Chapter 13

Zach's New Power

The monster threw fireballs out of his mouth and fired at Link and Zach. "We need to get that stone!" Link shouted.

"I'll get it, you handle the monster!" Zach said. But when we was about to get it, the monster swung his tale at Zach and his head a rock and feel unconscious!

"ZACH!" Link shouted and ran to him! "Zach! Zach! Come on wake up!" Link yelled to him, but it was no use.

"He's breathing!" Proxi said looking at his chest which is still moving.

"You stay with him. I'll handle this." Link told Proxi. Link charged towards the monster and slashed it with his sword. But it didn't make a scratch.

"Are you kidding me?! This again?" Link yelled at the monster. The monster then fired some fire balls at Link, but he deflected them with his shield.

Proxi was looking at Link battling the monster and began to worry. "It's just like that monster at The Great Deku, his skin is too strong!" she said. Just then, she heard Zach groan. "Zach! Are you alright?" Proxi asked.

"Yeah, I think so!" Zach said rubbing his head. "What happened to…" Zach looked at his hand that he used to rub his head and realized it was covered in red liquid. "Blood?" Zach said.

"Your forehead!" Proxi said. "It has a really big scratch on it!"

"Don't worry. It's just a scratch!" Zach said.

"A big one!" Proxi added.

"The monster is too strong, is it?" Zach asked.

"Yeah. It's just like the monster from before. He's too strong for us to handle." Proxi said. Zach then had an idea.

"It won't be strong for long!" Zach said digging into his pack!

Link tried to slice the monsters skin with his sword, but it was still too strong.

"It's no use! There's nowhere in his skin that's soft for me to stab him with my sword." Link said. The monster was about to charge at Link, but he stopped a few inches away from him.

"What the…?" Link said as he looked behind the monster and saw a man whose face matched Zach's mask the great fairy gave him grabbing the monsters tail.

"Wow!" he said. "This really does make me strong!" He threw the monster on the other side of the room and went to Link. "Are you ok?" the man asked.

"Yeah! Is that you Zach?" Link asked.

"Yeah! When I put on the mask, I was suddenly transformed and I became bigger and stronger." Zach said looking at himself.

"The monster is just like the other monster we last fough, it's skin is hard." Zach looked at the monster as it roared at them. Then he had an idea.

"Maybe on the outside, but what about the inside?" Zach suggested.

"Your not saying we should go inside it are you?" Proxi asked.

"No! Link, grab that bomb over there, and when I say now, throw it at his mouth!" Zach said.

"Good idea!" Link said as he grabbed a bomb.

"Hey Fossil Face!" Zach shouted at the monster. "Your mother was an overgrown Lizard" Zach teased. The monster opened his mouth and began to fire some fireballs at Zach. "Link! NOW!" Zach yelled. Link threw the bomb quickly into the monster's mouth and made a clean shot in.

"Yes! I made it!" Link cheered.

"Great. NOW GET DOWN!" Zach yelled. They both got down and the monster began to roar really loud and exploded.

Link, Zach, and Proxi looked at the monsters remains and saw nothing but smoke and a bunch of scales that are on fire. "Way to go guy's!" Proxi cherried out.

"Nice work Zach." Link said patting on Zach's back!

"Don't mention it!" Zach said.

"Guys look! The Goron Ruby!" Proxi said looking out at the end of the room. Link grabbed the ruby and picked it up.

"Two down, one to go." Zach said.

"Come on, let's get out of here and tell Daurina the good news." Link said.

Daurina was waiting outside of the cave wondering and wondering when are they coming back. "This is taking too long! I have to do something!" He said as he walked to the cave. Then, he heard footsteps and it was them walking out with the Goron Ruby. "Well, bless my rocks! You did it!" Daurina said.

"It wasn't easy, but yeah we did it!" Link said.

"Allow me to give you all the Goron Gratitude!

"And what would that be?" Zach asked.

"A Goron Hug!" Daurina said hugging both Link and Zach!

"Oh my gods!" Zach grunted.

"I think my back just snapped!" Link said.

"Hahaha! Sorry. I forgot Hylians hated it when I do that!" Daurina laughed. "Instead, keep that Goron Ruby as an reward!"

"Thanks Daurina!" Link said. "Come on. Let's head back to the castle!"

"Right away!" said Zach!

"Good-bye you guys come back anytime! Your always welcome!" Daurina shouted as they ran down the mountain!

Link, Zach and Proxi headed to Hyrule Castle to give the second Spiritual Stone to Zelda.

"How's your head?" Link asked Zach.

"Hurts a little, but fine." Zach answered.

"It's bleeding quite a lot Zach." Proxi said.

"Guys I mean it. I'm fine" laughed Zach.

"If you say so." Link said.

"Hey you two!" said a booming voice.

"Oh, hey Volga." Link said.

"You! How did you survived Death Mountain?" Volga asked looking surprised.

"To be honest, we have no idea." Zach said.

"Why do you sound so surprised about it?" Link asked.

"Oh. Well..uh..Death Mountain is dangerous as you can probably tell." Volga said. "None of our soldiers ever came back from that mountain!"

"Should've known" Zach said.

"Anyway. We have to get back to Zelda! See you later!" Link said as him, Zach, and Proxi ran to Zelda's room. Volga began to grow anger in his body.

"How did they survived?!" he asked himself. "King Dogdgogo should've killed them!" Volga than thought for a moment and signed. "Well. I guess it's time for plain C!"

Link, Zach, and Proxi made it to Princess Zelda's room. "Princess, we got it!" Link said giving her the Goron Ruby!

"Great work guys! Now to…" Zelda than looked at Zach's head and saw the blood on it. "Oh my gosh Zach!" she said getting a closer look at his head! "What happened to your head?!"

"Oh. I tried to get the stone, but the monster we fought pushed me out of the way and my head hit the wall" Zach answered.

"Your lucky it didn't kill you." Zelda said. "Here all patch you up!"

"So Zelda, where's the last stone?" Link asked.

"The last stone is called, The Zora Sapphire!" Zelda said rubbing the blood out of Zach's head.

"The Zora Sapphire?" Zach asked.

"Correct. You'll find it in Zora's Domain!" Zelda said.

"And where would that be?" Link asked.

"Follow the river on the right side of the castle. It should lead you there!" Zelda answered.

"Sounds easy enough!" Zach said.

"Ok Zach! That should do it!" Zelda said as she finished strapping the bandage on Zach's head.

"Thanks Zelda." Zach said feeling his bandage.

"Come on! Let's go." Link said.

"Actually, You guys go on ahead." said Proxi.

"Really, why?" asked Link.

"I...need to take a little break for a while!" said Proxi.

"Well ok." Zach said.

"Once your done, try to catch up with us." said Link.

"Ok. Good luck guys!" Proxi said as she watched both Link and Zach run out of the castle.

"Proxi? Why aren't you going with them!" Zelda asked.

"Oh. I just feel like I need to stay here for a while." Proxi answered, but Zelda new she was lying.

"Proxi, What's wrong?" Zelda asked.

"Hm? Nothing." Proxi lied.

"Proxi!" Zelda said. "You didn't want to go with Link and Zach because you are scared of water, did you?"

"What?! No!" Proxi shouted.

"Then why?" asked Zelda.

Proxi signed and then told Zelda the truth. "I..I think Volga is up to something." she said nervously.

"What makes you say that?" Zelda asked.

"Well, when we returned from Death Mountain, his face was all angry and surprised like." Proxi explained. "He's up to something, I know it!"

"Hm. You might be onto something." Zelda agreed. "I'll bring him to the throne room and ask him a few questions. And when I'm done, you follow him quietly and don't let him see you."

"Ok Princess. You can count on me!" Proxi said.

Next time: The Tale of the Two Heroes.