"No way! I'm not going down there!"

"It's your fault he fell in!"

"What do I look like, his mother?!"

"Hey, don't joke about that."

"You can forget it, Saria. There is NO way I'm going down there."

Navi and Saria were arguing just outside of the cave that led to the bottomless pit. Saria was attempting to convince Navi to go after Link and make sure he's alright, but Navi had second thoughts about the situation. The two had been arguing for hours.

"You at least owe it to him."

"I've been on one long adventure with him already! I think once is enough!"

"Navi, you're going down there!"

Navi crossed her arms. "And why should I?" Saria held up her finger. "Because I know you care about Link as much as I do." Navi turned away from the forest girl. "If you care about him so much, why don't YOU go down there?" Saria shook her head. "I'm not allowed to leave the forest, remember?" Navi raised an eyebrow. "How do you know it goes out of the forest? It could just lead deeper INTO the forest." Saria's expression went blank. She sweatdropped. "Uh... t-that's not important. What matters is, you need to go down there and find him."

Navi shook her head. "I'm not his babysitter! I can't be constantly looking out for him, making sure he doesn't do something stupid, like sticking his hand in a fireplace or running with scissors or something else. He's a big kid, he can look after himself." Saria took a step towards Navi. "Navi... Link told me what you told him that one night in the forest." Navi's eyes turned to dots. "I... I don't know what you're talking about." Saria raised an eyebrow. "Oh you don't? Allow me to refresh your memory." Saria cleared her throat. "Link, you have no idea how much you mean to me. I can't stand the sight of you putting your life in danger because of-"

Navi covered her ears. "Okay! Okay! I get it! Geez!" Saria stopped. She smirked at the fairy. "Like I said, I know that you care about him as much as I do. So you need to go down there and find him." Navi sighed, knowing that this argument would most likely last forever. "Fine, I give. I'll go check on him. But I need to have a partner." Saria crossed her arms. "And just who might I send?" Navi shrugged. "I dunno. How about..."

"I'll go," came a voice from nowhere. Saria and Navi turned around to see who was talking. There, a mysterious figure stood, in a cloak. Saria rolled her eyes. "Seriously, what is it with the author and cloaks?" The figure took a step forward. "Who are you," Saria asked. "I have many names," the person said, "but you can call me Carmella." Saria raised an eyebrow. "Carmella? What's your last name?" "Dansen," the figure said.

Navi facepalmed. "Here come the letters."

Carmella snapped her fingers and two fairies appeared from behind her. Navi instantly recognized them as the two fairies who you know are there, but never say a word. "Hey... Those are the two new fairies." Carmella nodded. "Yes. Mario Brothas and Ted Tris."

Navi facepalmed again. "I can hear the lawsuits already."

Carmella walked over to Saria, with Mario and Ted following closely behind. "I'll go find Link for you." Saria gave her a confused look. "How do you know Link?" "Let's just say," she began, "we're old friends." Saria shrugged. "Alright. You, Navi and Mario and Ted can go and search for Link." Carmella shook her head. "Oh, no. They're just around for laughs. You can go now, you two." Mario and Ted left shortly after. Both Navi and Saria facepalmed this time. Carmella and Navi entered the cave after they said their goodbyes to Saria.

Navi looked down the hole. It was a pretty long way down. "You sure you wanna go through with this," she asked. Carmella nodded. "Positive." Carmella took a deep breath and swan dived into the hole. Navi followed closely behind her, still with questions in her mind. Questions like, 'who is this girl' and 'how does she know who Link is?'

~We interrupt this story with a note from the author~

REALITY!

Time for the actual story.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Legend of Zelda Series or any of it's characters

Chapter 2: Clock Town

Dawn of

The First Day:

-72 Hours Remain-

~South Clock Town~

Link's eyes immediately snapped open. He looked upwards towards the sky. Tatl caught this and flew over to him. "What? What is it? Do you see something?" Link was a bit confused. He felt as if someone or something had told him that he had a certain amount of time left. He turned around and looked at the door. Could it have been the salesman that said that? Tatl caught his gaze. "What? The salesman? I know, he gives me the creeps. That mask salesman was the..." She paused for a little bit. "Sorry... just thinking out loud."

Link started to walk forward a bit. Tatl was mumbling something to herself over and over again. Link got annoyed with this and shot her a look. Tatl caught his gaze. "What? Don't look at me like that! We have three days. THREE DAYS! Even if we never sleep, that still leaves us with a measly 72 hours!" Tatl crossed her arms. "Talk about demanding." Link gave her a blank look. Tatl sighed. "Is there something about me that you like? Why do you keep staring at me? I mean, I know I'm a cute fairy, but seriously. You're giving me the creeps." Link hung his head and let out a deku sigh. Tatl floated up to his face. "Will you stop standing there like an idiot?! We have work to do and we just ate up a minute or so with this pointless conversation. Our first stop is the Great Fairy."

Link shuddered a bit, remembering the Great Fairies that he had encountered back in Hyrule. Tatl was really getting sick of waiting around. "Look, you wanna find Skull Kid or not?!" Link said nothing, mainly because he couldn't. "Well, the Great Fairy will know what he's up to. She watches over everything. And... uh... between you and me..." Tatl leaned in closer. "The Skull Kid is no match for the Great Fairy." Link gave Tatl a 'You Don't Say' look. He knew that the Great Fairy was an all powerful being, and could easily outmatch Skull Kid if she wanted to. "Don't give me that look, Deku Boy! I could whip you right now if I wanted to!" Just for a laugh, Link swatted her into the wall.

Tatl immediately turned red, almost like Navi would when she got pissed. She flew right in Link's face. "Why I oughta..."

*CHOMP!*

Link's eyes widened in pain. He looked down and saw a dog chewing on his leg. He started screaming and running around like an idiot, slamming his leg with the dog on it into the wall and spinning around. The commotion drew the attention of everyone in South Clock Town. Even the boy in the Pikachu mask.

Link finally tripped and fell into a patch of water. The dog let go, climbed out of the water, shook himself off and went on with his business. Tatl flew over to check if Link was okay. Link let out a groan or two, gurgling on the water that made it's way into his mouth. Tatl's red glow immediately disappeared.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I can't breathe! I can't breathe! Ahahahahaha!" Tatl fell straight to the ground, laughing. Link climbed out of the water and right next to a yellow flower. "Wait! Wait! Hang on!" a voice called out from up above. Link looked up and saw a deku flying in the sky with a few bags of Din-knows-what. The Deku dropped straight into the flower, then came back out.

"Hey, what's your problem kid?! This is my private property!" Link gave the Deku a confused look. "Oh, what, you get your kicks by using other people's flowers without their permission? You're a sick Deku, even for a scrub like you." The Deku pointed towards North Clock Town. "Now get outta here before I give ya a knuckle sammich!"

Link slowly stood back up and dusted himself off. He rolled his eyes. "You don't have to be such a jerk about it," Link said to the Deku. The Deku got even angrier. "Oh, lookie here. We got a smart ass around here! So, you WANT me to beat you to a pulp, is that it?!" Link started to get pissed now. "Hey, buddy, you don't know who you're messing with." Tatl couldn't understand what Link was saying, but the Deku understood perfectly. "Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't know I was in the presence of the famous 'flower-stealer!' My apologies! Now, SCRAM!" Link just rolled his eyes and walked towards North Clock Town. Before he was completely gone, the Deku heard Link say one last thing. "Once I turn back to normal, you're the first on my kill list."

"Why'd you stop," Tatl asked. Before entering the next part of Clock Town, Link turned around and focused his attention on the boy, about the same age as him, near the mailbox. He had purple hair that dropped down to his shoulders, purple shorts, purple vest with a white undershirt and he wore a Keaton Mask. Link wasn't sure why but there was something about the boy that made him feel like he was hiding something.

Tatl followed Link's gaze. "The boy? What about him? He's probably just dropping off some package for his parents. Come on, kid, we don't have time for this." Tatl started moving towards the next part of Clock Town, but turned around to see Link still staring at that kid. Tatl floated over to him again. "Hello? Earth to Deku Scrub. Can you hear me?" No response.

The boy turned and saw the Deku Scrub staring at him from a distance. He slowly began to back away towards the steps. Link took one step forward, and the boy turned and ran. Link started running about as fast as the boy was, if not faster. Tatl, silently cursing Link under her breath, tried to fly faster than him in an attempt to stop him.

The boy ran across the bridge, past the Laundry Pool and into his house, locking the door as it slammed shut. Link stopped as soon as he saw the door shut. So close, yet he didn't figure out what the boy was hiding. Tatl entered the Laundry Pool and flew straight at Link, glowing a severe shade of red. "Are you insane?! The Great Fairy Fountain is that way!" She pointed towards the direction of North Clock Town. "That way," she repeated. "I swear, if I didn't need you as bad as I do right now, I would RIP off your arms and beat you senseless!"

The frog that was there stopped hopping and looked directly at Tatl. The aggressive fairy turned around. "What're you looking at?!" The frog hopped into the Laundry Pool without a second thought. She turned back to Link. "Now, GET off of your wooden ass, GET away from this pool and GO to the Great Fairy Fountain in North Clock Town! You think you can do that without screwing something up?!"

"Pardon me, but did you say Great Fairy Fountain?"

Tatl turned around to see another, slightly different fairy floating above the pool. Tatl flew up to the disfigured fairy. "And what's it to you?"

"I was just on my way there," the fairy replied. "Do you mind if I tag along with you?"

Tatl shook her head. "Sorry, but I can only look out for one blockhead right now."

The fairy started to fly around, frantically. "Oh, please? I need to get to the Great Fairy Fountain."

Tatl sighed. "I told you no." She flew back over to Link. "Come on, Sir Screws-Up-A-Lot. We've got work to do." Tatl started to fly away from the Laundry Pool. By herself.

Tatl turned around and saw Link nodding his head to the disfigured fairy and letting her fly into his hat. Tatl sighed once her partner walked back to the entrance to the Laundry Pool. "You're really gonna take that freak with us?" Link rolled his eyes and walked out of the small area.

"Over there," Tatl pointed. Link walked up the slopes and into the cave in North Clock Town. Inside of the cave, they found a Great Fairy Fountain. Not like the ones that Link has seen before. There was no tile where you could stand and play Zelda's Lullaby and the fairy would just appear. It was like the fountain in the Sacred Forest Meadow, where fairies would stay and you could walk in and collect them.

This fountain was like that, except a bunch of disfigured fairies like the one from the Laundry Pool. Tatl was a bit confused. "Uh... what's with all the freaky-deaky fairies? Shouldn't the Great Fairy be here?" As Link walked forward, the fairy that was in his hat jumped out and flew in with the others. A bright light shone after it joined and the Great Fairy appeared out of nowhere.

Tatl's jaw dropped. "Great Fairy!" The Great Fairy chuckled. "Yes, my child. It is I, the Great Fairy of Magic." Tatl was reduced to a stammering mess. "I-I'm s-so sorry, G-Great Fairy! I-I didn't kn-know that y-y-you were th-that one f-fairy!" The sight was pretty entertaining and Link silently laughed to himself. "It is alright, my child. Tatl, and the young man with an altered shape..." Link straightened up.

"I thank the both of you for restoring my shattered body."

"I don't understand," Tatl said. "What happened to you?" The Great Fairy's expression changed to sorrow. "I thought that the masked child was helping me and I grew careless..." As soon as Tatl heard that, she instantly turned red. "Skull Kid! Grr... he's crossed the line this time!" The Great Fairy shook her head. "Tatl, you must not let your anger get the better of you. Like with young Link here..."

Tatl gave the Great Fairy a confused look. She looked towards Link then back at her. "You mean 'Deku Boy?'" The Great Fairy nodded her head. "Yes... he has a courageous heart and a noble cause." Tatl just remained silent. The Great Fairy turned her attention towards Link.

"And you, Link..." Link looked directly at the Great Fairy. "I cannot thank you enough for doing me such a kindness. When one person wouldn't help, you came and did it anyways. I cannot offer much, but I can give you this." The Great Fairy shifted her pose and summoned a beam of light that surrounded Link. He became dizzy... very dizzy.

As quickly as it came, the beam of light ceased, cutting off Link's dizziness. He felt stronger now. Very strong. Like he had after his first encounter with a Great Fairy.

Tatl flew a bit forward. "Where do we go now, Great Fairy?" The Great Fairy thought about it for a moment. "The man who lives in the observatory outside of town might know the whereabouts of the Skull Kid. But be cautious. You must not underestimate that child's powers, young one." Tatl nodded her head and turned to Link. "Let's go."

Before they left, the Great Fairy called out one more thing.

"If ever you return to your former self, please, come see me. I will be able to further assist you."

Link stopped for a moment and took a look at a kid with a red bandana who was shooting at a blue balloon with that one mask on it. When Link walked forward, the kid turned around and shot him a dirty look. "Whaddya want, shrimp? I'm busy practicing with my blowgun!" Tatl interrupted the two. "We were just wondering if you knew where-"

"If you can't pop that balloon up there, then don't even bother talking to me," the boy interrupted. He turned back around and started shooting the balloon again. Tatl groaned and started flying towards East Clock Town. "C'mon, kid, let's go check around and see if we can find someone to help us." The boy gave a triumphant smirk. "Yeah, you smelly Deku Scrub. Go bother someone else." Link shot the kid a dirty look and stopped him from shooting the balloon.

"What," the boy asked. "You think you can just stop my target practice and get away with it?" Link shook his head and turned his head towards the balloon. Using his magic power, he created a bubble about as big as his head and launched it towards the balloon. The balloon gave a loud pop and fell to the ground. The kid turned back to Link, dumbfounded. "You actually popped that balloon? It cost me EXTRA to have it reinforced!"

The kid crossed his arms. "Eh, not bad for a Deku Scrub... alright, what did you want to ask?" Tatl slowly flew over to the two. She turned to Link first. "I can't believe you actually..." She cut herself off then turned to the kid. "We were wondering if you knew where the observatory was located at." The kid raised an eyebrow. "The observatory? Yeah, we bombers use it as a hideout. But you have to have the code to get in."

Tatl turned a slight shade of blue, signalling she was happy. "Great. That's good news. You, uh, mind giving us the code?" The kid shook his head. "No can do. You didn't think getting the code was gonna be THAT easy, did you? And besides, I don't tell the code to smelly, rotten Deku Scrubs like him." Tatl turned red and flew up to the kid's face. "I can have you sent to the bottom of the ocean with your limbs cut off and your eyeballs gouged out..."

"You didn't let me finish," the kid nervously smiled. "I don't tell the code to smelly, rotten Deku Scrubs like him... without passing a test first. I mean, I can't just give the code to you without proving yourself. It goes directly against the bomber handbook. Are you up for the test?" Link nodded.

The boy whistled as loud as he could. "Bombers! Assemble!" Four other boys wearing blue bandanas lined up in front of the kid, whom Link assumed to be their leader. The four boys saluted their leader. The leader cupped his hands over his mouth. "Sound OFF!"

"Bomber 2: Reporting for duty!"

"Bomber 3: Ready for action!"

"Bomber 4: Awaiting commands!"

"Bomber 5: At your service!"

The leader turned around to face Link. He gave him a smirk and a thumbs up. "Bomber 1: The Leader, Jim!"

Tatl sarcastically clapped. "Very impressive introduction... can we move on with this?"

All four bombers lined up, shoulder to shoulder, next to their leader, Jim. "You have until tomorrow morning to find all of us. And because you're a 'Scrub,' we'll go easy on you since your brain hasn't fully developed yet." Link rolled his eyes.

"Ready?!" Jim shouted.

Link nodded.

"Bombers! Move OUT!"