Here is it, chapter two (or, Scroll two). Hope you enjoy! (It's almost half past midnight my time and I wanted to update whenever possible, which is now :P)

Enjoy!

Scroll Two

Running Through the Night

"Morning, m'dear! How may I help you?" the shopkeeper asked happily. "Let me know if I can assist you in any way!"

Nyx blinked and nodded. "Thank you…"

"I must recommend this for you. It would fit you perfectly. Just look at your figure!"

"Link…?" Nyx asked wearily. Outside, Castle Town was in full swing of the market rush, people scurrying by trying to get to the nearest sale. The night's rain and brought on a flurry of blooming flowers and new bugs for the self-proclaimed 'Bug Princess' to catch and hopefully call her own. "Should I at least try this on?"

Link nodded encouragingly. It's gonna cost me…

She ducked into the change-rooms and emerged wearing a blue long-sleeved crop-top, complete with a hood. Instead of wearing the thick pants from the mountains, Nyx now wore a pair of pale brown pants and a golden belt and black boots. Her hair had since been tied back into a loose and messy ponytail and two braids with a blue and green bead on the end of each braid. A small leather vest finished her lovely little outfit. The shopkeeper was delighted. "You look fit for battle, miss! That'll be two-hundred rupees!"

Link's mouth hung open, but he paid the woman. She was delighted and waved them goodbye. "Thank you so much!"

Nyx seemed to be intrigued by Castle Town. "It's beautiful out here," she said, wondering sparkling in her golden eyes. Link smiled and shrugged, telling her this was a normal day, besides the rain from last night. Nyx looked to the south gate, smiling gently. "I don't remember running through Hyrule Field that well, it was the middle of the night and there were monsters everywhere."

They went back to the Bar where Telma greeted them warmly. "Don't you look lovely in your new outfit! I hope it didn't cost too much, Link"

Only a quarter of my wallet, Link thought and smiled pleasantly. Midna made a snorting noise, but remained silent. Nyx perked up, "Can we go into Hyrule Field at twilight?"

"It gets dangerous around that time. If Link goes with you, I don't have a problem."

"I can fend for myself, Telma," Nyx assured Telma and pointed to the daggers and bow and arrow in the small room. "I don't carry those around for nothing."

Telma smiled and laughed. "Well, I suppose you could leave Castle Town for a short while. You've been here what? A week, perhaps a little less? Your wound has almost completely healed, thank goodness. I thought it might get infected because of the rain. But you seem to be in fine shape now, which is more than fantastic. Link, you aren't busy are you? I don't suppose you could show Nyx a bit of Hyrule Field, could you?"

He nodded and smiled. I guess I can spare of a couple of days… the cannon can wait… Link didn't particularly feel like being blasted out of a cannon tonight. Besides, Nyx needed his help. Hidden in his shadow, Midna made another snickering sound. She would want to talk later about Nyx and her origin. She said she came from Snowpeak…

I would have guessed the desert, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Link guided Nyx through the thinning crowd as twilight began to appear. When they had reached the east entrance, she gazed out into the sunlight. She seemed cautious. "I have to say… sunset at the bottom of Hyrule is quite beautiful… Can we go a little further?"

Link and Nyx walked along the bridge, gazing out to the sky. Nyx's eyes caught Snowpeak in the distance and she sighed. "It's a shame for me to say I ran away… but that place…"

He asked her quietly what she meant. Nyx waved her hand. "It's nothing." Her eyes flickered to the setting sun and they sparked with… something. Link couldn't put his finger on it. "During the night on Snowpeak, my people used to run along the edge of Snowpeak's cliffs and sing to the sky. We used to sing, dance and laugh, the small children would play in the snow." Her eyes shimmered as if she was about to cry. "Used to… but now there's only me. A lonely tribal girl from Snowpeak."

Her people must have been killed when the Twilight polluted the land… that's horrible.

Nyx brushed her eyes and turned away. "Let's go back to Telma's. I don't think I want to go any further tonight…"

Nyx woke up around midnight, restless, filled with fear. I can't stay here. It's hunting.

Silently, she gathered her things and placed the small amount of rupees she'd received from Link in a brown satchel, lugging it over her shoulder. Glancing around, Nyx's golden eyes seemed to glow. The backdoor of the bar would be unlocked. It would be the only easy way out of Castle Town. In the main room, a group of soldiers argued over Princess Zelda's decision to yield earlier in the year. Nyx didn't know much about the surface of Hyrule, only Snowpeak. But she was entranced by the grass, trees and forest expanding towards the Ordin Province. The Gerudo Desert and the Eldin Provinces rocky mountains, the lake and the Zoras in the Lanayru Province.

But no one had seen her land before, not for what it truly was. It was an ice-filled wonderland, covered in a shiny sheet of snow. The frozen rivers, the lights shining in the sky, brighter than stars. Nyx had loved in there as a child. But that place is gone. Such beauty can no longer be seen again.

She slipped out the back door and closed it behind her. In the sky, a dark shadow seemed to fly across the dark blue mass, turning everything into Twilight. Nyx put a hand to her shoulder and scurried through the streets, exiting through the gates into Hyrule Field. I've run through snow and blizzard. I can run through grass and trees. And so she did. It was a strange feeling, though Nyx was quick to adapt. Soon she was swift and agile, dashing passed moblins and avoiding the strange plants that tried to eat her. Weird. Carnivorous plants didn't exist in Snowpeak. Just snow monsters that were easily killed.

She wasn't prepared to see the monsters running after her. Shadow Beasts. Panic surged in Nyx's bones, adrenaline rushing through her body. Nyx ran faster, her legs burning with pain. I can't stop. I can't stop.

"Hyah!"

The screech of a dying Shadow Beast, the glint of a sword and fierce blue eyes. Nyx stumbled and fell, gasping for air. The monster screeched once more and burst apart into Twilight's strange substance and was gone. Two left. Without another thought, Nyx jumped up and withdrew her bow and arrows, aiming and firing without hesitation. It struck the monster squarely in the face and like the one before it, the creature burst into darkness, leaving the earth and returning to Twilight. Nyx smirked and turned to face the boy who had saved her. "Link!?"

He nodded sharply and strode up to her, demanding to know why she'd left.

"I need to keep moving. If the Twilight reaches me–"

"You'll turn into a beast?" Midna demanded. "I saw those marks, and the necklace. You can change at will, right? Using the curse. Who cursed you?"

Nyx froze. "Twilight Princess…"

"Hm?" Midna's eyes widened. "You know who I am?"

"Yes. The false king cursed me."

"Why? Are you of the Twilight Realm?"

"No… my father was. He fathered a half-breed child with a woman of the light and so the false king cursed the half-breed."

Midna's face fell. "I didn't realise half-breed children were a possibility. You said you came from Snowpeak? If that where your father hid?"

"No," Nyx muttered. "After my birth he was killed."

"The false kind rose after 'assassinating' me," Midna snapped, crossing her arms across her chest. "What happened to him?"

"My people killed him. He didn't belong here, they said," Nyx muttered. "The Twilight wants me… for my blood, I think."

"You think? Sure that you won't just turn into a beast?" Midna muttered, chuckling. "Look at me, girly. Zant turned me into an imp and cursed both you and Link. What I want to know is how you turned the curse into your necklace."

"I don't know myself. I was… trapped in a beast's body for three moons. No one in the village recognised me. They just saw a black-furred monster. When the Twilight came, the Shadow Beasts killed everyone and turned them… turned them. I ran away from them," Nyx didn't cry. Her eyes remained dry, but her voice dripped with tears. "I left my people when I could have saved them. And when I escaped… I was injured, though myself. I ran to Castle Town… now I'm here."

Midna placed a little hand on Nyx's soldier. "I'm sorry. I understand how hard it was."

"You were forced to leave?"

"The Twilight Realm won't follow an imp," Midna chuckled. Link smiled sadly.

"We should find shelter for the night. Since you don't want to go back to Castle Town, we may as well press forward to Kakariko," Link said. He shrugged lightly. "I need to purchase some bombs from Barnes anyway."

"How long is the walk?" Nyx asked curiously.

"Not used to hiking?" Link asked curiously. "You came from the mountains, right?"

"Of course, we hike on rocks, not grass."

"Well then, I guess you'll be fine."

Between them, Midna chuckled. "Hm. Well, let's get to sleep. I'm tired, you're both tired… we should rest. I think you've seen enough horrors for one night."

Nyx was very fast to fall asleep. "Midna," Link murmured. "What do you think of her? Of Nyx?"

"A little half-breed girl. Never heard of or seen such a creature before. And to add to this strange girl, she can turn into a beast, throw knives and can fire arrows very well. I want to know where she came from. I want to see it – or what's left of it, if she says that it's covered in Twilight."

"We cleared the Twilight from the Lanayru Province, including Snowpeak. Could there be Twilight leftover?"

"Probably, it's a difficult job to cleanse Hyrule, isn't it?"

Nyx stirred in her slept. Link snapped his head to her, making sure she didn't wake.

"You like her, don't you?" Midna asked, pointing to Nyx. She girl rolled over to face them and Link's stern face softened as he gazed at her. "She is pretty. I mean, look at her. Gods know what they've created there. She calls herself a half-breed. That's kind of sad, isn't it?"

"It is… she doesn't seem like other girls in Hyrule."

"That's because she isn't. Don't become soft now – Zant awaits our arrival, remember."

"We still need the mirror shards to open the gate… helping this girl is like helping Ilia or the village kids… we'll help her." Link's eyes glittered in the darkness. "I… I want to help her. She's lost and afraid and doesn't know Hyrule at all. She could help us."

"How, Link? How do you propose we help this little lost wolf?" Midna smiled cheekily. "She wants to find her pack."

"She said they were dead."

"Doesn't mean we can't find her a new pack," Midna chuckled. "What about Ordon?"

"What about it?" Link asked curiously.

"She can stay there for a while until Hyrule and the Twilight Realm are safe again. If you want her to fight, she'll fight if you ask. She probably wants to."

"She could get hurt."

"Please, do not become the guy who won't let a girl fight because it's 'too dangerous.' She'll end up biting your nose off and feeding it to you." Midna rolled her eyes. "I'm not kidding. Don't start being protective because you like her; she can fend for herself."

"And you're one to talk?"

"I know from experience!" Midna yelled, floating in the air and crossing her arms. "I'm just trying to make you feel better. Have you ever been with a girl who isn't from Ordon Village?"

"Telma?"

"Doesn't count," Midna sighed. Link laughed softly and shook his head. "Other than Ilia, you don't know how to handle a girl, do you?"

"There's you," Link offered.

"I'm an imp. I don't count as a 'girl', per-se," Midna chuckled. "I'm a cursed imp, no less. Zant made sure of that. Which reminds me–" she gestured to Nyx and the marks on her right shoulder "–She referred to Zant as the 'false king'. My people used that term when Zant rose into power. Interesting, isn't it?"

"That she knows the term?"

"Yes, exactly. No one here knows of Zant's rule. She must have heard that from her mother, not her father."

Link shrugged and settled into the grass. "I'll go for a run tomorrow with her."

"You want to change with her?" Midna asked, surprised. Link didn't change forms much, unless it was required. Link felt confined to such a form. The two weren't sure how Nyx felt about such a thing. If she was able to change her form at all. She had the crystal – all she needed was the knowledge of how to use the crystal.

"She seems to be able to touch it without changing," Midna asked. "Must be her mixed blood resisting Zant's magic. She must only need her willpower to use the crystal. We should tell her this."

Link shrugged and closed his eyes. "I suppose…"

He dozed and Midna laid her eyes over Nyx's soft features while she slept. "You are an interesting one, Nyx of Snowpeak. Those golden eyes… pale skin… a mountain barbarian shape-changer… very, very interesting…"

Scroll Two is complete. I hope you're enjoying this; I actually have no idea what I'm doing with this story, so I'm not sure where it will go. I just hope it doesn't lose all sense of plot and sanity...

I hope you've enjoyed this chapter and are having a good morning/day/afternoon/night.

~EmmyTheTurtle