((A/N: Well, chapter one is here. I hope you like it. You're still gonna be confused. That's how it goes. As for timeline... it's taking place about four years after TP, and if we all disregard the epilogue of THoT, then four years after that too. It's using the TP map and it has to be long after that we all forgot what happened with Zant and whatnot... but really, who would forget that? Yeah, and no references to Midna, unless I feel like it. But anyways... R&R!))

"I'm here..."

The man walked into the room. It was a fairly large room. Near the whole opposite side of the room was the bed. On both sides, there were people. The King was on the right side and the village doctor was on the other. Many other people had gathered around.

"Ah, Bril. Come closer. The Princess... is not moving," the king said. The man walked forward, looking upon the grim scene. The Princess was lying there, her arms over her chest. She looked as if she was dead. "She has a pulse. She is breathing. However, she is not moving or anything of the sort."

"Do you not know what's going on?" Bril asked, disappointed. The king shook his head. Bril looked back down towards the princess. Bril was one of the highest Royal Knights, and appointed as such only after serving the castle for 3 years. He was young, too. He was nearly the same age as Zelda, and looked even younger. He was as as tall as Zelda, and had slick, somewhat pointy, dark-blue hair, the bangs covering over his left eye. He had reddish-brown eyes, and wore the uniform of the Royal Knights: golden chain mail, with the Royal Family emblem on the back, a gold cape with red outlining and a white Royal Family emblem, a silver belt, and gold colored boots. In fact, he was almost in line to become the general of the Royal Knights.

He sighed as he ran his hair through his hair, revealing a silver stud in his left ear, "What is it that you need me to do then?"

"Well," the king started, "we need you and the other Royal Knights to find out who did this and what's going on." Bril looked down at the princess, looking as if she was peacefully sleeping, yet something was bothering her. He didn't quite know what could be going on with her. He had no ideas at all. "We don't know exactly where they may be or anything. But, at least go around the kingdom, and try and find something."

One of the many guards spoke up, "Your highness, If I may speak, I heard that something strange had appeared near the Kakariko Gorge."

"Kakariko..." Bril muttered to himself. Lately, that region hasn't been getting anything good. Over the years, the town had prospered, but then a drought came. Then, many disastrous storms occurred. It couldn't be coincidence that now something has appeared in that area. No, something was happening. "Alright. I'll gather the others so that we can see what's happening." The King nodded and before Bril left, he ran his hand down Zelda's cheek.

Then he ended up in pure blackness, and the only thing that was near him was Zelda, still lying in her bed. He looked around, wondering where he had ended up. What had happened? He ran around the area, but there was nothing. He could run forever, and only end up in the blackness. Then, he heard some sort of muttering. "Il... Lement... Puyoa... ehh..."

Bril turned around and he was on a large hill, facing a giant cross. The clouds were as dark as the blackness itself, but there was lightning flying everywhere, so that the clouds were illuminated. The same four words circulated through his head, as he looked up on the cross to see the Princess. Her eyes were gouged out with blood flowing out, down her dress and dripping off her shoes. Bril began to gag at the sight.

"Bril...?"

He looked back up at the Princess. Her head turned down to look at him. "Bril... hunny... please, you must save me..." she said, her voice coarse sounding. Bril couldn't look at the sight. "Bril... why won't you look at me? I'm... so ugly..."

"Don't worry... I'll get you down from there!" Bril said, keeping his eyes away from her, and then jumping up onto the cross. Even then, she kept muttering to herself 'I'm so ugly'. As he climbed higher, suddenly the cross we set on fire. He tried to keep climbing, but the flames were intense. He couldn't hold on any longer, so he jumped off. He looked back up at the Princess.

She began screaming as the fire set on her white dress. Bril shook his head. "Bril...! Why... won't you save me?! Why?!" she screamed. Her skin began to blacken. He couldn't look at her anymore.

He turned around, and was face-to-face with her. "Why didn't you save me?" Zelda asked, limping towards him in the blackness he was once in. Skin was burned off, showing bloody patches of muscle. Blood continued to pour out of her eyes. "Why...? Why...?" she continued to ask, as she limped towards him. Bril was so terrified, he couldn't move. The chanting got louder. "Why...?" Zelda repeated. She walked right up to Bril and touched his cheeks. "Bril... do you... hate me now? I'm so... ugly..." Bril watched her hand movements carefully, sweating up a storm. What was this? What was going on? "Bril...?"

"Bril?"

Bril woke up, instantly looking up at three Hylian guards. "Are you alright?" one of them asked, holding out a hand. He nodded slowly, and took the hand and got up.

The King asked, "What had happened? You touched Zelda and you... collapsed..."

"It was a dream?"

The King stared at him, and then asked, "What was that?"

Bril shook his head, and said, "Nothing. Nothing. Never mind. I'm going to go rally up Likant, Tayka, and Tynrian. Rest assured, we will find out what happened to the Princess." He rushed out the door, without saying another thing. Once he was out of the room, he stood outside, leaning up against the wall. He touched his cheek, and it was hot. Almost too intense to stand. What was it that he had seen? Did something happen to the Princess?

The pain he felt when he saw her... it was too real to be a dream. The pain in his stomach, that squeezing, churning pain... It remained, even still. He felt a bit dizzy, too. He couldn't get the vision of the scorched Zelda. And that chanting... Il Lement Puyoa Ehh... What did it mean?

He shook his head. There were more important things happening. He walked out of the castle down to the Royal Knight Chamber. Immediately inside, he saw Tayka, leaning up against a wall. She wore the same uniform, and had long, pink hair, held up in a ponytail. She also had pink eyes to match. She smiled, "Hey there, Bril. What's the news?"

"The news? Oh, right... Zelda has been put to sleep by someone... we're not sure who," Bril responded. He wasn't thinking clearly, and he couldn't register things quickly.

She frowned and got up off the wall, "Well, that's no good. We don't know who, huh..."

"We're supposed to go down to the Kakariko region to find out about what happened," Bril said. He tried getting the image of Zelda out of his head, but he couldn't. And finally, he head started having a throbbing pain. He set his hand over his forehead, breathing heavily. Everything was getting worse.

"Do you think I'm pretty?" Tayka said in a coarse voice.

Bril looked up surprised, and asked, "...What did you say?"

"I said, 'Are you alright?'" she answered, in her normal high-pitched voice. She frowned, and continued talking, "Bril, you need to lie down. You shouldn't be going to Kakariko right now."

Bril shook his head, "I'm alright... Maybe just a little rest. Where's Likant and Tynrian?" He sat down on one of the chairs that was sitting out of place.

Tayka walked over into another room. After a minute or so, she walked back out with a glass of water and gave it to Bril. "They went out. Like you, they were summoned. But not by the King."

"Then by whom?"

"Melari the Blacksmith. He finished our new weapons. So, hey, rest. Once they come back with our weapons, we'll leave alright?" Tayka said, smiling. Bril nodded, drinking the water. Tayka left the building. Bril sat there, unable to move much. Now his entire body ached. He still wasn't sure what was going on. He limped over to a bed, so he could lie down. He slowly closed his eyelids. It felt like he hadn't slept for days.

"Bril..."

He opened his eyes suddenly. The room was completely dark. Was it night already? He stood up, trying to find a way to his light. He wasn't sleepy anymore, and didn't have anymore aches or pains. It didn't matter much to him. Bril began walking over to a table, but tripped over something. He didn't know what it was, but it was small and out of the way, so he didn't dwell too much on it. He took a match and lit up the brazier. The flame lit up and Bril turned around, faced with at least 10 dead bodies in his room, all cut up, torn, sliced, and ripped. Blood was splattered all over the walls. Bril lunched over, and vomited all over the floor. There was so much blood... Then, the flame behind him turned a dark purple, and the bodies began moving, chanting out his name.

Bril couldn't handle it, he ran out of the room into the main lobby of the Royal Knight Chamber, and he saw his three friends. They looked right at him. Bril was gasping for breath, and Tayko asked, "Are you alright?" He looked back and the room was completely cleaned. No bodies... no blood... no fire... He fell down.

"What's... going on..."

"What are you talking about?" Tynrian asked. He wore a small pair a glasses, just there for looks. He had spiky green hair and blue eyes that were as cold as ice, and his personality was just as cold. He would kill for pleasure, if it wasn't for the fact he's affiliated with such a group.

Bril blinked. "Didn't you see... in there...?" he said between gasps. He pointed towards the room he was in. The three just looked at each other, and then shrugged.

Then Likant asked, "What's wrong?" He was a big man, who had purple hair to the top of his neck, parted in the middle. He also had grey, emotionless eyes. He was almost like a killing machine, because he wielded a large battle-axe, which he could demolish many enemies in one swipe with.

Bril just stared at them. The throbbing headache came back and he had a searing pain in his chest. Bril put his hands over his head and screamed loudly, and then fell over unconscious.

The last thing he heard was, "Soon... you will know your defeat, just as your Princess knew hers..."

((A/N: Yes... what the hell kind of person am I, that has Zelda with her eyes gouged out... well, I'm just a sick son of a bitch, that's for sure. Wait for Chapter 2.))