Word Count: 444
Warnings: A horrible curse on Link
Characters: Link, Zelda, Impa, Navi, the king
Disclaimer: I don't own the Legend of Zelda or any of its inclusive characters, nor I am saying this is a canon event during the OoT game timeline.
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'Well, this is just great. No, really. I was waiting my whole life for this.' Zelda's giggles became a full-out laugh as Link's disgusted, sarcastic tones sounded in her head. Out loud, he was grumbling to her father about having to crack down on renegade wizards.
"Don't you think we ought to send them all through some kind of daily stocks torment to curb their wild shenanigans?"
"My boy, I somehow doubt that such an edict would have any effect on your current situation. And it would probably incite more trouble than curb it." The laugh in the king's voice only increased the hilarity in the small room off of the castle's medical wing. Impa tried not to chuckle along with her royal employer and charge, but it was difficult, especially when she looked up at the increasingly sour expression on the young hero's face. The usually stoic Sheikah woman let out a dark, throaty chuckle as she looked back down at the potion she was preparing to feed to the ailing youth.
"Impa, please. If you're gonna laugh, do it already. Stop trying to be nice to me, it only makes the truth hurt more." Link's voice was pained and garbled as he responded to his 'helpers' from atop the room's standard medical cot. They could laugh all they wanted to, as long as he didn't have to stay this way. And as long as they managed to stop him from turning into a 'street mongrel', as the wizard had cursed him wanted.
'Hero of dogs, my fur.r..y…butt. My butt, Dindammit. This is so humiliating.'
'Well, if nothing else, you can become my guard-dog.' Link rewarded Zelda's private commentary with a withering stare, before accepting the potion Impa handed him. The princess giggled as he drank it, his dark look at her unable to holdup against the foul taste that flooded his mouth. It didn't help that the concotion didn't immediately seem to do any good for reducing the amount of blonde-brown fur that was covering his face and hands. In fact, it might have accelerated the growth of the tail from under the back on his tunic.
"Oh, great goddesses, what did I do to deserve this? Life is so unfair!"
"Link, calm your melodramatics and take this. It's the second part of the potion, the activating part." Impa handed link a purple lozenge which he regarded warily before downing it with an audible gulp. Zelda's laughter died away to an intake of breath as she watched her hero emerge from his furry prison slowly, the hair, claws, and tail disappearing completely with a final pop and a faint odor of dog.