Fan Fiction ❯ Professional Hero ❯ Link's training ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter 5 - Link's training

Link had run up Mount Doom, jumped the cracks in the ground and now was facing the ever-erupting crater of the mountain of the Gorons. Stones came crashing in on the path in front of him. He thought of turning back but immediately repressed that thought. He had been here on many occasions, every time turning back but now he was determined to continue. He had to. Link took a deep breath and ran. He watched the ground for shadows of falling rocks. He dodged them rolling over the ground, being hit by just minor stones. When he saw the end was near he began to run a bit harder, failing to see the shadow in front of him getting larger. When he entered the middle of the shadow he looked up to see a huge boulder coming down fast. He jumped away and scraped his right arm by the crashing boulder. He began to run again with his left hand covering the wound on his arm and soon came at the end of the trail.

He sat down against the stonewall to slow down his breathing and looked at his arm. His upperarm was bleeding and stung like hell but he bit away the pain and started to climb the wall. Well, he actually didn't have a choice, he couldn't go back anymore and he had no desire to face the volcano once more. He was almost at the first ledge when he heard a creeping sound. He looked up and saw a skulltalla. He held still and thought how he could overcome this spider. The spider turned and now saw him. With a speed that almost caught Link off guard, it rushed towards its prey. Link thrusted his wounded arm forward and caught the spider. Before it could do anything he threw it down where he saw it burst into blue flames. He thought of resting on the ledge but decided to go on, until his arm started protesting. He climbed on the ledge and looked up. There were two more ledges and then he was at the to... hmm, there seemed to be also two other spiders. He felt his wounded arm and knew he couldn't redo the maneuver he just did. Maybe if he threw the second spider to the first. He nodded and restarted his climb up. He silently moved to the second ledge, getting as close to the spider as possible. He grabbed the spider and let go of the rockwall. He landed on the ledge and threw the spider to the one still sitting higher on the wall. He hit and the two spiders came falling down. He quickly climbed up and with a triumphantly cry reached the top.

He now had the choice of two caves to enter. He knew the right one went inside the volcano and that was his goal, so he ignored the cave with the great Fairy and ran into the volcano, covering his wound with his hand. The heat in the cave was no real trouble to Link but he suddenly felt his wound pound. He cursed that boulder and began to run towards the passage way to Darunia's throneroom. He stopped at the edge of the platform, looking down to the lava. Maybe he still could pass the eruptions, no, he had to continue. He could handle the jump to the next platform, he hoped. He took a few steps back, breath deep and started to run. Right before the edge he rolled and then jumped. He barely reached the next platform, hanging over the edge, trying to pull himself up. The blood gushed now out of his pounding wound because of the action. He shrieked out a battlecry and climbed the platform. He had to catch his breath again and ran on, ignoring the cave on his left, to the passage to Darunia's throneroom.

Darunia just entered as Link pushed the statue back.

"Link? What are you doing here? I thought you were outs..."

Darunia looked at the bloodcovered Goron standing in front of him.

"Link, my son!" he shouted. "What did you do?"

"Testing my courage, father." He said with a smile.

"Let's go to the great Fairy inside the volcano to heal you." Darunia said as he supported his eight-year-old son and guided him inside the volcano.

"There's a Fairy in the volcano?" Link asked, out of breath.

"Yes, there is even one next to the outside entrance of the crater."

Link grinned. Hah, figures.

Author's note: I hope you liked this (short, I know) fic about Darunia's son because I plan to bring him back a couple of times in the future.