Sailor Moon Chronicles

Searching for the Mirror of Twilight

Legend of the Arbiter's Grounds

It was early morning when Link took hold of the Master Sword. Sailor Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto went to check the company's databases for any information regarding the Mirror of Twilight while Link and the other went to castle town to investigate. Link advised them to first stop by Telma's bar since he believed she most know about the Arbiter's Grounds. When they did arrive at her bar, Telma welcomed them with open arms.

"Well, it's Link and his entourage of pretty girls!" Telma rejoiced. "You have great timing, honey. I was just talking about you." She faced a table in the back of the bar where three people were sitting. "Hey, everyone, introduce yourselves. This handsome young man is Link, and these lovely ladies are the Sailor Soldiers." She turned back to Link. "These are those friends I mentioned earlier. They're trying to help deal with the troubles in Hyrule. Go ahead and introduce yourselves. By the way, one isn't here at the moment, but he'll be around sometime soon."

The three people at the table were each distinguishably different from one another. One of them was a Hylian man possibly in his twenties. He wore round classes and looked very learned and scholarly yet handsome. There was a girl there who was around Link's age. She adorned a knight's armor. She was not too attractive for her hairstyle was far too disastrous and a failed attempt at feminism. The last was an old man with a well-conditioned body.

"You must be Link," the scholarly man. "I'm Shad. Your deeds are amazing. I'm, well, I'm far too frightened to even attempt what you have accomplished. I do much better tackling books."

"Hey, Mercury," Sailor Moon teased. "He looks like a good match for you."

"The name is Asher," armored girl said upright. "I have been trained well in the art of war, but forgive me for my occasional rudeness. Common courtesy wasn't a field I was trained in."

The old man introduced himself as Auru. He wasn't much for conversation.

"Say, we're looking for something," Sailor Mercury said to the group. "We don't know where to start looking. Could you help us?"

"Certainly, Miss…" Shad answered courteously.

"Sailor Mercury," she said. "

"Single by the way," Sailor Moon injected cutely.

Sailor Mercury blushed yet continued. "We are looking for something called the Mirror of Twilight. It… Well, we're not sure what it is exactly."

"We assume that it is an evil artifact," said Sailor Mars.

"I have heard of an evil mirror," said Auru. "In the desert to the west, there is a prison, abandoned now, where the worst criminals this land has known were sent. It was once a temple where the spirits were prayed to by the Gerudo people. That was a hundred years ago though. Now it is a hellish place. Criminals were sent there by the Royal Family's decree and were either executed or sentenced to live putrid lives in that godforsaken place, the Arbiter's Grounds. The prisoners often lost their minds. The prison was ultimately abandoned…" He paused. "Monsters appeared. Demons and ghosts howled and killed the living, and the kingdom abandoned it. Hotshot adventurers go there to claim the hidden treasures inside… None have returned…except for one person."

"Who?" Sailor Moon asked on the edge of her seat from the scary story. Her teeth were chattering slightly.

"Me…" Auru said hauntingly. "I will never forget it in my life. I saw…horrors that no one should ever see. I went there with a partner. He didn't make it."

"What happened to him?" asked Sailor Jupiter.

"The legend of the prison's executioner happened. The executioner lived on for ages to punish criminals of their sins. He killed my partner. I will never forget what he looked like. He was taller than any man I've ever seen, stronger than any mortal man. He wore this metal helmet shaped like a pyramid."

"Pyramid?" the girls repeated, remembering a specific bread of Emblem Heartless.

"Your story is interesting," said Sailor Jupiter, "but what does it have to do with the Mirror of Twilight?"

"There is a mirror in that prison," Auru continued. "It was used to send the worst of the worst to an underworld."

Link had his lead. They thanked him and left for the desert to the west of Hyrule, Gerudo Desert. On the trip, the girls talked to Link about what they believed the executioner was.

"Link," said Sailor Saturn, "this will be you toughest challenge yet. The executioner Auru described… We have faced creatures that matched that description. That executioner is a Pyramid Head Heartless."

"Heartless?" Link said. "What are Heartless?"

"Heartless, or at least Pureblood Heartless, are the embodiments of the darkness in people's hearts. They are monsters to say the least. The stronger they are; the more hideous they are. Then there are Emblem Heartless. These are created when a heart is stolen by a Heartless or a Daimohn and then struck by Dark Power. Pyramid Head Heartless are examples of Emblem Heartless."

"Emblem Heartless and Daimohns, monsters created when a Possessor Heartless possesses an object, are distinguishable by a marking somewhere on their body or clothing," explained Sailor Mars.

"Heartless are almost always evil," said Sailor Mercury. "Their biggest weakness is light."

"The Master Sword, the Blade of Evil's Bane," Sailor Saturn said, "should be perfect in fighting against the Heartless. It should do well against ghosts and demons too."

"And lucky for you," said Sailor Venus confidently, "the Sailor Soldiers are here to help you, and we have experience fighting demons, Daimohns, ghosts, and Heartless."