Disclaimer: I do not own The Legend of Zelda franchise.

I only own these OC characters:

- Ateiti

- Irena

- King Dikun

- Queen Esha

- Amanda Carpenter

- Georgie

Chapter 6: Dodongo's Cavern

When Link and Malon had entered the Cavern, both couldn't go further as the doorway was blocked by another boulder. Luckily, there were a few Bomb Flowers growing next to them. Malon pulled one out and threw it close to the boulder.

BOOM!

The boulder exploded in pieces, revealing the main entrance of Dodongo's Cavern.

As Link and Malon entered the main room, they saw a lava pit surrounding a large platform in the middle, with a few smaller platforms going up and down. Above them, hanged long wooden bridges. But what really got their attention, was the rock structure in the shape of a large monster's face on the wall at the end of the room.

The two little heroes noticed these three strange statues with a large eye keeping spinning around slowly. Malon asked their fairy companion "Navi, what are those strange statues?"

Navi took a quick look and told them "Those are Beamos'. If it spots you when you get too close, it'll shoot an energy beam from its eye. You can destroy them by destroying them by using one of those Bomb Flowers."

Link looked around and saw enough Bomb Flowers growing around. He then pointed to the right side of the room "Let's check the right side first." Malon nodded.

Both jumped to the middle platform of the lava pit, while avoiding the first Beamos. Once they'd made it to the right side of the room, Link grabbed the first Bomb Flower and threw it to the nearest Beamos that was blocking their way. The mechanical statue exploded, allowing the them to continue. They noticed that one part of the wall had cracks in it, making Malon to wander "Hmmm, maybe there's a doorway behind this one?" She walked over to another nearby Bomb Flower, pulled it out and placed it in front of the cracked wall. While she and Link held their distance, the Bomb Flower destroyed the piece of cracked wall, showing another doorway.

Link nodded with pride at Malon "Nice thinking. Let's go."

Both went inside, where old tools for mining were in and old doorways for the red rocks to be brought out of the Cavern. Link figured that this was once a place where the Gorons mined for the red rocks for food.

But then suddenly, something crawled out of the ground, making Link and Malon draw their swords. Both saw three serpentine creatures, more than half their size crawling towards them. When one jumped to attack Malon, she quickly swing her sword at it and killed it! Link got rid of the other ones easily.

Navi then suddenly yelled "Watch out! These things are gonna explode!"

Link and Malon saw with wide eyes that the three small creatures indeed swallowed in size and avoided their own explosion just in time!

Link felt relieved while he asked Navi "Pfew! That was close. What were those things, anyway?"

"Those were Baby Dodongo's." Navi answered.

Malon raised an eyebrow at Navi "Are those the Dodongo's that Darunia talked about?"

Navi nodded but then shook her head "Yes and no. Those were only infants. We got to be careful for those bigger mature ones."

Link and Malon didn't liked the sound of that.

As they moved on, they were ambushed by three more Baby Dodongo's but were easily killed by Link and Malon.

At then end of hallway, there was a door on top of a platform that was blocked by iron bars, with beside two statues and a blue switch in between. Link stood on the switch, making the iron bars go up. But when Link stepped off the blue switch the iron bars fell down, blocking the door.

"What the hell?" Link said surprised.

Malon checked the switch and tried the same thing that Link did and figured "Looks like we need to put something heavy on the switch in order to keep the iron bars up."

Link nodded and thought they could use one of the statues. As he pushed he called Malon "Malon, help me with this!" She came and pulled the statue, till it was on the blue platform. Both could now enter the door.

In the small corridor were two Keese's on the wall. Link quickly got ride of them using his Slingshot. As the dead bat creatures left some rupees, Malon picked them up before both she and Link entered the other door.

But as they entered the next room, what was filled with lava and many big platforms the iron bars fell on the door, blocking the exit!

Suddenly, two humanoid lizards appeared! Link and Malon draw their swords as the lizard men draw their own swords and jumped up high to face the two little heroes!

"Watch out! Those are Lizalfos!" Navi warned.

One Lizalfos swinged its sword at Malon, but she was able to avoid his attack and hit him with her sword, making it jump very high, landing behind Link to deliver a blow, hurting him! Link quickly reacted with a swing attack, making it retreat while the other Lizalfos kept attacking the children.

Both were able to avoid the lizard monster with its fast and agile attacks for some time and hit him several times back, but then it jumped high again, landing behind Malon and hit her in the back, but thanks to her Sheikah shield, Malon was able to block its attack. She reacted quickly and stabbed him in its neck, making it screech in agonizing pain! It dropped its sword while holding its wounded neck and walked backwards, making himself to trip and fell in the lava! It burned for a few seconds till it was dead.

The other Lizalfos recovered and started attacking Link and Malon. While Malon kept using her shield to block its attack, Link used his jump attack and hit the Lazilfos. Again it jumped high to attack behind Link, but he used the Hylian Shield on his back to block to attack and used this advantage to slash the Lizard humanoid in the chest, killing it as it fell to its back.

While the iron bars on the doors lifted, Link and Malon both took their time to catch their breaths.

Malon went over to Link and worriedly said while pointing to his shoulder "Link, you're wounded…"

Link checked his shoulder. Though it wasn't a deep cut, it did hurt. Link just shrugged "It's nothing."

Malon shook her head and took something out of her magic bag "That's not nothing, Link! Put your shirt off so I can put this on it." she said while showing some bandages that she took from Lon Lon Ranch. Link sighed, but did as Malon told him to do.

Link did chuckle softly, as it reminded him that Malon always took care of his wounds, or he of hers when they were hunting for Guay's back home. Malon noticed her brother smirking, what made her to roll her eyes, but tried not to giggle.

After a few minutes, Malon was done and Link put his shirt back on. He wiped away some sweat from his forehead 'cause of the heat from the lava around them. Once he had placed his sword holder and big shield on his back, they moved on to the other door.

In the other hallway, Malon and Link spotted two bigger Dodongo's. Both stopped while Link asked Navi "I guess these are the bigger ones, huh?"

Their fairy guide nodded "Yes. Be careful, these bigger Dodongo's can breath out fire." She warned.

Malon spotted three unburned torches and another door with locked iron bars before it. She suggested "Let's take care of these monsters first." Link nodded as he and Malon draw their swords.

Taking out the Dodongo's wasn't as easy as they thought. Link tried to slash the first one in the head, but it was as hard as steel. Angrily, the Dodongo's breathed out fire but Link and Malon avoided its attack in time. Malon then hit it at its tail, hurting him and making it swing out its tail what hurt Malon as she felt backwards and nearly got hit by its firing breath. Link finished it with his jump attack. He and Malon took their distance at it exploded after a few seconds, just like the baby versions of the Dodongo.

Now knowing how to defeat the bigger Dodongo's, Link and Malon took care of the last one, but not before three more Baby Dodongo's crawled out of the ground, attacking the two little heroes. Luckily, they managed to defeat the infant giant lizards. Malon then lighted one of her Deku Sticks and used it to share the fire on the other torches, making the iron bars on the door to raise.

When they entered the door, Link and Malon spotted a normal switch on the floor before them. When Malon stood on it, the iron bars on the door on the other side of the main room.

While avoiding the other Beamos in the middle and destroying the other on the other side, Link used a Bomb Flower to destroy another cracked wall, revealing a large chest what had a map of the cavern inside. Link took a look at it with Malon. This map was better drawn than the one back in the Deku Tree.

Link pointed his finger across the map "If we take this door, there should be a way up so we can cross the wooden bridges above the main room."

Malon nodded as she too moved her finger across the map "Yeah, leading all the way to above the big head structure."

Link placed the map in his bag and both he and Malon went through the door to the new area what should have a stairs leading up. But surprisingly… the stairs had somehow raised far up, making it impossible to reach the level above. However, there were Bomb Flowers growing all around and a few growing far from it.

Link got an idea and stated to his sister "Maybe… if we place one of these Bomb Flowers at the ones around the stairs, maybe it will lower it?"

Malon saw no other option to make the stairs go down, so she shrugged "Only one way to find out."

Link grabbed one Bomb Flower, placed it close to the dozens of others and held his distance as the bomb sparkled before exploding.

When it blew, a series of dozens of explosions followed what was deafening, making Link and Malon to cover their ears! It was working! The stairs was slowly dropping, making it for Link and Malon to go up.

Malon gave a hug to Link "It worked Link!"

He smiled "It sure did. Let's go."

Malon broke the hug and joined Link to reach the level above.

But in a room, after making it up the stairs and entering it, Iron bars fell behind them! They were trapped in a room with four more adult Dodongos and two Fire Keeses!

As the Fire Keese's dived down to attack Link and Malon, two of the Dodongo's spotted them too!

Before the Fire Keese's had the chance to hit Link and Malon, the two little heroes quickly drew their swords and killed the fire bats with one blow, but had to avoid quickly for the Dodongo's fire!

After some minutes, Link and Malon were able to kill all the monsters, making the iron bars to be raised on both doors.

While they crossed the first bridge, Malon said while catching her breath "I never thought that… these monsters… were that many… and that big."

Link, though feeling tired too, nodded while feeling the same thing "Me neither. But we can't give up. If we fail, all the Gorons could end up dead-"

"And Zelda will be…" Malon spoke, but stopped. Not baring the thought of Zelda becoming a slave of Ganondorf.

"Let's not focus on that," Navi advised while flying out of Link's hat "What matters is that we need to face all these monsters right now."

Then Link got himself thinking, while seeing that the Cavern was in the same bad situation as inside the Deku Tree "If Ganondorf is responsible for all this mess, there's got to be a source to this Dodongo infestation."

Navi nodded once they crossed the bridge. The fairy then reminded herself of something "Wait a minute, I just remembered something about Dodongos!" Link and Malon listened to what Navi had to say "They are somehow telepathically connected to their leader. If the leader dies… so too will the other Dodongos."

Link and Malon had a feeling that there was a bigger monster around, surpassing all. But reminding how well they've performed against the large spider in the Deku Tree, Link and Malon were sure that they could defeat this monster too.

Along the way, they were stopped by more Baby Dodongos or booby traps, but were able to avoid them and kill the monsters.

Then Link and Malon entered another room, filled with lava and large platforms while iron bars fell on the door behind them!

Then… two more Lizalfos' appeared, screeching while drawing their swords!

"Oh no, not these guys again!" Link annoyingly called while drawing his sword. This time, he and Malon were ready for face another pair of armed Lizard people.

The battle was intense, with Link and Malon using their shields to deflect the Lizalfos' attacks and manage to hit them several times. But suddenly, Link got hit in the chest and fell backwards!

"LINK!" Malon screamed in horror. While avoiding the other Lizalfos, Malon jumped to aid her brother. She deflected the Lizard's attack with her own sword and with a powerful spin attack, she sliced its jaw off and stabbed in its heart, killing it!

Malon then faced the final Lizalfos. She charged at it, while the armed lizard did too. Both attacked simultaneously, with Malon being cut in the cheek, but the Lizalfos…

It froze for a moment… as it dropped its sword in shock… and then fell dead while its decapitated head rolled down into the lava.

Navi flew in panic around Link, while Malon ran to Link and held him, while he was bleeding from his chest "Link! Just hang on!" their fairy guide said.

He grunted in pain, as the Lizalfos had hit him hard.

Malon felt hopeless as tears formed in her eyes "No, please please please, don't die on me now Link!"

Suddenly, Navi realized that Link had the red potion from Amanda in his bag "Malon! The red potion! Quickly!"

Malon nodded and quickly searched his bag and took the bottle with red potion. She carefully removed the cover and held Link's head so he could drink it "Here… take this…!"

The potion tasted awful, but Link swallowed it anyway. Within ten seconds, his wounds were healing. Link wasn't bleeding anymore, but where he was hit still hurts. As Malon helped Link to get back on his feet, he smiled at Malon "Thank you, Malon."

She smiled back but shook her head "I think it's Amanda we should be thankful to."

Link gave a nod "You're right. But still… I'm really thankful that you're here… with me…" Link then planted a kiss on her left cheek.

Malon was surprised when Link out of nowhere kissed her on the cheek. She stood there for a moment, frozen.

Link raised an eyebrow at her "Uhh… Malon…? You alright?"

Malon twinkled with her eyes as she looked at Link. She gave a small nod "Ehh… yeah, I'm okay. But… why did you…?"

Link gave a shrug "Well, you give kisses me on the cheek so many times. I thought I wanted to give you one in return."

Navi shook her head, though she did smile at them. she then said "Looks like the iron bars have been lifted. We should get going."

While the both of them walked to the door, following Navi, Malon was blushing really deep, thinking about the kiss that Link gave to her. She gave a small smile while looking down, thinking 'So… this is how it feels when a boy kisses back? I… I really like it. Ooohh Link…'

She was so into her thoughts, that she hadn't noticed how Link got rid of all the small firing obstacles and they made it to the other room.

Both found a large chest, standing on a platform. Link checked it and found a Bomb bag, filled with 20 bombs. He smiled as he showed it to Malon "These will come in handy."

As soon as they exited the room, they got back into the main room, close to the rock structure. In front of them stood a yellow switch. Once Malon stood on it, it made one of the smaller platforms to rise till the second level. Now they had an easier way to get up or down.

Link then noticed a stone with some carvings. Both of them and Navi checked it and read "Giant dead Dodongo… when it sees read, a new way to go will be open."

"What could this mean?" Malon asked.

Link shrugged as he too had no idea.

Navi however checked the rock structure of the Dodongo's head. She thought about the bombs that Link and Malon found. She flew back at them and suggested "What if… you guys try to drop bombs into the rock heads eyes?"

Seeing it was worth a shot, Link and Malon walked over to the wooden bridge, going over the rock structure. Link gave one bomb to Malon, while he too took one. As they ignited their bombs, both dropped theirs in each eye hole of the rock structure. When the bombs exploded, the eyes of the Dodongo's head glowed red, making its mouth to open slowly, revealing a door at its throat.

"Hey! It worked!" Link said happy.

Malon nodded "Yeah. Let's get down there."

Both him and Link used the raising small platform to get down safely. Link immediately used one of his bombs to destroy the Beamos.

Link and Malon then entered a place where the door to the right was blocked with iron bars and two Fire Keese's flew around. After dealing with these bats, Malon checked the small opening in the middle of the room, showing a blue switch below and then looked to the front way that was too high to climb, seeing a block that could be moved "You see that block over there, Link?" she asked while pointing to their front. Link nodded while Malon suggested "If we could move that block to the blue switch, it might open the door for us."

Link nodded while taking out the map "Looks like we can reach it by going around if we take the way to our right."

The two little heroes went to their right direction. Along the way, they encountered more Fire Keese's, several baby Dodongo's and one adult Dodongo. After getting rid of them, they reached where the block was standing. Once they pushed it forward and dropping it down, they moved the block towards the small opening with the blue switch. After dropping the block on it, the iron bars on the door raised.

"You think the leader is in there?" Malon asked with some fear "The Dodongo Leader?"

Link gave a nod "Maybe." he then took her hand and softly rubbed it. Both looked into each other's eyes for a moment, before giving a nod.

"Together." both said before entering the door.

The room they entered was smaller then they'd expected "Huh? Where is the Dodongo leader?" Link asked confused.

Navi looked around, while Malon found a small chest in front of them, revealing a few more bombs.

Once Malon handed the bombs over to Link so he could carry them in his Bomb Bag, Navi noticed something weird about the floor "Hey, look at his. There are cracks in here."

Link walked on it, stamping on it "It's hallow. Wait a minute…" He then took out a bomb, ignited it and placed it on the floor. As he and Malon took their distance, the explosion of the bomb revealed an opening, leading down.

Link and Malon checked it. It was dark, too dark to see anything. Navi glow her light brighter for them to see. Link took a better look "It looks like the tunnel is bend to the other way. Maybe it's-"

But suddenly, Link and Malon heard cracks "What was that?" Malon asked worriedly.

They heard more cracks.

Navi's eyes went wide when she realized the floor was coming down "LINK! MALON! LOOK OUT!"

But it was too late! The floor collapsed on itself, sending Link and Malon down into the hole!

The two little heroes slide down the hole, going one way to the other, until there was some red glowing light at the end of it.

Link fell on the ground first, followed by Malon who fell near him and some debris fell on them. Navi flew after them ever since they fell into the hole. She was worried, but seeing Link and Malon were alright, she sighed in relief.

Both grunted while standing up "Are you okay?" Malon asked.

Link nodded while clearing some debris of him "Yeah. But, where are we?" Link noticed that they were in some kind of room with a large lava pool in the middle. Navi was having a bad feeling about this

Then, Malon's eyes went wide as she saw something large behind them. She gasped "Link!"

Link turned, seeing what was behind them.

The large lizard creature made loud stumps on his four feet as it approached the children. It roared loudly!

INFERNAL DINOSAUR

KING DODONGO

"Link… I think we just found the leader of the Dodongos!" Malon said scared, seeing the monster's size. But then she changed back into her battle mode and draw her sword, same as Link who was more then ready to face this monster.

As King Dodongo stamped slowly to the children, Link and Malon tried to hit him with their swords, but it didn't harmed him.

Navi called out "Link! Malon! Don't! His skin is as tough as iron!"

"Well, how DO we kill it, Navi!?" Link demanded as he and Malon took their distance from the giant lizard.

Suddenly, King Dodogno opened his mouth, as if he was inhaling large amounts of air.

Navi warned them "He's gonna breath out fire! We got to hide!"

Link and Malon were this close to look for cover, but suddenly Link realized what he could do and grabbed one of his bombs, ignited it and threw it fast into King Dodongo's mouth! the giant lizard looked surprised as he swallowed the bomb… then exploded in his body, making King Dodongo screech in pain and collapsed on the floor!

Though Navi was proud at Link for thinking fast, she sensed that the giant lizard was weakened and quickly called "He's weakened! Use your swords! HURRY!"

With their swords in hand, Link and Malon hit King Dodongo hard in his head, making it screech in pain.

It then frowned in anger and curled into a ball, rolling right towards Link and Malon!

"LOOK OUT!" Navi yelled.

While both moved out of the way, Link stood close to the lava, nearly burning himself as King Dodongo rolled passed by him "Ah! That's hot!"

But Malon covering to a wall as King Dodongo rolled passed her and hitting her at the back, making her scream in pain!

Link looked horrified as Malon collapsed "Malon! No!"

While King Dodongo rolled further away, Link came to Malon's aid. Luckily, she wasn't that injured and managed to get back on her feet.

"Malon! Are you alright?!" Link asked very worriedly that she was wounded.

Malon nodded "Uh-huh. My shield… took most of the damage." she answered while pointing to her shield on her back.

Link was relieved, but they still had to deal with King Dodongo, who came to a stop and turned itself, facing the two little heroes again. Both ran towards it.

Link repeated the same tactic as King Dodongo was about to inhale for another fire blast, but got another bomb in his mouth, making it collapse, so Link and Malon hit it again in his head!

As King Dodongo curled into a ball again, Link moved with Malon close to the lava till the giant lizard had rolled passed them.

When the monster came to a stop and tried the same thing a third time, Link threw another bomb in his mouth. In the moment that King Dodongo was weak, both Link and Malon charged at the monster with a simultaneous jump attack, hitting it so hard on his head that it created a wound on his head, making huge amounts of green blood flowing out of it!

King Dodongo screeched in agony, but it slowly died out. With its last strength it curled into a ball again, hoping to crush the two children before it would die, but he missed them by a few feet and then… accidentally rolled into the lava pool.

King Dodongo screeched in more agony as the lava burned it alive. Then, huge amounts of black smoke came from its mouth, going up the air. Both Link and Malon could hear more screeching agony coming out of the entire cavern, as if all the Dodongos slowly died.

When King Dodongo was dead, the lava pool turned into normal stone. Link and Malon had done it. They had killed all the monsters in the cavern.

Both children hugged in victory. "We did it, Malon!" Link said.

Malon nodded, but then glanced at Navi "And you too, Navi. You did amazingly about warning us for that monster."

Navi blushed while saying modestly "Oh please, if it wasn't for you Link, then you both would be…," she then stopped "…Uhh. Best not talk about that."

Link and Malon laughed.

Then, in the middle of the cooled down lava pool, the same ring of blue light formed like when they'd faced Gohma back in the Deku Tree. Both walked into the blue light hand in hand. As the blue light shined more, the children floated up and the energy healed all their wounds.

The ray of light brought Link and Malon back in front of the entrance of Dodongo's Cavern. They then heard something behind them, seeing something big falling near them! Both dived away. But they were relieved that it was Darunia.

Link and Malon stood up and met with the Goron Leader, who was beyond happiness "Well done, you two! Thanks to you, we can once again eat the delicious rocks from the Dodongo's Cavern until our stomachs burst!" suddenly, Darunia gave them both a tight hug. It was so tight, that Link and Malon could barely breath.

"Uh… Darunia…? We can't… breath…!" Malon pleaded as if they could hear their bones crack.

Darunia immediately let them go "Oh! Sorry."

Both Link and Malon gasped for air, but then smiled at Darunia, who was still beyond happiness and pounded his chest "Hahahahaha! What a wild adventure! It will make an incredible story… I can't believe that the Dodongos suddenly appeared in such great numbers!"

Then Darunia frowned, knowing how this problem had started "And that big rock blocking the cave… all this trouble must have been caused by that Gerudo thief, Ganondorf! He wanted to blackmail me as he said 'Give me the Spiritual Stone! Only then will I open the cave for you!'. I refused, and he let us rot."

Link and Malon both frowned, knowing well that this could only be Ganondorf's work. Both were eager to stop him before he could get to the Triforce. Link confidently said to Darunia "Don't you worry, Darunia. Ganondorf will not get away with what he has done."

Malon nodded, joining Link "Yeah! We'll show him what will happen if you harm innocent people!"

Darunia was glad to hear that "Thank you, Link and Malon. Your sacrifice to safe my people will not be forgotten. How about you and I become Sworn Brothers and Sworn Sister?!" he asked.

For a moment, Link didn't understand what Darunia meant by that. Malon had noticed and explained to Link while whispering "It means he'll be a big friend of ours."

Link now understood and nodded to Darunia "That'll be great, Darunia. But… does that mean we have some sort of ceremony or something?" Link asked.

Darunia laughed "Hahahahaha! No, there's no ceremony involved, kid. Oh, that's right! I nearly forgot to reward you two!"

Darunia raised his hands and then shined some small shining red light. When it died out, he revealed the Goron's hidden treasure. The Spiritual Stone of Fire: Goron's Ruby.

Slowly, it floated into Link's hands. Both him and Malon were for a moment amazed by the red-golden stone.

Link then gave a smile to Darunia "Thank you… brother." And placed the Spiritual Stone in his magic bag. Darunia smiled back at Link for calling him 'brother'.

Navi nodded "Great job. Now we have only one more Spiritual Stone to find!"

Malon nodded, while she worriedly said "…And two more days…"

Link agreed with them.

Darunia then suggested "Brother! Sister! You'll keep brushing up on you skills as you travel, won't you?" Link and Malon nodded "You should go see the Great Fairy on top of Death Mountain! She will power you two up!"

Link and Malon glanced at each other for a moment, thinking that that won't be such a bad idea.

Navi too thought that that would be a good idea "I think it's a good idea. The Great Fairies of Hyrule can grant someone close to the Royal Family great powers in time of trouble."

Link and Malon said their goodbyes to Darunia "Thank you for the advice, Darunia. Good bye!" Link called as both him and Malon waved to Darunia.

The Goron leader waved back "Good-bye, brother and sister! Good luck!" then he called to the Gorons nearby "Hey, everybody! The cavern is safe! You can all come for red rocks!"

Without any hesitation, dozens of Gorons rolled down the mountain trail and rolled into the cavern "Oh, finally! I'm starving!" one called as he ran inside the cave.

Along the way up Death Mountain, Link and Malon were greeted by a few Gorons, who were so thankful for risking their lives to safe them. Link and Malon were just glad that they were successful of saving the Gorons.

However, as they climbed further up the volcano, the mountain rumbled from time to time, sending fire boulders all around it! Luckily for Link and Malon, their Hylian and Sheikah shields protected them from the heavy firing debris.

After hours, as nightfall came in, both climbed up the wall to the top of the mountain. Link had cleared out three Skulwalltulas with his Fairy Slingshot, taking some rupees from the dead creatures.

Both then spotted a doorway into the mountain. Link and Malon were tired, but were relieved of finally gaining some progress.

Then, they met a familiar friendly big owl, who was sitting on a sign "Link. Malon. You've done well to come all the way up here. Hoot hoot!"

Link and Malon friendly greeted their owl friend "Hello Gaebora." Malon said friendly.

The big owl then explained "This is the summit of the sacred Death Mountain," the big owl explained "It is said that the clouds surrounding this peak reflect the condition of Death Mountain. When they look normal, it is at peace. Climbing all the way up here just proves how smart you two are! I want to see you make another smart move…. The Great Fairy lives on this mountaintop, and she will give you both a new skill. She is the leader of the fairies, you know. Hoo! I will perch here and wait for you two. When you're ready to go back down, I can help you."

Link and Malon nodded to the big owl. Both were first thinking of taking the doorway into the volcano, but then they noticed something to the left of it. It looked like something that was covering a different doorway. Link used one of his bombs to open it, revealing indeed a different, smaller doorway. Link and Malon decided to check that one out first.

When they entered, they found themselves into a room where on every wall was flowing fresh sparkling water. Navi flew out of Link's hat and told "This is it! This is the Great Fairy Fountain!"

"It's beautiful." Malon said.

"It sure is, Malon." Link said back.

He then saw another Triforce mark, in front of the fountain. He then figured that to summon the Great Fairy, he needed to proof their connection to the Royal Family. He took out his ocarina and played Zelda's Lullaby.

Then, they heard a women giggling and then laughing as in the fountain came forth a women with long red hair and was wearing nothing but a dress with large leaves. It floated over the fountain as she glanced at Link and Malon, who were both amazed by the women's beauty.

The women gave a sweet smile and said "Welcome, Link and Malon! I am the Great Fairy of Power! I'm going to grant you both a sword technique. Receive it now!"

The Great Fairy then blew a kiss and out of her mouth came sparkling energy, that surrounded both Link and Malon. Both felt strange, but then… it felt incredible!

"Wow! This is amazing!" Link said of the power that flowed in him now.

"Is this… true magic?" Malon wandered while she smiled.

The Great Fairy nodded "You both can now perform the magical spin attack. When you charge power for a Spin Attack, some of your magic power will be consumed, so pay attention to how much you use!"

Link and Malon nodded, but both still didn't understand how to use this magic. So Malon asked "But, Great Fairy? How can we use our magic to perform this… Spin Attack?"

Again, the Great Fairy smiled and answered "You must search deep within yourselves. Gather all the courage and strength you have and unleash it on your enemies."

It didn't made much sense to both Link and Malon, but nodded anyway "Thank you, Great Fairy." Link thanked her.

The Great Fairy nodded "You're welcome. Hey, you both are messengers of the Royal Family, right? Next time when you're in their neighborhood, you should drop in on a friend of mine who lives by Hyrule Castle. She'll surely grant you another new power!"

Malon gave a nod "We'll remember it. Thanks again."

"No problem, Malon. When battle has made you weary, please come back to see me."

Then, the Great Fairy disappeared into the fountain.

Once Link and Malon had exited the Great Fairy Fountain, they were called by Kaepora Gaebora "Hoo hoot! Well, it looks like you two have grown up a little from the Great Fairy's power… But you both still don't really look like the heroes who will save Hyrule. At least not yet!" Link and Malon didn't understood what Gaebora meant by that. The big owl just smiled "Do not worry, children. You'll find it out sooner or later. Now, I can lend you a wing. Come here and grab my talons! And hold on tight! Hoo hooooooot!"

As the big owl spread its wings and flew a bit up, Link and Malon held on tight to its Talons.

The big owl dived down fast, making Malon scream as they went so fast, but Link cheered as he loved this. Malon was scared for a moment, but slowly… she loved this moment too as Gaebora flew again high up and slowly flew down towards Kakariko Village.

When the big owl landed on the ground, Link and Malon let go of Gaebora's talons. The two little heroes panted of all the excitement "Wow. That was fun!" Link said.

Malon agreed with him.

The big owl then flapped his wings and flew off again.

Link and Malon were tired. But seeing that everybody was already asleep, they couldn't go to the Carpenters residence "(Sigh) I guess going to Mrs. Carpenter isn't an option right now, huh?" Malon asked.

Link shook his head. Then he remembered Dampé the gravekeeper "Hey! We could go to Dampé? I'm sure he'll let us stay for the night and has maybe some food?"

Malon agreed to that "Okay. Let's go and see him."

And both made their way towards the graveyard, hoping to find a place for the night at Dampé's hut.

Along the way, Link suggested "Okay, but once it's morning we'll leave to find the final Spiritual Stone."

"Okay," Malon said while nodding, but then she wandered "But… where is the third one actually?".

Navi flew out of Link's hat and stated "I maybe know! The Deku Tree once told me that King Zora has the Spiritual Stone of Water."

"Zora?" Malon asked. Both her and Link glanced at each other "They live in Zora's Domain."

Link nodded before they continued heading towards the Graveyard "Then Zora's Domain is where we're going next!"

A/N: Well, that's it for the sixth chapter of this story! Link and Malon have slain all the monsters in Dodongo's Cavern and not only have the second Spiritual Stone, but also have magic power from the Great Fairy.

As you might guess, the next chapter will involve with Link and Malon going to Zora's Domain, not only to find the final Stone, but also safe another princes, who is more of a… wild girl.

Anyway, before I'm getting into that, I'm going to write a few other chapters, including a new one coming up soon. When I'm gonna start the seventh chapter of this story, I'll let you all know.

See you then!