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// Link, Save the Queen! 
// Story: The Legend of Zelda Friendship is Magic 2: Return of Majora 
// by MetalBrony823 
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In Sky Beak's own house, Link was trying to give him and Ocean Flow the most simple explanation he can about Majora, and the Fiere Deity's mask.

Even Silverstream and Terramar were intrigued and a little scared by what they are hearing from the Hero of Hyrule. "So, Majora is a demon that yoyr answer defeated a long time ago?" Said Sky Beak.

"Yep. I thought he would be gone for good, but, apparently, Majora has returned and he will kill me if not my ancestor." Link answered. "You might have seen what he's capable of to know it, but he is a very dangerous monster that will stop at nothing to rule the world, both worlds. He cab manipulate and trick others to join his side by brainwashing."

"He's definitely done something to my mom to act all evil and crazy." Said Sky Star.

"What did he turn her in to?" Asked Colin.

"Oh! It' something awf! Something horrible! Like a hippogriff's worse nightmare, right next to being almost conquered by the Storm King and his monsters!" The princess began hyperventilating uncontrollably like she was about to have a seizure or a nervous breakdown.

Pinkie, being herself, began hyperventilating with her in response. Everyone else looked annoyed and Spike had to slap them both to seal them out of it.

"Get ahold of yourself!" Said the baby dragon.

"Spike is right." Twilignt agreed. "I know this is a serious situation,  it you need to calm down, Sky Star. Whatever Majora has turned her into, we can fix it for you."

"We'll guarantee that she will he back to normal once we take care of the problem." Lyra said, boldly.

"Look, just lead us to her and see what has happened." Said Mathayus.

Breathing in a doggy bag, trying to calm herself down, Sky Star said: "okay. She is still down in Seaquestria and she is not herself at all."

"Just take us to her." Said Thorax.

"Okay. Okay. Follow me." 

Princess Sky Star looked so desperate and scared about what had happened to her mother, whatever happened to her that is.

Link switched to his Zora armor again, and the ponies turned into sea ponies, while Spike turned into a puffer fish.

"Aw man. I hate being like this." Said the baby dragon complaining.

"Come on now, Spike." Rarity encourage him to try and cheer him up. "Youncan still he a very useful little darling."

The baby dragon had a change of heart and blushed. It was no surprise that compliments or encouragement from Rarity, his own crush, would be a confidence booster for him.

"Wait. What about me?" Said Colin. "I can't breath underwater."

"Not to worry, Colin." Said a Male voice that sounded like an echo. From behind them, the Hero of Time Link appeared once again, looking as noble as ever with his green tunic. "Since Link has his Zora armor, I will give you this."

With a bright light, the old hero opened the palm of his hand and it revealed to be some kind of mask. It looked exactly like a Zora, and it was the perfect size for young Colin.

"The Zora Mask. In it lies a spirit named Mikau, who I have healed his soul with my Ocarina of Time. This mask was mine when I was still on this earth. Of course, i do not think I will need it anymore."

"Wow. What will this do?"

"It will transform you into a Zora and you will gain Zora abilities like Link's Zora Armor does for him."

He gave it to Colin and the boy looked very surprised. "Wow. I- I don't know." He Said. "Link is your ancestor, and I'm not."

"You are just so heroic as your brother figure, Colin." Said the Hero of time Link. "I know you will put it to good use."

"Thank you." Said Colin.

"And I might as well give you these ones as well." Then he granted the boy two more masks. The second one looked like a Goron face and the third looked like a Deku face. "The Goron mask, and the Deku mask. These have their own uses like the Zora mask has its own."

"What kind?"

"The Goron mask will help you move objects that you can't lift in this state and provide protection from Fire and lava. As for the Deku Mask, it will give you the power to run a little faster than before and hide in large flowers from enemies. Not only that, but it will give you an endless supply of Deku nuts."

Colin was even more impressed than ever. "Are you sure?" He said. "These look more like something that Link deserves to have."

"It's okay, Colin." Said Link. "I think you deserve these masks more than me. Besides, these are more of kids masks."

"I agree with Link." Said Fluttershy. "I think if anyone deserves these masks. It would be you."

The boy smiled and he said: "well, okay. Link has his own swimming outfit." He slowly put on the mask and something extraordinary happened to him.

The mask was slowly attaching to his faces and the boy felt a little weird.

"Colin! You okay?" Asked Twilight.

"Peace, princess Twilight." The hero's spirit said. "He will be just fine. In a few seconds, he will experience an extraordinary change."

After grasping his head, Colin yelled at the sky in a loud yell, but it sounded lower than before.

A blinding light was Shining where Colin was and after it had gone, the boy looked completely different. He was not a Hylian, but a Zora with a green cloth around his waist.

Link and everyone else were impressed by this sudden transformation. "Whoa! Look at you, Colin." Said Pip. "You look so nice."

"Wow. I'm a Zora." Rarity have him a small mirror to gaze upon himself at to see how he looked while wearing this mask. "Wait. How do I remove it if it's attached to my face?"

The Hero of Time made a small, but bold chuckle. "It is really simple. Just gently pull it off of your face and it will magically come off. Try it."

Feeling a little nervous, Colin slowly took off the mask by getting it off his face as if he was peeling an orange. Like magic, Colin was turned back to his normal form and looked at the magical Zora mask once again. 

"Goodness. This is so incredibly wonderful." Said Fluttershy.

"So intriguin', by gum." Said Big Mac. "Never seen anything like it."

"Thank you." Said Colin. "I promise they I will treat it with good care."

"I know you will, Colin." Said the Hero of Time Link. He looked at his descendant once again. "I am counting on you all to retrieve the mask shard. Good luck."

Link nodded his head before saying: "I will, Ancestor. I promise you that we will bring peace to Mt. Aris and Seaquestria."

"You always make me proud, my son." Then the ancient hero vanished in to thin air again.

"Well, this could be useful." Said Ocean Flow. "Come on, we need to help Novo."

"Double for me, darling." Said Sky Beak. Everyone continued going in the water and looked in the deep sea world of Seaquestria.

Meanwhile, Colin was trying to swim like a Zora and he was having a little difficulty with this new mask. "Well, at least I have gills." He remarked.

"You'll learn fast, Colin. I know you will." Link encouraged him.

There were the sea ponies and their children, cowering and shaking in some trenches, and trembling with fear.

"What happened here?" Asked Terramar. "Is everyone okay? What happened?"

"It's the queen!" Said a hippodrome filly. 

"She's gone completely insane!" Said a Male Hippodeome. "She is not herself right now."

"Please, princess Sky Star!" Shouted a marr desperately. "You have to do something!"

"Come on." Said Discord. "We got no time time to lose. Is she in her throne room?"

"yes." Said another stallion. "She is in her throne room, but be careful. She will kill us all!"

"Nonsense." Said Twilight. "She's been brainwashed by a wicked demon. Come on, every pony."

Link, Discord, Spike, Applejack, and their cronies followed her to the throne room and saw something they shocked them all.

Novo was sitting on her throne,  it with red eyes with no background and she looked olive green. "Ah, there you are young lady." She looked kinda reptilian like a crocodile with some scales on her skin and sharon teeth in her mouth. "I thought I told you that you were grounded forever?"

"No! You said you were just mad at me."

"I'm mad at you NOW!" The sea pony shouted down on her own daughter. "You have a lot of nerve coming down here. Lord Majora told me about you and your little schemes."

"Lord Majora?" Said Pip. "That monster's lying to you."

"Lying? Ha! He said they you would take over our homes just like the Storm King once did before." The queen continued with her brainwashed words. "Now, come over to me at once, Sky Star, or you are grounded until you die!"

"That's not her talking." said Mathayus. "That is only Majora's influence talking through her mouth. The real queen Novo is suffering on the inside."

"Yeah, I sense a very evil force inside of her." Link remarked. "Like how have felt an evil presence in Cadence when she was brainwashed, and some of the other griffons."

"Are all you peasants done talking yet?" said the queen of the Hippogriffs with a yawn. "Because I would like to kill you all quickly." She looked very serious. A small horde of skeleton and skull fish appeared behind her, and their teeth looked as sharp as knives, and their eyes were glowing yellow with their stomachs showing under their visible rib cages. "Seize them, my babies!"

Just lie that, like an owner sicing a dog on a rabbit, the skeleton fish charged towards the heroes, including Sky Star, her own daughter. Those fish were swimming at a very fast pace, swift as arrows, but everyone, nonetheless, attacked the groups of fish while Link wen to charge against Novo, and Sky Star was with him. "Mom, please!" the princess begged. "Snap out of it!"

"You are one step closer to be getting a spanking from me, young lady." then the queen charged at her and Link. The Hero of Hyrule managed to slice her on the side, making her grunt in pain.

"NO!" Sky Star exclaimed in horror. "That's my mother you hit!"

"I won't kill her, Sky!" said the hero. "But, I need to make her come to her senses and free her from this brainwashing Majora has put on her." He charged at her as he was swimming and slashed the Master at her a few times, but a swarm of skeleton fish appeared and gave her protection like a shield. "Grr. I don't want to have to do this, but she give me no choice."

He pulled out a water bomb, and held it until the moment was right to throw it. A boom was heard and it destroyed all the skeleton fish, and blew back Novo a little, into a pillar. At last, Link began slicing at her, much to the horror of Sky Star, and something was happening. The queen began twitching and groaning in pain and then a blinding light flashed like a mine is exploding.

The light flashed for a long five seconds and then, Queen Novo was back to her normal self, floating out cold. "Mother!" Sky Star said, rushing to the queen's aid. "Mother! Wake up! Speak to me! Please!!"

Mumbling and feeling a little groggy, Novo began to come back to reality and looked around with her vision slightly blurry. "What happened to me?" she asked as her vision was coming back.

"You... had a bad dream." said Sky Star.

"What she means is, a very evil demon named Majora turned you evil too." Discord said.

"Majora?" said Novo. "So that's what he is called." an angry look appeared on her face. "What did he do to me?"

"He turned you into a reptilian monster." said Pinkie Pie. "A very scary reptilian monster."

"Pinkie!" Bon Bon scolded. "Don't say that!"

"No. No. You're right." The queen of the Hippogriffs made a sad sigh. "What have I been doing all this time?"

"It wasn't your fault, your majesty." Link reassured. "It was all Majora's doing."

"Yeah, mom." The princess of the Hippogriffs agreed. "Are you feeling okay?"

"A little. My head hurts. And Princess Twilight, welcome back to Seaquestria. I take it you helped this young man try and snap me out of it with your friends?"

"Yes. Your daughter told us what happened and we helped you."

"Where are the others?" 

"There are hiding in the golden trench." Said Sky Beak. "Don't worry, your highness, they're alright. Me and some of my guards managed to kill the monsters invading Mt. Aris."

"We have har a talon in that too, my queen." Said Silverstream. She noticed something glowing in front of the throne. "Hey, what's that shiny thing?"

They all looked down and the hero of Hyrule recognized what it was by the purple glow. "A shard of an ancient mask. "I'll get it. Wait here."

Link was about to get it, but then, something fast swam past him. It was Colin, who was swimming faster than his brother figure, and he was spinning around like a missile.

Thanks to his Zora form, he was a very good swimmer and he snatched the mask shard in an instant, no problem. "Here you go, Link." He Said 

Smiling gratefully, the Hero of Twilight promptly took it and pulled out the almost complete mask.

Like all the others they collected before, the shade fused with the mask and it was almost complete. "Perfect." He said. "Thanks, Colin."

"You're welcome."

"Well, who are you exactly?" Asked Novo. "And what is so important about this unusual.... face-wear?"

Then Link, Colin, Storm, Epona, Mathayus, and the other ponies who were not the elements of harmony introduced their names to her.

Discord was about to when he was halted.  "Ho ho. I know all too well who you are, Discord. If I found out that you had anything to do with this, I swear, i'll-"

"Easy, your highness." Said Pip. "He's change and he is no longer evil."

Novo still looked a little unconvinced, but she decided to try and believe him and the others. "Well Link, I am forever grateful for you and your friends for saving me from descending deeper into madness."

"It is an honor, your highness." Link replied. "It will only he a matter of time before Majora tries to take over the whole world, and I need to stop him."

"WE need to stop him, Link. We're your friends." Pip said.

"Good. And we should tell the other hippogriffs or Hippodromes that everything's okay now." Said Mathayus. "They are all very worried about you, Milady."

"Of course." She looked at her daughter. "I am so sorry if I was treating you so harshly, Sky Star. Can you ever forgive me?"

"Of course mom. I will always love you." Then the mother and daughter hugged.