Mistique fell in what felt like slow motion, and finally hit the ground hard. She looked up to see her attacker's face; her attacker was wolf, but this was no ordinary wolf. The wolf snarled at her dangerously, growled, and as she lay on the cold ground, Mistique couldn't help but notice that the beast had dark blue eyes that were glowering at her menacingly.

Though intrigued by the wolf's eyes, Mistique knew she was in danger, especially with her sword out of reach. Hoping that the evil wolf wouldn't notice, Mistique cautiously reached out her left hand to get sword. Unfortunately, the wolf had noticed and sharply turned his head toward her arm as he barked with a frightening look in its eyes that made the girl draw back her arm quickly. The wolf seemed to be closing in on her face and feeling her life coming to an end, Mistique looked away from the wolf-beast and closed her eyes, praying to the Goddesses and remembering her life before the wolf tore her face and disfigured it horribly with its sharp fangs.

Please don't kill me, she thought to herself even if it was no help at all in the situation.

However, as soon as she had finished her thought, the wolf-beast stopped with its threats and raised its mane up. His ears twitched for a moment while Mistique laid on the ground beneath him panting heavily as her heart raced wildly, waiting to see what the wolf-beast's next move was going to be. To her great surprise, the wolf beast whined and backed away from Mistique. Still extremely surprised, Mistique raised herself up and instead of getting her sword and running away from the wolf, she stayed sitting on the ground staring at the animal in front of her with great amazement and surprise. The two beings just remained there, staring at each other until they heard Coro's voice.

"Who's there? Don't hurt him!"

Coro had heard Mistique's and the beast's struggling and got up to check what was going on nearby.

"Oh you're the Ordonian girl," he said sighing with relief. "It's okay! This is a friend of mine. I gave him this little place when he showed up here. I'm sorry if he attacked you by the way… He's a bit…defensive."

Mistique had turned to look at Coro and was still breathing heavily from the recent experience with the wolf-beast. After a moment she finally asked him if the wolf was his pet.

"Not really," Coro said thoughtfully. "I took him in and everything but we don't go and play catch together. It's more like a friend who I offered to stay until he has to leave, if it doesn't sound too weird."

"Not at all," Mistique said sarcastically as she stood up. "Having a dangerous wolf like this one is totally normal these days. Why, even Princess Zelda herself has one by her side!"

Coro laughed and again apologized for the wolf-beast's behavior. He offered to give her a lantern so she would find her way back home safely and easily. Coro left and now it was just Mistique and the wolf-beast together. The beast continued to stare intensely at Mistique and the beautiful girl stared back as well.

"…Thank you for sparing me," she finally said after a moment, though doubting the animal could understand what she was saying.

"You're welcome," said a male voice.

Mistique jumped back in utter shock when she heard the voice. She looked around for the source or even if it was Coro's voice that tried to get her attention. She found nobody around and looked back at the wolf-beast.

"You…talked?" Mistique asked.

"Not really," replied the voice. "And yes, it's the wolf in front of you that's talking. But it's more like…you're reading my thoughts."

"But…how—?" Mistique wondered. "It's…impossible!"

"It may seem impossible," replied the wolf-beast. "But here we are, a beast communicating through thoughts with a…human."

"So you communicate with everyone else like this?" she asked the wolf-beast.

"No. You're the only one who can understand me," he replied. "You're the only human who can read my thoughts."

Mistique put her hand to her forehead and closed her eyes for a moment. She was taking in the wolf that was currently talking to her with its own thoughts. It just seemed unbelievable and she kept thinking all of this was a dream.

"I'm sorry I tried attacking you," the wolf-beast apologized. "You had the sword in your hand, and I acted on impulse."

"Oh… It's alright," Mistique replied with more surprise. "I would've done the same…I think…"

The wolf-beast gave her a wolfish grin. Mistique tried her best to smile but the events seemed to still be taking effect in her mind. After a moment, Coro finally came back with a lantern. Glad for the chance to leave, Mistique said goodbye to Coro and the wolf-beast but the beast surprised her even more by offering to accompany her home.

"How cool," Coro said in awe. "I can't believe he wants to follow you!"

Mistique held back a sigh and slowly walked away from Coro's house back to her house. There was silence between the wolf-beast and girl as they walked past the spring to the bridge.

I hope he doesn't want to kill me with a surprise attack, Mistique thought to herself.

"I can hear your thoughts too," the wolf-beast said, and but the beast kept looking forward as they walked.

"W-What?" Mistique asked turning to the animal.

"I heard your thought when I was attacking you," the wolf-beast replied. "Since you're the only human that could understand me, I didn't attack you."

"S-So you would've attacked me if you hadn't understood my thoughts?" Mistique asked in disbelief.

"It was self defense. I have to be on my toes. Not everyone acts friendly toward an animal like me. Even the goodhearted people are scared of me and they even try to attack me. On top of that, you had a sword in your hand."

Mistique didn't know how to respond to his answer. It's true that she would've attacked him by instinct but his answer annoyed her a little. She shook the thought out of her head and realized that they were now at the bridge leading to the village.

"I won't go any farther," the wolf-beast said. "In case anyone from your village sees me, I don't want to cause a fuss."

"…Thank you…" Mistique replied to the wolf-beast. And when the wolf gave a curt nod, Mistique turned to the bridge and the beast called out:

"Will I see you around?"

Mistique turned to look back at the wolf and met his blue eyes for a moment, gave him a small smile and replied, "Yes… You will. I owe a lot for letting me live."

The two then turned and went their separate ways. Once Mistique arrived home, she got into bed and wondered about the wolf-beast.

"Well this was a weird day," she said aloud to herself. "I didn't even ask him if he took my stuff."

She had completely forgotten about the things that were stolen from her home. The wolf-beast attack and acquainting had made her forget about her ransacked home. She decided to ask him about it when she got the chance to see the Beast again. In the meantime, Mistique's eyes started drooping and before she slumbered through the night, the last thing on her mind was the wolf-beast's intriguing, dark blue eyes.