A/N: Ok sorry it took so long to get this chapter up and it's not even that long. Two days after I got home from University I got my wisdom teeth out, and for any who has had that done, you know you don't feel up to doing anything for awhile, then I had to unpack everything, and now my parents have me raking out huge yard all by myself, and my bf gets off work at 5 most days so time is hard to find. Even though it's short, I hope you still enjoy it :)

"Up here! Take a look at this! I bet if you had a weapon that was strong enough, one shot from it could pierce right through this! Well, it might take two shots…" Tatl said as she pointed out a large piece of hanging ice over a blockade of ice that blocked the path that lead from Termnia field to the Northern Mountains.

Link looked at the ice for a moment before pulling out his bow. He had taken money out from his bank account in Clock Town and had purchased bombs and arrows before making his way towards the next dungeon. Knocking an arrow he let it fly, striking the hanging piece of ice. It shook as part of it was struck away, and after a second arrow the ice piece fell and shattered the ice under it, freeing the path.

Link made his way up the path and found himself on a snow covered path, all around nothing but a white sheet. As he stepped closer to the snow he noticed that in one place it was flying up. Taking out his sword he moved slowly towards it and then out popped a blue Tektite. Slicing it with his sword he made quick work of the spider like thing and continued up the path which turned to the left slightly, and again he ran into another Tektite. He made short work of it having numerous encounters with the creatures before and turned up the path again to be blocked by a bunch of large snow boulders. He looked at them for a moment before he pulled out a bomb, placed it next to the snow and then ran off.

The bomb exploded, taking the snow boulders with it and opening Links path. Once it was clear to go Link climbed up the couple of ledges when he noticed that it had started to snow. Once he was back on the main path he had to take out yet another blue Tektite and then found a sign which read: 'Mountain Village ahead. Beware of blizzards and deep snow. Gorons should be able to break the snow boulders easily.' Link walked around the sign and up the trail where the snow was getting deeper and then entered into what the place called a village. It looked more like a barren wasteland to Link. There was only one house there, and everything was covered high with deep snow. Moving into the area Link noticed a Goron stuck on a ledge shivering, and was about to make his way over to him when someone called out to him, or at least he thought they were calling out to him.

"Madainn mhath! Ciamar a tha sibh an diugh?"

Link looked around to the house and noticed that someone, or something, was sitting on the lowest ledge wrapped up in a blanket.

"Excuse me?" Link said as he walked over to it.

"You are not from around here?" The girl asked as she shuffled down lower on the edge of the roof top.

Link couldn't really tell what she looked liked. She had a red cloak wrapped around her tightly and pulled all the way up to her nose, which was shaped like a beak. The hood was also pulled down low so he couldn't even see the color of her hair, but he could see that her eyes were a soft brown with a tint of green to them.

"No, I'm not from around here." Link answered her as he gave a warm smile, wondering who she was since she was obviously not a Goron and really had no reason to be up on the mountain. "I was going to see the Gorons and find the temple around here, but can you tell me where it is? It would save me some time."

"Chan eil, Gabhaibh mo leisgeul-A bheil a'Ghàidhlig agaibh?" The girl asked as she jumped down from the roof and sunk into the snow.

"I'm sorry, but I don't understand you." Link said as he walked over, grabbed her hands through the cloak and helped pull her out of the snow.

"Tapadh leibh. I am sorry, I can not help you with what you are asking. You need to go see the Gorons, I can take you there, but we may not be able to get in." She said as she shook the snow from her cloak and began to walk around the cabin. "Tigh! Tigh!" She said and continued on her way.
Link looked at Tatl who shrugged her shoulders and Link didn't really have an option but to follow the odd girl. They moved up another path and then entered into another wide open area. There were two paths that broke away from the platform that they were on, one leading higher, the other leading down into what Link thought would have been a lake in the summer time. There were two large islands in the center of the lake, bridges attached to them so that people would be able to cross over the water to make it to the other side where another entrance lead to yet another area.

Link and the girl stepped forward but Link noticed the snow was shuffling again. He grabbed onto the girls arm to stop her just as the Tektite jumped out of the snow. The girl gave a small gasp and stepped back. Link stepped around her and stabbed the creature in the eye, taking it out in one shift motion before turning to look at the girl.

"You should really be careful around here, there seems to be a lot of monsters that hide in the snow." He said as he allowed her to take the lead.

"Monsters are here in spring also, they surprise me when they hide in the snow, that is all." The girl said as she moved across the bridge and onto the first island.

No sooner had she stepped onto the island then a large white wolfos sprung out of the snow. Before Link could even take out his sword the girl gave a small scream and ran as fast as she could across the island and the other bridges.

"Is e mo chreach-s' a thàinig!" She cried as she ran into another beast but she simply ran around it and through the cave that was at the other end of the islands.

Link again just followed after her, and had to wonder what it was that she was yelling. The wolves were too busy watching her run to notice Link, and he too managed to slip by them.

They entered out onto the top level of a bunch of houses and Link assumed that this was the place that was the Mountain Village and not the small cabin they had just seen. The two walked towards a Goron that was outside shivering and smiled to him as they walked over the frozen bridge of the houses.

"Its cold…" The Goron said as he stood there rubbing his arms and shivering. "Being the Gatekeeper in this cold is h-h-hard. Do you want to enter the Goron Shrine?"

"Tha." The girl said, and Link nodded his head.

"Then I'll open the door with a Goron pound. I'm going to close it right away so it doesn't get cold inside, so hurry up and get in. Are you ready?" The Gatekeeper curled up into a ball and then slammed into the ground and Link could hear a door opening underneath them. "The door is already open. I'm going to close it right away so hurry up!" The Gatekeeper said.

"Down." The girl said and grabbed Links' arm. She pulled him off the edge of the path and they landed in front of the door. She pulled him inside as the door closed behind them and they were assaulted by the crying of a baby.

Link flinched as he covered his ears against the crying, the sound echoing around the stone cavern. The place was actually rather nice. They had glass ceilings that kept the snow out of the area and there was a ramp that lead up the left side which lead to the throne room as far as Link could tell. On the ceiling was a large chandelier which had the faces of Gorons on the large stone holders, but it was still at the moment.

Link and the girl ran up the path that lead to the throne room and entered to see a small baby Goron sitting on the throne crying his eyes out. They walked up to him and tried to calm him down, but the kid only kept crying.

"Waaaah….henh. uwaaaaah….Daaaaaaady, daaaaady…H-hunh….I'm cooold, Daaaady!" The kid cried, and Link couldn't take it anymore.

He grabbed the girls arm and tugged her back down the ramp and then back outside, shaking his head as he moved.

"Argh, what an annoying sound, I pity the Gorons if they had to listen to that for long." He said as they walked around the outside of the Gorons Shrine.

"But he is lonely, he misses his athair." The girl said with a soft voice.

Link looked at her and then stopped and slapped his forehead.

"Ah! Excuse me, I was completely rude, my name is Link." He said as he held out his hand to her with a smile.

"'Se Shiana an t-ainm a th-orm." The girl said as she took his hand and shook it around the cloth of her cloak.

"So you're name is Shiana?" Link asked to double check that he had understood correctly what she had said.

"Tha." Shiana said as they continued to walk around the outside of the Goron shrine. "Owl." She suddenly said.

Link looked up and sure enough there was an owl standing on the post, and owl he had met before.

"Hoo-hoot! So we meet again Fairy Child. Well, it seems you may have the strength to change the fate of this land as I had expected. But the road ahead is even more challenging. Many trials await you. Please watch over these Gorons around you. Their land is doomed to be smothered in snow and ice forever. It will become a land where no living thing can survive. Without courage and determination, you surely will collapse from the extreme conditions….But if that courage and determination burns bright within you, then that's another story…So, will you proceed?"

Link nodded his head yes and then the owl continued babbling on.

"Hoo-Hoot! You are a child of many strengths! Well, perhaps you do have enough strength to change the fate of this mountain after all. I shall take to the air now, flying towards that shrine across the way, so follow behind me. Do not be daunted by appearances. Instead, let your feelings guide you, and the true path shall open before you. Are you ready? Follow behind me!" the owl took off and flew across the gape that was between the land they were on and a shrine that seemed to just be floating in the middle of now where.

"You should stay here." Link said to Shiana and then turned to follow the owl. He wasn't too worried about the fact that there didn't seem to be anything to land on from the land to the shrine, the Shadow Temple had had something of the sorts before.

Link waited until the owls feathers stopped in mid air and then jumped to the same area, his feet hitting something solid each time he followed the feathers. When he reached the shrine the owl looked down at him and began speaking again.

"Hoo-Hoot! I have certainly been assured of your courage and determination. From here on, you must not be fooled by appearances. You must rely on your feelings….Now, enter the shrine. Something that will aid you in your quest lies within. Use that item when returning from here." The owl gave a small nod of his head and then took wing again and left Link standing there.

Link entered into the shrine and looked around, but there wasn't much to be seen. There were a couple large boulders here and there; some bunches of bushes, and then a chest sitting in the center of the room. Link carefully entered deeper and then opened the chest, still expecting to be attacked at any second. When he opened the chest he pulled out a Lens of Truth, and he smiled as he flipped it over in his hand.

"Now how in the world is this going to help me here?" Link asked himself and laughed as he walked back out of the shrine. He used the Lens of Truth to jump back to where Shiana was waiting, and apparently talking to someone.

"Tha mi' n dochas gum bi i grianach am maireach. 'S docha bhi mi a'dol dhachaidh." Shiana was saying as Link came to stand next to her.

"Um, Shiana….are you talking to someone?" Link asked as he looked around at the empty air in front of her.

"Tha, gu dearbh. See, look to the ground, shadow there." She said and pointed down in front of her a little ways.

Link looked down to where she was pointing and took a step back. Sure enough there was a shadow floating there with no owner to it. Looking back up to the empty air, Link felt the power of the Lens of Truth build up, and once his vision had tinted red, he could see a Goron floating in the air in front of them.

"Ah…..sir?" Link said as he took a step slowly towards him.

"……… Can it be?" The Goron asked looking down at Link. "Are you able to see me? If you truly can see me, then follow behind me….." The ghost of the Goron took off and Link and Shiana followed after him.

The ghost lead them around the Goron Shrine again, leading them back up to the main ground level and then brought them all the way through the lake area and then out into the Cabin area without saying another word. In the Cabin area there was a small, deep pound where the water was open but when a couple ice burgs floating around. The ghost flew upwards at this area and over the ledge of a very high cliff, which Link could now see had bars running along it so it could be climbed. Stopping at the edge of the ice burgs, he looked around for a means to cross since they were just a bit too far apart for him to get anywhere. Shiana on the other hand simply gave a large leap and made her way across them, turning around to wait for Link on the other side.

Link gaped at her, having no idea how in the world she could have made such large, but still elegant leaps. Shaking his head he pulled out his Deku Mask and turned into the scrub, hopping across the water to the other side and then changed back into a human. He was waiting for Shiana to say something, but nothing came forward about his just changing into something else, and he simply climbed up the side of the cliff, Shiana following behind him. Once they made it to the top they saw yet another shrine and made their way in. The shrine was also pretty bare except for a few tall pillars here and there, and a large tomb set in the back, which was where the ghost was.

"The soaring one said the one who could see me would be arriving soon…" The Goron Ghost said as the two walked up to him. "It seems that it turned out to be true. I am Darmani the Third. The blood of proud Goron heroes runs in me. This feels strange for me to say, but when I was alive, I was a renowned warrior and veteran. Yes…When I was alive….But alas….I am now dead." He said and slapped his hand over his face, and then hunched over. "I was fine until I marched off to Snowhead by myself, hoping that I could drive off a demon. It had been wreaking havoc on Goron Village….Then the blizzard at Snowhead blew me into the valley…..And now….Here I am….How infuriating! As I am, I can only watch as Goron Village is slowly buried in ice….I may have died, but I cannot rest. So, you can use magic? The soaring one also told me that you are able to use it….I beg you! Bring me back to life with your magic! If it is beyond your power, then I beg of you to do this for me instead…..Heal my sorrows. Any way that you can do it will suffice….Please….heal my sorrows."

Link looked up at the poor Goron in front of him and shook his head, feeling so bad for the guy. Without saying anything he pulled out his ocarina and played the Song of Healing that had helped a previous wondering spirit find rest.

"What a soothing melody…My sorrows are melting away into the song." The Goron said as the notes echoed around the cave. There was a bright flash of light and then the ghost was gone, only a mask of the face of a Goron remained, and the mask fell to Links feet as the Darmani's voice called out one last time. "I leave my undying feelings with you….The deeds I accomplished while living are carved on my grave. You should read it. For the Goron Village….I have asked your assistance….."

"He was very brave Goron, I have often heard of his great deeds, but now he has left you his soul in order to help the others, we should hurry and find the elder so that we may at least sooth the others by getting his son to stop crying." Shiana said.

Link turned to look at her and nodded his head as he looked around the tomb. The area they were standing in looked as if water had once taken up most of the space, and Link scratched at his head. Walking around the tomb he noticed places where he could grab onto and pull if he were stronger. Putting on the Goron mask he had just received, he transformed into a Goron and then pulled the tomb back. It moved with ease and soon hot water strung up from beneath it, filling the small area. Putting some in a bottle just in case they would need it later, the two left and made their way back down to the cabin area. Walking back towards Goron Village, they remained quiet as they looked around.

"Link, your fairy is found something." Shiana said and pointed to where Tatl was hovering above a large snow boulder.

"What did you find Tatl?" Link called from the Island once he had gotten rid of the wolfos.

"I don't know, it seems there's something under this snow, Link come down and check it out." Tatl said as she hovered above the snow boulder.

Link and Shiana slide down to the ice and made their way over to the boulder. Link pulled back his arm and punched the snow, and gasp once it had fallen away. Frozen in the ice was another Goron who had to be the village elder and the crying kids father. Link pulled out the bottle of hot spring water and poured it over the ice, melting it in moments.

"Hunh? What was I doing? Ah! It's already this late?! I must hurry!" the Elder said as soon as he was unthawed and looked around. It took him a moment to notice Link standing there, and then his eyes went wide. "Hunh?? Oh! You're Darmani!! But you're supposed to be dead! Am I hallucinating? Maybe this is also the doing of Snowhead's magic power….Hmmph…I've been made a fool of! But…that's impossible. I refuse to flinch. If I can see past the illusion, you'll vanish in an instant!" He said and waved his hands in front of Links face.

"Elder, your son has been crying this whole time looking for you, he needs you." Link said as he held up his own hands in front of his face to try and fend off the crazy old Goron.

"…..What? My son is crying because he misses me?? Why do you know that? My son misses me…Ulp! Forgive me, my child! Your father has work to do! Darmani….Be you a ghost or a figment of my imagination, I no longer care. If you feel pity for my crying son….then please quietly sing my son to sleep with this song I am about to play on my drum. It is the very same melody that was often played for you when you were young." He pulled out his drum and played three notes before he stopped and looked down at his drum. "….Huh?...Let me play it once more." Again he tried, but again he only got three notes out. "Umm..It's no good! I can remember only the beginning! I'll just teach you the beginning." And so the old Goron taught Link the first three notes and Link played them back on the set of drums that he got with the Goron Mask. "It's not that I forgot it. It's just so cold I can't play very well….At any rate, I am counting on you."

Link and Shiana gave a small bow of their heads as they turned away from the elder to leave him do whatever it was that he had to do and made their way back to the Goron village. This time they didn't need the gatekeeper to open the door for them, Link simply curled up into his own ball and hit the ground, opening the door himself. They made their way back up the ramp that lead to the throne room and walked up to the crying kid. The other Gorons that were around him looked at Link oddly, not seeming to believe their eyes as to who was standing in front of them. Link ignored their looks and pulled out his drum and played the first three notes of the lullaby. The kid stopped crying and looked at Link before he spoke.

"That song….That's the song daddy always plays for me before I go to sleep…I'll sing the next part." The kid stopped crying and stood up, folding his hands behind his back as he sang the rest of the song. Link listened and then copied the notes on his drum, the notes echoing around the room.

"Mmmm….Its just like….daddy's…..right….. beside me…. Zzzzzz." The kid fell fast asleep, and as Shiana and Link looked around the room, they realized that the rest of the Gorons had also fallen asleep.

"Well, at least they won't notice the cold as much now that they're sleeping, they can get some rest and when they wake up the evil shall be gone from Snowhead and spring will once again return to the mountain." Link said as he smiled at Shiana.

"Yes, and now I can take you to the Snowhead. I could not before because I did not know how to put asleep the giant who causes the blizzards, but now you have the lullaby and we will be able to get by him." She said as she turned around and moved back towards the outside.

"Wait, there's a giant?" Link asked as he followed after her, wondering that perhaps there was more then one way to get into Snowhead temple and avoid the giant. It wasn't that he was afraid; he just didn't like giants all that much.