Nexus' House
Nexus is working on the "trinket". As of now, it is an egg-shaped piece of clay, and it has just been fired in Nexus' kiln. He takes the trinket from the fire and puts it in a cabinet to dry. While Nexus' back is turned, a hooded stranger silently enters his house.
Stranger: Good morning, Mr…
Nexus: Who are you?
Stranger: That doesn't matter. What does matter is the work you do. As I am to understand, you are currently working on a special project for our beloved monarch.
Nexus: Yeah, what business do you have with the King?
Stranger: None at all. That's my problem. I don't have any business with him. I would like to, though. But without any connections, I will never be able to get close enough to him to make my proposals.
Nexus: And why should I help you?
Stranger: Believe me, young one. I can definitely make it worth your while.
Nexus: Uh-huh. And how can you do that? Money?
Stranger: Not just money. I can give you power beyond your wildest dreams.
Nexus: What kind of power? And, how can you do that?
Stranger: I am a very powerful wizard, and I wish to be the counsel to the King.
Nexus: Interesting. Just give me time to think about it.
Stranger: Very well, but there is a time limit on my offer. It will expire in three weeks.
Nexus: Very well.
The Stranger leaves. Nexus continues his work on the strange egg device.
Hyrule Castle Courtyard
Link: Ganondorf? But that's impossible. Our seal transcends time and space, and its being backed up by yourself and six other Sages. There is no way he can break free from that prison, not even with the Triforce of Power in his hand.
Zelda: I know, but I've been having those disturbing dreams again.
Hyrule Field (Zelda's Dream)
Many inhabitants of Hyrule are doing various tasks in the field; Talon and Ingo are leading cattle to the Castle Town, the Cuckoo Lady is herding her flock, the Gorons are searching for rocks, and the Zoras are swimming in the river. Suddenly, the cloud surrounding Death Mountain changes from its usual white halo to a pulsating red circle. An enormous shadow covers the land, and a sinister laugh pierces the land. However, it is not Ganondorf's laugh. It is the laugh of Majora.
Courtyard
A look of terror comes across Link's face.
Zelda: You see what I mean?
Link: Well Princess, it is safe to say that Ganondorf should give you no reason to fear.
Zelda: Then why do you look so terrified?
Link: Because if your dream comes to pass, an evil being will present himself in the realm of Hyrule.
Zelda: What is it, and how do you know about it?
Link: For these past three days that I have been gone, I have been fighting it.
Zelda: You fought a creature of evil that rivals Ganondorf in potency in the course of three days?
Link: Well, it was more than three days. At least it was for me.
Zelda: How can that be?
Link: There is a realm outside of Hyrule. It is called Termina, and every inhabitant there is a double of someone here in Hyrule. Well, with the exception of you, me, Ganon, and the Six Sages. I mean, if there are doubles of us there, I didn't find any. Anyway, I was led there by a Skull Kid wearing a mask that was possessed by the spirit of a creature called Majora. It nearly destroyed Termina; every person that Majora encountered nearly had their lives destroyed, and it tried to summon the moon to crush the earth.
Zelda: Dear God, what did it do?
Link: To state a few examples, it turned a young man, who was about to get married, into his child self. It killed the innocent leader of the Gorons as well as a Zora band member. It turned me into a Deku Scrub, and, most importantly, it trapped the spirits of Termina's protectors in the bodies of monsters.
Zelda: Why did it do this?
Link: I honestly don't know. If I had to guess, I would have to say that it seeks chaos. But I don't understand how it can be back.
Zelda: Link, you know as well as I do that evil can never be vanquished, only set back.
Link: Yes, I know. But I always interpreted that as there will always be evil, not that we can't kill a being of evil.
Zelda: Well, what was this thing that you fought?
Link: It was a possessed mask.
Zelda: A mask? A simple mask caused all of the problems that you spoke of.
Link: Yes. I know that it sounds crazy, but it's true. The spirit of some demon controlled the mask, but without a host, it is powerless.
Zelda: It must have had a host then.
Link: Yes. It was this Skull Kid that I knew. Eventually, Majora's spirit grew powerful enough to act without the aid of the host. After he left the Skull Kid for dead, he took me to this creepy field where he gave me this other strange mask and we fought. When I defeated Majora, its spirit left the mask, and the Happy Mask Salesman took it.
Zelda: Then I can only think of one possible explanation for my dream: Majora is corporeal.
Link: You mean it's in physical form?
Zelda: Yes. That's the only explanation.
Link: Ok, I fought this thing once, I can fight it again.
Zelda: Why did Majora give you a mask too?
Link: In Termina, I received these special masks that allowed me to change my form, and then do various other tasks. I gave away my Happy Masks to set the spirits of the Four Giants free in that creepy field place. When I went to fight Majora, he said that since I didn't have any Happy Masks left, he would give me one. It was strange, he treated it almost like a game; he said that he would be the "good guy", and he gave me a cursed mask to be the "bad guy".
Zelda: What did this mask do?
Link: It also changed my form, but I was still human, I think. For the most part, I still looked like me, but it was my adult version. But I was in a different suit, and I had this funny armor and a double-edged sword that was able to shoot magic bursts. Also, my eyes, they had no color; they were completely white. It was kind of scary.
Zelda: Can I see this?
Link: I don't know. When I put on the other three masks that I have that alter my physical state, I still felt myself inside the new body. But when I wore the cursed mask, I felt a strange darkness in me. I think that, had I worn it any longer, I would have become possessed just like the Skull Kid.
Zelda: Wow. That's very strange. I've heard of spells and objects that can give people new bodies, but I've never heard of anyone being possessed by their new form. If this Majora thing is as dangerous as you say that it is, we must go do something as soon as possible to prevent it from reaching Hyrule.
Link: Let's go get Malon and return to my home in the Woods. We can talk to Saria about this. Also, send out letters to Darunia and King Zora about this. I'm sure that they will want to know about this.
Zelda: I'm not sure that my guards will allow me to leave the Castle, but take these with you just in case.
Zelda hands Link the three Spiritual Stones; the Kokiri's Emerald, the Goron's Ruby, and the Zora's Sapphire.
Zelda: All of my guards have been told that you are an ally and they shouldn't give you any trouble.
Link: Why have you given me these?
Zelda: You still have the Ocarina of Time, right?
Link: Of course.
Zelda: If something happens, and we need your adult self, you can open the Door of Time and retrieve the Master Sword.
Link: You do realize that if I do that, seven years will pass, and whatever evil that has merited my seven-year sleep will have laid waste to the lands by the time I wake up.
Zelda: Yes, I know this. I also know that while you are in the care of the Sages, you cannot be killed. If we really need you as an adult, there will be little that you can do to prevent anything, and there will be a chance that you could be killed before you are ready.
Link: Very well then. I shall inform you anything that I hear, Princess.
Zelda: Good luck, Master Link.
Link bows to Zelda and goes to the room where Malon is waiting for him. When he gets there, the bodies of twenty guards are waiting for him. Link looks around in horror, and then draws his sword. Malon is nowhere to be found.