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Day 3, Final hours, Clock Tower – Top Floor
"L-Link!" Tatl exclaimed after seeing Link shoot a bubble at the Skull Kid. Such an action was, of course, an act of desperation, and she knew better than anyone that acts of desperation aren't always the solution.
But Link had a plan.
The bubble hit the Skull Kid, who was startled by it and, even though no damage had apparently been done, he still was halted from his position from before. He was no longer sending any waves into the moon, but, more importantly… He dropped the Ocarina of Time from his hands.
There!
Link dashed towards the falling Ocarina and spun towards it, catching the blue instrument before it could hit the ground.
The Skull Kid didn't even bother. Not saying a word, he returned to his ritual, still untouchable and still forcing the moon towards Termina.
As soon as Link put his hands into the Ocarina, his thoughts took him somewhere far in the past…
"So… you're leaving?" Zelda said, a little downcast.
"Yeah. Navi just up and left me without even saying a word." Link replied, looking around.
"Um… you didn't hear what happened to Navi…?" Zelda lifted her look from the ground, now trying to look the Hylian boy in the eye.
"Nope, what's going on?"
"She got engaged to a Russian oil tycoon…"
"…"
"L-Link?"
"…"
"Are you… mad?"
"No, I just don't know what a Russian is."
"Oh. Anyway, um, here's the Ocarina of Time…"
"What for?"
"It's for you… for whenever you f-feel… l-lonely… and you feel like… l-like talking to m-"
"Oh! I see what you mean! So if I play Saria's Song, I can talk to her and not feel lonely, right?"
"Umm… I-I… y-yeah, that's why."
"Thanks, Zelda! You're the best! Now I'm off to find Navi."
"Where are you going, Link?!"
"Russian Land, where else?!" Link said, mounting on Epona and dashing towards the Lost Woods…
"LINK!" Tatl's scream snapped the young Deku back to reality.
"W-Waaah! Mercy!" he squeaked.
"I don't know what you plan to do with that Ocarina, but it's not going to be enough!" she panicked. "Somebody! Anybody! Goddess of Time… We need more time!"
Has she lost it or what? Hmm… OK, now what, Zelda? I have the Ocarina in my hands… I think I'll just play all the songs I know and see where it takes me!
As soon as Link decided to carry out his "well-crafted" plan, however, something strange happened to his Ocarina. The item, now in his pocket, began to shine a bit. Then, all of a sudden…
"WHOA!" Link screamed, startled.
"Link! Where did you get that?!" Tatl asked.
A group of five pipes burst from Link's pocket, arranged around him as if he was playing pipes from orchestras or something. Those were Deku Pipes, very creatively named by Deku musicians.
The Ocarina changed into those pipes… And here I was, thinking that I knew all there was to this blue monstrosity. Well, anyway, back to the plan!
As the moon got even closer to the ground, to the point of shaking the place constantly, Link blew on his pipe a familiar tune…
… The Song of Time. A melody learned by Link during his time on Hyrule, the song was passed down by the Royal Family and the Sheikah People. Its purpose was to open the Door of Time, where Link's Master Sword was put to rest.
However… that was Hyrule, and this was Termina. As we move towards new skies, things change, we change… and yes, melodies may change too.
Everything turned white before Link and Tatl's eyes, and, for a couple of seconds, shadows of clocks passed by him at high speeds, as he was thurst backwards into nowhere… and then… darkness.
Day X, Time Y, Clock Town – South
Link and Tatl woke up in a strangely familiar place.
Whoa… what the hell was that all about? I feel like I had a Blue Potion overdose…
"Link, we are…" Tatl, dazed, stuttered, "… in front of the Clock Tower…"
"And look, the town is populated again…" Link said, confused as well, looking at the townsfolk going about their businesses like nothing had happened at all.
"It feels like… everything…" Tatl said, looking to the sky… "… started over…"
Link looked up to the sky as well, only to see the same moon he saw about to crash the ground moments ago, now way up in the sky, just like it was in the first time they set foot into Clock Town.
"T-The Song of Time… reseted everything…" Link stuttered, amazed by what he just did.
"Hey! You still have the Ocarina, though!" Tatl excitedly pointed out, "It seems like we somehow altered the universe!"
"That's a lot more dangerous than you realize, Tatl."
"Well, it's the only way I see that we can defeat the Skull Kid! Just keep going back in time until we can undo everything that's happened up until the day he got that mask!"
"Hey, you're right!" Link said, getting his pipes out. He played the Song of Time again…
Day 1, Morning, Clock Town – South
… but to no avail.
"Well," Link sighed, "It seems we can only get back to the first day in Termina."
"Oh," Tatl disappointedly stated, but then lit up a bit. "Well whatever! We've still got a weapon against that fucker!"
"True enough. So what's next?"
"Hold on, first I want to check something," Tatl said, floating towards the Deku Flower.
"STOP! STOP!" a voice rang.
Oh no…
"Youse know, dis here's my piec…" the Deku started, only to be cut off when our heroes left him talking.
"Yeah, everything resetted alright," Tatl said.
"You really had to do this?"
"Yup."
There she goes again…
"Now," Tatl stated, "Tael said something interesting when we found him at the Clock Tower."
"Oh yeah! The thing about 'the four who are there', right?"
"Yup. Termina is divided in five sectors: one, of course, is this one, the Clock Town."
"Yeah, go on…" As if you are my teacher or something…
"Now, to the south is the swamp. The ocean is west from here, the mountains are through the north and, finally, we have the canyon to the east. That is probably what he meant by that."
"Um, I have a question," Link asked, raising his hand.
"This is not a classroom, idiot."
"Oh, sorry. Anyway… I never realized Tael was a boy."
"… Is that all?"
"Yeah."
Tatl banged herself against Link's head.
"OW! Bitch!"
"Anyway, let's report back to that mask salesman first, because he'll probably want to know that we have a plan."
"… As much as I don't want to…" Link said, going inside the tower.
Day 1, Afternoon, Clock Tower – Machine Room
There was the Happy Mask Shop salesman, standing beside one of the clock's engines, happily grinning, rubbing his hands together, shifting his weight from side to side.
"Hey, look who's back," he said.
Apparently we haven't gone too far back in time, to the point that he'd forget our first conversation. I don't know if this is good or bad…
"So, we got news," Tatl bluntly said, cutting right to the chase.
"About my mask?"
"No, about David Beckham. Did you see that he's considering a return to soc—"
"Alright, alright, I'm sorry for my stupid question!" the salesman angrily screamed, showing an allergic reation to sarcasm.
"Yikes!" Link screamed, "Tatl! Don't upset the guy, who knows what he can do to us!"
"S-Sorry," she apologized, then continued, "OK. So, we haven't got it back yet, but…"
"You did not get my item…?"
Hey…
"Let me finish! We have a way to…"
"Y-YOU HAVEN'T….." the salesman's smiling mouth started to twitch at the corners.
"Look!" Link cut in again, "We have a magic Ocar—"
But it was too late, as the Happy Mask salesman turned his look into a contorted, psychotic glare and reached for Link's tunic collar.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME! YOU MOTHERFUCKER! ARE YOU CRAZY?!" he screamed, shaking Link as he foamed at the mouth. Then, he dropped him, grabbed his own head and started to freak out.
This guy is completely off his rocker! He scared me more than a hundred Dead Hands could've!
"LOOK! WE HAVE THE OCARINA OF TIME!" Tatl screamed, trying to get to him.
"!" The salesman turned to look at Tatl and, all of a sudden, he was already breathing normally, his stupid grin plastered all over his face again.
"Oh! The Ocarina of Time! Ahhh, this takes me back…"
… I'd like to "take you back" as well… to the cuckoo's nest that you flew over, you son of a bitch!
"You know", he continued, "I can turn you back to your original form with it."
"You're talking to me?" Link asked.
"Who else?!" Tatl exclaimed.
"Yes, with the Song of Healing."
"The Song of… Healing…?" Link asked, not really paying attention because of what had clicked inside his head. That dream… You mean I had a premonition? Why the fuck doesn't this happen when I bet at the horse racing or something?!
"The Song of Healing is an old melody with the power to heal one's sorrows. It was said to be used on wandering spirits, who would then leave masks behind."
"Masks?" As if I hadn't heard enough about masks lately…
"Yes. But that's about all I know"
"Well then, let's get to healing me… Huh?!" Link started, "Where did that come from?!"
The salesman, sat down in front of a huge piano, replied hurriedly, "H-Huh?! This? O-Oh, um, I… MAGIC! Now listen up!"
There's something very peculiar about that guy… Because I know it's not me…
"Please replay this tune into your ocarina," The strange man said, and Link promptly sent his tubes out.
Tatl was already covering her ears.
As Link played the Song of Healing, everything went pitch black. Suddenly, he was back on that scene from the strange hole in Lost Woods. Mad Scrubs were all over him while an army of overused 9GAG memes circled around, all laughing at a very distraught Link.
Suddenly, however, the legendary Pokémon of fire, Entei, happened upon the scene and roared loudly, startling everyone in the room. The Mad Scrubs ran for their lives, and Entei went to follow them.
As for the 9GAG memes, they looked at each other, shrugged, and left for a blog or TV station willing to use them like it's still cool to joke about taking an arrow to the knee.
Link waved goodbye…
… And then a flash.
And a thump.
"Look at you… so–" The salesman started.
"Please don't compliment me," Link cut him off before he could say anything else, "I don't plan on losing my non-innuendo streak."
The boy, then, looked down to his feet, only to see that, first of all, he was back to the young boy self he was until setting foot in Termina, and second…
"A Deku mask…" Tatl said, looking at a mask with the face of the Deku Link she was so used to see.
"Well, it seems you weren't talking crap after all", Link observated, looking at his mask. So what happens if I put it o—
Link put on the mask, only to have it glue to his face. His facial nerves started to convulse, and he felt weird.
"L-Link!" Tatl screamed at the same time that the boy let out a huge scream of pain. Then…
No. No. No. This isn't happening. No way. No. Fuck. No. Hell no.
"What the fuck is this?!" Link bellowed, "I'm a Deku again?!"
"Oh, you see," the salesman cut in, "This happens. You know, the mask contains the soul of the being you w—"
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MUMBO-JUMBO," Link was now red at his wooden face, pointing and screaming, "WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP ME?! I OUGHTA PUT A BUBBLE IN YOUR ASS!"
"Please," the salesman's grin remained unchanged, as if he was enjoying Link's fury, "Just try taking it off."
"What the fucking hell do you mean 'take it off' you asshole?! Can't you see it's stuck to my f—" Link was yelling, but stopped after he put his hands into his face to simulate "taking off" the mask…
… And actually took it off. He felt a little dizzy, but when he came to, the mask was into his hands again.
"You sure are hotheaded, man," the Happy Mask guy whispered.
You try being changed into a Deku!
"Link, this might come in handy, you know," Tatl stated, "You being able to use your sword and shield again is nice and all, but if we have your Deku counterpart at ready like this, we can use the Deku Flowers and avoid falling into water!"
"Hey, you're right!" Link said, now puffing his chest a bit, all proud of his achievement.
"Well, creep, we're off," Tatl said, referring to the only "creep" in the room.
"Believe in your strengths… believe…!" he replied, only to be ignored.
I hope I never see this guy again until I get my hands on that mask.
Day 1, Evening, Clock Town – South
"Wow, it's dark already," Link observed.
"Yeah, I can't believe we spent the entire afternoon in there with that guy," Tatl replied.
"Um… let's not think too much about this."
"You're right," the fairy shuddered, then changed the subject, "So, we need a plan."
"Yes, we need a plan."
"Should we begin with the swamp? I mean, we're already near the South gate."
"Yeah, and if that guard tries to stop me, I'll just slice his unprotected legs off with my Hero's Sword!"
"You realize that's a serious offense, don't you?"
"Again with the law stuff? Just try to put me in the clink if you want! Last people who tried to jail me ended up giving me a certificate to cross their sacred desert."
"Um, what?"
"Nevermind," Link trailed off. "Wait a minute…"
"What?"
We went back in time, right? So everything is as it was before I got here… right…?
"Tatl, come quickly", Link said, dashing away from the gate, "We're going to the North!"
"But Link! The swamp is… Link!" Tatl went after him.
Day 1, Evening, Clock Town – North
Clocks were pointing close to midnight when Link, along with Tatl, sneaked up next to the fidgety smiling man that would, a couple of minutes from then, steal an old lady's bag.
"You're sure that's going to happen?" the fairy asked, still a bit confused.
"We went back in time, so it's bound to," Link replied matter-of-factly.
This time not making his presence known, Link jerked up and readied himself when he saw the thief move from his position…
… To casually "bump" into the old lady and run off with her bag.
However, this time was different.
"HYAAAAAAAAAA!" Link yelled, running after the thief, who gasped loudly and tried to fake him out. Link went for it and the thief got past him, but, still with his back to the thief, Link wasn't going to let him go so easily. He spun in a complete circle, a blue wave coming out of his sword, and it reached the thief by a smidge. Due to the distance, the cut wasn't visible nor very painful, but it was enough to startle the thief, who dropped the bag and went running for dear life through the North gate to Termina Field.
Yeah! Steal that, you dirtbag! Um, speaking of bags…
"W-What was…" Tatl barely could say a word after seeing Link in action, even more shocked because, a while back, he was a defenseless Deku who could barely use a flower.
The thing is, Link might not be the brightest bulb around, but he has natural and very good battle instincts. That's what made him Hero of Time – and also what made him let a power-hungry dark wizard into the Sacred Realm, turning Hyrule into a monster land for seven years, but that's another story.
"You think I became Hero of Time through dumb luck?" Link cockily replied, "Three days as a Deku aren't enough to make me forget how to cut shit down."
"Well, if only you were as smart as you are in battle when you actually have to think..." Tatl replied, kind of muttering.
"Fuck you, Russian."
"What?!" Tatl made to bump against him again, only to hit her head against a very solid Hero's Shield.
Heh, things are going to change around here.
"Well, off to the swamp, hurry!" Link exclaimed, dashing away.
"DON'T RUSH ME!" Tatl, ironically, yelled at him.
Day 1, Midnight, Clock Town – South
As our heroes went past the Clock Tower, past the Carnival Tower and were almost getting to the gate, Tatl stopped.
"Now what?!" Link said.
"I hear something…"
"Yeah, me too, the clock ticking away! Come on, let's—"
"Sssh!" Tatl hushed Link, and the two quietly opened their ears to, finally, hear a voice, along with a very faint melody, coming from the Laundry Pool…
"... LLLLLLLADADADADADAAAAA…"