Fan Fiction ❯ Professional Hero ❯ Alliance with a Goron ( Chapter 26 )

Chapter 26 - Alliance with a Goron

Link sat his brother Terrani on his shoulders as he ran next to the lost woods towards Tempora. His kid brother was nine now and that was the age Link had trained him, so it seemed only fair that he would train his brother in becoming a hero, at the place he was taught, Tempora. It would be good to see Cremia again, maybe she would know something about Link's whereabouts. He had left about two years ago and no one had ever heard anything about him or his family, although there were rumours they died in a fire at their home, but Link and Romani were too tough to die like that. He knew they were still alive. Link was too tough to die. He finally reached Tempora field and stopped dead in his track. The once proud Clocktown was reduced to a large pile of rubble.

"Link? What happened?" Terani asked.

"I… I have no idea," the shocked Goron stammered, "but I think I know some guys who might know."

With that he started to run towards the entrance of the Great Bay.

When he reached the beach he let Terani climb of his shoulders and looked around. The house of the fisherman seemed abandoned and there was no sign of any life on the beach, not even near the Gerudo fortress. What happened here?

"Why didn't we stop when those Gorons shouted at us?" Terrani asked.

"I don't trust these Gorons, little bro, and for the answers I want I rather rely on friends."

"Don't think you'll find friends here, rock guy."

Link looked up and saw two young Zora soldiers with their weapons drawn. Before he could react one of them threw his fins while the other dashed forward. Link quickly dodged the fins and grabbed the approaching Zora and smashed him in the ground.

"Wow, that was fuckin' fast," the remaining Zora awed, "you okay bro?"

"Never… better." The one in Links grasp squirmed.

"Okay, release him or I'll fuck you up good, motherfucker!" The second Zora readied his sword and jumped towards the Goron.

Link just plucked him out of the air and threw him down next to his brother.

"Fuck, what a way to go, dude."

Link raised an eyebrow.

"Link? Mikau?"

The two brothers looked closely at the large Goron that held them down. They studied his feature for a while and suddenly recognised the Goron with his light brown hair that stood in short spikes on his head.

"Wha? Link, that you?" the first Zora said, "hey, long time no see, uhm, think you can release us?"

Link let the two Zora's loose and helped them up.

"Okay now," Link straightened his back, "what the fuck happened out there? What the fuck happened in here? What the fuck is going on?"

"War, man." The Zora soldier said.

"What?"

"My normally silent brother is right, rockdude, Tempora is at war and has been for six years now."

"Against who? I didn't think Tempora had any enemies."

"Well, if what they teach us in history classes is right, it's the same thing like the last war we had, when Ikana Canyon attacked Clocktown."

"But nobody lives in Ikana Canyon."

"Not since the last war, nobody did. But this time it's the Gorons that have invaded Tempora field."

"Gorons?" Link was in disbelief until he remembered someone, "Mashka."

Mikau nodded.

"That's the motherfucker, although nobody thinks he works alone. Somebody put him up to it."

"Tell him about the grey guys." His brother told him.

"I was about to, you fuck, until you interrupted. Anyway, just before the Gerudo blew up their castle and found their doom on this very beach, we, meaning Link and me, spotted a grey Zora on one of their boats. And word is that a grey Goron helped Mashka out, although nobody has seen him since the start of the war."

"That's because he's dead. Link killed him a few years ago, with the help of me." He grinned as he cracked his knuckles and dusted off his dark blue gloves.

"Could we, like, go back to our old nicknames, because with all these Links it's getting a bit complicated." Link, now Zora, said.

"Works for me," Goro grinned and suddenly remembered Terrani, "oh yeah, this is my little brother, Terrani, Terrani, these were my friends in the time I was in Tempora, Mikau and Link, who I called Zora."

Terrani greeted both Zora and suddenly looked back to the entrance where two Gorons appeared.

"Fuck, company." Mikau hissed.

Zora said nothing and launched his fins that flew right throught the thick skulls of the Gorons.

"Either way, we better get the fuck out of here." Mikau said.

"Where? Terrani and I can't just go into the water, and I don't think the fisherman's hut is safe."

"The old Gerudo fortress, I know a way in over land. Just follow me."

Quickly the four companions made their way over the rocky shore and entered the hidden path leading to the fortress.

"You WHAT?"

"We brought the Goron to the Gerudo fortress because they would drown under water." Mikau shrugged.

"We are at war with the Gorons and you don't kill them but bring them to safety?"

Mikau thought for a moment the Zora elder would punch him and a moment later he was thinking about punching him.

"We will send a squadron of Zora's and kill them ourselves if you are not up to it."

The stone statue next to the Zora elder crumbled under Mikau's punch. His eyes showed fear and he couldn't easily regain his posture.

"Listen, you old fuck," Mikau hissed, "Goro has been our friend ever since we saw him at Lake Hylia, his father is the bloodbrother of Link. You know? The guy my brother is named after? If he says he's gonna fight with us, then he'll fight with us and nobody lays a finger on him or he'll deal with me and my brother, got that?"

The Zora elder gulped and opened his mouth to say something, but one of his generals was faster.

"We accept the Goron in our ranks and we're happy that a hero of the Hyrule Gorons will fight by our side. I'm sure the elder agrees."

All eyes were directed at the elder who slowly nodded.

"Very well then, I'll tell him the good news."

"Do you think we should have told them he doesn't kill Gorons?" Link asked as they swam back to the fortress.

"Nah, they'll figure it out soon enough."

The squadron of 30 Zora soldiers stood for the first time in six years in Tempora field, led by Mikau, Link and the Goron hero, Link-Goro.

"So, what do we do now, fearless leader?" Mikau asked Goro.

"First we go to Romani Ranch to see if Cremia still lives."

"Deal." Link nodded and motioned the squadron to march.

As they advanced to the ranch, two men came out and stopped them.

"Quickly, hide, they are coming." they hushed.

"Wha? Who's coming?" Goro asked.

"No time for questions, quickly follow us and hide."

The squadron readied their weapons in case it was an ambush and followed the two shambled dressed characters to a ranch in decay, just off Milk Road. Just as the last Zora passed, they could hear several wagons approaching, with seemingly a Goron escort.

"Who are they?" Goro asked one of the men.

"Fuck them, who are you?" Mikau cut in.

"We are the (Ingo?) brothers. We have owned this ranch for a long time, but six years ago, the Gorons took over and gave the Romani ranch to some soldiers, who are protecting the ranch thoroughly. They keep the export going so nobody suspects a thing of the invasion. They even could withstand Romani's ghosts."

"What the fuck?" Mikau looked puzzled.

"I heard about these ghosts from Romani," Goro explained, "they appear every five years and try to steal the cows."

"When do they appear again?"

"In another year, just before the Festival of Time." One of the Ingo brothers said.

"Fuck, for a moment I thought we could use them to our advantage."

"Who are those soldiers?"

"I don't know, but their shield bears three triangles."

Goro shook his head.

"Nah, it couldn't be. How's Cremia?"

"She's safe in the swamp. She fled there along with the others of Clocktown although a lot of them are hiding in Ikana Canyon."

"Then we go to Ikana Canyon." Goro decided.

"The swamp is closer, first we should check things out there." Link stated.

Goro nodded.

"Very well, then, the swamp it is."

"Ah Jim, good to see you again." Koumé and Katoké sang.

"We just came to see if we could see the Deku king," the young rebel leader said, "that's why we came along the river."

"If you can wait here a bit longer, help is on the way."

"What do you mean?" Jims face brightened, "you mean the hero is coming? It took him long enough."

"Patience, my young friend, all will come in order. With the hero, the tyrant will fall."

The two witches suddenly looked up and looked to the giant baba's that were guarding the entrance.

"Well, what do you know? He's here."

A simple motion of the witch parted the flowers and showed the great Goron standing there, armed with his hammer.

"A Goron! You betrayed us, witches." Jim shouted. "For this you will die."

"Wait," the two witches sang, "look behind him."

The Goron entered the domain of the two witches, followed by the Zora squadron.

"I am Link, son of Darunia, Big Boss of the Death Mountain Gorons of Hyrule. I have come to fight the Gorons of Snowhead."

"Link," Jim stared at the Goron, "you mean you're the little Goron Link looked after?"

"That would be me," he grinned, "of course, I've grown since then. And who might you be?"

"I'm Jim, leader of the rebellion. Are you serious about fighting the Gorons?"

"I'm not gonna kill another Goron, but I won't stand in your way of killing them."

"Fair enough, as long as you're on our side."

Jim looked at his men who shrugged.

"Good enough," he decided, "well, Link, welcome to the rebellion."