Timmy wasted no time making his way back through the Lost Woods to the secret passage to Goron City. He entered and dashed upward to the highest story and exited into the daylight. Seeing some sort of Goron observation deck nearby, Timmy made his way there and peered over the edge. Below him was the sealed entrance to Dodongo's Cavern. Analyzing the situation, it was easy for Timmy to tell that he was nowhere near strong enough to move the boulder out of the way. Stella was pretty strong too, for a fairy anyway, but she wouldn't be much help either. He began pacing to help him think, but quickly tripped over something and fell down.
"You need to watch where you are going!" Stella reprimanded. "Hey, what's that?"
Timmy rolled onto his back and sat up, looking at what he tripped over. It was the same plant that blocked the passageway to the Lost Woods: a bomb flower. Calculating the speed that the projectile would need to travel to hit its target, Timmy deduced that he could throw the bomb flower in a close enough proximity to the boulder to break it. Carefully reaching below the plant, he uprooted it and held the explosive fruit over his head. Aiming carefully, he used what little arm strength he had to throw the bomb at the boulder. Sure enough, the bomb made contact and broke the boulder to pieces. There was now a clear entrance to the cave.
"Move it or lose it Timmy!" Stella continued to yell at him. "I'm not getting any younger here!" Timmy sighed. Nothing he did was ever good enough for Stella. He ran back down the mountain to the mouth of the cavern. Now that he had made it there, he began to get a bit frightened. Going into the Deku Tree was one thing—he knew the tree and was familiar with the forest—but Dodongo's Cavern was a totally different story. He knew almost nothing about the terrain, the monsters inside, or what Valtor did to the cave itself. Trying to swallow his fears, Timmy took a few shaky steps inside. He was met with a gust of hot air reeking of molten rock and searing flesh. "Come on slowpoke," Stella continued to nag. Timmy squeezed his eyes shut behind his red-rimmed glasses and made his way into the cavern.
Inside was nothing like Timmy had ever seen before. There was lava soaking the floor, and little lizards burrowing in the ground. He could tell already that this experience would not be pretty. The first thing he noticed was a relatively solid piece of rock bobbing in the lava. He jumped onto it. From there, he moved to a more sturdy piece in the center of the lava pool. He thought it would be safer, but the Beamos in the center made him rethink his initial analysis. This spinning death trap, this laser eye of doom turned and faced him, firing a laser directly at him. Totally unprepared for this assailant, Timmy didn't quite know how to react, and went with his gut instinct. His tiny foot made contact with the spinning statue and broke it in two. Wincing in pain, Timmy grabbed his small, injured foot, hopping on one foot in an attempt to keep his balance.
Stella quickly zipped around Timmy's head, not helping his dizziness. "Look out! Are you crazy? Beamos explode after they're defeated! You need to get out of here!" Stella's movements got the best of Timmy, and he toppled over. "Great Golden Goddesses, please help this poor boy," Stella sighed and picked up the near-exploding Beamos eye by herself. Spinning around, she hurled it as far away from Timmy as possible. Stella plugged her ears, waiting to hear the remnant of the statue explode, but the resulting explosion sounded abnormal, almost contained. She turned around to be met face-to-face with a giant skull of some sort, one of the eyes glowing red. "Creepy," Stella observed. Flying back down to Timmy, she grabbed him by the shirt collar and pulled him to his feet. "Look over there!" she commanded, pointing towards the glowing red eye socket.
Timmy took a step back. He had been too focused on the Beamos to even notice the giant Dodongo skull behind it (he decided that since it was the biggest object in the cavern, it must be what the cavern was named after). "I just flung that explosive thing somewhere, and lo and behold, one of the eyes lit up! Crazy, right?" Stella mused, perching on Timmy's shoulder. Timmy began to fully analyze the situation: the explosive Beamos somehow illuminated some red light in the eye socket of the skeleton. There was another eye socket, too. Maybe if he lit both of them, something would happen. Hopping across a floating rock, Timmy landed on a strip of solid ground where another Beamos sat, looking for an intruder to fry. Repeating his actions, Timmy brought his hurt foot up and kicked the Beamos apart. Falling to the ground in pain, he had no way of standing up on his own. Just like before, Stella flew out and hurled the eye somewhere far away. Timmy watched as it landed in the other eye socket and exploded. The other eye lit up, and the skull's jaw began to lower.
"What's going on?" Stella yelled as the jaw crashed down onto the central area of the cavern. She grabbed Timmy's injured foot and helped him over to where the new entrance stood. Timmy slowly stepped onto the old jawbone, making sure it was sturdy before going further. He was still limping, but he would be able to move forward. Climbing through the remnants of the deceased Dodongo, Timmy and Stella found a safehaven inside. "Yuck!" Stella exclaimed. "This place smells like dead Dodongo!" Timmy sighed as he limped forward. He was making good progress through the stifling heat of the cavern until he stepped on some loose ground and plummeted through the floor.
Timmy landed in a lava-filled outcropping below the Giant Dead Dodongo. He slowly tried to stand up on his hurt foot, but even with Stella's help he could not fully get up. The fall had hurt it even more, maybe even to the point of it breaking. He wobbled on one foot as he tried to regain his bearings, when all of a sudden, a giant lizzard-like monster rolled out in front of him. "It's the King Dodongo!" Stella cried before flying into his hat. King Dodongo? That sounded dangerous. Unfortunately, Timmy had no idea how to stop this massive beast, and he was in no position to run and attack it with his sword. Still balancing on one foot, he pulled his slingshot out of his pouch and fired it at the monster. The small Deku seeds bounced right off of the Dodongo's natural armor. Timmy would need something stronger. Turning to his left, he saw a bomb flower, growing out of the volcanic soil. He pulled his hat off of his head and shook it, causing Stella to fall out and land on the hot ground. "What was that for?" she vehemently asked. King Dodongo was in front of him now, and Timmy was practically immobile. He motioned over to the bomb flower. Stella groaned before mumbling something about a 'lazy, good-for-nothing piece of Kokiri work' and retrieving the plant for Timmy. King Dodongo was only a few yards away from him now, mouth open and ready to devour the small green-clad boy. Stella dropped the plant in his arms, and Timmy held it over his head. Aiming carefully, Timmy threw the explosive, and it landed inside the monster's mouth. The beast swallowed the bomb, and Timmy could hear it detonate inside King Dodongo's stomach. It reared and rolled into the lava in the center of the chamber, and sunk deep into it. Suddenly, blue light encircled Timmy, and he could feel himself being lifted off of his feet.
A/N: This chapter took much longer than it should have, but writing dungeons takes a long time. Good thing I didn't go through the whole dungeon! In other news, I completed Skyward Sword a few days ago, and would recommend it to any and everyone! The gameplay, though different, was tons of fun, the characters were well thought-out and developed, and the last dungeon? Genius. Don't worry everyone, Timmy's injuries will be healed soon, and he will be ready for the rest of his travels soon. Until next time! Daisy out!