((A/N: So I had half of this done a long time ago, and now I'm done with it. Haha, nice, huh? Anyways, Dulceus belongs to me. And then yeah... I have not much to say, except that the Happy Mask Salesman is not smoking pot... and yea, I do believe that the one in OOT is the same in MM, just in case others say differently. Some may. R&R.))

Link came down to the vasts libraries of Hyrule Castle. The libraries were huge, holding millions of books, large and small. And yet, Dulceus, the Hyrule Castle elder, has still not read them all. And Dulceus is exactly who Link was looking for.

Link heard a low murmuring sound. It was obviously Dulceus. He always read out loud to himself. Ever since he defeated Ganondorf, he and Dulceus had been close friends. Link learned so much from Dulceus. Dulceus was like the father or grandfather figure Link never had.

"Dulceus?" Link asked. The man kept talking. Link wandered farther into the library. Then he finally found the old man. He was reading a book, just like Link thought he was doing, and a rather large book at that. Link smiled. "Dulceus!" he shouted. The man looked over, surprised, and then smiled.

"Ah, Link... come along, sit down, sit down. You'd be amazed at what I just found in this book. The Sheikah were loyal to the Royal Family of Hyrule, correct? Well I've found something in this book concerning the Sheikah. It seems that in addition to Kakariko Village, which we know the Sheikah built, they seem to also have many different outposts in Hyrule. Secret outposts. Some in caves, some underground, some in areas of the world we'd never imagine!" he said. He kept the book open and Link laughed.

"That's cool... hey, I was wondering..."

"Did you have the dream that Zelda had?"

Link blinked, and nodded slowly.

Dulceus walked away from his book and walked near a piece of paper, which had scribbles on it. "Zelda told me about this dream... I wrote down the important things about it. It seems, though, that these crazy things happening lately are linked to those dreams. In the dream, the king is dead, Ganondorf has the Triforce and this thing called Majora's Mask, and all Zelda could do was watch the Evil King take over the kingdom. The Door of Time collapses, as well, in real life. And it rains ever more constantly.

"What I've concluded from this is that Ganondorf... using the power of this evil mask, gained the power of the Triforce and broke down the Door of Time. The Door of Time is the one thing that binds him from the Sacred Realm. The rain symbolizes his evil magic affecting our world. Now, his Dark World is accessible. At least, this is what I believe."

"His Dark World?"

"When the Sages locked him away in the Sacred Realm, he was locked away in the Dark World that he created. The mirror world of ours. It's said that the Sacred Land is a land of paradise, but... when he took over, he took it over with greed, creating this Dark World of his. For awhile, he was undisturbed. Now, the Door of Time breaks down... which means that his world is completely accessible from this world. We can get into his world, but he cannot get here. The only thing he can do, is continue to rot away our land with his evil magic."

Link thought for awhile, and then said, "So.. I could... get in there?"

Dulceus looked over at Link, and nodded slowly. He said, "However... you'd be locked away in his evil world forever. There would be no way of getting out. You'd be locking yourself in a world of evil... never to see anyone again."

Link looked down, and then to his hand. Dulceus walked back over to his book. he was done talking today.

"I'm... going to go," Link said. Dulceus looked at him, and then went back to his book. Link knew that Dulceus was ashamed of him. Link wanted to do this for Zelda... and for Hyrule. The sooner he does this, the sooner he can save Hyrule from destruction. Link walked out of the library.

As he walked to the main hall of the castle, he saw Zelda up on the balcony, watching him leave. Link smiled and waved. She held no expression except sadness.

As he walked out of the castle walls, he noticed that the rain had stopped. There were still dark clouds lurking around, but besides that, it looked dry, as if rain had never came. He shook his head, unable to comprehend what may have been happening. He had no clue where to go to find the entrance to this evil realm, either. What was he supposed to do?

He walked into the town and glanced over at the Happy Mask shop. Maybe the Happy Mask salesman knew something about Majora's Mask. Maybe it really was just a dream and he did have it. Link had to be sure.

He opened the door and took a few steps in. After his adventures in Termina, the salesman had so many masks, and it was flowing with masks. But today... was different. He looked all over the place. It was ruined. Masks were on the floor, cracked and broken. The light flickered on and off. There was what looked like claw marks on the wall. It was horrible. The counter was split in half. Link wondered where the salesman was, and especially wanted to know what happened. He snuck behind the counter via the crack and walked into the door.

Surprisingly, the door didn't lead to the back of the store or a storage room. It lead downstairs, to a basement. He stepped down and heard a low sound. He went down a bit farther and heard something like a whimper. He decided to just go down the entire staircase. When he was downstairs, he saw the salesman cowering in the corner. The basement room looked disastrous, too.

"Hey, you alright?" Link asked, taking a step towards him. The salesman started to freak out. Then Link stepped on something. He looked down.

A quick chill ran up his spine and he gazed into the eyes of Majora. He stared for a few more minutes and then picked it up. good news that Ganondorf did not have it in his possession.

"What's wrong with you!?! That mask... so evil..." the salesman said, slowly. He started mumbling something to himself in his corner.

Link looked it over, and said, "It doesn't look bad... what happened?"

"It... caused this. It's evil! It'll never not be evil!!" the salesman said.

Link put the mask on for a few seconds, and then took it off. "It's not evil. It's not doing anything. It's alright." Link walked over to the salesman a little more.

"No! Go away!" he said, running to the other corner. "Go away, you evil god!"

Link stood there for a second, blankly looking in his direction. He continued, "You never did anything to Majora! You pretended to destroy the evil, but you really are cohorts! You evil god, go away! Take your friend!" Link saw that the man was trembling fiercely and his eyes were beyond bloodshot.

"Evil... god?"

"Go away! Leave me! Now!"

Link backed up slowly, as the man began throwing things at him. Link then bolted up the stairs and out of the shop. The rain had started up again, but this time, it was storming. Link had to find the entrance to this evil realm quickly. He looked over the Majora's Mask and said to himself, "I also have to find a safe place for this... but where...?" He thought to himself for a second, and then said, "The Sacred Forest Meadow is a good hiding place. There's just a couple of Deku scrubs there, nothing to be worried about."

He ran out of the city and started off into the field again. "I wonder if I'd be able to use Epona, again..." Link said to himself. He began to head towards the ranch. The storm, however, was wearing him down. He was almost halfway, but he decided to take a break. He leaned himself up against a tree, and then looked at the Majora's Mask again, quickly.

"Well... as long as I have you... then Ganondorf won't have you," Link said.

Then, the mask's eyes began to glow. Link was puzzled, but couldn't take his eyes away. His eyes started to glow the same shade. Suddenly on the ground was an odd shape. It was almost completely round, but it looked like a fragment was missing from it, and there were all sorts of distorted marks. The light from the shape rose up, blinding the area. Then, Link was gone, and the mask, too.

I do not own The Legend of Zelda