Here's a Majora's Mask story. So, I'm up to four now.
Dawn of the First Day: 72 Hours Until Planet's Destruction
Zelda sat in her room. Link had left over three months ago, searching for Navi. Things were going fine. The kingdom was organized, they were on good relations with the surrounding countries, Ganondorf was imprisoned, the usual. Lately, though, messangers had been bringing stories of ill omen from surrounding countries.
Particularly Termina.
Rumors of a little imp causing strange and terrible events to occur were flying around.
Of course, people suspected Skull Kid. He had plagued them constantly in the past.
This morning brought a citizen, however.
It was nearly 6:00 in the morning. A Hylian ran into her castle, screaming that it was urgent.
She spoke to him in the tower.
"Your highness! This is an emergency!"
"What is happening?"
"The moon! It has a face!"
She almost laughed, but based on the man's yells and tone, he thought it was true.
"And how is that an emergency?"
"Because it has begun to fall toward earth."
She shook her head in disbelief. He was probably a good liar.
"You want proof? Look outside. Look toward Termina. Something is happening! Something bad!"
She opened the curtains and looked for the moon. It was over Termina, and sure enough, it had a face. It's nose was pointed directly downward.
"I tell you! It's going to crash!"
Zelda did notice that it looked bigger than usual.
Deep inside, she felt something was dreadfully wrong. Something bad was going to happen. Something very bad.
In a prison cell, the dark lord Ganondorf stared out into the land.
"What a beautiful land... And it was almost mine..."
Then he noticed something strange. The moon. It had a face. And that face was pointed at the earth. Though he was weak, he had enough strength to augment his sight. The moon was slowly falling toward the earth.
He banged his cell.
"Guard! I need a guard!"
The guard, currently asleep, woke up.
"What is it!?"
"You need to see this! Look out the window!! Toward the moon!!"
The guard stared at him for a long moment and opened the window.
"What am I supposed to- Holy Din!!"
"The moon!?"
"The moon! It has a face!!"
"And it's falling!"
"What!?" the guard was incredulous.
"The moon is falling toward the earth! I'd say we have about three days to escape."
"Three days? How would we get away!? It would destroy the planet!"
"Then we leave our fate to chance!"
Out on the Lon-Lon Ranch, Malon, Talon, and Ingo were starting their work. Malon looked at the moon, as she liked to do. She saw the face.
"Father? Look at the moon. Tell me I'm not the only one seeing a face on it."
Talon looked at it, then shuddered.
"Youre not."
Ingo did too.
"What has happened to it?" asked Ingo
"It looks like it's close to Termina." said Malon.
"Why do you care?" asked Talon.
"Link was going to be around there while looking for Navi."
"Should we go tell the princess?" asked Ingo.
"She probably knows." said Talon.
"We'll wait until morning and go speak to her."
That morning, at 10:00, everyone in town was speaking of the moon. Everyone. The guards of the prison switched out with the castle guards, so the guard who had watched Ganondorf spoke with Princess Zelda.
"M'lady, while I was guarding Ganondorf, he noticed someting."
"The moon? Who hasn't noticed it."
"Yeah he noticed the moon, but he also noticed that it seemed to be getting closer to the earth."
"Getting closer!? Like falling!?"
"Yeah!"
Zelda cursed. The citizen was right, if Ganondorf saw it.
"Summon the people to Castle Town Square. I must speak to them."
"Yes princess."
She looked at the moon.
What was causing all of this?
In the prison cell, Ganondorf continued watching the moon.
"It should crash at 6:00 in three days."
"How do you know?" asked the guard.
"I know how to predict SOME things."
"Since you're stuck in here, what will you do with your final hours?"
"I... I don't know. I would like to gaze out on the land, maybe once more, but... What good would it do me?"
"Good question."
The Lon Lon Ranch was closed for the day. They went to Castle Town, as the Princess had summoned all the citizens.
"I am sure all of you have noticed the moon." she said. Everyone nodded.
"I, along with another, have discovered what is occuring.
"As we speak, the moon slowly falls toward the planet. We predict that in about three days, the world and all we know will be destroyed."
Immediately, people started talking.
A messenger ran up. He was Terminian.
He spoke to the Princess. She gasped and spoke to the crowd.
"I have just received word that Link, the Hero of Time, is in Termina, and is attempting to stop this from occuring."
Again, people started talking.
Malon then felt a need. A need to go to Termina to see him. She looked at Talon.
"Three days to live, huh?" he said.
Ingo was shaking his head.
"Father, I need to ask you something."
"Anything..."
"I want to go to Termina. I need to see him."
Talon stood there for a long while.
"I don't mind. If it is how you want to spend your last days, go ahead. I suspect we'll all settle our affairs, then wait for the moon to crash."
"It might not happen! You heard the princess! Link's gonna stop this!"
With that, she walked over to the messenger.
"Excuse me? Sir?"
The man stopped.
"Romani!?"
"Who?"
"Oh, sorry. You look like someone back home."
"I need to ask you a favor. I want to go back to Termina with you."
"The trip will take a day. I refuse to refuse you, since it may be your last wish. You will need a horse."
"I have one."
"Then we need to leave now."
They rode off.
Zelda sat in her room, staring at a clock on the wall. 11:15.
She had almost 66 hours to live. She sighed.
"What is happening!?" she yelled out.
No one answered.
"M'lady, if I might suggest, evacuate the towns. We need to find a suitable place to take refuge at."
"Where? Where can we? Not the forest. The Deku Tree would never allow us to enter it, even if we were about to die. Goron City? Impossible. We couldn't fit everyone into the mountain. We're doomed. Doomed to die, unless Link saves us. Our fate is in his hands."
"We'll figure something out." said the guard.
"If all goes well, we should arrive in Termina tonight." said the messenger.
They were riding around the land, trying to get back to Termina.
"How do you know?"
"I have traveled this way many times prior."
"I see."
They were in a forest. The time was nearly 2:00. There were 64 hours remaining.
"I suspect the Postman should be delivering his letters right about now." said the messenger.
"Postman?"
"He follows a strict schedule. There's a lot of people in Termina like those in Hyrule. The Cuccoo lady, for example, is an innkeeper in Termina, named Anju."
"An inn? I can stay there!"
"Maybe, but you have to remember that we have a carnival coming up, and the hotels are usually jam-packed. Unless Link has a reservation, you may not get a room."
"Its ok. I can sleep outside."
"Suit yourself."
In the castle, Zelda laid out plans for a fallout shelter. They would build it underground, but a good location would be hard to find. They decided on the Gerudo Desert. There was a small shelter already built there, where one would find the invisible Poe. The carpenters had already begun expanding it to accomodate all the people. The prisoners would be left to die if they were sentenced to death, such as Ganondorf. Others would be escorted to the shelter where they would be watched under guard. But what a horrible way to die...
Ganondorf sat in his cell. The messenger came in at about 4:30.
"Start moving the prisoners." he said to the guard.
"Why?"
"A shelter is being built. Most of the prisoners are being escorted there."
"Most?"
"Those who have been sentenced to death will be left here to die when the moon crashes."
Ganondorf felt dread at that statement. Not surprisingly, he had been sentenced to death. But what a horrible fate. To die in the apocalypse.
"Start moving the prisoners."
"Alright."
Some prisoners cell doors were opened and they were let out.
The guard gave a last look at some of the prisoners, then locked their cells, sealing their fates.
"Hey! You can't leave us here!" shouted one prisoner.
"You've been sentenced to death! This is how you'll die! And if we miraculously survive, then you'll still be locked up!" shouted the warden.
Another prisoner started trying to force open his door.
"Good luck with that." he said before shutting the door, taking the survivors with him.
Yeah, Malon, Zelda, and Ganondorf are my central characters here. R&R
