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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The plan was to get in, and get out.
Move as fast as possible, and outrun the potential eruption of the volcano.
Find the Great Fairy, retrieve the keys, and hurry to Vaati's Palace before they wasted any more time.
Instead, they found themselves dodging flaming boulders that fell from the sky. They covered their faces once again with their hats, and stayed as far as they could from the lava that spilled through the cracks in the mountain. It flowed like rivers over the paths they tried to follow, blocking their way.
Eventually they were trapped, sitting huddled together in a small hollow in the side of the rock as lava poured around them. They were cornered, closed off, and the hollow only got hotter and hotter, like a furnace trying to cook them alive.
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As the rest of the day passed, they could even see the sun setting from their hollow. It was like the sun was mocking them, like it knew that even with it gone the lava was bright enough to keep them awake all night.
"We're not going to make it in time are we?" Paul huffed, tapping the back of his head against the cave's inner wall.
"Nope," Barry sighed, shaking his head.
"Doesn't matter," Roger said.
"Yeah," Link agreed. "We'll beat him anyway... we have to."
"Yeah," Roger mumbled.
"This is my fault," Barry scoffed, curling up into a ball and hugging his legs tight, sitting his face in his knees. "I should'a just jumped, screwed everything up..."
"Don't you start," Roger scolded.
"... Sorry," Barry said.
"What do we do in the meantime?" Paul asked.
"Meantime?" Link asked.
"Until the lava's done with," Paul explained.
"I don't think it will," Roger answered. "At least not for a while. It's not like it just dries up automatically."
"Yeah, I guess not," Paul sighed.
They sat in silence again, watching the night sky. They smoke and ash blocked the stars, and from here would probably block the sun in the morning as well. As the hours passed they started taking turns trying to sleep, but Paul would just stand outside the cave, looking at the top of the volcano.
Roger kept asking him what he was doing but Paul would give vague answers. Link eventually stood out with him, trying to see what he was seeing, then realized for the most part Paul had his eyes closed, like he was thinking.
