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School should go die! Tape! Sorry, inside jokes.

Summary:

It all starts out with Ganondorf's plot to find the legendary Ocarina of the Goddesses. His unsuccessful attempt to enter the temple leads to his search for the Chosen Hero, a young man by the name of Link who lives with the Kokiri. Meanwhile, Princess Zelda of Hyrule is under pressure from her father to find a husband by her eighteenth birthday, quickly approaching within a few days. Tired of her palace life, she escapes to the forest under disguise, where she meets Link. The two of them get along really well and all seems to be looking on the positive side. Unfortunately, things are not to be that way for Ganondorf, determined to get that Ocarina, sends his Gerudo guards to capture his Hero. When Zelda returns to Hyrule to demand her friend's release, the evil lord lies to her that he is dead. Heartbroken, she mourns over the loss and holds the Light Arrow, Link's guest gift to her, near to her heart. Meanwhile, Link is moping in the dungeons when he is visited by Ganondorf in disguise as Rauru. He explains that he needs Link's help to get the Ocarina, and when offered freedom, Link accepts. He is then taken to the Temple, where he defeats three challenges in order to get a key. Thinking this key will lead him to the Ocarina, he enters the last area. Unfortunately….

Suddenly, the Temple started to vibrate. A large tremor ran the length of the floor, sending Link sprawling to the ground. Navi ducked into his hat. Suddenly, the two of them felt a large surge of heat coming their way. Link looked up to see a line of fire racing across the ceiling of the chamber. It exploded into sparks as something jumped from the flames onto the ground below, sending more shivers across the ground. Even when it crouched, it was at least ten times as tall as Link. When it straightened, Link's mouth dropped open in horror.

"What is that thing?" Link cried. Navi did as she promised. She screamed. The large monster looked down at them with its glowing, pupil-less eyes. Link couldn't do anything to hide. He lay helplessly on the floor, supported by his left arm as he used his right to shield himself from the bright flames. The monster brought out its whip and struck out at the wall. Where the whip had hit the stone, fire erupted and raced around the chamber. Soon, Link was trapped in a circle of fire. The monster jumped once and released flames from its mouth. It turned around and spoke in a voice that chilled Link and Navi to their very soul.

"I am Varx, the Shadow Fire Beast. Fight me, or die!"

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Chapter 9: The Ocarina

"That doesn't leave us many options, does it?" Link asked weakly. To fight the beast or to die by its hands. Those were Varx's orders. He and Navi couldn't escape anyway. The entire fighting arena was enclosed in a ring of dancing flames.

"Hey, listen! You've defeated Beast. You should be able to defeat Varx. Pretend like the whip is a string shot. Try using the same technique."

"Good idea." Link got to his feet, taking out his shield and sword. Varx backed up a few steps, striking the ground with its whip to show power. Link tried not to express his fear.

At first, the two opponents circled around each other. Link narrowed his eyes, beads of sweat forming above his eyes from the heat of the fire. Suddenly, the beast lunged towards him. Link rolled out of the way, getting to his feet and raising his shield as soon as possible. As he expected, Varx struck its whip at him. However, instead of sticking to his shield, it burned right through it. Luckily, Link fell to the ground before it hit him. Or else, he would have been vaporized just like his shield.

"Great!" he muttered as he looked at the burned ashes. "There goes my only defense!" Navi fluttered near the remains.

"There goes that idea," Navi remarked. "Now what?"

"I thought you'd tell me!" Link grabbed his sword with both hands and held it in front of him. The giant creature snickered as it once again flicked its whip at the ground. Link looked around him. There weren't any places to hide. The only thing besides him, Navi, and Varx within the boundary of the flames was a couple of bomb flowers, and he doubted that one measly flower could bring down the beast.

"Watch out!" Link snapped out of his inspection as the creature brought down the whip nearly on his head. Luckily, he ducked out of the way and held out his sword. The creature struck the whip again, and this time, knocked Link's sword out of his hand. It flew through the air and landed right on a bomb flower. The flower immediately exploded, sending a string of flames crackling up the length of the sword like electricity, destroying it. Link gulped.

"Be careful!" Navi shouted. Link ran as fast as he could to what was left of his sword. Varx took its time to stretch the whip. After all, the prey was now defenseless. His shield had been vaporized and his sword now lay in flaming pieces. There was little the young man could do now.

"There goes that plan as well," Link thought, sighing. Navi jingled nervously. Link looked to his left, where there was a giant patch of bomb flowers. Somehow, he had a feeling he could use them. But, he didn't know how. After all, he could only throw one or two at a time.

"I wonder if you could use one bomb flower to activate another," Navi suddenly mused aloud. "As in, a trigger." Link narrowed his eyes as he stared at the patch of bomb flowers. He suddenly grinned.

"Navi…you have the best ideas sometimes. Well…not all the time, but sometimes."

"What are you talking about?" Navi said. Link picked up a bomb flower and threw it as far as he could in the beast's direction. Varx raised its eyebrows as it exploded at its feet without causing any damage. Link jumped several times, waving his arms wildly above his head.

"Come here, you big ugly…creature! I know you want to fight me! Face me!"

"Hey! Listen! What do you think you are doing?" Navi screeched, pulling on Link's ears to get his attention. "You're going to get us killed! Hey! Listen! Stop!" Varx narrowed its eyes as it moved towards its opponent.

"You fool!" the beast hissed as it struck the whip warningly. Link flinched but picked up another bomb and hurled it at the beast again. Varx simply lifted its foot out of the way and advanced.

"Link…listen, I'm warning you!" Navi's grasp on Link's ear slipped and she was thrown back. Link picked up yet another bomb and threw it. Varx growled as it kicked it away and reached Link, towering above him.

"Hi!" Link shouted, grabbing another bomb. Just when Varx raised its whip, Link darted between the creature's legs. Varx spun around and chuckled. Link raised the bomb above his head and scowled at the creature.

"Trying to hit me with that little bomb?" It was Link's turn to laugh.

"That's what you think! I'm not aiming for you!" Link threw the bomb and immediately ran in the opposite direction. It flew between the creature's legs and landed on the bomb flower patch. Varx didn't even have time to react before all the bombs exploded at once. The resulting firepower raced up the monster's legs and throughout its body. Varx staggered back into the patch just as replacement bombs grew back. At the touch of its flaming body, they exploded as well, starting a cycle of explosions until Varx was thrown forward.

"Almost done!" Link grabbed one more bomb and aimed for Varx's face. By that time, the beast was powerless. The final explosion defeated it at last. Link cheered as the beast's body slowly melted away. Navi fluttered around him proudly.

"Hey! I told you that you could do it! Now, without my guidance and patience…" Navi blabbered on, but Link ignored her. Something was surfacing from the ground in the middle of the arena. Link left Navi to flutter where she was and approached the new item.

"…and therefore, next time you should listen to me…hey! Listen! Are you paying attention…LINK!" Navi sighed and jingled in frustration. She turned and watched Link walk away from her. "Fine. Ignore me!" She rolled her eyes, but in mid-roll, something caught her attention. From where the beast had fallen, a giant heart piece magically appeared and started to spin in place.

Now isn't that pretty…Navi thought as she fluttered towards it. Meanwhile, Link had reached the new item. He gasped as he saw what it was.

"It's the Ocarina!" Link picked it up carefully, turning it over in his hands. He grinned wildly and turned to call for Navi.

"Hey! Navi! Look…we got it…" Link trailed off as he saw his fairy fluttering near the heart piece. Suddenly, as if his mind was on rewind, all the events he had gone through sped backwards until he could mentally picture himself in the beginning of the Temple. In the back of his mind, the Goddesses' warning played over and over.

After you have defeated the Great One, touch no treasures but the Ocarina!

"NAVI! STOP!" It was too late. Navi had grabbed for the heart piece. It shattered at her touch and she was thrown to the floor. "NOO!"

"Hey! What happened?" she gasped. Link reached her just as the floor of the Temple began to vibrate.

"You dare touch the forbidden treasures?" cried the angry voices of the Goddesses. "For this you shall pay with your life!" Link grabbed Navi and started running towards the direction of the door. Almost immediately, the circle of flames suddenly shot to the sky as giant blasts shattered the floor of the chamber. Link cried out as he was thrown to the floor. Both Navi and the Ocarina fell from his hands and bounced along the stone.

Link rolled to his side. The area where he had been laying suddenly exploded. Link grunted as he crouched on his toes, trying to figure out where the Ocarina rolled off.

Navi had been thrown with the Ocarina but was too dazed to fly. She just leaned against the instrument and tried to think of a way to signal Link. But she didn't have enough power to do anything. The towers of flames that started to appear all around her swallowed the floor near her, approaching closer and closer. Navi looked around. Everywhere the very air vibrated with the heat waves and everything was painted a fierce red. She almost felt like fainting and giving up all together.

Luckily, Link had managed to dodge any obstacles in his path and caught the faint glow of his fairy partner. He reached her and picked her up.

"Navi! Navi! Are you okay?"

"I'm…fine…" she muttered. Link quickly stuffed her underneath his hat and tucked away the ocarina in his belt. Then, he tried to find the entrance of the chamber. It was close by and relatively easy to get to. Thankful for this one advantage, Link ran as fast as his legs could carry him to the door and rushed through as soon as he got it open.

Once he entered the main hall, he wished he hadn't. Everything was swimming in a giant pool of lava. Link gulped. There seemed to be only a few areas to stand, and they were quite a big distance apart.

"Great…" he muttered, looking around for a way to get to the other side. He spotted a rope lying near the doorframe and as he looked up in the ceiling, he saw that the decorative structure had many areas where he might be able to fasten the rope and swing across. It was risky, but he had to take a chance.

Link quickly made sure the Ocarina and Navi were safe. Then, he took the rope and tested to make sure it was strong. It was. In fact, it even had a hook at the end of it. He didn't waste any time in trying to think of an explanation of why that was so coincidental.

Link aimed and threw the rope at the first bar. It caught on and wrapped around securely. He backed up a few steps, ran forward, and jumped. He swung forward so fast he almost let go. But, he kept holding and made it to the first block. From here, he saw that the other blocks were not to far away. And parts of the treasure were moving like giant platforms in the middle of the lava.

Link left the rope where it was and jumped on to the first platform. He then jumped onto another, and another, until he was all the way on the other side. He sighed in relief. He didn't expect it to be that easy.

He thought to soon. All of a sudden, there was a giant tremor that shook the entire Temple. Link staggered and dropped to his knees. He looked around to figure out if anything had changed.

Suddenly, the lava in the room suddenly rose to the ceiling in a giant wave, sweeping across the room and swallowing anything in its path. The roof gave away and started to crumble inward. Link resisted the urge to scream. Instead, he immediately took off towards the very beginning of the Temple, where the main entrance was.

On the way, he had to dodge various bits of falling ceiling and bursting floor stones. He frantically looked over his shoulder and saw that the lava was still chasing him through the entrance rooms. He looked forward and gasped. The entrance was almost right in front of him. He was just about to feel happy when the floor underneath him crumbled and started to fall.

"No!" he cried and jumped on whatever was left underneath him. The floor all around tumbled into the giant pit below, but he managed to grab onto the frame of the entrance. "RAURU!" he screamed.

Ganondorf in his sagely disguise had almost turned back as the Temple had begun to collapse. Upon hearing Link's cry, he approached the entrance. He didn't step close though; he stood from behind the Temple's entrance and watched Link struggle to hold on the edge. The young man looked over his shoulder and saw the long fall he would suffer if he were to let go. He cringed.

"Young lad! The Ocarina. Do you have the Ocarina?"

"Yes!" gasped Link. "Help me up!" Rauru frowned.

"First the Ocarina."

"I can't. I can't get it out. If I let go I will fall."

"Give me the Ocarina!"

"What part of 'I can't' do you not understand?"

"You wretched boy, give me my treasure!" Link scowled as he looked up.

"No!" Rauru growled.

"Fine, I'll take it myself." He reached out towards Link and the forest boy reflexively held out his hand to block him. Unfortunately, at that moment his other hand slipped.

"NO!" he cried as he fell from the ledge. At that moment, the rest of the Temple caved in around him. The giant slab of walls finally caved in. Rauru ran back and turned. Before another second passed, the entire Temple had disappeared into the ground.

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I know that was just a little short, but at least I got it updated, right? I'll try to be quicker in the future, I don't know what happened to me this six months. Review!