The Evil Manifests...

As soon as Link enters the Sacred Grove, he notices a Twilit portal in the sky deeper inside the grove. 'That portal is over the Temple Ruins! I need to hurry." No sooner does he get the words out of his mouth, the shadows begin to deepen around him, and creatures both small and large begin to take form.'What in Din's name is going on?' 'What are these things?!' Link takes his battle stance; sword drawn and shield at the ready. From the shadows small and tall figures burst forth, the tall creatures were pure black, lithe with long sharp claws and shrieked so loud it reverberated all throughout the grove. The smaller creatures that came forth with the the others were stocky and tough, their small frames making them very annoying and hard to kill.

Link outstretches his sword to his side, and holds his shield steady in front of him. He concentrates and charges up a great spin attack, allowing the strange creatures to come in closer, the tall creatures run in close and the smaller ones gather on all sides of Link. 'That's right... just a bit closer' Link mutters, as the creatures close the gap. 'Now!' The creatures all gang up on Link and completely dog pile on top of him; and as they do he releases the charged up energy that has gathered. The Master Sword glows with power and the surge released from the spin attack sends the creatures flying and engulfs them in a blaze of holy fire. The small stocky creatures screaming in agony and running from Link to no avail as they burn and turn to ash. The tall dark creatures dissipate as the Master Sword's energy repels the shadows they were born from and lights up the darkened woods.

Meanwhile, Lunar is fighting similar foes in the sword chamber. "Damn, these are some ugly lookin' moblins!' Lunar says, as he cuts through one enemy after the other. He moves with fluid motion, throwing three shiekah daggers into a fleeing creatures head, killing it before it makes another step. 'To easy... twenty down 4 to go!' Lunar throws down his elbow blades, and takes off toward his last four foes. He snaps his fingers and a katana forms from his twilit energy; It is a sleek sword emblazoned with the same emblem of the triforce as the Master Sword's Scabbard, made by the same creators that forged the Legendary Sword of Evil's Bane. Lunar takes the katana in his right hand and charges a spell in his left, the shadow creatures, turn back toward him in time to see him apply the spell to the katana's blade. He does so and engulfs it in flames, Lunar then runs into the middle of the creatures and spins. 'DIN'S FIRESTORM!' The spin creates a vortex of burning magical energy, pulling in the creatures incinerating them.

'That should be … the last of them,' Lunar wheezes. He sheathes the katana on this back, picks his elbow blades, returning them to their resting places on his sides. 'Now, maybe I can figure out just where these freaks came from, and just what the hell they are.' Lunar walks to the back of the room and notices a strange mirror on the wall. Dark energy seems to be flowing from it; He takes a closer look at it and sees something move inside it. Lunar starts to reach out his hand to the mirror, but Link arrives and speaks to him causing to draw back his hand. 'Lunar! What are you doing?' Lunar looks back at Link startled, 'Link... Why are you here?' 'I came here hoping to talk you out of leaving' Link says. 'Why are you trying to leave without saying anything?' Lunar, stops for a moment and walks back toward Link. He begins to speak but something causes the area to shake, almost as if Death Mountain had erupted. The shaking stops and a long shadowy appendage shoots out from inside the mirror straight toward Link. 'Link, move!. Lunar yells, as he lunges toward him, shoving him out of the way, just as the shadowy appendage grabs hold of him, and pulls him into the mirror as it shatters; leaving Link behind with no clue as to what fate awaited Lunar.