Hey! Here is a new chapter! Sorry it took awhile. I am working on this story very slowly. As usual I do not own any characters in this story but I wish I did. Have fun!
They arrived at the Great Deku Tree's meadow after Link took care of a few Deku Babas and collected the sticks. "Ah, Link," said the Great Deku Tree wearily, "You have come. I have a task I need you to perform. I have been cursed; I need you to break the curse with your courage and wisdom. Will you try?" "I will, Great Deku Tree," answered Link with a bow. "Then enter, brave Link," The Deku Tree said, opening what looked to Link like his mouth, "And thou too, Navi. Take care of each other, and Link, listen to Navi. Her words of wisdom will serve you well. Oh, and watch out for the gas, I had beans for lunch." Link and Navi looked at each other, and then entered the inside of the Great Deku Tree.
The pair looked around and Navi flew forward. She got to a vine covered wall then noticed Link wasn't behind her. She looked back and saw him curled up in a ball back at the entrance. "Spiders… spiders…" he whined. Navi then remembered something the Great Deku Tree had told her. Mido had locked Link in a storage shed in the forest that was filled with spiders and left him there for two days. That explained fully why Link was afraid of spiders. She also noticed that the skulltulas were huge. 'Good luck getting him past those things.' Navi thought. She flew back to Link and sat on his shoulder. Thinking she was a spider, Link jumped two feet in the air and ran headfirst into a wall. Navi looked up from where she had fallen on the ground and shook her head. This was going to take awhile.
When Link regained consciousness, they went on. Link climbed the vine-covered wall, and trembling, he walked quickly past another wall with three skulltulas on it. He found a door and walked through. Not noticing the Deku Scrub in this room, he was knocked out again. The Deku Scrub realized he had hit the Kokiri too hard and ran away before anyone could say anything. Link came to and saw the scrub was gone so he shrugged and entered the next room. He promptly curled up in a ball again and whimpered, "Too high… Too high…" Navi sighed. Yep, this was REALLY going to take awhile. "Link," she said, "If you don't get up right now I am going to make Mido lend you his new dress and you will have to parade around the entire forest wearing it!" Link jumped to his feet, ran across the floating platform and opened the chest. He grabbed the slingshot that was in it and exited the room in record time. "Well, that's better," said Navi, then she noticed that he had left her behind, "Hey, wait for me!"
They returned to the wall with the three Skulltulas on it. Link looked up at them, shaking again. "Well, Link," said Navi, "The only way to go from here is up!" "P-past the s-s-spiders?" stuttered Link, tears coming into his blue eyes. Navi looked at him with sympathy. "Of course, if you want to get back at those spiders that were in that shed," she said, slyly, "You could hit these with your new slingshot. Then the ones in the shed would feel pain too." Link wiped his eyes with his hat, put it back on and smiled. He took out his slingshot and hit the spiders very quickly one by one. Of course, when they fell they landed on him. Link's scream could be heard all the way to Gerudo Fortress. When the Skulltulas had faded away, Navi saw Link lying face down, shaking again and unconscious. She sighed and went into the room they were supposed to next, opened the chest, got the compass, and returned to Link's side. Using the compass, she studied the map. She had just found out that they were supposed to go through the web on the ground floor when Link woke up. "What happened?" he asked. "Spiders," Navi replied. "Now we go up this wall. Uh, before we get up the wall, there is something I should tell you about what we will find…" But before she could finish, Link was up the wall. He knocked out one big Skulltula and jumped off the ledge, tearing right through the web. Navi was stunned. Not only had Link voluntarily killed a spider, he had also jumped off a VERY high place. She caught up with him while he was looking around the new room. "Link, what the heck just happened?" Navi cried. Link looked puzzled. "What do you mean, Navi?" he asked. "Well, you jumped off a ledge after killing a spider and you seemed to hate high places and spiders before! What is going on?" Link thought for a minute. "I don't remember doing those things," he said slowly, "I DO hate spiders and heights. I woke up after having those Skulltulas on me and the next thing I remember, I was down here." Navi was a bit concerned about this but said nothing. The pair walked on. Navi had to get rid of the two gold skulltulas in the room, because Link was curled up whimpering again. She was becoming quite good with a slingshot even though it was twice as big as she was. After the spiders were gone, Navi collected the tokens and brought Link around. He took a Deku stick and burned the web covering the door. They went through the door and Link stopped cold at the sight of another skulltula. Navi sighed and reminded him about the pain he was causing to his ex-pals in the shed so he would kill the thing himself. She was getting tired from using that big slingshot. Link smiled and took out the large skulltulas. Then they burned the web in front of the only exit and went through.
In the next room, they saw a block in a ditch. Link looked at the block, looked at the web covering a hole, then looked at the burning torch they had used earlier. Navi saw the comprehending look on his face and sighed with relief. Maybe he was getting better at this. Then, he fell asleep. Navi shook her head. "And I thought he was finally going to be useful. Oh, Great Deku Tree, why are you punishing me? OH! Is it because I put itching powder in your monthly fertilizer?" "Yes," came the answer. "Ug, ok," replied Navi, "I guess I do deserve something for that. But this is too much. Hey, you!" She flew over to a passing large skulltula. "Help me push that block over there and I'll put in a good word for you with Queen Gohma." The skulltula eagerly agreed and together they got the block into the water. "Whew, thanks!" said Navi, "See you later!" The skulltula scampered off just as Link woke up. "Finally!" cried Navi, "I had to get that block moved all by myself!" Link looked over at the block, then at Navi. "You moved that block? Puny little you?" he asked, "Unlikely." Navi looked mad that he called her puny, and then looked surprised that a knucklehead like him would use a word like 'unlikely'. "Well," she said, huffily, "You were asleep and the Deku Tree is dying. Someone has to do something, since you seem to be worthless." "I'm only 12 years old you darn bug!" Link yelled, hopping on one foot, since a Deku Baba had the other in its mouth. Navi had to really try to keep her temper; they were running out of time. "OK, Link," she said, trying to keep calm, "We need to talk about this later. Right now we need to help the Great Deku Tree. And you," she added, pointing to the Deku Baba. "Get that out of your mouth, you don't know where it has been." The Deku Baba quickly let go of Link's foot. Link jumped across to the torch, lit a stick, and burned the web away. After landing in the water in the room below, they saw three Deku Scrubs. Navi whispered to Link what a Scrub earlier had told her and he nodded, taking out his shield. He blocked a nut that rebounded toward the second Scrub in line. He then did the same for the third and the first. The first Scrub was scared. "How…how did you know to do that?" It stammered, "Ok, now don't hurt me and I'll tell you how to beat our queen." Link nodded. "Ok," the Scrub said again, "To get past Queen Gohma, hit her while she's stunned. Her weak point is her eye. Sorry Queenie!" The scrub bounced off and the other two disappeared. Navi and Link looked at each other, shrugged, then went through the door. This room was very dark. By Navi's light, Link could see some plants, and… something moving on the ceiling. He looked up at it, and it looked back at him with one glowing eye. It dropped to the floor and Link saw it was the biggest spider he had ever seen. Well, it looked like a spider to him and he heard Navi gasp, "That must be Queen Gohma!" Link gulped and quickly threw a Deku nut to stun her. He gathered up all his courage and started hitting her with his sword. Gohma got up and started to crawl up a wall. Link got out his slingshot and followed her progress. When her eye started glowing red, he fired and knocked her down. He hit her a few more times with his sword, and she was finished. Link sank to the floor, tired and relieved that the fight was over. Navi landed on his shoulder. The two rested for a minute, then took the portal that had opened back to the forest.
They found themselves back in front of the Great Deku Tree. "Well done, Navi and Link," he said, "Now I have more to tell thee, wouldst thou listen?" Link nodded and sat down. The Great Deku Tree told Link a long story about the goddesses and how a creepy dark guy put the curse on him. And also how, even though Link had broken the curse, the tree would die anyway. Link thought that was a raw deal. "Did thou understand the story I just told to you?" The Deku Tree asked Link. Link nodded and stood up, brushing off his tunic. "Ok, now go to see the princess," said the Deku Tree, "Thou hast much courage and she knows what to do. (I hope.)" With that, he died. Navi was shaken. The guardian of the forest was gone. Link was curled up on the ground, shaking and crying. Navi sighed. She was sad too, but Link seemed to be way too emotional. She finally got Link to stand up, and the two left the Great Deku Tree's meadow.
On the way back to Link's house to get supplies, they ran into Mido. "Hey, Mr. No Fairy," he said, "What did you do? Did the Great Deku Tree… die? You and your firefly killed him didn't you?!" Navi started to glow red with anger. Link noticed this and nodded to her. She flew as fast as she could into Mido's chest, knocking the wind out of him. "For your information," she yelled, "We did all we could to save him, you idiot! AND I AM NOT A FIREFLY!" "Ug," Mido replied, lying on the ground. "Thanks," said Link, "We have to be going now. Pleasure as usual." He and Navi walked to Link's house and collected some rupees, bottles, and sticks. They had a slight delay when Link forgot to use the ladder to get down again and he lay unconscious on the ground after falling six feet. But after that, they were on their way. On the bridge leading out of the forest, they saw Saria. "Hi Link! Even though you are a major klutz, I knew you would leave someday." She held up a light brown object. "I want to give you this, I found it lying around and I thought you should have it since I have one. Just don't break it." Saria gave Link the ocarina and waved goodbye. She turned and ran back into the forest. "Well, that was odd," said Navi, "But at least we are really on our way." Link nodded and pointed at the script, "Yeah, just look how long it took us to get through the Great Deku Tree." "Well, you kept wimping out," said Navi, giggling. "Me? A wimp?" said Link, striking a macho pose, "Never!" He swatted at the laughing fairy. "If you can stop giggling, we can go," His face was turning pink. Navi giggled some more, "Ok," she managed to say, "Let's go."