Fan Fiction ❯ The Legend of Zelda: Andrew and Sofia's Journey ❯ Chapter Two ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter Two

"Hey, look at that!" Navi said, flying over a web in the center of the floor. "What is it?" The "people" shrugged. They turned and saw three more Deku Baba lunging themselves at the tiny group.

"I'd forgotten about them…" Andrew murmured to himself. No one but Navi had heard this, but she didn't think much of it.

Link pulled out the Kokiri sword and gave each Baba two swipes each. Sofia caught herself thinking about how brave he looked, holding the Kokiri sword and slashing at the Babas.

Each baba had a Deku Nut that it dropped when Link killed it. He gave those to Andrew.

Andrew pointed out a ladder to the left after entering the Great Deku Tree. Andrew and Link climbed up it and started to wait for Sofia.

"What're you two waiting for?" the female of the group called. "Get over here!"

She had climbed up some vines near the north end of the room. Already she'd opened the chest the held the Dungeon Map.

"You're no fun, ya know it?" Andrew growled at the yami. She smiled at him and winked.

"Shall we continue?" she asked sweetly. Navi flew to her shoulder while Link and Andrew made their ways to them.

"Y'know what, Sofia?" Navi said as Andrew fell off the ledge again.

"Yeah, Navi?" Sofia answered, watching Link grumble as he charged at the ledge again.

"Boys are stupid." Link fell.

"Yup…they are."

Finally, after a long while, the boys got over to the girls. They were huffing and gasping for air. Sofia smiled cruelly, thinking, 'How pathetic…'

Off they went. The boys got their breath back and the girls pushed them on. The got to Sofia's chest and Link attempted to climb up the vines to the right of the chest. Andrew and Sofia looked at each other and waited for him to fall down. Which he did.

"What the heck are those things?!" Link gasped, staring up at the spider like things on the vines.

"Skullwalltula's," Navi said. "You can't kill them yet…"

"Is there any where else we can go?" Link asked, gesturing down the rest of the slope. Navi shrugged.

"Only way to find out…" Sofia growled, shoving past the boys and walking on. Navi quickly followed her, leaving the bewildered Kokiri and confused…stick behind. They soon caught up. The girl and fairy stood before a door, waiting for them. And they entered.

In the center of the room a Deku scrub had made its home. It gave the group a venomous glare and shot a Deku Seed straight at Andrew. Link knocked it out of the way.

"Link, block it back at him!" Andrew growled. Link glanced at him, but obeyed. The next seed the scrub shot out was aimed for link, and the Kokiri boy blocked it. the seed came hurtling back at the scrub and it was knocked out of hits home. Sofia rushed forward to block it from reentering while Andrew and Link chased it.

They finally caught it and it spoke:

"Ow-ow-ow! Forgive me masters! If I give you a clue, will you let me go?"

"Might as well…" Nave growled.

"If you lean forward as you fall from a cliff or a high place, you will roll and not hurt yourself from the fall. It won't work everywhere though." It laughed and entered its home again. Everyone looked at each other and shrugged, moving on to the next room.

There was a floating block before them, a chest on the other side. The each looked at the others. "Who should go get it?" Navi asked.

Andrew was about to say he would, but Sofia cut him off. "I'll go," she said matter-of-factly.

"You won't make it," the boy said. She gave him a look, backed up against the door and ran for the ledge. For her, time flowed normally. But for the boys and the fairy, time slowed down. From the time she took off running to the time she landed near the chest.

Sofia rushed at the floating black, leapt on to it, quickly caught her footing as she felt it shudder and lepta on to the other ledge.

"How're you gonna get back?" Navi asked, having been on the yami's shoulder the whole time. Sofia opened the chest after pointing over her shoulder absently. The block was gone, but over the ledge where Andrew and Link stood was a ladder.

"I'll use this to get the ladder down," she said, showing Navi the Fairy Slingshot. She lifted it to her eyes and aimed at the ladder. When she had aimed it to her satisfaction, she released and the ladder fell.

"What the hell was that?!" Andrew screeched. Sofia smiled cruelly as she lowered the slingshot.

*I can't believe you've already forgotten about the ladder. I suppose I'll keep this and give you the Deku sticks*

"Just shut up!"

"Huh?" Link asked. "What was that?"

"I'm sorry, I was just thinking out loud," Andrew said quickly.

"Oh, okay…" ~Andrew is crazy…~ the Kokiri thought.

That whole time, Sofia and Navi had been making their way down the chest's ledge and up the ladder.

"I believe we can use this to kill the Skullwalltula's," she said, holding up the slingshot.

"I believe we can, too," Andrew said snottily. Link and Navi gave him odd looks while Sofia just gave him a smile.

They returned to the central room and Sofia killed the Skullwalltula's, then they proceeded to climb the vines. Link was the first one up and he decided to look around. In the process of doing so, he was hit by a Skulltula.

"Next time, wait for them," Navi grumbled at him. He had landed on her when the Skulltula hit him.

Sofia was laughing and Andrew was trying his hardest to not laugh. "You okay, Link? Navi?" she asked between giggles.

Link sat up and picked up Navi by her wings. "I'm okay," he said, "but I'm not so sure about Navi…"

"I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HURT IF YOU'D WAITED FOR HEM!" the fairy screamed. Link sweatdropped and placed the fair on Sofia's shoulder.

"Would you please watch her, Sofia?" She nodded. The Kokiri boy unsheathed his sword and confronted the Skulltula. Sofia was too busy trying to keep the fairy on her shoulder to see the fight and Andrew had gotten his foot caught by the vines. Neither saw Link's fight. Or saw Link's humiliation as a different Skulltula knocked him unconscious.

When Sofia finally did look up to the Kokiri, she was rather…shocked. Actually, she was afraid. Very afraid. Practically terrified. Luckily, Navi had her balance back, otherwise she'd have fallen, because Sofia had rushed forward, grabbed the sword and defeated the Skulltula.

"Link! Link!" she cried, kneeling next to him and shaking his shoulders. "Please, Link! Wake up!"

"What's wrong?" Andrew asked.

"Go get a recovery heart!" she snarled. "Navi, go with him!" Andrew was confused, but did as he was told. Navi was less confused, but knew Link needed that heart.

The whole time since finding Link unconscious, Sofia had held back tears. She never cried in front of anyone.

"Please be okay, Link…" she sobbed. "Who knows what'll happen if you don't live…"