Archer stood tall, ready to fight Fear itself. Archer only came to his opponents waist, so he had a major height disadvantage.
"What, are you stupid? Remember how I just got done mopping the pavement with you?" laughed Jacob.
"Yeah, I do, but I wasn't using my full power. This mask, it doubles the strength of it's wearer!" he shouted holding out the mask Beat had made from his paranoia.
"Hmm, I could use that. I think I'll take it." he stated. He then pulled the mask towards him with his magic.
"No! Don't put it on, please! I beg of you!" shouted Archer, tears filling his eyes.
"Sorry kid. 'Please' doesn't work with me." he laughed putting the mask to his face.
"That kid let his mask get stolen!" shouted Ganondorf. "How's he gonna stop him now?"
"He's going to scare him." stated Beat.
"How?" asked Nabooru.
"Just watch." replied Beat.
The mask attached itself to Jacob. It fused with his skin, causing him to scream in pain. He looked over himself, nothing different.
"You rat! This didn't make me stronger!" he screamed.
"No, it didn't. But I got stronger!" laughed a booming voice.
Jacob looked up to see the kid had grown to a massive size. Jacob fell onto his back and scrambled to get away from the giant child. But he didn't seem to move. He was petrified in fear. He then found himself being swallowed by the floor. It was a giant Like-Like! He screamed, flying into the air. He could fly? No Forvalgia had grabbed him! It threw him to the floor, with an unnerving crunch. He was broken. Bones were sticking out of his body. He then heard a deep booming voice laughing.
"Leave!" shouted Archer.
"Agghhhhhh!!!" screamed Jacob. He then held up his hand and gathered energy. He then used the energy to vanish, leaving the mask behind.
When Jacob reappeared in his masters castle, he realized he had been tricked. He wanted to go back but he was exhausted.
"What the hell was that?" asked Will.
"You let him take the mask and then he started running around the room screaming." Saria stated scratching the back of her head.
"Uh-oh, the kids awake." sighed Will as he grabbed his face. He then pulled it off revealing Mido.
"What happened?" asked Mido, looking around.
"Not much." Archer answered, smiling as he walked towards his fellow Kokiri.
"Wait, you're the one that ran into the forest!" exclaimed Mido grabbing his hair.
"Mido relax." stated Archer holding Mido's shoulders.
"Head back to the village. The Deku Tree should be open now that the forest is safe." suggested Saria.
"Right." nodded Mido. He then ran outside towards the village.
Archer turned to smile at Saria, but the smile quickly turned into a look of pure terror. Saria was unaware of the danger she was in. A skeleton in armor grabbed her. It's blue eyes burning like fire. Archer quickly pulled a small bow from a hidden pocket in his tunic. He notched the arrow and fired it towards the ceiling.
Beat awoke to see Saria being grabbed by a Bone Soldier. He then saw Archer fire an arrow at the ceiling. "What's he doing?" thought Beat. He then watched the arrow ricochet off the ceiling, and go through the helmet of the Bone Soldier.
"Yes!" cheered Beat watching the skeleton fall apart. He climbed to his feet, staggering towards his friends. He was relieved they were safe.
"Beat I did it!" laughed Archer. He saw Beat like his brother, even though they were just becoming friends.
"Great job buddy!" congratulated Beat hoisting his young friend onto his shoulders. "You ok Saria?"
"I am. But I don't think you will."
"Why?" he asked dropping Archer.
Archer fell onto the armor of the skeleton he killed. Curiosity filled Archer, so he started looking through the remains. He found a pouch full of bombs hidden in the armor. He was about to show Beat when his friend screamed.
"WHAT??? They crushed my violin?" Beat then started running around the chamber crushing any skeletal remains he found. "Bastards! They will pay!"
Saria was shocked as she watched the Gerudo rampaging around the room. She then sighed looking to Archer. He was examining something he found in a pouch. A bottle containing a green flame.
"Hey Beat! Do you know what this is?" shouted Archer.
Beat snapped out of his frenzy at the sound of Archer's voice. He walked towards his friend, noting the bottle.
"This is the original spirit of the person. He was killed and then had a bone from the Skull King's armor jammed into his body. It's how Bone Soldiers are made. They keep the spirits with them for some reason." explained Beat. "Open the bottle please. Saria, play these notes on your ocarina." he asked drawing musical notes on the floor.
Archer opened the bottle releasing the spirit. The spirit formed the body of a race unknown to Hyrule. The spirit had a beak above his mouth. He also had feathers on his head.
"Thank you, for freeing me. I am a traveler far from his home. I am a Rito, a race of people who have learned how to soar through the heavens. If you can sooth my spirit, I will assist you as well as I can." explained the spirit.
"Rest peacefully spirit, my friend here will sooth your soul." nodded Beat.
Saria then played the notes of the Song of Healing. She was playing it well, the notes echoing through the temple. Beat and Archer felt the peacefulness of the song wash over them. As she played the final notes the spirit shone bright, and then fell to the ground as a mask.
"Wow!" gasped Archer staring at the mask that had fallen. It showed the face of the Rito, his eyes filled with appreciation.
"That song was the the reversed notes of my song." stated Saria, clutching her ocarina close to her heart.
"Hmmm, well I think Archer deserves the mask." Beat suggested clapping Archer on his back. "You did kill the Bone Soldier."
"Right, grab the mask and follow me." ordered Saria.
After Archer grabbed the masks, they followed Saria down an elevator. It led them to a room with walls that looked light enough to be pushed by the stones jutting out. She led them to a large door and opened it. They followed her into a large room with a light shining in the center of the Triforce etched into the floor. She stepped into it and vanished. The two boys looked at each other, looked at the portal, and jumped into it together. They regretted doing that.
They were encased in the same small blue crystal, that carried them through the roof without breaking anything. A bright flash filled their eyes. They now stood in a large chamber, with the sounds of waterfalls echoing throughout the peaceful darkness. They stood in between a hexagon of different colored platforms. Beat saw a golden yellow, a forest green on which Saria stood, a fiery red, a serene blue, a mysterious shadowy purple, and a desert orange.
"Welcome to the Chamber of Sages. Saria greeted. "Archer, please step forward."
Archer kneeled before Saria, his head bowed low. Beat stood back, his hands behind his head. He watched Saria materialize a hookshot out of green light. "Don't question it Grimsley." he muttered.
"With this Forest Hookshot, I entrust my life in your hands." Saria stated, handing the hookshot to Archer.
"Saria, I will work as hard as I can to protect both you and your temple. No one will stop me from fulfilling my destiny!" he confidently replied.
"Yeah!" cheered Beat. This caused the Kokiri children to laugh.
A bright light filled the chamber, and the three reappeared outside the Deku Tree's Meadow. Mido was organizing a group to raise the Deku Sprout.
"Yo, Sprout! It's safe!" shouted Beat.
The group pulling on the sprout were then launched into the air by the sprout popping up.
"Good. They were pulling my leaves off." muttered the guardian.
"Hey, Archer's gonna come with me, if it's alright sir." Beat stated as he walked up to the sprout.
"But he'll die!" shouted the Know-it-All Brothers.
"Archer can't leave, he just rejoined the village!" exclaimed the shop keeper.
"People please stop!" requested Saria.
Not many heard, but Mido and Archer did. They then shouted in unison "All of you quit it!". This caused the village's inhabitants to stop.
"Deku Sprout, I think it's time you told them." Beat advised.
"Very true, Mr. Grimsley. Children, it's a lie. You can leave the forest whenever you want. I only said that to protect you. Or my older self did. There was a war going on when all of you were younger. I had said that so you wouldn't be harmed by the war. But now it's safe for you to leave. Just remember to return every now and then." explained the Deku Sprout.
"What about outsiders?" asked Mido.
"They only change if they stay in Lost Woods. They are safe if they enter the village." answered the Deku Sprout. "Now how about we show our appreciation of Beat, for bringing Archer back to us, and saving us from an army of skeletons."
The children then began to cheer for their new friend. Beat was happy to have helped, but at what cost? His precious violin was destroyed.
"Mr. Grimsley, we're going to throw a celebratory feast, and we wanted to know if you'd be our guest of honor." giggled one of the twins.
"You could get your friend that's waiting outside the entrance." added the other.
"Richard!" Beat gasped. He ran through the village towards the entrance. He bolted across the bridge, and barreled into Richard.
"Beat? Your alive!" Richard shouted tears filling his eyes.
"Oh please, wait... How'd you know I was in danger? And where's the twins?"
"Well, several things happened. I'll explain on our way. Where's Navi, and the guy you went in to get?"
"Oh right! It's safe for you to enter the forest, and we've been invited to a party to thank me for saving their village."
"Great! I think I left all the food in the cart the twins took."
