Against the Serpent
Link stepped into a large room after he used the golden key to open the enormous door. He had been traveling through the Fire Temple for hours, fighting off all enemies, solving dangerous puzzles, and simply trying to navigate through the house of flames. Now, he stood on a small ledge before three things; a second pillar, a slab of rock with nine holes poked into it, and an entire floor of red lava. The young man looked around, trying to spot his old friend who he had seen enter here.
"Where in God's name could Darunia have gone?" Link asked himself, "He came right into this place…" Realizing that he was obviously no where to be found, the Hero of Time shrugged and jumped down onto the second pillar, and then hopped across to the island of rock.
And soon, it began to shake. The column behind him slowly sunk into the lava until it was completely drowned by the magma. Link was trapped.
From the middle hole, flames spouted, and the rumbling grew greater and greater until finally a shrill roar echoed throughout the room, and an enormous dragon flew out. Link was astounded by the sight of it, with a glowing serpentine body, from all the lava it literally swam in, and a face covered by a metal mask. The creature soared around in the air, until it eventually belched a spray of fire at Link, narrowing missing his side. It dove back into the lava, and Link quickly reached at his back to pull out the legendary Megaton Hammer.
"Volvagia…" he whispered. Quickly the slab began to tremble once more, and Link spotted one of the holes that was spilling out fire, the place where Volvagia would emerge. He made a dash to that puncture, tightening his grip about the handle of his great war-hammer. Just as he got there, Volvagia erupted from the opening, roaring and swinging his mane of fire. Taken off guard by the sudden attack, Link was forced to simply bite his lip and endure the pain as the flames seared his body. Gritting his teeth, he opened his eyes back up to meet with Volvagia's, and he struck.
The Megaton Hammer smashed onto the skull of the dragon, breaking small bits off and making Volvagia fall to the ground. Link slammed it down once again, and this time the dragon was quick to make a hasty retreat back into the hole.
"Crud, this is gonna be a pain with him being able to run and hide everywhere" Link murmured. In the next few moments Volvagia was flying out again, slowly slithering in mid-air at Link, who found himself at a disadvantage being just on the ground.
Until he pulled out his Fairy Bow. He notched in an arrow, and let it go straight into Volvagia's face. It bounced off the mask, making the serpent only growl in annoyance. Link grimaced for a second as he loaded another arrow.
"Man that's some tough metal right there…" As Volvagia cried aloud, the Hero of Time fire the arrow straight into his mouth, ending the holler early and instead making him howl in pain. Link was quick to take advantage, shooting off another arrow that pierced straight into Volvagia's maw. Though instead of retaliating, the dragon instead began to fly up to ceiling in the room, its body curving and twisting all over as it unleashed terrible, strident screeches. Link cocked an eyebrow at the rather bizarre behavior, until he finally could see the boulders falling straight down at him.
With a shout he jumped forward, and the rock smashed onto the ground and split apart, striking the young man hard in the back. Link roared as the fragment cracked against his body, and sent him sprawling on the hard floor of the island. He groaned, feeling as if his back was broken, though tried to move away as fast as possible. More and more boulders were raining from the ceiling, shattering against the ground all over. At times Link was hit by the smaller shards, but somehow he was vigilant, and agile enough to avoid being struck head on again. Volvagia flew back into another hole, and after a few more moments the hail of rocks concluded.
Link instantly stopped in the middle of the slab which he fought on, his eyes shooting in all directions to spot the hole where Volvagia would emerge from next. One close by started to leak with fire, and Link was moving towards it in a second. Gripping the Megaton Hammer harder than ever, he charged at the hole, waiting for Volvagia to come out and batter his head.
But the fire then stopped, and in surprise Link put on the brakes, halting with a baffled look on his face. Behind him, he could hear, and almost see Volvagia erupt from a different gap, though he couldn't find the speed to move out of the way as the dragon released a stream of flame from his maw. Link was pushed forward as he screamed; feeling his skin burned even while his thick Goron Tunic hampered some of the heat. When he landed, he could see the smoke rise from his charred garb, and Volvagia sitting within the hole, laughing at him in his animalistic tongue.
Link's eyes flared, and he felt a rush of adrenaline as the thoughts of the dragon setting Hyrule aflame and devouring all innocent people rushed through his head. The young man lifted himself to his knees, and then to his feet. He staggered for a moment, but before long he was running straight at Volvagia, holding the Megaton Hammer behind him as he screamed in fury.
Volvagia spun around, his claws held out to rip at Link, but instead they only found air as the Hero of Time leapt over them. The dragon didn't even know what was happening as he felt his head be struck again, and with a cry he collapsed on the ground. His eyes glowing with intensity, Link brought the legendary hammer back, and brought it down flat onto Volvagia's head.
The mask split, and splinters flew out as Link felt his weapon crush clear through it. Volvagia reared back, screaming in pain as he clasped his hands onto his throbbing, broken face. Disappearing back into the hole for a moment, he later flew out once more, sailing around in the air as his body writhed. Bellowing in agony, his body began to dissipate into flames, until soon he was reduced to a skeleton. The bones plummeted to the ground, shattering upon impact, and following them was the metal mask, which landed right before Link's feet.
"You won't be getting your snack today" the Hero of Time said with smirk.
As the blue portal of light formed a few feet away from him, the visor disintegrated, leaving only another piece of Heart that Link collected from the other monsters he defeated. Taking it with him, he walked over to the glowing ring, and stepped inside. It surrounded him with a glossy crystal, and in the next few seconds he was teleported out of the Fire Temple, with a victory in single combat against the serpent.