Chapter 1: A New Game
"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, August 19th 2110"
A day after Junior had been reunited with Joe and Selena, Minty was in GCS, heading for Sugar Rush after having done a sparring match against the characters in Mortal Kombat. As she left the game, she heard some of the game characters discussing the arrival of a new game. That caught her interest. Litwak had not said anything about a new game being installed, and the game characters said something about the game having mysteriously shown up overnight. She looked over at the entrance to Sugar Rush and thought for a moment, before walking away from it.
"I'll check out that new game. Something doesn't seem right." Minty thought.
After tracking down the game, Minty learned from the title board at the top of the entrance to the new game that it was called "Majora's Mask". She remembered it was a Zelda game and entered the port. As she entered the game, she calmed down and smiled. It was one of the older Zelda games, so everything appeared more cartoonish. That included the protagonist, who spotted Minty from a distance. The Apple Toffee themed girl had to squint to see him, since the sun was so bright. And when her eyes adjusted, she saw that she was standing in paradise. There was nothing but sunny skies and green grass as far as she could see. Link ran towards her, with one arm on his hat and the other on his weapon.
"Do you want to come with me to meet my best friend?" Link asked.
He didn't bother with introductions, since they weren't really needed.
"I'd love to." Minty replied.
She was thinking that his friend was Epona the horse or one of the other game characters. Link offered her his hand, which she held onto, and in a flash, the scene around them changed and they appeared in a bigger part of the game. The grass was still the same, but there were also mountains and buildings. Link walked into the fields, with Minty still holding his small hand. They came across three figures, two of which were familiar. One was Epona, Link's beautiful mare. The other was the Happy Mask Salesman, who, although he was good, watched Link with more intensity then he should have. But standing next to them was a new figure. Link released his hand from Minty.
"This is my best friend, BEN. We do everything together, but he's been getting lonely as of recently." Link introduced.
BEN was a boy with a striking resemblance to Link. His color scheme was a little brighter and his hair was a paler blonde, but aside from that, they could have been twin brothers. He was smiling, but it was a very peculiar smirk. He wasn't gloating or celebrating. Instead, it was almost a contemplative look and was a little disturbing, but not as how intense Happy Mask Salesperson was being.
"Will you be my new best friend and stay with me forever?" BEN asked, while continuing to smile.
Minty managed to grin.
"I'd love to be your friend. But I have to get back to my own game now. The characters there will wonder where I am. But you should come back with me some other time! There are others like me for you to play with." Minty replied.
"But it's so scary out there." BEN said.
Minty became weary of his expression. He was starting to creep her out.
"I can bring them over here. And we can all play tomorrow, okay?" Minty asked.
BEN teleported from standing in front of her to being behind her, stopping her from backing away.
"Don't do that!" Minty ordered, startled.
Last time she checked, none of the Zelda characters could teleport in the way he could. He would dissolve into a cloud of green sparkles and reappear elsewhere.
"But what if none of them come?" BEN asked.
"I will come." Minty replied, her voice raised.
BEN paused, his eyes looking into the distance. Minty took that as a sign the conversation was over and started to walk away, only for him to block her with yet another teleportation spell.
"I can trust you to come back tomorrow, but how will I know that you'll keep coming back?" BEN asked.
"You'll just have to trust me. But I have to go now." Minty replied, irritated.
She stepped around him before sprinting in what she thought was the direction of GCS. She was usually an honest person, but she wasn't planning on coming back to see BEN. However, the boy could see right through her.
"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" BEN asked.
Minty paled, stopped running, and turned around. The Song of Healing was playing on the soundtrack, but it was distorted and backwards. As the music grew louder, Link burst into flames, screaming and collapsing near the Happy Mask Salesman. Minty's eyes widened, and she cursed for not putting two and two together sooner.
She was trapped in the haunted version of Majora's Mask with the ghost of a little boy that had drowned. And with the other Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Toxika, Damon, and Crepe not in the game with her, she was powerless to do anything, with not even her strength able to save her.