing that Link could say, gripping the Master Sword tightly.

Ganondorf did not respond. Instead he and his black stag rose in the air. Light surrounded them and soon it was revealed it wasn't Ganondorf, but a monster. It had a hard skull mask surrounding it's "face" and was carrying a giant staff. His horse looked even creepier. Itrode through the air into a painting.

"Saria..go hide! Now!" Link said.

"Link..." Saria said.

"Go!"

Saria hurried over to thenearest pillar. Where did he go? Link thought in his mind, but was cut off by a surge of electrical energy in his back. Itwent through his entire body, causing him to fall over. Saria screamed.

What the-

Another surge hit him. This time, he flew through the air, hitting the pillar where Saria was hiding. "LINK!" she screamed. He got up slowly and tried to locate where the Master Sword was. His vision was blured, but he soon saw it-the exact oppisite side of the room. He had to create a diversion..something..

The Fairy Bow! He drew an arrow and slipped it into the bow. But, where did the Phantom go?

"Look behind you!" He heard Navi yell. Wherewas Navi a few minutes ago?

He could see smoke emerging from a painting, a lot of it. Without evenasking Navi where she was hiding for the past couple minutes, he shot the arrow at it. Now was his chance!Link hurled towards the blade and picked it up. He zoomed around just in time to see an energy ball flying towards him.

"Hit it back you idiot!" Navi yelped.

He swung the Master Sword just in time for the energy ball to bounce off the blade, and head towards the Phantom. Link game a look of victory- a little too soon. The energy ball came zooming back at him.

"Again!" Navi said.

He did it again, and again, untill it hit the Phantom head-on. It fell to the ground.

"Now Link!" Navi yelled. He ran as fast as he could, but it was too late, the Phanotom recoverd. The ground begain to shake.The Master Sword flew out of his hands.He felt the tile under him break. The Phantom stared at him with his soul-less face and shot another energy ball at him.

Link tried to move, but couldn't. His foot was stuck in the floor. Dammit! I'm dead, he thought. He closed his eyes, waiting for intense pain, but it never came. Well, technically it did, but it was a hard push against his chest, releasing his foot, sending him across the room. He felt his body slam against a pilliar. He opened his eyes. He stopped breathing, Saria. She must've jumped in front of him right before he got hit.

"No. No. No. Wake up Saria! Wake up!" He begged. He looked over at her fairy, slamming her small body against Saria's chest. He heard the familar crack of the Phantom shooting an electric energy ball. He whirrled around.

"Keep doing that! Navi, you help!" Link yelled. He pickedup the MasterSword andswung the energy ball back at the Phantom. It hit it in the chest and itfell to the floor. Link ran and lunged at it with the Master Sword. He stabbed the Phantom. Where? He had no idea. It's dead body started to dissapear, and a bone-chilling voice boomedthrough the room.

"You might have defeated my Phantom boy but the real me won't be so easy!"

"Ganondorf.." Link muttered.

"Worthless creation," Ganondorf's voice yelled as the Phanotm dissapeared completly.

Link ran as fast as he could over to where Saria laied.

"It's no good.." Her fairy said. "She's...She's.."

"SHE'S NOT DEAD!" Link yelled. As much as he refused to believe it, she looked as pale as a ghost and felt as cold as ice.

"Please wake up Saria..." Link took both of his hands and pushed on Saria's chest. He repeated, and repeated, but she did not wake.

"Link..." he felt Navi's small hand touch his shoulder. He stopped. Link stared down at his best friend, dead.

"We need to leave," Navi whispered.

Link didn't move. He didn't turn to Navi, or do anything. He just stared down at Saria.

"He'll pay," Link said.

"What?" Navi said.

"HE'LL PAY! GANONDORF WILL PAY FOR THIS! I'LL MAKE SURE OF IT!" Link slammed his fist on the ground next to him. He didn't want to leave Saria's body.

Memories came to him. Saria smiling at him, his first meeting with Navi, the first time he hit Mido for taunting him, and Saria playing her ocarina for him.

The ocarina...He still had it! He pulled out Saria's old fairy ocarina and smiled at it. He put the mouthpeice in his mouth and blew. A muffled sound came out. He kept blowing and blowing untill finally the note that came out was clear and beautiful. He then played the song Saria loved so much to play for him. He played it loudly and lively, just as if Saria was alive a breathing right in front of him. He wanted everyone to hear him.The Kokiri tribe, Ganondorf,even the realm of the heavens above.He stopped playing. Link opened his eyes. Something had happened he didn't expect.

Light filled the room. Warmness overcame Link. A green light surrounded Saria and circled her corpse. It faded.

Saria's eyes opened.

The two fairies gasped. Link smiled.

"L..Link?"

"Saria, you're okay!"

"Did you...do this?" She asked.

He smiled agian, and nodded.

"Thank you." She grabbed Link and hugged him. Saria was alive. He almost cried.

The tearful moment didn't last too long, a blue light soon surrounded the two and Link felt himself float away, leave the forest temple, leave the world.

The light faded, and Link soon realized Saria wasn't there anymore. He looked around. He was staning in the Chamber of the Sages.

"Link."

He spun around. Standing on the green platform was Saria.

"Thank you for awakening me as the Sage of the Forest," she spoke.

"Saria, you're the Forest Sage?" Link said amazed.

"I now understand we can't live in the same world anymore-"

"What?"

"Please don't be sad Link, you need to save Hyrule! Without my help this county's doomed," Saria continued.

Link looked back at her, "I..understand."

"Please take this medalion Link,"a green light appeared in front of him and a medalionlanded in his hands. It dissapeared, and Linkfelt something strangeenter his body.

"Please remember that I will always be your friend," Saria said as everything begain to fade out.

Navi squealed.

They werestanding right in front of the deadGreat Deku Tree.

I AM SOOOOO SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG!