Chapter 3: The Goron's Ruby


"Why didn't you ask her where they were located?" The Hero of the Goddess asked, frustrated that their quest was prolonged due to the fact that they had no idea where the stones were located.

"I forgot to ask. Besides, with two of us, we can get those Spiritual Stones in no time." young Link said, not at all concerned.

"Do you even know how many there are?" Link asked him.

"There are three of them. But I have no idea where they are. I get the feeling that we should leave Castle Town." The boy said, avoiding a girl chasing a cucco.

"I think so too." The heroes walked out of the bustling town out into Hyrule Field. The boy and the older hero looked around for any possible places to go. They immediately spotted large stone walls surrounding a building in the middle of Hyrule Field. "What is that?"

"I... think that might be Lon Lon Ranch. That guy we woke up mentioned something about being the owner…" young Link said, already walking towards the ranch.

"You think we need to go there?" Link asked the boy, following behind him.

"Well, there could be something useful there…" And I also want to know what that ranch girl was up to…

Link laughed, "Well you could have just told me that to begin with, little buddy."

The boy looked that the young man, his eyes wide with surprise. "What...do you mean?"

Link looked at the boy as if he were crazy, "What you just said, you know, about wanting to see the ranch girl."

"I didn't say that out loud…" The young hero admitted, his face red with embarrassment, "I only thought it in my mind."

The older hero's eyes widened. "We can read each other's minds?"

"It seems like it," young Link said, his face slowly regaining its normal hue.

"Here, let me think something. You tell me if you can hear me." Link closed his eyes. Hello? Link? Can you hear me?

The boy also closed his eyes. Yeah, I can. I have to say, this is pretty amazing.

Link opened his eyes and looked down at the Hero of Time, "It really is, and it'll come in handy if we're ever in a tough spot."

The younger hero agreed. "Can we keep going to Lon Lon Ranch?"

Link smirked "Alright. Let's go."

Both heroes headed to the ranch, the boy rolling the entire way there. Once they arrived, they began heading towards the large horse corral in the middle of the field but were stopped by loud cucco noises.

"Hmm...I wonder what's in there…" The boy walked towards the door and opened it. Inside they found a sleeping Talon surrounded by cuccos. He walked up to him and shook him a bit.

"Mumble...mumble...Huh? I'm awake already! What? Well I'll be! If it ain't the forest kid from the other day! By the way, thanks a lot for waking me up! It took some doing, but I finally got Malon back in a good mood. So, what are you up to today? Got some free time on your hands you say? Well how about a little game? These three Cuccos I have here are special Super Cuccos! I'm going to throw these Cuccos into that there gaggle of normal Cuccos. If you can pick out these three special birds from among the normal Cuccos within the time limit, I'll give you something good. If you can't find them, I win. It'll be 10 Rupees...Want to play?

"Yes," the boy responded, wanting to see what this 'something good' was.

"You have 30 seconds! All righty then, get ready. Here go the Super Cuccos! START LOOKIN'!" Talon then threw the cuccos in three different directions, the boy only able to keep up with two. He picked up one near the entrance of the room. 'That's one of 'em! Keep it up! Keep it up! Two more to find!" The ranch owner informed the young hero. Rolling over to where he last saw one of the Super Cuccos, he quickly picked up the nearest bird. "There's another! All right, now, the moment of truth! One more to find!"

The young kokiri, not having the faintest idea of where the last one could be, began to pick up random cuccos and throwing them away.

The older hero rolled his eyes, not understanding why they were there to begin with. However, knowing exactly where the last cucco was, he closed his eyes and began speaking to the boy in his mind.

It's the one closest to the hay in the corner.

The boy immediately turned towards the hay and spotted the cucco his companion was referring to. He picked it up and turned to face Talon. "Golly! I'll be darned! It's plum incredible! That's the last one! You've found them all! Come on over here!"

Link put down the cucco and walked over to Talon. "Hey, you! You've got the talent to be one of the world's best cowboys! How'd you like to marry Malon? Huh?"

The young man chuckled, knowing that the boy had a crush on the little ranch girl.

Link's face turned red once again. "Yes."

"Haw haw! I was just kidding! Just kidding! I think you're a little young for that, aren't you? Haw haw haw! Oh…! I'm proud to present to you a sample of our very own Lon Lon Milk. You'll be energized the moment you drink it! After you drink it, you can bring back the bottle and buy a refill, anytime you want!"

Link took the bottle from the ranch owner and held it up in the air. He remained this way for a few more seconds before walking back to his older friend and opening the door. Talon looked at the boy as he left, confused by his actions. He then looked at the young man in a questioning way.

"It's...it's a hero thing." he explained, walking out with the young hero. The two continued on to the field where they spotted the young Malon singing in the middle. Around her, horses were running around. Link quickly rolled up to the young girl, noticing the filly besides her.

"Oh, it's the fairy boy again! I heard that you found my dad! How did you like the castle? Did you see the Princess? Hee hee! Dad came home in a hurry after you found him. Hee hee! Oh yeah. I have to introduce you to my friend, fairy boy! She's this horse. Her name is Epona. Isn't she cute?" As soon as she said this, the young horse galloped away from the two of them.

"It seems like Epona is afraid of you, fairy boy…My mother composed this song. Isn't it nice? Let's sing it together."

The boy wasn't much of a singer, and he didn't have an instrument to follow along with. The older hero finally caught up to them, not that he didn't take his time doing it.

Link looked at his friend.

Hey, do you have an instrument to play music on? It seems like everywhere we go, people want me to learn a new song.

The young man nodded and took out his harp.

"Oh, cute harp! Are you going to play this song with that harp? Ok? This is the Song…" Malon began to sing the same three notes twice, the older hero repeating them afterward. The harp began to sparkle and both Links stared at it in awe. Epona then began to follow the young man, no longer afraid of the strangers in her home.

The boy, still wanting to speak with the young ranch girl, began to approach her once again. However, Link, feeling that they've wasted enough time there, grabbed his tunic and pulled him away from her. "In case you've forgotten, we have something important that we should be doing."

The young hero frowned, but nodded, understanding that he had a duty to keep Hyrule safe. He waved goodbye to the girl, and the two of them headed out of the ranch. Back in Hyrule field, the young man searched for a possible destination. He spotted a large mountain in the distance. "Maybe we should look over there…" He pointed in the direction of Death Mountain.

"Sounds like a good idea, but I have a feeling that would be no place for a wooden shield." The boy commented, looking back at his Deku Shield.

"I think I might have seen a shield in one of the shops in Castle Town, but I think it might be too big for you…" Link told the young hero.

"A big shield is better than no shield. Come on, let's go." The two headed back into Town before sundown. Walking towards the Bazaar, which had a picture of an angry looking man with a beard, they checked their money and walked inside. Once inside, they saw the same man from the picture and noticed that not only his face was covered in hair. They looked around at his wares and immediately spotted the shield. Link instantly recognized it. "Isn't that the same shield you have?" The boy asked the older hero.

The young man looked over and his eyes slightly widened. "It looks like it...except, how is that possible? I received my Hylian Shield from the Thunder Dragon in the Lanayru desert. I earned it by going through many trials that I had experienced throughout my quest. How are there more here?"

Young Link shrugged and approached the counter.

"My current hot seller is the Hylian Shield, but it might be too big for you, kid."

The boy held out eighty rupees to the hairy man behind the counter.

The man took the money and handed him the shield. The young hero held it up in the air for a few seconds before putting it away. The man looked straight ahead, as if he didn't see a thing.

The heroes walked out of the Bazaar and stood next to a woman watching her dog run around in circles. The boy took his Deku Shield from his back and put it away, the shield disappearing seemingly into thin air. He took the Hylian Shield and hung it over his shoulder.

"Alright, let's get going." The older male told the younger one, who nodded and followed him out of the bustling town.

They walked towards the entrance of Kakariko Village, however, before they made it there, they heard a wolfos howl and suddenly, stall children began to come out of the ground, catching the heroes off guard. One of the stall children began to swipe at the younger hero. He started to back up until he heard another stall child come out the ground behind him. He tried to pull out his shield to defend himself, but he quickly realized that it was too big and heavy for him to use, so, thinking on his feet, he ducked down so that his shield was protecting him like a turtle shell. They struck his shield and he waited for an opportunity to get away.

He heard the stall children stop hitting his shield and he quickly stood up and rolled away from his attackers. He glanced over at his older friend and saw that he was standing a few feet from him, not a stall child in sight, looking towards him with his sword and shield out, ready to jump in and defend him if he needed it. He looked back towards his enemies and took out his sword. He focused on one of them and jumped at him and struck him with his sword. He jumped back and did it again and the stall child fell apart and dissolved. He faced the second one and defeated him in the same way.

"Great job, little buddy." Link told young Link, patting him on the back and walking with him towards the town. They entered the town and noticed that everyone was sleeping. There was a lone soldier in front of the gate.

"Ding dong, ding dong! I'm a clock soldier of Kakariko! The current time is: 4:30."

The heroes walked past the soldier, only glancing briefly at him as they walked under the arch that said 'Welcome to Kakariko Village'. The town was quiet except for the sounds of the golden skulltulas scuffling around in the night. They walked through the town, still heading in the direction of the huge mountain. They soon encountered a soldier standing by a gate that was blocking the path up the mountain.

"The road is closed beyond this point! Can't you read that sign over there? The little guy might not be able to read it, but a young man like you should be able to manage."

The Hero of the Goddess stepped forward, "We need to get through. Hyrule is in danger and we need to find the spiritual stones to be able to save it."

The soldier burst out laughing. "Wah ha ha ha hah! Sure you do 'Mr. Hero'."

The young boy remembered something that Impa had told him and quickly formed an idea.

Hey, Zelda's protector taught me this song. She said something about the 'Royal Family'. Worth a shot?

The older Hero glanced down at his young companion and gave him a slight nod.

The boy played him the lullaby Impa used to sing to the princess through their mental telepathy.

"Oh, uh, Princess Zelda told me that if anyone tried to stop us, to play them this…"

The hero then proceeded to play the soldier Zelda's Lullaby.

The soldier instantly grew serious. "You are a messenger of the royal family. My apologies. You can go now… Just be careful, 'Mr. Hero'."

"Will do. Come on Link."

Both heroes walked through the now open gate and headed up the path to Death Mountain. While on their way up, they encountered two tektites.

Link stopped and took out his sword. "What are those?"

The boy followed his lead and took out his own sword. "I think it's a tektite. I've heard of them from the Great Deku Tree. They're spider-like creatures that jump around to attack their enemies. A certain species of tektite can even stand on water."

"If that's the case, maybe the best way to defeat them is to deflect them with our shields to knock them back and then attack them with our swords."

The boy nodded in agreement. "Ready when you are."

"Okay…NOW!"

As soon as those words escaped his lips, both heroes ran to attack the one-eyed monsters. Using the strategy the older male suggested, they quickly defeated them.

"That was easy." The boy ran ahead, not noticing that there was one last tektite. Link, noticing the oncoming threat, ran ahead and raised his shield, protecting them both from harm. The Hero of Time, taking advantage of the opening his companion had given him, rolled out behind the tektite and slashed it with his sword twice before it could even realize what was happening.

"That was close. You need to be more vigilant."

The boy nodded and the two continued on their way up the mountain. Soon it was dawn once again and the two heroes arrived at Goron City.

"There has to be some sort of leader here. He has to know where at least one spiritual stone is." The boy told his older friend.

The older hero nodded in agreement. He looked at one of the gorons and walked towards him.

As he spoke to that goron, a different goron caught the attention of young Link. He was out on a platform suspended by ropes. He walked on the ropes out to the platform.

"Hey! It's dangerous for a little kid like you to come out here. You might fall down! If I'm not mistaken, you came out here to eat the red stone! Well, too bad! It's not here! What? That's not why you're here? You're looking for a 'Spiritual Stone?' You must mean that delicious-looking red stone that was once displayed here! I was so hungry that I thought it would be ok to just give it one tiny little lick...so I snuck out here. But it was already gone! I think Big Brother took it away. He always says that everyone is after that red stone! Big Brother has shut himself up in his room saying, "I will wait in here for the Royal Family's messenger!"

The boy turned from him and made his way back to his older friend.

"Where did you run off to?" Link asked the young hero.

"I wanted to know what that goron was doing up there. Turns out, their leader has shut himself in his room and is awaiting a royal messenger. He has the Spiritual Stone there. What did you find out?"

"Their main food source has recently been closed off and everyone is slowly starving."

The two looked around Goron City.

"The only rooms I see are the ones down on the first level of this place. Down there." The Hero of Time pointed down to a couple of doors on the lowest floor.

The young man nodded. The two made their way towards the lowest level of the city. They observed the two entrances. One had a rug in front of the door and the other had two bomb flowers growing on the walls beside it.

"Let's try the one with the rug first. I don't really want to cause an explosion in this city." The older hero suggested.

The boy nodded. He walked forward and knocked on the stone door, patiently awaiting a response.

"You're standing on a soft carpet for guests… It feels so plush under your feet!" Navi commented, receiving strange looks from the heroes.

"Maybe a song will bring him out." the boy suggested, looking expectantly at his older companion. The Hero of the Goddess nodded and pulled out his harp, playing the song that the young Princess Zelda had fallen asleep to countless times. As if on cue, the stone door sank into the ground, allowing the green clad heroes to enter the room. They soon found who they could only assume was the leader of the Gorons.

"What the heck? Who are you?! When I heard the song of the Royal Family, I expected their messenger had arrived, but… you two are from the forest! Not from Hyrule Castle! Has Darunia, the big boss of the Gorons, really lost so much status to be treated like this by his Sworn Brother, the King? Now, I'm REALLY angry! Get out of my face, now!" the goron yelled, too stubborn to ask anyone for help with his people's problem.

The older Link stepped forward, desperately hoping he could reason with him."Great leader Darunia, this boy and I are on a quest to save all of existence from an evil creature by the name of Demise. I come from a Hyrule that existed hundreds and hundreds of years in the past. We need the Spiritual Stone of Fire to progress in our quest. We heard that you have it, so we ask you to please hand it to us. We assure you that it will be in the right hands."

The Goron leader studied the young man carefully, finally noticing the sword he carried with him. "Is that the Master Sword? Only those who possess a truly courageous heart can wield it. I believe you. However, if I am in fact speaking to two heroes destined for greatness, then I must ask for your assistance. My people are starving because the evil Ganondorf has sealed the way to Dodongo's Cavern and filled it with dodongos. Can you open the way and rid the cavern from the evil creatures within?"

Without hesitation, both heroes nodded, agreeing to help the rock beings in their time of need.

Darunia smiled, grateful that they have decided to help his people. Realising that the smaller boy would be unable to carry the bomb flowers within the cavern, he pulled out a gold bracelet with a red footprint on it. "I have something for you. I'm not really giving you this in return for anything, but take it anyway. If you wear this, even a little fella like you can pick up a Bomb Flower using A."

The boy took the bracelet and lifted it into the air, remaining in that pose for a few seconds before turning back to Darunia, who had completely disregarded the boy's strange actions, and thanked him. The two heroes turned and walked out of the Goron filled city. Once outside, they realised that they had no idea where this cavern was. Young Link looked to his right and saw a green bomb flower. He rolled towards it and observed it for a few seconds, then he picked it up, not realising that in doing so, the fuse was automatically lit.

Upon seeing this, the young man ran towards him, yelling "Throw it!"

The child gasped and instinctively threw the explosive plant over the wooden fence. As soon as the bomb left the child's hands, both heroes ran to the fence and looked over the edge, hoping that the explosive didn't hurt anyone. They saw the bomb land near a sign and almost let out a sigh of relief when they say a single goron curled up in a ball some distance away from the bomb.

They desperately hoped that the goron was too far to be harmed by the bomb flower, and were relieved to discover that it was the case. The bomb exploded, breaking the rocks covering the entrance to a cave and leaving the goron completely unharmed.

At seeing this, the Hero of the Goddess picked up the child and jumped off of the wooden fence, slowing their descent with his sailcloth.

Once they were both safely on the ground, the blue-eyed heroes walked into the cave, glancing at the goron as he sat up from his previous curled up position.

As they entered the cave, they noticed another stone wall that could very obviously be blown up with another bomb flower. The child walked up to one of the explosive plants and picked it up, quickly placing it next to the bombable wall and rolling back to where his companion was standing. The bomb blew up a few seconds later, taking the stone wall along with it, revealing Dodongo's Cavern.

The heroes walked forward, immediately noticing the large skeletal dodongo head directly ahead of them. Before they could progress any further, Navi flew out in front of them, about to speak to the heroes, when she was interrupted by Fi.

"My senses indicate that the quickest way to the source of the evil within the Cavern is located through a door hidden within the mouth of the remains of the large creature known as the dodongo. Memories from the quest of the Hero of Time indicate that the door will be revealed when the large dodongo 'sees red'."

The older adventurer nodded. "So what does that mean?"

"Maybe bombs?" the child suggested, looking at his older companion.

"Perhaps. Fi?" They looked at the floating blue entity questioningly.

"It is likely that bombs are the solution to your current situation." She disappeared within the sword once more.

"So how do we get bombs up there? I can't throw that high." the child wondered, looking up at the hollow eyes of the dead reptile.

Link smirked, looking at his younger incarnation. "We don't have to throw anything." He pulled out his tough beetle and showed it to the young hero, who looked at it with wide eyes.

"What's that?" the child asked in awe, reaching out and touching the metal beetle, running his fingers over it.

"This is my tough beetle. It flies quickly and can even pick up bomb flowers. It can take a few hits as well. All I need to do is pick up a bomb flower and drop it into the eyes of the dodongo skull." Link explained, looking around to find those bombs. Upon seeing them, he ran towards the middle platform to get a better shot at the bomb and the giant skull, the young kokiri following behind him. They jumped across the lava to a platform that was at the moment slowly rising from the deadly substance. Once it stopped rising, hitting its peak, they jumped onto the middle platform, noticing a spinning machine in the center. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that it had a large nose and a mouth that was constantly snarling. It also had a single eye that spun around in a full circle. Navi flew out once again and began to speak, this time not interrupted by Fi.

"Beamos. Watch out for its searching beam! I bet it doesn't like smoke to get into its eye!"

The older Link looked at the spinning creature. "That's a beamos? It looks nothing like the ones I've seen. And it doesn't look like a sword attack will do anything to it." Thinking back to what the small fairy had said, he pulled out a bomb flower from his item pouch and rolled the blue explosive toward the spinning enemy. After a few seconds, the bomb exploded, destroying its 'body' and sending its eye flying into the air before it exploded as well. The two males walked over to the spot the beamos once was, the older of the two once again pulling out his tough beetle. He aimed it at a nearby bomb flower and sent it flying towards it. However, upon coming into contact with the flower, it caused the bomb to explode, sending the beetle flying back to Link.

"Huh? Why didn't it pick it up?" Link asked himself, confused as to why it did not work.

"Maybe it was too heavy." young Link suggested, remembering that he couldn't even pick them up without the Goron Bracelet.

The older hero nodded, putting the beetle away. "I have smaller bomb flowers in my pouch. This is what we're going to do. I'll hand you one of my bombs and you'll hold it above your head. I'll aim my beetle at it and take the bomb, flying it to the eyes."

The child nodded, and with no hesitation took the bomb the young adult handed him soon after and held it above his head. He then watched as he shot the gold beetle at the bomb, feeling it leave his hands moments later. He turned and saw the beetle drop the bomb into the left eye socket of the giant skull. As soon as the bomb exploded, the dodongo's eye began to faintly glow red. Satisfied with the results, they repeated this process with the right eye, causing it to glow red as well, opening the mouth of the enormous reptilian skull.

The heroes looked at each other and smiled before walking together to the door that was revealed within the mouth of the dead dodongo.

After entering the door, the two courageous boys noticed a locked door to their left and a hole a few feet in front of them. They walked forward and saw a blue button inside of the hole, the older of the two jumping down and stepping on it.

"The door opened!" the young hero informed his older past life. Upon hearing this, the Hero of the Goddess climbed out of the hole, causing the bars that were once blocking the door to come back down, locking it once again. They frowned, realizing that the button needed to be weighed down with something. After searching the room for anything they could be able to use to weigh down the button, they found a block sitting on the edge of a ledge. It was too high up for the younger of the two to climb, however, the older Link could easily climb it by running up the wall and quickly grabbing the ledge, which he did. He began to push the block towards the edge, letting out grunts due its weight. Soon, the block fell down and the Hero of Time began pulling it towards the hole, soon joined by the Hero of the Goddess, neither one stopping except to switch from pulling to pushing once they had run out of space to walk. Once the block fell down the hole, the bars lifted from the door, once again allowing the heroes access to whatever was on the other side.

They went through the door and found themselves in a room that was completely empty except for a single treasure chest on the opposite side of the room. Young Link rolled up to it and kicked it open, finding bombs inside. "I don't have anywhere to put them." the child said, looking up at the older hero.

"I don't think we'll need them. I have enough bombs." he responded, checking his pouch just to be sure. "I still have eighteen of them. We'll be fine." The child nodded and began to observe the room, noticing a crack in the floor in the center of the it. Link took out one of his bombs and placed it on the crack in the ground, quickly getting away from it, his young incarnation following suit. The bomb exploded, revealing a hole leading to another room. The two heroes walked forward and fell down the hole together. They landed softly on the ground and looked around. They noticed a large pool of lava covering everything but the edges of the room, leaving enough space for a large animal to walk around. Suddenly they heard loud thumping noises behind them, causing them to turn around. Both heroes took a step back as they faced an enormous lizard that was slowly walking towards them.

"That's the infernal dinosaur, King Dodongo!" Navi informed them as it let out a thundering roar.

The large boss continued to walk forward, causing the younger hero to walk back even further, terrified of the huge monster. Upon seeing this, Link glanced at him and yelled "Don't back away from it! We need to take this evil creature down! For the Gorons. It's alright to be scared, but a part of being a hero is standing up despite those fears to protect those who cannot protect themselves. You can do this!"

The child looked up at the young adult and slowly nodded, walking back to his original position. By this point, the giant dodongo was directly in front of them. He opened his enormous mouth, preparing to let out a large ball of fire. Seeing that it seemingly had a similar attack style to Scaldera, the evil creature he fought in the Earth Temple back on the surface of his own time, he quickly took out a bomb and threw it into the mouth of the large dinosaur, who closed its mouth once the bomb entered it. As the bomb exploded within the mouth of the large dodongo, it became stunned, opening a window for the heroes to attack it.

"Now!" the more experienced hero announced, jumping towards the monster and striking it with a jump attack, his young companion doing the same. Surprisingly enough, the monster let out a roar of pain, curling itself into a ball and slowly rolling away, first hitting one of the walls of the room, then slowly rolling into the lava, half sinking into it before dying. The lava then significantly cooled until it was completely converted into volcanic rock, a glowing blue portal appearing a few moments later near the charred remains of the once ferocious dinosaur. As they walked in the direction of the portal, a large heart appeared near the portal.

"What's that?" young Link asked, walking towards it.

" It's called a 'heart container'. I'm not sure how it works, but whenever I pick one up, I always feel somehow stronger. Go ahead and take it." the older male said, waiting for the child near the blue portal. The young kokiri rolled to the floating heart, picking it up and doing his usual pose before it disappeared within him. Just as his past life had told him, he somehow felt a bit stronger, though he couldn't exactly explain how. Deciding not to think about it too much, he rolled back to knight waiting by the portal, the two of them entering it together.

There were then teleported in front of the entrance to the cavern. Once they landed, a goron dropped right in front of them, surprising both heroes. He patted them both, knocking the young boy off of his feet.

"It's me, Darunia! Well done! Thanks to you two, we can once again eat the delicious rocks from the Dodongo's Cavern until our stomachs burst! What a wild adventure! It will make an incredible story... I can't believe that the Dodongos suddenly appeared in such great numbers! And that big rock blocking the cave... All this trouble must have been caused by that Gerudo thief, Ganondorf! He said, 'Give me the Spiritual Stone! Only then will I open the cave for you!' You two, on the other hand, risked your lives for us...I like you two! How's about you guys and I become Sworn Brothers?! No, there's no big ceremony involved! Just take this as a token of our friendship!"

The leader of the Gorons raised his arms and the Spiritual Stone of Fire floated down and landed in the hands of the younger hero.

"Thank you, Darunia. Now we can continue our quest. You wouldn't happen to know where the third Spiritual Stone is located, would you?" the young man asked.

"Last I heard, it was in the possession of the Zoras. They live in Zora's Domain. Follow the river near Hyrule Castle Town and it should lead you to the entrance to Zora's River. You can make your way to Zora's Domain from there. Good luck to both of you on your journey." Darunia said, receiving a smile and 'thank yous' from both green clad heroes before watching them turn and walk back into Kakariko Village.

"One down, one more to go." Link told his young partner as they entered the gate, both feeling as though they could face anything the world threw at them.

"To Zora's Domain."


That chapter took me way too long to finish. This story is a bit hard for me to write because of all the in-game text I have to put in. It causes me to have major writer's block, which is why this chapter took me as long as it did to write. But it's better now, so I'll try my hardest to update this story within a month or two.

Just to clarify, King Dodongo died from one hit because in Ocarina of Time, he only needs four hits with the Kokiri's Sword, and I believe only two or three with a deku stick, so I thought that if they were both hitting him at the same time using both the Master Sword and the Kokiri's Sword while doing a jump slash, then it would only take one bomb and those attacks to take him down.

I've gotten so many new ideas for this story recently, so I've gotten the inspiration to continue writing. I cannot wait until we have all our green clad heroes with us in this story. It'll be hectic to write, and I'll probably only be able to call them by their titles, such as "the Hero of Time" or "the Hero of the Goddess" but nevertheless, I have things planned for them.

I believe that is all I had to say, so I'll see you all next update for Chapter 4: The Zora's Sapphire!

-TL