As the duo entered the forest they were greeted by many happy children. Several were running to the exit to witness a sunset for the first time, or at least one without trees blocking the view. Richard told Beat about his suspicion of Gwen and her showing up at their campground. Beat shook his head in frustration.
"Mr. Grimsley!" shouted a black haired boy.
"Hey Archer." greeted Beat, looking distant.
"Oh you must be Richard, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Archer." greeted the boy shaking Richard's hand.
"I'm happy to meet you Archer." replied Richard looking at Beat. Something was wrong.

Beat stormed off leaving Archer and Richard to explore the village. Beat was still mourning his violin. He also remembered he lost his knife to that dragon. Archer had offered to make him a bow, but Beat denied the request. He pulled out Will's Mask, and examined his friends face.
"That's a strange mask." stated a voice behind Beat.
"Oh, trust me, you have no idea." Beat said turning towards the person speaking to him. He saw a blonde Kokiri, who looked older than the rest of the villagers.
"I doubt it. I've had strange times with masks. Nothing about them surprises me." laughed the boy.
"I'm Beat." introduced Beat.
"Link." replied the boy.
"You're Link?" gasped Beat.
"You've heard of me?"
"We share some similar friends."
"Like?"
"Saria, Zelda, Malon, Mido, should I go on?"
"You've met Zelda?"
"Yeah, sorta had to."
"Why?"
"I've recently became involved in royalty. I'm the new Gerudo king."
"What?!?"
"You should follow me. I have someone you may want to see."
"Ok." sighed Link.

Richard and Archer were being led around by the twins. They kept them away from the Deku Tree's Meadow, but showed them the village. Archer had gotten a new tunic, now he wore a dark green tunic.
"I must admit, the tour is fun." Richard whispered to Archer.
Archer nodded in agreement.
Navi was assisting Saria, Mido, and the Deku Sprout in their little idea to thank Beat. They quickly had to hide the present though for Beat was shouting for Navi.
"Go stop him!" hissed Mido.
"Ok." nodded Navi. She then flew right into Beat.
"Navi, watch it!" he muttered rubbing his face.
"Sorry, but you were calling for me." she reminded.
"Right, right, right. Sorry. Navi may I present," he then stopped to make a trumpet sound. "Link, the Hero of Time!" he laughed pulling Link from behind a tree.
"Navi!" he exclaimed. His face turned into a giant grin. "I've looked all over Hyrule for you. I even looked in another world for you." he cried in joy.
"Link? How'd you meet Beat?" she asked.
"He snuck up on me." laughed Beat.
"We talked about masks." added Link.
"Everyone said you were searching for me." Navi said turning a light blue.
Link looked at Beat for some hint as to what was happening. When Beat shrugged, Link got worried. Suddenly an ear-ringing screech pierced the twilight air. Beat and Link fell to the ground covering their ears. They kicked and shouted for her to stop. They kept wiggling on the ground until Saria came to their rescue.

Saria saw Beat and a Kokiri boy writhing in pain on the forest floor. She then saw Navi's color. "Wonderful, Navi started crying!" she then whispered"Calming Breath," and a soothing breeze blew across them and silenced Navi.
"Thank you!" gasped Beat grabbing her leg.
"That's pretty cool." laughed his friend.
When Saria realized who it was she screamed. She ran up to her old friend and hugged him by his neck.
"Saria, can't breath! Crushing windpipe!" gasped Link.
"Sorry Link, it's just so good to see you." she laughed.
"That had to hurt. Just wait till Malon or Zelda find you safe and sound. You'll be broken by Malon, and suffocated by Zelda's perfume." laughed out Beat. But then he remembered what happened the last time he saw Malon, and broke down. "Damn you Ingo!" he muttered as he began to shiver.

Richard and Archer had gotten some supplies from the shop and carried them to their cart. They then noticed a small brown horse with a white mane tied to a nearby tree.
"That wasn't there when you came here, was it?" asked Archer.
"No, but I think it might belong to the people who attacked the forest. We should go warn Beat!" Richard stated.
They ran towards the village, but as they passed Mido's house a high pitched ringing sound hit them making them fall to their knees. It was then ceased and they sat down in a daze.
"That had to be some kind of weapon!" shouted Archer.
They then ran towards the source of the sound. There they found Beat on the ground shivering. He was surrounded by Navi, Saria, and a blonde boy in Kokiri clothing.
"What happened? Who did this?" asked Archer grabbing the boy by his shoulders and shaking him.
"I don't know!" cried the boy. "Why do people keep choking me? First the mask salesmen, then Saria now you!"
"He talked about Malon." sighed Navi. "He brought it upon himself."
"You idiot." sighed Richard. He then nudged Beat with his foot. "Quit beating yourself up. You did good not to kill that man."
"Who?" asked the three children around them.
"A farmhand named Ingo. He threatened our friend Malon, so Beat tackled him to the ground and threatened to kill Ingo." explained Navi.
"Ingo did what?" asked Link, fires lighting in his eyes.
"Relax, I'm pretty sure Talon took care of Ingo." reassured Richard.

Mido then came running to see the strange group. "Oh look, the boy who was ditched by his fairy! What are you doing back..." he didn't get to continue because Beat punched him in his stomach.
"Don't you dare insult him! He went through a hard enough time, and he doesn't need any bullshit from you!" barked Beat. His left hand faintly glowing.
"S..ss..sor..sorry... Li..Link." stammered Mido between breaths.
"Beat, that was uncalled for!" shouted Richard.
"You know what? Screw it! I'm leaving this forest. You can all go have fun! I've been going through hell since I got here!" Beat snapped. He had gone through too much too quickly to control himself. "I am going to..."
"Snap out of it!" shouted Archer. He stared into Beat's eyes, and saw no sign of the kind friend he had just made.
"Sorry kid." Beat said turning around. He stormed off towards the exit revealing a small skulltula that was made out of bones. It was embedded into Beat's neck!
Archer then pulled out a small slingshot and shot a deku-seed at the bug. He hit it spot on. The bones fell to the ground and burned in green flames.
"Anyone wanna explain what happened, cause I just blacked out?" said Beat shaking his head.
"Just calm down. You were being controlled by a spider made of bones." suggested Richard patting his friends shoulder.
"What happened to Mido?" asked Beat.
"You punched him." answered Navi.
"Sorry Mido!" he apologized.
"S'okay." he replied. "Oh wait I just remembered! Saria! Navi! I finished it. We'll give it to him after the feast."
"Ooh, and now we have another reason to celebrate!" added Navi hovering over Link.
"Why don't we have a giant party in the Deku Tree's Meadow? If we have it there, even the Deku Sprout can join in." Saria suggested.

Knowing that they were going to be ignored Richard, Beat, Link, and Archer all headed to Link's house.
They decided to talk about the journey Link had. He spoke of Termina, and it's calamity it faced. He told of how he was cursed to be a Deku Shrub, but then learned the Song of Healing and returned to normal. He explained how he got the Kokiri sword turned into a golden, razor-sharp blade. He told them about the two fairies named Tatl and Tael, and their friend the Skull Kid. He went on about reliving the same three days over and over again, and how he used that to get some cool things. He had gotten a mask that turned him into a Goron, and one that turned him into a Zora, and he even had one that was full of great power. He then described how he gave up his masks he gathered to get the Fierce Deity Mask, and how he used that to defeat the evil mask. He was surprised when Richard recounted the encounter he and Beat had with the mask salesman.
"That jerk sold my masks!" Link shouted jumping to his feet.
"Actually he gave them to us for free. I got the Mask of Truth, Richard got the Stone Mask, and our friend Peter got the Blast Mask." Beat explained.
"That's worse!" cried Link.
"Maybe, but I feel like we'll run into him again, so why don't you come with us?" suggested Richard.
"I may take up that offer. So tell me about your quest." replied Link.
"Well I think it will be easier to explain after the feast. It should be ready now." Beat said while standing up. As he rose his stomach growled. This made the guys laugh uncontrollably.
They hopped out of Link's treehouse, and headed for the Deku Sprout's home.