Quest Log,
Entry 6
Forest Haven and The forbidden woods
Disclaimer: This is based off Legend of Zelda, the wind waker, except Link is a girl and a few things have been changed. I don't own the avatar characters. Pluse, I am using Zelda, and a few of the characters from the game for fun. DONT SUE ME IM TOO CUTE TO GET A LAW SUIT :D
He staired at her motionless body for a long time, his uncle sobbing. He fell to his knees and began to sob as well, he just wasn't fast enough; if only he had gone faster...if only he hadn't taken so much time, if only he had stopped that lizard from hurting her, if only...if only... His uncle put a hand on his nephew's shoulder, but Zuko shrugged it off and kept sobbing. He had lost more than just a passenger; he had lost a fighting partner, and a dear friend. The only person he'd known that didn't dislike him for his rude behaiver when they first met, and the only person that had taken the time to talk to him, and become someone near and dear to him. He rememberd his promise all too well. He promised to find her sister, and to safely return her to her island; but that was easier said than done; he didn't know what Arylle looked like, but he figured she had pointed ears, and red hair like her sister.
"Im going to find Arylle.." Zuko told his uncle. "I promised Da-xia I would." Iroh understood what his nephew was telling him, and wished him the best of luck. Zuko opend the cork from the bottle and the fairy escaped from it, and flew around Da-xia. "It can't heal her. She's already dead." He couldn't believe what he was saying. But he left the ship and for the second time, make his way back up to Forest Haven. With him, he took the wind waker, and practiced with it before he left.
Iroh sat there, weeping beside Da-xia's dead body. She had brought out the best in his other wise bitter nephew, and now, he feared Zuko would never be happy. About an hour after Zuko was gone, Da-xia's skin began to get color, and warmth again. Her heart began to beat again, and she began to breath once more! Iroh shot up from his chair with glee, as she sat up and asked where Zuko was, and what had happend.
"You died for an hour, and then Zuko came back, saw you dead, and took it apon himself to finish your quest! He is in Forest Haven right now!" Da-xia thanked him for the information, grabbed her sword and went after Zuko. It was a bit hard to keep up with him sence he took her grappling hook. When she saw him again, he was fighting off some green and red chuchus, which are jelly monsters! and he seemed to be losing miserably.
The monsters wern't suppost to be hard, but his fire went right through them and thats all he had in his bag of tricks. But, when he saw Da-xia jump into the rescue, he couldn't believe his eyes. The girl he thought was dead, had come back to help him! when all the chuchus were gone, Zuko hugged her tightly.
"I thought you were dead!" He said to her, holding on for dear life.
"I was, but that fairy brought me back." He could do nothing but smile,his friend was okay! the only friend that he had, and had seen that he isn't really a bad person, had come back to him!
"Thank god!" They heard a large, throat clearing noise behind them, they both turned and saw the big Deku tree smiling down at them. It lifted them up on a giant leaf so they could speak.
"Thank you for helping me,are you here for the pearl?" Da-xia nodded. "I fear that gannons evil is on the rise again," and it summoned the Koroks, pixie like children of the woods. "We are about to start our ceremony, I shall give you the pearl afterwards, is that okay?" They both nodded at the Deku tree's question, and the festival almost began untill one Korok flew down to the tree and deliverd bad news.
"Makar! He flew too close to the forbidden forest and now he's stuck!" The tree sighed and looked at Zuko, and Da-xia.
"Im very sorry to ask of this, but could you go retreive my Korok child?" Da-xia looked at Zuko, and then they both nodded. "Thank you. I will give you the pearl when you return."
Before they left, they were given the great Deku leaf, a huge leaf that could allow them to fly for a number of minutes, and then fall. They took it to the cliff of Forest Haven, and saw that the Forbidden Forest entrance was higher than the Forest Haven cliff.
"You have to fly over to the island using your Deku leaf Fire Nation boy, and Swordswoman, and then catch the updraft."
Okay, so somehow, they both got into the forest. As they made their way through the forest, Zuko smiled at her.
"what was it like?" He asked, she rose an eyebrow like she had no clue what he was talking about. "To be dead I mean." She gave him a light smile and explained.
"Lets say, I'd rather be alive. But you know, its the weirdest thing. During the whole hour I was dead, I kept seeing this triangle." She told him, taking her sword and drawing a large triangle, and then an upside down triangle in the middle. "I dunno what is up with it though." Zuko rose an eyebrow at her drawing, but then a few monsters attacked and they didn't talk about it anymore. As they fought, Zuko rememberd how he felt when he saw that Da-xia was dead; his heart sunk and he no longer was able to stand, To think that someone he cared about so deeply had died at such a young age, just stabbed his heart. It was a good thing he let the fairy go afterall. Once at the last stage, where they get the boss key from the velvit box like before, after they got it, two vicious monsters with spears attacked them, they got hit alot, but other than that; they were okay. They got to the door the boss was behind, when Da-xia rose a question.
"Zuko, why did you come to forest Haven after I was dead?" Zuko gave her a childish smile and replied
"I promised I'd find your sister didn't I?" Da-xia smiled and nodded, She placed the key in the hole and turned to Zuko.
"Okay, Lets do this." Zuko nodded and she turned the key and the lock came undone. They enterd and it looked as if they had just walked into a giant garden! Excluding the fact there was only one giant blue flower in the middle, and an eerie feeling about the place. In the distance, they saw Makar! A tiny Korok child that the great Deku tree mentioned! Makar was yelling for their help. As Da-xia and Zuko got closer to the plant, it began to quiver, and then, a bud in the middle came alive like a venus fly trap, and swollowed Makar whole! The two gasped as they moved backwards to avoid being attacked themselfs. Still in dismay of Makar being eaten alive. The plant came alive after that,its ends rose, and vines reached to the top of the dungon, thus lifting itself off the ground. Da-xia took her boomarang out of her bag and readied to attack. "This is just like extream flower arraging. This is just a big plant." She told herself more than she told him. Its not everyday you see a giant plant ready to dig your grave. She aimed her Boomarang for the vines keeping it in the air, and threw it. Striking all of them and it falling to the ground. Zuko shot long range fire balls at the bud, and then it got back up. The process was repeted mulituple times, so many times it made them feel as if they would be fighting forever. But eventually, the plant died. Its petels rose, and then died. Reveiling the bud that they had been attacking, sticking strait up, then giving up. Makar was spat out, and was still alive.
"Thank you swords woman and Fire nation boy!" Zuko and Da-xia nodded and left with Makar. Zuko staired at Da-xia on the way out. Her long red hair bouncing on her shoulders under her green cap, he lightly smiled. He never really noticed before, how pretty she was. If he had, it had inhanced. When they got out of the forest, they returned to the deku tree to see the festival. Makar cried to the Deku tree, apoligizing; The deku tree seemed sympathedic, and did not scold him. Then, Makar was reminded of the festival, he pulled out a violin made out of wood, and a bow that that looked like a stick with cherries on one side. He began to play and the festival began. The beauty of the festival left Da-xia and Zuko speachless. Zuko put his arm around her shoulder and smiled. She smiled back and enjoyed the festival. Zuko whisperd to her, telling her that he was glad she wasn't dead.
"Me too." But, she rememberd her sister. How could she stand there and watch a festival, when her sister was in trouble?