Yeah! My next chappie is up!!! Hey, ppl, no ones been updating...well. But, still, here's my next chappie, I hope ya' all like it!!!!! :P Oh, yeah, I don't remember much on the crater and temple scenery, but I'll do the best I can...

GREEN

Chapter 5:

After a couple of minutes of trying to catch our breaths, we finally walked inside the cave. Deserted. Not one soul moved about the small city of the Gorons. When we reached the third story, I began to hear a small rumbling from behind me. I turned to find a small goron, rolling straight towards me. I gasped and ran next to Link. I sighed and decided to go and explore the grounds for any sign of, well, anyone.

"I'll be around," I said to Link as I walked towards a set of stairs, "I'll be back later."

After I had reached the ground level, I noticed that stone doors had blocked two passageways. I walked over to them and pounded on one. It sounded and felt rock-solid, obviously meant to keep intruders out. When I was about to walk towards a burnt torch, I heard a small blast. I ran up to the third floor, to find Link next to a small and shaky goron. I walked over to Link and began to listen in on there conversation.

"... please sniff help my daddy sniff, he went to the Temple to try and sniff defeat the evil dragon, Volvagia, sniff!" the goron finally stopped crying, "Here is a special, Goron tunic, it enables you to stand any heat, through many amounts of time."

The goron began to smile, but than it faded as he turned to me, "Oh... I am sorry, but I only have one, I may be able to get one more, but it might be hard. Do you have rubees?"

"Umm..." I began to look through my leather pouch and found my wallet full of rubees, "Yup! I can buy one if they sell any."

I looked up to Link who showed nothing but worry on his face, "Uh, Green, it's too dangerous-..."

"What!? No way! I'm coming," I said, cutting him off, "Give me some weaponry and I'll be ready for anything."

I watched as Link rummaged through his leather pouch, that seemed to hold anything you decided to put in it, "I'll let you borrow my Kokiri sword and shield, but since the shield is wooden, it's most likely going to burn up."

I held the sword in my left hand and raised the shield with my right hand. I strapped them on my back and placed my hands on my hips and waited for Link to reply.

"Well..." I said as I smiled.

Link sighed in a sign of defeat, "Alright, but you'll need a tunic."

"Right," the goron said as the two stone doors that I had been at just a while ago, finally opened, "you can get the tunic at our shop... You'll be able to get to the Fire Temple, by pushing the statue away in my dad's room."

After the goron had finished, we ran to the ground floor, and I stepped inside the shop, while Link went to remove the statue.

After I ran inside the room, where the statue was located, I found it pulled forward, revealing a narrow entrance. I slipped on the tunic, that seemed to hang down. I took my belt and secured it over the tunic. Instead of keeping the sleeves, I tore them off, and placed them in my pouch. Instead of me having a sea-green dress with a brown, turtle-neck shirt. I have a red dress with a brown, turtle-neck, long-sleeved shirt.

After I had fitted the tunic, I strapped on the sword and shield and ran inside the passage.

I found Link leaning against the side wall. His arms crossed, staring around Death Mountain's Crater. He stood and smiled at me than ran down the side valley inside the crater. I began to rub after him. When we reached a slightly, burnt bridge, we were stopped in our tracks, when we heard footsteps behind us. I turned to face the young shiekah that I had heard near the Lon Lon Ranch walls, seen in the Forest Meadow, and now faced in this crater.

I watched as Link moved towards the sheikah. I stood my ground, but stared at the broken bridge. If we needed to get to the other side, we would need a miracle to get across. After a minute of staring at the bridge, I noticed Link and Sheik had already started talking. I turned my attention towards them and walked closer.

"This song is dedicated to the power of the heart..." the sheikah said, "Listen to the 'Bolero of Fire'."

With that, the sheikah took out his harp andbegan to play a simple note. Than I noticed Link, too, took out his ocarina. I wanted to take out my ocarina and play along, but it would ruin the moment.

The smooth notes bounced off the craters walls as they echoed throughout the area. I watched Link's fingering over the ocarina. 2 1 2 1 4 2 4 2. I thought. The notes weren't complicating at all.

After they finished, Sheik began through a muffled voice, "You and your friend will find the next sage in the Fire Temple... I will see you again, Link."

After he finished, he through a Deku nut to the ground, creating a blinding light. After the light faded, he was gone.

After a few moments of silence, I began to walk towards the broken bridge, "If we want to get across this bridge-" I was cut off when from the corner of my eye, I noticed Link fly by. I gasped, and saw Link on the other side of the bridge, putting his hookshot away.

"Hey," I said as I waved, "How am I gonna get across?"

"You aren't." Link said simply, "It's too dangerous. Go to the Goron's City, and wait for me there."

"Link! You know what happened last time?" I said as I shifted my weight on one leg.

"Just go!" Link said, grinning as he waved off and began walking off the bridge.

I sighed and sat on the bridge and watched Link walk off towards the temple. After he disappeared, I got up, and unsheathed the Kokiri sword, Link had let me borrow. I swung the sword around and looked at the shining blade. I set it back in it's sheath, and just began to turn around and walk back to the deserted city of the Gorons, when I caught a glimpse of a platform on the middle of an isle that led from the bridge. Far away I could distinguish the symbol of the Triforce etched on the platform.

I took out my ocarina. Before I played the Bolero of Fire, I brushed my hand against the fine texture of the instrument. All of the ocarina was pure blue. The holes of the ocarina were finely crafted. I doubted it would work, Link's ocarina was mysterious. He had two other kinds of ocarinas. Both, he said, were from two good friends, but the one he played, he said had strong powers. Before I could ask him where he had gotten my ocarina, he had changed the subject to talking about his friend, Malon, at the ranch. I had sighed deeply and smiled, forgetting about asking him the question.

I placed the ocarina to my lips and began playing the short note. 2 1 2 1 4 2 4 2. Nothing happened. I played again. 2 1 2 1 4 2 4 2. I sighed deeply and walked towards the entrance to the Goron City.

I walked up to every floor, but I couldn't find the small goron. After walking up to the very top floor, I noticed a large platform in the middle of the city. I felt the thick ropes that held it, than tugged it lightly. It wouldn't budge.

I glanced every where of the city once more, to see if there was anyone to talk to. But there was no one. I quietly held on to the ropes and sat down. I counted to three, and jumped off the ledge to be dangling on the supports of the platform. I slid my hands lightly across the ropes. Once I reached the dais. I swung my legs and grabbed hold the edge of the platform with one hand, than the other. After I let go of the ropes, I pulled myself up onto the rock and breathed a sigh of relief. I edged my way to a small, rock pedestal, which in it was deeply carved symbol. I read the Hylian inscriptian, which read, "Goron's Ruby". I looked at it with a puzzled look, when I felt as though I was being watched. I turned around and found the same, small goron that had given Link the tunic, in back of me. I smiled and was about to say something when the goron spoke up.

"I heard rustling and came to see you up here... Do you know my name?"

Apparently, this goron is much smarter than I had ever expected. "No."

"My name is LINK. My dad named me after the young boy who saved us from starvation," the small goron smiled as I raised a brow, "Yes, it was Link, your friend. As a reward, Darunia, my dad, gave him the Goron's Ruby as a reward. The Goron's Ruby is one of the three Spiritual Stones. You can find them in the Temple of Time now. They were a key to open The Door of Time. Behind it, lay the Master Sword. But without the Ocarina of Time, it was useless."

Before I could ask more, the goron smiled and left. Odd as the conversation was, I began to think about what he meant, but before thinking more. I turned to look at myself. My clothes were tatters. They were burnt, ripped, and dirty. I needed new clothing, and fortunately, Link had given me some rubees before and I might just have enough now. Instead of a dress, I'd rather get a tunic and pants underneath.

Before I could think about my poor appearance, I switched over to what the small goron, LINK, had said. Link never mentioned why he was out to save only 5 of the sages, and I never had asked. I remembered when Link and the mysterious sheikah were talking about me. Link didn't want me to come along, but Sheik said I had to. I was useless to Link. I had always been in the way since the day I met him. I don't regret saving him from the Re- Dead, but I should have kept running. I should have kept running to Lon Lon Ranch, where Malon would be. Lon Lon Ranch. A perfect place for me to be.

I don't regret meeting Link. He was the closest friend-no-he is the closest friend I have. I don't regret anything, but I am in his way. To have a friend, is to be one, but, if I stand in his way, what will that do? I had a horrible life. Torn away from my family, torn away from my homeland, torn away from my guardian. Home. Home is all where I want to be. To be with my family.

Before I realized it, I was crying. I wiped the tears away and stood up. I grabbed hold of the ropes once more and climbed my way to the top floor. I pulled myself up and walked to the entrance of the city. I unstrapped the sword and shield from my back and placed them on the floor near the entrance. I glimpsed back once more and left.

:..........................................: Yeah! Another chappie done! I went to the beach yesturday and I am burnt, but I decided to finish this chappie. Oh, yeah, maybe-MAYBE, I might-yeah, might- switch points of views in the next chappie. I don't know. Anyways, I hope you ppl liked this chappie. And I hope it's longer, too. Anywho... It's time for ya' ppl to all REVIEW! YEAH!!! :P