A New Hero Of Time
Chapter 3: Saria The Forest Sage
( Somewhere In Hyrule)
The man smirked as he saw the boy's sword was repelled off by the wolfos.
" Foolish boy."
He then witnessed what he had hoped to see, the sword. He watched as the boy's sword sliced through the wolfos and let out a huge laugh.
" It seems the spell we put on that wolfos worked." A female voice spoke from behind.
" Yes, who would of thought a boy like him could be the wielder of the master sword."
" So now that we have found him what do you plan to do to him?"
" I want to find out his true strength, I seriously doubt he has been able to tap into the true power that the master sword has given him, but one can't be totally sure."
" Then what do you plan?"
" How are those moblins coming along?"
" They are not ready yet, the spell has not taken full effect."
" But are they stronger."
" Yes, at least twice as strong, but they are still not ready yet."
" Send them anyway, there are plenty of moblins we can use the spell on."
" Very well."
" Enjoy your time in Kokori Village boy, because once you leave you will have a nice surprise awaiting you."
It had taken the best part of two hours, but finally Link had passed through the Kokori Forest and was at the entrance of Kokori Village.
" Stop intruder!"
Link stopped to see a small Kokori boy in front of him.
" No outsiders are allowed in here! Be gone!"
" Im not here to cause trouble, im here to see the forest sage, the one called Saria."
" A likely story, you think im just gonna let you in here on that information."
Link thought back on when he was told to come here . " I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this."
Link reached into his bag and pulled out a white ocarina and looked at the notes he would have to play. He made a sigh before putting the instrument to his mouth and played the notes as instructed on the ocarina.
" That...Song." The Kokori boy said in shock, " That's the song Saria always plays, the one only people she should trust know."
" So can I come in?"
The Kokori boy stood with out speaking for a few seconds before replying, " Well, if you know the song, then I guess you can be trusted, come on."
The Kokori boy then turned and walked and Link followed until they arrived at a clearing where several small houses, mostly which were up trees.
" This is Kokori Village." The boy said
" So where is Saria?"
" At the entrance to the forest temple."
" The forest temple?"
" Yes. This may sound strange, but about two weeks ago she left to go to the forest temple and said she wouldn't return until she saw the chosen one."
" The chosen one?"
" Yes, we all didn't know what she was on about, but I have a feeling that you are the one."
" So how do I get there?"
" You must go through this maze, it may sound confusing but Saria told me to instruct the chosen one to listen to the music and it will guide them."
" The music?"
" Yes. Unfortunately no one knows what she means, she is the only one who is allowed to pass through here."
" Well, i guess I better do it."
" So are you going through?"
" Yes. Thank you for help."
Link took a careful step in and came to a new clearing, which had three pathways, one to the right, one to the left, and one straight ahead.
" I was told to listen to the music, but I can't hear any."
Link made his way to the right pathway and stopped right in front of it. " What's that?" Link concentrated as hard as he could until he could make out the faint sound of music.
" That must be it, the music is acting as a guide, all I have to do is follow it."
Link continued to follow the music until reaching a clearing. " So where is this temple then?"
Link carried on walking until reaching a hedge maze. " Another maze? This is getting stupid."
After about a half hour and loads of dead ends later Link had finally exited the maze and had climbed the stairs.
" So you must be the chosen one, welcome."
Link stared ahead at the Kokori child infrount of him. " And you must be Saria, the forest Sage."
The green haired girl nodded in response.
" Its been so long since this world has had a hero of time, but i guess the connection with a possible new threat means it's no surprise."
" New threat?"
" Yes, a threat emanating from the Gerudo Vally."
" What threat?"
Saira looked back at Link before replying, " Sit Link, I have some explaining to do."
Link did as he was told.
" About a thousand years ago a war raged through Hyrule, among the chaos a Hylian women came to this forest cradling her baby, she begged the great deku tree to take care of it, moments later she passed away through her injuries. The baby was raised in secret until he was old enough to enter our village. He was a unique as he was the only one of us never assigned a guardian fairy, which would often cause him to be picked on by others, but despite this, I always knew there were some think special about him."
" And this was the original hero of time?"
" Yes, although he didn't yet know it. Then one day he was assigned a guardian fairy with instructions to go see the deku tree, where he battled a monster inside if it, but it was not enough to save the deku tree. With his last words he instructed him to find the princess, who in turn instructed him to find the three spiritual stones which a evil man by the name of ganondorf was also looking for."
" Ganondorf, he was the evil which gotbeaten a thousand years ago."
" Yes, which is why we need you now, you see Ganondorf was a gerudo, a place habited entirely by females, but every hundred years it is said a male is born, and around twenty five years ago that happened, only not in normal circumstances."
" What do you mean?"
" The gerudo who gave birth to the male had triplets, which were all male, and according to the spirit sage Nabooru , she says they might be trying to break the seal which Ganondorf is kept.
" I thought he destroyed the evil."
" No, he was just sealed away in the sacred realm and now the three gerudo brothers plan to release him, but they need the three sacred stones to do that."
" So where are they?"
" Unfortunately we only know the location of two, the Gorans ruby and the Zora's sapphire."
" And the last one?"
" It is said the original hero of time kept it himself."
Saria's eyes then suddenly lit up.
" If you are one of his decedents, then do you have the last sacred stone, the Kokori emerald."
" No I don't."
" Oh."
" But I do have this green shiny thing." Link said and pulled it out.
" That's it, the Kokori emerald."
" This is one of the sacred stones?"
" Yes, now im told that the three gerudo brothers are looking for the sacred stones, so you need to find them before they do, or all of Hyrule could be doomed."
Link stood up, " So I should get going now?"
" Well, it's getting late and several monsters wander the lost woods at night, so you should stay here the night, we can give you food and a place to sleep."
Link couldn't argue with that so he agreed.