Hero's Helper
Ch. 4
A silence fell over the forest as the green leaves of the Great Deku Tree went from their lush green to a dark, dead brown, and his trunk went from a healthy brown to a depressing grey. As the leaves began to fall off his once strong, now brittle branches, the silence was broken.
"Wait, did he say magic?" One of the Know it all Brothers began.
"Yeah, he did." One of his brothers continued.
"He said that Mary-Eileen could use magic." The third brother finished.
Suddenly the air was filled with murmurs all centering on the young outsider found in the forest.
"Sister, can you use magic?" Link turned to look at her, she head was looking down, she was tense.
"..."
"Sister..." Link walked up to her.
"Link! Get away from her! She's a witch!" One of the twins yelled at him.
"A witch?" Link stopped and looked at the twin, then at his friend.
"... don't call me that... I'm not... please don't..." was all that could be heard for her.
"Witch!" This time it came from another.
"Mido? Why are calling her that?" Saria stepped in to defend the girl she helped find.
"Because she is! She's an outsider! The monster that killed the Great Deku Tree probably followed her here!"
"Yeah!" The rest of the Kokiri had joined in with their 'leader'.
"... I didn't..." She was now shaking.
The only blond Kokiri, Fado, proceeded to pick up a small rock, "Get out!" She flung the rock with incredible accuracy as it hit Mary-Eileen in the side of her head, causing her to step back.
"Get out! Witch! Monster!" The rest of the Kokiri children began yelling at her throwing sticks, rocks and the occasional shoe.
"Stop!" But as Saria tried to step in between them, Link did.
"What's wrong with you guys? She'd never done anything to us! Why are you attacking her?"
"She killed the Great Deku Tree! You'd be mad at her too if you were really a Kokiri!" Mido yelled back at him.
"I... I am a Kokiri..." Link replied.
"Then why are you defending her?" Mido yelled.
"She's our friend! That's wh-" But before Saria could finish something large and heavy, a creature jumped into the Great Deku Tree's meadow.
It was massive, with the body of a giant covered in hair with hooves and tail. Its hands tipped with razor sharp claws, all paired with long pointed horns atop its bull-like head. This creature stood taller then Saria's own home.
"I am Otaur, the servant of the soon to be dark lord. I have come in search of a child; she is instrumental in my lord's climb to power. Give her to me!"
"He-he's massive..." Saria managed to get out before the monster spoke again.
"I know she's here! I can see her trail, her magical trail. Come out little spell caster!"
"Spell caster...? Mary-Eileen do you...?" Link looked behind him to see a terrified Mary-Eileen looking directly at the beast, "Sister?"
Before he could do anything else, she turned and ran out of the meadow and to the exit of the Kokiri forest.
"There you are Mage!" He turned and chased her.
"Mary-Eileen!" Saria and Link chased after both the Mage and the monster.
Once they got to where the homes of the Kokiri were located they saw the monster, he had caught their friend.
"Sister!"
"Did you really think you could out run me? Listen well child, the only reason you escaped me was because you mother had wounded me. The advantage also belonged to you as it was difficult for me to move in such a dense forest, you small size was to you advantage. When you chose to run in an open area, you gave up that advantage. Now you are mine and soon I will give you to my master." He was holding her up in the air close to his face. His hand, being so big, so not to kill her, he only used his thumb and forefinger around her neck to lift her, "You cannot escape! Auuggghhh!"
Link had used his slingshot to shoot him in the eye, making him drop Mary-Eileen, "Sister run!"
She had tried to get up but has only knocked to the side as Otaur set his sights on Link.
"Oh boy, run Saria!"
"Yikes! Ahhh!"
Otaur charged at the pair, as he turned to chase Link again the rest of the Kokiri came into the village area.
"Saria! Are you okay?" Mido ran to her.
"This is all your fault Mido!" Saria yelled back at him.
"How is it my fault?" Mido looked shocked at the sudden outburst from his crush.
"Guys! Get out of here! NOW!" Link was doing his best to dodge as Mary-Eileen was climbing to her feet after being knocked away.
"Mary-Eileen run!" Saria yelled to her, she seemed to acknowledge what Saria told her but she didn't run, instead faceing Otaur, who was still trying to kill the one who shot his eye.
"What is she doing? Stupid witch."
"Shut up Mido!" Saria snapped at him, "Just shut up and listen! There's music playing!"
Sure enough, music was playing, "Huh? I've heard this before." Mido said after listening for a bit.
"What?" Saria looked at him.
"This music, when we were fighting the monster in the Great Deku Tree, this music was playing.
They both looked to the source, Mary-Eileen started to sing. They couldn't make out the beginning, but once the song picked up it was clear.
"Fanatics find their heaven in never ending storming winds,
Auguries of destruction be a lullaby of rebirth.
Consultations be there,
In my dreamland to come,
The key to open the door is you hand,
Now take me there," Otaur heard the music and with panic in his still good eye, took his attention off Link and turning to look at Mary-Eileen who continued to sing
"I believe in fantasies invisible to me,
In the land of misery I'm searching for the sign,
To the door of mystery, and dignity,
I'm wandering down, and searching down the secret sun!" He began to run at her, but something seemed to stop him. Light began to swirl around her, until it joined in a ball above her. Seeing what was forming, Otaur tried to smash the invisible barrier but was too late; the ball sped towards him knocking him back, before taking a ribbon like form. It began to hit him knocking him back towards Mary-Eileen.
Her words were once again hard to hear, but what she was doing was in deed easy to see. There were two glowing hoops that fell over Otaur, they began to spin and the ribbon joined them to make a third hoop. The three began to spin at high speeds and Otaur too began to glow. Within a few second he started to shrink and as the words began to stop, so did the light. He had been turned into a little stone version of himself on top of a little tiny stand. The music quickly died with the words, and Mary-Eileen fell to her knees breathing hard.
Link, who had also heard everything that Mido and Saria did finally got up after he too was knocked down just before Otaur heard her singing.
"Sister?" He walked closer to her, but she didn't get up of even acknowledge him, "Sister, are you okay?" He reached down to put his hand on her shoulder, but someone else grabbed his.
"Don't touch her! You'll be cursed if you touch a witch!" Mido was looking directly at Link.
"She won't curse anyone! She can't! She NOT a witch!" Link pulled his hand away from Mido.
"Yes she IS! Did you see what she did to that monster?" Mido yelled at Link.
"Yes I did! Did you? She stopped him from hurting anyone! She saved us all!"
"He wouldn't have come here if she didn't!"
"If you wanna blame anyone for her being here blame ME!" Link's statement took Mido by surprise.
"What?"
"You heard me. I brought her here. It was my decision to bring her back to the Kokiri forest. I-" Link was cut off.
"Just stop it, he won't listen. I'm not... that..." Mary-Eileen had managed to stand up, although still a little wobbly, "I'm not... but I can use magic. I just choose not to unless I have to. Listen here you so called leader. I'm not... that. I'm Magic-Born. There is a difference. Stop calling me that. Now." She still swayed a little.
"Listen witch, as long as you're in MY forest I'll call you what I want. I can't make you leave or you'll curse me, if you don't want to be called that... then LEAVE!"
"Mido! How da-" Saria began
"Fine."
"What? Sister."
"I'll leave. I only stayed because The Great Deku Tree asked me to stay. Unlike you I respected his decisions and listened to what he told me. I may not have been born a Kokiri, but I'm more Kokiri that you'll ever be Mido." With that she turned and left a stunned Mido, Link and Saria as she headed to the exit of the forest.
"Wait! Sister!" It was too late, she already made it out the exit, leaving behind the place she called home for the last nine months.
"Link? Are you gonna be okay?" Navi floated around Link's head.
"No, I just lost both the Great Deku Tree and one of my best friends."