Deku Tree Sprout

"Hi there! I'm the Deku Tree sprout!"

These are the first words of the successor to the Great Deku Tree as protector of the Kokiri Forest and, by extension, Hyrule itself. The Deku Tree sprout is encountered in Ocarina of Time, during a cutscene immediately after you have defeated Phantom Ganon and recieved the Forest Medallion from Saria. This dimunitive tree tells you the tale of how Link ended up in the care of the Great Deku Tree, and then urges you to complete your quest and defeat Ganondorf.

It is generally accepted that the Deku Tree Sprout would later on become the Great Deku Tree who turned the Kokiri into the Koroks at the time of the Great Flood, and who helped Link, The Hero of the Wind, on his quest throughout the Great Sea by giving him the legendary item Farore's Pearl.