Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 27: Day I; Mirror of Nightmare
-Meanwhile, At Hyrule Castle, Secret Garden
"Iris!"
Iris looks at the source of the voice and sees Zelda runs up to her. Now Iris is reading a book in Hyrule Castle, secret garden.
"What's wrong?" Iris asks and closes her book.
"Come with me now, please!" Zelda says and grabs Iris's arm and drags Iris with her before Iris could say anything.
"W…Wait!" Iris says.
Zelda brings Iris to Hyrule Castle Town, where…
"Oh!" Iris says, because some villagers starts to fade away!
"Mom!" A child cries to her mom.
"Oh! What happen?!" The mom cries when she realizes that she is fading away!
"Oh! Sweatheart!" A man says to her fading girlfriend.
Iris looks around the town. Some villagers are completely fade away while some of them are still exist.
"What does this mean?!" Zelda asks.
"… Something wrong happens with Link and his friends…" Iris mumbles.
-Back to the Palace of Legend, Chamber of the God
Arceus looks at Link, Navi, Rucas, Terrus, Soryl, Maxnet, Diasol, Xynnia and Yterval with the eyes of winner.
"See? The ritual had finally started! Now everyone in Irtha will start to fade away!" Arceus says.
"You are monster!" Navi says.
"Hey! Don't just complain me! I suggest that you should use your time wisely and tries to stop me." Arceus says.
"…" Everyone says nothing.
"Don't worry, this ritual can be stop…" Arceus says.
"What?!" Everyone says.
"But only if you have the Mirror of Nightmare." Arceus says.
"Mirror… of Nightmare?" Rucas says.
"Of course, if you have this, you can cancel this ritual." Arceus says.
"Link! We must find it!" Navi says.
"But… Where is it?" Yterval asks.
"Clueless, aren't you? Well… I am kind enough to tell you that the Mirror of Nightmare had been shattered into eight pieces." Arceus says.
"Eight?" Maxnet says.
"Of course…" Arceus says.
After Arceus finishes saying, someone appears in front of Arceus. He is the Mysterious Demon.
"Master, what do you want me to do?" Mysterious Demon asks.
"I am thinking about some game. Okay… Link, while your group are trying to find the Mirror of Nightmare, my minion will try to find it too." Arceus says.
"What?!" Everyone says.
"I have sent my minion to find it since several days ago, but he failed… Now it is your chance, Link, find it before my minion can." Arceus says.
"… Understood." Mysterious Demon says.
"Oh… One more thing." Arceus says when the Mysterious Demon are about to leave.
"What do you desire, master?" Mysterious Demon asks.
"Don't forget to…. Destroy them with your power." Arceus says.
After realize the meaning of Arceus's word, Mysterious Demon seems worried.
"Now go, I hope that you will not share the same fate as them." Arceus says.
"… Understood." Mysterious Demon says before he disappears.
After finishes talking with the Mysterious Demon, Arceus turns his attention to Link and his friends.
"You must find it on your own. You have seven days before this world is completely clean. Also, I don't guarantee that in this seven days, one of you will exist…" Arceus says.
After the final word from Arceus, Link and his friends get transported out of the dungeon.
"After you have collected all of them, come back here and stop my ritual."
-Back to Hyrule Castle
Zelda's face turns pale after hearing everything from Link and his friends about Arceus's plan to clean the world.
"I can't believe that Arceus will do something like this…" Rucas says.
"Now we are the only hope of the world to stop Arceus from his stupid ritual." Maxnet says.
"But, we have no clue about the location of each piece of the Mirror of Nightmare, plus we only have seven days left…" Soryl says.
"… No… We have." Terrus says.
"What?" Everyone says and turns their attention to Terrus.
"Arceus said that he made his minion to gather the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare since before we enter the Palace of Legend. I am sure that the Mysterious Demon is that minion." Terrus says.
"I get it! The place where the Mysterious Demon appears is the location of the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare!" Soryl says.
"The first time that we met the Mysterious Demon is when he hurted Zelda here…" Rucas says.
Everyone turns their attention to Zelda after hearing that.
"Zelda, didn't you have the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare?" Diasol asks.
"No, I have not." Zelda says.
"… Do you have any memento from your ancestor?" Yterval asks.
Zelda picks something from her pocket. It is a necklace with a locket.
"!" Xynnia realizes that she had seen this necklace before!
"This necklace had been passed down through generation, and now it is mine." Zelda says.
"The locket! Open it!" Maxnet says.
Zelda opens the locket, inside the locket, a piece of black, shattered mirror is laid there!
"Look! This must be the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare!" Diasol says.
"Yay! We have found one!" Navi says.
Everyone looks at the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare. It is glittering with the eerie aura, which gives everyone the strange feeling.
Link picks the piece of the Mirror of Nightmare from Zelda's locket and puts it into his bag.
"Now we have one! Let's find the others!" Navi says.
"… We have met the Mysterious Demon at the Mysterious Mansion, Iris's home." Yterval says.
Everyone looks around the room, but Iris isn't here.
"Wait, where is Iris?" Navi asks.
"She returned to her place as soon as she found out about the mess in the town. She said that she will not come back for a while…" Zelda says.
"So, we must go to the Mysterious Mansion to meet her…" Diasol says.
"Hold on! We also met the Mysterious Demon at the Lost Undersea City too!" Maxnet says.
"So… The Sword of Justice had kept it…" Terrus says.
"Since we have only a few days left, let's split up. Maxnet, Terrus, Soryl, you go to the Lost Undersea City. Link, Rucas, Diasol, Xynnia, Yterval and I will go to the Mysterious Mansion!" Navi says.
To Be Continue…
LD: So, the real part of the story had finally started!
Pokedragon: … Eight pieces of mirror. One at Hyrule Castle, two at Mysterious Mansion, three at the Lost Undersea City… What about the rest Oh! Almost forgot, readers, from this chapter, I will write the day of the story at the chapter's name too, so you will not be confused about the day that the story takes place. This chapter is the 1st day, and… we have the time until the 7th day.
LD: Sound like MM.