Chapter 4: Forest and Fire
"Rasheed... where's Saya and Mikagami?" Misty asked.
"I don't know... but they could have went in the temple," he said.
"I hope so," she said. But as she walked up to the almost broken staircase that goes into the temple, something caught her eye. A mysterious figure, but you could barely make out whom it was. But Misty's one green eye was able to catch the figure. Even if it was moving at a fast speed.
"Hattori..."
"Who?" Rasheed asked.
"Er... nothing," Misty said.
"What the hell is he doing here... no wait, he was the one who took the spiritual stones out of the temple of time. So he must be after the sage of forest," she thought.
"Earth to misty,' Rasheed said while shaking her gently.
"Huh? Oh sorry... lets go," she said and she walked up the stairs to the temple.
"You have not been acting yourself lately... could there be something that I don't know about?" he thought. When they entered they saw that the temple was in worse shape then the temple of time. Everything was falling apart.
"Man... it looks like all the temples are falling apart," Misty said.
"And for a reason... Ganondorf and Hellingina must want all the temples destroyed so we wont be able to re awaken the sages. That way, we wont be able to seal them away," Rasheed said.
"Well, we need to find Saya and Mikagami. Along with the sage of forest," she said. Rasheed nods and the both walk up to the door. There they were in the broken down hall. At the end they were in the main hall to the forest. The elevator was broken and the four torches were collapsed. Misty took a step forward and she heard something. Voices, but far away. She closed her eyes and tried to figure out where it was coming from.
"Misty... that could be our friends calling for some sort of help," Rasheed said.
"No... it's not our friends... It's a man who is calling us... not Mikagami though," she said.
"But how did you..."
"I just know ok," she said. Rasheed looked at her and sighed.
"If you say so," Misty then started to walk forward, towards the broken elevator.
"I know the voices are coming from below... but how do we get down there?" she thought. She touched the elevator and without warning it fell to the bottom.
"Oops..." she muttered.
"Misty are you ok?" Rasheed said as he walked up to her. But as he was about to reach her, the floor collapsed and she fell.
"Misty!" he yelled. Misty was lying in the rubble. She opened her eyes and moaned a bit.
"Man that hurt," she muttered. Rasheed sighed in relief when he heard that she was ok. He then jumped down to the bottom to meet up with her.
"Hey Rasheed, wonder what's on the other side of that big door," she said.
"Bet this is where the voices came from," he said. Misty nods and she tried to open the door. Locked, so she tried to kick it down.
"Let me try," he said. He gave it a well-placed punch. It cracked but it didn't open. So he punched harder and harder. It finally crumbled but his fists were covered in blood. Misty looked at him and sighed.
"You could have blown it apart with a spell," she said.
"Well I like to use my fists... besides I'm use to my knuckles bleeding and all," he said.
"Men..." she muttered. Rasheed chuckled a bit and walked through the door. They walked up the spiral staircase and were in some sort of arena. Giant paintings of the same picture were everywhere. In the center of the room was a giant triforce and around the circular edge were smaller triforces.
"Nothing here," Rasheed said.
"Don't be too sure," she said.
"What do you mean?" he said while walking back to the stairs. Iron bars shot up, blocking him from leaving. He grabbed the bars and shook them.
"Damn... we're trapped!" he said angrily.
"No really..." she said. Laughter echoed in the room. A dark figure appeared above the giant triforce.
"Ganondorf..." she muttered.
"So he escaped," Rasheed said. Ganondorf was on a black horse; he put on his helmet and took out his staff. He then charged at them. But Misty and Rasheed jumped out of the way. Ganondorf ran into one of the paintings and disappeared.
"What the hell..." Misty said. She drew her two wrist blades and looked around.
"He couldn't have disappeared like that,"
"Well whatever he is, he needs to get his daily spankings," Rasheed said. A bright glow could be seen from the behind on one of the paintings. Ganondorf was charging from the scene and appeared out of the painting. He fired a ball of thunder at them. The two were sent to their knees by the sudden shock of electricity. Ganondorf them escaped through one of the paintings. Misty quickly got to her feet and started to look around.
"Damn where is he?" she asked.
"I don't' know. But we better find him before he turns us into fried gods," Rasheed said.
"Not going to happen... plus we still need to find Mikagami and Saya," she said. Misty then turned and fired a thunder arrow spell at the one painting. It hit Ganondorf causing him to retreat back into a random painting.
"Bingo," she said.
"How did you..."
"Very good hearing that's all," she said. Ganondorf then appeared from another painting and Rasheed shot him down. He then fell out of the painting; his horse disappeared in a shroud of black mist.
"Time for some close combat," Rasheed said. But he was wrong. Ganondorf took flight and got his staff ready.
"Close combat huh?" Misty said mockingly. Ganondorf fired some balls of thunder at them. Misty blocked it and returned fire but shooting some thunder arrows. Rasheed also fired an ice arrow spell. Both hit Ganondorf but it didn't do a lot of damage. But it did cause him to fall to the ground. Misty took that chance and slashed him a few dozen times.
"What? No blood?" she said in a shocked voice.
"But how... This one is a fake!" Rasheed said.
"Oh great... Wait so that means that the real Ganondorf is still locked away," she said.
"No time for talk... it still lives,' Rasheed said. Ganondorf then took flight once again. This time he sent off six balls of thunder.
"Holy shit!" Misty cried and she franticly tried to dodge them. Rasheed blocked all of them with ease.
"Keep it together Misty!" he yelled.
"Think I'm not doing that? I'm trying to keep myself together at the same time!" she yelled. Ganondorf laughed, he continued to fire more and more balls of lightning.
"Gah!" she cried and she constantly blocked and dodged. Rasheed fired some ice arrows at Ganondorf while Misty just dodged and blocked. Ganondorf fell for one last time, and Rasheed ran up and slashed him with his swords. With that he cried in pain as he flew to the air and slowly turn to black dust. A voice rang from afar.
"My puppet has served me well. But that doesn't mean that's all I have in stored for you," The remains from Ganondorf fell into the black void that appeared on the giant triforce.
"Whoa... did you just hear that voice?" Misty asked. Rasheed nods but then turns to Misty.
"But one problem... where's Saya and Mikagami?"
"I can tell you... just step into that blue void," rang the voice. Misty looked at the new void and walked over to it.
"Wait! How do you know, that it's safe?" Rasheed asked.
"Because I just know," she said and she walked through and disappeared. Rasheed then followed and walked through the void as well. Back at the chamber of sages Misty appeared above the triforce and so did Rasheed. The green symbol, which represented the Sage of Forest, started to glow. A Kokari named Saria appeared.
"Welcome young travelers. My name is Saria, the sage of forest," she said. Rasheed stood there in amazement, for this is the first time he ever been in the chamber of sages.
"Please, Saria. Can you tell us where Saya and Mikagami are? And also why the forest is empty?" Misty asked.
"Yes. Your friends are being held up at the Fire Temple. But are being guarded but a mighty dragon named Volvagia. But also, you will be able to awaken the next sage. As for the forest, my people, the kokaris have disappeared. And it's all because of Ganondorf and Hellingina. But also with the help from a mysterious figure," she said.
"Then we must head up to the Fire Temple," Rasheed said.
"Yes, but you must be careful. For the path to the temple will be dangerous," she said and she teleported them back to the temple of time. There the symbol of the Forest was lit up.
"Two down, four more to go," Misty said. Rasheed nods and they both head out to the field. Misty looked to the side again and saw that they were not alone...
"Those two are going to screw everything up... but the girl, she is such... a beautiful girl... but I wont let them get away with things. I must kill that man, but keep the girl... I know that my parents would want to have her," Hattori thought.
"But maybe I could disguise myself and tag along with them,"
"Misty what's wrong?" Rasheed asked.
"Nothing... lets get moving," she said. Both of them headed over to the bridge that leads to Kakariko village. Luckily the bridge was still in tact. Hattori moved swiftly and reached the village before them. He chanted a spell that changed his look. He now had black hair that was short, red eyes but dressed in mostly armor. He also had a red cape that flowed in the empty village.
"Now it begins," he muttered. He then waited for them to reach the entrance, which didn't take too long. Misty was the first to notice him.
"You there," she called out. Hattori turned around and faced them.
"Well isn't this a pleasant surprise. You two are the only ones I've seen today," he said in a warm friendly voice.
"Who are you? And why are you here?" Rasheed asked.
"My name is... Tamorie...I come from Terminia... you mind telling me what is going on here?" he asked.
"Long story... but why are you dressed like that?" misty asked.
"Oh well, let's just say I was following some strange presence that lead me here. I knew it would be dangerous so that's why," he said. Rasheed grabbed misty to the side to talk to her.
"I don't know misty. I don't trust this guy at all," he whispered.
"Give him a chance Rasheed. He may help us find all the sages before they awaken," she whispered back.
"Hey guys, what are you two whispering about?" Tamorie asked. Misty nods to Rasheed and they both walk back to him.
"You may come with us. And we will fill you in on our way to the Fire Temple," she said.
"Fire temple? Why do you want to go there?" he asked.
"As I said, we will tell you all about it. Now lets move," Misty said. The three navigated through the broken down village. The gate to the trail wasn't to damage but they had to squeeze through the broken gate and rocks. During that time Misty began to fill him in with the information. Except for the part about being killed by Ganondorf and Hellingina. And also the parts that she haven't told Rasheed yet.
"Oh really? So that's why you are searching for the sages and stones," Tamorie said.
"Yes," Misty said.
"Yeah, we already awakened the sage of Light and the sage of Forest. Now we are going to awaken the sage of Fire. But at the same time saving our friends Saya and Mikagami," Rasheed said.
"Whose Saya and Mikagami?" Tamorie asked.
"They were with us for a while until they disappeared in the forest. We found out that they are being held captured in the Fire Temple," Misty said.
"Oh," Tamorie said. "So where is this Fire Temple you seek?"
"At Death Mountain crater," Misty said.
"The crater? But how can you survive in such high amount of heat?" Tamorie asked.
"Easy, I'm the heir of Din and misty is the heir of Nayru. We can with stand anything," Rasheed said.
"Interesting," Tamorie said with a grin. Rasheed glared at him a bit but then quickly hid it when Tamorie looked at him.
"I have a bad feeling he is trying to hit on Misty," Rasheed thought. "I better keep and eye on him."
"So Misty, what's with the fangs, claws and one red and green eye?" Tamorie asked.
"Now hold on there...."
'Don't worry about it Rasheed. I don't mind telling him. Basically I have a demon spirit within me that lives to kill. This black mark on my neck allows the spirit to stay in my body forever. And this look is a side effect, except for the green eye. It is actually a artifact that fused with me a few months ago. It allows me to see things that a normal eye can't," Misty said.
"Very interesting," Tamorie said. Rasheed growled under his breath. They were then outside of the Goron City. They climbed the rocks to reach another trail. It was very quiet. No signs of Gorons at all. Everything still and quiet.
"Odd...very odd," Misty said.
"What do you mean?" Tamorie asked.
"There was always the usual rumble from the volcano," Rasheed said.
"Well whatever, lets just move on," misty said and she walked down the trail.
"Is she always like this?" Tamorie asked.
"You get use to her. But when you get to know her you find that she is a really sweet person. Fun loving and caring," Rasheed said.
"Sounds like she is a very special person," Tamorie said.
"Yeah..." he said with a sigh. "But it's just that, she keeps way too many secrets. She doesn't like people to worry about her because she doesn't want to make people sad."
"I see," Tamorie said. Misty turned around when she was about half way through the trail.
"Would you two hurry up there?" she yelled. Rasheed and Tamorie ran up to her.
"Sorry," Rasheed said.
"It's alright. But we need to hurry and get to Saya and Mikagami," Misty said and she continued to walk to the end of the trail.
"She really seems to care a lot about her friends," Tamorie said.
"Well, yes because she lost her mother at a very young age. She lost her memory and couldn't remember anything until two years ago. And basically her friends are the only thing she has left," Rasheed said.
"Well isn't that nice," Tamorie said.
"Very nice indeed. Now I know her weakness," he thought. Misty waited for them at the cliff. Rasheed appeared next to her and smiled.
"So where to now?" Tamorie asked.
"Up of course. We have to climb this cliff and then we will be at the crater," Misty said.
"O-ok," he said. Misty then went ahead of them and started to climb. Rasheed followed after her while Tamorie followed behind. It was strange because there were always a Skullwalltula clinging to the cliff walls. But to Misty, she was glad there was none. Because she is still scared of spiders, no matter what.
"No spiders... good," she muttered. She pulled herself up and quickly reached out to pull Rasheed and Tamorie up.
'We made it, now we just have to navigate through the crater and we're there," Misty said.
"Right, lets go," Rasheed said and the three entered the crater. Misty was a bit blown away by the heat because it has been a while since she came here.
"I see that you can take the heat, Tamorie," she said.
"I've been around a crater like this in Terminia," he said.
'Well that's a plus," Rasheed said. The lava bubbled below them and there were at some points when there were some fire geysers.
"Well at least we know that the volcano is working right," Misty said.
"Yeah and the bridge is broken," Rasheed said.
"... Damn... so how do we cross?" she asked.
"I know," Tamorie said.
'You do?" Rasheed asked.
"I can take you two to the other side by just jumping the gap," he said.
"Um reality check, the gap is about the size of half of that trail we took before. How can you possibly.... whoa!" she cried as Tamorie grabbed her and Rasheed and jumped the huge gap.
"Are you insane?" Rasheed cried out. It didn't take long before they made it to the other side. Tamorie let go of Rasheed and gently let go of Misty.
'Ow... gee thanks Tamorie," Rasheed said as he got up and dusted himself.
"No problem," he said. Misty started to cross the small bridge and she was then at the ladder that went down to the temple.
"Well... lets go," she said and she jumped down without even using the ladder. She landed with a thud and so did Rasheed and Tamorie. Once again, another temple that was trashed. There were now lava pools everywhere. Statues fallen and the smell of sulfur was terribly stronger then usual.
"Man what happened to this place?" Tamorie asked.
"Same thing that happened to the other temples. Someone trashed them all so we wont be able to re awaken the sages," Rasheed said. Misty wasn't listening. For she thought she heard Saya call for help. Or was it a warning? Misty started to head towards the door on the left.
"Where are you going?" Rasheed asked.
"Just follow me," she said. Rasheed and Tamorie look at each other and shrugged. They then follow her through without hesitation. On the other side, pillars were over the lava pool. Serving as a bridge for them to get to the giant door. They crossed the bridge and the door automatically opened. They were in what seemed to be an arena. In the middle of the lava pool there was a giant platform that had several holes in it. And right in the center was Mikagami and Saya, tied up on a stake. Misty, Tamorie, and Rasheed jumped to the arena and tried to untie them.
"No, get away!" Saya cried.
"Why?' Misty asked.
"Because... Volvagia is lurking about in the lava as of now. If you three don't get out of here you are going to be fried chicken," Mikagami said. Misty finally untied them but as she did a short rumble a cured. A giant red dragon appeared out of the lava and hovered above them. It's yellow eye fixed on the party as it circled them. All five of them got in a ready position as Volvagia dove at them. But instead of going after them, it dove into one of the small lava pools in the platform.
"What the hell..." Mikagami said.
'Well that was quick," Saya said.
"Not quite..." she said as Volvagia appeared out of one hole. Misty casted a water spell which did a lot of damage to it. Volvagia then shot out of the small pool and took flight.
"Everyone, use water spells!' shouted Misty and all five of them fired at random. Volvagia then fell into the lava pool. No movement.
"Gee what a push over," Tamorie said. But he was wrong. Volvagia shot out again and flaming boulders fell from above. Misty dove out of the way and so did the others. They used their water spells to block the flaming rocks. That gave Volvagia the chance to attack. He inhaled and fired a stream of fire at them. Almost giving them 3rd degree burns. Misty drew her wrist blades and lunged at Volvagia as he was still close to the ground. Her blades glowed a blue color as she slashed Volvagia till it was nothing. Volvagia flew to the air and its skin rotted away and its bones fell into the lava.
"Too easy!" Misty cried out.
"Maybe that's because this is only the beginning," rang the voice. "Go to the Chamber of Sages now." Without warning all five of were teleported back to the chamber of sages. Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie were shocked when they appeared in the chamber. The red symbol lit up and a Goron appeared.
"My name is Darunia, the sage of Fire," he said.
"Well isn't that surprising. And the dragon was nothing...." She said.
'And for some odd reason. You see, Volvagia was already dead. The one you fought was a shadow version of its self but much weaker," he said.
'And the same goes for the others?" Saya asked.
"Yes. Now you must go and seek out the rest," Darunia said. And he teleported them back to the temple of time. There the symbol of the Sage of Fire lit up.
"Three down... Three more to go," Rasheed said. But will it much easier for them to awaken the other three?
"Rasheed... where's Saya and Mikagami?" Misty asked.
"I don't know... but they could have went in the temple," he said.
"I hope so," she said. But as she walked up to the almost broken staircase that goes into the temple, something caught her eye. A mysterious figure, but you could barely make out whom it was. But Misty's one green eye was able to catch the figure. Even if it was moving at a fast speed.
"Hattori..."
"Who?" Rasheed asked.
"Er... nothing," Misty said.
"What the hell is he doing here... no wait, he was the one who took the spiritual stones out of the temple of time. So he must be after the sage of forest," she thought.
"Earth to misty,' Rasheed said while shaking her gently.
"Huh? Oh sorry... lets go," she said and she walked up the stairs to the temple.
"You have not been acting yourself lately... could there be something that I don't know about?" he thought. When they entered they saw that the temple was in worse shape then the temple of time. Everything was falling apart.
"Man... it looks like all the temples are falling apart," Misty said.
"And for a reason... Ganondorf and Hellingina must want all the temples destroyed so we wont be able to re awaken the sages. That way, we wont be able to seal them away," Rasheed said.
"Well, we need to find Saya and Mikagami. Along with the sage of forest," she said. Rasheed nods and the both walk up to the door. There they were in the broken down hall. At the end they were in the main hall to the forest. The elevator was broken and the four torches were collapsed. Misty took a step forward and she heard something. Voices, but far away. She closed her eyes and tried to figure out where it was coming from.
"Misty... that could be our friends calling for some sort of help," Rasheed said.
"No... it's not our friends... It's a man who is calling us... not Mikagami though," she said.
"But how did you..."
"I just know ok," she said. Rasheed looked at her and sighed.
"If you say so," Misty then started to walk forward, towards the broken elevator.
"I know the voices are coming from below... but how do we get down there?" she thought. She touched the elevator and without warning it fell to the bottom.
"Oops..." she muttered.
"Misty are you ok?" Rasheed said as he walked up to her. But as he was about to reach her, the floor collapsed and she fell.
"Misty!" he yelled. Misty was lying in the rubble. She opened her eyes and moaned a bit.
"Man that hurt," she muttered. Rasheed sighed in relief when he heard that she was ok. He then jumped down to the bottom to meet up with her.
"Hey Rasheed, wonder what's on the other side of that big door," she said.
"Bet this is where the voices came from," he said. Misty nods and she tried to open the door. Locked, so she tried to kick it down.
"Let me try," he said. He gave it a well-placed punch. It cracked but it didn't open. So he punched harder and harder. It finally crumbled but his fists were covered in blood. Misty looked at him and sighed.
"You could have blown it apart with a spell," she said.
"Well I like to use my fists... besides I'm use to my knuckles bleeding and all," he said.
"Men..." she muttered. Rasheed chuckled a bit and walked through the door. They walked up the spiral staircase and were in some sort of arena. Giant paintings of the same picture were everywhere. In the center of the room was a giant triforce and around the circular edge were smaller triforces.
"Nothing here," Rasheed said.
"Don't be too sure," she said.
"What do you mean?" he said while walking back to the stairs. Iron bars shot up, blocking him from leaving. He grabbed the bars and shook them.
"Damn... we're trapped!" he said angrily.
"No really..." she said. Laughter echoed in the room. A dark figure appeared above the giant triforce.
"Ganondorf..." she muttered.
"So he escaped," Rasheed said. Ganondorf was on a black horse; he put on his helmet and took out his staff. He then charged at them. But Misty and Rasheed jumped out of the way. Ganondorf ran into one of the paintings and disappeared.
"What the hell..." Misty said. She drew her two wrist blades and looked around.
"He couldn't have disappeared like that,"
"Well whatever he is, he needs to get his daily spankings," Rasheed said. A bright glow could be seen from the behind on one of the paintings. Ganondorf was charging from the scene and appeared out of the painting. He fired a ball of thunder at them. The two were sent to their knees by the sudden shock of electricity. Ganondorf them escaped through one of the paintings. Misty quickly got to her feet and started to look around.
"Damn where is he?" she asked.
"I don't' know. But we better find him before he turns us into fried gods," Rasheed said.
"Not going to happen... plus we still need to find Mikagami and Saya," she said. Misty then turned and fired a thunder arrow spell at the one painting. It hit Ganondorf causing him to retreat back into a random painting.
"Bingo," she said.
"How did you..."
"Very good hearing that's all," she said. Ganondorf then appeared from another painting and Rasheed shot him down. He then fell out of the painting; his horse disappeared in a shroud of black mist.
"Time for some close combat," Rasheed said. But he was wrong. Ganondorf took flight and got his staff ready.
"Close combat huh?" Misty said mockingly. Ganondorf fired some balls of thunder at them. Misty blocked it and returned fire but shooting some thunder arrows. Rasheed also fired an ice arrow spell. Both hit Ganondorf but it didn't do a lot of damage. But it did cause him to fall to the ground. Misty took that chance and slashed him a few dozen times.
"What? No blood?" she said in a shocked voice.
"But how... This one is a fake!" Rasheed said.
"Oh great... Wait so that means that the real Ganondorf is still locked away," she said.
"No time for talk... it still lives,' Rasheed said. Ganondorf then took flight once again. This time he sent off six balls of thunder.
"Holy shit!" Misty cried and she franticly tried to dodge them. Rasheed blocked all of them with ease.
"Keep it together Misty!" he yelled.
"Think I'm not doing that? I'm trying to keep myself together at the same time!" she yelled. Ganondorf laughed, he continued to fire more and more balls of lightning.
"Gah!" she cried and she constantly blocked and dodged. Rasheed fired some ice arrows at Ganondorf while Misty just dodged and blocked. Ganondorf fell for one last time, and Rasheed ran up and slashed him with his swords. With that he cried in pain as he flew to the air and slowly turn to black dust. A voice rang from afar.
"My puppet has served me well. But that doesn't mean that's all I have in stored for you," The remains from Ganondorf fell into the black void that appeared on the giant triforce.
"Whoa... did you just hear that voice?" Misty asked. Rasheed nods but then turns to Misty.
"But one problem... where's Saya and Mikagami?"
"I can tell you... just step into that blue void," rang the voice. Misty looked at the new void and walked over to it.
"Wait! How do you know, that it's safe?" Rasheed asked.
"Because I just know," she said and she walked through and disappeared. Rasheed then followed and walked through the void as well. Back at the chamber of sages Misty appeared above the triforce and so did Rasheed. The green symbol, which represented the Sage of Forest, started to glow. A Kokari named Saria appeared.
"Welcome young travelers. My name is Saria, the sage of forest," she said. Rasheed stood there in amazement, for this is the first time he ever been in the chamber of sages.
"Please, Saria. Can you tell us where Saya and Mikagami are? And also why the forest is empty?" Misty asked.
"Yes. Your friends are being held up at the Fire Temple. But are being guarded but a mighty dragon named Volvagia. But also, you will be able to awaken the next sage. As for the forest, my people, the kokaris have disappeared. And it's all because of Ganondorf and Hellingina. But also with the help from a mysterious figure," she said.
"Then we must head up to the Fire Temple," Rasheed said.
"Yes, but you must be careful. For the path to the temple will be dangerous," she said and she teleported them back to the temple of time. There the symbol of the Forest was lit up.
"Two down, four more to go," Misty said. Rasheed nods and they both head out to the field. Misty looked to the side again and saw that they were not alone...
"Those two are going to screw everything up... but the girl, she is such... a beautiful girl... but I wont let them get away with things. I must kill that man, but keep the girl... I know that my parents would want to have her," Hattori thought.
"But maybe I could disguise myself and tag along with them,"
"Misty what's wrong?" Rasheed asked.
"Nothing... lets get moving," she said. Both of them headed over to the bridge that leads to Kakariko village. Luckily the bridge was still in tact. Hattori moved swiftly and reached the village before them. He chanted a spell that changed his look. He now had black hair that was short, red eyes but dressed in mostly armor. He also had a red cape that flowed in the empty village.
"Now it begins," he muttered. He then waited for them to reach the entrance, which didn't take too long. Misty was the first to notice him.
"You there," she called out. Hattori turned around and faced them.
"Well isn't this a pleasant surprise. You two are the only ones I've seen today," he said in a warm friendly voice.
"Who are you? And why are you here?" Rasheed asked.
"My name is... Tamorie...I come from Terminia... you mind telling me what is going on here?" he asked.
"Long story... but why are you dressed like that?" misty asked.
"Oh well, let's just say I was following some strange presence that lead me here. I knew it would be dangerous so that's why," he said. Rasheed grabbed misty to the side to talk to her.
"I don't know misty. I don't trust this guy at all," he whispered.
"Give him a chance Rasheed. He may help us find all the sages before they awaken," she whispered back.
"Hey guys, what are you two whispering about?" Tamorie asked. Misty nods to Rasheed and they both walk back to him.
"You may come with us. And we will fill you in on our way to the Fire Temple," she said.
"Fire temple? Why do you want to go there?" he asked.
"As I said, we will tell you all about it. Now lets move," Misty said. The three navigated through the broken down village. The gate to the trail wasn't to damage but they had to squeeze through the broken gate and rocks. During that time Misty began to fill him in with the information. Except for the part about being killed by Ganondorf and Hellingina. And also the parts that she haven't told Rasheed yet.
"Oh really? So that's why you are searching for the sages and stones," Tamorie said.
"Yes," Misty said.
"Yeah, we already awakened the sage of Light and the sage of Forest. Now we are going to awaken the sage of Fire. But at the same time saving our friends Saya and Mikagami," Rasheed said.
"Whose Saya and Mikagami?" Tamorie asked.
"They were with us for a while until they disappeared in the forest. We found out that they are being held captured in the Fire Temple," Misty said.
"Oh," Tamorie said. "So where is this Fire Temple you seek?"
"At Death Mountain crater," Misty said.
"The crater? But how can you survive in such high amount of heat?" Tamorie asked.
"Easy, I'm the heir of Din and misty is the heir of Nayru. We can with stand anything," Rasheed said.
"Interesting," Tamorie said with a grin. Rasheed glared at him a bit but then quickly hid it when Tamorie looked at him.
"I have a bad feeling he is trying to hit on Misty," Rasheed thought. "I better keep and eye on him."
"So Misty, what's with the fangs, claws and one red and green eye?" Tamorie asked.
"Now hold on there...."
'Don't worry about it Rasheed. I don't mind telling him. Basically I have a demon spirit within me that lives to kill. This black mark on my neck allows the spirit to stay in my body forever. And this look is a side effect, except for the green eye. It is actually a artifact that fused with me a few months ago. It allows me to see things that a normal eye can't," Misty said.
"Very interesting," Tamorie said. Rasheed growled under his breath. They were then outside of the Goron City. They climbed the rocks to reach another trail. It was very quiet. No signs of Gorons at all. Everything still and quiet.
"Odd...very odd," Misty said.
"What do you mean?" Tamorie asked.
"There was always the usual rumble from the volcano," Rasheed said.
"Well whatever, lets just move on," misty said and she walked down the trail.
"Is she always like this?" Tamorie asked.
"You get use to her. But when you get to know her you find that she is a really sweet person. Fun loving and caring," Rasheed said.
"Sounds like she is a very special person," Tamorie said.
"Yeah..." he said with a sigh. "But it's just that, she keeps way too many secrets. She doesn't like people to worry about her because she doesn't want to make people sad."
"I see," Tamorie said. Misty turned around when she was about half way through the trail.
"Would you two hurry up there?" she yelled. Rasheed and Tamorie ran up to her.
"Sorry," Rasheed said.
"It's alright. But we need to hurry and get to Saya and Mikagami," Misty said and she continued to walk to the end of the trail.
"She really seems to care a lot about her friends," Tamorie said.
"Well, yes because she lost her mother at a very young age. She lost her memory and couldn't remember anything until two years ago. And basically her friends are the only thing she has left," Rasheed said.
"Well isn't that nice," Tamorie said.
"Very nice indeed. Now I know her weakness," he thought. Misty waited for them at the cliff. Rasheed appeared next to her and smiled.
"So where to now?" Tamorie asked.
"Up of course. We have to climb this cliff and then we will be at the crater," Misty said.
"O-ok," he said. Misty then went ahead of them and started to climb. Rasheed followed after her while Tamorie followed behind. It was strange because there were always a Skullwalltula clinging to the cliff walls. But to Misty, she was glad there was none. Because she is still scared of spiders, no matter what.
"No spiders... good," she muttered. She pulled herself up and quickly reached out to pull Rasheed and Tamorie up.
'We made it, now we just have to navigate through the crater and we're there," Misty said.
"Right, lets go," Rasheed said and the three entered the crater. Misty was a bit blown away by the heat because it has been a while since she came here.
"I see that you can take the heat, Tamorie," she said.
"I've been around a crater like this in Terminia," he said.
'Well that's a plus," Rasheed said. The lava bubbled below them and there were at some points when there were some fire geysers.
"Well at least we know that the volcano is working right," Misty said.
"Yeah and the bridge is broken," Rasheed said.
"... Damn... so how do we cross?" she asked.
"I know," Tamorie said.
'You do?" Rasheed asked.
"I can take you two to the other side by just jumping the gap," he said.
"Um reality check, the gap is about the size of half of that trail we took before. How can you possibly.... whoa!" she cried as Tamorie grabbed her and Rasheed and jumped the huge gap.
"Are you insane?" Rasheed cried out. It didn't take long before they made it to the other side. Tamorie let go of Rasheed and gently let go of Misty.
'Ow... gee thanks Tamorie," Rasheed said as he got up and dusted himself.
"No problem," he said. Misty started to cross the small bridge and she was then at the ladder that went down to the temple.
"Well... lets go," she said and she jumped down without even using the ladder. She landed with a thud and so did Rasheed and Tamorie. Once again, another temple that was trashed. There were now lava pools everywhere. Statues fallen and the smell of sulfur was terribly stronger then usual.
"Man what happened to this place?" Tamorie asked.
"Same thing that happened to the other temples. Someone trashed them all so we wont be able to re awaken the sages," Rasheed said. Misty wasn't listening. For she thought she heard Saya call for help. Or was it a warning? Misty started to head towards the door on the left.
"Where are you going?" Rasheed asked.
"Just follow me," she said. Rasheed and Tamorie look at each other and shrugged. They then follow her through without hesitation. On the other side, pillars were over the lava pool. Serving as a bridge for them to get to the giant door. They crossed the bridge and the door automatically opened. They were in what seemed to be an arena. In the middle of the lava pool there was a giant platform that had several holes in it. And right in the center was Mikagami and Saya, tied up on a stake. Misty, Tamorie, and Rasheed jumped to the arena and tried to untie them.
"No, get away!" Saya cried.
"Why?' Misty asked.
"Because... Volvagia is lurking about in the lava as of now. If you three don't get out of here you are going to be fried chicken," Mikagami said. Misty finally untied them but as she did a short rumble a cured. A giant red dragon appeared out of the lava and hovered above them. It's yellow eye fixed on the party as it circled them. All five of them got in a ready position as Volvagia dove at them. But instead of going after them, it dove into one of the small lava pools in the platform.
"What the hell..." Mikagami said.
'Well that was quick," Saya said.
"Not quite..." she said as Volvagia appeared out of one hole. Misty casted a water spell which did a lot of damage to it. Volvagia then shot out of the small pool and took flight.
"Everyone, use water spells!' shouted Misty and all five of them fired at random. Volvagia then fell into the lava pool. No movement.
"Gee what a push over," Tamorie said. But he was wrong. Volvagia shot out again and flaming boulders fell from above. Misty dove out of the way and so did the others. They used their water spells to block the flaming rocks. That gave Volvagia the chance to attack. He inhaled and fired a stream of fire at them. Almost giving them 3rd degree burns. Misty drew her wrist blades and lunged at Volvagia as he was still close to the ground. Her blades glowed a blue color as she slashed Volvagia till it was nothing. Volvagia flew to the air and its skin rotted away and its bones fell into the lava.
"Too easy!" Misty cried out.
"Maybe that's because this is only the beginning," rang the voice. "Go to the Chamber of Sages now." Without warning all five of were teleported back to the chamber of sages. Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie were shocked when they appeared in the chamber. The red symbol lit up and a Goron appeared.
"My name is Darunia, the sage of Fire," he said.
"Well isn't that surprising. And the dragon was nothing...." She said.
'And for some odd reason. You see, Volvagia was already dead. The one you fought was a shadow version of its self but much weaker," he said.
'And the same goes for the others?" Saya asked.
"Yes. Now you must go and seek out the rest," Darunia said. And he teleported them back to the temple of time. There the symbol of the Sage of Fire lit up.
"Three down... Three more to go," Rasheed said. But will it much easier for them to awaken the other three?