There was a stone wall blocking the way, and Navi cursed.

"There's no bombs to blow it up...darn...shoot, what we going to do?"

Link was making farting noises with his armpit.

Honestly, that boy is going to drive me insane one day...he probrably already has...Navi thought to herself.

Link yawned, and started to lean against the stone wall-but he fell straight through it!

"Link!" Navi cried out. She flew quickly towards the stone wall.

I'm going to hit it, but who cares?

Navi took a deep breath and plunged towards the stone wall...though, the stone wall. Link was already there, poking his finger experimentally in the illusion of a wall.

"Hehe! This is fun!" Link started to going back and forth.

"Now you see me.." Link jeered, coming out to Navi's side, then going through again, "...now you don't!"

"Just get back here!" Navi gasped, irritated. Link stopped in front of her.

"Ok, ok. Which way do we go?"

"We cross this bridge, jump on the platform, ignore the Beamos, hop on the other platform, bomb the entrance to find a Deku Scrub waiting to sell us a Deku Shield if yours burned out and then bomb the other entrance and go through there." Navi answered automatically.

"How'd you know all that?" Link asked doubtfully.

"Who said that was actually true? I was just making a guess."

They did crossed the bridge, jumped onto the rising platform while Navi warned Link about the lava below and then hopped into the platform with the Beamos.

"Careful, Link," Navi warned. "Don't get caught with it's searching eye."

Link nodded and bent down to tie his shoelace.

"Hey, I thought Kokiri boots didn't have shoelaces," Navi noted.

"Nah, they're buttons. But they blend in with the colour, so you can't notice them. Hehehe. Handy if you can't tie your shoelaces."

Navi's eyes narrowed. "But you can, can't you?"

Link shifted uncomfortably. "Yeah, of course I can."

Bzzztt.

Link hopped in the air, nursing his injured foot.

"Shoot! The Beamos saw us! Run, Link!"

Link started running in circles around the Beamos getting chased by the laser beam.

"No, Link! Jump off!" Navi screeched. Link jumped off into the lava.

"No, you nimcompoop, not into the lava!" Navi yelled, exasperated. Link slowly trudged out of the lava, back onto the rough ground.

"I get hit by a Beamos beam and then fell into lava and you're yelling at me?" Link grumbled.

"Yes."

"Can't we just kill the Beamos with my sword?" Link whined as he clambered up the ladder.

"Go ahead and try," Navi snapped.

Link shrugged and walked over to nearest beamos and struck it in the eye with his sword.

The Beamos blinked at Link for a second, shook uncontrollably, and it's head starting spinning.

"Get away, Link!" Navi screamed.

Link dove out of the way back into the lava as the Beamos exploded in a puff of smoke.

"What is with you and lava?" Navi sighed as Link brushed off the remaining burning bits and climbing up the ladder again.

"I dunno," Link shrugged it off. "I just take the plunge and in I go."

Navi didn't bother replying. She heard something move.

Two Stalfos swiftly came out from a tunnel towards Link, their crisom blades pulsing with a dark, radiant glow.

Navi swallowed hard. Even a skilled Hylian Knight could only take on one Stalfo at a time with a lot of practice.

"Link! Run!"

Then Navi noticed she was talking to thin air. Link had left her!

"Oh, that's just great," Navi muttered as she zipped out of the cavern. Link was at the entrance.

"Oh, hi Navi, what took you so long?" Link asked innocently.

"What are you talking about???" Navi yelled angrily. "I could've gotten killed back there! Why did you tell me you were leaving?"

Link seemed genuinely surprised. "But Navi, I told you I was leaving!" he protested.

"C'mon," Navi sighed. "Let's stop fighting and just go in. I bet the Stalfos are gone now."

Link raised up his palms. "Whatever you say, but I'm not the one who started to the fight."

Link walked in, leaving Navi angry and tired. They met at the tunnel where the Stalfos came out. Luckily, the Stalfos had deemed them good and gone and had left, but Navi was still sharp and listening carefully for any movements.

They walked throught the tunnel to find a burning platform and a yellow eye right across.

"Hey, Link, shoot that eye with your slingshot. I'm pretty sure something will happen."

Link rummaged around in his pouch and found his faithful slinghsot.

"Oh no...Navi, I only have two shots left...."

"It's all right, we only need one." Navi said wearily.

Link fitted a Deku Seed and slammed it straight in the eye.

Navi heard a small rustling, and then some shrieking.

There was only one monster with that cry. Navi shrill scream rang through the cavern.

Goron City

"Brother!" a Goron shouted. "What was the hideous scream?"

"I don't know! But it sounded like it was coming from Dodongo's Cavern! Let's go!"

Dodongo's Cavern

About seven or eight Keese came out from a small cage which unlocked when Link hit the eye and headed straight towards Li-no, towards the fire!

"Yeah, something did happen!" Link shouted.

"That's murder!" Navi gasped. "Why would they want to go in the fire?"

One by one, fire slowly spread on the Keese's bodies, but they did not waver in the air-no, they looked even more menacing with fire on their wings, and the biggest one, supposedly the leader, opened it's mouth and let out a shrill war cry, sending cold, icy fear down Link's back and something like a shock to Navi.

Navi was momentarily speechless. The Keese were getting closer, and their fangs snapped hungrily.

Link stood still.

"Link!" Navi cried.

Link's mouth opened, and he toppled over, still frozen in the same postion, his mouth still open.

Navi flew towards Link's eyes and started fluttering madly. She knew her wings would bother him. Link started to stir, mumbling.

"Huh? What happened, Navi?"

Navi ducked just a huge Keese swept over to her. "Keese! Fire Keese!"

Link's eyes widened as five or six dove towards him. Link rolled out of the way just in time and scrambled to his feet, holding up his shield.

"No, Link! Put it away! It'll burn!" Navi screamed, dodging some Keese.

"But I thought you said it was ma-"

"It's still wood, dummy! Fire burns wood!"

Link reluctantly put away his shield and unsheathed his sword. Luckily, he managed to stop the first one by slashing straight down. The Keese fluttered in the air for a bit, and before it came down in ashes, Link caught some of it's fire on his sword.

"Cool," Link mumbled.

Navi was angrily trying to divert the attention from Link like what she was doing with the Stalchilds and Queen Gohma. She flew up to a high corner with a huge spiderweb. Careful not to get caught, she started teasing the Keese.

"Nyah, nyah! You're too slow to catch me!" Navi jeered. As she hoped, two Keese flew up in rage, steadily gaining speed. Navi ducked just in time, letting the Keese slam straight into the web.

The web wrapped itself around them despite the burning fire eating away at it. Slowly, it sagged...and then it fell down to the ground, the Keese trapped in it.

Link was currently stabbing and jabbing away at the Keese.

"Two...three.."

Navi was cheering, and did not notice a Keese quietly sneak up on her.

"Arugghhhh!!!" Navi's cry of pain rang through the chambers. That Keese was the leader of them, and then swooped towards Link, who was fighting off the second last one.

The Keese was gigantic-far to big for the Kokiri sword to kill in one hit.

"Navi???" Link cried out, looking around, ignoring the advancing Keese.

Navi struggled to get up from the ground and the first thing she saw was Link scrambling away from a huge Fire Keese.

"Use your shield!" Navi gasped, trying to fly.

Link looked at Navi, confused. The Fire Keese took it's opportunity, knocked Link to the floor and setting him on fire as well.

The Kokiri started to run blindly, bumping into into the walls and finally tripping down the lower area, where Navi was.

But the Keese made a bad mistake-it seemed to be enjoying Link's short trip staggering around and wasn't paying attention to Navi, who finally managed to get up in the air.

Navi started to gain speed, aiming for the back of the Keese.

The Keese, however, did not notice anything.

Navi was getting closer....

The Keese whirled around just in time to see Navi, with her burnt wing, slam into it with all her might.

"That..." Navi panted, "was for my injured wing."

Link, who started to recover, woke up in time to see Navi nail the Keese. He raced up the ladder, Kokiri sword in hand, and then tripped, falling back down, his Kokiri sword flying in the air and landing straight in the middle of the Keese. The Keese let out a shrill cry, and started to burn in bright, red flames.

Navi grinned weakly. "And I suppose that was for you."

Then, for the first time, Link spotted Navi's black wing.

"Oh my goshhhhhh!" Link started run around the room, screaming at the top of his lungs in a high-pitched voice. "My fairy's dead! My fairy's dead! SOMEBODY HEEEELLLLPPPP!!!"

Goron City

Darunia heard Link's cry. He needed help? Sure, he'd give him all the help he would need.

"Attention all Gorons! Whether you are trying to ignore your hunger, or ignore your pangs of hunger, or your stomach growling, let us go to Dodongo's Cavern and wait for the boy to return!"

Dodongo's Cavern

"Stop it, Link, you're being hysterical," Navi groaned, trying to ignore the pain.

Link screeched to a stop in front of Navi.

"I'm okay," Navi assured him. "I'm alive. "

"What? Then fly."

"You can't expect me to heal that fast," Navi grunted.

"Just try, maybe it'll help."

Navi didn't want to-she didn't want to admit to the boy that she wasn't okay. It had taken a lot of energy out of her when she knocked down the Keese. But she had to give it a try.

She fluttered her wings and with a lot of effort managed to get up in the air for a while, but then collapsed almost immediately.

"Tell you what, why don't you just hold me?"

Link shrugged, and nodded.

Suddenly, Navi had a memory of their first encounter.

"Um, never mind." Navi said quickly. "I'll rest in your hat."

Link looked disappointed. "Ok.."

Navi was lifted up and then placed under Link's hat. Link yawned, and then frowned when he heard Navi speak.

"Ewww....it smells in here...and what are those white specks? Can that be dandruff!???!?! Ewwwww!!!! Link, when's the last time you showered???"

Link mumbled something quietly.

Navi thought it would be better if she didn't know.

"Hey, Nav, look, the platform isn't burning anymore!" Link exclaimed, jumping over to the other side.

"Well, I don't think I can see, can I?" Navi said sarcastically, trying to hold herself steady.

They continued walking through a dark passageway until finally, Link found some light. It was hot and humid, and Link felt the stench of...lava.

"Navi? I don't think this is good."