A\N: Not a lot to say on this... Actually, I have a horrible headache, and I'm not very coherent right now... so... I hope you all enjoy, mentions will be in the next chapter, and God bless! :)

Hnn… where am I?

Tovi's bloodred eyes slowly opened, stinging instantly at the hot, dry air around him. He blinked a few times, quickly adjusting to the sweltering atmosphere.

"H…Hello?" he asked timidly, sitting up and looking around. It was very dim, and he was most definitely inside… something. He couldn't see the sky and it was impossible for air that got circulation to be this dusty.

He coughed into his fist, trying to stand up. "Hello? Is anyone there?"

"Hey, pal!"

Tovi jumped, falling backwards and landing on his bottom as a hairy, broad-shouldered creature popped out of the dirt.

"Wh-who are you?"

"Name's Kork, pal! Glad you finally woke up. We were starting to get worried."

Tovi swallowed hard. "W-we? Who's we?"

"The rest of my kind, of course. The big boss, Guld, brought you in here after you passed out on our turf, but you got a serious scratch out there, pal." The red-furred beast jumped excitedly, still partially in his hole. "But, man, the way you laid it into those goblin freaks was awesome!"

"It was?" Tovi nodded to himself slowly, beginning to remember fuzzy images of a battle between himself and four or five bokoblins. "Th-thanks, I… um… I'm Tovi." He held out his hand, and the redhead shook it.

"I'm Kork!"

Tovi giggled softly. "I know. You already said that!"

Kork scratched his head. "Did I? Oh… Sorry, pal!"

Tovi laughed again, shaking his head and getting back to his feet. "So… where am I?"

"You in the tunnels under Eldin! It's a giant volcano, pal!"

Tovi blinked. "What's a volcano?" He felt a little steadier on his feet now, and his physical stability gave him some more confidence.

"It's a mountain that spits fire and lava!" Kork pulled himself out of the ground and started walking on all fours beside the demon toddler.

"Really?!" Tovi blinked a few times, shaking his head. "Wow…"

"You've never seen one?" Kork asked, raising an eyebrow.

Tovi shook his head firmly, ducking under a somewhat low ceiling and continuing down the hall.

"You're not from around here, are you?"

Tovi shook his head again, grinning. "I'm from Axialis!"

Kork let out an instinctive scream and jumped back, covering his head. "You're a demon?!"

Tovi froze at his outburst, gulping. "Um… y-yes…?"

"What do you w-want? Money? Treasure? Gold?"

Tovi's expression turned to one of puzzlement. "Aren't those all the same thing?"

Kork backed up a little further. "Just tell me what you want!"

Tovi giggled. "I'll tell you what I want—what I really, really want!"

"Then tell me what you want—what you really, really want!"

"I'll tell you what I want—what I really, really want! I wanna—"

"Yeah?"

"I wanna—"

"Huh?"

"I wanna—"

"Yeah?"

"I wanna—"

"Huh?"

"Stop interrupting me, and I'll tell you!" Tovi sighed, dragging his fingers through his hair in frustration. "I wanna go on an adventure! The castle was getting really boring, so I decided I was gonna go on a quest!"

Kork looked at him strangely for a moment, and then he laughed, nodding his head. "Alright, alright! You don't look like the killin' type anyways."

"Right! I just want adventure!"

Kork made a sharp turn to the right, motioning for Tovi to follow him. "Come on! I'll take you to see the big boss, and he can help ya' out, pal!"

Tovi hesitated but then nodded, following the creature down the hall.

The room was filled with them. Most of them brown, black, gray, and tan, but a few of them sporting crazy colors like Kork. Red, purple, blue, lime green, and more. They all had the same basic appearance, and the hundreds upon hundreds of holes in the room gave him the impression they were all burrowing beasts.

"Ho, ho, ho… what have we here?" The man at the head chair, Tovi assumed this was Guld, spoke.

Tovi squared his shoulders and stood up a little straighter. "My name is Tovi. I'm looking for an adventure! And Kork said you could help me, sir."

Guld laughed kindly, clapping his hands as he bounced back on his bulbous tail. "Sure, pal! Sure! But first…" Guld motioned to the walls. "You have to be able to get back to the surface. Think you're up for it?"

Tovi looked down at his fingers. "Actually, no. I don't think I have the right body for it…"

Guld merely laughed again, tossing him a pair of extremely sharp-taloned gloves. Tovi handled them carefully, putting them on and wiggling his fingers.

"Wh…what are these?" he asked.

"Mogma Mitts."

"Mogma?" Tovi looked up from the gloves, curiosity sparkling in his eyes.

"That's what we are, pal!" Guld gestured to the other creatures in the room. "We're all Mogmas.

Tovi nodded slowly. "Oh… Okay! So, you want me to dig through the ground and get up to the surface?"

Guld nodded, and Tovi shrugged his shoulders, confused but willing to comply. "Okay. Why not?"

He walked over to a nearby wall and began to dig, somewhat surprised at how easily, he made headway into his own little hole, disappearing into the dark tunnel before moving upwards, digging his way through the earth.

As the light disappeared behind him, he chanted a soft spell, creating a shimmering orb of pale red light going before him. He watched carefully, focusing so much he lost his footing more than once, but soon enough, he had broken to the surface and was breathing clean, Eldin air.

Giggling excitedly, he jumped up and dispersed the light, running around on the dirt and examining everything in sight. The new bugs and creatures, the red gloopy stuff flowing through the crevices, the sand mounds, the dead trees. All of it was so fascinating and so easy to play with.

"This is so fun!"

Loud laughter came from behind, startling him, and he whirled around, relaxing when he saw Kork half-burrowed in the dirt, smiling at him.

"Way to go, pal! You conquered that crawl like it was nothing."

Tovi blushed lightly at the compliment, rubbing the back of his neck. "It was fun!"

"You were digging kinda slow though…" Kork scratched his chin. "I don't want you to tire yourself out because that takes away most of the enjoyment."

Tovi looked down at his hands, biting his lip. "I wonder…" He took them off and laid them on the ground, snapping his fingers over them and watching as sparkling, red dust floated down over them.

"Huh? What'cha doin', pal?"

Tovi picked the mitts up again and put them on, running at the wall to his left and burrowing through it, making a perfect U-turn and coming out just a few feet away.

"Wow! That only took you, like, ten seconds, pal!"

Tovi laughed, holding up his hands. "Magic!"

Kork scratched his fur, still amazed at the digging speed. "Woah… did your pop teach you that? Or do you go to a special school to learn magic?"

Tovi glared at the ground, gritting his teeth. "Father never taught me anything…"

Kork gave him a sad look. "Mine too, pal… mine, too."

Tovi's head snapped up, having never thought there were other bad fathers in the world. He sort of assumed only demons could be bad daddies. But he didn't doubt the Mogma. He could see the look in his eyes, and he knew he was telling the truth.

"I'm sorry, Kork."

"Me, too, pal. I mean, for you."

Tovi laughed, running for the tunnel he had already created. "Come on! Guld said he had an adventure for me!"

Kork smiled and followed him back into the tunnel, both of them scurrying down into the meeting room, which was slightly less packed then before.

"I did it!" Tovi said happily.

Guld grinned and nodded. "Ho! Way to go, pal! Alright, here's an adventure for you: There's this water dragon that lives in Faron, and apparently the Eldin, the fire dragon, has an important message for her. We don't know that land very well, but someone from the outside just might be able to pull it off."

Tovi nodded enthusiastically. "I've been to Faron before! I'll do it!"

Guld held up his hand. "High five!"

Tovi flinched away from the hand. "Wh… what?"

Kork slapped the elder's hand, a loud noise echoing through the room. "Like that, pal! Don't leave him hanging!"

Tovi gave a sharp nod and turned to Guld again, raising his hand, prepared to perform this 'high five' thing. Guld held up his hand, and they slapped each other's palms quickly. Tovi smiled.

"That was fun!" Then he looked towards his hole. "Guess I'm going to go now… Bye Guld! Bye Kork! Bye everyone!"

The Mogmas all waved as he tunneled away, excitement coursing through his veins.

Now this is an adventure!

Ghirahim pinched the bridge of his nose, listening to the old woman ramble on and on endlessly, wanting nothing more than for the conversation to be over.

"Ma'am, I hate to interrupt, but I really need to find this servant. So if you could just give me a simple yes or no…" He let his voice trail.

"What was the question again?" she asked, gripping her cane tightly.

Ghirahim sighed. "Did you see a young, redheaded demon servant run through here recently?"

The old woman shook her head. "Nope, nope, didn't see any young'uns running through. Just the mail boy. And let me tell you something, that boy is—"

Ghirahim shook his head, walking away from the house. "Thank you very much for your time. I'll be going now…"

He started back down the road again, looking around for any sign of the fiery demon boy, but Tovi was nowhere in sight, and Ghirahim was running out of places to look.

A young woman passed him on the road, mumbling to herself, and he glanced at her curiously.

"Is something on your mind?" he asked, causing her to stop.

"Huh? Oh, well… I saw this young boy running over the mountain ridge this morning… and I'm wondering if his parents know where he is."

Ghirahim's eyes widened. "How young was he?"

She jumped at his sudden increase in volume and bit her lip. "Uh, I'd say about nine years old."

"And what colors could you see on him?" he continued eagerly.

"Well…" She scratched her chin. "He was pretty far away, but there was definitely some red. I don't see what the…"

"Which direction?!"

The girl jumped against, answering quickly. "North!"

Ghirahim turned on his heel and began running as fast as he could, not even bothering to thank her for the vital information. There was only one thing on the forefront of his mind, and that was finding his little boy.

Don't do anything stupid or crazy, Tovi… I'll be with you soon.

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