7th installment of the VGNU.
As the land of Hyrule fights to reform, an old evil reawakens on an island where it was imprisoned.
Secreting themselves away, the Princess of this land and her chosen hero travel to put this evil to rest permanently...
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As they drew closer to the flames that erupted around the mountain, the smoke thickened, blinding them and choking them. The path upwards that they had been following seemed to disappear in front of them. Each of them kept their hats pressed against their noses and mouths as to not breathe in ash and smoke.
"This is pointless," Paul muttered. "We can barely see two feet in front of us, and if Vaati really has enough power to do something like this, what chance do we have?"
"And that's why I didn't want to come here yet," Barry agreed. "Told you guys we were screwed."
"Actually I've been thinking," Link said. "I don't think Vaati did this."
Paul and Barry both looked back at him. "What do you mean?" Barry asked. "Of course he did. Who else could've?"
"The Great Fairies that guard these places," Link said looking up at the tiny point of light at the top of the volcano. They could barely see it through all the smoke but it was the only thing leading them in the right direction.
"What?" Paul asked.
"Vaati's the wind sorcerer," Link explained. "And none of us made the connection to the fact that the dangers of the area matched the element each of the Fairies represent? It just gets more and more dangerous because they have more time to prepare. When Vaati attacked the Sea of Trees there was no real warning, so it was much easier. Then with Talus cave there was a bit more time, so the entire mountain is covered in ice. And now with Mt. Kasai, this Fairy's had plenty of time to work up the power to protect her territory, and so now everything's on fire. And yet, it's been easy enough for us to get through cause they're guiding us. They can't let Vaati through, so it's dangerous, but we need to get across and retrieve the silver keys, so they open up paths for us as we go."
Paul and Barry were silent.
"Well when you put it like that," Roger muttered.
"So, so long as we keep heading towards the light up there," Link finished. "I'm sure we'll be fine."
"I thought you were done with exposition," Barry joked.
"Yeah well," Link muttered. "It's almost like talking to myself."
They hoped Link actually knew what he was talking about, and not just acting reckless again. But they followed him, walking up the side of the volcano, making sure to stay far enough away from the rivers of lava that flowed down beside them. The heat was dizzying, but after what Link had said they all realized it easily could've been much much worse. In fact, being this close to lava should've killed them just from exposure, and technically that fall from in Talus cave should've also killed them. Thinking about it this way, it almost made Link's passed decisions less reckless. It really felt like there was some outside force protecting them along their way. If he'd jumped from that tree in the forest, would he have lived if they didn't catch him? And the river, when Paul swam after him, would Link have floated safely across as he claimed he would've?
