DAWN OF THE FIRST DAY

72 Hours Remain

The sound of the doors of the clock tower creaking open echoed through their ears as, once again, Link and Tatl were about to begin another three-day cycle. The light of South Clock Town filled their eyes, a great contrast from the darkness of the previous final day. Just to be sure, Link ran a few steps away form the tower and looked up and, sure enough, the moon was quite a distance away once again. He didn't have much with him, yet. This adventure in Termina had only just started. All he had was the Deku Mask, the ocarina, and a few miscellaneous items that didn't particularly matter at the moment... And yet, this just might be enough, as looking down at his ocarina, he realized just what he held in his hand... He could do anything, anything at all, and erase it with just a few notes...

"Hurry, Link! The gate to the Swamp is in South Clock Town! We have to go, we only have three days left!" Tatl's voice rang out, likely agitated with Link's lack of movement, despite the swamp not really being that far away, especially compared to having to cross the entirety of Hyrule Field in one night. But, Link had other ideas... ideas that were a bit darker than one would expect from the hero of time. He looked up at the ball of light, Tatl was the only person who could remember the events of the previous cycle. Undoubtedly because she was there right next to him when he played the Song of Time... No doubt, if this fairy knew what he was about to do, she would never let him live it down, so he would have to get rid of her, first, in a way that would seem entirely innocent.

"Tatl, you're really small and can fly really fast, can't you? With only three days, we don't have a lot of time to wait around. What do you say you go and scout ahead, first? That way, I know exactly what kinds of supplies we'll need to get to where we need to go! When the carnival begins, you meet me back here and we'll play the Song of Time again and go on the next cycle!"

After a bit of negotiation, Tatl reluctantly leaves, mostly annoyed by Link's stubbornness but ultimately realizing there was no use in arguing with him any longer. She flies off toward the Southern gate into Termina Field and Link was now all alone... perfect. Now he had the freedom to do whatever he wanted with no one ever knowing. He looked down at the ocarina again and smiled at his new-found power.

He remembered the previous cycle, he helped so many people with their petty problems, but this time, he wasn't looking to help, but to see just how much trouble he can stir up, especially with all the town's guards worrying about the moon, who would even notice a few citizens going missing? Especially when everyone is fleeing town... It all just seemed so perfect! But just who should he focus on? There were so many options... so many possible victims... maybe he could go to Honey and Darling's shop? He could completely humiliate Honey by abusing his innocent little Darling right in front of him. The Gorman Troupe dancers? Or maybe that ranch girl, Romani? No, he might bump into Tatl on his way there... besides, he would only be able to get there on the final night when the boulder is finally removed. But then another idea came to mind... one that got him truly excited. The woman who runs the Inn, the sexy, innocent young woman, Anju... Her life seemed to already be falling apart. Her fiance had disappeared just three days before her wedding day. Seems like perfect fuel to use against her, to make her suffer and cry and to make her feel absolutely worthless, to the point where she submits her own body to the one who decides to take advantage of her weak, helpless state. It was perfect, Anju was going to be Link's pathetic little slave for the next 72 hours...

Now, all he had to do was think of all the ways he could humiliate the poor woman. Maybe he could put her on a leash and force her to crawl naked around the Inn, maybe bring her into the bathroom and let that creepy hand feel her sexy body up. She was going to be owned far more than she ever would have expected... this was going to be the worst three days of her life.

As he thought of all these horrible ideas, he swiped some rope from the construction workers without being noticed and made his way toward East Clock Town. The Stock Pot Inn had just opened and Link let himself in.

"Good morning" Anju's sweet, quiet yet troubled voice sounded out. "Um... Do you have a reservation? I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid we're totally booked at the moment..."

"Don't worry, I'm just visiting. I'll only be here for a bit."

"Oh, okay, well have a nice visit." Anju bowed politely in response. With this, Link walked toward the stairs, but once he was at the top, he immediately opened the door to the Employee's room. No one was inside. He knew Anju would arrive here soon and it was only a question of how long he would have to wait.

Several hours passed and finally, he heard Anju's delicate footsteps approaching the door. Link's heart began to race. This was the moment! It was finally coming. He was finally going to completely destroy sweet little Anju's innocence right here. He heard the door open and saw Anju holding a tray of food that seemed to have cooled. Anju gasped in surprise as she saw Link in her room. "Um, excuse me, I'm going to have to ask you to leave, this room is for Stock Pot Inn employees only..." Link began walking toward the door, but, needless to say, not to comply with her demand, but rather, to lock it and turn to face her with a malicious smile. Link drew his sword and pointed it at her. "Scream and that pretty little neck will be cut right off." Anju's eyes widened in horror, she couldn't believe this was happening...! "Wh-what? Wh-what do you want...?"

"I want you." Link smiled. "You're mine until that moon falls. Forget about that husband of yours, he's the least of your worries."