Inside the woods... Fight off a whole lot of green chu-chus! These are smarter than their red friends, and dodge slimily, well enough to avoid most of her blows until she traps one in a corner or something.

She figures out how to corner them efficiently.

To advance she has to find a way to hit these weird eye-things that sproud thick vines from a distance. They close up defensively if she approaches. Her grappling hook is not hefty enough to kill them, but large... Nuts? Grow here and there that are, if thrown or blown by the Deku Leaf's wind into them.

The room beyond is a tall core of undergrowth, a thick tree almost as big as Deku but twisted looking and without a face in the center, wiggling thorny vines sticking out of walls here and there. More Boko Buds that will serve to launch her up.

Some highlights as she figures out the gymnastics and puzzles of this place are: Dealing with those propeller-hat monsters - which mostly involves hitting them with a blast of wind from the Deku Leaf and taking advantage of their confusion and being upside-down. Irritating rooms that look open but sprout thorn-covered vines from the floor in certain places, making an invisible maze. Exceedingly nasty looking pools of water that would probably be just as unpleasant to touch as lava. Giant mosquito monsters that lay dozens of spiky eggs that attach to her and impair her movement if she's not careful. Weird... Moving mushroom things? That she has to hop across at one point. Using the Boko Buds in combination with gliding on the Deku Leaf to get around. Using wind from the leaf to turn sticks-and-twigs mechanisms to move platforms around. Finding treasure here and there.

Windy thing: is neat.

Giant mosquitos: are ew.

Treasure: is yes.

At some point she finds a boomerang.

It quickly becomes clear she'll have to practice throwing and returning with this thing to advance to the end of the forbidden woods. It's much better for killing propeller-hat monsters than the Deku Leaf once she gets used to it, at least. Skill with the boomerang will make the fight with the larger, multi-wing-paired version of the annoying mosquito-thing much easier.

When she finds the Big Key that unlocks the boss's room, a whole bunch of those tough pig-guys attack! She... Could really use that blue potion after this. Luckily, it performs as advertised and her wounds knit before her eyes.

Good thing she stopped to get a couple.

This boomerang thingy is pretty fun.

The boss room doesn't appear to contain a boss, at first glance.

Farore's Pearl is sitting in the middle of the wide open space on a little pedestal made of vines.

Well that's easy- no. That's suspicious, is what that is.

Is there anything lurking on the ceiling?

Nothing on the ceiling.

There's lots of loose debris on the ground itself, though. Leaves and such that she'd grown rather accustomed to pretty much ignoring during the several-hour fighting-puzzle solving-hiking trek in the Forbidden Woods.

Those are looking suddenly more ominous wow. Can she clear them off with blasts of wind?

She can - which reveals some kind of hideous giant plant monster!

It snaps up the pearl and attaches itself to the ceiling with about two dozen thin tentacles before revealing a half dozen thorny vines that start swiping at her.

Are the vines able to be cut with her sword?

Yes...With a lot of work.

And they grow back too quickly for her to get all of them.

She can't get at the main body, too high up.

She's got a couple options for ranged weapons now. Boomerang, you're up.

Boomerang cuts the tendrils holding it to the ceiling!

Now, it'll take a while to get them all, and then she only gets a few hits in at the obvious-weak-spot this reveals before it goes back up, but repeating this basic strategy will eventually cause this boss to crumble and turn to smoke, just like before.

Farore's Pearl and another heart-shaped crystal are revealed.

Victory is a good feeling. Anna likes this feeling. She scoops up the pearl and the crystal.

The crystal is absorbed into her, making herself feel tougher again. It doesn't seem to be making her stronger, though, just... More durable. She's definitely more durable than an average adolescent child by now.

The forbidden woods have no comment on her new pearl-ownership.

If the woods don't want to dance anymore, then she'll leave them behind.

Well before going back to Red Lions, her compass does say she missed one treasure. And she got lots of those boko baba seeds that the guy wants to make more blue potions out of.

Mm, yeah. Treasure is good and those potions are useful. She'll get the treasure and then to the potion guy.

The treasure is surprisingly tricky, requiring clever wind-ing and the boomerang to get to.

It is: A smaller version of that heart crystal! That affects her correspondingly less.

When she goes back to see potion guy, the Deku Tree stops her to chat. "We were just about to do our seeding ceremony when you happened to visit. It is an annual celebration of the growth of the forest. Every year koroks go out with seeds from me to distant islands, hoping to spread lush and bountiful forests across the Great Sea. Would you like to attend? It will not take terribly long."

"Sure!"

The koroks sing and dance while preparing an elaborate pattern of sticks in front of the Deku Tree. The Deku Tree thanks them for their tireless work in caring for and nurturing the forests of the world. One korok named Makar brings out a violin and plays it, quite prettily. The others sing and dance in their own language.

Then the Deku Tree sprouts a dozen large seeds in a circle and most of the koroks fly up to catch one. With one final refrain, they float out the top of the Forest Haven with cries of, "Good luck! See you next year!"

Anna waves goodbye to the departing koroks.

The Deku Tree wishes her luck and encourages her to hurry, as Ganon grows more powerful by the day. 

Potions guy makes her three more bottles or blue potion and tops up the one she drank half of no problem.

The King of Red Lions is scrutinizing a far off storm with a worried expression when she finally returns to him.