GANON! Where are you? –spots him- Oh there you are, how can I come back to life? –Ganon looks up from fishing- "Well you-" –Clarky's spirit is dragged away and stuffed in a clone- Well buggar…

Hello again! No more half term TT^TT. Anways, thanks to everyone who reviewed, favourited and followed. I was so close…TT^TT MadLink007!

AreiaCananaid: That's alright, good to see you're back. Thanks! I found him, then I lost him… TT^TT

Gojira Geek: Maybe, maybe not. You're quite the MM expert.

Eptastic Girl: I didn't steal her! I kept my promise! Yeah, now someone has to save him from Ilia. Any volunteers? –everyone dives under a rock- Nice knowing you Dal. A certain brown wolf might be joining them soon. Seriously? 200 reviews. Sweet Farore!

The twilight king: Danke! ^-^ Why do you think Dal reacted like that? –looks at him knowingly- Now you're catching on.

Spy of Influence: Yep! Yeah, shame I got sucked into a clone. –glares at MadLink007-

EpicShiekahGirl: Wish I knew who those were. Yep, the villans are great at naming things aren't they. Bif the bot and Pat the parasite. I think you will.

Flyer21: Yeah, Ilia needs to work on that.

Grandshadowseal: Maybe, the baby girl was never given a name so I called 'the girl' Alright, I will get on that as soon as I get a minute.

Madlink007: Thanks. –glares angrily- I was this close! This close! –the clone suddenly explodes, showering MadLink007 with guts and whatnot- Well done. –lays ears back and trots back to gerudp heaven in search of Ganon's ghost….again- Two spirits, no matter the difference in power or vitality do not mix in one body.

Link sat at a long table with all the other Ordon villagers. Silver, Epona, Falcon and Dal were also there.

The table was laden with breads of all kinds. Hot cross buns, tiger loaves, the famous Ordon Farmhouse. There were cheese breads and breads with fruits and nuts inside. There were eggs, boiled scrambled and fried. There were bowls of elderberries, rasberries, strawberries, loganberries, blueberries. Piles of hazelunts and candied chestnuts. There was fried fish, stewed fish, roasted fish and every other way of cooking fish imaginable. Jugs of milk and ale and mugs for all. Large bouquets of autumn flora adorned the centre of the table. It was the most food Link had seen for nigh on three years.

"Without further ado, let the feast begin." Bo announced.

Everyone leapt at the food. A little scrap broke out between Talo, Link and Ryan over the candied chestnuts. While they argued, Ilia grabbed the bowl and shared it out between herself and Collin. The fighting boys didn't notice until Ilia waggled the last one under Link's nose. He turned; a confused look on his face. Realising, they'd eaten it all, he made a grab for the last nut. With an impish smile, Ilia popped it into her mouth, much to the despair of Link, Talo and Ryan.

"So Ryan, you have no parents?" Sera asked.

The boy nodded, a hot cross bun in his mouth.

"That's so tragic! FALDO!"

The rancher looked up from a bowl of steaming cheese and pumpkin stew.

"What?" He called.

"You're old enough to have kids, you'll make a great father for Ryan."

"SAY WHAT?!" both boy and rancher cried.

Sera grinned and clapped her hands together.

"I knew you two would agree"

Link chuckled, just like Sera to give people away. Dal padded round the table and squeezed himself between Link and Silver, causing the wolfos to lay her ears back in annoyance.

"You. You're a wolf." Dal said.

Link met the wolf's challenging yellow stare with questioning eyes. Epona blew out and turned away, this was going to get iffy. Link got a bit growly (is that even a word?) when he was threatened.

"You're a wolf but you're hylian now. What are you?"

A growl was rising in Link's throat. Dal's threatening tone was getting to him. Silver laid her ears back at got ready to bite either of their ears off.

"You're neither, are you? You're something else, something unnatural."

Rusl noticed the tension and cast a glance at him. Link stood up and left for his house.

"Where's Link going?" Collin whispered to his dad.

"Alpha problems." He replied.

Dal followed him, growling too. Silver stood to follow, but Epona shook her great chestnut head.

"Dal needs to learn his place, you don't insult a wolf without a scuffle of somesort."

Outside Link's house, the boy faced the tree, waiting for Dal.

"You're a monster aren't you? Some new demon created by Dark Caller."

Link snarled, the mist curling around him. Dal had gone too far. The mist engulfed him, changing Link into a wolf. The wolf turned to face Dal, tail high, lips pulled back over his teeth in a fierce snarl.

"You really are a monster, that look in your eye proves it. And your scent, you raided Hyrule didn't you."

Link snarl increased in volume, he'd saved Hyrule.

"Tell me monster, are you light or shadow? You're scent is neither."

Link stopped snarling, face slackening. He had no answer.

"Why did you save me?" Dal demanded. "Are you here to take me back?"

Link's snarl returned, take him back where? He barely knew him for Din's sake.

"I won't go back!"

Dal leapt at Link. The wolf snarled and let Dal come. As Dal hit him, he flipped the wolf over the top of him. Dal hit the tree and slid to the ground. Snarling, he crouched, ready to attack. Both wolves leapt at each other. As they hit, Link twisted his body so that they fell to the floor, Dal on the bottom. Link pinned him down, snarling in his face. Dal whined. He was bested.

Link snapped his jaws in Dal's face and stepped off. The wolf positioned himself by the ladder and sat watching Dal with stormy blue eyes.

"I'm sorry." Dal whimpered, crouching low.

The grey wolf dipped his head.

"So, who are you?" The younger wolf asked.

Link barked.

"Link. I'm Dal. Thank-you for saving me earlier. And, I'm sorry for insulting you like that. You're not a monster."

The wolf blinked, accepting the apology and thanks.

"Tell me, how did you escape? From the Dark Caller I mean."

Link cocked his head to one side. Escape? From what?

"Ok, so you aren't a light. You don't get shadows here so, are you a grey?"

Link blinked, still confused. Dal looked at the floor.

"Nevermind."

Link shrugged. As long as Dal kept his insults to himself, he didn't particulary care what he thought of him.

"Finished with your little scrap?" Epona asked.

Link nodded innocently, not quite catching the reprimanding tone of her voice. He did however, catch Silver's, she nipped his ear.

"Stop making enemies."

Link growled and rubbed his ear.

Bo stood up and lifted his mug of ale.

"A toast, to the safe return of our children."

The rest of the table stood and raised their glasses.

"To the children."

Link grinned and sipped from his mug of milk. Minors (and Link) weren't allowed ale.

"And, to Link and his faithful comapnions. For keeping them safe these past years and saving us all from evil."

"To Link and his companions."

Ilia suppressed a grin as she saw Link turn bright red. Silver too, shrank back a little. Epona though, lapped up the praise, arching her neck proudly. Dal's jaw however, nearly dropped through the floor. That wolf and his companions were the unknown heroes? Din almighty.

Towards the end of the feast, the older men were a little tipsy. Breaking into song. It was at this point, that Uli called the feast to a close.

Everyone having eaten and drunk their fill, they dispersed to their houses. Dal coming with Link and co.

Link flopped down on his bed, blowing his hair out his eyes.

"Night!" Epona whinnied from below.

"Night!" Silver barked back.

They had cleared out the house and cleaned it up earlier that morning. Silver curled up in the basket Uli had weaved for her. The soft blankets rustling quietly.

With a 'hup' Link got to his feet and rummaged round under his bed. He stood up again with an armful of blankets. He arranged the blankets some ways from Silver's own basket. He gestured for Dal to come over.

"Thanks."

Link gave him a smile and grabbed his night clothes. The boy curled up under the familiar soft covers of his bed and went out like a light.

During the night, Ryan tossed and turned in his new bed.

There were men, closing in on him. Wolf Link snarled, putting himself between Ryan and a looming figure. Silver was at his side, Imp Midna perched on Link's back. It was like that night when the wolves had saved him from the STAR man. But the man looming over the, cracked his whip. It flicked across Link's side, drawng blood. The wolf roared and leapt forward. Another whip lash held him back. Silver tried to attack, but more figures wielding whips snapped their weapons at the wolves. Midna's hair hand appeared, snatching at a whip-wiedling figure. Another whip wrapped itself around the imp, throwing her from the wolf's back and into the floor. Link leapt to her, his attack renewed in vigour. He attacked the whips, eyes blazing furiously. There was a creak and a cage fell down. A rope looped around Silver's neck. Link snarled and attacked the rope severing it, but more ropes looped themselves around him. He snarled, trying to protect Silver but as the amount of rope's increased, he was brought down to the floor. With a howl, he was pinned to the floor as was Silver. Midna tried to come to his aid, but one figure stepped on her, trapping her under his foot. The figures turned to Ryan. Whips raised, evil grins on their faces.

Ryan woke in a cold sweat. The agonised howls of Link and Silver were still ringing in his ears. Ryan rubbed his eyes. He couldn't go back to sleep with that nightmare still in his head. Climbing out of bed, Ryan snuck out the door and into the night. On bare feet, he ran through the village to the only house he truly felt safe in. Minutes later, he was climbing up Link's ladder. Opening the door a crack, Ryan entered the room.

The first thing he saw were Silver's eyes, reflecting the moonlight spilling through the door. Dal's head too, was up, looking at him. Link rubbed his eyes and sat on the edge of his bed. The boy cocked his head.

"I…had a nightmare…" Ryan said sheepishly.

Link smiled and opened his arms. Ryan came over and sat on his lap. Link cocked his head to one side.

"Can I stay with you?"

Link nodded. There was a shimmer of mist and wolf Link was sat on the bed. He lay down, Ryan curling up next to him, pulling the covers over them. Silver climbed out of her basket and joined them. Curling up on the other side of Ryan, she felt him snuggle down between the two wolves. Link, realising Dal hadn't joined them, lifted his head and gestured with his head.

"Seriously?"

Link laid his ears back.

"I'm coming."

He padded over and curled up in a gap between Silver and Link next to Ryan. He hadn't done this since he had escaped from his prison as a cub. He couldn't even remember his father's scent. He moved closer to the wolves. Link opened one eye, noticing it. This wolf had been through a lot, more than any child should have to suffer. He had mentioned escaping? Were his pack imprisoned somewhere? Link made a mental promise to find and release this wolf's pack as soon as he could.

As sleep began to take hold, his mind started to wander. To the words the hero shade had said, what the bounty hunter had called him and Dal. The hero's child had said "I am proud of you, my child." But who was the shade? Then there was the bounty hunter. He had called Link a grey, whatever that meant. He had become frightened when he'd seen Link. Calling him "from that wolf family", Link was just a baby when he and Epona had arrived. He couldn't remember anything from that time. Then there was Dal had said, he had mentioned the possibility that he was a grey. A grey? What was it? He'd never heard it before. Link made a mental note to ask Zelda about them. What was he? That was a very good question; one that Link had no answer to.

OK, what do you think? Dal got put in his place big time! Anyways, got some nice ideas in store involving bats, bears and squirrels of doom! ^-^ Keep reviewing and if you get any ideas for new monsters you want to see, just ask. And yeah…back to school with me…TT^TT GANON! WHERE ARE YOU? –spots a fishing rod- AHA! –pelts towards him-.