Chapter 13: The Fire Temple
In a flash of light, Sweetie Belle and Link were back to their older selves in the future/present (depending of the point of view), Link having taken back the Master Sword from its pedestal in the Temple of Time.
"Back at when everything is screwed up," commented Sweetie Belle before she looked at Link. "So, where do we go next?"
"Sheik talked earlier about traveling over mountains and under water. I think the mountains part is obvious," said Navi.
Link nodded. "Death Mountain. As for the water part, it could be either under the Zora Domain, or the Lac Hylia. We should start with Death Mountain. It looks like the most pressing matter right now."
"You're right," said Sweetie Belle. "It could erupt anytime and destroy Kakariko Village."
Link nodded again before he frowned. "There is just one little problem."
"What is it?"
"I wouldn't be surprised if the Fire Temple is in the crater, but the crater is SO hot! When I went to explore it the first time, I felt like I was burning alive! I couldn't remain here long without risking dying!"
Sweetie Belle raised an eyebrow. "It's that hot in here? I went inside a few volcanoes, and I admit that it's always hot in them, but it was still bearable, and I have fur."
"These volcanoes weren't Death Mountain. It's a real inferno in here."
"Maybe we will find a solution in the village of the Gorons. They resist the intense heat of the mountain, so they must have something," Navi advised.
"Wait, I remember. In the shop, they were selling some red tunic that was said to be heat-resistant. I couldn't have it however because they only had sizes for adults," said Link as he remembered when he went in the Goron shop as a kid.
"Then we have our solution. Or I could simply use my powers to help you resist the heat," stated Sweetie Belle.
"You can do that?"
"Yep!"
"Mmh... I should still go get the tunic. It will be better than having you protecting me all the time."
"Alright."
At this, they left the Temple of time, exited Hyrule Castle Town (after wrecking the ReDeads here for the third time), and rode Epona to Kakarito Village where they left her at the entrance. Before continuing their journey, they stopped in a potion shop for Link to buy an healing potion as well as a magic-replenishing potion just in case. Link had passed the Lens of Truth to Sweetie Belle because the item took a lot of magic to be constantly used and the filly had a much bigger reserve than the Hylian, but it didn't mean that he wouldn't need the potion because he may need magic for other stuff like using Din's Fire (an item that let Link send a fiery shockwave around him by punching the floor but that used a lot of magic).
Ready, they then exited the village by the path leading to Death Mountain.
The climbing wasn't difficult. There were some Red Tektiles (red spider-like monsters that bounced on their preys to attack them) to kill and some rolling boulders to avoid while climbing slopes, but that was all. They passed in front of the Dodongo's Cavern, continued to climb a little, and eventually reached Goron City midway to the top of the mountain.
Goron City was a circular cavern with several levels, each levels having several holes leading to the Gorons' homes. The shop and the room of the leader, Darunia, were both at the bottom level, but they revealed to be closed, blocked by heavy stone doors.
By the way, not a single Goron could be seen in the cavern excepted a small one who was continuously rolling in one of the levels. After some verification, they weren't hiding in their homes like the Kokiris.
The cavern was just deserted of all but one Gorons, and the heroes didn't like it. Either the Gorons had evacuated, which was unlikely knowing Darunia, or they had all been captured, or worst...
The only one who could tell them was the little rolling Goron, so they attempted to stop him.
"Hey, little one! Stop!" shouted Link to gain the attention of the Goron, but either he wasn't heard or the Goron ignored him because he rolled beside the Hylian without stopping. Link then put himself on the Goron's path as he came back, knelt, and placed his shield in front of him; hoping that it will stop the Goron. It didn't work however as the Goron just sent him flying and crashing on his back upon hitting the shield before rolling on him.
As amusing as the situation was for Sweetie Belle, they weren't advancing and they needed to know what happened here, so the filly used her powers to rise a large and solid stone wall out of the ground just in front of the Goron, stopping him.
"Wahh! What was that?!" shouted then the young Goron while still curled in a ball and shaking. "I'm warning you! I'm Link! Hero of the Gorons! I don't fear you, minions of Ganondorf!"
Sweetie Belle put the wall back in the floor before approaching the clearly terrified Goron. "We aren't minions of Ganondorf. We are here to kick their butts."
Hearing her, the Goron uncurled enough to look at her and Link. Seeing that they weren't what he feared, he calmed down and stood up to face them.
He looked nothing like a human. While having a humanoid appearance, he had stone brown skin with small black spots and a tuft of white hair on his head. He was a little smaller than Link, but was also larger with a general chubby appearance and he had a rocky back. All in all, he looked... cute.
"Oh. Sorry for taking you for minions of Ganondorf. They are everywhere today. Anyway, I'm Link, son of Darunia. Who are you?"
"Aww... Darunia named you after Link," said Sweetie Belle before she looked at Link... The Hylian. "You two must be very close."
Link chuckled at this.
The Goron stared at the Hylian. "Wait... You are Link? The Hero of the Gorons and legendary Dodongo Buster?"
Hesitantly, Link nodded, and suddenly, the Goron had stars in his eyes.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe I'm meeting you! It must be the Goddesses who brought you back here just when we need you again! Say, can I have an autograph? Sign it: "To my friend, Link of the Gorons"."
Link sweated at this, and Sweetie Belle laughed. "He reminds me of Scootaloo! Come on, Link! Don't make your number one fan wait!"
However, before Link could say or do anything, the Goron calmed down and suddenly looked sad. "Wait, this isn't the moment... You must help us! Everyone has been captured by Ganondorf and his minions! He plans to feed them to the dragon Volvagia, inside the Fire Temple!"
The heroes looked at the Goron in horror before Link put a hand on the Goron's shoulder. "Don't worry, we will save them. What can you tell us about this dragon?"
"Volvagia was a scary dragon who lived long ago who ate Gorons. He was killed by the Hero of the Gorons with the help of a powerful hammer. But now, Ganondorf revived him, and while my dad was away, his followers came and took all the Gorons to the Fire Temple to feed them to him as an example to the other people of Hyrule. when he learned about this, my dad immediately went to the temple to save them. He is the descendent of the Hero, you see, but I'm not sure if he can defeat Volvagia. He doesn't have the legendary hammer, and he may not find it in time." It was then with tears in his eyes that the Goron screamed,"Please! Save my dad! Save everyone! I will give you this heat-resistant tunic so you can go!" At this, he grabbed a red tunic from... somewhere on him and showed it to Link.
"That's exactly what we needed!" said Navi.
Link took the tunic and thanked the Goron while Sweetie Belle determinedly said "Just you wait there. We will save everyone and turn this dragon into scaly goods."
This made the young Goron laugh. "A bag made of Volvagia's scales would be really cool."
Meanwhile, Link put on the red tunic. "Let's go, we have no time to lose."
Sweetie Belle nodded.
"Wait!" suddenly shouted the Goron. "There's a secret passage to the crater in the back of dad's room. It will be faster to reach the Fire Temple from here. You just have to pull the big statue. I will open the room for you."
The heroes thanked him again and, once the room was opened, they entered it and pulled the big statue at the back, uncovering a passage.
They already could feel the heat radiate from it.
After a walk through a long tunnel, they entered the crater, and it was as Link said. The heat was just unbearable! Even for Sweetie Belle! So she quickly used her powers to protect herself from it.
Also, no way to let the Pokémon out in this heat, even Tank. Only a Fire-type and Ground-type could hope to survive in there, and maybe a Ghost-type and some Dragon-types..
They immediately spotted the entrance to the Fire Temple, at the other side of a bridge that was, however, partially destroyed. But it wasn't a problem for Link who used the Hookshot to pass while Sweetie Belle simply flew.
Then, as they traversed the second half of the bridge, Sheik dropped out of nowhere and began another of his lyrical monologues.
"It is something that grows over time... a true friendship. A feeling in the heart that becomes even stronger over time... The passion of friendship will soon blossom into a righteous power and through it, you will know which way to go... This song is dedicated to the power of the heart... Listen to the Bolero of Fire..."
Then, he took his lyre and proceeded to teach Link the song, and darn, Sweetie could really feel the intensity in it. Twilight really would love to talk to him.
When they were done, Sweetie Belle raised a hoof before Sheik could disappear. "I have a question! How are you resisting this heat?"
Sheik chuckled. "Magic." He then threw a Deku Nut, making everything flash. When the flash was gone, so was Sheik.
Sweetie Belle giggled. "I should have known."
With this, they walked toward the entrance of the temple, moved down a ladder, and entered the temple itself.
The entrance hall of the temple was pretty basic, separated in two levels with a central staircase connecting the two. There were three doors, one at the bottom level at the left of the stairs, and two at the top level at both sides, however the one to the right was locked, and when they went through the door at the left of the stairs, and found themselves blocked by a cell with a Goron trapped in it, and no way to free him from this side. They did spot a switch at the other side however, meaning that they had to do a detour from somewhere else.
This left only a door, the one at the left in the top level. So they passed it and entered a room separated into several small areas by a pit of lava.
And there, they found Darunia in front of a door that was clearly the one leading to Volvagia, judging by how well decorated it was. Darunia was recognisable thanks to his long spiky white hair and beard.
"Who's there? Is that you, Link...?" he asked upon seeing the two heroes coming. When he recognized Link, he gave him a brotherly smile. "Oh, it really is Link! You've grown so big since I last saw you! And I see you aren't alone!"
"Nice meeting you! I'm Sweetie Belle!"
"Ohoh! I can already tell you aren't to be underestimated despite your appearance, little one!" But then, Darunia became serious again. "I would like to talk to you, but now's not the time. Ganondorf is causing trouble on Death Mountain again! He has revived the evil, ancient dragon Volvagia! On top of that, he is going to feed my people to that evil dragon as a warning to other races who might resist him..."
"We know! Your son told us everything! That's why we are here!" said Sweetie Belle.
"I'm glad to hear he's alright. And I may really need your help. If that fire-breathing dragon escapes from the mountain, all of Hyrule will become a burning wasteland! So I will go on ahead to try to seal up the evil dragon while you go and rescue everyone!"
"But you don't have the legendary hammer!" shouted Link.
"I know, and that concerns me, but I have no choice. It is only a matter of minutes before the dragon escapes if I don't intervene. Don't worry about me, I will not be killed like that. Meanwhile, I ask you, Link, as my Sworn Brother, save my people. The cells are in the opposite direction. Good luck." And without saying more, he opened the room and entered Volvagia's den despite the heroes' pleads to stop.
Then, the door closed behind him, and a golden lock with golden chains appeared, locking it.
Now, Durania was trapped in here with this Goron-eating dragon, without the weapon that could help him killing it.
"It was a trap," growled Sweetie Belle.
"We must hurry!" shouted Navi in worry.
Link pointed at the left. "There's a cell here."
So, rapidly, they jumped on some platforms to reach the left area of the room where they stepped on a switch to open the cell, freeing the Goron inside who was beside a chest. In thanks, the Goron told them that to reach the room that Durania entered, they had to do something about the pillar stuck in the ceiling, which was obvious as the area couldn't be reached with a jump right now (and they didn't have the Big Key anyway). There was apparently a path leading to a room above the ceiling that could let them reach the pillar. Then, the Goron left, leaving them to open the chest that contained a key.
Done in this room for now, they returned to the entrance hall and used the key to unlock the opposite door, entering another lava room. There was a big bridge leading to a door. However, the door was locked. Thankfully, there were small islands and platforms (some moving, other disappearing into the magma when they walked on them) all over the magma that the heroes could use to reach other passages. They weren't really needed however as, thanks to the red tunic, Link could walk on the semi-solid magma for a time, and Sweetie Belle could use her ice powers to skate on it.
They first went to the right where there was an unlocked door that led to another cell that they opened by stepping on a switch. The Goron inside informed them about how the walls that could be destroyed with bombs (or their 'special crops' aka the Flower Bombs) sounded different if Link hit them with the sword. When the Goron left, the heroes opened another small chest containing a key that was inside the cell.
They then returned in the lava cavern, Link and Sweetie Belle now regularly hitting the walls with their weapons to see if there were secret passages. The Goron didn't give them this advice without reason, there must be some walls that could be destroyed with bombs in this temple.
They then spotted a Time Block just above the door they just passed and Link played the Song of Time which had for effect to move down the block so the heroes could use it to reach the upper level and the now uncovered door. It led to a room with a Like Like and some tiles that levitated and charged at the heroes who protected themselves with shields before Sweetie killed the monster so Link wouldn't risk to have something eaten. Once they could move without risking being rammed by a tile, they then went to a chest that they opened to get more bombs.
Back in the lava cavern again, they went this time to the opposite side where they found a suspicious wall that was sculpted unlike the rest of the cavern. Hitting it with the sword revealed that it indeed could be destroyed, so Link threw a bomb at it, discovering a door. The door also led to a cell that they opened, and the Goron in it told them that there were switch in this temple that could be hit with the sword, but their 'special crops' also did the job. The heroes then took the key in the chest that was behind the Goron and returned in the cavern.
There, they used one of the keys to unlock the door at the end of the bridge and entered a room with a metal fencing that they could climb. There was also a little pit of magma from which came a powerful ascending hot air current, and further up was a platform with a big block. Seeing what they had to do, Sweetie Belle flew to the platform and pushed the block so it fell right on the lava pit. Link then quickly climbed on the block with Sweetie Belle before it was pushed high in the air by the air current. Thanks to this, they passed through a square-shaped hole just above, entering a new room. There, they just had to unlock a door with their last key.
The next room had another cell, but they couldn't open it from where they were. Instead, they had to climb on a couple of ledges at the left. After killing two Torch Slugs (giant red burning slugs that attack relentlessly if they spot a prey), they then jumped across a small pit to reach another block that they had to push. Behind it was also a purple crystal that revealed to be a switch making a column on fire surrounded a metal fencing disappear further up. However, it was only temporarily as the switch eventually deactivated.
So they pushed the block and used it to reach the top part of the room from where Link threw a bomb at the crystal. When the bomb exploded, the crystal was activated, letting the heroes reach and climb the metal fencing before the fire reappeared. At the end, they passed a door and entered some kind of maze with giant round boulders that rolled around, the boulders sometimes stopping and changing directions without even hitting a while, making them less predictable, so Sweetie Belle just turned them into rubble.
Without the boulders, they could peacefully explore the maze, finding a cell with a Goron who warned them of fake doors that would drop on them if they attempted to open them. Said fake doors could be destroyed with bombs, thankfully. Further exploration led them to discover a door leading to another cell with a Goron who told Link that if he was on fire, he could put it out more rapidly by swinging his sword or rolling. Of course, the two cells had a chest with a key.
Back in the maze, they found a locked door that they unlocked with one of the keys they just got. Of the floor of the room they entered, only a narrow path leading to two other doors remained. One of the doors was locked, and the other was blocked by bars with an eye-interrupter further above. Not sure where to go first, Link fired an arrow at the interrupter, and they decided to pass the unblocked door first. It was a good decision because the door led them inside a cell in a lava room with a big chest that contained the map of the temple.
"So far, the temple isn't so bad," commented Sweetie Belle.
"But we still have a lot to explore," pointed out Link as he read the map. "It's clearly bigger than the Forest Temple."
"And greater dangers will probably appear eventually," warned Navi.
At this, they returned to the previous room with the narrow path, and this time, they unlocked the door with the lock, and as if to prove Navi's point, the next room revealed to be the lava room with the cell containing the big chest.
The only way to continue was to walk on a narrow wall allowing them to jump on a metal grating suspended from the ceiling. When they arrived on it, a wall of fire appeared behind them and slowly began to advance, threatening to burn them. So they ran on the metal grating, jumped on another (Sweetie Belle hammering a Red Bubble jumping out of the lava at this moment), and continued, spotting a locked door that they couldn't open yet. They then jumped on another metal grating (Sweetie Belle knocking another Red Bubble) before reaching a stone path that they just had to climb to reach a door.
They were back in the maze room, but this time, they were on the walls of the maze. They jumped to the platform just in front of them where they quickly dealt with a Torch Slug. There, Navi warned them that she was hearing a Goron below a piece of room that seemed ready to collapse, so Link threw a bomb at it to destroy it, uncovering a hole with a grating to climb down. Following the passage, they reached the cell they hadn't been able to open in the room with the block and the crystal. Opening it, the Goron thanks them by telling them that there were creatures that danced as they attacked that couldn't be hurt by arrows but feared their 'special crops'. They then took the key in the chest beside him.
Back on the walls of the maze room, they jumped on more platforms until reaching another cell. however, the switch was on another platform, so they had to go to it first to open the cell. The freed Goron then told them about playing the ocarina to reach a place that they could see on the map.
He was probably talking about the floating platforms they spotted above them when they entered the maze room from the lava room. No way to reach them excepted by flying or teleporting.
Link crossed his arms as he thought about it. "I don't think that I have the song to reach them. Unless this is the Bolero of Fire? This doesn't seem to be Zelda's Lullaby because I don't see any Triforce symbol there."
While he thought about it, Sweetie Belle opened the chest that was behind the now gone Goron and took the key in it before she said, "If you don't have the song, then let me help you reach them."
At this, she teleported the both of them on one of the platforms which revealed to be an elevator. It led to a room with a grating that they climbed, reaching some partially destroyed massive room. There, they pressed a switch that deactivated flames surrounding a chest that they had to reach before they reappeared. Sweetie Belle just flew to it, obtaining a golden rupee.
More money was always nice to buy ammunition, potions, and other stuff that they may need.
With nothing more to do here, they returned to the maze room, then to the lava room with the gratings where they opened the locked door they had seen earlier (although they still had to escape the wall of fire). After traversing an hallway, they entered a large room with many skinny pillar sticking out of the floor, and there were also some rotating pillars sending streams of fire and some boulders rolling around. When they approached the little pillars, they saw that they were connected between them by invisible walls of fire that they could see only by approaching them.
Another maze.
"You know, I really hate mazes," informed Sweetie Belle, to the amusement of Link and Navi.
Thankfully, the maze wasn't hard to navigate through, just dangerous because of the invisible walls of fire that didn't hurt that much anyway, and the boulders and pillars sending streams of fire were quickly destroyed by Sweetie Belle. They also discovered that there were some of these fake doors the Goron warned them about earlier, so Link destroyed them with his bombs.
They first reached a locked door that led to a small room with a cell that couldn't be opened. So they simply traversed the passage and opened the door at the opposite side, ending up in another part of the fire-maze room. From there, they saw a door further at the right in the outer wall, but they found out that they couldn't reach it from there. Instead of going all the way back, Sweetie Belle flew above the fire wall and went to open the door to see where it led to. Seeing that it just led to a dead end with a big chest, she passed it and went to get whatever was in the chest, finding the compass. It was with a big smile that she passed it to Link.
Continuing in the fire maze, they stepped on a switch that deactivated a big wall of fire at the end of the room. After navigating in the maze some more, they reached it before the wall of fire reappeared. The door here, however, revealed to be a fake one. One bomb later, and the door was no more as well as the wall behind it, revealing the real door (sculpted as a head). When they passed it, bars appeared on it behind them, locking them in the new room.
Meaning that they had to fight something.
That something quickly revealed to be that dancing monster that a Goron warned them about, a Flare Dancer, a monster entirely made of fire excepted for the torso. The Goron told them to use bombs against that thing, but Link quickly found a better solution: the Hookshot. Thanks to it, he could snag the torso, which was actually the core of the Flare Dancer, and attack it directly while the fire body disappeared. However, the core didn't let itself being attacked without doing anything. It sprouted little legs and began to run around to escape. But it was for nothing as it wasn't fast enough to escape them. It then attempted to jump in the fire on the platform in the center of the room, probably to regenerate its body, but Sweetie didn't let it and used her whip to bring it back to her.
Before long, the monster was killed before it even had time to attack. However, they had to step back as the core exploded at the end.
With the Flare Dancer's death, the bars on the door and the fire in the center disappeared. Seeing that there was a square-shaped hole in the ceiling, it wasn't hard to guess for the heroes that the platform in the middle was an elevator, so they climbed on it and let it lead them to the floor above where they immediately passed a door.
The next room was similar to the one with the block and the crystal, without the block this time, and the crystal was just beside the entrance. So Link put a bomb beside the crystal and they quickly climbed the grating at the side to reach the top level of the room where there was the fire surrounding another grating. When the bomb exploded, it activated the crystal, making the fire disappear. This let them reach and climb the grating, and at the top, they passed another door.
The next room seemed to be a more intact twin of the room where they got the golden rupee. This time, the way to reach the chest (a big one) would be through a very narrow path from which Link would risk to fall all the way back to the room with the cell they hadn't been able to open yet. There was another, less risky path made of upper and lower platforms, but it would take probably too long to reach the chest passing by this one.
Thankfully, Sweetie Belle had her wings.
After stepping on the switch, she simply flew to the chest and took what was in it: the legendary hammer itself. When Link joined her, she immediately gave it to him.
"Now, you will be able to make Volvagia cry his mommy," she said making Link chuckle.
He didn't lose time to use it on a suspicious slab beside the entrance of the room, making it drop on a hole it was covering. This let them reach a new, empty room with a statue, but no visible exit.
Until they remarked that the exit was behind the statue. They could partially see the door from the right angle.
Without losing time, Link hit the statue with the hammer, breaking it down piece by piece that slid to the side before mysteriously disappearing, letting them pass the door behind.
In the next room, Sweetie Belle killed some Keeses while Link went to smash a strangely placed pillar beside some boxes, causing the ground to break down into giant steps leading to a blue switch beside a door blocked by bars. When Sweetie went to press the switch, it unblocked the door, but as soon as she stepped away from it, the bars returned. So Link came while holding one of the boxes and placed it on the switch, letting them pass the door.
Another smashed slab led them back to the fire-maze room, the slab revealing to be a block that they used to reach an area they couldn't before. There, Link used the hammer to smash a rusted switch that couldn't be pressed simply by being stepped on, unblocking another barred door that led them back in the room with the cell, this time on the upper level.
Seeing that there was a Time Block, Link played the Song of Time, teleporting it down on the lower level in front of the cell to be used as a shortcut. They then jumped across to the other side of the room so Link could smash the switch here, finally opening the cell.
The Goron in it told them that there was a hidden door behind a statue at the entrance hall of the temple.
"And now, we have to go all the way back here," complained Sweetie Belle who was thinking of cheating teleporting them again.
Link grinned. "Don't worry, I know a shortcut. The fire-maze room is just above the room with the door leading to Volvagia."
"Oh?"
At her questioning, Link gave her the map, letting her see that he was right, and that there was also, indeed, a secret path in the entrance hall beside the one blocked by the cell.
Using the Time Block, they then returned on the upper level after taking the key in the chest that was behind the Goron. When they returned in the fire-maze room, they used the previous block to jump on another platform with a slab that could be smashed. Link made sure to be on it with Sweetie Belle before he smashed it, and the slab fell with them on it all the way back to the room where they found Darunia, Sweetie Belle squealing all the way (and Link couldn't stop a scream too).
The slab revealed to be the top of the famous pillar the first Goron talked about, opening the way to the door to Volvagia.
But they were still missing the Big Key.
So, following the advice of the last Goron, they returned in the entrance hall, found the statue he talked about, and smashed it to reveal the door behind, which was locked. With the key they found behind said Goron, they unlocked it and entered a room full of Fire Keeses and Torch Slugs that they quickly killed, letting them continue.
Next came another room with levitating tiles charging at them along with a Like Like, and they did like in the first room. Once all the tiles were destroyed and the Like Like was killed, they entered a room where they had to fight another Flare Dancer as easily killed as the first one. Killing the Flare Dancer not only let them continue, but it also made a chest with some bombs appear on the central platform of the room.
Then, they where in the hallway blocked by the cell, in the other side where they could reach the switch to open it (they had to smash it because it was rusted).
Not only it freed the last Goron, but it also let them reach the chest containing the Big Key! The Goron, however, didn't have any advice to give, only asking them to save "Big Brother Darunia".
Well, now that they had the Big Key in their possession, plus the hammer, they certainly will!
"Time to become a dragon slayer," muttered Link at this moment.
"Hey. Now that I think about it, it's time for me too! I defeated dragons but never slayed one!" said Sweetie Belle.
"Any... advice on how to fight them?" asked Link.
"Well, I don't know yet how Volvagia looks, but if he's your typical fire-breathing dragon, then expect mainly to avoid his fire breathe and sharp claws. He may also try to bite, or even eat you. If you attempt to attack him from behind, he will probably use his tail to slap you. And of course, with his big size, he may attempt to ram us or crush us, so watch out. Don't worry. You are fast and already very good with this hammer. I'm sure it will be okay."
Link nodded. "Okay... Thanks."
They then returned in the lava room and used the pillar to reach the door to Volvagia. After opening it, they then entered the room.
It was a circular lava room with a circular arena at the center. The arena itself had several pits of magma. To reach it, they had to pass by a platform.
Once they were on it, everything began to shake, and the platform they just used disappeared into the lava, leaving them trapped on the arena.
Then, the pit in the center of the arena rustled, and out of it came Volvagia himself.
He wasn't "your typical fire-breathing dragon". He wasn't as big, but was actually a long serpentine red dragon with only two forelimbs. The only part that wasn't covered in red scales was the cranium which was actually covered by a helmet-like exoskeleton with two horns. From his neck, a fiery mane was also streaming behind him not unlike an alicorn mane.
As he came out of the pit, Volvagia revealed to be able to fly despite lacking wings.
The dragon visibly grinned at them before returning inside one of the pits.
The gears were turning inside Sweetie Belle's mind. A hammer... Several pits out of which the dragon could come...
She facehoofed.
This whole fight was just a giant, dangerous game of Whac-A-Mole! Or rather Whac-A-Dragon!
Well then...
Sweetie Belle planted a hoof in the ground before pulling out molten magma shaped like a giant warhammer. The magma then quickly solidified before she turned it into pure iron with some spike popping out on the head.
When the pit just beside her and Link began to rustle, she then twirled the hammer as if it weighed nothing before she slammed it down on the head of Volvagia just as he was coming out, stunning him.
"Too bad for you, I'm very good at Whac-A-Mole!"
Link took the occasion to smash the dragon's head with his own hammer before the dragon was able to recover and to return in the pit. He then suddenly flew out of another pit looking visibly angry. He circled the arena before charging at the heroes, breathing fire at them. But heroes immediately jumped to both sides as Volvagia passed between them and crushed his head between their hammers.
Volvagia roared in pain before he attacked with his claws at both heroes, only to get his right claw crushed by Sweetie Belle jumping above it before smashing her hammer on it. The dragon shook his claw in pain before countering with a stream of fire, only to be smashed on the side of the head by Link jumping up and using his hammer. Sweetie Belle then came from above and smashed the head too, slamming it against the ground.
But then, Volvagia managed to grab Link's left leg and lifted him to quickly eat him, only for Link to take a bomb and to throw it in his mouth, stunning him with the following explosion. Both heroes then took the occasion to smash his head again with their hammers. It still wasn't enough to kill the dragon who spun to hit and burn them with his mane before he returned in a pit.
He did several fake attempts of coming out of several pits before he finally flew out to smash his head against the ceiling of the cavern, causing pieces of it to break and fall all over the arena. As Link protected himself from the falling boulders with his shield, Volvagia then rapidly flew toward him. sweetie Belle quickly placed herself to protect him, readying her hammer, only for Volvagia to enter a pit at the last second before almost immediately coming out of another not far from which he breathed fire at the heroes. As Link prepared his shield to protect himself from the fire, Sweetie Belle suddenly bucked his butt to send him flying above Volvagia, the filly taking the full blunt of the fire instead. Despite the surprise (and the pain), Link quickly recovered and, as he dropped back toward the head of Volvagia, he smashed it with his hammer, stopping him from breathing fire on Sweetie Belle.
When Link looked at the filly to see if she was alright, he saw that she had been using some water-bubble shield to protect herself, so she wasn't hurt.
Since Sweetie Belle was alright, Link immediately turned back to face the stunned Volvagia and smashed his head again before he recovered and returned in the pit.
All the pits then suddenly erupted, causing drops of magma to fall on the heroes and to burn them. Because of the geysers, they couldn't see from which pit Volvagia popped out, and Sweetie Belle found herself grabbed on the tail before she was slammed on the ground. She was then throw against a wall beyond the arena, but the filly managed to land on it on her legs.
Volvagia growled in frustration when he saw this.
Because of this, he saw too late Link jumping toward his head before smashing it with his hammer, finally breaking his skull.
Volvagia creeched in pain, putting his craws on his wound, before he returned inside a pit. Then, he flew out of the central pit, his body beginning to burn from the inside out. Before long, all that remained of him was his skeleton that fell into pieces all over the arena, with his skull dropping just in front of the heroes.
And the familiar blue light appeared.
Sweetie Belle sighed before throwing her hammer into the lava around the arena. "Well, this fight wasn't what I had expected, but it still worked out well."
Link laughed. "I don't think I will be able to sit anytime soon."
The filly giggled too. "Sorry."
"That's something I can't wait to tell to the other fairies," said Navi. "I'm sure this will be a great story that will be passed on for generations."
"Yeah, I'm sure too," deadpanned Link.
They then walked into the blue letting, letting it envelop them in a crystal before transporting them into the Chamber of the Sages.
Like the previous time, they appeared on the center of the pillar with the six colored pedestals. After they landed, a blue light appeared on the red pedestal, and Darunia came out of it.
"Thank you, Brother! I really appreciate what you and your friend did. I thank you on behalf of the entire Goron race! You turned out to be a real man, just as I thought you would! And you little one, you really have some guts for one so small. I would really like to get to know you. Sweetie Belle, right?"
Sweetie Belle nodded. "Uhuh. Thanks."
"Thank you, Brother," also said Link with a nod.
"Eheh. By the way, I, the wild Darunia, turned out to be great Sage of Fire... Isn't that funny, Brother? Well, this must be what they call destiny. Nothing has made me happier than helping you seal the evil here!" He gave a very big smile toward Link at this. "Hey, Brother, take this! This is a Medallion that contains the power of the fire spirits-and my friendship.
He then raised his arms, and a red medallion appeared above Link.
While the Hylian grabbed it, Darunia then looked back at Sweetie Belle and put forward a fist. Understanding what he wanted to do, Sweetie Belle flew to him and bumped his fist.
"Until next time, Sister."
And the area was plunged in light.
"Don't forget... Now, you and I are true Brothers!" was the final farewell of Darunia to Link.
When Sweetie Belle and Link came out of the crater, they saw that the volcano was back to normal.
No more scary fiery cloud circling it.
No more it threatening to erupt and destroy Kakariko Village.
Peace was back on Death Mountain.
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Dead hand? like the one in the toilet on major's mask?
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It has nothing to do with this hand. Here's the Dead Hand:
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Remember the thing that hasn't been a real spoiler since Melee? Yeah, obvious reference is obvious.
Or Sweetie could do it in any of a million ways with her magic, but there logically has to be a way to get to the other side without that.
Worth bringing up the manga version; not going to spoil it further.
I think you added one letter too many.
... even if it is divine, can it even mimic sweetie,... it only needs a fraction of her power to be devistating.
You forgot to capitalize "The".
You forgot the second "o" in Goron.
Fake doors that drop on you... Did Kirby: Triple Deluxe rip off Ocarina of Time?
That description reminds me of a Fire-type Rayquaza.
So,there another fighter im quite interested in see:olimar.
in is on Right,dude is kinda impressive.not only he was able to repair is ship in less that a Month,fight the most vicius and letal depredators of alien planet with is great leadership skill(an also is BARE HAND'S.granted,that one's were weaker in comparison with all the other things he faced.),but also Revive the pikmin,a species that were practically extinct and at the bottom of the food chain,and even teach them to survive by themselves(athough not that well without a leader,but at least enought so that they don't go totally extinct by the time the games happen.)
and also can't forget the pikmin themselves,the little(but quite dangerous)things are living wonders of Biology,whith being a practically perfect combination between animal and plant organism,and the so different sub-especies, one more interesting that the last,everyone with they own pack of unique abilities.heck,im already seeing twilight nerding out with them,and olimar,of course,being a Biology enthusiastic he is would be more than happy to show her is piktopedia.
where they more that a few inches tall,he totally would be a decent contender,but hey!a simple size spell among other things should Fix that,Right?
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Yeah, I saw it...
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Corrected. Thanks.
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All corrected. Thanks.
Seems like it, lol.
It's pretty much that actually.
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There are many ways for Olimar to join them, but yeah, the guy will be very useful.
Ground types can also survive the heat, notably Groudon.
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Right.
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left
I like to consider that Volvagia is considered to be one of my favorite of Zelda bosses next to Ganondorf and the Twinrova sisters. I just like the design of the dragon.
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I like Volvagia too, but I have a preference for the bosses of The Wind Waker, especially Molgera and the Helmaroc King (and Jalhalla makes me laugh a lot).
Have anyone notice that certain games in the Zelda split timeline references games that are not supposed to be in that so called timeline?
Zelda link to the past has a wind walker reference while that one has a reference to twilight princess which has a reference to spirit tracks. They are hard to find how I think there is enough evidence to prove the split timeline 100% false.
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How is this possible? A Link to the Past was out far before The Wind Waker, and The Wind Waker was out before Twilight Princess which, I think, was out before Spirit Track. I think that they are more coincidences.
Awww, Link didn't make friends with the Scarecrow. He loves to dance!