Hey!

Look!

Listen!

(A/N): This is my first fanfiction on this site! I'm so excited to start! Before we begin, I'd like to answer any questions you have.

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Why is this rated T? It could be rated K, but I have decided that if this gets even a single review telling me to, I will continue this story, and at that point it will be rated T without a doubt because violence and blood and swearing. Even so, it has some swearing already, so...

Also… I do not own the Legend of Zelda or Nintendo! If I did, we would've made Twilight Princess HD already and I would own a Wii U. Let's begin!

-Hey! Listen!-

It was just one of those days for Link. One of those days where you overslept, then couldn't wake up… One of those days where the sheep were being so stubborn, and your only helper refused to help you. One of those days where your friend stole your horse again, and refused to give it back until you begged her. One of those days where the kids wouldn't stop bugging you.

One of those days where you turned into a wolf in front of your entire village…

Wait.

No.

That wasn't supposed to happen.

It all started when Fado had woken Link up. At first, it seemed like a normal day. It might even seem to be the perfect day at first glance. The sun wasn't shining in Link's eyes unlike when he usually woke up. Maybe today would finally be the day everything would go right, and he would finally have some free time.

"Heeeeyy! Link! Get up!"

A small moan escaped Link as he sat up in his bed. He leaped out of bed quickly, blood rushing to his head. He scuffled over to the window, and after quickly fixing his hair, stuck his head outside.

"What do you want, Fado?" The hero questioned.

"Link!" Fado glanced around to look at the sun. "It's nearly ten! Where have you been?"

Fado glanced up to the window again after he had finished talking, but Link was gone.

"Crap!" Link cried, as he scuffled around his house. He threw on his tunic and grabbed his wallet and sword. Once prepared, he rushed out of his house as quickly as possible, scrambled down the ladder, and skid to a hasty stop right in front of Fado.

Epona, who was tied to the small tree next to Link's house only snorted and pawed the ground.

"What were you doing that kept you in?" The large goat herder asked slyly, crossing his arms and scowling at Link, who was at this point untying the rope tied to the tree on Epona's holster.

"I wasn't doing anything important." Link mumbled. Epona swat him with her tail. Link sighed as he dropped the mare's holster to the ground, and turned to get her reins. "Okay, fine. I overslept."

"You should know better at this point." Fado frowned, and shifted his weight from foot to foot impatiently.

"I know I should." Link said, emotionless. He grabbed Epona's saddle and began to tighten the girth around her stomach. He frowned. "But I really can't help it."

"Then we need to get you a cuckoo." Fado smirked.

"What for?" Link frowned. With Epona finally geared up, he spun on one foot to face the smug goat keeper.

"Maybe they'll crow at you in the morning." This finally got Link to smile.

"Yea, I'll love them, and bathe them, and be sure to use them to help herd the goats all day. When they gang up and peck my eyes out, I'll be sure to thank you."

Epona simply snorted as the two men headed to the ranch, and she plodded on along behind them.

-Hey! Listen!-

"Dang it!" Link hissed under his breath. One goat. One goddess forsaken goat stood in the fields, horns low to the ground, hoof pawing the ground slowly.

The goats had been cooperating and had actually gotten in the barn fairly quickly today. Link neatly and quickly finished, and was about to jump over the fence to leave the ranch again, when Fado let out his famous: "Heeeeyy!" and pointed out a single goat that Link had just managed to miss.

At first, Link just laughed, and turned Epona quickly to circle around the front of the goat. He had shouted at it once, expecting it to flee into the barn. But it didn't.

Now, it was testing the limits of Epona and Link.

While the hero and his horse had no doubts they could handle the goat if it did charge them in the rock covered field, they clearly had no desire for anything of the sort to happen. Besides, it would be the first time a goat charged. Link didn't know just how smart these goats were, but if he were to guess, the other goats would take this as an example to live by.

Epona slowed to a halt a few meters away from the testy animal. "Hey, Fado!" Link called to the farmer, who was lounging just outside of the field. "You wanna handle this one?" Fado glanced inside the pen, then frowned and shouted back, "Nooo!"

It was this shout which pushed the goat over the edge. Over one hundred pounds of terrified buck flew towards Link and Epona, horns forward, bleating for it's life's worth.

At the last moment, Link let out a shout, and it turned skittishly away, and flew into the barn.

Apparently he hadn't acted soon enough for Epona.

The chestnut mare squealed and reared up, higher than Link could remember her ever doing so in recent memory. With a small leap, she bounded forward.

With Link still unbalanced from the fact that his perfectly trained horse had reared up in fear, her small bound was enough to knock him from the saddle and to the ground with a small thud.

He had landed on his left side.

And on a rock.

Wonderful.

Fado was now awake and alert. He slid between the fence, ungracefully but quickly, and rushed to Link's side.

"Are you okay?" He said nervously, worry evident in his voice.

Link began to sit up, and he nodded. "I'm sure I'll be good to go in a few minutes…" Link looked up to Fado. His arm was sore, and there was a slight sting, but otherwise, he felt fine. Apparently, the rancher did not feel the same way.

Epona was now circling back around toward the two herders, her head high and nostrils flaring.

"Link…" Fado frowned, a worried expression plastered on his face.

The young hero only responded by dusting himself off and standing up to look over to Epona. "It's not your fault…" He whispered soothingly. Only then did he turn to Fado. "Yeah?" He questioned softly, as to not spook the jumpy mare again.

Fado slowly lifted a quivering finger to point to Link's shoulder.

Blood pulsed from a small gash in his tunic, and Link simply frowned in response. "Well that'll need fixing, won't it?"

On the way back to the village, Link had to attempt to handle Epona with his right hand, which he found frustratingly difficult.

Fado led the way, clearing stray branches in the forest, and looking back to check on Link occasionally. He still appeared nervous, but he had seemed to get a grip quickly enough.

Damn horse… Frustrating isn't it?

Link froze, his blood turning cold.

Why don't you come with me?

Sly, evil thoughts crept into the young hero's mind.

Just reach into your pocket…

No. He wouldn't. He shoved the messages out of his head.

Since the twilight had receded, he had only turned into the beast occasionally, usually to hunt for his village or to patrol close areas of Hyrule. Only once had he turned into the blue-eyed-beast for his own self-indulgence.

The crystal in his pocket pulsed with a radiating darkness, begging his hand to simply touch it. There wasn't time for that. He had to get home. With a small grunt, Link pushed forward.

-Hey! Listen!-

"Link! Get up! It's afternoon already!"

The young hero's head spun to his window. He recognized those voices. That was Talo without the shadow of a doubt.

Link sighed, and turned back to what his focus had been on. For nearly an hour he had been staring at the Shadow Crystal. Next to it sat a rather peciluar looking arrow that was trustfully filled with some of the Light Spirit's power so he could change back at will. He had gotten it from Zelda, a leftover from his fight with Ganon, so he wouldn't have so many issues since he needed the power of light to help him turn back into a human.

His arm had been fixed, thanks to Rusl, who happened to be there at the time, and he had been scolded by Ilia, who also happened to be there. It didn't hurt too much, but it was sore and stung slightly every time he moved his arm.

Pushing himself off the floor, with his right arm, mind you, he made his was over to the door of his home. He headed outside, climbed down the ladder with less grace than usual, and headed toward the kids. The very first thing he noticed, was that Epona was gone again.

"There you are!" Talo shouted. "You won't guess what's going on today!"

Link simply shook his head, playing along, while waiting for a good excuse to come to mind to go get Epona.

"Mr. Rusl says he's gonna teach us to hunt!"

Beth stood by the young boy's side, Colin behind them.

"He says we need to defend ourselves." Beth snorted. "He never said he'd teach us to hunt."

"He did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"That's great." Link interrupted, not wanting their feud to cause another one of them to get kidnapped again. Today was not his day. Everything seemed to go wrong, and now Epona was gone.

"I'd like to teach you some things, but I really need Epona…" the hero said, tone slightly agitated.

While the kids seemed disappointed, they all handled it fairly well. "Okay then…" Colin smiled at Link. "We understand. Go get your horse."

Finally the goddess smiled upon him in the form of Colin as he left for the spring, praying that's where Epona would be with Ilia if anywhere.

When Link finally found his way to the spring, he was mildly surprised to see the gate wasn't locked shut. Without hesitating, he strode into the spring to find Ilia washing Epona.

"Ilia!" Link shouted across the spring. "I need my horse back!" To which Ilia responded: "Link!" She hissed. "You hurt your horse again!" Link only sighed after he heard this, and he prepared for a scolding.

Ilia stood persistent as ever, not budging one inch from where she stood as the fabled and legendary hero of the twilight, destroyer of evil, and Ganondorf's slayer approached.

"What do I have to do to get her back?" Link sighed.

"You're gonna have to beg for her, hero."

Link placed his head in his palm. He was partially happy he had left the crystal behind. He was pretty sure the darkness inside of it would've conned him into going into a bloody rampage at this point. "Well excuse me, princess."

Ilia stood erect, her shoulders stiffening. "What did you call me?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, your majesty." Link bowed low, his tone full of mocking. "Please, allow me to grovel for your forgiveness."

"Why you-!" Ilia began, before Link cut her off. "Tsk, tsk, watch that mouth. What would your subjects say." At this point he was just teasing and playing along, but he really longed for her to get the message.

Ilia's face twisted into mock rage. "Down with you, for commanding me so! Guards!" She gestured to Epona, and then gently nudged her back leg. With a small splash, Epona stomped in slight discomfort and sprayed water all over Link.

Agitation crept up the hero's spine, but he disregarded it. "May I have my horse back now?" He frowned, glancing through dark blond locks of hair that fell dripping in front of his face. Ilia folded her arms crossly. "I don't see any groveling..."

Link sighed. "Is that seriously the only way you're gonna give me my own horse back?" Ilia slowly nodded her head. "This better be worth it, Epona." He grumbled, folding on one knee. He ducked his head to complete the act.

"May I please have Epona back, now?"

Ilia burst out laughing. "You know, you didn't have to really do that." She kept laughing, as Link scrambled to his feet. "But I'm kind of happy that you did."

"Oh woe is me!" Link cried, in an attempt to play it off. "How shamed I must be!"

Inside, rage burned viciously. With each movement he faked, a small sting resounded in his shoulder. First he overslept, then got charged by a goat, hurt himself, got annoyed profusely by kids no less, and now was groveling to get his horse back.

With a small huff, he snatched the reins from Ilia and stomped off.

-Hey! Listen!-

Touch me.

Link huffed, and scooted farther away from the crystal.

C'mon.

"No."

You know you want to.

"I won't"

But remember the feel of the power...

"Stop it..."

The feeling of fur...

"Please..."

The thrill of battle...

"I can't!"

Link yelled at the opposing crystal. "I promised myself..."

You promised yourself nothing! The crystal vibrated violently. You ruined yourself! Link cowered in the corner. He just needed it to stop...

You ruined any chance you had at power. The small diamond shook so rapidly, it forced itself off the table onto the floor. We can become legends! The dark power radiated off of it's surface, begging Link to bend to it's will.

"I won't!" Link shouted.

But you can! Think of all you can do! You can even get back at your... friends.

Link froze. It was true he was getting fed up more and more each day with the villagers. His journey had changed him and his views, but he didn't want it to change them too... He couldn't. They were too innocent for him to ruin their lives.

A sudden knock at the door distracted the hero. With a sigh of relief, he picked up the crystal by the cord it was attached to, and stuffed it in his pocket, then grabbed the arrow and shoved it in the opposite pocket.

Slowly, the door creaked open to reveal a very enraged Talo, laughing Beth, and silent Colin. For a moment, Link questioned how they had all managed to fit on the small balcony like platform that the ladder was attached to, but he ignored that fact. "What do you need?" He questioned, turning to Beth. "And what on Hyrule are you laughing about?"

Beth managed to regain herself for a moment to sputter out. "Talo can't even use a slingshot!"

So what?

Talo's ears turned a bright red. "I can! And it's not that hard, either!"

Feel the power...

The girl only smirked and rolled her eyes. "Sure, you can handle it so well."

Ripping flesh between your teeth...

"Shut up."

"Anyways..." Beth continued. "Mr. Rusl asked us to see if you wanted to come outside. The village is all outside, except..." The young girl trailed off. Link nodded in understanding. "I'll be out in a minute."

The door slammed shut, and Link fell to the ground in a heap. "Why does everything have to be so difficult?"

It wouldn't be so hard if you listened and submit like I told you.

The young hero grunted, and gathered himself. With a small sigh, he turned to leave, but when he opened the door, the crystal began vibrating again.

I'm going to make this night your own personal Hell.

Link ignored it and headed down the ladder, past Epona and down the same narrow path to the village, the crystal taunting him all the way. He tried to force the thoughts away, to make them stop, but he just couldn't will them away.

As Link headed to the village, he was still attempting to fling the insults from the (recently discovered quite vulgar) crystal of twilight. Each tree and branch seemed to whisper about him in the darkness. The leaves hissed coarse terms in the wind. To any other person, it might have been a quick walk to the village with beautiful scenery.

To Link, each branch and tuft of grass appeared to lean in, poking and prodding him as he dragged his feet to the other people. It was the longest walk he had ever made in his life.

When the disgruntled hero finally found his way to the village he stopped very suddenly. Everything seemed so... Loud. It was loud, obnoxious, and a headache to listen to. Probably just the crystal doing something stupid... He pondered to himself.

I could hear that.

He heaved a sigh. He satisfied himself by jamming his fists into his pockets, gently rubbing the leather cord connected to the crystal. If it got lost, there was no telling what sort of mess would break out.

With the crystal finally shut up for one minute (minus his snarky comments about hearing every thought), Link took the opportunity to look around the village again.

The kids were splashing around in the stream, except for Colin, who chose to fish with another one of his homemade fishing rods that held a surprising amount of quality. They were the ones making most of the noise...

Ilia and Rusl were off to the side of where the children were, talking about... Whatever they talked about... Link could never be sure.

Pergie and Sera were just outside of Sera's shop. Uli, however, was nowhere in sight. Link simply assumed having a newborn would be enough reason to stay inside. On the other hand, Jaggle, Hanch and Fado were a few feet away from the women. Hanch was giving some sort of exaggerated speech, with large hand movements. It seemed off. Typically, Hanch would stand to the side and let the others tell their stories, not him.

The young hero made his way toward them. This was definitely not going to be something to miss. However, as he came nearer and nearer, he seemed to remember the tale he spoke of.

"-and the huge brute dodged it, wouldn't you know! And then I was thinkin'... 'What sort of beast does that!..."

He was telling the story about him on the night the children got stolen. Though it seemed odd to say stolen about a human, that was basically what happened. It was different, so it couldn't be the exact same as a kidnapping.

Link tuned out, still approaching slowly. He came up behind Fado just as slow, as to not startle Hanch. If he stopped talking now, Link would never get him talking again. When he was close enough to hear each word without having to question if what he heard was actually what was being said. Link poked his head out from behind Fado, and slid to the side slightly to join the circle of men.

"And you know what it did then? The monster came up right behind me! It was right there, lookin' at me! I was so scared, I leaped right into the river!"

Link slipped his fists out of his pockets, noticing the crystal's agitation flowing off of it as he retreated. Don't think about it... He scolded himself. Just ignore it... "Hey, whatchya guys talking about?"

Jaggle perked up and looked up to Link. "Yo! We were just talking about the night the children were taken off!" He looked back to Hanch expectantly. "Apparently this guy here-" He stopped to give a quick gesture to Hanch before looking back to Link. "-had a rather scary encounter with a beast that night!" Hanch nodded quickly to approve. "Oh really?" Link lied. "I hadn't heard..."

"Nonsense!"

Link turned around to see Rusl approaching from behind. "You didn't see anything, you were probably hallucinating." The tall man made his way beside Link. "I'll admit though, if your tall tales managed to get this sleepyhead awake, tell them all you want." Rusl planted a firm hand on the young hero's left shoulder. Link flinched slightly at the jerk of his injured arm. "That's so flattering of you to say, Rusl."

"My boy, that's my job!"

"Your job is to be creepy and teased for a single line you say?"

The older man only laughed in response. Link frowned. "What did you want, anyways? I was told you wanted me out here."

"Ah, yes." Rusl straightened up again, taking his hand off of Link's shoulder. "It's just nice to have you around! The children are asking about you again, so why not have you out here? Besides, it's a lovely day!" Link glanced up to the sky. The sky was a pale blue, minus the slight pink tinges as the sun began to creep under the horizon's blanket of trees.

"Link!" A familiar voice cried out. "There you are!" Ilia huffed, making her way swiftly to where the group was standing. Fado and Hanch took a few steps back. Ilia could do some damage if you weren't careful. "We've all been wanting to see you!" She grabbed his hand, her soft skin holding a surprisingly firm grip on his.

She began to jog away, Link forced to go with her. He couldn't help but notice that as they walked, the constant pressure from the crystal suddenly evaporated. He perked up slightly.

"Come over here and spend some time with us!" Ilia said, making her way over to the river where she was originally stationed. Talo and Beth were gone, both running past the two in a flurry, Beth shouting something about getting her hair wet.

Ilia dragged Link down to the bank of the river in a small cloud of dust.

"So I heard you fell off of Epona today."

"Yea."

"I guess that's how she got hurt."

"Yea."

"But I guess you got hurt too.."

"Yea."

"And I shouldn't have made you grovel for your horse."

"Yea."

Ilia tuned her head to look at the hero. "Are you gonna say anything but that?"

Link looked right back. "Is that supposed to be a trick question?"

"What do you mean?"

"If I said anything else, it would be an automatic yes, but if I just kept saying yea, it would be confirming I'd say something else."

Ilia shook her head and chuckled. "Boy, someone's talkative today." Link smiled and nodded. "I guess I'm just happier now for some reason." The young girl looked back at the famed hero, raising an eyebrow. "Yep, that's definitely it." Link looked toward Colin, who was fighting to hold on to his rod. "Maybe it's because of how peaceful it is without the other kids." He joked in a playful manner.

Ilia smiled and looked back to where Talo and Beth were. She pointed to them quickly. "I wouldn't hold your breath." The two were arguing over something laying on the ground, Talo threatening to poke it with a long stick while Beth screamed every time the twig got close to poking the small object.

Link let a smile take over his face. "Those two will never learn..." He sighed as him and Ilia looked on.

"I wonder what they're looking at." Ilia wondered aloud. The young hero stood up, offering the girl a hand up, still smiling. "Well let's go find out, shall we?" Ilia grasped his hand and heaved herself up. "Why not?"

The two walked side by side to where the two children were standing. Link just kept smiling, but he couldn't stop himself. Nothing could ruin this moment. The arrow in his pocket was reliable as ever, glowing slightly and giving off good energy. Finally, the duo stood tall behind the two children. Ilia crouched down to meet eye level with the two, automatically shifting personalities.

Link had always found it weird how she had the uncanny ability to suddenly go from giving him the cold shoulder to smiling and laughing with the children in mere seconds, but he could think about that another time. For now, he was more intent on what exactly the children were inspecting. He was just about to crouch down next to Ilia, but something was off... Mayor Bo was talking with Rusl now, but there was something else bugging the hero.

Everything felt empty. It felt like a piece of the puzzle was missing. Yet, everyone was in their rightful place, and there were no traces of monsters around. It was a sucking feeling, like a mud that wouldn't let go. Link crouched down next to Ilia to look at what the children were so intrigued about.

Fuck.

Miss me, hero?

There on the ground, vibrant as ever, lay the crystal of twilight, softly glowing in the shadows of the children.

"I'm gonna touch it!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

The squabbling of the two children brought Link back to reality. The crystal must have fallen out of his pocket.

Ilia frowned and looked down at the pulsing crystal. Something wasn't normal about it. There was something that set it off. She stood up, taking a step back. This certainly wasn't something she wanted to handle. She looked behind her shoulder. "Hey, Rusl, would you come and look at this?"

Mayor Bo stopped talking and glanced from Rusl to Ilia. "What could be the matter?" He huffed, stubbornly. "Surely there isn't anything wrong on such a fine day!"

At this point, the rest of the village turned their heads slightly to look at the commotion near the center of the village. Jaggle and Fado slowly started approaching, while Hanch just stayed in the back of the two larger men.

Link honestly didn't know what to do. If he claimed it, or just took it, Ilia would obviously suspect something and bombard him with questions. The young hero squinted to get a better look. He couldn't risk getting close to touching it. Link's blood ran cold when his suspicions were confirmed. Yep, the leather cord was gone. Now even if he wanted to grab it, he couldn't.

Link's thoughts began to wander, thinking of all the bad turnouts that could become reality from the situation. If anyone touched it, they'd be turned into a spirit, but if he dared to claim it, he would turn into the blue eyed beast in front of everyone. No one needed to see that... They would think of him as a monster.

"Link? Hello? Anyone awake in there?"

Ilia's voice snapped the hero awake. Turned out he had been standing there for over a minute while Rusl had approached from behind. Now, he was crouched on the ground, observing the small stone. Everyone's eyes were glued to the scene. Rusl frowned, squinting at the crystal, looking at it's detailed designs and steady pulse of light it radiated. "What a peculiar stone..." Rusl said, just loud enough for a few close to hear.

Rusl reached down to grab the crystal. Thoughts raced a mile a minute through Link's mind. Sure, he would have some explaining to do, but if he didn't actually touch the stone, he wouldn't turn into a wolf. Surely he could jump his way past the questions for the most part without letting anything too big slip...

"Wait!" Link cried.

The man's hand stopped, frozen just a few inches away from the crystal. The entire village's eyes turned to look at the hero, his hand diving toward Rusl and the small stone. Ilia shifted her weight, obviously impatient. "What is it, Link?" She said clearly. Her voice echoed in the young hero's head. What was he doing? And how was he going to pick up the crystal.

Link glanced around, nervous. "I... um..." Say something, idiot! "That crystal... is mine! And it's very fragile, so..."

Link's head whipped around, searching for anything to help him out. Not a few feet off from where he stood was a pile a strong looking leaves. With a gallant sweep, he snatched one from the pile and lined his palm with it. He reached down and plucked the crystal from the dirt. The lining protecting him from the crystal's energy was weak and thin, so immediately the crystal's voice came into his head, spitting vulgar terms.

You whiny son of a bitch, losing me like some random animal. Oh wait, you are one. The second I get through to you, I'm gonna make you find that Goddess-damned sword and shove it up your-

"Sweet! Can I see it?" A young voice interrupted the crystal's speech. "I wanna look at it, too!" Beth cut off Talo from finishing.

The two proceeded to have a huge argument over looking at the crystal. Link simply folded the leaf around the stone in a protective manner. Ilia looked over his shoulder as he did, noticing how careful he was handling it. He was just about to make a quick move to shove it into his pocket again when Ilia stopped him suddenly. "Hey, why don't we get a good look at that thing?"

Link froze suddenly, not moving a muscle. He was perfectly silent until Talo butted in. "Yea, why can't we see it?"

"Uh..."

Ilia crossed her arms over her chest. "It's not like it's the most important thing in the world." She cocked her head to the right in a loose manner. "So why don't you show us?" At this point Talo and Beth were practically jumping up and down. "Yea, show us, show us!" Talo begged. He reached up and grabbed the hero's left sleeve, still begging. "Please, Mr. Link!" He tugged gently on the young hero's sleeve a few times, jerking his arm around a little.

Link should have been concerned about his arm. He should have been worrying about his wound getting worse by the minute. He should have been hissing in slight pain... But he didn't. The hero's pupils dilated, fear filling his mind.

"Shit."

A few of the onlookers gasped, most others reeling back in shock. Talo dropped his arm and took a step back. Link never swore. Most times he would stay quiet, or replace words with other, quite hilarious, words. This was not most times.

Link only stared at his hand. When Talo had jerked his arm around, his hand had roughly moved around the crystal, and the leaf tore weakly on one of the crystal's sharp edges, exposing the hero to the crystal's full power.

A resounding gasp echoed around the silent village as Link collapsed onto all fours. The light arrow slipped from the hero's pocket as he fell, and Ilia immediately snatched it from the ground.

A small puff of dust rose when Link collapsed, his breathing labored and uneven. Very quickly and suddenly, the hero's hands thickened into paws, and his nails sharpened into claws. His legs and bones snapped and changed into a new order, his very physical being morphed. His teeth grew long and sharp, while his eyes deepened into a darker and more feral shade of blue. Finally, thick fur enveloped the new form to complete the transformation.

Where Link once stood was a beast. A feral and blue eyed monster had taken the place of Ordon's most famed villager and the hero of all Hyrule.

"That's the monster I saw!"

Colin screamed, and the other children scrambled to hide behind the adults. Everyone moved backwards quickly, fear thick in the air. With his heightened senses, Link could tell everyone was scared. Everyone feared him like they would any other old monster, because he was a monster. He could sense, that to them, he was changed. He could no longer think, and he didn't know what to do about it.

"Link..." Rusl dropped into a crouch, grabbing the Ordon sword from his belt. Link had returned it to him. Link... not the beast that stood before him. That was not Link. Something had taken control of him, that was all...

"Link... don't move..." The man whispered, as he moved forward in a stealthy manner. Oh, but the blue eyed beast knew better. It moved backwards, the two moving in a synchronized pattern. Rusl moved swiftly, coming forward in a swift motion, the flat side of his sword racing toward the monster swiftly.

The large wolf leaped backwards quickly, dodging the gesture easily. Rusl frowned, and the rest of the village continued looking on in fear, too afraid to move with wide eyes.

With the short amount of time Link had before another stunning attack was flung his way, the hero had turn tail and run. He didn't know what would happen if he was caught, but with his lack of communication handicap, he had the idea he wouldn't like it.

Without a glance back, the monster, blue-eyed beast, and hero of twilight disappeared like a shadow into the bushes, leaving his village and home behind.

-Hey! Listen!-

Holy crap that was over 5000 words.

I'm gonna tell you now, not all of my one-shots or chapters are even half as long as this.

Also, I got some explainin' to do, so I'll cut to the chase.

A few scenes I shoved in because I wanted to, like the scene in the spring. So bite me, I like it.

I also put a reference to the CDI games and TV show in there. Those who can find it get a virtual cookie.

Finally, I said this once and I'll say it again...

If any one single review tells me to continue this, I will. I got some good ideas up in here. I will also respond to most, if not all, reviews. I would appreciate some help because Link is so OOC ohmygodijustcanteven.

Much love and happy holidays!

-KreignReign