1Saya felt her father's warrior instincts grip her. She glanced wildly around, taking stock of her position. Maybe there was something to her advantage in here. One of the Dodongos was staring her down. She barely recognized the brown, shivering ball guarded by the other two. So did Navi.
"It's a Goron kaala!" the fairy breathed. Kaala's ears flicked upwards. "Not you." Down went the ears.
"Okay, Navi. Those are...?"
"Adult Dodongos. Relatively unproblematic if you have a clue. They're covered in armor, all except for the base of their tails. Aim there. Just be careful, though. They've been know to breathe fire."
Saya tightened her sword-grip. Kaala flexed her long claws and raised her hackles. I'm going to get more hits in than you, green Wolfos! Watch me! Hunger.
"Kokiriiiii!"
Saya raced around the Dodongo's left, yelling for Kaala to go right. She swung her sword, giving the lizard a deep slash to the tail. Enraged, it spun around, knocking the child back. Kaala's instinct had told her to jump away; she was unharmed. Saya hit the wall hard with her shield, and sat up, shaking her head.
"Could you have been more, oh I don't know...specific, for Din's sake!" she snapped at Navi, pain making her irritable, "Like maybe detail me about that habit?"
She hung back as the Dodongo unleashed its sea of flames at her. Then, with Kaala charging towards her, she slashed the Dodongo once more, remembering to leap away from its spinning strike. She formulated her newest plan: to take out the other two. Kaala was strong enough to fight this one on her own.
Saya ordered the Wolfos to keep attacking the first while she ran to confront the others, or at least get the kaala away from them. All right, green Wolfos. You get those other bad lizards. Save the walking rock. I'll come help you when I'm done over here.
Saya rolled between the two Dodongos and stood in front of the Goron. She tapped its back to gain the tiny things attention. When nothing happened, she tried talking soothingly. "I'm Saya of Kokiri. Are you okay?" The frightened kaala uncurled.
"I'm f-fine," she whispered, "B-but I'm really, really scared."
"If you can keep a secret," Saya told her, "Me too. Duck!" She turned her back to the Dodongos and shielded the scared Goron. She wondered briefly if Dodongo flames would melt the metal of her shield.
This is going to be harder than I thought. Saya, you Wolfos-loving idiot! She thought as the fires licked her shield.
"Okay, kaala, whatever your name is," Saya said, "When I say 'Go,' I want you to roll to the other side of the room. Stay there until I say it's safe." The girl faced her twin opponents. "Ready?...and...GO!"
She planted her feet to steady herself as the Goron kaala passed, a blur of tan. Then, she clenched the hilt of the Kokiri sword and chose a Dodongo. "Kokiriiiii!" roared Saya as she ran at the tail. Idiot! She thought, I'm going to get myself killed! Why did I ever try to do this? I'm so stupid
When Saya connected, she had gathered so much force by running, that the blow all but defeated the Dodongo. Too late, she realized that she didn't have enough room to dodge the beast's spin. As it spun, the nearly-severed tail smacked into Saya's chest.
Saya was thrown backwards into a wall. Her head snapped back. The Hylian Shield hummed angrily with the impact. Navi watched the girl's grip on the Kokiri Sword slacken as she slid to the floor. Saya was aware of maniacal howling before everything went black.