1"Saya...Saya...Say something Saya...Tell me if you're still alive. Saya?" The insistent voice of the fairy, Navi, brought Saya slowly from the comforting darkness surrounding her.
Saya moaned. She tried to turn away from the voice. Who cared? It was to bright in here. She slowly opened her eyes. Navi was hovering in front of her face. "Navi...?" Saya rasped painfully, "Why does everyone want to hurt me?"
"Let's face it, Saya. You're small, and you have good intentions." If Navi was trying to make the child laugh, it wasn't going to work. "Some like the world better without the latter."
Saya sat up and shook her head in an attempt to clear it. She saw both her Kaala and the Goron kaala. The tiny Goron sat watching Saya while the Wolfos licked her claws.
Ugh. The red-stuff is nasty. No wonder the green Wolfos doesn't like it. No hunger. Well, I have to clean this stuff off somehow. The green Wolfos hates it, and so do I! Oh, hello, green Wolfos. Tail-wiggle. You're awake now? You sure picked a funny time to sleep; I guess you were that tired. Ha, I was right! I did get more hits in than you! I would have saved you a bad lizard to fight, but they were getting too wild. No hunger.
They taste pretty good...don't they, green Wolfos?
"You should have seen her, Saya! Kaala was incredible! You went down, and she went right for those Dodongos! Wonderful. Although, I have to admit, her way of showing off wasn't exactly pleasant..."
The fairy trailed off. Saya noticed the bare skeletons around the floor: all that remained of the Dodongos. Well, at least Kaala won't be hungry tonight. That's a plus. Saya toyed with the lid of a bottle. She was hungry and thirsty. Kaala came over. Oh, no, green Wolfos! I'm full. You can have that. She nudged the bottle towards Saya.
Saya kissed the the Wolfos and smiled. She drank half the bottle and stood up. Wow. That was a lot better. Maybe that was why Kaala liked the milk so much. Well, as far as Saya knew, this first taste of meat for the Wolfos was the end of cub-hood. Kaala was growing rapidly.
After some conversation, Saya discovered the name of the Goron: Kirri. She also found out something even more interesting. Kirri, as it were, was the only child of Link of the Gorons. Saya gave directions out of the cave with her map. ("I told you it would be useful!" she told Navi, impudently sticking out her tongue. "I never said it wouldn't," the fairy replied.) Kirri muttered something about naming her child Saya, too before she left.
"Well Saya, I'll see you later, I guess," the Goron said, "I'm not really sure how many kaala there are in here, but," She scratched behind Kaala's ears. Thump went the tail. "With your fighting skills, and this brave creature by your side, I'm sure you'll be done in no time."
Saya was flattered, and somewhat embarrassed, but her father's inability to blush refused to let her show it. Instead, she used his traditional method of talking incoherently to her boots.
"Well, I don't...I mean, it's just...it's, uh, I'm not...uh, not really...y'know..."
Kirri nodded. She understood what Saya meant. Kaala often spoke that way. She patted the stammering Hylian on the back before leaving. As she walked out the door, Saya picked herself up off the ground and wondered how someone her own height, nine years younger thatn herself could push her over that easily. Must be a Goron thing.
Navi waited for Kirri to leave before saying, "The door's open now, Saya. So, any time you want..."
Saya finished brushing herself off before she replied. "Sruff!" Kaala snorted. Let's get moving, green Wolfos! No hunger. We have to find more of the walking rocks, don't we? These walking rocks sure are a lot nicer that the rainbow Wolfoses! They don't chase us or yell at us. I like them. No hunger. Excitement. Tail-wiggle.
"I think Kaala's ready to go," Navi remarked.
"Do you still not trust her, Navi?" Saya asked, "I mean, you sounded so proud of her a while back, and now...Now you sounded almost friendly."
"I have to admit, she is starting to seem a bit more self-controlled, better behaved...and of course, doubting her loyalty to you is out of the question. But, enough. I know that door doesn't lead to much, so how about heading back to the main room for now?"
Saya nodded and adjusted her tunic. Despite all the seemingly endless nagging, she was actually glad the fairy had come with her. She looked up and saw Kaala, tail wagging. Something occurred to her. A warrior-in-training she may be, but that didn't change her age. She felt a burst of youthful energy course through her and ran to the door, laughing.