Later on that day, around evening time, the sun was setting and the village had become quiet, few citizens staying out to venture into the night.
"Do you think the Light Spirit will really come out to us?" Laura asked Callum, doubt spread across her face.
"I don't know, from what I know it only appears to those destined to be heroes of the land... or those otherwise blessed by the Gods," Callum explained, sporting a similar expression to Laura.
"So we'd have to be special to see it, basically?"
"That's the jist of it."
"Yeah... everyone's heard the tale of Hyrule's creation. And all the kids would pretend they were Zelda, Link and Ganondorf from centuries ago, when the Triforce parts were last active. Remember how Tom always used to try to get me to role-play as Zelda?"
"Yeah, I remember very well. Partly because you shoved him into the river every time he suggested it."
"I certainly hope he remembers that too, or else it's going to happen again," she threatened as she saw Tom hurrying along the path that they had just come from. "Hello, Mr. I'm-a-very-good-boy-and-I'm-never-late-to-anything. What took you so long?"
"Jesus Christ guys, it's those bloody goats... not listening to me lately at all, it's hard work you know. Hard work! Something you guys wouldn't understand," Tom explained, heaving for breath.
"It's harder work having to put up with you when you act like this," Laura retorted, turning her back to him and walking alongside Callum instead. "I'm going to talk to Callum instead, because he's not a massive show off. How do you like that?"
"Really, stop being so overdramatic... I barely said anything to annoy you," Tom replied angrily.
"She was joking, you should know that by now... sarcasm's her main language," Callum intervened, aware of the fact that Tom always takes things way too seriously.
"Wait... isn't this the bridge to Faron Woods? Look what you two have done now! You were so busy talking to each other that we've walked straight past the spring," Tom complained.
"Forgive us for being sociable," the two said, almost in unison. As they turned around, they saw Tom had already made his way back to the gate in front of the spring. He was stood right there staring towards the waterfall, making no movements whatsoever.
"Aww... captivated by the beauty, are we?" Laura mocked him, running over towards him. But as soon as she reached him and looked directly where he was staring, she immediately let out a chilling scream, which caused Callum to run over as fast as he could – who froze at the sight of what was in the spring, before suddenly diving behind a large bush for protection.
A single shadow beast stood at the edge of the spring, facing Tom directly. He and Laura remained stuck to the spot, not daring to move a muscle. After a brief staring contest with the foreign monster, Callum attempted to make a dash, heading straight towards the gate as quickly as he could, but his efforts were in vain – the shadow beast spotted his movement an instantly released a powerful wave of dark energy, which vaporised him and Tom instantly. Laura evaded the attack, but she wasn't free from the beast – it generated an energy ball in its hand and hurled it directly at the teenage girl, striking her below her throat. She fell to the ground in an instant, lying motionless and barely conscious. But she was awake enough to sense that all light was fading, and not just because she'd been attacked – the light was being drained from the spring, but she could not do anything about it, for she was paralyzed head to toe, both physically and from fear...
