Author's Notes: Another new one, made out of a boring day. I didn't expect to update this fast, but eh… well then, I hope this satisfies you.

Chapter 2: Majora's Curse

Both of them were falling for what seemed like eternity. Strange and usual flashes passed them by as they flew.

"What is all of this?" Double D shouted at Link. The Kokori boy looked back. "I don't know!"

Suddenly, they found the end of the fall. Double D screamed as his body fell into a body of water. Link, however, hit an unusual flower on his own fall. It was relatively large, with pink pedals and a hole in the middle that resembled a burrow. The bike hit the flower as well, bounced off, and landed upright, with the pedals still turning and coming to a slow stop.

Double D shot his head out of the water gave a loud long gasp. He threw his head back, making his sock hat fling backward.

"Oh, I'm so wet!" Double D exclaimed. "Uh, who knows were this water has been?"

The smart one slowly crawled out of the body of water, walking toward Link. "…Link, what just happened, were are we?" Double D asked.

"…I'd tell you if I knew." Link said back. "I have never seen this place before."

However, both of the boys were suddenly blinded by a bright light turning on. Both shielded their eyes and gave grimaces.

"Oh, what in heaven's name is that?" Double D asked. As his eyes adjusted to the light, he could see a figure floating under the night. It was the skull kid, lying down in the middle of the air, with the bag of everyone's stolen good on his back. Double D gasped. "What in the world? How can you fly?"

The Skull kid laughed and adjusted his creepy-looking mask. "…oh, I swear. What a pain that horse of yours was." the skull kid said, pointing at Link. "Don't worry, though, I did you a favor and got rid of that thing."

Link's fists clenched. He looked just about ready to attack the skull kid. Double D, however, slowly began to back away.

"Aw, what's with the look, kid?" the Skull kid asked. "That thing was useless. I did you a favor."

Link slowly reached down to his sheathe. It seemed he was drawing his sword. Double D's eyes widened. "…is there going to be a fight?"

"…and you." the Skull Kid said, pointing over toward Double D. The Sockhead jumped and took another step back. "…um, yes?"

"That's more like it. See?" the skull kid said. "Why can't you be more like him, green-boy?"

Double D sighed. "Um… my name is Edward… Double D for short… and, well…"

The Skull kid looked intent on what Double D had so say. He floated a couple feet closer. "Yes, boy?"

"I do believe you have my friends supplies." Double D said. "…and to be honest, well… could you please… return them?"

The skull kid sighed. "…and where would the fun be in that?"

"Um, Skull kid, is it?" Double D asked. "I'm sure we can make a compromise."

"Geez, what a bore you two are." the skull kid said. "…well, I'll have to change that, won't I?"

Double D was now shivering. "…uh…. What… are you going to do?"

"Good thing that you should ask." the skull kid said playfully. "…now watch."

The skull kid began to shake his head. The mask started to shoot of sparks. Rays of energy began to appear from the mask itself as it shook. Double D gave a shout and ran behind Link, who remained there with a determined face. The two fairies, which had been watching the whole time, hid from behind a torch.

It suddenly began right about then. Double D felt a small uncomfortable pain all over himself. He began to strain and lose his balance. It seemed that Link was also acting the same way. Both of them wanted to scream, though for some reason could not. They closed their eyes in pain, and when they opened them, they were suddenly surrounded by darkness.

There were strange sounds nearby, like straw being scratched against itself.

"What was that?" Double D asked. The sound echoed again, causing Double D to place his hands over his mouth in fear.

"Try to stay calm." Link said, trying to comfort him.

Suddenly, right before them appeared a whole series of new monsters. All looked like their bodies were made of wood. Their eyes were glowing orange on their small heads. They all head leaves and grass for hair, and they were no taller then three feet each. Instead of noses or mouths, these creatures had circular snouts.

"Ahhhh!" Double D shouted. He practically jumped on Link. "What are these?"

"They are called Deku Scrubs." Link said, also in a small amount of distress. "They aren't too friendly. We better run!"

Double D looked around frantically. "Where's the bike?"

"Forget about it!" Link shouted, grabbing Double D's arm. "Just run!"

The two of them took off running into what seemed like an infinite field of darkness.

"Ah, Link! Can't you fight them?" Double D shouted as they ran.

"There's too many!" Link shouted back.

There was the sudden sound of a much louder straw-scratching noise. Both of them looked back and saw a huge Deku rushing toward them faster then the speed of either of them.

They both froze and screamed as the tall monster reached them.

Both of them flashed their eyes and found themselves back in the same cavern they fell into. Not a single Deku was in there with them, but the Skull kid was there, floating above them and watching.

For some reason, Double D felt a little disoriented. He felt like he was much shorter, like at a child's size. "…oh dear, what just happened?"

Double D suddenly realized the voice that spoke didn't sound human. It was definitely his voice, but it sounded distorted. It was a bit wobbly and up another octave.

"What in Sam hill!" he exclaimed. He slowly walked toward the little pond of water and faced refection, only to discover that it wasn't his own. What was once Double D was now a strange transformation. He was now made out of wood, about three feet tall at the maximum. His eyes were now orange. His black strands of hair turned to three blades of grass, sticking out of his still intact hat which now almost touched the floor. His mouth was replaced by a long wooden snout. His shirt was also missing, but he still had his blue pants on, though they had shrunken to fit, and his backpack remained there, hanging on his wooden shoulders. His red socks and sneakers also remained intact, though they now fit strangely on his wooden body.

He could hear another gasp. It was Link, in a very similar transformation. His body was now about three feet tall. His tunic was gone, except for the kilt which stayed on him. His mouth, eyes and hair had all gone through the strange transformations.

Both of them had been turned into Deku Scrubs.

The skull kid gave a loud, devilish laugh. "Hahaha! A great look for the both of you! You'll stay this way forever!"

The Skull kid began to float away, through a nearby tunnel. Tael and Tatl were following closely behind. Link suddenly grabbed Double D and began to drag him along as he tried to run after the skull kid.

It was then that the white fairy named Tatl rushed away from the Skull Kid and flew right against Link. With a single strike, Link flew back and hit Double D, causing them both to fall down. Tatl gave a hissing sound, trying to fend them further off.

By then, the skull kid had rounded a corner in the tunnel and was gone. Tael looked back. "SIS!"

Just like that, a huge stone door fell and slammed shut, sealing the tunnel behind it.

Tatl turned and gasped in shock. She began to twitch a little, making ringing sounds that sounded similar to that of a cash register. The little white fairy rushed toward the door. "Tael! Brother!"

The little fairy rocketed toward the door and began to recklessly pound on it.

"Open, you lousy door!' she yelled in anger, trying to break it open. Of course, there was no way such a tiny little sprite could break down the door. Sadly, she stopped, her wings dipping down.

Tatl turned around and spotted the two Deku that she was left with. Deku Edd was busy having a spaz attack while Deku Link was trying to get used to his new form. Immediately getting angry again, she raced back toward them. She flew right into Deku Link's face. Double D turned and looked at the angry fairy.

"Now look what you have gone and done!" Tatl yelled.

"Excuse me?" Double D asked in his higher Deku voice. "…but you were the one who attacked us."

The fairy flew past Link and right toward Double D, who gave a startled gasp. "…and who are you to accuse me of that?"

"You attacked me, you attacked my friends, your spine-chilling masked companion absconded with my friends things and Link's horse, apparently, cursed us, and now it's our fault?" Double D asked. "Astonishing."

The Fairy looked hesitant for a comeback.

Link looked back at them with a slightly annoyed look. "Who care's who's fault this is? We must hurry up after that Skull kid!"

Tatl sighed and looked back. "Yes, please open that door so we can get moving! …Tael… take care."

As the two boys began to walk toward the door, they could hear their new feet making strange squishing sounds as they walked.

"I must be dreaming, that's what I am doing." Double D said. "A strange nightmare educed by being with Eddy too much, that's it."

Link and Tatl looked at Double D as he talked to himself. "…any minute now, I'll awaken in my comfortable bed back at Peach Creek. Any minute now-"

"Double D, get a hold of yourself!' Tatl said. "This is no dream!"

Double D looked a little nervous. "This is impossible, I guarantee! This is a scientific impossibility! No one can turn a person into a monster just by starring at them!"

"Say whatever you want." Link said. "…but you need to face reality. I am just as new to this as you are."

"How can you be so calm?" Double D asked.

Link sighed. "…look, I have been through many things. Terrible things beyond your comprehension."

Double D's eyes slowly narrowed, as he slowly began to calm down. Taking a deep breath through his snout, he spoke. "Then we best get going?"

"Yeah." Link said.

"There!" Tatl shouted. "He's ready, can we go now?"

"Yes, let's go." Link said. He walk toward the door with Double D behind him and the fairy in the rear…

Eddy sighed and got up out of his bed. It must have been very late at night, possibly early morning.

He was tired and not at all in the mood to be up at this hour. Still, since the incident last afternoon, he was a little worried. Double D hadn't come back at all. He figured he would quickly go over to his house, check up on him, raid his fridge, then split.

"Remember, Eddy, you're not going to see if he's ok." Eddy tried to assure himself. "I'm just going to raid the fridge."

Eddy slowly walked out of his house with his jacket.

The front yard we left the same as it was before. The stall was never taken down, and there was still some skid marks that lead from the stall to the woods. He ignored it and continued to walk across the street. He came across Double D's door. Not even bothering to knock, he walked right on in. There was a light coming from his kitchen.

"Hey, Double D!" he called, walking toward Double D's kitchen. He walk in and saw someone standing in front of the fridge. That person quickly turned around.

"Ed?" Eddy asked in surprise.

"Hello." Ed said, cramming his mouth full of food.

"…er, yeah. Double D here?" Eddy asked.

Ed shrugged and continued to eat.

"C'mon Ed, it's not cool to eat someone's stuff without them knowing." Eddy said.

"Oh, gotcha." Ed said, walking toward Eddy.

"It's weird, lumpy. I haven't seen Sockhead all day. And doncha think it's a little weird someone so uptight wouldn't at least call or something'?"

"I dunno." Ed said with a stuffed mouth.

"…look lumpy, I'm gonna head out to the woods. I'll betcha anything he got himself lost." Eddy said. "C'mon, lumpy."

"Commin', Eddy!" Ed said with a laugh.

By now, Link had led Double D and Tatl a far distance into the tunnel. The entire way, Double D was bringing Kevin's bike along with them, wheeling it along side him. Because he was too small, neither Double D or Link could ride it.

"Uh oh, we've got a problem." Link said.

Right before them was a need hole, leading strait down into a dark abyss. From within the hole was a series of towering rocks, and on the other end, a pathway leading further in. On each of the platforms, there was those huge flowers again.

"…great, what do we do now?" Double D asked.

"…you're apparently not used to your Deku bodies, are you?" Tatl said.

"Well, I've only been like this for a little bit." Double D said. "Forgive me if I have never heard of a Deku before, ok?"

"So you are saying we can get across this somehow?" Tatl asked.

"Yeah." Tatl said. "See those flowers?" She gestured toward the series of large flowers all over the place. "These are called Deku flowers. You can burrow into them. And when you decide to pop out, you will get some flowers, magical of course, that will let you fly across."

"…you expect us to get across here with flowers?" Link asked.

"Yes, haven't you been paying attention?" She snapped. Though in a few seconds, she calmed down. "…look, I suppose all this arguing isn't going to solve anything. I know I did some pretty mean stuff before, but I call for a truce, just until we find the skull kid again."

"Deal." Link and Double D said at the same time.

"Good, then I will come with you." Tatl said.

"What?" Link asked. "Why?"

"Face it, kids. I'm the only one of us from this world, you need me." Tatl said.

"Agreed." Double D said. "Any information about all of this may be useful."

Link and Tatl both nodded.

"…so then, shall we try this?" Link asked. He walked toward the flower and stood on top of it.

"…so, I burrow in this thing?" Link asked, turning his head in some disbelief.

"Yes!" Tatl shouted, sounding a bit aggravated.

Link looked down on the flower. "Hm…." he reached down at the rims of the center and pulled them open. Instantly, the flower suddenly seemed to swallow his foot. Link gasped and gave a startled shout as he spiraled and sunk into the flower's depths, until he eventually sunk into the flower's depths.

Double D rushed over to the flower. "What a discovery!" he shouted.

"…ok, I'm in." Link's muffled voice replied.

"Now jump out!" Tatl shouted.

From the flower, Link suddenly rocketed out. He flew up in the air. Somehow, he was holding two stems, with two flowers on each one. As soon as he rocketed up, the large, fan-like pedals began to spin rapidly like helicopter blades. Link was now hovering in the air.

"There you go." Tatl said. "Go on, fly over to the other side."

Double D watched in astonishment as Link flew across gracefully. "…now I have seen everything."

"Nah, you haven't even seen the surface of this place yet. Just you wait." Tatl said. Link reached the other side and let go of the flowers, which broke apart as he did. Link looked back toward Double D and Tatl.

"Your turn." Tatl said to Double D.

The Sockhead gulped. "…oh dear, oh my…" he said, approaching the flower. "…wait a moment, how am I going to get the bike across?"

"Leave it, you don't need it." Tatl said.

"Nonsense." Double D said. He brought the bike next to the flower. Double D then reached for the rim on the flower. Instantly, it swallowed the very startled Deku, until he was within the flower.

A second later, Double D shot back out of the flower. As he did, he grabbed the bike. Letting one of the two copter-flowers fly again, he attacked the second to the bike's handle bar. He gave it a kick and let it go. Double D fell back to the ground, as the bike drifted across the hole. Link jumped as high as he could and caught the bike. As he brought it back down on the other side, the second copter flower disintegrated.

"Brilliant." Tatl said. "Your smarts are going to be useful here."

"Oh, um… thanks." Double D said.

Double D would have smiled if this new form allowed him to. Now, walking to the flower, he jumped in and emerged again with the copter flowers. In no time, he was across.

"Nice work." Tatl said. "Let's keep going…"

The three of them progressed through the next tunnel.

This next room was very strange. It looked like the inside of a factory. There was a huge gear in the middle of the room, being powered by a watermill by a river that flowed right through the chamber. A ramp from there lead strait up to another floor.

"…strange." Double D said. "The mechanics here would indicate a mill."

"A clock tower, actually." Tatl said. "That ramp leads outside. I'm positive the Skull Kid is out there somewhere."

"Great, let's get out of here." Double D said. "I could really use some fresh air right about now."

The two of them began to walk up the ramp slowly.

"Hold it." a voice said. "You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"

All three of them stopped. They turned around and spotted a man behind them with a huge backpack. He was in a crouching position probably from the huge bag. His hands where held together at his lap as he smiled at them with his eyes closed. His orange hair looked very contrasting against his purple robes.

Link instantly frowned. "Both of you, stay behind me." he voice was serious.

Tatl flew behind Link. "Link, he's scary." Double D also ran behind Link. "I concur with the fairy."

The man walked toward them slowly. Link spread both hands outward, ready to protect both Double D and Tatl.

"Don't worry." the man said. "I am not an enemy. Do not fear me. …now, I hope you all don't find this bad of me, but I have been following you both for a while now."

"So then you're a stalker." Link said. He took another step back, making Double D and Tatl do the same.

"No, I assure you I had a good reason. You see, I was robbed as well. …yes, by that creepy one."

"The Skull kid!" Link, Double D, and Tatl all said at once.

"Indeed. That mischievous one." the man said. "But please, shall we get acquainted? I am the simple Happy Mask Salesman."

"I am Link." Link said.

"You… may call me Eddward."

"Tatl."

"A pleasure. But now, shall we get down to business?" the mask salesman said.

The four of them now stood at the top of the ramp near a doorway.

"So, I saw you two got turned into Deku." the salesman said. "…oh, what misfortune."

"We also got robbed." Link said. "That masked one stole my ocarina and horse."

"And my friends masks and other items." Double D said.

"…he has also stolen a mask from me." the mask salesman said.

"Oh heavens." Double D said. "Would that mask by any chance be a disturbing looking purple mask with huge piercing eyes and designs on it?"

"Correct." the salesman said. "…and I don't have time to explain now, you see, but that mask is very dangerous. I mean, what that thing did to the two of you is a very small fraction of what it's capable of."

"Do you jest?" Link asked. "…how can a mask be so powerful?"

"Just look at yourselves!" the mask salesman said. Both the Dekus looked at themselves. "Oh."

"…listen, I know of a remedy to bring you both back to your normal forms." the salesman said. Link, Double D, and Tatl looked up. "…you do?"

"Yes. Link, you must get back your ocarina from that Skull Kid." the salesman said. "…if you can get it back, I can turn you to normal."

"Thanks." Link said.

"However, there's a catch." the salesman continued.

"Of course." Double D thought. "There's always a catch with salesmen, it doesn't matter where in the world or what world you are at." Speaking aloud, Double D asked: "…what is it?"

"That mask must be retrieved from the Skull kid." the salesman said. "…you must bring it to me, understand? You MUST!"

"Got it." Double D said.

"No worries, creepy." Tatl said.

"And you must get it soon." the salesman said. "For you see, I do have my business, and I must depart from this land in three days."

"No problem." Double D said. "I must leave here in three days as well. That will take up my three day weekend."

"Ah, good, good." the salesman said. "…now, off with you. You'll find town outside of these doors." the salesman said. He pointed at the doorway ahead of them. "Go and find the Skull kid."

Link, Double D, and Tatl all nodded.

As the three of them walked toward the doors, Double D quickly glanced at his watch. As the door slowly opened, revealing the town behind it, it struck 6:00am. The timer had been started.

Author's Notes: So Double D is now on his own little journey with Link and Tatl, Eddy and Ed are on their adventure to find Double D, and who knows what else may come. From here on out, there's heavy spoilers, so be on the lookout for those. And of course, my own little plot twists. More on the way, but please review.