The following morning the two lovers remained asleep in each others arms, covered only by a blanket of grayish black fur. Both deep in a nightmare free sleep before the sound of a heavy hand against the stone door woke the light sleeping link. The blond hero took a rejuvenating breath before regretfully slipping from the warm embrace of Malon. Slipping on his pants and stretching his sore muscles he made sure the redhead was properly covered before lifting open the stone door.

"Ah, Link." It was the Goron that first greeted them the previous day. "How did you and your traveling companion sleep?"

"Very well actually." Link grinned.

"The elders have finally remembered the legend of the Divine Ink, they and brother Link are waiting for you in the boss chambers."

"Great, we will be there in a few minutes." The blond smiled and nodded before letting the door close again. He walked over and knelt down next to the sleeping Malon. "Hey, Malon." He said softly a he nudged her bare shoulder. "Wake up."

"Hm?" Her voice was on the border of sleep and consciousness as she rolled over to face him. She let out a deep sigh before opening her eyes to the blond hero she fell asleep beside. "Morning." She said sleepily.

"Morning." He replied, moving a bit of hair behind her left ear. "The Gorons know what we have to do next."

"Mmm, okay." She said sitting up, keeping her chest covered with the blanket.

"We should probably get dressed first." Link grinned, causing Malon to giggle and blush. After locating their clothing and getting dressed along with re-equipping themselves the duo made their way down to the lowest chamber. Inside the room were the young Goron leader along with five thin and very old looking Gorons.

"Link, glad you made it." The Goron greeted as he stood from his seat.

"So this is the Goddess chosen hero." One of the enders smiled. "We are quite happy to know that you are here."

"So your aware of the legend?" Link asked.

The Goron looked to his fellow elders before turning back to Link. "Yes. We Goron keep the legend alive, telling it to each generation so that its never forgotten."

"Please, tell us." Malon encouraged.

"Yes, it time that you knew." The old Goron sat on the ground with everyone else in the room following suit. "Shortly after the goddesses created this world and the first civilizations began it was apparent that there was a darkness in every heart. No matter how seemingly pure the individual may be. They say that the purer the heart, the more intense the darkness inside. Most would not act upon the darkness, but there were a few that did and grew evil. When the Goddesses realized this they knew that their destined hero would also have an unimaginable darkness deep in their heart, powerful enough to take physical form. The Goddesses then created a pure liquid ink that was to be used to mark the hero when needed."

"That doesn't explain the scroll we found in the desert." Link interrupted.

"The true power of the Divine Ink can only be unleashed if imprinted on the skin in a special pattern that was divided into three segments. You found the one in the desert, one we believe is hidden in our shrine, and legend says the final piece of the image is hidden in Zora's domain. The ink itself is said to be hidden somewhere in the forest."

"Okay then." Link muttered as he wrapped his index finger around his chin. "Well if you think the next scroll is in your shrine than I think the cold disturbance coming from it must be Dark Links doing."

"He must want to make sure that nobody gets to the scrolls." Malon commented. "Does he know your still alive?"

"I don't think so. He probably would have sent a horde of monsters our way if he did." The blond hero stood up to his feet. "So lets get going as soon as we can." Malon nodded and stood up with him with a smile.

"Please, the shrine is this way." The elder lead them past the passage behind Goron Link's chair. As they made way for the crater of death mountain they all could feel a bitter chill run through the air. Link didn't feel this cold since Zora's domain froze over, something was greatly wrong. However, nothing prepared the duo for what they were about to see. When the group made it to the crater everything was frozen, even what was supposed to be molten lava was cooled enough to where the top layer was solid rock. Link and Malon looked around in awe and fear, whatever could cause a volcano to freeze must have been strong. "The Goron shrine is down these steps." The elder motioned to a staircase the wound along down the crater to an opening halfway down to the now hardened lava. "Good luck to you. If anyone can its the divine hero." He finished as he lead the rest of the Gorons back inside.

Link took one more look at his lover before nodding. "Lets go." The two of them made heir way quickly down the steps.

Once inside the two were nearly blown back out by a large gust of wind that chilled them nearly to death. "Holy fuck!" Malon shouted out loud as she held her cold arms. "Someone needs to light a fucking fireplace in here."

"Yeah, it is pretty cold." Link replied as he blew air into his hands to try and warm up his nearly frostbitten fingers. He took a moment to listen to the echoes that bounced off the walls. From the sounds of things this was not a very big place. "Come on, sooner we get out of here the sooner we can get somewhere warm." They cautiously moved forward, sliding over the slick ice. In a far off cavern Malon could see a faint red glowing light.

"Link, look." She pointed over towards the glow. He nodded in confirmation as they continued on. In the room they found an odd staff sticking from a carved stone, which was surprisingly the only thing that wasn't frozen. The floor was still slippery with ice though.

"Why do I have a bad feeling?" Link muttered just before there was a sharp roar coming from above them. The two fighters moved and slid back as a large blue reptile like creature landed just where they were standing, it quickly backed up and circled the glowing staff before hissing at them fiercely. "Almost too predictable." The green clad fighter told himself as he unsheathed his sword. Malon followed the motion and gave her blades a slight twirl. They looked at this new beast. Its small scales were various shades of blue that covered its body while there were ice blue plates covering its stomach and torso. The scales on its shoulders and head were larger than the rest, resembling a defensive armor.

"Link."

"Yeah?"

"Its tail, its not protected. It might be his soft spot."

Link grinned and stared down the monster. "I'll draw its attention then, you move for the tail. Just watch the ice." He swung his blade to make sure he had the reptiles attention before running off to his right, forcing it to turn its back to Malon. The lizard swung for him though he flipped backward to avoid being scratched, stalling it enough so Malon slashed off its tail. The sudden pain caused it to rear up, exposing its torso to Link. Taking his chance Link jabbed the master sword into the lizards chest, right between the hard thick scales. The monsters motions suddenly stopped, a slight mist of air escaped its mouth before Link pulled back. The open wound gushed blood that completely froze in midair just as the monster fell to the ground.

"That didn't seem too difficult." Malon said as she put away her blades.

"It wasn't, this thing isn't whats causing the volcano to freeze. Plus we still have to find the next scroll." He then walked up to the staff that was sticking out of the carved stone. It was a white rod with a glowing red gem stuck in the top, just being close he could feel the heat radiating off of the gem. He grabbed the staff and pulled it out in one clean tug.

"What is it?" Malon asked as she walked up beside him.

"Not quite sure myself." He looked around the room again. Thats when he noticed a door on the other side of the room that was sealed shut with ice. With a flick of his wrist he focused his energy through the rod as a fireball shot out and instantly eliminated the icy door. With a slightly surprised look he inspected the new tool. "Oh I'm so holding on to this one." He grinned before taking Malon by the hand and leading her to the newly available door. He forced the door open while Malon entered the room. It was large, roughly about the size of the entire Goron cavern. On the other side they could see another frozen door, the door itself was larger than the one they just came through. "The next scroll must be in there." Link said as he began to make his way across the room, Malon following behind him.

The redhead caught sight of a thick white rope heading for them, more specifically, Link. "Look out!" She shouted as he tackled him to the ground. The strange rope missed its intended target, but it hit Malon by the foot. It spread out and molded to the shape of her foot. The cold sticky thread then pulled back, lifting Malon into the air. Reacting quickly she pulled out her swords and sliced at the thread in a scissor motion, cutting herself free. She was close enough to the ground to be able to twist her body in midair and land safely.

"You okay?" Link questioned.

"I'm fine." The pair heard a low growl coming from above them. They looked up to see an enormous arachnid descending from the ceiling. It had a thick white coat of fur and nine soulless black eyes. Its jaws were made up of four snow white fangs that crossed each other diagonally. "Man I hate spiders." Malon growled. The arachnid opened its jaws and released a gust of cold wind laced in jagged ice sickles, forcing the two to separate in order to avoid the attack. Malon pulled out her bow and shot for the thread holding the beast up, but it had no effect. The arrow simply bounced off like it was steel. "I cant shoot it down!" Malon called.

Link focused on the silk that it hung from, he noticed the light reflecting off of it like ice. Thats when he quickly thought of a new strategy. Taking out his new fire rod he circled around to where he was out of the spiders view before launching a fireball up and destroying the thread, causing it to fall down onto the hard ice, Enraged, the giant arachnid turned towards Link and began to pursue him. The blond hero kept eyes with the creature while making sure he kept at a safe distance, occasionally dodging gusts of its icy breath. Each time he dodged its attack he would launch another blast of fire in its eyes, causing it to rear up and roar, but doing no true damage as it seemed to show no signs of slowing down. He was sure the eyes were its vulnerable point and he himself was running out of energy from the constant fireballs.. "Thats it." He said sharply to himself. "Malon, next time he stands on his back legs get in front of him and use Din's Fire!" Once she nodded in agreement he gave the fire rod one last launch and aimed it right for his center eye. Once it rose back up Malon slid underneath it and cast the blazing spell. The dome of fire moved upwards and out, engulfing the creature and setting its thick coat of fur on fire. Now screeching in agony it flailed about the room, running into the surrounding walls repeatedly. On about the fifth run-in the arachnid fell on its back with its legs curled inwards towards its body. The flames finally dying out the creature began to dissolve into pure white snow.

"That wasn't so bad." Malon fibbed.

"Speak for yourself, I hate anything that has more limbs than me." Link grumbled as he rotated his joints. He let out a light sigh of relief when he noticed the snow and ice beginning to melt.

Malon and Link then made way for the large door that could now be opened due to the melting ice. Like the door at the Gerudo tomb this one also had writing carved in the stone. "Courage- The warrior faces their fears. There are many things we are afraid of; fear of failure, fear of looking a fool, fear of getting hurt. Well that is natural, but the warrior has to learn to acknowledge that what they are feeling is fear because that is all it is, a feeling. Recognize where the feeling is coming from and why and the it is possible to overcome the fear. We can then face the challenges of life and do those things we would wish to." Malon read.

"The Goron are a brave yet gentle race." Link nodded as he noticed a carving into the door. It was tall and thin with a diamond shaped top. Having a good idea of what to do he took the fire rod and shoved it into the slot, automatically opening the door. Inside there was another scroll wrapped around a gold cylinder. He took Malon by the hand and gripped the scroll. 'Come on, I don't want to be here when the lava bursts through the rock outside."

A/N: Okay guys here is the next chapter, and from the lack of reviews on the last chapter it would seem that I lost a few readers. So please, if you like this story and know someone else who may enjoy it by all means spread the word. Reviews really are fuel for a writer. Also, with the holidays fast approaching this may be my last chapter until the new year. Happy Holidays everyone, and have a pleasant New Year.