Chapter 5: The Zora's Sapphire
Link awoke the next morning. He rolled on his side and smiled, kissing Saria lightly on the forehead. Saria stirred a little, and Link shook her. "Saria," he said, it's time to get up." Saria stirred again, and Link smiled. He rose his mouth to her ear and whispered, "I love you."
"I love you, too, Link," Saria said sleepily. She then woke up, looking up at him. Link smiled and Saria smiled back.
"Good morning, sleepyhead."
"Oh, Link…it wasn't a dream." She said, hugging him tight.
"No, Saria, it wasn't a dream. I am back, but remember, I have to go again. If you really want to come with me, you need to be ready in half an hour, okay?" Saria nodded. "This is a test. If you aren't ready, then you won't be able to go."
"I understand," Saria said, nodding. She smiled and hugged him, then got up and quickly ran to her house. Link smiled and got out of his bed. He looked around for a moment, then started to get ready to go. He strapped his sword onto his back, then went to the Deku Tree to make himself a new shield. After carving a new one, he was ready, and all he had to do was make sure Saria was.
"Saria?" Link asked when he got to her door.
"Link!" Saria shouted and hugged him. "I'm almost ready, please stay just a little bit longer…"
"It's okay, Saria, you still have a few minutes to get ready, it hasn't been half an hour, yet," Link lied. It had been over half an hour, but with the fact that he just finished carving his shield, he had a reason to be late on his own, so he figured he'd let Saria have a little extra time. Saria nodded and quickly went off to finish getting ready.
A moment later, Saria was ready to go. She had one problem. Unlike Link, she had no weapons to use, and without weapons, she wouldn't be much help. Link smiled and handed Saria a pouch and a slingshot. He smiled. "Here, Saria. I figured that since you needed weapons, you could use all of my long-range weapons. Slingshot, Deku Nuts, and anything else we may find that you can use."
"Thank you, Link." Saria smiled and hugged him.
"Hey, I can't let you go defenseless, now can I?" Saria shook her head and Link smiled. "Just be careful with them, all right?" Saria nodded. "All right. Do you need me to train you how to use them? I can train you on our way."
"I'd like that." Saria said, smiling. She leaned herself against Link and he wrapped his arm around her. The two walked out of the Kokiri Forest, and stopped at the bridge that separated their world from the rest of the world.
"This is your last chance to turn back," Link informed Saria. "If you don't turn back now, there's no turning back."
Saria smiled. "I don't care. I won't turn back, not as long as you're around." She kissed him lightly, and he blushed red. The two then walked forward, crossing the bridge, and finding themselves outside the forest.
"Well, do you feel any different?"
"No."
"All right, as long as you don't feel bad, or different from normal. I really don't want you getting hurt, and after all, the Deku Tree said that if the Kokiri left the forest, they'd die."
"I think it's because of the dangers out of the forest. You had your sword, so you could leave. Now that I have a slingshot and some other weapons, I'll be fine, as soon as you train me to use them."
"All right." Link smiled and kissed Saria. He took the slingshot from her hand, then took a seed from the pouch. "Watch, you stick the seed in the slingshot like this, then you pull back. Be sure you don't drop the seed, though. When you're aiming, keep your eye level with the slingshot, and look in between the two branches. Once you've aimed, then pull back and…" the seed shot forward, "…fire it."
Saria took it and tried it. She remembered trying it before, so she knew the basics of using it, but she didn't know how to aim, and Link had just showed her how to. She did as he said, then looked around for something to hit. Link pointed to a nearby animal, and told her to try aiming at it. She did so, and shot the seed at it. The seed hit the animal's feet, and it quickly darted off.
"You were close, and that's good. Not bad for your first try at aiming." They continued training for several hours as they walked along the plains. Link felt himself drawn to somewhere, but he didn't know where, and so, he just kept walking in the direction he felt like he needed to go.
The training paused for an hour as they ate lunch, Link gave Saria some of the food that Zelda had bought for him before he left the castle to go to Death Mountain. The bread was stale, but the rest was good. Saria almost couldn't eat the food because it was so good. "Good, isn't it?"
"Good? This is better then good!" Saria spoke loudly.
Link laughed some. "That's what I thought when I first tasted it. Back then, I had no idea what money was, and I almost lost the Kokiri Emerald in the process." He told her the whole story, then, as part of her training, taught her what money was, where to get it, and even how to use it properly. Afterwards, he taught her a couple of things that she realized she already knew.
Finally, it was getting late. The sun was setting, and Link knew they had to stop for the night. "We'll stop here and rest for the night." Link sat on the ground and looked at Saria. He handed her some food for her dinner, then the two snuggled up together and laid down to sleep. "Good night, Saria."
"Good night, Link," Saria said, then the two dozed off to sleep. It was that night that Link had a frightening nightmare.
A woman rode on a horse away from what was behind her. Behind her was a huge burning castle. "The castle…it's burning…" Link spoke. He looked around for a moment, but all he could see was the girl in front of him and the burning castle. "Where am I?" Link asked in a scared tone. "Who are you?" the girl did not respond. The scene changed, and he found himself falling, then, as he seemed to stop falling, he looked up. There, he saw the Deku Tree staring down at him.
"Link…" the Deku Tree called to him.
"Great Deku Tree!" Link shouted as he awoke from his sleep, sitting up. Saria awoke quickly when Link sat up, because she had had her head on his chest.
"Link…what's wrong?" Saria asked.
"It…it was…a dream?" Link asked, looking around.
"What was a dream?" Saria asked, blinking. Link told her the whole dream and she thought for a moment. "Strange…it doesn't sound like the castle you told me about…"
"It wasn't…it was another castle…the woman…she was holding me…like I was a baby…" Link sighed and laid back down.
"We'll worry about it tomorrow, okay? Let's just sleep for now."
"Okay," Link said, nodding. Saria placed her head back on Link's chest and went to fell back to sleep. Her eyes fluttered open, though, when she heard something.
"Music?" she asked, quickly sitting up. Link sat up with her. "Who would be playing music this late at night? It's beautiful, whoever it is…"
"Maybe we should go find out," Link stood up, then helped Saria stand up. They walked together, following the voice. Navi just grumbled as she watched them.
"Stupid Saria…" Navi said under her breath. She was jealous at the moment.
The two found themselves at Lon Lon Ranch. They walked in and looked around. Lon Lon Ranch wasn't much to see. It had two buildings to their sides, the left one was the house, the right one was the stables. In front of them was a large stable, where the horses were kept out in the open for people to ride them at will. They even sold horses, all except their prized ones, that is.
Link and Saria noticed someone up inside the currently empty horse stables, and they walked forward. They soon realized it wasn't as empty as they thought it was. There was a little girl in the stables, roughly Link's age, and she was singing. Her singing was beautiful, and Saria frowned. She couldn't sing as well as the girl could. All she could do was play her ocarina good.
Link looked at Saria, noticing the frown on her face. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked.
"She's a really good singer…" Saria said in response. "I wish I could sing that good…" She pulled out her ocarina and began to play it along with the girl's singing. The girl stopped singing, blinked, and turned around when she heard the ocarina.
"Who are you?" the girl asked. The girl had red hair and was wearing a cute dress. She also had blue eyes.
"My name's Link and this is my…" Link looked at her. He wasn't sure if to call her his girlfriend or his friend.
"I'm his girlfriend, Saria." Link blinked. He would have said that had he known Saria wouldn't have a problem with that.
The look on the girl's face changed, almost like she was sad. "I'm Malon, the daughter of Talon, who owns this place." She smiled. "I'm glad you could come to Lon Lon Ranch!" She hugged them both. She then kissed Link on the cheek and Link's eyes went wide and he blushed.
Saria saw her kiss Link and just gave a low growl. What is she doing? she thought.
"So, would you like me to show you around?" Malon asked, smiling.
"Uhh…not really," Saria said, making sure that Link couldn't get a sentence in. "Come on, Link, we've got to go." Saria began to pull Link away. Malon frowned and watched the two of them leave. "I don't like her…" Saria said once they were out of hearing range.
"Oh, come on, Saria. You're just jealous because Malon kissed me."
"I know her type…" Saria said, looking at Link. "They hear that a guy has a girlfriend, so they try to steal the guy away."
"Oh, come on, Saria," Link said. "It was just a small kiss."
"Yeah, but the next thing you know that kiss would end up as a bigger kiss, then a bigger kiss, until finally you and her are lying in bed and you find yourself making love with her! Then, you would come to me and say we had to break up!" Link sighed as he listened.
"Saria…it was just a friendly kiss, nothing more. I would never have let her do any more then that…"
Saria sighed. She knew Link well enough to know he was a man of his word and she nodded. "I'm sorry, Link." She said, then leaned against him, closing her eyes. Malon watched from a distance.
"I'll get him from you, yet, Saria…" Malon said, knowing Saria couldn't hear. "You'll see…he'll like me more then you…"
Saria and Link continued walking on. It was still night, but neither of them could sleep. "Saria…we should get some sleep…"
"No…I'm not tired…" Saria said. She gave a yawn but tried to hide it.
"Yes, you are, Saria. Come on, we need our rest," Link put his arms around Saria and smiled. "Come on, Saria." Saria sighed.
"I'm afraid…" Saria said suddenly.
Link was shocked at this and blinked. "Afraid? What are you afraid of?"
"I don't know…I guess I'm just afraid we'll go too far if we go to sleep…"
"Saria, you know we'd never do that. How many times have we slept together already? I remember that one time you didn't want to be away from me at all, and we slept in the same bed for a week. You said you were afraid of something else at that time, so why are you afraid now?"
"I think it's just that. We've slept in the same bed so much, I guess I'm afraid that we might decide to go farther…"
"I wouldn't go any farther then that unless you wanted me to." Saria smiled at that.
"Do you really mean that?"
"Yes, I do, I really mean that." Link smiled.
"Okay." Saria hugged him, then the two laid down. They fell asleep shortly after that, and the night passed uneventfully.
"Hoot hoot," came a voice nearby. Link awoke and looked up, jumping back when he saw a huge owl was standing in front of him. "Hoot, Link, you are awake!"
"Wh-who…are you?" Link asked. Saria stirred a little at the noise.
"I am Kaepora Gaebora. Link, you are needed in Zora's Domain. I will take you there, just grab my leg."
"What about Saria? I can't leave her here. I told her that I would take her with me wherever I went."
"Then wake her, for we have to fly." Link nodded and shook Saria awake.
Saria groaned as she woke up, looking at Link. She smiled a bit. "Good morning, Link."
"Good morning, Saria," Link said, smiling back. "Saria, we have to head to Zora's Domain. This owl, Kaepora Gaebora, said he would take us there." Saria looked at the owl then back at Link, then nodded. They grabbed onto the owl's legs and he flew into the air, flying off.
"Look below you," Kaepora said. "Below you is the Hyrule Plain. To the north is Hyrule Castle. We will be heading to the Zora's Domain, which isn't far from here. I suggest you hold on tight, because we're going to go fast." Kaepora began to speed up, and Link and Saria quickly gripped his talons tighter. The owl sped faster, soon flying over a large place filled with waterfalls. "Let them here the song of the Royal Family, then their doors will open." With that, he let go of Saria and Link and the two fell, splashing into the water below.
The two surfaced from the water and Link looked around, then to Saria. "Saria, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, Link," Saria said. She swam over to him and smiled. "Where do we go now?"
"I don't know, let's get out of the water first." Link took Saria's hand and began to swim with her, soon reaching an area where they could get out of the water and onto land. Link helped Saria get out of the water. When she was out of the water, Saria hugged him, accidentally knocking him over onto the ground. She kissed him right on the lips, catching Link completely by surprise.
After a moment, Saria opened her eyes seeing Link's surprised look. She quickly pulled away from the kiss, blushing some as she did. Link smiled and pulled her closer, and the two entered into a kiss. After a moment, they pulled from the kiss and smiled at each other. "I'm glad you came," Link said.
"I'm glad I came, too," Saria said, smiling. Saria then moved off of Link so that he could get up. The two then looked around as they stood there, wondering where to go. Link pulled out his ocarina and looked over it, then looked around.
"Let them here the song of the Royal Family, then their doors will open," Link said, repeating what Kaepora had said.
"What does that mean?" Saria asked. Without giving a response, Link held the ocarina to his mouth and began to play it. The melody he played echoed throughout the area, and soon the nearby waterfall split open, revealing a passage inside. "Link, look!" Saria pointed to the waterfall.
"Good, it opened!" Link took Saria's hat and took her with him until they reached the opening in the waterfall. They went through the opening, finding themselves in a huge cavern. The cavern was partly filled with water, which gave it a strange glow.
"Oh my gosh! It's beautiful!" Saria exclaimed.
"Yeah," Link said, absolutely speechless. He looked around, trying to see what he could see. It was a tall cavern, and there were paths that seemed to lead everywhere. It was beautiful, and Link about fell over when he tried to see the ceiling. Actually, he did fall over. "Whoa!" he shouted as he landed on his back.
Saria giggled and looked at him. "Can you see the ceiling now?" she asked, jokingly. Link laughed some, then looked at her. He stood up and hugged her.
"Halt!" a voice shouted. "By order of King Zora, you are ordered to stand where you are and not move." Link and Saria didn't know what to do, so they just stood there and waited. It was then that Zora's surrounded them, each carrying a large pointy stick. "We are the Zora's, the dwellers of this land. Stand where you are and make no moves otherwise."
Link and Saria saw nothing else they could do. They just stood there, waiting to see what would happen. The Zora's looked like fish, because they had long fins on their heads, and on their arms and legs they had smaller fins that were like those of a shark's back fin. They looked at Link and Saria for a moment, then, once they saw they weren't going to move, one of them moved forward.
"You will come with us to see King Zora," the Zora said. Link and Saria nodded and looked at each other.
"It'll be okay, Saria," Link said.
"I hope so," Saria said, hugging Link tight. The guard poked Link with his stick and Link began to move towards the direction they pointed him to as he held Saria tightly against him. It wasn't long before they reached King Zora.
"Your majesty, King Zora, we have brought these two fools here. They have dared to trespass on our land, and we have brought them to you." King Zora was an enormous fish. He looked fat, very fat, and he also sat on a high ledge, away from anyone else. He had a large gold fin on the top of his head that ended at a large red ruby. He also wore a long red cape as he sat there on his throne, which seemed to be a large red rug.
"You two," King Zora began, "are you the ones who kidnapped my daughter, Princess Ruto?"
"Princess Ruto?" Saria asked and looked at Link, who shrugged.
"No, sir," Link said. "We were not the ones who kidnapped your daughter. We simply came to get the Spiritual Stone of Water."
"Spiritual Stone of Water!" King Zora shouted. "You are after the Zora's Sapphire as well?"
"What do you mean?" Saria asked.
"A man in black armor came just the other day. He demanded we give him the Spiritual Stone of Water. When I refused, he cursed our guardian deity, Lord Jabu Jabu. He said he'll remove the curse once we give him the Spiritual Stone."
"Well, if I help you out and remove the curse from your guardian deity, then will you give me the Spiritual Stone?" Link asked.
"Only if you remove the curse and return my daughter to me."
"Then it shall be done," Link said, nodding.
"To make sure you cooperate, however," King Zora spoke and two Zora guards grabbed Saria, "I will hold your friend here."
"Saria!" Link shouted.
"Link!" Saria shouted back. "Don't let them take me!"
"Let her go! I refuse to do anything unless you release her! She can help me, and with her help, I can get your daughter back twice as fast as I could without her." The King looked at Link for a moment.
"Fine," he said and clapped his hands. They released Saria and Saria growled at them. Saria walked over to Link and placed her head on his shoulder. "Go, now, do what you must do."
"Where can we find Lord Jabu Jabu?" Link asked.
"He is behind me," King Zora responded. He straightened and slowly began to move over, making a sound that sounded like "Zora" every time he moved. It took about ten minutes for him to finally move his big self all the way over. Link then noticed a pathway up to the throne, and both him and Saria walked along the pathway, which narrowed out near the end. They soon got to the throne and noticed the large archway that had now been revealed. "He is in there. Harm him, and you will die instantly." Link nodded and took Saria with him through the archway and into a large cavern.
It was about a minute before they reached the end of the long cavern-like passageway. Saria had begun to grow weaker for some reason. She stumbled and Link quickly caught her. "Are you okay, Saria?"
"Yeah…I'm fine…" Saria said, looking at Link. She stood to her feet and they continued walking.
"Humble helper," a zora spoke from behind. Link turned around and looked at him. "Humble helper, please take this. King Zora wishes you to have it, in case you need it. He does, however, advise you to be careful with it. Should you injure Lord Jabu Jabu, regardless of if you get the princess out or not, you will die when you return. He does not take lightly to the injury of our Guardian deity."
Link nodded. "I understand." Saria just watched the whole thing without saying anything. Saria felt herself nodding off, and she quickly shook her head, trying to keep herself awake. They continued to walk towards Lord Jabu Jabu, and the closer they got, the worse Saria got. They reached Lord Jabu Jabu's platform, where they found the huge whale.
The moment they stepped on the platform, though, Saria felt herself collapsing. Link quickly grabbed her and placed her gently on the ground. He placed his ear on her chest and listened to make sure her heart was still beating fine. "Saria?" Link asked as he looked up at her face. "Saria…wake up…" he shook her slightly. Saria remained asleep, though, and it made Link nervous. "Zora's!" Link shouted. "Help me!" Alas, no one seemed to hear.
"Saria…please be okay…" Link grabbed Saria and lifted her up onto his back. Saria was completely limp, and that made Link even more nervous. "Help!" he shouted as he ran back. He finally reached King Zora and laid her down, then looked up. "What's going on? Saria's unconscious, possibly dead."
King Zora looked at Link and closed his eyes. "So…it's spreading…"
"What's spreading?"
"The curse…it was placed on lord Jabu Jabu, but it was designed to wipe him and my entire race out. It's also supposed to wipe out anyway with a destiny to aid the Hero of Time. Don't worry, I'll watch over her, you must hurry. You haven't much time to deal with Lord Jabu Jabu if you wish for her to live." King Zora sighed. "I no longer care," he said suddenly. "Do whatever you have to do. If the curse on Lord Jabu Jabu can't be stopped without his death…then kill him."
Link's eyes widened. He couldn't believe what King Zora had just said. He closed his eyes and nodded, then quickly ran off. He ran until he reached Lord Jabu Jabu and pulled out his sword. He stuck it in the whale's mouth and tried to open it, but it was no use, the sword just snapped. Link looked at the sword and just blinked. He looked at Jabu Jabu and swore horribly under his breath.
He looked around for a moment and growled. "Link, it's a guardian deity, maybe you need to give it something." Link nodded. He snatched a fish out of the water and held it up to Lord Jabu Jabu.
"Lord Jabu Jabu, I offer you this morsel as an offering." He showed it to Lord Jabu Jabu, who's eyes went wide. "I wonder how this guy could swallow someone…" Link said, looking at Jabu Jabu. Little did he know, he was about to find out, for just as he had finished his sentence, Lord Jabu Jabu opened his mouth and began to suck air into his massive body. "Whoa! What a sucker!" he shouted as he was sucked right into lord Jabu Jabu's belly.
"This is insane!" Navi shouted as she was sucked in with him. Link found himself being tossed onto the bottom of Lord Jabu Jabu's mouth and he pushed himself to a standing position.
"All right, all we got to do is remove that curse, then we need to go find Princess Ruto. Who knows where she-" Before he could finish, his sentence was cut off by a scream.
"No! Not the Sapphire!" a voice shouted, and Link quickly turned in the direction of the shout.
"Who's there!" Link shouted. It was then that he saw someone running up to him. It was a little girl, no older then he was. She was a Zora, and this led him to suspect she was Princess Ruto. She also didn't have the long fin on her head like the other Zora he had seen did, which lead him to fully suspect that it was the princess.
"Help me!" the girl shouted and quickly ran up to him.
"Are you Princess Ruto?"
"Yes, I am, why?"
"I've been ordered to find you and bring you back to your father."
"I'm not going back there!" Ruto shouted.
"Why not?" Link asked.
"First of all, I'm here because I was hiding here to get away from my father. Second of all, I'm a real person with real feelings, and my stubborn father doesn't care! He's just always like 'Oh, my wonderful, adorable, Princess Ruto' all the time, and it's making me sick! Third of all-" Ruto's sentence was cut off when a large tentacle shot forward and tried to grab her. "Third of all, that thing ate the Zora's Sapphire!"
In front of Link and Ruto was a huge beast. The beast looked like a bulging piece of flesh from Lord Jabu Jabu's mouth. It had large electric jellyfish-like monsters all over its body. It also had large tentacles that spread out from its body as well. Three of these tentacles had strange radar-like objects on the ends of them.
"That thing!" Link shouted.
"Yes, that thing!" Ruto shouted back.
"Fine, if I help you and I get the Sapphire back, then you have to come back with me."
"Fine…" Ruto folded her arms over her chest. Link nodded and ran forward. "Wait a moment," Ruto said, grabbing Link by the back of the shirt and pulling him back against her. "What? Are you just going to leave me here? It is considered an honor to carry me." Link growled. He then found himself carrying Ruto as he ran around the large beast, trying to dodge its attacks.
"You know…this would be easier…if you weren't on my back…" Link panted.
"So? You have to carry me, it's an honor, and you should be thankful." Just as she finished, Ruto found herself being tossed aside, slamming into the ground nearby. Link pulled out the boomerang he had gotten and tossed it forward. The boomerang shot forward, spinning as it flew. It slammed into a nearby jellyfish, chopping it in half, which made it suddenly dissolve into nothing. The boomerang then returned to link's hand and he tossed it again.
This time, the boomerang shot forward, striking itself against the huge beast. Ruto's eyes went wide as she saw the boomerang hit the large parasite. It roared loudly, then exploded. The jellyfish found themselves flying off, and the boomerang struck them all as it made its way back to Link's hand. Link smiled and looked at Ruto. "Ha! I killed it!"
Suddenly, a large tentacle shot up from the ground and grew close to Link. Link smiled, spun around, and tossed his boomerang at the tentacle. It roared, turned to stone, then crumbled to the ground. In the stone was the Zora's Sapphire. Link walked over and picked it up, then handed it to Ruto. "There, I got your sapphire back. Now, you have to do as I said and come with me."
"Of course I will," Ruto said, smiling. "You know, you were pretty cool. I mean…Barinade had me a little scared, but that was it! I was just a little scared!" Link laughed some and Ruto blushed, trying to think of something to get her out of the mess she was in. She then thought of something and walked up to Link, kissing him lightly on the lips.
Link's eyes bulged when he was kissed, and he quickly pulled away from the kiss. Ruto giggled a little and Link just stood there, a look of absolute surprise on his face. "Here, I want you to have it. You got it, so you deserve it." Ruto handed him the Zora's Sapphire. "This sapphire is the Zora's engagement ring. I'm supposed to give it to only the person I am to marry. I want you to have it, it's rightfully yours, after all."
Link blinked, then took the sapphire. Ruto kissed him again and Link blushed. He quickly shook his head, allowing him to get control of himself. He then grabbed Ruto's hand and ran off with her, heading to the mouth of Lord Jabu Jabu. They reached the mouth and Lord Jabu Jabu opened his mouth, letting them out.
Link took her back to Zora's Domain, and Saria saw him as he was coming back. She ran up to him and hugged him tightly. Link smiled and hugged Saria tight. "I'm glad you came back," she said. "When I woke up, I didn't see you there. I was worried about you so much."
"I was worried about you, too, Saria." They hugged for a long time, then they grew close in a kiss. Ruto had already left at this point, and didn't see it. When the two broke from the kiss, they looked around, realizing they still had a job to do. Link too Saria's hand and the two of them headed on, going off to see what was left for them to do.
Meanwhile, in Zora's Domain, Ruto approached her father and smiled. "Father?" she asked.
"My wonderful daughter, Ruto! You have finally returned!" King Zora shouted. Him and his daughter embraced for a moment, then Ruto smiled as she pulled away.
"Father, I have something to tell you."
"Well, it can wait, first I want you to meet someone. I have picked a suitor for you."
"Umm…Father…that's kind of what I want to talk to you about…"
"What is it, my darling daughter?"
"I gave away the Zora's Sapphire already." With those words, King Zora's face gained a look of absolute horror.
"You…did…what!" he shouted. Ruto just laughed.
Meanwhile, in the Hylian Field, Link and Saria made their way to Hyrule Castle. It was a long trip, but soon the castle grew into view. "Link!" Saria shouted, her face showing horror.
"What is it?" Link asked, looking at her.
Saria pointed forward. "That's what…" Link turned to see what was making the look of horror on her face, the same look appeared on his face as well. "The castle…" Link said, absolute horror and terror on his face. "It's…it's burning!" he shouted.
"Oh no!" Navi shouted. It was a horrible sight. In front of them, Hyrule Castle stood, a huge fire that shined in the night. Link couldn't take this. He had gotten so far, and now he had failed.
"No! This can't be! Princess Zelda!" Link shouted and ran forward.
"Link!" Saria shouted.
"Navi will take you back to the Kokiri Forest! I have to check this out, and quickly! I'll be back for you, I promise!"
"I hope so…" Saria said, frowning. Navi flew off towards the forest and Saria followed.
"Don't worry, Saria," Navi said. "Once I've gotten you back home, I'll go see Link. I'll make sure that he comes back for you."
Saria nodded. "Okay," she said, turning back for a short moment. "Link…please be okay…"