"Hey, Link!" Faye shouted.

"Yeah?" He asked, whisking around to face his caller.

It was Faye; Link's best friend. Her purplish black hair was tied back in a carless pony tail, giving you the feeling she didn't care that much about looks.

"Are you really going to Hyrule town tomorrow?"

"Sure am."

Faye looked down at the ground and started to fidget.

"Can… I come?"

"But it'll be dangerous."

"And? Name a time when I cared how dangerous something was."

"Uhh…"

"Exactly. Remember that time where I found a cucco and flew down that gorge? I was fine!"

"Yeah, after I had to climb halfway down the cliff to get you back up again."

"… You made your point. Anyway, I have my own sword and everything! It'll be our adventure!"

"Fine, fine, you can come. As long as you don't do anything stupid, alright?"

"Yeah! I'm going to Hyrule!"

Faye skipped off, through the forest.

"Wait, Faye, hang on!" Link shouted as he ran after her.

Link quietly sneaked after her. He didn't know where she even lived; he only saw her at dusk. They had known each other for what seemed like forever now. Link had once tried to get Faye to meet everybody at Ordon, but Faye hated people; not in the antisocial way, but in a way that those people made her feel unnerving; as if they wouldn't accept her.

Link tried to tell her, if you've warmed up to me, I'm sure you'll warm up to them. It took her long enough to trust Link. He was her only friend; excluding the Epona and the animals in the forest.

Link followed Faye deep inside the forest, where she could be seen digging in the ground, gathering a fifty rupee piece. She shoved it in her pocket, and sniffed the air. Faye made a strange noise; like a whistling sound.

"What is she doing?" Link thought out loud.

Out of nowhere, a hawk came down, and came to rest upon Faye's arm. A small bag was in its beak. Faye gently took the bag and smoothed the birds head before setting it free. Link saw her wave to the bird, and crawl amongst some tall grass. After waiting a few minutes, it was apparent she had fallen asleep.

Link slowly walked up to her and shook her out of her light sleep.

"Huh? Link! What are you doing?" She shouted.

"What are you doing out here? Where's your house?"
"You're standing in it."

"You mean you live in the forest?"

"… Why else did you think I don't like people?"

"You're feral, right?"

"I guess you could say that." She laughed. "I guess you tamed me too then!"

"But I don't understand why you couldn't just stay with me."

"Because that would be really awkward."
"Does it matter? Wouldn't you rather be in a nice warm bed?"

"I don't know."

"Well, come on, your sleeping in my bed tonight."

"If you say so."

-*-

Link was casually on his way down the forest road on Epona's back, like he did every afternoon. As night fell upon the forest, Link heard a noise. Epona flinched at the sound. Link could tell Epona was getting uneasy. He took the mare further into the forest, where he could hear the sound getting louder. He couldn't decipher what it was. As he got closer, Epona suddenly reared up, throwing Link off. The horse had bolted.

As Link picked himself up, he heard the noise again. It sounded like someone moaning. Following the sound with his pointed ears, he came across the spring. Link quietly sneaked his way to the water's edge. He faltered as he saw a red liquid trickle down the spring. His curiosity got the better of him, so he walked through the water, finding a seriously wounded female, being watched over by a family of wolves.

"Come on, wake up!" Link begged.

The girl's eyes flickered open, and flinched at the sight of Link's face.

"It's alright; I'm not going to hurt you."

The girl sat up and patted one of the wolf's heads.

"Do you need any help?"

It was really a metaphorical question; if someone didn't help her, she would bleed to death.

The girl weakly nodded her head, and Link bent over, gesturing for her to get on his back. One of the wolves growled at Link, but the girl made a growling sound back. The wolf humbly backed away. Link was sure he could see worry on the faces of the family of wolves.

-*-

Faye opened her eyes to the sound of singing birds. Link was already awake, because Faye could see him outside. He opened the door and walked over to Faye.

"Ready?"

Faye jumped up.

"Ready as I'll ever be!"

Link gave her a warm smile, as he led the way. Helping Faye onto Epona's back, he led the horse through the forest. When night was threatening to fall, Faye started to get bored.

"Link…? How long will it take to get there?"

"I don't know, to be honest. Maybe a day? If we hurry that is."

"Can I stop off at the spring, just to get some water?"

"Of course."

Faye carefully jumped off Epona, and walked toward the spring, while Link stayed with Epona. Shortly after, Link heard loud shouting, coming from Faye's direction. He sprinted over to the spring, and there was some kind of strange creature holding down Faye; Link looked at it and continued to stare for several seconds; he had never seen something so strange.

"Hey! Over here, Link! Damsel in distress here!"

"Oh, right!"

Link ran over to the monster, throwing himself on it, removing it from Faye.

"Thanks for that, Link!"

"No problem…"

Link looked back at the monster.

"But no way could it have gone down like that…"

"L-Link…?" Faye stuttered, unsurely.

"What's wrong, Faye?"

She had a terrified look on her face; she pointed behind Link. He looked back. A towering, dark figure loomed over Link, on top of a large warthog creature.

Before Link had any time to react, the monster dealt a blow to Link's head, sending him flying.

"Hey!" Faye shouted. "Leave him alone! He hasn't done anything!"

Her fear faded into anger. But she realised that she was defenceless; she had neither a sword nor shield to her name. She cursed her lack of preparation.

"Damn… I forgot my sword!"

The monster was about to attack. He swung his club toward Faye; but she agilely dodged it, by a hairs breadth. But as bulky as the monster was, it was quite fast, and it quickly made the finishing blow upon Faye, knocking her unconscious. The monster picked them both up, and literally dragged them though the forest. When it entered a strange diamond shaped portal, the area had been stolen of its colour.

Upon entering, the monster changed its colour to suit its environment, while the two friends changed form dramatically. Link lay unconscious on the floor; as a magnificent wolf, with strange markings. Faye met a similar fate; her wolf form was slightly different. Her markings were arranged differently, and her fur was darker, and her face looked much more sinister than Link's peaceful, smooth face.

A small imp like creature, smiled evilly, as she watched the two wolves get dragged off to the unknown…