Sorry I didn't update tghe past two days, I will try to post another two chapters to make up for it.
Lol, there you are, Inversion! I thought I lost one of my reviewers. Lol.
I think we have a resident Crocker in our neighbourhood....who knows? Maybe Sebat's related to him. Lol, the credit for the frying pan should go to Cat of Darkness, actually, though.
When you say, muahahaha, I get reminded of food. And when I get reminded of food...(eyes fridge hungrily) I think you know what I'm talking about.
Lol, dragonslayer, you don't have to apologize. I was only kiddin', lol. Oh, I will tell you, all right, I will indeed.
(grins) Link won't be very happy with that....maybe I'll add something about that in this chappie.
This chapter isn't very funny, so..
(punches disclaimer and tosses it in garbage)
Kokiri Forest
Kokiri Forest didn't look so bright as it did several years ago. In fact, Link had to fend off a whole storm of Deku Babas growing on the bridge to the outside world.
Link, however, looked relieved after he cautiously glanced around.
"Why are you so happy?" Navi demanded. "Look at the forest! It's in terrible condition!"
"No, it's not that," Link assured Navi, "I'm just happy that there aren't any guards."
"Or Kokiri, for that matter," Navi murmured, looking downcast at the dying scenery.
"Oh, look! There's the pond where I used to skip stones!"
Link raced over to the tiny pool of water.
"I also used to take a quick dip in it, too."
He dived in and a second later came out, wet and choking.
"The water's so murky and disgusting!"
Navi didn't look so cheery. "And do you realize that we're being watched by the Kokiri holed up inside their homes?"
Link froze. "What?"
"Yes, I just said that the Kokiri are spying on us because they believe we're foreign travelers or something. We gotta go to Mido's house. He was the boss of the Kokiri, anyways."
Suddenly, Link felt the eyes of children burning into his back as he approached Mido's house.
The door flew open. Mido slowly came out, armed with a Deku Nut.
"Don't move," he ordered. "I am Mido, the great boss of the legendary race, the forest children. The Kokiri!"
It seemed that his last sentence was a signal, because dozens of Kokiri came pouring in, armed with slingshots, bows, and Deku sticks.
Link looked pained. "Sarah! Mike! Luigi! Mario! Pikachu! Barry! Alicia! Cammy! You're all still here!"
Whispers arose from the crowd.
"He knows our name, Mido! How did he know??"
"He still remembers me! Did he spy on us??"
Mido looked like he was under a lot of pressure.
"Silence!"
A frightened silence hovered over the crowd of Kokiri.
"This stranger is not one of us! Yes, Luigi, he did spy on us! Take him to my house!"
Two Kokiri tried to pull Link away, but he wouldn't budge.
"No! Guys, it's me, Link!"
They all gasped.
"The idiot one?!?!? What???"
Then they laughed. "Hah! Link was a Kokiri, like the rest of us. He didn't grow up. Besides, he went on a journey made for a fool. Didn't come back. Good, anyways. He killed the Deku Tree."
"I didn't kill the Deku Tree!" Link cried out indigantly.
"Show proof that you know Saria," Navi whispered.
"I know Saria!"
"Play Saria's Song." Navi said softly.
The cheery song broke through all the sadness and anger, and even a few Kokiri managed a weak smile.
Mido still looked very suspicious.
"I still don't trust this man. All with me, raise your hands."
The Kokiri ignored Mido and started walking away, dismissing the stranger as harmless, leaving Link and Mido alone.
"Remember me, Mido? I'm the guy you used to bully."
Link cracked his knuckles.
Mido scoffed. "Even if you are Link, you can't beat me. A wimp will always be a wimp."
Link sighed. "C'mon, Mido. What's with the forest? Why aren't the Kokiri playing outside?"
Mido's chest puffed up.
"I'm afraid that's confidential," he boomed. "I choose not to discl-"
"How about you tell me right now and I don't start screaming and turn you deaf?" Link said in a deadly voice.
"Okay," Mido squeaked. "Sure."
"Now tell me. Why aren't the-"
"The Kokiri are scared, stranger. Ever since the Deku Tree died, weird monsters starting popping up."
"It's Link," The Kokiri said irritatingly.
"Whatever, stranger. Since the outcast of the Kokiri murdered him....the forest starting...dying....the trees in the Lost Woods...everything. One of the Kokiri has left to sever the root of this evil, but she hasn't come back yet." Mido looked worried all of a sudden.
"Saria," Link whispered. "She's gone, isn't she?"
Mido looked angry.
"She asked not to be mentioned by anyone," Mido snarled. "Not by the Kokiri, and not even by me."
"Because she thought she wouldn't survive." Link said to himself, turning pale. "Because...because she didn't want anybody to worry about her."
Mido growled. "Go away! You don't belong here! You are a stranger, a monster, and and outsider!"
Link didn't answer, grabbed Mido by the scruff of his neck, and hoisted him up to the wall.
Mido nearly choked, but bravely insisted, "Go-away!"
Navi looked frightened.
"Let him go, Link." Navi said gently.
Link took a deep breath and dropped Mido on to the ground.
"Remember. I'm seventeen. I have a sword. I don't like you. And I know where you live."
There was a dangerous glint in his eye that told Mido he wasn't kidding.
Mido swallowed a cry and nodded.
Link backed away slowly, his glare still focused on Mido. When he was close enough to the door, he ran off.
Mido sighed and sat down, looking at his boots. "By the spirit of the Deku Tree, I hope Saria gets back soon."
A few minutes away, Link was still in a grumpy mood.
"You didn't have to hurt him," Navi sighed, exasperated.
"I hardly even scratched him! At least we didn't part as enemies."
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure your threat declared that you were friends."
Link didn't answer and sat down on a tree stump, looking lost.
"I don't know," he mumbled. "Navi, look at our home. We...we're strangers."
"Stop it, Link." Navi said firmly. "We'll prove it later, but we have to save the forest now."
Link looked up at the sky, sighing.
"Navi...we can't change the forest or the way it is...do you think we can even save Hyrule???"
Navi's voice and confidence faltered. Link's words seemed so true.
"I really don't know," Navi fought back, struggling to stop her voice from getting weaker. "At times like this, I'd ask the Deku Tree for advice, or Saria."
Link gasped. He snapped his fingers. "Of course! We can ask Saria! Why didn't I think of it before???"
"What are you talking about, Link?" Navi asked irritably.
"We can play Saria's Song! We can communicate with the song!!!"
Navi cheered. "Yeah! So play!"
The song once again rang through the forest, making the Kokiri look around and notice Link again, thinking, "Why is he still here??"
Navi thought hard. "Saria once told me about something....go to the spirit channel and ask for her when we needed advice...but how?"
Her question was automatically answered when a blue mirror popped out of nowhere, sparkling little stars dancing around it. The mirror showed Navi and Link's face.
"Neat!" Navi stared, entranced, thinking. "I want to speak to Saria."
Swish.
The mirror started spinning, in a rhythm oddly similiar to Saria's Song. Finally, it came to a stop, and instead of the pair's face, was Saria, looking frantic and sweaty. Behind her, they spotted something white and furry.
"Wolfos!" Link whispered.
"Link??" Saria's voice came out of the mirror, echoing and fant.
Navi's face brightened when she heard Saria.
"Saria!" Navi shouted. "It's us, Link and Navi! Where are you??? How come you aren't in the forest with the rest of the Kokiri???"
"The temple! The Forest Temple! Something evil is haunting it's halls, and I set off to get rid of it!" Saria replied, wiping her forehead and looking back frantically.
"Get back here! We'll discuss what to do then!" Navi yelled back, as if they were several metres away from each other.
"I can't!" Saria's voice started to turn fuzzy and distorted. "Na-you-the way-shut! C-oh-help!"
The mirror suddenly went blank.
"Saria??" Navi shouted, bonking the mirror. "Saria?? Are you there??"
After no reply, Navi looked sweaty and pale with worry. "We have to save her, Link!"
"Where exactly is this...temple?" Link asked.
"I don't know...the connection was cut before she could tell me anything vital..."
"You talked to Saria, didn't you?"
Link glanced sharply at the Kokiri speaking. Mido.
"Get out of here," Link growled.
Mido didn't even look angry at his comment.
"Saria...where is she???"
Link shrugged.
"Please...whoever you are, tell me." Mido begged.
Link struggled to keep his answer firm. "No."
"She's at the forest temple, and we plan to save her," Navi replied simply.
Mido thought deeply. "I will lead you there."
Navi looked suspiciously at him. They were tricked once, and they couldn't afford it again.
Mido seemed to read Navi's mind. "I won't trick you," he promised.
"No doubt he's grown up and matured a little," Link grumbled.
Navi hesitated for a split second. "Fine. Lead us."
Link speedily clambered up on the numerous ledges and waited impatiently for everyone to catch up.
Navi chatted freely with Mido's fairy, Josephine, to catch up with what had been going on the last several years.
"Well, we've lost quite a few unexperienced foolish Kokiri." Josephine sighed heavily.
"How??" Navi asked urgently.
"Well...you know the witches curse? Remember? When the goddesses created Hyrule and the five races, they also made the Great Fairies, too, as you know. But one of the fairies...she strayed from the good path...she....used her magic for evil...her punishment was to lose her beauty, and she could not go far in sunlight...and she was angry...the day when the Deku Tree was created as the guardian, she cursed the Lost Woods...she said, "There shall be another race, and they will be mischievious imps, deformed Kokiri, cast aside into the darkness...Skull Kids. " Anyways, any Kokiri who linger in the woods for more than a week automatically transform into one."
Navi shivered. "How about their fairies?"
"They roam around, sad for the loss of their partners they advised not to go into the woods."
Navi sighed. "That's so sad.."
"Guys! Hurry up!"
Josephine focused on Link, trying to tell his expression.
"So, what happened to you???" Josephine asked curiously.
Navi watched as Link tripped over on a branch on the ground and shook her head.
"Oh, nothing much."