Legend of Zelda: Relics of Stone

Chapter 10 - Goron Mines

Hey again! Woohoo! Another dungeon, yay! This is the Goron Mines, the version from Twilight Princess. I personally loved this dungeon in the game, and it was one of my favorites next to Arbiters Grounds. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it! Please click the little star, and comment down below! Even pointing out grammatical or spelling errors will help me a bunch :3 also, I'm going to skip some parts of the dungeon to make this chapter a wee bit shorter so it'll be easier to add in more details.

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     Link and Anya stepped into the fiery inside of the volcano, both giving a small jolt in surprise as the circular door behind them rolled shut, sealing them inside. In front of them was a boiling, bubbling pit of yellow and white lava, the heat visible as it distorted the air around them. Platforms of black lava stone stood strong in the lava, metal pipes and grates along the walls. Ash particles floated in the air, before disintegrating into nothingness.

     "We have to get across that, don't we?" Anya asked, her voice wavering slightly as she looked at the lava, a stream of the white hot substance bubbling up, before shooting into the air with a dull roar.

     "Yup," Link sighed as he looked at the place. Unlike the Korok Temple from before, he remembered precisely how to get through the place.

     "Alright. Follow me and I'll tell you how to get through the place. I know how to get through these mines," Link said as he stepped forward, his metal boots clanking loudly against the metal bars on the ground that acted as some sort of steps.

     "That's a first," he heard Anya mutter. Link rolled his eyes but ignored the comment as he walked forward, where the stone ground he was walking on slowly rose up and ended in a point. White hot lava burst up in a stream at the end of the pointed platform with a dull roar. Link crouched down and waited for the stream to end, before sprinting forward and leaping across the surprisingly short gap onto the other side, dropping into a roll to absorb the force of the impact before standing up.

     "What about me?" Anya called, stuck on the other side of the lava pool.

     "When I tell you to jump, you jump," Link said, having to raise his voice over the bubbling of the lava. Anya nodded hesitantly as she took a quick peak over the edge, eyes widening slightly before she took a few steps back. Link's sensitive hearing picked up the sound of the bubbling growing louder just under the jut in the rocky platform, before a stream of lava burst upward in a violent display. Soon enough it vanished, splashing back down into the pool of lava.

     "Now Anya!" Link said urgently. Anya ran forward and took a running leap off the jutting part of the rocky platform, her eyes wide. Time seemed to freeze for the both of them, before Anya finally landed on the other side, staggering slightly from the force of her impact. Link held an arm out to steady her.

     "Please tell me we don't have to do that again," Anya whispered fearfully.

     "Um...no promises," Link said, Anya just looking up at him silently as he continued, "but the sooner we kill this dragon, the sooner we can get out of here, okay?" Link said to the young teen, who nodded in answer. She stood up straight, then looked at what was ahead of them.

     On one side there were several sections of metal grated off corridors, with powerful jets of fire to keep anyone but the Gorons out of the place. On the opposite side there was a long ledge, just wide enough to fit a Goron, with a thick metal bridge connecting the sides together and spanning over a lava river.