Hey guys! It is time for another chapter of my Legend of Zelda story! Now we are doing great! I bet we can get over 10,000 views on this story! Right now we're almost at 3,000 and that's awesome since I basically just started the story. But anyway, I'm going to start getting into Scarlett's home and her environment so you can imagine her better. If you can't imagine what she looks like, I would say she looks like Leafa from Sword Art Online. Not the outfits or anything but her eyes and hair color. I can draw her if you want me to and then maybe put a link to instagram or something lol. And if you want to draw her or Link I would love to see it and I'm sure the readers would as well! That would be badass and I know a lot of you have artistic talent. Okay please review or comment on the chapter and tell me what you think of it so far! Is it good? Is it bad? Does it need work or is it perfect? Let me know but no flames. I will delete those. Finally, thanks so much for reading and here is the chapter!

Ch. 10: Family Check-up

(Link's POV)

My front legs worked with my hind ones as we ran to Castle Town. The tip of Hyrule Castle was clearly visible but felt like it got farther away every time we reached another set of yards in our footing. Scarlett was visibly excited in front of me. She was even sprinting faster than me with her eyes locked on the front gate of Castle Town. Believe me, I was trying to keep up with her but I couldn't.

"Scarlett! Wait up!" I called out to her when she got ahead of me by a few feet. She looked back at me and slowed down so that I could match her speed again.

"Sorry," She laughed. I'm sure an embarrassed blush would've hit her cheeks if she wasn't a wolf right now. "I'm just excited about seeing my parents again. I've been worrying about them ever since I left but it was just a lingering thought in the back of my mind. But now that I see my hometown right in front of me it's like a new energy has evolved inside my body and given me newly found strength to run faster and longer. Does that make any sense at all?" She asked me, her green canine eyes looking at me with passion in them. I barked at her with a nod and then said actual words. "I understand completely. I'm happy that you're happy again! You seemed really down for a moment there but now you're like a changed light bulb whose light is shining bright once again. Damn it, that sounded so lame. I'm not really good with words…" I whispered to myself while Scarlett laughed.

"Nah, you're a fucking poet Link!" She said to me as we ran over a hilly plain. Below, I could see the dark wood of the bridge that connected the town with the rest of Hyrule. There were four entrances but I bet this one was most used by travelers and merchants.

"There it is! There it is! Oh my gosh, I can't even believe it!" Scarlett chanted with happy barks following it. I've never had this feeling, but I'm actually getting really happy for her! Okay, before you say or think 'oh Link! You stupid bastard! Ilia's been your friend for years and you've never felt happy for her!?' I get it. But Ilia just...I don't know...She always seemed kind of pissed off at something. Like she would get mad at a small thing and then stay that way for the rest of the day. Now, being the innocent uninformed guy I was I thought all women were like that! Yeah, I admit it! She was the only girl in the village who was my age so I thought this was a life-long thing and I eventually got used to it and started liking her...Wait did I just admit that I like Ilia? Son of a bitch...Yeah I guess I still have a crush on her but...now that I've met Scarlett...I've discovered that not all girls are like Ilia. In fact, Scarlett is the complete opposite. She's happy a lot, she's a smartass at just the right moment which I find admirable because I myself am a historic smartass, and she also doesn't do what she feels like. She stays by the rules! Or whatever...I'm not saying I have a crush on Scarlett okay, I'm just saying that my crush on Ilia may be a bit premature...Now that I'm traveling across Hyrule I have so many other options! But, for now, I'm still going to keep my crush and see what happens. Umm...what was I doing again? Why am I running? Oh yeah! We're going to Castle Town. My bad!

"Almost there!" Scarlett yelled, bringing me more into the situation. Being a wolf, I have more time to think about things so I daydream more in this form than in my human form.

"What will the people think when they see us?" I asked Scarlett but instead got a slap to both of my furry ears. I winced and tilted my head up at Midna. Oh yeah...she's been on my back the whole time…

"They're not going to see you dumbass! Don't you remember they're in their own world not this one. God, you have a short memory. Oh wait! You're a blonde. Nevermind that makes sense!" She teased. I growled my sharp teeth and snapped at her but she just slapped the tip of my nose which hurt more than it should have. Scarlett just watched us with nonchalant emotion that she was probably keeping to herself.

"Hey don't get snippy with me!" Midna scolded me with another laugh like she was joking about the whole thing. I rolled my eyes and growled again. "I wasn't talking to you. I was asking Scarlett a question…" I said lowly.

"Aww, are you on your man period again Link? That seems to happen a lot when you're with me~"

"Well maybe it wouldn't if you would just shut the fuck up for once!" I replied to her.

"Alright guys, stop it. Midna stop getting Link riled up. You're doing it on purpose just to make him angry at you and Link just ignore it okay?" Scarlett told the both of us calmly. My eyes went wide for a second at her words. Looking down at the ground, I mentally slapped myself for listening to Midna. How could I be so immature? I looked back up at Scarlett and she was staring back at me. I could tell what she was thinking.

'Are you okay? Don't let her get to you,' She said to me mentally. I could tell by the look in her eyes. I nodded and replied to her with a look of my own. 'Yeah I'm good. She just pisses me off sometimes.' She made a laughing noise and then stared straight ahead while Midna looked back and forth at us suspiciously.

When we made it to the bridge that led to the entrance into Castle Town Scarlett stopped and sat down like a normal dog would. I stopped as well and looked at her in concern.

"You okay?" I asked. She shook her head and then nodded at me. "Y-Yeah...sorry…" She murmured as we both walked through the large doors into the capital city. Inside, all you could see was an enormous amount of blue flames. Those were the citizens that lived here. If I smelled the air too strongly than I could see them, but right now I was focused on Ilia's scent which lingered on my nose like a fine perfume. The bag itself was a bag for medicine but it smelled strongly of Ordon pumpkins. That's what Ilia always smelled like. It wasn't like an ordinary pumpkin. It was more sweet like a pumpkin pie. I guess that's what made me attracted to her in the first place; her scent. It's always calmed me down or softened me up if I was feeling stressed on a certain day. And now it was leading me right to her. It sucks that I'm in my wolf form though. I wish I could find her as myself. As the guy she's known for years, Link.

"So this is where I heard Shade call out to me and then I left with him to go find you. See, I was standing right here. Well...sitting I mean," Scarlett mentioned to me as she sat on the side of the walkway. I listened to her while also thinking to myself. Again, I seem to be doing that a lot lately.

"And this is the supermarket I used to go to almost every day just to see what new things they had on sale," The female wolf said to me as we went by a bunch of blue flames. Going past them, I followed Scarlett into a large area with a huge fountain in the middle of it! I couldn't even believe it! It was magnificent! Sensing my wonder, Scarlett jumped up on the edge of the fountain and raised her paw in presentation.

"And this is where my friends and I used to hang out. We would sit by the fountain and just talk or we would find some money to throw in it so we could make a wish."

I tilted my head at her.

"A wish?"

"Yeah, when you throw a coin in a fountain you make a wish and hope it comes true. Though, it almost never does. Maybe when we become human again I can show you in person what I mean."

"Okay…That sounds like fun," I said happily. She nodded and turned to the buildings surrounding the fountain. "And these are all of the shops and restaurants in the town. They're pretty expensive though so we only go to them maybe once a month. And then straight ahead over here, as you can see, is Hyrule Castle where Princess Zelda lives."

"Have you ever met her?" I asked her in curiosity. She sighed and shook her head.

"Sadly no, but I've always been curious as to what she looks like or how she acts. Is she mean or is she kind? I have no idea! So it would be cool to meet her since she's like our age and all...maybe a year older."

"I see...You know all of this is so awesome to me. I've never been in such a crowded place like this and all of it just blows my mind. We didn't have any of this stuff back in my village. We don't have restaurants or large fountains or a big supermarket. We have one shop and it's family owned. But here, it's like a whole new experience. I can't even believe it! Would you believe me if I said before I became the 'Chosen Hero' or whatever I was supposed to present a gift to the princess from our village. It was going to be the sword that I wield today. It's weird huh?"

"Yeah it is. But I'm glad you didn't give it to her. If you didn't have it you couldn't save my ass from all of the monsters that attack us on a daily basis," She laughed softly, "Also, this place might seem awesome now, but if you're like me who has lived in it for seventeen years then you would think it was nothing special. I would give it...two paws out of five," She said as she raised both of her front paws. I laughed and she put them back down. I forgot to mention that Scarlett's funny as well.

"Anyway, is uhh...your friend's scent still on your nose?" She asked in a quiet tone. I rose my head in the air and sniffed once before the scent of her came rushing back to me. I nodded and turned to one of the roads leading to a different entrance of the town. I instructed Scarlett to follow me and we both walked in that direction. The scent trail was straight ahead for a couple of minutes before it suddenly made a sharp left turn. Scarlett and I looked to see where it was and the scent trail led to a hidden bar around the corner. I started to walk down it but Scarlett's voice stopped me. I looked back at her and she was backing away.

"Umm...I'm going to go see if my parents okay. Just wait here when you get finished and I'll come back," She said before running down one of the streets in the opposite direction. I watched her go in disappointment before turning back to the bar. I took a deep breath before walking down the stone stairs. In front of the bar was a loose sign on the wall that said,

Telma's Bar

If you came to collect taxes, fuck off!

Who the hell is Telma? Guess I'll find out in a minute…

(Scarlett's POV)

Walking down the familiar road to my house I felt my body start to shake. Why was I getting nervous? All I was doing was checking on my parents to see if they were okay. No biggie. But I shook anyway like I was constantly vibrating. I rounded the corner and looked to see if anyone was in front of my house. Nope, nobody. The street was practically empty but that was to be suspected at this time of day. I walked faster to my front porch and looked up. Since we lived in a largely populated area, everyone's houses were close together. My house was a two-story one that looked more like an apartment if you didn't know any better. Our front door was made of a fine shiny wood with glass embezzled in the center of it. On both sides of the door, two small circular windows sat quietly in their place.

"Everything looks the same…" I muttered. I reached up and held my front legs against the wall as I looked through the window. I could see my mom sitting at the table reading something. Moving back down, I turned to the door and opened it with my two paws which was no easy task! The door creaked open and my mom looked at it as I entered my home. She couldn't see me so she probably thought it was just the wind. Rising up from the table, she went to close the door before sitting back down. I hopped in the seat next to her and looked at her. Her fine white face was soft like it had always been but it was stained with past tears. How long has she been crying over the past few days? Her bright ruby-colored hair was in a messy ponytail while her greenish-blue eyes stared down at something on the table. I turned my head and saw an album of photos. The photos were of me from the past several years. I recognized it immediately. One time, I managed to somehow get a boyfriend in middle school and when I brought him over she insisted on showing him my baby photos! Like mom! Could you embarrass me enough!?

"Find any you want to put on there?" A deep manly voice asked. I looked at the doorway leading to the living room and saw my dad standing there with sadness planting itself all over his handsome face. His hair was short and had more of a lighter redness to it than my Mother had. His eyes were bright green, like mine, and his skin was only slightly tan. He was also tall as well. I would say he was about six foot two if I had to guess. Hehe, he would always bang his forehead on the roof of the doorway and would then cuss and whine about it until my mom or I kissed it for him. Yeah, he's a big softie even though he's a Hylian soldier.

"No...They're all so perfect…" My mom replied to him with a sad smile. He came to sit next to her and I watched as they looked at the album together. I then looked at the other stuff on the table and found that they were making a "lost" paper for me in an attempt to find me. That only made me want to tell them I was okay even more…

"My baby girl...She just disappeared into thin air without a trace on that day. I didn't even see what happened...We need to find her Ian…" She whispered with tears starting to fill her eyes again. My dad hugged her tightly and rubbed his hand over her hair gently.

"We will Kate. I know we will. Scarlett's a strong girl. If we don't find her, I know she'll find her way back home all by herself. I wouldn't worry just yet," He said, trying anything to make his wife feel better. It seemed to work as she wiped her face and kissed him passionately.

"I know...I just hope she's safe," She said back to him. I watched them up close with tears threatening to fall down my cheeks as well. I gave off a canine-like whine as I rubbed my eyes and jumped off the chair. I walked to the front door and looked back at them. Seeing them like this just broke my heart into little tiny pieces. When we turn back into humans again the first thing we're doing is coming back here. With a sigh, I opened the front door again and walked outside.

"Why does this door keep coming open?" My mom asked as she walked over to close it but then she stopped and looked through me. I was confused for a second before I turned around and gasped. It was a boy my age. He was tall and had blazing pink-shaded hair that looked so natural you could actually believe he was born with it. And to be honest, he really was! Isn't that badass!? He had a disorder called heterochromia where one of his eyes were a shining blue while the other one was a light brown. I thought it looked cool personally. Those eyes of his were so bright to me that I always had to adjust my eyes to them every time he looked at me.

It was Dante, my best friend. Or should I say he used to be my best friend before Link came along. He and I hung out almost everyday and loved playing pranks on people. I won't get into detail about it but we've been friends ever since we were little kids and seeing him now just opened up another set of emotions.

"Hello Dante, come to talk to us about Scarlett?" Mom asked him. He sniffed and nodded sadly.

"Yes ma'am…" He replied back to her as he stepped inside and closed the door behind him. It was like my heart put itself back together again before breaking once more at the sight of his sadness. Dante was never sad. He never got sad or pissed off or angry. Passionate about something, yes, but that was a whole different thing. Almost every day he would be happy or mischievous which I really liked. Seeing him like this, ugh, I can't take anymore of it. I slowly walked back to where I left Link and he was sitting there with his head bowed in thought. Oh no...I hope something bad didn't happen.

"Hey," I said in a low tone of voice as I walked up to him. He looked back up at me and I could not even tell what he was thinking. Usually I can…

"Hey, did you see your parents?" He asked. I nodded and quickly changed the subject.

"Did you find your friend?"

"Ilia? Yeah, she's in there," He told me. I gave him a smile and my doggie ears perked up. "That's great! You finally found her! Are you happy about that?" I asked. He nodded with a small smile and began walking to the southern exit of the capital. I walked with him as he talked.

"I'm glad I know she's safe. Now I can focus more on what you and I are doing"

"Right. So are we going to Lake Hylia now?"

He nodded as we exited. We both walked down the stairs of the large balcony and then headed towards the lake using the many signs that showed us directions. Traveling West, we came upon a large bridge which was obviously the Great Bridge of Hylia since it was right over the grand lake. We stopped in front of it and looked over at the bright blue water.

"The lake is so beautiful Link," I sighed next to him. He agreed with me but then narrowed his eyes. "But wait, isn't the water a little low this time of the year?"

"Hmm you're right. It should be pretty high right now. I wonder why they drained some of it out. That, or they just built another dam. It could be a multitude of reasons because the people that process the water from the lake to Castle Town are idiots," I told him as we stopped watching the water and stepped on the magnificent bridge. Link chuckled and his ears flattened. "You're so nice Scarlett," He joked. I rolled my eyes while Midna stared at the side of the bridge. I noticed once we got halfway to the bridge and decided to ask her about it.

"Something wrong Midna?"

Link rotated his head to look at her as she nodded her head.

"Something on the bridge smells funny. You guys smell it?"

Link and I sniffed the ground and actually did smell something peculiar. I couldn't put my finger on it but I had a pretty good idea of what it was. I started to tell the other two that someone put something flammable on the bridge but a loud obnoxious screech sounded itself through our sensitive ears. We both turned around to see another one of those bulblin archers glaring at us. I thought I killed you bastards! I thought he was going to shoot an arrow at us but instead he just shot a flaming arrow at the ground in front of him. A wall of fire rose up from the ground and filled the whole bridge with smothering heat and flames. Link and I turned the other way and saw that the son of a bitch had a friend who had set that side on fire as well.

"Well shit. I guess they got you two this time," Midna said, looking at her nails. Did she not care about us at all!? I looked around and when I saw the edge next to us a crazy, idiotic idea popped inside my head.

"Should we just jump!?" I yelled. Link opened his canine mouth to respond and I saw the coming fire reflect in his bright blue eyes. I could tell he was starting to panic in the process of decision-making so I made the choice for him! I lifted him up on the side of the bridge with my snout and then pushed him off before jumping off myself. We both screamed as loud as we could before we slammed into the water below. Shit, that hurt. My legs felt like a thousand pins and needles hit them simultaneously while my head started to spin rapidly. When I rose to the surface again I started to cough water out while Link re-surfaced after me and took in deep breaths through his nose.

"That was smart thinking even though it was crazy as hell," He said, looking at me. I smiled and doggy-paddled, literally, to the shore. "Did you have a better idea?"

"I was in the process of thinking," He replied as we shook the water from our fur. Midna flew from Link's back and gave us a glare for a reason we didn't know. She then got in front of us and flicked both of our noses hard as punishment for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

"Ow!" We both yelped.

"You got me all wet you mutts!"

"Hey, we were going to die if we hadn't done that!" I yelled to her, my paws coming to my hurting nose. She shrugged before grinning and jumping on my back. I sighed loudly and then turned to Link.

"Well we're here. What do we do now?"

"Well I guess we try to find the third spring spirit so we can collect the stolen tears of light. Yeah we're gonna have to kill those bugs again. And that's gonna suuuuuuuccccccckkkkkkkkk!" He groaned like the typical teenage guy he was. I laughed while Midna seated herself comfortably on my back. I guess she wasn't comfy enough on me!

Link and I looked around for a good place to start looking for the last spring but couldn't find anything except a few more bulblins and a...wait a minute. What, or should I say who, the hell is that? There was a shadowy figure in the distance staring at us with blood red eyes. It really gave me the creeps so I nudged Link's shoulder and he glanced at me.

"Yeah? You see something Scarlett?" He asked. I shook my head and nodded my head to the figure in front of us.

"Nothing having to do with the spring, but I do see that. What is that?"

"I don't know but he sure is a creeper isn't he. You think he's a rapist?" He asked me with shaky pupils before be both bursted out laughing. Midna rolled her golden eyes at us and shook her head. "No no no no no. That thing is a shadow bulblin. It's a bulblin, just with twilight particles making up his genetic anatomy if that makes sense to you two. I say you should kill it and see if you can get any clues on where that last spring is. Since the water is low down here maybe it's upstream and that shadow bulblin just happens to be guarding the pathway towards where we need to go so I'm just suggesting you get something out of him," She babbled. That's the most she's talked all day so we might as well listen to her. I let Link lead the way since he would naturally have that manly pride if he felt like he was the leader. Yeah, you know the drill…

"Alright, I'm going to distract him while you land the killing blow. I know you can do it!" He said encouragingly to me. Well on second thought Link was a lot more considerate than a lot of guys I knew. He was actually giving me pride in getting the kill! How sweet!

"Okay, that sounds good. Just don't be surprised if I fuck it up," I giggled. He cut his blue eyes at me and mentioned that he believed I wouldn't do that. Once we got close to the shadow bulblin, I turned my direction behind a rock and walked behind our target without him noticing. Link then jumped out and revealed his sharp teeth at the enemy in fake fierceness. I was just about to run up behind the dark bulblin and pounce on him until he blew something from a bird-shaped piece of grass. I was momentarily confused before I saw a gigantic shadow bird swoop down on top of the bulblin. It jumped on the bird and then smiled at us while he and his bird planned on attacking Link.

"Shit!" He screamed as he rolled out of the way, nearly avoiding the huge bird's attack. I ran to him and stood close to him while he got up like I was protecting him.

"I don't think our plan's going to work anymore," I casually told him with a glance.

"You don't say…"

"Guys, that thing is called a Kargarok. You better not get hit by its claws or you'll be hurting a lot after the battle's over. It would be best to keep your distance and strike at the right moment," Midna advised us, her voice ringing softly in my ears. Link and I nodded at her words before the bird swooped down again at us.

Oh Hylia, why must you send something more and more dangerous our way after each fight?

And that is the end of the chapter! God that took longer than expected and I didn't even have writer's block. But I guess that went a little deeper into Scarlett's home but most of it will be when they can actually go to Castle Town in their human form in case you were wondering. Well I hope you guys liked this chapter! I worked really hard on it! So please review or comment on the story! Especially you people from Quotev! Fanfiction is kicking your ass right now in terms of views and reviews. Don't be afraid to ask questions either! Please favorite and follow the story as well! Finally, thanks so much for reading and I will see you next time!