Back! Brace removed! Wooo!
Sorry if this chapter seems a bit short ;
I was tired after coming back from the docs, so I posted a short chapter. It's got it's parts though. It's all leading up to the epic battle that I hope you are all going to enjoy D
AUC: Man, I was exhausted after coming back from the hospital x.x I ended up staying there for six hours. Not to remove the brace, of course. I was held up by stupid, random crap that seemed like the doctors were pulling out of their asses just to keep me there. That explains why this chapter is so short, like I said. Don't worry, though. It's because the chapter after this will be the first boss battle covered in the fanfic. Hooray! D Music: "A little less sixteen candles, a little more 'touch me'" by Fall Out Boy, "Sugar we're goin down" by Fall Out Boy, "Stupid MF" by Mindless Self Indulgence
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"I know, I know. I'm just saying. Doesn't he seem a bit… too close to me sometimes?" Link looked to Navi for an answer. She rubbed her chin, nodding as he spoke.
"I can see where you're coming from, but c'mon! Just because he follows you around and talks to you like that and stares at you and… You know what? I think you might be right about this one" Navi changed her mind. There was definitely something up with that Sheik guy.
"Over there is where we're head I guess" Link pointed to a door. It was funny how these ancient temples constructed by the ancient sages, designed to contain and ancient evil had a door as an entrance. With a doorknob.
Link stared at the doorknob in front of him. "What the hell is this crap? You're telling me these sages had magical powers and the authority to build these damn temples, but the cheap bastards couldn't spring a couple more rupies for a bigger, better door? Something must have been wrong. Either that or this is one magical door" he muttered, shaking his head. He turned the knob, walking through the door and slamming it behind him.
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"They're back!" the lookout shouted. The little boy, most likely no older then seven, shouted down to the people on the ground. They cheered and the men at the front began to move the levers. As they moved them, the mechanisms moved the ropes and gears and lifted the boulder from the doorway.
The wives of many of the soldiers rushed forward and were met with open and loving arms. Smiles all around as the children of soldiers came right behind the mothers. Everyone had someone. Except for Caleb, who walked past the reunions alone. Commander Rester watched him move to his tent and drop his stuff inside before pulling the line and shutting the tent. He frowned as he watched this.
"Daddy! Daddy! Mommy and the others taught me how to take care of the crops and pick them!" he looked down, seeing his daughter smiling up at him. His graying hair didn't look anything like her jet black hair. The commander laughed, picking her up and giving her a kiss.
"That's great sweetie! Let's go see mommy now" he smiled, walking with his daughter in his arms. She was getting bigger and harder to pick up. He knew that soon, the whole 'Daddy' phase would be over, and she'd be a rebellious teen. He knew this, so he took this time to cherish her, and his wife as well. He momentarily forgot about Caleb, instead going to see his wife.
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"So lucky, so lucky…" Caleb sighed. He felt selfish for how he was feeling. He had told himself at first that since he lost his family, no one understood how he felt. But then he really thought. He thought about how the women and the children must have felt whenever they were called to go out. He thought about how it would destroy them if their husbands or brothers or sons didn't come back one day.
That was the worst part. He was jealous of them, but at the same time he couldn't be. He shook his head as he laid back on the hammock he fixed to the two small trees coming up through the floor in his tent. He rolled over and tried to get to sleep. Sometimes, the shock of battle could be a good thing. It keeps you from thinking.
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"Darunia! Are you crazy old man?! You're gonna throw your back out and have a heart attack!" Link shouted, taking a step back as a geyser of molten lava shot up from the sea of molten rock below them.
"I know, Brother! I've seen better days, but I've at least got to try! This old Goron isn't going down without a fight!" Darunia turned around, pushing the doors to the inner sanctum of the Fire Temple open and they slammed shut. Link heard a ear splitting shriek, and Darunia screaming "You like that?! Huh?! Want some more?!"
"Shit! I gotta get in there before he gets himself killed!" Link looked around. The lava looked menacing as ever. He didn't even want to think about falling in there. He jumped to a column that was jutting out of the lava, then to another, then another. He was closer to the door now, but there was no way he could make that jump. He closed his eyes, then decided. He ran towards the edge and jumped…(1)
And at the last second brought his hookshot up and fired. It hooked around the doorknob of the giant door and pulled him straight to it.
"Thank god for doorknobs!" Link grinned as he opened the doors. Navi thought to remind him of his earlier comment, but eventually decided against it.
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"Ugh… B-Brother…" Darunia rasped as he laid on the ground. Link had never seen Goron blood before. Apparently, it was black. He choked and sputtered on his own blood, the hammer still in his hands.(2)
"Darunia!" Link rushed over to him, kneeling down. "Oh god… Oh man…" he shook his head, looking back and forth.
"I couldn't… I couldn't stop it… It got away. It got out of the volcano" he pointed upwards. There was a big hole in the ceiling, most likely made by Volvagia as it escaped.
"Link, here…" Darunia held up the hammer, giving it to Link "I want you to have it… You're the only one who can stop it…" he coughed up blood once again. Link took the hammer, holding it by it's blood smeared grips.(3)
It was pretty heavy, but then again, it was a legendary weapon. Link nodded, looking down at his old friend and Sworn Brother.
"Link… tell my son… and my wife… that I'm sorry… tell the Gorons that I'm sorry I was such a weak leader… I-" Darunia was cut short as he died. His hand that he had held up to give Link the hammer dropped, and his last breath slipped out. Although he was angered, he couldn't help but wonder: There were female Gorons?
Link's grip on the hammer tightened. Navi was a bit scared of how he was right now. "L-Link?" she whispered, touching his ear. "Are you oka-"
"We're going to slay us a dragon" he put simply. The way his voice sounded terrified Navi for some reason.
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Caleb rolled over again in his hammock. He heard screaming and running outside. "Nnngh… goddesses what is it now…?" he muttered, before the door to his tent was thrown open and light pored in.
"Caleb! Get your ass up and get your gear! We have to go NOW!" one of the younger men from his unit yelled. He was tired but he didn't argue. He nodded, rolling out of his hammock and got dressed. What the hell was going on?
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As they marched out to the field, Caleb couldn't believe his ears. "You have GOT to be kidding me!" he said to the commander. Commander Rester shook his head. "A dragon? C'mon you guys, stop messing with m-" he stopped when he heard a loud shriek. His eyes, as well as all the eyes of the soldiers in the field, flew up to the sky. There it was: a flame red dragon, soaring around in the sky, completely with a jet of flame shooting from its mouth.
"You have GOT to be shittin' me!" Caleb screamed as he looked up. "We're gonna need a hero for this…"
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1: Screw the Fire Temple. And the Goron hostages ;D
2: Shoulda brought a bottled fairy
3: Not that you'll ever need the hammer again after the boss fight XP