Chapter 2

Link entered the village with his bow readied and he saw...nothing. All the buildings where intact, but no one was there. There were no monsters, no people, not even a fairy. As Link made his way through the eerily vacant village he heard a harsh sound. It sounded like metal being hit by wood. He wearily crept into the Deku Tree shrine and saw what gave him great relief. All the Kokiri and carpenters from Hyrule.

None the less, Link was dazed and confused. He stood there flabbergasted until some one snapped him out of it.

"Link, Link, are you OK."

"Huh, what? Oh Saria, yeah I'm all right" Link replied "I'm just wondering what in the world is going on"

"Well, to put it plainly, we're digging up the Great Deku Tree"

"What? How could you? He guarded this forest for centuries, he was like a father to us all!" Link shouted "After all that you just going to dig him up?"

"Calm down, Link..." Saria said in a soft soothing tone.

"Calm down? Calm down? It's like your killing my father!" Link raved on.

"Link, the Deku Tree is dead, you where there when he died!" Saria yelled harshly. Then her voice calmed. "He's dead and the Deku Sprout needs room to grow. The extra wood will help too, seeing as most of Hyrule has burnt down. Everyone benefits from this. Now we'd appreciate your help if at all possible."

Then Link then realized the crowd was standing around staring at them. Link was terribly embarrassed, but as he stood there, he looked closer at the faces and realized the look of fascination and horror on the Kokiri's faces. He realized that he had just come back to life to the Kokiri. Sure, they'd seen him grown-up, but they didn't know it was him, as the Kokiri never grow.

"All right that's enough back to work everyone!" Saria said "Link, come with me and I'll explain. Joel you come too."

"Yes ma'am" he replied.

In Saria's house they sat down to a great feast, and Link gave many thanks, as he had not had a decent meal in a long time. They had roast cuckoo (Hyrules form of chicken), Lon Lon Milk, roasted Deku nuts and seeds, and a variety off fruits.

"Link, this is Joel he is the head carpenter of the group. We hired him to cut down the tree but we ran into a problem..." Saria stated.

"We can't cut it." Joel stated "Our sharpest tools just barely even scratch it. Three hours of constant sawing gave us a one centimeter slash! It would take us years to cut through! So we came up with another idea, we dug a hole on the side and made our way to the large series of tunnels inside. But we have to be careful, as there is a 500 foot drop near the hole."

"So where do I come in?" Link asked.

"We were going to pull the tree down but even if we use all of our horses, it won't budge." Saria stated plainly.

"May I see the excavation site?" Link asked.

Link got near the hole and looked down and was reminded of his first venture down into his loving father figure. It was a long drop down and there were many roots in the way.

"We had twenty horses pull for thirty minutes and it didn't move even a millimeter." Joel said.

"You need double the horses and to make the hole larger. That should solve your problem." Link said.

"I agree." Saria said.

What happened next would change Link's life forever and set him to face his most challenging adventure yet. Some one shouted "Run away horse!"

Link looked up and saw all the carpenters' horses going for them. Joel had already run, but it was too late for Link and Saria. Their only choice was to jump down the excavation tunnel.

Link and Saria fell down the hole, but just before the fall he threw Saria the Nayru's Love. It would shield her from the fall, but it left Link with only a regular shield to protect himself. The roots pulled, yanked, and cut at him, giving him minor cuts, scraps, bruises, and shredding his clothing. A large root collided with his head, rendering him unconscious.

When Link and Saria finally hit the ground, Saria only felt a slight bump thanks to Link's kindness. Link had taken a beating on the way down, however. Saria rushed up to Link, and found that he had two broken ribs and a broken leg. Saria took his hat off, and found his head bleeding. She tilted his head back and gave him some water she had put in a jug. Link asked "Am I dead?" as he awoke.

"Sorry Link you're not in paradise yet." Saria said with a smirk.

Link gazed into Saria's eyes and felt well again and was reminded of his pleasant childhood. He looked at her soft green hair as she stroked him to keep his mind off the pain.

Finally, Link stood up. Saria tried to keep him from doing so, but he just shrugged her off. He looked around the dark room. It was massive, with four large pillars and an eerie low lingering smoke hugging the ground. The air had an old, musty smell to it. Link recognized the room as where he fought Gohma.

"So the Hero of Time is harder to kill than I first thought." a mysterious voice echoed through the chamber. Link looked around and saw a slender figure at the end of the room.

"Who are you? Did you do this!" Saria spat angrily.

"I didn't do this, the horses did." the figure replied with a snicker.

Link's anger rose within him. He screamed and charged at the figure.

"Its not your time to die just yet. But this should keep you busy for a while." The figure said, and then many Gohma Larva dropped from the ceiling, more than Link had ever seen at one time. There was a bright flash and the mystery figure was gone, leaving Link and Saria with the one eyed arachnids.

The eyes of the monsters became red with rage, and started to attack. Link took out his hook-shot and fired it over their heads into one of the pillars. As he passed over the Gohma Larvae he drooped a bomb into the center of the monster horde. As the bomb detonated, those near it were blown to bits and others killed from the shock wave. When Link landed, he fell on his bad leg and gave a short cry of pain, which caused the spider-like larvae to attack once again. The first jumped over his head, and Link did an upper cut and caught the larva in its eye. The rest of the arachnids jumped short, so Link performed a spiral slash and took out all but five. One jumped and hit link in the chest, knocking him on his back. The second was about to jump as well, so Link rolled to his right. As soon as he did, the larva landed next to him. His injuries were starting to take their toll.

"I've had enough of this!" Link shouted then took out Din's Fire slammed it on the ground. Fire engulfed everything.

Link then wiped the gore off of his sword, then sat on the ground to relieve pressure from his leg, and a let out a sigh of relief. Saria stood with a dazed look on her face. She had never seen Link in a battle before; in fact she had never seen any fight except a mild fist fight. Link recognized this look, as many civilians who saw these fights had the same look of shock and horror on their face.

Link decided to break the silence "Saria, are you OK?"

"I'm fine..." Saria replied after a pause in thought

"I guess we should try and find a way out of this place." Link said. Saria nodded her head in agreement.

Suddenly, a bright light shot out from the area above followed by a fairy carrying a rope with him.

"Hi there, Link and Saria. My master sent me down here to help you guys get out. By the way, my name is Zack." The fairy said cheerfully.

"Thank you." Saria said happily, trying to keep her fear from the battle from showing.

Link nodded, then took Saria and lifted her by the waist up to the rope so she could get to the top faster, but Saria protested "No you go first. You're injured and need medical attention."

"What, this? It's nothing but a scratch." Link said with great pride. "Link, you have broken bones, you might even be bleeding internally." Saria said with a very worried look on her face. "Go!" Link said sternly. Saria sighed and obediently started to climb. Link followed shortly after.

Trying to keep his mind off the pain, Link proceeded to start small talk with the fairy. "So Zack, who is your master anyway?" Link asked. "The great, mighty, and powerful leader of the Kokiri." The fairy boasted. "I didn't know Deku Trees had fairies." Saria said inquisitively. "They don't. I was talking about Mido." Zack said like a regular smart-alack. "Figures..." Link said under his breath.

"Why didn't they just send down the rope" Saria asked. "The rope couldn't get past all the branches. Duh." said the cocky, annoying, no-good fairy, who then gave out an annoying and high pitched laugh.

After what seemed like hours, thanks to Zack, they reached the top and the sun shone on them once more. Saria had Link taken to the Kokiri doctor immediately. Link started to refuse, but soon realized it would be of no use to do anything but comply.

The doctor put Link in a strange plant and, through the plant, you could see his organs and skeletal structure. Link had no internal injuries but he had two broken ribs, a broken leg and a broken finger. The doctor then put link on the operating table and put some strange herbs on his wounded areas.

"How is he doctor?" Saria asked.

"He is fine; he just has a few broken bones. One thing has me curious though. His wounds are healing abnormally fast. He has the fastest immune system I have ever seen." the doctor said.

"That's because his body is so used to this kind of thing." Saria said, "Is he awake doc?"

"No the herbs we used put him to sleep, but you may go see him."

Saria then walked next to the bed and pulled up a chair and then after a moment of thought, she started to cry. The crying made Link awake and ask "Saria, what's the matter?" "If it weren't for me, you could have used Nayru's Love and would not have gotten hurt." Saria sobbed.

"Now, don't talk like that. I would have died if it would have saved you." Link said sternly. Saria then started to cry again and laid her head on Link, and they both slept.

HAHAHAHA this one was actually decent. The last part though is a little sappy but some people like that. Anyway R&R mild flames (suggestions) because I cant stand the heat