AN: Here's another chapter, enjoy!
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Link
Kagome
There has to be some way to get this damn chain off!
A large wolf with tribal markings along his fur continued to pull at his chain until a sound caught his attention. Turning he saw a black and green imp with bright orange hair and a strange mask hiding one of her red eyes. Seeing as how she looks like that monster that had held him by his throat, he began growling at her.
"Ooh, aren't you scary," the imp taunted. "Eeh hee, are you sure you want to be doing that? Snarling and glaring at me?" She paused to listen to him growl a bit more. "Well, that's too bad," she mock sighed. "I was planning on helping you…if you were nice." This caught his attention and he stopped growling. "That's much better," she laughed. You humans are obedient to a fault. Oops, but you aren't human anymore, are you? You're a beast!" He growled at her for mocking his current form. "There, there," she placated. "You be a good boy and calm down, no need to bite."
He watched as she formed a red ball in her hands. As she quickly pulled her hands apart, his chain broke in half.
"You look kind of surprised," she laughed. "So! I bet you're wondering, where exactly are we? Well, I'll make you a deal! If you can make it over here, I'll tell you." She then looked briefly behind him. "You may as well wake your cell mate and bring them along too."
Link tilted his head at her. What cell mate? He looked behind himself and saw another wolf lying on the stone floor. He noticed that whatever chain had been there broke when the imp severed his own. Using his nose, he started prodding the other wolf, trying to wake them.
Hey, wake up.
Watching impatiently from outside, the small imp heard him whine and growl at the smaller wolf, not understanding what he was saying. She began to smile as the other wolf began to move.
Ow, the wolf complained. My head.
Link's ears perked in surprise to hear a feminine voice ghost though his head. Intrigued with this new discovery, he laid himself down so that he was nose to nose with the female. Her eyes slowly opened, and blue met amber. He saw her blink a few times before widening in fear.
A wolf!
She quickly jumped to her feet and backed away from the larger wolf, not yet noticing her own changes. Feeling the wall behind made her realize that she was not going anywhere, so she kept her terrified eyes on the wolf. Hearing the smaller female start whining, Link slowly got up and walked toward her. Seeing him come nearer caused her to shut her eyes and tuck her head, waiting for the large animal to do whatever it was he was going to do to her. When nothing happened she opened one of her eyes and saw it sitting closely in front of her. She slowly brought her head up and opened her other eye, just staring at him as it stood and slowly walked towards her and poked their noses together.
Are you alright?
The female gave start when she heard a man's voice in her head. She looked around for the owner but saw no one but the wolf.
Did…did you just speak to me?
She saw the wolf nod at her.
I'm sorry I scared you. I guess that since you're a wolf also, we can understand each other.
The female blinked a few times.
What do you mean?
She then looked down to see the body of a female wolf, instead of a teenage girl. Jumping up she looked down as she head a jingling sound. Around her front left leg was a shackle with a few chain links still attached to the cuff.
By your reaction, I would have to that you weren't born a wolf.
The small female just shook her head.
So we are both trapped in a wolf's body then, he gave a sighed.
Hearing a bored yawn coming from the right of them, they saw the imp.
"If you're both quite finished," she said. "Why don't you get out of there before someone comes looking for you."
Someone's grumpy.
The larger wolf gave a snort and gave the female a nudge toward the bars.
She may be grumpy, but she did free us and is helping us escape, so move along miss.
The female simply nodded before responding.
Kagome.
Link looked at her and tilted his head in confusion.
My name is Kagome.
The bigger wolf nodded in acknowledgment.
I'm Link.
With introductions out of the way, they began looking for a way out of their cell. Looking closely at a broken crate in the corner, Kagome noticed a large hole under the bars. Looking toward Link at the other end she called to him.
I think I found a way out. If we break this box and dig a bit, we should be able to get out.
Ok, let me break this crate then you can go first since you're smaller and won't have to dig as much.
With that said, he rammed the box with his head, shattering it into many little pieces. Getting a better look at the hole, they discovered it was a bit deeper than they thought. Kagome went first, followed closely by Link. Once they were out, Link felt a sudden pressure on his back. Looking over his shoulder, he saw the imp making herself at home.
"Ok, since you two took your time talking about who knows what, we need to hurry, that means you have to stay quiet and do everything that I say, just like a couple of servants."
This of course earned her a couple of growls, but they didn't seem to faze her. After getting through a tricky waterway, they finally came upon the roof, only to see the world covered in an unnatural twilight.
"So we were finally able to get out," the imp looked up and smiled. "Isn't the black cloud of twilight beautiful today?" She looked down and the confused wolves. "Do you know where this is? You still don't know?" She seemed to find this fact amusing. "Look, there's someone I want to introduce you to…but we need to go to that tower to do it!"
They quickly made it to up the tower and were soon faced with an elaborate door that was slightly opened. The space was big enough for a dog to get through. Upon entering the room, they saw a cloaked figure staring at the window. Not sure what it was, Link stepped in front of the female protectively and began to growl. The imp on his back gave a giggle. Startled, the figure turned towards them. The part of the face they could see indicated that the figure was human. This caused Link to stop growling.
"Midna?"
Both wolves were surprised at hearing such a soft feminine voice.
"You remember my name," the imp mocked. "What an honor for me…"
This began a conversation in which the cloaked figure was revealed to be Zelda, the princess of Hyrule. She told them how their world came to be covered in Twilight, and who was responsible for it happening. The princess glanced out the window.
"Time grows short," she said. "The guard will be making his rounds soon. You must leave here, quickly"
With that, the trio took off down the stairs but was soon stopped by Midna. Looking ahead, they saw a light coming up the stairs.
"Not that way," she hissed. "The guards coming! Boy, he's prompt."
Looking for another way out, she saw an opened window right above them.
They followed Midna's directions across the rooftop just a bit before she stopped. Turning around, she began speaking to Link.
"Do you understand where we are now?" She asked. "I guess a promise is a promise, so I'll take you back to where you first tumbled into twilight…" The imp paused. "But…are you really sure you should be going back? Aren't you forgetting anything important?"
She turned into two of the children from Link's village, which were taken by monsters. Seeing as how she had the male wolfs attention she kept the form of the girl and continued.
"Do you want to save them? Well, in that case, little Midna would be happy to help you!" She then changed back into her own form. "But…" she said. "Well, you'll have to be my servant…and like a servant, you'd have to do exactly as I say."
With not much choice, he agreed.
I want to come too!
Link looked at the smaller wolf in surprise.
But you don't know them, why would you want to help?
It doesn't matter. Innocent people are in danger and I want to help. Besides, I have no idea where I am or how I got here. You helped me get out of that cell, now I want to help you find you friends.
He just stared at her shocked as she came up beside him, indicating to the imp that she was coming too. With that, the three disappeared from the rooftop of Hyrule Castle.
