For all y'all anxious ones, I'm finally *shifty eyes as she receives all of
your evil glares* posting Chapter #4. Sorry 'bout making ya wait, but I've
had lots of stuff to do lately, what with school starting back up and all.
Anywho, on with the story...
I yawned, desperate for a break. "Link, can we stop for a little while?? I haven't slept in a week, and I'm practically dead where I stand," I said groggily, giving myself a little slap on the back of my hand as a desperate means of waking myself up.
"We're almost to the Great Fairy, and hopefully she'll make you feel better when we get there, but we can't stop yet," he replied wearily, holding me up as we continued to trudge toward the top of the immense volcano.
Once we had regained composure of our exhausted bodies, we noticed some stones falling from the now deep red sky. "Oh...no. It's going to erupt..." I said, apprehension creasing my childish face.
Frantically, Link looked up at the still-darkening sky. "RUN!!!!!!" he screamed, trepidation rushing across his features. And run we did. We scampered along until we couldn't anymore, until our bodies completely gave in to the utter exhaustion of sprinting with all the strength in our very hearts, and meanwhile trying to avoid being squashed by the enormous boulders plummeting from the sky.
We finally passed the boulders, after nearly our entire combined physical and mental prowess had given way. We looked at one another, and then up at our next challenge. "Link," I said, looking up at the vine-swathed wall in front of us with desperately tired, watering eyes, "do we have to climb that?" I gazed at him, eyes pleading for him to tell me that there was another alternative.
"Yes, Erin," he said almost sadly, lethargy creeping onto his bold face. "We have to climb it."
I sighed loudly, glaring at him. "Alright, alright, let's do it then." We exhaustedly pulled our small bodies, weak from fatigue, up the vines and to the top ledge, not saying another word until we were there for fear of wasting precious energy.
"Well," I said, surveying the top of the mountain and trying not to look down, "we made it. Let's go see this Great Fairy chick and see what she's got to say."
"Yeah," Link added, looking at the entrance to a cave. "Let's try in here first, and hopefully she can help us." He sighed languidly and started walking toward the massive hole.
We cautiously made our way into the cave, and noticed about 5 yards in that it was VERY hot in there. "Holy goddesses!!! We'll burn to death in here!!!" I shouted frantically, fanning myself with all the strength in me. I looked at Link, panic-stricken, for an answer as to what we should do now, when I suddenly stopped feeling anything. Everything around me went black, and I was out cold before I hit the ground.
When I woke up, we were back outside. "Wha...what happened??" I asked quizzically, looking around me and noticing that the temperature had returned to normal. I looked expectantly up at Link, waiting for him to explain.
"Well, we had just gotten into that hell-hole of a cave when suddenly, you started screaming and fanning yourself, and then you just.well, you blacked out. I carried you back outside and then you woke up," he explained in one breath, looking quite winded.
"Are you alright, then?" I asked him a bit warily, not wanting to feel like a wuss. "I'm willing to bet that you didn't exactly have an easy time getting me out," I continued, smiling slightly.
"Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine. Just a little shaken from all that heat."
"Well then, let's try somewhere else," I said, looking relieved. "Maybe that rock thing will explode if you bomb it," I added, pointing to a weak- looking rock that seemed to be covering something.
"Good idea." He pulled out a bomb, threw it at the 'door' with all his might, and waited for the explosion.
BANG!!!
The bomb went off with a deafening boom and shattered the rock to bits, revealing another opening in the wall of the volcano. "Let's go in there," Link suggested, obviously having given this some thought. "Just don't die on me this time."
"I wasn't dead, Mr. Genius-boy. I blacked out, DUH," I replied sarcastically, rolling my eyes at him. "How about we just go on into that hole and pray to the goddesses that it isn't as hot as the last one?!" Muttering in exasperation, I walked reluctantly behind Link into the opening.
Well, I'm sorry to say it, but my writer's block is being persistent right now, and I can't think. Plus, I like leaving cliffhangers just to be evil, and this seemed like as good a place as any. ^_^ Tune in next time for Chapter 5!!!
Cheers,
~*Princess Ryoko*~
I yawned, desperate for a break. "Link, can we stop for a little while?? I haven't slept in a week, and I'm practically dead where I stand," I said groggily, giving myself a little slap on the back of my hand as a desperate means of waking myself up.
"We're almost to the Great Fairy, and hopefully she'll make you feel better when we get there, but we can't stop yet," he replied wearily, holding me up as we continued to trudge toward the top of the immense volcano.
Once we had regained composure of our exhausted bodies, we noticed some stones falling from the now deep red sky. "Oh...no. It's going to erupt..." I said, apprehension creasing my childish face.
Frantically, Link looked up at the still-darkening sky. "RUN!!!!!!" he screamed, trepidation rushing across his features. And run we did. We scampered along until we couldn't anymore, until our bodies completely gave in to the utter exhaustion of sprinting with all the strength in our very hearts, and meanwhile trying to avoid being squashed by the enormous boulders plummeting from the sky.
We finally passed the boulders, after nearly our entire combined physical and mental prowess had given way. We looked at one another, and then up at our next challenge. "Link," I said, looking up at the vine-swathed wall in front of us with desperately tired, watering eyes, "do we have to climb that?" I gazed at him, eyes pleading for him to tell me that there was another alternative.
"Yes, Erin," he said almost sadly, lethargy creeping onto his bold face. "We have to climb it."
I sighed loudly, glaring at him. "Alright, alright, let's do it then." We exhaustedly pulled our small bodies, weak from fatigue, up the vines and to the top ledge, not saying another word until we were there for fear of wasting precious energy.
"Well," I said, surveying the top of the mountain and trying not to look down, "we made it. Let's go see this Great Fairy chick and see what she's got to say."
"Yeah," Link added, looking at the entrance to a cave. "Let's try in here first, and hopefully she can help us." He sighed languidly and started walking toward the massive hole.
We cautiously made our way into the cave, and noticed about 5 yards in that it was VERY hot in there. "Holy goddesses!!! We'll burn to death in here!!!" I shouted frantically, fanning myself with all the strength in me. I looked at Link, panic-stricken, for an answer as to what we should do now, when I suddenly stopped feeling anything. Everything around me went black, and I was out cold before I hit the ground.
When I woke up, we were back outside. "Wha...what happened??" I asked quizzically, looking around me and noticing that the temperature had returned to normal. I looked expectantly up at Link, waiting for him to explain.
"Well, we had just gotten into that hell-hole of a cave when suddenly, you started screaming and fanning yourself, and then you just.well, you blacked out. I carried you back outside and then you woke up," he explained in one breath, looking quite winded.
"Are you alright, then?" I asked him a bit warily, not wanting to feel like a wuss. "I'm willing to bet that you didn't exactly have an easy time getting me out," I continued, smiling slightly.
"Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine. Just a little shaken from all that heat."
"Well then, let's try somewhere else," I said, looking relieved. "Maybe that rock thing will explode if you bomb it," I added, pointing to a weak- looking rock that seemed to be covering something.
"Good idea." He pulled out a bomb, threw it at the 'door' with all his might, and waited for the explosion.
BANG!!!
The bomb went off with a deafening boom and shattered the rock to bits, revealing another opening in the wall of the volcano. "Let's go in there," Link suggested, obviously having given this some thought. "Just don't die on me this time."
"I wasn't dead, Mr. Genius-boy. I blacked out, DUH," I replied sarcastically, rolling my eyes at him. "How about we just go on into that hole and pray to the goddesses that it isn't as hot as the last one?!" Muttering in exasperation, I walked reluctantly behind Link into the opening.
Well, I'm sorry to say it, but my writer's block is being persistent right now, and I can't think. Plus, I like leaving cliffhangers just to be evil, and this seemed like as good a place as any. ^_^ Tune in next time for Chapter 5!!!
Cheers,
~*Princess Ryoko*~