The two traveled through Hyrule field for almost an entire day's time, talking very little about anything except the things they saw in the field. They finally arrived as the sun was beginning to set on Kakariko. Link had spent a lot of time in Kakariko before, so it was hardly a spectacle to him anymore. However, to Sora, it seemed to be something incredible. "Wow… it's beautiful here…" He said with a grin, looking at the way the fading sunlight hit the tremendous windmill in the distance. He grinned and sank his hands behind his head and began to hum a peaceful tune. Link started to walk into the village, listening to Sora.
"Why are you humming?" Link asked.
Sora stopped. "I dunno. I like doing that sometimes. I'll stop now if it's annoying you."
Link shrugged. "It isn't. I was just curious. I was just curious if the song you were humming did something or… never mind."
Sora cocked his head slightly. "What do you mean?"
"Well, there are some songs that have mysterious powers and abilities that are imbedded into their melodies. It's one form of magic."
"You're kidding, right?"
"Not a bit." He reached into his pocket and pulled out his blue Ocarina. "I've spent quite a bit of time learning them."
"What's that, a flute?" Sora asked, putting out his hand, expecting Link to let him examine it in his hand. Link kept it to himself, to Sora's slight disappointment.
"An ocarina, actually." Link explained. "And… I need to hold on to this. Sorry. It's sort of special."
"Oh. Special how?"
Link looked at the instrument in his hand and took a breath. "Well… it's got a certain special power that I don't really understand completely. The power of time…" He looked back to Sora, who was staring curiously. "I don't know exactly what all that entails, but I do know that it's helped me do a bit of time travel."
"Really? That's so cool!"
Link sighed in response to that. "Well… not as much as it sounds. I missed a lot of things- lost a lot of people that I knew… they were worried about me in the time that I missed, and I was nowhere to be found." He moved his thumb across the ocarina. "Anymore, I'm just holding on to this because it was trusted to me by a friend of mine… I promised her I'd hold on to it. So I have. And I will. And I'll never let it go."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I've I had known, I wouldn't have asked to see it."
Link smirked a little. "It's okay. You still are pretty strange to me, in fairness."
"Sorry." Sora shrugged. "I thought it would be better to just be myself."
"Eh. I like it." He pat Sora on the shoulder. "Come on, like you said, let's get a cold drink."
There was a brick house that Link guided Sora to, where they sat at a bar, and were soon served two large mugs full of milk. Link wondered for a moment how Sora would react to it, but he seemed absolutely delighted.
"This village, man. It's so cool!" Sora said, taking a large gulp of his glass.
"Yeah. It was founded by these people- the Sheikah, who serve the royal family. Interesting folk. They're people of shadow."
"Like Ganon?"
"No. Ganon's a Gerudo. A tribe of thieves, made up of women, except for once, every hundred years, a boy is born to become their king."
Sora nodded. "Right. Man, this place has so much going on."
Link laughed a little, but said nothing else. He was tired. Sora seemed to be able to tell, so he let the moment be quiet. The night fell soon, while they had their short break. It was pretty nice, Link decided. He needed a break. It was good that Sora was there to make him do it. Navi wouldn't have. Link probably would have just kept running, and his mind would have continued to eat at him. The two soon left the bar, taking up their things as they stepped outside.
"So where are we going to sleep?" Sora asked, yawning.
"Outside."
Sora grinned. "Awesome."
They walked down a staircase to a grassy field, where several small trees stood between the houses. Link laid down by a tree and Sora sat down next to him. "Under the stars. This is just great." Sora commented.
"Yeah. It's pretty nice." Link said, as Sora got to his back.
"Even the stars look unfamiliar." He muttered. "Goodnight."
"Hey, thanks for hanging by me. Having a friend here helps. A lot."
"What about me?" Navi asked.
"Another friend." Link said. "You know what I mean."
"Right. Goodnight." Navi said, flying into Link's hat.
/o\\\\\\\\\\\\
The sun rose on Kakariko, and Link felt morning dew against his fingers as he sat up and yawned, causing a reaction from the brown haired boy next to him. In time, the two were up and moving about the village. After finding a cheap breakfast, they stood at the foot of the mountain that stood behind Kakariko.
"This is Death Mountain, if you didn't know."
"Ominous." Sora commented, with a smirk.
"Yeah. Pretty much. There's a tribe that lives up at the top of the mountains. Rock people. They're called Gorons. They've been rendered pretty helpless right now. Apparently because of a dragon that Ganon raised from the dead."
"Dragons." Sora repeated, with a smirk. "Dragons raised from the dead. Man, this place just keeps getting neater and neater!"
Link rolled his eyes at the other boy. "Sorry if I don't share your enthusiasm."
With that, the two started upward. It was a long trek up the mountain, but they made it finally to the mouth of the mountain, from which hot smoke seeped forth. "I forgot. This is going to be really hot." Link said, taking off his green tunic, and replacing it with a red one, actually impressively fast. "You'll probably need to get some heat resistant clothes."
Sora shrugged. "You know, I think I'll be fine."
"Alright. Just let me know if you can't take it and need to go. This isn't a question of toughness, it's just… well, we're going to a volcano."
Sora nodded. "Yep."
Link started cautiously inside, and Sora followed carelessly as ever. Even with his tunic, it was incredibly hot inside, bordering the line between bearable and not. However, Sora seemed fine, much to Link's surprise. After frequently checking Sora, who seemed to not even be sweating, he decided it would just have to be one of those moments to look past and not question too much. Sora was too helpful and too friendly to push away for something that was, yes, strange- but ultimately a good thing.
They came to a bridge, which was broken. Link used his hookshot to traverse, and Sora made it in a single bound, which still confused Link to no end. He was standing only feet above such high temperatures, and was still smiling, as if the temperature was perfect.
"Link!" A voice suddenly filled the area. Link looked up, and Sora with him, to see a figure, wrapped in cloths, showing only a few strands of golden blonde hair, and a big red eye. The figure leapt from their perch, and landed in front of Link.
"Sheik?" Link asked.
With a glance up to Link, Sheik stood straight. "It is something that grows over time... a true friendship." Sheik started walking forward. "A feeling in the heart that becomes stronger over time... The passion of friendship will soon blossom into a righteous power and through it, you will know which way to go..." Sheik reached behind and pulled out a small harp. "This song is dedicated to the power of the heart... Listen to the Bolero of Fire..."
Link readied his ocarina, and listened, and learned, as the song flowed into his mind. It had hotness to it, a deep feeling of unbreakable bonds. He felt that as his fingers moved about the ocarina. Soon, the song had ended, and Sheik and Link stared at each other.
"That song was pretty awesome." Sora said, nodding his head approvingly.
Sheik looked behind Link, to the boy who had spoken. The eye behind the cloth widened somewhat at Sora, who must have been completely unnoticed until then. "Who… are you?"
"Oh, I'm just a friend of Link's. I'm guessing you're the same-" Sora was suddenly cut off by Sheik standing only inches from his face. "Whoa… buddy…"
"You… you're…" Sheik placed a hand on Sora's chest. Sora could feel Sheik's breathing still. "Your heart… it's so much older than your body…"
"What?" Sora took a step back, a bit uncomfortable for the first time that Link had known him.
"Your eyes, I see the youth." Sheik went on. "Your body appears only to be just recently leaving adolescence, but your heart… it's so much older. So many connections, lives- your heart…" Sheik grabbed Sora's arm.
Suddenly, Sora cringed, as Sheik's hand glowed. "Ah! Whoa-" Suddenly, Sora's keyblade appeared in his hand.
Sheik backed suddenly, as if surprised. "I knew it."
"What?" Sora asked.
"I should have known… so many things coming at once. I should have known that you would too."
Sora looked puzzled. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Sheik took a long look at Sora, as if deciding whether or not he was sincere.
"Link, be weary. The appearance of this boy means much more is going on than we know. Ganon may not be the worst fear. Until we know for sure, keep him close."
Link looked at Sora, then back to Sheik, realizing a horrible implication. There was nothing worse than Ganon. How could anything be worse? "Sheik, I-" Suddenly, a wall of flames formed between them, and Sheik backed away. When the wall died away, Sheik was gone.
It became awfully quiet between Sora and Link. Link looked at Sora. "What was that about?"
"I dunno." Sora shrugged. "You tell me. Who was that guy?"
Link took a breath. "Just a mysterious guy that I met not long ago. He's been helpful. He knows my situation and wants to help. I just wanted to know why he seemed to be afraid of you."
Sora shrugged again. "Man, that kinda sucks. I don't want anyone to be afraid of me."
"Has this ever happened before?"
"Um… well, I think once…"
"What's there to be scared of?"
"I don't know. I'm- I mean, I'm pretty strong- to ends that even I don't completely know. But still, I feel like if my intentions are good, they shouldn't be scared… right?"
Link sighed. The moment was becoming far too strange and he was just getting more confused. "Look, we should go ahead and go into the temple." He decided.
There was a huge ladder that the two started to climb down into a pit, which Navi assured was the way.
"So… you do believe me, right?" Sora said, as they made it to the bottom and started to walk toward the temple.
"About what?"
"My intentions… in that… you know, I just want to help. I don't want people to be scared of me. And… I don't want you to think I'm hiding anything from you."
"But aren't you?" Link asked, not mad, but genuinely curious. "I mean, it seems like you dance around the point sometimes when I ask you things- like something's holding you back from telling me certain information about you."
Sora unhappily looked to the side. "Well… I do have rules… You know what, forget those rules! If you're going to be open with me, I want to be open with you. No more cryptic, no more dancing around the point. From now on, I'm an open book."
"Okay." Link smiled. "And… yeah, I know your intentions are pure enough. I mean, if I thought Ganon had sent you to kill me, then I probably wouldn't have slept near you like last night. You would have killed me in my sleep."
"I don't know if I should smile at that." Sora said, blank faced. "So I won't. I just don't like to think about that sort of thing."
"Okay. Come on. I need to find an old friend of mine." Link waved him to follow.
Link and Sora started up some stairs, slowly. Link looked left, and Sora looked right. "Here, this door's unlocked." Link said, starting to his left.
Suddenly, there was a piercing shrill noise from above. "Link- look out!" He heard Sora shout.
"Huh?" He ducked, then looked up, seeing some sort of energy flying from Sora's hand, taking over a fire ridden Keese. Suddenly, the bat fell from the sky above Link, next to him completely frozen in ice, and harmless to anyone. Link looked over to Sora, raising an eyebrow.
Sora stared back blankly.
Link suddenly smiled. "Nice."
Sora smiled back. "Blizzard magic."
"You'll have to teach me that one."
Link opened the door ahead, and the two walked into the room ahead. It was a room with a remarkably high ceiling, platforms above lava filled pits, and a figure facing the huge door with golden chains and locks, much like the one that had opened the way to Phantom Ganon. The man was huge, with a back so rough that it looked made of stone. He turned back at hearing the noise and looked at Link.
"Link." He said, in surprise. "Is that you, brother?"
"Darunia!" Link called.
"It is you." Darunia looked as though he couldn't help himself but to smile. "It's been many years, and your body shows it, doesn't it? You've gotten much bigger. Stronger too. If now were a better time, I would like to spend some time catching up, but right now, there are more important things at hand. Ganon has revived an ancient dragon, which feeds on Gorons, and it has been terrorizing my people. It's taken several of them captive and our tribe is staring in the face of extinction. I have no choice, as the leader of the Gorons to face the dragon now. Tales told of the one who sealed the dragon in ancient times using a tremendous weapon of brute strength and power to slay it that is somewhere in this temple. Unfortunately, I have had no time to search. I will go face the dragon now, in hopes that I may save my people from onslaught, or if nothing else. Link, I very well may fail, but the time I buy fighting will be enough for you to get that weapon and come back to finish the job. But let thoughts about me be second priority. Please, rescue my people from this dungeon, and should you find the weapon, come back here and be sure that the job is finished when you're sure that they're all free."
Link nodded in affirmation. "I understand brother."
"And what do you say to that?" Darunia asked Sora. "Though I can't yet call you brother, I feel that you are worthy of my trust."
Sora gave a thumbs-up, with his hand on his hip. "We'll do it! Don't worry about your people, sir! We'll save them all from this place."
Darunia nodded. "Good luck. Thank you." He turned and went into the dungeon.
The door closed behind the Goron, filling the room with a loud noise of the dungeon door closing.
With that, Link sighed. "Man…" He muttered.
"You okay?"
"Sora, he basically just told us he was going to his death…"
Sora was silent for a moment, then pat Link on the shoulder. "Yeah. But we couldn't stop him. I think the last thing he wanted was for us to be depressed about it. Let's honor his wish and help out his people." Sora's eyes moved to the area to the left of the door that Darunia had gone through.
"Look, there's a cell right there!" Navi flew over to their left.
Link's vision followed his fairy over at the cell, then he turned back to Sora. Sora nodded, and together, the two jumped across the platforms before them, finding their landing in front of the cell. A Goron inside was laying down, curled up. "Hm…" Link muttered, examining the cell door. "Locked…" He smirked at Sora. "But that's not much of a problem, is it?"
Sora grinned back, holding his hand in the air, as his key materialized. He pointed it at the gate, which suddenly lit up brightly, then returned to normal as shimmers of light fell to the ground from it.
Link once again, smirked, impressed with Sora's ability. He grabbed the gate and pushed it aside. He walked in and tapped the Goron on the back. Suddenly, it sprung up and looked at Link with a confused glance. "Are you letting me go? Am I free?"
"Yeah." Link agreed. "Go back to Goron City."
"Wow! Thanks!" He stood and walked away.
After he was gone, Link looked at Sora. "Well… let's go find the rest."
Sora gave a thumbs-up as they started to cross back toward the front door.
"So, Sora, it's really hot in here." Navi looked to Sora. "How are you standing it?"
"I think it's my magic." Sora shrugged. "Something about not being easily effected by harsh environments. I'm actually probably the most adaptable person you've ever met, and it's the magic in my body that does it."
Link nodded. "Alright. Magic's great, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it really is!" Sora agreed, walking to the door on the other side.
They opened it, revealing a room with a simple wooden bridge overhanging a pit of open lava. Several platforms offered ways to rooms on the side. "Might be some Gorons in those."
Sora nodded in agreement. "I'll take one, you take the other?"
Link agreed.
Jumping from platform to platform, Link eventually found his way to the door. Inside, there wasn't much to find. A gold Skulltula and a Like-Like. Link was sure to keep his distance destroying both of them. No Gorons, though.
Sora however was led to a dungeon with a cowering Goron inside. "G-go away dragon! Don't eat me-"
"Not a dragon." Sora tapped on the bars of the cell with his keyblade, making it release and move.
The Goron uncurled from its position. "So- I can leave?"
"Yeah! Go back to Goron City."
"I… I will. Thank you."
Sora and Link met up at the locked door at the side they hadn't explored in the room that they had split up in. Sora casually tapped the door and the lock fell away. "Any Gorons?" Sora asked.
"No. Did you find one?"
"Yeah."
"Well… progress, right?"
Slowly and carefully, they made their way through the temple, sure to rescue any Gorons. They checked every corner, every twist and turn, and every encountered room to be sure. "It's been a climb, do you realize?" Navi asked, as they moved up somehow even further. "I have no doubt that we're well above the mountain's top. Which is strange, because I don't remember seeing a structure."
"Maybe it's bigger on the inside?" Link shrugged.
"Sounds pretty impossible." Sora said, climbing another ledge.
Link smirked. "Then again, you're a mysterious magic wanderer with a key that only you can hold that opens any lock."
"What's your point?"
"If this really was bigger on the inside, that wouldn't be the strangest thing ever."
Sora laughed. "True. So what does this switch do?" Sora asked, tapping a floor switch. He pressed it down with his foot and looked around the room. Looking around, there was a circular structure, which had a narrow path that led to a fire-surrounded chest. At tapping the chest, the fire died. "Oh, okay." Sora nodded. Then, the fire rose again, almost instantly. "Okay, not okay."
"That's awfully quick."
Sora nodded in agreement. "Luckily, we're two people."
"Right." Link agreed. "I'll go over there, and you stand on the switch."
"Aye-aye."
Their plan set, it worked perfectly. Link opened the chest and retrieved a massive hammer, shimmering with steel on the top, embedded with the mark of the Gorons. He carried it back to Sora, carefully, two handed as it was fairly heavy. "Big ol' hammer." Sora grinned.
"Yeah."
"Can I see it?"
"Sure."
Sora took it in a hand and started waving it in the air, like it was nothing. "Man. This thing's big."
Link cocked his head at him, as he knew that the hammer was not exactly light. "Sora… how strong exactly are you?"
"I guess fairly. I think the magic does that too." He handed the hammer back to Link. "I'm guessing that this is the weapon that your friend was talking about. You can go face that dragon and kill it dead for good with this."
"Yeah…" Link agreed.
"And as I see it, we can't really go too much further vertically. This must be the top of the temple." He looked down the ledge. "Whoa! This drops all the way down to the room with the rope bridge!" He pointed. "See? Look, you can even see that place with the narrow walkways."
"Yeah. So, do you think we should jump?"
"I don't know if you'll be able to roll that one out." He looked over to a few cloths that were on a wall.
"I actually… I have a good solution for this one."
"Do you?"
"Yeah. A teleportation spell. Two problems with that though- It only works on me, and it takes out a lot of my magic. I don't much mind that because I don't use magic too often, but you'd still be way up here."
"Go for it. I'll meet you down there."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"Alright…"
In a moment, Link was gone, disappearing in green light with a vocal incantation, leaving Sora alone, standing on the edge of a drop that would travel downward, several thousand feet. He happily sighed, closing his eyes as he put his feet to the edge. He eased his hands into his pockets. For just a moment, he started to think of the times before keyblades and magic and world travel, when he was just a kid who lived on the Destiny Islands. He laughed a little at himself and everything that had happened since then. "I'm on another world, I've made a friend, and I'm helping them through their toughest times…" He opened his eyes. "Man, if you told me back then that one day, I would be standing on the cliff of a volcano, looking down a pit that leads all the way down, hundreds and hundreds of feet, then decide that I should teeter my toes off the edge…" He pushed his toes so they no longer stood on solid ground, but only his heels kept his balance on the edge, "and do this…" He fell forward. "I'd call you crazy." He smirked, letting free-fall overtake his body.
/o\\\\\\\\\\\\
Link appeared at the temples entrance, like he knew the spell would allow him to do, before he took a knee, exhausted by the sudden lack of magic energy in his body. He felt light headed and nearly exhausted. After a breath, he stood up and shook the feeling off as best as he could, knowing that the magic would slowly start to replenish naturally.
Then, there was a creaking noise. Link looked up and to his left, seeing the door open. Sora stepped through, much bit to the confusion of Link.
"Wha…? But- how…?" Link stammered.
"I jumped and glided." He said with a hint of a shrug. "I can do that."
"Glide?"
"Yeah."
Link laughed once. "Should I just assume you can do whatever you want, now that I know you can fly?"
"Not fly. Glide. It's different. Downward motion. It's useful considering how high I can jump, but not so much that it beats out other methods of transportation. You know?"
Link shook his head.
"Well, whatever." Sora clapped his hands, then pointed at a door. "Dragon!"
"Right."
Together, Link and Sora made their way to the door that they had seen Darunia go in by himself, unarmed and unprepared, but with valor and bravery. Sora walked close to the door with his hand extended. Suddenly, a blue barrier stopped his hand from traveling further.
"You can't go in here either, can you?" Link asked.
"I figured this would happen. But you have the hammer. You should be okay." Sora turned to Link. "How's your magic?"
"Sort of low…"
"If you had a percentage?"
"Probably about 20 percent at this point."
Sora nodded. "Here," he put his hand on Link's shoulder and suddenly, Link was startled at the warmth that traveled through his body. He felt the magic in his body running stronger than before. "There's a bit of my magic." Sora took his hand off.
"Man- wow- I feel… so much better than ever! How much magic did you give me?"
"Only a little."
"Man- that was more than a little for me!" He grinned. "Thanks."
Sora nodded. "Hey, kick some ass for me in there, alright?" He pat Link on the shoulder.
"Right."
Sora looked back to the door, and then held up his hand, as the keyblade began to materialize. At its solidification, he pointed it at the door. "Ready?"
"Yeah."
A beam shot forth from his key, and opened the lock on the dungeon's door. The lock fell, along with the chains that kept it shut. Link walked forward and opened the door. "I'll see you outside." The door shut behind him.
Sora breathed a sigh of relief and let his keyblade disappear. He wished again that he could go into the room with Link, but had every bit of faith that Link would be all right. He had proven himself a more than capable fighter. Even so, Sora wished himself by the side of his new friend. He made his way out of the door.
Back in the foyer, Sora started walking down the stairs, toward the entrance of the temple. Link would make his own way out when he was finished.
"What are you doing here?" A voice came from behind.
Sora stopped. He turned slowly to see a barely familiar face. Sheik.
"And who are you?" Sheik asked, forcefully.
Sora smirked back. "Who am I? You're the one in the mask."
Sheik scoffed. "Clever. That key of yours. It marks you as someone with a lot of power. I doubt I have to tell you that."
"No. You don't. I know."
"So you understand why I can't trust you."
Sora blinked a few times. "Not really. Just because I have power doesn't mean I'm using it wrongly. We all have the capacity to do bad things. Most of us don't though."
"I don't understand why you're helping us."
"Who's us? I'm here to help Link. I don't know you."
"I meant all of Hyrule. By helping Link, you're helping the whole world. I just don't understand why you- a being from so far- usually so uninvolved- I don't understand why you're here and willing to help all of the sudden. Where were you for the past seven years when we needed you the most?"
Sora was silent for a moment. "Sheik… what exactly do you think I am?"
After that question, it was Sheik's turn to be quiet.
"I don't know what you think I am, but I'm just a guy here. I want to help Link, because he needs help. I have no ulterior motive. I promise. Link needs help- and I have the ability to help him, and what he's doing is helping people, and I like to help people, and Link's a nice guy going through some tough stuff! He needs a friend, and I wanted to make a friend, so now I'm helping a friend. What do you want from me?"
Sheik continued to stare. "An old legend says that the ones who held the keys were the ones who gave power to the gods, and one day those beings would return to Hyrule in a time of war- to return Hyrule to the dust it rose from."
"And that's what you think I am? That's what you think keybearers are? Gods?"
"The creators and destroyers of the universe." Sheik said back.
Sora didn't know what to say to that. He'd never been thought of as a god before, and it was unnerving. He didn't like it, but saw no way to convince Sheik otherwise. "Yeah, I'm a keybearer, but not all keybearers are bad."
"If you're not here to destroy us, then why are you here? Why did you come here in the first place if not to destroy us?"
Sora took a breath. "I came here to see a new world. I wanted to go to a new place… meet new people… learn what hardships they go through, relate, and build friendships. My power comes from my heart." He pointed to his chest. "Every connection I make builds a tie with a person. Those ties make me stronger-"
"So you're here in search of power."
"No. I'm here in search of people to fight for. People who I know will believe in me, and will give my heart a home should I ever become lost."
Sheik's distrusting stare was cold as ever. "If you just came to make friends, then you picked a hell of a time to do it. Hyrule is at war. I just hope you're on our side."
"I'm on Link's side." Sora clarified. "I'm just here to help him. All I want is a friend here."
"Sorry. Things just aren't that easy. Goodbye, keybearer. I'll be watching you." Sheik raised his hand up and threw something at the Sora's feet. It let out a huge flash and a loud bang. When Sora could see and hear again, Sheik was gone.
Sora sighed in a little frustration before he turned and left the temple. After climbing to the top of the ladder, he waited on the broken bridge, sitting over the pool of boiling tephra below, kicking his feet back and forth, patiently awaiting Link.
A blue light shone above him. Sora looked up to see the blonde, red clad warrior dropping to the ground. He looked around, becoming reoriented, then spotted Sora and started to run over to him.
"Hey." Sora threw a wave over his shoulder.
"Hey, Sora." Link nodded.
"You alright?"
"Yeah… Darunia didn't make it. But he woke as a sage, and he's helping me from the sacred realm. Just like my friend from the forest. He told me to thank you on his behalf."
Sora nodded. "Cool." He stood up.
"What about you? You alright?"
"Me? Yeah! I'm fine." He gave Link a grin. "I just… I ran into Sheik on the way out."
"Sheik is still here?"
"Well- was." Sora told him. "Sheik still doesn't trust me. That kinda sucks… you know?"
"In his fairness, you're really damn strange."
"Okay- but who's being more secretive between us?"
"At this point, probably Sheik." Link gave him that. "But that doesn't mean that I don't trust him too."
"I know. I'm not saying you shouldn't. I just… don't like being not liked."
Link pat him on the shoulder. "Well, I like you."
"Do you trust me?"
Link nodded. "Yeah. Totally. I still don't really understand you. But I know you're trustworthy."
Sora smiled again. "Thanks."
"What do you say we get the hell out of the volcano?"
"Sounds good."
Night had fallen by the time they made it back to Goron City. Link had to deliver the sad news of Darunia's fate to his son. His son understood, and was proud that his father died a hero to the Gorons. They thanked Link as their brother, and named him Link the Dragon Slayer. For the ones that he had freed, Sora was made a brother to the Gorons, and welcomed to the city as a member of the Goron tribe. It was a warm experience for both of them. Even so, exhausted from the temple, they tired of the nonstop jubilation and gathered their belongings and started down the mountain down to Kakariko.
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