Disclaimer: Donotown. And if I did I would have placed a comedy house somewhere in Hyrule Town.

Panicking awfully cause I'm missing a lot of things at college, but… I dunno I'll manage to get through them somehow! Oh, and don't worry, despite me panicking it won't affect the publication of the story! : D

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They ducked as another Goron rolled past them and continued downward, that must have been the twentieth one to try and take them off the track, Tetra sighted in frustration, they would have reached the top by now weren't for the constant attacks and the periodic eruptions which also threatened to end their lives "How much farther?" she asked Link over the roaring sound of the volcano.

"Just a few more steps!" Link yelled back, then moved as fast as he could towards their next shelter and beckoned Tetra to follow him, she nodded and quickly made her way to his side, she looked around, everything seemed to be calming down again.

Tetra looked at the top, in fact they were only a few more steps close to reaching it, and as soon as the volcano calmed completely they dashed towards the entrance to the mines, unfortunately for them they encountered twice the number of Gorons they had dealt with outside, Link could even see a few Gorons whose color had changed to that of a coal dark, eyes shining bright, he placed his hand on his bow, ready to strike if they made a wrong move, but as the Gorons readied to attack a voice echoed.

"Leave them" the voice came from inside the mines, Tetra and Link looked at the source and saw an elder Goron walking towards them "It takes real strength and courage to climb up here, I, Gor Coron recognize your courage" he stood in front of Link, examining him for a second before continuing "But if you want something from here I'm afraid your efforts have been wasted"

Link moved his hand from his bow and back to his side "Is there a creature within the mines that's causing all of this?"

Gor Coron's expression changed slightly to surprise "How do you know about that?"

"We came to help you" said Tetra.

Gor Coron then resumed his dominant stare and shook his head "The mines are sacred to us, we cannot let anyone pass"

Tetra crossed her arms "You rather let this mountain crumble to the ground than accept help? If the mines are as sacred to you as you claim then you're doing a really poor job protecting it" she finished.

Gor Coron looked at her with disbelief, but knowing she was right he turned around "Let them pass", the Gorons guarding the gates moved to the sides, Link and Tetra walked towards the entrance "Hey" Link turned back to look at Gor Coron "Please save our patriarch" he begged.

Link nodded but looked at Coron's eyes more closely, they glowed a blood red color, Link shook his head slightly and looked again, his eyes were back to their original tone, he placed his hand on his head "Maybe I do need to rest..." he shook the thought away and followed Tetra inside the mines.

After getting the key pieces and the blessings from the Goron Elders they made their way to the door, upon entering they found a large coal colored Goron-like creature, the creature's eyes lit up red and flames engulfed his body, pulling the chains that bound it to the walls, it roared as the chains broke, approaching them slowly, "Do you still not see flames?" Link asked Tetra, not taking his eyes from the monster.

Tetra's mouth fell slightly "I see them…" the creature screamed before releasing fire from its entire body, Link rolled and ran to the back of the monster, pulling one of the chains, Tetra caught on to his intentions and helped him pull, the creature stumbled and fell to the ground, Link quickly ran to its head and started slashing at the bright crystal on its head, it roared and stood up pushing Link to the side, he hit the wall hard but regained balance quickly, releasing fire once more, Link ran far from it again and tried his technique once more, it worked like a charm and he slashed away at the crystal, soon after the crystal broke, but the creature remained the same, its eyes then opened and it stood up, Link rolled away and pulled out his bow and an arrow, pointing it at the creature's left eye, he readied his shot.

"LINK!" he suddenly stopped and looked at Tetra, she looked worried "What are you doing!? It's over!"

Link looked back at the creature, and found that the dark color had disappeared, and in place of the creature was a tall Goron, holding his head in confusion "What… Happened?"

Link kept staring and slowly tucked his bow and arrow back into his shield, he looked down, was he about to shoot the Goron in his eyes? He looked at the sphere that approached him and entered his body, what was going on?

The walk out of Kakariko Village was silent and uncomfortable, Tetra kept looking at Link for any sign of his disturbance, Link kept looking at the moving floor as Epona walked, he had been feeling strange ever since he got the first part of Zelda's energy but it hadn't gotten out of hand until they started climbing the mountain, he could be exhausted from all the fighting, but he knew he had no time to be resting, not with Ganondorf out of his eternal prison, he looked at the map once more, there was one last destination he had to check, but decided better to pay a visit to someone first.

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Leaving the horses to rest at the end of the south bridge they walked silently through the castle town until they reached the castle gates, walking slowly inside they climbed the stairs to the throne room, the familiar princess sitting on it, her void expression directed to the broken ceiling, the sky a dark color, she looked to the door as the sound of footsteps approached her, her void expression changed slightly as she saw Link, she stood up "It's you…" she walked a few steps towards him and then stopped, "Why are you here? You should be back at your home, you should know by now what waits for you"

"He is already there, he holds the princess captive"

She frowned slightly "Then what business have you here?"

"Among other things, I wanted to see how you were faring"

The princess looked at him and then returned to her throne "Dark has been slightly lifting from my land, is this your doing?" Link slowly nodded, the princess smiled slightly "I thank you, but do not waste your time here, you should be saving your country"

"I am" he answered her , Tetra looked at them, there was something going on that she didn't quite understand, but nevertheless left them alone to talk.

Link kept looking at the princess, silence taking over the room, he then started to see the room darken, the princess's form started to change, her slim fingers forming into claws and yellow eyes looking back at him in anger, Link tensed and slowly lifted his hand to his sword "Is something wrong?" everything faded back to their original state, Link shook his head slightly and looked again, the room along with the princess had returned to normal, he lowered his hand.

"No, nothing" he looked down "What is happening to me?"

The princess stood once more and approached him, placing her head on his forehead "You look ill" she told him but he shook his head.

"I'm alright" he answered, though he wasn't so sure about it anymore "We must leave, I will return once Ganondorf has been sealed again" he bowed to her.

The princess nodded slowly "Be careful" Link nodded and called for Tetra, quickly leaving the castle towards Lake Hylia.

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"I can't see it" said Tetra as she squinted her eyes towards the water.

Link almost did the same "This is where it's supposed to be, but if we can't see it from here then it must be pretty deep"

Tetra looked around "I guess we swim towards it then" she made a move to dive but Link stopped her.

"I don't think we can… Even if we could hold our breaths for a few minutes we wouldn't even make it half way"

"There is one way you can get there…" Link felt the familiar weight in his shoulders, along with two hands pulling his ears, he looked up "Missed me?" RK grinned.

Link couldn't help but smile slightly "Where have you been?"

RK leaned on his ear "Around" she then tapped his head and placed the Zora mask in front of him "I kept it for you"

Link looked at it with slight disgust "But that will only take one of us down" he looked at Tetra.

RK tapped his head again "You're a hero, you can fend on your own for a while", she let the mask drop in his hands and jumped from his shoulders disappearing out of sight.

Tetra looked around trying to find RK "Who was that?"

"A friend" Link smiled and looked at the mask, as much as he hated the feeling of wearing it he truly didn't have a choice, the blue tunic he had for these situations got damaged beyond repair a long time ago and since he didn't have a need to use it he didn't buy a new one.

"Looks like you're going alone" said Tetra.

Link nodded "I'll be back soon", he slowly approached the mask to his face, screaming as it made contact with his flesh and made it it's own.

Tetra watched the transformation in amazement "You're a Zora!" she admired as the transformation finished, Link looked at her and dove in without a word, swimming skillfully down the entrance to the temple underwater.

Link swam away from the giant fish, the tentacles following his every move until he was out of reach, he approached its eye once more and gave it a shock of electricity, the fish screeched and came out from the ground, following Link at a high speed, Link swam between the pillars of the room trying to slow down the fish but to no avail, it kept destroying them without slowing down, he suddenly stopped and waited for the fish to be within close distance, when the fish had opened its mouth ready to devour him he quickly swam upwards and back, landing on the fish's eye, he plunged his fist into the eye and released as much electricity as his body could let him, the fish moved around trying to shake him off but it was too late, it blindly swam around until it hit the wall, destroying part of it and leaving a hole, Link swam back down to catch his breath letting the sphere catch up to him and enter his chest, suddenly the room went dark once more, he lifted his head and looked around, hundreds of red eyes staring back at him, he started charging electricity, but then more eyes appeared, he started hearing screeches and noises, then suddenly felt something grabbing his limbs, he tried to move, after he found himself trapped he discharged electricity, seeing that it had no effect he tried harder, but the harder he tried, the tighter his bounds became, he grew dizzy and frustrated, he was starting to lose consciousness along with his reason, he struggled further hearing the screeches coming closer, his mind couldn't take it anymore, Link extended his hand as far as he could, hoping to anyone and anything that this wouldn't be his end.

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Author's notes: Holy crap Link is losing it! But wait, is he really? What is happening to our hero? Find out on the next chapter!

Yeah, I've been reduced to making corny announcements of things you already know xD (or are questioning) I'll tell you a little secret behind these future chapters:

My first plan of action was to get as far as We Can Be Heroes and then write some finishing chapters, but I felt that I was lacking interest in the story, so I decided to extend it a bit more and what turned out from that is very good! So I'm happy I postponed the ending for later : D, enjoy! It's only gonna get interesting!

Amanita Virosa-Amaranthus-: That Goron-on-fire bit will become clearer in later chapters of the story (unless it's clear now) And yeah! Where the heck does he keep all of that stuff!? In Twilight Princess I was amazed that he had one pocket to fit all in! Mary Poppins, eat your heart out! xD. I also loved that out-of-breath moment! Oh I feel so bad doing that to him but I just had to xD. Maybe this one's point three for Link's insanity?

-Gravity