The Darkness Tainting My Mind (UNDER HEAVY EDITING)

Forest Temple

The second I entered Kokiri forest, I immediately frowned at how badly it had changed. Huge deku baba's and several deku scrubs had made themselves at home in this sacred place. Pulling out my sword and shield, I slashed at them and deflected their attacks in order to kill them. Once I had taken care of the last deku scrub, I started to make my way up the small path to Lost woods. Stepping through the small tunnel, a familiar song reached my ears throughout the mazed forest. As I listened, I tried to go through using the same method I used back when I was a child and ended up right back at the start. Confused, I tried again. Then it hit me: I can't hear the difference anymore because I'm not a child anymore. I carefully looked through the tunnels and eventually found the right way until I came across a Kokiri boy who was blocking one of the tunnels. Mido.

I internally groaned about how completely stubborn this brat is, especially with how close he wants to be with Saria, yet he will never seem to realize why he was never one of her favorites. Once I approached him, he raised a hand towards me while the other was placed on his hip.

"Who do you think you are? That Kokiri-like clothing won't fool me. I promised Saria I would never let anybody go through here."

"But I need to see her," I, somewhat, argued.

"If you want to see Saria that bad, I'm gonna need some proof that you're really a friend of hers! Something you could have only heard from her."

I thought about what he meant by 'something I could have only heard from her' until I remembered her song. As I pulled out the Ocarina of Time from my item bag, I placed it to my lips and began to play Saria's special song. When I finished, I placed the small wind instrument back in my pouch before looking down at Mido. whose face was in complete shock.

"That melody?! Saria plays that song all the time! You... Do you know Saria? Saria taught that song only to her friends..."

"Believe it or not, I am a friend of hers."

"Ok, I trust you!"

"Thanks," I smiled.

"When I see you... I don't know why, but I remember...him..." he muttered before moving away from the tunnel and sat on the grass.

As I walked passed him, Navi came out of my hat and looked back towards Mido before sitting on my shoulder. "Why didn't you tell him that you're Link?"

"Because it was for the best. When this quest is over, I'll come back, but as a friend," I gave a slight smile.

Carefully making sure I don't go through the wrong tunnel, we eventually got out of Lost Woods and into the Sacred Forest Meadow. As I walked towards the maze, loud thumps of footsteps were heard; slightly shaking the ground.

"Link. Be careful. There are enemies around these sharp corners. Try sneaking behind them when they're not looking," Navi warned as she turned yellow.

"Thanks," I nodded before carefully peeking around the maze entrance to see a huge moblin with a long spear in its grasp. I watched it look around before it had turned its back to me. Pulling out my sword, I lunged forward and quickly killed it as I slashed its back. The monster fell as it died, surprisingly leaving behind a good few rupees. Picking them up, I placed them in my wallet before continuing through the maze while killing the rest of them. When I finally made it to the staircase, my face turned slightly pale at the gigantic moblin that was blocking the way. The minute it spotted me, it swung its club to the ground and caused a blast of rocks and dirt my way. I grunted when the blast caught me and pushed me back to the ground; coughing as I waved my hand to rid the dust away as I stood up. Bursting out into a sprint, I ran towards the moblin while dodging its harsh blows before slashing at the monsters legs to make it kneel. Once it was down, I stabbed my blade through its heart, instantly killing it as it left behind twice as many rupees than the smaller ones. Placing it in my wallet, I headed to the spot where I last saw Saria. Seeing the same hexagonal stone, that was also in the Temple of time, I walked over it and to the spot where Saria usually sat when we, or I, was younger. Once I approached the empty tree slab, I frowned in worry before hearing a soft thump to my left. Looking towards it, I saw Sheik making his way over to me.