The mysterious girl Mona grew angry after Diego wounded her.
Mona: "Dark Bride!"
Nacht: "Hey, Diego."
Diego: "Yeah?"
Nacht: "Try not to kill her… maybe we can learn more."
Diego: "Fine… I don't like killing women anyway."
Mona: "Aaaargh!"
Diego: "Roooooaaaaar!"
(Crash!)
Mona: "Rrrrrr…"
Diego: "Grrrrrr…"
Mona: "You will belong to me… Bad Wolf!"
Diego: "…Shut up."
She jumped back.
Mona: "Ghhh…"
A purple aura formed in her hand.
Mona: "Violet… Punch!"
They traded blows, strike for strike.
Kisa: "How about we help him?"
Nacht: "…Wait…"
Mona: "Grrrr…"
(Slash!)
Diego: "Ugh."
Kisa: "Oh no."
Nacht: "Damn… looks like we do have to step in."
They drew their weapons; Kisa had already transformed.
Kisa: "Ghost Buster!"
She rushed Mona.
Mona: "Huh!"
Kisa: "Haaarggh!"
(Clang!)
Mona blocked at the last moment.
Mona: "You're in my way!"
Kisa: "Leave him alone!"
Nacht: "…Hahh… no choice… Raven Feathers!"
A volley of feathers shot toward Mona; one nicked her neck.
Mona: "Urk… what…"
Kisa: "Ghost Punch!"
Mona: "Huh!"
Kisa smashed her in the face.
(Thud!)
Mona: "Gaaahhh…"
Diego: "…Roaaar!"
He added a fresh wound.
Mona: "Gaaaaargh…"
She staggered back.
Mona: "…(Bleh!)… damn… why won't my wounds close… is every wound that wolf inflicts unable to heal…?"
Mona stared at them, badly hurt.
Mona: "…Ghhh… then I have no choice."
She raised a whistle.
(Pheeeeeew)
The ground trembled.
Diego: "Huh!"
Nacht: "Ugh."
Kisa: "Hmm?"
(Crunch!)
(Rooooaaaar!)
A huge Vinka formed out of discarded objects.
Mona: "All right… this makes it a little fairer, doesn't it?"
Nacht: "She summoned a Vinka?"
Mona: "Hehehe… I simply used this whistle. That's how I call them."
Mona smiled.
Mona: "Go on… kill them."
(Roar!)
The creature charged.
(Wham!)
They dodged aside.
Mona: "Hehe… all right then… I'll just… ugh…"
She suddenly doubled over and spat blood.
(Bleeeergh!)
Mona: "Ugh… damn…"
Kisa had appeared behind her and driven Gretel's sickle through from the back; the blade poked out of Mona's belly.
Mona: "(Bleh!)"
Kisa: "You grabbed that poor girl's hand… you let her suffer… I won't let you get away with it."
Kisa twisted the sickle.
Mona: "Aaaaargh… please… s-stop…"
Kisa: "Call the Vinka off."
Mona blew the whistle again; the monster halted.
Mona: "…ghhh…"
Kisa: "Now make it leave."
Mona: "Begone…"
But the creature didn't obey her.
Mona: "Gghhh… damn… the whistle wasn't strong enough."
The monster lunged at both of them.
Kisa: "Huh!"
Kisa leapt away; the Vinka's fist swatted Mona, flinging her far. Unluckily, she slammed throat-first into a metal post.
(Splutch!)
Mona: "Gah… urk… urk…"
(Slash!)
Diego seized the opening and killed the Vinka.
Diego: "Hahhh…"
Nacht: "Oh boy…"
Kisa: "Damn."
Mona: "Urk… gahh…"
Her eyes drifted shut.
Nacht: "All right… we should get moving before—"
(Splutch!)
Nacht: "Huh?"
Diego: "Ugh."
Kisa: "Huh!"
They turned. Something crawled out of Mona's abdomen.
(Gulp!)
Mona: "Aaaaaaaaaargh… aaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
She screamed with rage and yanked the post out.
Mona: "Be accursed!"
(Splutch!)
She clutched her head. Many hands burst from her belly, prying it open.
Mona: "Be accursed… be… accursed…"
Chains appeared as well; the hands grabbed Mona and the fetters bound her.
Mona: "Ghhhh…"
She began transforming again, but this time her skin turned dark gray.
Mona: "…ghhh…"
More chains coiled around, and then her full transformation manifested—earlier she must have used only part of her power. Now a long pitch-black suit, a black mask.
Mona: "Haaahhh…"
She rushed them and swung her blade; the blow hurled all three away.
(Thump!)
Kisa: "Argh."
Diego: "Ghhh."
Nacht: "Tsss…"
In a blink she stood over Kisa, hoisted her up, and choked her.
Kisa: "Gahhh… ghhhh…"
Diego: "Kisa!"
Diego attacked.
Nacht: "Huh!"
Mona: "Hmm?"
Chains intercepted them.
Mona: "Haaahhh…"
Kisa: "Ghhh… ghhh…"
Mona drew her dagger.
Nacht: "Damn… I have to transform."
His Grimm book flared—The Legend of Sleepy Hollow—and he became the dark figure with the single eye.
Nacht: "…Didn't think I'd do this, but… hey, Ichabod… use the Hollow!"
Ichabod: "You sure?"
Nacht: "Yes!"
He transformed further—headless rider on a dark horse, his head tucked in his right arm.
Nacht: "Ghhh…"
He charged Mona.
Mona: "Huh!"
She flung fetters to snare him, but he cut them all aside.
Nacht: "Take this!"
(Whistling steel!)
He sliced off her hands; Kisa dropped to the ground, and so did Diego.
(Splutch!)
Mona: "Urk… ghhh…"
Nacht didn't stop. From horseback he drove his sword clean through her.
(Whistling!)
Mona: "Urk."
He carried her on the blade, then slammed her into a wall.
Mona: "Urk… ghh…"
She reverted; blood streamed from her body.
Nacht: "Hahhh…"
He pulled the sword free.
Mona: "Urk."
She sagged slowly to the ground.
Mona: "…ugh… hahh…"
Nacht: "And now…"
He moved to finish her, but Kisa stopped him.
Kisa: "Wait… Nacht… she's had enough… please…"
He reverted.
Nacht: "Hmph…"
Diego: "Hahh…"
Mona: "…agh… ghh…"
A sound echoed.
(Crunch!)
Diego: "Ugh!"
Kisa: "Huh?"
Nacht: "What now?!"
A swarm of rats poured in.
Kisa: "Rats!"
A giant rat as well.
Diego: "A Vinka rat."
Then a woman's voice:
"Sorry… I'm taking her with me!"
Mona vanished with a strange woman.
Diego: "Wait!"
But the rats clustered, shrouding everything, and then were gone.
Diego: "Ghhh…"
(Meanwhile)
Natalia: "Сегодня такой прекрасный день (what a beautiful day). Я хочу пить (I'm thirsty). Hehehe."
(Back to Diego, Nacht, and Kisa)
Kisa: "Hmm."
Nacht: "How's the girl?"
Diego: "Is she badly hurt?"
Kisa: "With Gretel's stitching the bleeding isn't as bad. Gretel can only heal some wounds—she can fully heal only mine, and only the life-threatening ones. And it costs me… a lot of power."
Diego: "Hmm."
Nacht: "We should probably head back and report to the Master… I think that's best."
Diego: "Who were those people?"
Kisa: "Were they the Dark Tales?"
Nacht: "Could be… I don't really know. That's why I think we should withdraw."
Kisa: "Wait… we can't just leave and abandon the villagers. Let's at least bury them. It's their right—they've suffered enough."
Diego: "Hmm."
Nacht: "That will take a lot of time."
Diego: "And you said you spent a lot of magiya—won't you get tired?"
Kisa: "I won't leave before we lay them to rest… we messed up and arrived too late… this is the least we can do."
Nacht sighed and shrugged.
Nacht: "If that's how it is… then let's bury them. I warn you—it's hard on the soul… especially you, rookie."
(Hours later)
Everyone was buried—with help from their stories, of course; for example, Diego used his wolf form to dig.
Kisa: "It's cruel…"
Nacht: "Hmm."
Diego: "Hmm."
(Meanwhile)
(Slash!)
Mona: "Urk!"
"We told you to kill the whole village… one girl survived."
Mona: "Just because one girl survived… that's no reason to get angry…"
"For us it is. We are the Dark Hunters—the hunters of the underworld. We leave no one alive when the contract says so."
Mona: "Ghhh."
"You understand your punishment… don't you?"
Mona: "Oh… no… wait… I'm begging you… give me another chance…"
She was swallowed into a book that read, "Sleeping Princess."
Mona: "Mmm. (I can't move!)"
Normally she is the sleeping princess… The prince appeared.
Mona: "Mmm…"
In the version Disney showed, he saved her. In the old tale, the prince—or adventurer—violated the sleeping princess while she slept.
Mona: "Mmm."
He tugged at her outfit; she was left in her undergarments. She couldn't move—only hum through sealed lips, which he couldn't hear.
Mona: "Mmm."
(From here, the actions are indicated only by shadow and narration.)
Mona: "Give me another chance… I beg you!"
Suddenly it stopped.
Mona: "Hahh… hahh… hahh…"
"Fine… you've earned one chance. Be grateful we're so kind. Next time… bring us the werewolf. Thanks to you we now know he exists. Find him."
Mona: "Yes."
(Back to Diego, Nacht, and Kisa)
They started the return to the village.
Kisa: "Haahh…"
Nacht: "Someone's so tired she fell asleep right away."
Diego: "Hmm."
Nacht: "Hey, rookie."
Diego: "Hmm?"
Nacht: "What do you think of that girl? What did she do to you in her dimension?"
Diego: "She… uh… (blushes) nothing important."
Nacht: "I see… Brace yourself… I have a feeling we'll meet her again."