Author's note: Hey everyone, Pikatwins here! Here's chapter three! I apologize if this chapter seems a tad confusing, but I honestly like how it turned out. Anyway, here we go!
Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Zelda, Nintendo does.
Chapter three: The first clue
"Agh!" Link silently screamed from pain when he got to Hyrule Castle Town square and realized that Zelda left, presumably to the castle. "No, this shouldn't be happening!" Link then thought as he broke in a mad dash to Jovanni's house, barely making it in time before the pain intensified. It was then that Link felt the familiar excruciating pain of his bones breaking and being reformed in a entirely different way, before his body suddenly started changing shape. The pain soon became too much for Link, and he let out a involuntary scream, which turned to a howl midway through, before he blacked out.
When Link woke up a few minutes later, he realized that he was a wolf once again. "I need to get to Zelda," Link kept thinking as he ran in his wolf form to Hyrule Castle, scaring innocent bystanders in the process. "What the hell!?" Link thought when he got to the gate and realized that they were being attacked by a shadow beast. "Guess I have to save these cowards," Link thought as he pounced on the shadow beast beast, gracefully defeating it in one strike.
"Huh, that never happened before,"Link thought with only a mild curiosity. By then however, the guards were fearing for their lives,so they raised their spears and pointed them at Link. To this, Link just rolled eyes and showed them fore-left paw, using his hind legs as support, causing The Triforce of Courage to slightly glow at the attention. When the guards saw this, they panicked and opened the gate for Link to get though. Link then made a dash for Zelda's room, showing his piece of The Triforce to any guards that got in his way.
Once Link made it to Zelda's room, he began to scratch the door with his claws, so that Zelda would open the door, and so he would not accidentally walk in on her while she would be getting dressed. When Zelda opened the door, she immediately realized Link and ushered him inside. As soon as they were behind closed doors, Link saw Midna, who was still asleep, and quietly walked over to her with his head hung low. Just then, the guards that Link saved barged in without so much as a knock, which slightly stirred the sleeping Twili.
"Princess! Have you seen a wolf bearing a piece-," his voice trailed off however, as Link walked back over, his head bent questioningly. " Th-this appeared from the remains of the monster you defeated. F-for some reason, it looks like a blank piece of paper," said the guard who placed the piece of paper in front of Link, the guards' words allowing Link to quickly realize just what to do. Link used his wolf sense, a skill Midna had taught him how to do when they started their journey together, to see the words on the paper that were hidden from the naked eye.
"O' chosen one, hear our plea. defeat the one with dark power that controls we. This power is stronger than any you have faced before, and with the strike of a normal sword, he will simply keep coming back for more. The blade of Twilight is what you must seek, for it is the only weapon with enough power to slay the beast."
When Link finished reading the riddle, he realized that everyone, excluding Midna who was still asleep, had gathered around him like he was some sort of prophet. In response, Wolf Link trotted over to Midna and started licking her, so as to wake her up without hurting her. "Good morning wolfie," Midna said, waking up, but quickly doing a double take when she realized what she just said and what she was looking at. "Link, what happened!?" Midna asked worriedly, not caring about the guards, whose mouths dropped open when they heard Midna call the wolf 'Link'.
Then, remembering that wolves can't speak Hylian, she face-palmed herself for asking such a stupid question before using her powers to call The Master Sword to her, immediately dropping it in front of Link after catching it because of the pain it inflicted on her hand. Link's eyes widened in surprise that she did so, and quickly put his fore-paws on The Master Sword, immediately returning to normal and rushing to Midna's side to make sure that her hand was alright. Once Link assessed Midna's wound, he found some bandages and wrapped it all around her afflicted hand earning a sharp intake of air from her as he accidentally pulled too hard on the bandage. Once he was sure that he secured the bandage well enough, he asked Zelda if the 'bandage' he wrapped around Midna's arm was okay to be taken off now, to which she just nodded in affirmation.
Once he undid his hat, he somewhat noticed that it was covered in blood, but was just happy that Midna was alright. Knowing that his cap would have to be washed before he could wear it again, he put it in his adventure pouch to make sure that he didn't lose it. "Before any of you ask me what I saw on the paper, it was a riddle," Link said as he grabbed and sheathed The Master Sword. Link then helped Midna get up off of Zelda's couch. "I will inform you if I acquire any new information, as well as when I solve the riddle, Your Highness," Link said as he and Midna headed to the door of Zelda's room,to which he got a nod of approval.
"How did you become a wolf without me or the Twilight?" Midna asked that evening, once they reached Hyrule Field.
"To be honest, I haven't the foggiest idea of how it happened. The last thing that happened before I transformed that I remember was bumping into a figure wearing a dark cloak," Link said meekly. " But more importantly," Link continued,
"are you okay?"
To this question, the little imp started blushing, both embarrassed and ashamed that she made Link worry about her. Noticing that she was blushing, Link took her temperature to make sure that she was not sick, though all that accomplished was that it made her blush even more. "I'm fine," Midna said, trying to get Link to stop worrying about her. Link would have continued to question her about it, but suddenly, a Darknut appeared, scaring them witless.
"Midna, hide in my shadow," ordered Link, who was getting prepared to fight. "Why!? I can fight too you know," Midna retorted with a huff, refusing to follow an order from anyone unless they gave her a good enough reason to do so, even if the order was from Link.
"Because I remember what happened the last time you fought, and I don't want to lose you!" Link argued back.
Right after Link said that, they both blushed simultaneously, both realizing the significance of the meaning behind those words. "Okay," Midna said, hiding in Link's shadow so she wouldn't cause Link to worry about her again. Then however, something happened that surprised them both, as it never happened before. The Darknut talked.
End note: Our Hero finally admitted his feelings for Midna, albeit indirectly. I've been wanting to post this chapter for a while now, but decided to post it the same day as the ninth chapter of my other fanfic: The Makings of a Hero, so that I can make it easier for those who didn't want to wade through the other fanfics. Anyway, here is the URL to The Makings of a Hero: s/10576775/1/The-Makings-of-a-Hero
I hope you enjoy my other story, and I will see y'all next time.
Ja Ne!
Pikatwins234
