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I'm assuming that the Deku Sprout at the end of Ocarina of Time is the same as the Deku Tree in Wind Waker.
For simplicity sake, I am having Shadow Link speak the language of Wind Waker. Though going by the first meeting with the Deku Tree in the game, Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time languages are different and technically they wouldn't be able to understand each other. Ah, it' all so confusing.
Chapter 6: The Ancient Tree
Medli, Shadow Link, and the three fairies made their way up the path to the Forest Haven. As they walked, Medli fanned her wings in an attempt to dry her feathers.
"So, what about those masks?" she asked. "I've never heard of masks that let you transform before."
Shadow Link deliberately didn't reply for several moments. "No. You wouldn't."
"You're so rude!" Navi fumed.
"You could tell her," Tael sighed.
"I'll tell you!" Tatl exclaimed. "There's a special song that can be played on the Ocarina of Time that turns spirits into masks. He also has masks from a Deku Scrub, a Goron, and a…" she didn't get a chance to finish, because at that moment, Shadow Link swept his hat up and caught her inside of it, ramming his hat back onto his head with his prisoner still inside it.
Tatl rang with indignation, but couldn't get out.
"There's no need to do that," Medli scolded, snatching the shadow boy's hat off of his head and releasing Tatl.
Shadow Link snatched his hat back from her and crammed it back on his head again. Then he turned on her.
"Let's get this straight. I don't want you here. Any of you. With the exception of my dragon, which might actually be useful. Can't all of you just shut up?"
He turned and stormed up the path again, leaving Medli and the fairies to blink at each other.
"He's very irritable," Navi sighed.
"I've noticed," Medli replied. She started up the path again, shaking her head.
The shadow boy and the bird girl stepped into the Forest Haven.
It was very pretty. Medli had never been inside before. Little Fireflies hovered above the thick grass, and cool water flowed around the inside of the island. In the center of the cavern was a large, ancient tree.
But ash was drifting down from above them. They turned to look up. High above them, one of the branches of the tree was on fire. Small figures were darting about through the air next to the burning branch.
Medli gave a little cry and flapped her wings to get airborne. Her Feathers were still damp, but she managed to wobble higher to join the other figures that were desperately trying to put out the fire. Medli landed on the branch and started beating at the flames with her sash. Eventually the flames were blown out and the branch stopped burning.
The little koroks gave sighs of relief. They hadn't had a way to fight the fire, so they were at a loss. And since they had to hold onto their Deku leaves in order to stay aloft, they couldn't even carry water.
The Koroks drifted down to land exhausted on the ground. Medli fluttered down and alighted next to them, huffing and hot from the fire.
Shadow Link frowned and backed away to a dark corner of Forest Haven. He sat back against the wall.
The Great Deku Tree. He didn't want to see the Great Deku Tree.
Meanwhile, the big tree was moving. The face on the trunk of the tree shifted into a grateful smile.
"Thank you, my Koroks. And you too, Rito girl. Would you be the earth sage?"
Medli nodded. "Yes. I came to find Makar, but it looks like we were too late."
"I'm afraid so. But we were lucky that more damage wasn't done.
Just then, Navi peeked out from behind Medli.
"Ah, little fairy! I recognize you!" Exclaimed the Deku Tree. "You were there with the hero of time when I sprouted!"
Navi bobbed in agreement. "Yes. I'm Navi. I was friends with the Great Deku Tree before you."
"I see. How did you come to be here?"
"We're trying to save Link." Medli said. "And Shadow Link…"
She paused as she realized that Shadow Link was no longer with them.
"Shadow Link?" Repeated the Great Deku Tree sharply.
Medli nodded. "Yeah. He's supposed to help the other Links. Oh, there he is." She'd spotted him sitting alone behind the Deku Tree. "Come over here!"
Shadow Link ignored her.
"Uh, well, he's back there anyway." The Great Deku Tree couldn't turn to see what was behind him, so he had to take Medli's word.
"I see. And what do you plan to do in order to help the heroes?"
The Koroks had all waddled down to the stream to cool themselves off after fighting the fire. Medli too had streaks of soot on her face and on her sash, but she didn't pay them any mind.
"Well," she replied slowly, "I think it's almost morning, isn't it? We can't travel during the day because Shadow Link says he can't handle the light. So whatever we do will have to wait until next sunset."
"And you're traveling with Shadow Link?"
Medli nodded. "Yes. Me and these three," she indicated the fairies.
"We're keeping an eye on him!" Tael finished.
"I see. Perhaps that's best," sighed the tree. "But do you know what you're going to do next? Where are the prisoners are being held? The heroes and the princesses?"
The way he spoke made it sound as though many of the Links and Zeldas were already held prisoner. Medli hoped that that wasn't true.
"I don't know," Medli admitted. "Actually, I don't know what we're going to do next. Shadow Link says he wants to find the Master Sword to fight Ganondorf."
"I'm sure Ganon will expect that to be your target," said the Deku Tree. "He's sure to have taken every precaution to keep you from it. And the Master Sword might not even accept Shadow Link. And the Master Sword that exists in this time is at the bottom of the ocean."
"But Shadow Link can swim!" Medli exclaimed. "I saw him turn into a Zora. Like the earth sage before me."
"The Master Sword cannot be moved, even if it can be reached," replied the Deku Tree.
"Oh. Then what do we do?"
The Great Deku Tree was silent for a moment as he thought. "If the Master Sword is truly your goal, then you will need to travel to a different time. Since you are here," he nodded to Navi, "I assume that you came here from the past?"
Navi nodded. "Yes. The Ocarina of Time brought us here."
"We thought that meant that there was something here that we needed to find," Tael cried. "And we can't even get a sword here."
"That's not entirely true. I'm sure the Ocarina brought you here for a reason. For example, you joined them, Medli. And didn't you learn anything while you were here?"
"Well, I suppose. And Shadow Link found a dragon."
"A dragon?" Repeated the Deku Tree.
"Yeah. I guess. If it does turn out to be a good dragon, he'll be helpful to have. Especially since Shadow Link seems to like the dragon."
"He sure doesn't like us," Tael pouted.
"You should find some sort of weapon," the Deku Tree said thoughtfully. "It may take a while to find the Master Sword, so until then, you'll need something to defend yourself with. But I think you should leave as soon as possible. "You can find a sword at the next place you stop. We don't have anything like that around here. And since those witches were just here to kidnap Makar, they won't think to look here to find you, Medli. You should be safe until nightfall. But it might not take them long to find out that you're in this era. The first thing tonight, you should play the ocarina and travel to a different time. Until then, rest. You'll need it."
Medli nodded.
Now that things had calmed down, she took the time to greet the little Koroks.
Shadow Link stared with disdain at the little woody creatures wearing their leaf masks. Koroks. These were the Kokiri. He could tell. The Kokiri had become these strange little wood creatures? Pfa. His other self had been raised with the Kokiri. Like everything else he knew from his life, this had changed.
It had all changed.
He turned away. He didn't want any of this. He just wanted… to be left alone. Alone. Go away. He could handle this on his own! Why didn't anyone believe him?
"I finally get out of that stupid shadow, and I'm stuck doing this," he mumbled to himself.
Dawn was indeed coming. Shadow Link felt it. He huddled deeper into the shadows and sighed.
Medli had curled up in the grass and gone to sleep. The koroks wandered off to prepare food for their guests.
A few hours later, Medli awoke. She ate some breakfast and wrote a letter. As she went to deposit it in the mailbox, she sat by the ocean to speak with the King of Red Lions. Tatl and Tael accompanied her, but Navi remained behind with Shadow Link.
The King of Red Lions introduced Medli to Ciela, Leaf, and Neri.
"We come from a different dimension," Ciela explained. "But we left because we heard that there was trouble going on outside."
"We came from a different dimension too," Tatl said. "Skull Kid brought us out so we could help Shadow Link."
"But Shadow Link doesn't like us," Tael said again.
"I wish I could go with you," said the King of Red Lions. "But I obviously can't leave the water. And I don't think the oceans are as extensive in the past. But I have some information that you should hear. You may need to know everything that you can.
"What about the dragon?" Asked Medli, turning to where Volvagia was dozing on the cliffs.
"I don't think he'll turn on you. That dragon may even end up being very useful."
"What about us?" Ciela demanded. "Are we going to go with them?"
"I don't think Shadow Link will like that idea," Medli sighed. "He's already annoyed with Navi, Tatl, and Tael. Though I don't mind if you come along."
"We have powers too," Leaf added.
"Yes, we can increase defense and sword power," Neri said.
"How does Shadow Link know Volvagia?" asked the King of Red Lions.
"I don't know," Medli admitted. "Navi probably would, but she's still inside."
"I'll go get her!" And without another word, Tatl zoomed off to swap places with Navi.
Navi arrived a minute later.
"You want to know about Volvagia?"
All of them nodded.
"Ok. You know the tale, right? How Link was sealed for seven years so that he'd be old enough to fight Ganondorf? See, when Link was a kid, he found a baby dragon for sale, and he bought it. He really liked that dragon, but when he was sealed away for seven years, Ganondorf took control over him and used him to terrorize Death Mountain. Volvagia was manipulated, and Link was forced to kill him to save the Gorons. It hurt him a lot to do that. But it looks like the time stream was altered, what with Ganondorf traveling through time to capture anyone who might oppose him. And the Twinrova are supposed to be dead too. We may very well run across more monsters and other people who aren't supposed to be alive. But either way, I'm pretty sure that the Volvagia we have now is the one that is still good. Probably Shadow Link relates to him because Volvagia too was once considered… evil."
Meanwhile, back inside Forest Haven, a Korok had approached Shadow Link with a plate of food. Shadow Link glared at the Korok until he became nervous and set the plate of food down, rushing away.
"You don't need to be so unpleasant," Tatl chided. "You're so mean to everyone!"
"Shut up."
"Hmph. Do you not like the koroks or something?"
"You should have seen them when they were still Kokiri. They were better then."
Tatl turned to look at the little Koroks. "Aw, I think they're cute."
A few minutes later, another Korok approached, carrying a folded piece of cloth that was as large as he was.
"The Great Deku Tree thought this would be helpful," said the little korok.. "It belonged to another traveler who passed through here. It might let you go out during light."
He set the folded fabric down on the ground next to the empty plate of food.
Shadow Link stared at it for a while, then picked it up and let it flop open. It was a long, hooded cloak.
"Hmph. It might keep the sun off a bit, but I'd still rather travel at night."
"Yes, but if we have to do something in daylight, then that cloak will come in handy. Keep it," Tatl ordered.
Shadow Link shrugged and dropped beside him. "Whatever."