'Huff... huff... huff...'
Running as quickly as his short legs were able to carry him, the small Deku ran through the dark forest, always looking behind him.
'Huff... huff... huff...'
Stepping under a tall tree, the Deku ninja quickly looked around for any evidence of his spooky pursuer.
Suddenly, he felt something, reacted out of instinct and leapt out of the way, when a black lightning bolt hit the place where he just stood seconds ago. He bounded off the various trees of the forest, all the while dodging more of the black lightning.
For a while, he was able to hide inside the treetop of an ancient oak.
'Whatever shall I do?' Konatsu thought to himself. 'Who is this person? She's not only able to track down a Deku ninja, but also to follow every single of my movements. What does she want in our woods?'
He carefully looked out of the leaves. Seeing no trace of his chaser, he started leaping from treetop to treetop.
'I have to find Miss Saria,' he thought to himself. 'I left her alone when that person attacked. I have to find her... it's my duty to protect her. I promised it to Ukyo... and Link.'
Ever since the two biggest friends of Saria, Tael and himself had vanished, along with the purple fairy's sister and Navi, they had never lost their faith that one day, they would return. Even as Tael once stated his worries about his sister's possible return, Konatsu assured him that Ukyo and Link would never break a promise, and so wouldn't Tatl.
But never did he wish that his friends would return than on this day.
Very much isolated from the rest of Hyrule, the members of the 'forest community', consisting of the Kokiri, the Dekus and the fairies, they didn't notice at once that Ganondorf had more or less conquered all of the rest of the land. Only when a cold wind came blowing through the forest, from the Forest Temple, and many more monsters appeared in the woods as usually, the Kokiri figured that something was not right.
When he saw a big mob of Moblins and Stalfos enter the woods, accompanied by insane Dekus, Konatsu made sure to inform his friends first, who were again sitting on the Sacred Meadow, near the Forest Temple. Together, they wanted to go and warn the other Kokiri about the danger.
But it was too late.
Only a few minutes after Konatsu arrived at their meeting place on the meadow, a chilling laughter echoed through the calm forest that sent shivers down their spines.
And then, SHE appeared... and proclaimed that she was here to 'claim the Forest Sage'.
Neither of them understood what she meant by that... but then she started attacking Saria. In the last instant, Konatsu threw himself between Saria and the dark-robed sorceress, to take the full force of the attack.
Luckily, it stunned him only for an instant, and he was able to distract the pale-skinned woman from his friends for a while. After she had to fend off the furious assault of a skilled Deku ninja, she realized that her prey and the others had vanished.
In her anger, she had turned to Konatsu and said in a cold voice: "Well, then I'll hunt you down first!"
And afterwards, Konatsu had to run for his life.
Now he had to find his friends, before that spooky-looking woman found them. He didn't want to think about what she would do to Saria...
Suddenly, he remembered something with a shock: He still had to warn the other Kokiri from the monsters. Maybe Saria and Sprite already did it, but he could not take any chances.
He was so shaken by his worries that he only noticed the streak of black lightning when it was too late.
He screamed in pain as the black magic jolted through his veins. While Dekus weren't as vulnerable to electricity as Zoras, it still hurt them - especially when merged with black magic like this.
Groaning, he collapsed on the ground, while the branches above him parted and made way for the black-robed figure of the witch that had pursued him.
The Sorceress of Shadows smirked down at her helpless prey. "Well now... this hunt has been amusing, little Deku, but I really have more important business to attend to than playing around with small woodland creatures. Now where is your green-haired friend?"
Konatsu panted hardly as he tried to get back up. "I... I won't tell you..."
The sorceress threw back her head and laughed.
"Ooohohohohohoh... you're a tough little guy, I have to admit."
She smirked and spread her fingers, sending another burst of black lightning forth from her fingertips, which sent Konatsu into another fit of screaming. "But you will tell me... in time. For no one is able to resist Veran, the Sorceress of Shadows!"
Konatsu winced in pain, before the torture became to much and he fell back in merciful unconsciousness...
And when the Deku Ninja closed his eyes, Veran (formerly known as Princess Kodachi), Sorceress of Shadows and loyal servant to Ganondorf, let her insane laughter echo through the forest once again...
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