Chapter 1 – Apocalypse Canceled

"Hello, fairy boy..."

"You don't have any more masks, do you..."

It was so quiet. The weather was magnificent. The other four children wearing the other boss' remains were all gone. The final child, sitting under the giant tree in the middle was wearing Majora's Mask.

"Great weather, isn't it?"

Link nodded.

"I have one more thing left with me. I don't think I need it anymore."

The Majora child extended his arm, holding a mask in his hands. Another transformation mask? An Adult Link transformation mask? No. No Way.

Fierce Deity's Mask.

"It's the most powerful mask in the world. It has enough power to overthrow Majora."

Link stared at the mask, and then glanced at the child.

"Hide and seek...Let's play..." brief pause "Okay, I'll hide..."

Link stood no longer in the meadow. He now stood in a small, round room. The walls were a

pretty purple color. But they kept changing. It looked like colored smoke. The Fierce Deity's

Mask started to glow. Link felt it, brought it up to his face, and put it on. His body suddenly

grew, and he felt like he did as an adult in Hyrule. He had a large, magic, green helix sword in

his hands. His gauntlets were strong as rocks, and he felt energized. He began to walk.

The remains of the four bosses – Odolwa, Goht, Gyorg, and Twinmold all separated and

attached to different walls. Majora's Mask lay on the wall directly in front of him. It lit up and

came to life. Majora's Mask floated off the wall.


MAJORA'S MASK

The sinister mask floated as red tentacles lowered from its spikes. It spun in a counter-clockwise direction, and charged at Link, sending him for a spin.

Link screamed.

He gave his large sword a swing at Majora. Electric jolts energetically came rushing from the sword and zapped Majora. Link continued using this defeat mechanism to finish off the mask. He repeated himself over and over until the mask could stand no more.

The four remains of the bosses came at Link. These guys are gonna be a cinch. Link simply swung the sword and all four, causing them to dissolve into ash on the ground.

Majora's Mask centered itself, and suddenly a pair of arms and legs sprouted out from the monster.


MAJORA'S INCARNATION

The menacing monster immediately ran across the room in a very disturbing style. It was too fast for Link to catch. Link continued to shoot jolts from the powerful sword over and over, wasting magic power at the same time. Finally, the monster was hit. He fell over onto the ground, completely electrified.

Then the insane Majora rammed Link with force and agility, sending him across the room. Link screamed.

Link got so annoyed by this incarnated form of Majora, so he got up, close, and personal.

He slashed and hacked with the giant sword and finally Majora had had enough.

The monster's arms and legs began getting larger and fatter, like blood was simultaneously being pumped into them. A hideous, monstrous, evil head grew out from the top of the monster. Majora stuck his arms in the air and two long whips grew out from each hand.


MAJORA'S WRATH

The monster ran to the opposite side of the room and threw his whips at Link. They constricted him, the same way Morpha had in the Water Temple. Then, he chucked Link across the room, giving him a loud and painful scream.

The whips stung Link badly when they touched him. Link pulled himself to his feet and began to shoot jolts at Majora again. Majora powered up an energy ball and sent it at Link.

Link thought this time. He's not an idiot. He dodged the sphere and gave Majora a nice, electrifying slash from the giant sword. The fight was getting brutal.

Majora yelled his menacing call to intimidate Link, but Link was afraid of nothing. Link lunged forward and smashed the monster with the sword. The monster was terminal.


Link finally sent the final blow from the helix sword into Majora's monstrous heart. The creature

shrieked and hopelessly fell over, dissolving into ash, all except the mask. Link had finally

defeated the possessed evil creature who tormented Termina. Link stood in silence in the heart

of the moon as Majora's Mask fell onto the floor. He walked over to the mask and picked it up,

looking at it. The mask gave off a brilliant, bright light, and all of the sudden, Link found himself

standing right outside of Clock Town near the entrance to the Southern Swamp.

Link looked up at the gigantic moon, as the four giants gave it one final heave up into the sky.

The moon launched back up to its spot, where it had always belonged. The sky returned to

normal, and the sun came out. People in every direction who had fled Clock Town cheered and

rejoiced to Link's victory. Link looked around and realized that he had done another heroic

deed, just like he had in Hyrule.


"So the mask has finally returned to normal," a nearby voice said.

Link turned around, to see the Happy Mask Salesman.

"Thank you for returning my mask to me; I will keep it in a safe place where it can never get in the hands of a sinister being," the salesman said.

Link smiled.

"As for me, I need to head back to my home...shouldn't you be returning home too? Anyways, I gotta run. Bye," the salesman said.

Link heard a crackling noise from behind him. He turned around. It was the Skull Kid and Tatl an Tael. This time, wearing no mask.

"You...you actually wanted to be...my...friend?" the Skull Kid asked.

The South Giant looked at him. There was a brief silence. Then all four giants began to sing the Oath to Order as they all walked back to their designated areas.

"I...I'm...I'm sorry," said the Skull Kid.

"Forgiven," said Link. "It wasn't you who did it, it was the mask."

The Skull Kid slowly approached Link, then sniffed him. He began laughing.

"You have the same smell as the Ocarina kid I saw in the forest!" he said.

"Link!" yelled Tatl.

Link looked at Tatl.

"We did it. But, since it's all over now, I think this must be time to say goodbye."

Link nodded.

"Ya know, it was actually kinda fun..." said Tatl.

Link looked at Tatl, Tael, and the Skull Kid.

"Goodbye..." said Tatl.

"Goodbye," Link replied as he mounted on Epona.

Link hit Epona and she galloped off.

"Link!" Tatl yelled, as he rode off, "thank you, Link."

Link had rode off into the woods between Termina and Hyrule again. Back in Termina, the Carnival of Time had started, finally. All was well. Link took a look around and saw that many things in his world had changed, except for one thing: himself.

It had actually been a full two years since he had departed Hyrule and come to Termina, but to him it was nothing more than a repetitive three days. For the people in Termina, too, only three short days had passed since Link set foot in the land.

He was exhausted, and tired of backtracking. He was ready to live his life the way he wanted to live it now. He knew there would be many changes in Hyrule, but he was well prepared for them.

He continued on into the forest with Epona. It had gotten darker, but Link could still see the multiple rays of sunlight beaming through the treetops. He felt good. He was now a double-time hero.

The forest got darker, but Link shone on, as he continued to ride through the thicket. Nothing could stop him now, on his long-expected journey back to his original home, Hyrule.

END OF CHAPTER 1