A.N.- Hi everyone. So sorry for the long wait. Had a few things to take care of. So without further adieu here's chapter 25!
Link walked for a while before his world came crashing down and he collapsed to his knees and cried his eyes out.
"Why?!" He cried in misery to the sky, "Why me?! Why did you have to choose me?! Why couldn't you have chosen someone else?! I just don't understand." Link picked himself back up off the ground and walked the rest of the way to Kakariko Village so he could get to Death Mountain. Once he arrived in Kakariko, Link ran like his life depended on it up the mountain but something stopped him. Tears. Tears had stopped him because his eyes suddenly clouded up and when he went to wipe his eyes, he felt something wet.
Link sighed deeply in pain as tears flooded his face again after he had just brushed them away. He half laughed as he thought,
(Goddesses, I'm such a pansy. I can't go five minutes without crying about something. Man, I'm such a girl.) then sighed again and continued up the mountain. Praying and hoping, Sheik won't catch him.
Once Link made it to the top, he entered Goron City for the first time in seven years and immediately noticed the changes. The first noticeable change was that there were no Gorons and the second noticeable change was the way the rocks had formed. He remembered them to be taller.
(Seven years and everything is different.) Link thought as he made his way around Goron City to Darunia's chambers only to be smashed into by a boulder. Link hit his head on the way down and fell unconscious.
Sheik stood there at the crumbling tunnel after Link walked away. He thought about what Link had said and decided to follow him. Sheik walked for a while but he couldn't find Link anywhere.
"Damn it, Hero!" He whispered to the air as he made his way back home in hopes his beloved Hero went there because after all that was the next place to go to reach Death Mountain. Sheik arrived in Kakariko Village not long after, his first stop was the guards that were stationed all around the village. He found one near the trail up the mountain,
"Excuse me!" Sheik announced to the guard only to have him ignore him.
(Great. I'm ignored again.) Sheik thought as he made his way closer to the guard and asked again,
"Excuse me, Guard?" the guard immediately turned his head towards Sheik. Sheik made his way up to the guard as he spoke,
"I was wondering if you have seen a man wearing green clothing run passed you in the last couple hours?" the guard thought for a moment before answering Sheik's question,
"Ah… no. I'm sorry. You might want to try the other guard that was here before me. You can find him in the barracks." then he proceeded to point in the direction Sheik needed to go. Sheik thanked the man before he took off in the way the guard told him to go which was east. He found the barracks easily enough and walked inside. Once inside, Sheik walked around asking any guard he found if they were on duty when Link ran up the mountain and every single one told him no. Sheik was just about to give up and take a wild guess when one of the guards, a big strong muscle looking one, from the back walked out and up to Sheik.
"I heard you're looking for me." the guard said in a deep spiteful voice when he was in front of Sheik and the guard continued in a hateful voice,
"What's a Sheikah doing here anyway?" Sheik sighed as he dove into his tale about how he was looking for Link and the guard immediately told him,
"Yeah, I seen a green clad man run up the mountain around my lunch break. Don't know where he was heading from there. Now get out of here. Sheikah aren't allowed here. Get out before I arrest your ass for trespassing!" and Sheik wasted no time getting out of there. He sighed as soon as he was out of the barracks and began to think,
(Why was I born a Sheikah? Why am I hated so much? (Sigh) I hate everyone here. No one sees me anyway. No one but Link, I guess even noticed me. Sometimes, I wish one day, I won't be treated so poorly, but that day never came. Seven years later and still no one cares enough about me.) He cleared his negative thoughts as he began his climb up the mountain to find Link.
Link groaned as he slowly opened his eyes and sat up holding the side of his head,
"Oh, my head. Man… what the hell hi-?" but was interrupted by a very fearful voice coming from behind him demanding,
"How could you do this to me?" Link turned his throbbing head towards the voice and thought,
(Do what to you?) and the voice turned out to be none other than a Goron,
"You, you're Ganondorf's servant! Hear my and tremble! I am Link! Hero of the Gorons!" Link spoke in confusion,
"What? You're Link? That's my name." which caused the Goron to sit up and stand up in front of Link as he too questioned,
"What? Your name is also Link?" Link gave him another confused face as he answered the Goron,
"Yes, that's correct. My name is Link as well." The Goron now named Link put his arms in the air as he cheered,
"Then you must be the legendary Dodongo Buster and Hero, Link!" Link just sighed in annoyance as he nodded. Goron Link continued,
"My dad is Darunia… Do you remember him?" Link nodded but the throbbing made him stop half way through the nod. Lucky for Link, Goron Link didn't notice and went on,
"Dad named me Link after you, because you're so brave! It's a cool name! I really like it!" Link under his breath mumbled,
"Yeah, whatever." Goron Link continued on,
"Link, you're a hero to us Gorons! I'm so glad to meet you!" Link rolled his eyes just as Goron Link walked up to him and gave him a bone crushing hug as he went on,
"Please give me your autograph! Sign it: 'To my friend, Link of the Gorons.'" Link barely nodded as Goron Link squeezed him even harder which caused Link to nearly lose consciousness again before Goron Link dropped him to the ground. Link looked up when he heard,
"Oh…" the air around Goron Link changed as he continued on,
"I guess it's not a good time to ask for this… Please help everyone!" Link was taken aback by the sudden request. Goron Link went on explaining,
"My dad, Darunia, went to the Fire Temple. A dragon is inside!" At the mention of a dragon, Link froze as he asked,
"Dragon? There's a dragon... inside the Fire Temple. Great." but Goron Link ignored him as he began to sniffle,
"If we don't hurry up, even my dad will be eaten by the dragon! B-b-b-boooo hooooo!" Link sighed again as he mumbled,
"Oh great." then out loud, "Link, tell me about the dragon." then thought,
(Boy, that sounded weird. Saying my own name.) just as Goron Link answered him through the hiccups,
"A long time ago there was an evil dragon named Volvagia living in this mountain. That dragon was very scary! He ate Gorons!" Link mumbled again this time sarcastically,
"Gee, no shit." Goron Link went on,
"Using a huge hammer, the hero of the Gorons… BOOOM! Destroyed it just like that. This is a myth from long ago, but it's true!" again under his breath sarcastically,
"Please do tell."
"I know, because my dad is a descendant of the hero! B-b-b-boooo hooooo!" Link nearly started to cry himself but for a completely different reason as he mumbled once again,
"Please stop crying!" then out loud, "Where were the rest of the Gorons taken?" Goron Link looked up at Link with hope in his eyes as he told him,
"Everybody was taken to the Fire Temple…" Link once again mumbled,
"I should have known."
"While my dad was out… Ganondorf's followers came and took them all away! All of them will be eaten by Volvagia!" then grabbed Link by the chest as he went on,
"Dad said that Ganondorf has revived Volvagia… As a warning to those who might oppose him, Ganondorf is going to feed them all to Volvagia!" then let him go. Link landed on his ass as Goron Link continued,
"Dad went to the Fire Temple all by himself to try to save everyone… Please help, Link! I'll give you this heat-resistant tunic!" then thrust the tunic into his lap. Link took the tunic and stood up before he told the poor Goron,
"I'll save them all. I swear to you." then walked all the way down to Darunia's chambers to change. Once in the heat-resistant tunic, Link noticed the statue that was once behind Darunia when he was little was open.
"What the hell?" he whispered as he made his way through the tunnel.
Sheik climbed all the way up the mountain and into Goron City to see if Link was indeed there. When he entered the city, he heard,
"...nt to the Fire Temple. A dragon is inside!" at that Sheik knew Link wasn't going to say no to a crying Goron in need of help so before he heard anymore, he left. Sheik made his way all the way to the very top of the mountain and waited for Link to appear. Sheik stood at the top of one of the two smoking mountains inside the volcano of Death Mountain.
Link made his way through the dark tunnel until he saw a red light coming from the other end of the tunnel and he appeared on a ledge overlooking lava.
"Whoa. Where the hell am I?" Link questioned as he moved towards a broken bridge. He took out his hookshot and shot across the pit of lava at the bottom to the other side. Once across, Link only went a few steps when Sheik jumped down in front of him.
"Sheik? What are you doing here?" Link asked the minute Sheik was in earshot. Sheik looked at Link and answered,
"Looking for you. Now that I found you… What do you think you are doing? Going in here half cocked? Look I get that you have a land to save but at least think before you act! Link was taken aback from Sheik's sudden outburst and sighed deeply bowing his head in defeat.
"I'm sorry." He heard Sheik sigh as well before he heard,
"Look I'm not mad at you, Hero. Just next time tell me where you are going." Link glanced up to see Sheik with his lyre out.
"Now, I have something to say to you about the song. It is something that grows over time… a true friendship. A feeling in the heart that becomes even stronger over time… The passion of friendship will soon blossom into a righteous power and through it, you will know which way to go… This song is dedicated to the power of the heart… Listen to the Bolero of Fire…" then began to his lyre the Bolero of Fire. Link took out his ocarina and began to play the song after he listened to it a few times and played it in unison with Sheik. Once the song was over, Sheik sighed again as he walked closer to Link asking,
"Since you were going to go in there half cocked. I think I should accompany you, as a guide, to help you through these temples. So what do you say, can I join you?" Link thought for a moment with his head bowed before he quickly looked up with a smile on his face telling him,
"Of course, Sheik." Sheik nodded but was jumping for joy on the inside as they made their way through a tunnel to a ladder. Link looked over at Sheik before he jumped down the hole with Sheik yelling,
"Wait, Link!" Sheik sighed again as he whispered, "This guy is going to be the death of me." before he too jumped down the hole to the entrance of the Fire Temple.
A.N.-Hi again. Please don't forget to leave a review! Onto the next chapter!