Well, perhaps I am crazy, (I am) but I thought I would take a break from writing Sonic the Hedgehog fan fictions, and write this crazy story that is stuck in my head. I'm not exactly sure how long this is going to be, considering that I am writing it as I go, but, I can almost assure you that it will be at least five chapters long (and definately more than that...)

I hope you all enjoy!

Saria remembered it all too vividly, the events of today, and she slept on her bed, now drenched in tears, in any hopes that she would wake up from this terrible reality.

It all started with her best friend, Link, the quiet kid who she watched grow up, and the newest Kokiri child to be added into the forest, was given his fairy guardian.

She and Link were possibly the closet friends ever to set foot on Hyrule. Saria knew that he was a bit different, other than the fact that he had received his fairy so late. For example, Link was found, rather than born, into the forest. Most Kokiri are born from the plants that inhabit the vast forest, but Link was the first exception to this rule. He was found, long ago, almost nine years, covered in a small green pouch, which, Saria found quite humorous that Link now wore it as his Kokiri hat.

Also unlike most Kokiri, Link grew exceptionally quickly. It even seemed to Saria that Link may be the first Kokiri to grow taller than five feet, which was a very rare feat, considering that a Kokiri usually stopped growing by their ninth year living, and then would continue to live forever as a child.

But, a few things did lead Saria and the other Kokiri to believe that he was in fact a Kokiri; such as his pointed ears, which the Kokiri only knew other Kokiri to have, because none of them had ever left the forest before out of the fear of dying.

Ever since Link could talk, Saria's boss, Mido, self proclaimed leader of the Kokiri, had picked on him. This was also the time that Saria and Link really became friends. Saria had stood up for Link when no one else would, and that made Mido back off, because he had had an obvious crush on Saria since he met her.

But today, everything was terrible. First, it was great. Link had received his first Fairy, Navi, and she was held with much respect amongst the fairy community. Even Saria's fairy respected Navi.

After he got his fairy, rumor had spread from the fairies, where most of the rumors of big events were leaked, that Link was summoned by the Great Deku Tree. That was another huge step for Link on that day; but nobody could've pieced together what was happening until it was too late.

Hours later, when Saria was taking her daily stroll through the Lost Woods, she felt a terrible feeling; one that made her feel cold, sad, and empty. All of the Kokiri felt it too, and Saria again heard the rumor from the fairies that something terrible had happened. Of course, she didn't believe the farfetched news until she saw it for herself.

The Great Deku Tree, the guardian of the forest, and every Kokiri's technical father, had been killed.

Almost instantly, everyone assumed it was Link. Who wouldn't? He was an odd kid, the forest creatures didn't seem to like him, he was always different, and people didn't always trust him like they did all of the other Kokiri.

Saria, being his best and only true friend, did not allow herself to believe it.

Nor did she let herself believe that Link was going to go do something suicidal, until she caught him before he did it.

Link, after being ridiculed by Mido and a few other Kokiri for being weird and strange, was marching to the exit of the Kokiri forest.

This would mean death to her best friend, so of course, she wanted to stop him.

As Link passed her shadowy figure in the forest, Saria made her move.

"Oh, so you're leaving." She remembered herself saying. Because of Link's quiet nature, he rarely ever spoke, but Saria was ok with this.

Most people couldn't even get so much as a peep of noise from him, but Saria could sometimes get sentences from him every now and again.

She gave him one of her favorite ocarinas, just as a memento that he would never forget her. Though, she subconsciously gave him this as a tribute to the soon to be dead Link.

And then, she let him go, and, even though it had only been a few hours ago, she felt like she hadn't seen her best friend in an eternity.

And now, she lay on her bed, in any attempts, all futile, to forget about her best friend to try and forget the fact that she was probably never going to see him again. But, it seemed as every time she tried to remove the memories that she had with Link, the more those memories refused to budge, and she only found herself more depressed.

"C'mon Saria!" Mido's voice called to her from below, "It's dinner time!"

"I-I don't think I'm all that hungry." Saria managed to get out.

"Are you still pouty about Mr. No-fairy? Good grief Saria! He's probably dead by now any way. He deserves it too, for killing the Great Deku Tree like that." Mido complained.

"Shut up Mido! Link would never kill his own father! None of us could! And he cannot be dead!" Saria shouted back in anger and sadness.

"Well then, if you can survive outside the forest, then why don't you go after him?"

"I-I… Go away Mido…" Saria had yet another breakdown.

Mido, now feeling a bit ashamed, left Saria, knowing that if he tried to comfort her at this point, she'd probably kill him.

Saria was filled with regret, inside, she felt as if she should've prevented Link from running away.

"Why does this bother me so much?" Saria spoke to herself. "I've had friends before, guys and girls, who have all done something to get them killed. I managed to live after them. Why is Link different? I considered all of the other's my best friends, why is Link different? How is he more special than any of my other friends? How can he be more important to me than a best friend? It is the best title I can give someone. But, he seems so much more than just a best friend. What is it that makes him more? How can there be more? Oh Saria, you fool, you're just making it worse." Saria threw head into the white pillow that lie in a head at the head of her bed and began to cry.

Normally, this would've been one of the times that Link would've snuck into her house and gave her a bit of extra support and comfort. But this time, he was the very reason for her tears. She was all alone; even Rareen, her trusty fairy guardian seemed to have left her this time.

One Month later…

Link stood at secondary entrance to the Kokiri forest. For his mind, it was almost two whole years of constant traveling. His mind wasn't all that wrong either. After he left the forest for the first time, he had gone on a mindboggling quest involving a lot of time traveling and dimension jumping. For him, he had in fact been in contact with all of his old friends at the forest, but, after his journey was over, the Higher Powers of the world declared that it would be better that no one ever remembered the horrors that had befallen them before Link went off to save them.

So, Link was the only one with the memories of everything that had happened over the last two years of his mental life. An evil Gerudo sorcerer threatened the balance of the world, and took it all over after gaining the fabled Triforce, which one of the three pieces now resided within Link's right hand, and no one but Link remembered it. He had traveled to the parallel dimension of Termina; a perilous world in which he continuously was forced to watch the end of the world over and over and over until he finally tracked down its cause and put an end to it. Many friends he lost during these time switches. One of which was Navi. He learned to care and trust Navi, even though at times her constant 'Hey!'s could be annoying. After his first mission with saving Hyrule, she vanished, and that led to his second trek which led him to Termina.

He knew no one would ever believe his tale, so he did his best to keep it to himself, but there were some friends who deserved to know a lot.

One of these friends was Saria. His best friend, and seemingly one of the only people he could trust with such things.

Although the path ahead didn't look like it would go anywhere, he knew differently, so he silently followed the cave inside the Goron city into the Lost Woods.

Saria never really picked herself up since Link left her that one day, nor did she ever find out why he meant so much to her.

Ever since he left, she felt unhappy, unenthused, and never felt cheery enough to play her usually carefree melody she always played.

Even now, Saria sat in a lonely manner, all by herself, trying to hide from the rest of the world, in her Sacred Forest Meadow, that she discovered so long ago. She hadn't yet shown it to link, but, when he was around, she was close to showing it to him.

No one, not even Mido, knew of this place. It was only Saria and her Fairy that knew of it and it served as Saria's ultimate getaway from just about anything; except her own feelings.

"Saria!" The usual voice of Rareen called.

"What is it Rareen?" Saria replied glumly.

"There you are! I have some cool news! Wanna hear it?" Rareen seemed unusually joyous.

"No, I do not feel so good today. I came here to be alone."

"Would you feel better if Link were here?" A tear fell from Saria's low-hung face.

"D-do I have to answer? I don't feel happy thinking about him being dead…"

"He's not dead." Rareen stated calmly.

"Don't be absurd. Every Kokiri that has left the forest has never returned, that can only mean they died."

"Link is still alive Saria. I just began hears tons of rumors-"

"You and your fairy rumors helped him leave! They all said that Link killed the Great Deku Tree."

"Um… I guess you are right… But these ones are real! They tell about how a little kid, about nine years old, has been traveling all across Hyrule, and he's met some of the Great Fairies. They all tell me that it's Link."

"Oh, I only wish I could believe you Rareen… But, why hasn't he come here yet then? If he truly was still here, then why is he not by my side?"

"But-"

"Rareen… normally, I would love to listen to you, but, not now… I really, really, really want to be alone right now." Saria's voice was thick with sorrow.

"I understand. Be back when you feel better Saria." Rareen nodded as she flitted away back to the village.

Saria couldn't help but smile at her fairy guardian fly away.

"She is so understanding of me…I give her credit for trying to make me feel better at least…"

Saria got off of her stump in the Sacred Forest Meadow, and decided that perhaps a walk would be better for her.

"Perhaps it would take my mind off of Link…" At his name, a feeling of regret overcame over Saria. With a sigh, she tried to forget, and kept walking away from her secretive place.

Link scrambled through the still familiar flora spread across his childhood playground. He had heard Rareen flitting her way home, she seemed sad, and that usually meant that Saria was too.

In the distance, as he continued his casual stroll, he began to hear the voice of his best friend. She was sad, that much was strikingly obvious. This hit a certain part of Link's heart. Maybe it was fragments of his partially adult mind, or maybe it was just him being chivalrous, he decided to cheer his best friend up.

Slowly, Link crept up on Saria, who seemed much too deep in thought to notice his quick approach.

Saria was thinking so much about Link. She had no reason why she had this uncontrollable wish for him to be with her, but she just felt as if it couldn't be ignored.

Saria now stood in a small clearing. She let out a large sigh, and then something shocking happened to her.

She heard a twig snap, and didn't turn fast enough to the origin of the sound. In no time, to small hands grabbed her mouth and belly, and tackled her gently to the ground. She tried to scream, but the hand on her mouth was very firm. Feeling a sense of innocence from the hands, she closed her eyes, and let the hands move her a bit.

She opened her eyes to the eyes of her best friend Link, who was now leaning over her, s big smile on his face.

"Link!" Saria playfully hit him on his shoulder. "That wasn't funny!"

Link, as expected, only shrugged, probably thinking something like 'yeah it was.'

"I thought you died! What happened? Tell me everything!"

"I think I'll write it." Even though his friend, Saria treasured the moments Link spoke, even though his voice was constantly rasp from lack of use.

"Wow, Link spoke." Saria awed as if her friend wasn't there. "Well, finally, things can go back to normal again…"

Link smiled widely at her as he let her go and helped her up.

"Thanks Link. C'mon, let's go get dinner!" Saria took Link's arm and the two sped off back to the village.

Elsewhere in Hyrule, a group of local, economically deprived bandits were plotting their attack of the Lon Lon Ranch, the central, yet rural, hub for the Lon Lon Milk production and distribution.

"So wait, we only need ten people?" A stocky bandit asked to a rather tall and charismatic one, who also seemed to be their leader.

"Yes. They only have Talon and Ingo running the entire base." The leader calmly answered.

"And Ingo is helping us?" A shorter one questioned.

"Yes. The fool thinks that we are going to give him a share of the profits. And, no, we shall do no such thing. It is simple; we go in, as everyone is busy doing their chores, and capture the girl. Malon, she is Talon's one and only daughter, and she is more important to him than his milk and his cows."

"And how much do we get for her return?"

"Simple, we continuously raise the price until it is enormous and preposterous. And, if he doesn't pay, then his little girl we be ours to keep."

"Ooh, I'm sure he wouldn't like that." The stock one smiled at the thought. Their leader only rolled his eyes.

"Get over yourselves. She is way too young for any of that."

"No one is too old." The stocky one continued to smile."

"Listen, none of that. Absolutely not. If you do, I will use this dagger to slit you throat."

"Oh fine, but seriously, lighten up."

"Even we bandits must have morals; else we become nothing more than worthless hylians. We are in this for the money, only because we cannot feed our families."

"No, that's your reason."

"Oh shut up. There will be nothing pleasurable about us stealing Malon other than the enormous amounts of cash we are going to receive. Got it?"

"Yes sir…" The other nine men grumbled.

"Ok, now, we strike tomorrow morning, so get some sleep. Good night." The leader disappeared into his tent.

"You heard the man! Get some sleep!" The shorter guy yelled, and everyone was forced to listen.

Well, I didn't think it was all to bad. (Hint: Tell me what you thought please! Thank you's in advance!)

I've kind of got chatper two being written, as I type this, but, not everything is completely set in stone (text) quite yet. If you've got any ideas for some more added action in the story, I will gladly accept your advice.

More coming soon...