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Chapter Four:
Search for the Spiritual Stone of Fire
"...To protect the Triforce from evil ones," Zelda was telling Link, "the Sages built the Temple of Time and sealed it at the Door of Time. 'He who collects three Spiritual Stones, stand here and play the Song of Time. If done, the Door will open.' That is the secret passed down the by the Royal Family."
"Then, if it's a secret," Link asked uncertainly. "Why are you telling me?"
Zelda looked at Link with serious eyes and said, "My mother told it to me before she died and she did tell me never to tell anyone, or about the Ocarina. You believed what I had to say; not even my own father would do that. I trust you, Link."
Link turned scarlet. "Oh, but I-I didn't do anything... WAH!"
The boy turned around and saw Impa once again, towering over him with her height. Impa had scared Link half to death!
"Oh, Link! I'm sorry," Zelda said apologetically. "This is Impa, my nurse. Impa, this is Link, the messenger from the forest I saw in my dream."
Impa said boldly to Link, who was still very nervous about Impa, "I am the one who protects Princess Zelda. I saw everything that happened in the market the other day... especially your fight with the thieves. And, I must say, your skills are great."
"Ex-excuse me?" Link stuttered.
"I saw you to be a courageous boy who follows through the Princess's wishes," Impa continued.
"Oh, Impa!" Zelda giggled. "You can see through anything!"
After he had finished laughing, Link asked in a voice of nervousness to Impa, "B-by the way, do you know where the remaining Spiritual Stones are?"
"I know that the Fire Stone is kept by the Goron Leader, Darunia," she said wisely.
"Okay, then!"
Link turned to leave, but Zelda stopped him by pressing a hand on Link's shoulder. "Wait, Link..."
Link turned around and said assuringly, "Don't worry, Zelda. I'll find the Stones before Ganondorf does. Then I'll bring them here!"
"Please be careful," Zelda whispered softly him as she drew closer to his face.
Then, out of nowhere, Zelda leaned into Link's cheek and planted a kiss! Link's face turned crimson as he stepped back, slightly dazed.
"Wow..." Link gasped. He dashed out the door, completely forgetting about all those guards.
Back at the courtyard, Zelda and Impa heard the various guards shouting, "Catch that kid, now!"
Then, as Link was outrunning another soldier, he felt a sharp tug on the collar of his tunic and he was lifted into the air. He looked up to see who had grabbed him; it was Impa.
"Lady Impa!" the guards said, bowing.
"I'll take him outside," she sighed. Impa carried him, not outside, but to a window in the Castle. In the distance, Link could see, as Impa still held him up, a beautiful mountain. "That is Death Mountain," Impa went on, "where the Gorons reside. Go there to find the Fire Stone."
Impa led Link out of the Castle through a secret passage, only known to her, Zelda and now Link, to avoid the guards. When they were on the rolling hills of Hyrule Field, Impa bade Link farewell and good luck.
When Link had started walking towards the huge mountain, Navi flew next to Link and asked, "Hey, Link, you haven't forgotten about Saria and the Kokiri, have you?"
Link reputed, saying forcefully, as though Navi were out of her mind, "No, of course not!" Under his breath, he muttered, "Saria..."
He missed her greatly; she was the first friend he had ever had. He wanted to see her again. Then, Link was reminded of the Fairy Ocarina she had given to him.
Play it sometimes and think of the forest... she had said.
I wonder what everyone in the forest is up to... Link thought.
Link pulled out the ocarina Saria gave him and proceeded to play a tune. He had never had a lesson in his life, although Saria had given him a few pointers. As soon as Link's lips started playing this ocarina, though, he felt that he had playing the ocarina all his life...
Soon after starting, Link heard loud, noisy footsteps behind him; almost horse's hooves. He looked over his shoulder and, sure enough, there was a pony following him. The colt kept on following him as Link continued to play his ocarina.
Finally, Link stopped playing and said sweetly to the pony, "Hey, you really like my ocarina, don't you?"
The pony nodded, surprising Link. She, the pony, was looking up at Link with beautiful brown eyes. Link decided it was safe to try and ride this baby horse. So, mounted her and, as soon as he sat down, the pony started galloping off!
"Whoa!" Link wailed as he grabbed the pony's thick mane. "You're fast! At this rate, we'll reach Death Mountain in no time flat!"
Link had arrived at Death Mountain, in record time, thanks to the horse. So Link could survey his surroundings more clearly, he dismounted the pony and lifted himself up on top of a boulder. Then, the "rock" sat up, shoving Link on the hard, rocky mountain path.
"Ouch!" Link yelled; he looked at his arm. When Link had crashed to the ground, his right arm had hit a sharp edge on a rock and now backside of his arm was bleeding. Link covered his wound with his left arm as he stood up and looked at the "boulder" again. When he did a double take, Link saw that it was, in fact, a Goron he had tried to stand on!
"How rare," the Goron said lethargically as it sat up. "It's a visitor! This is where the Gorons live. But, this is a dangerous place for children."
But Link ignored the Goron's warning and insisted, "Please, you have to let me speak with your leader, Darunia!"
"WHAT? The Spiritual Stone of Fire?"
Link was indeed granted an audience with Darunia, Big Boss of the Gorons. But things were not going do well. As soon as Link mentioned he wanted the magical Stone, Darunia went into a fit of rage.
"Ridiculous!" Darunia roared. "That Stone is the very heart of the Gorons. Do you think I'd give it to a kid so easily?"
"Do you want Hyrule to be conquered by Ganondorf?" Link countered.
"Shut it!" Darunia boomed at Link.
Link winced when Darunia shouted. Then, surprising Link, the Goron grabbed a nearby rock and ate it!
"Yuck! That's nasty! We are a race that eats stones," Darunia explained. "The huge dinosaur that inhabits the Dodongo's Cavern, the place where the most delicious rocks are, has begun to act violently. So we haven't been able to reach our favorite rocks... But you said you wanted the Stone, Link, was it? So defeat the dinosaur, King Dodongo, and prove you're a real man!" Darunia challenged Link.
Link looked at Darunia. The Goron Leader expected fear in the boy's eyes; but there wasn't even a trace of the emotion.
"All right, then!" Link said, almost as if he was daring Darunia to join him.
Link went outside Darunia's chamber and kindly asked a Goron to lead him to Dodongo's Cavern.
When they reached the cave, the Goron asked Link, "Are you really going in? Out of my buddies who went in to get rocks," the Goron gulped, "it's already eaten five."
Link swallowed hard. Oh, boy...
Then Link looked down on the ground and saw an odd-looking plant. He asked the Goron, "What are these?"
"Bomb Flowers," he replied simply.
"Oh, they're flowers...?" Link said, picking one up.
BANG! These flowers were actual bombs! And one had just exploded in Link's face.
"If you pick them," the Goron said slowly, "they'll blow up."
"You should have told me sooner," Link retorted, annoyed.
Then, Link's keen sense of hearing heard thunderous footsteps: King Dodongo Link's Goron buddy stood up and ran away, screaming, "I'm going home!"
Link turned around and looked up. The boy gasped; this dinosaur was huge!
"There's no way my sword or slingshot cab stand up to those teeth!" Link yelled, frustrated, as the monster roared a mighty roar.
Link mounted the colt, who had been following Link all day, and starting galloping away, trying to think of some strategy to overcome this beast. Link dared to look behind him; King Dodongo was following him. But then, he stopped.
"Geez, he's dumb!" Link exclaimed.
Then the dino-king rolled up into a ball and started rolling towards Link! The horse crouched down, causing Link to slip off her back; the pony was frightened.
Link crawled up to his friend and pleaded, "No! Don't crouch!"
Then he ducked as the monster rolled...right past Link and the horse.
Link saw what he did and observed, "Oh, I see. He's all brawn and no brains! Okay, then watch this!"
Link ran behind and picked up another Bomb Flower. Then, he jumped as high as he could, towards King Dodongo's mouth and hollered, "Why don't you-!" Link held the bomb above his head as the monster opened its mouth- "EAT THIS!" And Link chucked the lit bomb into the Dodongo's mouth, just before it exploded.
King Dodongo was no more.
"All right! I did it!" Link yelled happily.
Soon, after hearing all the commotion, Darunia and all the other Gorons had arrived at the entrance to the Dodongo's Cavern. They had expected Link to be dead, but they were surprised to see that he had, in fact, defeated the monster! Since the cave was now accessible, the Gorons had a feast...of rocks!
While he was stuffing his face, Darunia said to Link, "Actually, not long ago, a guy named Ganondorf sopped by here. He and his flunkies had the nerve to try and order me into giving them the Stone! After I refused, that dinosaur started acting violently."
Link looked at Darunia.
"However," he said. "We had a deal..."
He stretched out his arms and a ruby-red light started glowing.
"Take this," Darunia said. "It's a sign of my gratitude... and a seal of our friendship!"
The light turned into the Spiritual Stone of Fire, the Goron's Ruby!
"From this day on," Darunia laughed heartily as he lifted Link onto his shoulders, "you and I are true Sworn Brothers! Tonight's a feast! Let's dance!"
Link took out his Fairy Ocarina and charmed the Gorons with his skills. After a while, Link noticed that the little pony who had helped him was gone.
"That little horse is gone," Link said sadly.
But then, Darunia asked Link to play another song. Link obliged and thought no more of the horse that had helped him defeat King Dodongo.
* * *
Meanwhile, at Lon Lon Ranch, the ranch owner's daughter was yelling the name of the missing pony. Then, the colt who helped Link came galloping in the corral.
"Epona!" the girl exclaimed, relieved. "Where have you been? Honestly..."
Well, so far, everybody who's read this thinks it's great. So, just like you wanted Psych-chick, here's an update!!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chapter Four:
Search for the Spiritual Stone of Fire
"...To protect the Triforce from evil ones," Zelda was telling Link, "the Sages built the Temple of Time and sealed it at the Door of Time. 'He who collects three Spiritual Stones, stand here and play the Song of Time. If done, the Door will open.' That is the secret passed down the by the Royal Family."
"Then, if it's a secret," Link asked uncertainly. "Why are you telling me?"
Zelda looked at Link with serious eyes and said, "My mother told it to me before she died and she did tell me never to tell anyone, or about the Ocarina. You believed what I had to say; not even my own father would do that. I trust you, Link."
Link turned scarlet. "Oh, but I-I didn't do anything... WAH!"
The boy turned around and saw Impa once again, towering over him with her height. Impa had scared Link half to death!
"Oh, Link! I'm sorry," Zelda said apologetically. "This is Impa, my nurse. Impa, this is Link, the messenger from the forest I saw in my dream."
Impa said boldly to Link, who was still very nervous about Impa, "I am the one who protects Princess Zelda. I saw everything that happened in the market the other day... especially your fight with the thieves. And, I must say, your skills are great."
"Ex-excuse me?" Link stuttered.
"I saw you to be a courageous boy who follows through the Princess's wishes," Impa continued.
"Oh, Impa!" Zelda giggled. "You can see through anything!"
After he had finished laughing, Link asked in a voice of nervousness to Impa, "B-by the way, do you know where the remaining Spiritual Stones are?"
"I know that the Fire Stone is kept by the Goron Leader, Darunia," she said wisely.
"Okay, then!"
Link turned to leave, but Zelda stopped him by pressing a hand on Link's shoulder. "Wait, Link..."
Link turned around and said assuringly, "Don't worry, Zelda. I'll find the Stones before Ganondorf does. Then I'll bring them here!"
"Please be careful," Zelda whispered softly him as she drew closer to his face.
Then, out of nowhere, Zelda leaned into Link's cheek and planted a kiss! Link's face turned crimson as he stepped back, slightly dazed.
"Wow..." Link gasped. He dashed out the door, completely forgetting about all those guards.
Back at the courtyard, Zelda and Impa heard the various guards shouting, "Catch that kid, now!"
Then, as Link was outrunning another soldier, he felt a sharp tug on the collar of his tunic and he was lifted into the air. He looked up to see who had grabbed him; it was Impa.
"Lady Impa!" the guards said, bowing.
"I'll take him outside," she sighed. Impa carried him, not outside, but to a window in the Castle. In the distance, Link could see, as Impa still held him up, a beautiful mountain. "That is Death Mountain," Impa went on, "where the Gorons reside. Go there to find the Fire Stone."
Impa led Link out of the Castle through a secret passage, only known to her, Zelda and now Link, to avoid the guards. When they were on the rolling hills of Hyrule Field, Impa bade Link farewell and good luck.
When Link had started walking towards the huge mountain, Navi flew next to Link and asked, "Hey, Link, you haven't forgotten about Saria and the Kokiri, have you?"
Link reputed, saying forcefully, as though Navi were out of her mind, "No, of course not!" Under his breath, he muttered, "Saria..."
He missed her greatly; she was the first friend he had ever had. He wanted to see her again. Then, Link was reminded of the Fairy Ocarina she had given to him.
Play it sometimes and think of the forest... she had said.
I wonder what everyone in the forest is up to... Link thought.
Link pulled out the ocarina Saria gave him and proceeded to play a tune. He had never had a lesson in his life, although Saria had given him a few pointers. As soon as Link's lips started playing this ocarina, though, he felt that he had playing the ocarina all his life...
Soon after starting, Link heard loud, noisy footsteps behind him; almost horse's hooves. He looked over his shoulder and, sure enough, there was a pony following him. The colt kept on following him as Link continued to play his ocarina.
Finally, Link stopped playing and said sweetly to the pony, "Hey, you really like my ocarina, don't you?"
The pony nodded, surprising Link. She, the pony, was looking up at Link with beautiful brown eyes. Link decided it was safe to try and ride this baby horse. So, mounted her and, as soon as he sat down, the pony started galloping off!
"Whoa!" Link wailed as he grabbed the pony's thick mane. "You're fast! At this rate, we'll reach Death Mountain in no time flat!"
Link had arrived at Death Mountain, in record time, thanks to the horse. So Link could survey his surroundings more clearly, he dismounted the pony and lifted himself up on top of a boulder. Then, the "rock" sat up, shoving Link on the hard, rocky mountain path.
"Ouch!" Link yelled; he looked at his arm. When Link had crashed to the ground, his right arm had hit a sharp edge on a rock and now backside of his arm was bleeding. Link covered his wound with his left arm as he stood up and looked at the "boulder" again. When he did a double take, Link saw that it was, in fact, a Goron he had tried to stand on!
"How rare," the Goron said lethargically as it sat up. "It's a visitor! This is where the Gorons live. But, this is a dangerous place for children."
But Link ignored the Goron's warning and insisted, "Please, you have to let me speak with your leader, Darunia!"
"WHAT? The Spiritual Stone of Fire?"
Link was indeed granted an audience with Darunia, Big Boss of the Gorons. But things were not going do well. As soon as Link mentioned he wanted the magical Stone, Darunia went into a fit of rage.
"Ridiculous!" Darunia roared. "That Stone is the very heart of the Gorons. Do you think I'd give it to a kid so easily?"
"Do you want Hyrule to be conquered by Ganondorf?" Link countered.
"Shut it!" Darunia boomed at Link.
Link winced when Darunia shouted. Then, surprising Link, the Goron grabbed a nearby rock and ate it!
"Yuck! That's nasty! We are a race that eats stones," Darunia explained. "The huge dinosaur that inhabits the Dodongo's Cavern, the place where the most delicious rocks are, has begun to act violently. So we haven't been able to reach our favorite rocks... But you said you wanted the Stone, Link, was it? So defeat the dinosaur, King Dodongo, and prove you're a real man!" Darunia challenged Link.
Link looked at Darunia. The Goron Leader expected fear in the boy's eyes; but there wasn't even a trace of the emotion.
"All right, then!" Link said, almost as if he was daring Darunia to join him.
Link went outside Darunia's chamber and kindly asked a Goron to lead him to Dodongo's Cavern.
When they reached the cave, the Goron asked Link, "Are you really going in? Out of my buddies who went in to get rocks," the Goron gulped, "it's already eaten five."
Link swallowed hard. Oh, boy...
Then Link looked down on the ground and saw an odd-looking plant. He asked the Goron, "What are these?"
"Bomb Flowers," he replied simply.
"Oh, they're flowers...?" Link said, picking one up.
BANG! These flowers were actual bombs! And one had just exploded in Link's face.
"If you pick them," the Goron said slowly, "they'll blow up."
"You should have told me sooner," Link retorted, annoyed.
Then, Link's keen sense of hearing heard thunderous footsteps: King Dodongo Link's Goron buddy stood up and ran away, screaming, "I'm going home!"
Link turned around and looked up. The boy gasped; this dinosaur was huge!
"There's no way my sword or slingshot cab stand up to those teeth!" Link yelled, frustrated, as the monster roared a mighty roar.
Link mounted the colt, who had been following Link all day, and starting galloping away, trying to think of some strategy to overcome this beast. Link dared to look behind him; King Dodongo was following him. But then, he stopped.
"Geez, he's dumb!" Link exclaimed.
Then the dino-king rolled up into a ball and started rolling towards Link! The horse crouched down, causing Link to slip off her back; the pony was frightened.
Link crawled up to his friend and pleaded, "No! Don't crouch!"
Then he ducked as the monster rolled...right past Link and the horse.
Link saw what he did and observed, "Oh, I see. He's all brawn and no brains! Okay, then watch this!"
Link ran behind and picked up another Bomb Flower. Then, he jumped as high as he could, towards King Dodongo's mouth and hollered, "Why don't you-!" Link held the bomb above his head as the monster opened its mouth- "EAT THIS!" And Link chucked the lit bomb into the Dodongo's mouth, just before it exploded.
King Dodongo was no more.
"All right! I did it!" Link yelled happily.
Soon, after hearing all the commotion, Darunia and all the other Gorons had arrived at the entrance to the Dodongo's Cavern. They had expected Link to be dead, but they were surprised to see that he had, in fact, defeated the monster! Since the cave was now accessible, the Gorons had a feast...of rocks!
While he was stuffing his face, Darunia said to Link, "Actually, not long ago, a guy named Ganondorf sopped by here. He and his flunkies had the nerve to try and order me into giving them the Stone! After I refused, that dinosaur started acting violently."
Link looked at Darunia.
"However," he said. "We had a deal..."
He stretched out his arms and a ruby-red light started glowing.
"Take this," Darunia said. "It's a sign of my gratitude... and a seal of our friendship!"
The light turned into the Spiritual Stone of Fire, the Goron's Ruby!
"From this day on," Darunia laughed heartily as he lifted Link onto his shoulders, "you and I are true Sworn Brothers! Tonight's a feast! Let's dance!"
Link took out his Fairy Ocarina and charmed the Gorons with his skills. After a while, Link noticed that the little pony who had helped him was gone.
"That little horse is gone," Link said sadly.
But then, Darunia asked Link to play another song. Link obliged and thought no more of the horse that had helped him defeat King Dodongo.
* * *
Meanwhile, at Lon Lon Ranch, the ranch owner's daughter was yelling the name of the missing pony. Then, the colt who helped Link came galloping in the corral.
"Epona!" the girl exclaimed, relieved. "Where have you been? Honestly..."
