The Legend of Hiro:
The Chosen Five
Chapter 6 - The Forest Sword
Written by Blues Wolfox with help and character contributions from SFRusher and Dracos
‘Whoa… What a day…’ Aylia woke up with a yawn and looked around. She was in the middle of Hyrule Field, not too far from the ranch. Mikon and Hiro were laying on the ground, still asleep. Kale and Zig were sitting nearby, looking like they had just woken up as well. Farrah was already standing, looking around in surprise at the change of scenery. Mila, as usual, was hovering around the kokiri’s head.
“Hey, you’re awake!” the fairy spoke as Aylia sat up.
“Yep.” The kokiri smiled at Mila, and then glanced around the group again. “I had the strangest dream last night…”
The fairy looked at Aylia questioningly. “Oh?”
“Yeah.” The kokiri slowly rose to a sitting position. “We were all standing on the clouds. Kappy turned into an old hylian man and told us about these special weapons we have to find to defeat the dark god, then he aged me and we fell asleep.”
“That wasn’t a dream, kid.” Farrah approached the green-haired girl. “Take a look at yourself.”
Aylia did as she was told. “Wow… You’re right…”
The gerudo smirked. “Aren’t I always?”
The kokiri giggled.
The two female warriors heard a groan and looked down at Mikon, who sat up and looked around tiredly.
“Hey!” The goron smiled as he noticed the gerudo and the kokiri. “When’s breakfast? I’m starving!”
Aylia laughed. “As soon as everyone gets up, Mikon.”
“Okay,” Mikon replied.
“I guess we’d better wake the others up,” Farrah knelt in front of Hiro and brought her arm down to slap the prince.
Hiro woke up suddenly and sat up. “Ouch!” He yelped as his face came into contact with a dark-skinned arm.
“Good, you’re awake.” The gerudo stood up and started to walk away from the prince.
Hiro stood and smirked. “Miss me?”
“You wish!” Farrah retorted.
“Why would I want a gerudo madwoman to miss me?” The prince asked.
The gerudo growled and pointed her scimitars at Hiro. “Being a male is a privilege, not a right.”
“Farrah!” Mila scolded the Desert Warrior. “Aylia and Mikon did NOT need to hear that!”
Farrah smirked. “I’m sure they’ve heard similar threats before. Well, Mikon anyway.”
“Where in the world?!”
Everyone turned to face Zig as he shot into a sitting position. He looked around frantically, searching for a familiar landmark.
“Hey!” Aylia smiled at the deku scrub.
Zig looked up at the kokiri and relaxed. “Was I dreaming?”
“If you were, we all had the same dream,” Farrah replied.
“Now that we’re all awake, we should probably start looking for the weapons,” Aylia suggested.
The gerudo nodded. “Good idea. Which one’s closest?”
“We’re a fairly equal distance from most of the temples,” Hiro replied, “The Forest Temple’s probably the easiest to get to, though.”
Kale nodded. “Especially with Mila and Aylia around.”
“You do know the way to the temple, don’t you?” Farrah asked Aylia.
The kokiri nodded. “Of course!”
“Good.” Hiro looked down at Aylia. “Lead the way.”
The kokiri nodded and ran to the east toward Kokiri Forest. The warriors and prince followed close behind.
“Whoa…déjà vu,” Hiro said more to himself than anyone else as he ran.
“Only now we’re not wearing those stupid dresses,” Kale replied.
Farrah snickered. “I think you enjoyed wearing them, especially if you were able to forget about them so easily.”
“If you weren’t a woman, I’d smack you for that,” the prince growled.
“Scared of females, are we?” The gerudo smirked.
“Just how badly I could hurt them,” Hiro replied.
“You couldn’t hurt an octorok!” Farrah retorted.
The prince growled. “As soon as this whole thing’s over, I challenge you to a duel!”
The gerudo nodded. “Fine by me. To the death or last one standing?”
Hiro shrugged. “Whichever.”
“We’ll decide when it happens,” Farrah replied.
By this time, the group had reached Kokiri Forest. Aylia led her companions into the forest and through the Lost Woods toward the Sacred Forest Meadow.
“I don’t know how you kokiri find your way through here,” the prince said to the kokiri as they walked.
“It’s easy once you get the pattern memorized,” Aylia replied.
Hiro shrugged. “If you say so…”
The group traveled the rest of the way through the Lost Woods in silence. Before long, they had entered the Sacred Forest Meadow.
Aylia walked ahead of the group and entered the hedge maze. She then turned back to face her companions. “We have to be careful through here. There’s at least one moblin in almost every path.”
Hiro laughed. “Just one? We’ve faced worse.”
“Don’t get too overconfident,” Mila said to the prince, “Moblins can be nasty if they catch you off-guard.”
“Whatever. Here, let me go in first. I’ll dispatch the moblins easily!” Hiro walked past the kokiri and into the maze, and then jumped back as a moblin charged at him, spear pointing forward.
Farrah laughed at the prince. “Our hero…”
Hiro glared at the gerudo. “Shut up.”
“Is that the best comeback you can make?” Farrah asked.
“Knock it off already, BOTH of you!” Kale yelled at the prince and the gerudo.
“Yeah, we’ve got a job to do!” Mila added.
“Fine…” Farrah walked up to the maze entrance and peered around the corner. “The moblin’s got his back to us. We should be able to sneak by.”
“Too afraid to face them head on?” Hiro smirked.
“Why go through the trouble when you don’t have to?” the gerudo replied.
The prince opened his mouth as if to reply, then closed it, unsure of what to say.
Kale smirked. “She got you there.”
Hiro glared at the zora. “Shut up.”
“Ummm… guys?” Mila flew toward the two men.
“Yes?” Kale looked at the fairy.
Mila motioned toward the maze. “If you don’t want left behind, you’d better get moving.” She darted toward the maze.
The hylian and the zora glanced at each other briefly, then ran after the rest of the group, barely making it to the area the other warriors were in before the moblin pacing through the maze turned around and charged at them.
“I hope this maze isn’t as big as the Lost Woods,” Hiro whispered as the group walked through the maze.
“It’s not,” Aylia whispered back, “We’ll be out of here and near the temple before too long.”
The group worked their way through the maze, being careful not to alert the moblins of their presence. Soon, they were at a stairway leading to a long hall.
“This is it.” The kokiri walked up the stairs, then turned back to look at the other warriors. “The temple’s just through here.”
“I think I see it…” Farrah looked through the tunnel at a stone structure on the other side.
Aylia nodded and ran through the tunnel. Mikon rolled after the kokiri. The other warriors ran after the two as they made their way toward the temple.
“Where did those stairs come from?” Hiro looked at the temple after the group had exited the tunnel. A stone staircase led up from the forest floor to the temple. “Link said the stairway leading to the temple was destroyed when he went through it.”
“We had them rebuilt,” the Forest Warrior answered. She started up the steps.
“Good thing for Mikon,” Kale said as he and the rest of the group followed Aylia. “I don’t think he would be able to get up here otherwise.”
Farrah chuckled. “Not without destroying everything.”
The kokiri stopped and spun around, facing the other warriors. “Are you calling Mikon clumsy?”
The gerudo shook her head. “No, but the trees he’d need to climb wouldn’t be able to support his weight.”
“Mikon is NOT heavy!” Aylia said to the Chosen of the Desert.
Farrah looked down at the kokiri. “ALL gorons are heavy, dear.”
Mikon chuckled. “She’s right. We’re like rocks.”
Aylia did not reply. She walked the rest of the way up the stairs and into the temple with the others following.
Kale looked around at the room the group was in. “You know, this is the first building other than the fishing pond that I’ve seen grass grow in.”
Farrah glanced at the zora. “It’s the Forest Temple, what did you expect?”
“Where do we start searching?” Hiro wondered as the group walked into the temple’s main room.
“Good question…” Aylia walked to the center of the room, between the four torches.
Just then, all four torches lit. Fireballs flew out toward the other warriors.
“Mikon!” The kokiri tried to run back toward the group, but an invisible wall kept her from going beyond the room’s center.
“This has never happened before…” Mila commented as she watched the fireballs hit the other warriors.
“Mila, I can’t reach them!” Aylia cried as she struggled against the unseen force that was keeping her away from her companions.
“Maybe there’s a switch or something that stops all this,” the fairy suggested.
“Where do I look?” The kokiri asked.
“I don’t know,” Mila replied, “Anywhere!”
“Okay…” Aylia walked into the center of the area she was trapped in. Suddenly, the floor under her sank, lowering her into a large room.
“Aylia!” The fairy tried to fly after the kokiri, but the piece of ground that Aylia had been on covered the opening before she could reach it.
Just then, the fireballs stopped. The fire in the torches died, as did the barrier between them.
The four warriors rushed to the center of the room.
“Where’d Aylia go?” Mikon wondered as he and the others looked around.
Mila motioned to the floor. “Down there.”
“How do we get down there?” Farrah asked.
“Aylia stood in the center of this area,” the fairy replied.
The gerudo stood in the room’s center and waited. Nothing seemed to happen.
“I guess only one person is allowed down there at a time,” Hiro replied.
“Well that’s just great,” Farrah replied sarcastically, “NOW what are we supposed to do?”
Kale shrugged. “Wait, I guess.”
Mila sighed. “That’s about all we can do.”
“I could try punching through the floor,” Mikon suggested.
“NO!” The fairy shouted quickly. “She may still be right under there. We don’t want her hurt if we can avoid it.”
The goron thought for a moment. “Good point.”
Hiro shrugged. “She’ll be fine on her own.”
Mila sighed. “I hope so…”
“Mila? Where’d you go?” Aylia shouted. She was standing in the room she had been pulled into when the floor below her sank. The room was completely dark.
The kokiri looked around. “Where am I? I don’t remember this room being here…”
Aylia shook her head. “I’ll worry about that later. Now I gotta find my friends so we can get that sword.” She took a few steps before crashing into what felt like a rock wall.
“Ow…” The kokiri rubbed her nose. “How am I supposed to find my way out of here if I can’t see where I’m going?”
Just then, a flash of green light caught Aylia’s eyes. She looked to the left in time to see a bright green sphere disappear behind the corner of the wall she had crashed into.
‘What was that?’ The kokiri thought to herself after the sphere disappeared. She ran toward the area the sphere had been and looked around. The sphere was waiting a short distance to her right.
“Saria, is that you?” Aylia approached the sphere slowly.
The green ball of light did not answer. It just darted to the left, disappearing behind another wall.
“Hey, wait!” The kokiri ran after the sphere. It floated a short way away from Aylia and traveled through the hallway to the kokiri’s left after a couple seconds. Aylia continued to chase the ball of light through the darkness until she reached a doorway covered by a faint green light. The green sphere floated into the light and disappeared.
“What’s this?” The Forest Warrior thought out loud as she studied the light. She placed her hand on the light. It went all the way through. The kokiri withdrew her hand slowly. It glowed for a moment after it was removed from the light. “Weird…”
Just then, the light expanded, completely engulfing the Forest Warrior. Aylia let out a startled cry as the light disappeared, taking her with it.
“Aylia, wake up!”
“Huh?” Aylia slowly opened one eye. Saria was kneeling next to her, shaking her gently. “Saria?”
The Forest Sage smiled. “Good, you’re awake!”
The Forest Warrior sat up and looked around. The kokiri were in what looked like a small garden. The sky could not be seen, but the area was lit up as if by sunlight. In the middle of the room was a small stone platform. A sword with a green and brown hilt floated five feet above the platform. A light green metal blade poked out slightly from a green sheath. “I don’t remember this area of the temple.”
Saria nodded. “It was sealed off until the dark god was freed.”
Aylia watched the sword as it floated above the platform. “Is that it?”
“Sure is,” the older kokiri answered.
The Forest Warrior stood and walked onto the platform. She reached toward the sword slowly, gently grabbing its hilt. Both she and the sword glowed a bright green color.
“Wow…” Aylia spoke up quietly as the glow died down. She looked the sword over before strapping it to her back and stepping off the platform.
Saria watched her sister, then the space the Forest Warrior had been standing. A green light was taking on a humanlike shape. “Aylia, behind you!”
“Huh?” The younger kokiri spun around. The light glowed brighter until nothing but it could be seen, then instantly died down.
The kokiri girls stared in shock at what they saw. An exact copy of Aylia was standing on the platform, staring back at the kokiri calmly.
“Where’d she come from?” The younger kokiri wondered as she stared at her double.
Without warning, the copy of Aylia leapt at the two kokiri, sword drawn.
“Whoa!” Aylia blocked the sword with her own.
The copy of Aylia glared at its opponent and jumped back. A ball of green light formed in her hands as she chanted.
Aylia jumped at her rival, swinging her sword when she was within reach. The image of the Forest Warrior quickly tossed the ball of magic at her opponent and dodged the attack.
Aylia used her sword to knock the light away and turned to face her image. “Wow… How do I defeat her?”
“Good question,” Saria replied.
Aylia’s image prepared another ball of light.
The Forest Sage got an idea. “Hey Aylia, try using your sword to knock those magic blasts into her!”
The younger kokiri nodded and held her sword out in front of her. “Okay, whoever or whatever you are, hit me with your best shot!
The image of Aylia tossed the magic blast toward the Forest Warrior, who swung at it with her sword. The green sphere flew back toward its creator, who screamed in pain. Aylia ran toward her opponent and slashed her across the stomach. The image of Aylia hissed and slashed back. The Forest Warrior jumped backwards out of range and watched as her opponent stood and prepared another magic attack. Aylia’s copy concentrated on her spell until it was nearly as tall as she was then fired it at her rival.
Aylia’s eyes grew wide. ‘There’s no way I’ll be able to send THAT back!’
Saria watched in horror as the large magic blast flew toward her sister. The two look-alikes were too far away for her to help her sister before the magic hit.
Just then, Aylia’s body started to glow a bright green color. Her copy’s attack was absorbed by the glow, causing no visible harm to the Forest Warrior.
Saria blinked in surprise, then remembered the battle in the forest. ‘Her power must be working again.’
Before the copy could move, Aylia rushed toward it and sliced once she was within range, cutting the copy in half. The Forest Warrior watched the two halves evaporate into a green mist and disappear, the glow around her still glowing brightly.
The Forest Sage approached her sister. “You okay, Aylia?”
Aylia nodded. “What was that all about?”
Saria shook her head. “I don’t know. I think it might have been a test.”
The Forest Warrior gave her sibling a confused look. “Test? For what?”
“To make sure you have what it takes possibly,” the older kokiri answered.
“My being able to defeat that baba monster wasn’t enough?” Aylia responded.
Saria shrugged.
The younger kokiri looked around. “How are we supposed to get out of here?”
“Like this.” The Forest Sage closed her eyes and concentrated. She and Aylia transformed into balls of green light before disappearing.
Mila, Mikon, Kale, Farrah, Zig, and Hiro sat around the center of the temple, waiting anxiously for the Forest Warrior to return.
“Are you sure she’s coming back?” Mikon asked.
“For the fifth time, NO!” Mila snapped at the goron.
“If she doesn’t appear soon, we’ll start looking for her,” Hiro replied.
Mikon sighed. “We’d better…”
Hiro smirked.
The goron looked at the prince questioningly. “What?”
Hiro laughed. “Mikon and Aylia, sittin’ in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G…”
Farrah smirked. “Good luck getting a goron up a tree.”
Just then, two spheres of green light shot out of the floor.
“The heck?!” Kale shielded his eyes as the light hovered in front of the group.
“They’re here!” Mila exclaimed.
One of the green lights grew and faded, revealing the Forest Warrior. The other light flew away from the group.
The fairy flew toward the kokiri. “Aylia! You’re okay!”
Aylia smiled at her protector. “Yep!”
“Find what we were looking for?” Hiro asked.
The kokiri smiled and drew her sword.
“Wow…” The prince stared at the weapon. “It’s very…green.”
Farrah smirked. “Gotta problem with that color, prince boy?”
Hiro shook his head. “No, its just weird.”
Aylia sheathed her sword. “A prince that wears makeup is pretty weird too.”
Mikon laughed. “She’s got a point there, Hiro.”
The prince just glared at the goron.
The kokiri looked around at the group. “We got what we needed from here, so what’s next?”
“Fire and Water temples are closest,” Mila replied.
“I say we hit the fire temple next,” Aylia spoke up.
Kale smirked. “Only because you have a crush on goron boy here.”
The kokiri stuck her tongue out at the zora. “You’re just jealous because you don’t have anyone to like!”
Kale smirked. “You don’t know that.”
“Hey, shouldn’t we be heading out?” Zig asked quickly, wishing to avoid any arguments that might surface.
Aylia walked ahead of the group. “I think there’s a shortcut leading to Goron City from here. There’s a couple boulders blocking the way, but Mikon might be able to move them.”
Hiro shrugged. “It’s worth a try.”
“You know where it is, right?” Farrah asked the kokiri.
Aylia grinned. “Of course.”
The gerudo nodded to the temple’s exit. “Lead the way, then.”
The kokiri nodded and ran toward the exit of the temple. The rest of the group followed.
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