Chapter 4:

The crimson ring

Kard waited three days after the others left to go to Death Mountain. "Why?" Kard asked himself. "Why would Link hide in a place like this?" Kard had walked for about a day to reach Goron city. It was a fairly common thing to go to the goron's dwelling, Impa would travel to visit the leader, but Kard had never been to Goron city. As Kard walked up the path he looked up to the top of the mountain, he gazed at the ring of smoke; He did a double take when he realized that the smoke was faintly glowing red. He peered closer to the smoke and saw what looked like red lightning in the smoke. Kard knew little about the mountain but one thing that he did know was if the smoke was glowing red that you were in trouble. He finally reached the city entrance. Kard entered and approached the first goron he could find. "Who is your leader?" Kard asked. " Oh that's big brother." The goron pleasantly replied. "Well, where can I find this big brother?" Kard asked impatiently. "Oh, that's simple the room with a rug in front of it, it's on the first floor you can't miss It. " the goron stated. Kard turned and went down the stairs; on the way down Kard saw a mysterious plant with a hard, black fruit. When Kard got to the first floor he saw the rug in front of the door and entered "big brother's" room. A large Goron with Scars and tattoos stood in the room. "Who are you?" the large goron asked. "The name's Kard, I'm a shiekah, I've been sent to search here for link." Kard responded. "I am Link." The goron informed Kard. "What? I thought that the hero of time was a hyrulian raised by kokiries." Kard responded quiet confused. " Oh, you mean uncle link, I haven seen him in about five years." Link the goron said. "Oh…well could he be hiding in the mountains?" Kard asked. "No otherwise we wouldn't have a monster problem." The goron sighed and continued. "Not only that but our crops are dieing, and the Kahan is glowing red." The goron explained. "What's a kahan?" Kard asked. "Wha-? Oh, the kahan is the smoke ring at the top of the mountain." Link clarified. "At least Volvagia is gone…" link said in a troubled voice. The name Volvagia echoed in to the mountain, Kard thought he was the only one who heard it, as Link didn't even budge. " Volvagia?" Kard asked. "Volvagia was a dragon that terrorized this mountain, that is until my uncle killed him." Link told Kard. All of the sudden the mountain started to shake fiercely. Kard, Link, and the gorons ran out of the city and on to the trail. When Kard looked up he was stunned, the kahan was glowing bright crimson and the volcano was erupting. It was a huge eruption. It was so powerful that the gorons at the foot of the mountains were being sprayed with lava, luckily though the gorons were impervious to heat. The eruption shot large chunks of rock into the air. Something long trailed a very large rock. It then stopped; it was about 500 feet long. It writhed and squirmed like a snake, it was topped with a mane of fire. " NO! IMPOSSIBLE!" Link said in terrified awe. "Wha-what is that!" Kard asked. "I-I-IT's VOLVAGIA!" Kard yelled horrified. "We need shelter, now!"

yelled Kard. "Everyone in to Dodongo's cavern!" commanded Link. They all hurried in to the cave, Kard was the last one in; Kard had just run in when a huge volcanic rock blocked the cave entrance.