Inside the Deku Tree, Valerie had to nearly kill herself not to do everything for Link. He had no idea how easy it would be if she were the one doing all the work.

At last the queen spider thing was killed and Link and Valerie were transported out of the Deku Tree so Link could receive his next quest.

The Deku Tree also gave Valerie a fairy, yellow named Yile, and Clare, a purple one named Tyl. Happily, Link and Valerie made their way to Saria's house, only to find Clare wasn't there and neither was Saria. Valerie dragged Link into the Lost Woods and to the Forest Temple. Saria was just waking up Clare, who was still asleep on the ledge. Yawning widely, Clare sat up and stretched.

"So, did you kill whatever was in the Great Deku Tree?" Clare mumbled while trying to stand up.

"Yes," Link said, "You've got a fairy! Mine's named Navi."

"My fairy's name is Yile." Valerie chirped in.

"Yeah, rhymes with what you are, vile." Clare snapped back, unaware that her fairy was behind her head.

Tyl bobbed then swung around in front of Clare's face. Hello! I'm Tyl, nice to meet you. May I get to know you better?

"Erm, Tyl? Can you speak to anyone else?" Clare whispered to her purple fairy.

Nope! Just you and the Great Deku Tree, but he just died. I'm sad, but I really want to leave and see outside the forest!

"C'mon! Let's go, doesn't Link have to go see Princess Zelda anyway?"

"You sure you guys don't speak mind-to-mind?" Link asked Valerie.

"I'm sure, and yes, we've got to leave soon." Valerie replied and leaped off the ledge and started running out of the Sacred Meadow.

"Right!" Clare said a jumped off and ran, mid jump, landing, still running. Tyl, Navi, and Yile raced out. Saria just waved happily and tossed Clare her ocarina, motioning to Link.

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Later, Yile, Navi, and Tyl were hidden in their person's hats. Clare and Valerie changed into Kokiri tunics before leaving. With Clare and Link in the lead and Valerie puffing behind them, they made their way to the town. They ran onto the bridge when it started moving up to shut, Valerie almost didn't make it.

Clare, noticing a small red-haired girl about their age, ran to her and said hello.

Malon, blinking a few times, smiled and looked around for any others dressed as strangely as her. She noticed a flushed plump girl and a young, energetic boy dressed like the girl in front of her.

"Hey Link! C'mere!" Clare shouted backwards to her friends. Malon just stared at her in wonder, and then began to hum something. Link grabbed Valerie's wrist and ran to Clare.

"What?" he asked rather annoyed.

"Talk to Malon, please." Clare replied, waving her hand toward the red-haired girl.

"Hey, my name is Link, what's yours?" Link said to Malon, even though he already knew the answer.

"Malon, you're a fairy boy with two fairy girls right?" Malon replied in an offhand way.

"If you mean Kokiri, yes." Link said, wondering why Clare wanted him to talk to her.

"Could you and your friends do me a favor then?" she asked, "My father hasn't come back from delivering Lon Lon milk to the castle yet, could you bring him back to me?"

"Sure, I'm off to the castle anyway." Link said happily and lightly smacked Clare's arm and took Valerie's wrist. Smirking, Clare ran off to the castle gates.

When Link saw the gate and all the guards, he nearly chickened out. "There are so many of them! How are we going to get around them?" he asked Valerie, who stayed beside him. Clare was already climbing the vines that lead to the top of the cliff.

"It's easy!" she called down as she pulled herself up. "Just climb up here and I'll tell you the rest!"

Valerie climbed up with Link right behind her. "You just need to avoid the guards."

"That'll be difficult for you Vali." Clare giggled at her joke, "Jump off the gate, travel down the road a bit, the run on the hill. When to get to the top, turn so you're running through the yellow flowers. Then, when you get near the guards at the other gate, turn to the cliff. There should be a whole bunch of stones in the cliff that you can climb. Just follow me, it'll be easy." Clare explained, "Vali, why don't you stay here and keep watch? As in, make sure no guards come after us. Link might not be able to make it without getting caught a few times."

Valerie snorted, but acknowledged her twins words. However much she didn't want to admit it, Clare was right, more than two people passing the guards then they would be caught. "Be careful, I heard they threw people back out there and that it hurts really badly." She squeezed Links hand and let go, smiling.

Link nodded and leaped off the gate after Clare. Clare waited for Link to get ready again then ran, skillfully as if she had done this many times before. After trampling through the flowers, Link got himself caught and Clare with him.

Malon was waiting for them by the vines. "Hey fairy boy, Link! Here's an egg I raised real well. It'll hatch in the morning, take it." Link to the large egg and smiled weakly before climbing back up the vines and doing over what he and Clare just did.

By dawn they had gotten past the guards and noticed a large man lying down, asleep. Clare took the egg from Link and it broke, revealing a young chick that shrieked loudly, waking up the man.

"What . . .? It's dawn already! What woke me up?" the man said.

"Yes it is dawn and my friend's chicken did." Clare said automatically.

"Sir, is your name Talon?" Link asked.

"Yes, oh my! I've left Malon all alone! Boy am I gonna get it now!" Talon said loudly and ran, flailing his arms as he ran to Malon.

"Come on Link, we gotta move these blocks into the water." Clare grunted, already trying to move the first block.

"Okay," he replied and pushed the block with her into the water. Clare got the next block and with Link's help, shoved that one on top of the first block.

Link was about to push the block further when Clare grabbed his arm, "No, we've got to climb on that block to get to that small hole right there, see?" Link nodded in replied and climbed onto the block. He leaped to the other side as Clare pulled herself up. She followed him into the little tunnel and they popped out close to where some guards were patrolling. Sighing, Clare stood up and had Tyl watch the guards while she instructed Link further.

"It'll be tricky getting around those guards to keep Navi out and an eye on those guards. Don't go running after rupees okay?" Clare whispered and Link nodded, taking off his cap and shaking Navi out.

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They finally reached the garden Zelda was in without getting caught, although Link nearly did because he thought he could grab a few rupees without getting caught even though the guard was right in front of him. Clare told Link to talk to the girl at the window and that she'll be in the shadows, waiting for him.