And so the Hylian war came to an end. An intelligent man worked out a peace treaty between the combating sides. After many months of decisions, the man who made up the peace treaty was made King of Hyrule. The people rejoiced in their new found peace and happily united under one banner.
With the coming of the end of the war it was expected that Little Sister's mother would soon arrive to collect her baby, but alas, she never came. So the little Hylian grew up to live with the Gorons and was the first Hylian to call Death Mountain their home.
"Little Sister, you shouldn't be playing around the bomb flowers," Darunia said.
Little sister was squatting down and prodding a bomb flower with a Deku stick she found laying about. She looked up at Darunia and sighed then stood up. She was no taller than Darunia's legs at the sweet age of seven.
"Alright…" she grumbled. "Hey will you play with me Darunia?"
"Little Sister you know I can't. I've got work to do, I'm gonna be the Goron tribe leader"
"Yeah yeah I know…you tell me that everyday"
Darunia laughed, "and it's true. Someday I'm gonna be a great leader."
"Yeah, when Zora's fly," she said sarcastically.
Darunia frowned at her and folded his arms. "I am so gonna be a great leader. Just you wait and see."
With that said, Darunia turned on his heel and marched away to continue his studies.
Little Sister sighed and looked around for something else to do. Everyone was off harvest rocks in Dodongo's cavern and they all told her that she wasn't strong enough to help.
She sighed and sat on a rock out cropping, below her tiny legs was a pathway that led to Kakariko village. The day she learned never to go there was a day she would not soon forget.
Little sister was little more than five, just old enough to wander close to the Goron's cave alone. She found a pathway and started down it. Before long she had found herself at the base of the mountain. Her blue eyes widened when she looked up at the mountain.
"Wooooah! It's ginormous!" she exclaimed.
"LITTLE SISTER!" came a frantic shout from close behind.
Darunia came running up to her, his large feet flopping on the hard stone. He was more than double Little sister's height. He immediately picked her up and headed back up the mountain. Little sister fought him, though it was all in vain.
"Darunia! Leggo! I wanna see what else is around here!" she protested.
"Little Sister you know you're not allowed down here. Only Gorons going to Dodongo's cavern are allowed down the mountain." He replied.
Little sister sighed and stopped her fruitless struggles.
"It's not fair…it's just 'cause I'm smaller."
"Sorta…you could get hurt down here too. There are lots of dangerous things down here and you can't always be protected if you come down here alone."
"I can fight!" she retorted causing Darunia to chuckle.
"Little Sister, it's not whether or not you can fight, it's just that you're not as strong as the Gorons. Everyone knows a Hylian isn't as strong as a Goron."
The only angered the girl more.
"Hylians can be just as strong as Gorons if they wanna"
"You think so? Have you ever met another Hylian?"
"No…you never let me go see them," she grumbled.
"Well then how about this. If you promise to never come down here again without me telling you that you can and a Hylian comes up the mountain, you can go down with the Hylian to meet others."
Little Sister's eyes widened.
"Really?"
"MmmmHmmm" Darunia responded.
They reached the top of the pathway and stood in front of the door to their village. Little Sister held up her hand and spit into it, holding out her hand to Darunia. "Spit swear"
Darunia groaned and spit into his hand. They shook hands on the matter before going inside, Darunia wiping his loogie covered hand on his leg.
"Little Sister," someone called form behind her, snapping her out of her slight daze.
She turned around to see Darunia holding an empty rock bag, he had not left yet?
"Hi Darunia," she said miserably and turned back around.
Darunia came over, setting the bag down, and took a seat next to her.
"What's wrong Little Sister?" he said with raised eyebrows.
"It's just…well I don't have anything to do…everyone is in the cave gathering rocks and since I'm not big enough I can't help…"
Darunia surveyed her before standing, picking her up and placing her on his shoulders. He stooped down and picked up the bag before heading down the pathway. Little Sister made no complaint; she didn't even say a word. Darunia was taking her to the caverns? It was so unreal; she feared that if she spoke it might all end up being a dream.
"I think you're big enough to at least come down to the cavern with me, Little Sister. You still can't help with the rock gathering though," he said warningly.
Little Sister nodded, "I know, but I can keep you company!"
The rest of their day was spent joking, laughing, telling wild stories and talking while Darunia picked rocks. During that time, Little Sister kept careful watch on where things were in the cavern, every little passage way and tunnel that could be taken. The only place she was unsure of was what was behind the giant Dodongo skull.
Once a month for the next three years Darunia would put Little Sister on his shoulders and they would go to the Cavern to harvest the Goron's main supply of food. Little Sister was happy with Darunia and the other Gorons but something felt not right. Like a puzzle that was missing its last piece. Little Sister was complete but for that final piece of her puzzle.