"Unhand me!" Zelda shouted as she was led into her cell. Her escort simply shook his head and motioned for her to enter the cell. "What? Now you feel the need to be gentle?"
"It isn't like I wanted to bring you here. It was bring you here alive, or I die. I'm not to keen on the idea of dying right now." Clovis sighed. "I'm disobeying orders right now anyway. This isn't where you were supposed to be kept."
Zelda paused, considering what her captor had just said. "Where is here?"
"That is something I can't say. I'm aware of that ability to talk with the goddesses that you have. And the Seven Sages also. I'm not taking any risks. This place isn't easily found." Clovis explained. "If you need anything just say so. I'll see if I can manage to keep you safe and secure. I know you don't trust me, but I'm the closest thing to a friend you'll have while you're here."

"Well, this could look bad if a villager sees this." Richard stated as he followed Leia, Beat and Ayru.
"What do you mean?" Beat asked.
"One guard walking behind three Gerudo." Ayru guessed.
"Exactly." Richard nodded.
"Idiot." Beat sighed. "I'm a Hylian, Leia probably prefers to be called a Shiekah judging by how she winces at the mention of our race, and Ayru is pretty well known. If anything it looks like we took you prisoner."
"Are we at the place you can contact Skull King yet? I don't mean to be rude, but I really don't want to be here." Leia urged.
Beat laughed and led the group into the open plains of Hyrule field. The sun was just beginning to set as Beat stopped. "This place should suffice. You three stay on the path, the Stalfos don't bother you until you leave the dirt road."
"What do Stalfos have to deal with this issue Grimsley?!?" Leia snapped.
"He's called the Skull King for a reason." Richard calmly replied. "If Beat starts off by taking out a few Stalfos, Skull will notice. He won't respond, but he'll know where we are. Afterwards, Beat will be putting that marking on his left hand to use."
"His left hand?" Ayru asked.
"It's a curse that was placed on me because of the Skull King. It's called the Antriforce, the means of destroying the Triforce. I'm holder of Rage, meant to destroy Wisdom. That's the princess." Beat called over his shoulder as he drew his knife. "Skull King has Greed which defeats Power. And the final piece is Fear which opposes Courage. I broke that system when I decided not to treat this marking as a blessing like Skull King and Jacob did."
"Jacob is Skull King's second in command. He also has magic that lets him use your biggest fears against you." added Richard. "I'll tell you more later, Stalfos are here."
"I know Arthur said to show us what you're capable of, but Richard and I saw. You haven't seen what I'm capable of." Beat laughed as the Stalfos began to rise from the ground. "What's one element that is always associated with anger and rage?"
"Fire..." Ayru answered hesitantly. "You don't mean..."
"I can control flames because of the Antriforce, yes. That added with my Shiekah training..." Beat called as he dodged the attacks of the Stalfos effortlessly, striking them with his knife, "makes me one hell of an opponent. But what am I saying, I'm just using a knife."
"The reason you led us here was so you could use your full strength in case of a fight?" Leia assumed.
Beat laughed as he stomped his foot down, causing a ring of fire to surround each of the remaining Stalfos. He raised his right hand high, and snapped his fingers. At that exact moment the rings engulfed the Stalfos. The flames quickly died out, leaving nothing but a pile of ashes. "Step one, done." Beat stated.

Arthur led the pair of boys through the town. The streets were unusually crowded for the evening. A large group had amassed by the castle gates.
"Do you think they noticed the princess is missing?" Lukas whispered.
As if to answer the question a loud procession of horns blared to hush the crowd. Then the king of Hyrule himself stepped into view.
"My loyal subjects, these are dark days indeed." the king boomed. "Not only have we the threat of Skull King still, but it has been made clear there are traitors among us."
"Oh that can't be good." Arthur whispered.
"One of our most trusted guards, who had sworn to protect our princess has broken that oath. Richard Mellow assisted in the kidnapping of Princess Zelda. Who was he helping you may ask? None other than the King of Thieves, Beat Grimsley." shouted the king.
The crowd started becoming uneasy, many people knew how loyal the pair being accused had been. However, Arthur felt that the speech wasn't over just yet.
"Hylians, there is more. The Vigilante has proven that he believes himself to be above the law. He and his apprentice have taken it upon themselves to execute a man in our streets."
Arthur looked at the pair he had with him. He had just been accused of being a murderer in front of his son. He didn't know how to react, so he just tried to remain calm.
"You two return to the cottage when you can. I can't put you two at risk." Arthur ordered as he walked away.
"What do we do now?" Lukas asked.
"Find Drake." Finn growled.

Skull King watched the speech being made from atop the castle roof. It had been some time since he had left his own castle. Beside him stood Drake, and one of his Sins. Onua, who led his navy.
"This is great." Onua laughed. "Grimsley's not being held up on a pedestal anymore."
"Thanks to Drake, we can now occupy the castle. Slowly you Sins will take positions within the castle until we can overthrow the current king. Then I will take the throne." Skull King wheezed.
"It appears that someone is leaving the plaza." Drake yawned. "One of the accused."
"Leave your petty grudge for now. Grimsley is trying to provoke me." Skull King laughed. "Can you contact Clovis, Drake? I have an idea that can put that gem of yours to use."
Drake laughed as he pulled out the violet colored crystal. "The dimensional shard Lord Drazo gave me. Where should I send them?"
"Anywhere away from where I will be sending Onua. Onua, be prepared for that guardian to try and stop you again." Skull King ordered.
"Yes my King." Onua said with a bow.
After Skull King conjured a green flame for Onua to exit through, he turned to Drake. "We'll dispose of the children for now. Have Clovis send you the pair you tried to kill."
"As you wish." Drake laughed as he vanished.

Leia was surprised by how Beat had to channel his energy to try and provoke his enemy. His body had black flames enveloping his body, seeming to not leave his skin. His eyes were no longer gold like most Gerudo, they were now blood red.
"Beat don't stay like that for too long!" Richard called.
"Act like I enjoy this!" Beat snapped.
Leia could see Beat was becoming angrier, and looked to see Ayru watching with the same fascination she had. Leia couldn't watch, she kept trying to look for some sign that Beat could stop, but wasn't finding anything. It wasn't until she looked up that she saw something.
"A storm?" Leia muttered.
"Huh? Storm?" Richard asked, looking at to see what Leia was talking about. When he spotted the clouds he gritted his teeth. "Beat, Clovis is coming!" he shouted.
Beat let out what seemed to be a roar. The flames around him vanished and his eyes slowly returned to the golden hue they were before.
"Clovis is?" Ayru asked.
"The one who took Zelda. Leave the talking, and fighting to Beat. Clovis represents Sloth, and uses magic. People who fight like me can't do much against him." Richard explained. "Clovis is also the one we can cooperate with the most. He doesn't kill on sight."
Before he could continue a bolt of lighting interrupted Richard. It struck right in front of Beat, and when the lights died out Clovis appeared.
"Hello." Clovis greeted.
"Clovis, I'd start talking now." Beat growled.
"Upset about being labeled a traitor?" Clovis asked.
"What?" Beat snapped.
"I guess you didn't hear." Clovis laughed. "You two have been accused of kidnapping Zelda, and that vigilante and his helper are marked as murderers. We've never done these kind of jobs until we took on that adviser. I believe you know his name."
"Drake." Leia spat.
"Exactly. He and Skull King have made a deal. Drake helps him take the Triforce and Antriforce, and my king provides Drake with an army to conquer any and every world he wants. But I can't really explain everything, why not ask Drake himself?"
With a snap of Clovis's fingers, four bolts lightning came down. Ayru was then left alone when the flash died out.
"I guess I don't get to have an audience with Drake." she growled. She then began heading back towards the cottage. Or at least she hoped she was heading towards the cottage.

Finn led Lukas to the trail that he had taken a hundred times with his father when delivering supplies to the castle. They saw few guards, most of them had to be guarding the king. Finn tried to remember where he had met Drake when he decided to sneak into the castle.
"This way Lukas, through this door." Finn whispered, pulling open a door that had looked locked.
"How do you know all the directions?" Lukas asked.
"I'll tell you later, after we find Drake." Finn hissed.
Finn tried to move as quickly as possible, stopping only to try and recall the winding paths Drake had taken him down. Finn was a bit uneasy, the castle was never this empty.
"Be ready for anything." Finn warned.
"Too late." whispered a voice Finn didn't recognize. He then blacked after being struck with a wooden club.
"Was that necessary Jacob?" chastised Drake.
"I was growing tired of waiting." hissed the Sin. "He won't be out for too long. A nightmare should wake him up."
"Oh, you are truly terrifying." Drake yawned. "Drag those two down to my study." Drake then vanished into the darkness, leaving the red-headed Sin alone.
"Keep ordering me about. I'll show you who you need to fear." Jacob growled before vanishing into a yellow spiral of fear magic.

"Now no fires in the castle. You don't want to risk any innocents being hurt, Grimsley." Clovis instructed. "Mellow keep a close eye on him. And you, I don't know your name, but try not to do anything stupid."
"Leia." she snapped.
"Well then, Leia, don't do anything stupid." Clovis said with a grin. With a quick flash of light, Clovis disappeared.
"I don't know whether to pity him, or to hate him." Beat sighed.
"What do you mean?" Leia asked.
"Clovis isn't bad. He just does what he has to in order to survive." Richard answered.
"Well, some people do things that seem like they're bad because they are bad. I'm one of those people." laughed Drake as he appeared before the group. Beside him lay Finn and Lukas.
"Big surprise, the farm boy was taken out." Leia muttered.
Drake laughed and walked over to his desk. "Well now, how may I help all of you?"
"Where is Zelda?" growled Beat.
"With Skull King." Drake answered calmly.
Finn and Lukas began to move slightly, and caught Drake's attention.
"Ah those two are waking up already. Good, I don't have to waste much more time with you children." Drake sighed. "Quick quiz, does anyone know what this is?" he asked pulling out a crystal.
"A gemstone?" Leia snapped.
"No. This is called a Dimensional Shard. It's how I intend to get rid of you all." Drake laughed.
"A little rock is going to kill us?" Richard asked.
"Oh come now. Who said anything about killing you?" Drake said with a smirk.
He then tossed the crystal at the floor before them and a massive fissure appeared. Beat and Leia struggled to hold onto something as they watched Finn and Lukas get pulled in. Beat tried to grab Richard, but failed to reach him in time. Beat stared helplessly as his friend fell into oblivion.
"I admire the courage to try and fight it, but you can't win." Drake laughed snapping his fingers.
Leia gasped as the bookshelf she and Beat held onto vanished and the two fell into the rift. Leia looked at Beat to see him muttering a silent prayer to one of the goddesses. She closed her eyes and silently apologized to Arthur for failing him.

"I can sense hope..." whispered a voice. "One of you have been here before. Not long enough for me to have noticed you the first time, but you have been here. I can sense that you plan to fight those who are damaging all the worlds..."
"Who are you..?" Finn groaned.
"I am a guardian. I was supposed to guard the Rift, and I failed." whispered the voice. "I am losing my strength, but I can help you. The evil ones have invaded another world. I am not strong enough to fight them myself. I will send the five of you to Kayve, a world of jungles and predators. You must work together to survive."
Finn tried to reply, but couldn't muster up the strength. He closed his eyes and drifted back into sleep.

"Farm Boy! Wake Up!"
Finn woke up to the shouts of Leia, as he shot up, he felt a heavy force hit his head. As he rubbed his head while opening his eyes he saw Leia rubbing her head the same way.
"What is it?" growled Finn.
"We fell into a trap." Richard sighed.
"Drake sent us to another world." Beat added.
"Kayve," Finn whispered.
"What did you say?" Leia asked.
"Kayve." Finn repeated.
"You must have hurt your head. This is not a cave." Leia snapped, "I know you hurt mine."
"No not cave, Kayve. A world of jungles and predators." Finn explained.
"Where did you hear this?" Lukas asked.
"In my sleep. Before you woke me, I was in some kind of void. There was a voice whispering to me. It talked about this place." Finn answered.
Leia started laughing, but when she saw the serious look on Beat's face she sighed.
"You don't think he's serious do you?" she asked.
"I wasn't sure about it, but I had the same dream. Leia, once we fell in we blacked out. I thought I woke up long enough to hear a voice talking about this thing called the Rift." Beat sighed. "Knowing I'm not the only one who heard it makes me believe it more."
"So we're in a world called Kayve. Okay, I see the jungle, but where are the predators?" Leia asked.
"I really wish you hadn't said that." Richard sighed. "Bad things happen when those kind of statements are made."
As if to affirm Richard's fears the trees surrounding them began to shake. A loud snarling sound could be heard from some ways off. Suddenly a large bull-like creature emerged through the trees. The group scattered to avoid being trampled by the large beast. Finn noticed a boy holding onto the creature's horns, trying to steer it into a tree. He drew his bow and drew the string back, an arrow of energy forming. Right as he was about to release the arrow a second creature crashed through the trees. The person riding this one managed to steer her creature into a tree. When it crashed she jumped off of it.
"Oh, Solace why can't you manage to keep control of a Stampeder?" groaned the girl. She then took off chasing after the boy.
"Locals. We should ask for help." Richard suggested.
"I'll follow those two, you guys can go where they came from." Beat sighed.
"No, I'm going with you." Leia argued. "I'm not going to travel with the Farm Boy."
"Fine, you better keep up. Richard, don't let them do anything stupid." Beat growled.
"Wait, who put you in charge?" Finn snapped.
"I did." Beat countered. "Because I did what I was supposed to do. I also did what you were supposed to do."
"Guys, don't fight." Lukas pleaded.
"I'm not going to." Beat replied. "Leia, let's go."
Beat and Leia then took off to follow the locals. Richard stood with Lukas, and an angry Finn.
"Don't take it personally Finn. Beat gets that way when he's trying to keep people safe." Richard sighed. "I think it'd be best to wait here. Those two might come back for this thing."