Zelda POV

The first thing she noticed was his eyes.

As he stood before her in the Throne Room, one knee to the ground, looking up as he waited for response to his request, his bright eyes were a shining blue, with a look that looked serious and proud, like a beast. She almost forgot that he was waiting for her answer as she looked in his eyes.. Quickly, Zelda cleared her throat and said, "Link, you have proven your worth in this kingdom after helping my army in its most desperate time of need, and for that I thank you, and with that I accept your request to join one of my staff as a personal bodyguard."

Link bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Princess. I won't let you down."

"Let's certainly hope not." she responded, then with a wave of her hand, he was dismissed.

"Princess, it is time for you to continue with your paperwork." Liz, Zelda's advisor, reminded, checking her schedule in her hands. Zelda nodded, inwardly sighing.

Link POV

Link was in the training fields, using one of the wooden swords that the soldiers used when practicing. He twirled it absently in his hand, looking at the makeshift dummy. With a shout, he brought the fake sword down on it's shoulder, causing a little tear to form. Link then slashed it in it's stomach, quickly followed by a stab. He continued this until the dummy was literally hanging on the pole stuck to it's back, it's hay-filled arms limp and bits of straw sprayed all around it. Link snorted at the softness of his target, then moved onto a nearby one.

After a few more, a small and rather round solider came up to hi, glancing at the dummies. "Ain't you tired yet?" he asked in a surprised voice, his words laced with a thick accent. Link just shrugged, then looked at the sky, realizing just how long he was out as he watched the sun start to dip behind the mountains and the sky turning into twilight.

Well, he thought he only did a few more. "Oops." he said, looking around at the mess he made. He turned to talk to the solider, but he was already stumbling back to the barracks, particularly to another solider with two bottles in his hands.

Link rolled his eyes. Was this the best Hyrule really could do with it's forces? It's a good thing he got here when he could. Link looked around, sighed, shoving the sword back on the rack of wooden weapons. 'Might as well head back to the castle'. He thought to himself, before casting a sidelong glance to the thick forest that bordered Hyrule field.

Zelda POV

Zelda was tired from sitting around on her throne all day. He muscles felt small and tight, and she wanted nothing more than a nice long ride through Hyrule field. Of course, the Council wouldn't allow it unless she was traveling and had at least two of her gurads by her side.

As the day ended, Zelda rose and started in the direction to her room, finally finishing her duties, though it was well into the night. Hesitating just outside her door, she turned her head slightly to acknowledge Link, who had followed her up. "Thank you Link, you are dismissed."

Link nodded and bowed, and again Zelda can't help but notice his eyes. They were a little different, a little more unsettled. A little more wild. Before she could get a better look, Link was already down the hall, walking briskly to his room, which was three doors down from hers, so he could arrive quickly in case something happened to her.

She just shrugged and opened the door to her large bedroom, enjoying the little privacy to herself before the maids came rushing in to help her settle for bed.

Link POV

Link paced in his room, his fingers twined behind his head as he kept glancing out of his bedroom window. His instincts ached to be outside, in the night wind, running through the trees. It didn't help that the moon was quickly getting fat either. Soon he wouldn't be able to help himself. For now though Link waited. He waited until everyone fell fast asleep in the castle, even the silly guards, who were quietly getting wasted in the barracks. He stiffened an angry growl from the back of his throat, then opened his window. Leaving his sword and shield behind, he instead leapt off from the balconey the window lead too and landed on the roof of the shed resting comfortably just beneath his room. Link sprinted across the spine of the roof, flipping off to land on the top of the wall before jumping off and rolling on the soft earth below, cushioning his fall.

Without stopping, Link ran with inhuman speed towards the forest bordering Hyrule Field, his blood pounding in his ears and his spirit singing from the light of the moon and the scent of the wilderness. Link felt his back curling, his arms growing and shrinking, and his teeth growing into fangs until there stood a wolf in his place, with a stormy pelt and a strange marking on his forehead. The wolf growled and ran off into the trees, finding a crag and howling to the moon as it reflected in his eerily human blue eyes.