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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated
Chapter Sixteen: Goron City"So, I guess I'll see you after finding the Sage of Fire?" Tessa asked Malon, who nodded. The redheaded girl hugged Tessa and Link at the same time.
"Now, don't get yourselves too injured, and definitely don't get yourselves killed, okay?" Link and Tessa laughed nervously and Malon separated herself from them to glare at them. "You won't get killed, and if you do, I swear I shall kill you both." Link and Navi looked confused, while Tessa just laughed.
"I taught her that phrase." Tessa explained as Malon hopped on Webster and rode off back towards Lon Lon Ranch. Link simply rolled his eyes at the shorter girl's behavior and pointed towards the mountain.
"That's Death Mountain, I'll leave you to guess as to why it's called that." Tessa frowned, but otherwise showed no sign of worry. "In any case, that's where Goron city is located." Tessa nodded, though she seemed kind of confused. She didn't voice her thoughts, so Link just left them alone. "I'm going to warn you now, since I doubt you've had any encounter with anything like them, they probably aren't anything like you're used to."
Tessa looked up to him with full on curiosity. "Who are 'they'?"
"The Gorons." Link stated simply. Tessa shook her head.
"I'll just find out when I get there." Tessa muttered, and they began their trudge up the mountain. Horses weren't allowed on the mountain, and Link said it was for good reason. Tessa didn't press him, but just followed him up the mountain. Tessa wished there was more shade along the mountain almost as soon as she started walking on rocky surface, and that she had thought to bring a large water bottle with her, or a canteen.
About halfway up the mountain, they came upon the first monster. It was a giant red crab, with long, spider-ish legs. Tessa's hair stood up on end as Link nonchalantly killed the twitchy beast with a swipe of his sword.
'Spider monkeys at least don't look like they are part spider.' Tessa shuddered as she skirted the beast in order to follow Link. 'But still…I guess it's better than chancing upon a clown.'
There were some more of these pests, but Link had assured her that the population had gone down quite distinctly since the last time he was here. However, he also said that there weren't very many falling rocks seven years ago, whereas at the moment they had to make sure that their voices were kept low and they had to keep their eyes open for loose rocks, and for ones that were rolling down the mountainside at random intervals. At one point in time there was a whole barrage of rocks headed down the mountain right for them, and they had to hide behind the largest sturdy rock they could find in order not to be stoned to death by them. That would have been a stupid way to die.
In any case, it took them about a day to scale the mountain, and the sun was just setting when they came across a large cave, or, it looked like a cave to Tessa, who frowned.
"Are these Goron people tiny?" Tessa asked. Link gave her an odd look. "Well, you said Goron City earlier, and the only way for me to believe they have what I call a 'city' in their would be for them to be small enough to fit a city in there."
"Not exactly…"
"Are they cavemen?" Tessa blinked.
"Well…sort of…I guess…" Link frowned, which meant that Tessa was only a tiny percent right. Tessa sighed heavily and looked into the cave.
"In any case, I'll be right back." Tessa shrugged, and walked towards the left of the cave, to where Link knew the Goron bomb plant garden to be.
"Where are you going?"
"To look at the sunset!" Tessa said as she continued walking. "It has to be gorgeous from up here." Link and Navi looked at each other, before Navi giggled and joined Tessa. Link sighed and followed the two, since he really couldn't do anything without them. They would be pissed if he did.
Tessa walked towards the edge, and leaned slightly on the railing that blocked her from falling to a rocky death. Navi sat on her head, and both of them sighed. "It's so pretty." Navi murmured.
Link stood next to Tessa, and looked. They were right; the view was gorgeous. The sun, which was halfway hidden behind some of the mountains, made the landscape below them dark, but very colorful, while the mountains it was behind were pitch black. Above them, the sky had many different hues to it, starting off from a light violet, to a dark purple, and then there were streaks of red close to the sun, getting brighter as it got nearer. The ring of fire around Death Mountain had some of the colors on the mountain dancing around, and made it seem like the landscape was moving.
"I've never seen anything like it." Tessa murmured, leaning her elbows on the bottom of the railing and propping her head up with her hands.
"Neither have I." Navi sighed. "I think I might be a bit sad when the ring of fire turns back into a cloud. Even though it is a sign of danger, it sure does make things look prettier in situations like this."
"That's only if we succeed in our mission." Link sighed. Tessa looked at him out of the corner of her eye, and sighed inwardly.
'He doesn't have to be so tense all of the time.' Tessa thought. 'If he could forget about those things for just a moment, he'd be able to truly enjoy things like this.' Then, standing up straighter, the moment ruined for both her and Navi, she turned towards the cave. "Let's get going then." Tessa murmured, and Navi hopped off of Tessa's head and began to fly, following the girl into the cave. Link was curious as to the sudden change of mood, but didn't say anything. Instead, he passed Tessa at the entrance of the cave so that he could lead her down to where they needed to go, and proceeded forward.
Since the night air was setting in, the cave leading down to Goron city was quite a bit cooler than what it could have been during the day. Tessa silently shivered, and wondered if Link was as affected by the cold as she was. Navi, who was also shivering, flew into Link's hat, and the cave went completely dark.
Tessa and Link both stopped to adjust their eyes, but it was so dark it probably didn't matter. Tessa groaned and tried to walk forward, but almost five steps into the attempt she tripped on a rock and crashed into Link's back before slamming face-first onto the ground. "Owwie…"
Link heard her muffled voice below him, and bent down to grab her wrist, and help her to her feet. "Maybe we should hold hands or something. I can guide you better if you know where I am." Link suggested. Unknowingly to him, Tessa blushed about ten shades of red.
"Uhhh…sure…" Tessa murmured, and Link grasped her hand. Tessa's face seemed to be very hot, and she silently wondered if it was glowing. 'Why is it such a big deal?'
They continued on until a light could be seen from the tunnel. They headed right for it, and Tessa gasped as they came upon the end. From there, it was like an underground mall, except with no stores and a heck of a lot more primitive. There were several floors, all of them with a giant hole in the middle to look down to the lower levels. On the top level, which was what they were on, there was rope tied to a rock that was hanging in midair, the three ropes were probably pulled very taut in order to achieve this. Tessa walked forward and looked down to see a statue in the center of the lower floor, although she could only see the top of it. Along with the oddities, she took note of the open doorways, which were somewhat larger than what she was used to. They weren't much taller, about a foot or so, but they were considerably wider. A few doorways were even larger than that.
After taking all of this in, Tessa finally took note in the most important, and strange fact at all. She turned to Link with questioning eyes.
"Link…you said this was a city?" Tessa asked. Link nodded. "So…why is there nobody here?" Navi flew around almost immediately after this phrase, darting in and out of doors, and finally flying down to lower levels. Link looked grave, and sat on the floor while Navi continued her sweep of the city. Tessa sat down next to him to await Navi's report. Finally, Navi came back.
"There's only one Goron here, but I don't recognize him…he's incredibly small, probably only a child. He's rolling around on the second level uncontrollably, like he's trying to run away from something." Link jumped to his feet and started running down the stairs to reach the second level, Navi zooming off after him. Tessa slowly got to her feet, and took one good look around.
"I wonder if Goron's are Neanderthals…" Tessa murmured, and shrugged before jogging off to join Link.
End of Chappie
I was going to write more, but I think it's just easier for me to cut off here and start with a new chapter instead of continuing on. XD I'm a lazy bum. Review please!