When Rekhyt caught up to Link, he thought that his wings were going to fall off. Link was sitting down, back against the wall. His face was flushed from the heat. He was also panting.
"Hey Link?" asked the nosey fairy; Link looked up still panting.
"Yeah? What?"
"Why did you run away from the Goron's? All they wanted to do was give you a hug." Rekhyt already knew. He just wanted to mess with Link.
Link looked at his stupid fairy in amazement, "Oh come on Rekhyt!" he said, struggling to get up and failing miserably. "They would've crushed me. They're like what? Twice my size?" he paused, then said, "I knew you were an idiot, but come on!"
Rekhyt looked at Link. He didn't look too bad but then again he didn't look to good either. The wound he had received from the 'Ninja Lizard' thingies was still visible through his torn tunic. He had some cuts and bruises from his encounter with the Baby Dodongoes. Yet he hadn't gotten anything from 'King Dodongo'.
'I hate ta' say it,' the fairy thought, 'but he ought to take a break... although he is so stubborn that he probably won't listen anyway...' he sighed inaudibly and flew over to Link. "Did you hear what Darunia said back there?" he asked. He doubted it but...
"No... no I didn't... did you?" he looked up at his fairy.
'Ah-ha!' thought Rekhyt mischievously' I just got an idea...' "Maybe, maybe not. Maybe I'll tell you... maybe I won't!" he looked at Link. It was working! The boy was becoming very, very frustrated!
"ARRRRGH! TELL ME YA' STUPID FAIRY!" he yelled standing up and wincing.
"Ah, ah, ah!" Rekhyt said tauntingly, "Temper, temper. Why not say 'please'?"
'Who are ya'? My mother?' thought Link. "Fine." he stated, "Have it your way...please...please will you tell me what Darunia said?" Link couldn't believe it! His fairy was like giving him a lesson in manners! He just couldn't believe it!
Rekhyt laughed triumphantly, and instantly flew out of Link's reach. "Ha ha! Thank you Link! I guess I will tell you... he... said...'If you want more strength, then climb to the top of Death Mountain. There you will find a 'Great Fairy'..." the idiotic fairy stopped, "That's all I heard cause' you were running to fast."
Link looked up. A volcano. He was going to climb a volcano. If he didn’t go, Rekhyt would probably nag him for five hours. The boy sighed and stood using the wall for support. He looked in the direction of the mountaintop. Three boulders were blocking his path. He brought his bomb bag and looked at it in disgust.
"Why," said Rekhyt, noticing the way he was looking at the bag, "do you think that that bag is gross?"
"Because, It’s made from a dodongo’s stomach! That’s why."
"Oh."
Link was shocked. No snappy retort? That’s odd. He dropped the subject and made his way over to the rocks blocking his path. He climbed up onto the ledge and placed a bomb. He ran back not wanting to be caught in the explosion. The bomb blew the rock up and some money was left in its place. Twenty rupees to be exact. Link collected the money and blew another rock up. When the smoke cleared he looked for some money but found none. He sighed and tried to blow the last boulder up but it was harder to get to. He had to try four times. The first one blew up in his face. The second and third ones missed completely and almost hit Rekhyt! He hid under Link’s hat after that! On the fifth try, he got it right on target. The rock exploded into tiny pieces. Twenty rupees were left behind. He ran and jumped. He just barely made it.
He was now at the base of the path leading to the volcano.
‘This just looks waaaay to easy.’ The boy thought. Rekhyt was still inside of Link’s hat. ‘At least he’s quiet now.’ He thought.
Using all of his courage… he ran forward hoping nothing would happen. He was wrong. He had taken just about thirty steps when it happened. Rocks. Rocks came from above. Did he protect himself? No. Not very much anyway. He just ran to get it over with.
"OWW! OUCH! OWW!" he yelled. He was now near the end and could see a wall with vines on it. Also…. He could see spiders. He finally reached the end and heaved a sigh of relief but then groaned when he remembered the spiders on the wall.
‘Well,’ he thought, ‘at least I have a Slingshot…’ he trailed off in his thoughts.
He pulled out his Slingshot and took careful aim and shot just one spider. The other one was to far away. He climbed up the vines and when he was high enough, dropped down onto the ledge. A wolf howled in the distance and darkness fell. Link looked up and saw two more spiders. He sighed and shot them.
He was halfway to the top when he heard a high-pitched voice, "Hmmm….. where are we? What time is it? And… what’s for breakfast?" Rekhyt said, voice high, but heavy from sleep.
Link got an idea. "First question," he said, "we are on Death Mountain. Two, it’s uhhh, (no idea) five o’ clock. And three, breakfast is…" he paused dramatically, "dirt." He looked at his fairy. He had fallen asleep again.
When he reached the top the first thing he noticed was the owl. ‘Oh great!’ thought Link sarcastically.
"Hellllllooooo Link! Hoot hoot hoo! If you’re here to seeeee the Great Fairy—"
Link cut him off. "I know! I know! It’s obvious. All I have to do is blow a hole in the wall. No sweat! Oh and, uh, when I’m done in there…. Will you please give me a ride down?" he begged sweetly.
"Fiiiiinnnne." Said the owl. (I can’t seem to remember his name. If anyone does.. please tell me)
Link moved over to the rupee shaped boulder that was covering the wall and placed a bomb. The boulder shattered into a million tiny pieces. Link walked inside.
When he was inside his mouth dropped open. Rekhyt poked his head out.
"Oh look we’re in a Fairy Fountain… A FAIRY FOUNTAIN? Good job Link! I didn’t doubt ya’ for a second!" Rekhyt yelled at him.
"Okay, okay now will you please shut up? I need ta’ think." He moved forward and saw a big pool of water and some steps. A design the top step. It was shaped like the Triforce. Link moved forward and looked down. There was an inscription on the Triforce. It read: Play the song of the Royal Family.
" ‘Play the song of the Royal Family’? Wha—ohhh now I remember. In the Graveyard, it said the same thing. So all I have to do is play Zelda’s Lullaby!"
Link pulled out his ocarina and began to play. When he finished… he heard a crazed laugh.
"HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Link jumped back in surprise as a person, women came up from out of the water. Once again Link’s mouth dropped open….. as did Rekhyt’s. The women floated in mid-air and looked at them. All she had on were vines. Talk about weird. "Ahhh, so you are the young boy who played the song of the Royal Family. I am a Great Fairy. I can teach you a sword technique. Receive it now!" she spread her arms out and a swirling light came down and circled Link. He felt refreshed. He wasn’t tired anymore! "This ability will allow you to send out magic from your blade! It consumes magic so be careful! When battle has made you weary… come and visit me. Oh and I have a sister who lives near the castle. Go and see her… I’m sure she’ll give you even more powers!" with that, the Great Fairy disappeared back into the pool of water. Link ran out of the cave.
When he exited the cave, the sunlight made him squint. He looked to his left and saw that the owl was still there. He moved towards him. The owl saw that he was done and taking Link by surprise grabbed him in his talons and swooped down towards the village.
When the owl dropped him down, he saw he was on a roof. He was above the chicken lady’s house. He saw a ledge and jumped down onto it and entered the house. He was in a cage like thing with a piece of hart and a cow. He ran and got the piece of heart and went out.
He jumped down and landed next to the ‘chicken lady’ as Link now likes to call her. He made his way to the exit but was stopped by Rekhyt. He was telling him where to go next.
"I think you should go to Zora’s Domain." He said.
"No." Link replied flatly, "I’m going to Lon Lon Ranch."
He ran out of Ka Ka Village with Rekhyt yelling after him.
