Chapter 2: Dragon Slaying
Sora, Goofy, and Link have traveled majority of the night, and have decided to make camp outside of the castle walls. The sun is just now starting to peek over the distant ice-capped mountains, sending sparkling sunrays across the valley. The castle's drawbridge lowers as the early morning birds start to chirp.
Sora wakes up to the smell of cooking. He sits up from the long, soft grass, and sees that Link has caught fish, and has made a makeshift frying pan and hoisted it above a bright, red fire.
"Looks like we're having some fish for breakfast! This reminds me of my home at Destiny Islands. We always would catch fish there and bring them home to eat." Sora is now fully awake, and is sitting close to the fire.
Link prods the three fish with a stick. They simmer under the warm fire, and a few sparks spurt from the ashes. He has taken his normal green garb off and hung them on a nearby tree, so for the moment, he's in farm-like clothing.
Goofy is the last to wake up. "Garwsh, what's that smell? Reminds me of the banquets we would have at Disney Castle! I definitely have an appetite goin!"
Link takes two more sticks, and stabs the fish. He hands them to Sora and Goofy, before taking his own fish. He then walks over to the top of the hill that overlooks the castle walls, and then up at the towering castle towers. His eyes look thoughtful and melancholy.
Goofy talks to Sora with his mouth half full of fish. "I wonder what Mr. Link is thinkin' about."
"I bet he's thinking about his friend. I know I would if I knew they were in danger." Sora makes a sudden yelping noise. "Stupid fish bones! One got caught in my throat!"
Both Link and Goofy let out a hearty laugh.
Sora and Goofy finish their fish breakfast, and join the now fully clothed and armored link at the top of the hill. The three make their way down the hill and across the drawbridge. They pass under a tunnel, and into a bustling town market that sits at the bottom of the castle.
Sora and Goofy follow Link to a building with a large sign "Potion Shop," that sits above its door. Link reaches into a brown leather bag attached to his hip, and pulls out many green, blue, and red looking gems known as rupees.
"Is that some kind of medicine shop Mr. Link?" Goofy looks on observantly at the small building at the edge of town.
Link nods slightly as he finishes counting out rupees. He then puts some back in his pouch, and hands the rest to Sora. Indicating behind him, he points out several other shops surround them.
"Oh I get it!" Sora pockets the jewels handed to him. "You want us to look around while you go buy medicine in that store right?"
Link smiles broadly and waves while he makes his way into the potion shop.
Sora and Goofy look around the bustling market place and finally figure out where they want to spend Link's hard earned money.
They spot a booth with dark purple shades curtaining it. On the front, sewed into the fabric reads "Fortune teller." The duo wander past the curtains, and finds a rather elderly lady with a clear crystal ball sitting in front of her.
The lady speaks, "Ah…I see that I have customers…rather strange customers indeed…"
Goofy laughs. "Yup, that's us alright!"
Sora then speaks to the lady. "So do you really tell fortunes?"
The lady replies, "Yes…at fifteen rupees per fortune…I can tell you anything you want to know about your life…your future…love even…and I'm never wrong…"
"Oh really?" Sora sounds unsure.
"I will give you one fortune for free, if you do not believe me…" The lady leans forward slightly.
Both Goofy and Sora answer, "Ok."
"Very well then…" The lady lifts her wrinkled, white hands over the crystal ball. Soon, it's contents start to glow. The room itself seems to shimmer as the cloud-like substance inside the crystal ball starts to spin more and more rapidly. Finally, the lady speaks.
"You have lost a dear friend on your journey here…but do not fear…his companionship will join you again when you least think he will appear…"
Sora's face lights up with excitement. "You hear that Goofy? Donald is going to be ok!"
After much rejoicing, Sora and Goofy decide to get one more fortune.
After paying fifteen rupees, Goofy addresses the elderly lady. "We have this friend of ours…Mr. Link…he's traveling with us. Can ya tell us what's in our future?"
"Very well…" The crystal ball shines once more, and the area around the three shimmers again. This time, the clouds inside the crystal ball turn black.
"Oh my…your future will take you through a journey where you must face great evil…the third key you are trying to rescue lies in peril…for at this very hour, black clouds surround us on all on every level…" The lady then snaps out of her trance. "We are all in great danger!"
Just then, an explosion rocks the foundation of the ground they are standing on. Sora and Goofy burst out of the curtains to see masses of people scurrying into the nearest shelter that's available.
"What's goin on?" Goofy then looks at the sky. "And what's THAT?!"
Suddenly, Link appears beside the two, and they all look into the sky.
A great dragon with black scales circles the sky above the town. Its wings are large enough to block out the sun, and it's roar is loud enough to shake the ground. It's most frightening feature, are its bright red eyes that seem to pierce the very hearts of the three heroes.
Then, Sora notices something. On it's chest lies the symbol of a heartless. "It must belong to Ganondorf!"
No sooner than Sora mentions his name, the very voice of Ganondorf is heard. "That's right mortals! This dragon is mine to command! And now, I want it to burn this worthless castle town to ashes!"
Ganon himself then appears on top of one of the small towers that lead to the castle's entrance. "I'll starts it's destruction with this!" He then jumps off of the tower, and with a mighty punch, the tower is sent flying across the courtyard. After many tumbles, it comes to rest, leaning on the outer wall of the castle.
"Now I have some business to attend to…" Dark energy swirls around Ganondorf, and he disappears. He rematerializes at the castle's front door and walks in.
The dragon swoops low, and takes out the potion shop with one of its mighty black wings. The building explodes into a flurry of straw and brick.
Link bares his teeth. His eyes burn with the intensity of a thousand warriors about to enter battle. He then pulls out his sword and shield, and prepares to do battle with the dragon.
Sora grabs Link's shoulder. "Don't worry about this! You have to go after Ganondorf! You have to protect your friend Zelda! Remember?!"
Link shakes his head, and refocuses his eyes on the castle's front door. However, before leaving, he takes Sora's and Goofy's hand.
"What're you doin Mr. Link?" Goofy looks confused.
Link starts to hum a mysterious tune. Suddenly, his left hand starts to glow with the sign of the Triforce. The golden light spreads from his hands, to Sora and Goofy, and then they also glow with golden light.
A look of understanding passes between the faces of the trio, and then with a quick nod, Link turns and runs for the castle.
"Ok Goofy!" Sora whips out his keybalde. "It looks like we have a dragon to slay!"
"You got it!" Goofy pulls out his shield and holds it out in front of him. "But how are we supposed to reach it? Its so high!"
Sora looks around at the disastrous scene, and notices the tower that Ganondorf punched into the outer wall. "See that tower? That our way up to the dragon!"
The duo start to make their way toward the tower, but not before being noticed by the red-eyed dragon. It swoops down and begins blowing fire right at the two.
"Goofy!" Sora gets his friend's attention.
"Gotcha covered!" Normally, Goofy wouldn't be able to handle dragon breath on his own, but he soon starts to glow with golden light.
The searing flames make contact with the shield, but Goofy doesn't falter. He treats the dragon breath like child's play, and absorbs the blow.
The dragon is enraged and descends considerably out of the sky. It focuses it's dragon breath even more, sending fire reflecting off the shield every direction around Goofy.
Goofy calls out to Sora, "Now!"
"Got it!" Sora runs up the tower with every ounce of energy within him. Finally, he stands at the top of the tower and can see the dragon's back. A red, glowing patch can be seen just below its scaly neck.
"Here goes!" Sora jumps off the top of the tower, and toward the dragon. Once he lands on it, the dragon feels his presence and takes off with Sora still on his back.
Sora is blown back to the tail by the gusts that the enormous dragon creates. Suddenly, several heartless appear on its back, blocking his way to the chink in the dragon's hide.
"Get outta my way!" Sora bashes the heartless, as the dragon flies around the many towers of the castle. As he fights, his key blade starts to glow with golden light. Dark storm clouds and lightning strikes surround him as he fights through the dark creatures. After defeating them, he finally reaches the glowing red spot. He turns the key blade in his hand, key point down and yells, "This is it!"
Sora thrusts the key blade down, and it pierces the red throbbing area, making the dragon shrieks deafeningly out of anguish. The dragon goes into a nose dive, straight toward the outer wall of the castle that the three had come in earlier.
The dragon accelerates toward the ground with Sora still on it's back. Sora gets an idea, for he knows that it will be the end of him if he hit's the ground with the dragon. He summons the last if the energy lent to him by Link and begins to glow with golden light once more.
Just seconds before the dragon hits the ground, Sora yells,
"REFLEGA!"
The impact that the dragon makes with the ground is so violent that the water in the moat that surrounds the castle splashes up and onto the ground of the half destroyed marketplace.
Goofy runs to the scene of the dragon's collision with the earth. "Sora! Are you alright!?"
There is a large crater in the ground where the dragon landed, but the dragon itself has disappeared. What lies in the crater now is earth and stone rubble. Goofy begins to desperately dig through the mess.
Suddenly, a hand pokes out from beneath the debris, and no other than Sora himself crawls out of it. "Well…that was a close one."
"SORA!" Goofy runs over to him and bear hugs him.
"Goofy…you're…cracking my ribs…" Sora sounds like he's suffocating.
"Garwsh, well why didn't ya say so!? I'm just happy you're ok!" Goofy smiles.
"Me too!" Sora smiles back. "If it hadn't been for Link we would have been goners…oh no! Link's in the castle with Ganondorf! We have to help him!" Sora knows that Link was almost helpless the last time he tried to fight the evil man.
The two gather themselves, and run through the ruined marketplace where people are just now poking their heads out of the doors of buildings. Sora and Goofy reach the castle doors and look up at the towers. Storm clouds are billowing forebodingly, and they all seem to be surging toward the tallest tower where lightning seems to be striking constantly.
"That can't be good," Goofy says.
"You're right. Link needs our help. He lent us some of his power, so now it's our turn to lend him a hand. Let's do this Goofy!"
Ok everyone, that ends chapter two! I hope you enjoyed chapter two! I definitely had fun writing it! Please Review if you liked it. Thanks again to JinX9090 of deviant art!