Chapter 4
Temple of Fire
"That must be it, the Temple of Fire." Link said in amazement. So cautiously and with weapons drawn the duo entered the temple, their first big goal.
"That's strange I don't hear anything. I think it's a little too quiet, don't you?" asked Zelda in a worried voice.
" Yes I do." confirmed Link. Then suddenly as if it heard them a creature that looked like a huge spider with the torso and head of a preying- mantis jumped down from the roof. It was covered in flames and as it roared it spewed flames from its mouth. "Well I guess a friendly greeting is out of the question." Link joked.
Zelda then pulled out a bow and released her fairy. After the fairy did her thing Zelda started firing a flurry of arrows at the beast. Although the creature was agile he could not escape the barrage of arrows, instead it burned the wooden arrows to cinders. Meanwhile Link took out his sword, which seemed to shine when it passed over the creature. Link took the opportunity from Zelda's distraction to move up close to the creature. Then Link struck and cut off one of its legs. The creature turned in fury and started using its sharp arms to stab Link. A couple of times Link had to protect his face with his arms. This resulted in some burning punctures in his arm. At the same time it started to spit flames, but Link used his shining sword to temporarily blind the creature's light sensitive eyes. Then Link sliced a big gash in the creature's hard exoskeleton chest. And the next attack plunged his mighty blade into the creature's heart killing it instantly.
Link and Zelda had been going along smoothly without any more serious danger. There were some less dangerous monsters for them to deal with, but not as bad as the first. When they came to a room with a huge spiraling staircase. "Hey Link, do you think its safe to climb all those stairs? I mean this place seems pretty old, what if the stairs break?" asked Zelda in a scared voice.
"Zelda we don't have a choice ,we have to climb it." said Link.
So they began their climb up the treacherous staircase. At first there appeared to be no danger. Then Link suddenly stopped and looked at a particular spot on the wall.
"What's the matter, why did you stop?" asked Zelda.
"Look at this crack, it looks man made. And look further down the wall there's another one. I think we should test the area between them. Link threw a couple of rupees on the floor. All of a sudden the whole wall fell to the floor and then got pulled by chains back to the spot it originally was in the wall.
" I think we should take turns running through while it's going back into the wall, it's pretty slow when its retracting the chain" suggested Link.
"That's going to take a lot of wasting stuff to activate the trap, though." Zelda reminded him.
"I know, but we don't have any choice Zelda." said Link. "All right here it goes!" He threw a rupee and the wall fell. Him and Zelda ran through while it was raising. They continued doing this 'till they reached the top of the spiraling stairs.
When they got to the top there was a huge vast chasm and it seemed that they had to get to the other side because they were at the top of the first tower. Below was a lake of hot simmering lava.
"Hey I've got an idea. We could tie your rope to the strap of your shield and my fairy can attach it to the other side." suggested Zelda.
"Well it's the only thing we can try right now." said Link.
So they tied up Links shield and the fairy carried it to the other side. Once there Link pulled on the rope to make sure it was secure. Then one at a time got on the rope, it seemed to be going well for the first half. Then suddenly a gigantic, serpent-like creature came up out of the lava. It was at least 70 feet long and had a skull of stone and its mouth was lined with rows of jagged, ferocious teeth. It plunged back into the lava and came back out at full speed.
"Zelda! Hurry!" yelled Link. When he looked over Zelda had already crossed and was aiming her bows at the creature. Link jumped onto a little stone island. The creature glared at him and then shot a blast of fire. Link managed to dodge it by jumping to another island. Zelda threw him his shield just as another burst of flames flew past him. Link jumped to the closest island and told Zelda to shoot an arrow. It suddenly turned and attacked her. Her fairy tried to distract the creature, resulting in it getting smashed into the creature's hard head. It fell unconscious towards the lava. Link saw this and tried his hardest to catch it as he jumped across some rocks. He was as close as he could get to it, but his arms weren't long enough and the fairy fell about an inch beyond his reach.
"NOOOO! Link Zelda screamed. She had been watching the whole scene unfold in front of her eyes. Hate and anger welled up inside her and with pure rage she pulled out her special arrow. It was three arrows joined at the base. She fired it and it pierced the creature's stone skull. Then she pulled out more arrows and let the creature have it. The creature tried to escape by diving into the lava. It jumped out of the lava and was trying to attack. Link used all his might to slice the creature in half. The creature plunged lifeless into the lava. Zelda threw Link a rope so he could climb up. When he got to the ledge Zelda was on he noticed that she was kneeling and crying.
"Zelda," Link said softly " I tried my hardest to catch Rito, but I just couldn't reach far enough."
"I know… I don't blame you, Link." she sniffled. "It's just that she was my only friend for a long time. You're lucky you're from Kokiri village there are fairies everywhere."
"Yeah, but ever since my fairy took off one day I haven't had another." Link said as he remembered that sad day.
After exploring some more they came to a door. It had inscriptions on it. They read " Whosoever defeats the guardian within will be granted the Triforce of Wisdom.