Chapter 6: The search ends
The early morning had passed and so had a variety of shops and people as Tatl continued to show Link and Dreek around the town she knew so well. Fortunately for Link, the currency in Hyrule was the same as the currency here. Unfortunately for Link, he lost all of his money when he lost his human form so he was broke.
Despite that they were able to pick up some small change off the ground and some pity money from adults who saw a young deku wandering lost as if searching for their parents. The rest of the money made used to buy supplies and other small things was taken through other people via Link's unknown ability to pickpocket.
Money seemed to be the only use of the townspeople, though, as no matter how many people they asked nobody seemed to know where the skull kid was.
The early morning boasted only slightly cloudy skies, a bright sun and a large moon, but the later morning boasted dark clouds, torrential rain and again, a large moon.
Link was used to dark looking weather as the time of Ganondorf was like this very often. Dark, gloomy and sometimes damp. Dreek was in the military so he was drilled to not be bothered by the rain, but Tatl was neither and waterlogged wings were not very useful when flying.
Because of that, the day was spent mostly going out, ducking under some kind of cover to let Tatl's wings dry then go out again. A lot of time was wasted by doing this while the rest of the time was spent asking people if they had seen something like the skull kid or Tael. That is how the rest of the day was wasted, seeing as nobody knew at all.
Link was beginning to wonder if there was any point in asking people anymore. The first day confirmed that he wasn't here so why would the second day be any different? They should leave the city and look outside, but a guardsman stopped him there.
Apparently it was too dangerous for a young deku to go outside without protection and refused to let Link leave. Dreek was practically foaming at the mouth at the claim a deku is too weak to survive outside, especially when he was a high ranking member of the deku royal guard, but he kept his cool and let Link do the talking.
Both calmed down later as they remembered that it would be in the evening when the telescope's new lens arrived and they could use it to look for the skull kid. That, after all, was their best shot at finding the skull kid. They had looked everywhere the city streets led and there was no underground where he could hide so he was either on the rooftops or not in the city at all, so if they can't find the skull kid with the telescope, then there would be no hope.
Morning turned into the afternoon and that swiftly turned into the evening, all the while the weather never changed with the moon growing bigger.
The Clock Tower read 8pm when they all decided to stop the search and go see the astronomer one more time. Link and Tatl felt pretty much the same right now, going because they feel they should and it may help them, but it was obvious to Link that Dreek felt a bit uncomfortable.
When they saw the astronomer last, Dreek was hoping to do what he wanted quick and leave without saying too much and saying something he hoped not to say. It was dark now, though, meaning he would offer Dreek a place to stay meaning he would have to accept from a good friend and they would have to talk. Then there was the matter of what Link would want to do throughout all of this. Would he want to be in control the entire time or stay back but keep a close eye on him?
The group rounded a corner in the dark city to where they first found the boy and shoved him aside the day before. The place was empty now as they guessed the boy didn't want to risk seeing Link again. Tatl led the way down the alley once more, not saying anything so as to not provoke him to say anything back. She knew he wouldn't say anything bad or mean, she just didn't feel like talking right now.
"I'm leaving this to you, Dreek. Just be aware, though. If I see you start to slip up or say anything unnecessary, I will step in myself and stop you."
Dreek only replied back with a grunt to say he understood, as he didn't feel much like talking either. Right now he just wanted to try and stay firm, and keep a check over what was right and not right to be said. It was a big list.
The tunnel came to an end as light coming from the observatory seeped through until it became clearer. All the colours of the walls were easily visible as were the bundles of hay and boxes in exactly the same positions as they were the day before. Hearing footsteps the astronomer made his way slowly down the staircase to greet his new guests.
"Hello? Oh, Dreek." He said, having just got down enough to see who it was. "I've been waiting for you for a little while now. Yes, yes, come in. I already have the lens fitted."
"Thank you professor." Dreek replied.
He followed him up the stairs where everything looked even more extravagant than what they could see below. It was all painted a dark blue with dots resembling stars in the sky all around them. Tatl let out a slight gasp as she took in her surroundings whilst Dreek continued his way up to the upper floor and the large telescope entering the starry sky above.
"Yes, it arrived just a couple of hours ago so go ahead and do what you need to do."
"You're…not going to ask me why I need it?" Dreek asked.
"I'm an old man now. That means I listen to people, but only when they feel like talking. If you want to talk about it, then I'll listen. Otherwise, I won't pry into private matters."
His eyes easily reflected the gratitude he felt as did his mind, which Link could easily read.
Well, you heard him. Go ahead and do what you need to do then lets get out of here.
Dreek complied with the order and got into a position that could let him look through the telescope and still feel comfortable. Twisting the dials on either side Dreek spun through the sky until the top of the town came into view. They were to look here first in case he was easy to get to and so quick to end the chase. If they couldn't see him here, then they would look out in the other directions in a vain hope.
A few minutes of scouring the tops of the town and Dreek was about ready to give up when one of the military drills resurfaced itself. Never give up! Persistence is the key! Nodding to himself he gave the telescope another spin – partially a wild spin – and found himself looking at the top of the Clock Tower. He hadn't looked here yet as he had hoped he wouldn't have to, what with it being so difficult to get up there and all.
Despite that, he gave it a closer look all the same and was able to make out something up there.
It was definitely something that didn't seem to belong and once Dreek zoomed in a little bit, he was able to see why. It was the skull kid, there was no doubt in mistaking that odd body and dark mask upon his face.
Two days of constantly searching were at an end. The only problem now was to get up there and confront him.
Well, not the only problem. Now that he had found the skull kid, he would have to try and leave, but the astronomer had been looking forward to this chance to talk and so had Dreek. He had always admired the old man when he was in school and was perhaps the only one he could talk to right now about being dead and why they needed the aid of his telescope.
"Did you find what you were looking for?"
Dreek was caught off guard by the astronomer noticing he had stopped moving the telescope. He could lie and say he hadn't, but that would only delay the inevitable and there was no point in doing that.
"Yeah, I think so." Dreek replied.
"Hmm. Is something wrong?" The astronomer asked, noticing the more casual 'yeah' instead of the more formal 'yes'.
"Ah. Oh, uh, no. Nothing is the matter. I thank you for the use of your telescope and apologise for leaving now."
"Oh is that so? I was looking forward for the chance to talk. Well, if you have to leave then I won't stop you. Thank you for stopping by."
Dreek bowed to show his gratitude then made his way down to leave. As he did, Tatl flew down to his shoulder.
"Dreek, I know we really need to find the skull kid but even I can tell something is up. There should be no reason for you to push him away. It's getting late anyhow so searching at this time would do us no good. Stay a bit longer and talk."
He really wanted to do that. He had been hoping to do that since the night before, ever since Link filled his head with doubt about himself with their brief night-time chat. He would be pushing the astronomer away if he did leave right now and this would not be the first person he would have done this to. Was he going to go through his entire life pushing everyone away? If he did he'd eventually have no-one left. He would be alone, like Link once was.
"I was not alone."
Link again. He had been listening to his internal thoughts and responded to them.
"I was on a search for someone who had been separated from me. Read my thoughts. At no time did I ever push anyone away. They were all taken away from me!"
"So even you say I should go back and talk to him?" Dreek asked.
"No. Listen to the soldier within you. It is saying to continue with the mission and do what we can to accomplish it. If we stay here any longer the mission is in jeopardy. We leave now."
It was all too confusing. Suddenly it felt like that everything that made him was suddenly gone and replaced by a new person. The fun-loving, caring side of him was personified as this little fairy, telling him to be happy as well as do what is right. Link was the harsh, soldier self who existed only to follow orders and do what needed to be done without question. It was too difficult to choose between the two. He would have to make a decision quickly as if he stopped to think it would look like he was staying, whilst walking for too long would look like he was leaving.
He now had a choice of whether to stay and talk with an old friend or leave and try to find the one who had cursed him. He didn't want to push this old man away, but staying to talk might make him say things he hoped not to say that would only complicate things even further than they were now.
"It's ok, Dreek. You can stay." Tatl whispered to him.
"We have to leave."
"You can stay."
"Leave."
"Stay."
"Leave."
"Stay!"
"Leave!"
"Stay!"
"Leave!"
"STOP IT!!!"
The seemingly endless echoes silenced immediately as both Tatl and Link were stunned by the sudden, unexpected outburst. The astronomer looked down from above as Dreek's shout carried to quite a distance.
"Dreek?"
The old man made his way down to the level Dreek was on to make speaking easier. Dreek seemed to be having obvious trouble holding back pretty much all of his emotions, including confusion.
"P…Professor."
By now the astronomer had reached Dreek and had bent slightly to try and get a better look of Dreek's lowered face. The essence of a tear seemed to glimmer in what little light could reach his face. Without warning Dreek suddenly leapt forward and wrapped his spindly wooden arms around the old man for self-comfort.
"I'm sorry Professor!" Dreek sobbed.
"My…my dear boy, sorry for what? You needn't apologise for leaving. You have things to do, I understand."
"No." He sniffled. "It's not that. I've been running away for so long, and now that it's caught up, I don't know what to do."
"Dreek my boy, you're going to have to calm down and explain things to me. I don't quite understand you fully."
Dreek's occasional sobs slowed down to only once in a long while allowing him to breath and swallow any remaining tears. When it seemed like he was about to speak, he suddenly stopped as if deciding it was not the right thing to say. Thinking back to a point where he should start, he discovered the words he was after and said them right then.
"I'm dead." Dreek said at last.
"You're…what?"
"I'm dead." He said again. "I originally came to Clock Town just under a week ago, but I got lost and ran into a skull kid with a strange mask. He did something to me and the next thing I know I'm sharing a body with another who was cursed by that mask."
The astronomer seemed to be trying to take all this in. He was a man of science after all, so talk of magic would confuse him. They were complete opposites. Dreek started to cough as he fought to hold back the tears.
"I was talking with the other person in this body last night, after we met with you. He said some things that made me think. Made me realise what I had been doing." He paused to try and stop any tears from blocking the next words. "I've been pushing everyone away from me. Even you."
Now the comprehension of the curse was irrelevant while the astronomer tried to understand how Dreek had been pushing him away.
"Dreek, my boy. You've done no such thing."
"Yes I have!" Dreek cut in. "I have, and I hate myself for doing so. I could have easily stayed last night when you offered, talked and had fun, but instead I chose to push you away and leave me to myself, where nothing can hurt me. It's the same with everyone else."
Everyone was quiet to listen to the upset deku. Even Link didn't feel like speaking to Dreek right now, they all just stayed where they were and waited for Dreek to speak again.
"I was in love once, you know." Dreek said suddenly. "I met her at the Academy. She was kind, and pretty, just what a guy would want. You know what else? She's the princess. Yup, I fell in love with the King's daughter."
There was still silence from the others as it processed in some minds. Link, having no knowledge of this world, chose not to care and only listen out for a time when he could get him to leave, to which the sooner was the better.
"Apparently, though, I wasn't the kind of guy she wanted. She wanted someone who could defend himself, someone brave and noble like one of the knights. You'd think that was the worst day of my life, wouldn't you? Because of that I asked my father to try and get me into the military where I could be the kind of person she would like me to be. I eventually became a member of the royal guard through my hard work, great knowledge and persistence to get the girl I so dearly loved. She said I was trying too hard and that I should ignore my feelings for her.
"I'd listened to everything else she had said, so I did this time as well. I tried to ignore my feelings for her, but I couldn't. I still saw her in class and as a guardsmen and all I could think of was her. She could see this and ended up getting a private tutor to stay away from me in class. Her father moved me to another part of the guard so I wouldn't have to see her all of the time, as per her daughter's request.
"It worked. I didn't see her anymore so there was nothing to remind me of her. I did as she said and I ignored my feelings for her. In doing so, I ignored the pain of losing her. My father said I had entered some kind of slump because of my actions which only made me think of the cause of it, so I ignored parts of what my father said to help ignore the pain. It wasn't long before I did the same to everyone else."
Both the astronomer and Tatl were trying to think of something to say to try and comfort him, but nothing could come up that could fit this kind of situation. Link didn't even bother, but was surprised when he heard Dreek's voice again.
"But I couldn't ignore you. You were too much like me, so to ignore you would feel like ignoring myself, which I could not do."
If it was a plan to try and get Link to realise what he was doing, it had failed. Link felt too strongly that what he was doing was right and that Dreek had gone the wrong way about it before, that he still was doing the wrong thing to accomplish his current goal. He was now submitting himself to his emotions, which left room for weakness and a lack of strength. Now, he was weak.
"Dreek. Is…is there anything we can do to help?" Tatl asked.
"No. No, it's alright." He replied, sounding much calmer than before. "I have been cursed like this, so there's likely to be no-one who can turn me back. I'll be fine, I think I can live with this."
"Well, judging by the angle of my telescope, what you were looking for is on the top of the clock tower, correct? If that is the case, then you won't be able to get up there until tomorrow night, when the whole tower opens for the carnival of time. Why don't you rest here tonight and prepare tomorrow?"
Dreek now had no intention of declining the Professor's request and even Link reluctantly agreed with the knowledge that going there right now would prove futile. He might even be able to talk to Dreek again and restore the soldier within him so that he may have someone to respect once more. Such an opportunity never arose, though, leaving Link to stay by himself in the back of their minds and think about what they were going to do the next day. The final day.
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The night came and went where Dreek, Tatl and the astronomer stayed up late talking with each other and being able to lift Dreek's spirits high enough to feel good about himself. Not in a state of self-depression like Link. When morning came and all had awoken, goodbyes were exchanged as the deku and the fairy left to face their destiny.
However, they soon learnt that the tower opened at midnight meaning they had another day to waste. This was done by scrounging more money off the street and "unsuspecting suckers" as Link called them, to which it was spent on food and whatever they could use as a weapon if the need for one occurred.
Having spent the night in the body and being able to tell Link wanted control once more, they switched allowing Link to roam through town and Dreek to think to himself. They didn't bother to talk.
Tatl drifted behind them, allowing herself to be dragged along with them as she kept on thinking of the dream, nightmare even, that she had the night before last. The mask in her dream said she had wished to be human. She didn't know if it was true or not but in the short time she had to look at herself without fear she realised she didn't not like it. She was a human, and a beauty of a human as well. She would never have to fear rejection or being bullied just because she's smaller than everyone else.
Tonight would be the night where she could find out if the skull kid could do that for her. She wanted to rescue her brother as well, but this was something that would simply not leave her alone and continued to bug her until the darkness of night and the now huge moon hung over them.
Link's thoughts had been on one thing, and that was to get his ocarina back, go find that stupid mask man and get his body back. Nothing else mattered.
Except, something else did matter.
Three times throughout the course of the day Link had to turn around and look for Tatl as she had drifted behind. Only on the third time did the reason why he was here in the first place return to mind. He had been looking for Navi because he thought that was what he needed to make his life fulfilling again. However, according to the mask man, Navi was not the one he had been looking for.
He had completely forgotten the deal to get Majora's Mask back in exchange for the mask man to tell him the vital information he needed to hear.
"Tonight." Link told himself. "Tonight, it will end. One way or another."
Tonight it will end. One way or another. He was right. Tonight, the night of the carnival of time, it would all come to an end. One way or another, it would all end.
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The large tower rang out through the entire city as midnight finally arrived and the Carnival of Time could begin. Very few people were around to enjoy it as they had all run away in fear of the moon but right in the centre of the city some people remained. Atop the clock there was a young deku, a skull kid and two fairies all looking at each other.
"Sis!" Tael called out.
"Tael! You're alright!"
"Swamp. Mountain. Ocean. Canyon. The four who are there, bring them here!"
Tael's call was quickly silenced by a backhand slap from the skull kid, knocking Tael back a bit in the air.
"Don't step out of line, stupid fairy." The skull kid added.
"Skull kid! This ends now!"
To Tatl's surprise, Link said this. Tatl had wanted to say that, but all she could manage right then was a gasp at seeing her brother slapped back helplessly.
"Ahhh, the little boy from the woods. I have been waiting for you. Oh, and the scholar from the deku swamps. I thought you looked familiar."
"Don't toy with me. You know what I want so just hand it over!" Link yelled.
"Do you mean your precious ocarina? Well, I don't listen to beings weaker than myself so as long as you're stuck in that body, you won't be getting this back at all!"
A low growl was the only response that followed while all else remained silent. The skull kid looked up slightly then back down at the one who dared to oppose him.
"Look up." The skull kid ordered. "All I need is another hour and the large lump of rock you all call a moon will have destroyed your beloved city and everything around it. Even if you could stop me you can't stop that which hangs over you. This face, my face, will be the last thing you ever see so why don't you just-"
"Stop, skull kid."
A small purple orb was floating next to the dark mask and had the nerve to stop Majora through his speech. What's worse, he called him the skull kid!
"How many times must I tell you that person no longer exists?! Why do you keep trying to call him?"
"Because, no matter what you say, I know you're wrong, and that he does exist. I will keep trying until I succeed."
The bright yellow eyes of the mask – and consequently the bright yellow eyes on the moon – flashed suddenly and the purple fairy who defied his master was on the floor gasping for air.
"I told you not to step out of line. Do so again and I will kill you this time."
Tael finally learnt his place for now and remained silent, only able to watch the following events from that point on. Tatl had been doing the same thing and could feel nothing but shock. However, it was not shock in what was being done but what was being said by everyone.
Tael had always been so playful and childish, unaware of a true danger and how to act around it. She always had to be strong for him and protect him but looking at him now, she hadn't said a single word and he was defending himself. Saying things even she wouldn't dare say at the time. He was questioning the skull kid, no, Majora and his motives, taking the hits and still fighting back and she was just watching. Their roles had reversed where she now felt timid, only she wanted to fight back.
Then there was Link himself. When she wanted to yell out to the skull kid Link had done so instead while she still felt surprise from Tael being hit lightly! Everyone else around her was being strong, fighting back and she still hid behind people hoping she would not be pushed around and bullied by people bigger than her. She didn't want that. She hated knowing that. And then, there was her dream.
"Skull kid. I have to ask you something." Tatl plainly said.
The skull kid looked towards her in acknowledgement but not saying anything. She knew it meant continue.
"You can do anything with that mask, can't you? It gives you amazing powers, right?"
"So you want to know why I'm doing this? I don't need to explain that to the-"
"No, it's not that." She quickly added.
All eyes now looked in her direction, all anticipating she would ask why. Tael was listening intently too, only having enough energy to say few words and not enough to turn and look.
"You…can do anything with that mask, can't you?" She asked again, almost testing his power.
"…What is it you want my dear?" Majora said with a tone matching one that would give a request, sensing that she was about to ask for one.
"Can you…make me…human?" She asked slowly.
"S…sis?"
"And why would you want that my dear?" Majora asked.
She looked down to the ground, as if she were ashamed to admit the reason. It could also be interpreted as shyness but judging by the mood of the situation and the request, it would be impossible to tell which it was.
"Tael and I were always pushed around and bullied just because we were smaller than everyone else. We ended up always staying away from the city or anywhere else because of it. When we met you, I was able to enter the city again because you would protect us, but to me it just felt like I was hiding behind someone else. I'm sick of it. I want to be able to protect myself, and I can do that if I'm human."
There was a pause. One of those eerily long pauses. Link just watched in curiosity, Tael watched out of confusion while Majora simply allowed the silence to stretch itself until it snapped.
"If I do, will you promise to serve me?" Majora asked.
"You mean, you can do it?" Tatl excitedly asked.
"Only if you promise to serve me, my dear."
Without thinking she instinctively began to fly over to the evil Majora, too fixated on a wish she never knew she had. Link continued to watch as he didn't care about the fairy anymore. All he needed her for was to lead him to the skull kid. Now she had done that, why did he need her?
Tael still lay on the ground, but could now see Tatl as she flew into his sight, drawing closer to Majora and a lifetime of service. He understood her feelings of rejection by others, but to do this because of it? No way was he going to let her do this.
"Sis…why?"
"I don't want to feel rejected anymore. I want to fit in, to not be bullied, to be free to do what I want and not hide behind people." Tatl answered in a trance-like state.
"But…serve him?"
"Better to serve him than be bullied by him."
She seemed stuck in a trance that would lead to a human body and servitude that appeared irrelevant. Tael simply couldn't believe it. How could he? He always admired his sister for being able to stand up to the skull kid. He had recently tried to became what he admired in his sister by trying to break free no matter what, and now she comes up here and does this?
"Sis. No, my sister wouldn't give up so easily. She wouldn't submit to the darkness so willingly. She would keep on fighting and stand up to anything in her way."
Tatl had stopped, allowing his words to sink in and for her to find the meaning in them. She wouldn't submit to the darkness so willingly. Was that what she was doing? Was she about to abandon her brother without giving it a second thought?
"If you make that deal, you're not my sister anymore."
That was it. That was all that needed to be said to bring Tatl back to her senses. Now she realised, she never wanted to be human in the first place. She didn't even need to be human as just being with her brother was enough to give her the courage to stand up for herself and push back the people who push her.
"I warned you. Now you die!"
"Leave him ALONE!"
Angered by Tael's words breaking a possible control over Tatl, Majora was about to destroy Tael in one magic attack. However, strengthened by her brother's words and through a desire to protect him she charged with all her might into the body of the skull kid and somehow managed to knock him back, deter the magical attack and make him drop the ocarina of time. Link didn't need to be told what to do now as he quickly seized the opportunity and his ocarina in the same instant. In that instant, the world around him seemed to vanish as something else took its place.
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The sun shone brightly in the cloudless sky and covered the world below it in its warm rays. Only some of these managed to reach a young Link and princess Zelda through the stained glass windows of the Temple of Time.
"So, you're leaving." Zelda said. Link only nodded in response. "When will you be back?"
"I won't." Link bluntly replied.
"What?"
"I won't be coming back." Link repeated.
"But…you can't just leave!"
"Why not?"
"Because we might need you! What if Ganon comes back? What if something worse comes along?" Zelda frantically asked.
"Ganon has been sealed in the Sacred Realm to never return and there is nothing worse than him when he had the Triforce of Power. You don't need me. I'm leaving." Link said monotonously.
"But what if something comes that we can't deal with, something only a hero can?" She asked, desperate to keep Link in Hyrule.
"Get some other fool, then. I am not being a hero again."
Not bothering to stay any longer, Link turned to leave the blank temple and leave the princess behind with her futile attempts at an impossibility. A faint whiney could be heard from Link's horse, Epona, who was waiting outside for her master to come and leave with him. It was obvious Link wasn't staying long,
"Wait."
He didn't. He kept on going for the arched exit to his freedom, and his search.
"No, please wait."
He stopped, knowing it was something other than getting him to stay.
"You say you won't come back. You say you won't be a hero anymore, but you are special and you cannot deny that."
It was true. That was something he just could not deny. After all, how many other people could wield the Master Sword and defeat pretty much anything that came in his way? None the last time he checked.
"You need to stay alive, and even though you may not want it, here."
She held out her hands and in them lay a large, blue ocarina he knew too well as the Ocarina of Time. Link had used it to open the Door of Time and play other magical songs that helped him free the sages who later helped him defeat Ganondorf. The older Zelda used it to send him back in time which led up to this point in time. Now he was again being given the instrument with great magical power, but also a constant memory of his past. She was right to say he might not want it,
"You know your true potential now, and that will be reflected in songs such as the Song of Time. Use it to help you and escape any troubles that may come your way."
Taking a short time to think about it, Link reluctantly turned back around and placed his hand over the ocarina to accept. It was quickly met with one of Zelda's hands which placed itself over Link's.
"You can return it to me when you come back."
She let go, allowing Link to snap it out of her hands and make his way out without stop. Zelda bowed her head in defeat then turned to the altar by the large, stone doorway to the Master Sword. Bending down, she made a prayer.
"Please protect him, and help him in his quest."
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Come on, Link, snap out of it!
Dreek's voice brought Link back from the memory and to the current time, with Tael still on the ground, Tatl over him doing what she could to help and the skull kid floating high above the ground in obvious rage.
"That's it! You've all lived long enough! Feel my wrath!"
With a loud screech coming more from the mask than the body, a dark aura surrounded the skull kid until the eyes of both the mask and the moon glowed brightly. A sudden pulse from the skull kid threw Tatl away from her brother who now lay motionless with no sign of life remaining. As much as she tried, it was impossible to approach him due to the immense amount of magical energy Majora was emitting.
Link had been looking at the skull kid more and at what he was doing, which became apparent almost instantly. Before, you would have to be very strong sighted to see the moon was gradually getting closer to the earth, but it was very obvious now as it fell at a much faster rate.
Link was actually scared now, seeing the moon fall and feeling the power of the mask flow around him. He had told Zelda there was nothing more powerful than Ganon with the Triforce of Power, but was it possible that he was wrong? Ganon's power was always focused within himself, giving him the strength to take over Hyrule, but to be facing an opponent with so much power that it filled the air around him, it was too much! He couldn't deal with such a being, not now. He had to escape.
You know your true potential now, and that will be reflected in songs such as the Song of Time. Use it to help you and escape any troubles that may come your way.
The words of the princess echoed in his mind, telling him to look at the ocarina and use it. His potential was what he could do with the Triforce of Courage but he doubted it would work ever since he was first made into a deku, due to the distorted mark on the ground back then. Still, it was worth a shot if it could get him out of there. He placed the ocarina to his deku snout then suddenly realised that playing an ocarina while in this form should be impossible.
Another kind of magic flowed around him then, one he partially recognised as his own, which soon showed itself in the ocarina as it glowed and began to change shape to something that he could play.
A large set of organ pipes.
He covered the mouth hole with his snout and used knowledge from Dreek to play it. Through the large copper plated pipes came the slow tempo tune that was the Song of Time. Time slowed down to a halt, then vanished along with the rest of the world as the clocks of the universe set themselves back to start all over again.
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AN: This is the last time I'll be saying stuff to you as my next project is to update my earlier chapters (which I think need a little touch-up) and to eliminate all my previous ANs as I think Id rather have a well flowing story instead of one broken up by me talking.