The Goron led them to a dimly lit room with two stone cupboards.
"How prehistoric can you get," Navi muttered.
"Very," the Goron answered, obviously overhearing. He reached out a giant hand, opened one of the cupboards and took out some red garments.
"Here, take this and put it on. We used to have plenty of Kakariko villagers hike up here. They liked to see the inside of our volcano, and they required a special tunic to go inside without being fried."
Link examined the tunic. It was exactly like his Kokiri tunic, except it was a deep lava red and it sparkled in the light.
"This isn't very fashionable," Link complained. "See the end of it? It would be nicer if it was frayed. Do you have any scissors?"
The Goron shook his head. "Scissors would make the tunic useless. It's very delicate, and magic flows through every stitch. If you were to cut something off, you would be cutting off the flow."
"Drat," Link said, disappointed. "I can't be seen in this, it's horrible."
"There's nobody here to see you, Link." Navi said dully.
"Well, actually, there is another outfit…"
"Where?" Link asked anxiously. "Anything would be better."
"Okay, give me a second to dig it up…women are very intent on going inside volcanoes, you know."
Before Link could say a word, the Goron handed him a long red sparkling dress.
"I'll take the tunic," Link squeaked, shoving it out of his view.
"I thought you might say that," the Goron laughed. "Okay, I'll lead you to the passage. It's in my father's room. Follow me."
Link squeezed the tunic on quickly and started to shiver.
"This is cold," Link murmured.
"It'll make the volcano feel like a warm breeze," the Goron remarked, walking out of the room. "C'mon, now."
Link sighed and looked at his limp Kokiri tunic and stuffed it inside his pouch, glancing at Navi for consent first.
"Hurry up!" the Goron called out from a few metres away.
"Tell us more about this Volvagia," Navi implored, glancing at the Goron.
"Supposedly, Volvagia was created by an evil witch named Ganondolia," the Goron began.
"Ganondolia?" Navi echoed. "Boy, that's sure original."
"Ganondolia lived right at the top of the mountain's crater. She considered the Kakariko villagers a nuisance. Being the lazy witch she was, she offered us Gorons powerful spells to destroy the Kakariko village. We refused, and as revenge, she created the deadly monster Volvagia, who nearly wiped out all the Gorons. One brave little Goron left to seek out help from a fairy, whom he found not far from his path. The fairy granted him a magical hammer that was capable of breaking Volvagia's thick hide and destroying him. He traveled back to Death Mountain and killed Volvagia. Ganondolia was defeated along with him, but not before she stole the hammer and hid it deep inside the mountain for others to cause mayhem without punishment."
Link yawned. "So, we have to kill Ganondolph?"
Navi bonked Link on the head and said impatiently, "No, we have to kill Volvagia, the dragon. Do you have any clue why he's come back to life???"
"Apparently some late descendant of Ganondolia revived him." The Goron shrugged. "Who knows?"
Link and Navi exchanged foreboding looks.
"We're here." The Goron suddenly screeched to a stop and pointed to Darunia's chambers.
Link bumped into the Goron and rubbed his nose. "Dat hurt."
Navi looked around. "I don't see any "secret" passageway."
"Well, why do you think it's secret then?"
The Goron moved over to the peculiar statue Darunia had stood in front of and gave it a huge shove over to the left. A dark passage awaited.
"There we go. Onward!"
The Goron motioned for them to go in.
"Aren't you coming with us?" Link asked shakily.
"Erm…" the Goron suddenly looked very uncomfortable. "I'd love to, but…I have someone waiting for me!"
And with that, he raced off.
"A Goron off your own heart…" Navi beamed.
Link took out his arrow and bow.
Navi yelled and started flying away. "I was kidding, Link! I was kidding! Really!"