Link nodded before whispering a thanks. He then putted the sword back in its sheet and hung it on his back. Link kissed Saria one last time then he and Kate headed for the place where the great deku tree rested. After a few minutes of walking they entered the deep forest surrounding the village. They followed navy and she led them to a clearing. In the centre of it stood a gigantic tree. It was the great deku tree. Giant roots were everywhere around him. Fairies were flying around him. He looked quite old and fatigued. Navy flew right to him letting Link and Kate at the entrance of the clearing astonished by the beauty of the great deku tree. Navy stopped in front of what seemed like eyes.
"I'm back master" she said to the tree
A loud voice could be heard throughout the forest.
"Finally Navy. Are they here with you?" the great deku tree asked slowly
"Yes master they are here" she answered
"Come nearer children my vision isn't as good as it was before when I was younger" the tree said
Kate and Link slowly approached the huge tree. They stopped a few steps in front of him.
"I'm so glad that you accepted to come with Navy" the tree said to them
"It is such a great honour to meet you great deku tree" Link answered bowing slightly
"I'm the one who's honoured. Many would have gave anything to met the chosen ones" he said
"The chosen ones I don't understand…" said Kate with a confused look on her face
"It does not matter…it is not time for you to understand…" the great deku tree said in a faint whisper
"May I beg your pardon, but I would like to know why you summoned us?" Link asked respectfully
"I guess that is time for me to tell you what happened to me…a few weeks ago a man in black on a horse which was also black came to me. He was evil I could easily sense it. He wanted the kokiri emerald, the ancient stone of the forest. I refused to give it to him. He was so angry and frustrated that he putted a curse on me. I'm slowly dying and there's nothing I can do cause the curse is destroying me from the inside" the great said the last sentence with sadness and regret
No one talked. They were all too shocked to say anything. Especially Navy. She was trembling.
"I've summoned both of you cause I've got fate in your abilities. I know that the only one which can destroy this curse and free myself is both of you" the great deku tree said to them
"I…I just don't understand…how can we destroy this curse if you, the great deku tree, cannot do anything about it?" Link asked to the great deku tree with tears getting in his eyes
"It is simple young guy…you simply have to enter in me and kill the thing whose killing me…"
No one answered. The great deku tree then spoke again.
"I've got these for you…they're made from my wood so they will never break…please accept them respectfully…" the great deku tree said
Two skull kids came out from the woods. One of them carried a shield and the other one carried a wooden slingshot. The skull kid with the shield kneeled before Link while the other skull kid kneeled in front of Kate. They both took the weapon that belonged to them. The skull kid which brought the slingshot also gave to Kate a little sac containing deku seeds. Big hard seed which could be used as bullets for the slingshot.
"Now if you are both ready…" the deku tree began "It is time to enter my body and destroy that curse…Navy I want you to accompany these young fellows guide them well with your wise advises" the great deku tree finished his sentence and the three others nodded
The great deku tree opened his mouth wide and stayed like that. The three companions entered it reluctantly. They were scared of what they were about to find in there. They were surprised to see that it wasn't dark at all in there. In the very centre of the tree there was a giant hole covered by a spider web. On the walls there were vines growing. And at the top of the tree there was a kind of wooden bridge which led to the centre of the room. They approached the hole covered by a web.
"Hey Navy maybe you could go see what's down there" Kate suggested
"Yeah I'm going" navy answered as she passed through the web with ease
She flew right to the bottom and stopped just before entering in some water. She looked around. The room was darker then the one up there. A large pool of water was taking almost all of the room. Just in front of Navy there was a large tunnel who led to another room. Navy took another quick look before going up again. She came out of the hole.
"So what's down there?" Link asked her
"There's some deep water right below the hole and a saw a tunnel which led to another room" Navy answered
"Well looks like we need to go down there" Kate said
Link then took out his sword and attempted to cut through the spider web. Everytime he attacked the web his sword just stuck to it.
"It's useless" he said frowning "I'll never be able to cut through it" he putted out his sword
"I've got an idea!" exclaimed Kate as she looked at the ceiling
"What is it?" Link asked
"You'll see"
Kate ran towards the vines on the walls. She began climbing to it. Navy and Link just stared at her wondering what could be her brilliant idea. After a few minutes, Kate finally reached the top and stepped on the wooden bridge. She began walking towards the end of the bridge when suddenly something fell from the ceiling. Kate had barely time to jump back. A strange spider was hanging in front of her. It looked like a skull with spider legs. Kate took out her slingshot and shot a seed at the spider. But the seed had just been reflected. It skull was as hard as rock. Then the spider attacked Kate but she dodged the attack and she then saw it. The weak spot of that spider was its soft belly which wasn't protected by a hard shell. She quickly took another deku seed and shot it at the spider's belly. It let out a strange cry before falling down on the floor. It then disappeared into thin air. Kate heard Link asking if she was alright. Kate answered with a yes before putting away her slingshot. She then took a deep breath before running towards the end of the bridge. Kate just jumped in the air and began falling towards the spider web. Link then realised what Kate was doing. Kate just passed through the web completely destroying it. Link and Navy heard her fall in the water. Link got on the hedge of the hell and looked down it.
"Are you ok?" Link cried
"Yeah I'm fine!" Kate replied
A few seconds later Link landed in the deep water next to her. Navy soon followed. They both swam towards land and climbed on it.
"That was a brilliant idea you had Kate" complimented Link
"I know" they both laughed a little
They then heard something. Like if someone had spit something. Then a deku nut passed right next to them. They both got up and turned around to see who or what had thrown that. In front of them stood three strange creature. They looked like little trees and had a pipe shaped mouth. Their eyes shone with a red light. Another one of them spitted a deku nut. Link barely dodged it.
"What are those things?" Kate asked as she ran trying to avoid the projectile
"These are deku scrub!" Navy shouted "They aren't very strong but they can still be deadly when they attack in pack…we've got to do something about these but just don't get too close or they'll bury themselves into the ground" Navy said
Link and Kate just kept dodging those deku nuts. Then Link shouted: "this cannot continue like that!". He raised his deku shield and blocked one of the deku nuts. It was reflected right at the deku scrub who had spitted it. He received it in the face and fell down on the floor unconscious. The two other deku scrubs instantly stopped their attack.
"Please spare us" begged one of them with an ugly voice
"Yes please we were only obeying to the orders of queen Gommah" the other one added
"That's ok…now go way" Link ordered to them
They both nodded before taking their vanquished one and disappearing in the ground. Link was about to put out his shield and sword when Kate told to him to be ready cause they were surely getting near that queen Gommah. Link agreed as Kate took out her slingshot. They slowly entered the tunnel which led to the last room. As they entered it, the earth began to shake under their feet and rocks soon blocked the entrance to the tunnel. They looked around them and saw roots filling the ceiling. They were now under the great deku tree.
"There's nothing in here" said Kate
"You're right" added Link
"I wouldn't say that there isn't something in here" Navy said nervously "Look at the ceiling!"
They both looked up and realised that Navy was right. A gigantic thing was on the ceiling. it wasn't moving. No one of them moved. They just stared at the ugly thing. It was surely queen Gommah. She looked like a giant parasite. Plenty of legs were everywhere and there were some kind of razor like claws on two of her legs. Suddenly her only eye opened. It was orange and she looked at them. They all froze there. She let herself fell down on the ground with a loud sound. She looked at them and then made a loud cry. Kate took a seed and shot it at her but it only bounced on her though skin. She dashed towards Kate at a surprising speed and raised her razor-like claws and tried to hit Kate with them but Link was quick enough and pushed her of the way. Link barely had time to dodge Gommah's claws. He then gave her a hit with his kokiri sword but there wasn't a thing to do. Her skin was way too hard. Gommah made a sort of laugh before hitting Link with one of her strong legs. Link landed hard on the ground. Hopefully he wasn't hurt. He slowly got up. As Gommah went back to the ceiling, she cried and from the shadows of the room came some sort of creatures. They looked exactly like Gommah except the fact that they were way smaller and had only two small legs. They were slow and easy to kill. Kate and Link killed them all. Gommah then made a terrible cry. They then realised that those small creatures were Gommah's larva. She fell back on the ground and began running towards Link. The earth was trembling and she looked angry. Kate then took another seed and aimed for Gommah's eye. She shot the seed hoping it will hit the mark. And it did. Gommah instantly fell to the ground convulsing violently.
"Now Link! Attack her eye!" shouted Kate
Link tightened its hold on his sword and began attacking Gommah's eye. With each hit he gave her she let out horrible screams. Then after a few hits, she got up. It looked like nothing had happened though her eye was completely destroyed. She suddenly began to scream and it looked like she was choking. Then she collapsed on the ground dead. Link and Kate were both panting. They both took out their weapons. It was over. Queen Gommah was nothing more. They stood there proud of themselves but wondering how they would get out of there. Then from nowhere a portal formed in front of the queen's dead body. It was the same portal that had transported Kate to the kokiri forest at the first place. Kate then thought that maybe it will take her back to her own world. She stepped in it and the same thing as before happened. She could not move and she couldn't talk. Though she heard Link and Navy calling her name she could not answer them. Then her feet left the ground and once again she disappeared. She once again landed softly on the ground. She opened her eyes and realised she was back in front of the great deku tree.
Moments later Link and Navy landed softly next to her. Kate was a bit disappointed to see she was still in here but she rapidly forgot that. They were too happy to have freed the great deku tree from his curse.
"Great deku tree! We did it!" cried Navy
"I'm proud of you three…my hopes in you were well placed" he said "And now it is time for me to go"
The three of them looked at him. But then Kate realised what the great deku tree meant by "It is time for me to go".
"But we lifted the curse…you are supposed to be ok now…" Kate said
"You may have lifted the curse but it is too late…I will die and there's nothing you can do about it…" the great deku tree said sadly
"But…but…" Link started
"I haven't much time left…I will give to you what I died for…the thing that the man from the desert wanted so badly that he putted that deadly curse on me…the kokiri emerald…please accept it…" the great deku said slowly
No one answered. No one wanted either. The great deku tree whispered incomprehensible words. They just looked up as a green light began appearing above their head. There was a blinding flash then the kokiri emerald landed softly in Link's hand. It was a beautiful emerald surrounded by gold. It was lighter then it looked to be. They looked at the stone then looked at the great deku tree.
"Now my kids…it is time for you to go to the princess of destiny" the great deku tree began "Just go the Hyrule Castle…she should be waiting for you…show her the kokiri emerald and she'll understand everything…now it is time for me to leave…goodbye Navy…goodbye young fellows…good luck…the destiny of Hyrule rests upon your shoulders…" the great deku tree closed his eyes
He slowly began to wither. His leaves died and fell down from the sky. A few tears were getting in Link's eyes as Navy was trembling furiously. The great deku tree was still there in front of them but now it wasn't alive anymore. He was now darker and all withered. Link took another look at the kokiri emerald before putting it in a pocket.
"We should get going now…" Link said
"You're right it's no use staying here.." Kate replied
She made a few steps in the forest direction and Link followed her.
"Wait! I'm coming with you!" Navy exclaimed as she went in their direction "The great deku tree would have wanted me to help with in your quest" she said before facing the deku tree again "Good bye…great deku tree…" she said before following the others into the forest
Hope it was good I'm now kinda stuck on chapter 3 so it might take a while before I update again.