Stare out my window, touching the frosty, cold glass. It is about the fourth month into winter, and still can't get over the past. Pay no attention to the dancing snowflakes, doing their annual winter ballet, ignoring the other kokiri children, calling for me to play in the winter wonderland that blankets the whole kokiri forest. Can't help but think about all the fun I had with Saria. Building snowmen, having snow ball fights and pranking Mido. I let out a small sigh and get up from where I was sitting, and walk over to my closet. I grab whatever is clean, and place my 'famous' green hat on my head. I grab my belt, which has my ocarina on it, and head for the door. Once outside, I head for the skull woods, where Saria and I always played. The wet snow felt great agents my skin, tickling my cheeks and nose. A small smile tugs at my lips, wanting to warm my heart on this cold day. But my smile drops as I realize the inevitable, my mind telling me it would never happen again, that Saria and I would never play together again. I reach the forest temple about 5 minutes later, my body staring to get used to the cold. I sit down on a nearby stump and begin to play my ocarina. I start to play all of the songs from my adventure, each song reminding me of the emotional train wreak my past is, each song hollowing my heart a little more than before. I stop midway through the requiem of spirt, hearing laughing all around me. I jump up and look around me, trying to pinpoint the location of the laughter. A Skull kid falls from one of the trees, landing before me. He studies my movements, as he walks closer to me, tilting his head slightly like a little puppy would do. I back away, placing my ocarina back into its holder, trembling slightly as the Skull kid walks closer to me, my feet crunching the snow beneath them. Hitting the back wall, I close my eyes, waiting for something to happen. When nothing came, I open my eyes slightly to see the Skull kid sitting cross legged on the icy ground before me. "What are you doing?" I question.
The Skull kid just looks at me, pointing towards my belt. I look to where it is pointing, toward my ocarina. I take it out of its holder. "You mean this?" I ask the Skull kid.
He shakes his head up and down, pulling out his flute. He starts to play a song that I know oh too well. Saria's song. As I start to sit down as well, I fallow along, tears reaching the brim of my eyes. Once finished, the Skull child jumps up with glee. "I knew it! You're the boy who is friends with Saria."
A look of sadness and surprise crosses my face. How could the Skull child remember that? It has been so long since I entered the lost woods, much less encountered a Skull child. But the memory of seeing this Skull child brings more tears to my eyes, just enough to make my eyes look glossy. The Skull child walks a bit closer to me, griping its flute. "I must ask you something. Do you, by any chance, know where Saria might be?"
That's when the tears start to flow. I cup my face with my hands, letting my hot salty tears flow freely, not caring if the Skull child before me notices. What I don't notice is the Skull child walk closer to me, sitting beside me and resting its head on my shoulder. "I'm sorry I asked. But it will be okay." The Skull kid reassures me.
Looking up at him, tears still streaming down my face, I give him a small smile, and get up from my spot on the icy cold ground. I head back to kokiri forest, hand raped around the Skull child shoulder. The Skull child shows me through the skull woods, making sure I don't get lost. Once at the exit, I turn around to give the Skull child a friendly hug goodbye, only to see him gone. Just like everything else that I cherish, gone. I exit the skull woods, my heart a little less empty.