The Red Thread of Fate (Completed)

Chapter 9

As I entered the temple I could tell this wasn't going to be an easy one like the Skyview Temple, not that the Skyview temple a cake walk but at it didn't have lava that could burn my flesh. I took a few paths and found in a crevice the wall, Ledd's buddy. "My partner's gone missing, and those red creeps are everywhere! I never shouda come here. Oh, it's you again. Come all this way in search of your friend, eh? That reminds me....Before I came in here, I saw a weird looking blonde girl get dressed away. But don't even dream about going to the rescue. Those baddies are everywhere! If you wanna live to....live again one day, you should head for home, pal!" He disappeared, I assume in search of Ledd and I continued on a path that brought me to a bridge I was able to cut down with my sword and use my beetle to get that last string snipped.

Fi told me she was detecting new enemies ahead and that should proceed with caution and right enough there was lizard-like creature with an iron arm guard and that breathed fire beginning to fight me. It was admittedly harder than any other enemy like Bokoblins or anything else I had face this far. Using a rolling ball to cross the lava river was probably the most stressful thing I have endured here, especially with keese not leaving me alone and fire keese at that. I managed to get to a safe bit of ground when I saw a familiar face.

"Blast! I must have dropped it earlier..." He turned and nodded. "Hey! Nice timing, pal. It's me, Ledd! You showing up here must mean we're connected somehow. You know, like fate or something. Anyway, do me a favor and get my Bomb Bag, OK? I was behind that rock looking for treasure when those creeps showed up. I panicked and hit the road, but it looks like I dropped it. It's a bag for carrying around bomb flowers. I can't imagine not having one. Oh hey....I guess I have to imagine it, 'cause I lost mine! Anyways, it's back there. Go and get my Bomb Bag will ya?" I nodded and crawled through a hole next to him that led through to a cage where there was Bomb Flowers and I grabbed one, rolling through the same hole I had crawled through and it blew up that rock blocking the path to go get Ledd's Bomb Bag. I crawled back through the hole and Ledd smirked. "Heh, heh nice work. Rolling bomb flowers through there- that's the mark of a real professional adventurer! Keep it up and go grab my Bomb Bag!" I nodded, going through the door and seeing so two lizard enemies again which according to Fi were Lizalfos.

I sighed, grabbing my sword and shield before slashing and shield bash one that came at me while avoiding the other who was trying to burn me with their fire breath. I managed to get a good few hit on both of them, I took them out one at a time before they were down and dead. I exited the room and headed back to Ledd. "Heyyyyy! You found my Bomb Bag! Sorry to put through that. I guess I owe you one now! So let me have it....." I tilted my head at him. "Hey, you think I can borrow it just now, I need to go deeper into the volcano and I gotta find my friend remember?" He nodded. "Oh yeah, sure. You're looking for your friend. You sure have put yourself out there, getting this far... That reminds me! How's MY pal?" I smiled, "he's worried about you, cause you went missing." He shook his head. "He's worried? About me? What kind of pal am I, putting him through that? You must be worried too. Not knowing if your friend's dead or alive." I stared at him.

"Not helping my nerves here, I'm trying to think positively here." He nodded, "sorry, well anyway. I'm not letting you borrow my bag though." I sighed, I'm never gonna find Zelda and get her home, I'm gonna go back to Skyloft and Robert as a disappointment, Groose will never le me live this down, nope..... I realised Ledd was still talking whilst I was deep in my thoughts. "Nope. I'm GIVING it to you! Just don't blow yourself up...." Oh, thank the goddess I'm not gonna be a disappointment. Ledd smiled and nodded. "Now, you've got my Bomb Bag. Go find your friend!" I smiled nodding and thanking him incase I don't see him again and he also gave me a stash of bomb flowers to fill it he said knowing him it'd be probably empty and with that I started heading off to see if I can get deeper into the volcano.