Riley once again woke up with a slight gasp, he didn't feel as hazy as he did before the second time he fell asleep. Riley sat up and looked around to see Virgil staring out of the window with a concerned expression. Riley got up and went out into the hallway to get a better look himself. He uncovered one of the hallway mirrors and stared at his reflection, surprised. His eyes were still clouded over and dark but there were now these odd pitch black lines decorating his skin. Virgil walked out into the hallway and placed a hand on Riley's shoulder. "Only the reflection shows your corruption. Similar to how the reflection only shows the darkness of this form," Virgil said. Riley looked up at Virgil and noticed something troubling in those blood red eyes. "What's wrong, Virgil?" Riley asked in a soft tone. "I can hear tons of hooves hurrying to find us. We have to do something quickly before they arrive," Virgil said. Virgil suddenly grabbed Riley's arm and dragged him downstairs. Riley gasped nervously, caught off guard by this. When they were in the main corridor, Virgil grabbed both his and Riley's swords. Virgil handed Riley his sword before thing his own sword and sheath to his waist. Riley did the same and the moment he finished, Virgil grabbed him again and dragged him down a darkened staircase. At the bottom of the darkened staircase was a dimly lit room filled with satanic imagery and stained with years of blood. Virgil seemed genuinely worried as he looked up the staircase. "Virgil, what are you going to do here?" Riley asked. Virgil quickly dashed to one of the walls where a hidden compartment was. "Go to the center of the circle, Riley," Virgil commanded. Riley nodded and obeyed Virgil's command. Virgil opened the hidden compartment and took out an odd vial with a black and purple liquid. Virgil then approached Riley and handed Riley the odd vial. Virgil didn't need to say a word for Riley to understand what he had to do. Riley opened the vial and drank the odd liquid inside. Riley then collapsed to his knees, holding his hands over his chest. Virgil spoke gently and softly as he got down on his knees next to him, "It's okay, Riley. The burning sensation is common with it." Riley nodded, standing up straight and taking a deep breath. Virgil then dragged Riley back up the darkened staircase. "What did that liquid do to me?" Riley asked confused. "It finished up your corruption and transformed your mortal heart into a demon heart," Virgil explained. Virgil stopped in the dark main corridor and let go of Riley's arm. Virgil then walked toward the front door with Riley following behind him. Virgil stepped outside and saw around 6 white horses with knights on them. Riley walked out of the castle, past Virgil, to meet the knights. The knights approached and the one in the lead spoke, "Prince Riley, we have come to retrieve you." Riley glared before replying, "That is unnecessary. I am perfectly fine and content here." The lead knight spoke in a stern tone, "It is required, your mother requested we come and retrieve you." Virgil approached with his sword ready and a psychotic grin spread across his pale face. "If you want the prince to leave here then you'll have to get through me... and here's an added bonus, I'm the one who kidnapped and killed the princess that Riley was sent here to rescue." The guards all hopped off of their stress and readied their weapons. Riley and Virgil removed their swords from their sheaths. Pretty soon a battle had begun. Riley entered a sword fight with a fairly scrawny knight while Virgil fought two guards at once. Riley stabbed the knight in the throat while Virgil slashed one knight in the chest and the other in the face. Riley finished off the knight that Virgil had slashed across the face. The moment after however, Riley was suddenly restrained by two of the knights as the lead knight knocked Virgil unconscious. Virgil's unconscious body was tied up and flung onto the back of one of the three now rider-less horses. Riley was forced onto another rider-less horse, still restrained, much to his dismay. The trek back to Riley's kingdom had begun.