Deku Princess

The Deku Princess is a character from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. She is the princess of the Deku Scrub tribe that inhabits areas of the Southern Swamp. She befriends a monkey and teaches him the Sonata of Awakening which, when played on the Deku Pipes, opens the way into Woodfall Temple.

Link meets this monkey who is being held in the Deku Palace and is told by him that:


 * "They keep saying I kidnapped her! No matter how many times they say it, it's not going to bring the princess back! If they're not careful, the princess will fall victim to a monster! Why won't they believe what I say? ...Fine! I get it! Then I shall say nothing more to you! Punish me or do whatever else you might!":

Link then shows the monkey the Deku Pipes and he recognises them as the same instrument the Deku Princess used to open the temple. The monkey then teaches Link the Sonata of Awakening in the hopes that he will be able to save the princess

Woodfall Temple
After completing Woodfall Temple, Link appears in a secret chamber under the temple where he finds the Deku Princess. She doesn't appear to be worried at all and upon seeing Link she asks him if he was sent by the monkey. She is relieved to hear he was because she assumes this means the monkey is safe:


 * "So...The monkey made it back fine after all. That's good. I was worried that when I didn't come home, my father would think that monkey had kidnapped me! I was worried that my father would even go as far as to punish the monkey! Hoo-hoo-hoo. ......Don't tell me... Are you serious ?!? Is father actually doing that?!? Yet another hasty decision, father! ":

The princess gets very angry and frantically asks Link to transport her to the Deku Palace in whatever he has to carry her. Link, of course, only has bottles, so she squeezes into one and they go to the Deku Palace.

Deku Palace
When they arrive at the Deku Palace and Link releases her from her bottle, she attacks her father out of anger and demands that the monkey be freed. Her father is startled and appears to be very scared of his daughter. She is deeply apologetic towards the monkey and as a reward to Link for saving her she instructs the Deku Butler to give him the Mask of Scents, which is hidden in a grotto behind the palace.

In the manga, it is revealed she used to have a crush on the Deku Butler's Son