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"I used to not care. I just went along with orders and hoped that everything would work out for me. But after all that's happened, you know what I've learned? It's not about hating the guy on the other side because someone told you to. I mean, you should hate someone because they're an asshole or a pervert or a snob, or they're lazy or arrogant or an idiot or a know-it-all. Those are reasons to dislike somebody. You don't hate a person because someone told you to; you have to despise people on a personal level, not because they're red or because they're blue, but because you know them and you see them every single day, and you can't stand them because they're a complete and total fucking douchebag." - Leonard L. Church, Red vs Blue


As they reached the cave mouth, Lynn thought of another problem, "Oh no, wait. This won't work,"

"What? Why not?" Aveline enquired,

"Well, think about it, if we get separated, then how are we going to stay in contact?"

"That's a good point..." Aveline bit her lip, then shook her head, "I've got nothing,"

"Great, neither do I," Lynn said, sitting down on a rock,

"Well, I sort of have an idea," Skye said, a little ashamedly,

"What?" Lynn asked, looking up at the young fairy, whose glow had gone a delicate shade of pink,

"Well, Rhea and I are twins and as magically inclined creatures we can establish a telepathic link. If I were to get her, and we establish that link, then we'd be able to communicate between the two of us while going through here, which we can extend so we can remain in constant communication while doing so," Skye explained,

"Great! Let's do that, where is this Rhea?" Aveline clapped her hands, before seeing Skye's sour expression, "What's up?"

"The two of them had a fight, earlier today," Lynn explained, "And Rhea is at the fairy spring on the side of the mountain, we wouldn't be able to get there and back without being seen by the Rito. And besides, she doesn't like non-fairies,"

"Well, I would go," Skye said, in hushed tones, "Except she's been following us since we left the spring, I've been sensing her presence the whole time, I've just been ignoring it. And trust me, it's not that she doesn't 'like' you, but more that she's scared of you," she grinned slyly,

"I am not!" a voice shouted from behind a rock, before a fairy, glowing dark purple, rose up from behind the rock,

"Hey Rhea," Skye giggled, "You gonna help us out or what?"

Rhea went bright red, "No, I am not! I'm not helping them out,"

"Cucco," Skye said,

"What did you call me?"

"You know, a cucco? It's like a chicken except the wings are strong enough to grant even an adult human a gliding flight. But it's still a chicken," she smiled wickedly, showing her teeth,

Rhea flashed red, "How dare you? I was going to apologise, but now I don't think I will," she folded her arms, huffing,

Skye looked at her for a few seconds before sighing, "Look, if you want to apologise, help me and Lynn out. I promise after this you can do what you like," she looked away, "This is important for Lynn, she needs to find out information about her brother, and the only way she's getting it is if she sorts out the Rito and Goron problem," Skye extended her hand to her sister, "We only need to cooperate this once,"

Rhea looked at Skye's hand before taking it, "Okay, but only this once, then I'm going to the others at Lake Hylia,"

"There we go," Skye said quietly, so only Lynn could hear her as she settled in the Hylians ear as Rhea floated towards Aveline, at what she considered a reasonable distance.

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As it turned out, the cave led into a mineshaft. And, quite coincidentally in fact, there were large chasms and cliffs which required Aveline be on the other side to open doors and lift staircases out of the floor to reach certain points through the use of buttons, levers and pulling of chains.

Other than that, this dungeon was just as linear as the last. With the two girls fighting together, Lynn using her regular technique, hack and slash with her sword until it isn't moving anymore, while Aveline would adopt a similar technique with her knife, but would occasionally fly into the air and attack the opponent from above.

After making their way through several floors and basements, Rhea asked a question, "What possible reason would Goron's need a mine for?"

"Well, we know they live on a diet of rocks, maybe they were digging for some," Lynn replied, slicing a keese (a rather vicious bat-like creature, which also happened to be on fire for some unknown and slightly unnerving reason) in two,

"A rock is a rock, all they have to do is look around a cave, won't take long," Rhea replied scornfully,

"Yeah, well, rocks are to Gorons what food is to other races. Some kinds are going to be more nutritious than others," Aveline pointed out, stunning another keese with the flat of her blade,

"No one asked you beaky," Rhea snapped,

Skye flashed red as she slammed into Rhea, "Would you stop insulting them! Seriously, it's getting stupid, one more insult out of you and we're leaving you in here," Skye threatened, her glow dimming in an ominous way,

Rhea shut up, and mostly stayed away from Aveline as much as she could (except for the few times where Aveline had to crawl through a small ventilation shaft into a parallel room to solve a puzzle or open a door so the party could proceed), until they entered a wide open room, the atmosphere within eerily reminding Lynn of a room she had entered while below the Fairy Fountain in the forest.

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Lynn motioned for Aveline and Rhea to stay back for a second as she entered the relatively circular room (I say 'relatively' because the two doors (that were opposite each other) were set into the walls, leaving slight dents in the otherwise smooth shape of the room).

As she neared the middle of the room, the ground in front of the doors cracked open, and walls of flame opened, leaving Lynn and Skye trapped in the circular room, with Aveline and Rhea stuck behind a wall of fire and unable to provide assistance.

There was a rumbling from beneath the floor, and Lynn flipped back instinctively as a large lizard sprung out of the ground.

It was similar to the Dodongos (the large, particularly violent, fire-breathing salamanders mentioned earlier) that Lynn had fought with while they were trekking through the caves, however it was much larger, and had a club-like, spiked tail.

Drawing her sword and raising her shield, she stood her ground against the large Dodongo as it hissed at her.

It span around, its spiked tail bouncing off her shield. Lynn stumbled away from it, trying to keep her shield up but her arm had gone numb because of the brute force the beast had hit the shield with.

Skye briefly flashed purple before Aveline's voice emitted from her, "Lynn! This is a juvenile King Dodongo. They're much larger than regular Dodongos and while it's agitated like this you won't be able to hit it. However, if you don't make yourself too visible or stay still it shouldn't be able to see you."

"Can't I maybe lure it into the fire?" Lynn asked, backing slowly towards the shaded wall,

"No, Dodongos have a fireproof exterior. However, their insides aren't, so if you could get an explosive in there, you'd be good. Unfortunately the only explosives around here are bomb flowers, and there aren't any in here," Aveline replied,

Lynn sighed, rubbing her aching arm and looked at the ground, "Not quite,"

"What?"

"Well, there's a dried up plant here, looks like the stem of a bomb flower, except sort of dead," Lynn looked up at Skye, "The bomb flower is technically a plant, could you use those forest powers to make it grow?"

Skye looked at the plant uneasily, "Uh, yeah, I could, but it'll take me a little while. If you distract dragon breath over there while I do it," she landed next to the dried up bomb flower, glowing green, "Go,"

Lynn nodded, making to move over the other side of the room, when Skye projected Aveline's voice again, "Lynn, the tail isn't immune to attack, so hitting it will draw its attention long enough for Skye to finish up the bomb flower,"

"Right," Lynn said, withdrawing an arrow from her quiver as she readied her bow, her eyes on the King Dodongo as she moved across the room to the other side, staying in the shadows of the walls so it wouldn't see her.

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As she reached the other side, she shakily launched the arrow towards the club-like tail of the Dodongo. It missed, clattering off one of the tail spikes. The Dodongo either didn't hear it, or didn't care, however, it did notice when Skye flickered brightly to fuel the growth of the explosive fruit.

Panicking slightly, Lynn drew another arrow, her hand steady. She launched the arrow, and it hit the beast right in the soft skin of the club-like tail.

The Dodongo emitted a harsh screech of pain, before spinning around to face Lynn, or rather, where the pain had come from, it could not see anything because of the shadows. It hissed out a breath of fire, which was mostly for show due to the distance between them. When its foe didn't move, the Dodongo growled, stepping slowly towards the place where the pain had come from.

Then another arrow flew into its tail from the left. Screaming in pain again, it span around, but its foe was once again gone. It roared out into the air, before curling into a ball and rolling at a high speed. It did this in an attempt to hit something, but only succeeded in smashing into a wall. Unfazed, it turned around and roared again, stalking into the centre of the room and looking around.

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Meanwhile, Lynn was back with Skye, who had successfully given life back to the fast-growing bomb flower, and was now hiding in Lynn's hat.

The bomb flower is a curious fruit. It is roughly fist-sized, with a smooth, blue-black surface, and a small red and yellow flower sprouting from the top, like a bomb fuse, hence the name, 'bomb flower'.

Pulling the fruit from its stem, Lynn turned to the Dodongo and shouted, "Hey ugly!"

The Dodongo turned at the sudden noise, its mouth open wide and roaring,

Lynn threw the small explosive fruit, the fuse-like flower had begun burning. It flew into the open mouth of the Dodongo, and exploded.

The Dodongos stomach bulged out comically, before it fell onto its back, revealing a soft underbelly.

Lynn jumped onto the Dodongo and plunged her sword into the beast. It screamed its last, and died.

Lynn slumped to the floor as the walls of flame died down to cinders, her shield arm aching, "Knowing our luck we're not even halfway," she muttered, wincing as she put her dented shield on her back.

"Oh shit. I see your time travelling hottie and raise you a room full of dead bodies!" - Pete, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel


Aveline ran over to Lynn, "Are you okay?"

Lynn rubbed her arm gingerly, before slowly loosening the straps on her gauntlets, "Apart from my arm, fine, that thing hit really hard," she winced as Aveline helped her slide off her gauntlet and rolled up her sleeve and then gritted her teeth as she saw her arm.

Her right arm, from her wrist to her elbow, had quickly become decorated with a purple-blue bruise.

"Oh Din, that's nasty," Aveline said, invoking the name of one of the creator goddesses, "Can you move your fingers?" Lynn curled her fingers into a fist and then uncurled them again, "Right, good, is anything broken?"

"I don't think so, it's just really sore," Lynn said, biting her lip,

"Well, I didn't bring any bandages, and you can't use that arm, so we're kind of in trouble," the Rito girl said, scowling,

Lynn rose unsteadily, her arm hanging loosely to her side, "We'll make do," she walked over to the door, and Aveline helped her to slide it open.


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Not much later, in a dark tunnel-like corridor, Skye and Rhea both flashed brightly.

"What is it?" Lynn asked, wincing as she moved her arm,

"This... this is..." Rhea muttered excitedly, bobbing up and down,

"The Fairy Fountain of Death Mountain..." Skye finished,

Lynn's eyes widened, "You're kidding me,"

Rhea ignored her, speeding off down a side tunnel. Skye shouted for Lynn and Aveline to follow and sped off in hot pursuit.

Lynn and Aveline reached the end of the tunnel, which ended rather suddenly. The two fairies were nowhere to be seen.

"Skye?" Lynn called out, "Rhea?"

Skye popped out of the apparent dead end, "Come on!" and zoomed back through,

Lynn and Aveline looked at each other questioningly, then cautiously stepped toward the wall.


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To their surprise, they appeared to go right through the wall, finding themselves in the suddenly cooler climate of a fairy fountain. The crystals here were a bloody red, and a Great Fairy, her hair a dark red but otherwise identical to the last, was hovering above the fountain.

"Young Alynnedé Clearwater, you've done well to make it this far," she smiled,

"Uh, thank you," Lynn said uneasily, blushing a little,

"You come seeking my aid I believe?" the fairy cocked her head to the side, studying Lynn, who blushed more, "Your arm?"

Lynn dropped her head, her hair covering her eyes, "Yes, I injured it in the fight against a juvenile King Dodongo,"

"Oh, you fought the King Dodongo did you?" the fairy asked, "I remember that thing's daddy, nasty piece of work, well, until your ancestor showed up that is, nice boy, you have his eyes," she grinned cheekily, "Now, about your arm..." she waved her arm, and Lynn's arm glowed a soft blue.

Suddenly, the pain was gone, and the bruise which had covered her arm a mere moment before had vanished. Though Lynn couldn't see this through her gauntlet, she was glad of the relief.

"Thank you," Lynn said, briefly looking up at the Great Fairy, before looking down again, and turning to leave,

"Oh, Lynn, one more thing. From here on in, the dungeon is going to get more perilous and it's going to get a lot hotter. My sister tells me she gave you a gift, so, I guess it's my turn..." she waved her arm again, and Lynn's entire form was encased in a soft blue light.


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When the light faded, Lynn found herself wearing different armour.

Her hat (which was now red with a fiery motif at it's tip) was now accompanied by a helmet like attachment which appeared to be the skeletal remains of a dragon's maw.

Her shoulder pauldron had been replaced with a rock-like equivalent, which was cracked and the innards glowed orange. Her boots resembled those she had seen Dangoro wearing, made of iron.

Her undershirt was now covered with what appeared to be leathery, scaled skin. Her gauntlets were made of bone covered in the same material. Over this she wore thick, charcoal-like armour.

Her gloves were black, and glowed orange, ending in claws.

The Great Fairy smiled at her work, "Do you like it?"

Lynn nodded slowly, examining her new armour,

"It's made from the remains of a dragon who lived in this mountain for a long time. Your armour is impervious to fire, and you will receive less damage when struck. You're also much heavier now, but the magic within the armour means you can move at your regular speed. You no longer have need for your shield, and you can attack enemies at a closer range using your hands, which can also emit fire, which you can activate by channelling magic through them." the fairy explained, before turning to Skye and Rhea,

"Skye, you have received the powers of the forest from my sister, and I grant you access to my fire powers. With them you can create fire, and control it, if necessary," she waved her arm again, and Skye glowed a fierce red,

"And Rhea, I have strengthened the connection between you and Skye, now you and she can communicate across larger distances," she turned back to Lynn, "Finally, I grant you this hammer," a large hammer appeared in Lynn's arms, which she hefted easily, "Use it for smashing, or something,"

"Thank you," Lynn said shyly, looking at the hammer rather than at the fairy,

"Right, well, I'm off then, Aveline look after her, alright," the great fairy winked at the Rito, who smiled, before sinking into the fountain.

"Yes ma'am," Aveline grinned, before looking at Lynn, "Come on, let's go,"


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Back in the tunnels, Aveline looked up at Lynn, "What's with you?"

"What?" the older girl replied, confused,

"You froze up in there, what's going on?"

"Oh, that, I just..." Lynn sighed, "I don't like talking to figures of authority, I don't know why, I just... get nervous, I guess,"

"Right... well, I guess we should move on," Aveline said gently,

"Right," Lynn replied with renewed determination, slotting the large hammer into a new belt slot on her back, before retrieving her sword.


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Lynn soon found that, in her new armour, she could swing the sword a lot harder and faster, dealing twice as much damage to foes,

She also found that she could throw bomb flowers a lot further, and Aveline could quickly convert bomb flowers into actual bombs, storing them in a pouch she'd fashioned out of Dodongo skin.

Eventually, they made it to a large, cavernous room.

Up above them, protruding from a point where one of the walls met the ceiling, a long scaly tail hung.

"That's the tail of our great guardian, so what's causing it's distress?" Aveline asked, looking around,

Suddenly, the walls began shaking violently, and a large, insectoid creature (and by large, I mean freaking huge) with hundreds of clicking legs, a pair of deadly sharp mandibles and a singular, terrifying eye, sprang out from beneath the ground below and latched itself onto the guardian's tail.

"At a guess, I'd say it was that," Lynn said drily, Aveline nodding in stunned agreement.

I was going to call the hammer MegaCrush Hammer (MC Hammer, geddit?), before I realised how stupid that would be :P