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Chapter 12- The Way to the Fire Temple

Afios waited outside of the room Impa was resting in. He was leaning against the wall with his head down and arms crossed over his chest. Link was right there next to him, like he had been when they were bound by the bracelets. Beylinda and Navi was helpng in the room.

"You know, you don't have to stay with me." Afios said, "We're not bound anymore."

"I know." Link said, "But Impa is my friend. And I'm worried about her too." Afios raised his brows, looking at the hero with a look that said 'and'. Link sighed, "And I just got used to staying around you, okay?"

"Its okay." Afios said, "Given the past few weeks, it would be weird not having you around all the time." As he finished talking Zelda came out of Impa's room followed by Ruto, Saria, Nabooru, Beylinda, and Navi.

"She will be fine." Zelda said, putting a hand on the young Sheikah's shoulder. Afios smiled, and nodded. "Where is Raiju?" Zelda asked.
"I think he's in the courtyard." Link said, "I saw him there earlier."

"Thank you." Zelda said, "You do realise that there is only one Sage left for you to save."
"Yeah Darunia." Afios said, "The Fire Sage."

"Yes, and given the intense heat of Death Mountain you will need Red Tunics." Zelda said, and pulled out four of them from a bag she had stung to her back.
"Why are there four of them?" Link asked.

"Because," Zelda said, "I will be joining you this time."

"What!" excaped everyone's mouth.

"I said I will be joining them." Zelda repeated calmly, "And there is no use trying to convince me not to. I have made up my mind."

"I think its a good idea for a princess to join us." Afios said.
"What!" came the reply.
"But not the Hyrulean Princess," Afios conitnued, "The Zoran Princess."
"Excuse me?" Ruto asked, clearly against the idea, "I'll dry up and die in that temple."

"Not if you have the Fire Tunic." Afios said, "Plus we could use your water powers in there." Ruto sighed. She knew he was right.

"Fine, but only if Zelda stays here." Ruto said, knowing Zelda would be needed in the final fight more than she would. All eyes turned to Zelda, who sighed.
"Fine." she said, "I wish you all luck."

"They wont need luck." Nabooru said, "They have the future mother of my grandchildren."

Link and Afios started laughing, when Beylinda blushed, and twitched. She then took notice she was being laughed at. She started to twitch angrily, then did the first thing that came to her mind.

BAM! WHACK!

Link and Afios were now crouching, holding there heads, which had rather large bumps on them. Which Beylinda was standing behind them, looking angry, her left eye was twitched. Her right hand was in a fist, which she held up.
"Be glad I hit you with my right hand." She said, and walked off.

"I thinks she likes you." Nabooru said.

"What makes you think that?" Saria asked, looking at the size of Link's bump.

"She didn't kill them." Nabooru said, casually.

A few hours later

When the time came for them to leave they all had their red tunics on, and Ruto also put on a pair of shoes to protect her feet from the heat of the Volcano's floor. Impa had also awakened. It was then that a strange black ball of energy hit the barrior of the castle. The Barrior started to crack, as the Sages all ran to the Courtyard. Once there they stood around the TriForce symbol that was surrounded by flowers of different colors.

They all held their arms up, and turned into colored balls of energy. Raiju watched, before attempting the same. He was surprised when he found controling his powers was easier than he thought. He quickly turned into a shining yellow orb, and the five of them worked at keeping the barrior up.
"We must hurry!" Zelda said, "The Sages will hold up the Barrior. You must go and free Darunia! I'll just slow you down, go!"

Link, Beylinda, and Afios nodded and ran as fast as they could. Afios and Beylinda srated to Link behind, when Afios stopped, allowing Link to climb on his back, before running off at full speed towards Death Mountain. On the way they dodged the Towns people that were rescued from the evil of Darlgo. The people were all scared of what just happened, and were in a panic.

"Move out of our way!" Beylinda shouted, pushing people aside, clearing a path for the Sheikah and Hero of Time. The Towns people all did as she said, and they ran to the field, where a surprise met them.

Standing there was Malon. With Epona and two other horses there. One horse was brown with a black mane. Its nose was also black, as were the legs above the hooves. The other horse was black, with a grey belly and white mane. They were all ready to be ridden.

"Link, I thought you could use som help getting to where ever you going." Malon said, "I brought our three fastest horses for you. Now hurry."

"Thank you." Link said, as he mounted Epona, and Navi took her place on Link's head. Beylinda walked past the horses and whistled. Not a minute later a black horse with a white mane and a white star on its forehead came up.

"This is my horse, I will not ride another." She said, as she mounted her steed. Malon nodded in understanding, and turned to the Sheikah, who was not there. Link and Beylinda also looked confused.

"Hey, guys, come on!" came Afios' voice, they looked and saw he had not a horse, but a rather large cat-type creature. It had blueish-grey fur, and bark blue tiger like stipes. It looked like a large odd colored tiger with large sabor like fangs. Link and Beylinda motioned for their horses to go, and they headed for the Fire Temple in Death Mountain.

Upon reaching the mountain they had to stop. The ground outside the barrior of Kakoriko was burning hot and the animals couldn't take the heat. So they were left behind while Link and crew went up the mountain. It was so hot that the Red Tunics did little to help other than keeping them alive from the heat.
"Aw man, its hotter than I remember." Link said, glumly.

"This is hotter than the desert where I grew up." Beylinda said, slumping over.

"I'm fine." Afios said, getting the other two to look his way, only to see him using magic to create a small icy wind from his hand. Link and Beylinda glared, before taking the small gem he was using for themselves.

"How does this thing work!" Beylinda demanded, grabbing Afios' collar and shaking him to and fro. "Tell me now!"

"Hey, we're only half way up the mountain." Navi said, noticing Afios was limp, "Don't kill him now!"

"If he doesn't tell me how to work this thing I can't guarantee anything." Beylinda said

"Hey, its not that bad." Link said, "It could be worse."

"How so?"

"We could not have theses tunics." Link said, watching Afios snapp himself back to reality.

Before another word could be said, a giant monster burst from the crator of the mountain. It was made of rocks, and looked like a giant Goron. But it was grey with green on its back. And it towered over Link, Afios, and Beylinda, who just staired in awe.

End Chapter. I appologise for the lateness of this chapter, but I had forgotten most of it, so I had to redo most of it.

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