Sitting in front of the Forest Temple, Link pulled out the old wooden
ocarina his dear friend had given him when he had first set off on his
legendary journey. This ocarina held so much more sentimental value, then
the Ocarina of Time. It seemed like only yesterday that he and Saria had
met on the bridge before he left and she had given him the ocarina. But
Link's memory of yesterday would forever be tainted. Saria had been
killed, and whoever had killed her, had also killed a piece of Link.
Putting the ocarina to his lips, he softly played the tune that Saria had taught him, giving the two of them the ability to communicate no matter where they were. When he finished, he waited, half hoping to hear a soft giggle and the sound of her voice. Nothing came, as he knew it wouldn't, and he hung his head in his hands and wept.
Once he had shed all the tears he had in him, he sat there in silence, listening to the sounds of the forest around him, wondering why Saria had spent so much of her time here, and wondering how she had spent that time. Link had always liked the forest and found it alive, the wind and the plants all seeming to whisper to him as he walked along the paths. But now it seemed as if the entire forest had gone into mourning when Saria died. There were no animals anywhere, not even a wind to rustle the leaves on the forest floor. The silence was unbearable, and Link picked up the ocarina again, putting it to his lips. Saria's Song came out once again, and once again silence answered him.
Sighing a deep, heavy sigh, Link got up and looked at his surroundings. The entrance to the Forest Temple was above him, and it looked even more menacing now, locked and safe from evil, than it had when Ganon's mignons had taken up residence there. Without Saria's presence, nothing was the same. Link wondered what would become of the forest, it's temple, and the Kokiri without the sage there to protect them. He wondered why Saria had been the one killed, when she had done nothing wrong to anyone in her entire life. He wondered why he hadn't been attacked after Ganon's fall, when it was his fault that Ganon was gone.
Link heard a soft, buzzing sound and drew his sword, just in case it was an enemy. The move had become second nature, and any time he was unsure of his surroundings, or was startled by something, his hand went to the hilt of his sword. But he didn't have to worry, it was only a tiny fairy, and he smiled slightly as he relaxed his stance.
"Hello, Hero of Time," said the tiny, high-pitched voice. Link flinched when the fairy addressed him that way. Link, the boy-without-a-fairy was how he had started, and there were times when he wished he could have just gone back to those days; the days before everyone knew him, and the days before anyone addressed him as the Hero of Time.
"Link," he replied, "is my name." The fairy flew closer.
"I come with a message," the fairy said.
"All right, what's your message?" Link asked, annoyed with the intrusion on his mourning time.
" 'The Forest Sage is with me. Come alone, to Death Mountain, and we will discuss more.'," the fairy recited. Anger boiled over inside Link and he swiped at the fairy, holding it tightly in his hand.
"Who sent you to me?" he asked through clenched teeth.
"My master, and that is all I can say," the fairy said calmly. Link shook the fairy as hard as he could.
"Who sent you to me?" he asked again, yelling this time.
"My master."
"Who is your master? Who?" he screamed. Hot tears of frustration streamed down his face. Did this mean Saria was alive? Did it mean that her death had been an elaborate hoax? Did it mean his dearest friend was all right? He had mourned this past week, feeling the most pain he had ever experienced. Nothing he had ever felt on his long journey could compare to the pain of losing a friend, of having a piece of his heart ripped out.
"My master is the one that sends this message. I would be careful how you treat me, Hero, it may anger my master if I am damaged in any way. I am sure that you would not want to anger my master." Link threw the fairy away from him and let out a long yell of frustration.
"Is she alive?" he asked loudly, hoping the fairy hadn't flown away.
"I have told you all I can. My master awaits you on Death Mountain. I shall meet you again, there. Good-bye, Hero of Time," said the fairy as it flicked it's wings in Link's face.
Link ran as fast as he could out of the forest, and once he was in Hyrule Field, he summoned Epona, before setting off towards Death Mountain, hoping and praying that the fairy's message meant that Saria was alive.
Putting the ocarina to his lips, he softly played the tune that Saria had taught him, giving the two of them the ability to communicate no matter where they were. When he finished, he waited, half hoping to hear a soft giggle and the sound of her voice. Nothing came, as he knew it wouldn't, and he hung his head in his hands and wept.
Once he had shed all the tears he had in him, he sat there in silence, listening to the sounds of the forest around him, wondering why Saria had spent so much of her time here, and wondering how she had spent that time. Link had always liked the forest and found it alive, the wind and the plants all seeming to whisper to him as he walked along the paths. But now it seemed as if the entire forest had gone into mourning when Saria died. There were no animals anywhere, not even a wind to rustle the leaves on the forest floor. The silence was unbearable, and Link picked up the ocarina again, putting it to his lips. Saria's Song came out once again, and once again silence answered him.
Sighing a deep, heavy sigh, Link got up and looked at his surroundings. The entrance to the Forest Temple was above him, and it looked even more menacing now, locked and safe from evil, than it had when Ganon's mignons had taken up residence there. Without Saria's presence, nothing was the same. Link wondered what would become of the forest, it's temple, and the Kokiri without the sage there to protect them. He wondered why Saria had been the one killed, when she had done nothing wrong to anyone in her entire life. He wondered why he hadn't been attacked after Ganon's fall, when it was his fault that Ganon was gone.
Link heard a soft, buzzing sound and drew his sword, just in case it was an enemy. The move had become second nature, and any time he was unsure of his surroundings, or was startled by something, his hand went to the hilt of his sword. But he didn't have to worry, it was only a tiny fairy, and he smiled slightly as he relaxed his stance.
"Hello, Hero of Time," said the tiny, high-pitched voice. Link flinched when the fairy addressed him that way. Link, the boy-without-a-fairy was how he had started, and there were times when he wished he could have just gone back to those days; the days before everyone knew him, and the days before anyone addressed him as the Hero of Time.
"Link," he replied, "is my name." The fairy flew closer.
"I come with a message," the fairy said.
"All right, what's your message?" Link asked, annoyed with the intrusion on his mourning time.
" 'The Forest Sage is with me. Come alone, to Death Mountain, and we will discuss more.'," the fairy recited. Anger boiled over inside Link and he swiped at the fairy, holding it tightly in his hand.
"Who sent you to me?" he asked through clenched teeth.
"My master, and that is all I can say," the fairy said calmly. Link shook the fairy as hard as he could.
"Who sent you to me?" he asked again, yelling this time.
"My master."
"Who is your master? Who?" he screamed. Hot tears of frustration streamed down his face. Did this mean Saria was alive? Did it mean that her death had been an elaborate hoax? Did it mean his dearest friend was all right? He had mourned this past week, feeling the most pain he had ever experienced. Nothing he had ever felt on his long journey could compare to the pain of losing a friend, of having a piece of his heart ripped out.
"My master is the one that sends this message. I would be careful how you treat me, Hero, it may anger my master if I am damaged in any way. I am sure that you would not want to anger my master." Link threw the fairy away from him and let out a long yell of frustration.
"Is she alive?" he asked loudly, hoping the fairy hadn't flown away.
"I have told you all I can. My master awaits you on Death Mountain. I shall meet you again, there. Good-bye, Hero of Time," said the fairy as it flicked it's wings in Link's face.
Link ran as fast as he could out of the forest, and once he was in Hyrule Field, he summoned Epona, before setting off towards Death Mountain, hoping and praying that the fairy's message meant that Saria was alive.