Zelda went into her room, very upset from his father's behaviour. She ran to her bed, her eyes flooded with fresh tears. "Why…" she managed to say to herself "Why does it have to happen to Link?" Tatl flew in. She saw that Zelda was very upset. Tatl flew slowly to her "This reminds me of Anju and Kafei" she said softly to herself. She flew next to Zelda "Zelda, have hope; he will come back, you know what Link is like." Zelda looked at her, her eyes shining with tears "Tatl… why does this happen to him of all the people? I really want him to be here." Tatl looked sadly at her and looked to the window "It's Swift!" Zelda looked upwards and ran to Link's bird. "Why would he send a letter when the sun is setting? He knows that is it very dangerous at night" she said to Tatl. "He must have sent it to say what he is doing. Zelda took the tube off Swift, rolled the letter out.

Dear Zelda

I will be with the Gerudoes till I come back to Hyrule. I will be fine for the quest for the Remains. You make sure you keep yourself safe and sound, and keep your eyes and ears open.

I don't like the looks of this. I had this feeling ever since the Happy Mask Salesman arrived. Keep me informed in what's going on.

Be safe Zel,

Link xxx

Zelda read the letter again. She sighed but wore a sad look on her face, clearly disappointed that Link is so far away. "The Remains?" said Tatl looking at the letter, "Does he mean the Mask Remains?" Zelda nodded "He has got two of the Remains" She shed another tear "I miss you Link." Tatl flew towards Zelda, to comfort her "He will be back Zelda." Zelda nodded but she still wept, Tatl sat on her shoulder.

Link woke up with a start, noticing that Epona was raring to go. Sunlight had not even broken yet, though Link could see his surroundings quite easily. He got up, stifled a yawn, and got on Epona. "Ok girl" he spoke to Epona quietly "We are going to go to the Gerudo Valley" Epona grunted quietly and slowly started walking. They were in the middle of Hyrule, near the Lon Lon Ranch, which meant it would take them a day to reach the Gerudo Valley. Link laid back on Epona and looked into the sky.

The sky was getting lighter and lighter every minute, which meant the Stachilds were retreating back into the ground. In the distance, a cock from the Ranch crowed. Link sighed to himself. "At Hyrule, I would not wake up this early" he thought to himself "Thought I am used to it from Koriki Forest." Epona's walk was slowly turning into a trot. Link looked ahead and behind him. Nothing. "When Ganondorf was around, the road was a bit more interesting" he chuckled to himself.

Half a day marched on slowly, as did the sun blazing in the sky. Link got off Epona and guided her to a shady tree, to cool them from the heat. Link sat down under the tree "No wonder it so hot out here" he said getting out a flask of water "It is always warm around a desert." A nearby river was running near the tree. Link got up and walked to the river, as did Epona to drink from it. Link filled the flask and screwed it up for a later use in the desert. Link noticed a figure in the water. He rubbed his eyes in astonishment. He saw a young face with Blue hair. Link blinked and the face disappeared. Link stared at his reflection sadly. Link washed his face and got on Epona.

The cock crowed a second time. "Link!" said a frightened princess, as she woke up from her dream. Zelda looked around, feeling very cold. She got up and picked up the tube which held the letter. She placed her own letter inside it and walked over to a sleeping Swift. When she gently shook Swift, he got up. "Can you deliver this to Link, Swift?" she asked the bird. Swift nodded, accepting the tube on his back. He spreaded and flew through an open window, into the rising sun. "Link's right" she said to herself "There is something going on here." Tatl who was sleeping on the desk of Zelda's, woke up suddenly. "Tael!" she said looking around "Where are you?" Zelda walked to Tatl "What some matter Tatl?" Tatl looked down sadly "I just…" she stopped speaking. Zelda picked Tatl up "You miss someone?" Tatl nodded "My brother." Zelda looked sadly at her "We both miss someone" she shed a tear, but wiped it away quickly. "We need to do what we promised to Link" Zelda said to Tatl "We need to keep an eye out for anything suspicious." Tatl nodded wiping away her tears "Yes." Zelda went over to the letter which Link gave him "But who is the Happy Mask Salesman?" Tatl got up and flew over to the letter. "Well he is…"

"Come on Epona" Link encouraged. Epona got faster when hearing her master's encouragement. Link noticed that the land was get browner with every minute they gallop on. "I think we are in Gerudo Valley" he said to Epona. The route was getting steeper as they got closer to their destination. Their surroundings were all rocks, or cliffs, too sheer to climb, but a spectacle to see.

Epona slowed down a bit, when the road was getting narrow. Link pulled the reins, and stopped her entirely. They were right near a cliff, which right at the bottom was a flowing river. Link got off Epona and guided her to a bridge, which looked very stable to cross. "Halt!" said a voice when Link and Epona were about to cross. On the left and right of Link were Gerudo guards. All Gerudo were female, wearing all purple desert clothes. "What's your purpose here?" said one of the guards. Link smiled to them and held up a piece of paper. "I am Link of Hyrule." The Gerudo looked at the paper and smiled "Welcome back Link." Link nodded and took Epona's reins and crossed the bridge.

"Tatl, we have to do something" said Zelda. It was midday, the clouds were scattered around the castle, and the snow was still glistening white. There was no snowfall last night, but the snow had not melted. Tatl nodded "If the Termina monsters are around here; that is bad news." Zelda nodded "The Happy Mask Salesman sounds like bad news though, but we can not prosecute without any proof." Tatl smiled sweetly "You really nice Link, don't you?" A shade of red appeared on Zelda's face when she heard the name Link. "Yeah," she finally said managing to get the words in her mouth "As a friend." Tatl looked at Zelda closely "Come on, you can tell me, I can keep a secret." Zelda's gaze broke off and she walked away, to show her embarrassment "I don't know what you mean" she lied. Tatl flew on Zelda's shoulder "If you like him as a friend, why are you blushing?" she said mischievously. Zelda swatted her off gently, but Tatl held her ground "I know you like Link more than a friend" said Tatl. Zelda looked her at her and walked out of the room, not saying a word to her.

Link walked into the Gerudo Fortress. Nothing had changed since he left a few months ago. Everything was normal looking, though it was still a maze. "Kid!" said a voice in front of him. It was Nabooru, leader of the Gerudos ever since Ganondorf was killed. Link helped her in the Spirit Temple when Ganondorf was around, and he saved her, when Ganondorf was in rein. Nabooru walked up to him "It's been a while." Link nodded "It has, though things have changed though." Link, Nabooru and Epona, walked to a stable, where all of the Gerudos kept their horses and cattle. When Link placed Epona in one of the stables, Nabooru stood to him. "What do you mean changed?" she asked. Link looked at her "I have been branded a traitor in Hyrule." Nabooru looked alarmed at this claim "On what charge?" Link shook his head "No idea," Link went inside one of the houses. Nabooru followed "Kid, if you are traitor…" Link spoke up "There is no proof I am a traitor, though me and Zelda think that I am not." Nabooru nodded "I believe you are not a traitor." Link smiled "Thanks."

But the conversation was cut short. A loud boom filled their ears. Link looked around in surprise "What was that?" Nabooru looked as equally surprised "It sounded like it came from the Valley" she said getting into the stables. She grabbed the reins of one of the horses "I need to check it out; you wait here kid!" She got on her horse and galloped to the Valley. Link smiled "You are not going alone Nabooru" Epona walked near him, urging him on her. Link obliged and Epona galloped to the Valley.

Link noticed that the whole Gerudo clan were at the edge of the cliff looking downwards. Link got off Epona and went to Nabooru "What happened?" Nabooru looked at him "Big trouble kid; the bridge has been destroyed." Link ran to the edge and saw that bridge's remains. He looked down and saw the other remains down stream. "What could destroy the bridge?" she asked him looking at Link. Link looked closely at the river. The river normally looked clean and pure; there was always wildlife down at the river. But now the river looked murky and dark, like it had not been clean for days. "Did you see anyone pollute the river?" Nabooru asked a watching guard. "No ma'am; the river has been looking like that for a few days, though" she replied. Link was still looking downwards, but otherwise listening to the conversation.

"Did you see anything down there?" he asked the guard, still looking at the river, as if he was looking for something. "What do you mean, outsider?" she replied. Nabooru looked at her angrily "Answer the damn question!" "W-well" she stuttered "There have been reports of a large moving thing, moving upstream…" One of the guards spoke up "Upstream? Nothing can go upstream, from Lake Hyliea." Nabooru looked at the interrupting guard. Link spoke "Nothing can go upstream?" he asked Nabooru. She shook her head "The force of the river is too powerful, for even the strongest fish in Hyrule to scale." Link got up and nodded "Let's get back to the Gerudo Fortress; there is something I need to say to you." Nabooru nodded and spoke loudly "Gerudos! Keep an eye out of the mysterious thing." The Gerudos saluted and half of them stay behind, while half of them went back to the Fortress.

Link sat down. They were both in the meeting room where most of the Gerudo's Council meetings took place. "What do you need to say?" Nabooru said standing up, but looking at Link "Do you know what it might be?" Link nodded, he went through his bag, and took out Odolwa's Remains "One of these" he said, showing it to her. Nabooru gasped. "I have seen those before!" Link looked at her "What do you mean?" Nabooru ran to a bookcase, and took a book from it and gave it to Link. Link read the title "Majora." "Majora; I know what this is." Nabooru nodded. Link opened the book and read the first paragraph.

A deep evil lies in this world

An evil which can destroy worlds

Piercing eyes which can pierce your heart

Forbidden, though it sleeps

If woken it will grant your heart's desire

Though its tribe sealed it away, it still sleeps

No-one knows the true nature of this mask

Four demons like gods worship this monster

Odolwa, Goht, Gyorg and Twinmold

Destroying them will…

Link noticed that there was only one page, and the rest of it, and half a page had been torn as well. "Looks like someone were here before I was" he said to Nabooru. She nodded "This book has been like this for a while." Link looked at the cover. It had shown the mask of the Majora and the four demons on the edge, in their mask form. "Ganondorf found this book" said Nabooru looking at the cover. Link looked up in surprise "Did he?" "Yeah, he found it stashed away in the depth of the Valley. I think after he read this, he went to Hyrule." Link nodded slowly "To ask the King for an alliance." "Yes, he wanted the Triforce to wish the mask would be his." Link smiled softly "Good thing I stopped him." Nabooru smiled as well.

Suddenly the door barged open. Link launched off his chair; at the door was a guard. "What have I told you, not to barge open the door open?" said Nabooru at the guard. The guard looked frightened at this "S-sorry ma-am; I am here to tell you that a carrier bird had arrived near the Fortress. Link piped up "That might be mine." Link ran out of the room, along with the guard and Nabooru.

At the centre of the Fortress, Link saw Swift, looking for him. "Swift!" said Link; Swift saw Link, and flew on his shoulder. Nabooru and the guard ran next to him "That bird must obviously be yours" said Nabooru smiling. Link took off the letter from Swift, and Swift flew on his shoulder "This is Swift" said Link. Nabooru smiled again "Who is the letter from?" she asked looked at the letter. "Zelda" he replied, opening the letter, and he read it silently.

Link

I agree that something is wrong with Hyrule; the whole Kingdom is a catastrophe. The Happy mask Salesman is strangely around my father, nearing everywhere he went. I agree that something is weird with the Salesman. But he says that he is here because he is selling masks to people.

His masks seem to be very weird though. He said that they are all special masks. I got one from his and posted it in the letter. Impa is still looking at the Deku mask you gave her though.

Please promise me that you will not do anything rash. I don't want you to get hurt, or be killed.

Zelda xxx

Link looked inside the letter again and took out the mask which Zelda gave him. "What is that?" asked Nabooru looking at the mask. The mask did not look like a mask, more like a hood, with rabbit ears and eyes. "The Bunny Hood" he said looking at the mask "It is said that this mask can double your speed." Nabooru nodded looking at the tiny hood "Seems like it can only fit you, kid" she said. Link smiled ruefully, looking at the mask.