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The chambers were dark. Torches were the only source of light in the room. Shadows danced on the walls like the undead and the aroma of rose petals filled the room. Pages turned as massive, strong hands whipped them from left to right. Ganondorf studied all of the material in the book and found nothing of what he was looking for. As his eyes darted at all of the pictures in the 'Book of Hylian History' Ganondorf snorted in disgust. "Nothing.damn." Suddenly, his eyes landed upon a picture of a man. The man looked like an older version of Link. He had a white hood with a white tunic, which was worn overtop of a black bodysuit. The black bodysuit fit around his particularly muscular frame like a glove, perfectly defining his very strong leg and arm muscles. He wore black and silver Shiekah-made Crescent armor over his chest, back, and stomach. The beautifully crafted, indestructible Shiekah armor was lined with gold and had a crescent moon and a Triforce symbol inlaid upon each breastplate. The Hylian/Shiekah warrior wore black gauntlets that greatly resembled the Golden Gauntlets that Link used, only they had a Shiekah moon engraved on the plate above the back of the hand. He wore brown fighting boots and had a set of three glowing gems inlaid into his armor, just above the breastplate. Each gem seemed to glow with the power of one of the sacred goddesses of Hyrule. The Shiekah man's sharp features were adorned with battle tattoos. A blue arch, which came to a narrow point just before reaching the bridge of his nose, began at his hairline. Two sharp, red slashes were tattooed above each of his eyebrows and two small, red slashes arched underneath his glowing, white eyes. They were neat looking Ganondorf decided as he studied them. His eyes finally rested upon the incredible helix shaped sword that the man held in his hands firmly. The blades started at each side of the handle base and crisscrossed between each other at the middle of the blade. The blades molded into one at the tip of the beautiful sword. One of the helix blades was made of a green crystal and the other was made of a blue crystal. The handle was a mixture of both and altogether, the sword itself seemed to glow with magical power. "Amazing. This will be my military leader." Ganondorf ripped the page out and continued through. His beady eyes seemed to take in every detail of everything he read. The pages were old and worn. Some of them even seemed to be completely missing from the book. He turned crinkled page after crinkled page once again until he came across something else that he liked. "Majora's Mask. Hmm. Interesting. It's supposed to be very evil and contain tremendous power." The word caught him like a fly in a spider web. Power. That was the type of thing he was looking for. Ganondorf read further. The book said:
Majora's Mask is a mask of pure evil. It gives one the power to do amazing things. If a person with a righteous heart wears the mask, the spirit of Majora will tempt the person to do bad things. After a while, the once good person is taken over by Majora and they're consciousness is lost forever. If a person who desires to do evil uses the mask, Majora will test they're evilness and grant them the mask's power to avenge his spirit. The mask was cast into a pit of darkness though, never to be seen again.
"Gydo! Get in here!" Ganondorf smacked his fist on the table and awaited the clatter of scared feet on the sandy floors of the Spirit Temple Palace. The small man scuffled into the room nervously and slipped on the dirty floor. He fell on his back and scrambled to his feet again. He saluted and began to sweat as Ganondorf shook his head in annoyance. "Yes Lord Ganondorf, King of Evil, Bringer of Doom, my Dark King sir!" Gydo sputtered as many titles as he could think of to cheer his Lord up and saluted with a sharp smack of his hand to his forehead. He rubbed the small red mark in pain and froze as Ganondorf shot a cold glare. "Stop your inconsistent babbling you stupid fool! Now, where the Hell is the nearest mask dealer?" Ganondorf crossed his arms and awaited a reply. Gydo looked away and thought for a few seconds before answering. "Uh.Hyrule Market sir! Why may I ask do you need a mask my lord?" "I'm looking for the Mask of Majora. I want it now. Tell Shadow Link to shroud himself and go to Hyrule Market. Tell him to get the Majora's Mask or at least find out how to get it. Now, go!" Ganondorf rushed the little man off with a wave of energy and sent him out the door without a question. Gydo ran down the hall to another room and did as his master had commanded. "Master Shadow Link! Ganondorf has an order!" Gydo burst into the room just as Shadow Link was strapping his black Master Sword to his back. Shadow Link looked over ruefully and squinted his glowing white eyes in the darkness of the doorway. "What." "He wants you to travel to Hyrule Market and obtain Majora's Mask from the Happy Mask Shop. He said if you can't get it then find out how to get it and report back immediately." Gydo watched as the dark swordsman strapped his dark Hylian Shield to his back and started for the doorway. He stopped midway and grabbed a black cloak from a wooden chair. He threw it over his shoulders and walked out, pushing Gydo rudely out of the way.
Link and General Rile sat inside the Medicine Shop of Hyrule Market talking. They were filling extra bottles with curative items and making arrows for the archers that were still on duty. Link had polished his new vest of armor and cleaned his white tunic of all the blood stains from battle. His shield, crossbow, and gauntlets all were shiny once again also. He filled several quivers with arrows as Rile filled bottles with glowing potions. "You know? You remind me of the Lead Knight before me. He wore armor almost exactly like yours and had hair just like yours, only his was a silvery color." Rile glanced at Link as he filled yet another bottle with potion. Link looked up with an odd look. "Really? What happened to him," Link asked as he set the quiver down and kicked back. He began to tinker with the small, silver crossbow that Zelda had given him. The General gave a grave look downward as he began. "He was a good friend of mine about twenty some years ago. I served under him. He was the most amazing fighter that I have ever seen, even today. Anyway, I served under him as a commander and followed right behind him into battle when he went. His name was Razial, but we all called him Fierce Deity. It was a fitting name because he fought so viciously with his Helix Sword. He could level a line out of a battlefield with one energy swipe of his sword." "He led us into the final battle during the war with the Shiekah. We all fought bravely and eventually won. When we came back he became very ill with some unknown sickness. He died a week after our victorious battle and was laid to rest in Kakariko Village because that was where his parents lived. He had been a mixed race of Hylian and Shiekah so we buried him in the only Shiekah village in Hyrule." The General paused as Link accidentally pulled the trigger of the crossbow and sent an arrow into the floor. He pulled it out and brushed off the wicked glare of the storekeeper. "What was the graveness all about? What happened that was so bad?" Link loaded another arrow into the crossbow and looked back up. Rile continued. "Well, someone robbed his grave and took his body with them the night after the burial. He was taken to a Shiekah tribe that was stationed outside of Hyrule Kingdom. Somehow they resurrected him and got him to join them. He ceased to be the man known as Razial Fierce Deity and became a murderer for the small Shiekah tribe. He lead into Hyrule a week later a brigade of one hundred Iron Knuckle warriors and butchered many of our people like animals." "Razial was killed by a Garo Master who had been traveling in Hyrule. The Garo played a Healing Song and sent the dead warrior's spirit into a strange mask. Razial's body disappeared. I don't know what happened to the Fierce Deity mask though." Rile filled his last potion bottle and stretched out in the comfortable chair. Link was kicked back with a strange look upon his face. The weather was growing into a storm outside and began to rain lightly. The two brushed it off. "What's wrong?" "Nothing. It's just that I have a mask that looks just like the man you just described. It has silver hair, a white hood like this one, and glowing white eyes. I found it in Termina, a land that is about sixty miles East of here. I have never used it. It's kind of weird." Link glanced over at the General and saw the look of surprise on his face. "What's wrong?" "That's it. Razial had glowing white eyes when he came back to Hyrule. The Garo Master that took the mask was headed to a place called Termina when he left." The General got to his feet and Link followed. "Where is it at? I want to see this thing." "I left my masks in the Temple of Time. Lets go check it out," Link said as he and Rile walked out of the Medicine Shop and headed to the north side of town.
"Your brother has it you say?" Shadow Link scoffed from behind his mask of a robe. "When do you think he will be here?" "He was traveling around the world to get more masks for us to sell. He said he was going to bring back the Majora's Mask also. He is actually supposed to be back from the country by tomorrow. You should wait for him if you really want the mask." A young man with a big smile explained to the dark looking man. Shadow Link nodded and left to look at the town. "Nothing can ever be freaking easy for evil people. Damn." Shadow Link muttered in annoyance to himself as he headed into the Inn. He walked up to the counter and tossed the man a few rupees. The man nodded gratefully as Shadow Link trudged up the stairs to the room he had paid for. It was small and had a soft bed in the corner. He threw the robe off, making sure no one could see and dropped tiredly onto the bed. It had been a long journey all the way from Desert Colossus to Hyrule Market. He didn't even bother removing his equipment as he dozed off to get some rest.
Link and Rile both pushed the massive doorway to the Temple of Time open and headed inside from the rainy storm. Lightning struck outside, causing the windows to flash like ghosts in the night. Link found his bag containing the four special masks and pulled them out. He dropped the Goron, Zora, and Deku mask to the ground and held up the mask that looked like a Hylian/Shiekah. Rile gasped as he laid eyes on the mask. "It's.him.its Razial. That is him, I know it. I can't believe its back in Hyrule now. It's been so many years since he was put in there." "What should we do with it? I'm going to try it out for a minute." Link held the mask up to his face. Inches before it connected, Rile pulled the mask away. Link gave a questionable glance at the General and crossed his arms. "What?" "We can't do that. He is too powerful to just use out of the blue. He could overtake your conscious. It's almost like a manipulation." Rile looked at the mask and shook his head. "We should take it to the Happy Mask shop and see what he says about it. We can decide from there what to do with it." "Alright. I guess your right." Link sighed as he grabbed his other masks and slid them in a pouch on the side of his tunic. The duo headed out of the huge temple and walked down the road to the Happy Mask shop. It was only about a hundred yards from the temple entrance. As they walked, Link studied the bushes that were planted everywhere and the intricate work of the cobblestone plaza. Everything was so beautifully done. He just prayed he could keep it that way. As they walked into the shop, they were happily greeted by the frail little man that owned it. A big smile was always spread across the young man's face it seemed. He truly made the Happy Mask Shop a happy place to be. Rile laid the mask on the table and the man's smile disappeared. He studied the mask by flipping it, turning it, and feeling the texture of the wood. "This is Fierce Deity's spiritual prison cell. How did you fellas get a hold of it?" "I found it in Termina not too long ago. I never have had a chance to use it. We thought we would take it to you to see what you had to say about it." Link crossed his arms over his armored chest and shook his blonde hair out of his face. The man behind the counter studied them quickly before looking back at the mask. "So are there any dangers in using it?" "Well. Yes. You see, it is meant to only be used against things more powerful than the spirit within the mask. Fierce Deity, although I was too young to know him, was extremely powerful. He is much more powerful than either of you. At least mentally he is more powerful. Now that he is a spirit form his mental capacity is overwhelming. He could possibly take over your mind if you used him outside of a big battle." The red haired man pushed the mask over the counter and back to Link. "I wouldn't suggest using it. I don't want to have anything to do with it either so I don't want to buy it. Just don't let anyone else have- " The man was cut off buy a sudden laughter in the distance. A dark looking man walked in with a black tunic, a bloody sword, and evil eyes. He looked just like Link. Link started to unsheathe his Master Sword, but before he could he and General Rile were blasted to the floor by dark energy. Shadow Link leapt over them and the counter and held his dark Master Sword to the store owner's throat. In his left hand was something that made Link's heart sink to the floor. "Ha, ha, ha! Well it seems that I am killing two birds with one stone, eh? My boss originally told me to try and get Majora's Mask but it looks I will be getting the other one he is looking for also!" Shadow Link cackled as thunder struck outside. "I made a very nice sculpture of your brother also, Mr. Happy Mask Shop. Now hand me the Fierce Deity or they will be meeting in the afterlife!" The store owner burst into tears at the death of his brother and the possibly gruesome death he would soon be issued. Shadow Link made a sickened face and pressed the blade against his throat even further. Link looked over at Rile and then down at the mask in his hands. He threw the mask at Shadow Link and stared him ruefully in the eyes. Shadow Link pulled the blade away and wiped the blood on his hostage's shirt. The man cried even more horribly having his own brother's blood wiped upon him. "Thank you, now if you don't mind, I have to get back to my boss before he gets really angry and decides to come and turn you inside out or something." Shadow Link created a purple vortex and disappeared within it. The store owner ran outside and sobbed over his brother's corpse. The evil swordsman had performed a very sick act. He had cut the man's head off and shoved it in his own bowels by slicing his stomach open. Blood gushed out of all the cuts and lacerations on the twin brother's body. Masks laid all over the streets, soaked with blood and rain. "I don't.believe this has.happened." Link put a hand to his forehead and forced his sanity back together. "Ganondorf just gained the power of Majora and Fierce Deity. We are in serious shit now, Rile. Serious shit." "I know. I know. Let's go console the store owner and help him with his brother. Let's just make sure we are prepared because the next battle is going to be more ferocious than anything we have ever witnessed." Rile walked out the door and almost got sick at the sight of the mangled corpse. Link walked out and just looked away. The horrible stench of blood and death lingered in the midnight air.
Shadow Link walked down the halls of the massive Spirit Temple, singing and dancing with the two masks like a madman. He mimicked the shadows that crept on the walls and stared directly into the fiery braziers that were set up everywhere. His black hair drifted from left to right in his descent to his Lord's room. The sound of his joyous cries and thumping boots gave Ganondorf a sense of a good mood as he read from books to pass the time. Shadow Link burst into the room happily and strode over to Ganondorf's worktable. He tossed both of the retrieved masks in front of him carelessly and unsheathed his dark Master Sword. He sliced and practiced his swordsmanship with the brazier in the corner as Ganondorf scanned over what he had been given. "Excellent work Shadow Link. Just for your dedication to my scheme I grant you a new skill." Ganondorf cast a spell on Shadow Link and a green light erupted from within the young man. He bowed slightly and walked over to the desk and sat down. "Thank you my lord." "I can't believe you managed to get both in one trip. That is incredible. I didn't even think you knew I wanted Fierce Deity." Ganondorf studied both masks incredulously with his beady, evil eyes. Shadow Link kicked back and began to clean his blade from the murder he had committed only an hour ago. "I saw the picture on your desk and remembered you mentioning him. Link had found the mask in Termina a while ago and was talking to the mask guy about it. I gutted the guy's brother and took Majora from him. I thought I would go ahead and grab Deity while I could." Shadow Link looked up with an evil grin. Ganondorf grinned at his secret agent widely. "I put the dude's head in his stomach. Ha, ha, ha." "Good work. That should give Hyrule a little delayed scare." Ganondorf kicked back in his chair and continued to study the masks. "I don't know when I will make my final attack but it will be soon. Maybe three weeks. I don't know. I have a good plan though." "What's that?" Shadow Link scratched the granite ceiling with his sword and made a six-pointed star. Ganondorf looked across the table and grinned evilly. "I'm going to summon a planet. If they don't surrender before the planet strikes Hyrule then they will all die. If it comes to that then we will move on to a new kingdom to take over." Ganondorf cackled to himself and cracked his knuckles loudly. "Won't that destroy the whole planet if you do that though?" Shadow Link slashed an x in the ceiling with his sword and quickly wiped the shards of dust out of his eyes that fell from it. "I'll be careful. I will make it move slowly through the atmosphere. It will only brush against Hyrule and basically scrape it off of the planet. After Hyrule is no more I will send it off into orbit next to this planet. It will serve as a reminder of who is boss." Ganondorf explained his plot and Shadow Link grinned evilly. It was perfect. They couldn't lose. "If it all works out, we won't even have to fight." "I've got to hand it to you man. You are a freaking genius," the dark man replied with a grin. He sheathed his sword and looked back at the masks. Ganondorf held Majora's Mask in his hands and studied it. The swordsman just stared in interest. "Put it on and see what happens." "I guess I should test out this mask now and see if it really works. I wonder what will happen?" Ganondorf studied the mask in his hands and looked back at the Shadow across from him. "Here goes nothing I guess." Ganondorf slowly brought the mask to his face and pressed it forward. The mask seemed to suck itself to his face like a leech. A red light flashed through his vision as the world he had previously been in disappeared. He seemed to be taken to a dimensional gap. He looked around through the eyes of the mask and took it off the instant he realized he still had it on. Everything was a vortex of purple it seemed. Everything seemed to spin around him. He watched as the mask seemed to come alive in his hand. It floated a few feet away from him and soared high into the air. It turned sharply to look at him. "You are very wicked. Your desires reach beyond your frayed ends of sanity. You are evil Ganondorf. You are the King of Evil. Your desires shall be done with my magic. But, you must defeat me to gain it." "That I will do evil one." Ganondorf unsheathed the massive sword from his back and ran at the mask, which had erupted with tentacles and stingers. The yellow eyes glowed mysteriously as Ganondorf sliced at the tentacles with his massive razor. The tentacles shot at his face and whipped at his body like a gigantic octopus. He sliced several to the ground, but it seemed every time he killed one, more would grow in place. "You are powerful Majora!" "Ha, ha, ha!" Majora cackled loudly from all corners of the room. The serpentine voice echoed in his ears. It was a horrible sound he would never be able to forget. It would haunt him in his dreams it was so sinister.more sinister than he could comprehend. Ganondorf ran and sliced at the creature madly. His blade arced in so many ways that they seemed to become one with each slice. Majora upped the pace and began spinning in circles with his razor sharp tentacles. They slashed at his armor but did no harm to the black metal. Ganondorf followed him with a blast of dark energy and sprinted in with his blade to deal a load of damage to the creature. Ganondorf sliced and ripped with his sword, weaving between the tentacles like a fish in a coral reef. Majora began to weaken as each hit sapped more and more energy. He finally began to stop spinning after a heavy slice of the massive blade. His body began to dissipate into a blue flame as he convulsed violently. The serpentine voice echoed about the large room as lights began to swarm around Ganondorf. The mask appeared once again in it's natural state. "You fought well. You truly are the King of Evil. I grant you my magic without further ado. Make the mortals who scrutinized me pay with my power Ganondorf!" Ganondorf squinted his eyes as a white flash erupted from his body. The mask seemed to split apart into millions upon millions of pieces as the light swarmed into a ray upon Ganondorf's large body. Ganondorf laughed triumphantly as the magical light turned to darkness and filled his soul with more magical power than he had ever felt. There was a whipping flash of red and suddenly he was back in the study room. Shadow Link was cowering over his limp body, which hung loosely in the large chair. "Your alive. I thought Majora had like taken your soul or something." Shadow Link sat back down as Ganondorf rubbed his forehead. The man's red hair was messed up and perspiration seemed to drench his brow. The strong Gerudo man sighed and got up. He walked toward a hammock in the corner of the room and dropped tiredly into it. Shadow Link arose and waited for a reply. "I'm so damn tired now. I'm going to grab a couple hours. Don't let anyone touch that Fierce Deity mask. Shadow Link nodded and sat down in the chair, drooping back lazily and attempting get some sleep also. He stared at the star he had made on the ceiling and grinned at the handy work.
The chambers were dark. Torches were the only source of light in the room. Shadows danced on the walls like the undead and the aroma of rose petals filled the room. Pages turned as massive, strong hands whipped them from left to right. Ganondorf studied all of the material in the book and found nothing of what he was looking for. As his eyes darted at all of the pictures in the 'Book of Hylian History' Ganondorf snorted in disgust. "Nothing.damn." Suddenly, his eyes landed upon a picture of a man. The man looked like an older version of Link. He had a white hood with a white tunic, which was worn overtop of a black bodysuit. The black bodysuit fit around his particularly muscular frame like a glove, perfectly defining his very strong leg and arm muscles. He wore black and silver Shiekah-made Crescent armor over his chest, back, and stomach. The beautifully crafted, indestructible Shiekah armor was lined with gold and had a crescent moon and a Triforce symbol inlaid upon each breastplate. The Hylian/Shiekah warrior wore black gauntlets that greatly resembled the Golden Gauntlets that Link used, only they had a Shiekah moon engraved on the plate above the back of the hand. He wore brown fighting boots and had a set of three glowing gems inlaid into his armor, just above the breastplate. Each gem seemed to glow with the power of one of the sacred goddesses of Hyrule. The Shiekah man's sharp features were adorned with battle tattoos. A blue arch, which came to a narrow point just before reaching the bridge of his nose, began at his hairline. Two sharp, red slashes were tattooed above each of his eyebrows and two small, red slashes arched underneath his glowing, white eyes. They were neat looking Ganondorf decided as he studied them. His eyes finally rested upon the incredible helix shaped sword that the man held in his hands firmly. The blades started at each side of the handle base and crisscrossed between each other at the middle of the blade. The blades molded into one at the tip of the beautiful sword. One of the helix blades was made of a green crystal and the other was made of a blue crystal. The handle was a mixture of both and altogether, the sword itself seemed to glow with magical power. "Amazing. This will be my military leader." Ganondorf ripped the page out and continued through. His beady eyes seemed to take in every detail of everything he read. The pages were old and worn. Some of them even seemed to be completely missing from the book. He turned crinkled page after crinkled page once again until he came across something else that he liked. "Majora's Mask. Hmm. Interesting. It's supposed to be very evil and contain tremendous power." The word caught him like a fly in a spider web. Power. That was the type of thing he was looking for. Ganondorf read further. The book said:
Majora's Mask is a mask of pure evil. It gives one the power to do amazing things. If a person with a righteous heart wears the mask, the spirit of Majora will tempt the person to do bad things. After a while, the once good person is taken over by Majora and they're consciousness is lost forever. If a person who desires to do evil uses the mask, Majora will test they're evilness and grant them the mask's power to avenge his spirit. The mask was cast into a pit of darkness though, never to be seen again.
"Gydo! Get in here!" Ganondorf smacked his fist on the table and awaited the clatter of scared feet on the sandy floors of the Spirit Temple Palace. The small man scuffled into the room nervously and slipped on the dirty floor. He fell on his back and scrambled to his feet again. He saluted and began to sweat as Ganondorf shook his head in annoyance. "Yes Lord Ganondorf, King of Evil, Bringer of Doom, my Dark King sir!" Gydo sputtered as many titles as he could think of to cheer his Lord up and saluted with a sharp smack of his hand to his forehead. He rubbed the small red mark in pain and froze as Ganondorf shot a cold glare. "Stop your inconsistent babbling you stupid fool! Now, where the Hell is the nearest mask dealer?" Ganondorf crossed his arms and awaited a reply. Gydo looked away and thought for a few seconds before answering. "Uh.Hyrule Market sir! Why may I ask do you need a mask my lord?" "I'm looking for the Mask of Majora. I want it now. Tell Shadow Link to shroud himself and go to Hyrule Market. Tell him to get the Majora's Mask or at least find out how to get it. Now, go!" Ganondorf rushed the little man off with a wave of energy and sent him out the door without a question. Gydo ran down the hall to another room and did as his master had commanded. "Master Shadow Link! Ganondorf has an order!" Gydo burst into the room just as Shadow Link was strapping his black Master Sword to his back. Shadow Link looked over ruefully and squinted his glowing white eyes in the darkness of the doorway. "What." "He wants you to travel to Hyrule Market and obtain Majora's Mask from the Happy Mask Shop. He said if you can't get it then find out how to get it and report back immediately." Gydo watched as the dark swordsman strapped his dark Hylian Shield to his back and started for the doorway. He stopped midway and grabbed a black cloak from a wooden chair. He threw it over his shoulders and walked out, pushing Gydo rudely out of the way.
Link and General Rile sat inside the Medicine Shop of Hyrule Market talking. They were filling extra bottles with curative items and making arrows for the archers that were still on duty. Link had polished his new vest of armor and cleaned his white tunic of all the blood stains from battle. His shield, crossbow, and gauntlets all were shiny once again also. He filled several quivers with arrows as Rile filled bottles with glowing potions. "You know? You remind me of the Lead Knight before me. He wore armor almost exactly like yours and had hair just like yours, only his was a silvery color." Rile glanced at Link as he filled yet another bottle with potion. Link looked up with an odd look. "Really? What happened to him," Link asked as he set the quiver down and kicked back. He began to tinker with the small, silver crossbow that Zelda had given him. The General gave a grave look downward as he began. "He was a good friend of mine about twenty some years ago. I served under him. He was the most amazing fighter that I have ever seen, even today. Anyway, I served under him as a commander and followed right behind him into battle when he went. His name was Razial, but we all called him Fierce Deity. It was a fitting name because he fought so viciously with his Helix Sword. He could level a line out of a battlefield with one energy swipe of his sword." "He led us into the final battle during the war with the Shiekah. We all fought bravely and eventually won. When we came back he became very ill with some unknown sickness. He died a week after our victorious battle and was laid to rest in Kakariko Village because that was where his parents lived. He had been a mixed race of Hylian and Shiekah so we buried him in the only Shiekah village in Hyrule." The General paused as Link accidentally pulled the trigger of the crossbow and sent an arrow into the floor. He pulled it out and brushed off the wicked glare of the storekeeper. "What was the graveness all about? What happened that was so bad?" Link loaded another arrow into the crossbow and looked back up. Rile continued. "Well, someone robbed his grave and took his body with them the night after the burial. He was taken to a Shiekah tribe that was stationed outside of Hyrule Kingdom. Somehow they resurrected him and got him to join them. He ceased to be the man known as Razial Fierce Deity and became a murderer for the small Shiekah tribe. He lead into Hyrule a week later a brigade of one hundred Iron Knuckle warriors and butchered many of our people like animals." "Razial was killed by a Garo Master who had been traveling in Hyrule. The Garo played a Healing Song and sent the dead warrior's spirit into a strange mask. Razial's body disappeared. I don't know what happened to the Fierce Deity mask though." Rile filled his last potion bottle and stretched out in the comfortable chair. Link was kicked back with a strange look upon his face. The weather was growing into a storm outside and began to rain lightly. The two brushed it off. "What's wrong?" "Nothing. It's just that I have a mask that looks just like the man you just described. It has silver hair, a white hood like this one, and glowing white eyes. I found it in Termina, a land that is about sixty miles East of here. I have never used it. It's kind of weird." Link glanced over at the General and saw the look of surprise on his face. "What's wrong?" "That's it. Razial had glowing white eyes when he came back to Hyrule. The Garo Master that took the mask was headed to a place called Termina when he left." The General got to his feet and Link followed. "Where is it at? I want to see this thing." "I left my masks in the Temple of Time. Lets go check it out," Link said as he and Rile walked out of the Medicine Shop and headed to the north side of town.
"Your brother has it you say?" Shadow Link scoffed from behind his mask of a robe. "When do you think he will be here?" "He was traveling around the world to get more masks for us to sell. He said he was going to bring back the Majora's Mask also. He is actually supposed to be back from the country by tomorrow. You should wait for him if you really want the mask." A young man with a big smile explained to the dark looking man. Shadow Link nodded and left to look at the town. "Nothing can ever be freaking easy for evil people. Damn." Shadow Link muttered in annoyance to himself as he headed into the Inn. He walked up to the counter and tossed the man a few rupees. The man nodded gratefully as Shadow Link trudged up the stairs to the room he had paid for. It was small and had a soft bed in the corner. He threw the robe off, making sure no one could see and dropped tiredly onto the bed. It had been a long journey all the way from Desert Colossus to Hyrule Market. He didn't even bother removing his equipment as he dozed off to get some rest.
Link and Rile both pushed the massive doorway to the Temple of Time open and headed inside from the rainy storm. Lightning struck outside, causing the windows to flash like ghosts in the night. Link found his bag containing the four special masks and pulled them out. He dropped the Goron, Zora, and Deku mask to the ground and held up the mask that looked like a Hylian/Shiekah. Rile gasped as he laid eyes on the mask. "It's.him.its Razial. That is him, I know it. I can't believe its back in Hyrule now. It's been so many years since he was put in there." "What should we do with it? I'm going to try it out for a minute." Link held the mask up to his face. Inches before it connected, Rile pulled the mask away. Link gave a questionable glance at the General and crossed his arms. "What?" "We can't do that. He is too powerful to just use out of the blue. He could overtake your conscious. It's almost like a manipulation." Rile looked at the mask and shook his head. "We should take it to the Happy Mask shop and see what he says about it. We can decide from there what to do with it." "Alright. I guess your right." Link sighed as he grabbed his other masks and slid them in a pouch on the side of his tunic. The duo headed out of the huge temple and walked down the road to the Happy Mask shop. It was only about a hundred yards from the temple entrance. As they walked, Link studied the bushes that were planted everywhere and the intricate work of the cobblestone plaza. Everything was so beautifully done. He just prayed he could keep it that way. As they walked into the shop, they were happily greeted by the frail little man that owned it. A big smile was always spread across the young man's face it seemed. He truly made the Happy Mask Shop a happy place to be. Rile laid the mask on the table and the man's smile disappeared. He studied the mask by flipping it, turning it, and feeling the texture of the wood. "This is Fierce Deity's spiritual prison cell. How did you fellas get a hold of it?" "I found it in Termina not too long ago. I never have had a chance to use it. We thought we would take it to you to see what you had to say about it." Link crossed his arms over his armored chest and shook his blonde hair out of his face. The man behind the counter studied them quickly before looking back at the mask. "So are there any dangers in using it?" "Well. Yes. You see, it is meant to only be used against things more powerful than the spirit within the mask. Fierce Deity, although I was too young to know him, was extremely powerful. He is much more powerful than either of you. At least mentally he is more powerful. Now that he is a spirit form his mental capacity is overwhelming. He could possibly take over your mind if you used him outside of a big battle." The red haired man pushed the mask over the counter and back to Link. "I wouldn't suggest using it. I don't want to have anything to do with it either so I don't want to buy it. Just don't let anyone else have- " The man was cut off buy a sudden laughter in the distance. A dark looking man walked in with a black tunic, a bloody sword, and evil eyes. He looked just like Link. Link started to unsheathe his Master Sword, but before he could he and General Rile were blasted to the floor by dark energy. Shadow Link leapt over them and the counter and held his dark Master Sword to the store owner's throat. In his left hand was something that made Link's heart sink to the floor. "Ha, ha, ha! Well it seems that I am killing two birds with one stone, eh? My boss originally told me to try and get Majora's Mask but it looks I will be getting the other one he is looking for also!" Shadow Link cackled as thunder struck outside. "I made a very nice sculpture of your brother also, Mr. Happy Mask Shop. Now hand me the Fierce Deity or they will be meeting in the afterlife!" The store owner burst into tears at the death of his brother and the possibly gruesome death he would soon be issued. Shadow Link made a sickened face and pressed the blade against his throat even further. Link looked over at Rile and then down at the mask in his hands. He threw the mask at Shadow Link and stared him ruefully in the eyes. Shadow Link pulled the blade away and wiped the blood on his hostage's shirt. The man cried even more horribly having his own brother's blood wiped upon him. "Thank you, now if you don't mind, I have to get back to my boss before he gets really angry and decides to come and turn you inside out or something." Shadow Link created a purple vortex and disappeared within it. The store owner ran outside and sobbed over his brother's corpse. The evil swordsman had performed a very sick act. He had cut the man's head off and shoved it in his own bowels by slicing his stomach open. Blood gushed out of all the cuts and lacerations on the twin brother's body. Masks laid all over the streets, soaked with blood and rain. "I don't.believe this has.happened." Link put a hand to his forehead and forced his sanity back together. "Ganondorf just gained the power of Majora and Fierce Deity. We are in serious shit now, Rile. Serious shit." "I know. I know. Let's go console the store owner and help him with his brother. Let's just make sure we are prepared because the next battle is going to be more ferocious than anything we have ever witnessed." Rile walked out the door and almost got sick at the sight of the mangled corpse. Link walked out and just looked away. The horrible stench of blood and death lingered in the midnight air.
Shadow Link walked down the halls of the massive Spirit Temple, singing and dancing with the two masks like a madman. He mimicked the shadows that crept on the walls and stared directly into the fiery braziers that were set up everywhere. His black hair drifted from left to right in his descent to his Lord's room. The sound of his joyous cries and thumping boots gave Ganondorf a sense of a good mood as he read from books to pass the time. Shadow Link burst into the room happily and strode over to Ganondorf's worktable. He tossed both of the retrieved masks in front of him carelessly and unsheathed his dark Master Sword. He sliced and practiced his swordsmanship with the brazier in the corner as Ganondorf scanned over what he had been given. "Excellent work Shadow Link. Just for your dedication to my scheme I grant you a new skill." Ganondorf cast a spell on Shadow Link and a green light erupted from within the young man. He bowed slightly and walked over to the desk and sat down. "Thank you my lord." "I can't believe you managed to get both in one trip. That is incredible. I didn't even think you knew I wanted Fierce Deity." Ganondorf studied both masks incredulously with his beady, evil eyes. Shadow Link kicked back and began to clean his blade from the murder he had committed only an hour ago. "I saw the picture on your desk and remembered you mentioning him. Link had found the mask in Termina a while ago and was talking to the mask guy about it. I gutted the guy's brother and took Majora from him. I thought I would go ahead and grab Deity while I could." Shadow Link looked up with an evil grin. Ganondorf grinned at his secret agent widely. "I put the dude's head in his stomach. Ha, ha, ha." "Good work. That should give Hyrule a little delayed scare." Ganondorf kicked back in his chair and continued to study the masks. "I don't know when I will make my final attack but it will be soon. Maybe three weeks. I don't know. I have a good plan though." "What's that?" Shadow Link scratched the granite ceiling with his sword and made a six-pointed star. Ganondorf looked across the table and grinned evilly. "I'm going to summon a planet. If they don't surrender before the planet strikes Hyrule then they will all die. If it comes to that then we will move on to a new kingdom to take over." Ganondorf cackled to himself and cracked his knuckles loudly. "Won't that destroy the whole planet if you do that though?" Shadow Link slashed an x in the ceiling with his sword and quickly wiped the shards of dust out of his eyes that fell from it. "I'll be careful. I will make it move slowly through the atmosphere. It will only brush against Hyrule and basically scrape it off of the planet. After Hyrule is no more I will send it off into orbit next to this planet. It will serve as a reminder of who is boss." Ganondorf explained his plot and Shadow Link grinned evilly. It was perfect. They couldn't lose. "If it all works out, we won't even have to fight." "I've got to hand it to you man. You are a freaking genius," the dark man replied with a grin. He sheathed his sword and looked back at the masks. Ganondorf held Majora's Mask in his hands and studied it. The swordsman just stared in interest. "Put it on and see what happens." "I guess I should test out this mask now and see if it really works. I wonder what will happen?" Ganondorf studied the mask in his hands and looked back at the Shadow across from him. "Here goes nothing I guess." Ganondorf slowly brought the mask to his face and pressed it forward. The mask seemed to suck itself to his face like a leech. A red light flashed through his vision as the world he had previously been in disappeared. He seemed to be taken to a dimensional gap. He looked around through the eyes of the mask and took it off the instant he realized he still had it on. Everything was a vortex of purple it seemed. Everything seemed to spin around him. He watched as the mask seemed to come alive in his hand. It floated a few feet away from him and soared high into the air. It turned sharply to look at him. "You are very wicked. Your desires reach beyond your frayed ends of sanity. You are evil Ganondorf. You are the King of Evil. Your desires shall be done with my magic. But, you must defeat me to gain it." "That I will do evil one." Ganondorf unsheathed the massive sword from his back and ran at the mask, which had erupted with tentacles and stingers. The yellow eyes glowed mysteriously as Ganondorf sliced at the tentacles with his massive razor. The tentacles shot at his face and whipped at his body like a gigantic octopus. He sliced several to the ground, but it seemed every time he killed one, more would grow in place. "You are powerful Majora!" "Ha, ha, ha!" Majora cackled loudly from all corners of the room. The serpentine voice echoed in his ears. It was a horrible sound he would never be able to forget. It would haunt him in his dreams it was so sinister.more sinister than he could comprehend. Ganondorf ran and sliced at the creature madly. His blade arced in so many ways that they seemed to become one with each slice. Majora upped the pace and began spinning in circles with his razor sharp tentacles. They slashed at his armor but did no harm to the black metal. Ganondorf followed him with a blast of dark energy and sprinted in with his blade to deal a load of damage to the creature. Ganondorf sliced and ripped with his sword, weaving between the tentacles like a fish in a coral reef. Majora began to weaken as each hit sapped more and more energy. He finally began to stop spinning after a heavy slice of the massive blade. His body began to dissipate into a blue flame as he convulsed violently. The serpentine voice echoed about the large room as lights began to swarm around Ganondorf. The mask appeared once again in it's natural state. "You fought well. You truly are the King of Evil. I grant you my magic without further ado. Make the mortals who scrutinized me pay with my power Ganondorf!" Ganondorf squinted his eyes as a white flash erupted from his body. The mask seemed to split apart into millions upon millions of pieces as the light swarmed into a ray upon Ganondorf's large body. Ganondorf laughed triumphantly as the magical light turned to darkness and filled his soul with more magical power than he had ever felt. There was a whipping flash of red and suddenly he was back in the study room. Shadow Link was cowering over his limp body, which hung loosely in the large chair. "Your alive. I thought Majora had like taken your soul or something." Shadow Link sat back down as Ganondorf rubbed his forehead. The man's red hair was messed up and perspiration seemed to drench his brow. The strong Gerudo man sighed and got up. He walked toward a hammock in the corner of the room and dropped tiredly into it. Shadow Link arose and waited for a reply. "I'm so damn tired now. I'm going to grab a couple hours. Don't let anyone touch that Fierce Deity mask. Shadow Link nodded and sat down in the chair, drooping back lazily and attempting get some sleep also. He stared at the star he had made on the ceiling and grinned at the handy work.