Urgh...How many months have passed since I updated..?

Anyways let's go!

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Chapter 6:The Quest Begins Anew

Neri stepped inside the room carefully aware of the figure facing the window.

The imp on her back stayed still and tense and silent.

The room seemed a little too quiet for Neri, so she took a sniff and took in the room's scent.

All the young she-wolf smelled was cold dampness, and the figure's scent, which she thought smelled of sandle-wood and horse manure.

'How gross...' she thought, when she sneezed from the cold air. The imp let out a silent gasp as the figure turned around.

"Oh shit..." Neri grunted, cursing her new nose.

The Figure slowly walked over to them. Neri felt the need to let out a growl.

The figure stopped at the sound of the wary she-wolf's warning.

The Imp on her back pat her gently. "It's alright, he's a friend." he told her and she shut up.

"Oh yeah? Well who the hell is he?"

"You don't recognize your old friend Zeke?" he asked as he revealed himself, taking off his robe. It was Zelda's son, he was a proper child who Neri had met in the past.

Neri looked at him. He was a few years older than herself. And he looked older from the worn of the harsh days enveloped in the darkness called twilight.

"...Oh dear Nayru..." was Neri said. She suddenly remembered her father telling her how he met Queen Zelda.

"The imp girl had brought me straight to her..."

"What was it like? Meeting the Princess as a wolf with a rude imp sitting on your back?"

"It was one of the most embarressing ways a person, or beast could ever meet someone. Especially since I had growled at her."

She remembered her father laughing about his meeting, but for this moment...it was like something out of her father's stories.

"So...How did you manage to get turned into a wolf?" he asked looking her over. "I mean I heard your dad was threatening to send you to obedience school but this seems ridiculous."

Neri glared at him and parted her jaws a bit before snapping them closed with a click. "Those jerks been spreading rumors about me again?"

"It appears so." Zeke told her, watching as her hackles stood up with fury.

"Those damn assholes...I'll fix their asses next time I see them. Obedience school indeed, bah!" Neri hissed.

The prince smiled at her statement. "Its good to see that you haven't changed one bit in this grim enviorment."

His smiled soon turned to surprise when he saw the imp sitting upon Neri's back.

He seemed a little shocked. "You managed to escape?" he asked him quietly.

The Imp boy scratched his flaming orange hair with slight embarrassment. "It was hardly anything, the idiot guard didn't lock the gate like he was supposed to."

"Oh. Well yeah. Most of the guards are idiots. Thankfully their ineptitude came in handy." Zeke said, he then bent down and looked at Neri. "Listen Neri, I hate to ask favors, but Hyrule is in crisis again...Mother's been kidnapped."

"She's been what?"

"Kidnapped. I thought being a wolf would give you superior hearing."

"No. I understood your meaning asswipe..." Neri said, flicking said ears in annoyace. "And anyways, this isn't really my deapartment, but I suppose I'll have to take it. You see...I think my father has been taken..."

Zeke stood there in silent shock. "W-What?"

Neri looked down herself. "I barely remember it. I was on the verge of losing awareness. I remember we were attacked by monsters. We were surrounded. We tried fighting them off, but..."

She snarled in fustration as she remembered being hit in the head by that oversized club.

"Has he now?" Zeke swallowed. He tried to remain calm but it seemed as if the room's atmosphere had gotten heavier in the last few minutes.

Neri looked up again, her blue eyes blazing angrily. "I don't know! When I fully awoke again, I was alone in the forest. No body was there but me and a splitting headache."

Zeke looked at her, half confused half not wanting to believe that Link was missing.

He sighed and swallowed again. "Is this so Neri?" he asked the she wolf seriously, looking her in the deep blue eyes.

"Yes. Would I ever lie to you in a situation like this?" was Neri's solem response.

Zeke swore. "Then I suppose this task will fall to you."

"What task?"

"I need you and Tuano to save Hyrule." Zeke said.

Neri tilted her head to the side.

"Who the hell is Tuano?" she asked, when she heard a cough from behind.

"It's me furball." the imp boy said, sounding slightly annoyed.

Neri turned around to face him. "Tuano? Sounds a bit...Twilish..." she muttered the last part to herself.

"What was that?"

"Nothing, shut up." Neri told him quickly. "Anyway, how are we gonna get out of here?"

"Well, I have an exit all ready for you two." Zeke said going to the fire place. He pressed a button and the back wall opened to reveal an escape door.

Neri seemed shocked as Tuano pressed down on her head to get a better view.

"Huh, this was hidden here the whole time and you didn't bother to use it?" he asked.

Zeke shrugged and put his hood back on. "It's only big enough for a wolf or a child. Mom had this installed in case this kind of thing ever happened again. Try to find your dad and figure out what's going on. I'll wait here until you two bring mother back."

"No worries momma's boy. You can count on us!" Neri said, jerking her head back to knock her rider off balance.

Zeke smiled at her. "Good luck. Heaven knows you'll need it. I can already see the old story of our parents coming to life in this moment right here, though very different yet the same..."

Neri walked over to the entrace and looked back at the Prince of Hyrule. "Your just now realizing this? I saw this happening the moment I was knocked out by those monsters and when I saw the black wall for myself."

Zeke smirked. "What no smart ass comment?"

"No, not right now. You watch yourself." Neri said as the door slid open soundlessly. Her ears twitched at the sounds of heavy thudding.

"Hurry! The Guards must've realized you've escaped!"

"Right. Be seeing ya." she said, after that she escaped with her new friend.

And so the next great Hylian journey began.