Legend of Zelda: Return of the Mask

The fields were a lonely place in the morning, usually devoid of all life. Today, however, a boy dressed all in green was walking the barren place. He was practicing his bow and arrow. "Not like that, Fairy Boy!" came a jovial voice from behind him. He continued to try, but he would always miss his target, and hit one of the unfortunate cuckoo who would wander by.

"Like this, Fairy Boy." The voice said again. It was a little girl with long red hair, wearing a simple white dress and an orange scarf. She guided his hands with her own to show him the right way to aim. He let the arrow fly, and he struck something. What it was, he wasn't quite sure.

"Ouch! Was that really necessary?" came a voice. The girl was surprised to see the target move and talk, and in her surprise she clung to the boy and hid her face in his shoulder. The target in question was an odd man, with a large backpack covered in masks.

"Oh... It's you. Link, was it? And who's this?" he asked, indicating the girl. "Malon..." she said, still hiding her face from him. "Pleasure to meet you, Malon. Say, Link, I was looking for you." Link looked to him with a questioning expression. "You remember the evil mask, the one you helped me retrieve? It's... gone missing again." Link's eyes widened with shock.

It was at this moment that Link and Malon realized they were embracing each other, and they let go and blushed fiercely. "Oh... It looks like I was interrupting something..." the Mask Salesman said with an amused tone of voice. "N-no!" Malon said, hiding her face in her hands. "I was just showing Fairy Boy how to shoot an arrow."

The happy mask salesman walks over to Link, and picks him up. He begins to shake him like a rag doll. "Do you understand the gravity of the situation?" he said, sounding very much annoyed. Malon shot an arrow at him, causing him to avoid it and thus drop Link. He fell into her waiting arms, and Malon said "No one does that to my Fairy Boy!"

"Ah... young love. If only it weren't happening at such a bad time. The evil mask... it changed over time. The colors, the design, the look in it's eyes... all different." He looked severely worried. "Fairy Boy's not scared of anything, we'll help you!" Malon said. The salesman turned to Link. He shrugged, Malon had pretty much summed it up. "I think I left it somehwere around here..." The salesman wandered here and there, with Link and Malon searching the spots he'd missed.

Suddenly, and without warning, a giant green gelatinous creature rose from the ground. It knocked over the salesman, and headed for Link. Link drew his sword, pointing the tip at the creature's face.


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Chapter Two Preview:

A Giant Green Chuchu has surfaced! Can Link and Malon fight off this foe? And who's the shadowy girl in the cloak who makes off with the mask? Stay tuned to find out.