EDIT (by Hades): Hello everyone. After re-reading my older chapters, I
finally realised that there were a LOT of spelling mistakes. So, for all
you new readers out there, I fixed them up for this chapter! So... If you
notice any in this chapter, please tell me. Anyways, please enjoy, and
don't forget to review! ^_^
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"Hey Link!" Saria yelled out to her best friend, as he was about to descend the ladder. She was very surprised to see a fairy follow behind him. "Link, you finally got a fairy. That's great!" Saria said in joy. She was happy, because now Mido would stop giving him such a hard time for having no fairy.
"Link, come on! we have to go see the the Great Deku Tree now!" His little fairy complained, but Link seemed to ignore her.
"Hi Saria." Link said, not really showing much emotion.
"You're going to meet the Great Deku Tree? Wow. That's a great honour." She exclaimed happily "Promise me you'll see me when you get back" She said. Link nodded and ran to go see him.
Saria started to turn around and head back home when her fairy companion Loki, who was covered with a light blue aura spoke up. "You know he's leaving soon, right?" Loki said. Unlike the other cheerful fairies this one was very cynical and his voice sounded just like Mido's, which sometimes really annoyed Saria.
"What do you mean, leaving?"
Loki sighed "I mean leaving the forest." Saria couldn't help but giggle a little at the thought her fairy had.
"Silly. You know Kokiri die if they leave the forest" Loki just stared at her, and it was a good thing that Saria couldn't see his face since he was so small, because he was looking at her as if she was some kind of ignorant idiot. He didn't enjoy the idea of spending his time with a child all of his life. The other fairies really enjoyed it however. Then again, he didn't like other fairies much either.
"How do I put this delicately for you? He's not a Kokiri" He said dully. Again, Saria giggled.
"What do you mean 'not a Kokiri', of course he's a Kokiri!" Saria exclaimed. Again, the look came.
"He's a Hylian, he won't die if he leaves the forest. And I have proof. Number one, all Kokiri's have a fairy guardian the day they're born, he didn't have one until today."
"But he has one now..." Again, the look came. "Do you have anymore proof?" Saria asked. She was quite pleased because this was the first time in her life that she had her fairy dumbstruck.
"No..." He said with a hint of humiliation and defeat in his voice. Saria laughed so much out of joy she fell down. "Oh, shut up! Listen, just trust me. He's going to be leaving soon, so wait for him by the bridge. You'll see!" Loki ordered.
"Fine, let me just get something from my hut."
"What, exactly?"
"Umm... Just a gift I was planning to give to him sometime." Saria, had this gift for him for the longest time and, for some reason, she was always too embarrassed to give it to him.
"You're not talking about the ocarina you made are you?"
"Umm... Yeah." Loki never really saw the point of the present, or why she was always so nervous to give it to him.
"Well hurry up!" He scolded. She ran back to her hut to get the ocarina and left for the bridge.
"You can not pass!" The Kokiri guard yelled. Saria, ignoring the guard, shoved him aside and left for the bridge. They waited there for several hours. Loki was expecting Saria to get impatient by now, but she seemed to be thinking about something really hard. She had a really bad feeling inside of her. She seemed really melancholic about something, she didn't even know what was wrong. Then, they heard footsteps running through the entrance of the bridge and saw Link run by.
"Link?" She asked as he seemed to come to a stop in his steps. Saria noticed that Link now had a sword and a shield. Her fears seemed to have been confirmed. Unfortunately for her, Loki was right. "You're leaving, aren't you?"
"Saria, I'm sorry but I have to go."
Saria was having trouble looking at Link in the eye. She knew she had to give it to him now. Otherwise, she may never get the chance again. "Here." Saria handed him the ocarina she made. "Promise me that you'll come back, alright?"
"I promise." He backed up a couple of steps and ran in the other direction right before saying "Goodbye, Saria." Saria seemed to just stare at the place where Link was standing for a couple of minutes, and then burst out into tears. She jumped off the bridge and ran for the Sacred Forest Meadow. Loki followed her as she was crying, all the way until she stoped at the forest stump and sat down, still crying. For the first time in Loki's life, he felt sorry for Saria.
"You really loved him didn't you?" He asked, Saria nodded sniffling. "Don't worry, he'll come back soon. I promise." As the days passed by, Saria was always sad, unless she was playing her song on her ocarina. One day, while Saria was playing her ocarina, she saw something that made all the sadness, pain and grief go away in a second.
"Saria?" A very familiar voice asked.
"Link?" Saria was about to jump off her stump and hug him but resisted her urges and stayed perfectly still.
"Hey, it's good to see you again." He said with a smile on his face.
'He kept his promise.' Saria thought happily. They talked for several hours and Saria taught him her song. "Now you can talk to me whenever you play that song." She said joyfully.
"Alright, but I've got to go now. Bye!" Link took off quickly.
She was very happy again, now that Link talked to her almost every day. It was just like the old days, but without any visualisations. But one day, she stop hearing from him. Saria thought that maybe he simply forgot or was really busy. But as the days went by, she never heard from Link she started crying again, worrying that Link was dead or forgot her entirely and was now with someone else. Nothing ever cheered her up, even the song that she played didn't make her happy anymore, although it did cheer her up a bit, but not enough to fill that void she felt deep within herself. Then strange voices started calling out her name. She thought they were the spirits of the woods. She could tell that they were coming from the temple. She got up and started trying to climb the tree.
"Saria? What are you doing?" Her fairy companion asked.
"Can't you hear those voices?"
"No..." 'Great, she's finally lost it.' He thought to himself.
"I'm sure I heard something, from in there."
"Uh... Saria? Hearing voices is not a good reason to go wandering into an abandonned temple"
"But something's calling me, I must go." Against her companions warnings and protestations she climbed the tree and entered the temple.
"Alright we're in. Now let's get out!" Loki didn't like this place one bit.
"But something's calling me from over there" She said while walking towards the elevator in the center of the room.
"Saria, let's go now!" Loki did his best to try to get Saria out of the temple. But to no avail. She walked all the way to the elevator and then the four coloured flames on the torches near the elevator started to levitate from the torch and towards Saria. She seemed to be dazzled by the flames as Loki was continuing his protestations. Then the flames turned into poes and grabbed Saria.
"Ahhhh! Link help!" She called her love's name as she was taken away by the poes with Loki following trying his best to stop the poes. Then both Loki and Saria went unconscious and awoken in a dark room.
"I told you not to go in there! But did you listen to me? No!" Loki scolded with sarcasm in his voice. Loki's scolding however came abruptly to an end as they heard Link's familiar voice.
"Saria? Are you there?"
"Link! Thank the goddesses! I'm trapped in the forest temple. Please help me!" Saria said but was cut off when they could no longer communicate. She seemed happier to be in this dark room than she was in the forest meadow because the thought of seeing Link again made her incredibly happy and renewed her heart with hope. After several hours, they were telepoerted out of the dark room and into the Sacred Realm where Saria saw something that seemed to destroy her heart. There in front of her, instead of the young boy she once knew, was a full grown man. Who was almost twice as old as her. She explained everything as if new knowledge and wisdom filled her mind. About her being a sage and not aging and the medallion which was given to Link. Then, both of them were teleported out of the sacred realm. Link, into the entrance of the forest meadow and Saria back at her home. Then, Saria started crying great amounts of new tears, now knowing that the love she has for Link can never be returned, knowing that Destiny will not allow it.
"Saria, what's wrong now?" Loki asked.
"Link and I will never be together. Link will grow continuously while I'll remain a child forever." She said sobbing away until she cried herself to sleep. She didn't care about her new powers, or the new knowledge that she had. She couldn't care less about that. Loki felt really sorry for his companion. But he knew many things that she didn't even with her new knowledge. He knew that there was a way for a Kokiri to grow and lose his enternal childhood, and it has been done before.
'Don't worry Saria. You can lose your eternal childhood if you really want to. That's what Imelda, Link's mother, did...'
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"Hey Link!" Saria yelled out to her best friend, as he was about to descend the ladder. She was very surprised to see a fairy follow behind him. "Link, you finally got a fairy. That's great!" Saria said in joy. She was happy, because now Mido would stop giving him such a hard time for having no fairy.
"Link, come on! we have to go see the the Great Deku Tree now!" His little fairy complained, but Link seemed to ignore her.
"Hi Saria." Link said, not really showing much emotion.
"You're going to meet the Great Deku Tree? Wow. That's a great honour." She exclaimed happily "Promise me you'll see me when you get back" She said. Link nodded and ran to go see him.
Saria started to turn around and head back home when her fairy companion Loki, who was covered with a light blue aura spoke up. "You know he's leaving soon, right?" Loki said. Unlike the other cheerful fairies this one was very cynical and his voice sounded just like Mido's, which sometimes really annoyed Saria.
"What do you mean, leaving?"
Loki sighed "I mean leaving the forest." Saria couldn't help but giggle a little at the thought her fairy had.
"Silly. You know Kokiri die if they leave the forest" Loki just stared at her, and it was a good thing that Saria couldn't see his face since he was so small, because he was looking at her as if she was some kind of ignorant idiot. He didn't enjoy the idea of spending his time with a child all of his life. The other fairies really enjoyed it however. Then again, he didn't like other fairies much either.
"How do I put this delicately for you? He's not a Kokiri" He said dully. Again, Saria giggled.
"What do you mean 'not a Kokiri', of course he's a Kokiri!" Saria exclaimed. Again, the look came.
"He's a Hylian, he won't die if he leaves the forest. And I have proof. Number one, all Kokiri's have a fairy guardian the day they're born, he didn't have one until today."
"But he has one now..." Again, the look came. "Do you have anymore proof?" Saria asked. She was quite pleased because this was the first time in her life that she had her fairy dumbstruck.
"No..." He said with a hint of humiliation and defeat in his voice. Saria laughed so much out of joy she fell down. "Oh, shut up! Listen, just trust me. He's going to be leaving soon, so wait for him by the bridge. You'll see!" Loki ordered.
"Fine, let me just get something from my hut."
"What, exactly?"
"Umm... Just a gift I was planning to give to him sometime." Saria, had this gift for him for the longest time and, for some reason, she was always too embarrassed to give it to him.
"You're not talking about the ocarina you made are you?"
"Umm... Yeah." Loki never really saw the point of the present, or why she was always so nervous to give it to him.
"Well hurry up!" He scolded. She ran back to her hut to get the ocarina and left for the bridge.
"You can not pass!" The Kokiri guard yelled. Saria, ignoring the guard, shoved him aside and left for the bridge. They waited there for several hours. Loki was expecting Saria to get impatient by now, but she seemed to be thinking about something really hard. She had a really bad feeling inside of her. She seemed really melancholic about something, she didn't even know what was wrong. Then, they heard footsteps running through the entrance of the bridge and saw Link run by.
"Link?" She asked as he seemed to come to a stop in his steps. Saria noticed that Link now had a sword and a shield. Her fears seemed to have been confirmed. Unfortunately for her, Loki was right. "You're leaving, aren't you?"
"Saria, I'm sorry but I have to go."
Saria was having trouble looking at Link in the eye. She knew she had to give it to him now. Otherwise, she may never get the chance again. "Here." Saria handed him the ocarina she made. "Promise me that you'll come back, alright?"
"I promise." He backed up a couple of steps and ran in the other direction right before saying "Goodbye, Saria." Saria seemed to just stare at the place where Link was standing for a couple of minutes, and then burst out into tears. She jumped off the bridge and ran for the Sacred Forest Meadow. Loki followed her as she was crying, all the way until she stoped at the forest stump and sat down, still crying. For the first time in Loki's life, he felt sorry for Saria.
"You really loved him didn't you?" He asked, Saria nodded sniffling. "Don't worry, he'll come back soon. I promise." As the days passed by, Saria was always sad, unless she was playing her song on her ocarina. One day, while Saria was playing her ocarina, she saw something that made all the sadness, pain and grief go away in a second.
"Saria?" A very familiar voice asked.
"Link?" Saria was about to jump off her stump and hug him but resisted her urges and stayed perfectly still.
"Hey, it's good to see you again." He said with a smile on his face.
'He kept his promise.' Saria thought happily. They talked for several hours and Saria taught him her song. "Now you can talk to me whenever you play that song." She said joyfully.
"Alright, but I've got to go now. Bye!" Link took off quickly.
She was very happy again, now that Link talked to her almost every day. It was just like the old days, but without any visualisations. But one day, she stop hearing from him. Saria thought that maybe he simply forgot or was really busy. But as the days went by, she never heard from Link she started crying again, worrying that Link was dead or forgot her entirely and was now with someone else. Nothing ever cheered her up, even the song that she played didn't make her happy anymore, although it did cheer her up a bit, but not enough to fill that void she felt deep within herself. Then strange voices started calling out her name. She thought they were the spirits of the woods. She could tell that they were coming from the temple. She got up and started trying to climb the tree.
"Saria? What are you doing?" Her fairy companion asked.
"Can't you hear those voices?"
"No..." 'Great, she's finally lost it.' He thought to himself.
"I'm sure I heard something, from in there."
"Uh... Saria? Hearing voices is not a good reason to go wandering into an abandonned temple"
"But something's calling me, I must go." Against her companions warnings and protestations she climbed the tree and entered the temple.
"Alright we're in. Now let's get out!" Loki didn't like this place one bit.
"But something's calling me from over there" She said while walking towards the elevator in the center of the room.
"Saria, let's go now!" Loki did his best to try to get Saria out of the temple. But to no avail. She walked all the way to the elevator and then the four coloured flames on the torches near the elevator started to levitate from the torch and towards Saria. She seemed to be dazzled by the flames as Loki was continuing his protestations. Then the flames turned into poes and grabbed Saria.
"Ahhhh! Link help!" She called her love's name as she was taken away by the poes with Loki following trying his best to stop the poes. Then both Loki and Saria went unconscious and awoken in a dark room.
"I told you not to go in there! But did you listen to me? No!" Loki scolded with sarcasm in his voice. Loki's scolding however came abruptly to an end as they heard Link's familiar voice.
"Saria? Are you there?"
"Link! Thank the goddesses! I'm trapped in the forest temple. Please help me!" Saria said but was cut off when they could no longer communicate. She seemed happier to be in this dark room than she was in the forest meadow because the thought of seeing Link again made her incredibly happy and renewed her heart with hope. After several hours, they were telepoerted out of the dark room and into the Sacred Realm where Saria saw something that seemed to destroy her heart. There in front of her, instead of the young boy she once knew, was a full grown man. Who was almost twice as old as her. She explained everything as if new knowledge and wisdom filled her mind. About her being a sage and not aging and the medallion which was given to Link. Then, both of them were teleported out of the sacred realm. Link, into the entrance of the forest meadow and Saria back at her home. Then, Saria started crying great amounts of new tears, now knowing that the love she has for Link can never be returned, knowing that Destiny will not allow it.
"Saria, what's wrong now?" Loki asked.
"Link and I will never be together. Link will grow continuously while I'll remain a child forever." She said sobbing away until she cried herself to sleep. She didn't care about her new powers, or the new knowledge that she had. She couldn't care less about that. Loki felt really sorry for his companion. But he knew many things that she didn't even with her new knowledge. He knew that there was a way for a Kokiri to grow and lose his enternal childhood, and it has been done before.
'Don't worry Saria. You can lose your eternal childhood if you really want to. That's what Imelda, Link's mother, did...'