Stella flew out and proudly proclaimed, "This is Timmy from Kokiri Forest! He was sent by Princess Tecna to gather the Seafaring Stones and save Hyrule!"
Knut rubbed his chin in thought. "You did make Knut very happy. All right, I will tell you where the stone is." Knut pulled the shining ruby out from inside the statue behind him. "I have it, but I'm not going to just give it to you. You see, not too long ago, a very scary man closed off Dodongo's Cavern, where all the tasty rocks are. We are all going to starve unless someone can break the seal and clear out the cave. If you are the hero, you should be able to help us!"
Timmy thought about it for a minute. Going into a cave seemed pretty daunting, but the man that Knut described had to be Valtor, trying to get his hands on the Spiritual Stone. There was no question—Timmy had to help. There was only one problem: how would he move the bolder in front of the cave?
Knut approached Timmy, something gold gleaming in his hand. "This is Goron's bracelet. It makes you strong like Gorons!" Knut slid it onto Timmy's wrist. "Now you can pick our special crop: bomb flowers!" Timmy had seen some very strange-looking plants on his way to Goron City. Those must have been bomb flowers. From the name itself, Timmy deduced that the Gorons raised some sort of explosive plant. Maybe one of those could break the rock in front of the cavern! "We're counting on you, hero," Knut said as he patted Timmy's shoulder and shooed him out of the room.
Timmy slowly made his way up through the Goron complex. Everything was even color-coordinated! This was helpful. He had made it up to the red level, when he saw another ogre sitting in front of what looked like an exit. Timmy approached him, and he began to speak. "I see you have the Goron bracelet! Now, you can pick up bomb flowers like the ones in this passage!" Knowing that he did need to study these strange plants more, Timmy began to walk down the corridor. He saw four bomb flowers in the middle, right in front of some boulders. Timmy grabbed the plant around the sides and yanked it up. He heard a sizzling sound, and realized that the flower had lit istelf! Intriguing. The plant had a fuze. Timmy didn't have much time to observe it, however, because the plant started to pulse red. This usually was a bad sign, so Timmy threw the plant as far away from himself as possible. It landed next to the group of boulders and exploded, sending rock chunks flying everywhere. Timmy ducked to try to avoid the sedimentary shrapnel coming his way. Once the dust settled, he stood up and saw that there was now a clear path to who-knows-where in front of him. He began to walk forward, when he heard a familiar tune.
"Is that...a harp?" Stella inquired. Indeed it was. And not just any harp either. Timmy dashed down the corridor. He emerged from Goron City and found himself in the middle of the Lost Woods. "Where's that music coming from?" Stella kept asking. Timmy didn't know exactly where, but he did know that Flora was making it. He had never explored the Lost Woods as well as Flora had, and he knew she had a secret hiding spot somewhere inside it. Cautiously, he followed the tune through the forbidden forest, until he reached a clearing. He had never been this deep in the woods before. The place was small, with only a few shrubs and a locked gate inside. Stella rambled on, "What are we supposed to be—look out!" Just as she said it, a horrid wolf creature emerged, howling. It lunged at Timmy, who quickly pulled out his shield to ward off the attack. He pulled out his sword, and the beast began to circle him. "Do something!" Stella screamed as she flew into his hat. He waited until the wolf was ready to attack. Then, he quickly plunged his sword into his torso. The wolf shrieked and vanished; the gate barring Timmy from the rest of the clearing had lowered.
"Look! Now we can see what else lurks here!" Stella eagerly exclaimed. Timmy had just passed through the gateway when a shot was fired. Turning, shield at ready, Timmy saw a Deku Scrub firing at him. Now that he had mastered the art of destroying them, Timmy passed through this part of the meadow with ease. After a few turns and a long staircase, Timmy had found himself in another clearing. This time however, there was a tall tree, some sort of ancient stone on the ground, and most importantly, Flora strumming her harp on a tree stump. Timmy slowly approached her.
He was only a few feet in front of her when Flora looked up. Her expression turned from one of loneliness to one of joy. "Timmy!" she smiled as she hopped up. "I see you found my special hiding place. I feel like the forest wants me to be here, so I visit whenever I can and play my harp."
Chatta piped up, "So what have you been doing, Timmy? Did you find the princess? Did she send you on an adventure? Was it dangerous? Are you done? When will you be coming back? Will-"
"Chatta," Flora chastised, "I'm sure if Timmy wanted to tell us of his adventures, he would."
Stella flew out from under Timmy's hat and what had happened so far. Flora looked on with a grave expression. "These events are all connected, Timmy. That man that you described can only bring terrible things to our world. You must do whatever you can to stop him. Although I would love for you to stay longer, I know you must return to Goron City and get the next Spiritual Stone. Remember, if you ever need to speak with me, just play my song." She sat back down on her stump and began strumming her harp again.
Timmy lingered for a bit, then took off running towards the Lost Woods. Flora was right. He had a job to do.
A/N: Two chapters in one day, you lucky ducks! I really hope I'm going to be updating this more often, since I really like writing this story! I'm also hoping that me playing through Skyward Sword isn't going to mess up my memories of Ocarina of Time. :P Chatta says to leave a review pretty pretty pretty please! Daisy out!