Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 13: Cloud of Darkness
'Sure! No one will answer yes to that question.' I think when Togekiss asks four students to be the Sacred Children, a group of children that will travel around the land of Irtha to find the new world for us.
"Wha… What?!" Jedi, Ordin and Nardal ask.
"You four are the children with high potential and great power within, so I decide that you four are the best choice for being a Sacred Children, but if you don't want, it's fine." Togekiss says.
"… I will." Ellisk answers.
'What?!' I think and look at the little Heliolisk. He wants to be the Sacred Children?!
"Ellisk?!" Jedi, Ordin and Nardal say.
"… If this is the way to stop the war that spread across Irtha, I will accept it." Ellisk says.
"Ellisk! Don't you remember that…" Ordin says, but Ellisk turns his attention to Ordin with furious face.
"I WANT TO STOP THE WAR!" Ellisk roars.
"Um…" Jedi and Nardal say when they hear Ellisk roars.
"How about you three?" Togekiss asks Jedi, Ordin and Nardal.
"… Fine." They answer.
"Great answer." Togekiss says. Then Glacia walks up to them.
"I know that you will answer yes." Glacia says and reveals a hard-to-see smile.
I turn my attention to my brother. He is chewing the soil that Glacia gave him , trying to think about its taste.
"Terrus, how about it?" I ask.
"… Something wrong is happening." Terrus says with a very quiet voice that only I can hear.
"Hm?" I look at him. He is looking at Togekiss with his doubtful eyes.
"This place is shrouded by the cloud of darkness… that conceals itself with the light of sun." Terrus says.
I sigh. Terrus something says something that no one can understand, but he will only say that to me.
Terrus walks up to Maxnet and whispers something to him, and then Maxnet walks up to Togekiss and nods.
After realize the gesture from Maxnet, Togekiss calls the children.
"Children, your team will consist of five Sacred Children…" Togekiss says.
"Five?" Jedi says.
"Yes, Jedi, Ordin, Nardal, Ellisk and Glacia." Togekiss says.
"Glacia too?!" Say the Nardal.
"Yes." Glacia says.
"Also, your team will travel with them…" Togekiss says and looks at Maxnet, Terrus and I.
"They are the mercenary group that will guard us during our journey." Glacia explains.
Maxnet walks up to them and starts introducing ourselves to the Sacred Children. After Maxnet finishes introduce ourselves, they introduce themselves to us, except Ellisk who is just looking at us with a strange face.
Terrus looks at Ellisk's face before saying something…
"…You have met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"
Ellisk looks at Terrus with a strange and doubtful face before he nods.
After that, Principal Togekiss starts explaining the thing that the Sacred Children must do during their pilgrimage. Their main objective is to go and meet the god and then the god will open the passage that will lead everyone into the new world, but they can't complete this task by themselves. They need the help of "Hero of Time" who will be the one who speak to the god. Also, no one knows the place where to meet the god, so they need to go and meet "Guardians of Irtha" to let them show the place to meet the god.
Togekiss gives the map of Old Irtha to the Sacred Children and marks the location of the place that they will meet the Guardians of Irtha.
"Hey! Something is wrong!" Nardal says after looking at the map.
"Hm?" Everyone looks at him.
"The location of the Guardians of Irtha is in the Phyrine region, but now, that area is the sea, not the land!" Nardal says.
"What?!" Everyone says.
"My ancestor told me that that location used to be the glorious city, but I don't know about where is it now. It is your job to solve this mystery." Togekiss says.
"But first, let's get some rest, I am so sleepy…" Jedi says and yawns.
"You will leave tomorrow. Please prepare your stuff." Togekiss says.
After that, the Sacred Children leave the room, and Glacia tells us that we can rest in the male dormitory.
While we are walking back to the male dormitory, Terrus tells Maxnet that he needs to do something first and tells him to go to bed first. Maxnet nods and goes back to the male dormitory. I am about to follow him when Terrus whispers that he wants me to go with him…
"What do you want to do? And why it must be in the middle of the night?" I ask and yawn.
"… The soil… I want to know more about the cloud of darkness that shroud this place…" Terrus answers.
"And why do I have to go with you?" I ask again.
"… Two are better than one." He replies.
-Back to the Hyrule Castle; Secret Room
In the Secret Room under the Secret Garden, Zelda and Diasol are looking after Princess Xynnia and Prince Yterval after they fell unconscious.
Link and Rucas are trying to figure out the thing that Yterval told them before he falls unconscious.
"… Do you think that he is a bad guy?" Navi asks.
"No, of course." Diasol says.
"Why?" Navi asks.
"… In the past, Yterval was going to get married with Xynnia…" Diasol says, her words shocks everyone.
"Really?!" Says everyone.
"Yes… But in the end, their wedding ended up in the tragedy, Xynnia almost died, and everyone blamed Yterval for letting Xynnia almost died. After that day, Lumina and Darkon never smile to each other again." Diasol says.
"Ar….."
Everyone realizes that Yterval starts to regains his consciousness.
"Yterval." Diasol says.
"Diasol… Is that you?" Yterval asks.
"Yes." Diasol says, then Yterval gets up from his bed.
"Xynnia! Where is she?!" Yterval says in panic.
"Hey! Calm down!" Diasol says, then Yterval notices the unconscious body of Xynnia.
"Xynnia!" Yterval roars, but Link and Rucas rush up to Xynnia's body and protest him to get near her.
"What happen, Yterval?" Diasol asks.
"Take her! You must take her away! Far from this place, to the place that she will stay safe! Hurry! Before it's too late!" Yterval roars.
"Why?" Diasol asks.
"Those evil monsters… They are trying to get Xynnia's power!" Yterval says.
"Those evil monsters… It means that they aren't from Darkon…" Zelda says.
"They are coming from the River of Sin!" Yterval says, his words shocks Diasol and Zelda.
"River… of Sin?" Zelda says.
"Why? Why it must be that place?!" Diasol says.
To Be Continue…
LD: What is the River of Sin?
Pokedragon: Find out in the next chapter.