The Lone Wolf
Chapter 12: Link's dilemma.
"We need a great fairy and we need one now!" Zelda yelled at them all.
The sages looked at each other frantically, and Nabooru spoke up.
"There's a great fairy quite close to my temple, and she can't escape from there, if that's
what you need."
"Perfect!" Zelda said and dashed over to Link's side.
Link was holding Rose's limp form in his massive white furred arms. He looked at
Zelda.
"I didn't mean to hurt her so... I was angry... I lost control..." he said, a tear rolling out
his eye.
"I know... now let's get her healed." She said, placing a hand on his arm.
Zelda turned into a ball of light, and so did Link and Rose, who Zelda had brought into
the teleportation. And they, along with the other sages, sped off towards the Spirit
temple.
* * * *
Meanwhile, Darunia, who had awakened from his sleep in the Fire temple by a small
rumble in the volcano, sensed al the other sages exerting their energies for flight, and he
was a little confused.
"I wonder what's going on out there?" he said to himself. He shrugged and took off in a
ball of red light.
* * * *
Out in the Desert, it was night. Now, night time in the desert can very cold, so the
instant that they landed Nabooru threw a cloak (which she summoned from thin air with
her power) over Rose's comatose form in Link's arms.
Meanwhile, Ruto was practically frozen solid.
"Great Goddess Din, it is cold here! I thought Deserts were supposed to be hot!"
"They are, in the daytime, but at night, they get cold fast, and it is only the beginning of
spring, after all." Impa commented.
Nabooru used her powers to keep the local monsters, Leevers and Keese birds away
Link walked slowly, careful not to jostle Rose's body, as he didn't want to cause any
further damage to her neck.
Ruto glared at the black wolf woman.
"Look at the way he treats her, it's as if he's in love with the filthy cur!" she thought to
herself.
"Ruto, that 'Cur' knows where the ocarina is, have a little patience!" Zelda sent back to
Ruto.
Once inside, Impa whistled the royal tune atop the Triforce symbol, and the huge,
provocatively dressed Great fairy appeared from the pool.
"Ah, hello sages, what do you need this fine evening?"
Zelda motioned for Link to approach with the bundle he carried. Link came forward
with Rose, and laid her carefully upon the stone and gold etched marking in the floor.
"We need you to heal this creature enough so that she can speak, no more, no less."
Zelda spoke.
"The great fairy was expressionless for a moment, then she shook her head, her long
waving hair shaking.
"I am afraid I cannot do this." she said.
The sages were surprised, even Impa's eyes got a little wider.
"Why not, great fairy? We only need her to tell us the location of the Ocarina of time,
she may heal on her own the rest of the way." Ruto said.
The Great fairy shook her head again. "I'm afraid you do not understand. If I do not
heal her the full way, the child she carries inside of her will be rejected and will die, as
her body cannot support it."
Zelda, Impa and Saria dropped their jaws, Ruto and Nabooru fainted, and Link stood
there, growling.
"Uh..." Zelda was confused.
Link looked up at the great fairy, and let out a series of barks and yips. Zelda's
telepathy translated them, but the great fairy didn't need any translation, she understood it
perfectly.
"As you wish, she will be completely healed." She raised her arms, and the glowing
beam of light hit Rose's body.
Rose's neck was the first thing that healed, her spines somewhat splintered bone's fused
back and returned to their place, the nerves reconnected, and the muscles were reformed.
Then all the cuts that Rose had acquired from her fight with Zelda (who, by the way, is
still dressed as Sheik) closed and healed without any scaring at all, even the fur was re-
grown.
Rose started to come around, but Saria dashed forward and clasped her hands around the
side of Rose's head. A gentle green glow surrounded them, and Rose went from near
wakefulness into deep sleep.
"Link, before we get anything out of her, we all want to know what the heck you've
been up to since the start of winter, you got that?" she said looking back at him.
Just then, a red ball of light popped into the room, and Darunia appeared as it landed.
"Hello everyone, what'd I miss? Hey, is that a Wolfos?" he asked.
"Hi Darunia, no, that's not a Wolfos, it's Link, and we'll explain everything in a few
minutes." Zelda said, stopping Darunia from going into an outburst.
"Ok, so what should I do?" he asked.
Impa looked at Ruto and Nabooru, who were still passed out on the floor. "Pick them
up and carry them over to the spirit temple with us, what else?."
* * * *
Once inside the Spirit temple, Saria led Link to an area of the Temple that had been
added on. It was one of a pair of twin corridors with dorm rooms on either side of the
hall, as some time in the future, monks would worship here, as they had in the distant
past, in the other temples.
Link laid Rose on one of the beds and covered her. And Saria looked at link
questioningly.
"Link... what happened in that other land?"
Link looked up at her.
"It's okay Link, I can understand you if I try, I am the forest sage, aren't I?" she smiled
"You'll hear it with the others Saria." Link answered.
Link and Saria then returned to the hall where the others were waking Ruto and
Nabooru.
Impa and Zelda each had a pot filled with water, and Darunia put the two comatose
sages on the stone floor.
"Time to rise and shine you two." Zelda said, as she and Impa threw the water over the
two of them.
Nabooru woke up instantly, sputtering. Ruto, as the sage of water and a Zora, woke
slowly.
"What happened?"
"We found out the wolf woman is pregnant with Link's child, or so we think..." Impa
said, and turned to look at Link, who was hanging back at the door.
Link took a deep breath.
"Her name's Rose. She comes from a race of wolf men and women that live to the east
of Hyrule. I was wounded when we first met, she healed me, slowly with herbs.
Eventually, I heard her talking with another wolf man, her brother, about something they
called their midwinter festival. I wanted to go and see it, know what this form was all
about, so I got Rose to take me there. When we got there, she introduced me to her
family, and took me to see the sights, I watched her trade for a bit, but eventually I got to
see a veteran warrior of their race to teach me how to fight like this..."
Link looked at his claws. "At night I would tell them stories about Hyrule, it was new
and amazing to them, I told them about the different races here, about the Zoras, the
Gorons the Shiekah and the Gerudo, and on the last night of their festival, I told them the
story about the Triforce..."
Link's gaze dropped to the floor, and his foot paws. "On that last evening, after all the
courses of the dinner had been served, they served wine. I swear they must have put
something in it, because I found myself attracted to her like never before. The last thing I
can remember from that night is heading from the banqueting grounds to the Inn we slept
in at night... and the next morning I woke in the same bed as her, our arms and bodies
intertwined..."
He sank to the floor. "I was seduced, tricked by her, and now, a child is on the way..."
"Great goddess what am I supposed to do?" He moaned as he held his head in his paws.
Chapter 12: Link's dilemma.
"We need a great fairy and we need one now!" Zelda yelled at them all.
The sages looked at each other frantically, and Nabooru spoke up.
"There's a great fairy quite close to my temple, and she can't escape from there, if that's
what you need."
"Perfect!" Zelda said and dashed over to Link's side.
Link was holding Rose's limp form in his massive white furred arms. He looked at
Zelda.
"I didn't mean to hurt her so... I was angry... I lost control..." he said, a tear rolling out
his eye.
"I know... now let's get her healed." She said, placing a hand on his arm.
Zelda turned into a ball of light, and so did Link and Rose, who Zelda had brought into
the teleportation. And they, along with the other sages, sped off towards the Spirit
temple.
* * * *
Meanwhile, Darunia, who had awakened from his sleep in the Fire temple by a small
rumble in the volcano, sensed al the other sages exerting their energies for flight, and he
was a little confused.
"I wonder what's going on out there?" he said to himself. He shrugged and took off in a
ball of red light.
* * * *
Out in the Desert, it was night. Now, night time in the desert can very cold, so the
instant that they landed Nabooru threw a cloak (which she summoned from thin air with
her power) over Rose's comatose form in Link's arms.
Meanwhile, Ruto was practically frozen solid.
"Great Goddess Din, it is cold here! I thought Deserts were supposed to be hot!"
"They are, in the daytime, but at night, they get cold fast, and it is only the beginning of
spring, after all." Impa commented.
Nabooru used her powers to keep the local monsters, Leevers and Keese birds away
Link walked slowly, careful not to jostle Rose's body, as he didn't want to cause any
further damage to her neck.
Ruto glared at the black wolf woman.
"Look at the way he treats her, it's as if he's in love with the filthy cur!" she thought to
herself.
"Ruto, that 'Cur' knows where the ocarina is, have a little patience!" Zelda sent back to
Ruto.
Once inside, Impa whistled the royal tune atop the Triforce symbol, and the huge,
provocatively dressed Great fairy appeared from the pool.
"Ah, hello sages, what do you need this fine evening?"
Zelda motioned for Link to approach with the bundle he carried. Link came forward
with Rose, and laid her carefully upon the stone and gold etched marking in the floor.
"We need you to heal this creature enough so that she can speak, no more, no less."
Zelda spoke.
"The great fairy was expressionless for a moment, then she shook her head, her long
waving hair shaking.
"I am afraid I cannot do this." she said.
The sages were surprised, even Impa's eyes got a little wider.
"Why not, great fairy? We only need her to tell us the location of the Ocarina of time,
she may heal on her own the rest of the way." Ruto said.
The Great fairy shook her head again. "I'm afraid you do not understand. If I do not
heal her the full way, the child she carries inside of her will be rejected and will die, as
her body cannot support it."
Zelda, Impa and Saria dropped their jaws, Ruto and Nabooru fainted, and Link stood
there, growling.
"Uh..." Zelda was confused.
Link looked up at the great fairy, and let out a series of barks and yips. Zelda's
telepathy translated them, but the great fairy didn't need any translation, she understood it
perfectly.
"As you wish, she will be completely healed." She raised her arms, and the glowing
beam of light hit Rose's body.
Rose's neck was the first thing that healed, her spines somewhat splintered bone's fused
back and returned to their place, the nerves reconnected, and the muscles were reformed.
Then all the cuts that Rose had acquired from her fight with Zelda (who, by the way, is
still dressed as Sheik) closed and healed without any scaring at all, even the fur was re-
grown.
Rose started to come around, but Saria dashed forward and clasped her hands around the
side of Rose's head. A gentle green glow surrounded them, and Rose went from near
wakefulness into deep sleep.
"Link, before we get anything out of her, we all want to know what the heck you've
been up to since the start of winter, you got that?" she said looking back at him.
Just then, a red ball of light popped into the room, and Darunia appeared as it landed.
"Hello everyone, what'd I miss? Hey, is that a Wolfos?" he asked.
"Hi Darunia, no, that's not a Wolfos, it's Link, and we'll explain everything in a few
minutes." Zelda said, stopping Darunia from going into an outburst.
"Ok, so what should I do?" he asked.
Impa looked at Ruto and Nabooru, who were still passed out on the floor. "Pick them
up and carry them over to the spirit temple with us, what else?."
* * * *
Once inside the Spirit temple, Saria led Link to an area of the Temple that had been
added on. It was one of a pair of twin corridors with dorm rooms on either side of the
hall, as some time in the future, monks would worship here, as they had in the distant
past, in the other temples.
Link laid Rose on one of the beds and covered her. And Saria looked at link
questioningly.
"Link... what happened in that other land?"
Link looked up at her.
"It's okay Link, I can understand you if I try, I am the forest sage, aren't I?" she smiled
"You'll hear it with the others Saria." Link answered.
Link and Saria then returned to the hall where the others were waking Ruto and
Nabooru.
Impa and Zelda each had a pot filled with water, and Darunia put the two comatose
sages on the stone floor.
"Time to rise and shine you two." Zelda said, as she and Impa threw the water over the
two of them.
Nabooru woke up instantly, sputtering. Ruto, as the sage of water and a Zora, woke
slowly.
"What happened?"
"We found out the wolf woman is pregnant with Link's child, or so we think..." Impa
said, and turned to look at Link, who was hanging back at the door.
Link took a deep breath.
"Her name's Rose. She comes from a race of wolf men and women that live to the east
of Hyrule. I was wounded when we first met, she healed me, slowly with herbs.
Eventually, I heard her talking with another wolf man, her brother, about something they
called their midwinter festival. I wanted to go and see it, know what this form was all
about, so I got Rose to take me there. When we got there, she introduced me to her
family, and took me to see the sights, I watched her trade for a bit, but eventually I got to
see a veteran warrior of their race to teach me how to fight like this..."
Link looked at his claws. "At night I would tell them stories about Hyrule, it was new
and amazing to them, I told them about the different races here, about the Zoras, the
Gorons the Shiekah and the Gerudo, and on the last night of their festival, I told them the
story about the Triforce..."
Link's gaze dropped to the floor, and his foot paws. "On that last evening, after all the
courses of the dinner had been served, they served wine. I swear they must have put
something in it, because I found myself attracted to her like never before. The last thing I
can remember from that night is heading from the banqueting grounds to the Inn we slept
in at night... and the next morning I woke in the same bed as her, our arms and bodies
intertwined..."
He sank to the floor. "I was seduced, tricked by her, and now, a child is on the way..."
"Great goddess what am I supposed to do?" He moaned as he held his head in his paws.