Ya, so I guess this is out REALLY soon compared to every other chapter. Also, since characters are currently split up I am going to have chapters for their stories, so it will be a while before you see the battle against the black dragon, but enough babbling on, here is chapter 6

Chapter 6: Tree of Old

"Hey Darfer! Follow me!" Exclaimed Duke as he left the house.

"But Zereth said to stay in the house." Darfer complained.

"Come on, if he didn't go out like this then he wouldn't be as strong as he is. I thought you wanted to be just like him." Duke said, great, easy to control, he thought.

"I do but…"

"No buts Darfer. You either do want to be like him or not" he said and then ran off.

"Bbb but Duke." He then looked around and ran after him.

"I knew you would come. You have the blood of an adventurer in you after all." Duke said as he ran to where the Deku Tree resides. "And there is the Deku Tree. Now let's go." After he finished he sprinted full speed towards the Great Deku Tree.

"Wai… Wait up!" Darfer cried as he started running out of breath. It took him a few minutes to get to where Duke was.

"So there is a temple in the big tree?" Duke asked Sprout, the Great Deku Tree's "son".

"Yep, but I don't know how you get into it" Sprout replied, "Ah, Darfer, I have a gift for you!" He said when he noticed Darfer coming towards him.

"What! Him too!" Duke complained.

"What do you mean me too?" Darfer asked.

"A boomerang for you." Sprout said and then a root came out of the ground with the Fairy Boomerang tangled in it.

"Wow! A boomerang!" Darfer shouted.

"Ha! Just a boomerang? I got a sword!" Duke said proudly as he took out the Kokiri Sword. "Now Darfer, let's look for this temple entrance."

"A temple? Aren't those places dangerous?"

"Do you want to be like Zereth or not?"

"Ok, I will go looking for the entrance." When he finished he ran off, and before Duke could go Sprout intervened.

"Why do you insist on using him like that?" Sprout asked, "sooner or later it will be your downfall."

"What do you know about it? You're just a tree." As soon as he finished he ran off to look for the entrance of the temple. After all, we aren't actually brothers, why should I care about him, Duke thought. After a couple of hours he heard Darfer cry out.

"Duke, I found an entrance!" then Duke turned to see Darfer running towards him.

"About dam time." Duke said, "Where is it? Show me."

"Follow me! I thought it would be somewhere on the tree since the temple is in it, but it was hidden just under the cliff's edge over there." He explained everything as he ran towards the edge of the cliff.

"Great, now we can explore it and find whatever treasure is in it."

"But aren't temples dangerous?"

"Darfer, either you want…" Duke started but then the edge of the cliff collapsed and he started to fall.

"Brother!" Darfer shouted as he reached and grabbed his hand. "Don't let go!"

"Darfer, you aren't strong enough to pull me up."

"Don't even say to let you drop! We are brothers, even though you always trick me into helping you and treat me like a slave."

"You. You knew?"

"Of course I did. I might be young, but I am not stupid. You know the man that Zereth stopped from killing me, but it was too late for my mother?"

"Of course I do, who could forget?"

"That was my dad. Because of how he treated me I had to smarten up and see when I was being used." Darfer said as tears welded up in his eyes, "so please brother, don't let me lose you too."

"Ok. I understand." Duke said as he finally started feeling a connection between him and Darfer, "but you aren't strong enough to pull me up."

"I will not let go, so save your breath."

"That wasn't what I meant. You aren't strong enough to pull me up, but you are strong enough to swing me from side to side."

"What will that accomplish?"

"If you get enough of a swing I will be able to grab onto the cliff by the temple entrance."

"But then you'd be trapped there until help comes, and who can help you here?"

"No, I will head into the temple…" before he could finish Darfer interrupted.

"No, stop thinking of treasure for once!"

"That isn't what I mean. Most temples have a secondary exit. I will find it and get out, and it will probably be in a safer area than this one."

"Then I am coming with you."

"No, you need to go find help."

"I will not let you go alone. If there are monsters in there and you die I would never be able to forgive myself for abandoning you."

"Fine, you can come. But listen to what I say, okay?"

"Okay." Darfer replied and then started swinging his arm. After a while Duke let go and grabbed onto the cliff under the temple entrance. Afterwards Darfer ran over and jumped down and grabbed the cliff and dragged himself up.

"Time to explore this place." Duke said as he opened the old wooden door. When they went in they saw that it was just a small room with runes on the walls and a table with an old book on it.

"What's this?" Darfer asked as he showed the book to Duke.

"It's a book, stupid." Duke replied sarcastically.

"I know that, but what does it say?" Darfer kept insisting for Duke to read it since Duke knew how to read, but he didn't.

"It says Shadow's Journal of the Forces Book 4." He said out loud as he read, "So you wouldn't understand it even if I read it because it has three other books before it."

"Now, why don't you hand that book over little boy?" a voice came from behind, "and that was an order, not a request." As they turned they saw a small person with a heart shaped mask.

So, now one journal is found, but will it remain in the hands of the kids? Find out in a couple chapters, which could be a week, or it could be a year, but one thing is certain, you should review this series so I know what to improve on.