Short chapter here. Not a lot of inspiration for this chapter, but I had someone saying they wanted to see how my non-courageous Link handled fighting a fire-breathing dragon.
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Link glanced desperately at the lava pits on the floor. He changed his grip on the handle of the hammer. "Come on..."
"Link!" Navi hissed from inside his hat. "You know that if that dragon hits you one more time, it's over, right?"
"Oh, Navi, Navi, Navi..." He chuckled. "I'm the hero. I can't die."
She grumbled. "Don't get cocky. You're still mortal, no matter how much of a hero you think you are."
Link fiddled his grip on the hammer again, and it was barely a moment before the ground began to shake. The lava in the pit beside him began to bubble up and he practically tripped over himself trying to scramble away.
Volvagia burst from the pit and leaned on the ground, staring at them. Navi darted from Link's hat and flew over the dragon's head. The dragon lifted its arm and tried to swat her, but she squealed and flew higher. Volvagia turned back to look at Link, who was a few steps away, and with a cry, it spat a stream of fire at him.
"Link! Go round!" Navi shouted. Link obeyed, and as soon as the dragon turned its head to look at him, he swung the hammer awkwardly at its head. Volvagia clutched its head and his chin thudded on the floor. "Hit it again!" Link swung the hammer over his head with a victorious cry which crushed the creature's skull.
Navi dashed back to Link as Volvagia pushed itself into the air and began to fly in uneven circles, beginning to burn up with screeches of pain. "I told you I was a hero..." Link whispered to his fairy, not taking his eyes off the dragon.
She snorted. "That shout at the end was a bit unnecessary..."
"Aw, come on, it was cool."
"Not really."
They both jumped as the skull of Volvagia fell to the floor beside them. It blackened, then burst into a little puff of smoke, and in its place fell a heart container.
"That was... A little overly dramatic." Navi murmured.
Link shrugged. "You should be used to it by now." He sighed, dropped the hammer with a clatter and slumped down to the floor.
"Tired?"
"Yep."
"...Why don't you pick up that heart container, then?" She fluttered over to the spinning object.
"I can't be bothered..." He muttered, falling back and lying on the floor.
Navi settled on his arm. "So you want to talk about your crushes again?" She asked excitedly.
He groaned. "is this because I don't want to get up?"
She nodded. "Uh-huh!"
Link got up quickly and grabbed the heart container. "Let's go."
Navi floated after him, with perky bobs. "So, about Zelda..."
"Please leave me alone."