Hello again, God I hate school. Test after bleedin' test. I feel like I got Zant doing pirouettes in my skull. Anyways, thanks to everyone how reviewed/favourited/followed, you guys make my happy. Got mixed results from the last chapter, and don't worry, Link will be ok…ish.

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Nekoyoukie: No, it just sort of happens. This was not how I expected the story to turn out. (read 'My Name is Mina') Well, he isn't invincible, but yeah I guess I overdid it a little. Don't worry, Silver and Midna will be getting it next –gives Midna and Silver malicious sideward glance- I'm sensing racism in Ilia, just with animals and Link. Yes he will. Thanks, glad you liked it. Oh buggar, I'll try again.

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WARNING: This chapter may contain terrifying monsters and undead creatures. This may induce nightmares or arise unhappy childhood memories.

Renado had his hands on either side of the wolf's head. He inspected the wolf's eyes, looking at them from different angles. It had been two weeks since Bulblin's attack and Link had been recuperating in wolf form under the watchful eyes of Renado and Ilia.

"Can you see me?"

The wolf nodded his head, focusing on the shaman's different features.

"Hmm…it seems that the concussion has cleared up." He held up four fingers. "How many fingers?"

Link barked. Renado looked to Midna for a translation. The imp in question was lounging on one of the platforms, looking bored.

"He says four." She replied.

"Good, now, how many people are in the room, including animals?"

Link scanned the room, he counted Ilia, Ryan, Renado, Midna, Silver, a goron elder and Luda. Seven, eight including himself. He barked his answer.

"He said seven, eight if you include him." Midna translated.

"Very good, seems your eyesight's back to normal again. How's your head?"

Link barked.

"He says fine, just a dull ache."

Renado nodded and got to his feet, he begun to pace the room slowly.

"Well, you're fit to travel again. But what I don't understand is why did you risk your life for us?"

Link barked again.

"He says that he isn't a murderous bloodthirsty monster, and that he wants to protect the hope that this town represents."

Renado locked eyes with the wolf, suppressing a shudder at their striking familiarity.

"Well, we're very grateful to you." After a pause he chuckled. "You know, you remind me a lot of Link; headstrong, cunning, caring, warrior. But you have to understand that you aren't invincible and sooner or later a monster's going to get lucky and give you a mortal blow. Then where would we all be? Hyrule needs people like you, so don't go getting yourself killed. You understand?"

The wolf barked his understanding. Link always got this lecture whenever he returned to Kakariko with injuries, which was generally all the time.

Midna floated over and thumped down onto his back. Link gave her a growl to show his unappreciation.

"We'd love to stay and all, but wolfie here has a princess to save. Silver, come on." Midna said.

The wolfos got up from Ilia's lap and padded over reluctantly. Her wounds had long healed and she was as healthy as ever again. Silver glanced at Link, once again she had seen just how weak he was. When the serious concussion from his battle with Bulblin had left him blinded, he had relied on her for everything. Despite her being physically and skilfully weaker than him, she now felt it her responsibility to protect him. After all, if Link was so busy protecting everyone, who was supposed to protect him?

When they reached the outskirts of the village, Midna changed Link back into a hylian. Midna had already retrieved his gear from the inn. He mounted Epona, who had followed them out, and with Midna in his shadow and Silver by his side, he galloped off across Hyrule field.

They headed east, across the newly rebuilt bridge. At the gates, Link dismounted and stroked Epona's nose. The mare nuzzled him.

"Be careful."

She looked to Silver.

"You too, I don't want to have to carry either of you back to Renado half dead again." She paused. "I'll wait for you in southern Hyrule field. Stay safe."

Then after nuzzling both one last time, they parted. Link and Epona walked into Hyrule castle. The town was busy as ever. Link headed straight to Telma's bar. When he entered, the occupants immediately crowded him.

"We heard about the attack, are you alright?" Aaru asked.

"Are the children alright?" Rusl asked.

Link nodded and quickly made some gestures with his hands.

"What do you mean Zant is the real enemy?" Rusl asked.

A few more gestures.

"So he was just working for an evil spirit named Ganondorf. Oh…" the Ordonian trailed off.

As Rusl was the only one who could understand Link's fast sign language, he translated.

"Ganondorf was an evil gerudo king that the six sages sealed away long ago. However, thanks to Zant, he's been resurrected. Link's going to go rescue the princess. But, he doesn't know the extent of Ganondorf's power. If we hear Silver howl, that means we have to evacuate Hyrule Town. Right?"

Link nodded.

"Wouldn't it be better to evacuate the first, just as a precaution?" Shad said.

Link nodded.

"Right you lot, you know what do. Evacuate the town's people, get everyone out. Ashei, you take the eastern residents to Lake Hylia. Rusl, you take the southern residents to Ordon. Shad, the west residents to Kakariko. Aaaru, the north residents to Zora's Domain. I'll take the central residents to Kakariko. Let's move it people!" Telma said.

The rebels nodded and hurried off to their tasks. Link smiled and turned to leave.

"Link." Telma said.

The teen turned to face her.

"You be careful out there, you hear me."

Link smiled, he was always careful. Then he and Silver left.

They headed north, passing through the plaza. Silver's acute hearing picked up the town's people's whispering.

"An Ordon, what's he doing here?"

"Isn't that the guy that beat the monsters?"

"I heard he's the guy that took on an entire army."

"He's a strange one isn't he?"

Silver growled quietly to herself. Humans, they were so judgmental, not that wolfoses (What's the plural for Wolfos?) were much better. She was glad when they reached Hyrule castle. Midna appeared from his shadow. They all looked up at the barrier protecting Hyrule Castle.

"Let's see…" Midna said.

The three fused Shadows began to twirl around her. Without warning they clamped to her, concealing her almost completely. Midna was then thrown from side to side, hitting the wall with a frightened scream, slowly climbing upwards. Link ran forward, but had no hope of rescuing her from the mask. Twili magic grew from the mask until Midna was lost amidst the enlargened mask and its twili magic exterior. The creature leapt into the air and landed on the barrier, its legs splayed like a spider's. One leg twisted itself around a spear of ghostly light and Midna leapt onto the wall, hammering away at its side.

Silver and Link looked on in fear. This wasn't the Midna they knew, yet they were powerless to intervene.

All of a sudden, the barrier gave away and shattered. The twili magic around Midna dissolved and the unconscious imp plummeted to the ground.

Thinking fast, Link whipped out his boomerang and threw it at Midna. The imp was caught on a bed of wind and was borne back to Link. Link caught the boomerang in one hand and Midna in the other.

A few moments later, Midna's eyes flickered open. The first thing she saw was Link and Silver peering down at her with concern.

"Ugh, what'd I do?" she mumbled, putting a hand to her forehead.

Link nodded towards the barrier. Midna looked at it, her eyes widened.

"I…did that…?"

Link nodded. Midna stared at her hands. Link smiled, he'd felt like that when he'd killed his first monster in hylian form.

Silver offered up her back. Link placed her onto the wolfos' back, careful to make sure she was secure.

Once she was settled, Link and Silver exchanged knowing looks, twili spider mode: not good.

With Midna settled comfortably on Silver's back, they set off into the castle.

As soon as they entered the courtyard they were set upon by kargoracs. Link whipped out his bow and shot them out of the sky. They fell to the floor like hail, exploding in clouds of dust as they hit the ground. Link walked past the carnage and headed for the left door. As they approached it, a barrier formed around them. Link snarled and drew his sword. Silver dropped into a battle stance, her back to Link. A group of bokoblins charged towards them. He looked at Silver, the message was simple. Get out the way.

Silver ran to the wall, and in a flying leap, jumped over it. She landed on all fours on the other side. A Some of the bokoblins broke from the main group to tackle Silver.

Link held his sword back, charging up his strength. As soon as they were within striking distance, he loosed a spin attack. A wave of energy grew from the sword cutting down the monsters. By the time the energy dissipated, Link was left standing in a cloud of dust. The energy wall around him faded and he ran over to Silver.

Silver was by no means struggling. She tore through purple flesh as if it were straw. When Link reached her, Silver was standing among the exploding bodies of her enemies.

Once they'd determined that there were no more enemies, they headed into the door. As soon as they entered the courtyard, bokoblins began racing towards them. Silver went to leap at them, but Link held her back. He pointed to the moblins on the watchtowers; they hadn't seen them yet.

Link waited calmly for the bokoblins to approach. Once they werec lose enough, in one fluid strike, he drew his sword and lopped off the heads of three approaching monsters. Silver dispatched the fourth with ease.

"Show off" Midna muttered.

Link smiled at her and drew his bow. He carefully aimed his bow and fired three consecutive arrows. Moments later, there was a series of dying groans and three bodies fell to the floor.

Silver barked and motioned her head to the barrels. Link nodded, more enemies were concealed there. Link drew back his bow and fired it at the barrel. It exploded; the explosion caused a chain reaction. There were more dying shrieks. Once they deemed it safe to enter, the trio walked onto the courtyard. It seemed that moblins had taken over the outer regions of the castle. Link snarled.

As they rounded a corner, they came upon two boars. Link chuckled as a plan formulated in his mind. He jogged over and swung himself up onto the boar's back. Silver ran to his side, but kept her distance. This boar was no Epona.

Link rode the boar forward. As he neared the fence, he gave an almighty kick on the boar's side. It reared and charged forward. Link held onto the reins for dear life, guiding the boar a little. After crashing through several fences and watch towers, the boar finally crashed into a wall.

Link was sent flying and landed unceremoniously on his backside. He sat there for a while, dazed.

Silver sprinted to catch up with the boar. When she rounded a corner, she saw the boar lying next to the wall, unconscious. Link was sitting a little ways from the creature, looking rather dazed. Silver ran over and looked him up and down. He looked at her and smiled, rubbing her head.

Midna shook her head, when will he learn?

Link got to his feet and looked around. Behind them he saw a series of pinwheel atop towers. Unfortunately, the pattern on the ground, a triforce, gave no indication of what the puzzle might be. He and Silver began poking around for clues when Silver suddenly barked. Link jogged over and found her sniffing a pile of leaves. Without warning, Midna changed him into a wolf. He growled at her as she plonked herself down on his back.

"Dig." She ordered.

Link growled and began to dig.

He dug his way through the ground and emerged on the other side. He turned to look for Silver and shrieked.

Silver heard the scream and dug faster. When her head emerged from the damp earth, she found Link staring behind her, his eyes wide in fear. Midna was hiding behind his mane. Silver gulped and turned around. She yelped when she sensed the ghost standing over her. She scrambled away.

"Dead guy…" she stammered.

After a few moments, the ghost spoke.

"Do not fear me, Sacred Beast. I mean thee no harm."

Silver cowered behind Link.

"It…It spoke."

It took a while for his words to sink in. Link relaxed and took a step forward, sniffing the ghost. A smile spread on his ghostly features.

"Once you have solved the mystery of this garden, return to me."

Link nodded and bounded off. Silver ran after him. Link suddenly skidded to a stop, Silver crashed into the wolf. She shook her head and peered over his shoulder. Link was snarling at the ground ahead. Silver honed her senses and saw thousands of tiny bones beneath the surface. She snarled.

Link changed into a hylian, and drawing his sword, crept forward. The bones suddenly formed tiny skeletons and they pulled themselves from the ground. Link charged up a great spin. As soon as they approached him, he loosed the devastating blow. The skeletons fell to the floor and exploded. Link and Silver fought their way through the sea of skeletal warriors. It began to rain heavily, it wasn;t long before Link and Silver were soaked to the bone. A spear lodged itself in Link's thigh. He growled. With his open wound, he couldn't charge up sufficiently for a great spin. He performed a jump strike, wiping out another battalion of skeletal warriors. He glanced at Silver. She too had sustained a few injuries, but she was still fighting strong, cutting swathes through the sea of bones.

Everyone was going alright, until a piercing scream cut through the air. Link froze, the pitch paralysing his muscles. The skeletal warriors attack heavily, slicing at him with their tiny spears.

Silver was faring no better, at the sound of the scream, her muscles seized up and she found herself unable to move. The tiny warriors swarmed her, threatening to overwhelm her. When at last, the scream wore off, she performed a spin attack, earning her a little breathing room. If she had been human, she would've screamed. Her eyes fell upon a grotesque creature. It was over three times Link's height and covered in decaying bandages. Its eyes glowed red with an undead hate. It wore the remnants of shoulder armour. Its hands were rotten masses wrapped in dirty bandages. Its mouth was a gaping maw filled with a few rotten fangs. The monster was bent at an impossible angle, its back twisted back by the weight of its weapon. It smelt of death and decay. But worse of all, was the giant mace-like sword that it carried in its hand. Silver glanced at Link, he too was well and truly petrified.

Link stared at the redead as it shuffled towards him. He couldn't move, and it wasn't because of the readead's scream, he couldn't breathe, he couldn't think. A twisted smile spread on the monster's features as it saw the fear in the hero's eyes. It came closer, bringing up its mace for a devastating attack.

"LINK!" Silver howled.

The cry broke Link from his daze and he rolled out of the way. The mace cracked the ground where Link had just been standing a fraction of a second ago. Link knew couldn't fight this creature head on, he'd be pummelled into the ground before he even landed a hit. Instead, he clambered up a tree and nocked a bomb arrow. The redead screamed before Link could fire the arrow. It's quarry gone, it began to advance on Silver.

Silver stared at the redead, her tail between her legs. She was paralysed, unable to flee from the monstrosity. The redead held aloft his mace and brought it crashing down. The scream wore off and Silver leapt back. But the mace clipped her shoulder. There was sickening crunch as it connected with bone, shattering the shoulder joint. Silver howled and fell to the floor.

As soon as the scream wore off, Link loosed his arrow. It hit the redead in the head, exploding on impact. The redead's head was blown off and it's body rippled with the force of the blow. Yet it still stood. Luckily, the force of the blow managed to send push Silver away and out of harm's way. Link quickly nocked another arrow and fired. The redead screamed, paralysing Link. But the arrow flew true and hit the redead's back. Its torso was blown to pieces and it crumpled to the floor. It took a while for it to explode. As soon as it was dead, Link dropped to the Link, wincing at the impact. Biting back the pain, he splashed through the mud to where Silver lay. He dropped to his knees and carefully inspected her shoulder. The bone was completely shattered. Worried for his friend's safety, he quickly uncorked a bottle of blue potion. He dribbled it into the wolfos' mouth. After a few agonizing moments, there was the sound of bones grating as the potion got to work. A few minutes later and Silver got to her feet. She still had a slight limp, but the bone was healed. They headed towards the end of the garden or rather graveyard. Three stalfoses (plural of stalfos?) formed. Link pointed to the lone stalfos on one side of a wooden grating, while deciding to take the pair closest to him. He approached them, shield up. In on fluid combo, he shield bashed one, somersaulted over his head and split his skull. The stalfos fell to pieces and Link, landing behind the pair, finished off the final one with a well-placed spin attack. The second stalfos fell. Without wasting time, he took out a bomb and lit the fuse. He placed the bomb on the bones of the stalfoses and raced to where Silver was finishing off the third.

Silver leapt at the stalfos, her hind legs landed on the rim of his shield and forced it out of the stalfos' hand. She then took his vertebrae in her jaws and tore it out. The stalfos fell to the ground in a pile of bones. Link was suddenly next to her, placing a bomb on the bones. Link and Silver retreated to a safe distance as both bombs blew up. Once the smoke cleared, there was no sign of the stalfoses. Link looked around, no sign of any switch or anything to open the grating.

Silver scanned the graveyard. She yelped when she saw the ghosts standing over a spot beneath a tree. They all turned to look at her and pointed at the ground. Their stares were unnerving and Silver found herself backing away behind Link. She whimpered and tugged on his tunic. He looked down at her, his eyes questioning. She pointed to the tree. Link nodded and Silver lead him to the ghosts. As soon as she neared the ghosts they turned and smiled at her. One even patted her head with a ghostly hand. A chill spread over her head where the ghost touched her. She shuddered and hid behind Link's leg, making the ghost chuckle before disappearing.

Link noticed the rock in the ground. Smiling, he lit a bomb and placed it on the rock. He and Silver then retreated behind the tree.

The bomb exploded, revealing a switch. Link ran over and stepped on it. Silver looked around and saw the wooden grating retracting. She barked to Link who nodded and ran after her to the now accessible alcove.

Once inside, Silver pointed to a chest. Link walked over and heaved it open. Inside lay an orange rupee. He smiled at Silver and placed it in his wallet. Link also saw an urn of lantern oil. Walking over, he removed his lantern from his pouch and filled it with oil. He also took an empty bottle and filled that with oil. You never know when you might need it. Silver barked. Link came over to her and saw her standing by a torch. He smiled and lit the torch. Much to their surprise, outside, the torrential downpour ceased, though the sky remained stormy. Link and Silver exchanged glances. Well this was new.

They ran out into the night and across to the other side of the graveyard where a second wooden grating barred their way. A stalfos appeared and began attacking Link and his hated light. Silver leapt at him, dealing devastating blows while Link lit the two torches either side of the grating. Once lit the grating retracted. Silver snapped the stalfos' neck and he fell to the floor. Link placed a bomb on the bones and they retreated. One explosion later and the way was clear.

Ok, I've just realised that Hyrule Castle is going to be a long section. I thought I'd cut it here for two reasons. One: it's an alright place to finish and has some suspense. Two: I have to go school, blegh. What do you think? And can someone please tell me the plural of enemies that en with –fos. Is it –fosi, -foses or just –fos? And sweet Farore those Redeads are evil. Anyways, must dash. Keep reviewing, favouriting, following! It makes life that much more bearable.

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