I grinned as I blew the bomb flowers up and moved through the smoke. As I had thought, the boulders in Goron city were blown apart. Quickly I move through the smoke and soon found myself in the Lost Woods. I could picture the gorons scolding me for coming through, but then, when /had/ I ever listened to instructions. I knew the party would start soon, so I scurried through the entrance. I closed my eyes and listened to the song whispering throughout. Smiling I hurried through a wooden tunnel into another part of the woods. "Right," I whispered to myself, then took a left. Wait a minute, that wasn't right. This wasn't part of the woods. "Uh, oh." I quickly turned around and ran back through the tunnel, and looked around confused, it seemed to have changed. I felt sick to my stomach, butterflies gone wild. I bit my bottom lip, a bad habit I had started lately and took a left. Gritting my teeth I decided to go back and straight through.

What was that?

I tilted my head, listening to the noise. It was a song, and grew louder every time I went past a certain opening. I followed it and came to one last opening. The triangle mark on my hand grew hot, I grasped my wrist feeling hot and sick. I gasped as everything spun.


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I entered one last tunnel, and came out, an open space around. There were gates in front of me. I ran forward a wolf popped out of the ground in front of me. I pulled the slingshot that Big bro. the Goron had given me for my birthday and snapped a stone in its eye. It howled and I snapped another stone at it, this time however it blocked it with its forepaws. I pulled my small blade out and charged, yet it blocked my blade and scratched me across the chest.

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I moaned and rubbed my head, looking into the tunnel. I took a couple of steps through, then stopped and backed up after seeing the place it led to. Something was wrong in there, the feeling in my stomach confirming it. I pivoted and walked back out, and noticed something else. There was a hole in the ground, one that hadn't been there before. Wanting to explore, I jumped down.

It was dark inside, but there was enough light from the hole to illuminate the room with a glow of sunlight. I glanced around the hole and stepped cautisously forward. There was an entrance to another room and I sliped through it. I blinked, waiting for my eyes to adjust to the darkness. There was a small tint of light at the end of the room, the walls were actually made of rotting wood. Curiously I made my way to the light and found it shone on a pedestal. On the pedestal was a book covered in dust and dirt. I blew on it, coughing as I breathed some of the dirt in. Slowly, I opened the book.

A bright light blinded me, and blasted through the mud ceiling. I covered my head and ran back the way I came. Clumps of dirt fell from the ceiling and littered the floor. I cowered in the first room, until it ended, then shakily stood up and peered into the other room. Taking a deep breath, I moved in and snapped the book shut. I looked up into the forest and suddenly remembered the party would start at the fourteenth hour.

"Oops."

I ran back to the portal leading out of the hole, book still in my hands. I found myself back on the surface and looked around. 'Which way, which way?' I thought. A voice crept in the back of my mind, telling me the way. I trusted it and soon found myself at the entrance to Goron City. I peeked both ways before making a break-away to my room. I hid myself when a group of gorons passed by, heading to the grand hall where the party was to be held. I watched them go by, then ran across into my room. A goron stood at the end of my bed, he blinked as I came in.

"Link! Where have you been? Big Brother, Darunia, was looking for you. The party starts soon."

I held my hands up, and looked for a clean pair of clothing. Finding some, I placed the book on my dresser and changed quickly. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to go that far." I started explaining my excuse, but the goron wasn't listening. I turned around and caught him looking at the book I had put down.

"Where did you get that?" He asked. I opened my mouth, then closed it hearing a gong, a last warning for people to attend the feast.

The goron shook its head and shooed me out into the hallway. On the way out, I grabbed my hat and shook the dirt off of it and placed it on my head. I was pushed down to the main hall and seated close to Darunia. He looked at me questionly but turned and called out to the gorons gathered.

"Today we feast for it is the last week Link stays with us. This feast continues throughout tomorrow as well, in honor of the young child who has proven himself a brother!"

The gorons cheered and I felt myself blush as I waved sheepishly to the crowd. The cheers grew louder as a goron came into the hall carrying a tray of food. He placed it down in front of me and the gorons soon started eating bomb flowers and other rocks as the feast began.