| The Sun And Moon By Rebecca |
| Chapter 3 Back in the Curiosity Shop Kafei put on his Keaton Mask. "See? Remember, Joe? This is the only Keaton mask ever made in Termina, and you gave it to me!" Joe whipped off his sunglasses as if seeing something for the first time. "Kafei??" "Yeah," Kafei answered. "Listen, this theif, Sakon, he stole my Sun Mask. I need it so...well I need it so I can marry Anju. I know that stolen things always make their way here, so I want to hide out until he comes here." Joe appeared to be thinking hard. "You can't stay in the main part of the store. Why don't you stay in the back room? I'll give you the key...there's a small window that you can look through during store hours." "Thanks, Joe." "No problem, Kafei. Take the key...the entrance is at the laundry pool." Kafei ran out of the shop and to his new hideout. * * * "Oh, Cremia! You found her! How can I ever thank you?" "She was just lying there in the middle of the field. Lucky I was delivering a shipment to the Milk Bar, there's been a lot of theives roaming Termina lately. And with all the rumors flying around--" "You know, if the moon really is going to fall, maybe we should take refuge at your place; would you mind?" "Oh of course not! Me and Romani, we were--oh! She's waking up!" "Anju!" "Mom...the mask..." Anju moaned. Then she sat up straight. "Where is he?" "Anju, calm down! Where is who?" her mother said, pushing her down. "Kafei! The imp...the imp with the mask got him!" she exclaimed. "The mayor's son? He's missing? Cremia, would you tell the Mr. and Mrs.Dotour about this?" "Yes, ma'am!" said Cremia. "Anju, you need sleep. Take a good rest. There's nothing you can do tonight."advised Anju's mom. "Alright," agreed Anju miserably. What happened to him? Anju drifted into an uncomfortable sleep. * * * Anju woke up the next morning, feeling worse than she had the night before. Her mom walked into the room with a tray of food. "Ah, good, you're awake! How are you feeling, good? Good. I have a few errands to run, so you'll be taking care of the reservation book today." She bustled around, swinging a plaid jacket over her shoulders and throwing Anju a clean dress. "You'll have to feed Grammie-" "But Mom, I can't cook!" Anju protested. "She's been having trouble eating lately, you may have to do a bit of gentle persausion," her mom continued, taking no notice of Anju's comment, "Oh yes, there's an afternoon reservation for a Mr.Link, you know where the keys are. Dear try not to think of that Kafei, I knew when your father made the arrangements he was nothing but trouble." "What arrangements?" "Goodbye, dear!" her mother said, kissing her goodbye and leaving through the back door. Thanks, Mom. Anju thought. She got dressed and headed down to the kitchen to make her grandmother's breakfast. * * * Uuuuuuugh. That pretty much summed up Anju's morning. She'd made a huge mess in the kitchen making Grammie something to eat, then she refused to eat it. No matter what Anju said, Grammie still wouldn't get off the idea that food makes you age faster. There was no sign of Kafei, either, and on top of that, Link still hadn't showed up. Anju felt like screaming, but just then the door opened and in walked a young boy dressed in green with a familiar looking fairy. "Are you Link?" Anju asked shyly. "Uuuumm, yes," answered the boy. "How-" "Here's your room key. Your room is the second door on the right of the second floor." "Uh, okay..." Link said, accepting the key. Anju was just about to wash the ink off her hands when the door opened again. "Sorry sir, our rooms are filled. You should make a reservation next time." she informed him. "But I do have a reservation-goro. My name is Link-goro!" said the Goron, looking just as confused as the last customer. Anju shook her head. "Nope, sorry Mr.Link-Goro, but I don't have you down in the book." "Goro....oh well. That's the way it goes-goro, I guess." With that Mr.Link-goro left. As soon as the door shut, it opened again and in came the postman. What next? Anju wondered, ready to start ripping out her hair. The postman handed her the letter. It was from Kafei! "Wait--where did you get this?" she asked as the postman turned to leave. "Some mailbox somewhere." he answered. "Some mailbox where?" she demanded, stomping her foot. "I told you, somewhere! Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a very busy schedule!" Anju bit her lip until it bled. This is a fun day. She carefully tore open the letter. Dear Anju, After the imp put the spell on you, he made me into a child. I wanted to help you, but in my current form I could not. I went to North Clock Town to get help from the Great Fairy, but while I was there my Sun's Mask got stolen by a notorious theif named Sakon! I've been asking around town about this Sakon, and now I think I know where to find him and the mask. Have faith, Anju, and keep your Crescent Mask with you always. I will come back on the night of the carnival whether I have the mask or not. May the light of the sun always be with you, Kafei Anju's eyes widened as she read the letter. She ripped a piece of blank paper out of the reservation book and started writing. Back |