Author's Note: Special thanks to everyone who's read my previous works. This was a long time in the making, as I wasn't as focused this time around. But it should be something special nonetheless. Please R & R!


Chapter 30

Saria couldn't help but look up at the falling moon. It seemed even closer than it was before. But for the first time since she left the Forest Temple, she felt a little confident. She and Malon finally had some idea of what to do. However, the discoveries were grim. Link and Zelda may have been a victim of foul play. Somebody obviously did something with them, especially since this person stopped at the ranch. And whoever it was, he was last seen at Kakariko Village.

The other grim discovery was that this must've been the man who found Majora's Mask. Saria didn't have any idea how he stumbled on the mask. What was even worse, though, is that she had no idea how to stop the mask.

So far, the story Malon was telling was helping…sort of. Saria learned a lot more about the mask. Unfortunately, what she's learned was that the mask is an ancient tool of evil that has potent powers the likes of which the world has never seen. There was nothing about how to stop it…unless…

"Malon?" Saria began. "You said Link found some idea of what to do against Majora's Mask. What is it?"

Malon sighed. She was tired from the long walk. "Link went on a quest to stop something he didn't know how to stop. He didn't get a single clue…until he reached the Woodfall Temple…"

Link was breathing heavily. It was a long day to say the least…a day that he ended up repeated many times. After helping the witch, Koume, Link stumbled on a group of monkeys who asked him to help their friend. Their friend was apparently being held captive by a tribe of Deku Scrubs who believed he was responsible for the disappearance of their princess. Being the kind of guy he was, Link went to help. His search led him to the Woodfall Temple.

It was also the first of the temples that the fairy, Tael, talked about. Link knew that he would find some answers here. He would find a hint on how to stop the falling moon before it clashed with Termina. After going through Boes, Snappers, and an angry Gekko, Link finally reached an empty chamber.

"Great," Tatl complained. "All this trouble for a dead end."

Link would usually agree, but he knew better. From his experiences, Link knew that this was usually the calm before the storm. Sure enough, he felt a rumbling that started to shake the walls.

"What is that?" Tatl asked. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Link was ready to scream too. From the ceiling in the center of the room, fell a gigantic warrior. And he WAS a giant. He towered over Link and had to be at least twelve feet tall.

"Who the heck is that?" Link asked.

"It's Odolwa!" Tatl answered. "He's the giant masked jungle warrior of the Woodfall Temple."

"He's huge!"

"Well, duh!" Tatl shouted. "You think he got to be the guardian of the Woodfall Temple by being a shrimp like you?! Don't just stand there! Do something!"

Link unleashed his sword…then Odolwa did the same. Link cringed as he saw it. Even his sword was bigger than all of Link. There was no comparison. Link tried to strike anyway. He was about to swing his sword, when Odolwa struck the ground with his. The impact shook the ground and knocked Link down.

Link got to his feet and tried another approach. He pulled out his bow and shot it at Odolwa. He shot an arrow and hit his leg. As Odolwa struggled to remove the arrow with his massive hand, Link slashed with his sword. Odolwa cried out…and then it started to get hot.

Link saw why. A huge ring of fire started to form around him. While Link was distracted, Odolwa shouted out again. Link heard a buzzing sound…and he found himself surrounded by bugs.

Link tried swatting them away. "Bugs! Get 'em off!! Get 'em off!!"

The bugs were persistant and they stung and tore away at Link. They didn't seem to much of a threat to a spectator like Tatl.

"Jeez, they're just bugs!" Tatl shouted. "What's wrong with you?!"

Just then, the bugs scattered. Link saw why. He looked up to see a huge sword coming down upon him. Link rolled out of the way, but didn't get too far. He found a piece of his tunic was torn by the humongous sword. Then Link then saw an open opportunity. Odolwa had struck the ground too hard. His enormous sword was stuck to the ground and he struggled to pull it out.

Link couldn't pass up his chance. He took his sword…and prepared to throw it. He ran a few steps and tossed his sword like a javelin. Link looked up to see that the sword hit its target. The sword was lodged in the evil heart of Odolwa. The jungle warrior shrieked in pain and fell backwards. The ground shook as he fell and Link was nearly blinded by a flash of light.

When the light cleared, the evil Odolwa was gone. All that was left…was a mask. Link slowly walked over to pick up the mask. It was the mask of a familiar face.

Tatl confirmed it. "It's…all that remains of Odolwa." Another bright light started to flash. "Now what?!"

Link didn't know what to make of it either. Then…the light faded.



Chapter 31

"What happened?" Saria asked. She was more than intrigued by this part of the story.

"After the light faded, Link found himself in a place of clouds," Malon continued. "He looked around him…and thought he saw another giant…"

Link could hear another giant. He really hoped it wouldn't be anything like the giant he just faced. He looked around him. Link was standing on a giant pillar, surrounded by clouds. If there WAS another giant, it wouldn't get any easier.

"What's that?" Tatl suddenly asked.

Link looked in front of him. It looked like…a giant…but looked much more peaceful than the last one. He seemed to be crying out. It sounded like a giant horn was being blown.

"What's it doing?" Link asked.

"I…don't know," Tatl answered. "I think it's trying to tell us something."

"I don't speak this language," Link said. The call continued.

"No, it's…not saying words," Tatl continued. "I think…it's a song. Get out your instrument."

Link pulled out the Ocarina of Time and tried to listen to the notes of the song. Tatl helped him out and Link soon played an exact duplicate of the giant's song. Then, Link tried to make out the faint words he was hearing.

"Oath…to…Order…"

Oath to Order. It must have been the name of the song. The giant then tried saying something else that Link couldn't understand. Tatl flew out to try and make out what it was saying.

"It's saying…'Call us,'" Tatl said. "Call us."

"What does that mean?" Link asked.

Link didn't get an answer. The light started to brighten again.

"The one who taught Link the Oath to Order was one of the giants of legend," Malon continued. "The Oath to Order would be end up being very valuable to Link. After repeating the same three days many times, Link fought other guardians of the temples. Assuming the form of a Goron, he defeated Goht, the masked mechanical monster, in the Snowhead Temple. Then assuming the form of a Zora, he defeated Gyorg, the gargantuan masked fish, in the Great Bay Temple. He met with two other giants, similar to the one he met in Woodfall, but he still didn't know how to beat the Skull Kid. They just kept saying 'Call us'. Then he got to the Stone Tower Temple and met one of his toughest enemies…"

Link saw a giant hole. It was a lot like the hole he saw when he fought the Shadow Beast, Bongo Bongo. But the hole looked a lot deeper and he couldn't see the ground. Link was hesitant, but Tatl was a little more impatient.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" Tatl demanded. "Just jump in!"

Link took a deep breath and jumped in. When he landed, he saw he was surrounded by desert. Then he felt the ground start to shake. Two worms suddenly leapt out of the sand. They had gigantic pincers and a scaly hide. So far Link's adversaries, Odolwa, Goht, and Gyorg, had all been extra large in size. But these two three-eyed worms were beyond extra large. They were extra super jumbo colossal size.

"What are they?!" Link asked Tatl.

"That's Twinmold," Tatl answered fearfully. "The giant masked insect."

"How am I supposed to beat this thing?" Link asked. "It's got to be at least a hundred feet long and weigh about a jillion pounds."

"Got any masks?" Tatl suggested.

"None that I can use," Link replied. The worms were flying around trying to crush Link by knocking down pillars. Then he got an idea. Link decided to pull out the mask he just got after he defeated the cycloptic monster, Eyegore. "I haven't used this yet. What do you think it does?"

"WHO CARES?!" Tatl shouted. "Just DO something!! Anything!!"

Link did something. He put the mask on…and just like the Deku, Goron, and Zora Masks, Link felt a lot of pain. But Link wasn't transforming. He was starting to grow. When the growing finally stopped, Link looked at himself. He was enormous. He had to be several stories tall. He could've been like that giant ape of legend. But more than that, Link was now the same size as Twinmold. So he unleashed his now humongous sword and started running towards the giant worms.

He slashed one by the tail and it screeched in pain. Another one caught Link by surprise and knocked him down. Link fell, knocking over a pillar. The pillar collapsed on the ground, piece by piece.

"Whoa!!" he heard Tatl say. "Earthquake!!"

Link got back to his feet and pulled out his bow. It was enormous now, thanks to the effects of what he knew had to be some kind of Giant's Mask. Link shot one of his arrows and it pinned one of the worm's tails to one of the pillars. It found itself stuck. So Link decided to finish it off now. He took his sword and sliced its three-eyed head off. The worm fell to the ground and each of its segments began to explode.

As the giant worm fell, Link was ambushed by the other half of Twinmold. It hissed and snapped at Link with its huge pincers. Link tried moving, but was caught by its scaly hide, which was as hard as nails. For the fourth straight battle, Link's tunic was ravaged.

The worm was starting to thrash about. Link knew he had to close this battle. He took out his newly acquired Light Arrows and shot one of them directly in the worm's face. While it swung its head around, obviously blinded, Link delivered a final blow. He swung his sword in a straight slash across the evil three-eyed worm's head. Its segments started to explode until nothing remained. The battle was over.

Link took the mask off and shrunk down to his original size. He stood shocked, momentarily reflecting his most recent experience. Tatl flew up to him, still flashing in awe.

"Y-Y-Y-Y-You were h-h-h-huge!!! W-W-What's in that mask?!"

Link didn't know what to make of it himself. He had a feeling he should dispose of it when this was all over. He shuddered to think of what might happen if this Giant's Mask ever fell into the wrong hands. So Link just walked over to the remains of Twinmold. Just like before, it was in the form of a mask. So Link grabbed it…and a familiar light began to flash.



Chapter 32

Saria uncharacteristically giggled at the end of that. "During the whole time I raised Link in the forest, he always complained about how he felt small around everyone else. He always wished he were a little bigger. And for one moment, you mean he was bigger than the rest of the world?"

"It was a weird mask," Malon replied. "Link told me he even thought about taking it back with him, but he knew it was too dangerous to have around Hyrule. So he just picked up the remains of Twinmold and he finally learned how to stop the Skull Kid…"

Link was back in the same place. It was where he had seen the giants. When he defeated Odolwa, he learned the Oath to Order but he was still relatively confused about Majora's Mask and he had no idea how to stop the moon from falling. The second and third visits with the giants were no help either. All they said was 'Call us'. But now Link was back for a fourth time. And this time, he wanted answers.

Tatl decided to break the ice first. "Well, we've helped all of you."

"There's nothing else we can do," Link added. "So now what?"

"Call…us…"

"You told us that already!!" Link shouted. "What does that mean?!"

"Hush, Link," Tatl said softly. "I think I get it now." She flew up towards the sky. "Will you help us if we call you from atop the Clock Tower?"

"Call…us…"

"I think that's a 'yes'," Tatl assumed. "They're going help us with the Skull Kid."

The giants started groaning sadly. It was as if they were mourning. Link somehow knew Tatl was wrong on this one.

"I…don't think that's what they're saying," Link said. "I don't think they ARE going to help us."

"What?!" Tatl demanded. She was flashing in anger. "After all the trouble we went through, they'd BETTER help us!" She flew up again. "Are you saying you won't help us?! After all we've done, you won't help us?!"

The moans started becoming faint, but Tatl could make out what they were saying.

"Forgive…your…friend…"

"Forgive our friend?" Link asked rhetorically. "What does that mean?" He groaned. "I thought we had some answers! Now I feel more confused than ever! What do you guys mean by 'forgive our friend'?! What are you guys talking about?! Why won't you tell me?!"

Link got no answer. The light started to fade again.

"I don't get it," Saria said. "I thought Link got the answers he needed from that meeting with the giants. But that was just…confusing."

"I didn't get it the first time, either," Malon conceded. "It didn't make sense to Link at the time, either. But he knew what he had to do."

"And what did he do?" Saria asked.

Malon didn't say anything and Saria could see why. They were here. Kakariko Village was right in front of them. Saria remembered Kakariko Village well. For five years, she even called it home*. But she wasn't here for a homecoming. She was here to find someone…someone who she knew did something with Link and Zelda.


Chapter 33

Sodo had no idea where to go. Running after Saria seemed like a good idea at the time. After all, he had to warn her of what might happen. But more and more, this started to look like a bad idea. He had no idea where she was or where she would go. So he decided to rest…especially since his supply of red potions were dangerously low. He wouldn't last much longer out in the vastness. He knew exactly where he could go. Sodo would go to Kakariko Village.

He remembered the potion shop owner, Pofrigitio. He was the one who freed the Kokiri shortly after they were set to be executed**. But more than that, he was the one who helped take care of Saria when she left the village. When Saria disappeared for five years and lost her memory, it was Pofrigitio who let her into his family. He even became a father to her.

Po would have the potions he needed. And it would give Sodo time to think. He felt stupid for not putting more thought into this. He just rushed in with his emotions, thinking of the danger that would come if Saria was gone for too long. Of course it wouldn't matter if the moon collided with Hyrule and destroyed everything.

Sodo took a deep breath and walked towards Kakariko Village.

"You mean this is the place?"

Saria nodded as she looked at the familiar potion shop. It's where she was raised. The owner, Pofrigitio, let her into his family. She was a lost girl at that time, dying from the disease of the vastness. And he took her in as his daughter and cared for her. It was something that Saria would never forget.

"Should we go in?" Malon asked.

Saria thought about it. "I don't see where else we can go. Everyone knows me here, but that was before it all started, the discrimination and the racism. I don't know what they'll do if they see me. So if we go in, we'd better be inconspicuous."

Saria knocked on the door of the potion shop, but there was no answer.

"I don't think anybody's home," Saria concluded.

"So where do we go now?" Malon asked.

"I think we should take a short walk," Saria tried answering. She smiled mischievously. "Up for a walk in the graveyard?"

"I didn't picture myself walking through a graveyard," Malon grinned. "But why not?"

She didn't know why she felt like walking through the graveyard. Saria could have easily suggested taking some time out to sit in Hyrule Field. But maybe it was the memories. She remembered that childish curiosity she always had when she lived out here. Actually, the curiosity never really left Saria. It was that Kokiri spirit within her.

"Do you feel…cold?"

"Just a little," Saria admitted.

The winds were ominous out in the graveyard that night. Maybe it was because the moon was so close to crashing. As it came closer to the ground, the weather in Hyrule slowly became colder.

"I've got to admit," Malon suddenly said. "I've never been around here before. My dad's never told me much about this place. In fact, now that I think of it, I don't get away from the ranch much. So I haven't really seen this graveyard before."

"Have you ever seen that?" Saria asked. She pointed up towards the grave of the Royal Family.

"Never seen it," Malon responded. "Should we check it out?"

The girls' curiosity got the better of them. They slowly walked up to the huge gravestone of the Royal Family. The wind started to blow a bit more heavily when Saria and Malon reached the grave.

"So this is it," Malon said slowly.

"The Royal Family's tomb," Saria added.

Saria and Malon knelt down, but they suddenly stopped making any noise. They silenced any breathing, because they both heard something.

"Do you hear that?" Saria asked fearfully.

"It's…c-coming from down there," Malon pointed out. Indeed, it was coming from under the tomb. The dirt even seemed to be moving.

Everything inside Saria told her to run. It could have been a fearsome Poe or one of the legendary Garos. But Saria didn't run and neither did Malon. Instead, they knelt over the grave and started digging. But they didn't have to dig far. They dirt from under them started to collapse and both girls fell through screaming.

Saria and Malon tried to get up, moaning ever so slightly in the pain of their sudden fall. They found themselves in the huge chamber that was the Royal Family's tomb and it was pitch black. They couldn't see a thing. But they soon stopped making any noise when they heard a third groaning right under them. The groaning sounded like a ghost. So the girls did all they could do. They screamed and ran to a corner.

The moaning continued and the girls continued screaming. The figure walked slowly towards them and Saria and Malon were screaming their lungs out. Saria never panicked like this before in her life. Even the ghosts she saw when she first entered the Forest Temple didn't scare her this much. The way it felt…she thought it must have been a ReDead. But what neither girl noticed, was that the figure was also screaming. It was screaming in fear.

The figure walked towards a torch and the torch lit up. Finally, there was light in the dark tomb. As soon as the light illuminated the tomb, Saria and Malon stopped screaming. They could see the figure clearly now. It wasn't a ghost. It wasn't a Poe. It wasn't a ReDead.

Standing in front of them…was Princess Zelda.


*-See 'Saria's Story: Shimmering Emerald' by Post Rapture

**-See 'The Search for 12'


Any comments? Then mail me at HyruleKokiri13@hotmail/aol.com and don't forget to review below.