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The Gorons took the news pretty well all things considering. They even offered a guide to the second whistling stone. The young goron guide marched with pride in each step. He even hummed to a tune in his head, leaving Skull Kid and Kareena time to talk.
"You have a nice voice," Skull Kid said looking at the deku shrub, thinking about the song that brought the fairy. She thanked him but looked away. He wished he knew why his face felt like it was burning when he thought of her. "It's like an angel," Skull Kid continued as if his mouth didn't have a filter.
"Thank you," she said turning to him and giving him a smile. "That's the kindest thing someone has said to me in a long while." Skull Kid wondered why would a simple compliment would have been so rare for her.
Skull Kid shifted slightly, "Kareena, I know that we've only known each other for a week, but I wanted to say that I.."
"Here it is. The Whistling stone," the goron guide shouted interrupting Skull Kid. Kareena ran forward already pulling out her lute.
"I love you," Skull Kid muttered to himself; at least, she wasn't around to hear his unfiltered mouth. He shook his head. Why would she care about him? He was someone who was helping her return back to normal, but not a friend. He looked up to watch her strum the instrument to the tune that the stone whistled. She hummed with the tune with her eyes closed. The sun shone on her pink petals and green leaves making Skull Kid's heart do a flip.
Her eyes opened and turned to him. She smiled and gave him a thumbs up. She packed her instrument and skipped to him, "What do think? I think the song is coming along great. It's going to sound so beautiful."
"Yeah, it sounds great," Skull Kid answered.
"Are you still hurt?" she asked looking concern as she begun to search for wounds. Her hands reached out to touch his arms and body. Skull Kid pushed her searching hands away.
"I'm fine," he said, "we should continue to the next whistling stone. The sooner you turn back the sooner you can help your brother." Skull Kid thanked their guide before leading the way to the west.
"What are you going to do when we're done finding the stones?" Kareena asked Skull Kid. The forest imp thought about the question. What did he do before he met Kareena? He couldn't seem to remember. The deku shrub quickly took over his life as soon as she entered it and for some reason he didn't regret it.
"I..I don't know. I'll just take care of the forest like I used to," Skull Kid answered. Kareena nodded her head in understanding. Skull Kid sunk a little in the snow with each step. The crunching of the snow was the only sound for a couple of seconds.
"I think I have to find a respectful career to get the money for my brother. You have been too much of a good influence on me," Kareena said with a laugh.
Skull Kid smiled at this comment. There was a faint sound on the wind. He looked around trying to find the source. "Do you hear that Kareena?"
The girl stopped moving to listen. She turned her head trying to pinpoint the sound. "I think it's coming from that way." She pointed a little more north than their current path. Skull Kid ran in the general direction that she pointed.
"help.." the noise on the wind said as it grew in strength. The pair ran at a faster pace now. "Can anyone hear me?" the voice cried.
"We hear you. Don't worry we are on our way," Kareena called out as the pair continued to hurry to the voice.
"We're here," the voice said now very close. Skull Kid looked through the falling snow trying to find the voice. He saw a small yellow light floating in a zigzag motion.
Skull Kid waved at the yellow light and the yellow light flew to him. "It's terrible. You need to help my brother. He's trapped under a giant rock," the yellow fairy said.
"Don't worry we'll save him," Kareena said following the yellow fairy who darted forward. The pair ran after the fairy and stopped when the fairy stopped to bob in the air.
Skull Kid looked down at the stone which was large for a fairy, but could be easily lifted by Kareena and himself. He and Kareena grabbed the stone and picked it up. They dropped it as soon as a purple fairy flew from under the stone.
"t—thank you," the purple fairy said, "I thought I'll was going to be stuck forever. "
"You're welcome. My name's Kareena and this is Skull Kid," Kareena introduced.
"I'm Tatl and that's my brother Tael," the yellow fairy said. "He's very shy," Tatl said and Tael bobbed in agreement.
"Well, it was nice meeting you two, but we should be going," Skull Kid said leaving.
"Where are you going?" Tatl asked.
"Currently, we're heading to Snowhead," Kareena said.
"Why would you go there during this time of year? The best spot for vacation would be the Zora's hall," Tatl said.
"We're not on vacation. We're on the hunt for an ancient song," Skull Kid answer, "This song would turn Kareena back to a Hylian."
"Can we help?" Tael's timid voice asked. Tatl bumped into her purple brother.
"Do you want to help me?" Kareena asked as if she didn't believe him. The purple fairy bobbed up and down. "Then, yes, you can come with us," Kareena said.
The fairies cheered. Tatl landed on Kareena's shoulder making herself right at home while Tael asked Skull Kid politely to ride on his shoulder. Skull Kid's head was reeling while in the beginning of this adventure he made a friend in Kareena and now he had two new fairy friends. He smiled to himself, feeling relieved that when Kareena left, he would still have friends to talk to.