The foggy 'neighborhood' was now made up of trees lining several trails and a small stream, the cabin was amidst it all in the middle of a clearing, surrounded by the cover of tall Deku trees and their canopy shade. A "window" of light beamed down on the front door and face wall: one window visible on the face wall around the corner of the door, each on either side of the corner. Impa simply waited, staring just past the cabin. Link started to walk forward, but as he took his first step, Impa cautioned "Stay back, we wait for them to come to us. Stand still." She gently held her arm out to indicate a barrier to Link, but held it firmly in place, should he test to pass further. So they waited.
It wasn't long, once everyone settled down, before their scent caught the attention of a pair of Wolfos Hunters. Their eyes gleamed in the fog as they came around the corner of the cabin, hunched low on their hind legs. One sniffing the air, back and forth, eyeing Impa once in a while, then sniffing toward the children, set down and continued about on all fours; the other simply following behind without showing interest.

Impa remained motionless, "Let them inspect us. We'll be no threat if we allow them to. Just, don't move." A shadowy Black Wolfos darted out from the fog and sniffed Impa, staring her in the eye. Behind it, a stark white fur coat contrasted the 'sniffer'. The White Wolfos encircled the group nonchalantly while the black one took a more personal approach by nose. On all fours, the black shadow of fur twisted in and out, between the children and sniffed close, breaking their linked hands. He continued around their torsos, then their feet and Impa's legs. He sniffed Zelda's neck, she cringed, he then sniffed Link's neck and the hairs on his back pricked up. He froze for a moment, tail straight up, very soft and low growl, bore his teeth, then darted to the front door.
When the black Wolfos darted to the front door and sat down beside it, the white Wolfos moved in, growling, hunched low on hind feet, reaching to a small pouch on his belt. Link's stomach clenched and his face contorted in a grim scowl. His spirit surged and he became fortified in his position, as though stone.
The White Wolfos snarled and huffed, staring Link down. Impa backed up a pace, clenched Zelda's hand and stepped away gently, toward the house, bringing Zelda with her. The white Wolfos barked and growled "*Just wait!*" then pulled his hand out from the pocket, clenching something small enough to be concealed by his fist. The white Wolfos' voice is menacing as he snarls at Link "*You're scared!*" Eyes narrowing and he barks without context. Then he growls again "*But you have courage to stay here before me.*" Panting and smiling a moment before barking and snarling "*Eat the girls!*"
Link belted out a holler and rushed into the White Wolfos, even unarmed. The Wolfos dropped a Deku Nut and evaded Link's empty fists. The black Wolfos remained motionless by the door, and Link felt confused.

The White Wolfos could be heard panting and huffing... maybe... laughing?
Link turned around and saw the hunched over Wolfos with his tongue hanging out, huffing and cackling a dry wheeze, then raise his head back and laugh into the air gasping for more. "*HAW! This kid needs a sword!*" he laughed then looked directly at Link, bearing a ferocious fanged grin, "*There's no doubt about it, Impa! You need to train him.*" Evidently a friendly exchange, but the voice of this wolf was never friendly.

"*Kid, you're to begin training immediately. Once you can best me, you're ready to visit the temple, but not a moment before. It will take more than a sword and shield to fight my kin. This is another training weapon you might want to learn. Get moving.*" The white Wolfos declared, handing him a wooden Boomerang. Impa escorted the children inside. The black Wolfos sat, remaining perched beside the door, and the white Wolfos seemed to disappear all together - nowhere in sight.

Link found that the interior of the cabin was identical to the city house illusion with the exception of tribal decor and atmosphere, and so returned to the basement to train. He and Impa worked hard for three days, honing his skills and perfecting his strikes. On the night of the third day, when Link had completed his day's workload and Impa had departed, the Black Wolfos entered the basement.
The lights flickered and faded out, then flashed on, dimmed to a gentle glow, and maintained this low, gloomy atmosphere. The dark fur of the Wolfos made it impossible to see his body. His red eyes gave him a greater menacing aura than already lent his bristly fur and glistening fangs. "Let's see how far you've come, boy" He said, without pause or hesitation, leaping into him claws first.

First Mini Boss!
Black Wolfos

The Lights flickered again but remained dim. A tight row of pikes shot up at the base of the stairs, forming an impassible barricade from the basement. Trapped in the fight! Link's insides churned as he evaded the attack by jumping to his left, toward the mirrored walls. The dark beast's fur was nice and smooth along the face, arms, and legs, but bristled fiercely along his back and tail, which was briefly exposed to Link before the Wolfos backed away by flipping, twice, away from the mirrors. Unseen to Link behind himself, the reflection did not reflect away from Link's, but ran along with the Wolfos, and charged Link from behind while Link watched the dark fur of his opponent dissolve, as if smoke, into a shadowy image that pooled away from sight; just as he was struck from behind by the Shadow Black Wolfos. Link gasped and winced "Ahhuhng!"
The Wolfos barked "Some of us, like me, have powers unlike the rest of us. I have honed these rare powers shared by my kin. ... Since our people hunt in packs, I will use my magic to train you against a pack raid; but know that if you were to fight me for real, you would not stand even this long! This is your only warning! I hope you are prepared!" Then again lunged at Link, who again dodged, this time to the right, and ran around to try to strike back, but just missed, as the Wolfos also jumped to the side to dodge. Stalemate. They faced each other down. The Black Wolfos began to run around to try to get behind Link. He followed his opponent, trying to stay facing off, and also began to run around; almost chasing or almost being chased. The Wolfos wasn't fooled, and turned around to catch Link off guard, striking swiftly. Link barely raised his shield in time. He was thrown off balance and staggered back several paces. Before he knew what had happened, the Black Wolfos was in the shadows again, and nowhere to be seen. Link turned around just in time to catch the Wolfos in mid transition between mirror and reality.

He raised his shield in time to deflect the blow and hold his ground, giving him a chance to strike. Yet when the sword made contact, it didn't phase him. The sword bounced off his shoulder and the Wolfos shrugged it off, like nothing.
"That won't do..." Link was taunted. He glowered at the Shadow Black Wolfos, brow furrowed, lips drawn down in frown with his chin jutting out and up defiantly. He lunged, but gave himself away too soon, and the Wolfos back flipped several times, putting good distance between them, before attempting to run behind Link again. Link leaped to the side several times, dodging quickly to force the Wolfos to face him directly. It worked, he moved in for a strike. Link prepared to receive the attack and block it, then strike back. But as the Black Wolfos moved in range, he started running aside again anyways!

Link looked beside him, the wall would stop him from moving around so why...? He looked away too long! The Wolfos was not standing beside the wall in his path, nor running toward him, running into the wall, or coming at him! He turned to scan the room but was struck from behind once more, this time without blocking it. Taking the blow, he was hurt, and staggered forward. He became angry and confused; angry because he could not make sense of what had just happened, making him confused. He raised his shield and ran around the Wolfos, who ran around Link. They were both attempting to get behind the other, but the Wolfos was again first to break cadence and strike first. Link, again, deflected it, and again struck back, again with no effect.
"The pack trains to hunt by attacking from behind, making us predators; we're not prey while facing each other..." And he faded away into pools of shadowy fog. Link couldn't see him in the room, but the distinct reflection of his movements caught his attention. The reflected image of the absent Black Wolfos walked into the corner of the room where the mirrored walls met, and stepped into the reflection of the other wall mirror... two reflections, but no Wolfos to reflect... The two reflections then stepped into yet the other empty wall mirror and there were then four reflections! Link staggered back several paces away from the mirrors as the four Wolfos entered the room together, leaving four Black Wolfos in the room and no reflections in the mirrors, but Link's.

Link's stomach churned in place and nauseated him. He swallowed hard to hold back the fear, and faced down this pack with confidence. Remembering what the Wolfos said before disappearing into 4 copies, Link waited for an opportunity to strike one on the back.
They tried to surround him, but he kept moving, jumping left, jumping backwards, running around right, rolling ahead, and dodging swipes. One Wolfos swiped late and missed by a mile as Link rolled right past. He had his chance. The slow twisting torso of the Wolfos gradually bristled from the smooth front side around to the bristled violent looking back side - Link lunged. He struck the backside of one of the illusions, and it disappeared without complaint into the shadows. Another 3 to go, one already moving in for a lunge! Link narrowly rolled aside and hopped around to face him off, sliding in an arc with the momentum. They locked head on to one another: Strafe right, strafe left. Strafe right, and roll back... Too much distance, another one moved in... Then the other, two on one. Link doubled back, but the two pursued. He evaded left, they followed. He tried to face them both, but one got around to behind him. He faced the other off, who started trying to loop around as well. They tricked him! Two of them were behind him! He swung his sword early and spun into it...

**moving in for a lunge, Link narrowly rolled aside and hopped around to face him off. They locked head on to one another: Strafe right, strafe left. Strafe right, and roll back... Too much distance, another one moved in... Then the other, two on one. Link doubled back, but the two pursued.**
The disengaged Wolfos mirrored Link's movements for a moment and stayed behind him, but near. He moved left and right, held close, moving forward, and took the opposite side his partner moved in on. they were both behind him, backing up gently, giving him room to maneuver against the one, while silently coiling for a double lunge. The face off started to guide Link around too early, and they lunged!

Link swung his sword while facing away from them, but spun into in hard, and carried the momentum of his sword around with him, striking the pair mid-lunge. Though he was unable to hurt them, he successfully blocked their attack with his strike. He jumped left twice then backwards until he was able to see all three Wolfos at once. Maybe one of them was real, he thought to himself, hoping one might stand out from the rest, and that he would not have to fight both illusions. They snarled in unison, as if taunting his thought.
He ran in. The nearest Wolfos swiped at him, he rolled under it, but kept running. The other two were still beside each other after the failed lunge, and Link skidded to a stop just outside their range of attack. He feinted a slash, but jumped in that direction instead, and rolled to the right, behind the two. As the one on his left began to swing, his roll to the right, prompting them to follow, exposed one's back to the other's claw! He used one to defeat the other, and turned to raise his shield just in case. The attack was not close enough to make contact with the shield, so he sliced futilely at the hand and backed away, keeping the Wolfos at bay. The Wolfos pair exchanged glances, then faded away.

Link lowered his guard a moment, slouching slightly and giving in to the weight of his light wood sword, allowing it to dangle in his grasp. The hazy shadow fog lingered while the distorted forms of two Wolfos faded into it. Nothing seemed to happen, and Link regained suspicion and took guard once more, inspecting it from where he stood before slowly approaching it.
Once within feet of the haze, it took form of one Wolfos and slowly solidified, revealing an intricate dark armor covered in tribal etchings burnt into leather padding, worn and aged, yet still firm and pliable. The armor seemed to materialize around the shadows, rather than a body or being. The form revealed twin red eyes, and from behind his back protruded a fairly large and hilted boomerang. While his whole face, boomerang, and armor had solidified, his fur appeared to be mere shadowy wisps fading away into the wind like liquid smoke where his body should have been.
His demeanor was relaxed and nonthreatening. His tongue hung out lazily, as he panted softly. He even appeared to be grinning.

"We Wolfos kind have come from many generations of pack hunters and tribesmen who once faced greater beasts with skull crushing might! Our skulls and bones have to be able to withstand the might of even a Goron punch! Our survival relies on using our bodies' adaptations. All monsters in this world have something they are weak against. I will train you to use the boomerang, but you must find my weak point some other way. There will come a time when I will have to test you again!"

The pike barricade retracted, the lights brightened, and the Shadow Wolfos faded away. "When you wish to speak with me again, come down here with the lights out."
Just before the place of the Wolfos, as the lights came in, a wooden chest magically appeared to fade in with them. The chest was curiously open, and empty.

Author's note:

this is largely a work in progress, and the rough draft returns!
Anything i've written after this point is unrefined and not edited.

I will post an update once the next chapter is beautified n_~

Until then, i want you to know that this is truly from the heart; i would like to see it become a reality: a movie and a diverse game. But for now, i will just write it.

Thanks for reading so far!