"Ugh! Where is that green hat boy?" Kafei thought. He was hiding behind a rock beside the thief who stole his mask's hideout. The man at the curiosity shop had told Kafei that he saw a man in his shop holding something that greatly resembled his wedding mask. Apparently this man was a regular at the curiosity man's shop and he even knew where he lived! Right when he told Kafei the location he ran off to the desert. Link had agreed to meet him there but he was 15 minutes late.
A few minutes later Link rounded the corner and made his way over to Kafei, who was hiding behind a large rock.
"There you are!" Kafei scream whispered
"Sorry I'm late!" Link apologized
"No matter…the door to the thief's hideout only opens on his command, so we have to wait for him to arrive." Kafei explained.
Link nodded and joined Kafei behind the rock and sat down. Kafei though, continuously paced back and forth nervously.
"Don't worry. We will get your mask back." Link assured him. Kafei thanked him with a weak smile.
"Anju believes in you, and she's waiting."
After about a half hour of waiting, the thief came prancing around the corner. He commanded the wall door to open. When it did, he went inside. Kafei took off like a bullet after him, link followed.
Kafei noticed right away his stolen mask and ran over to retrieve it. In his hast he didn't noticed that what he stepped on was switch that started a long conveyor belt pulling the mask along with it.
"Now I've done it!" Kafei groaned. He ran to the open door to the left of the room just as Link entered. Right after Kafei left the switch the door slammed shut. Realizing immediately what had to be done he told Link to step on the switch. He did, and the door opened. Kafei sprinted through it.
He came into a room with large blocks blocking his path. He moved them out of the way and found a blue switch. He jumped on it, thinking it would open his next door. It did nothing.
"Kafei!" Link shouted from the other room.
"Another door opened!"
"Go through it!" Kafei shouted back. Link did, and he was greeted by a Deku Baba. He smashed it with his sword.
"My door opened!" Kafei yelled and ran into the next room. In this room there were many switches. He tried stepping on a red one but all it did was speed up the conveyor belt.
"Oh no!" Kafei gasped and jumped on another switch. This one was yellow, and it slowed down the conveyor belt. Kafei sighed of relief and ran over to the blue switch in the far corner.
"The next door is open! I'm going in!" Link said from the other room. This time a Wolfos jumped out from behind some crates and howled.
"Nothing I haven't seen before" Link said as the monster fell to the ground. Both of their doors opened and they both ran through them. This time there were only two blue switches and the end of the conveyor belt. They both jumped on the switches to stop the mask from getting any farther. When it stopped all the doors opened and Kafei ran over to retrieve his mask.
"We did it!" Link said.
"Thank the great fairies!" Kafei sighed.
"And thank you link." Kafei smiled his red eyes sparkling. Link realized this was the first time he had seen Kafei smile.
"No problem!" link replied.
"We should probably get back to Clocktown now." Kafei said, as the ground shook.