Five days after the lantern incident, Fado was whistling as he swung a hammer in one hand, taking long, swift strides toward the barn. He had just finished fixing the gate. The hinges had been getting a little worn down so he replaced them. Fado entered the empty silent barn to place the hammer back in its place on the shelf… except the barn wasn't empty or silent after all.

A golden wolf sat in the middle of the floor, panting as it stared straight ahead with only one glowing red eye. The eye wasn't the only thing glowing. The whole wolf was lit up like a bonfire, making the whole interior of the normally dark barn bathed in a soft golden light. Fado stared, alarmed. The wolf didn't make any movement besides its heavy breathing.

Fado didn't know what to do. Run away? Stay there? Set the goats on it? Tell it to chase its tail? What he eventually ended up doing was sneaking around it with the hammer held up in defense. The beast made no movement whatsoever. Fado snuck up behind it, and cautiously prodded with his hammer. No response. Still nervous, Fado poked it harder. Nothing. Utterly confused now, Fado dropped the hammer and gave the wolf a hard shove. The effect was like pushing a hill. It wouldn't budge. Still, the beast stared straight ahead, never blinking.

Not knowing what to do, Fado snuck back around the wolf, taking extra care to avoid its paws. Crouching a safe distance away from its face, which was now right in front of him, he quickly reached out a hand and flicked the wolf's nose. It didn't even blink, paying no attention to him whatsoever. What was it doing? Quietly, Fado left the barn to grab one of his goats. The first one he reached was Phillip, who was a goat a bit on the shorter side, with a large black spot on his nose, contrasting with his blue-gray fur. Grabbing the goat by its horns, he dragged it to the barn. The wolf was still there.

Instead of chasing after it in a fit of anger, Phillip completely ignored the beast, instead choosing to munch mournfully on some leftover grains out of a goat's feeding bucket. "Phillip, there's a wolf right there! Go on, chase it away!" Fado encouraged the goat. Ignoring him too, the animal sniffed around on the ground, hoping for more food. What was it with animals disregarding him today? Utterly lost on what to do, Fado dragged Phillip out of the barn, lest the wolf decided to unfreeze and catch the goat unawares.

As he was leaving, he caught sight of a familiar youth entering the newly repaired gate. He had his nose buried in a map.

"Link!" Fado called in surprise.

"Hey Fado!" Link answered cheerfully, gazing around the field as if searching for something.

"What have you been up to, all I've been hearing is hints about where you've been going. Why the Zora's Domain? Even better, why on earth did you go to the desert?"

"Because the temples were overtaken with enemies, which were doing horrible things to the surrounding land… And I had to gather a few things," Link answered, still holding out his map and gazing about the field, "Have you seen anything suspicious around here?"

Fado thought it was an odd question, and answered truthfully, "Yes, a lot actually, First there was this deformed cuckoo that called itself Ooccoo, that was searching for her son called Ooccoo Jr. She said you had him. Why did you anyway?" Link laughed.

"Oh, that, I was kind of… occupied. She found me in the end though. Have you seen anything strange a bit more recently perhaps?"

Fado scratched his head. "Yeah, there was a strange light on the roof about five days ago, not sure what it was, but a wolf came along and made it disappear, and then it disappeared as well. Flew up into the sky as little squares! Can you imagine that?" He noticed Link blushing a little, looking at the ground like he was hiding something, "Come to think of it, that wolf's eyes looked a bit like yours," Fado noted, reminiscing that day.

"Um, wow, that's… surprising," Link said awkwardly, grinning sheepishly, though Fado couldn't understand why.

"Yeah," He agreed, "And now, there's a glowing golden wolf in the barn. Doesn't notice a thing I do to it. Even flicked it right on the nose! It didn't even blink!" Now Link looked like he wanted to laugh.

"Really? Well, I'm going to go take a look, stay here," Link strode towards the barn, his long green hat blowing in the strong wind. Fado wondered briefly how it didn't fall off before he realized what Link was doing.

"Hey! You can't go in there! It might do something-" Too late, Link had entered the barn. There was a growl, a bright flash, and the faint sound of howling, and then nothing. Fado raced into the barn, hefting the hammer he had forgotten to put away. The barn was dark and silent once more. There was no evidence of Link or the golden wolf anywhere.

"Link?" He asked the dark interior. No answer. Did they somehow leave without me knowing? Fado wondered. He left the barn and searched a full circle around it. He couldn't find them anywhere. Suddenly there was another flash inside the barn, and Link strode out. Fado ran up to him.

"The wolf's gone," Link said.

"But how? Where did you disappear to?

"Uh, well, this might sound a little strange…" Link began.

"I can handle it, I've had a lot of strange lately," Fado supplied helpfully.

"Well, it teleported me to this misty arena sort of place and turned into a shade, which taught me a new sword trick," Link explained. He was right. It did sound odd.

"Why does a shade want to teach you?" Fado asked.

"See, apparently he's my ancestor, who was a hero, and became a shade because he regretted not being able to pass on his skills, and because he was never recognized as a hero (1),"

"So you have true hero's blood in you," Fado noted proudly. Link blushed.

"So… do you need help herding the goats?" Fado put a hand on the lad's shoulder.

"Sure do, as always," He joked. They both smiled and Link ran off to call his horse.

(1) –This theory is proved, I found it on Zeldawiki . org

A/N Yay for writing! I may or may not update anything this week- I have a 7-15 min oral presentation to prepare for due next week, and Biology finals are coming up (Yuck!) I'll try, but school is the higher priority. Thanks!

Once again, constructive criticism and new in-game ideas with an excuse to be in the barn are welcome!

Ashlee S- aww, that's ok, can't be helped. And you're very welcome :)

Guest- I don't think I'll be doing that, sorry. I'm no good with that sort of thing, and the only real pairings in Ordon right now are married… Why would they meet in the barn of all places?

Cheers!