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Chapter 10: Goron City and the Fire Temple

By: Princess Ayame

"Hey watch out!"

!Crash!

Paying no attention to Saria's warning, Kaepora Gaebora crashed into a rock. Everybody groaned in pain as they all tried to rise to there feet.

"We have to find better transportation," Saria said rubbing her head.

"At least were here…. on death mountain…. right in front of Goron city." Malon said.

"So where do we go then?" Saria asked.

"We could go to Goron city" Malon said, "But the Goron don't like me very much"

"How come?" Zelda asked

"Go read chapter two" Malon said to Zelda. "So lets go"

Saria looked down at Kaepora "What about him?"

Every body stared down at the dead looking owl. "I'm pretty sure he'll be fine," Malon said as she began to walk off.

Saria stopped for a second. "Hey where's Sk?"

"Don't worry about him. He couldn't have fallen far. I'm sure he's fine," Malon said as they continued walking.

Skull Kid rubbed his noggin and looked around as his surroundings. One minute he's soaring in the air on an owl, next minute he's being launched into a volcano! Everything seemed to be okay to Skull Kid (ignoring the hot boiling lava). Well everything accept for the HUGE SLEEPING FIRE BREATHING DRAGON!

Malon, Saria, and Zelda entered Goron city.

"I wonder where are?" Zelda asked herself.

I just said you guys were in Goron City.

"HEY don't get an attitude, I was just asking myself GOSH!" Zelda said folding her arms.

"We should split up. We'll cover more ground that way" Malon said. "And for goddesses sake don't say anything about chicken gods"

"Gorons go crazy, huh?" Zelda asked.

" You have no idea"

"Me and Malon go this way, you and Fairy go that way." Saria said indicating the direction they should go.

"Fine be me," Malon said as she and Saria began to walk off.

"Hey how come I have to be stuck with the stupid annoying fairy!" Zelda asked.

"Because" Saria yelled back, "You two have a lot in common"

"Really?" Zelda started to examine fairy. "Am I really that blue"

"Are you sure those two would be okay together" Malon asked.

Saria shrugged. "Nope, I was hoping they kill each other off and save as the trouble for the rest of the journey"

"Oh…. okay"

Skull kid quietly walked over the HUGE SLEEPING FIRE BREATHING DRAGON towards a door on the other side of the room. The door was pretty hard to open. So Skull Kid repeatedly tried to thrust the door open, while trying not to wake the HUGE SLEEPING FIRE BREATHING DRAGON. After one final push the door flew open causing Skull kid to fly through the doors into some boiling hot lava. Thanks to the heat applied to his gluteus maximus Skull Kid launched back up to the ledge where the door was. After a few rubs to his injured head and his vision cleared, his eyes widen at the creature staring down at him.

"I can't believe I got stuck with the stupid fairy" Zelda mumbled to herself. "I'm the freakin princess of Hyrule I should have better treatment then this"

"This way" Fairy said as they went done a tunnel like hallway. "I sense a huge life form"

"Hey I'm the princess! I have super princess sensing abilities!" Zelda yelled.

"Um….okay?" Fairy said not quite understanding Zelda's point.

"I sense a huge life form. I say we go this way" Zelda said.

"I just said that" Fairy said as they went down the tunnel like hallway.

"But it's more believable when I say it"

"HI!" the huge creature roared.

Zelda ran behind Fairy (which was pretty stupid considering the size of the fairy) "Wha-what in the name of Nayru is that?"

Fairy stood there dumbfounded. "The huge life form…"

"I am a Goron," the "huge life form" said. "I'm a blacksmith who makes swords"

Zelda's eyes widened in joy " Like that big one right there?"

"Yes. That's the big Goron sword. It's one of my best works…. HEY GIVE THAT BACK!" The Goron demanded as Zelda and Fairy rushed out with the sword. "Aww, that was for the hero of time."

"Okay calm down little guy" Malon said to the little Goron.

"Yeah. We're hear to help you…I think" Saria said to it.

"The big evil man took my daddy and the rest of the Gorons to the fire temple to feed the HUGE FIRE BREATHING DRAGON" the baby Goron said.

"Great we're on Death Mountain and now we're going to a Fire temple. I think our fate is coming more clearly," Malon said.

"Whats your name kid?" Saria said ignoring Malon's comment.

"Link. My dad named me after the kid who saved the Gorons seven years ago. I wonder where he is now…."

"Well…um…"

Raising a mongoose was no help. It just caused Link's back to become more painful. But to Navi's relief, a strange man came walking by the Temple. Navi explained the situation to him hoping he could help. Well the man couldn't quite understand why he was talking to a big blue ball of light but he decided he would help.

"Now what exactly is this "TNT again"? " Navi asked.

Trinitrotoluene, it'll blow it right up," the man explained. "You might wanna back up from the block you um flying creature of light"

"The names Navi"

"Rrrriiigghhht"

Navi flew behind the man. The man put a match to the TNT barrels. After a few seconds it exploded causing the debris to fly everywhere.

"Link are you okay?" Navi asked flying to his friend.

Link coughed a few times. "I'm fine…I think. I can't feel my back…but that's okay"

"I see my work here is done. If anybody asks I was never here to rob this temple," The man said as he walked away"

Navi and Link exchange confusing glances shrugged and went in to the Temple of Time.

"I'm pretty sure he's fine where ever he is"

"So where is this fire Temple" Malon asked.

"Dads room, on the bottom floor, behind the huge statue can't miss it." Goron Link said. "After you go behind the statue you'll be in a volcano but you'll see the entrance to the Temple not to far off"

"Death Mountain, Volcano, Fire Temple. Life is coming to an end as we know it" Malon thought to her self.

"Tha-…"

Before Saria could finish speaking, Zelda and Fairy came crashing in pushing herself, Malon and Saria off the edge to the bottom floor.

They all rubbed their painful heads. This was the second time they fallen into pain.

Malon was pretty frustrated with Zelda. "What…in the name…of friggin Din…is YOUR PROBLEM !"

"Zelda pissed off an huge Goron by stealing its sword causing her to run in fear" Fairy kindly explained.

"Good Job" Malon said to Zelda sarcastically.

"How come you didn't let it kill Zelda?" Saria asked Navi.

"Show them the sword" Fairy said ignoring Saria.

Zelda pulled the sword out. Lights from the Goddesses shined upon it…along with some corny music.

"A bit dramatic don't you think? I mean it's not Excalibur" Saria commented.

"Aww how cute….Lets go" Malon said in a mood change.

"You don't like the blade?" Zelda asked teary eyed.

"We don't have time for this. We have Gorons to save" Malon said.

"Great" Zelda sighed. "More Gorons"

"Lemme get this straight. Your Leader of the Gorons so you need me to go in there and slay the HUGE SLEEPING FIRE BREATHING DRAGON so he won't eat your Goron cousins up?" Sk asked trying to make sure he understood things.

"Right" Darunia confirmed. "But the Gorons are going to eventually break out the cages…there made of wood"

"But why do I have ta save your Goron family? Notice the key words are underlined"

"Jus go" Before SK could say another word Darunia tossed him back in the room with the HUGE SLEEPING FIRE BREATHING DRAGON.

Skull Kid moved toward the beast trying not to wake it up. He tripped over a rock causing him to hit the ground making him scream thinking it was the HUGE SLEEPING FIRE BREATHING DRAGON who made him trip. He then notice even after he hit the ground (really hard) and screamed (really loud) the creature was still sleep. Skull Kid unsheathed his sword and started poking it. When he pulled his sword back up…it had…cotton on it? Skull Kid then walked around to the dragons tail and read: PROPERTY OF GERUDO DUMMY MAKING FACTORY USED TO SCARE GORONS THINKING THERE WAS A HUGE FIRE BREATHING DRAGON GOING TO EAT THEM. Disappointed Skull Kid walked out the room.

Skull Kid tapped on Darunia shoulder. "Um Darunia, the HUGE SLEEPING FIRE BREATHING DRAGON is a HUGE SLEEPING FIRE BREATHING DRAGON DUMMY!"

"What do you mean?" Darunia asked confused.

"It's not real"

"Oh…. well" Darunia stared down at the little angry forest creature. "Here's an megaton hammer and this big red shiny thing for your troubles toodles" Darunia handed him the items and quickly disappeared.

Skull stared down at the medallion (the big red shiny thingy). "Shiny"

As Malon, Saria, and Zelda entered the Fire Temple, SK was coming out.

"Hey it's SK!" Zelda ran up and hugged him.

"Yep the one and only. So where do we go next?" SK asked.

"We have to go in here and save the Gorons" Malon said.

"No we don't Darunia said that it's only a matter of time before the Gorons notice there cages are made of wood" SK explained.

"Darunia?"

"Leader of the Gorons"

"And what if there's a medallion in here?" Saria asked.

"Right here" Sk pulled out the medallion, "And I got this cool hamma too"

"Hey wanna trade? I got this cool sword," Zelda asked

"Okay" Sk said. They traded weapons.

"Well that settles it…where to next?" Malon asked.

"We shall check out the waters. Zora's domain to be more specific." Fairy said reading a strategy book.

"Where exactly do these "Zora's" live?" Malon asked.

"In the water duh" Zelda said

"Why do I bother…"?

A Goron banged on his wooded cage and it breaks apart.

"Yay!"