Gerudo Forest

Chapter 29

Not wanting to go to sleep again so soon after having her dreams so rudely invaded she decided to find Darmani. When she was sure Ganon was asleep she put on her new clothes. It fit rather well and was extremely soft even though the material looked rather rough. It wasn't her favorite shade of green but it was by far the prettiest shade of red she had seen. She didn't even think the tunic at the shop had quite the lovely shade of her new clothes. It also breathed better than the other clothes she had worn. The best part about them was she wouldn't have to worry about catching them on fire. Leaving Ganon to rest properly in the room she snuck out and down the hall. 

She wasn't sure where she would find the little goron but the village wasn't that big. How hard could it be? Apparently it was harder than she would have guessed because an hour later she was still looking. None of the gorons she talked to had seen him and she hoped he hadn't gotten grounded. She wondered if maybe he had gone to the track. The only problem is she didn't know how to get there herself.  

"I guess I better ask." she thought to herself.  

Luckily for her a goron passing by was more than happy to show her the way.  

"The race track? It isn't open yet. They are restoring it right now." The goron said confused as to why she wanted to go there of all places. 

"Well I'm looking for Darmani and since I couldn't find him anywhere here. I thought he might be helping fix the track." She explained. 

" Ah well. Let's see if we can't find him then." The goron said with a gap toothed smile.  

This was the last place she would look before giving up and hoped it wasn't far. They walked all the way to the village entrance and to a hallway she didn't remember seeing before.  

"It was blocked off before." The goron told her seeing the confusion on her face.  

As they walked through the new hall she could see a light at the other end. They exited into a sort of crater that opened up showing the sky. The sun was starting to set and gave the clouds a pinkish orange lining. She could see the remains of the track. It had been badly damaged. Landslides had taken out a few areas and she could also see where lava had spilled out of one of the volcano's vents creating a wall in the middle of one path. Scores of gorons were diligently working to repair as much as they could before the sun dipped out for the night.  

"Hey!" She heard Darmani's voice call.  

She looked around for the source and saw Darmani waving near a group of gorons who had nearly removed all the debris from the first section of the track. He rolled into a ball and shot up the path to where she was spraying dirt and rocks behind him.  

"Well if you don't need me anymore I shall take my leave." Her guide said bowing.  

"Thank you so much for your help." she said bowing back before he left.  

Turning back to Darmani she had many questions she wanted to ask him but wasn't sure what to ask first.  

" I'm glad you found me. Did you get in trouble with my dad?" he asked.  

"I was going to ask you the same thing." she said laughing. "I didn't get scolded to bad." she said with a smile. "Did they find out you helped me? I was worried you would get grounded or something." She figured since he was here though it meant no one had.  

"Nope they didn't." he said with a mischievous grin. "So what happened? You look pretty black and blue. Dad wouldn't tell me a thing." He questioned.  

Did she? She had no mirror so she hadn't seen what she looked like yet. 

"Well if your dad doesn't think you ought to know maybe I should wait tell he tells you first." She responded kind of disappointed.