"Well, I think this isn't Hyrule." stated Richard.
"No duh!" replied Lukas.
"Guys, I think we should find some locals, maybe find out what's going on." suggested Beat.
"Why can't we just go back?" complained Finn.
"Because it's your fault for trusting Drake. Besides I know Richard will agree with me." replied Beat.
"Sorry, I want to go back too." apologized Richard rubbing his head.
"I'll go with you." stated Lukas. "I'm curious as to how those buildings are floating."
"At least you agree, and since Lukas has the crystal we are staying!" laughed Beat.

Beat and Lukas walked off, heading towards a mountain of some kind. They saw birdlike creatures flying above them, and they kept getting closer.
"I don't trust those bird-things." muttered Lukas.
"Their people, but I can't understand how they can soar like that. They're clearly not Rito." replied Beat. "And they're following us."

Richard and Finn waited where they arrived. They spoke little and avoided eye contact. Neither trusted the person with them. They sat on the ground and stared at the floating buildings above them. When they saw something dive-bombing towards them, they noticed. They both jumped out of the way as it hit the ground.
"Oww. Still gotta learn to stick the landing." whined the boy laying on his face. He had strange metal wings on his back, and wore a helmet that seemed to be undamaged regardless of the fall the wearer just had.
"Who are you?" asked Finn.
"Huh? Wha!" screamed the boy. He jumped back and drew a knife. "I'm not letting myself be captured by Groundies!"
"Groundies?" repeated Richard confusedly. He looked to Finn and was greeted with a shrug of shoulders.
"What's a Groundie?" asked Finn.
"You two are! Any who live on the ground are Groundie scum. They contaminate this world, this is Aeorobis, land of Aeronians! And I am the fourth prince, Jeremiah." announced the boy pulling his wings to hide his face.
"Well, we aren't Groundies, we're Hylians." replied Finn.
"What's a Hylian?" asked the supposed prince.
"This is gonna take awhile." sighed Richard slapping his head.

Beat and Lukas ran for cover as they were attacked from above. The people attacking them used strange weapons that fired metal at high speeds. They reloaded in no time at all, and made loud banging sounds as it was fired.
"Lukas do something! I left my gear at the castle. The only thing I have is a bag of bombchus!" shouted Beat dodging the projectiles.
"Like I know what to do! You had our gear confiscated!" hollered Lukas.
"I didn't kidnap the princess, so I'm not the cause of mistrust."�
"Neither did I, Finn did that on his own!"
"Fine then just keep runn..." Beat was cutoff when he fell into a hole.
"They really should put a warning sign." sighed Lukas.
"Halt Groundie! You've nowhere to hide! We know you're holding fourth prince Jeremiah captive." commanded the head flying soldier.
"Lukas get your Vaati imitating ass in here!" screamed Beat grabbing his ally. He dragged him into the hole just in time to avoid being shot by multiple blasts.
"Hehe, welcome to the Underground. I'm Leon, head of operations. I doubt your from around here." greeted a voice behind them.

This "prince" was a real burden. Finn and Richard had a hard time keeping him from running off. He kept screaming he will not embarass his family and be captured. He was shut up by Finn smacking him across the back of his head.
"Shut up already! We aren't Groundies, we aren't from here!" screamed Finn.
"I must agree. After all, I doubt Finn would know about this world. Aeorobis is a world far more advanced then our own." laughed a voice too familiar to Finn.
"Drake!" roared Finn rushing towards the man who betrayed him and his father.
"Didn't I teach you better than that?" cackled Drake as he teleported somewhere else. "I granted you the power to do this, oh wait. I stole it back on the Majestic Beauty while you slept, unaware of my intentions!"
"Shut up damn you!" screamed Finn.
"I guess I have overstayed my welcome. Very well, but before I go. I think he should come with me." grinned Drake as he warped to were the prince was. He grabbed hold of him and vanished.
"There goes our lead about this place." sighed Richard. "Huh, Drake sure has changed."

The Underground was a network of tunnels lighted by lanterns that used no fire or oil. Leon said it used "electricity" whatever that was. He explained his people's war with the Sky People. They thought of the earthbound people as filth and sougt to destroy them.
" That's awful!" gasped Beat. "The Aeronians have to atone for their murder of innocent lives!"
"I'm glad you see it that way. And our new recruit, though scary as a pack of pissed Aeronians, seems to have an idea what to do." laughed Leon.
"I hope you're not talking so highly of me." laughed a raspy voice. The owner of the voice hobbled forward. He was hunched over and wore a brown cloak. His hair was tattered and was very grey. He wore a Skull Mask like the ones sold in the Happy Mask Shop. His eyes were a creepy blood red behind the mask.
"Hello, I'm Be,"
"Young Master, Beat Grimsley. A pleasure to finally meet you. I'm Skull." greeted the old man grasping Beats hand.
"How do you know my name?" gasped Beat.
"I'm not from this world either. My children and friends visit you often. You're responsible for the death of my children. But then again I suppose I could forgive you, seeing you have been cursed with uncontrollable rage. I too am cursed." sighed Skull. "I am consumed by uncontrollable greed. The Curse of the Antriforce, the dark-side of our golden goddesses."
"Wait, are you telling me you're the Skull King? I'll kill you here and now!" roared Beat grabbing the old man by his neck. He made the mask fall off to reveal a face Beat didn't hope to see, Jacob's.
"Guess the shows over." he sighed before releasing a blast of energy. "You'd believe my master was in this dump? What a fool." laughed the red haired teen.
Suddenly a man appeared. "Let's go Jacob!" he shouted.
"Very well Drake." sighed the boy. "This place is a dump, maybe I should bring some people here to renovate."
"Go ahead, we have what was needed." muttered Drake as he vanished.
"Oh goody!" laughed Jacob as he gathered the yellow energy of fear around him. He snapped his fingers and three redeads appeared. He then warped somewhere cackling.
"What the hell are those things?" shouted Leon as they attacked the people coming to see what was happening.
"Those things feed off of living people, run away from them." shouted Beat. "Somebody give me something I can kill these with!"
"Here take my gun!" wheezed someone who had been attacked.
"How do I use it?" asked Beat.
"Just point it at it and pull the trigger!"
"Like this?" asked Beat while pulling the trigger. He shot the redead in the head, blowing it's head off.
"That'll work." shouted Leon. He then fired at the redeads wandering around, looking for more food. He managed to decapitate one, but the other was only shot in the chest.
"Leon!" screamed a boy rushing forward. The redead that wasn't killed lunged at the man and snapped his neck.
Beat quickly fired several times at the monsters head. He killed it with the first shot, but he kept shooting until he was out of ammo. He then went over to the man who saved them.�
"Can you heal him?" asked Lukas.
"No, they sucked the life out of him." growled Beat. "Jacob, holder of Fear, I am really going to kill you soon."�
"You know that guy?" gasped the boy. He stood out from the rest of the people here, he had lighter hair than everyone there. He was about Beats age.
"Yeah, I've been trying to kill him for some time now." sighed Beat.
"Let me help you! If I'm with you, you won't be attacked." begged the boy.
"Sure, we need a guide." shrugged Lukas.
"Giriko, can you get me my gear?" asked the boy.
"Sure thing Zachari." nodded the man named Giriko. He returned with a pair of metal wings and a gun. Then Zachari strapped a sword across his waist.
"I'm Zachari, second prince of Aeorobis."

Finn and Richard had started arguing. They blamed the other for the loss of their prisoner. Finn rushed the guy, but Richard just stood there. They didn't notice a pile of bones starting to build up nearby. The bones formed a body of a fighter. He wore armor that was black, and bones jutted out of openings in the armor, looking like spikes. A waterfall of crimson liquid flowed out of the back, creating a cape. A skull grew and mounted a war-helmet with bones forming two horns. His face had green flames for eyes, and sinew and rotted skin clung to his face.
"My, my. You're the Finn Drake is constantly ranting about. You're not as impressive as I thought. You must hate him." wheezed the bones.
"I want to kill him! He betray-ay-ay Agghhhhhh!" screamed Finn as he looked at the skeleton.
"You're not a Bone Soldier!" gasped Richard backing up.
"No, they're my children. I'm the Skull King! And Richard, you know my handiwork." laughed the Skull King.
Richard looked at his right arm, where the scar he received due to the king's meddling. He gritted his teeth and stepped forward. "You've got no control of me anymore!"
"I know. I'm just going to take you with me!" howled the Skull King.
"Not if I can help it!" roared Beat dashing forwards. His eyes shone red and his left hand glowed. He was enraged. "Get away from them!"
"Very well, I'm done here anyway. You can be destroyed here along with this pathetic world." laughed the Skull King as he rose into the air.
"Shall I release it?" asked Drake appearing next to his ally.
"Go ahead release Drazo."
Drake grinned wickedly, and threw his hands into the air. Suddenly a giant crack appeared in the sky, and a piercing roar ripped through the air.�
Suddenly the buildings began crumbling and the sky turned red. The two villains laughed as the sky seemed to start cracking like an old wall. Then chunks of the red sky fell to earth.
"Tata, Finn. I'll tell your father where to find you. Then I'll send him to hell where you'll be waiting." laughed Drake.
"Lukas use that crystal!" screamed Richard.
"Right!" cried Lukas throwing the stone to the ground opening the rift.
"They've got a Dimension Shard!" screamed Skull King.
The group jumped into the rift accompanied by Zachari.

In the rift they floated. They remembered they had gone right to get here. They all swam to the left and found the light. When they entered the light, they found themselves back in the courtyard of the castle. But it was covered in snow.
"Beat? Richard? Is that you?" called a knight walking by.
"Leo!" laughed Richard running up to his brother.
"You're both alive? Zelda will be pleased to know you're both back." laughed Leo hugging Beat and Richard. "But she said there'd only be four."
"We brought him along to save him." replied Beat.
"Very well, follow me."

Beat looked to Richard they both noticed the difference. Leo was older, his hair was longer and uncombed. But when they arrived in Zelda's throne room, they gasped at the sight they saw.

There sitting on the throne was Link and Zelda. But they were taller. Zelda was more mature looking and had longer hair. Link wore armor and a gold crown. Navi floated nearby Link.
On the right side of the room was a shrine, that had a carving saying "We'll always have you watching over us as spirits or friends. Beat and Richard"�
"What the hell is this?" gasped Beat as he walked into the room. "We're gone three hours and you are thinking we're dead?"
"Beat?" gasped Link. He rose and ran to his friend. "You're alive!"
Zelda rose and ran to her friends, seeking to confirm what Link said. "You came back!" laughed Zelda, tears flowing down her face.
"Did you use a spell or something? I could've sworn I was taller than you."
"That was six years ago! You have been gone for years!" cried Zelda hugging Beat close to her.
"What?!?" gasped Richard.
Beat fell to the ground shocked into unconsciousness.

Finn and Lukas stayed back, wanting to let the two be reunited with their friends. But when Finn realized who the man was he ran forward.
"Link!" he cheered tackling his old friend.
"Finn?" gasped Link. "You're the one who went with Beat?"
"Yeah, and my friend Lukas came too."
Beat suddenly bolted upright. "Where's Ivy?"
"Beat, this is hard for me to say." sighed Link. "She waited for you to come back, never leaving that courtyard. She waited for three years, rain or snow. But she got pneumonia and died. I'm sorry."
"No. No, you're joking right? Ivy where are you? Come on out you're scaring me!" cried Beat.
"Zelda, can you take him to the courtyard? I think I should explain what happened to these three, plus the �boy they brought along." requested Link.
"Right, come on Grimsley." she sighed grabbing his arm.
"Ivy? Ivy where are you? I'm sorry I missed our date! Don't be angry!" sobbed Beat.

As Zelda led Beat back to the courtyard, they bumped into a familiar face.�
"Is that?" gasped Impa.
Zelda nodded. She guided Beat further along. Meeting several of the sages. Nabooru gasped when she saw Beat.
"Beat!" she cried grabbing him and hugging him tight.
"Oh hey Nabooru. Have you seen Ivy? I think she's mad because I missed our date." laughed Beat.
"He's gone crazy." sighed Zelda.�"Only the goddesses can help him."�

Finn stood shocked. He couldn't believe that Hyrule had been overrun. He now looked out to see Castle Town falling apart. Beyond the gates of the town stood a castle of bones. Flames floating above each tower. The Skull King had established his castle next to Hyrule Castle. He let it stand to mock those who remained.
"So the Sage's Army?" asked Richard.
"Very few survived. I fought until I was dragged back by the sages. Ganondorf helped fight but was captured. I doubt they kept him alive." sighed Link.
"Our world is ruined!" screamed Finn.

Beat gasped when he saw the statue of his love. He broke down and started weeping. The statue �held her blades on her arms and showed the kindness she had in her face. Engraved on the tomb said "Eternally waiting for the return of her love, Ivy Elson, fianc� of Beat Grimsley, Gerudo Prince."�
"I am sorry for your loss." apologized Zelda.
"My sweet Ivy, what have I done?" sobbed Beat.
He had to be dragged away from the grave. Zelda had explained the events that occurred since he went into the rift. He was brought to the room Zelda had made his. He sat on his bed contemplating the events that happened. When he knew what must be done, he gritted his teeth.

Finn sat with Lukas in the room they were given. They were wondering about the mayhem that occurred when they left in the rift. Suddenly the door flew off it's hinges and shattered against the wall.
"Oh boys!" laughed Beat insanely. "I've got a little surprise for you!"