Another music piece to look up is "FFVI OST Dark World."

Now that the Stone of Agony has been disposed of-

Rytex: "Don't try it!"

Oh &%$# you Rytex!

Chapter 10: Dead World

Link opened his eyes.

He was in a bed and his head was pounding.

His vision was blurred and he couldn't see.

Then he shook his head.

His vision cleared. He was in Nibelheim Mansion.

Rytex leaned against a wall, reading a book.

"Rytex?"

Rytex jumped and saw Link.

"You're awake!"

"Yeah. How long was I out?"

Rytex looked at the ground.

"A full year. You were in a coma that nearly killed you. I dove into the ocean and found you after Kefka hit us and I had Sephiroth bring us here."

"Where are Sephiroth, Midna and Zelda?"

"I don't know. They used to come by periodically to see if you were well, but the last time they visited was over three quarters of a year ago."

"What about Kefka?"

"What about him?"

"What's happened to the world?"

Rytex sighed.

"The world has practically died."

"What!"

"It started about two years ago. When Black Trinity, I think it's called that, was about to hit the planet, the deities used some of the planet's power to destroy the meteors. That began the degradation. But a year and three months ago, the planet's volcanic activity spiked. That bit of power threw Earth out of balance. Then came the meteors and Kefka pushing the statues out of alignment. That dealt the heaviest blow. Now Kefka rules the world, and there's no Shinryu to stop him. The Triforce has been shattered because the three goddesses are gone. In other words, there's almost no hope for the world."

Link let out a shaky breath.

"What do we do?"

"Everyone else on the planet has completely given up. Also, Kefka has a power to use."

"What power?"

"Light of Judgement. It vaporizes everything it touches, thus crippling the already-dead landscape."

"Where is Kefka now?"

"He's built himself a tower over the ruins of the Thamasa Basin, now called the Thamasa Mountains."

"So what do we do from here?"

"We?"

"Yeah. We have to stop Kefka."

"Stop him! He's already won. If nothing else, the world's dying a slow, torturous death, egged on by the psycho clown himself."

"And the Dark World and Twilight Realm?"

"They too have suffered. The Twilight Realm is actually gone, completely destroyed by Kefka by Light of Judgement. The Dark World has practically become this world."

Link got out of the bed.

"Where're my sword and equipment?"

"In the basement. Don't tell me you're gonna try to take him on."

"Hate to disappoint, but yeah. Someone has to save the world."

"But what about returning the world to it's former state?"

"For that, I will need another power."

He went and grabbed his stuff, then he left the manor.

The first thing he noticed was the sickly purple sky. Next was the silt under his feet.

Then he saw the fissures and destroyed houses.

He gasped.

Then snarled.

Then he yelled out and ran toward Hyrule as fast as he could.

R&R