Kafei fought hard keeping Jacob and Edmund at bay. He had to deal with Jacob slashing with his two hook swords while Edmund attacked with a sword typically used by a knight.
"C'mon and give up already!" growled Jacob.
"I'll take that pretty little sword of of your's to." snickered Edmund.
Then an earsplitting scream came from behind the wall of Twilight. Jacob and Edmund stopped and looked at each other.
"Is he supposed to scream like that?" asked Edmund nervously.
"No, he was supposed to just be left as a spirit!" shouted Jacob. "Somethings gone wrong!"
Inside the Twilight Beat was going through an agonizing pain. His face burned and he felt as if he was being torn apart. He felt something inside him stirring, as if it awaited the Twilight. He struggled to stay awake, but he was soon pushed into subconsciousness.
Link and Archer walked through Kakariko looking for everyone. Midna stayed hidden in Link's shadow as they looked for Zelda. When they found her she looked relieved.
"Link, Archer, good to see you both. Where's the others?" asked Zelda.
"In the Castle Town." nodded Archer.
"Really?" asked Link.
"Oh right, yeah everyone else was there." said Archer.
"Beat?" asked Link.
Archer shook his head. Link gritted his teeth.
"Damn it." he growled.
"What happened to Beat?" asked Zelda.
"Archer, why don't you explain to the princess what happened." yawned a man in a green mask dropping down in front of Link. "I've got business to discuss with Link."
"Green Spirit." muttered Link. "Take care of things Archer."
"Okay." nodded Archer.
Link followed the spirit to a secluded spot and was then grabbed by the shoulder.
"Listen Link, your friend needs you." growled Green Spirit. "Beat is in Termina, and he's trapped in the Twilight."
"But he has the Antriforce so he'll turn into some animal like I did." smiled Link.
"Uh no. The Antriforce turns people into monsters in Twilight." snapped the spirit. "And he won't have any control over himself. He needs you to clear the Twilight and save him."
Link swallowed a lump in his throat. "If Beat was that strong when they fought, and if Beat really was holding back, there's no way to tell how strong he is now!" he thought.
"Get your ass moving. We need to get to Great Bay." ordered the spirit.
"Wait, I need Archer to come with me." growled Link. "He can help me get the insects out if my range!"
"There are no shadow insects there. They imprisoned the giants, and you've gotta save them." sighed Green Spirit clapping his hand to the mask.
"But I'll be a wolf, and won't be able to fight." argued Link.
"Just trust me." growled the spirit. "Now c'mon!"
Link sighed and pulled out the Ocarina of Time. He played the song of soaring and felt the wings embrace him as he traveled to the owl statue in Great Bay.
Archer saw the large wings spread as he walked back to Link. He saw Link get carried away and groaned. He was being left alone.
"Hurry up Reggi!" he heard a friendly voice shout.
He turned to see Reggi and Travie running up to the village. He laughed and ran to see them.
"Guys!" laughed Archer.
"Archer!" shouted Travie running up to the Kokori. He picked up the boy and spun him around. "You're alright!"
"Is everyone else here?" asked Reggi.
"Uh, no. They're all at the Castle Town." sighed Archer.
"I thought Link was here." muttered Travie. "How'd you get here?"
Archer sighed and started telling them what happened while they headed for the castle town.
Kafei ran at Jacob and grabbed him by his neck. "What is happening to him?" he snarled.
"I don't know!" grunted Jacob.
"Jacob let's go. We've gotta report to Skull King!" muttered Edmund.
Jacob nodded and the two vanished. He growled and ran to the wall of Twilight. "Help us Giants!" he looked up and saw a strange object soaring through the sky. It crashed through the Twilight and went through it. "That is a start." he muttered slightly confused.
Link appeared in the Twilight and Midna jumped up from his shadow. Green Spirit appeared and planted the Fierce Deity Mask on Link's face. As Link turned into the form that helped him defeat Majora and Beat he noticed the Twilight wasn't changing him. He stood with the his sword strapped to his back.
"There you go. No wolf and you can use a sword." laughed Green Spirit.
"I liked him better as a wolf." yawned the imp.
"Shut up Midna." growled Link.
"Just don't take the mask off." warned the spirit. "If you take it off you'll be stuck as a wolf."
"Right." nodded Link.
Beat felt cold. He opened his eyes and found himself bound to a wall of some kind. He could see a person standing in front of him with his back turned to him.
"Who are you?" groaned Beat.
"I'm you. The you that has all your full potential." laughed the boy turning to face him.
Beat gasped in fear when he saw the him that killed everyone in his nightmare. He had the black marks on his face and a scythe at his side.
"Let me out!" shouted Beat.
"I'm in control now." spat the other Beat. "Now be a good boy and go back to sleep."
Beat struggled to break loose but the bindings tightened.
Skull King wasn't happy. He witnessed the occurrence in the Terminean Twilight. Jacob and Edmund were nervous. Clovis was unaffected.
"You're more like Sloth." muttered Edmund.
"This may actually help us attain our Wrath." murmured Skull King. "I'm going on my own to Termina."
"But milord..." began Jacob.
"Trust him." yawned Clovis. "He'll be fine. He found each of us on his own. If he gets this Grimsley we'll have our strongest sin join us."
"Strongest?" muttered Jacob.
"I'm going now." stated the King.
Link swam through the water to the shore and looked for Beat first. He found a part of the sand that was scorched and figured it was Beat's doing. He continued walking around looking for signs of his friend. He saw a strange boy wandering around in the sands. He didn't seem to be a spirit, but something was strange about him. He twitched a lot, and muttered to himself.
"Hey you!" shouted Link running up to him.
The boy screamed and ran away, jumping into the water. Link watched him swim to the lab and climb the ladder.
"That was weird." muttered Midna. "He should've been a spirit."
Link ignored her and kept walking. "I should wake up the Island Turtle. He can take me to the temple." thought Link. "Better play the Song of Soaring."
Midna watched Link pull out his ocarina and listened as he played the song once again. She saw the wings sprout out and jumped to him as the wings cradled him. Midna felt herself take flight as they flew somewhere.
The small trio walked to the edge of Kokiri Forest. Archer saw the wall of Twilight and began to walk towards it. Travie had to grab him by his shoulder to keep him from making the same mistake he made.
"Easy kiddo, you won't be able to go through that without help from the inside." warned Travie.
"Link had to be pulled in by some imp." nodded Reggi.
"I see. Then how do we get in there?" asked Archer.
"Um excuse me?" called a girl running towards them.
Travie turned to see a young Vakan girl running towards them. He felt his heart skip a beat as he tried to find the words to say.
"Um, I Uh..." he mumbled, "What can we do for you?"
"I was trying to get to the Castle Town, but there's some strange wall blocking the way. Do you know anything about it? I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you." she explained while bowing her head.
Reggi smiled and walked up to the girl. "We don't know much about these strange walls, but we do know it is dangerous. I advise standing a few paces away."
"Thank you." she sighed. "I'm Bianca."
"I'm Travis." smiled Travie.
"My name's Archer!" laughed Archer.
"And I'm Reggi. Nice to meet you Bianca." nodded Reggi offering his hand.
"Hands off her!" snarled a red ball circling around her.
"Oh wow, I've never seen a fairy like that!" gasped Archer looking at the glowing ball.
"Cinder, calm down." she sighed. "They were being polite."
"I don't trust these lowlifes!" growled the fairy.
"What kind of fairy is that? asked Reggi.
"Cinder is my contract Flare Fairy." explained Bianca. "He's a bit overprotective."
"Flare?" muttered Reggi?
"Oh for Din's sake!" groaned the fairy flashing red. As the light cleared a boy with skin covered in zoo and fiery orange hair stood between them and Bianca.
"I'm different from those healing fairies and fairies paired with Kokiri. I was named by Bianca when I decided she was the one fit to be my contract partner. When she named me the contract was formed. I'm a Flare Fairy, which means I control fire, and can grant my powers to whoever I trust. But I only work with Bianca." explained the boy.
"Can all fairies like you do that?" asked Archer.
Cinder looked at Archer and smiled. "Not all fairies. Just the ones in contracts. I'm sure you're fairy can't do it."
"I don't have a fairy." sighed Archer.
Cinder looked at the boy apologetically. "Sorry. I'm sure you'd be a good partner for a fairy that has an element power. You look like a good archer."
Archer laughed at that.
"What's so funny?" asked the fairy.
"His name is Archer." smiled Reggi.
Then they all laughed at that. Travie was hoping they'd go wherever Bianca went. That way he'd get to know her better.
Kafei paced back and forth in front of the wall and growled in frustration. "C'mon Beat."
"Ah, I found you." smiled a boy walking up to Kafei.
"Thomas?" gasped Kafei. "Thomas you're alright!" laughed Kafei running up to his old friend. "I thought you've been dead for this whole time you've been gone!"
"Sorry." laughed the Terminean. "I got lost in Stone Tower."
"It's been three years, you've missed a lot. The moon almost crashed into the town."
Thomas looked at Kafei, looked at the moon, and looked at the town. "No way." said the boy. "Yeah, this kid saved us all. His name was Link, and his friend was helping get rid of this weird black wall stuff. But now he's stuck back there and it's too dangerous to try going in there."
"Hmm. It doesn't look all that dangerous." muttered Thomas walking up to it. Then he was immediately grabbed by a shadowy claw. Kafei reacted faster than last time and grabbed his old friend.
"Kafei, let go! I heard you were married, don't make Anju become a widow!" shouted Thomas. Kafei let go just as he was about to go through it.
Kafei was left alone again, awaiting the return of any of his friends.
