Thanks to anyone who reviewed, favourite or followed. You're awesome people. Had some help from The Twilight King for this little storyline. So yeah, anyways I'm still looking for a way to come back to life, Ganon's quite good at it so I'll ask him.

Flyer21: Sorry! He really is adorable, and deaf.

Silverhawk88: Yep, bet Ganon feels really abandoned right now.

Eptastic Girl: TT-TT At least someone still cares…thank you… Sorry, I'll try to not do anymore. Your very welcome Feather. Yep, you get free carrots if you do. Don't be too harsh on him, he just likes fishing that's all. Why do I feel tempted to use that as a little present? Can you imagine Ganon in gerudo heaven fishing while bawling over him being abandoned?

The twilight king: He…he…- cowers under her rock- Aren't I just. (And you mean Din right?)

Gojira Geek: Yeah, he is a bit. Don't worry, he's already made his appearance.

Madlink007: Well you did kill me, you're the first person who ever went that far. Sorry…please don't kill me…again… Yeah, this is just the beginning of a whole barrel of pain. Which (thank Nayru) does not involve the death of characters (and hopefully me)…sweet…Farore…save…me… -her spirit shivers and hides under her rock praying to the goddesses-

Spy of Influence: Thank-you! –tries and fails to hug Spy of Influence due to the lack of a physical form- Sweet Farore, methinks you'd better run for da hills. And no, I would never kill a faithful reader like yourself. You lot are way too hard to come by.

grandshadowseal: Nobody expected it I don't think. Poor Ganon. That's ok, as long as you reviewed. I know how you feel, its always my house that gets the powercuts so I can't use the internet for days at a time which is annoying when you're trying to upload chapters. Your story sounds interesting, might look into that. Sisters are evil (mine especially, she sprayed flipping perfume in my eye). You seriously won't expect this either!

Epona trotted into Ordon Village.

"Hey, they're back!" Jaggle cried.

The mare stopped by the river. Link jumped down and opened the wagon's back. He lifted out Talo and planted him on the floor.

"Dad!"

Jaggle leapt down from the hill (I don't know what to call those pillar things) with more agility than his age should've allowed.

"Hello ma'boy."

He swept Talo up in a hug. A few moments later Pergie appeared from the watermill. On spotting Talo she came running out.

"Hello sweetheart, did you have a nice time?" she said, bending to hug him.

"Yeah." Talo replied, a strangled.

"Thank-you for looking after him Link." Jaggle said to the boy as he put Collin.

Link gave Jaggle a lopsided smile and helped Beth down.

"BETH!"

Sera came out of her shop.

"Hi mummy!"

"Come here."

Sera hugged her daughter.

"Hanch, get over here!" she called.

The timid man appeared from behind the tree.

"Beth! You're back."

He walked over and hugged both his wife and daughter.

Link smiled at the family.

"Link! Collin!"

Rusl materialized behind them and dragged them both in a hug. Behind him came Uli with her baby daughter Nina.

"ILIA!"

Ilia had barely got out of the wagon when her father swept her into a bear hug.

"dad…can't breathe…" she choked.

He put her down but continued to clasp her shoulders.

"Did you have a good time? You must tell me everything."

Ilia smiled.

"Yes dad, its nice to see you too."

Link chuckled. Silver jumped out of the wagon and sat down beside him.

"My, my, look's like Link's family's even bigger now." Pergie commented, eyeing boy, horse and wolfos.

This set the entire village laughing, seeing as technically Link had no family in the village. He and Epona, having arrived at the same, were considered family. However, the entire village had adopted Link as a son, Rusl especially.

"Well considering everyone's back together at long last" Bo announced, directing the last bit at Link especially. "What do you say to a feast?"

The entire village cheered.

"Shall we say tomorrow night?" Bo's question has answered with more cheers.

"I think the children need a nice long sleep. We can ask questions tomorrow." Rusl told the villagers.

There was a murmur of agreement and as the moon rose over the village, the Ordonians dispersed to their respective houses. Rusl told (not offered) Link to stay at his house that night and tomorrow they could clear up his own home. Unable to argue, Link agreed.

Somewhere deep in the bowels of Hyrule, the shadow lady and her companion were looking into the black crystal.

"Damned grey. Killing my sweet little parasite. Patty…" The shadow lady said, whimpering.

Her companion rolled his eye.

"Women! Always bawling over the smallest of things" he muttered.

However, beneath them, a ragged pack of starving wolves heard what she said.

"Did you hear that?" one asked.

"A grey? There's a grey still left alive."

"He killed her parasite. He must be strong."

"We must tell Dal."

One ragged wolf with matted brown and black fur looked up.

"Cay is here."

A little red squirrel poked his head through a tiny hole hidden by the brown and black wolf's paws.

"Cay! You must get a message to Dal. The greys live on. He must find them and have them rescue us."

The squirrel nodded and went to jump back in the hole.

"Nice try little doggies."

A whip like hand wrapped itself around the squirrel. With a psychotic smirk, the shadow lady's companion slammed the squirrel into the wall. Then in a whir of movement the squirrel was slammed again and again into several different walls before being smashed into the floor. It didn't move.

"Well then, that was fun." The companion chuckled.

"You monster." The brown and black wolf snarled.

"Why thank you, but flattery isn't going to get you anywhere. Where is this Dal?"

The wolf remained silent.

"Silent treatment eh? You'll regret that."

Three whip like tendrils grabbed the wolf and flailed around, smashing the wolf into several objects like other wolves and walls and bars. With an insane laugh, he withdrew his tendrils, dropping the wolf a few feet down. The wolf snarled but was too injured to get up. The others ran to the wolf's aid.

"Don't keep secrets from me little doggie. I don't want to accidentally snap your neck."

"I'll rip your bloody throat out." The wolf snarled back.

"D'aw, you wolves are so adorable when you make threats. It almost makes me want to hug you death."

And with that, the companion skipped off.

"No…Dal…" the brown and black wolf whimpered.

The companion re-entered the crystal room.

"One of the little doggies managed to get out."

"mmhmm." The shadow lady mumbled, chewing on a croissant.

"Can I send one of my trackers? Please, pretty please!" the companion asked.

Now the shadow lady rolled her eyes.

"Boys, always desperate to try out their new toys." She muttered. "Alright then. But try not to kill him. I want to make an example of him."

"yeah, yeah!" he replied skipping off to a cage.

"Are you listening to me?" The shadow lady demanded.

"Yeah…"

He took a scrap of fur from his pocket and put it in the cage.

"Are you sure you're listening?"

"Yeah…"

He patted the little metal creature on its head as it tore the scraps of fur to pieces.

"You're not listening are you?"

"Yeah…" he cooed over the creature. "Who's a good boy? Who's a god boy? You are aren't you?"

"Will you wash my feet and be my eternal slave?"

"Yeah…" he continued to pet his little metal creature.

"Oi!" The shadow lady snapped.

Her companion turned round.

"What? You were the same with Pat." He retorted.

"Just send him already before I boot him out myself."

Her companion made a pouty face and picked the little metal creature up before setting him down in a tunnel leading upwards.

"Fly my pet, and bring back the light wolf. If not, destroy him."

The creature whirred its understanding and zipped up the tunnel. The companion sniffed and wiped a tear away.

"It's always sad when they leave the nest. Bye bye Bif, daddy misses you already."

The shadow lady rolled her eyes.

"He's not even alive." She muttered.

The wolf Dal, was indeed alive and well in Hyrule. As the youngest and smallest puppy, he'd been sent through the tunnel (the same one Cay had used). The tunnel led to North Hyrule Field and there the pup had wandered for days. Eventually, he was stumbled across by a hylian knight patrol. One of their guard dogs, a german shepherd whose litter had been taken away for training, adopted the bedraggled cub. Now, fourteen years later (just to clarify, animals and humans have the same lifespan) he was one of the best guard dogs in Hyrule. Well he was until a certain metal tracker came looking for him.

Dal was a chocolate brown with dark brown and black brindle markings and piercing yellow eyes. He sat next to the knight he was assigned to. The knight in question wash dozing. Dal rolled his eyes. What did he do to deserve such a hopeless knight? However, since that white she-wolf had left, no reports of monster attacks had been brought to the guard. It was as if they'd all just disappeared. There was however, that wolf. Dal had scented him, and from the smell of it, he was big and very powerful. If that wolf got peckish, he doubted the people would stand any chance of escaping, especially with the good-for-nothing knights.

Suddenly, Dal was alerted to a clinking sound. The canine turned his head to look through the gate. A pair of red eyes flashed in the semi darkness of dawn. He dropped into a fighting stance, snarling.

"Who are you?"

There was the grate of metal on metal and the creature advanced.

"I said, who are you?"

The creature took another step forward.

"You asked for it."

Dal leapt forward, teeth bared. The creature calmly watched him come. At the last second, it swiped at him with a club-like paw. Dal was thrown into a stack of crates with a yelp. He rolled to his feet, his eyes casting round the deserted streets.

"Can't fight here, someone might get hurt."

The canine leapt over the creature, landing someways behind it. Dal turned and snarled again.

"Come and get me."

The creature's eyes flashed red again and it ran forward. As it did, it passed under a torch, illuminating it. Dal yelped. The creature was made entirely of metal. Its head looked like a bull's but its muzzle was grossly exaggerated. Its horns curved outward, their points glinting cruelly in the firelight. Its eyes were two glassy black balls, there was no soul behind those eyes. Its body looked like that of a goat's only instead of hooves it had the paws of what could've been a lion. The interlocking metal plates were purple orange and blue, like the colours of some psychotic clown.

"Not good."

Dal turned tail and fled. He didn't know where he was going, he just ran blindly. Something about this creature petrified him as if his very soul wanted to get as far away from it as possible. The creature was fast though, it was gaining on Dal fast. It wouldn't be long until it caught up. Dal barely registered the field turn to valley. Nor did he hear the frightened cry of the lantern man as he ran into the forest. Behind him, came a whirring noise. Then Dal's backside burst into pain and he was sent flying. The canine rolled across the ground with a strangled yelp. The creature lowered its head and ploughed on. With a clank, it flipped Dal into the air and over itself. It skidded to a halt and turned back, shaking its head with triumph.

It was still the early hours of the morning and Link and Silver were padding through the forest. Uli had told them to collect some fruits and nuts for the feast, and while they were at it, take some milk to the lantern man. As the trotted beneath the branches, baskets held in their mouths, a clanking sound startled the forest.

"What was that?" Silver asked.

Link shook his head, he'd never heard anything like it in his life. Breaking into a run they followed the sound to its source.

Dal cracked open one eye, the creature pawed the ground and gathered itself for another charge. Was he going to die here? As the creature leapt forward, it was knocked to the ground by a streak of grey. Snarling filled the air.

"Hey, are you alright?" a voice asked.

Dal whined and opened his eyes. A pale grey wolfos was looking down at him. He tried to climb to his feet but yelped in pain when he moved his back end.

"Don't move. Let me and Link handle this."

Silver looked to the larger wolf. He looked at her and nodded. She dipped her head.

"Right, let's go."

Silver wiggled herself underneath the canine, pulling him on her back.

"Don't move."

Silver began padding away into the forest, keeping an eye on Link.

Link snarled at the creature. Its eyes flashed at him, before switching it gaze to the receeding Silver and Dal. It tried to move towards them but Link stood up on his hind legs and slammed his paws into the ground in front of the creature. It shook its head in frustration and a ball of lightning filled its jaws. The wolf bent low, lips pulled back over his fangs. The creature spat the lightning at him. Link leapt aside and it pulverasied the ground where he had just been standing. With a fierce bark Link leapt at the creature, sinking his teeth between the plates into the softer things inside. Link leapt back and black smoke began to leak from between the plates. The creature bellowed in pain and swung its head from side to side. Link understood now, this creature had no physical form so someone had placed it inside a metal suit of armour. By breaking the armour, the creature would have nothing to keep its essence contained and would leak out and disperse and die.

The two beasts leapt at each other. Link's snarls and barks against the creature's whirs and bellows. They each locked their claws round the other's necks and tried to get a decent bite on the other's neck. The creature's bovine jaws were filled with viciously sharp teeth like that of a pirhana's. Link twisted his neck and bit deep into the creature's neck, with a sharp tug, the plate came free. The creature shrieked and hit Link in the chest with its horns. The wolf twisted in midair, landing on his feet. With a snarl, Link raced forward and leapt at the creature. His teeth sunk deep into its main chest plate. He kicked off and landed a little ways from the creature, dropping the plate as he did so. It clattered to the ground as he landed. Link watched the creature scream and thrash as its essence leaked out and scattered. It was almost lost in the black smoke of its essence. His stormy blue eyes watched the creature fall on its knees and collapse. The metal armour fell to pieces and the last traces of smoke dispersed. Within moments, even its scent was gone. Satisfied it had died, the wolf turned and disappeared into the forest.

"NOOO! BIIF!" The shadow lady's companion cried, watching through the crystal. "I loved him like a son."

The shadow lady rolled her eyes.

"Oh give it a rest, he wasn't even alive." She snapped.

"He was to me." He whimpered.

"Oh go cry me a river. That stupid grey is getting cocky. We'll have to deal with him soon." She stopped when there was no comment. "Are you listening?"

But her companion was too busy sobbing and recounting all his happy memories with the creature.

"Idiot." She muttered.

Link followed Silver back to Epona's stable.

"Oh my, that IS a nasty burn on his rear." The mare commented, inspecting Dal's rear.

"Go away, I don't want your help." He yowled, flailing around.

"Shut up." Silver said, putting a paw on his head.

"What do you think Link?" Epona asked.

The wolf trotted over and eyeing the scorch mark on the canine's rump. The fur was burned off and the skin was blistered quite badly. He nodded.

"Right to Uli it is."

Link changed back into a hylian.

"What in Din's name? You're a wolf and now you're a-? Who are you people?"

Link picked the struggling canine up, slinging him round his shoulders.

"Put me down. This is undignified. I won't stand for this." Dal cried.

"Hey Link!" Ilia called.

"Get me out of here!" Dal yowled.

"Link?"

The boy came out from the stable. Ilia gasped when she noticed the unfamiliar canine slung over his shoudlers.

"Hey, who's that on your shoulders?" she asked.

Then she spotted the burn mark on his rump.

"LINK! WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE THIS TIME?!" She shrieked.

Dal resumed his flailing.

"Ah! Take me back! Take me back!"

Ilia stormed over to Link, grabbing him by the ear.

"You better have a good explanation for this."

Link yelped as he was dragged away by Ilia, Dal still on his shoulders. Epona sighed and lowered her head.

"It's good to be back."

A few moments later, Link was released from Ilia's house with only a sore ear and a scratch.

"DON'T LEAVE ME HERE WITH HER!" Dal howled as Ilia started treating his wound.

"Link?" he turned to see Uli.

"What's going on?" she asked.

Using his sign language, Link explained how he and Silver had found a wolf in the forest with a bad burn on his rump and Ilia had kidnapped the wolf to treat him, shouting at Link for being irresponsible.

"Some things never change." Uli said with a nostalgic smile. "Did you get those things I asked?"

Link stiffened, He'd left them in the forest. He held up his hand for her to wait and rushed into the forest, changing into a wolf as he went. Grabbing the two baskets he raced back. Fifteen minutes later, he handed the baskets to Uli. Each was sort of full with autumn berries and nuts. They'd dropped the milk off earlier as well.

"Thank-you. Why don't you and Silver go relax for a while? I'm sure you could all do with a bath."

Link catching the hint, nodded and turned back to his house. Before he left, he cast a worried glance at Ilia's home. Hopefully, the wolf wouldn't be too traumatized.

Back at his house, Epona and Silver were stood by the stable.

"Glad to see you're still alive." Epona said.

Link chuckled. He then pointed to the spring.

"Yeah, you're right. I can't remember the last time I had a full groom."

"I'm poofed, let's go."

Having agreed, Link grabbed Epona's grooming kit and his swimming trunks (well, not trunks exactly. Shorts he used for bathing is a more precise description). Silver had some towels draped over her back and the trio headed for the spring.

In the spring, Link ducked behind a rock to change while Silver put the towels down on a high rock so they wouldn't get wet. When Link emerged, he threw his clothes up on a high rock and grabbed Epona's grooming kit. Silver jumped into the water, splashing around happily. Epona shook her mane and half reared with excitement. Full grooms were the best.

Silver and Link began splashing Epona, and each other. Seeing as the water wasn't quite deep enough for her to submerge herself, even on her knees, it meant they had to splash her manually. With Epona washed, Silver returned to swimming around in the deeper part of Ordona's spring. Link took a currycomb from the bag and began brushing away the water and any dirt from Epona's coat. He then meticulously began combing her mane, washing out any dirt he found.

"It's never quite the same when Ilia does it." Epona nickered, shivering in bliss as Link gave her a final brush down.

Link chuckled and patted Epona's neck. All done. The mare's chestnut coat gleamed like the setting sun and her mane shimmered like a flaxen waterfall.

"Right, you go have a dip while I go take a nap." Epona told him as she trotted into a sunny spot.

Link didn't argue. He climbed over the rocks into a deeper pool, though small as it was, it was warm and deep enough for Link to actually bathe in.

"LINK!"

The hylian's heightened hearing picked up the voice from beneath the water. Breaking the surface, he peered over the top of the rocks.

Colin, Talo and the newly arrived Ryan (Link hadn't realized he'd arrived, since he'd spent his time either fighting metal demons, getting chewed up by Ilia or in the spring). They were all in swimming trunks.

"Did we miss washing Epona?"

Link nodded.

Silver chose this time to poke her head out of the water. The children's eyes fell on her.

"Never mind." Talo called.

One thing the children loved was grooming Epona. Probably because it was an excuse to have a water fight and they couldn't do it all the time because Ilia kept stealing her.

Link climbed over the rocks and between the four of them, washed Silver.

Using one if Epona's currycombs, the four of them washed the dirt from Silver's coat (which was quite a lot) and made her sparkly clean. The four boys stood back to admire their handiwork. Silver's goat now gleamed like new snow. It wasn't actually as grey as they'd first thought. It was more of a silvery white like thick ice, with a faint silver streak down her side like Link's and a fuzzy silver patch on her forehead and paws.

The done, Link lifted the boys over the rocks to the pool. And Silver as well, at her request. In there, they all happily soaked.

"Link, why do you have so many scars?" Collin asked.

Link was covered in them. Some were fainter than others. They crisscrossed his skin like tiny rivers of ice. Talo pointed to a large one on his chest.

"How did you get that one?"

Link looked at Silver, unsure what to say. In the end, he just signed: a big angry fish who wanted to try and eat him for dinner. In truth, the sun shaped scar was a present left by the large parasite. Link still had nightmares about that creature.

"LINK! COLLIN! TALO! RYAN! THE FEAST'LL BE READY SOON!" Jaggle hollered.

"That's our cue." Silver said, climbing over the rocks.

Link climbed over the rock, lifting Collin, Ryan and Talo over.

The boys grabbed an unused towel each and went and changed. After coming out, Collin and Ryan offered to take the towels. Link handed two to each and took the grooming kit. As they headed back to the village for the feast, Link's thoughts wondered back to the armored creature. Why had it been attacking that wolf? Why was the wolf wearing the colours of hylian guard dogs? And, who had sent that creature to attack him?

With these thoughts, Link threw the used towels and trunks in the laundry basket and put the grooming kit away before heading to the feast. Something was very wrong; he could feel it in his bones.

Are you proud of my long chapter? Took me three days to write. And yeah, keep reviewing guys, I'd love to hear you're thoughts on my (and by that I mean Twilight King's) OC and the new villains. So… GANON! WHERE ARE YOU? –Clarky's spirit wonders off in search of the king in the gerudo heaven-