Author's Note

This story starts out a bit slow, but trust me, it picks up.
I am trying to keep this as close to canon as possible, for those of you that care.
(While, of course, introducing several questionable things in the process. It's fanfiction afterall.)

Enjoy!

Deep, deep in the forest, a boy trekked and searched...

This boy, none other than the boy of legend, the legend held closely by the royal family, was on the hunt for someone...

This someone was a beloved and invaluable friend, one for whom he had been searching for innumerable nights...

This friend had helped him through times of adversity, seen him through trials and tribulations, and was always ready to lend an ear...

The boy's quest had taken him to the very heart of the woods, where nary a sound could be heard...

The boy trudged onward, mounted on a young horse, finding no apparent life all around him. Had he become lost?

Suddenly, through the dead silence of the woods a sound was heard. A quiet, almost nonexistent sound, but a sound.

The boy slowed his horse and whipped his head around. There it was again, a low, woodwind sound, similar to the howl of a wolf.

The boy turned his horse, and urged it in the direction of the sound. As the two traveled in its direction, it became more obvious the sound was not coming from something natural.

The boy prodded his horse, increasing its speed. The sound began to formulate into a sort of melody.

The closer the boy got to the sound, the more clear and defined each and every note became. It was coming from an ocarina.

The music grew louder and louder, it's melody quite familiar to the boy. When he got so close to the sound's origin that it was simply ringing in his ears, he stopped his horse and dismounted.

The boy brandished an instrument of his own, an ocarina with an off blue color, and hesitantly followed along with the song.

The melody was a joyful one, sure to put a smile on any disgruntled person's face, quick, playful, and catchy.

After playing for quite a moment, the song built into a dramatic swell, and then, it stopped.

The boy looked around himself. Had he just scared off this mysterious fellow music maker?

The boy surveyed the area once more, hoping to find the music producer, and with them, possibly an old friend.

After a few moments more in silence, the boy sighed in defeat, put his ocarina away, and treaded back to his horse.

However, before he could return to his horse, the snapping of a tree branch was heard.

The boy whipped around quickly, to find a girl clad in green diving out of an overhanging tree onto himself.

The two collided, and fell to the ground, the girl sat on top victoriously.

"I was wondering how long it would take you to find me, I was beginning to wonder if you were coming at all!"