"Momma!" Nulia screamed. "Feron is pulling my hair!"

"Feron stop it right now!" Midna shouted from the top of the stairs.

"Make me!" the aggressive wolf snarled. Feron preferred his wolf form rather than human form. His parents had only seen him once as a human and only for a split second.

Link had been playing with the other children, but now he was standing right behind Feron.

"Feron," he said with a stern voice.

"Wha?" Feron began. He turned to look up at his father.

"Stop. Now."

"...Yes, sir..." Feron let go of Nulia's hair.

"Now, go sit under the tree."

"Yes..." Feron slowly walked over to a dead tree at the edge of the woods. He sat under it and looked down at his paws, his ears drooped and tail fell limply on the ground.

Link shook his head, then knelt down to Nulia. "You okay?"

"Mhmm," Nulia sighed.

"Good. Why don't you go play with Leili and Meria?"

"Okay!"

The little green haired, white skinned, purple eyed girl ran off to play with her two sisters. Nulia wore a green dress and a pair of brown sandals. Leili had near gray skin with long white hair tipped with yellow. She had her wolf ears, which were the same color as her hair. Her eyes were bright blue like Link's and she wore a pink dress.

Meria had the same pale skin tone as Link, along with his eyes. Her orange hair was tied into a ponytail and her wolf tail was the same color. She wore a green and white dress.

Link looked on to the boys of the family: Rolen, Shilen and Feron.

Feron was the white, green and orange wolf. He wore a red collar with a purple gem on it. His eyes were red like Midna's.

Rolen had pale skin and dark blue eyes. His hair was black and tipped with yellow and pulled back into a short ponytail. He wore a black shirt with blue pants.

Shilen had the same skin tone as Link, but he had red eyes. His hair was like Rolen's, except it was tipped with blue-green and was cut to his shoulders. He wore a white shirt, with red pants and a red vest.

"Link, do you know how hard it is to cook for this family?"

Link jumped in surprise and turned around to see Midna was right behind him. She had begun to wear simple Hylian clothes lately. Collin's mother had made Midna a simple brown, long sleeved dress that fell down to her ankles.

"I'm never gonna get used to your shadow-jumping," Link laughed.

"Good thing I can still get you now and then," Midna replied. She leaned forward to kiss him.

"Eww!" Shilen exclaimed.

"Momma and Daddy gonna kiss!" Leili giggled.

"Can't get anything past with this lot, huh?" Midna sighed.

"Nope," Link replied with a grin.

"Okay, dinner is just about ready, so all of you get inside and wash up!"

"Yay!" the three girls exclaimed. The clutched their dolls tightly and melted into the shadows, appearing again at the top of the ladder.

"You're getting very good at that!"

"Come on, Feron," Rolen called.

"Feron needs to stay out here for a bit longer," Link said. "You two go on with your mother."

"Okay," Shilen nodded. The two boys and Midna vanished and reappeared at the ladder. The group entered the house, but left the door open.


"Now, Feron," Link began. He sat on the grass next to his young son. It had been about ten years ago when he'd first held Feron in his arms, the infant pup just smaller than a Clawshot. "Why do you continue to be such a pest to your sisters?"

"They make fun of me," Feron sniffed. "They say I can't turn into a human because I have too much wolf in me."

"That's not true though. You've got the same amount of Hylian and Twili blood as you do wolf blood."

"But, they laugh at me!"

"So prove them wrong. Go into your human form every now and then."

"I look stupid..."

"Just try it. Come on, right now. For practice."

Feron sighed, then a black light exploded around his body. He quickly took on the form of a human, losing the wolf ears, fur and tail. The light faded and Link found himself looking at a ten year old version of himself.

Feron looked exactly like Link had as a child, except his hair was blond and tipped in orange and green, unlike Link's dusty brown. The young boy wore an identical outfit to Shilen, except it was a blue vest with matching pants. Around his neck was the red collar with the single gem.

"There, you see?" Link asked. "It's not that bad."

"I guess..."

"But, you're still going to be punished for mistreating Nulia."

"And what're you going to do? Ground me?"

"No." Link quickly reached with one hand to the back of Feron's neck. He unlocked the collar and pulled it from his son's grasp. "You have to stay in human form until I think you've had enough."

"What!?"

"Link, Feron, dinner is-" Midna's voice began. She came out of the house and had a look of shock on her face. "Oh my....Feron?"

"Yeah?"

Midna vanished and reappeared next to them. She knelt down and hugged her son tightly. "You changed to a human."

"Mom?" Feron asked. He was too stunned to say anything.

"Midna," Link began. "This is part of his punishment."

"Punishment?" Midna asked. She let go of Feron for a moment.

"He hurt Nulia because she was teasing him about not being able to turn human. So, his punishment is to be to stay in human form until he's learned his lesson."

"Don't you think that's a bit harsh?"

"Yes!" Feron exclaimed.

"No," Link replied. "It seems perfectly reasonable to me."

"Well, alright..." Midna sighed. "Feron, go on up and eat dinner before it gets cold."

"Okay..." Feron sighed. He weakly stood up, walked to the ladder and climbed up to the top. He closed the front door behind him.

"Link," Midna began. "You know...I have to pick one of them."

"Pick one of them?" Link asked. "What do you mean?"

"For my heir."

"You mean...You're going back to the Twilight Palace?"

"Yes."

"Do you realize how troubled the kids will be?"

"I know, but I've been gone for so long and my kingdom needs me."

"But I need you-the kids need you!"

"I know all of it," Midna sighed. She looked at the ground. "But I can't just abandon my kingdom."

"...I understand."

"I was thinking of taking Nulia and Leili with me to be my heir."

"But Rolen is the oldest."

"I know, but he's not strong with the Twili magic. Nulia and Leili are strong with it."

"So, you're just going to leave the rest of us here?"

"I'm sorry, but having two half Hylian half Twili is bad enough, but six? I would be lucky if my people didn't hang me."

"So, I'll have the boys and Meria..."

"I'm sorry Link, but it's the only way..."

"We'll figure it out." The two hugged for a moment. "How soon do you need to go to the castle?"

"Two days."

"Okay." Link stood and helped Midna to her feet. "We...should go tell them."

Midna sadly nodded, but followed Link into the house.


Notice to the many people who continue to send me nasty emails about not updating this fast enough. Shut up about it! I don't have 24/7 to update my stories and do whatever I want! Leave me alone about it or I'll delete the story all together and put it up someplace else where it's not easily found!