Hello, fellow readers!!!!! Are you ready for the next chapter in the Legend of Zelda: Angel of Death?!?!?! (Ppl: YEAH!!!)

Do you want to know what happens to Ralph?!?!?!?! (PPL: YEAH!!!!) Well, too bad, he's not in this chapter either ::ducks as flying objects sail past her head:: EEP!!! ::hides::

Scroll VII:

Farore: Oracle of Secrets

Nabooru was lying on one of the hands of the Desert Colossus when she saw it. A dark shadow crept its way across the sky and over the desert. Within a couple minutes, the shadow was gone, but while it was there, it seemed more like night than three o'clock in the morning.

"Eh…?" Nabooru sat up, and watched this with curiosity-and a little fear. "What's going on…?"

She climbed up onto the fingers of the outstretched hand, wondering if she could still see it, but there wasn't any trace of it; not even a dark spot over the east.

"What the…"

~~~

"Hey! Link!"

Link stood up. "Now what…?"

"Look!" Navi was by the door and was pointing outside at something.

Link stepped outside, then rubbed his eyes to see if he was seeing things correctly.

It seemed as if there were stormclouds in the sky, but Link couldn't see anything; it was more like a moonless night where the clouds were moving at a super-fast pace.

"That's… not right…" Link rubbed his eyes again. When he opened them, the night and clouds had vanished.

"Huh?!"

"Look!!" Navi again pointed to something, this time on the ground. "It's just like before!!"

Link bent over the railing, and instantly jerked back as a giant Deku Baba snapped at his head. Out of nowhere, monsters appeared and began to terrorize the village. Little Kokiri who had been out before fled into their houses in terror.

"Does this mean-!?" Link gasped.

"Something happened in the forest!!" Navi finished.

"Come on!"

Link ran inside and grabbed his sword. He jumped off the landing and sliced the giant Deku Baba in half. He ran as fast as he could to the entrance to the Lost Woods, and ran all the way to the Sacred Meadow.

"Saria!!" Link called as he cut his way through Moblins, trying to reach the Forest Temple. "Saria!! Answer me!!"

"Link!!" Saria cried.

"Where are you?!" Link shouted, looking around.

Saria appeared at the high entrance to the temple. Behind her were two Wolfos, both biting at her heels. Saria screamed and fell towards the ground. Link ran up and caught her safely. The Wolfos leapt as well. Link set Saria down and drew his sword. Both Wolfos were cut in half, and lay on the forest floor, blood dripping onto the green grass.

"Saria… what happened?"

"I… I don't know…" Saria sniffed. "I was inside the Temple… and suddenly everything went all dark, like it was nighttime. Then, those Wolfos appeared out of nowhere. I ran, but…"

"It was that shadow!" Navi whispered to Link. "We've got to see if the others are okay!"

"Right…" Link nodded, and turned. "Saria, I've got to leave you."

"Whyyyyyyyyyyy?!" Saria moaned, and ran to Link, hugging his arm. "It's too dangerous!!"

Link's heart softened. "Go find one of the other Sages. Or better yet, Zelda. You'll be okay."

Saria sniffed. "O… kay… you'll come back, won't you?"

Link nodded and took off into the woods. Saria watched, and disappeared.

~~~

The Skull Kid deftly bounded through the trees, and stopped. He looked around. No one was there.

"Din!" he shouted. "Nayru!! Where are you!?"

"Skull Kid!!" Tatl flew up behind him.

"Where are Din and Nayru?" he asked her.

Tatl shook her head. "I don't know! You ran so fast, it was like you wanted to lose them……!"

"Ohohohohohohohoho! We meet again, little imp…"

The Skull Kid felt a chill go up his spine, like he did when he heard Din's laugh not to long ago. He turned around, looking for the owner of the mysterious voice. He found it soon enough; a man with a large pack full of masks and an eerily cheerful face was halfway hidden behind a tree.

"You…" the Skull Kid hissed, and withdrew as the Happy Mask Man came closer.

~~~

Nabooru crossed Hyrule Field within the blink of an eye and thrust open the doors to Hyrule Castle. Once inside, she saw that Ruto was there already, comforting Saria, who looked sad and worried.

"Wh-What's wrong?" Nabooru asked.

"It was that shadow…" Saria replied, "It flew over the forest, and all these monsters came and attacked everyone in the village…"

Ruto put an arm around her. "What was that shadow?" she asked Nabooru. "It came from the west…"

"I've been meaning to ask that for a long time," Darunia said as he stepped into the group. "Nabooru, what's west of the Desert Colossus?"

Nabooru shrugged. "I'm not really sure. But when I was little- and these have been spreading recently, too, what with all the monsters and everything- I heard stories about a dark land far to the west, where the sun never shines. It's a place of pure evil…" She sat down. "Of course, these are only children's stories…"

"But now they look like they're coming true." Impa arrived just then with Rauru and Zelda. "So, what are we going to do?"

"The Triforce of Wisdom…"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Did you hear that?"

"Yeah, what was it?"

"It said the Triforce of Wisdom… Zelda…!"

Zelda began to look concerned. At that moment, a window a few meters away shattered as some dark monster jumped through.

"Hand over the Princess…" it hissed, "Or you all will die…"

~~~

Link ran through the woods and within minutes, found Din and Nayru. Moblins and other hideous monsters surrounded them, back to back.

"Well, doesn't this remind you of some time a while ago?" Link heard Din ask Nayru.

"Uh-huh…" Nayru nodded. "But let's focus on getting out of here…"

"No need to!" Link called, and jumped forward.

The monsters turned, but it was too late. Link cut through their forces with a few well-aimed strokes. The rest who were still alive turned and fled.

"Are you all right…" Link went over to them. Din nodded. Nayru sank down on her knees, her face turned away.

"Nayru…?" Link looked to her. "Are you all right? Have you been hurt?"

"Link…" Nayru whispered, and turned around. "Ralph's gone! He stayed behind to fight the Pirates, and-"

"Hey, hey, okay…" Link waved his hands. "Come on. We'll go find Ralph and the Skull-"

"Don't worry." The Skull Kid appeared through the trees, putting something in a pocket. "I'm, here."

"Why did you go off?" Din shouted. "We got ambushed the minute you left!!"

"Huh?" the Skull Kid looked up. "Really?"

"Hey…" Tatl appeared from behind the Skull Kid's hat and frantically looked around. "Where's my brother?!"

"Huh?" Nayru looked up. "Wasn't he here with us…"

"TAEL!!" Tatl shrieked into the forest. "WHERE ARE YOU?!?!"

~~~

"Who are you!?" Impa screamed at the figure. "And what do you want with Zelda?"

The demon's eyes narrowed into red slits, and she emerged into the light. It was the same demon who had attacked and killed Ganondorf.

"So, I see you recognize me…" the demon smirked after seeing the look on the Sages' and Zelda's faces. "So you know how much power I possess… And you'll hand Princess Zelda over now, or die…"

"No!" Saria yelled.

Everyone looked down at her.

"You…" the demon spat, "Be silent! What are you doing here, anyway? You're just a child!!"

"If that's so, then should I not be here either?"

"What??" The demon turned around, searching for the youthful-sounding voice. "Who's there?"

Impa saw their chance. "Now!" she cried.

Guards came out of nowhere and surrounded the demon. The demon looked around frantically, then glared at the Sages, namely Impa and Zelda.

"You…" she spat, and flew at Zelda. "I will have it! The Triforce of Wisdom! For the Angel of Death!!"

Zelda stepped back and screamed.

"You're wrong," the voice said again, "I won't let you."

The demon stopped. 'This power…! What is this new power I sense…!?'

She looked around, her claws inches away from Zelda, about to rip through her body. Zelda ran to Impa, who shielded her.

"Now, demon," Rauru stood up. "I don't know how you got here, or where you came from, or why you're here… but if you don't get out now, you'll have to deal with the full-fledged power of all seven sages."

The demon stepped back, then turned out the window.

"You'll pay!!" she spat, "I will get the other two Triforce pieces… even if I have to destroy you myself!!"

In another moment, she was gone.

"What's going on in here?" a voice rang out. Ambi turned into the hall, her guards close behind. "Is everyone all right!?"

"Yes, thank the Goddesses…" Impa sat down. "A demon, who said she served the Angel of Death, attacked us! That was close!"

"But who…" Ruto stood up. "Who was that? That person… who helped us?"

"You're welcome!"

At the end of the hall, a little girl rounded a corner and stood to face the Sages.

"Who are you?" Darunia shouted, running forward.

"Wait!!" Rauru cried out. Darunia stopped and turned, confused.

The little girl wore all green, with her green hair up in two buns. She carried a leather-bound book in one hand.

"And you are…?"

The little girl smiled. "Farore," she said in that same high-pitched voice. "Oracle of Secrets!"

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!"

~~~

The lady turned around. "What!?" she screamed. "You lost the Triforce of Wisdom?!"

The demon flinched, and bowed low on the ground. "Please forgive me, my lady!! It was-!!"

"I do not want to hear any more of your excuses!!" the lady shouted. "Bring me the Triforce of Courage without any problems or else!!"

"Y-Yes… my lady…" the demon bowed. "Anything to serve and assist the Angel of Death…"

The Angel of Death smiled. "That's right. Anything."

~~~

"TAEL!!!" Tatl flew into a clearing and shouted. "TAEL!! Where ARE you!!!"

"Are you sure he didn't wander off somewhere?" Din asked.

"No! He's never done anything like this before… TAEL!!!!"

"What about that one time…" Link began, "When…"

"Wasn't there a time when you two were separated?" Navi asked. "When… you know…"

"That was different! He wasn't alone then!!" Tatl was becoming frantic. "The Skull Kid was with him, at least! But now… he's completely alone!!!! TAEL!! YOU STUPID!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!! ANSWER ME!!!"

"Speaking of him…" Din turned around. The Skull Kid was sitting on a tree branch, glaring down at them all. "Why isn't he helping?"

"…" 'Tael… you idiot…' the Skull Kid thought, 'Do you know what you're doing? Do you know what'll happen if you…'

~~~

Tael flew through the woods, stopping only once to get his bearings.

"Let's see… I remember we went this way, and then…!!" he turned. "Oh… oh no!!"

He had found what he was looking for.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! FLY, TAEL, FLY!!! Er… Remember kids, this can happen to you. Trolli Worms, Candy corn, and tea with 3 spoons of sugar all within a 3-hour time period is bad for you. Expect the next chapter to be up… Next week!!!

~ Megun-chan