Everything went downhill from then. For me and Tael, and for the Skull Kid, even though none of us realized it at the time.

We all became… adapted to evil. That mask… it brought it upon us. It changed us. I stopped feeling bad when I scolded Tael, or even the Skull Kid himself. We started doing bad things, things that I regret even now.

We started out with little things. Skull Kid was part of this club, the Bomber's Society (its name is longer than I care to mention). He had liked it when he joined, and they included me and Tael, some of the time, but after the mask came into the picture, he treated it like a project. His project. He began to play pranks on them, not just innocent ones, mean ones. Eventually, they kicked him out.

But it wasn't just the bombers. It was a lot of people in Clock Town. Before, they would just shake their fist at the occasional prank he would play on them. But it grew. It grew so much that a mob formed. Skull Kid had picked on so many people, and now they were getting their revenge. We had to run out of town, and tried to take cover at the ranch. But the gates were closed.

Eventually, when the mob wore off, we found cover in the old log. "Those ranch girls are gonna get it tomorrow!" Skull Kid said, pulling the mask out. He placed it on his face, and then jumped at Tael.

"Boo!"

Tael 'ding'ed really loudly, and then started to hyperventilate. "Calm down!" I told him. Skull Kid cackled.

"Don't do that again, Skull Kid." I said, and then, from exhaustion, I settled down.

Everyday grew worse and worse. The next day, Skull Kid was WEARING the mask. And he found out something: It was magic.

And then over the next two days, he manipulated it.

He made those ranch girls pay. He manifested a rock. And then placed it in front of their gate. But… I was okay with it at the time. It was that mask.

Day after day, the pranks got bigger and bigger, to the point where they weren't even pranks anymore. He started to do curses. He could curse anything. He started cursing the land, and even some people. One of them being a man who was engaged. Skull Kid turned him from a man with a future to an ugly child.

He even hurt an old lady. She was an innocent witch. They were friends. And he hurt her… I just stood by and watched…

He did so much evil, I can't number it all.

But one act outdid them all.

"Hey, Tatl, wake up!" Tael shouted into my ear.

"Agh, come on Tael, I wanna sleep!" I chided.

"No, Tatl, you've gotta see this."

I heard the desperation in his voice. So I got up. And I looked up. And there it was.

A moon. A big, gray moon. With a mouth. And eyes. The eyes… they looked like the mask's eyes. Large, yellow, and they seemed to stare into your very soul. They looked as if they could burn you if you looked into them too long, but also like they didn't care. They were just… there. Empty, and yet full.

The moon had a mouth and a nose. The nose looked normal enough, excluding it was a nose on a moon. But the mouth… the moon was baring his teeth, giving it an angry appearance, but it contrasted with the eyes. Looking at the eyes, they looked… lonesome and scared. But the mouth looked angry. All together, the moon just looked confused and evil, but at the same time, it looked like it wanted to destroy everything in its path.

I shuddered. "What is that?" I asked, almost breathlessly. I was confused. This wasn't here yesterday. It contrasted the other moon, the pure moon.

The cackle. "You like it, fairy?" Skull Kid mocked me.

"No. Where'd it come from?" I asked, coldly, trying not to show my fear.

Skull Kid just cackled again, and resumed staring at it. "Where did it come from?" I whispered to Tael.

"I don't know. Skull Kid was muttering something in the middle of the night, sitting where he is right now, not here under the log. He was staring at the sky with his hands lifted up. But…" he paused, and his wings drooped a little bit. "I was scared. I closed my eyes… and went back to bed." I groaned.

"Don't you think you could have stopped him?!" I yelled.

Tael whimpered. "I don't know. I was drowsy…" I shook my head at him, and then flew over next to the Skull Kid.

"What is that thing, Skull Kid?"

"A weapon of destruction."

I sighed, exasperated. "Yeah, sure, right. Skull Kid, seriously, where'd it come from? And when do you plan on sending it back?"

Skull Kid turned and looked at me, and then opened the sack on his lap. He took out the mask, and then put it on. "Never mind that, Tatl. Let's go look for your fairy haven!" He jumped up, and started towards the swamp. "Come on, Tael." I called, and we flew after him.

"Hey, where are we going?" I called to Skull Kid. We were at Woodfall. "Wait a minute." He said.

He stooped down, and put his hand in the water, and started muttering some stuff. Suddenly, the clear, sparkly water turned a sickly purple, and looked syrupy. "Whoa! Skull Kid, what did you do to this water?" I shrieked. "Skull Kid, this looks poisonous! You've gone too far now! You've done nothing but evil for the past week, and I'm done with this. Either change your ways, or we're outta here!"

Instead of answering me, he just turned and looked at me. The mask's eyes stared at me, into my soul. And… I stopped. This is okay. This is fine. Anyone stupid enough to wade thru the swamp deserved to die in the water.

"Can we go home now?" Tael asked.

"Yes."

And then he rose into the air. But before we actually started searching, we flew around Termina. And every place we flew over changed.

After that, we flew into an unknown forest. Skull Kid flew into some trees, and called to us. "Over here!" He called. We flew into some trees, and kept going up. But instead of flying into the sky, it became darker and darker. And then…

Woosh! We burst into a haven of trees. It was so familiar. But instead of feeling happy and excited, I didn't feel anything. I wanted to go back. I didn't like the feeling of nostalgia.

"Is this it, Tatl?" Tael asked.

"Of course it is, Tael. Don't be stupid."

"Come on, I have no further use of you fairies. Let's get you home." Skull Kid said, and then started walking forward.

"Okay… wait, what?" I said.

He ignored me, and kept walking. Everything felt so familiar… yet I didn't like it. And then the traveler came.

Skull Kid jumped him.

And that's where my adventure began.

So, now, here I am. I'm not under the influence of evil anymore. It was Link's presence that caused it to wear off. Link… he was almost like a holy being. Never speaking, yet one of my most best friends.

We've parted ways now. Me and Tael now live in Termina on the ranch. We live with Grog and his Cucco's. We spend blissful days, helping and hanging out with Cremia and Romani. Tael has taken quite a liking to Romani, and Cremia is a trusted friend to me.

Sometimes I just float in the sun and think about me. My past, the present, my future. Sometimes I wish I could do it all away. I wish I never experienced that.

I know I'll never get home with a magical being's help. I'll never leave Termina without some crazed turn of events.

But I've got my brother. And Romani and Cremia.

I guess I'll be okay.