Link and Malon continue Kafei's sidequest, Ganon tries to escape, and Zelda builds a shelter.
Dawn of the Second Day: 48 Hours Remain
In Termina, at 8:30, Link picked up a letter that he had been given by Anju later that night and took it to a mailbox.
"Now what?" asked Malon.
"We wait. At 3:00, we need to head over to the laundry pool. We're looking for a man named Kafei."
Ding ding ding!
A gold fairy appeared from Link's hat.
"Ahhhhh... I slept well." the fairy said.
"Morning Tatl." Link said back.
Tatl flew around Malon.
"Why is Romani with us?"
"This is Malon, a friend of mine from Hyrule."
"You had friends? And you never told me?"
Link stuffed her in the cap.
"That was a rather reluctant companion of mine. Tatl."
"Whats her problem?"
"She's always like this."
"Oh thanks!" came an indignant yell.
Tatl flew out.
"So what do we do while we wait? The Honey and Darling shop has Basket Bomb open today."
"Basket Bomb?" asked Malon.
"You have to throw a bomb into every basket at their shop. The first day, you had to let a Bombchu hit all the targets. Tomorrow is a simple shooting gallery."
"I see."
"It took him a few re-tries to win all their contests." said Tatl.
"Only because you would Ding in my ear when I was about to shoot the last target!"
Malon laughed.
"She really reminds me of Navi."
Link looked down.
"You still miss her?"
"Tatl's... just not the same."
Tatl had nothing to say.
Malon looked at the clock. It was almost 9:00.
In Hyrule, Nabooru had finished moving the last prisoners into the shelter. The women and children were currently moving in. The men and soldiers were finishing the evacuation before moving in themselves.
Zelda would remain behind until everyone was accounted for that remained behind.
Another group of horsemen rode off toward Aronia, a country full of mountains. Those horsemen were messengers settling unpaid debts and the like before the moon fell, so their king would have a clear conscience when he eternally rested, or so they said.
She had asked the messenger from Termina to give her six-hour reports on Link and Malon. Another messenger had left that morning. He had said that they were going to wait until Link did what he had to to stop the moon.
She sighed, exhausted.
"Impa, get me some ale."
"Yes ma'am." said the shiekah woman, running off.
In the prison, Ganondorf had managed to break his chains and was now trying to make a hole in the wall big enough for him to crawl out of. He had managed to get rid of two bricks and was busy removing a third. Since the condemned were put into one cell, he had been placed in an inner cell, making it harder to escape, but he had been placed on an outer cell into a hallway.
The prison was underneath Kakariko Village's windmill, in close proximity to Bottom of the Well. Zelda had sealed the way out through the windmill. If he could just get to Bottom of the Well, he could get out. He managed to get the third brick out.
In Termina, at 3:00, Link hid behind a tree, as they saw someone wearing a Keaton mask run out to the post box.
"Go now!" he hissed at Malon. They managed to get into the room he had left before he noticed them.
They were in a cozy, well lit room.
About three minutes later, the door opened. The person from earlier came in. He had long blue hair, and seemed surprised at how they had gotten in.
"Green clothes... Green hat... Anju wrote about you. Are you Link?"
"I am."
"She says you are searching for Kafei. Can you keep a secret?"
"Yeah." said Link.
The person removed his mask.
"I am Kafei."
Malon was surprised. So was Tatl.
"The Kafei Anju is looking for is an adult. When I look at you, I only see a child. Why?"
"I was turned this way by a little imp wearing a mask, but that's not why I'm hiding."
"Then why?" asked Malon.
"I promised Anju that, when next we meet, I would have my Sun Mask, because, according to legend, if we were to exchange the Sun and Moon masks on our wedding day, our marriage would be blessed. But I lost my mask."
"Youre just careless, like my partner here." said Tatl.
"It was stolen! Stolen by a smiling thief named Sakon!"
"Oh. I'm sorry." said Tatl.
"I must ask a favor of you, Link. Can you give this to Anju?"
He took off his pendant and gave it to Link.
"Yeah." said Link.
"Thank you."
They left, and returned to the Stock Pot Inn. There, Link gave the pendant to Anju.
"This... This is from Kafei!? I... Thank you." she said.
Zelda sat writing papers, which her messengers would give out to the different leaders, bidding them a final farewell, should the moon actually fall.
Impa came in with the ale, which she promptly downed.
"Impa, why is this happening?"
"M'lady, I don't know."
"You've been so good to me, and I thank you for that."
"No thanks are required, princess."
In the prison, Ganondorf had managed to remove five bricks, and it was night. He needed his sleep, so he decided to call it quits.
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