The gang was transported to the outside of Deku Palace. The area they were in was full of lush wood life. It was like The Garden of Eden swallowed them into her majesty.
"Wow." gasped Little Mac. "This place is nice."
"Well, compared to our dump of a mansion, yes." murmured Dark Pit.
"I know, a-right?" agreed Mario.
Link -after Little Mac threw him onto the ground- inhaled deeply. This land brought back so many memories. Some good (He missed running around with only a "shirt" on. The police won't let him get away with that anymore), some bad (Ganondorf, that jerk. He's the guy who started trolling, you know), and others bitter-sweet (Zelda. That's it. Just Zelda.). It was so good to be back in Termina.
"I needed this." he sighed to himself.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Mario as he jokingly placed his hand over his heart and stumbled backward. "Link said a-something without s-s-stuttering! Someone call the media! Mama Mia! We must alert the world!"
"Funny, Mario. Funny." murmured Lucina, clearly not amused.
"Why a-thank you." the plumber took a bow. "I'll be here all week."
"Actually, we should get moving." Little Mac jumped in. "Something tells me if we don't bring back Young Link soon, the Smashers will burn down the mansion in a hungry rage."
"That seems legit," Dark Pit nodded.
"Oh, yeah!" exclaimed Mario. "Lets-a-go!"
The gang went deeper into the woods. The pat they were taking became more and more overgrown as they went on. The birds sang loudly and freely around them. It was like they were singing exactly for them. The gang found it beautiful. -Well, everyone but Link. He found it eerie.
"I'm telling you, people, there's something wrong with this song these birds are chirping." complained Link as they walked along.
"Relax, Link. It's just birds," said Lucina.
"Yeah." Agreed Little Mac. "You're probably just dehydrated from all that crying earlier."
"Dehydration causes your mind to go nuts?" asked Dark Pit. "Man, you humans' metabolism are weird."
"At least our brains aren't weird! Ha!" Mario laughed at his own joke, turned to Lucina, and raised his hand for a high five. Lucina just glanced at him and shook her head.
"I'm telling you guys, there's something off here." Link insisted.
"You think too much, Link." answered Lucina.
"...And you don't think at all! Ha!" Mario laughed again. But this time he got snubbed by Little Mac.
It went on like this, Link complaining about something creepy and Mario making everybody cringe with his bad jokes, as they walked and made it out of the woods. The singing birds faded away and were replaced with the sounds of the ocean. Waves crashing on shore, the seagulls calling out to one another; it was all quite beautiful. This shuts up Mario's comedy act, but Link was still suspicious.
"Am I the only one that can see that?" he asked, pointing to the birds from earlier. They were just flying above them in circles as if they were watching. Spying. Waiting.
"What part of 'relax' did you not understand?" Lucina scoffed. Everyone else just ignored him.
"Oh? You all are just going to ignore me now, hu?" Link asked.
"Yep,"
"Sure. Why not?"
"It worked before."
"Yeah."
"Fine!" Link exclaimed. "See if I care!"
"Gosh," Dark Pit whispered to Lucina. "His mood swings are worst than a Justin Beiber fan."
Lucina laughed. Link shot the couple a look.
"Okay, guys. Keep your a-eyes open for Young Link," said Mario. "We shouldn't-"
"Hey! What's that over there?!" Lucina called out as she pointed to something on the shore.
The walked towards it and it turned out to be Epona, the horse. She was standing on the beach, staring towards the ocean. Her mane flowed in the wind, but she seemed not to notice it.
"Oh," said Mario. "It's a-little horse!"
"Epona!" declared Link as they came up to her. "How's it going, girl?"
The horse act as if she didn't notice them. She just kept staring forward.
The five looked at where she was looking and found nothing. Epona was eider staring at some invisible mirror only she could see that hovered over the sea, or she was just staring at nothingness. It was probably the latter, mind you.
"Um... Epona?" mumbled Link as he patted her back.
"Greeny, what's wrong with your horse?" Dark Pit asked.
"I wish I knew. This is awfully strange-"
Suddenly, the birds circling over them began singing again. But, this time, the song wasn't beautiful. No, not at all. The song they sang now was sinister and disturbing. It felt as if the song was creeping closer and closer, trying to sink into you, wanting to swallow you whole. Yet, it felt familiar. The song was acting as if it wanted to be calm, but the only thing it could do was be the opposite.
"Is that... The Song of Healing?" asked Little Mac as he, along with everyone else, watched the birds sing.
"Yeah," answered Mario. "But backward."
"That cannot be good," said Dark Pit.
Lucina turned to him and took his hand. "Don't worry, dear," said Dark Pit. "You don't have to be afraid."
"Oh, I'm not scared." Lucina shot back. "I've seen you cry during Toy Story 3. I'm making sure you're not afraid."
Before Dark Pit could say something back, they all heard something appear. Yes, heard it appear. They turned around and found a statue just inches away from them.
"Oh, yeah! It's Young Link!" cheered Mario.
"No, it's not," said Lucina. "It must-"
"RUN!"
They turned around and saw Link running down the beach.
"Hey!" yelled Dark Pit. "What's your problem?"
"Run, damn it! That's no statue! It's Ben Drowned!"
Dun dun duuuun! Shocking plot twist!
Wow. I am seriously shocked you guys didn't see this coming. I've given you guys two chapters to take in the whole "they're going to Majora's Mask" thing and absolutely NO ONE guessed that this would happen. Not a single Ben joke. I don't know if I should be happy or disappointed. :/
Well, for all of you that seem not to know who or even what Ben Drowned is here's a rundown: Ben Drowned is a creepypasta (an internet horror story) about someone playing a messed up copy of Majora's Mask. In the game a statue of Young Link randomly starts following you, real Young Link has horrible things suddenly happen to him completely out of nowhere, there are glitches left and right, and a weird salesman makes you question everything. That's basically all you need to know about the creepypasta for this fanfiction; look into it more if you dare.
Yeah, so you might have noticed I've become more descriptive in my story telling. Don't worry, this fanfic will stay funny forever! I'm just trying to improve my writing skills, that's all. I hope you like it.
Shout out to DjBennyD and pokemonfan67! Thanks for the positive feedback!
Thank you all for reading! Leave a review if you want. It's finally summer, after all. You got all the time in the world to review this thing.
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