Ralph: well, Link, so far you being leader has found ourselves talking to a tree, being betrayed by our allies and now we are chasing pirates that are chasing a mad man. Nice job.

Link: do you ever shut up?

Ralph: you know your decisions are leading us from bad to worse.

Link: well at least we have a lead.

Drom: Savroth has more then a weeks lead. It'll be hard to reach him.

Ralph: we are in no hurry, as long as we're on his trail.

Maku and Treom gave Ralph a suspicious look.

Drom: we are leaving Hyrule borders. We are in unsafe country now. These are the lands that nomadic tribes roam. We must be careful.

It was noon. They had been walking except to rest for a couple hours the night before.

Treom: do we really stand a chance against this stranger when we find him? I mean 5 Gorons dead, just like that?

Maku: it is a frightening thought.

Drom put his hand on his sword.

Drom: together we can fight him.

Drom carried an enormous sword that would have taken link two hands to swing, and 6 different sized axes. He was very well armed.

Maku: I'm worried about what happens when we catch up to the pirates.

Link: shush! Get down!

They got down.

Link: Treom hide the horses in the woods!

The group kneeled down behind some bushes and peered down into the valley below them. The pirate's camp was below. A large army of armed Guerudos was below them. Guerudos were like humans. Except a boy is only born approximately 100 years. This boy is their king. All the other Guerudos are women. Ganondorf had been the greatest Guerudo that had ever lived. They were dessert people and they had a large fortress on the west border of Hyrule.

Guerudo: Savroth's magic is near. He somehow knows were coming! You could see the women's fear in their eyes. All of them had their scimitars drawn.

Guerudo: someone must have seen us! Run for it!

The Guerudos scattered in all directions, screaming for their lives. The ground slowly began rumbling like a small earthquake. Suddenly a small crack appeared in the ground and out of that Crack and purple Cloud raised up. The fog grabbed the nearest pirate and sucked her into the ground. Then it grabbed another one and tossed her into the air before dragging her through the crack.

Guerudo: Dark magic! He's found us!

That was her last words as she to was dragged under the dirt.

Ralph: good lord!

Link: that's not good. We got to get out of here!

Treom: what about that!

He pointed towards the crack in the ground that was pulling the people in.

Link: I don't think there is a lot we can do.

The group gathered their stuff and got as far away from the valley as possible.

Maku: was that he? Was that the guy we're trying to find?

Drom: it wouldn't surprise me.

Link: I've rarely seen Guerudo pirates that terrified.

Ralph: it looks like most of them got out in time.

Treom: yes.

Maku: we should keep moving.

The group did keep moving. They were still in the foothills. They stayed on the edge of the forest and kept moving through the rocks. Besides the amazing display of power that had happened at the Guerudo camp nothing special happened. After awhile, through the woods they heard a blood- curdling scream that made their Hairs stand up on their necks.

Ralph: what the hell was that!

Maku: I truly don't want to find out.

Treom: ugh.

Drom: whatever it was it sounded like one of those pirates.

Link: I'm going to check it out.

Link drew his sword and headed into the forest. The group looked at each other

Drom: well come on.

He drew his own sword and followed. The horses Maku and Treom went in next.

Ralph: their crazy if they think I'm going in there. It's getting to dark to venture into the forest.

Suddenly behind him an owl hooted. Ralph screamed and pulled out his sword.

Ralph: then again there is safety in numbers.

And he followed. They slowly ventured through the growing darkness of the forest. Suddenly Link saw something that scared him. Through the darkness they could see a pair of yellow eyes moving swiftly through the darkness. Drom hurled one of his axes and Treom through a spear. The two weapons bounced off something and let out a spark as if they struck metal. Then the two of them were thrown into the air and hurled backwards. They flew through the air and hit a large tree. They slumped to the ground. The eyes turned around and disappeared into the woods.

Link: you guys okay?

The two of them stood up clutching their heads.

Treom: yeah.

Suddenly they saw another pair of yellow eyes. Actually this time it wasn't eyes. It was the dieing ambers of a campfire. The group followed the light into a clearing. In the middle of the clearing was a small dieing out fire. Hanging over the fire were two dead Guerudos that were hanging above the fire in bags. They had been horribly beaten and mutated and there bodies had apparently been used in some dark ritual. Both Ralph and Maku turned around and threw up in the bushes upon witnessing the sight.

Drom: my god.

Treom: ugh.

Link: it isn't safe to continue tonight. Whatever it is out there is watching us.

The group looked around the clearing through the darkness. They had an extreme feeling of being watched.

Link: we'll sleep here. We'll have to take turns standing guard.

In darkness they heard the cry of a wolf that only disturbed them more.

Link: we are in danger.

In the darkness, for a split second, he could have sworn he saw a pair of yellow eyes.