Up at the gates to the mountain, Link looked to his wrist. Sheik still clung to it, slightly hard. Link wouldn't complain though. His throat hurt too bad, and he was really tired. He couldn't imagine climbing this huge mountain.
"Sheik," Link said quietly. "I'm tired." He didn't bother to look up at Sheik, to see his reaction. It took a little while, but Sheik soon replied.
"How the hell do you expect to get up this mountain then?" he hollered. Link winced. He looked up to see Sheik's expression soften.
"It's not that far... It'll take about a day, I'd guess... It's won't be too bad," Sheik told him, patting his head. Link looked helplessly at him.
Was he being serious? A whole day of walking! That would be cruel and unusual. Link looked sad. "I don't wanna," he murmured.
"Damn it Link!" Sheik yelled. "You're going to climb this mountain, and you'll like it!" He glared at poor Link.
Link sniffed. "But... I thought we were on a date or something? Aren't you supposed to be nice?" Link asked. Sheik stiffened, and took his hand off of his wrist.
"We are not on a date!" Sheik bellowed. The guard that stood by the gates to Death Mountain laughed. "We are going into a deadly mountain to get a stone! We are NOT on a date!" The guard gave another howl of laughter.
"But Eri and Tanner said-" Link started.
"Eri and Tanner are idiots!" Sheik cut off the young boy. Link hung his head, and nodded. "Now we are going up that mountain!"
Link felt Sheik's hand wrap around his wrist, and followed behind him.
"So, asshole, who eavesdrops and laughs..." Sheik snapped to the guard. "Are you gonna let us through or not!" The guard shook his head.
"It's too dangerous for you two love-birds to climb!" the guard snickered. Sheik glared.
"Let us through!" he growled. Link frowned. Why did Sheik always have to yell at people? Couldn't he be peaceful? Sheik, peaceful? When Pigs fly. When hell freezes over... When Aliens invade earth... When Malon becomes male... When... Oh hell, never mind, you get the picture.
The guard shook his head. "Please?" Link asked. The guard laughed again.
"Please isn't gonna help you little one," he told Link. He frowned lightly.
"But we're with Zelda!" Link protested. "She asked us to come up here and help!"
"Do you even know who this is?!" Sheik snapped, pointing to Link. "This is Sheik! He's the Princesses helper, and is on a quest for her! Have you never heard of him?" The guard's eyes widened.
"Oh! Sir Sheik! I please excuse me for my insolence! You may pass!" the guard said quickly, and the fence moved out of the way.
"You're damn straight!" Sheik snapped. "C'mon Sheik."
Link nodded, and followed at Sheik's heels.
Why had Sheik called him Sheik? When they got to a big boulder, Link voiced his question. Sheik looked at him, an expression of anger, and frustration on his face.
"You're kidding me, right?" Sheik asked, breathless. Link shook his head. He truly was confused. He was easily confused. Sheik groaned, and placed a hand on his forehead.
"Well... I am very well known, because of my high status with the Princess... So, since you're in my body, people'll let us do things because of who I am," Sheik explained, starting to walk up the mountain again. Link was still confused.
"I still don't get it," Link said innocently, and followed his companion. He heard a growl come from his adventuring buddy, and stared, puzzled at his friends back.
They made it up to a red flag on a stick, that said Goron village was close. "Let's take a break," Link huffed. Sheik agreed.
Link walked over to a tanned boulder, brushed some of the dirt off of it, and took a seat. There was a groan. "Hrm?" said the rock, standing up. Link fell backward, off of the rock.
"Ah!" shrieked the boy.
"What're you doing goro?" muttered the rock, rubbing it's eyes. Link scrambled, to the other side of the standing rock. In fact, it wasn't a rock at all. No.
"Link!" Sheik snapped. "Don't just sit on Gorons!" Link ran to Sheik.
"I didn't know! I thought it was a rock!" he squeaked. "I'm sorry Mr. Goron!" He bowed lightly. The Goron looked sleepily at the two, and rolled back into a 'rock'. The two just stared at it.
"Let's go sit on that hill," Sheik muttered, pointing to a sanded hill. Link nodded to him, and the two left to go sit.
"It's probably just about fifteen minutes away," Sheik mused. "But, I wouldn't have been able to walk for fifteen more minutes." Link nodded in agreement.
"Did we bring any food?" Link asked slowly. Sheik nodded, and searched in his tunic. He handed Link a napkin-wrapped sandwich.
"It's cucco," he told Link. Link nodded, and opened it. It looked a bit plain, but not terrible. He looked over to see Sheik take out his own, and they began to eat.
"Mm,' Sheik said, as if he remembered something in mid-chew. He swallowed, and looked over to Link. "I have to teach you the Royal Family song! It's very important, if you want to get into certain areas!" Link swallowed, and nodded, taking out his ocarina. He watched as Sheik took out his harp.
"Copy me," Sheik told him. Link gave a nod as Sheik played the harp. He played what he wanted Link to learn twice. Putting the Fairy Ocarina to his lips, Link blew lightly, copying Sheik.
Link took the ocarina from his mouth, and stared up at it. He could tell Sheik was staring, but, he didn't care.
"Why do you keep doing that?" Sheik asked, snapping Link out of the staring contest with his instrument. Link looked over to his blank-faced friend. Link gave a shrug.
"I dunno," he replied, putting the ocarina to his lips again. "I'm gonna talk to Saria." He played Saria's song, and song heard her voice.
"Link, Sheik? Can you hear me?" Saria asked bubbly.
"Yeah," Sheik replied.
"What's up?" Link asked, smiling. There was a small silence.
"The usual," Saria murmured. Link nodded, and yawned. "What about you boys? What're you guys up to?"
"Climbing Death Mountain," Sheik moaned, falling onto his back. There was a little gasp from the girl.
"D-death mountain!" she shrieked. "Isn't that dangerous? I snuck there from the Forbidden Wood once... And I saw the mountain! That huge thing!?"
"It's not named Death Mountain because it's full of rainbows," Sheik mumbled, rolling his eyes. Link gave a sigh.
"We have to do it... We have to get a Spiritual Stone from the Gorons!" Link told her, sounding very determined. Saria sighed. She knew they had to, obviously.
"Be safe you two," Saria said, ending the conversation. Link frowned, putting away the ocarina.
"She seemed in a rush," Sheik noted. Link nodded, but shrugged.
"Probably going to play with her friends," he answered. "She's made lots of friends in the forest." Sheik gave a smile, and buried the napkin.
Link watched him take his empty napkin, and bury it was well. "Let's get going," he told Link. Link gave a nod, and followed Sheik past the flag, and down another path.
"Wait," Sheik said, stopping. Link stopped as well. "Do you hear that?" Link perked his ears. Yes, he heard a rolling sound. Suddenly, he saw a rolling rock, coming straight for him.
"B-boulder," Link stuttered, pointing.
Obviously, Sheik noticed, because, suddenly, Link felt an arm wrap around his waist, and he was hoisted to the side. He looked to find Sheik. Where was he? There was a sudden, blood curdling shriek.
Sheik was flying! He had been struck by the boulder, or, Goron... He wasn't sure which it was. The path was narrow. He was sure to fall! "Sheik!" Link called, rushing to the edge. His friend was reaching out, as he descended. Link reached down, as far as he could. No success. "Sheik!" Link called, tears coming to his eyes. He watched Sheik drop, until he couldn't see his friend anymore.
"He's gone," Link whispered, trying not to stutter. Tears fell down after his friend, as he stayed leaned, over the cliff.
Link stayed there, until the sun started to set. Just sitting there. He was only silently crying, to upset to cry out loud. He would have stayed there all night, if it hadn't been for how cold it was getting.
Yes, he was on a volcano, and it was getting cold. Weird, huh?
Link headed the rest of the way, into the warm, torch lit, Goron village. He ignored the Gorons that looked at him, and laid against the wall, his cheeks stained with tears. "He's alive," he tried to convince himself, with no prevail. He soon fell asleep, curled up in a ball.
The Next Morning
Link blinked his hot eyes. His head hurt from the crying. He sat up groggily. Memories from the night before came flooding into his head. His friend... Had fallen all that way! "I have to go find that stone!" he told himself. "For Zelda, and for Sheik!" He gave a nod, and scrambled to his shaky feet. He rushed down a flight of stairs, that was close by, and soon enough found himself at the very bottom level. He looked around, to see unlit torches, and a big doorway. He walked to the doorstep of the big doorway, and say the metal 'mat' he was standing on, did not say 'Welcome', but it had the Royal family crest on it.
Link remembered what Sheik had told him, 'It's very important, if you want to get into certain areas'. That was about the song... He whipped out his ocarina (quite dramatically I might add), and started to play 'Zelda's Lullaby'. When he was finished, the door gave a rumble, and opened.
Peering ahead of himself, Link walked into the room. There, in front of a statue, stood a very large Goron.
"Sir..." Link said, walking up to the Goron. The Goron eyed the boy.
"Do you know about the Spiritual Stone?" Link asked. The Goron nodded.
"Sheik..." the Goron man said. Link winced at the name, but nodded. "What have you come here for?"
"The Spiritual Stone..." Link said, gulping lightly. The Goron's face stayed stale.
"Amuse me..." muttered the Goron. What? What did this guy mean. Amuse him?
"I know some songs on the ocarina?" Link told the man slowly. The Goron just stared. Link put the ocarina to his lips, and started to play Saria's song.
The Goron's eyes grew large. "What a beat!" he said, starting to dace. "Hot!" He kept dancing and dancing. "That beat it HOT!" Link's eyes widened, as the man kept dancing, and dancing. He stepped back, far back.
"What are you doing?" he whispered. The Goron laughed, and stopped.
"Thanks kid! I haven't felt that great in months!" the Goro-man said. "Just for that, I'll help you get your stone!" Link's eyes brightened.
"Really!" Link cheered. The man laughed.
"Don't think I'm going to just give you the Goron tribes most valuable possession!" laughed the Goron. Link's face drooped.
"You have to prove yourself of being a man! Take this," The Goron said, handing Link the 'Goron's Bracelet'. "It'll help you pick up bomb flowers. Just be careful not to blow yourself up!"
"Don't blow yourself up," Link repeated, giving a nod. The leader laugh, and nodded.
"A way you could prove you're a man, is to defeat the beast in Dodongo's Cavern. Since that man from the desert came, it's been crawling with monsters, and us Goron's can't even go in there, without fear of getting killed. We are running out of food supply, quick," the Goron said, quite gravely. "That man from the desert covered the cave with a large boulder, as you may have seen climbing the mountain. So, even if we wanted to get in there, we couldn't."
"I'll do it! I'll do it for you guys! I'm a man," Link said cheerfully. Link... Man... If this were a TV show, we'd enter the crowd laughter here.
The Goron Man nodded. "Find a way to get it!" he told Link. Link gave a nod, and said farewell, leaving the room.
If Sheik were here, he would surely question the Goro-man's sanity. Even though, the Goro-man thought he was talking to Sheik, he was still sending only a child and a fairy, inside a volcano that was crawling with monsters, and puzzles, and dangerous weapons. Plus, giving him a braclet that would let him use explosives!? Did he want to kill him?
Link left the whole City, and was soon out. He took in the morning air with one, sharp breath. "Now... I don't remember seeing any bombs outside of the boulder... I have to go look for some bomb flowers!" He looked to an opening, just to the left of the platform outside of the entrance to the city. That had to be it... There had to be something there. He rushed through the opening, to see a few bomb flowers.
Link waltzed to the gates, and peered down. There it was! The boulder! All he had to do was pick up one of these bomb flowers and chuck it down. He bent down, and picked it up. The fuse went off, and Link held it above his head. "Oh no! It's going to explode!" he shrieked, trying to chuck it, but it only went a little ways. "No!" The bomb exploded, and the explosion reached him by only a little.
"Eek!" Link screeched, running backward. "Why did it explode like that!?"
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If anyone had been there, Link probably would have gotten smacked multiple times.
The young boy walked back to the bomb flower, where a new bomb had sprouted. "I've got to throw it this time!" he said, sounding determined. He picked up another bomb flower, trying not to be shocked by the fact that it lit instantly. He tried to throw it, but, it hit the gates, and sprung back at him, and landed by hit feet. "Oh no!" he said, attempting to run. Though, that ended up not helping.
Finally though, Link did manage to blow up the boulder. "Yes!" he cheered, when he finally succeeded. Though, he was rather dirty, and had random scrapes, bruise, and burn marks. Link plus explosives equals... Well, it was just written. Destruction.
How is he going to get through this next dungeon you may ask? Well, let's just say... If he doesn't blow himself into little bits we'll be lucky.
"I blew it up!" Link continued to cheer, as he started down the mountain. He was practically running, since it was much easier to run down a mountain, than up one. "I'm coming stupid beastie!" shouted the boy enthusiastically, until...
"What kind of weapon can I use?" Link asked himself, stopping mid-hill. Well, this was quite the dilemma, wasn't it? What kind of weapons did Sheik use, before he got the sword and shield? There weren't any weapons in his closet, other than kunai, and a chain whip... But what use could those do?
"I know! I'll use my fists!" said the boy, punching the air. "Those enemies will fear me!" Or, will he fear the enemies? We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?
Link laughed, starting to run down the hills some more. Finally, he made it. There was no boulder left! Or any remains of a boulder!
"The rocks must have disappeared into the ground! How cool!" Link cheered, walking in. The first area of the cave had a bomb on a ledge, and a big, rock-solid door.
"Hmm..." Link said, taking a seat next to the bomb flower. "Now, how do I get in?" While he pondered this absurd question, he tapped his foot on the dirt ground.
Link couldn't think of anything! What could he do with an explosive, and a big rock? During his thought, which was undoubtedly giving him a headache, the boy heard a fluttering sound. He looked to see Navi! "Navi!" the boy shrieked with delight. "It's really you!" The fairy looked disgruntled.
"Pick up the damn bomb flower, and place it in front of the damn door!" hissed the fairy darkly. "I've been watching you for a hour, and I can't stand it anymore! You've just been sitting there, wondering how to get in! I can't believe you!" Link smiled.
"What a great idea!" he said, standing. He took the bomb flower in his hands, and threw it at the door. It exploded into millions of little pieces, which disappeared. He clapped his hands cheerfully, and looked to Navi.
"By the way... What happened to Sheik?" Link asked.
"Well..." the fairy started.
Author's Note: Well, here's chapter six! Sorry it took so long for me to load it, if anybody cares xD. Well, Sheik fell off a mountain!! Oh nose! P. The next chapter'll be a bit boring, unless I can make if fun somehow... But, Chapter eight will be Link and Navi facing this temple. And we all know Navi is useless, and Link is an idiot! Boy, I'm excited! Well, I'm starting to get a bit lazy when it comes to writing this fan fiction, so it might be a bit slow... Meh. You'll all live I'm sure.