Sorry for my little absence guys. But this chapter was torture to write. You have no idea how much coffee I needed for inspiration. Then again, I also slacked of a little, it was christmas break and all so... yeah. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter and Review!

Disclaimer: I don't own legend of zelda.

The Snow Fairy by Claude McKay

I

Throughout the afternoon I watched them there,
Snow-fairies falling, falling from the sky,
Whirling fantastic in the misty air,
Contending fierce for space supremacy.
And they flew down a mightier force at night,
As though in heaven there was revolt and riot,
And they, frail things had taken panic flight
Down to the calm earth seeking peace and quiet.
I went to bed and rose at early dawn
To see them huddled together in a heap,
Each merged into the other upon the lawn,
Worn out by the sharp struggle, fast asleep.
The sun shone brightly on them half the day,
By night they stealthily had stol'n away.

Farore created the wolf to roam the world she had helped forge into existence. Naryu was said to have created the fish to swim in the rivers and canals of the world and Din created the Eagle to patrol her realm from the skies themselves.

Link slammed the book shut and placed it back on it's shelf. Nothing, still nothing to prove that he hadn't been hallucinating yesterday only the gem sitting on his bedside table proved that there was a chance that it had even transpired.

Link frowned and looked out the window. The outline of the moon shone from the rectangular piece of wood and the young man inhaled the scent of the fresh night air.

The moon was a odd shade of yellow tonight he noticed as he ran his fingers down his messy blonde hair. If he had to describe it, it would be somewhere in between the shade of ripe corn and butter.

"They call them Wolfmoons you know." A voice commented from behind him.

" You should be asleep." A feminine voice said softly, her face illuminated in the yellow moon.

"Mom." Link said, as he shoved the gem under neath his covers with a speed born from practice.. " It's been a long day." he said finally, covering up his movement with a easy sway of his body.

Fa sighed " I know It has honey, Malon told me all about you going of into the woods. You know you shouldn't go in there, what if the wolves get you, or other things..." The graceful haired woman trailed of as she noticed her son's inquisitive gaze on her.

" What other things are in the forest, other than wolves anyway?" He asked his mom.

" This and that." His mom said lightly.

Link recognized the ploy " Answer the question mom." He said flatly.

" Um... bat's I suppose?"

How cute. He could see how his father had fallen in love with this secretive, beautiful, deceptive woman.

Link sighed, it was obvious he wasn't getting anything useful out of his mother. " Alright, I'm going to bed now."

Fa smiled and nodded " Of course dear, remember, tomorrow your father's signed you up for a sword lesson with Rusl."

Link nodded, as he settled himself into his covers. " I remember." Truthfully, he didn't, he had been much more busy fishing with Malon and her younger brother Colin when his father had announced that to him. Not really announced, more like passing a comment as he walked by.

Fa smiled affectionately. " Alright, sweet dreams" she said softly as she closed the door.

Link kept his eyes closed until he heard his mother's footsteps fade away into the distance.

The young farmhand sighed and snapped open his cobalt blue eyes. Link stared at the ceiling for what seemed like an age. The gem that Luna had given was concealed underneath his pillow and he took the glowing object out and dropped it on the table. What had the silver wolf meant when she said, it belongs to you? He had never seen anything like it in his life.

He touched the orange and black gem with his fingers. A carnal thrill raced through him, the feeling that he had spent half of his life sitting in a well and had just climbed out. His fingers, lacking their usual leather gloves, closed firmly around the gem. Looking back on it, that probably wasn't a good idea.

He felt his mouth open, and suddenly agony beyond anything he had ever experienced raced through his body. This was even worse than getting mauled by a runaway ox, even worse than accidentally falling from a 20 foot pine tree.

It felt like an eternity but in reality it must have only been a few seconds at most. A quiet rustling sound alerted his instincts. The young blond man turned his head toward the window.

A image of scarlet red eyes stared back at him through his bedroom window. "Who..." he managed to rasp out. Pain. Exaustion. The two combined was slowly driving him toward unconsciousness. His head felt awefully light...

Crimson eyes widened and he felt the cold grip of unconsciousness begin to blur out his vision. Link looked at the shadowy fuigre on his window sill, unconsciously taking in the slim build and what seemed to be a pony tail. A girl... was his final thought as unconsciousness embraced him.

Link snapped his eyes open, he felt... heavy. That was the simple way to put it. He felt like he had a permanent wool comforter wrapped around his body. Or as Malon would put it, Fuzzy.

Link looked at the mirror sitting on his nightstand. Damnit.

He looked, quite simply, like a black and silver version of Luna. The splotches of black fur went around his thighs and his tail wagged back and forth with it's own personal metronome. He also noticed that he had somewhat of a mane of black fur that trailed out from his neck.

"Sweet Naryu, Farore and Din." He growled out, swiftly turning around to inspect his new wolf form. He remembered Luna's words from yesterday. " Take care when you put that on pup. We don't want any accidents to the first wolf-blood in two centuries would we?" He swore he was going to kill that little bundle of fur if it was the last thing he did.

Link heard small steps echo through out the silent house. His ears swiveled around on their own accord and he quickly sumrised that it was probably his mom up for a midnight snack. But it definitely wouldn't do to have his mom suddenly walk in here finding out that her son was a wolf.

Link scanned the room with his vulpine eyes, noticing that the room seemed bathed in gray light that allowed him to see even the small cracks in his floorboards. His ears swiveled around again. His mom was coming up the stairs and with his parents bedroom down stairs, there would only be one reason why she'd come up here. He quickly snatched the gem of the bedside table with his jaws.

Link looked around the room. Immediately he spied the open window and after shoving a few spare pillows under his covers, dived out of the window and neatly nose planted himself into a small clump of bushes.

The black and silver wolf snorted and shook of his black and dark silver fur. It was a wonder that he didn't hurt himself. Link looked up at the window, he could hear the door close with astonishing clarity and the night was a buzz with sounds of crickets.

He frowned as he remembered the figure that had been perched on his window sill. A crimson eyed girl. That wasn't much to go on, though it basically ruled out every person in the village.

Crimson... He had heard that mentioned somewhere before he just couldn't put his er... paw on it. Link's ear swiveled instinctively as he heard a rustling in the undergrowth outside his families house.

The crunch of what sounded like a boots echoed through the night. Link restrained a growl that slowly died in his throat. Crunch. Crunch. The foot steps continued and Link dropped the gem into the snow and placed his paw on it. The foot steps kept on coming.

Link growled, why the hell wouldn't the bloody thing let him turn back into his normal form? He definitely was going to kill Luna later.

A sudden spray of throwing knives and needles went through the air and Link threw himself sideways and landed with a puff on a pile of leaves.

Another spray of needles went out after him and this time, a throwing knife sank into his right shoulder and painted the ground crimson.

Link snarled and sprinted toward the direction the projectiles were coming from. He really had to wonder. Did turning into a wolf lower his mental IQ? Or was he just being an idiot. He was pretty sure it was the latter.

He got a throwing needle in the nose for his troubles but he managed to spot the loosely clad form that was sitting in a tall oak tree.

The person quickly rained down another deadly shower of weapons but Link was starting to learn and dove behind a beech tree and listened to the quick thudding of the projectiles into the bark of the tree.

Speaking of which, what did he think he could accomplish by following this person anyway? Other than revenge for his stinging nose of course. He carefully eyed the person with cobalt blue eyes and was getting ready to pounce before a ball of silver fur promptly bowled him over into the autumn dirt.

"What the hell are you thinking pup?"

"Luna!" Link sputtered as he straightened himself and eyed the furious silver wolf.

" I asked you a question" Luna hissed.

" Well erm... watch out!" He barked as he dragged the wolf into the cover of the beech tree just in time to avoid a hail of knives.

" Why are you out here anyway?" Link asked curiously as Luna straightened and brushed of her pelt.

" Are you complaining pup?"

" Tch.." He really had no answer to that.

" Get your bloody backside back into your little den of logs." Luna growled in the short span of silence. She carefully eyed their assailant. At the moment he/she seemed content to sit up in that tree. " Typical Humans." She grumbled as she sat still behind the tree.

Link snorted and lifted the gem from the ground " What's that supposed to mean?" He snapped indignatly. " By the way your little "gift" is dysfunctional. What's it supposed to do anyway?"

Luna shrugged. " Din knows."

" Wait, so you just gave me a dangerous object that you haven't even tried out before."

" Yup." Luna said. Link had the feeling that she was enjoying this. A lot.

Link sighed and jabbed Luna with his paw " So were am I supposed to sleep?"

Luna shrugged.

Link sighed and looked back up at the tree. Their mysterious little pursuer was still there. The night was starting to get cold and he noticed both of their pelts beginning to fluff up as a reaction against the cold. He looked at the trees cautiously, even though it was mid autumn, the trees still haven't lost all their leaves yet, providing ample cover for any other shadowy pursuers. " Where do you sleep?" Link asked.

Luna sighed " Anywhere." She said curtly, fluffing up her pelt even more to conserve body heat.

Link sighed and looked up at the shrouded figure. From his/her stance it was obvious they weren't going anywhere soon.

Link sighed, but it came out more like a whine and curled up underneath the rowan tree, keeping one eye on the surrounding trees. Luna sighed and whacked him in the nose with her tail. " Get up pup." She hissed annoyed.

Link looked up annoyed " What?" He asked indignantly. " You just told me to go to sleep."

Luna rolled her eyes exasperatedly and motioned with her tail " If I remember correctly, the den-mother of this little country of yours should be able to restore your human form."

Link gaped at the wolf " You mean the princess?" He hadn't seen much of the secretive girl. He'd heard that she was around his age and spent much of her time cooped up in the palace. That was it.

" Who else would It be Pup?"

" You want me to just walk into the palace of the highest ranked woman in all of Hyrule and ask for a cure while I'm a wolf."

"Obviously, I don't see why she would complain."

Link growled annoyed and looked over his soon-to-be permamant form. " No, I'm just a blood thirsty canine waltzing into your palace don't mind me at all." he commented dryly.

The moon was reaching it's peak in the night sky, Link observed as he slowly stood up on his lupine limbs. " Fine." He muttered as he poked his head out from behind the tree to look at the person who had been raining projectiles down at him like a madman.

"Where'd he go?" Link asked to no one particular.

" He probably had better things to do than chase around year old pups." Luna said amused as she sat at the base of the huge beech tree they were at. " Now don't you have somewhere to go?"

Link grunted and gave Luna the most terrible, withering glare that he could muster. To her credit the silver wolf remained unfazed as she raised a wolfish eye brow. " If I die, I'll hunt you down from the sacred realm." He said as he ran of into the night.

Luna laughed as he was out of sight. Oh I'm definitely showing him to the pack tomorrow.

Zelda watched as her father paced around his office in what seemed like a calm manner. If you looked closely, however, his hands were clenched into fists.

" Damned sheikah." He grumbled as he paced around the room. By now the meeting was over, and the various ambassadors and advisers were now retiring in their various rooms and dining on fine hylian cuisine. Except for her of course. She really didn't she why she was needed if no one payed attention to her.

" What's your opinion on this Zelda?" He asked as he paced around the room.

"On what?" Zelda asked dryly, as she idly fiddled with the necklace around her neck.

" Reports are that sheikah are starting to mobilize."

Zelda frowned, " So? People mobilize when they feel like it. Nothing panicky about it."

" True, but what does worry me is the potential state of the sheikah military. Their the most effective fighting force in Hyrule, comparable to the gerudo's. Any movement by them is a small cause for alarm."

" What reason do you have to believe that their movement is a act of war?"

Her father frowned "...Good point dear."

Zelda rolled her eyes. That was an unfortunate habit of her fathers. He'd get so caught up in the politcal turmoil that he'd forget to look at the facts that were layed out on the table. As Queen Heather once said, " He couldn't find the colors of the rainbow if one was right in front of him."

King Leo, or King Leonidis was glowering at the map with a bunch of flags and pins on it, which obviously represented strong holds and troops.

"By your leave, Father?" Zelda asked calmly.

The king nodded, not even bothering to move his eyes away from the map. " Damn conniving sheikah." She heard him grumble as she walked away.

Zelda sighed, she needed some fresh air, and apparently the letter on her desk told her that one of her old dolls was in the garden. She really had to wonder, how stupid were servants these days?

Link howled into the night as his wolf self darted ever closer toward the castle of Hyrule. The gargantuan building dwarfed the largest house in the village which happened to be the mayors house. Link spied the guards from a mile away and easily darted through a gate through the side he assumed was used for deliveries judging by the sign. " And I thought I was dumb." he muttered as he shook his dusty pelt of and looked at the garden.

It wasn't really... pretty. There was a abundance of hedges that grew in almost perfect rectangular prisms and flowers were neatly planted and groomed so they looked heavenly. Fountains spat rivulets of water in the air and the grass was lush and green.

It was perfect. Too perfect, Link reflected. The garden was groomed and tended to look perfect, but if you compared these courtyards to Faron woods, it was obvious that the courtyard was too mechanical. Too restricted.

Link growled and padded along the courtyard until he reached a place with a massive fountain with a triforce symbol in the center shooting out water. He could smell the distinctive scent of perfume in the air. Lavender, he identified, recognizing his mothers favorite scent. Link began to settle himself in comfortable position next to a statue of a woman with a crown on her head.

By the strength of the scent he guessed that some noble woman came here often. He'd just have to pray and see.

Zelda hummed the lullaby she had heard since birth. " Zelda's Lullaby." they called it. She felt her lips twitch slightly, when she was a child she remembered she had asked why a song that was centuries old had been named after her.

Ignoring the sudden burst of nostalgia Zelda walked out past the palaces grand hallway and into the garden. She loved the place. It was the only place where she could find any measure of peace in her life.

Zelda smiled contentedly as she sat down on the bench that she had placed there specifically for herself. She looked at the sky. It was painted in the gorgeous shades that only twilight could provide and she smiled at the sight. "Beautiful." She breathed softly as she watched the sky.

She glanced back around the garden to check for any servants and met a pair of ice blue eyes. She quickly took in the vulpine body and dog like snout. "Wolf." she said. Thank you for stating the obvious Zelda.

Princess and Wolf stared at each other. Unrelenting. Cold. Blue met blue and the wolf slowly bowed it's head in respect, well at least it looked like respect. She could never tell with dogs.

Zelda took it in stride and sat back down on the bench. " Why are you here?" She asked simply. She really didn't espect anything to happen. Wolves didn't talk and like the other animals she had seen, they were quiet, silent. As if measuring her use to the world. That was her impression when she watched the wolf stare at her.

Zelda watched as the wolf gave her a an odd look and slowly dragged a claw through the pristine, clean, grass.

" Can you... kelp me?" Zelda asked curiously, as she read what had been crudely carved into the grass with a claw.

The wolf shook it's head, like it was annoyed at her and combined the two legs that stuck of the "k" to make an h.

" Help you how?" Zelda wondered out loud as she absent mindfully ran a finger through her hair. She noticed a black and orange crystal looped on a cord around it's neck. A decade of history lessons flashed through her mind. " That crystal... can I see it?" she asked simply, pointing to the crystal looped around the wolfs neck. She assumed that it had to have some intelligence to be able to write in hylian.

The wolf growled lightly and removed the crystal with a small "clink!" as it dropped to the ground.

Zelda lifted it up and noted that without a doubt, it was the crystal used by the Hero of Twilight himself. Though her tutor had been rather vague to what the crystal actually did, he had specified that it required magical power to use.(1)

If so, then it would be simple for Zelda to run her weak, but sufficient magical energy into the crystal to recharge it. Zelda concentrated and felt the flow of magic, the feeling that her blood was rushing at ten times it's normal speed spread to her fingers and the gem slowly began to glow with an eerie crimson and orange light.

The wolf growled appreciatively and before Zelda could inspect the gem any closer, the wolf and lunged and grabbed the gem with it's formidable jaws. The wolf became a blob of shadows that grew into the silhouette of a boy and then the black leeched away to reveal a boy about her age with a orange gem in him hands.

Zelda idly noted that he was clad in what looked like Pj's.

" Thanks for that Princess." The boy commented as he flipped the necklace around and slipped the gem into his pant's pocket. " You are the princess, aren't you?" He asked idly, as he looked up at the sky.

Zelda gaped for a couple moments before stemming her questions and settled with a simple " Who are you?"

Link scowled a little before smirking " You haven't answered my question yet you know."

Zelda frowned back " Well, I did save your sorry life from the permanent existence of a wolf, so I think I'm obligated to some answers."

Link felt his eyebrows twitch. Obligated? What in Farore's name did that mean? " I'm Link." He said simply.

" Daughter of King Leonidis, heir to the throne and Crown Princess of Hyrule Zelda." Zelda said.

Link raised his eyebrows, this girl had a knack for making him feel insufficient. " You know you could of just said "My names Zelda." instead of going through that whole spiel about titles and stuff." he said wearily.

" You aren't raised by nobles, are you?"

" Gee, what gave it away?" Link said wryly.

"... Your clothes." Zelda said, realizing that now, the only way she could get through to the weird shape-shifting boy was through simple facts.

Link observed his clothes tiredly, noting the trails of dirt, dust, and din knows what else. " Yeah, Yeah, I'm not exactly rolling in ruppee's you know."

Zelda nodded " Enough about social status, why were you a wolf in the first place anyway?"

Link looked up at the sky, the shade of twilight was ending and was beginning to be replaced with the familiar red and yellow of sunrise. " I'd really love to answer your questions and all Princess but I really gotta go." He said " I won't be seeing you again so... Thanks and bye princess." taking the gem out of his pocket and looking at it distastefully before wrapping his hand around it and reassuming his beast form.

" Hey! You thrice damned..." Zelda yelled as she watched him sprint away on all fours. " Typical..." She grumbled, wondering how in the world some random boy of the streets could have so little respect to a princess. She frowned as she remembered the boy's unruly hair and piercing blue eyes. Link hmm? Yeah we'll meet again, you can bet your life on it. She thought as she watched the wolf dwindle away into the distance.

Impa rolled her eyes as she watched another sheikah land on the soft grass of Kakiriko Village. They were funneling in sheikah quite simply, by fence hopping. Surrounding the village were mighty cliffs and a almost impenetrable iron gate. Even with the sheikah's inhuman levels of fitness, they couldn't hope to get into the village without a guard noticing.

So with the help of a few of her spies, she had a well placed illusion placed on a small chink in the impenetrable armor of the village and she funneled her troops through every night starting at midnight.

Void and Caria, her two trusted officers were stationed inside the village disguised as innocent people and took up guard duty at the very place where the fence was just manageable to leap over and allowed her troops into the village.

She guessed she had about a few years before she had the majority of her troops into the village and enough troops to over power the population. Then they'd reclaim their ancient birthright and restore the temple of shadows to their original glory.

Goddesses be damned if it was blasphemy. The sheikah had always been forced to cower to the royal family of hyrule and each time that one of them died in their service it was a inconvenience not a cause for grieving. The shadow folk.

Named for their often somber moods and manner of dress along with their inability to choose between light or darkness. That would always be the internal conflict with the sheikah, she knew Good or Evil? Love or Power? Servant or Master?

She knew her answer to those questions. The problem was the rest of her people didn't and it was her duty to guide them, just like it was her predecessors duty to guide them.

The sage of shadows watched as another of her warriors nimbly vaulted over the fence to be greeted by his comrades on the other side. 3 years to take a village. She was pretty sure that would be a record breaker, if anyone bothered to count.

She could almost taste it. The village that had been crafted by their own hands, inhabited by their own people, loved by the people. Their Birthright.

II

And suddenly my thoughts then turned to you
Who came to me upon a winter's night,
When snow-sprites round my attic window flew,
Your hair disheveled, eyes aglow with light.
My heart was like the weather when you came,
The wanton winds were blowing loud and long;
But you, with joy and passion all aflame,
You danced and sang a lilting summer song.
I made room for you in my little bed,
Took covers from the closet fresh and warm,
A downful pillow for your scented head,
And lay down with you resting in my arm.
You went with Dawn. You left me ere the day,
The lonely actor of a dreamy play.