((A/N: So... I'm actually quite in love with this story now... I think it's because I'm mixing Zelda with a horror-tpye theme. Well, whatever it is, it's making me wanna write more of the story. Haha, anyways, I'm goign to write up Chapter 3 and upload it, and then after that I'm goign to update both this and MoD... Anyway, R&R.))

The four Royal Knights walked into the Kakariko region. The sky was dark, almost like a thunder storm was beginning. Everywhere else was bright, but this place... It felt different, even.

"Are you sure you'll be alright, Bril?" Tayka asked Bril. He ignored her, and walked forward. Tayka frowned, remembering what had happened earlier yesterday...

"Bril! Bril!" Tayka screamed, running to his side. His eyes had rolled into the back of his head. Tynrian and Likant had ran out, trying to find help or the village doctor. Tayka ran Bril into the room he had been sleeping in before. She ran and got some warm water and a rag, to put on his head. His eyes were closed now. He seemed to be in a better condition than a few minutes ago. Tayka sighed, and felt relieved. Then, behind her, the brazier lit a dark purple flame. As she turned around, she heard a faint voice.

"You Royal Knights... will tell me... the way..."

Tayka shuddered. What was the voice she had heard? She couldn't get it out of her head. It made no sense to her. After Bril was taken to the castle, he regained consciousness, and wanted to leave for the Kakariko region. But the doctor wouldn't let him, so they rested for the night and came now. He must have slept alright, because he didn't complain or scream or anything. But, he hasn't said anything either.

"Tayka... do you know what's wrong with him?" Tynrian asked her, polishing his sword.

She shrugged. "I'm not sure. He'd been acting strange ever since he came back from seeing the Princess last night," she said. Bril was leading the team deep into the region, near the gorge. "He's been seeing things, hearing things... and saying such odd things."

"Maybe it's because of Zelda..." Tynrian said, sighing. Tayka looked at him, puzzled. Tynrian whispered, "Well, you know... Bril and Zelda have been seeing each other... Maybe he's gone crazy since Zelda is in critical condition."

Tayka looked back at Bril, who wouldn't stop walking. "Maybe... he's heartbroken..."

Finally, he stopped. It began to rain, but it wasn't normal rain. As it poured down, the team noticed that it was pure black rain, and once it hit something, it quickly evaporated into a black smog. Bril stood there, staring up at the sky with a weird grin on his face. "Bril!? What's going on?! Ugh!" Tayka screamed, as she got twists in her stomach.

"Tayka, cover your mouth! The smog is giving off a toxin!" Likant said, with a cloth over his mouth. Tayka nodded and ripped off a piece of her cape to cover her mouth as well.

Tynrian ran towards Bril and said, "Come on, we have to leave!" He tried grabbing Bril to pull him away, but Bril took his giant halberd and jabbed it right through him. He threw Tynrian over near Tayka.

In a coarse voice, he said, "We, can't leave now..." His eyes were glowing a sinister red, and his grin grew ever wider. He started laughing maniacally. Tayka shook her head in disbelief, and started addressing to Tynrian's wounds.

He started coughing, and Tayka told him, "Don't worry, Tynrian... you'll be alright, he missed your vitals."

"Tayka... we need to get rid of him."

Tayka widened her eyes and asked, "What?"

"He's... calling something... evil," Tynrian said. Tayka looked over at Bril, who had stopped laughing. He was now looking down at the ground. Behind him, Tayka saw monsters form out of the smog. There were soldiers in black armor with red eyes approaching. There were small, slender beasts that looked as if they were a gas themselves, but they had a mouth full of razor sharp teeth, and a tail of purple fire. And finally, there were vulture type monsters that had purple flames at the ends of their wings, and the same razor sharp teeth.

And then they all heard an earth shattering roar. Following was the same voice that Tayka had heard the day before, saying, "If you won't tell me how to get here, then I'll kill you one-by-one!" The voice started laughing and the soldiers began to charge.

"Tayka! We need to take the bridge out! That will decrease their numbers," Likant said. It was true, all the monsters were coming from the other side of the bridge.

Tayka nodded and pulled out her bow, "You work on that, and I'll hold off the enemies." Likant nodded, and ran toward the bridge. He pulled up his giant axe and began chopping at the bridge. Tayka started shooting like a demon archer, at all sorts of monsters. "Bril... wake up... I know you're not evil... we need your help..."

Likant took another swipe at the bridge, and it began getting weak. He just needed a couple more seconds, and he would have the bridge collapsing. He pulled his axe up and took another swipe, and as it happened, a beast started running right at him. Likant tried getting his axe up in time, but it wouldn't pull out. The beast ran and pounced right at him.

Then, a giant halberd ran right through the beast's face, dripping blood everywhere. Likant turned around and saw Bril. "Sorry... about everything," Bril said. He threw the monster over the gorge.

"Don't apologize to me. Apologize to Tynrian," Likant said, pulling his axe up. Bril looked back and saw Tynrian on the ground. He looked up a bit and saw Tayka's sad eyes.

Bril shook it all off and said, "Let's just get this over with." Likant nodded and took another swipe at the bridge, and finally it fell down, taking along with it a few monsters. Bril and Likant took a few steps back, getting ready for the airborne enemies. But then... the other monsters did something odd. They morphed into a slime like thing and jumped over the gorge onto their side, and morphed back into what they were. Tayka was caught by surprise, but was able to shoot a lot of the monsters down.

"Likant! Bril! We need to retreat!" Tayka said, still shooting. As the monsters fell to their deaths, they evaporated into a strange mist, which made its way down the gorge.

Likant swung his axe around, killing about a dozen of the soldiers, "I agree. Bril, let's get going!" Likant ran over to Tynrian and picked him up. Bril nodded and ran away as well, but then fell to the ground.

Tayka screamed, "Bril! Watch out!" Her jaw dropped, as she saw a giant skeleton creature rise up out of the gorge. It had large horns and two pairs of arms. The monsters started disappearing, and this skeleton grew larger and larger. It began to lightning and thunder. The clouds were shifting to all sorts of different positions, as the rain came to a halt. A large lightning bolt struck the skeleton, and its eyes lit up a blood-thirsty red.

"Bril!!"

"I.. can't move!" Bril said. He continued, "Go on! Go on without me!"

"No! Bril!!" Tayka screamed, as she ran towards him. Lightning struck right in front of Tayka. She flinched and fell backwards, a bit dazed. The skeleton grew darker in colour and looked down at Bril. Tayka came back to her senses and screamed again, "Bril!!"

Right before her eyes, the large skeleton picked up Bril, and using all four of his arms, squeezed him. Blood, entrails, and bones fell down onto Tayka. The skeleton submerged itself back down into the gorge, and the clouds began to separate. Tayka sat there, speechless. She couldn't move... couldn't talk...

Likant walked up from behind and tapped her shoulder, "Tayka..."

She bolted up and screamed. She was covered in blood. She stared at Likant and then towards Tynrian, and all she could do was scream. "Tayka! Calm down!" She kept screaming though. The image of that skeleton was embedded in her mind. And eventually, she fell unconscious.