A/N: I'm going to say that this may be the last Hylian Times entry. It may not be the last ever, but it's may be the last in a long time. Who knows? I'll probably just end it completely.

It hasn't been going on for a long time, yeah, but writing this lets me know why I decided to quit writing my other active fic. Writing fanfics just isn't fun for me anymore. I don't know if it's because of some phase I'm going through or what, but I'm going to have to be perfectly honest in saying that writing entries for this fic felt more like doing homework than doing something for fun.

Much thanks to all of the people who actually decided to use their fingers and review.

Tri

Kokiri Forest Catches Fire. Few Injured.
By Tracy McNeil

Yesterday held the date of the Kokiri Forest Anniversary, a holiday celebrated by the forest children which celebrates the creation of their state. Activities for the celebration include vegetarian cook-offs between some of the forest's highly renowned chefs and fireworks.

Unfortunately, the fireworks were also the cause of a serious accident yesterday.

At precisely eleven o'clock at night, the Kokiri children began lighting the first fireworks. Those unfamiliar with the technology gasped and made statements of awe. These hypnotic statements were later turned into shrieks when one of the fireworks flew into a tree and caught one of the limbs on fire.

Soon enough, the whole forest was ablaze. The children of the forest had no idea what to do, as such an event never happened to them before. Many wondered what would happen if the fire spread to their guardian spirit, the Great Deku Tree.

Word was quickly sent to Princess Zelda by carrier pigeon, asking the monarch to help them. The princess received the letter five minutes later and immediately called for a fire squadron to get to the forest as quickly as they could. This took ten minutes, and the forest was still ablaze.

However, the laws of nature prevailed, and water that was pumped from the squadron's chariots soon doused out the flames.

The Kokiri Forest is currently still smoldering, but the Great Deku Tree is delighted that no one was injured.

"We can make do," said the guardian spirit. "We have been doing so for the past hundred years. The children of the forest will see that everything will work out just fine."

However, many of the Kokiri disagree.

"The trees have been burned to a crisp, along with crops of all kinds," said Mido, the Deku Tree's representative. "All of our nut and berry plantations are in a smoldering heap. What are we supposed to do now?"

Though this may be the case, the Deku Tree tries to remind the Kokiri to keep calm.

If anybody would like to donate to the forest for their loss, please contact the Hylian Help Association today.

Copyright April Hylian Times