Okay, I cheated again. Old habits die hard. Anyway, the first three chapters of this will be very similar to the N-E Story, as they start the same and whatnot (see Shadow the Hedgehog and you'll learn of its repetiveness in this sense), but I'll try to not just copy and paste too much (like Zelda Heroes, where there was a better excuse with the simulteneous stories), but there will be some copied content in scenes that don't really brook a change or can't be said better. On the bright side, I'm updating fight scenes, so that should be a welcome change, and this is the last path that will start this way. I still own nothing!

Evil Path

Stage 1: Clock Town

Arriving on Latte Street, which led to the east gate, Knil saw that the city was already under heavy assault on the inside. Town Guard soldiers and Black Monsters fought viciously in the streets as buildings, carts, and other town paraphernalia burned around them in destroyed and partially-destroyed states. Several Black Stalfos attacked the alter ego as he started down the street but he pulled out his sword and, in a blue flash, was behind them. They fell to motionless pieces as they tried to turn around. Knil was about to give a grunt of satisfaction, but a Black Moblin suddenly went flying at him. He quickly sidestepped it and it smashed into a nearby building, causing structural damage. Before he could contemplate what was up, a certain green-clad hero came running up with sword and shield in left and right hand, respectively.

"Hey, Knil! Long time no see!" Link greeted cheerfully with that dorky smile he often wore.

"Not you again," Knil grumbled with a roll of his eyes. Link seemed unruffled.

"Come on, don't be that way, ol' buddy," he continued, holding out his arms in a 'come on' shrug. "Anyway these Black Monsters are really laying down the hurt on this town. How about you and me show 'em a thing or two?"

"Don't waste my time, green boy," Knil muttered in a clear 'no', turning and heading up Dotour Road, which ran north-south from Latte Street to Viscen Street, where the Mayor's Residence was. Link sighed in defeat and then a spear went flying at him from a Black Moblin and he was forced to roll out of the way before going back to the attack.

Knil began to feel uncomfortable as he walked down the street; a mild headache was developing as well. He put a hand to his forehead as he tried to determine the source of the problem. A Black Octorok on a nearby roof thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to strike and fired an iron ball at him. The alter ego batted it back with his sword without even changing the direction he was looking and the Black Octorok was choked on its own shot, whining as it died.

"Knil…" a voice whispered from nowhere. He spun, sword ready, as he tried to pinpoint who the speaker was. The voice laughed. "Don't be afraid. I want to help you,"

"Help me? Humph," Knil sheathed his blade and crossed his arms. "How do you intend to do that and with what do you intend to help me with?"

"We both know how you feel about these pathetic mortals," the voice replied with hidden malice. "They once shunned you, hated you, wanted to destroy you…and the Sages did," Knil clutched his head and groaned in pain as images of angry people and soldiers flashed through his mind, as well as the image of himself falling off of a tall tower and the image of six people standing around him and chanting as a crystal formed around him.

"What…what was that?" Knil muttered.

"Your memory serves you well," the voice answered. "Now, you know what these people have done to you. Pay them back for sealing you away and taking your memories!" Knil released a deep breath and looked up at the smoke-covered sky.

"What would you have me do?" he asked flatly.

"Destroy 100 Town Guard soldiers by the end of the day," the voice commanded. "If you do so, I will lead you to where you can regain your memories," Knil drew his blade and held it in front of him.

"That'll be a cakewalk," he sneered evilly and took off down the street.

The fighting became intense as he neared the Mayor's Mansion, where Dotour Road bisected Viscen Street. A unit of soldiers was currently trying to hold off a horde of Black Monsters here; the first soldiers Knil had spotted since he received his mission.

"We need assistance over here!" the senior officer shouted as he parried a Black Stalfos and bashed it in the face.

"Blast, they're too strong!" another soldier shouted as he was sent sprawling by a Black Dodongo. Knil ran over to the fray and hacked the first Guard aside easily.

"Captain!" he whined as he fell to the ground in a bloody heap.

"What in the Dark World is going on?" the senior officer exclaimed as his troops turned to try and belay the new enemy, but were quickly taken out. He ran to the nearby horn and started ringing the bell. "We're under heavy attack! Mayday! May-AGH!" Knil withdrew his blade from the soldier and he slid down the pole that held the horn.

"Humph, that makes 10," the alter ego muttered, running off down the street.

"There!" several soldiers up ahead were directing a catapult at him. "Get him!" A large powder bomb was hurtled in Knil's direction. He sneered and glowed blue briefly before disappearing with a cry of "Anti-Energy Warp!". "What the-AHH!" The soldier was unable to finish as Knil reappeared and took him down. Two others attempted to stab him with their spears, but he jumped over the weapons and blasted them in the face with energy blasts, sending them hurtling away.

"You dastard!" the senior officer shouted, throwing a black powder grenade. Knil batted it aside and then jumped up as four other soldiers tried to attack him. In midair, he began to glow purple.

"Anti-Energy Cannon! Fire!" a beam of iridescent light shot from his hand and annihilated the general area, knocking down several buildings, if not completely destroying them, and taking out the rest of the unit.

"You still have 80 soldiers to take out," the voice informed him. "It is 14:00, you have four hours left…" Knil warped to the edge of the crater and turned down Kafei Street, which ran from Viscen Street down to the square where the Stock Pot Inn was. Several Black Stalfos accosted him on the way, but he blew them out of the way with a Light Flare. "Do not attack the Black Monsters…they are your allies against the mortals…"

"They attacked me, what else would I do but kill them?" Knil grunted as he jumped aside from a volley of arrows. The voice didn't reply.

"Get him!"

"That's the bad guy!" the soldiers shouted. Arrows shot down the street in a wall that Knil dodged around easily and deflected, but had no practical way of getting around to defeat his attackers. Luckily, he didn't have to follow protocol when it came to getting around.

"Anti-Energy Warp!" he was behind them in a blue flash. The six spear soldiers that were with them were shocked and couldn't mount an attack until the archers had already been brutally put to sword.

"Take him out!" the senior officer shouted as he blocked Knil's sword with the wooden part of his spear. The others charged in for the kill as this happened, but Knil simply jumped over the senior officer and glowed silver as he landed before releasing a Kamikaze Blast and sending the unit crashing away in pieces or unmoving wholes.

"That's 30..." the voice muttered. Knil growled. If this voice was going to keep a running count constantly…That aside, Knil recognized this particular area.

That's…the Stock Pot Inn…the familiar inn was still standing, but it appeared deserted at the moment.

"Never mind the inn…" the voice reprimanded. "There is a massive influx of soldiers in the central square of Clock Town. Go there and show them your ultimate powers of destruction," Knil nodded and dashed off across the square, ignoring the wayward monsters that were arriving, and turned the corner to the central square.

Sure enough, 'massive influx' was the perfect term for what he found there.

"That has to be, at least, 70 soldiers there…" Knil smiled evilly. "Perfect,"

"There are too many to fight hand-to-hand, if you want to be done by sunset," the voice advised. "Attack them with the Anti-Energy Cannon,"

"Don't tell me how to fight," Knil warned, jumping up on the grocery/bakery building, or what was left of it.

"Over there!" the soldiers had spotted him, and arrows started whizzing by as they prepared their three catapults.

"Hmph," Knil ran to the edge of the building and jumped. Glowing purple, he held out his hand. "Anti-Energy Cannon!" A beam of iridescent light tore across the central square, taking out at least half of the soldiers as he fell. Upon landing, Knil was immediately set upon by sword-wielding and spear wielding Guards, as well as peppered by the bow-wielding Guards. He repelled them with an energy-charged Spin Attack before performing a Barrier Charge, and plowing through a couple of units.

"Fire!" the senior officer-in-charge shouted as the catapults turned and released their missiles. The Guards ran out of the way as the bombs flew towards Knil.

"Anti-Energy Warp!" he disappeared and reappeared next to the senior officer-in-charge.

"Blast!" the man jumped back as Knil advanced on him. Several other guards attacked with their swords, but the alter ego pulled off another Kamikaze Blast and took out the units surrounding the catapults and the catapults themselves. The remaining 28 soldiers looked at the flaming wreckage in fear as Knil strode out of it, unperturbed, and rushed forward, parrying spears and slicing through bodies. The remaining archers fired wildly in his direction, but he dodged around the shafts and unleashed a salvo of energy blasts at them, destroying them in a series of explosions. The last four started running. Knil chuckled malevolently and raised his hand, firing several more energy blasts and striking each with expert precision, bringing them down.

"Well done, Knil…" the voice congratulated him. "Now head for the South Gate…your next destination is the Southern Swamp. I'll explain more when you get there," Knil nodded and ran off down Romani Avenue, which ran from the central square to the south gate. Naturally it was named this because the milk deliveries often went along this road, but I digress.

Knil slid to a stop from his fast pace as he saw Link standing in the middle of the street, blocking his way out.

"Knil! Have you completely lost your mind?" Link exclaimed, swinging his left arm. "The soldiers said that you took out about 10 units! What're you thinking?" Knil crossed his arms.

"I need to know the truth and anyone that gets in my way is my enemy," Knil pointed at Link. "That includes you, green-wearing fake!" Link looked slightly taken aback at his old nickname 'fake', but quickly recovered.

"Fine then, Knil, let's settle this the old-fashioned way," the hero drew his sword and shield, tapping his Pegasus Boots on the ground.

"You took the words out of my mouth," Knil replied, taking his sword in both hands and assuming a stance.

Link opened with a Jump Slice. Knil jumped backwards, avoiding the initial strike and the following shockwave on the ground, and countered with a salvo of energy spheres. Link deflected them with his Mirror Shield and rushed at Knil with his increased speed, stabbing at him. Knil performed a pivoting jump over him and, when above him, used a downward smash. Link quickly rolled out of the way, getting destabilized by the resulting shockwave, and sent sprawling forward. He quickly managed to recover by rolling again as Knil tried to fire an energy blast at him. The attack exploded uselessly against the pavement as Link returned to his feet, turned, and released a couple of blasts of Din's Fire.

"Humph," Knil deflected the spells. "You can do better than that!" He countered with a Shadow Flare. Link jumped, performing a couple of flips in midair, onto the roof of a nearby building as pieces of stone flew in all directions from the explosion. Knil appeared behind him and took a fierce swing, but Link managed to see it coming and jumped over the blade, kicking Knil in the face and jumping to the roof of the building opposite.

"Ruby Fire!" he swung his blade, causing a wave of crimson flame to rise up and crash down on Knil. He disappeared again, allowing the building the be crushed and set aflame, before reappearing above Link.

"Anti-Energy Cannon!" he cried, firing a beam of iridescent light at the hero. He blocked it with his Mirror Shield, causing the beam to come back at Knil. "Anti-Energy Warp!" He reappeared next to Link, thrusting his blade at him. The hero barely saw it in time and dodged by spinning sideways, only sustaining a cut on the upper left arm. He flipped back down to the street and thumbed his nose in a cocky fashion.

"Not bad, Knil, but I'm done playing around," Link unleashed several blasts of Din's Fire at his alter ego, forcing him to dodge and deflect them. He quickly blocked as Link appeared next to him, trying to use the diversion to attack. Knil dodged the swipe in time to only get a minor cut across the torso and countered with the same horizontal strike. Link blocked it with his shield and blasted a Farore's Wind at Knil, sending him through the building they had just been on. The alter ego slid a ways after coming out the other side and finally caught himself and flipped back onto his feet as Link sped at him.

"His shield can deflect any attack," the voice said suddenly. "But only from one direction at a time. Attack from multiple angles,"

Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Knil thought bitterly as he deflected several fierce blows, taking a step back with each one. Finally, he matched a vertical swing and locked blades with Link.

"What's wrong, Knil? Can't keep up?" the hero taunted.

"Not on your life, fake," the anti-hero retorted, setting off a Kamikaze Burst. Link was blown back and injured slightly. Knil was on him in an instant, and slashed him painfully through his side, as he jumped sideways to avoid the attack.

"Do not overuse your Kamikaze Burst, it damages you too," the voice warned. Knil ignored it; he was already familiar with his own moves. Link jumped back a couple of times and fired several more bursts of Din's Fire from his blade.

"Ugh…that smarts!" Link exclaimed. "But I'm still taking you down!" Knil humphed and fired another Anti-Energy Cannon at the hero. He barely rushed out of the way in time and the buildings behind him were annihilated. Knil appeared next to Link before he could even recover from getting out of the way so quickly and bashed him in the face with an iron fist. The hero staggered, nose bloodied, as Knil swung his blade in a downward arch. Link quickly dodged to the side and kicked Knil in the face, causing him to reel.

"Nice try, Knil!" he taunted as he initiated a Hurricane Spin. The alter ego quickly held his blade in front of him, employing superhuman strength to keep his blade there as a hundred blows bounced off of it.

"He is dizzy after performing his Hurricane Spin," the voice spoke. "He can cope with it, but he is still more vulnerable to attack," Finally, Link's attack ended, but the hero continued to swing at Knil, though the attacks were, obviously, less focused and easily blocked. Knil deflected a few strikes and then decided that enough was enough. He teleported out of the way of an uppercut and appeared behind Link, unleashing a Shadow Flare.

"AHHHH!" Link went flying forward and slid along the pavement for a while before coming to a stop, his sword and shield a ways behind him.

"Game over, fake," Knil muttered, turning and heading for the south gate again. Link coughed.

"Knil…" he gasped, slowly fumbling for his potions.

"The fighting in Termina Field is intense," the voice warned as he neared the south gate. "Be on your guard as you head for your destination,"

"Humph," Knil replied as he headed out the gate. The clock tower tolled 16:00.

Sure enough, Guards, Black Monsters, and several Undead troops were clashing outside the walls. Knil sighed and drew his blade as he charged through the ranks, hacking aside any enemy, regardless of alignment.

Finally, he managed to break through and, as sunset neared, he started down the path to the Southern Swamp.

"Sunset is nearing," the voice informed him. "Find a place to rest, I will inform you when it is time to awaken," Knil grunted. He was never one to admit when he was tired, but the fight with Link and constant use of his power had exhausted him somewhat. He looked around and jumped up into a tree. He leaned against the trunk while sitting astride the branch and closed his eyes. He was used to sleeping in trees and other odd places, anyway, as he had had no home since…he couldn't remember when, actually.

"Knil! Knil!" the voice awakened him some eight hours later. The clock tolled 02:00 in the distance. "It is the night of the First Day and you have had the adequate amount of rest," Knil gave a humph and jumped down to the ground. Luckily, the moon was fairly waxed at the moment, so there was decent light to see by.

"Now what?" he grumbled.

"Destroy this region," the voice replied darkly. "There are many inhabitants here, as well as soldiers from the Town Guard. Put the fear of the Dark World to them! Take your revenge!"

"Fair enough," Knil headed down the path and into the swamp, drawing his blade with a grim expression.

Review, vote, and so on. The third story is still tied and I'll have to do a tie-breaker if it's still tied when I get to the end of the Evil Story.