“...I don’t regret doing it. It gave me a chance to be with you. That’s how much you meant to me. I knew I’d give my life for you because we were friends, and I had hoped we might have been...more than that someday.”
--Saria
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Chapter Six
“I Grew Up”
“Do you want to stop?” Trent asked. Sakura shook her head, determination flashed in her eyes.
Trent nodded slowly, “Ok...just tell me if you want to stop, I don’t want to push you too hard.”
Sakura gave him an angry look, “Why? Is it because I’m too little?!”
Trent looked surprised; he had never expected her to act like this, “No.”
Sakura gripped her wooden sword tightly, “Then what is it?”
Trent eyed her, something had changed about her. It was weird. “...What’s wrong with you? You’re not yourself.” Sakura, eight years old, said, “...I just grew up, that’s all.”
Silence floated over them. After a few minutes of uneasy silence, Trent spoke, “...Why do you want to learn so much? What happened? You’ve never cared about this before.” Sakura whispered, “...I’m scared.”
Trent looked confused, “Of what? What are you afraid of?”
Sakura looked down, she didn’t respond. Trent asked again, “What are you afraid of?”
She looked up at him, “Who am I?” Trent was taken aback by this response, “What?”
She repeated, “Who am I? ...I don’t belong here.” Trent looked at her, confused, “What are you talking about? You’re you!”
She shook her head, dropping her sword, “That mark...on your shoulder. I’ve seen it. That’s the mark of the Triforce, isn’t it?”
Trent sighed, “Yes...it is. How did you know? No one even mentions the Triforce around these parts.”
Sakura, proving to him that she was wiser than anyone gave her credit for, said, “I...just do. Somehow, I know what it is. I’ve felt like I didn’t belong here. Like I belonged somewhere else... Why are we here? What happened?”
Trent walked up to her and knelt, putting his face on the same level as her’s, “Sakura...? Who told you that?” She backed up and shook her head, “No one told me...I told you already, Grandpa. What are you trying to hide?”
Trent glanced around quickly, he grabbed her by the shoulders and looked her in the eyes, “Sakura, you mustn’t mention what you know to anyone. Don’t tell ANYONE! Do you understand?”
She shook her head, “No. I don’t. What are we hiding from? Please tell me.”
Trent shook his head, “Right now, I can’t tell you. You’ll have to grow up a bit before you’ll learn how to deal with the truth.”
Sakura slapped Trent’s hand away and said, “I’m grown up enough now. I want to know. Is everything I know a lie? I think I might not get to live long enough to know the truth. Tell me now, if I don’t understand it, I’ll learn. I want to learn.”
Trent looked her deeply in the eyes and said, “No. That’s the final answer. Look at yourself, Sakura! You’re only eight years old. You’re not supposed to act like this. You’re not supposed to talk like this!”
Sakura backed up and looked away, “Don’t tell me how I should act.”
He eyed her and asked, “Why did you change? What made you change? You were fine two days ago.”
Sakura looked at him solemnly, “I grew up.”
Trent inquired, “How?”
Sakura looked at Trent, “...Something...something is going to happen soon. Something bad.”
“How do you know this?” Trent asked. Sakura looked down, “...Someone told me...someone in a dream.”
They stood there silently as the wind blew. A small forest leaf fluttered between them. It was a Kokiri leaf.
