D2 Go to the Garden
"If it's Grin, then there's nothing to worry about," Mira said, trying to calm herself.
Duke's shadow shook its head and waved one hand in the direction of the stairs.
"No, but don't worry. I'll be back," Mira said as she turned and hurried out of the dining hall through the door on the other side of the room.
This exit led her to the rear of the castle where the entrance to the garden was. The air grew colder as she walked outside, and Mira wrapped her arms around herself as she stepped out amongst the weeds.
She followed the stone path with cautious steps, but at first, she couldn't hear anything. If Grin was out here, he didn't seem to be making a whole lot of noise at the moment.
Before long, Mira was out in the middle of the garden – not far from the gate that she had visited earlier that day. All seemed unnaturally quiet except for the sounds of her own feet snapping twigs or crunching dried vegetation on the path. She was beginning to feel rather uneasy out here alone in the dark.
"I'm just out here to talk with Grin," she said to herself. "No big deal, right?"
A low growl answered her, and it seemed dangerously close.
"Grin?" Mira asked, though her voice trembled a bit. "It's just me. Why don't you come out, uh slowly, and we'll talk, okay?"
For a second, there was silence, and then a terrifying roar filled the air around her. Mira felt her nerves break at that awful sound, and before she even knew what she was doing, she was running.
The sound of some monstrous beast crashing through the vegetation followed her, and Mira hardly dared to look back as she kept running. The castle was behind her now. It was too far, and suddenly the gate appeared up ahead.
Mira halted before the gate, but only for a moment. When she looked back, she could see a huge black form racing towards her. It seemed determined to chase down and crush anything that appeared before it, and Mira knew that it would kill her if she stayed.
Darting forward, she ran through the gate and let the castle and its nightmares disappear behind her. She could feel the warm air of Anaheim greet her, and the city appeared as if through a mist.
Mira looked behind her with her heart still racing, but the danger was gone… but so were the ducks. Looking down, she saw pieces of parchment on the ground. They contained images of the castle, and she saw the dining hall with one lonely shadow trapped on its wall and one dark creature stalking around the garden. One piece had writing on it that read,
You are safe, but the ducks are not yet free.
If you would help them, then you must go back in time and choose differently.
You have the power, but what your choice will be,
We shall see.
It is recommended that you go back to the last point in the story where you had to make a choice (D2 Return to Find Duke), but if you would like to go back to an earlier point, that is certainly an option too.