"Princess Zelda?" Link asked, looking at Trojan and Mosspea in confusion. Navi, although she was wiser than she seemed of information like this, was also confused. Link was being looked at from every corner of town, for the song he had just played had brought allot of attention, and only a few had not bowed low and seemed very idiotic standing among the listeners. In his mind, the 10-year-old boy pieced together a thought. Did his mother sing this song to him for a reason? It was then Link realised that something was extremely wrong with this. He could remember the song his mother sung for as long as he could remember, even before the Great Deku Tree reminded him, but he was asleep when his mother had sung it to him.
How could Link remember a song that was sung to him only once, more so, when he wasn't able to hear it? The boy thought a little more and remembered his nightmares. The wicked man was what he first thought of, the flame-red haired black-clad wicked man on horseback, but he thought about the two he had seen before that. A fair girl his age and a strong-looking guardian. The girl had looked at Link with fear in her eyes, a tear forming maybe, but she rode off. He, Link, couldn't exactly think of what this meant, but he felt he should meet Princess Zelda to find out.
"How old is Princess Zelda?" Link asked Trojan. He raised, as did everyone else soon after.
"Around that of yours, kid." Trojan replied.
"I want to see her." Link said rather stern, only causing laughter from around. Trojan glared at the laughing ones.
"WOULD ANYONE PLEASE INFORM ME OF WHY A SMALL BOY SAYING SUCH THINGS IS FUNNY?" He shouted. Everyone fell quiet. "AND WOULD ANYONE PLEASE INFORM ME WHY EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE LISTENING INTO OUR BUISSNESS, NOT THEIR OWN?"
Everyone in the market suddenly began to move around and pretend they were talking to one-another. Trojan turned to the child.
"I do." Link said, his face turning serious. "It's of my own reason, but I want to see Princess Zelda."
Trojan thought for a while, of who in the past had seen the fair Princess. Princes from other worlds had came from far and wide, trying to marry her, even some minstrels had been able to see her. But there was one person who had been able to speak to her without permission. And if Trojan remembered correctly, this man was still in Hyrule.
"Go and see the man in that shop there, kid" Said Trojan, pointing at a strange shop. "Go and see the owner. If he isn't in, play your Ocarina. What ever you do, don't speak until he speaks to you. And Navi, if you will be so kind as to wait here with me?"
"Alright" Navi chimed in her high voice, leaving Link's side to Trojan's.
"He will know what you want!" Trojan shouted as Link walked towards the shop. "And remember, He calls himself 'The Happy Mask Man'."

Link slowly entered the shop, the surroundings scaring him slightly. The walls were a strong dark red, with red velvet curtains drooping around the counter, and a strange sign to his left. He stood at the counter and for a few seconds there was only silence, but soon he heard a voice.

"Say who you are, but say in rhyme.
Say what is it you want of mine."

Link looked confused for a second, but then he did as the voice said. He thought for a second, then made up a rhyme.

"I have been told you know who I am.
Please show yourself, Happy Mask Man."

At that a man with squinted eyes and a happy grin appeared from behind the counter. Link jumped slightly, and the man started to talk.

"To get to the courtyard of castle so great,
Riddle to the man at the gates.
Fool him, trick him, then be off,
Say you're a messenger of Gannondorf.
Enter quickly before they suspect
And you will meet the fair princess."

Link squinted at the man, whose smile had not grown or shrunk.
"For a man who tells riddles, you make bad lyrics." He muttered.

"Yourself could not do better, but worse,
To try and mimic my rocky verse."

"Understood..." Link sighed, taking the point. "I shall leave you now."

"Before you go, a riddle you answer,
The outcome will make your quest seem faster.
A new person inside you will see,
But on the outside it will be"

Link stood in thought of the riddle, then of the man himself. He had not moved apart from opening his mouth, which somehow always returned to his cheeky grin. Then Link realised the title of the man.
"MASKS!" He shouted with glee. "The answer is masks!" The Happy Mask Man pulled aside a curtain from behind him, revealing shelves of masks, he picked up three and placed them on the table.
"These three," said the man, away from his riddles, "Are transformation masks. Goron, Zora, Deku. You will need these as you grow up-"
"Grow up?" Link asked suddenly.
"You shall find that out." Said the Happy Mask Man. "You will need these as you grow up and also need them soon, for communication to Gorons and Zora's will be better. Take these, Link of the Kokiri, and forever remember me. Do not show these to any other person in this town, just use them at times of needs. And, by the way, you will not need the Deku to talk to the Deku's. You will need it later on."
Link took the masks with a chime of "Thank you" as left the shop. Trojan and Navi awaited him (Mr. Mosspea had gone home as he decided he would wait for the "Goron Sugar-Rush" to be over, he had enough money from the "Hylian Children Sugar-Rush" to keep him a month or so). Navi flew to links side and Trojan messed up the boy's hair in a friendly way.
"Did he tell you enough?" The guard asked.
"Yes, he told me how to-"
"SHH!" Trojan interrupted Links words. "You cannot say what you are going to do in such a busy town. Now go and do this, and remember where my little house is. I want you back in one piece, kid!"
Link nodded and ran down the market place and past some shops into a path leading to the great Hyrule Castle. Link still didn't know what this was, but he knew Princess Zelda was inside.
Maybe she can tell me about her song, Link thought, and maybe she knows about my nightmares. I'm not quite sure what a princess is, but I think she'll look something like Tippo the Deku Scrub.
"Wait..." Navi said suddenly. Link jumped, forgetting she was with him. "Can you hear that?"
Link had not been listening for anything as he ran up the path, and found he could hear a soft voice when he did listen. The tune was slow and relaxing, and Link was sure he could mimic it on his ocarina.
He brought out his little ocarina and started to play, the notes were pretty easy to follow, and almost instantly something grabbed his shoulder, the singing stopped when Link played.
"You know that song?" Came a voice. Link spun round to see a girl with long ginger hair stood behind him.
"Uh... not realy... I just heard you sing it and mimicked it on my ocarina..."
"Have you been to the Lon Lon ranch, Fairy Boy?" she asked quickly. Link was quite disgusted at what she had called him, but realised it wasn't the first he had been called that.
"I haven't..." Link began
"Have you seen my father?"
"No I-"
"Ohh I can't find him..."
"But if I-"
"What are you doing around here, Fairy Boy?"
"I'm here..." Link began, pausing. He couldn't tell this stranger his plans. He thought a little and then splurted out "I'm here to see Kaepora Gaebora."
Suddenly a loud hoot was heard from above, and in a tree that stood near Link sat the owl himself. Link felt quite shocked and embarrassed at the fact Kaepora had been waiting there for almost a day and still Link hadn't remembered to see him until then.
"Malon, daughter of Talon, would you please leave me and the Fairy Boy to talk?"
"Ok..." Sighed Malon, and she skipped down the path towards the market. The boy looked up at Kaepora.
"You have a way with girls." Link said. "I could never get Saria to leave me alone that quickly."
"I have a way with words." Kaepora corrected. "And I understand you must as well to get into the castle."
"I must." Link answered. "And I must apologise for forgetting about you."
"Somehow, Link, I don't think you forgot about me." Said Kaepora, twisting around his head. Link took a step back and looked in confusion. "I also understand you know what to do now."
"Yes. Apart from, what should I do after I meet Princess Zelda?"
"That will come to you." Said Kaepora, biting his wing with his beak to scratch himself. "But now, Link, you are on your own until we meet again." At that Kaepora Gaebora took flight. Link was still in deep thought about why Kaepora thought he had never forgot him, but Navi pressured Link to go on.
"We must get into the castle." She said. "It is time for you to Riddle the man at the gates."