Yay! Chapter 4 is UP! I can't believe how fast this story is going by! I really do liek writing this. For those of you who've read this and stuck it in your alerts or favorites, thank you so much! I've actually written up to chapter 12, so I decided to update for the heckuvit. 8D Now for today, my muse is...Naurto! (Naruto is magically poofed in)

Naruto: What the?! Where am I?!

Me: (sigh) You, my adorable little ninja, are located in my mind, where there are no maps and every road leads to nowhere! Say the disclaimer to get out.

Naruto: The Wing Alchemist does not own the Legend of Zelda, only the characters you die-hard Zelda fans have never heard of. Done, can I go?

Me: But I made ramen...(puppy eyes)

Naruto: Okay, I'll stay.

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Chapter 4: The Fairies

Moriko awoke to the sound of running water and croaking frogs. She had a monster headache now, and she could've sworn she'd been on the forest floor. She opened her eyes to see blue sky beyond the tree branches. As she sat up, she felt a searing pain in her shoulder. Cursing under her breath, she surveyed the area. She was in a spring, but it wasn't the one at home. It was…different. This one was brighter, and the trees were slightly different. She saw the rock formations at the far end were arranged differently, and there was also the fact that there were floating balls of light around her.

"What the? What are these things?" she asked herself.

"Hey! We're not things!" a small voice squeaked. Moriko twisted around to look in the direction of the voice, but only saw a green tinged ball of light.

"Excuse me?"

"We're not things," the ball of light said, bouncing up and down. "We're fairies!" It flew around Moriko a few times and stopped at her shoulder. "Looks like you busted your shoulder," it said. "We'll fix it. Hey, Navi, come here!"

Another blue light floated over to them. "Yeah, Taiki, I'm…oh my! You look just like…"

"Huh? I look like who?"

Navi vibrated, as if shaking her head. "It's nothing. Let's get you fixed up."

The fairies circled around Moriko, flying higher until they were over her head. Relief flooded Moriko's sore limbs as they came back down, shaking.

"I haven't done that in a while," Navi said, landing on Moriko's lap. Taiki landed beside her.

"You could say that again."

"Are you finished?" a gentle voice asked. Moriko's head snapped up, searching the area for any life.

"Yeah," the fairies chorused. A sphere of light appeared in the spring's elevated area, a glowing monkey hanging off it. It sounded like Ordona.

"I am Faron, Light Spirit and protector of Faron province. You are Moriko, correct?" Moriko nodded. "Good. Farore, my goddess, has thought it required that she intervene in your fights to help you. You must be the one."

"The one?" Moriko asked. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Are you serious?!" Taiki shouted, shooting up to Moriko's eye level. "There's no way this…girl…can be the one!"

"I feel very insulted right now," Moriko muttered, clamping her hands around Taiki. "I wonder if fairies are edible?"

"Someone's already tried," Navi said simply, landing on her hands. "I'd say you deserve to be eaten, Taiki, after what you just said. I ought to eat you myself."

"But that would be cannibalism!" Taiki shouted, though muffled by Moriko's hands. She let him go, watching him flutter about like a dazed bird. He shook himself, scattering fairy dust all over her lap.

"Are you done?" Faron asked, leaning towards the trio. All three nodded, feeling the spirit's ancient gaze piercing through them. "Thank you." Faron turned its gaze to Moriko, who was standing now. "Child of the forest, do you know of the ancient hero?"

Moriko paused, then nodded. "He saved the land on numerous occasions, using the Triforce to bring peace back to the land, right?"

"Yes. There have been many times when the hero has reemerged to face the darkness threatening the world, not just Ganondorf. The most recent one was when twilight befell the kingdom and the hero was transformed into a blue eyed wolf."

"I heard about that. He supposedly came from my village, didn't he?"

"Yes. His name, like the others before him, was Link."

"Link, huh? Well, I'm no guy, and my name's not Link, so what do you want?"

"We, the Light Spirits, ask that you help the kingdom."

Moriko stood there for a minute, staring at the monkey spirit, then burst out laughing.

"Are you serious?!" she asked, holding her aching gut. The fairies rammed her in the head, knocking her back into the water.

"Quiet! That's no way to act before a Light Spirit!" Navi said. Moriko toned down the laughter until they were chuckles.

"I fail to see what is so funny," the spirit said, spinning once on the ball of light. Moriko sat up and cleared her throat.

"I'm sorry, but what can I do? I'm just a village girl."

"That's what the last Link said," Taiki chimed, bouncing up and down. Navi pushed him into the water and turned back to the spirit.

"Are you sure about this, Faron?" she asked. Faron nodded, spinning again.

"Yes. If she can do this, it will help when the true hero arrives."

Moriko looked at her feet, suddenly feeling stupid. She'd thought the spirit had said she was the next hero. Stupid, stupid, stupid! How could she be a hero? She was weak. She could barely defend herself against Kaiser, and Ganondorf was like swimming through freezing water. He left you feeling dead on the inside. Moriko shuddered at the thought of his arms around her, draining her courage away, and looked at the spirit fiercely.

"I'll go, but I'll need training."

Faron sang a few notes of a song. There was a howl, then a large white animal jumped into the area. Moriko was dumbfounded. It was the wolf she'd always seen just beyond the trees when she sat by her tree.

"You!" was all she was able to get out before the wolf tossed something in the water. A wooden sword. The wolf barked at her.

"Now now, no need to get so impatient," Faron said. "This is her first time holding a sword."

The wolf seemed to deflate before pouncing on Moriko, causing both of them to disappear in a puff of smoke.

"Will she be okay?" Navi asked Faron. The spirit sighed and shrugged.

"I hope he won't go too hard on her. She still hasn't fully awakened her power."

"But is it really okay that we keep that from her?"

"For now, yes. She needs to gain some experience before she learns of her destiny.

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Moriko saw white. Not the white walls of her room, but pure white. The sky, the ground, the buildings in the background were only slight shades of grey. It was as if the Goddesses had decided to forgo the idea of coloring the sky today.

A loud growl brought her back down. The wolf before her looked so at peace, sitting there a few yards away. It threw its head back and howled, transforming into a skeleton monster. Moriko yelped and fell backwards, landing with a thump on her backside. The creature laughed humanly, adding to the mystery of what it was. It wore armor that looked as if it had once withstood many blows, but now crumbled at the edges. The sword it held had too many nicks to count, and the round shield wasn't in much better condition. But it was the face that really freaked Moriko out. There was no flesh on it, and the eyes were glowing red. Red eyes. Moriko had to bite back a scream.

"Ready, girl?" it chuckled, drawing his sword.

"Just one thing. Can you change your form again? You're freaking me out."

The creature laughed, then changed into a boy in green about Moriko's age. They looked almost identical. The boy had blonde hair, a shade lighter than Moriko's, but the same electric blue eyes. He wore a green tunic with a brown belt, and white pants. He had a sword strapped to his back, which he immediately unsheathed.

"Faron tells me you need to learn how to use a sword. You ready?" he asked, his voice no longer deep. Moriko gripped the wooden sword in her hand and ran at the boy, eager to learn how to use a sword.

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WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Yay yay yay yay yay yay!! I've done it! I hope everyone liked it! I'm really trying to get chapter 12 done. BTW: That chapter wraps up the Death Mountain segment of the story (for now) and will hopefully be done today. I'll update soon, I PROMISE!! RxR, but no flames! Last time I got a flame I stopped writing for a week...it was depressing how frank that person was with me.

Naruto: (Hugs me)

Me: Awwwwwwwwwww!! (glomps Naruto) I wuv you too, sweetie!

Naruto: (Suffocating)

Me: See you all soon! Byes! XD