The second half to my 2 part chapter! I hope you enjoy! I threw in an Uncle Iroh quote in here. I do not own Avatar or Zelda in anyway.
At the top of Death Mountain….
Darunia was chained up to two pillars that the Gerudo warriors had trapped him in. He was restrained off of the ground with both arms in a chain and both legs as well, as he drooped over the solid top of the mountain where the Death Mountain Crater Resided. Two Gerudo warriors were keeping an eye on him so he could not break free.
"Unchain me you cowards! I don't care that you are woman! I will not hesitate to beat both of you into rock and eat you!" Cautioned the enraged Darunia
"Quiet Scum!" Yelled the warrior to his left as she whipped him with a flame
"You Goron are all alike! (Making a fireball in her hand) You fight and fight and fight, yet you cannot stand up to your superior power at all! If you do not cooperate with us, we will kill you now!" persisted the orange-skinned warrior
"My people are proud and strong! We have hope so we can endure whatever your desert trash throws at us! You people are all ali-"
Darunia was cut off by both warriors shooting a fire fist at his face. In reaction the searing flames, he earth bended with his face and sunk the warriors under the ground to their ankles.
"Why you filthy Rock!" Screamed the Gerudo soldier on the left
"How dare you call my kind filthy! I love them and I will die for them! Go back to the desert and leave our people at once!" Ordered Darunia with asperity
The two Gerudo looked at each other with humorous looks on their faces. They began to chuckle a little bit and they their faces turned serious once again.
"You know, we should've killed him at the Cavern" Stated the warrior on the right
They heard a small amount of footsteps, and some hands clapping as well from a distance. They all looked down the trail and saw Orubaa walking up, clapping her hands.
"What a wonderful performance everyone. (Shaking her head) How is the chief doing over there girls?"
The Gerudo Women bowed down to Orubaa as she walked over.
"Captain, we were just checking to make sure tha-"The warrior on the left was cut off by Orubaa
"No need for it. We got we came here for." Stated Orubaa
"What…. WHAT WAS IT?" Vigorously asked Darunia
"Oh I don't know (Rolling her eyes) maybe… this."
Orubaa pulled out the Earth Relic from behind her back.
"YOU! How did you get that! Give it to me!" Screamed the incredibly enraged Darunia
The two women looked at Orubaa with an upbeat expression.
"Are we ready to leave now? We finally got it so now we can go back to Ganondorf again." Asked the warrior on the left
"Not quite." Answered Orubaa
"We have the relic, but there are two other things we need to settle here. First off we have to capture that kid, he is still alive here."
Darunia instantly calmed down, hearing that Link was still safe.
"Also, there is another piece of business we need to take care of here…" Orubaa said as a sinister grin emerged on her face
Orubaa walked right up Darunia and looked directly into his face.
"Where. Are. The Spirits?"
Darunia turned away as he did not want to answer…
Meanwhile….
Link and Navi had run out of the stone Dodongo Mouth in chase of Orubaa for the relic. Link stopped as he came to the end of the mouth and seeing everything in the whole cavern…. All flames….
"Firebenders…" Muttered Navi in utter disgust
"….They will regret ever doing this….. We have to stop Orubaa Link!"
Link used his newly found earth powers to bend up a large stone pillar to stand on. He jumped onto the pillar and moved it in the ground so he could navigate through the pure fire. When Link reached the entrance to the cavern, he jumped off of the stone pillar and began walking out the hole.
"You're in quite the predicament aren't you?"
Link stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked in all directions.
"Don't worry, it is only me."
He saw a shadow in the mouth of the Dodongo, it could barely be seen, but Link knew it was there. The shadow used its fire bending to part the fires of the cavern to the sides so she could walk over to Link. As it came closer Link looked closely and realized that was Impa.
"Impa! What are you doing here! Why aren't you with the evacuation or with Princess Zelda or-" Navi asked as she was cut off by Impa
"I came to make sure you were safe. You seem to have destroyed the monster no problem…..
But there is a bigger threat than just some monster….
The Gerudo are going to kill the Earth Spirit!"
Link's face grew gravely concerned as Impa's tone grew more intense and Navi was listening more.
"B…B…But if they kill the spirit then what would ha-"Once again Navi was cut off
"We don't know what would happen, something larger than you could imagine though for sure…
Link….
You have a difficult task in front of you….
You are the avatar….. Use the spirits power to protect them….
To protect the world!
It is your duty…..
Mine is to help everybody to safety…..
The shrine is at the Peak of Death Mountain…..
Go there at once! I have to save Kakiriko from a fiery doom…"
Impa snapped a nut at the ground and created a large flash. She disappeared immediately and Navi and Link were left standing there in front of the now re-uniting fire.
Link used his air bending to speed up his movement and run out of the engulfed cavern. As he reached the outside of the cavern, he came to the realization that things were going to be much tougher from here on out.
Outside of the cavern were four Gerudo warriors who jumped down from the ledge above them and ambushed Link. They all pulled out spears pointed at Link who was now overcome in fear.
The Gerudo warrior right in front of Link pulled down her mouthpiece so she could be easily heard.
"Come with us, Avatar! Or we will kill you on the spot right now!"
Link stood hesitating, pulling out his sword to think it over.
"Link! Fight them! You can take them!" Encouraged Navi
Link put away his sword and surrendered on the ground for the warriors to take him.
"Take him away!" shouted the warrior who spoke before
The woman walked behind Link and cuffed his arms behind his back. They lifted Link up and began carrying him up the mountain as Navi stood still in confusion. They walked up the steep hill until they came to the intersection whether to go to the peak or the now revealed Goron City. All women dropped Link at the intersection and walked into Goron City.
A few seconds later they came outside of the hideout, riding Dodongos. They walked back over to Link and carried him up the higher part of the mountain until they reached the massive wall.
"Alright you stupid dinosaur! Bend us up!" ordered the woman on the far left
The Dodongo she was riding bended out four platforms from the wall to stand on top of. Link took a deep breath and using his head, bended the platforms into each of the woman and stunned them in pain on the ground.
Link jutted a rock from the ground and sliced the cuffs behind his back so he was now free. He bended a small handle on the wall and grabbed onto it. He held onto the handle and bended himself all the way up to the top of the wall…. Where Darunia laid injured on the ground.
"Link! Thank the spirits that you're okay!" said the relieved Darunia
"Where is Orubaa? Did she do this to you?" Asked Navi
"I refused to tell her where the spirits are, so she attacked me…"
"No! Where is she now?"
"She found the fountain of the spirits…. That cave right ahead and to your left"
Darunia nodded his head in the direction of the fountain and slowly found the strength to get up.
"Ill catch up! Go save the mountain!" arranged Darunia
Link and Navi entered the spirit fountain and saw it was all water and mystical presence like that of the sacred realm. As they walked in they saw two small dragons circling each other nonstop. One of the dragons was brown and had an earth insignia on it while the other was red and had a fire insignia. Behind the dragons, Orubaa and her two warriors were standing in a waited position.
"I was waiting for you to show up avatar!" plot tingly said Orubaa
"You monster! Leave the mountain right now! Give us back the Relic!" commanded Navi
"(laughs) You ludicrous fairy! Once I'm done here, Ganondorf won't even need the Relic!" Confidentially said Orubaa
"Ganondorf…" Navi muttered to herself
"Where is Ganondorf!" Harshly asked Navi
"He's gone; he left Death Mountain a long time ago. Am I not good enough for you?" Answered Orubaa
"This is no joke! Don't harm those spirits whatever you do! It would throw the world out of balance!" Pleaded the fairy
"The Kokiri fairy is right, Orubaa!" Said Darunia as he slowly walked in to the fountain
Everybody turned around to look at Darunia seeing that he was not in pain.
"I thought I ki-"Said Orubaa as she was interrupted by Darunia
"Not only will my people suffer, everybody, even the Gerudo tribe will suffer as well. Destroying that dragon will throw the world out of balance."
Orubaa and the other warriors looked around at each other as they did not know what kind of things Darunia was talking about.
"WHATEVER DAMAGE YOU DO TO THE SPIRITS I'LL INFLICT ON YOU TENFOLD1! LEAVE NOW!" Demanded the Chief Goron with true asperity
Orubaa began to laugh as she could not believe what she just heard.
"You? I'm more powerful than you at bending and I will be even more powerful once the spirit is gone!"
Darunia grew absolutely furious and bended up a rock from the mountain in his arm to threaten Orubaa with.
A devious smile arose on Orubaa's face as she created a flame in her hand. She quickly whipped it at the Earth Dragon and watched it fall to its injury. The colors of the water in the fountain turned a darker shade and the mountain outside started to turn red.
Orubba had her fist to the spirit that was in peril on the ground, and created a flame to it.
"If you shoot that fire…" Warned Navi
Darunia bended his rock at Orubaa as hard as he could, in reaction Orubaa blasted the dragon with all her might, knowing she would die from the rock being bended.
Suddenly…
The spirit was dead….
The mountain was completely red…
The boulder thrown turned into sand…
The whole world….. Was all sand, no solid rock anywhere….
Darunia's jaw dropped and Link pulled out his sword as he went to go attack Orubaa. He ran at full speed as he watched the waters of the fountain turn completely red.
Link attempted to bend a gust of wind at Orubaa from his sword but failed miserably. The gust missed Orubaa and she prepared a fire blast in her arms. When she released it at Link, he noticed that now it was much more powerful…
It began lighting up and getting hotter before it was released…
The blast came out a massive cone shape, pushing Link, Navi, and Darunia all outside of the fountain and on the edge of the wall outside.
Link and Darunia looked at each other as they were gravely injured. The whole mountain was now a massive pile of sand, and they fell all the way down the hillside. Link as he was falling through the air bended a gust of wind to catch them as they hit the ground. They were safe now and trying to discuss their plans.
"Flee Link! I have no bending! It's only a matter of time before…" Darunia was silenced by nature
Suddenly there was an enormous rumbling and the heat of the mountain grew amazingly large. As the nighttime sky above them was now red…. The volcano was beginning to erupt again! I large pool of Lava shot up from the mountain and went back inside, but the heat could be felt from even where Link and Darunia were.
"That!" Said Darunia
"The world is out of balance! The fire owns the mountain and if it doesn't get fixed quick, then the whole mountain will be destroyed!"
"There is a way to fix this." Stated Impa as she walked up the intersection
"Link… You are the avatar…. You can communicate with the spirits….
In Kokiri Forest…. There is a wood that possess spiritual energy….
An amazing spirit lives there….
Go to him, Link. He can help you with this."
"Impa, how are to get there right now? By the time we get to Kokiri Forest, let alone the woods, the mountain will be destroyed…" Asked Navi in anxiety
"In Goron City…. There is a secret stone wall that has a route to the Lost Woods….. Go there Link…." Ordered Darunia as he was gravely injured
"I will hold them off as long as I can… Darunia… You must flee now, you have no bending,,,,,
Link….. The fate of the whole world relies on you right now….. You must leave quickly….
Good Luck." Encouraged the sheikah woman
Link bended his scooter up, as he began to watched Lava drip down the hilltop. He scootered down the intersection as he turned to Goron City, he was ambushed in front by five Gerudo warriors.
"Don't fight them!" Insisted Navi
The warriors prepared five simultaneous fire blasts at Link, and as they shot through the air, Link air jumped over them and bounced off of one of the warrior's head and kept running past them into the city.
The whole city was infested by Gerudo soldiers; Link raced along each edge of the city looking for the stone wall but could not find it. To his surprise, it was on the second floor, and the only part of the mountain still in form. Sand began to fall from the ceiling of the City, and forced the Gerudo warriors to leave Link and flee.
Link bended down the stone wall and entered the Lost Woods that was mentioned….
In the woods, it was a four way intersection the whole time. There was nothing but overgrown wildlife and pure jade everywhere. The sound made by the forest was relaxing and reminded Link of home, the one part of Hyrule that was not affected by the destroyed spirit.
"It feels so good to be home again!" stated a now calm Navi
Suddenly, a big winged being flew in from around the tree in front of them in landed on the branch. It was the great knowledge spirit Kaepora Gaebora.
"Yoo Hoo! Link up here!" Nodded the owl
Link and Navi both looked up Kaepora as they realized he may be the spirit they were talking about.
"Kaepora, are you th-"Navi was cut off by the all knowing spirit
"I am not him. I know who you are looking for though….
Link…
This forest is familiar to you….
If you listen hard enough, you can hear the sounds of your friends…
That will lead you to where you are going."
Link calmed down and sat on the ground in meditating position. He listened closer…. And had a small vision…
He saw Saria playing an ocarina while sitting on a tree stump. In front of her was a panel with the air insignia on it and behind her was a great temple. He began to hear the song being played on her ocarina and he could he hear it even in reality.
Link came back to his senses and could still here the ocarina being played.
"Just follow the sound of the tune, Link!
I know what is happening, Link…
Save the world…."
Kaepora Gaebora flew away and Link got up and watched him fly away as he could not believe he was leaving for once….
"LINK!" Shouted Navi
Link became aware of what was going on around him and stood up.
"Come on! An entire mountain will be destroyed!"
Link got his air scooter together and took a deep breath in as he listened to the sound of the ocarina. He went through the path that he heard as he wandered more and more about the state of Death Mountain. He went through many crossroads and eventually he came into a vast meadow.
The meadow was blocked off by a gate that had an air funnel on it. The entire wooded area around it was overgrown to a horrendous extent and full of all kinds of wildlife.
Link bended a gust of wind into the funnel and the gate opened. As he walked in, there was grass that came up to nearly his knees and so much vegetation everywhere. There were a few pools of water that were brighter than anything he had ever seen.
"I don't understand….. When the Great Deku Tree died….. The whole forest should have…." Stuttered Navi in total awe
Link nodded his head at what Navi had just said, and followed the path of the maze down to where there was a staircase. He walked up, seeing the plants get more and more overgrown like he had never seen before. When he reached the top of the stairs, there was the part he had seen in his small vision…
Saria playing her ocarina on a wooden stump…
The air panel in front of her… and the temple in back as well…
Saria stopped playing her ocarina as she realized that Link was standing right in front of her. She dropped her ocarina in relief to see him.
"Link… What perfect timing…" said Saria
Link stepped forward to go see his old friend.
"Saria it's good to see you again. But this is no time for a reunion!" Declared Navi
"I know." Replied the forest girl
"There is something I've never told you, Link…
I serve the spirit that lives inside of Lost Woods…
He is expecting you…"
Link's eyes opened up as he could not believe what he just heard.
"How is Link supposed to meet him?" Asked Navi
"Link is the avatar. He can enter the spirit world, the great bridge that can." Answered Saria
"The platform you are standing on Link is a spiritual platform….
With it you can communicate with the spirits, as long as you show a sign of the forest….
Take out your ocarina…. I will teach you a melody…"
Link and Saria both pulled out their ocarinas and began playing together, the same song Link heard before.
Link played the song correctly and he could see a yellow sparkling light on the tip of the ocarina.
"That is my song. Play Saria's Song when you need guidance…" Informed Saria
The platform below Link began to light up and turn completely green. Link sat down and meditated, as his eyes and weapons brightened up green as well.
A massive Panda Bear came out from the ledge that the temple was above Saria. IT stared at Link in meditation, and in Link's vision, he saw the panda.
Link was in a vision where he was in a completely dark room where he was the only light to be seen.
Then the panda bear walked over and it emitted light too….
"Welcome young avatar….
I am Hei Bai, spirit of life….
My presence in the lost woods has caused life to continue normally around here, without the effects of the dead spirit….
I can teach you something new…. I know why you are here…..
Though the Great Deku tree is dead… I am able to keep the forest alive…
Whoever feels my existence gains beneficial or new life…."
Hei Bai walked over to Link in his vision and he touched Link on the forehead with his claw. Link's forehead turned green on the spot where Hei Bai touched him.
"I grant you a morsel of my power Link…..
Save the spirit….
Show its true power to those who fiddle with nature…."
Hei Bai disappeared and Link came back into his senses.
In the physical world, Link stopped glowing and stood up.
"Did you learn anything link?" Asked Navi
"….Alright then! We have to get Death Mountain!" Replied Navi
Link stopped in his place for a minute and focused on all the air around him, and what Hei Bai had said. Link bended a massive tornado of wind around him and used it to fly above the ground. He used this great airpower to fly over the lands of Hyrule back over to the Peak of Death Mountain where things have taken a much worse fall…..
Link used his air bending to save himself from the rushing lava as he landed. The lava was spewing like crazy and more and more of the mountain was being submerged in the fires. The red sky was still in place and the whole ground was trembling. The warriors of the Gerudo tribe did not see Link or where he went off to.
At the peak, Link entered the fountain that had the spirits. There he saw the red waters taking over, and the Earth dragon on the ground….
Link walked up to it and put his hand on its back where the insignia was. The insignia began to light up brown and so did Link's eyes and weapons again…
As Link glowed, the dragon gained more strength, and eventually got up and started circling the fire dragon again. Link stopped glowing as he watched the waters of the fountain turn blue again and the sky turn blue as well. The mountain turned brown once more and solidified like it was supposed to and the fire settled down a bit.
The calamities as a whole became calm once more and Link was meditating as he was focusing on the spiritual energy around him…
Link in this form used his avatar visions to sense the eruption of Death Mountain. He was able to bend the Earth to its natural shape and to calm the fire and contain it all inside in the crater.
Link came back into the world around him and stood up.
"Come on Link! We have to find Darunia!" Insisted Navi
Link and Navi ran out of the now restored fountain out into the regular nighttime sky. He started to jump down the mountain…. Until he was stopped by a fire blast shot at him. He let out a scream of pain as he fell over to his backside. When he got up, he saw Orubaa in her fire bending stance…
"I made a huge mistake by letting you go….. I don't care what Ganondorf says about your reincarnation.
I am going to kill you if it's the last thing I do…"
Orubaa jumped forward and shot a blast of fire out of her leg. Link stopped and listened before it hit him and guarded with a rock that he bended upward. Once it protected Link, he shot it at Orubaa, who jumped over it as it came.
She pulled out her chain sword and whipped fire out of it at Link as he air bended himself out of its range. Link made a sharp turn with his wind and blew a gust of wind at Orubaa, who scooted back four feet.
Orubaa got into stance and fire fisted at Link, who spun to absorb it with his shield. She then shot three quick fire blasts stepping forward each time towards Link. Link hopped over the first, got hit by the second one and blocked the third with an air ball. Link rolled forward and kicked a stone from his legs at Orubaa. She side hopped and broke the stone with her sword as she whipped it at Link. Link air bended a gust of wind which stopped the sword from hitting him, and allowing an escape. Link jumped into the air and dove forward. As he was coming closer to the ground, he hit his hand on the Mountain and bended a stone at Orubaa which hit her stomach.
Orubaa was now very angry. She stood up and breathed fire at Link out her mouth, which hit his left arm. She then stepped forward and fire fisted his other arm. Next she jumped in the air and sky kicked fire at Link's legs causing him to fall over.
As Orubaa tried to jump at Link and deliver the finishing blow, Link pulled out his sword and blew a gust of wind out of it, which made Orubaa fall over. Link got up and bended air out his sword at Orubaa, causing her to fly into the wall and fall. Link bended water out of the fountain at Orubaa's head and she let out a scream of pain. He bended some more earth from the mountain to lift her up into the air and pushed her off the hillside. She screamed as she fell, and Link accepted his victory.
As the warriors of the mountain saw Orubaa had lost, they all ran away from Death Mountain, and it was finally left alone. Link jumped down the hillside and scootered all the way down to the base of the mountain, where Darunia and the other Gorons were waiting patiently for his return.
The Gorons cheered as the sun began to come up and they saw their hero. Darunia walked up to Link and bowed down to him.
"Thank you for saving us Avatar. You turned about to be a true hero after all. The whole Goron race is thankful for your brave actions to save us!
You have become a fine kid, and a fine Earth bender, but you still have more to learn!
After seeing what happened, you can have anything you want, even the Earth Relic!"
Link's face grew large as he had forgotten the entire reason he went to the Mountain.
"Umm Darunia…. We kind of don't have th-"Navi was cut off….. Again
"You mean this?" asked Impa as she walked down the trail
"Impa! How did you get this!" asked Navi
"Let's just say I won it from Orubaa earlier… Take it Link!"
Impa gave Link the Relic and his face grew excited as he now had all three Relics.
"Link! This Relic is to symbolize that we are sworn brothers! Take good care of it!" Encouraged Darunia
"I have to get back to the castle." Said Impa as she disappeared with a flash
"Thank you for everything Darunia! It was great meeting you!" Said Navi
"Take care you guys, I'll never forget you!" Said Darunia as he started to tear up
Link and Navi came to the end of the trail where Link was now leaving to face his final destiny as the avatar…..
"Time to go see princess Zelda!" Exclaimed Navi
1. Quote from uncle Iroh in avatar book 1.
Let me know what You think! This was my first two-part chapter and i'll need time to come up with my next one. It will be great though i can guarantee! I am off to camp for week :)
