Konohilt Island. An uncharted island lost somewhere in the great seas of Hyrule. Or rather...not an island at all. An island made from a dream...but nevertheless, dream or not, it still exists. As does it's people, and it's legends.

And so...life goes on this small island of nowhere.

It's just another normal, quiet day on the island. The weather is fair, the sky is blue without a single storm cloud in sight. Just like any other summer day. Like it has been for quite a while...

On the north-western side of the island, a house sits in front of the vast Tal Tal Mountain Range. It's a small, brown, one-room house; like so many others on the island.

This particular house belongs to one Mr. Write, a writing maniac if you couldn't judge from his name. Having only his carrier pidgeons to keep him company, Mr. Write often writes letters to people around the island.

That said, somebody has to give him his replies. And well..today's deliverer is just leaving.

"Good-bye, Mr. Write!" a soft, womanly voice flows through the air. Through the doorway, the owner of the voice exits the house. The woman has her head facing in towards the house, sunshine sending a gleam through her long orange-red hair.

"Ok! Thanks again, Marin!" Another voice comes from inside the house. Marin stops to wave, taking her right hand to grip to the strap of her bag. "I'll see you again soon!" Marin then says with a vibrant smile.

With the end of that statement, Marin turns her body around. This is when we can get a first good look at her.

Marin is wearing a long sky blue dress, with the end of her arms and skirt ending in white trim, then underneath that having a dark blue trim with a sort of golden U pattern. The colors do well to go with her eyes, a deep sky blue, and they are accompianed by her long orange-red hair. A small pinkish red flower sits in her hair, a flower she had gotten from the beach. At her neck lay a necklace, a small light red gem set in a diamond pattern. And finally, at her feet were a pair of sandals that wrapped around her legs until about mid-length of her shin.

The shining bright image of a young Sea Maiden.

Marin then starts to walk away from the house. Walking slowly, it might of been only two steps before she let out the sigh she had been holding. "Wow...it's been such a long day..." she then says, her voice sounding a bit winded, while wiping her forehead.

Indeed, it had been quite a busy day for Marin.

First, she woke up at the crack of dawn to help around Mabe Village. She did such things as help prepare Madame Meowmeow for her dog (a Chomp-Chomp) BowWow's daily walk in Gogopongo Swamp, helping Mapahl, the mother of the Quintouplet Family and her five sons, and finally waking up her own father Tarin (which wasn't an easy task).

That was just the morning. After having lunch a little before noon, she departed south, then headed east along Toronbo Shores. On the way, she collected some bananas from the alligator salesman Sale. Continuing east along Ukuku Prairie, she stopped by the Villa of Richard, the owner of the long abandoned Kanalet Castle. Then, after taking the local Fisherman's boat across Martha's Bay, she finally made it to her main destination: Animal Village.

The first thing Marin did on arrival was deliver some of the bananas she had to the local chef, Chef Bear. In return, he gave her some of his reknowned Honey Buns (tm). Eating some of them, Marin takes a small rest break. That wouldn't last long however, as some of the habitants wanted for Marin to use her speciality: her signing voice.

That was part of why she was even there...so...after a few more bits of eating, she went to the village's square and...well..started to sing.

The song Marin sang was the Ballad of the Wind Fish, a song named after the "god" of the island. Her audience was entranced by the sound of her voice, forgetting whatever they were thinking, their troubles, their desires...everything. They were entirely focused on the sound of her voice. She song the whole song twice, the first time they kindly asked for an encore. After she finished the second time, she was given a huge round of appalause, at which she accepted with only a warm smile.

After that, it was high-time for Marin to depart. As she was leaving, the hibiscus lover of the village asked Marin to deliver a letter for her. As she was headed that way anyway, she nodded and took the letter. Leaving the village, she went north. Eventually crossing the river that led down to Martha's Bay, she passed by Kanalet Castle. An ancient castle, it merely stood tall quietly with the rest of the island.

Continuing west, Marin eventually entered and quickly passed through the Graveyard. She then stopped by the Witch's Hut, and picked up some Magic Powder for Old Lady Uliria, as she wanted to see if it would "enhance" her old broom. Heading north towards her final stop, she passed by Crazy Tracy's Hut. Tracy was sitting on a chair outside, and noticing Marin, rose up and yelled out "Hey Marin!" Marin had no choice but to stop and look in her direction, waving. "Tell your dad to come back soon, ok?" Tracy said excitingly with a wink. Marin quirkly started to laugh, and akwardly said "Sure...I'll do that..."

Right after that, she left quickly to the north...and went to the place that she is just now leaving.

Marin eventually comes to a small wooden bridge. It seems that the landscape of Konohilt was littered with sudden pit falls. Eventually, the townspeople decided to construct small bridges for the major paths that the pit falls obstructed, this being one of the them. Afterall, it wasn't like everyone had a small red feather in their pocket that could make them jump to the height of a certain Italian Plumber.

Passing over the bridge, Marin says "I think that's everyone..." . Today was obviously her errand day, and someone she missed didn't enter her mind. "Then I guess it's time to head home." she states with a sense of duty as she looks infront of her. The way south through the Mysterious Woods is the way she would have to take home from where she is.

Instead of leaving, Marin stops and stands still. Marin's eyes grow gentle as a small butterfly with blue and yellow wings flutters around her. "Hello there." She says softly, extending her left hand out infront of her chest. The butterfly flutters around a bit, then finally sits on her outstrecthed finger.

The butterfly adjusts to her finger, keeping it's wings straight. This showcases the wings pattern, it looks like of a outline of a star on a dark blue background. It's beautiful. Marin thought, captived by it's design. She then slowly brought the finger the butterfly was on to eyelevel, locking eyes with the butterfly. The butterfly blinked it's large black spheres a few times, then it suddenly flurted it wings and flew away. Marin watched after it with a smile, then said "Good bye."

As Marin was looking at the butterfly leave...she saw something else on her left. As she turned to focus on whatever it was, her eyes could only go into horror on it's sight.

It was a Moblin, one of the race of dog humanoids. Their skin was a deep brown and long fangs went upward from the bottoms of their mouths. Being taller then an average adult, and wielding their trademark black armor and long spear, they meant nothing but trouble wherever they went.

The Moblin just seemed to be wondering around, looking around aimlessly. It quickly caught sight of the frieghted Marin, and it gave a wide smile showcasing it's sharp fangs. It then started to bring back it's right arm, the one with the spear, preparing to throw it!

Have to get away! Out of fear, Marin covers her eyes and dashed quickly to her right. She heard only the sound of her footsteps as she ran....and that is which made her stop. She had expected to her the *swoosh* of the spear going flying through the air, then the eventual *thud* of the spear hitting the ground...or worse....

Marin then uncovered her eyes, they looking both afraid and confused. She quickly turned her head in the moblin's direction....to find it wasn't even there.

"What...?" Marin whispered into the air. Was it even there...? It most assuredly was confusing....had she only been daydreaming? Daydreaming of something that would come only out of nightmares...?

One thing is certain. Those Moblin and many other nightmareish creatures were once a reality on Konohilt. They plauged the roads and hills of the island, making days like the one Marin was in very difficult. The people could do little but to either to stay in the safe areas, such as Mabe or Animal Village, or brave through them. Sometimes it was definately necessary for people like Marin to make trips through those roads, evading the monsters. Most of the time it was easy...but sometimes proved to be nothing but the opposite.

However....they no longer exist on Konohilt Island. Well, they do exist, but only as an undesirable memory. That is thanks to....

Link.... Marin eyes grew lighter, showcasing their own brightness, as she focused on his name. The elven boy, clad in green tunic and hat, that had seemingly been given to the people of Konohilt. How long has it been...? she thought, looking up into the blue sky. How long had it been since she found him washed up on Toronbo Shores, looking worn out from a long voyage?

She took Link into her home, trying to cure him to good health. Eventually, Link awoke. Marin explained how she had found him on Toronbo Shores...but his mind seemed elsewhere. "Zelda" was the first word he said to her. Marin was of course interested in what that meant, along with his tales of other lands.

That chance would never come though, because after Link reclaimed his sword from the beach, he started to travel around the island looking for his way home. Marin only knew it had something to do with the Wind Fish and those monsters that roamed Konohilt. The chance to talk with him did almost come once, because Link needed her help in removing the sleeping Walrus from the way into Yarna Desert, but as soon as that was done, he left again.

Marin broke out of her train of thought, and looked over at Mt. Tamarach. A tall mountain that could seen from everywhere on the island, it was once where the Wind Fish's Egg once stood. However, one day, the egg, along with the monsters and Link, vanished.

How long as it been since then? she thought, the question once again appearing in her mind. The day since the Wind Fish, along with him, vanished. It most certainly couldn't have been a year, she knew that much. Upon some thinking, she estimated it might only been somewhere between two to four months.

Why am I thinking this now? she thought. This coming out of nowhere....that Moblin, the Wind Fish....and Link....why was she thinking about this now? She couldn't quite find an answer... so she put it aside.

"I really should be heading home." she said, having regained herself. And with that, she finally started to walk into the Mysterious Woods.

Mabe Village. A small village on the mid-western side of the island. It's vibrant, with patches of green everywhere. It also has the honor of being Marin's hometown.

On the west side of the village, a boy enters a small builidng. The boy looks around. Well...first time I've been in here... he thinks, looking at his surrondings.

The boy starts to walk out the doorway. As he is walking, his nose starts to sniffle. "ACH-OOOOO!" he then sneezes. Wiping his nose, he starts to think. So dusty in here... The building is the Island Libraby. It has desks and shelves adroned with tons of books, although it's not certain whey they all come from

The boy then starts walk to one the tables. "Now....for what I've come to look for!" he yells out with a sense of purpose. If father isn't around...then I'll have to do it myself!

The boy is one the Quintouplet Family's five sons. Although they were all born at the same time, he was born first. That would make him techinally the oldest, although only by a few seconds. With that said...

"Now..let's see here..." he says, walking over to the desk on the left side of the library. "Atlas of Konohilt?" he reads the title of the book outloud. "That won't help me...." he says in frustiation as he turns to another table.

"How to Properly Handle A Shield?" He reads again the title of the book infront of him. "Hmm...that might be useful..." he says as he opens the book. The book has many colorful pictures and such, but he can't understand it as it constantly refers to a "Shield Button". "Grrgah!" he yells again in frusatiation as he closes the book.

Come on...there has to be something here... he thinks, as he heads quickly to another table. Upon reaching it, he reads the title "Dark Secrets of Konohilt...maybe this is it?!" He says as he quickly opens up the book. The first page is nothing but a series of arrows, and that meant nothing to him. He skims a few more pages. Then...on top of that page....

Doshin? What kind of name is that? He thinks to himself, the name obviously catching his attention. He then starts to read the rest of the page:

Well....this does sound interesting....it's something I could tell to my brothers atleast! He thinks, taking a break from the reading, before starting to read again:

"That's....That's incredible!" The boy unknowingly yelled out. Just to imagine something that big doing that....it's amazing! His gleamering eyes then went back to book:

"What...what the...." That sudden amazing feeling he had turned to fear. If something like that could... He drew the thought away, and with a little hesitation, read:

With those last words, the boy closed the book. "I think that's enough for today..." he says as he starts to turn for the exit. "Didn't find what I wanted...but there's always tomorrow!" He says pridefully.

The Doshin...it'd be kinda cool if one appeared now! He thought as he started for the doorway. But I dunno....it'd be weird too...seeing someone that big...

He lets out a sigh. Meh...it's something I shouldn't be thinking about....I'm just a kid afterall... he thought as he left the library.

Whew....the day's almost over. Marin reassured herself as she walked through the Mysterious Woods. Light filtered through the treetops, creating a beautiful, yet eerie, sight to behold.

She kept her pace slow. Mabe Village wasn't that far away, so it wouldn't take her long to get home. She had been down this path so many times before... she knew almost exactly how many steps it would take her to get there.

"Wonder what I should do when I get home..." Marin says looking up. Give the dust to old lady Ulirara....check on my dad...take a rest first... she thinks over the possible ideas as she walks. Then.....

*grumble* The sound comes from Marin's stomach. I'm real hungry all of the sudden....have I forgetten to eat? Marin thinks as she stops. Opening her strap bag, she sees that all of what was left of the bananas and the Honey Buns (tm) she had already eaten on the way to Mr. Write's house.

Marin then started walking again with a little more speed in her step. Should get home and get something to eat quickly. Marin was a little surprised at herself, for this probably the first time she let herself get this way on her errand day, or any other day she was out for that matter.

Marin then come upon the lone tree in the middle of the road. This tree was sort of a half-way point from Tal Tal Mountain Range and Mabe Village, so Marin quickened her pace a little bit more.

As she started to pass it...something at the base of the tree caught her eye.

Is that a mushroom? Marin stops and kneels down, moving the leaves sitting in the way of what she thought she saw. Her eyes did not fail her, a abnormally large mushroom growing at the base of the tree sat behind them.

What is this doing here...? The tree was known not only as a half-way point, but as also the only tree where the largest site of those large mushrooms is located. They grew back once a week.....but that day was two days ago. Marin knew because Tarin picked them himself as usual.

She picked the mushroom. Hmm? This one looks odd. Upon closer inspection, the mushroom did look different from the normal mushrooms. This one was much smaller then the other ones, and the colors on the cap were different as well. It was a bright dandelion yellow, but a small section on the right side cut off into a deep blood red.

"This is really odd...I should ask my dad about this." Marin says as she stands up, still looking at the mushroom. "Right now I need get there first!' she says as starts to walk again, opening her strap bag to put the mushroom away.

But... she doesn't though. Before even moving a step, she stops and stares at the mushroom. ...maybe I could eat this? In the back of her mind, Marin knew it wasn't wise to eat an odd mushroom. Even holding it in her hand was dangerous enough. But...something drew her to do it. Not really her hunger, but more like the mushroom itself.

Then...without a second's hesitation, Marin bit into the mushroom. Then another, and then another. Three bites out of the top of the cap. The first thing Marin noticed was the taste. No flavor at all....no good for cooking. Marin thought to herself as she was chewing.

Huh? Marin thought as a strange feeling started to go all over her body. It felt soothing...then suddenly changed. It felt as if her body was being drained! Was it poisoned?! She looked at the mushroom in her hand, about to throw it away.

As she had her arm reeled back, that feeling then disappeared, and left something behind...what? I don't feel hungry anymore! Marin was incredibly surprised; only three bites of it and she didn't feel hungry at all! Then...a new feeling came again. This time it was focused in the area of her stomach, and it felt tingly, like when your foot's asleep or something.

"GRAGH!" Marin yelped as she fell over in pain. The feeling in her stomach had once again changed, but now it seemed like her whole body was about to rip apart! It was as if a gigantic swell was in her stomach pulling everything inward! Marin was left rolling on the ground, contesting with the motions inside her body. What...is happening..to me... Marin barely had the clear mind to think that.

Then, the pain stopped for a split second. Out of nowhere, a voice appeared in Marin's head. It said something in a very low whisper, then disappeared. Do....?

The break ended, and the pain returned tenfold. This time, it was a like a slingshot had taken in everything from earlier, and shoot it back out! It was then that Marin felt her body begin to change. Her eyes went wide as she saw her right arm seem to shoot out in length and width. I'm...I'm growing?! She closed her eyes shut as the feeling quickly spread everywhere across her body. The feeling of change (her clothes went right along with it...thankfully)...although it was remarkbly painless once it started...until...

"OW!" Marin cried when she felt her head suddenly slam into something. As she automatically took her hand to rub her head, she felt her feet had also slammed into something. *CRASH* she then heard from right in front AND behind of her. What..the... she started to say in her mind as she slowly started to get up. Her body still felt drained, so she was careful.

What..what happened to me? she thought as she looked at her arm. It looked exactly the same...but everything else was smaller! Upon sitting up, she looked for the source of that sound. N...no... her head had slammed into some of the trees on the side of the path, and there was force was enough to topple the one in the middle down. It was the same in the case with her feet.

Wait a second. If that just happened...then.. she thought, looking at the felled tree, and then the tree in the middle of the path. She could almost see level with the top of the tree...just sitting down! That tree was smaller then most of the Mysterious Woods...but it still accountanted for something.

In the most severe disbelief, Marin quickly covered her eyes, No! No...this is just a dream...an illusion...this isn't happening...she frantically kept telling herself whilst shaking her head. Other then the feeling of her body being drained, it still felt the same. And the pain she had felt when she hit the tree with her head was real as well.

If this isn't a dream... she thought as she suddenly took her hands off her eyes. ...then I should see just how big I am. She then started to stand up slowly. Upon standing, her eyes grew full of fear, yet also of amazement at the sight.

"Wow..." she idly said as her head was poking out the top of the Mysterious Woods. She was tall enough that the tops of the trees barely went past her neck! That said, she could see alot, although it was limited by the tree tops. Things like Mt. Tamarach and the Graveyard she could see clear as day, but more far off things like Ukuku Prairie and Toronbo Shores were blured.

All of this....because of that... Marin snapped her head down. "Where's that mushroom?!" she unintentionally yelled out. She didn't even notice the volume of her own voice as her eyes, now burning, darted everywhere. She had the mushroom in her hand, but she dropped it right before the growth spurt. Even at her heightened perception...she couldn't find it!

However, Marin's eyes immediately cooled down when she saw something else. She kneeled down, and scooped it off the ground. It's...so small now... It was her strap bag, and it now fit squarely in the palm of her hand. The bag was still open, so she gently pried it open with two of her fingers. Bringing it to eye level, she could barely make out the small bag of magic dust still sitting in it.

Clutching the bag in her hand, Marin then slowly stands up. This time, she looks southward, plainly seeing some of the outskirts of Mabe Village. Well...time to head home.. she thought as she took her first step. When she did, she immediately stopped and looked down. I should be more careful with how I walk. she thought as her eyes looked full of fear. She had felt that vibration she had caused from it.....and she couldn't say she liked it...

Then, with a bit of hesitation, Marin started walking south slowly. I wonder what everyone will think of me... she thought to herself as she was finally heading home. And well...atleast I'm not hungry anymore...

"Well...that was a waste of time." The boy says, annoyed, as he goes up the hill past the library. At the top, he turns right into the entrance of Mabe of Village.

Noticing the sun is starting set, the boy lets out a sigh. "Guess it's time to round em up." He says, now even more annoyed, as he starts to walk in.

The usual noise then attracts him from his right. He turns and sees Old Lady Ulirara once again on her eternal conquest aganist vile nastieness with her broom, the divine weapon of rightous justice.

The boy watches as she attempts to sweep off a leaf that's stuck in between the brick titles. When it seems to not let go, Ulirara's eyes flare up and seems to become a demon as she grips her broom hard and sweeps it back and forth fast as lightning! The leaf eventually gets swept away, and Ulirara immediately returns to normal.

The boy is awestruck, his eye twicthing a little bit. Crazy old lady....

He starts up the path again...and something charges at him from his left! ...but it stops short inches away. "Hi to you too, Bow-Wow." he says, waving idly to the eager-to-crush-everything-in-sight Chop-Chop. If it wasn't for the chain holding him...well...the boy wouldn't be standing right now. He'd be on the ground crying for his life.

Going down the path still, he eventually starts to pass a house. Marin's house. Tarin was outside discussing blueprints with Chef Bear. Chef Bear was on his daily trip to Mabe to foresee the construction of his Mabe Village branch, Chef Bear's Honey Buns (tm), which is being constructed south of the village shop.

They seemed to be in heated discussion, but upon noticing the boy, Tarin stops.

"Hey! Doren!" Tarin calls out. Doren, who's been known as boy up to this point, turns and says "Yeah, what is it Tarin?" Chef Bear interupts by saying "Just...just wanted to say thanks." He just kinda stops, so Tarin finishes for him "For your brothers Dorun and Doron helping out." Doren gives a shrug before saying "You should be thanking them...but I'll tell them for you." Tarin and Chef Bear nod to him, then go back to the plans.

"Hey, you wouldn't have seen Dorin and Doran anywhere, would you?" Doren asks before leaving. Tarin looks up and replies "Hmm...I think I saw them at the arcade." Doren lets out another sigh, shaking his head "I thought so...thanks Tarin." He says as he turns south toward the arcade. "No problem Doren!" he hears Tarin form behind.

Kids...wonder how many rupees they wasted today... he thought as he neared the Arcade entrance.

"I was so close!!!" Dorin, the youngest brother, yells as he leaves the arcade. "I know! The crane cheated us! It moved back at the last second!" the excited voice of Doran, the second youngest, following suit.

"Trying to get the Yoshi Doll again, are we?" Doren said to both Dorin and Doran's surprise. Dorin reacted first. "Yeah! I was SO close this time!! Honest!" Dorin said as he ran and tugged Doren's arm. Doran added "He isn't lying! It was just inches away!

He holds his hands in air like he's grasping the doll, before saying " Then it would of been ours!"

"Heh..that's all fine.." Doren said with a smirk, "...but how many rupees did you spend?" The enthusiam of both brother's faces faded away with that question. "Um..." Dorin starts as he puts in his hands into his pockets. They come up short, at which he looks up at Doren with tearful eyes "I..I don't have any."

Doren didn't bother answering him, instead looking at Doran. "I have..." Doran starts, putting his hands into his pockets. "...two" he finishes as he brings out the two glowing red gems.

"So, you spent eight". Doren says some-what cold hearted. "But...brother..." Dorin interrupts, at which Doren meets his near crying eyes. "I was so close! So close...I just had...had to try!" Dorin then looks away, fighting back tears from his angered brother.

"I know Dorin, I know how much you want it." Dorin, surprised that wasn't a yell, looks up at Doren. " But you shouldn't always try for it all in one go...if you mess up, you'll have nothing to go back on. So, just think about it next time, ok?" Dorin nodded, obviously better now.

"Come on, let's go." Doren motions his head away. "It's starting to get dark." Both of them nod as they start away from the arcade.

That is when.....

*CRASH!* comes from the north. What happened?! Doren thought, looking in its direction, as much did the rest of the village.

"Hey!" Doran suddenly said as he ran ahead. "Isn't that where Marin is coming back from!?" he yelled out. Marin..? Doren thought as he eyed his overly concerned brother. "Yeah...yeah it is..but why.." Doren started to say, but then suddenly remembered what happened to Doran two months ago.

He remembers that Doran was swimming in the ocean, but the waves took him too far out. But Marin saved him at the risk of herself being lost at sea and then gave him CPR when he had lost his breath.

Doren gave a smile to his brother, but then suddenly went stern. "Come on! Let's go get Dorun and Doron!" he said hastily.

Doran turned to his brother. "But Doren! Shouldn't we..." Doren quickly interrupted. "I know, trust me, I do, but Ms. Marin can take care of herself. Besides, we have Ma and Pa to think of too!" Doran gritted his teeth, but then reculcantly shook his head.

Dorun and Doron were both standing inside the site alongside the village shopkeeper. Dorun was still holding a long wooden beam over his arm, but it doesn't really bother him as he is the natural strongest of the five. "What could of that been? I'm sure trees don't fall on their own..." A statement from the "brain", Doron. "They most certainly don't...wonder what happened?" The shopkeeper adds in.

"Hey!" Doren yells from behind them. "You know what happened brother?" Dorun asks as he turns around, careful of the beam on his arm. "Nope." Doren responds while shaking his head.

"But! But Ms. Mawin..." Dorin adds, as he always says her name like that. "Yeah! Ms. Marin is supposed to be coming back from there!" Doran hastily elaborates.

"Marin? Hmm... "Doron says going into his usual thinking pose. "She does usually get back around this time..." he states after a few seconds. "That's why we should head up there to check it out!" Doran pleads, at which Dorun shakes his head. "No, wouldn't be wise."

Doren nods in agreement. "Yes, Marin can take of herself, and we have Ma and Pa to think of to." he repeats so everyone else can hear. Doron nods, and Dorin reluctuntly does as well. Doran fumes a little, but doesn't bother to fight anymore.

"Well....uh.." The brothers turn around to the shopkeeper. "If you're going home...could you help me close up first?" The shopkeeper says, pointing to all laid out construction equipment. "It'll be faster with all five of you."

"Sure thing." Dorun says as he quickly places the beam he had held in his arm down. Doren nods to him as well. "Let's just make this quick." Dorin, Dorun, and Doran also pitch in (with a little force used in Doran's case.)

A minute later and all was packed and ready to go for tomorrow. "Thanks alot!" the shopkeeper says as he wipes the sweat off his forehead. "It was nothing really." Doren shrugs, before turning to face his home. "We're heading home now, you should do the same!"

It wasn't about till mid-way up the hill to his house that Doren noticed Doran running towards Mysterious Woods! He snapped around "Doran! Get back here! Sto......." His voice trailed off when his whole body stopped.

Stopped from the even louder sound that came in his ear.

It was at that second that Doren's eyes found something to focus on, much did the rest of the village. It most certiainly couldn't be missed, it was far too large. Everybody who was looking eyes went wide with either disbelief or curiousity.

Marin's gigantic body now stood in the entryway of Mabe Village. Looking back at everyone who was looking at her (or atleast trying to), she simlpy smiled and waved. "Hi." she then whispered happily, it coming to a near yell to everyone else.

However, nobodies eyes went wider then Doren. This...this is...his eyes most certainly couldn't comprehend what they were seeing. Moreso then that, the book passage he read maybe only twenty minutes ago repeated itself.

Is she...is she the Doshin that was supposed to return!? he thought as the impossible from only a legend stood looming over him...

"MARIN?!!?!" The scream of Tarin pierced the whole of Mabe Village as he ran to his now gigantic daughter's feet. Marin had to focus a little bit to see her now minsicule father. So small... she thought as she kneeled down.

"Marin! Are..." Tarin stifled a little bit after he reached her feet, sitll in shock. " Are you alright?!" He asked his daughter as his eyes still conitinued to be confonded in amazement.

"I'm fine..." She said in her normal voice, as the whole village had gathered round her, but then smiled as she said "..but I can't say I'm Little Marin anymore." Some of the townsfolk like Papahl and the shopkeeper laughed from that, as did Marin herself.

"So...what happened exactly?" Tarin asks as he looks her over, still in complete bafflement as to how this happened. Mummurs are heard throughout the small crowd amongst her feet, too much so for Marin to make out anything.

"Well...umm...can we move somewhere else first?" Marin states as she wiggles around, much to the sudden dismay of the crowd. "It's a little cramped up right here." As some of the crowd takes a step back, it would appear that it's an incredibly tight fit between the hill and the trees right where she's sitting which is an apparent cause of discomfort to the longtime resident as they can all see.

"Wherever you want to go my dear, we'll follow." Tarin says with a nod. Then more then half the crowd is taken completely aback as Marin starts to stand up to her full height.

Wow... Marin is again stunned for a second that the view that's presented to her. Being able to see alot of the island, along with much of surronding ocean, in a single glance is just amazing.

She then looks down to her house. I wonder just EXACTLY how big I am... She remembers once that Chef Bear that compared the height of her house to his new building, saying that her house was about 15 ft. compared to the 18 ft. of his. She roughly estimated herself to be 40 ft. based on the how the top of her house of went up to the lower part of her thigh.

Quickly putting the thought aside, she looked back down to the people at her feet. I shouldn't keep them waiting for long.

The crowd seemed to immediately dispearse as they saw Marin's right sandal with foot attached start to move, then lift high in the air. Easy now... Thoughts continued to race in Marin's mind about what she COULD do...and how much she didn't want ANY of them to happen.

The ground shakes softly as her foot touches it with no fanfare otherwise. Just have to keep it up... Her left foot is raised into the air and attempts to get level with the first...

"AHHH!!!" Marin yelps as her raised foot is suddenly attacked! She wrestles with whatever it is for a second before looking down and seeing it's Bow-Wow that's biten into her foot! "BOW-WOW!" A combined yell coming from Marin and Mrs. Meow-Meow is more then enough to send the ravaging Chomp-Chomp reeling off of her foot and immediately hide in his dog house.

It's not over yet! That little stint had gotten Marin just a bit off balance! "Wahh!" She again yelps as she waves her arms, creating some powerful winds, trying to regain it! She is successful as her left foot then comes down kind of hard, enough to cause a small *KABOOM*.

Whew... Marin is relieved, as that could have turned into something much worse.

However....*CRACK* comes from below her.

"...?" She looks down...to see that her right feet had not only been pressed into the ground of a small part of Lady Ulirira's garden (causing a somewhat deep foot inprint), but it also had slid into the nearby telephone booth, cracking a side of the wall.

Why...darnit... It was was only two steps into the village....and she looked down in dismay at what she had caused.

No! It's not time to do this! She reassured herself, as there are some other things that needed to be done...like explaining the situation to the shocked, and some now frieghtened, people at her feet.

She hasitly made her way to the village square, which was only two steps away. Haa haa...I'm stepping over my OWN house! Marin thinks as she finds that somewhat amusing...strangely enough.

Now in the square, she starts to sit down...and *CRACK* comes again. This time the grand rooster statue was set spiraling through the air a short ways, uprooted from the ground by the motion of her feet turning around.

"Oops..." she says idly in response, adding a perky smile along with. The accumlating crowd only sigh this time, mostly from her unshamed reaction.

"A mushroom is what caused this." Marin states abruptly to the crowd beneath her. It's met by faces of bafflement and sayings of "Unbelivable!" and "No way!" and also "It's not possible!".

"A mushroom?!" Tarin, the head of the group on the ground asks. "You mean like a mushroom that grows in the Mysterious Woods?!" Marin's collosal head nods in reponse.

"That's impossible!" A sudden outburst from the shopkeeper comes out. "Tarin, you gave me your usual picking two days ago! You didn't see any strange ones, did you?!" Tarin shakes his head. "No, and I was sure NOT to leave any behind either!"

Tarin refocuses on his large daughter as he asks quite calmly "So...what did this mushroom look like?"

"It was smaller then the rest...and I think it was a bright yellow, with... a bit of red on it's right side." The giantess states as she tries to remember it's shape. "Yeah, that was it."

"Well..I can't say I've seen a mushroom like that." Tarin thinks out-loud, at which a certain person in the back of the crowd eyes light up.

Never seen one like it before..? Doren notes to himself, having been drawn on every single word that's been said so far. Could of it have been something left by the Doshin? Having been burdened alone with this knowledge....he decides to keep quiet as the converstation continues.

"Well...as I much as hate to guess you're becoming like me..." The father sighs, at which he asks his daughter "...you ate it, didn't you?"

Marin lets up a bright smile. "I sure did!" She says quite happily. Might as well make it look good. Those words formed in the back of her mind as she continued to keep smiling.

"Marin! How many times have I told you..." Marin opted to interrupt her angry father. "I know Dad...but I was just so hungry at the time...."

"HUNGRY?!" The sudden quake which was Tarin's voice startled everyone around. "You ate some MYSTERY mushroom because you were HUNGRY?!"

The sound of his voice was more then enough to give Marin some pause. " I don't know..." She started weakly, obviously ashamed at what she had done. "but ...but it just drew me to it."

...? Drawn to it? Doren again notes to himself, trying to piece this together with the passage he had read.

"And it's not like I ate the whole thing!" Marin righteously yells out, HER voice more then shaking the crowd up a bit at its volume. "I only had THREE bites of it, thank you very much!"

"And that was enough to for this to happen!" Tarin counters. "What could of happened if you DID eat the whole thing?!"

Marin looks away, her eyes making it seem as if she was...scared. At this, Tarin quickly rushes to her side. "I'm sorry..I didn't mean to..." He tries to console her.

"It's alright.." A quiet whisper leaves Marin's lips, before she looks back to her father. Then to everyone's surprise...she picks Tarin up off the ground!

Having him dangle in the air, she looks sorrowful. "I don't like it when I can do this...." Marin again whispers, as she continues to watch Tarin sqiurm in her hands before placing him gently on the ground again.

Dusting himself off, Tarin is forced to recompose himself after that. "I think I know what you mean..." Tarin concedes with what she had said. Most of the village has either their mouth wide-open, or, for some of the male population, their EYES wide open.

"What was the crashing from earlier?" Tarin suddenly asks. "What you..." He seems a bit recultant to continue considering what just happened "..I mean, what you just did makes you think..."

"As I was growing, my head hit a tree...and well...it fell over." Mairn explains with a shrug, sounding better now.

"Your head hit a tree huh.." Tarin says as he crosses his arms. "You HAVE been known to have a hard head..." He continues chidingly, at which Marin becomes enraged.

"HEY! My head isn't THAT hard!" Marin yells in protest, at which a welcoming sound of laughter ensues from the crowd. Marin herself is eventually forced to join.

"But this is something we have on our hands isn't it...." Tarin states sternly as the laughter once again dies out. "I've never seen something like this happen before..." he gives pause as he stares into Marin's eyes. "...and I never would think it would happen to my daughter."

Marin's sorrowful face returns. "Father..."

"No matter. I'm sure we can find some way to fix this." Tarin says in an attempt to reassure her. How do we? He asks himself in his mind.

"I hope so..." Marin says as she clucthes her hands together. Doing so, she feels again something small inbetween them. The dust bag!

"Lady Uliriria?" Marin calls her name out, at which the old gray lady (who STILL has her broom in hand) appears from the crowd. "Yes dear?"

"Hold your hand out." Marin commands, at which Ulirira follows suit. Marin then takes her gigantic hand out and takes it above Ulirira (which makes her feel just a LITTLE akward) Marin then takes her strap bag and sprays it's contents, the bag of magic of dust, onto Ulirira's hand.

"Just as I promised." Marin says with a smile. Ulirira reponds in turn, saying " Thank you dear."

"It's almost nightfall." Tarin says as he looks off to the horizon. He turns to the crowd "I think it's a good time to call it a day." Most of the crowd nods in agreement.

"Well..." Tarin starts as he turns back to Marin "..I guess it's too late to deal with you right now." Marin is paused by that. Deal with...?

"I'll get the Witch first thing in the morning." Tarin continues. "Chances are she might now something." Marin nods approvingly.

"You wouldn't be hungry by any chance?" Tarin then asks, the sound of his own stomach grubbling. Marin laughs akwardly in response. "The mushroom just didn't make me big...it also got rid of my hunger." She smiles afterward.

Tarin chuckles. " That's good to hear....else we might of run out of food as you'd probably be MUCH more hungry then you usually are... "

"HEY!" Marin yells agai, this time looking steamed. It looks so funny the crowd bursts into laughter oncemore, Marin can't help but join in once again.

And so....night falls on Mabe Village. Rather shaken up and down by the sudden apperance of the gigantic Marin, things have returned revatively to normal.

Outside the village on the nearby Ukuku Prairie Marin sits up staring at the stars. They look so beautiful tonight. She comments as their light sparkle in her eyes.

Her eyes then start to drift off to Mabe, all the houses lit up by lights within. It was better off that I didn't stay there. Of course there is what happened when she was nearly crushed the telephone booth and put a hole into Uliriria's garden. But as Marin was getting up after the "meeting", she tripped on the rooster statue she toppled over, ending up falling flat on her face.

Forunuately no one was hurt, but she did end up crushing the front part of the lone house to the northeast (the dream house) with her elbow, which made the rest of the foundation crumble on it's self.

Wasn't like anyone cared about it...but still.. Marin glares at the fallen construction, remembering some of the looks she got from it. And it's not like I did it on purpose! She closes her eyes whilst shaking her head, trying to get the images out of her mind.

Even if I did that... She starts again, staring to recompose herself a bit. I don't want to be lonely...

But, unknownst to her, she isn't alone.

Three brothers hide behind a nearby rock, trying to sneak a peek at the giantess. The most daring of the trio's head could easily be seen.

"She's...she's so pretty tonight!" Doran says excitingly, his eyes more then admiring her in the moonlight. "So much more then before!"

"For once, I have to agree with you." The nonchalant voice of Doron responds to him. " But we all know why YOU like her the most."

He says chidingly with a chuckle.

Doran is forced to turn to his brother. "What's that supposed to mean!? I just saying th-" He starts to yell furiously, but is silenced quickly by Doron.

"Be quiet! We don't want her to know we're here!" With Doron holding his hands over his brother's mouth, both peak over the rock again to see that Marin had again resumed her stargazing.

"I'm sorry..." Doran apoligizes as Doron lets his hands go on his mouth. Doron nods in return "I know...just try to be a bit more quiet. We're just checking on her." He says that as he remembers the looks on some of the other villagers eyes. Are we the only ones that aren't scared of her?

"It's too bad that Dorin or Dorun couldn't be here..." Doran comments, breaking Doron out of his mind. Doron gives a shrug as he starts. "Dorun was tired from the construction work...and well...we both know how easily Dorin gets tuckered out."

Doron then turns to the third brother who's been quiet up to this point. "Isn't that right, Doren?"

Doren is unwavered, his eyes still emitting a piercing stare at Marin. Can it be true? Is that legend real? Everything that she had said at the meeting and everything she had done....it pointed in that direction. But come on... he starts to question himself. Something like this just popping out of nowhere? Seems too wei--

"Doren!" Doron says kind of loud, which is more then enough to provoke Doren's attention "What?!"

"Try to keep it down!" Doran quickly commands before Doron adds "Yeah...you are just quiet, that's all." He looks intrigued. "Something's on your mind apparently...don't tell me you're becoming like someone else here..." Doran looks steamed from that remark.

"I'm just amazed, that's all." Doren says. "Who thought something like this would happen.....and to her of all people."

"Again...I'm forced to agree." Doron nods, before again peaking his head over the rock. "Who thought indeed...."

"We''ve been here long enough." Doren states as he turns to leave. "Come on, Ma might think something before long." Doron tugs on the back of Doran's shirt, then turns and drags Doran back with him.

Their leaving is not left unnoticed...as out of the corner of Marin's eye she glances at Doren's retreating figure.

"Doren?" Her voice is like a thunderbolt as it shocks Doren to the core. Crap! Why did she only see ME?! "Is that you?" Marin asks, at which Doren is forced to turn around at this point. "Yeah...it's me."

Marin folds her arms around her massive legs as she continues to sit up. "What are you doing up this late?" Although her voice sounds motherly, Doren still looks on edge. "I couldn't sleep....and so....I thought I'd check up on you." He states looking proud (or as much as he could in the face of something so big and pretty.)

"Check up on me?" Marin looks a bit puzzled. "You didn't have to hide if you were just doing that!" Doren is taken aback from the slight temprament of her voice. "I..I'm sorry...I just didn't know how Ms. Marin would take it if-"

He stops from the motion of Marin shaking her massive head back and forth. "How many times have I told you....don't call me Ms.!" Doren is relieved that THAT is what all she was mad about. "Well...hey....it's just a habit." He starts to stratch his head. "I'm just a kid afterall."

"That doesn't excuse you from forgetting what I told you!" Marin states as she looks stubbornly up, arms crossed and eyes closed.

Doren is again at a loss to what to say, but he can't keep her hanging. "Would you rather me call you Little Marin instead?" Doren shrugs "Don't think that works anymore..."Marin is forced to chuckle a little bit. "It sure doesn't!"

Her head again turns to Doren, but this time her eyes look extremely pleased. "Thanks for coming to check up on me." She says quite happily. "Nice to know I don't frigthen everyone." Doren is silenced in response to that.

Do I tell her? Looking at how Marin's eyes have changed to that sorrow from earlier, he shakes his head. Why not...she more then deserves to know something...

"Well...another reason I did come out here was because of something I read." Marin is obviously interested as she looks in his direction. "Something you read?" She asks, at which Doren answers with a nod. "Yeah...a legend."

Marin looks intrigued. "A legend?" Doren nods, but Marin expects more then that. "How does a legend have anything to do with me?" Doren looks incredbily akward at this point. "Well...."

"The legend told about a race of gigantic people that once lived on this very island." Doren stops, spreading his arms out. "It went on to say they lived in harmony with the people, doing good things for them. Although it wasn't known why they were so big..." He stops again, the stare from Marin having lightened up from that. "..the giants lived here for quite some time...but then they left one day without a trace."

Marin is more then interested by this. Giant people...? She looks at her own hand, remembering when she did the same thing when she first grew. Well...I GUESS I could be considered one...

"Does the legend say anything else?" Marin asks as she withdraws her hand from her face. Doren shakes his head. "Not that much...just keeps going on about they lived here and how they left." Don't think I should tell her about the Yarna Desert bit.

"What was the name of the legend?" Marin again asks, at which Doren looks feverish. "The..the name?" Marin nods her enourmous head.

"Well..."Doren starts as he straches his head. "It's been quite a while since I read it, so I forgot the name." Marin looks disappointed, at which Doren asks again. "Why?"

"There was something I heard when I was growing." Doren's eyes turn sharp as a fox as he asks . "What was it?" Marin looks somewhat distraught as she explains "I heard a whisper that said..." She looks off, still looking for the answer. "I think it was...yeah, it said Do."

.....! Doren's eyes grew wide. DO!? That must mean...that must mean...!

Marin quickly notices Doren's status. "? Are you ok?" Doren blinks a few times, before shaking his head quite akwardly.

"Y-ye-yeah, just got a bit of a cold here" Marin shrugs her enourmous shoulders in return "If you say so."

"Thanks for telling me Doren" Marin then says with a smile. "And also for coming to check up on me.." She then grins slyly. "..although I think that might be more then just checking..."

Huh?! Marn can't help but laugh at his puzzled expression. "Nevermind." She then gestures her head towards his house. "You should head home now...you KNOW how your mother gets when you're gone late at night!" She then prods her finger at him in a "You better do it now!" gesture.

Doren looks weak from being attacked once again. "Yeah...you're right..." He turns to leave. "Good night Ms. Marin." Marin lets out a sigh, before saying "Good night....LITTLE DOREN!" The sudden increase in volume of Marin's voice is enough to send Doren speeding home.

Ha ha...couldn't resist it. Marin chuckles, watching him leave. then goes back to her stargazing once more. It's just us again. She lets out a sigh. It was really nice to have some company though...

Well...it's late. Marin turns to check behind her, making sure nothing's there, before laying down. It's been a pretty long day... Memories starts to flood through her head as her weary eyes find a spot to rest on. So many things happened....and who thought it would all happen to me?

Marin's eyes then start to grow light. Who...who knew...that grass could be so comfortable....

The young giantess then falls asleep, with grass as her pillow and the stars as her candlelight, drifting far off to the world of dreams.....

"h.mm..mm...?' Marin mummurs, suddenly stirred from her peaceful sleep. what's....? Something had woken her up, but what had wasn't certain.

Marin opens up her groggy eyes and they instantly become confused at the sight. What's all this white stuff? She wasn't on Ukuku Priarie anymore...instead surrounded by a "world of grey"; a completely grey background shrouded in a white mist.

Marin then sits up. Am I still big? An-...Huh? Why is it so windy? She ponders as a sudden wind chill envelops her whole body, at which she quickly wraps her around her body. Atleast I still have my clothes... she thinks with a sigh of relief but then clutches her arms a little tighter...but gosh is it chilly.

Even with that reassuring thought, Marin started to become paniced. Just...just where am I?! The mist continued to cover up absoutely everything: in every direction she turned, it was only dull lifeless grey through it.

OK...calm down. Steady breathing could be heard as she attempts to calm herself. You're in some weird place and probably still big from that mushroom. Marin shakes her head, her orange-red hair whipping with the motion before looking back out. Come on, there has to be something here...

Huh..? Marin starts to see something come into view ways off. What is that? She squints her eyes trying to identify it, but is given little time to do so as it starts speeding towards her fast as a train!

"Whoa!" Her shocked voice resounds throughout the air like a siren, which in effect does two things. One, make the speeding object stop dead in it's tracks quite a ways before her, and two... This is a whole town!

An empty town is what is presented to her. The structure of the village is very similar to Mabe, but what is contained in is very, very different. A couple of new buildings seem like they were built hasitly out of scratch and could easily fall apart at any second. There are also some pieces of the land seems to have been moved by...something.

Is this Mabe..? Marin asks herself as she continues to stare onward baffled. Looking around, she easily spots her own house. That's the same...and there's the arcade, Ms. Meow's Meow's House, Maphal-

People then start coming out of the houses! Marin's eyes go wide as she watches the scene unfold. Huh?! Who're they!? Despite being incredibly surprised, Marin hadn't been seen. Or at the very least no one of the "new people" decided to have the sight of the incredibly large girl ruin their day. Best to keep still for now I guess... She thinks doing just that.

Lots of hustle and bustle starts to happen everywhere like it's a normal day.They look alot different. Indeed they do, as they all have short black "lines" for eyes, and the men wear small brim hats and shorts with the women all wearing one-piece dresses with their hair in one big braid. Doesn't look like anyone from Mabe at all.

However, it doesn't seem Marin can remain hidden for long. One person spots her and the rest of the village quickly follows suit!

"AH!" Marin's yelp only serves to surprise the villagers as they find her. This is pretty akward.. Marin comments as she continues to stare at the people at which they only stare back.

"Umm...I.." Marin starts to say, but recieves a immediate response of all the villagers smiling calmly at her.

"? What did I do..?" She asks, pretty preplexed. The question is met with nothing, other then Marin's vision getting hazy...

"Marin!" A voice comes from below her. She looks down in its direction and is calmed, but also starts to feel incredibly akward for some of the town (Ms. BowWow and Mapahl with Doran, Dorin, and Doron behind her) was again gathered at her side. Well atleast I'm home. Big or not.

"M-m-morning..." Marin manages to bring out after a few tension-full seconds. "Um..." She starts to say, bringing her left hand to her chin. "...what was the loud noise?"

"I'm real s'orry bout that missus." Marin turns around to see the Alligator Sale tipping his ten gallon cowboy hat in her direction as he sits in his old forklift "My old lift finally gave way, poor thing couldn't take it anymore." And there was the lift crushed underneath two crates and now had food (most notably fruits) sprawled over the place.

"It's...it's ok Sale." The Sea Maiden says calmly." I'm just thankful that's all it was..." Sale tips his hat again with a slight grin now at his long jaw before tending to his broken crane.

"How do you feel today Marin?" A concerned voice brings Marin back to the group gathered at her side. " I don't feel drained I know that." She says, remembering how she felt right after she grew. "But other then that...not too much different from yesterday Ms. MeowMeow." Marin smiles a little. "Just alot bigger." Both of them chuckle at that.

"Are you sure dear?" Ms. MeowMeow, probably the closest thing Marin had to a mother figure (when she wasn't obessing over "Her Chomp Chomp"), continued to ask when her laugher died out. "Anything that might be small you don't feel?"

"Maybe. Let me see." The young giantess strecthes out her arms per her daily exercise, then does some some small circles and then some twists. "Feels better actually". She says while continuing her exercise." Feels like I have more energy or something." Marin states after she's done.

"That's pretty good thing to hear." Maphal says calmly with a nod, continuing to cradle the baby in her arms. Marin leans down to bring her garguantuan face closer, starling the group as it now hovers only feet above them. "And just how is the little guy doing today?" She whispers softly which surprisingly doesn't lull the baby at all, taking into account her now incredibly loud voice.

"Just fine." Mapahl responds happly as she looks to the baby with a gentle smile. Marin lets up a smile too. "Any trouble in waking him up? Hee hee, sorry I wasn't able to help you, I know how hard it is."

Mapahl slowly shakes her head. "No, because..." She's quickly cut off by "I helped!!!!" The sudden voice of Dorin with his arm raised high."I woke up early and helped Ma becasue I knew Ms. Mawin wouldn't be able too!!!" He continues proudly with the mention of "Mawin" making Marin sigh.

"It's great knowing we can depend on you when Ms. Mawin can't be around..." Marin says, slighty mimcing Dorin's voice. I really do hope he's the only one that says Mawin.

"He wasn't the only one that helped." Doron starts, stepping up with his arms crossed. "I did too."

"Come on now Doron." Mapahl says with a motherly tone. " You know it's not good thing to lie to Ms. Marin when all you did was wake Doran up." Doron quickly looks back up at his mother. "But I didn't say anything!" He states adamantly, but one glance at Doran's sleepy face with one eye half-shut is enough for Marin make good judgement of it.

"So..um..." Marin looks around a bit as she leans back up. "Where's my father at?" She brushes her long hair back and leaves her hand there. "Thought he would be here to wake me up, considering how much I do it for him." Marin says with a huff.

"He just went to get the Witch dear." Ms. MeowMeow is quick to answer. " He sent Ms. Mapahl and myself to come check up on you after you had woken up." Marin nearly slaps herself in the face after she hears it. "That's right...I forgot he had said that." But after he said "we'll deal with you later".....

"Is something wrong?" Mapahl says concerned, noticing Marin's loss in thought. "No, no it's nothing. I was just-"

Another loud sound interrupts coming from behind her!

"Sale!" Marin yells loudly after turning around to see the Alligator Salesman's body crushed under one of his crates! His hat has fallen off and seems to be knocked out cold, which isn't good when one of the crate's corners is digging into his neck!

On instinct and with lightning speed, Marin picks up the crate and tosses it aside and quickly takes Sale into her hands gently. "Sale!" Being small like a doll in her hands she rocks him back and forth but no response is given. "Say something!" Even her loud voice does nothing.

"Let us take a look!" Ms. MeowMeow commands as she rushes over at which Marin lowers her hands for all to see. "He must have a concussion, that's a pretty nasty bump on his forehead." The eccentric dog-lover gives as her autopsy seconds later, which makes Marin look rather upset. "So what? Is there anything we can do?"

"No, there isn't anything we really can do." Mapahl says whilst shaking her head. "We can only wait for him to wake up on his own." Marin's demeanor only worsens after hearing it, at which Doron tries to lighten the mood by saying. "Well, it doesn't look too bad. So it'd shouldn't be too long before he does." But it doesn't really do anything as Sale continues to lay still in her hands.

Why did something like this have to happen? Marin asks herself closing her eyes. What was he getting all the food for? Me? With the thought, several minutes start to pass by slowly. Ms. BowWow and Mrs. Mapahl both put their heads together to think of something, but are lost and are left to do nothing but...well....wait.

"h..mm...d...og..food...." A small mummur starts to come from the alligator. "Sale!" Marin is livened up immediately at Sale's moving body. ".ah...ban...an..as....shovel...." What is he thinking about? She can't help but wonder. "Bo...ome...rang...." Marin raises an eyebrow along with her lip. Sounds like a shrewd deal with some idoit.

Sale then starts to slowly open his eyes. What in tarnautun happened? The alligator thinks then feels a rather sharp pain on his head. Ow ow ow....felt like I was hit by a bomb or somethin..

His groggy eyes are now open and start to see two humoungous blue spheres right infront of him. Eh? What that be? The picture beginnings to come clear, and the blue spheres visiably start to become part of some large surface...

"HOLY WIND FISH!" Sale yells out in a rather Austrialian accent from the close-up of Marin's gigantic face. He starts to scuttle backwards from shock but is stopped at the edge of Marin's hands, which makes her stiffle a laugh.

"It's just me Sale. Marin." She says to calm him down which makes the salesman blink a few times as he looks her over.

"....It sure is the little missus." Sale says as he raises to his feet, the "ground" he's standing on starts to become wobbly as Marin straightens her hands. It's pretty weird having someone in your hands...a real person. She thinks as a new sense of power sweeps over her, one she doesn't opt to abuse.

"Are you ok?" Marin asks politely, at which Sale gives a nod. "What happened? All I know is I turn around and see one of those boxes on top of you and you're out cold."

"Well love.." Sale starts."....after I was done putting my stuff back together, I had to put em back on the crane after I fixed it. As much I hate to admit this...." He lets out a sigh. "... I guess when I was putting the one on top, my foot must of slipped and KA-POW!" He takes his right hand and mashes into his left. "Lights-out for me...although I got this mean nagging thing in my throat."

"When I found you, the box was pointed straight into your neck." Marin's voice booms out even in a whisper. " I quickly picked it up...and you to see if.." She shakes her head. "I'm really glad you're alright but...."

Sale gives a quirky laugh. "So that's why I'm up here eh?" He says while he admires the view up high in her hands. "Old Sale finally made a pretty lady worry enough to make her literally take me in her arms!" His attempt at a joke doesn't help when Marin's looking off with a sad look in her eyes.

"What's wrong miss?" Sale asks as he starts to creep closer to her face. "Other then a bump on me head and little sore in my throat I'm fit as ever! So what's the frown for?" He nearly jumps back ten feet when Marin enourmous head gestures to where she's looking at. He turns to see the crate she had tossed now a pile of splinters and the food is sprawled everywhere again. "Aye..aye...."

Even though he's alright,I did that without even thinking about it. The sight of the shattered crate only furthers her thought. And the house and the post from yesterday...I try to be careful but...

"It's alright Ms. Marin." Marin eyes go to Sale who's smiling. "It's just a box, it can be fixed. And I'm fine because of you. So now allow me thank you properly-like." Sale bows his head. "Many thanks for rescuing this poor Alligator from his own stupid fumble. In retribution of this good samaritain act, free bananas for a joyful ten years!"

Marin's mood has lightened up with a smile as she then whispers. "It's alright Sale...but....don't you give me free bananas already?" Sale is thunderstruck with blinking eyes. "Oi....that I do miss" The alligator scratches his head. "Guess I'll have to think of something else to thank you with then, eh?"

"And one more thing before I forget." Sale starts again abruptly. "Terribly sorry about earlier. Didn't mean to yell at you, right in your face even." Marin shifts her head to her side with a playful grin. "Come on Sale..is my face THAT scary?" Sale can only chuckle heartly. " Quite the contrary love. Simply not used to seeing such a pretty one up so close." Both smile with Sale's comment.

"This is a quite a sight in the morning." A familar voice breaks their converstation and turns Marin straight around. "Father!" She exclaims as Tarin now stands alone at the east entrance of Mabe Village. Huh? I thought father went to get the Witch...why isn't she here?

"I hope you slept alright. Sorry I wasn't able to really help make it any more comfortable." Tarin says as he starts to walk up to his 40 ft. daughter, the sight is definately intimaditing regardless of who it is. This is going to take some getting used to.

"It's ok. I slept pretty well." Marin says to her dad from across a field like it was a normal converstation. "Didn't really have too much trouble getting to sleep and grass is actually pretty comfortable to sleep on." She then turns her head and closes her eyes like she's pouting. "Although I'm a little angry you weren't here to wake your only daughter up with this happening!" Sale was still stuck in her hands and had to cover his ears, her voice had become that loud.

"I'm really sorry about that." Tarin apoligizes, his ears having felt the sting of her yell, as he continues on. "I was doing some things for you, and I had sent Ms. Mapahl and Ms. MeowMeow to make sure you woke up alright." Tarin reaches both ladies and takes both of their hands. "Thank you so much for doing this for me. I know I wouldn't hear the end of it if I didn't send someone..." The thought of what Marin could now do to to him really doesn't sound pleasant.

"It's no problem at all Tarin." Ms. Mapahl says calmly while shaking her head. "I would gladly do it for all the times your daughter has helped with my family."

"It was my pleasure Tarin." Ms. MeowMeow says smiling at Tarin and waves at him happily.... but she is ignored as Tarin continues on. She lets out a deep sigh and Marin can't help but notice it. Poor Ms. MeowMeow....my dad is an idoit to keep ignoring you.

"It's alright dad." Marin she then says laughing. "I was just kidding...I knew you were out getting the Witch. So..." Marin looks around, expecting to find her somewhere."...where is she?" She now looks down to Tarin who's standing right infront of her and looking small as ever.

"After I told her what happened, she had to prepare a couple of extra things, so she'll be here shortly." Tarin explains while crossing his arms. "And I see the other person I sent has seen the "strange occurence" first-hand eh?" He chuckles.

Marin blinks with what Tarin had said. "You sure know how to make it seem like it's nothing special..." She mutters under her breath and amazingly no one hears her.

"That I 'ave mate." Sale starts, looking down from Marin's hands. "Seen it up close and personal." Sale turns to Marin and winks.

"I'm sorry, but I was just about explain to you earlier miss...your pops comes into me store at a crack of dawn, bright and early 'ear?, saying he needs a big order."

"I of course ask him what he means, but he says it's urgent and just take two big crates to the priarie up north. He then tosses me a couple of shinin gems and runs out without saying a word." Sale shrugs his reptilian shoulders. "I'm not one to hold back on my word, so I take two out of my special stash and head out....heh heh...and what surprise would await me there?"

"So that's why you're here?" Marin says while raising her hand higher slowly, at which Sale has to brace himself quickly. This feels mightly weird...like going up a waterfall or somethin.

"Special delivery?" Marin says when he's back infront of her face, making him rather intimatied yet admired at her large pretty face. "It would seem that way miss." Sale says with a nod.

"Thanks alot Sale" Marin then takes her hands to the ground. "Here you go." She says as Sale walks off her hands, but then Marin grabs Sale's hat off the ground. "Don't forget this!." Sale takes it from Marin's hand dusts it off and puts it back on before tipping it again to her. "Many thanks miss. Don't feel the same without out this thing."

Tarin is baffled at what just happened, clueless as everyone else knows but him. "So...er....why was she...holding...you again?" He caught himself quite a few times saying it, remembering that he himself had the experience just last night.

"Well..you-" Marin had started to say but Sale had already beaten her to the punch. "My lift had given way when I started to get up here sending everything on it everywhere. After fixing it, I slipped when I was reloading the boxes and it was nearly Black-Out City for Old Sale. But your daughter saw what was happening like a guardian angel or something and sent the box flying with a quick flick of her hand." Sale turns back to Marin and gives her another wink.

"I picked him up to see if he was alright. He was, but I was just worried something could of happened..." Marin goes right along with Sale's verison of the story, not wanting herself any more upset.

"Why do you ask?" She grins a little as she looks straight down at Tarin. "You want to me to hold YOU again?" The now menacing look from Marin makes her father a little frightened. Just a little. "No...no thank you."

"Are you hungry by any chance?" Tarin's sudden question strikes a chord in the giantess. "Now that I think about...not-"

"I thought so." Tarin says with a laugh. "I wasn't thinking that mushroom's effects would have lasted for very long...you got quite the empty stomach after all." As expected, Marin once again becomes steamed. "Will you stop talking about my appetite like that?!" Everyone starts to laugh again.

"Ha ha...well Chef Bear promised to cook a special breakfest just for you." Tarin starts to explain. "But we need to get it there first...." Both Sale and Tarin start to get lift started again...

...but are dumbfounded when Marin quickly takes the lift and the broken box in her hands, raise to her full height (making more then a couple of eyes wide), walks slowly and with a smile gently places them next to Chef Bear waiting in Mabe. All was done with an incredible speed, the entire process couldn't have taken more then twenty seconds. "How does that work for you?" Her playful voice booms out from above as she spins around.

"When the missus wants her breakfest, nothing will stop her eh?" Sale remarks looking up which makes Tarin shake his head. "Nope, she sometimes losses her patience when it comes to that."Sale tips his hat downward for a second. Better make a note not to be late tommorrow mornin'.

As Marin looks down at her father, Sale, Ms. MeowMeow, Ms. Mapahl and her sons, she can't help but feel that sense of power reamerge. So...small.. The fact that they almost look like dolls won't escape her mind. Afterall, she's grown up with these people...is it such a good thing to think of them as such?

With that Marin looks off to the Koholint countryside in a way she's, and probably no one else, never seen in her entire lifetime. There's just so much here... The giantess says in awe, but with a glance at all the water surrounding the island ...but from up here, it does look a little...small.

"FOR ALL THAT IS SACRED IN THE NAME OF MAGIC!!" A hoarse cry suddenly penetrates through Marin's thoughts."Where did that come from...?" Marin asks as it seemed to have strangely come from level with her!

"Right here deary!" The hoarse voice come again, and Marin quickly finds the Witch flying in the air behind her head.....in her cauldron. "Well hello there Ms. Witch." Marin greets her with happy smile. "Was what my dad told you that unbelievable?" The Witch laughs like only old witches could with the "Hee Hee Hee....no deary. There are many unexplainable things in this island of ours. I'm just here to try make a little sense of it, yes I am deary."

Marins crosses her gigantic arms. "So have you heard of something like this happening before?" The small thing popping out of the cauldron shakes it head. "No I haven't deary, and all my texts don't say a thing about mushooms that make people giants either." Marin has a small frown on her face with the sound of it. So even she doesn't know anything.

"But, if you don't mind me asking deary...how are you feeling?" Marin's frown changes to a smile. "I don't feel too much different from yesterday Ms. Witch. In fact..." She strechtes out her arms to their full length, a good 40 ft. long. "...I feel great. Feels like I have more energy then I ever had."

"That's good to hear deary. The mushroom doesn't sound like it has any negetive effects." The Witch says relieved. "Well...the mushroom also made my hunger go away for a day after I ate it." Marin says smiling, which the Witch can't help but stifle a laugh. ''If I only knew how to make mushrooms that did that, it must be quite strong if it got rid of deary's hunger!' The still pun of the joke, Marin lets out a small sigh. Even she is making jokes about it?!

"I think it's good if I give you a checkup deary." The Witch says which makes Marin nod. "Alright Ms. Witch, come over here." Marin walks back over to the place she was sleeping and sits down.

Tarin who's been stuck just watching up to this point (along with everyone else) waves up to the Witch. "Hello! Hope you didn't have any trouble getting here?" The witch turns in her cauldron. "No, not at all. I do wonder if you intend to keep your part of the deal though? I'm not doing this totally for free!" Tarins give her a nod. "Yes ma'am, I've talked to Chef Bear about it and he agreed."

"Agreed to what?" Marin's loud voice breaks through the converstation and the Witch turns to her with a smile. "Oh nothing deary...I've just had this craving for some Honey Buns (tm) lately. I have quite the sweet tooth don't you know, hee hee hee!" Marins spirit's sink a little more. Great...so now I'm being to used to get someone ELSE food....

"Well deary, ready for your checkup?" Marin nods. "Yep, sure am. I've been overdue for a check-up anyway."

And with that the Witch goes to work, going straight for her forehead to check her tempurture first. Marin feels the incredibly small hand touch her forehead "Hmm...that seems normal. A good sign." She whiskes off to another portion of her body.

"Um mommy....what is the Witch doing to Ms. Mawin?" Dorin's curious voice as he tugs on his mother's arm. "She's just giving her a little check-up hunny. That's all." Although the little part was an understatement....

"Well come on everybody." Tarin commands. "Let's see if we can help Chef Bear with something. It's going to take a while and we shouldn't keep Marin waiting as long as she has to." Sale nods in agreement. "Aye aye, I hear that! Up for some free grub I'm bound to get helping out mate."

As everyone is heading back into Mabe, Ms. Mapahl has a lingering thought still in her head. Doren, where did you go?

In the Mysterious Woods a boy can be seen treking through the forest. "Must be getting real close..." Doren says to himself, noting that he's now walking through an incredibly large footprint.

Wonder if I'll find that mushroom or not...least if I do then I could give it to the Witch and she'd be able to find something out.

The scene with Marin from last night, the reason why Doren's here alone, reruns through his head. Ms. Marin... Recalling the way her face was sad and alone looking up the stars makes him feel geniunely concerned. I hope you're alirght.

'W-w-wow....." The boy stifles his words as he enters the clearing and right away the two fallen trees are appareant. So that really did happen.... He takes another glance at the trees and notices that they weren't cracked but was cleanly uprooted. .....she really must have a hard head..... He thinks blinking remembering when everyone else was joking on her yesterday.

"Now let's see if it's here." He right away starts to search for the mushroom. He checks everywhere; underneath the tree in the middle of the path and the area by both of the fallen trees. But a good ten minutes of searching comes up with absoulutley nothing.

"Darnit!' The boys shouts in frustation. Guess it really did disappear. He looks around one more time, but still not a thing comes up. When the Doshin said that one would return they really meant only ONE.

Well what do I do now? He thinks with arms crossed and looks to the southern path. Head back home? Or maybe... The boy turns to the northern path. Maybe I should look for something else that the Doshin could of left behind?

Yeah let's go! The now interprid adventurer states proudly heading north. There's gotta be something else around....probably something at Yarna Desert.

Back at Ukuku Praire Marin continues to sit incredibly still as a little black dot (of course to her) whisks around her body like a fly. How long is this going to take? She folds her arms starting to get agaited. I wish she'd say something else then "That's a good sign." too. The Witch had even said that when Marin was asked to open her mouth so she could pop her head inside!

The Witch then suddenly reappears. "Well deary, I'm done. Checked everything I could. And from the looks of it, you're in tip-top physical conditon!"

Marin lets up a cheery smile. "Why thanks! I do try to take care of myself the best I can!" The witch chuckles a little. "Deary really does? Eating some strange mushroom isn't exactly the best for deary!" Marin was caught red-handed with her face now colored to match. "I...I said TRY didn't I?"

"I do have a question deary." The Witch starts up. "Are you feeling any warmer then normal?"

"Warmer?" Marin says as a gentle breeze blows on the priarie, not changing her feeling any. "No....I feel pretty cool right now actually."

"That's strange to hear....because there seems to be an incredibly high aura of warmth around you deary."

"What?! Heat?!" Marin nearly screams looking around herself very quickly. "I don't feel anything! Are my clothes on fire or something?!" The scene of a giantess frantically searching herself and patting her clothes off is quite comical, no?

"Calm down deary." The Witch's voice makes Marin pause. "It's not actual heat but more of a magical one. I could sense it a little earlier, but it wasn't until I was around deary that I could feel it. And it's a very strong one as well."

"Well..um...do you know what it does...?" Marin presses hanging her head a little. "I hope I wasn't burning up Sale and my father when I was holding them..."

"You don't have to worry about that deary. This type of aura isn't something that can be felt, it must be there because for some other reason." The Witch shakes her head. "As to what that is deary, I don't quite know......"

"I will go now and check my texts again deary." The witch quickly continues. "I might be able to uncover something new."

"Thanks for the check-up Ms. Witch, and telling me about the whole heat around me thing."

The Witch does her old witch's laugh again. "Hee hee hee, no problem deary! My sweet tooth will be overjoyed later! Hee hee hee!" Her loud cackling can be heard until Marin can't see her anymore over the horizon.

Warmth...? Marin is leaning on her left leg as she inspects her right hand. I haven't felt anything....is it really there? The Witch had been to be a crackpot sometimes, but in a situation like this Marin doubted she'd be goofing around.

Her mind then went back to the dream, finally having a second to herself. What was that about? Those people seemed like they were expecting me or something. Wait a sec... Was that them?! That legend Doren told me about?! Indeed, the description did match. Hmm..I'll have find Doren and ask him him about it.

"Breakfest's ready!" Suddenly rings through the air as Chef Bear, Tarin and Sale start coming her way with a rather large cart of food. Well, more like a long piece of iron on wheels with a incredibly large make shift bowl on top of it (it takes Sale's crane to push the thing.).

"This looks delicious!" Marin says eyeing all the food in the bowl. "It sure is missus!" Sale agrees. "Chef Bear is one mean culinary genuis! And combined with my top of the line food stock, it'd make it all the more better yeah?"

Chef Bear shyly approaches Marin. "Thank you. And go ahead. Dig." "....In." Tarin finishes Chef's Bear statement. But Marin has already taken the bowl without a second's hestiation.

The trio on the ground eye's start to widen with each passing second watching Marin chow down on what could be a feast for atleast ten people in only a couple of bites. "Um...if isn't any trouble...could I have some more?" Marin says quite unashamed as she presents them her licked clean empty bowl. "It was really good!" She adds with a smile.

Both Tarin and Chef Bear turn to Sale...but find him on the ground and seems to be having a panic attack. "All...that...food...." He mutters over and over again.

"What's wrong with him?" Marin asks as she leans inward. " All the food you just ate made him think of this stock." Tarin explains, sounding nice as he could. "He's all right, just give him a few minutes."

Chef Bear then abruptly says."Thanks for the compliment. Now if you could put the bowl." He ends again without the last word, but....

"FIRE! FIRE!" A cry suddenly comes from Mabe Village, and smoke is now coming from around Lady Ulirira's house! "What's going on?!" Marin quickly stands up and now can see that a fire has engulfed her entire garden!

She drops the bowl she was holding (it holds together after being dropped about 30. ft up amazingly, nor does it hit anyone) rushing over to Ulirira's house. There, everyone is watching as Lady Ulirira is wailing her broom around at the fire trying to put it out. Her attempts are vain and eventually her broom catches fire!

"Marin!" Ms. MeowMeow yells as Marin gets near. "That magic dust you gave her yesterday set everything it touched on fire! We have to do something before it spreads!" Indeed, the fire is coming very close to setting Ulirira's house ablaze!

What do I do?! Marin searches her brain for something, but nothing immediately comes out. However, her recent growth spurt starts to give her an idea. I'm not sure about this...but it's worth a try.

"Everyone! Step back!" Marin commands as she hunches down beside Ulirira's house (which she is still bigger than hunched down) and blows out of her mouth with the force of a hurricane! She continues to blow until all of the fire is blown away very easily.

"I....I did it...." Marin says, surprised that something as simple as blowing would be able to put that big fire out. All the more a remanider of what she was capable of now. However...

"It's all your fault!" Lady Ulirira is now up aganist Marin's feet, hitting her toes relentlessly. "It's all your fault!" She says again, now hitting harder. "First you almost step on it.....then give me that bad bag of dust...and now blow my garden away that's I've been taking so delicate care of like it's nothing! It'll take me months to get back to where it was!"

Although the fists she was getting hit by were doing nothing, the words hurt Marin on a whole other level. "I'm...s..sorry...I..I..was.." is all Marin is able to say, making Ulrira flare up. "That's not enough! You just destroyed my life's work!" The fact that Ulirira completely ignored the fact that Marin had also saved her house really doesn't help either.

But what Ulirira would say next would really shatter her spirits. "Get out of here! We don't need some big monster like you around!"

M...monster...? The word made Marin look for someone else, a sign that it wasn't true, but the group around her had already dispearsed. Save for Ms. MeowMeow who quickly went to her side.

"Ms MeowMeow...I'm...I'm not some big monster am I...?" Marin asks now rather disheartened. "No...no you're not." Ms. MeowMeow sounds as motherly as she can. "Lady Ulrira is just angry about her garden being gone...she didn't really mean what she said."

"You just came at the right time otherwise. I need to ask you to walk BowWow for me....I'm rather tied up." Ms MeowMeow gives a shrug. "I'll have to help Ulrira now, and BowWow hasn't come out since we both yelled at him yesterday." Marin turns to see a brief shadow of BowWow's head before he runs back into his doghouse."Um...sure. I usually do it anyway, right?" Marin adds with a shaky smile.

After heading to the doghouse, it takes a few minutes to coax the frightened Chomp-Chomp out. He keeps running back in the second he gets to the door, but the third time he does Marin quickly snacthes up him by the tail. He now yelps, wiggling around as Marin holds him high in the air from the end of his tail! "Hey...calm down." Marin says soothingly. "I'm sorry...but you wouldn't come out." She then cups Bow-Wow in her hands, and he's calms down a little bit. Just a little.

"Alright Ms. MeowMeow, I'll be back soon." Marin says with a nod before standing up and heading up north Gogopongo Swamp, the ground rumbling once again.

"I'm...I'm not some monster am I?" Walking along side the Mysterious Woods, Marin asks the question to BowWow. However he's being scared as he looks out from the tops of her hands only to scuttle back to the center. It doesn't answer her question but make her think He's just not used to something bigger then him.

BowWow always was the big proctector of Mabe Village (when he's not biting everything in sight), but now that Marin had become a giantess, it really would make him small.

The thought doesn't help her though. She remembered the incredibly hot feeling like her whole body was on fire she got after Ulirira had said it, but her body had suddenly felt warm right before it. It's the aura of warmth....what does it mean? The fact that she was able to feel it now must of meant something...but she didn't know what yet.

Marin surprises herself yet again as already she's at Gogopongo Swamp. It couldn't have been more then five minutes at would normally would take twenty. This makes getting around easier atleast.

Marin then lowers hands to the ground before saying "Well, go on by yourself. I can't exactly walk you...." BowWow looks back at Marin rather confused, but doesn't waste another second as he speedily heads off into the swamp.

Marin then plops herself down and looks around. Still much you can see from up here... Indeed, the countryside seemed pretty small now. Eagle Tower in the east now looks almost like a normal-sized light post instead of a gigantic imposing tower. Always wanted to know what was up there......maybe I'll look later.

She then changes directions to the west and Mr. Write's house is there, and for a second she saw his head poking out of the doorway. The way he runs back in like BowWow did earlier doesn't feel any better. He might think I'm some monster too. She stands up. I should go say hi to say I'm not.

Inside Mr Write's house the owner has wide eyes, trying to comprehend what he just saw. That...that was Marin?! But...but she was gigant- A sudden ground tremor stops his train of thought. "What...what was--" he's interruppted again by a calm voice that pierces through his house's walls. "Mr. Write, it's ok. It's just me Marin."

Another small tremor shakes his house a little, knocking some stuff over. Mr. Write braces himself for another one, but nothing happens. Is...is she waiting for me? He thinks curiously peaking out the door, and his eyes go wide once he sees Marin practically looming over his house. "Hello." Marin says quite cascually, which makes him feel a little better. Quite akward in this situation, don't ya think?

"Ma-ma-ma...I-I-I me-e-e-ean,..I'ts y-o-ou...M-m-s-s...Ma-r-r-rin...." It felt like it took him a week to finish that sentence, his natural nervousness now 100 fold. Sh-she's jus-st so pr-etty... Even his thoughts are stuttering! "I hope I'm not THAT imposing." Marin says with a huff, which Mr Write is quick to stutter even more with "N-n-noooo...I-I'm just..um...no-t us-s-sed to-" Marin can't take it anymore when she interrupts "I know, I know. Not used to seeing a large girl huh?"

"Well...I'm not scary...am I?" Mr. Write is quite taken by the way her face looks genuinely sad and can only respond. "No. Yo-you're not." His stuttering seems to go away a bit."I-I think you're st-still Marin, n-no ma-matter how big you are." Marin has gained a smile on her face. "Thanks Mr. Write."

Marin then hear's BowWow's barking from the swamp. "I have to go now. See you later!' Marin says before getting up and walking off. Mr. Write is left waving watching the gigantic Marin leave and then an idea comes to his head. I...I think I just found something new to write about!

Heading back to the swamp, Marin sees Crazy Tracy just standing there mouth wide-open at the entrance of Mysterious Woods. "Hello" Marin says waving, leaving Tracy just standing and watching.

BowWow is back at the entrance of the swamp barking his head off. "What's wrong? Are you ok?" Marin asks sitting down and BowWow runs right up to her feet and start nozzling on the edge of her large sandals. "Huh..? DId you have a really good walk or something?" BowWow looks right up to her and starts barking like he's replying with "Yes!". "Haven't heard you say that ever. But ok then, let's go back." Marin lowers her hands and this time BowWow eagerly jumps on them.

BowWow seems to be a completely changed ChompChomp on their way back to Mabe Village. He keeps running around looking out happy as can be, even one time slipping through her fingers and becomes dangling like chain! Marin catches him but by then he's already biten into a tree top. "Gotta be more careful up here. Don't need you falling." Marin says while shaking her finger at him.

The rest of the (short) trip back is pretty uneventful, but leaves Marin wondering what happened to suddenly change BowWow's mood. Is it because I'm big now or something? He DID almost bite my foot off... She thinks over the event with a litte bit of anger. But it can't be that.

Not too much later and she's already back at Ms. MeowMeow's house. The owner is outside surprised. "Wow, you're much faster then I thought you'd be Marin." Marin lets out a smile. "Well, being this big does make for some easy walking around. But here he is for you." She lowers her hands and BowWow springs from them, knocking Ms. MeowMeow over and smothering her with licks.

"Wow Marin, he seems a like a completely changed dog." Ms. MeowMeow starts after fightning to get up, and then she asks with a concerened look. "What exactly did you do?" Marin can only shrug. "I...I don't know. I just carried him there and let him go by himself into the swamp. It's not like I can walk him."

MeowMeow smiles gently. "So that must be it....not only did you give him a small tour of the island from way up above, you also let be by himself. Perhaps I keep him locked up too much...." Marin opts to brighten up Ms. MeowMeow pleading "You don't keep him locked up, you let him out every day. And....and I really didn't do anything. I just gave-" She's interrupted by MeowMeow's calm voice "Ah but you did. The way he's acting now shows it."

"Thank you Marin." MeowMeow says with a bow. "You helped my BowWow to get a better mood." Marin is unsure what to say other then "T...Thanks...but....I don't know what to do now." She takes a quick glance behind her to see Ulirira making her best of the garden that, to her, Marin had ruined.

"Well, why not go around the island, see if there is other people you can help?" Marin is brought back to MeowMeow. "You clearly helped my BowWow, and you did save Sale earlier, along with Ulrira's garden even though she wouldn't admit it." Already Marin is shaking her head "But...but I messed up some other things trying to help...I.."

MeowMeow walks up to Marin and places a hand on her leg like she would place it on her shoulder continuing "I know Marin, but you were trying to help regardless weren't you? It's what you usually do, isn't it? And with how big you are now, there's certainly much more ways you can now right?" Marin is in silence at MeowMeow's words. Yes....she's right. I shouldn't be afraid of my height, I'm not some monster! I'll do my best to help people all around the island!

MeowMeow then spots something, and points behind Marin. "And if you wouldn't look now, there seems somebody who looks to be helping you. Or atleast trying to." Marin turns around, and at the phone booth and there's two of the Quintouplet brothers there doing...something.

"Come on! Hold it still!" Doran commands his brother Dorin while he's holding a wooden plate. I'll just nail this in over the crack Marin made...I don't want her to make that sad face anymore! He declares proudly while taking the hammer and swinging....but the plate moves and he crushes his finger instead.

"OW! Ow ow ow ow ow....why did you move it?!" Doran yells at this brother, but then suddenly a large shadow appears around him and comes along with "Just what are you two doing?" Doran tries to cover up while he turns around to meet the curious face of Marin. "Er...well...you see...." Marin shakes her head at his jumbled words saying while shaking her head. "You can just tell me. It's not like you can hide it."

Dorin raises his arm proudly saying "We were trying to fix the crack Ms. Mawin had made yesterday!" Doran quickly nods. "Yep, that's what we were doing!" Marin looks happy adopting a slight grin. "Well, if that isn't nice of you. Helping me out." Doran blinks nearly a hundred times in a matter of a second. She...she looks even prettier up close! He thinks remembering what he saw last night.

"Um...Ms. Mawin?" Dorin asks, which Marin looks down at him. "What is it? And if you could....please just say Marin, ok?" Dorin is oblivious as he says "Me and my brother wanted to know we if could go with Ms. Mawin as she went out today! Ms. Mawin looks cool now that's she really big!!!!" Ugh... Marin lets out a small sigh because, although she likes the fact she's getting liked for her height, constantly having your name pronounced wrong IS pretty annoying.

"Well...sure, why not? I won't say no to those who say I'm *cool* now." Marin says with a smile making Doran clutch his fist high. "But where is your brother Doren? I need to ask him something." Marin asks and Dorin answers " Big brother wasn't home when we woke up this morning...." Doran adds "I didn't see him either, but my other brothers may know!"

"Let's pay them a visit then." Marin says before heading towards the construction site. Doran and Dorin both jump for joy as they follow her.

Hmm....this feeling... Marin is again feeling that gentle warmth like sitting around an evening fire all around her whole body. Is it because that they wanted to come with me to that caused it? Like that dream?

Meanwhile on Ukuku Priarie a lone girl rabbit is hopping fast towards Mabe Village. I have to...find Ms. Marin...to wake up Walrus.... She lets out a sigh ...again...

Seems that old Walrus had again done his famous sleeping act, but this time it was at the mouth of Martha's Bay! And his body was blocking the water from upstream, making the water in the bay pour out to sea without anything else to fill it back in! The fisherman quickly sent out someone to get Marin, the only person capable of waking him up in such haste.

As she starts to get close to Mabe, she immediately see's Marin. The large blue dress and the orange hair with that pink flower in it identify her right away. Well there she is. The rabbit heads toward Marin, the fact that she's about 10x taller then normal doesn't even make her stop and think at all.

"What do you mean no?!" Marin says looking large and intimadating, but it doesn't effect the strong brother Dorun. "Exactly what I said." He says folding his arms.

After finding out that neither Dorun or the smart brother Doron had a clue to Doren's whereabouts, Marin asked if she could help with construction of Chef Bear's Honey Buns(tm). Dorun quite coldly said no as Doron said nothing eyes closed.

The shopkeeper overseeing construction intervenes "Dorun! Ms. Marin just wants to help! And with her being as tall as she is now, we could get it done much faster!" Marin is happy that the shopkeeper is sticking up for her, but Dorun simply repeats himself ignoring his logic. Then both Dorin and Doran confront his brother "Come on Dorun! With Marin helping us we'll be done in no time!"

Dorun is now stared down by everyone, and he says " I won't have anyone else helping in the building of this! But..." Dorun looks up to Marin looking stern "..I can't build it without wood. If you could get the large bundle up north at Mysterious Woods, It'd be great." He smiles a little bit. "I can't ask you to do everything."

Marin looks preplexed as first, been then realizes all that wood would probably much easier for her to carry then to have them drag it using Sale's crane. "Well....sure." Marin says, however she thinks If that's all you wanted, you just had to say it!

"Ms. Marin!" Then suddenly comes from behind everyone, and Marin turns and finds herself in another akward situation. "Well....hello Aubury." She says looking down at the girl rabbit from earlier, aptly named for her auburn fur.

Aubury runs up to Marin and starts tugging on the very end of her dress. "Come on Marin! We need you to wake up Walrus!" Although she's lost how Aubury isn't paused of her height in the least, the mention of old Walrus makes her say "Walrus? He's fallen asleep again?" Aubury nods her head adding "Yeah! But this time he's fallen asleep infront of Martha's Bay! He blocking the water coming in so the lake is draining out!"

Immediately Marin's eyes go wide at hearing Aubury. "That old Walrus has really done it this time!" She then lowers her hands to the ground commanding "Come on get on Aubury! You too Dorin and Doran!" The three hastily run on.

"You three ok?" She asks the three kids in her hands and all of them nod as Marin then raises up to her full height and starts heading towards Martha's Bay. Hmm....something's different. Marin immediately notices something. Everything seems a little bit...smaller...

"Give it back!" A steamed Tarin yells, throwing a rock at the monkey in the tree above him. He was in woods around Ukuku Prairie collecting a honey bee hive for Chef Bear when the mischevious money from the beach swung up and grabbed it.

The monkey evades the rock then starts running away in the treetops. That's for the Witch! And after all the trouble I went to get it! A few bee stings are now on Tarin's nose from his infamous "Whack-with-a-stick" method as he gives chase. Neither have to go very far as a gigantic hand suddenly bars the monkey's path!

"Hello." Marin says looming over the now completely freightened monkey. Seeing her chance, Marin gently pries the honey bee hive out of the monkey's hands saying "I'll just be taking this back." She smiles as she says it, but it doesn't make the monkey any less freaked out before scurring off.

"Ma...marin..." Tarin's mind is a blank as Marin reaches down to him and presents him the bee hive with her right hand. "Here you go. I'm guessing this is for Witch, so you shouldn't be late with it like you usually are!" Tarin blinks a couple of times before grabbing the hive repling with "R-ri-right. Thanks alot for coming when you did, othwerwise I'd be chasing him all day!" Marin shakes her enourmous head. "No problem! Just doing what I can to help my little old man!" Tarin is again at a loss for words at that.

"Marin!! We have to get to Walrus!" Aubury speaks up from Marin's hands, making her nod. "Right. See you later dad!" As she's leaving, Marin sees a peciular flower pinned to her dad's shirt. ? What's that for? She doesn't have the time to ask however.

During the trip to Martha's Bay, Doran starts to say "Don't be mad at my brother." Marin asks in return "You mean Dorun?" Doran continues with "Yeah, he's just stubborn like that. Always wants to finish what he starts by myself." Marin shakes her head. "No...no I'm not mad. He just didn't have to say what he did so coldly!"

Dorin now speaks up with "Brother did build the big bowl Mawin ate breakfest out of this morning..." Doran affrims nodding. "Yep, that's why he woke up really early and made it using the wood for the building." Marin stops for a second as she has to carefully walk through most of the stone field, but afterwards she says. "He did, did he....I was wondering why the field near the site was a little empty." She then looks right at the two brothers. "I should of known, your brother is one of the best handymen around! Too bad I can't say the same for my dad..."

Doran is just left staring back. You like my brother...but that just means I'll have to do something too! But what should that be? A way for him to impress Marin didn't enter his mind right away.

Once getting to Marha's Bay, Marin is appalled at the sight. "This...this is terrible!" The water has become so low it could be just barely be considered a small puddle to Marin. And looking to her left was Walrus, sleeping oddly sound for having a river of water gushing at his back. Letting the kids out of her hands, she kneels down and prepares to sing.....but she hesitates.

"What's wrong?" Aubury asks seeing Marin just stop with her mouth wide-open. Yeah, what's wrong? You think your new size is going to mess with your signing voice? Marin's voice volume now brought her pause, but her eyes grow determined. I'm not some monster! Marin looks down to Aubury saying "Oh, its's nothing." And with that, she starts to sing with a few verses from Ballad of the Wind Fish.

Her loud yet soft voice carries on for miles, almost strecthing all the way back to Mabe Village and nearly as far as Animal Village to the east. Everyone that hears even just a little is calmed like it was a feint whisper from a goddess up above just saying everything is all right. Afterall, those that far away couldn't tell it was actually Marin that was singing it was that distant.

And just like that Marin is finished. Whew....that felt pretty nice... A different sort of warm feeling had swept over Marin's body. It felt the same as earlier but instead of just feeling it, it felt as if she had gained something.

(Unknownst to her, her body had actually gained five ft. in height, and coupled with a few more feet she had subtly grew in Mabe village, this would place her around 55 ft now.)

"That....that was the best I have ever heard you sing!" Aubury says nearly ecastic, and Doran says nothing as he justs stares still captivated by the song. Marin looks down to both them with a warm smile and doesn't say a word.

Walrus starts to stir. He opens his eyes and then they go wide the second they see the 55 ft. tall girl sitting there staring him down. "Egad! Ms....Ms Marin! You're gigantic!" Marin grins wryly from hearing it. I wonder how times I've been told that so far....

"Yep." Marin nods. "It's a long story, but I was needed to wake you up, lazy old Walrus." Aubury is then quick to add."You're sleeping right at the mouth of the Bay! The lake is emptying out!" Walrus looks behind him and what they said is true. "Egad! I'm...I'm truly ashamed. It was just so hot earlier today that the water was the only thing that helped aganist the heat. And I must of dozed off..." Walrus looks downright stupifed, but he suddenly looks determined declaring "But nevermind that! I'll be leaving!"

Walrus attempts to drop down into the lake.....but he appears to be wedged between the side of the river bed so much that he is completely stuck! "I..I...I can't move!" From one problem to another... Marin silently sighs as Aubury starts yelling "What do we do know?!" This makes Doran angry as he lashes out his right arm "I don't know, but yelling isn't gonna make things better!" Aubury looks him at angerily, retorting "What did you you say?!"

"Calm down!" Marin says, her loud voice completely silencing everyone. "I have an idea. Walrus, please remain still for what I'm about to do alright?" Walrus does as he does told, then watches as Marin gets closer to him. Then, once Marin is over him, she places both of her hands around him! Marin sees Walrus has gone franitic, and she says calmly "Just hold on, I'll be gentle as I can, okay?"

Marin then starts to pull slowly...and slowly...until *POP!* Walrus becomes un-wedged from the river bed and Marin raises him high in the air. Marin then raises an eyebrow "You know Mr. Walrus....you're actually pretty light." She expects to him weigh much heavier then a paperweight in her hands, but I'd guess you'd expect that. "Well....I have been trying to cut back on eating recently!" Walrus says proudly. "And the more we Walrus's eat the longer we sleep unforunately!"

Marin doesn't respond to him, instead watching the water gush back into the bay as it slowly fills back up. "You did it Ms. Mawin!" Dorin says leaping for joy, and his brother Doran adds in awe "You're...really strong now huh?" He seems really intimidated, but then the way Marin looks straight at him with her huge pretty face says otherwise as she replies "It seems that way. Guess this height does make me kinda strong...."

"Excuse me miss....but would you mind letting me down now?" Walrus asks impatiently, Marin answers with "Oops! Sorry about that." She lowers him to the bay and he leaps off, but before he can leave Aubury runs up yelling harshly "And don't fall asleep like that again! If Ms. Marin wasn't around, it would taken us weeks to get you out of there!" Walrus gives a shy nod, defeated, before sinking into the waters of the bay.

Marin lets out a quiet sigh. "Glad that's finally over with." The sight of the bay nearly restored brings some relief to her. Then looking at the azure shining water, a question pops out of nowhere. I wonder if I could reach the bottom? Although she wasn't trying to get wet right now, just the thought of whether or not she could reach the bottom was interesting.

"So what do we now?" Dorin asks, but Aubury seems ready as she immetdiately jumps up saying "I know! Let's go on the sea-shell hunt!" Marin blinks at the mention of it, then asks "The sea-shell hunt? You mean that thing Richard is doing?" Aubury nods happily, as she continues "Yeah! You know those golden leaves are the prize! It'll be too easy finding them with how big you are! And when we do, I'll gladly split them with you three-to-two!"

Marin smiles at her suggestion. "Alright, let's go. But I'll have you reconsider the split Aubury....how about four-to-one?" Marin beams proudly with her enourmous arms at her side. "I'll be doing most of the searching anyway, right?" Aubury shakes her head, her precious idea of having most of the leaves destroyed.

"Now everybody, get on." Marin says lowering her hands for everyone to get on and they do.

Marin then gets up and starts to walk off in the direction of the sea-shell manison to the north, taking light steps not to make the land any worse then she could make it.

Out on the bay, the fisherman is in his boat stunned mouth agape ever since he saw Marin. "S..she's huge!" He just says in awe as the mermaid emerages from under the water "I don't know what happened to Marin to make her like that, but it sure seemed to do the trick to fix the bay." She shrugs. "I don't know what we'd do without her..."

The mermaid expects the fisherman to say something, but when he doesn't right away, she turns and see's him drolling! "Marin's....really pretty too...." Slowly leaves his mouth, and the mermaid becomes REALLY agaiated from that. "So THAT'S all you've been thinking about?!" The mermaid goes underwater and then...

*SPLASH!* A red mark is now across the fisherman's face, slapped with the speed and ferocity of a whip by the mermaid's tail. The fisherman starts to rub his face angrily saying "What...what was that for?!" The mermaid simply turns her back, and says steaming by the ears "I thought you said I was your Pearl of the Sea! THAT'S what that was for!" The mermaid sinks back underwater in a fury, leaving the fisherman alone on his boat.

"Hello Richard!" Marin says with a smile as she stands tall over the Sea-Shell Mansion, and that makes her think I could really get used to this...that trip didn't take very long at all!

The new owner of the manison, Prince Richard, is thinking something different. First that reaction that nearly everyone else has gotten, and then thinking This sure is going to liven up today....I didn't think anyone would be coming at all. He then asks Marin why she's so big and Marin gives him a quick run through.

"That's an....interesting story." Richard says preplexed after she's done, and at the same time she lets the kids out of her hands while Doran adds"Yep, it's all true though." Richard replies with "I guess I'll have to take your word for it....but regardless, what brings you all out here today?" Before anyone else can say a thing, Aubury blurts out "We've come the for the sea-shell hunt!"

Richard doesn't seem surprised as he says "All of you? I think it might be um...." He gives a pause, and Marin asks curiously from the strange look on his face "Might be what?" Richard looks up to her responding akwardly "I'm...I'm just thinking it might be too easy for you. It was...made...for....normal-sized people afterall." Although she's taken aback that he would say that, Marin responds with "Well yeah, that's the reason we came!” Richard lets out a small sigh “Alright.”

Richard then explains the rules of game. There’s fifteen of the sea-shells hidden all throughout Ukuku Priarie and there’s no time limit, however, all the sea-shells must be found in a single day. Aubury laughs “This will be too easy for us!”

Doran then chuckles a bit, before declaring “Heh, I bet me and my brother can find more then you can!” Seeing as he now has he fist raised and a proud smile, Aubury raises to the challenge. “You really think so?" She lets out a cocky smile."I’ll have them all before you even have one!”

“Now now everyone.” Marin, acting as the ever so present moderator, says before adding “If Doran wants it to be the boys vs. us girls, then that’s fine with me." Marin then looks at Doran with a sly grin. "I think you’re at a bit of a disadvantage though Doran...I don’t see someone on your side that’s as big as me!” Even though she's now laughing at him, Doran was looking up her now 60. ft. tall figure. It was still intimadating, even though it’s from the prettist girl he’s ever known, and that's what added even more to This is what I’m going to do to make you notice me! By myself!

And with that, the search began. Doran grabbed Dorin and they quickly ran off looking while Marin follows Aurbury walking crouched down as they start searching. The team couldn’t have been a better pick as Aubury stays low to the ground as Marin from her height searches from above, and already they find a few not too far from the mansion. “You think he could have hidden them better huh?” Marin says with a shrug looking at the few small shells in her hand.

Then out of the blue Aurbury asks “Do you like being big Marin?” Marin stops their searching as she is rather paused by the sudden question, and asks in return "Hmm? Why do you ask?" Aubury responds with "Just curious....it's just I've sometimes thought how it would be if I could be as big as Mt. Tamarach!"

Marin thinks over it for a second, then responds with "Well...at first I was really scared." Aurbury quickly asks "Scared? Why?" Marin looks a bit disheartened continuing "Because of what I could do now....I had nearly made a big mess of Mabe without even trying." Aubury looks taken aback, but Marin goes on "But I...kinda like being big like this now." Marin lightens things up showcasing her pearly whites with a shine that goes for miles. "We wouldn't be here otherwise right?" Aubury nods happily in return.

And they go back to their searching. Right away, Aubury spots a seashell hidden underneath two huge rocks. It's in a small aclove beneath them, and hard as she might, Aubury can't reach it. "If only my arms were a little longer..." Aubury mutters, but Marin cheers her up. "Don't worry about it Aubury!" And with that, Marin reaches down and carefully moves the rocks out of the way. It's very easy as they weigh nothing to her, and the seashell was not harmed at all as Aubury picks it up.

"That's great Aubury! That makes our sixth one!" Marin say aloud, her loud voice carrying on that even Doren can hear it quite a ways away. Six?! He immediately showcases a worried face. I haven't even found one yet! Indeed, he's had no luck at all in finding a single one. I have to hurry up! Then spotting a tall tree, he becomes full of motivation. Maybe if I get up there I can see some....

"Let's go this way now!" Aubury says ponting in the direction of the swamp, and Marin quickly follows. This place looks really small now too... Right away the swamp that usually made one get easily lost looks almost like a puddle to Marin. And with that, the shell hunting becomes increasingly easy as they find some nearly immediately.

Marin then glances over to the swamp cave, the hideout of the musical frog Mamu and his band. The sign that states in big red letters "ON TOUR! KEEP OUT!" is still pitched in front of the entrance. Hmm...thought they'd be back by now. Mamu had currently been tour for the past three months, with return at any time.

Then as the seashell hunt continues, Dorin suddenly runs up clamoring "Ms. Mawin! Ms. Mawin!" Marin turns to him saying "Well hi Dorin. How many did you find?" Dorin holds up the three shells in his hands, and Marin gives him a small applause (small, as it not trying to create an accidental sonic boom small) "That's great Dorin! We've found eleven!" She lowers her hand and Dorin puts his in with the rest. "So...Doran must have the last one I guess...let's go find him."

Almost there....Doran had certainly found the last one high up on a hill. But even from the height of the tree he was in, he couldn't grab it. "GRAGH! Why do my ar... woah!" He grabs to the tree for dear life as it starts to shake violently and the cause of it starts to appear. "There you are!" Marin says with thunderous booms as she gets near, but then she notices how badly the tree's shaking and she starts tip-toeing. "Sorry about that Doran...." She says ashamed from her height yet again.

At first Doran can't say a thing. From the height at the top of the tree he's probably 20. ft up, and because Marin is sitting, he's almost eye level to her. From that, he can't think a thing as he stares into her eyes, captivated yet again. Marin then notices what Doran's in the tree for, and she easily grabs the shell. "That's all of them."

Doran snaps back to reality blinking a few times sounding suprised "That's it?!" Marin nods and Aubury from down below continues "Yep! Me and Ms. Marin found eleven and your brother found three by himself!" Aubury smiles pridefully to Doran. "What happened to you finding more before us huh?!" Marin takes her hand and pressing down with a hush gesture, then she lowers it below Doran. "Come on Aubury, we all did some work, so let's head back and get our prize." Doran drops down to her hand with a thud and they head back.

At the mansion, the fifteen shells are spread out on the grass. "That's indeed all of them, right as rain." Richard mutters half-heartedly. Then looking up to Marin, he says "I was sort of expecting you all to find them all that fast..." Marin tilts her head towards him, and with a wink says "Yep, and that's why we deserve our prize right away, right?"

Richard sounds slightly annoyed as he answers "That's correct, now if'll you excuse me..." He heads into the mansion and a minute later comes out holding the five golden leaves. "Here you all are." He says non-chalantly and right away Aubury runs up and grabs them. "We did it!" She looks over them and they most certainly are that bright glittering color of gold, but she then notices something about them.

"Hey! This isn't real gold is it?!" She angerily notes turning to Richard, who only says bemused in return "Of course not. Their just an imiation." Aubury flares up upon hearing that but before she could yell Marin says "Now now Aubury. The real golden leaves shows everyone that Richard owns Kanalet Castle. He can't just be giving them away!"

"Now dividing the prize!" Marin says with a smile. "As everyone found something, both of the brothers get one and you keep you rest Aubury." Immdieately Aubury looks up to Marin confused. "But I thought you said..." Marin shakes her head, saying "I was just kidding then Aubury, besides, I can't really put them somewhere when I'm am this big anyway, can I?" Aubury nods with what and hands both of the brothers one. Dorin holds it above his head parading around while Doran just clutches his. I...I should be the one that's giving them away....Doran thinks remorsely.

"Alirght everyone." Marin suddenly starts. "How about we head over to Animal Village?" Everyone nods in agreement, but Aubury asks. "Are you sure?" Marin nods, and she continues "Chef Bear is probably there and could give us ALL some lunch..." She then chuckles a little. "...and I'm curious to just how they'll react to me!"

Then after Marin had the three cupped in her joined hands, Doran comes up with an idea. "Hey Marin...how about...we...er....sit on your shoulder?" He was making a bold move right there, his throat becoming incredibly dry as he said it. It was all for naught as Marin looks down to them saying "Well...sure..it'd be easier on my hands I guess." She then gives them a concerned look "You'd had better be careful though, alright?" All three nod.

Marin then takes her right hand with the brothers and her left with Aubury and raises it to the respective shoulder. "Keep the boys and girls seperated!" She says with a slight giggle, but then she focuses in on Doran. "Make sure your brother's secure! Tie him up with some of my...hair." She pushes some of her long orange-red hair towards him as they both realize the oddity of that statment. With your hair.....? Doran thinks it over, stupified much like Marin is, but he does as he's told.

That's not something I would normally tell someone. Marin thinks over that hair comment again. But noticing everyone's okay, she starts walking slowly in the direction of Animal Village. And right away she starts feeling....peaceful somehow. These kids with me like this....makes me feel like I'm a....queen or goddess or something...

In Animal Village, the alligator painter is sitting in his house rather bored. He glances around the room, and hung around everywhere are all marvelous paintings that he had devoted all his time and energy too but unforunately, they're all of the same exact thing.

"Monisseur!" The painter looks to the back of house and the hippo is posing for the next of her paintings that would be added to the wall. Vat am I doing dis foar! He thinks to himself annoyed....but then suddenly the ground starts shake a bit with a loud crashing sound to match.

"Vat iz that?!" He darts outside, and then eyes his grow to shock like everyone else at the sight of the 65 ft. tall Marin. At first, he can't say or think a thing, but after that feeling starts to go away...."M-M-MAGNIFIQE!" The painter yells silently, then like given new purpose, darts right back into his house, grabs some art supplies and canvasses and dashes right back out. The lady hippo follows, calling "Monsisseur! Monisseur!" But it's to no avial as he's gone without a trace.

"Hmm....you know, this is alot smaller then I thought it'd be like." Marin says aloud standing right infront of Animal Village. "Mabe didn't even look THIS small when I first saw it." She continues as her body blocks out the sun, creating a shadow over the whole town with her body. But of course she doesn't quite know she's getting taller...yet.

Doran looks down to the village with wide eye We're so high up I'm not surprised she's saying it's small. Her height has become something he's gotten used too....but then he starts getting thoughts of LIKING her more then this way. Do I really...? He didn't understand why, she's the same Marin just much bigger. But maybe that was what made her more admirable....more cuter, to him anyway.

The people of Animal Village weren't still at all, as most just looked up to Marin saying "Hey! Marin's really big now!" or " Was that her earlier? That singing?" and "I can barely see a thing other then her!" Marin gains a confused look upon hearing all of it. Well...that's not what I was expecting...

"Hello everyone!" Marin says as a whisper, changing into a happier face. "If you could all make some room, I'll come into the village now!" The residents of the town disperse, signaling Marin to take a gigantic step over the trees surronding the village, and is just barely able to fit as she sits in the middle of the town square, her tall body sticking out like a sore thumb. This seems...akward...

Marin then briefly explains what happened to the residents and she gets the usual reaction in return. Aubury then stands proudly on Marin's shoulder saying "It was amazing what Ms. Marin did earlier! She lifted up Old Walrus like he was nothing!" The crowd gives some Oh's and Aw's, knowing that's quite a feat. Marin takes the comment with modesty though, as she still has some lingering thoughts about her newfound strength.

Marin then see's Chef Bear in crowd. "Chef Bear!" He turns and replies "Well hello Ms." Marin then asks with a shy grin "Do you think you could make lunch for us? I'm starting to get a little hungry..." Doran is paused by the word "little" (that's a blatant understatement), but he adds "And the rest of us are too! Please Mr. Bear?" Chef Bear nods in return. "Most certainly! I'd enjoy cooking for Ms. Marin again! But it'll take me quite a while to prepare." He then leaves without so much as giving a clear ending statement.

But of course Marin knew what was coming next. "Marin! Sing a song for us!" A child in the crowd asks on cue, then everyone else joins in on the idea, making the giantess let out a sigh but she masks it with a smile. "Alright! Because this going to be a special day, any requests?"

Dorin is the very first to request one. "Epona's Song!" (I know what you're thinking...how the hell would someone in Koholint know about that? Well during the past few months someone visited the library and found a book titled "From Faraway Lands: A Song Collection". It was given to Marin later, and she eventually memorized all of them even if they had strange yellow arrows encased in circles for notes.)

The rest of the crowd starts to give away requests, but Marin can't hear most of them as they sound small and jumbled up to her. "Epona's Song it is then!" Marin didn't want to act mean by ignoring everyone else, but Dorin had been with her all day so far. And the feeling she was getting called for the song, so she just went ahead with it.

Marin then starts to sing. Everyone becomes completely silent and still as her loud but gentle voice carries waves through the air. Her voice was a bit louder then when she sang at the Bay, and when she started to notice some people start to raise their hands to their ears, she lowered it back down and everyone was fine.

It soon become that too many that Marin really WAS some larger-then-life goddess from above, whose voice and eternal song brought peace and serenity to all that heard it. The comptonplation goes through Doran's head as well as he has a front row seat right on her shoulder. Maybe that's why she's big now....?

The song then ends a few minutes later, and an immense round of applause comes from all around. "Thank you everyone!" Marin says in true apprecation, and being careful of the three on her shoulders, even takes a small bow. I really can't be a monster if they are treating me like this!

Then a bell rings, and everyone turns to find that Chef Bear rang the bell. "It's lunch time everybody!" He says, having a nearby table full of food. He then motions to Marin behind his house and there is that humengous bowl just for her. "Thanks Chef Bear!" Everyone says at once, Marin of course the loudest.

Then after everyone grabs their bowls, one of the children looks up to Marin and asks shyly "Ms. Marin....do you mind if we could sit on..well..your lap?" Marin thinks the question over, but with the three on her shoulder, she thinks it wouldn't do her any harm. "Alright!" And with that, all the kids eagerly leap on, making Marin feel kinda funny with all the little weights over her lap. These people must really like me alot.

"Ahh! That was great!" Marin says refreshed as she's the very first one to finish eating par the norm. "That was great as usual Chef Bear!" She says again, then she beams herself forward with her hands to her hips (being careful of everyone that was on her) before continuing "I think that even fulled me up!" But her boasting seems to be a mistake as she loses her balance and falls backward!

"WAAH!" She yelps falling backward, her butt digging into the ground in the middle of the field! She goes pretty deep in before stopping and that's when everyone on her is suddenly sent flying backwards! Doran in particular is now holding a strand of her hair tightly thinking I should of tied myself up too... as he looks over at his brother dangling tirelessly 30 ft. above the ground.

Marin is then stuck in a humurous postion with her butt in the ground. "Is everyone alright?!" She asks concerned regaining some of her balance. Everyone that was on her lap was sent flying to her stomach but their all alright. She can feel the two clinging to her hair Aubury saying "We're fine."

Relieved no one was hurt during the incident, she gently scoops up everyone that's now her stomach and places them on the ground. "Alright Aubury and Doran, hold on as I'm gonna try getting unstuck!" Both nod to that, and with a few pushes Marin eventually forces herself out the hole, sending a shockwave through the ground when she forcefully stands up. When Marin quickly turns to see the damage she caused, her heart sinks completely at the sight.

A gigantic gaping hole is in the middle of the town square, atleast 35. ft in diameter and 20 ft. in depth. "Oh my..I'm...I'm so sorry..." Is all that leaves Marin's mouth looking at the hole with a face showing the utmost remorse. But the hole reminds of her new weight. This is almost like the one time I jumped on Link's head....he said that THEN I was pretty heavy. Of course if she sat on him now he'd be crushed like a bug and although she thinks it's a bit funny that thought doesn't help the situation.

"What do we do about it...?" Doran asks shaking his head, and Marin can't answer him, just as lost as he is. She again messed something up when she wasn't trying to, and this time it was pretty bad.

"Heh, now this is quite interesting." A new voice suddenly comes from outside the Village, it belonging to the smart brother Doron. "But I think I have an idea of how we could make this much better...." Doron continues with a determined grin.

A little while after Doron explained his idea, the hole is now gone, or rather, replaced by a gigantic lake in the middle of the town. The kids of the village are happily swimming in it and Marin who's now sitting outside the village smiles at the sight.

She then turns to Doron who's not to far from her "That was a good idea Doron. Using the water from the ravine to full up the hole full of water...I would of never thought of something like that." Doron simply turns back and says " Well it's certainly not something you have to deal with everyday...but the hole gave me the idea of how we could liven the village up."

"Liven it up....?" Marin says in return, and before he or anyone could say a thing, she lets out a depressed sigh. "It's not going to be easy knowing that an imprint of my butt is living up Animal Village...." Everyone is in silence at the truth of that rather odd and geniunely disturbing fact.

"But what brings you chasing after me Doron?" Marin inquires, and Doron simply answers "My brother sent me looking for you." Marin's face brightens up. "Doren sent you?! You found him?!" Doron shakes his head "Not that brother, and no I haven't. I meant Dorun."

Marin becomes surprsied after hearing his name. "That's right! I forgot about that he needed for me to get the wood for the building!" Doron only shrugs. "I was sent when you didn't come back after a while, although it really doesn't bother me. I'd rather be with you tell the truth." Marin blinks as Doron continues "I heard your singing when I was coming here, and thought it was more beatifuful then ever." Marin merely says "Th-thank you."

"Well let's go get it then." Marin says as she raises to her new 75. ft. tall height. Doron is clearly taken aback as he has to take a few steps back to get a good look at her, and when he does he thinks She looks even better up close....heh, I must becoming more like Doran. He's then surprised at Marin kneels down and lowers her hands to him all at an incredible speed. "Come on, you can ride on my shoulder with your brothers."

With Doron on her shoulder, she turns to the north towards Tal Tal Mountains and heads off.

Wow....that's her alright. At the nearby Yarna Desert, Doren stands in awe as he watches Marin walk off. Her singing was great too... It seems that EVERYONE around heard it, huh?

"But uh...back to searching..." He finally made to the desert not to long ago, and so far found not-a-thing related to the Doshin. Everywhere else he had stopped on the way was fruitless as well.

Suddenly Doren become bewildered as he couldn't move at all. "Wha?!" He had walked into the sand pit while looking,and had stopped watching Marin leave, giving the sand enough time to slowly sink him into the middle of the pit! CRAP! "SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, HELP ME!"

"Grav hold!" A rope is thrown to him at which Doren grabs and is pulled to safety. "Thanks for saving me Mr. Painter." Doren says, and the allitgator painter who just happened to be in the area returns "It vas no problem, my boy. But vat are you doing in ze desert alone for?" Doren merely says "I'm looking for something."

When he hears that, the painter takes out a small glass from his vest. "Here, take zis, it vill help you find vatever you're looking for. Zat green boy gave to me azlong time ago to help vith my paintings, but for vat I'm now going to be painting I von't ze needing it!" The painter then runs off carrying all his heavy art stuff to the mountains.

This is that Magnifying Glass Link had. That sparks another memory of when he watched Link use the glass on a book in libraby to read something that was hidden. That was the same book with the Legend of the Doshin in it!

He starts heading back toward Mabe. Maybe if I use it on that book I can find something else that was hidden about the Doshin....

"Hmm...." Marin stops mid-way in a the trek to Tal Tal Mountain Range when she passes by Kanalet Castle. She is amazed being able to now see over the tallest point of the castle and that's a good 70. ft. up! I'm pretty sure I wasn't THIS tall at first.

Marin starts feeling some movement on her body. "Hey, what are you doing?" It was Aubury, and she was trying to climb up Marin's hair. "I was just going to try getting on top of you head.....if it's all right...." Marin giggles from the quesiton, even if it is a bit strange. "Sure you can, but all you have to do is ask!" She then grabs the four gently and places them on the top of her head.

The four gasp at the sheer height they're up, some with mixed thoughts. "I wish I was tall as you now Marin!" Aubury says now feeling that she actually was as tall as her. "It's too bad...I really wouldn't mind the company of someone as big as myself around!" Marin responds with a smile.

Doran is walking towards Marin's forehead and that's when Doron warns "Be careful! This isn't exactly ground you're walking on, you know?" Dorin adds "It's Ms. Mawin's head and hair!" He's STILL saying it like that?! Doron thinks with a sigh.

Doran peeks down to get a look at Marin's face from above, but luck has it in for him as she stops abruptly sending him flying forward! Why does this happen to me?! He think during free-fall, getting quite a nice close-up view of Marin's face (one he'll never soon forget) before falling down to her chest. He's left with little time to recover when he starts sliding down her dress, but he just barely grabs on to a small portion of cloth right before he slides off her breast, leaving him dangling 50. ft above the ground.

Doran is now breathing heavily, not knowing what is/was more exhilarting: where he is now OR the trip to get there. Either way, he knew Marin wasn't gonna like it a bit. "You alright?" She sounds concerend as she hastily picks him off her dress then brings him closer to her face and that's when she starts to look a bit steamed.

"Just what do you think you were doing?!" The giantess is angry and she's showing it.

"Well...uh...." Encased like a bug in her hands and with the feeling he's getting from her leaves him with little to say. "I think I can answer for him." Doron says from atop her head. "He was trying to get a better like at your face as he's always had a liking for you, but he ended getting alot more then he thought he would!"

Even with the explantion, Marin's huge face doesn't change at all and Doran gulps thinking of only the worst that can happen to him. But that feeling isn't needed as Marin's face suddenly lightens up. "I think I'll let it you go....you've been with been and me all day and I can tell you've been eager to be around me." She then says with a wink. "So I'll just let you go with how close to got to me as a sort of gift, alright?" Doran is simply speechless, wide mouthed and blinking.

She then places Doran back with the rest in her hair as she resumes her walk. Dorin can only laugh and Aubury flaunts off her to side with her saying "Idoit! I wouldn't have let you gotten off so easily!" Doron however crosses his arms looking away bitterly. Lucky punk.

Once at Tal-Tal Mountain Range, Marin stops by the mountain waterfall. Famished by all this walking, she scoops some water in her hands that's enough to purge an entire village of thrist and drinks it. "Ahh! Now thats' refreshing!"

Standing up, she notices she easily sees over most of Tal-Tal Mountain Range and then she looks to the east is Eagle Tower situatied high in mountains. Even standing on the ground, she's reaches to about half it's height. This makes a certain Quintoplet brother add a sly grin to his face. Maybe now we can... Doron thinks secretly.

"Too bad I don't have time to look at the tower now. I have that wood to give to your brother!" Marin says, and then Doron offers "If you want, I can watch these three here so you can get there much faster." Aubury immeidately becomes fumed at that. "Watch over us?! Don't act like you're all high and mighty, we're all the same age!"

"Maybe so, but he sure ACTS more mature then SOME of you do." Marin interjects with her loud voice, and Doran knows he was the target of that comment.

But Marin agrees to Doron's proposal, leaving the four infront of Tal-Tal Mountain Range before leaving off to the west.

Well I'm alone again. Marin walks cascually along like she doesn't have a care in the world, and really, she almost doesn't. Back in those days when monsters still roamed the lands she'd be hard pressed to be able to walk like this, but of course with her new stature they'd be crushed flat with effort from Marin at all.

And it's with that thought Marin starts to see those Moblin again from yesterday wondering around the northern plains. 'Hee hee..." Marin smiles, as although she still doesn't know why she could suddenly see them when they clearly aren't there, it was payback time for all they trouble they caused long ago.

The giantess had been taking light steps so far so a Moblin hasn't noticted her yet having it's back turned. Tip-toeing, she takes her right foot and takes it down with a little force behind the Moblin, scaring the living day lights out of it. "Hello there." She says with a cute smile but it doesn't take long for the Moblin to drop his spear and run. "Sorry! You won't be getting away!" And with one enourmous step that spans several feet the Moblin is crushed completely under her foot.

"That should teach to you to harm innocent people!" She declares digging her foot into the ground a bit with fury. Withdrawing her foot shows she did nothing but smear into the grass. "Um...oops..." She mutters embrassingly, but an unnverving feeling suddenly sweeps over her like something's wrong.

This feeling....it's like I have this sudden urge to....destory something... As the thought enters her mind she tries just as fast to make it leave. NO! Why would I even think that?! That flaming aura seems to have kicked in as her body now feels incredibly hot. Why am I feeling this now?! She closes her eyes shaking her head trying to make it go away, and when it doesn't she starts running a little bit creating thunderous booms that could be felt quite a ways away. Stop it!

But the feeling then disappears just as it had appeared, leaving Marin wondering what just happened. I'll ask Ms. Witch about it on the way back...she might have found something by now...I hope.

Approaching Mystertious Woods, she spots the pile of lumber not too far away. "This is it.....?" She raises an eyebrow as the pile appears pretty small....to her anyway. Shrugging, she kneels down and picks up the bundle inbetween her arms. "These are....pretty light..." They had to be almost 18 ft. long by 4 ft. wide, and yet they feel like a bundle of feathers to her!

When she getting near the Mysterious Woods, Marin stops in her tracks shocked. I AM getting taller! As if other things hadn't pointed in that direction to begin with, she remembers when she first grew and her head only barely went out over Mysterious Woods. Now she's nearly DOUBLE the height of the trees, and that would place her around 90 ft. tall!

"Wow...." Is all she can say at the moment, resuming back to Mabe Village. It's that aura thing....but is because I'm helping people that's causing me to get to bigger?

Back at the construction Dorun paces anxiously. "I wonder where's Marin's at right now...hope brother didn't get lost." He mutters, thinking of how much time he's wasted not being able to build because he's had no wood to do so.

And like that she's already gone, well on her way to the Mysterious Woods. That was really quick... It only took her two steps to reach the construction sight then with barely moving get out of Mabe Village! But what that thought makes her detour all the more meaningful.

Near the graveyard is the Witch's house, and when the witch doesn't come out right away from the earth rumbling Marin lightly taps on her roof with her enourmous finger. "Ms. Witch, are you home?" She whispers and her call is shortly answered. "Well hello deary! You seem alot bigger then last time I saw you!" The Witch says upon exiting her house with one of those Honey Buns (tm) in her hand.

"I know, and that's why I came by. Have you found anything out?" The witch reculantly shakes her head upon seeing Marin' worried face. "I'm sorry deary, but I haven't been able to find anything at all in my texts. This is rather strange if even we witches don't know about it deary."

The Witch then asks "If their's anything else that deary didn't tell me before that possibly help me find something...." Marin nods and starts telling her about last night's dream, the mixed feelings from that aura she's had all day and finally the word "Do" when she first grew.

" "Do" deary said?" The witch is caught on by the word, and Marin responds "Yes, a weird voice just appeared in my head and said it right before I grew." The Witch ponders on for a minute drawing her eyes away. "This might help me....I'll go back to looking deary." She finishes her Honey Bun (tm) before going back into her house.

"Tell me somehow if you do! I won't be too hard to find!" Marin says before standing up and walking off to the north. She then stops for a second looking to the west where Crazy Tracy's house is. I wonder if my dad is there.... She had remembered that flower he had on the vest and what Tracy had said to her yesterday. Then with a smile, her loud steps prelude her coming.

Getting closer she see's that her father is definately there, outside on a long bench as Tracy gives him a back massage. "Hey dad! Don't tell me this how you spend our rupees?!" Marin loud voice with an angry tone shakes them both up, and Tarin is immediately surprised. "Marin...um...er..." When he can't respond, Marin merely shakes her head. "Look at you getting a back massage while I'm out and about....and they call ME the lazy one...."

"Well, if you want, we could probably manage to give you a foot massage somehow." Tracy brings up making Marin gain a mischevious grin as she looks down at her dad, imagining him personally washing her feet off of all the grime she has probably accumlated from all the walking. "I like that idea Tracy." She says a bit evilly and Tarin gulps knowing she has something in mind for him.

"But I can't have one now, I have some kids that are waiting on me." Marin says before giving one hard glare at her father. For all the stuff he's done for her the past few days, she's willing to let this slide. But still....I would like it better if you were with Ms. Meow Meow more, she's always looking at you.

And with thought she leaves back to the east where the four kids where waiting for her. On the way she stops to the one thing that has managed to evade her sight thus far, and for good reason. Mt. Tamarach. The one thing on the entire island that she still has to look UP to. Nice knowing I'm not bigger then everything...but how long will THAT stay true? She hangs her head a bit with the though continuing to walk along.

Back at eastern end the four kids seem to be in argument. "And why can't I?!" Aubury yells to the strern Doran, but he remains adamant saying "I can't tell you why, but it's a promise of the five of us made." Aubury retorts with "So?! I'd be more use to the group then YOU would Doran!"

Doran immediately becomes angry from that but before he could say anything Doron quickly interrupts. "I'm sorry Aubury, but it's something we started and are going to finish without anyone else. We have our reasons." Aubury starts pouting when she can't return at him with a comeback.

"Ms. Mawin's back!" The constant mis-pronouncing younger brother breaks the covseration and there is her titantic figure is steadily approcaching. "See you're all still here." She says as she nears, but then notices how Doran looks angry and Aubury has her back turned to everyone. Marin kneels and looks back and forth at the two. "Did something happen?" Doron shakes his head. "Sort of...but it's nothing to worry about." Marin doesn't feel the need to press the matter any further then that.

"Well, It's starting to get dark everyone." Marin notes as indeed the sun is starting set in the west. "I need to be getting you all home soon....but boy, do I need a break." She plops herself down and the earth rumbles when she does.

"I...I would like to say something." Marin starts to say looking down to the four as they look back at her now. "Thank you all for staying with me this long.....I got the idea from so many others yesterday that I was scary...." As the giantess now appears to be heart-broken, the four rush to her side.

"Ms. Mawin's cool!" Dorin's cheerful self says, and Aubury continues with "Yeah! It sure made my day alot bigger!" They all laugh a little from that, then Doron adds "Being with you sure beats working on some building...." And finally, the now shy Doran (and after something like that, wouldn't you?) steps forward saying "I...just like being with you too, big or not."

"Thanks everyone!" Marin says with a now livened up face. "It's too bad it's starting to get really late....else I would do something for you all. Definately will do it tomorrow though!" Everyone nods from that, then Marin lowers her hands to the ground and everyone gets them.

Heading back south to drop off Aubury, Marin spots the hibiscus lover goat trying to get something out of a tree outside of Animal Village.

"What's wrong?" Marin asks getting near, and the lady goat turns and says "Ms. Marin! One of the carrier pidegons from Mr. Write hit this tree when coming to deliver his reply!" Her face becomes saddened continuting "I think it's wing is broken!" Marin looks in the tree and indeed the bird has it's wing cradled on the ground, just barely able to move at all.

Marin starts to reach for the branch, but then realizing that her fingers are so big they could accidently hurt the bird worse in this state, she stops. "Here!" Marin lets one hand to the ground. The lady goat gets the message getting on and Marin slowly raises her to the branch.

"Is it bad?" Marin asks once the goat has the bird secured. "It's not too bad. It won't be flying for a while as it it'll take some time to heal." Marin smiles with relief. "That's great to hear." The hibiscus lover takes the paper that the bird was holding. "And I got my reply.....thanks so much for delivering my letter and helping get my reply back Ms. Marin." The giantess merely says "It was nothing. Just doing whatever I can to help!"

Letting her down along Aubury, Marin says as she watches them leave "Thanks for spending the day with me Aubury! And take good care of that bird!" Both of them wave as Marin starts to head back to Mabe.

Night finally falls on Koholint as Marin returns to her home town, and everyone is waiting for her with dinner that Chef Bear had again expertly prepared. And then it is subsequently eaten in less of the fraction of the time it took to prepare it, much to her father's dismay.

Then letting the three brothers home, Marin eventually starts to get tired and decides to head south to Toronbo Shores to sleep alone. She didn't want to be too far from Mabe Village, but after thinking about how big she had gotten, she also didn't want to turn in her sleep and flatten half of it either.

"Hey mom!" Doron says when he gets home. "Hello boys!" Mapahl says cheerfully holding their sixth brother in her arms. "That was quite story Marin told about you helping her out around the island." Dorin gives another of his cheerful smiles before saying "Ms. Mawin is even cooler when she's bigger!"

"The three of you wouldn't have happened to see your brother Doren at all would you?" Their mother asks concerned, and Doran merely shakes his head. "Sorry mom, but even when we are on top of Marin's head we couldn't see him." Doron chortles once he hears that. You weren't even looking for him.....you were googling AT Marin!

"Just where could he be?!" Mapahl had now become very worried, but Doron assures her "Don't worry mom. I have an idea of where he is, and If I'm right, we don't have to worry about him."

At Toronbo Shores, the honey-bee-hive-stealing-rascal-of-a-monkey is wandering around when it spots a rather odd sight: a large blue bulging wall now covering the whole beach. Curious, the monkey cautiously gets near it in the moonlight and taps it with a stick. It seems fleshy as the stick bounces right off and that intrigues the monkey enough to scale this "wall".

It wasn't hard for the monkey at all to reach the top, and he's amazed at how he must be atleast 30 ft. above the ground. Then looking down to the far western end of this "wall", he makes out a gigantic face in the darkness starting right back at him!

"Well we meet again hive stealer!" Marin says playfully as the monkey is now on her stomach, and Marin quickly grabs him before he can even think of moving."I'll teach you to take things that aren't yours!"

"So....is this what you've been doing?" Another voice startles Marin, dropping the monkey so it lands on her dress and from there jumps off. Marin makes no attempt to stop him however, as someone was stabding on a hill that's level with her stomach. "Doren! There you are!" Just as she said, the elusive fifth brother has finally appeared.

"Where have you been!? I've been looking for you all day!" Marin says a little angry, making Doren gulp with the feroicity of her voice. She's really mad at me... "Well...I was looking around for other things I could find about tha---WOAH!" Before even he could even finish his explantion, Marin takes her right hand and picks him up by the neck of his shirt being dropped on her stomach.

"Sorry, I just couldn't hear you well enough." Doren is taken aback, not only from what she did that but also from that he's ON Marin's lap and she seems bigger then before. "So, you come to check on me again I take it? Or did you just come to sit there and stare at me?" Marin's sly comment snaps Doren back to reality as he scratches head. "Well...uh...what can I say...." Marin merely laughs at his ashamed expression.

"But yeah...I did come to check up on you." Doren then says sounding more certain. "I was out looking if I could find anything relating to that legend around the island..." Marin eyes light up at the sound of that. "You were?!" Doren isn't sure what to say when she starts to look innocent, but then Marin takes him in her hands again and gives him the biggest hug ever smothering him in her chest!

"Thanks you so much Doren....I hope you found out something because the Witch couldn't...." Marin whispers as she still hugs him and that's when she feels a small tap and a muffling voice. "Oops! Sorry about that." She realeses her hands and Doren is in them breathing heavily. "How did you like that? Your brother Doran had something like that happen to him earlier as well!" Marin looks at him with shifty eyes "Does it go in your family or something?" Doren is still off-balance to answer with red cheeks. Wow....

She puts him back in her lap, and then placing her arms on her legs to support holding up her face, she asks eagerly. "So did you find anything out...?" Doren doesn't answer, instead being intimadted by her large face feet above him with her eyes sparkling in the moonlight. Can't leave her hanging...

"Well, I couldn't find anything from just looking around..." Doren starts disappointed, but quickly continues. "But after meeting the Painter, he gave me Link's Maginfying Glass. And that gave me the idea to use on the book I read the legend in...and I did....an---"

Marin interrupts with "What was the name of legend then?" Doren remembers he didn't tell her yesterday and figures no use in hiding it anymore. "The name was Doshin: A Look At The Legend"" "DOSHIN?!" A loud cry comes from Marin, loud enough it makes Doren hold his ears. "But with Do....that must mean that it's true!"

"It does. As I did find another paragraph hidden with the glass." Marin is definately intrigued, and even a little scared by it. "What...what did it say?" Doren starts to slowly recite it, fresh in his memory as it not have been thirty minutes since he last read it:

At the end of that paragraph, Marin has become convinced. "It.... it must be that aura!" Doren is immediately confused, but Marin quickly explains what she knows about it to him. "That would make alot of sense...." Doren says afterward. "Are you sure their wasn't anything else you may forgotten?" Doren shakes his head from Marin's question.

"Thank you so much for finding this all out Doren." Marin says with utmost appreaction, and Doren is unsure what to say. "Well...it was the least I could do...considering this weird situation. I remember how everyone acted yesterday......I was the only one that seemed to know something so....I looked around for Ms. Marin."

Although taking his words well, Marin still becomes a bit fumed. "How many times have I told you NOT to call me MS. MARIN?!" Doren feels really weak now especsially after just being thanked. Why does she only get mad at ME for it.....?

Marin then lets out a huge yawn. "Wow...I'm really starting to get tired...." Then looking down to Doren comes an idea. "If you don't mind....do you think you could stay around until I fall asleep?" Doren blinks at her suggestion, but responds with "Are you sure I'm the right person to be asking?" He shrugs while shaking his head a bit. "I'm just a kid afterall." Marin lets out a sly wink. "Maybe, but you're the only person around here." ".....true." Doren then says nodding akwardly.

And with that, Marin takes Doren placing him on the nearby hill before turning over on her side again. It's been quite a long day..... Again everything she's done today flows through her weary eyes and mind. I just hope....tomorrow...will be just as good....

It doesn't take much longer for the giantess to pass out along the moonlit waters, her figure taking up the entire beach. She really is pretty. Doren comments watching her sleep. How could I not do something like that for her.....she seemed so lonely last night....

Doren's eyes then grow sharp and seemingly terror-full. But that won't happen to her... The comments she made about that aura and the Moblin remind of the Yarna Desert insert, but also another small hidden paragraph Doren had found. He had lied and intently didn't tell her it, for it read:

We won't have to worry about something like that happening....right?

Marin has good and sound sleep, her body recouperating from the ordeals of the day....until...

"Hmmm....?" Marin was once again disturbed from her sleep without her knowing the cause. Why can't a giant girl get a decent night's sleep.....? She thinks trying to get back to her resting....

Then a peciular smell comes to her noise and brings her wide awake immediately. "Is that....something burning?" Giving it a good few sniffs she easily identifies it as such, giantess or not.

Slowly sitting up, she rubs her groggy eyes as she tries to look for the source of that burning smell. "Where...." It doesn't come infront of her, and turning around shows nothing either. It's from the north that she's able to start making out a black cloud of smoke that engulfs the mid-night sky, rising from.....

"MABE!!" Her yell is enough to shatter even the strongest glass when she see's her home town being burned! "WHAT'S GOING ON?!" She raises to her feet and with a march that could wake the dead quickly heads over the hills of Toronbo shores, and within four huge steps she's already there.

One shadow being in the shape of a humaniod pig wields a large spear, and rearing back, slashes the Quintoplet's house cleanly in half side-to-side! Another shadow being of a cloaked figure is at the southeastern end, and summons and fire a large magic ball of shadow energy that destroys the Arcade, the construction site, AND the town store in the single shot! Another large shadow being is in the shape of a blob and has Lady Ulirira's house completely encased in it's body, then a dark worm is digging through Ms. MeowMeow's house!

"STOP IT!" Marin yells like thunder when she can't take it anymore, and right away the shadow beings are caught off guard. They all look back at eachother curiously at the apperance of the VERY angry giantess Marin. But strangely, they suddenly all look up to her and give an eery smile, and then they start to slowly laugh in low rumble!

What?! That's when Marin notices that her own home was completely untouched through the flames. Another being of shadow starts to gradually raise from it, making Marin very surprised as it starts to become level with her face.

It's nothing more then another dark blob, but then it suddenly sprouts two long arms and an all-seeing large eye in it's center. Marin's own eyes start to starngely beome full of terror when their eyes meet, the other shadow beings laugher drowns everything else out as the flying shadow beings eye then starts to adopt an evil smile with it.......

That morning, the entire island of Koholint was awaken by the loudest scream out or pure fear that anyone had ever heard......

A new sunny day dawns after a very odd and rude awakening, and now most of Koholint's population is now centered in a single spot: Toronbo Shores where Marin has been wailing her eyes out curled up into a unpenatertable large ball ever since she awoke an hour ago.

"So tell us what happened Marin." An agaiated Tarin is once again the leader of the people on the nearby hill. "What exactly made you scream so loud as to wake EVERY SINGLE PERSON up?!"

Tarin's furious voice doesn't affect Marin at all as images from the dream run through her head like a broken roll of film. "It...it was..." Marin tries to put some words together but can't as it is too much. Mabe...why would I dream something like that....? Dread seeps into her being with the thought.

"That was rather uncalled for Tarin!" Ms. MeowMeow says haughtily as she now appears giving him an angry stare. Before Tarin could return-fire, the mother figure turns to the scared giantess and with a motherly voice says "Marin, hunny, whatever it was it's gone now. It's alright, you can tell us."

Alright..? How could I....I tell them something like that? Thinking of some cover story, all she could come up with was "It...it was terrible dream...I...I..." Her unfathomably weak tembered voice stops as Marin digs her head further into her knees, not being able to even go any further.

From that, many infer that this was something REALLY hard for Marin to say. "Could you atleast say WHY you had to scream so loud?" Of course her so-caring father had to press further. "Leave the poor girl alone! You have no idea what's she's been through the past two days!" MeowMeow says stingily sticking up for Marin.

Tarin accepts it's best not to press the matter further so he turns to the crowd."Alright everyone. Nothing more to see here, let's all head back to our homes." Most affirm, leaving with assorted mumbles of displeasure. Mapahl and the five Quintoplet brothers minus Dorun, Aubury, Ms. MeowMeow, Sale, and the Witch all stay behind with Marin.

Doren's face is one of the utmost concern as it has been ever since his eardrums were nearly blasted out thanks to him falling asleep right near Marin was. Don't tell me her dream had something to do with the other part of the legend.... Just like Marin, fear started to settle into the boy like a prelude that something bad was going to happen but only he had an idea of what HAD been done in the past.

Marin continues to sob away although not as much as before. "Oi there love" Sale's trademark accent tries to comfort her. "I don't know what you were dreaming about...but I'm sure it couldn't have been THAT bad, eh?" Dorin's cheerful voice adds "Yeah! Ms. Mawin shouldn't be scared with how big she is now!" The fiery Aubury furthers with "If was anything like what happened with Walrus then it's nothing to you!"

Hearing all their small voices trying to cheer her up Marin slowly brings her enermous head out from the cover of her knees while whipping away her large tears. "Th..thanks everyone.." She says a bit stronger then before, and that's when Ms. MeowMeow approaches. "Marin don't be afraid of whatever it was. We're all here for you." Everyone nods in unison from that statement.

"So this is where you've been!" An angry cry breaks the tender moment, and looking back is one mad Mapahl as she has Doren harshly picked by his ear. "Not even so much as a hello to say you're alright and here you are sleeping at the beach!" Everyone is awestruck as they are used to seeing Mapahl very calm. "So you were out late ALONE with Marin huh?! This was why you were late home the other night too right?!"

"I-OW!-I'm sorry mom!" Doren tries to defend himself but is quickly hushed. "Don't "I'm sorry mom" me! You have no idea how much I've been worried about you!" Thinking this is might lead to something bad for Little Doren ( Marin's new nickname for him), Marin intervenes. "Ms. Mapahl, please go easy on him. I was lonely so...so I asked Doren if he'd stay around until after I went to asleep."

Thanks Marin. Doren is relived a little, smilling as Marin looks at him with a cute grin. "Well, that was sure nice of you Doren." Mapahl says cooling her fire, but the inferno doesn't take long to set ablaze once more. " But that doesn't mean you're off the hook young man! I have a long list chores that need to be done!" And with that, she drags Doren along by his ear and collar back to Mabe and the rest of her sons are forced to follow.

As Doron was leaving, he had taken notice of Doren's horrorifed stature minutes before. So I was right about where you were. And the way you acted two nights ago....you know something don't you? He runimates silently.

"Guessin' I have to leave you ladies as well." Sale states. "Have-a another shipment to deliver for the missus, so if you all will kindly excuse me." He tips his hat in Marin's direction before heading off.

The Witch is then next to appear before Marin on the hill. "I'm quite sorry again deary....but even with what you told me, I didn't turn up with anything." Marin appears lost from the sound of it. "Nothing? Abouslutely nothing at all?" Even from the harsh way of putting it, the Witch shakes her head sadly. "Nothing at all deary....this continues to confuse me as to why none of my family line wouldn't line wouldn't know about it all." Marins nods acceptingly.

Marin is finally feeling better from all that crying, and that's when she mutter softly. "If you all don't mind....think I could be alone for little bit?" Ms. MeowMeow nods in return. "Certainly. We'll be waiting in Mabe whenever you're ready." She motions to Aubury and they leave hand-in-hand and the Witch departs on her broom.

The giantess lets out a huge sigh. A little peace and quiet finally... Looking around a little, the fact that she's sitting right in the middle of Toronbo Shores STILL amazes her and also by the fact that those hills that lead north to Mabe she could see level with the top one. My height hasn't changed any.

But why am I having these dreams? The first dream was of a greyish world where a village not unlike her own seemed to be in gratitude for Marin, but the second was the nothing but the opposite. Are they telling me something...? Glancing down at her hand, it goes through her head how strong she has become. And coupled with how the dream foretold of the destruction of Mabe her eyes grow determined making a fist. I won't let that happen!

"If I'm going to do anything though...I'm-" *GRUMBLE* The loud thunder crackle that was Marin's stomach finishes her sentence. Maybe all what everyone says is true... She raises herself to her full 90. ft height and heading back to Mabe.

It took her some time to return to Mabe. The images of the dream were still burnt into her brain clearly and she could of sworn that the shadow beings in her mind were not a picture and instead were looking right back at her...

Relief comes once seeing Mabe safe and sound just as it was yesterday. I just hope that won't change any. She enters the village heading to the square where Chef Bear is just putting the finishing touches on Marin's breakfest. "Thanks alot Chef Bear!" Marin thanks him sitting down, nearly filling the entire square with her behind.

While eating, she glances behind her at the Quintoplets house and sure enough Mapahl has Doren working hard as she constantly prods him around doing chores. Poor Little Doren....if only Mapahl knew why he was doing it. Marin thinks feeling pretty sorry for him.

Once done, she places the bowl aside and that's when Marin starts to notice she's getting some harsh looks from some of the residents. The giantess merely blinks once or twice confused as Old Lady Ulriria is looking her way scornfully still tending to her destroyed garden. "It's all your fault!" The ancient angry one reminds her.

Once Marin hear's that, she starts to think with a grin. I could easily crush you to... Her eyes become wide when she hears that. NO! Why would I think that?! Again like before, that aura seems to have kicked in but this time seems to be making her body MUCH hotter! STOP IT! She takes her hands to her head fighting the feeling off violently by shaking her head.

"MARIN! Are you alright?!' Marin looks down after a few tense seconds and see's Ms. MeowMeow standing there in front of her. "I'm...I'm alright....just some of that dream popping back into my head..." Marin explains in return, and she starts to feel that aura start to cool down to nothing. What....what is this?!

Ms. MeowMeow is forced to accept that, but she offers some advice. "Take it easy today Marin. Seems that nightmare is really messing with your head, and because we still don't know why this has happened to you, it might be best to keep things calm." Marin nods in return from her sage words. "I'll try too Ms. MeowMeow." You have no idea how much this messing with my head though... She thinks adverting her somber eyes.

The fallen grand rooster statue on the side of the square meets her gaze, where it's been ever since she knocked it over and subsequently tripped over it afterwards resulting in the olbiration of the dream house with her shoulder. Picking it up, she finds and easily inserts it back into the hole in the earth. Well, this is probably the only thing that I can fix.... Her depression goes a bit further with the thought.

But then she suddenly feels a small tapping on her right foot. Whoever was brave enough to come that close to her must of had been urgent (no idea how bad they must smell right now she thought), and Marin finds Sale standing there looking troubled underneath his hat.

"Hello Sale, what's wrong?" Sale takes off his hat (probably to cover his nose ;), saying. "Well missus...I kinda need you help." Marin becomes intrigued. "Sure....alright! What's happened?" Sale scratches his noggin trying to put his thoughts into words. "You know the bridge we 'ave down south? The one that covered that long string of deathtraps?" Marin knows exactly where's he taking about, two screens east and one screen south of Toronbo Shores (yes, screens :) wood was placed over a row of five of those nasty pitfalls.

"What happened to it?" Marin asks curiously and Sale is quick to answer "After I had my crane towed across this morning, I'm guessin' the wood went on protest from all the weight and collapsed deep into the pits of whatever. Now I'm stuck wihtout a way to get my crane back to my store." Marin doesn't look convinced, saying with a raised eyebrow. "You could always take the hills from the west...." Sale nods in return. "Aye, that I could, but it'd take forever and a day."

"Well.....alright then Sale, let's get to work!" Marin declares with a unusually happy smile, making Sale look relieved. "You're a life saver missus...but do you have an idea of where we could get some wood from?" Marin merely nods. "Yep! Don't think Dorun will mind if we take a little bit of his pile..." And with that, they both head to the construction site.

Once there, all the of the Quintoplet brothers minus Doren and Aubury are all working on the building that's still only in bare bones. "Hey everyone!" Marin announces herself getting near, and she turns down to Dorun immediately. "Dorun, hate to ask you this, but I need to use a little bit of your pile of wood..." It's easy to see Dorun had become agiated from the sound of it, but he says differently. "Go ahead. Won't mind a little being taken."

The shopkeeper overlooking construction sighs. "How much longer is this going to take....?" Marin says apoligizing "I'm sorry, but the bridge to the south broke apart and I'm going to help fix it." Dorin, Doran and Aubury all stop what their doing when they hear that. "Can we help too?" Aubury offers, and Marin looks down the eager three with a smile. "Why not, could definately use my three little helpers again!"

Grabbing a few long of pieces of wood, Marin places the incredibly light trunks under her right arm. "Ok everyone! I'll carry you there!" Marin says placing her hands on the ground and the three kids run on without hesitation. Sale however merely pauses, and Marin asks. "Something the matter?" Sale shakes his head. "Not a thing love, just rememberin' last time you 'ad me in your hands....not that I'll forget the lovely close-up of your face I had, no sirsee." Marin laughs a little as Sale gets on cautiously.

Standing up slowly Marin takes one more look at Mabe. By helping out I can get my mind off of that dream and that aura.... She resolves for a chance to perk up her mood and so far it was working.

She heads off to the Ukuku Priarie and from there south to the bridge.......but sadly, that would be the last time Marin would see Mabe before it would be changed drastically forever......

"Whew-wee." Sale whistles awestruck at the sight 50 ft. above the ground sitting in Marin's hands. Dorin notices him and says "You should see what you can on Ms. Mawin's head!"

"She...she let you kids up there?!" Sales says blinking. "I sure did!" Marin suddenly interrupts with her loud and gleeful voice. "They asked nicely so I let them...although I might not let a certain someone ever again...." Her right eye is pegged at Doran with that comment.

"I'm...I'm sorry about that already..." Doran offers weakly in defense but his cheeks are already blushing. "Idoit!" Aubury says angerily at him, but Doran ignores it thinking something else while looking up to Marin. I don't know what that dream was about...but, I'll continue to do my best to make sure you don't look sad again! He vows once more with his continued loyalty to the now giant Sea Maiden...even if she doesn't see it at all. Or atleast in the way he intends it to be.

With earth shaking steps they reach the bridge by the slight patch of forest in record time. "Alright everyone." Marin says stopping at the right side of the now empty bridge where Sale's crane was parked."I'll put you all down as I get to the other side alright?" Sale tips his hat nervously and the kids nod as their let to the ground.

Marin then takes one gigantic step over the now long row of pitfalls. "Holy....!" Sale mutters again further surprised as that must of been classifed as merely a casual light step for her but it spanned the length of 15 ft.! Aye aye...guessin' I still be needin' to adjust a bit to the missus's change I suppose...

"The wood is coming over now!" Marin announces as she kneels down and takes the long flat pieces of wood and them over the holes. It takes three thin 5 ft. long pieces of wood to cover the span of the bridge but it's rather weak that way, but by using some spare pieces she places more on top of the first strudining it immensely.

"Sale! Do you have some hammers and nails?" Marin says while practically holding the bridge together with her hands at each end. "That I do miss!" Sale quickly retrives them from his crane and then dividing them evenly, the group goes over Marin's right hand and starts nailing the bridge together.

"Brother don't hit your thumb again!" Dorin reminds playfully as Doran starts the nailing in the middle and he returns a scornful look. "That only happened beca-OW!" During his sharp return Doran wasn't looking and ended up slamming the SAME finger yet again. Laugther ensues as Doran curses parading back and forth holding his stubbed finger.

"Ha ha ha...you should listen to your brother Doran!" Marin teases as she feels the vibration of his running through the wood. Her laughing is a welcome change from what happened this morning. This feeling.... The warmth of a cool evening's fire has begun to enshroud the giantess's body making her feel....nice and comforted.

Marin notices how Aubury is looking edgy hammering away slowly. "What's wrong Aubury?" Aubury is startled alot by it before responding shakily "Are...are you sure you have a good hold of this bridge....?" Marin grows wide-eyed, then that changes to a more reassuring face. "Don't worry Aubury....I'll make sure NOTHING happens to any of you, alright?"

It takes just a little bit longer before the whole bridge is fully connected by nails. "Alright! Good job everyone!" Marin says, but then Sale offers. "Think it would be a good idea to test it...make sure nothin' like that happens again anytime soon ya?" All five are in unison, but Marin comes up with an idea signaling for everyone to get off the bridge.

"Hee hee...I have the perfect way to test it!" She says with a smile that hides er intent, but it doesn't take long to found out what she meant. Marin takes her hand and starts pressing aganist the bridge with fingers more then four times the size of it! Barely using any force at all the tension builds extremely and that's when Marin recoils away under fear of accidenlly breaking it.

"I think the bridge will last for a good while." Marin reports turning to the four and Sale has gained a wide open mouth that sags all the way to the ground. This....the missus is starting to become too much for me....

"Golly gee are my arms now sore..." The giantess states, then does some of her missed morning excuses. A small torrential wind is created while doing her arm circles, but that doesn't last for very long. "Guess I'll just take a break for the moment." She says while sitting off to the side of the bridge her body taking much more space then needed.

Resting, her eyes eventually fall upon a run-down abadoned shack not far from where she's sitting known to the villagers as The House By The Bay. She remembers how long ago the deceased owner of this house eventually sought out Link as a ghost to to be put to rest. Link had succeded and the since then the house stood still silently with the calm waves.

"!" Marin becomes increasingly surprised when the holy white figure of the ghost reappears over the house! It's black slits of it's atypical ghost face shows it's confused, but upon seeing the giant Marin, it changes to a more happier one. Marin retruns the favor in kind, awed just as the ghost as, watching it slowly float toward her face like a lost child.

Marin mouthes "Hello" when the ghost gets closer, not wanting to disturb the rest of the group. The ghost replies with a blank stare, then becomes somber slowly shaking it's head. As Marin is trying to figure out it's meaning the ghost then vanishes with a flicker......instead being replaced with a vision of that one-eyed shadow being from Marin's dream!

WHAT?! Marin is shocked watching it float with an unsettling air. The eye of the being again opts to smile.....but it suddenly dispeates away in the few sparse seconds it had existed. The disturbed Sea Maiden is left blinking raking her brain for whatever just happened's meaning.....

"AHH!" An immense pain hits Marin straight in the head from out of nowhere! "Missus!" Sale yells as he and the other three rush to her side from her loud cry of agony, but he gets nothing in return. Their left to do nothing but watch as Marin as her large hands around her even bigger head waving it back and forth!

A maelstrom of random thoughts and feelings is engulfing Marin's mind with her having no idea how this started. Spontonous pictures and voices of the last two days appear and disappear spastically, each one bringing mixed responses. Then some of the more malicous sounding voices start to solidify and are able to be heard....

"It was made for....normal-sized people afterall."

"It's all your fault!"

"I guess it's too late to deal with you right now."

"NO! I won't have anyone else helping in the building of this!"

Deep unfound hatred comes with every line, but the most promient voice was Lady Ulriria's "We don't need a monster like you around!" The word "monster" along with images of the burning Mabe from her dream are repeated over and over and over again like some twisted torture device.....until.....

Marin screams out in bloody murder while at the same time bringing down her joined hands hard in rage infront of her, resulting in an earth-shattering blow that reduces the abadnoned shack to nothing but a deep crater. The ensueing shockwave from the blow is more then enough to the send the four by her side right off their feet as they also hear the bridge they just fixed and some of the nearby trees tetter a bit.

After the dust cloud that's from the remains of the house starts to clear in a few tension full seconds, the sillheoute of Marin's long streaming orange-red hair comes into view as it hides away any trace of her face. Her gigantic body is still hunched down after the double-handed blow and has so far hasn't budged at all.

Dorin, Doran, Aubury and Sale all look at Marin.....scared, something they would of never expected to feel from her. "Kids....get behind me." Sale shakily whispers, afraid, while raising to his feet and the kids aren't in any objection. The horrorifed four inch closer to their fallen giantess friend, and once a few feet away, Doran mutters curiously "Ma...marin....?"

She must of heard that because Marin's huge backside has started to lean back up slowly making them all jump back quite a ways. The group can see that her eyes are closed, but once her large body is fully up-right, her head turns toward the four.. and by opening her eyes she gives them a sight they would never forget....

Marin's deep sky blue eyes have changed to a deep crimson red color with pupils as black as night! Marin adds an evil smile seconds later to her normally cheerful face upon noticing the four's terrorifed status.

"Hee hee....now let's see what I can really do!" Marin's unmistakable voice suddenly bellows out followed by a twistingly dark chuckle. Marin then quickly raises to her feet,

completely ignoring the group, before walking casually to the north over many hills and trees without a care of what happened to them afterward.

Each of her earthquake endusing steps bring the sound of loud rhytmic sonic booms, almost like a chorus singing, foretelling of great peril as the now seemingly evil Marin reaches her desination.....

..........Mabe.

"Whew....." Doran sighs from exhaustion, the long list of chores Mapahl had for him finally complete. "Haven't even had breakfest yet and I'm already tired...." Heading down the hill by house to get some cooked goods from Chef Bear, Doran can't help but notice his dad, Papahl, sitting on his long chair outside the house.

"...?" Doran has to stop right there when his dad seems to be mumbling "Marin....." The father is looking straight up with wide eyes...and that makes Doran sigh ashamed. He must of looked up her skirt the first time she appeared......maybe she was right about this being a family thing..... What's left of his shattered self-confidence cracks a little more as he's again attacked by Marin when she's not even there.

But before even moving again, an enourmous sound makes him stop dead his tracks much like all the other residents. "What in tarnation was that?!" Tarin yells upon exitting his house looking to the south where the abnormality came from. "Anyone have any idea what could of been?" The shopkeeper asks everyone around a minute later and no one can offer a thing.

I think I might..... Doran's mind is running the more disastrous parts of the Doshin legend.....and his eyes grow large as watermelons once they see Marin's large intimidating figure steadily coming there way from the south. NO....NO....don't tell me that!

Marin stops her advance nearly a mile away. She looks over the village, returning the stare to all that's now looking at her as the malicious grin she has grows wider. "They've all come out to see me...." She pauses, hunching her body down. "...so I think I'll give them a grand hello!" And with that, her impossibly skycraper tall body leaps into the air!

"WHAT?!" Every villager is now just trying not to be in the way of the huge falling mountain-sized comet that utterly blocks out the sun! And with a force that could crush even the strongest of fortresses and the weight of several tons upon tons, Marin hits the ground just west of the arcade resulting in a grand tremor and dust cloud.

This...this isn't happening.... Is all Doran could fathom while trying to stand back up after being knocked down violently, looking up and up to Marin in the large crater she had made....and they become even more pronounced with fear (if that's even possible, considering their watermelon sized) when the gigantic girl looks down on everyone with those huge red spheres of hideous intent.

"Run! You'd all had run unless I might step on you!" The giantess's voice rings out in warning and most are confused by it's meaning. When no one moves, Marin becomes agiated standing up and brings her foot down hard. Everyone gets the message running away in any direction avialble.

"Yes!" The giantess's evil laugh could be heard for miles. "This is why I now deserve to be the queen of Koholint!" As chaos has come down below, Marin's head that's 80. ft above the ground turns toward her left. "And as queen, theirs some unrully subjects that need to be taught a lesson!"

Her eyes were set on Lady Ulriria's house and it doesn't take her long to stand tall over it, Ulririra standing insignificantly at her feet ready to defend her home. "So you say I trashed your garden right?" The old lady isn't one to be frightened by the giantess's booming voice , saying "You...you really have become a monster!" Marin snickers. "Well then, I'll show you how much of a "monster" I really can be when their's NOTHING of your precious garden left!"

And with that, Marin raises her huge left foot and starts brings it down right on the destroyed remains of the garden! After Ulriria barely managed to get out the way, she is forced to watch as the "monster" starts playfully grinding her sandal further into the ground. "My....my....." Is all that leaves Ulriria's mouth as her emotional wound is cut even deeper.

"There you go! All better!" Marin states gleefully as she retracts her leg over the completely messed up parch of the land that's left. Her eyes then drift to the old hag's house, it soon after adding another thought to the diabolical Sea Maiden's mind.

"You know, Old Man Ulriria should REALLY come out more often." Marin mutters out in seemingly innocent thought." I know he's shy of people and all......and I think I know just a way to fix that!" The giantess turns right around, setting her sights on the telephone booth where she also completely crushes it under her foot!

"Now he's forced to come out to talk to people now!" Her howling laughter that ensues gives the people of Mabe an even more powerful feeling of helplessness as Marin had just started and so much had been done.

Of course no one attempts to stop Marin when she starts walking casually eastward with hands behind her in a stroll. "Hm...think I should leave THIS alone atleast." She states after reaching her own house that now only reaches a little past her ankle. "That bastard father of mine needs a place to sleep as my slave once I really become queen!" Stepping over it brings another surge of power as her father is probably hiding scared inside, and she doesn't care that half of the fence and the tree around the house were flattened while doing so.

The beautiful destroyer's sights have been set on her next target: the construciton site. "Ah yes...Chef Bear's Honey Buns(tm).....what's the "(tm)" for at the end anyway?" She asks herself, but it only amounts to her shrugging. "Oh well....but I still have a score to settle." Her red eyes go down until they meet with Dorun, Doron and the shopkeeper who are still there also ready to defend it.

"Hello boys!" She leans her body down to them in a somewhat provocitve way, giving them caught a good look at her. And they were, until she says. "Why can't you let one big girl help in building huh?" Dorun already knows what she's talking about and he counters. "No! I didn't mean it like that!" Marin merely shakes her head with a grin. "Too bad....because you should of chosen your words more carefully!" She quickly stands back up and then rears her right leg back, preparing to do a devastating soccer kick!

"Get out of the way!" Doron commands hastily, but then both brothers quickly find that the shopkeeper isn't moving paralyzed by fear! "Idoit!" Dorun curses as they run and grab him getting away right before Marin lets her leg fly and it connects, sending destroyed pieces of debris flying everywhere, even some into the village store that makes half of it collapse with a resounding boom!

"Ooops....." Marin whispers like a innocent child. "Wasn't trying to do that...." She sounds geniunely concerened about the store, but it doesn't seem to matter anymore when she turns away from it. "What should I do next...?" Chaos continues to flow throughout the village as the now seemingly goddess of destruction thinks of her next move.

"Hmm...guess I'll take a breather for now....there's not much left in this crappy little town anyway..." And with that, she walks to the square and plants her behind down in it, not worried about sitting on anything.

Right away her crimson eyes catch sight of that rooster statue. "I have an idea!" She says happily while prying the statue out of the ground. She easily bends the iron using her gigantic fingers trying to make some shape out of it. When she takes one-to-many wrong movements by mistake, she lets out a disgusted sigh. "So much for that..." She then tosses it behind her like a broken toy, a loud thud then could be heard miles away afterward.

Her stomach grumbles. "I really must have an eating problem or something.....maybe all that stuff I eat is the reason why I'm this big?" Everyone that poked fun of her so far comes to her mind. "But if that's true, I have all this power because of it.....so gotta find some more!"

Her eyes then spot some of Sale's food crates not too far away. "Perfect!" She lets out a bright smile taking the first crate that fits squarely in her palm and takes the top off throwing it away carelessly and letsthe contents run down her throught. "Hmmmm....." Delight runs through her being as her stomach is satisfied. And just like that, the crate is completely empty as is the giantess's endless appitete.

Preparing the second one, Marin glances down at Ms. MeowMeow's house and sees BowBow looking angriely at her from the door barking. Marin merely thrusts her body forward just a little and that sends BowBow whimpering back into the house. "Useless dog...." She mutters before downing the second crate.

The destruction had stopped due to Marin's sating her hunger. And that's when one person finally gained the courage to attempt to stop her, for he was the only one that knew a thing about it.

"MARIN! STOP THIS, I BEG YOU!" Doren yells up to her as he bravely runs up to her right side and tugs on the end her dress. "We don't mean any harm to you! We just want to help you with whatever happened to you!" The elder brother pleads further, but Marin ignores him as she takes and empties the third and last crate.

Come on Marin....I don't know wh----- His thought is interuppted suddenly. Suddenly when Marin looks straight down at Doren with her large imposing stature, a horror he never knew existed coming with it. His body starts to shake over all with fear as her red crimson eyes more then triple the size of him are doned completely on him, it even sends a chill up his spine that it's from someone he just recently came to admire.

But what she would say is what would really break him. "So finally someone steps forward to try and stop me....and it figures it would be the oldest of the stupid Quintoplet brothers. Come to defend your family before I get Dorin back for all those times he's messed up my name or before I show Doran how close he can REALLY get to me?" He can say nothing in return as his body is now completely immoblized by her intimatding stature and voice and he knew she WOULD do those things.

"And of course there's you....think just because you found all those things about the Doshin Legend all by yourself I'd suddenly start liking you?" That hits a deep chord as Doren starts to shake feverishly like a scared and lost child...and that's not's not too far from the truth. "Or you think I'd stop doing this because you told me the Doshin acted nice and kind to everyone?" She pauses, getting delight out of watching the little bug-sized boy squirm under this gigantic pressure.

"Well you're wrong on both accounts, most certainly the first!" She then lowers her boulder-sized left hand down before him fast as lighting. "So get lost!"

And with that, she flicks her gigantic middle finger the size of a pillar at Doren! "UAHH!" He yelps as her finger hits him right in the stomach, knocking the wind out of the boy sending him airbourne for atleast 5ft. before slamming into the earth hard meters away!

"DOREN!" Mapahl screams having witnessed the event while rushing to her son's side. He's unconsicous, but she's relieved that it's nothing life threating and that's when Mapahl turns angerily to the evil giantess. "How...how could do something like this?! He was just trying to help you!" The mother screams loudly not scared at all by the size difference.

However, something seems to be wrong with Marin as her huge pupils blink a few times looking at the fallen Doren. "....what....why...?" A sudden whisper seems to signify a change of heart has seemed to befallen her at the sight she's seeing. "I....I'm sorry...I..." Marin's whispers in a low apoligtic voice and Mapahl is rather stunned by it. "M...marin....?"

"No! I'm not sorry!" Marin says loudly while shaking her head."That brat got what he deserved...but...whargh!" She hastily gets to her feet and turns toward the north and starts running in that direction as something appears to be wrong with her. The giantess does a huge leap over the northern hill and keeps on going into Mystertious Woods.

Although happy that Marin had finally left Mabe for good, Tarin is still compelled to race after his giant dauther. "MARIN!" He cries uselessly heading for the Mysterious Woods leaving the destroyed Mabe behind. What made you do this?! I must know!

Now even more giant steps are littering the ground of Mysterious Woods as Marin continues running northward. She remains undetained the whole way through as any tree that comes in contact with her is merely brushed away to her side or snapped in two.

"Why did I do that?!" Her voice is angry thinking aloud. "I'm not sorry about that little kid or anything else that happened!" Her feelings are now in conflict with eachother continuing on.

While passing right by the area where she first grew, she completely goes by the tree that had the mushroom growing under it. It almost felt to her that something had pushed her body out of the way of hitting it, but what could possibly do that to her 90 ft. tall self is anyone's guess.

Not too much further from that area is when Marin finally stops. "Why am I suddenly feeling bad about what I did?" Her head is starting to feel very strange even when the evil giantess attempts shaking it away. "They all got what they deserved! That's all that counts!"

Letting her hands go, her all-seeing gaze comes upon another place she could potentially destroy: Crazy Tracy's Hut. Grinning at the sight of it, she thinks diabolically I'll get that lady for making my dad waste all of MY rupees!

As she casually comes near the hut, she sees Tracy outside now scared at the sight of her. "Do...you do you know what happened Marin?" Tracy asks after hearing all the stuff that happened down south, and Marin returns only a simple smile. "Yep! I sure do!" But then her crimson eyes focus evily on her. "But now I'll get YOU back for messing with my dad!"

Tracy is forced to run when Marin quickly kneels and attempts to demolish her hut with a solid punch! However, when the fist flies, it oddly changes course and instead hits the watering hole infront of it. Her fist makes a 10 ft. deep crater of it at which water slowly starts to fill up within it.

"What....?' Marin blinks down surprised at her own fist. "What made me miss....?" Not wasting anymore time thinking, she reels her hand back a second time. "This one should---"

"NO! STOP RIGHT THERE!" The giantess's voice stops and changes mid-sentence from an evil sounding tone to a more resistant sounding one. As Marin's fist is dangling in mid-air Tracy is confused at the sight of it, but can't see what caused the change as Marin has hung her head and again her hair hides her voice.

An odd silence then comes as Marin is occupying so much of the northern Mysterious Woods with her large body sitting down but continues to remain still.....

"MARIN!" Tarin then suddenly comes from behind her, breathing heavily but still angry as the bee hive he "picked" yesterday. At first Marin does nothing.....but then quiet sounds of sobbing could be heard.

Marin's head slowly turns back toward Tarin, and he's not sure what to say or do at the sight. That crimson red pigment has washed away from her eyes and have returned to their natural deep sky blue, dripping humengous tears of the exact same color. "I...I...did...n't....dad..." Is all she's able to whisper in a very depelated and shattered voice. Tracy and Tarin exchange glances before they attempt to get closer to her.

"Marin....what happened to you.....?" Tarin says in a calm tone ready to accept whatever answer was given to him when he nears her feet. Her crying is all that be heard for a few minutes, but then Marin finally starts to whisper in broken words. "Som...ething...don't....I'm so sorry....didn't..."

But Marin can't take it anymore as tears continue to cry away she suddenly stands up and starts running northward, and once exiting Mysterious Woods hastily turns toward the western edge of the island (passing by Mr Write's house who's darts back in after seeing Marin run towards him) where she leaps right over the side and sinks completely into the surroudning sea! A small tidal wave is caused when the sheer magnitude of Marin's 90 ft. tall body hits the water, but it hits the side of the island harmlessly.

"Where'd she go?!" Tarin and Tracy had quickly followed to her the island's edge waiting for her enourmous head to pop out. But the water continues to remain in an odd peacefull stillness with no sign of her at all.

Around this time is when Dorin, Doran Aubury and Sale all finally arrive at the ruined Mabe riding on Sale's crane. Right away their all appalled at the sight. "What...what did Ms Mawin do.....?" Is all anyone out of the four could say after a while.

Heading in, they first see what's left of the construstion site (nothing other then a few pieces of wood left on stand-by) and the town shop further down with long needles of wood sticking out of what's left standing of it.

"This is terrible..." Sale mutters to himself, glancing at the shopkeeper down on his knees infront of the store greiving over it's destruction. "Why did the missus do this...?"

Doran also is surverying the damage. Marin did all this...? Coupled with that piercing crimson glare he recieved from her, the sight of the completely destroyed tooth phone with only it's ground frame left make him shiver. But...but I tried to... He remembers trying to cheer Marin up by fixing the crack she accidently made on it...but now that and the whole building is gone.

All the memories of the following two days since she grew have now changed. That time when Doran was stuck on the tree glaring into her pretty eyes has altered to Marin giving him an evil stare ready to pounce on his helpless self! And that other time when he got a little too close to her and was saved (although barely let off the hook of punishment) has changed to the sight of Marin picking him off her chest and then wringling him in two!

"Marin....was there something I could of done to prevent this....?" Remembering his personal vow, the boy continues to ponder on it.

Aubury too is gaining mixed feelings. Although she had dreamed to become as big as Marin, the large crater west of the arcade, the flattened fence around Marin's house and Lady Ulrira's garden all start to make her reconsider that decision. All this.... She thinks with dread-fulled eyes.

The auburn rabbit looks down at Ulriria's house, and there is the old lady is whipping up a hell storm parading through her destoryed garden. "Monster! She really has become a monster!" She repeats over again with deadly ferocity and Aubury becomes affected by it. Ms. Marin...a monster...? Aubury can't fathom the idea....but then thinks if she grew as well, she might be called the same thing.

The four then notice that people are gathering at a spot at the square, and rushing over Dorin becomes surprised at the sight. "BROTHER!" Doren still lay on the ground out cold with a saddened Mapahl at his side. "What happened to the boy miss?!" Sale starkly asks, and Mapahl shakes her head depressingly. "Marin...she..she flicked him away with her finger when he tried to get her to stop...."

All four of the group's eyes go wide. "What?!" Doran can't accept what's he hearing. "Why....why would Marin do that?!" The now furious second youngest brother yells looking down at Doren. "If she was only trying to help her...then...then...!" "Calm down...yelling not going to solve anything." Aubury commands taking Doran by the shoulder.

The now sullen Ms. MeowMeow approaches from her house. "I don't know why Marin would commit such hideous acts....but atleast only Doren was the only one that was hurt...." Dorin then asks quickly. "Will brother be alright?!" MeowMeow merely nods. "Yes....he should awaken pretty soon."

Around this time is when more people start arriving at the village. Tarin, Tracy, the Witch and even Mr. Write from the north, with the people of Animal Village and Prince Richard (the rooster statue Marin tossed had gone so far it landed right infront of the SeaShell mansion.) coming from the east.

As converstations start raising on Marin and what to do about Mabe, Doren starts to come around. "u...uh...." He mutters gaining consciousness at which a wave of relief goes through everybody. Mapahl immediately hugs him without saying a thing, and Doren blinks a few times surprised. "Mom...?" He feels Mapahl shake her head softly aganist his chest at which he doesn't say anything else, left in his mother's embrace.

Minutes later Mapahl slowly lets go of Doren, at which he starts looking around the area. "Marin...where'd she go...?" "She jumped into the ocean after heading north through the woods." Tarin briskly answers his question, which makes Doren ask further. "The ocean?! You mean you still don't know where she is?" Tarin shakes his head.

But suddenly someone starts to storm through the crowd. "DOREN!" Doron is nearly emiting large pulses of angry energy as he approches and grabs Doren by the neck bringing him to his feet! "Doren! You...you know what's happened to Marin right?!"

Doron's declartion brings mixed feelings from the crowd as now everyone becomes focused on Doren who returns a puzzled stare. "What made you think I know anything...?" Doron doesn't waver retorting immediately. "It's easy with how distant you were two nights ago when we're checking up on Marin! And let's not forget when you completely disappeared yesterday only for you to appear at the beach by her this morning!"

Doren knows he's been caught, so the boy prepares his words carefully in his explanintion. "....I...yes, I do know why--" He's not allowed to go past that as from the sound of "yes" Doron flared up like a volcano while rearing his fist back and delivering a vicsous right hook to Doren's face, making Doren stumble back a few feet!

"IDOIT! MORON!" Doron is now in a mood that only the word "pissed" could properly describe. "Why the heck didn't you tell ANYONE ELSE you knew something!?" The smart brother's angry eyes drill a hole into Doren whose eyes are hidden while nursing the blow on his face.

"I...I read a legend the day Marin appeared..." Doren starts weakly. "It seemed to match...but...but...I just wasn't sure so..." Doron is quick to interrupt ready to burst into flames at any moment. "SO WHAT?! ANYTHING about how she became that tall would help! Even if you weren't sure about it! MORON!"

"And because you DIDN'T tell anyone, look at what happened!" Doron accuses harshly while extending his arms. "Mabe is in shambles, all because of Marin and for reason we DON'T know! Did you find out WHAT would make her do this? And if you did, did you atleast TELL HER?!"

Doren seems on the verge of collapsing from Doron's fierce interrogation and his very drained body, but he continues his defense. "I...I went around looking by myself for more things about the legend... and I did find why she might do this...." Doron attempts to hit him again from those words but Mapahl grabs his arm before it could fly. "Doron, that's enough!" She is the only person to interrupt however.

"You are really are an idoit! Going on by yourself to find out more about it.....YOU'RE NOT HIM!" Doron knew that would make Doren look up at him wide-eyed, mentioning the lone adventurer Link that he admired so much. "We could of assisted you know! YOU AREN'T THE ONLY PERSON TO CARE ABOUT HER EITHER!

"WE ALL DO!" With his younger brother's final words Doren looks at and beyond him. Everyone of the entire island is standing there glaring back at Doren concerned about their lost giant songestress just as he said. His family (minus the father who sat through the entireriy of Marin's rampage....googling over her X_X), Tarin, Tracy, Mr. Write, Sale, Richard, The Witch, Aubury.....everyone.

But of course now the most important person of the island had vanished under the sea, possibly to never return again, after becoming possessed and leading a path of destruction on his home town. And it was all his fault.....or alteast, he now took the full blame for it.

Tears of guilt start to shape on his eyes. "Yeah...you're right...I screwed up....." Doren hangs his head as he can't stand to look at anyone else right now. "It's all my fault...I should of told someone...but...but..I just wanted to..."

Two hands then go to each of his shoulders, startling him. Looking up slowly he finds both his mom and Ms. MeowMeow standing infront of him with faces that could forgive anything. "It'll be alright Doren..." Maphal says calming him down, as Ms MeowMeow continues "...but you could tell us where you found this legend?"

Sniffing away his tears, Doren realizes he has to take responsibitly for this. "Y...yeah. Follow me...."

The island library probably had the most people to attend it ever had later that day as Doren showed the Doshin Legend to everyone. Then with the magnifiying glass he revealed the two hidden paragraphs that signified the very events that lead up to this tragedy. And right away some start to realize that they were at fault too in how this came to be.

"We....we acted terrible to her..." Tarin is the first to speak of it, all the little things he said ever since she become giant-sized reappear in his mind. I'm a horrible father... Ms MeowMeow can't help but notice Tarin's guilt-ridden look and comes to comfort him. "Don't be so hard on yourself." She says softly, and Tarin accepts it without saying a word.

The only Quintoplet brother to not be around Marin Dorun is also looking stern about the construction site. "I didn't mean it like that..." He tries explaining to Dorin and Doran, but Dorin is mad firing back. "You got what you deserve! You acted so mean to Ms. Mawin when she was only trying to help you!" Dorun can say nothing in response.

Even Prince Richard remembers how he treated her a bit. "Could of definately been a bit nicer eh...." He mutters remembering that "normal-sized people" line.

The person affected the most by this was probably the least likely to change anything about her though. "I shouldn't have called her a monster...." Lady Ulriria silently regrets for once, finally realizing that Marin was doing nothing but trying to help when her garden was ablaze. But the fact that it's now even MORE ruined make her still harbor some anger at the giantess.

The Witch is of course baffled by the legend and it's unkown origin. Why don't I have any knowledge of this? The text explained the sudden growth and the aura, but it just seemed to come out of nowhere. This magican...does it have anything to do with my ancestors? The Witch continues to ponder quietly over this strange turn of events.

Then out of the blue Sale declares determined to everyone in the libraby. "Well folks, I say it's 'bout time we go and find the not-so-little missus eh?" Right away they all turn to him surprised.

"Look for her...?" The shopkeeper is the first to sharply object. "But after what happened to Mabe? Look at all she's done!" , but Sale remains confident. "Oi, tiss true she did do all that. But according to the tale the ventruing brother over there found, WE were also at fault for it too. Me and the kids were there before it started....it seemed like she was fightin' with something in her head. So whatever it was, it wasn't the Marin we knew." That shoots down anything else the shopkeeper had prepared.

"But she's so huge!" Tracy offers next. "She could be anywhere!" Sale shakes his head at the next challenger. "That's right true lass, but this island is too only so big. And the missus must now be frieghetned out of her mind right now so I doubt she'd try venturing far." Tracy can't say a thing in return.

"The missus saved me from a trip to Injury CIty...." Sale pauses tipping his hat closing his eyes while remembing that event and the sad look on her that was caused because of it. "...and I plan on returning that favor the best I can! Old Sale isn't one to run on one of his best customers in there time of great need!" From that many residents start to nod in unison with him, the kids are among the first to do so.

"Alright then people." Tarin says stepping up with a voice that now seems barely fit for a leader. "We'll split into groups and search for Marin around the island. Anyone that wants to stay behind can help clean up Mabe." Everyone is agreement from Tarin's idea as they all start to leave the library at once.

But one person trudges behind everyone slowly eyes glued to the ground. Doren knew he too would....no, HAD to look for Marin as well, but he couldn't possibly face her now. No way he could after all that he did on top of Mabe . His already guilt-ridden stature becomes even harder as he remembers everything, including the pain from the blow when Marin had flicked him away. It felt like his body had been hit by a giant hammer and still stung to that moment.

He then realizes he was probably the luckiest out of everyone for being able to be with Marin alone (or atleast his brothers would say he was). It felt like it was his duty at first to help her out with him being the sole one knowing of the legend....but now he knew it was because ever since that first night when was her enourmous arms over her legs looking at him with those sad and lonely eyes that he had come to like her immensely. And when the favor was returned largely in with an...um...chest filling hug (O_o)...the second night he knew it was returned atleast a little.

The words the evil Marin had said though "You think I'd suddenly start liking you?" stung deep into him. You think she really would? You're just a kid afterall.... He thinks almost kicking himself.

But more importantly, he was thinking of how Marin was feeling right now. Wherever she was, he knew that his body aching was nothing compared to the guilt that she MUST be having run through her mind. Destroying her home town by her own hands.... putting her loved ones in danger....he can't even start to fathom what she's feeling.

Even with that knowledge, the boy was completely powerless to do anything about it now. He had tried not to tell her of it In his attempt to protect her, but had it had backfired completely to a level he never thought it would go. And that's what made him feel empty, like he wasn't deserving to be around right now or deserving of anyhing for that matter. It almost made him completely devoid of any meaning to his life.

"You coming?" Doron asks upon notcing that Doren was way behind everyone else. When Doren hears that, he merely turns his chin up a little and starts to run forward. "Yeah...we have to find her...."

For the rest of the day search parties are sent all over Mabe to every place you could think of in hopeful search of their giantess friend. From Toronbo Shores where she slept to Tal Tal Mountain Range where she disappeared, everywhere is searched. River Rapids, Ukuku Priarie, Animal Village, Yarna Desert, Martha's Bay, Mysterious Woods.....

But no one can find a trace of her. Even in places they thought her large body could hide like under the waterfall of Tal Tal Mountains or possibly behind the walls of Kanalet Castle or even behind Mt. Tamarch. The mermaid and Walrus are also disptached to the waters around the island and the surrouding sea but that also shows up with nothing.

Day quickly turns to night and that's when the ultimately fruitless expedition is called off. Everyone becomes disheartened with the fact that Marin has disappeared completely as the Mabe residents head to Animal Village to stay the night and everyone else disperses to their homes.

Tarin is the last one to finally give up on searching. Marin...I just hope you'll come back to us when you're ready. He thinks remorsely before heading to Animal Village with the rest, the thought of his giant daughter somewhere alone running through his mind....

Behind the Tal Tal Mountain Range is a vast hidden beach that spans that entire length of the island one end to the other, unknown to every islander as it virtually inaccesible. And there, the moon's pale light casts down from above on a lone and frightned giant girl sitting right in the center of it.

"why...why..." Marin's whisper is barely audible as she's completely wrapped up into a ball, crying so much that all the sand around her had become soaking wet. This place was a perfect place for her hide from everyone even with her current size.....although that has changed. Glancing up for a moment to the back of Mt. Tamarach, she's now much smaller from her 90 ft. as the mountain is now much bigger. Although with nothing to truly gauge it by, Marin feels she must now be around 35 ft. tall, the same when she first grew.

But Mabe....her sobbing continues as Marin clearly remembers all that happened. EVERYTHING; from what she said, from what she demolished with ease, how her body was at an intense heat she never felt before, like that of a sun, thanks to that aura and how she had absoulutlely NO control whatsoever over own body during the entire thing.

"That dream....it came true....because of me...." She knew that last night's dream had definately been a warning now...but being just a specator as it was brought to life with her own body when she vowed to make sure it never did made it all the more hurtful. My home...why..? Who wanted for that to happen...? That black shadow being was definately the trigger that caused her possession, she knew that much.

Does it have something to do with the legend...? The Doshin Legend runs through her mind, and not a link comes up. Maybe....maybe there wasn something Doren did---

She stops in mid-thought right there with her eyes becoming even more tearful. "Doren....Doren...I....I..." Now the time when Marin had flicked her enourmous finger strongly aganist Doren's small and weak body is replaying and the sight of him on the ground out cold brought fear to her. Doren...I never meant to hurt you.... She thinks, only being able to wonder on how he is right now, the only person that tried to find out more about her giant orgins.....and had found a little...cute too.

But Marin is somewhat relieved....for what if she WASN'T able to fight off whatever was controlling her then? Imagining watching herself hurt others.....Ms. MeowMeow, Sale, Tarin, Aubury, Dorin, Doran..... "NO...NO!" She screams louldy fighting the thought off.

Then the vile words she was saying during the entire thing come to mind. Did...did I really mean that...? No, of course not! That wasn't me.... But even if she didn't mean them, she realizes that everyone else must be extremely mad at her right now. She imagines that some must be looking for now with pitchforks and torches in an angry mob ready to take her down.

"It's just...just like she said..." The giantess continues thinking aloud with a broken heart. "I've become a monster....and it's all thanks to my hunger and that stupid mushroom...." She says that becoming hateful of herself, all those times she had helped people around the island seem worthless now compared to the magnitude of what Marin did to Mabe.

Then looking up out from the confines of her dress, her eyes lock on to the shining waters of the sea. She is lost in the stillness of the water for a little bit....but then a rather desperate idea enters her mind.

"I'll...I'll swim away from the island!" The giantess declares suddenly. I've always wanted to see other lands....why didn't occur to me till now that I now have the power to that? Indeed, at her size, she could practically go anywhere she wanted undetained.

If they all think of me as a monster now....I have no right in staying here... She stops on that for a second. This was her HOME. Where she grew up with her father. Where all her friends were, where she laughed and sang for them. But the memory of the now destoryed Mabe then reinforces the fact that if she stays around that might happen again....

I'm leaving Koholint....for good. She stands up to her full height and looks above her to the top of the Mountain Range. Although she can't see it, the bright land of the island fills her eyes as they start to grow sorrowful. Goob bye everybody..... And with that, she turns to the water, ready to swim away to wherever it would take her.....

"Ho there!" A sudden small voice startles Marin completely. Huh...? She looks around as she doesn't know where it's coming from, but it comes again quickly. "Down below!" From that, Marin looks up....and there admist the star-lit sky was someone falling slowly down to her from the top of the mountains, and that has to be good 100 ft. up!

"....?" Marin is only baffled by the sight, watching whatever it was come nearer and nearer. Marin then has to sheild her eyes a little as strong bright light seems to be on top of whoever it is. Wait a second....that has to be Goldie!

And as the person comes into view, Marin indeed finds it's the Chicken Coop Owner who lives by himself up in Tal Tal Mountains. He's holding onto the Golden Rooster that Link had resurrected from the dead to gain access to Eagle Tower as it's flipping it's wings hard softly gliding downward together.

"Hello there lassy!" His stark voice comes onces he just little bit above her head, and Marin lets out her hands for him to land on gently. A short thin man with an enourmous nose and that could easily be passed for her father's brother is now standing in her hands. "Many thanks Little Marin.... my arms were just about to give away and I doubt the ground would of been very kind to me!" He ends in a chuckle as Goldie the rooster adoptso sit off the to the side and rest it's wings.

Marin can't a say a thing at first, her large eyes surprised that he would do something like that, or be here for that matter. "What...what are you doing here....?" She asks in low volume, and the little man returns with a smile. 'Why, looking for you of course! I just happened to hear some odd sounds coming from behind my house, so I grabbed old Goldie and jumped off when I saw it was you!"

The giantess blinks a few times. "Looking for me....?" The chicken coop owner nods. "Yep! After you disappeared from the face of Koholint, that's what everyone's been doing! Searching the whole island, just for your not-so-little self!" Marin most certainly becomes taken aback from that, asking "But....but why...? After what I did to Mabe...I thought...I thought..." She's fighting back the tears this time, having enough of doing that all day.

The little man is left with the sole task of calming her down, so he begins. "Well little lass.....Sale and some of those Quintoplet brothers came to me not too long ago after I saw you jump into the ocean. They told me they were looking for you...and they seemed ready to do anything they could to find you." Marin now becomes focused on him as he sits right infront of her face. "They told me what happened at Mabe, but it was like they were just worried a great deal about you."

"Why...?" Marin says blinking, at which the only person to find her continues. " They then told of some legend one their brothers found....Doren I---" "DOREN?! Is he ok?!" Her loud voice unintentiouly bursts out which makes him cover his ears quickly and Goldie snap awake. "Sorry...." Marin says softly afterward, but the chicken coop owner shakes his head ringing his ears out. "It's alright...think that made my ear drums work a little better actually!" He laughs again trying to cheer up, and it's working so far as a small smile is on her face now.

"As for Doren, from what they said he's fine." Marin immiedately lets out a sigh. "That's.... great....I...really didn't mean to hurt him...." "Aye, that is is. But that legend....that's the main reason they weren't mad at you at all." Marin is greatly puzzled by that, so she asks. "What do you mean?"

Marin has to sit down as the chicken coop owner tells her of the Doshin Legend. Although she knew most of it already, the two parts about Yarna Desert catch her attention right away. It explains to her clearly about the aura, the Moblin she saw and that dark shadow being from her dream. Now finally having this answered, a more dire question enters her mind. Doren....? Why didn't you just tell me?

"And after that...I joined everyone else as we started looking for you." The chicken hermit brings her back from her thought train. "We spent the whole day looking everywhere....and it wasn't until nightfall that Tarin deemed ready to call it off although he stayed out quite a while after that just for you." The image of her dad looking for her, probably becoming lost at every turn adds a quirky grin to her mouth.

"But...but I destoyed Mabe....I have no right going back there....." Marin then swiftly declares shaking her head, now afraid that she's holding him in her hands as they could clasp together at any second and crush him. "I just was about to swim away to find some lost island to live on by myself...you----"

"Marin." The chicken coop owner's sudden voice stops even the giant Marin mid-sentence. "I was watching you yesterday from up in the mountains as you went around the whole island. You pretty seemed happy helping out as those kids were with you, even when your butt plunged into the Animal Village square."

Marin sinks a little bit with an agiated look, but the hermit quickly brings he back up with. "I heard your singing too, just barely all the way up there...I can only wonder what it sounded like up closer as it was very soothing and beautiful." The giantess's angry face changes and gains slightly red cheeks, and they grow even redder when a tiny hand touches them. "And I must say.....you do look alot prettier up close, much more so now that you're this big."

With blushing cheeks Marin is uncertain what to say, but the coop owner isn't finished. "Whatever is that made you do to that to Mabe....I'm sure everyone will do their best to help from that happening again." He says as the giantess's large eyes are doned compeltely on him right above his head. "And with how big and strong you are now, I bet if everyone pitches in we could re-build a Mabe that's even better then the first."

The hermit is then taken aback as a single tear begins to drip from her eye. "Marin...?" He asks surprised, but Marin brushes it away. "I'm just glad that everyone to hear doesn't hate me right now...that's all...." The giantess states, as that was a single tear of joy.

"Now....I have a small problem....." The chicken coop owner starts akwardly scratching his head. "I didn't think of a way to get back to my house...." He says looking up to his house that's very high up int he mountain from where they are, but Marin quickly comes up with a solution. "I think I can help you......but Goldie might not like it...." The rooster snaps awake hearing it's name as both of them look at him with a grin....

A few minutes later and Marin is now standing up, with her right arm bent back preparing to throw the Chicken Coop Owner holding onto Goldie upwards. "You ready?" She asks gently, and the hermit merely responds vigoruously. "Too late for regrets now eh? Let us fly!"

Marin nods from that, and then rears back and tosses the two straight up into the air! The force makes him feel like he's a living rocket as within seconds he's already well above his house and most of Koholint and that's almost 200 ft. in the sky! "Wow...." Is all he's able to say from such a sight before staring to gradually glide back down.

Once the two reach his house, the hermit looks down to Marin who's waiting for him feet at the beach. "Thanks alot Little Marin! We'll see you tomorrow!" He calls down to her and she nods her humengous head in return upon hearing his tiny voice.

Sitting back down, Marin resumes glaring intently at the moonlight reflected waters. It's oddly calm now.... Indeed, things really have calmed now thanks to the hermit's intervetion. Before Marin thought she was going to leaving Koholint forever due to unabliity to stop herself from destroying Mabe....but now she embraced the thought of returning to everybody now matter how they acted to her in return.

Then looking for a nice comfortable to sleep on the beach, a strange blue light comes from her left. "...?" The light seems to be focused somewhere on the western walls behind the mountains qiute a ways down and Marin starts to crawl curiously down the beach towards it.

Within feet of feet it, that light seems to slowly be coming towards her. It's very small as she can barely see it, but once it comes infront of her face, she recongizes it right away. "Well hello there again Ms. Butterfly." A warm smile comes as the source of that light was the blue butterfly with the winged star pattern she had seen two days ago.

She extends her finger out just like last time and the butterfly seems to ignore her changed size when it sits on it immediately. "Nice to have some company before I go to asleep...but where have you been....?" Marin looks over to where the butterfly was, and there's many a dozen more lights on the wall.

"So this is whe--!" She's then surprised as what could be a hundred butterflies, all a plethora of colors, burst and start heading to Marin where take all sorts of places over her body!

Marin is merely in awe of the sight of all the butterfiles around her , everywhere she looks some vibrant and shining color is there to welcome her. And when Marin peers out to her reflection in the water an even grander sight appears.

Every butterfly on her is reflecting a huge light of that color and for a little while every light seemed to be a person she cared about from Koholint. They were all with her right then, and they all seemed happy to be there smiling. Right on cue her body begins to feel warm and cozy as the aura has turned it's gentle effect on and she knew this was also a level from it she never felt before.

"They were the ones to...." Marin says softly in her singing voice. Hmm...going to have to definately think more on that. She thinks with a smile, looking back at everyone that's now with her.

But not too much longer after that is when the giantess falls asleep while sitting on the beach leaned up aganist the mountain with the butterflies still around her. She was drained and it showed, but luckily no dreams would interrupt her sleep this night as her body prepared for the ordeals that would undoubtably come the following day.....