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Cheers, Vortex

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Link almost cried. The forest was so full of life, he had never encountered death. He turned and started to run out of the forest.

"I thought you'd be leaving," Saria said. He hadn't seen her in his rush to get out.

"I… I.. "

Saria giggled. Then she looked sort of sad.

"Take this with you. Play it and think of me."

Link took the ocarina. Then, he left the forest without another word.

The light blinded him momentarily. It was the first time he'd been anywhere without a thick canopy of leaves covering him. He gained his vision back and saw an enormous plantlike creature rise up. He shot wildly a couple of times with his slingshot. He got lucky. It died.

"That was a peahat," Navi stated. "They can be kind of tricky if you have to fight them close up."

"That's informative, thanks," Link said dryly. "Wow, the castle sure is big…" They headed in that direction. It was nightfall long before they made it, partly because Link kept looking at the stars.

"I'm cold." He whimpered. Navi sighed.

"We would have gotten there before dark if you hadn't been racing a snail to see how slow you could go."

"Hey, it still won, I couldn't go slower than it."

"You're hopeless."

"Is that a fire?" Link suddenly exclaimed.

"I think so!"

"Let's go!"

"Hold it. Take out your sword. Someone must have made that fire," said Navi. "They might not be friendly."

They walked towards the fire.

Meanwhile Khârna was huddled around the fire he had made (cookie if you saw that one coming) And he saw a light, darting about, a little ways off.

"Who are you?" they shouted simultaneously.

Neither one answered, so Navi got fed up and answered,

"This is Link. Who are you?"

"…Khârna." he replied, reluctant to reveal his identity.

"Can we stay here?" Link asked. He was desperate, he had no means of making a fire, and he needed someplace warm.

"I suppose." Khârna answered.

They sat down, neither speaking to each other, until Link asked,

"Where do you come from?"

Khârna wasn't sure he wanted to answer that. He knew where he lived, Death Mountain, but that wasn't where he came from… was it? He decided.

"Death Mountain." The Gorons were his true family, that was where he came from.

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