"What? Five more minutes...I don't need to catch the bus..." said a still half asleep Christi.

"Come on! We gotta go now! We have to see the Gorons." said Ariel, pushing her friend off the bed.

She landed with a thud saying, "We don't need to see 'em. All they do is eat rocks!" said Christi trying to get up while swaying a little from just getting up.

"Yes we do. We have to do what the game does.Now get up and check-out." said Ariel helping Christi off the floor.

"Man, I'm not going to be able to get proper sleep from now on, am I?"

"'Fraid not." Ariel replied quickly, "Now, come on."

"Damn..."

Link urged Christi to get up, "Come on, I want to go see the Gorons." He had been up and dressed an hour before either of the girls woke up. He'd never seen Gorons before and he didn't want to be in the dark about their appearance any longer.

"Aww, how could I say no to that little cutie?" thought Christi. She smiled and finally got up.

"I wonder if he's caught on yet..." thought Ariel as she started walking out the door with the others.

Link was eager to leave, the girls had to start jogging to just keep up with him. They came up to the side of the village where the entrance to
Death Mountain was. Home of the race called the Gorons. Link walked up to the entrance and saw there was a soldier there guarding it.

"Halt!" Said the Soldier, thrusting his hand forward, "Permission by the Royal Family is needed to visit Death Mountain."

"Permission... like this?" Link took out a letter signed and written by Princess Zelda.

"What sort of game is The Princess up to this time?" The guard wondered aloud, "Very well." He thrust his staff down against the dirt, signifying for the other guards to open the gate.

"Let's go!" Link told the girls as he sprinted past the guard.

"Hey wait up!" said Christi trying to keep up with him. She started regretting taking those art classes instead of P.E.

Ariel wasn't far behind Link when she heard something moving. When she a turned the corner she saw a large boulder heading for them at high speed. She grabbed Link and jumped out of the way before the boulder could get either of them.
"You have to be careful, this world is dangerous!" Ariel yelled at Link, "You could have died there!"

Link was silent; he just started down at his feet.

Christi caught up to them because they had stopped, "What happened? Why'd you stop?"

"Well, there was a boulder and Link almost died." said Ariel. The she sat down next to him. Christi on the other hand was in relief that he was saved.

"For the love of Nayru, thank goodness you're not hurt!" she said giving Link a big hug. She looked over at Ariel and smiled. "You have saved the hero." Ariel just giggled a little giggle and looked back at Link. Link, who was blushing, was a little angry. It was he who should be doing the saving.

"What's the matter Link?" said Christi, finally letting go of Link. She noticed he was still blushing.

He got up and tried to hide his face, and said "Nothing...let's go"

"You think he's okay?" said Ariel to her friend, getting up also and dusting herself off.

"Not sure, he seemed a little... bugged."

"I wonder..." said Ariel thoughtfully.

"What are you thinking? I've seen that face before."

"Well... he's still a little young, but he's blushing as much as he was when he was talking to Saria..." Ariel told her playfully.

"You mean...? Oh, man, how awesome would that be?"

"Keep in mind that he's still little."

"But when he gets out of the Temple of Time..."

"Christi, Ariel, let's go!" Link interrupted their conversation from about 100 feet away. He was still in a hurry to go see the Gorons that he's never seen before during his life at Kokiri Forest.

"We're coming!" Ariel shouted as she and Christi began jogging to catch up with Link.

After about fifteen minutes of trying to get Link not to waste all his energy running up the mountain, the three of them came to Goron Village
Link stopped in front of the enterance suddenly, causing Christi to run into him.

"Oof, oops! I'm so sorry Link! Are you okay?" she apoligized. She tried to help him back up off the ground, but ended up falling as well.

"Ugh, I was until you practically crushed me." he said smiling. He tried to get up but Christi was till on his leg. He tapped her shoulder "Uhh, are you gonna be getting up anytime soon? See, my legs are starting to go numb."

Christi just laughed and got up and sat on her knees. She turned to Ariel who was helping Link up and said "We havn't heard from E.T in a while huh?"

"Not since he got pissed off the last time we spoke. He said stuff about giving up on us." Ariel replied, "Being E.T he probably thought better of it..but being a guy he's not willing to admit it."

Link dusted himself off, "Is that supposed to be funny?" He was a bit offended by her comment.

"Ugh," Groaned Christi, " So he's probably just watching us for his own sick little amusement."

"Can we go in already?" Link said impaitently.

"Sure." Ariel replied, then said to her friend, "Great, now I'm all paranoid."

"Aren't we all..." said Christi looking at the sky pulling her arms behind he head. She watched some clouds float by, noticing one looked like a dragon. Then she spotted one that looked like a couple of hearts. "How cute!"

"Huh?" said the other two who weren't daydreaming. They saw Christi point to the sky. "What?"

"The cloud looks like a heart! How cute! Isn't it?" said Christi wondering if she should've even opened her mouth. She looked at Link and noticed he was having a hard time seeing the 'heart'. She walked over to him, stood next to him and pointed it out.

"Hmm...amusing. Come on lets go..." he said blowing it off and walking away.

Ariel looked back at Christi then at the 'heart' which now had split in two. Well, they do keep moving. then she noticed the dragon that was still there. "Come on Christi, lets go before it starts raining."

"Ruin my fun." Christi called after them with a faked irratation.

"That's the plan." Replied an oh-too-familar voice.

"You know what? Screw you!" Christi yelled at the sky, " I don't need your approval, E.T." She finished her sentence and continued inside the enterance to the Village.

"I have to go see Darunia, he supposed to be the leader of the Gorons." said Link walking into a hallway that lead to the lower floor of the village.

"Okay! Try not to get lost! I'm going to see if they have a hotel!" shouted Ariel over the arguements Christi and E.T were having.

Christi was just walking into the village but was so caught up in her arguement that she didn't notice that the levels didn't have anything to keep anyone from falling over the edge. So of course she fell.

"And don't even try t--- " she gasped when she slipped over the edge but managed to grab onto the edge "Ariel! Help!"

"Christi! You stupid...Person! What did I tell you! Ughrr, Ariel!"