Chapter 2: Imprisoned

The moon that hung above Clock Town began to roll and the Giants released their grip upon the rocky surface as it rotated and its strained face looked skyward. A rainbow began to form around the large space rock, when entirely engulfed the moon flew up like a rocket back into orbit and its place stood a bright rainbow floating in the clear cloudless sky. Those who had fled the town stood outside the walls in the field and cheered for the banishment of the giant chunk of rock.

Link's eyes fluttered opened as he heard the familiar voice of Tatl stating he was awake. He looked around noticing they were not far from the south Clock Town entrance. He then spotted the Skull Child that no longer wore the accursed relic; he was looking up at the 4 Giants who stood outside the walls.

"You guys… you hadn't forgotten about me?" the Skull Kid asked the giants. The Southern Giant made a strange noise that sounded like one of empathy. At the sound of that he looked down, shivered and began to cry. "You still thought of me as a friend?" A silent moment passed as Link, Tatl, Tael and even Epona stood feet away watching the exchange. The sibling fairies approached their friend to comfort him as the Southern Giant that Link had assumed was the leader began to sing the Oath to Order as the 4 began to make large steps away from the town and towards their homes in the 4 compass directions. The Skull Kid continued to shiver and cry as he heard the distinct sound of the giant steps fade away; when there was a silence he stopped crying and wiped away the remaining tears. He looked over to Link whom was still in the form of the Fierce Deity and stuttered as he asked. "Did you… did you save me?"

Link nodded not even noticing he was still in the godly form. The Skull Kid looked away towards the Swamp and smiled. "I thought they didn't want to be friends with me… But they hadn't forgotten about me… Friends are a nice thing to have." He said with a giggle, he then looked over to Link and stared curiously. "Could you be my friend too?" he asked as he awkwardly walked over to Link and sniffed at him making the hero give a cocked eyebrow but the Skull Kid just laughed. "You have the same smell as the fairy kid who taught me that song in the woods. I know, I know! Let's do something!" the child exclaimed. Link scratched the back of his head in confusion.

"Oh… so the evil has left the mask after all…" a mysterious but familiar voice said. Link, the fairies and Skull Kid looked over to see the Masked Salesman standing where the Skull Kid was moments before. "Well now… I finally have it back." He said flatly and then gave a bow. "Since I am in the midst of my travels I must bid you farewell." He continued as he then straightened himself to the best of his ability with the large backpack and walked past the hero and Skull Kid but when half way to the entrance to Clock Town he stopped abruptly and turned and looked at the hero in the godly form. "Shouldn't you be returning home as well?" he asked Link. "Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. However, that parting need not last forever… Whether a parting be forever or merely for a short time; that is up to you." he said with a smile and then another bow. "With that, please excuse me…" and began to walk away again but again stopped and looked back to Link as if he forgot something. "…But, my, you sure have managed to make quite a number of people happy. The masks you have are filled with happiness. This is truly a good happiness." With that finally said he turned around a final time and walked away disappearing as he walked. Link's eyes went wide at the mysterious way he had appeared and disappeared but decided to not to pay any mind to it. Perhaps it was better if he truly never figured out the intentions of the Mask Salesman.

"Well, both of us have gotten what we were after… So this is where you and I part ways, isn't it?" Tatl suddenly asked and then smiled. "You know… it was kind of fun. Well… it's almost time for the carnival to begin… so, why don't you just leave and go about your business? The rest of us have a carnival to go to." She said flatly. "But I do think it's time you took off that mask Link. If you try going through town in that form you may cause trouble and that's the last thing they need after what happened."

"Yeah you're right…" Link said in the deeper voice that was similar to the one of his adult form. "I don't think I could ride Epona in this form let alone anyone back home could recognize me in this form." He said with a smile as he slowly placed his large gloved hands on his face so he could remove the Fierce Deity Mask… however he couldn't pull it off. In fact it didn't feel like he was wearing one. Whenever he was in the other forms he still felt like a mask was adorning his face but in this form he didn't feel it. He tried tugging on his face trying to get the mask off but all he did was pull and stretch his skin painfully.

"Come on Link, stop playing around! Take that mask off!" Tatl scolded.

"That's the thing Tatl; I can't! It won't come off!" Link hollered at his fairy friend.

"T-then try one of the other transformation masks! When you are in another form and put on a different mask you always automatically switch!"

"R-right!" Link agreed as he found his bag that held his items and masks. He found Darmani's Mask and took it out and tried it on but nothing happened. He was simply wearing the Goron mask over his new face. The faces of Link and Tatl went into horror as they realized he was eternally stuck in this form of a being they knew nothing about. Link suddenly burst into a run towards the South Clock Town gate, tears swelling in his white eyes. No… I promised so many people I would come back! He thought as the names and faces of his friends back in Hyrule flashed through his mind's eye. Saria, Darunia, Ruto, Impa, Navi, Malon, Talon… he nearly broke down as the final name appeared in his head …Zelda…

He was a few feet away from the gate when Tatl flew in front of him. "Link no! You'll cause uproar in that form!" she exclaimed to the transformed hero.

"I don't care!" Link screamed in rage in a tone Tatl was not familiar with. Fear crept into her as she saw a blue aura form around Link's transformed state as his rage increased to her defiance. The fear was powerful as she could feel the powerful energy from her friend and she began to tremble.

"Link…" she whispered in fear. Link saw the terror in her trembling body and instantly he began to calm down but there was no time to calm down as the soldier whom was stationed at the southern gate came out running to see what the commotion was.

"I heard someone scre—" the soldier began but his hidden eyes landed on the 7 foot tall Fierce Deity that still was glowing from his powerful aura, and a long Helix-shaped blade in one hand. The soldier's mouth dropped as he took several steps back in shock and fear. "A… A d-demon! It's a demon!" the guard cried out as he ran back into the town calling for help to destroy the Fierce Deity that dared destroy his town.

"Link the soldiers are going to be here any second! We need to run!" Tatl exclaimed as she bashed her small body into Link's head snapping him out of the shock of the encounter. Link nodded as he heard the footsteps and armor clanking from the approaching soldiers, he then turned and ran away from the town gate, never looking back only caring about each step he took and their rhythm.


Author's Note: Not as long as the last chapter but this seemed like the best spot. I am still thinking about where this is going to go because I feel like I can make this story go further than the initial request but I don't want to push it and make it too long since I do have other stories to work on. My DBZ story in particular gets a shit ton of views and follows and is my most popular story and I haven't been working on it very much since I got back into writing.