Hiyas again Okay yeah I know this update took way longer than I had even expected One reason is though because "Jaderill" wanted to write this chappie. She claims it gets rid of her writers block for her stories. The only thing I did was give her the plot.

There were a lot of reviews last chappie!

Dez384: Thanks for the review and the reason that Saria painted the eyes red was to allow Xinrie to feel as if though she belonged because she was the only Kokiri to have red eyes.

Blondie91: Heh. That was Isra trying to say those words through her sobbing I tried to make it as messed up as I could and to try and make it sound funny. Thanks for the review too!

AncientDirgeDragon: Link and Zelda will make an appearance and become characters. That part is going to be funny especially how they meet her. But that's not going to happen for awhile. Thanks for the great review.

Chibikilana: Thanks! Completely understandable about the computer mine is like that a lot!

E1pnvn: Thanks for the review! Also I wanted to make a guess at what your pen name stood for is it Elven or Elphen?

On final note this chapter is supposed to bring out the humor in the story or be a comic relief one of those two. Also the chapters from this point on are going to be much longer. Yay! Enjoy!

…Things Couldn't Get Any Worse...

Xinrie took a deep breathe and with tightly closed eyes let her foot fall. She opened her eyes soon after it had made contact. Her first step out of the forest. Great, she thought, one down, about another ten billion to go. She continued walking this way, counting each step until she had lost her place. Looking about the path that she walked on, Xinrie could not help but smile. It wasn't so bad out here. She wasn't sure she had ever seen the sun so brightly. The trees had often blocked her view in one way or another.

With a smile spreading across her face, Xinrie allowed herself to skip for a few feet. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all. Saria had told her stories of what was beyond the bridge. She had said that a traveler had told her of a vast field that stretched for miles. Xinrie, having lived in a forest her entire life couldn't even imagine something so big and void of plant life. She figured that if there was little plant life then there was probably very little animal life as well.

That probably means there isn't anything to harm me out there! Xinrie thought cheerfully. She had been quite worried about leaving the only home she had ever known without any protection. But now she was becoming more confident. She could do this! She would find a new home! And there would be a world of adventure awaiting her there! Nothing was going to stop her! Nothi-

"Whooo!"

Well, maybe something.

Xinrie stood frozen to the ground, her eyes wide and staring at what was perched on what looked like the last tree in the grove she had been walking through.

"Hello there-"

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Xinrie tried to turn around and sprint in the opposite direction at the same time, resulting only in her feet becoming tangled and hitting the ground. She rolled over to look up at the giant owl that was staring down at her, a look of deep concern on his face.

"Are you alrig-" he began.

"Nuuuuuu! Please don't eat me!" she yelled while throwing her hands in front of her head.

"I'm not going to do any such thing, Xinrie," he replied, still looking immensely concerned and slightly hurt.

Xinrie gasped, her eyes growing even wider. "Demon Bird!"

"Wha-"

"You can see into my mind!" Xinrie yelled while pulling Isra's cap further down onto her head.

"No I can NOT!" The large owl exclaimed, somewhat taken aback by the comment.

"T-th-then how do you know my name!" Xinrie cried while pointing at him. She didn't know why but for as long as she could remember she had a deathly fear of owls. And giant talking ones didn't help.

"Calm down and let me explain. I am Kaebora Gaebora."

"Gaybora?"

"No! G-A-E-bora! I am a loyal servant of Hyrule's royal family, one who has served them my entire life and I was hoping that I might be of some use to you," he exclaimed.

Xinrie sat crossed legged on the ground. Now that she knew he wasn't planning on eating her, she was able to relax a bit. "Use? Well…I am thirsty…"

"Not that kind of use," He sighed, "I am here so that I may help you fulfill your destiny."

"What if you don't believe in destiny?"

"Whether you believe in it or not, everyone has a destiny."

"Says who?"

"Din, Nayrue, and Faeore. That's who."

"Oh…" Xinrie said looking at the ground.

"May I continue?" he asked, looking slightly annoyed.

"Yes sir…"

"Ahem…as I was saying, I'm here to guide you in your times of need. I would advise you to start heading northwest. You will reach Hyrule's market in about a days travel. You may find more clues about your past when you get there. I wish you the best of luck!" With those final words, he took off leaving a perplexed Xinrie behind.

"Oooookkkaaaayyyyy…. northwest hmm? Wouldn't hurt, I suppose. I mean maybe it's on the way to Geurdo Valley. Wait, maybe his nest of evil child-eating hatchlings are there! No! Stop that! Being paranoid again! Great, now I'm talking to myself…"

Xinrie sighed and continued on her way, the sun shining brightly on her shoulders. No more than a hundred feet from where she had met Kaebora Gaebora she found the field. Gasping slightly, she ran down the hill some. It was…beautiful. Lush green grass rolled on in vast waves for as far as she could see. Like an ocean it rose and then fell, concealing everything that lay beyond it in a veil of earth. The crisp azure sky stretched as far as the field meeting with the crest in a brilliant horizon.

Laughing with the pure glee only a child could have, the small crimson eyed girl sprinted into the field arms outstretched as if to catch the bouts of wind and take off into the endless sky. After absorbing every ounce of sunlight she could, Xinrie spun around in circles still smiling and joyfully laughing at the heavens, until she finally collapsed upon the ground, taking in deep breaths of the fresh air. The breeze blew her shoulder length brown hair about her face. "I love this place," she whispered to herself. Sitting up, she looked towards the sun that was already beginning to sink beyond the horizon. She didn't mind camping out, after all the stars must be beautiful out here. "I don't ever want to go home!"

But alas, that night…

"I wanna go home!" Xinrie half cried, half screamed as she clung to the top branches of the only tree she could locate. Stalchildren clawed at her from beneath, cackling every time they caught a piece of her tunic. She already had several deep cuts from the first one that had risen from the ground. It had taken her completely by surprise and nearly cost her her head.

More began to rise from the ground, swiping at her every time she slipped. "What is this! Night of the Dead or something!" she shouted again, "Who in Hyrule made you things!"

She was right to wonder that. The stalchildren that were attacking her had the body structure of a human skeleton but the head of what looked like a giant dog. Despite having no eyes, their empty sockets burned as though two hot coals had been shoved into them. Their clawed hands seemed to come some oversized six-toed cat.

The wind had picked up and was whipping the tree from one side to another. Xinrie increased her death grip on the branches for fear that she would fall off and be torn into numerous unidentifiable shreds. One of the monsters grabbed hold of her boot and began pulling her down. She could hear the branches begin to break away from the trunk.

Great, she thought frantically, now they're going to break every bone in my body! I can see it now! Here lies Xinrie: Survived by her friends and everyone. I'm dead. Out of frustration that Mido would live longer than her and probably laugh at her pathetic and broken remains after she was found, and partly out of fear she started kicking wildly at the thing's head. Her booted foot connected with its boney face and sent its cranium flying towards another one of its twisted counterparts. Her eyes grew wide with hope. If she could only kick off all of their heads they wouldn't be able hurt her! Then the blasted thing walked over and picked up its own severed head and placed it back atop its neck.

"I'm gonna die!" she moaned. She did manage to climb out of the thing's reach however and once again cling to the bending branches for dear life. "Thing couldn't get any worse," she nearly cried again. Just then a loud crash of thunder and bolt of lighting broke the darkness of the night and clanking of bones. She looked up at the sky only to be hit in the face by a drop of water, one that was promptly followed by a downpour of billions of other freezing droplets. The stalchildren retreated for the ground that they had risen from; leaving a soaking wet and injured Xinrie still clinging to the tree.

Nearly an hour later, Xinrie found herself still trudging through the mud, her boots making sucking noises every time they found a particularly deep section of the sludgy mix of dirt and water. The rain was still coming down in icy torrents, soaking her to no end. She had torn her now muddy, wet and blood stained tunic in several strips so that she could bandage her three deep cuts which, after bleeding profusely for nearly fifteen minutes, had stopped. But now she had other problems to deal with. For instance, she had no idea which direction she was headed. She could have been headed back toward the Kokiri Forest for all she knew (which at this point didn't sound like a bad idea).

Her hair was clinging uncomfortably to her face and neck by this point and she was now regretting ever leaving without a ribbon to tie her hair back. No one in their right mind is out here tonight! So why in Hyrule am I she thought bitterly. It wasn't fair. Saria had never warned her about this. She had never heard warnings about the monsters that came out at night or about demon owls that pointed you in random directions that would only get you lost, confused and chased up a tree by skeleton things.

Then she spotted something in the distance. It was slight but definitely there. She ran towards it, her feet pounding against the squishy ground. Xinrie couldn't believe her sudden change in luck. It was a town! A big beautiful town that was beckoning her towards it. One with shelter and blankets and food! Its stone wall was made of white stone that stretched all the way around it with an unfamiliar symbol etched above the entrance. Beyond the walls she could see the silhouetted form of what looked like a tower. "A castle?" she asked aloud.

Xinrie laughed in exhaustion and excitement. If Hylians had their towns set up anything like the Kokiris did then that's where the market would be. In Kokiri Village the shop was just outside the entrance to the Great Deku Tree. To her, the Deku Tree was like the castle. Straightening herself up, she took a step towards the entrance.

And stopped dead in her tracks.

The drawbridge had been closed. "WHAT IN HYRULE DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS!" she screamed at the sky while shaking a fist, "IS THIS BECAUSE I HIT MIDO! HUH? WHY? WHY? WHHHYYYYYY?" At this last word she sank to her knees, her pants now becoming completely covered in mud. "Why Din? Why me?"

She looked at the clouded sky that had been such a brilliant blue earlier that day but was now pure ebony with massive storm clouds. The thing she had laughed at for hours but now found herself cursing to no end. "Things couldn't get any worse."

Just as these cursed words had parted from her lips the sky opened up in a downpour twice as fierce as the one that had been plaguing her for the past five hours. "Now why did I have to say that?" she asked pathetically. "No, better question: Why did I have leave my house today?"

Xinrie shivered, suddenly realizing how cold she was. Then a sudden sound caught her attention. One she recognized from the forest. It was far away but she would never forget the first time she had heard. It was a lonely but frightening noise, hollow of welcome but mournful at the same time. A low, smooth noise that chilled her even more. The howl of a wolfo.

Looking worriedly from side to side Xinrie looked for a place to hide. She could tell the howl was far away and that it was raining such a ridicules amount that it couldn't smell her scent, but nonetheless you could never tell how fast one of those things could move…

Spotting a stone jut just below the normal ground level but just above the level of the river that ran past the town wall. Xinrie scuttled along the ground and dropped onto the jutting stones. It wasn't very wide but it was long. Huddling herself into a corner, she grabbed hold to her knees. She gazed at the drawbridge once more and sighed. With a good six hours until dawn, the possibility of a wolfo attack and what seemed to be an ocean crashing down on her, Xinrie knew that things couldn't get any worse