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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Deciding that this time rest would only be a waste of time, the four heroes hurried down the mountain side, jumping over the still flowing lava. They kept their faces covered until they crossed the river, and from there they ran back towards the forest.
The end was approaching, and they'd already run out of time. They didn't want Vaati to have another second more. He had to be stopped as soon as possible. And the adrenaline pushed them to keep going. This time, no matter what, they weren't going to let Vaati get away.
So when they arrived at the forest, Paul and Barry quickly got to work making their grappling hooks. And as soon as those were done they climbed back up to the tops of the trees, and used them to return to Vaati's Palace.
Again, all at once they set foot on the stairs up to the castle.
The golden palace doors opened for them as they neared them, and same as before it was all bright lights and gold embroidery across smoke filled walls. At the other end of the room there was the wall with an embossed door shape, but no door, and the podium in front of it with three key slots.
Link, Roger, Paul and Barry, stood before the podium and took their keys from their pockets. As they held them out, they merged.
The four keys they retrieved from the first Great fairy formed into one single key. Then the next four into one, and the last four into one. Now, there were only three golden keys, and they placed themselves in the slots of the podium.
They turned, and the wall opened up as a door.
This time, it opened up to a downwards staircase, but there was light shining from within.
The four heroes drew their swords, and entered.
"...Link?" Barry mumbled.
"... Yeah?"
"... Everything's on fire," Barry stated.
"Yeah," Link nodded.
The light that had been at the bottom of the stairs was cast by the glow of the flames. But it was worse than that; the entire castle seemed to be melting. The gold turned to liquid from the heat, pooling like lava across the floor. The stones smoked and cracked, falling to pieces and melting into the gold.
"How are we supposed to get passed this?" Paul huffed.
"I don't think grappling hooks are gonna cut it this time," Roger grimaced. "And I don't see any other way across."
Link took off his hat and wrapped it around his face, tying it in a knot as best he could. "Follow me," he said, kicking off the nearest wall and grabbing onto the ceiling.
"What are you doing!?" Paul hissed. "Oh wait, actually..." The gold wiring ran along the ceiling. It was breaking, and hot, and the smoke blocked their vision, but there wasn't any other way.
