Majora's Mask Unmasked: Majora's Mask part 25

    Link ascends the Clock Tower quite like he did when he was the tree child.  This time things are different. Link has moved heaven and earth to prepare for this showdown.  He has three spirits to aid him, and an assortment of masks gathered from everyone he helped along the way, not to mention a much better repertoire for the Ocarina of Time than when he last saw the Skull Kid.  Skull Kid and Tael say all the same things they did last time.  When Skull Kid starts calling the Moon down, the sun begins to rise over the horizon.  It's a new day for an ending world.  Link can turn back time like last time, but instead he plays the Oath of Order.

      The song is so fitting for the moment where everything is falling apart.  The speed at which the moon is coming in is shaking the ground apart and the draft of wind is tearing leaves from the trees and throwing debris.  Then upon playing this song, the four giants materialize out of the lands they guard.  They walk with even steps toward the moon and then reach up all at once to catch it before it crashes down on Clock Town.  After some struggle to keep it from falling, the moon ceases.  The sun has risen.  It's a new day.  

      Though a new day has come, the darkness has not yet passed.  Before victory can be claimed, the Skull Kid screams in pain before going limp.  Then the eyes on the mask begin to glow, and Majora's Mask begins to speak on its own.  It casts aside the Skull Kid for his failure, and begins to hover around on its own.  Majora's Mask has life of its own.  Though there are other dark artifacts like Majora's Mask including the remarkably similar in appearance Fused Shadows from Twilight Princess, this is the first one to display sentience.  Without a motive, care, or emotion, the mask travels up into the moon.  The moons eyes burn brighter as the mask says it wishes only to "consume everything."  The moon begins to bear down even harder and the giants struggle to hold it up.  

     While this is going on, Tatl expresses that she wishes to punish the Skull Kid for performing the crimes against the world and its inhabitants.  She is stopped by Tael who tells her the Mask is the real evil that must be dealt with.  Given no other option, Link must travel up into the moon by way of a strong gust leading into it.  If he cannot stop the moon, everything he has done would be for nothing.  Tatl tags along as this team prepares for whatever hell awaits them inside the belly of the beast.  For all who don't know what's coming next, this is probably the moment that digs at people the most.  I can guarantee confusion, shock, and absolute terror.  Tread lightly as we go into the depths of hell itself.