The Love that Ties us Together
By thewildthings
DISCLAIMER: don't own Zelda; don't own anything to do with it… ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
Link approached the familiar wooden tunnel from his past, and in no time at all was crossing the very bridge where he said goodbye to his childhood friend, Saria. Link almost started crying. He hadn't been there for almost 10 years! He was grown up, but none of his friends were. He continued towards Kokiri Forest when he saw someone familiar, they looked very odd… a skullkid! It was the very same skullkid he played his ocarina with! "Hello skullkid!" Link yelled merrily. Then, to his surprise, the skullkid began shaking very violently, and then took off back into the Lost Woods. "Hey wait it's me, Link!" then he remembered something. None of his friends would recognize him. After all, his body, face, and hair are different than when he was a little kid.
When Link entered the forest, he couldn't stop smiling. The old forest seemed to evoke many childhood memories. He remembered walking on the bridge, playing pranks on Mido with the know-it-all brothers, and playing with Saria… Saria! Link thought. He looked up at the sun to see how much time he had. It's almost sundown, but I can still make it. Link bolted for the vine wall behind Mido's house, ran around the upper level, until he spotted another tunnel. The Lost Woods! Link remembered. Saria is always in the Lost Woods! Link ran through tunnel after tunnel, listening for the tune his friend was playing. Eventually, he ran into a familiar clearing, and solved the maze following the tune to his friend.
Once he reached the clearing, all he saw was the little green haired girl, sitting on a tree stump, playing a simple tune on a tan ocarina. Link pulled out his identical ocarina, and joined along with her. Almost immediately, Saria stopped playing, looked up at Link, and ran to give him a hug. Link picked up the small child and she wrapped her legs around his waist. "I missed you, Link," Saria whispered through tears, "I was starting to think you weren't coming back to us."
"I know." Link said. He was also crying by now. "I've been gone for way too long and I don't know what I was thinking." Link set Saria down and they both wiped their eyes. They sat on the tree stump (Link taking up ¾ of the space) and just chatted for a while. Saria got Link caught up in the local gossip, and Link told Saria all about Nabooru, and also about what was going on in the castle (it was top-secret information, but he still trusted that a little Kokiri girl wasn't planning on blabbing about it).
"Wow, so you're kind of like a secret agent?" Saria asked.
"More of a secret security guard," Link chuckled. "Zelda claims that she can do this on her own, and I believe her, but her father doesn't. So I had to leave Nabooru without saying goodbye."
It was just then, when Link realized what Nabooru might be going through. Nabooru expected me to be asleep when she left, but instead I was gone! What if she didn't read the note? What if she thinks I've been kidnapped? What if she has a search party out right now trying to find the culprit?
"Um, Saria?"
"Yes Link? What's wrong?"
"Listen, I've really enjoyed our reunion but I seriously need to get back to the castle." Link asked in a hurry.
"Oh." Saria said as her face drooped, "I understand you nee-"
"It won't be near as long this time Saria! Tell everyone I said Hello! Goodbye Saria!" He shouted back as he sped down the stars, and out of the Lost Woods.
"Goodbye," Saria whispered sadly.
A/N: I am so so so so so insanely sorry for how long this chapter took. I started writing it forever ago and just remembered it. Other chapters will not take near this long. If you notice any mistakes please let me know ;)