Ruki44: Two chapters for you, happy?
Tetra: Don't be fooled, she always does this, writes a couple of chapters then takes her good time about updating!
Ruki44: Just for that you're doing the disclaimer!
Ruki, Rukia, Hinata: shakes head sadly
Ruki: Idiot
Rukia: Moron
Hinata: Tetra...
Tetra: Argh, why me, Ruki44 doesn't own anything because she is a low life author!
Ruki44: No editorials!
Tetra: I'll make all the editorials I want
Fight breaks out, you knew this was coming, didn't you?
Hinata: All right, um, enjoy...
I…we…were back at the spring near Ordon Village. Zelda seemed quite confused. Unlike the rest of Hyrule, Ordon was still sunny and not covered with Twilight.
"Oh that's right. I forgot to mention one thing…though you may have left the darkness realm, you haven't transformed back into your former self…and you won't anytime soon! Now why could that be?" Midna's voice came from out of nowhere. Totally confused, both me and Zelda looked around wildly to see where that little imp had went off to. "Eee hee hee! See you later!" Midna said cheerfully. Zelda sighed.
"She's hard to figure out." she said softly. I barked in agreement. Zelda looked down at me and smiled softly.
"I don't know how to thank you enough…I don't even know your name…but…if you decide to take Midna's offer…I'll…I'll be with you every step of the way. I promise. I got us into this mess and I'll get us out." Zelda said looking up at the clear sky. I looked at her in awe before smiling, I don't know if wolf's can smile…but…I think she got my message because she smiled back at me too. I looked toward the spring and padded out the spring, I heard Zelda's footsteps follow me, splashing through the water. I walked down the winding path to my house just to find a bunch of low life monsters there. I quickly killed them, stupid things. "Nice." I heard Zelda congratulate me, whistling a bit.
"Thank you for saving me." I blinked, what the…I looked around seeing nothing but Zelda and a squirrel.
"You may look like a beast, but your that farmhand boy right? I can smell him on you. Well you can talk to animals now, if you haven't figured that much out, well see you later." the squirrel said before leaving. Zelda saw me starring at the squirrel and knelt down beside me.
"What was all about, huh?" she asked looking at the squirrel then back at me. I didn't know myself. I looked up at her quizzically, trying to tell her I was as confused as she was.
"You stand out too much." Midna's voice came suddenly and randomly.
"Huh?" Zelda said, both of us looking around confused.
"I mean your clothes! The twilight monsters, or anybody for that matter, can tell you're the Princess of Hyrule, you need to change into something else." Midna said exasperated.
"But I don't have something else to change into." Zelda remarked. I however was thoughtful, Midna was right. Of course, she could wear some stuff of mine, if she didn't mind wearing guy clothes. I barked excitedly and looked pointedly at my house.
"It seems that wolf boy here knows where you can get some clothes to wear." Midna remarked, seemingly uninterested. Zelda looked at me, then at my house.
"I can't just steal somebody's clothes." She said, frowning a bit. I walked toward the sign that bore my name and looked back at her. She walked over and read it. "Link's house. Ok, so I know the person's name, but still…" she said, obviously not catching on.
"Your name is Link?" Midna piped up curiously. I barked to confirm her guess. Finally!
"Oh, so this is your house…" Zelda realized, finally catching on. I nodded my head vigorously.
"Well there you go, Link is obviously trying to tell you that you can borrow some of his clothes." Midna's voice explained to Zelda what I was trying to get up. Zelda looked at me and I nodded my head.
"Thanks." she said blushing a bit and standing up. I sat down and she quickly scaled the ladder. Five minutes later she appeared, wearing my farm hand clothes and her crown was gone, the only thing she still had that was hers was her earrings. Her clothes she was wearing earlier in her hands. A shadow Midna appeared and floated up next to her.
"Perfect. Now you look less conspicuous." she said nodding her head in approval.
"Where did you come…oh never mind. What should I do with my old clothes?" Zelda asked, nodding to the clothes in her hands.
"I'll hold onto them for you." Midna replied and she pointed at Zelda's clothes and they disappeared. "Oh, and I almost forgot. I swiped this before I followed you guys back here. I figured you might want it." Midna said cheerfully, and with a flick of her hands, a sword appeared. Zelda's eyes light up.
"My sword!" she said gleefully. Midna laughed. "Can't have you being totally defenseless now can I…which brings matters to Link. Link, your fine in wolf form. But when your human again, you're going to need something to defend yourself with, which is why I need you to get a sword and shield. Got it?" Midna said, looking at me. I nodded my head and barked. "Good boy, well see you later, good luck you two!" and I watched as Midna went back into my shadow.
"So that's where she was." Zelda said, breaking the silence. She then looked at me. "Where are we going to find a sword and shield for you?" she asked me. I thought for a minute. Looking around the village might yield some results. I motioned for her to follow me and padded my way toward the village. I heard a soft thump and hurried footsteps and I turned my head slightly to see she was walking briskly right beside me.
I softly padded into the village. I saw the idiot…I mean Jaggle up on the vines. I felt Zelda poking me lightly.
"Neh, neh Link, who is he?" she whispered quietly. I looked up at her, I would tell her but…wolves can't talk…
"Zelda…" I barked out softly, I'm a wolf, wolves can't talk…in human tongue. Zelda cocked her head.
"What?" she asked confused. I just stared at her.
"You can understand me?" I asked her in awe. She seemed confused until it dawned on her.
"Oh my goddesses, I totally forgot you can't speak in human tongue while you're a wolf…but how can I understand you? Unless…Link do you have a piece of the Triforce?" she asked me suddenly. I looked up at her confused.
"Huh?" I said, the most intelligent thing that I could come up with.
"Did you have a mark of three triangles on your hand, one more standing out then the others?" she clarified. I instantly understood what she was talking about, my odd birthmark.
"Oh, yea. Did you have a birthmark just like it?" I asked her, very interested.
"It's not a birthmark, but yea. That must make me understand you, we're connected that way." Zelda mused.
"Excellent, you can translate what's he saying, all I hear is barks." Midna's voice came from my shadow brightly. Her voice then turned serious. "But enough of this later, first sword and shield." she reminded us and then she fell silent.
"Ok, I'm going go check this way, you check that way." I told Zelda, nodding my furry head past Jaggle, and then jerked it the other way. Zelda nodded in confirmation. I darted past Jaggle, but before I got far, I heard his scream. I looked up at him, was he hurt or anything?
"Monster!" he yelped, pointing at me. What was that moron talking…oh yea, I'm a wolf…shit…He plucked up a reed and blew in it. Double shit. Sure enough, a hawk came to the call of the whistle, and he lunged it at me, it hit me, and with a yelp I ran off back toward the trail. Stupid hawk…I heard footsteps toward me, oh no, not again. But it turned out to be Zelda. She knelt down beside me, concerned.
"You ok Link? I heard you yelp." she asked worried.
"Oh, he's fine, he just got his wolf butt owned by an idiot with a hawk." Midna helpfully supplied. I hung my head in shame and I felt Zelda pet my head consolingly.
"There, there Link its ok, you're just not used to your wolf body." she consoled me.
"Aw, how cute." Midna said, a bit of sarcasm layered in her voice. After a few seconds she spoke again. "You know, who does that guy think he is? I think we should get back at him somehow…" Midna mused. Zelda's eyes light up.
"Leave it to me, I'll be back in a second." Zelda said, and ran off. Midna just stared after her.
"You know, I have no idea what's running through her mind at all…" Midna murmured. Just then I heard a scream and I saw Jaggle jump down from his perch and run away screaming about ghosts. I glanced up and saw Zelda grinning and she gave me a thumbs up.
"Oh my goddesses, priceless. Please tell me you saw that, where's a pictograph when you need one…" Midna cried out between laughs. Zelda jumped down from her perch and hurried over to us, grinning like the maniac she was.
"How's that?" she asked us smiling. The little shadow Midna appeared and gave her a pat on the back.
"Priceless! You, Princess, are one crazy genius…I wish I had a pictograph…" Midna said laughing. I grinned at her.
"I never knew Jaggle could scream like a little girl, that was hilarious." I complemented her, making Zelda blush lightly and rub the back of her head sheepishly.
"I always wanted to do that, but I couldn't." she admitted sheepishly. Then she got serious a bit.
"When I was up there, I saw this fat guy and this lazy-looking bum talking over there by that house. Maybe we should check it out?" she suggested, pointing toward Bo and Hanch talking. Midna nodded her head thoughtfully.
"Yea, you might want to see what they are saying." she agreed, and with that said, returned back to my shadow. Zelda caught my eye and I nodded. We creped toward them, taking cover in the weeds. I strained my ears until we were close enough that we could hear them, which was pretty close.
"The shield is in the house, up in the attic." said Hanch and Bo nodded approvingly.
"Good, and the sword?" he asked.
"Rusl has it." Hanch clarified. Then the two glanced over to where I was hiding and saw me, only me because Zelda, being the smart one she was, was laying on her stomach so she was completely cover by the weeds. Their eyes widened and with a scream they ran away.
"You know, that could really hurt my feelings…being called a monster all the time." I whined. Zelda rubbed the top of my head, messing up my fur a bit.
"Don't worry, I don't think you're a monster." she assured me, smiling.
"That's because you know he's not, though credit to you, you didn't scream bloody murder when Link growled at you by mistake. I mean, as you can see, most people are put off by wolves, much more so when they're growling at them. Though again…you're not most people. Enough of this rambling, we need to find a way in that house! Link?" Midna rambled.
"Through the front door?" I suggested. Midna was quiet for a minute.
"What the hell did he just say!" she asked Zelda, clearly aggravated that she too cannot understand me.
"Through the front door?" she translated for Midna.
"Very funny Link, argh, I guess we'll just look for a way in, come on you two…" Midna grumbled. Zelda stood up and brushed herself off. Then I saw her scrunch her eyes. I followed to where she was looking, it was the waterwheel. She ran toward it, and not wanting to get separated, I followed her. She stopped and a grin formed on her face. I looked to see what she saw and my heart sank. Why couldn't it ever be easy?
"Oh Midna…" Zelda sang out. Midna appeared out of my shadow.
"What?" she asked confused. Zelda pointed to a doorway that lead to the attic of the house where the shield was supposedly kept.
"Will that work?" she asked, a grin filling her face. Midna stared and a grin of her own appeared. Great, I was surrounded by two mentally challenged females.
"Yea, if we use the water wheel to get there, come on Link, Zelda." she said, hopping on the water wheel.
"Come on, get on." I said to Zelda, locking onto Midna. Zelda seemed confused for a moment until she got what I was telling her. Without another word, she carefully climbed on my back. When I was sure she was on (I could tell she would stay on because she had her arms wrapped around my neck for dear life. Not that I blame her, we are doing something incredibly stupid…) and with a leap, I leapt up to where Midna was and into the little door. I saw the shield laying on the bed and Zelda clambered off my back and picked up with a triumphant grin.
"Shield, check." she said gleefully.
"Great, hang onto that. Ok, now Link you have to lead us to this 'Rusl' person's house to get the sword." Midna commanded us.
"Right, but can we use the door?" I whimpered, giving the puppy dog eyes to Zelda. I saw Zelda melt, alright, I know her weak spot. What really surprised me is that I could do it as a wolf, I could never get it down pat as a human.
"Alright." she agreed, and opened the front door. I trotted happily outside, with Zelda following me.
"Where is this Rusl's house?" she asked, looking around.
"This way, come on." I said trotting toward Rusl's house. After a few seconds of silence, Zelda piped up.
"Is that Rusl there Link, the guy holding the lantern that keeps walking back and forth?" she asked, pointing right at Rusl.
"Yea, that's him, come on, he'll see us, this way." I said softly, creeping down into the ditch, Zelda following suit. When we passed him, we both crouched lower and practically crawled on our bellies until we were sure we were passed his line of vision.
"Oh, there's a woman…hey, she's pregnant, isn't she?" Zelda commented, pointing to Uli sitting on the front porch, the basket which I had fetched for her earlier next to her.
"Yea…crap, now we can't go through the front door…" I muttered darkly.
"Use your senses, you might find something." Midna commented quietly all of a sudden. While Zelda recovered from her heart attack thanks to Midna, I concentrated and used my sixth sense if you will. I saw a patch of dirt that if I dug in, I could get into the house.
"Wait right here, there's a spot of dirt, if I dug in it, I can get inside. But I'm not sure if you could fit." I told Zelda. She nodded, and slid farther down the ditch, holding the shield close to her chest. With a quick peek to see that Uli wasn't looking, I ran toward the dirt and started digging and when I figured the hole was big enough for me to go through, I slipped inside. When I got inside, I noticed the sword laying on the coach. Feeling slightly guilty, I picked up the sword between my teeth and left the way I came. I came back to Zelda. She gently took the sword from my teeth and held it under her arm, opposite the side where her own sword was buckled to her waist.
"Great, now that we have got all the stuff that we need, let's go back." Midna said, popping up from my shadow. Both Zelda and I nodded our heads and we sprinted back towards my house, luckily not running into any villagers. We were passing the spring when a voice called out to us…from the spring no less!
"Come here…" the voice commanded. Zelda and I exchanged looks before trotting a bit warily into the spring. All of a sudden these pillars came raining down from the sky, then created a force field barrier around us, trapping Zelda and me inside. Then this red portal thingy appeared out of nowhere in the sky and specs of Twilight came raining down, forming a butt ugly beast. It roared and clumsily lunged toward Zelda. That's when things got a little hazy, I could hear Zelda's sword sliding out of its sheath and the monster's um…footsteps in the water. I felt myself lunge toward the beast and with a jump I latched on, biting the hell out of it until I felt the particles start to disappear in my mouth. I jumped back and landed next to Zelda, who had by this time, drawn her sword and was standing dumbstruck as the monster evaporated into the air, back through the portal thing it came from, turning the portal blue, but for some reason, the portal didn't leave. Wonder why that was.
"Thank you for defeating that beast. I am Ordona, the last of the four light spirits of Hyrule." said this golden, glowing monkey. "My other three brethren has had their light stolen by the shadow beings. If you wish to revert to your human form, it would be in your best interest to help them regain their light. I wish you the best of luck." Ordona advised, before disappearing in a shower of golden light. After a moment's silence, Midna spoke up.
"Well then, guess we know how to get Link back into his human form. If I'm not mistaken, there is another magical talking springs in Faron Woods. We should head there first…" Midna said thoughtfully. Zelda's mind seemed to be on a whole different track.
"Talking monkeys…" she whispered in awe. "COOL!" she cried out in a childish glee. Midna and I stared at her.
"Guess she really never got out much, being the Princess and all…" she trailed off, then sweatdropped. "Great, I have a boy who is currently a wolf and a Princess that can go from gloomy and serious to a naïve child in two seconds flat…What have I gotten myself into?" Midna cried out, holding her face in her hands. She then took some deep breaths and turned to me. "Get her attention and come on." she sighed. I nodded and poked her hand with my nose.
"Come on Zelda, time to go. We're going to see another talking…golden…animal…So get a move on. You can ride on my back if you want." I said, trying to get her attention, finally succeeding. She turned her attention toward me and smiled.
"Alright." she agreed and carefully climbed on my back. "Your fur is really soft you know." she said randomly, still good-natured. I saw Midna roll her eyes.
"Link, you're the one whose gonna watch over her when she's in these kind of moods." Midna informed me. I nodded my head, I didn't expect anything less. Zelda just stuck her tongue out at Midna, and Midna returned the gesture. Before this became a contest, I walked out of the hot sprints, Midna quickly returning to my shadow, and Zelda lightly gripping onto my fur.
We crossed the bridge and arrived at this wall of a shadow. Midna reappeared and looked at the both of us.
"You ready, nothing else you guys might need?" Midna asked. Zelda and I both nodded our heads. "Ok then, Zelda, hang on tight to Link, now just a moment." she said, disappearing behind the veil of twilight. After a few seconds, this giant hand came and dragged us in. Zelda started screaming, and I would too, but I was too scared to make a noise. Plus, I really don't know if wolves can scream…
Ruki: I'm impressed, this one was pretty long.
Rukia: I know.
Hinata: Well it seems Tetra and Ruki44 are still at it, so review!