A/N: This part was fun to write. :D

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Dawn of
THE FINAL DAY
-24 Hours Remain-

The sun rose on the last day Termina would ever see. There were very few people left in Clock Town, most of them having fled in a desperate attempt to distance themselves from the moon that was now absolutely enormous in the sky. Among those who remained were the town guards, who were unable to do anything other than gaze up in fear at the huge chunk of rock above their heads.

All this was unbeknownst to Pichu, who was currently wading though ankle-deep sewage.

"Who the heck puts a hideout in the middle of a dump like this?" he complained as he plodded through the who-knows-what. "I'm going to be smelly for weeks after this!"

Clefairy glared at him. "What the hell is wrong with you? The world's going to be destroyed in less than a day and you complain about a thing like that?"

"Yes. Haven't you figured me out yet? I'm extremely callous and only care about stupid things that center around me."

"I wonder if it's too late to start writing my eulogy."

Pichu lost track of how long he was down there navigating through that maze, but finally he reached a large room with a ladder leading off somewhere. He climbed it and found himself in a very psychedelic-looking room with a multicolored staircase leading up to a platform with a huge telescope on it.

"Did we crash a hippie pad or something?" Pichu wondered as they walked up the stairs.

"Nah, this is where the astronomer lives. I think there used to be hippies here, but he chopped them up and fed them to Sharpedos."

"Ah."

"Well, well… a strange-looking child has joined me here today," said the astronomer, a wizened old Alakazam, as he saw Pichu approach. "Are you a new friend of the Bombers gang?"

Pichu paused. "'Friend' is a very operative term…"

"Bah, no matter. Just so long as you're not one of those damn dirty hippies… I hate them so much… anyway, your manners seem much better than those of your mischievous friend from the other day."

Clefairy looked at Pichu and tried to imagine him with any semblance of good manners. "I don't think we're talking about the same person."

"As a matter of fact, I'll bet if you look through the telescope even now you'll see him causing trouble around the Clock Tower."

"Really? Awesome!" said Pichu, violently shoving the Alakazam out of the way and off the platform. There was a loud crash as he looked into the telescope, which gave him a nice view of all of Clock Town.

"Let's see… boring, boring, boring… WOAH-HO-HO! What are those two guys doing? Oh man, they should really close their blinds…"

Clefairy impatiently slugged him in the stomach. "You &*?#ing pervert, look at the Clock Tower!" she ordered, moving the telescope accordingly. Pichu looked through it and zoomed in on the Clock Tower, and was stunned to see Nuzleaf standing up on the top.

"What's he doing? Can you see?" Clefairy asked urgently.

"Uh, yeah… he's shaking his butt at me and giving me the finger… oh, and there's a big rock that just fell out of the moon's eye and is heading straight for us."

"What – "

A large flaming stone suddenly came smashing through the ceiling, sending Pichu and Clefairy flying into a wall and obliterating most of the observatory as it crashed.

"NOT MY FAULT! YOU CAN'T PROVE I DID IT!" Pichu shouted desperately.

"Oh my goodness! It's a Moon's Tear!" exclaimed the Alakazam as he examined the stone, which turned out to be bright blue and teardrop-shaped. "These are incredibly rare! I could sell this and buy a gun to get rid of those damn hippies!"

"Aw, but I want it!" Pichu whined. "The moon is going to fall and kill all of them anyway."

"Hmm… you make a good point. All right, here," the Alakazam agreed, giving the stone to Pichu. "I suppose if worse comes to worst, I can always use my meat cleaver on them."

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Night of the Final Day
-12 Hours Remain-

Clock Town was now almost entirely deserted. Within three days it had collapsed into a ghost town that now had only hours left in its existence. The carnival tower was standing incomplete in the middle of South Clock Town, as all the carpenters had finally run off. The only one left was Bibarel, who was shouting drunken obscenities up at the moon and throwing empty liquor bottles at anybody who got close to him.

And since the tower was incomplete, Pichu had to find a different way to get up to the Clock Tower and confront Nuzleaf. Needless to say, that didn't go too well.

"Man, this would be a lot easier if I had a grappling hook or some cleats," he complained as he attempted to climb up the side of the tower. He'd been at this for several hours. "C-Money, you don't have an HM for Rock Climb with you, do you?"

"Sure, I keep it right here in my pocket next to my microwave and my water purifier," Clefairy said sarcastically. "…Did you just call me C-Money?"

"I didn't think you'd mind."

Clefairy finally lost her patience and punched him in the head. "Stop fooling around! We have to think of a way to get up there that will actually work!"

"HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!" came a loud voice from up in the air. Pichu and Clefairy looked up to see a Skiploom flying up above their heads before he settled down on top of a large yellow Deku Flower.

"This flower is my private property! Don't try to use it while I'm not around!"

"Well, I wasn't planning on it, but now that you've said that I'm sorely tempted."

The Skiploom smacked him. "I'm serious! This is my flower! I have a deed and everything, and I'm not about to let some punk go using it for no… oh my…" his eyes were drawn to the shiny blue stone in Pichu's hands. "Is that a Moon's Tear?"

Pichu defensively held the stone close to himself. "My shiny!"

"Oh, please, won't you give that to me? It would be the perfect souvenir for my wife!" the Skiploom insisted. "If you gave me that, I would gladly part with the deed to this flower."

"Pichu, think about this. He wants your shiny thing, and we need to get rid of him so we can use that flower to fly up to the Clock Tower," said Clefairy. "You know what to do, right?"

Pichu thought about this briefly before he grinned. "I sure do."

He immediately bashed the Skiploom over the head with the Moon's Tear, causing him to slump to the ground in an unconscious heap.

"Quick! You hide the body and I'll think of an alibi."

"Uh, okay…"

No sooner had he spoken than there suddenly came a loud chiming of bells. Pichu and Clefairy turned and realized the clock had just struck midnight; it was the official start of the Carnival of Time. A bunch of fireworks went off as the upper portion of the Clock Tower rose up and tilted on its side, turning the clock face into a platform on the very top of the tower. A door in the side of the tower rose up and revealed a set of stairs leading to the top.

"Now's our chance! Hurry up!" Clefairy snapped, shoving Pichu into the now-vacated Deku Flower. He promptly sprang back out of it holding the spinning flowers above his head, shrieking as he flew wildly off course and crashed into the side of the tower.

"Right, sorry. I keep forgetting you're an idiot," she said as he fell back to the ground.

"Hey! I'm not an idiot, there was a cross breeze!" Pichu complained as he rubbed his head. After several more time-wasting attempts, he finally managed to fly up to the open door in the Clock Tower and take the stairs leading up to the very top.

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On top of the Clock Tower, the moon was looming closer than ever before. Pichu gazed up nervously at it, but Clefairy was glaring at the lone figure floating up in the air across from them. He was facing away from them, but upon hearing them arrive he turned smugly to look at them as he nonchalantly tossed the Pokéflute of Time up and down.

"Tee hee hee… so, you followed me here… how bothersome."

"Nuzleaf! There you are!" Clefairy snapped at him. "All right Pichu, let's do this!"

Before they could do a thing, Cleffa suddenly sprang up out of nowhere. "Ohboyohboysisit'syou! OhmanIreallymissedyou! Nuzleafiskindofgoingcrazy! Ithinkmaybehe'sgoingtokilleverybody! Youshouldprobablydosomething!"

"…Why was I so eager to get up here?" Clefairy quickly shook her head. "All right Nuzleaf, this isn't funny anymore! Just take off that mask and stop trolling everybody in Clock Town!"

"And gimme back my Pokéflute!" Pichu added angrily.

Nuzleaf just laughed at him as he continued to toy with the flute. "Oh please. What is a great big scary Snivy like you going to do if I don't give it back?"

"I'll throw a tantrum!"

Clefairy winced. "Nuzleaf, I'm starting to think you should listen to this kid."

Suddenly Cleffa zoomed in front of Nuzleaf and looked frantically at Clefairy. "Sissishurry! Swampmountainoceancanyon! Thefourwhoarethere, bringthemheeeeeeeeeeeere!"

"Woah, wait, what? Swamp mountain what? That sounded important!" Pichu pulled out a notepad. "Make him say it again but slower!"

For some reason, Cleffa's words visibly upset Nuzleaf, as he suddenly smacked the smaller fairy away with the back of his hand. "Don't speak out of line! Stupid fairy!" he snarled.

Clefairy had had it at this point. "All right, that's it, you douche! Nobody's allowed to hit my brother except me! I'm the only one who does it hard enough! Pichu, kick his ass!"

"Uh, okay," Pichu said uneasily. He generated an Energy Ball and threw it at Nuzleaf, who dodged it effortlessly. "Okay, I'm out of ideas."

Clefairy kicked him in the head. "YOU SUCK AT THIS!"

"Are you two quite finished?" Nuzleaf asked impatiently. "Well, anyway… even if they were to come now, they wouldn't be able to handle me." He gestured up at the enormous moon hanging just over their heads. "Just look above you! If it's something that can be stopped, then just try to stop it!"

With that he threw back his head spread his arms wide, letting loose a high-pitched, earsplitting scream that chilled Pichu and Clefairy to the bone. The same waves of dark energy that had transformed Pichu began to emanate from his body, and suddenly the ground began to shake as the moon gave a sickening lurch and plummeted out of the sky.

"Sh*t! The moon is falling!" Clefairy screamed.

"It was already falling!" said Pichu.

"IT'S FALLING FASTER! HURRY UP AND DO SOMETHING!" Clefairy shrieked, grabbing Pichu and hurling him up like a torpedo at the cackling Nuzleaf. Much to everyone's surprise, her aim was spot-on and he collided headfirst into the wicked imp, causing them both to fall to the ground and sending the Pokéflute skittering across the floor.

"I'm taking credit for that," Clefairy said quickly.

Pichu raced over to his Pokeflute and grabbed it. "Da-na-na-naaaaaaaaaa! I got the Pokéflute of Time back!" he cheered as he held it triumphantly above his head. "Now I can – " Suddenly he fell silent and his eyes glazed over as he went into flashback mode.

Clefairy covered her face in her hands. "This is not happening…"

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Pichu and Eevee were standing outside Hyrule Castle, along with a very unhappy-looking Epona. Pichu had made his final preparations to leave Hyrule and was now saying goodbye to the princess.

"So let me get this straight," said Eevee. "You're leaving Hyrule to go looking for Togetic, who very expressly still wants to kill me, with the intent of bringing her back here. That about right?"

"Yep! It'll be fun!" Pichu said brightly, not seeming to realize where Eevee was going with this. "In fact, you can come too if you want."

"No, no, that's fine. All right then, here's the bet. If you die out there, you owe me a thousand Rupees, or your life savings, whichever amount is greater. If you don't die, I owe you a candy bar."

"Yeah!" Pichu suddenly looked confused. "Wait, that seems a little unfair."

"No it doesn't."

"Oh, okay."

"Princess, as much as I wish you luck on this bet, don't you think it'll be hard to get those thousand Rupees given the circumstances?" asked Epona, who had somehow been coerced into going along with Pichu for reasons I can't begin to imagine.

"Shut up. I just want him dead, that's worth well over a thousand Rupees," Eevee hissed at her. Pichu heard her perfectly well but kept on smiling dumbly. "Well Pichu, I suppose this is goodbye then. I'll never forget the days we spent together in Hyrule, mostly because they were so traumatic they've been branded in my memory forever. If anything should happen to you while you're away, remember this song."

She pulled out a Pokéflute and played the Song of Time for Pichu, just as she'd done during their previous adventure. Despite the fact that Pichu already knew the song it took him a while to get it right, mostly because he got distracted halfway through playing it and went off chasing a bunch of Butterfrees.

"The Goddess of Time is protecting you. If you play this song, she will come to your aid," Eevee told him once he'd finally finished.

"Wait, what?" Now he really looked confused. "We spent that whole last story talking nonstop about the three Legendary Pokémon but you never once mentioned a 'Goddess of Time'. Isn't that kind of important info to be holding back? And how come you're telling me this if you're betting on me dying?"

"Okay, fine, you caught me. I was tricking you. There is no Goddess of Time and if you play that song it'll probably do jacksh*t."

"Oh, okay then!" Pichu said brightly, seeming very satisfied with this explanation. "Bye Eevee!" he called as he climbed on Epona and the duo raced off into the distance. Shortly after they disappeared there was a violent explosion in the direction they'd gone, followed by a strangled "I'm okay!"

Eevee shook her head fondly. "I'm really not going to miss him."

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Pichu's eyes came uncrossed and he found himself back on top of the Clock Tower. "…What just happened?"

"You were staring off at nothing and drooling, that's what happened!" Clefairy screamed at him over the rumbling of the encroaching moon. "In the meantime we have approximately thirty seconds to live! Goddess of Time, please help us! We need more time!"

"Okay, seriously! Who the &*?# is this Goddess of Time and why was I never informed?" Pichu fumed. "Wait… more time?"

You could practically hear the gears turning in his head, and then finally his eyes lit up. "The Song of Time! Maybe that will save us!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

Without hesitating, Pichu pulled out the Pokéflute of Time… but something very strange happened as he did. No sooner had he touched it than it began to magically twist and writhe, and he yelped in astonishment as it suddenly started transforming and changing shape in his hands.

The next thing he knew, he wasn't holding onto a Pokéflute, but a huge set of brass pipes.

Clefairy did a double take. "What the – where did you get that instrument?"

"Beats the hell outta me." Realizing he had only seconds left before the moon crashed, he decided to forget about it. Concentrating with all his might, he put his mouth up to the mouthpiece and… played the Song of Storms. Suddenly there was a loud clap of thunder and it began to downpour along with the falling moon.

"…Crap, let me try that again."

"I honestly cannot think of a worse way to die right now," Clefairy groaned. Pichu hastily tried again and this time successfully played the Song of Time.

Nuzleaf gave him a derisive look as he played. "What is that supposed to do?"

As he finished the song and the echoes of the last notes faded into silence, Pichu suddenly felt his Snivy skin begin to crawl. That song had done something… there was a feeling of magic in the air…

Something was about to happen…

"YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" he shrieked in terror as the world was suddenly sucked away into nothing. Nuzleaf, Cleffa, the Clock Tower, everything around him was violently ripped out of existence. He heard Clefairy screaming swears at him as the two of them were hurtled backwards and went plummeting into a vast white void, falling down and down and down…