Fire's Shadow

Night Day and Dusk

Sam.

I tried to make heads or tales of what was going on. I didn't understand...as Mom and Uncle Ben fought off Matt and Devron we just stood there, unable to do anything but just stand there and watch. I didn't know where Diego had gone but I was worried for him. I felt a hand on my shoulder, causing me to yelp and spin around. Then I breathed a sigh of relief. It was just Uncle Toby.

"Come on the others are already on their way back to the mansion." He took my hand and pushed me into the foliage, "We'll meet you kids back there!" Then he jumped into the fight. I stood there for a few seconds without knowing exactly what to do. What was going on!? Why were they after me? Does this have something to do with my eye? I wanted answers but I needed to follow Uncle Toby's instructions. I took off in a random direction as fast as I could, if I could get Dad then maybe he'd help me figure all this out. He just HAS to know something!

"Sam! Sam wait!" A voice said behind me. Tommy ran up to me, out of breath and his face red, "We're going back to help! We found Diego and Uncle Tim. We also found Schyler Rook."

"Schyler? What's she doing here?" I asked as we ran back the way he came.

"You know that guy Alex Krailie?" He glanced back at me and I nodded, "Apparently that Devron guy brought him back from the dead. He brought an army of Black Eyed Kids to the boardwalk kidnapped Observer, Firebrand, and Caleb. Schyler only escaped using a teleportation stone that I am determined to figure out." He took a breath as if to continue but stopped in his tracks. I skidded to a halt and looked over to where he was looking, "Oh no...oh no oh no oh no." He stumbled back and clung to me, his arms wrapped around my shoulders. I looked harder and saw what he'd been seeing.

Happy Mask Salesman.

Uncle Ben and warned us about him but we never really thought he was real. Just a scary story to try and give us nightmares. I guess the only one who really believed him was Tommy, who I guess had good reason to be afraid. When Uncle Ben escaped from Majora's Mask he had promised to bring Happy Mask Salesman with him. But he found out that the guy who owned the game was going to destroy it so he had to improvise and escape by himself. According to Uncle Ben he still has a grudge against him for leaving him behind. And I realized that one way of getting even be taking away Tommy.

"Stay away from him!" I shouted. Happy Mask Salesman chuckled and drew out a knife.

"Didn't your parents ever tell you not to meddle with affairs out of your control?"

"No but I did warn them about you!" A flash of orange and Happy Mask Salesman was knocked backwards.

"Uncle Brian!" Tommy threw his arms around him.

"What are you still doing here get back to the mansion now!" Uncle Brain tried to lead us back but Tommy stood firm.

"We're going to help." Then he took my wrist and started running.

"Tommy, do you know what's going on?" I asked wearily.

"No, but if anybody does it's the people who are fighting at the edge of the woods." As he said this we began to hear the growing sounds of a fight. we burst out on the clearing just as we saw Devron shoot something into the sky and an orange done began to appear over the fight. Uncle Ben had enough time to roll away but Mom and Uncle Toby were trapped.

And sometimes I feel what happened next was my fault.