Ordon: A New Home
Disclaimer: Don't own Zelda but I know tp and thats what keeps me going!
Link led the two of them: boy and wolf, through the Faron and then the Ordona's gates. The little pup would squirm in Link's arms every once in a while, paws scrabbling against his chest. Link suspected she was confused, the little thing.
When the pair finally reached the boy's village: Ordon, darkness had fallen. The entire village was blanketed in a quiet hush. Apart from a torchlight signaling over from near Rusl and Uli's house.
"This is Ordon, puppy." Link whispered to the wolf pup. "My home."
The little wolf surveyed the area with tired eyes, nose sniffing and tongue tasting the air. She yipped suddenly, startling Link nearly out of his skin.
Alerted by the wolf's bark, the torchlight made its way across the village, approaching Link quickly.
"Link, you've had the whole village in disquiet. You know you're not to be out after dark, there are wolves in these woods!"
"I know." Link interrupted, holding up the little white she-wolf for Rusl to see. "I found him. I think he lost his mother."
Rusl eyed the boy, and then the wolf in turn. "Ah," he sighed, about to suggest returning to his house for the night when something stopped him. The little she-wolf pup had an intriguing mark on her forehead that he knew well.
"Goddesses," he breathed. "That is the mark of the Lunar Swords."
Link scratched his head in confusion, setting the little wolf down on the ground. She planted herself close to Link's leg and whimpered sadly. "Huh?" He asked Rusl.
"They were a group of ancient protectors in Hyrule who served the Goddesses. They were the First Knights of Hyrule. But... It was rumored that a captain of their guard fell in love with one of the three Goddesses. They conceived a child together. But then darkness fell upon the land. You know that story, little one." Rusl murmured, glancing at Link with a tight smile. "The Dark Gerudo thief, Ganondorf arose, waging his war against the Sacred Realm. The Lunar Swords were called to war, and the goddesses' lover was killed in the battle that ensued. In a maddened rage, the goddess sealed the Evil King away, but she was left alone with her child. It is rumored that she left her child somewhere in these lands... In Hyrule. Intriguing that a wolf would bear such a symbol..." Rusl murmured thoughtfully.
The wolf growled next to Link's leg, her hackles rising as she bared her teeth. He bent down to comfort her; but before his hand could reach her soft white fur, she took off running with a start, sprinting away through the village.
They had found the baby wolf unconscious in the goat pen, her sides rising and falling slowly and evenly. Rusl had brought her and Link back to the nearest house: Mayor Bo's. When they set the wolf on the floor in front of the fire, both Link and the mayor's daughter, Ilia, planted themselves before her small white body, whispering earnestly to each other.
"Did you name her yet?" Ilia asked, looking at Link with bright green eyes.
Link wrinkled his nose. "What makes you think he's a girl?" He growled.
Ilia rolled her eyes. "I looked, dummy. what're you going to call her?"
Link cleared his throat, embarrassed. "Oh, er-. I don't know. She's a wolf. And wolves like to howl... At the moon!" he turned to Ilia with a grin. "How about Luna?"
"Luna... I love it!" Ilia giggled, laughing with Link.
An hour or so later, Luna opened her eyes. "Link!" Ilia squealed as Link ran over. "She's awake!"
"Luna!" Link laughed as the wolf pup jumped into his lap and licked his face.
"She sure likes you, Link." Ilia smiled.
Link frowned. "Yeah, but I can't keep her." Luna's ears pricked at this. "Rusl would never let me have TWO pets, and I already have Epona."
Luna yipped, almost snarled, and leapt out of Link's lap. She headed to the front door and scratched against it, attempting to get out. "Luna, what-." Link was cut off as the door opened and Bo entered, Luna slipping out between his feet.
Link sighed in exasperation, about to run right out after her when Bo caught his arms and pulled him back inside. "We can look for her in the morning. But neither of you are going out again tonight! It's past your bed time as it is, so both of you, get to bed. Link, I spoke with Rusl. You're staying here tonight."
Link and Ilia couldn't help but grin at each other at the prospect of a sleepover. They were both worried about Luna, but they had no choice but to wait until morning.
Diana sprinted out of the small village and took a sharp turn into a spring. She curled up on the bank, folding her tail over her nose and whimpering softly. Here a damn wolf! She had no idea how she had gotten like this, and she had no idea why the blue-eyed boy didn't want her, or why he kept calling her Luna, come to think of it.
Diana missed her mother and father, and even Zelda, even though they hadn't had the chance to get to know each other very well. And what's more, the story that man had told the boy who carried her had unnerved her somehow. It had sent her skin to crawling and her teeth to clenching. It seemed... familiar.
Diana was nearing sleep when a bright flash sent her head straight up in alarm. The rocks around the spring were... Glowing! A great ball of light formed over the water in the spring, whirling and twisting as its tendrils grasped at the air. Before long, it had formed itself into a goat, of all things! A goat like she had seen in that pen when she had ran away from that man's story!
"Child... Of the goddess..." It spoke, and it's voice was like fresh air filling up Diana's lungs with new life. "The swordsman spoke true. In the time of need... You will be called to be the hero's aid... His companion... And his friend..."
Diana cocked her head in confusion. But what does that mean? She thought, beyond confused. But the light spirit had already faded away.
