Chapter 2

"Midna"

After sending Ilia and Colin away, Link continued onto Ordon village. When he was right outside the wooden signpost that let people know where Ordon village was (it was hard to find as it was for one in the Lost woods that since the Age of the Hero of Time had grown tremendously, but also the people of Ordon village adopted the ways of the Kokiri out of respect) he ran into Bertha, a large women with medium stature and dark brown hair, who ran the shop in the village. "Bertha what's wrong?" questioned Link. "They-they- they killed my children!" at this he just stumbled back, in grief and confusion. Her oldest, a girl named Alea, was the first girl to ever like-like Link. When he heard of her death just now, he could swear he could smell the scent of her pinecone-scented hair and could taste and feel her lips on his. The second child, Ryfon, was a sweet little child who had only just turned five a fortnight ago. Try as he might he could not stop the tears from flowing out from underneath his eyes. Stifling a sob, he pointed toward Lanayru Springs and said, "Ilia and Colin went there. Go there and let them know what happened." After making sure she got away okay, he went to find out what happened to everyone…When he ran into a group of bokoblins attacking Rusl, he rushed over there to help him. Brandishing his sword he swung his sword in a slash that would maim the bokoblin from shoulder-to-hip. When all of a sudden a sword pierced its back, jumping back in alarm he swore because he almost got stabbed too. Pulling his sword out of the bokoblin Rusl looked over the dead corpse in amusement. "What are you doing here Link?" he inquired of Link. "I came here to help you and get everyone out." He responded. "Well good timing because they're getting a lot more aggressive," he paused to kill a bokoblin that came running from the side, pushing it down he continued with his thought. ", I'm not sure of the reason why yet though." Looking down to think he started muttering to himself in a voice so low, Link couldn't hear him. Darting past Rusl, Link ran to check the shrine, worried the item he hid there would be. As he was running, with the wind wiping through his hair and against his face, he couldn't hear Rusl yelp in pain as he went down from a bokoblin club swing.

Arriving at the shrine he howled in anguish. The item he was looking for was gone! Looking around in confusion as to why it was gone, he stumbled onto some tracks that looked like they belong to the local monkeys. I will get that back afterwe save the village he thought it's too precious to forget. And with that he ran back to the village to help finish the fight.

He had to run through a burning building because while he was looking for the object, the bokoblins blocked his entrance. This makes no sense. They normally don't do this so, what's causing them to act like this, he contemplated on his way back to Rusl. When he got to Rusl he saw that he was battling a strange looking bokoblin. Instead of it being blue like the others, it was red. Just by looking at the way it moved he knew immediately it was more dangerous than the others. Unlike the others this one moved with way more grace, which was odd considering its size; it was at least twice the size of the others and looked like it also had at least two-hundred pounds on the normal ones. Also it was actually wearing armor such as a helmet and a breastplate. The most concerning thing is that it seemed to know where Rusl is going to swing his sword before he actually did it, which means it was far more intelligent that the others. As he got closer to the battling couple he started to hear the grunts coming from Rusl; while the creature was making no noise. As he got even closer he saw the sweat and strain the fight was taking on Rusl, and what concerned Link was the bokoblin was acting as if he was toying with a child. As he continued watching his fear just increased for himself and Rusl; Rusl was the best swordsmen Link had ever met and this, this, THING was toying with him. As he came to that conclusion again his fear turned into anger. This was Rusl, who was more a father figure than his actual father. Every time someone had tried to embarrass Link, Rusl made them pay. And now this creature was doing the same to Rusl. With even thinking he leaned over and chucked the largest rock he could find. "Come get me you filthy mongrel!" he shouted. Pushing Rusl to the ground like he was a ragdoll, it started coming over to him. Even when Rusl screamed at him with worry evident in his voice, Link didn't try to run. Brandishing his sword, he charged trying to kill it with one swing full of hated and anger. As his sword the bokoblin blocked his slash with a cross block. As soon as they locked weapons Link tried to push away because rare is a man who can match bokoblins strength; and this is no ordinary bokoblin. As soon as he got away he tried to swerve around to its other side but expecting this move the bokoblin stepped into his way. Not only having to dodge the bokoblin while trying to kill it or even injure it, he now had to dodge the flames and make sure his legs didn't scorched. Rusl yelled his name a couple of times, but couldn't get through to him since he was still seeing red. Realizing he couldn't get on its side or behind it, he tried to cut at its legs but it just blocked it and then swung straight up after the block giving Link almost time to block. Deciding to try a different tactic he did something Rusl taught him. Throwing his weapon over the bokoblins' shoulder and anticipating its next move, he waited for it to swing its club again and when it did; he rolled under its legs, grabbed his sword and stabbed it through the back, right into its horrid heart. As it was dying it let out an ear-piercing pig-like screech. As soon as the noise died down, it was like a war call; because all of the remaining bokoblins in the forest all jumped out and started to attack everything and nothing.

Pulling Link over to him he said still amazed at what he just saw him do told him; "We have to get out over here now!" he ended up having to yell because of all of the bokoblins screeching. Shaking his head no, Link stubbornly said "No! We can still take back the village!" grabbing his arm Rusl started to drag Link away. Instead of going with Rusl he started to pull away, growling in a tone not unlike a wolfs' "Yes we can we just have to-" at that Rusl cut him off using the tone that he used whenever he reprimanded him "Link don't be an idiot! There is no way we can take it back right now! You of all people should know how bokoblins work; they raid, they move on! Do you remember how your father found you?" at that Link was immediately thrown into a horrible, horrible flashback

It was a cloudy night where no moon was shown. Me and my mom, Malon, were walking through the forest to her mother's (my grandmother) when we were captured by a group of wandering bokoblins. Unlike the ones that lived around Ordon village, these ones were more evil, sinister. They looked just ordinary bokoblins, except they were smarter. Generations ago they learned that they were being killed so rapidly because the other races of Hyrule knew where they were. So instead of staying in one place one group started to become nomads; going from place-to-place and raiding villages and taking their supplies and villagers. That's what happened to me and mom. As we were getting close to the grave, we ran into a group of nomadic bokoblins. I'd never seen my mom as worried as she was that day; which in turn make me get even more terrified. After they knocked us out, they took us to one of their camps. They hardly fed us, maybe one meal a day, at best one. And it was never much just a biscuit and cooked meat. On the third day we were there, they took us to a pole in the center of their camp, tied my mother up to it and tied me to a smaller one across from her. They did things to her that day that I will never be able to put into words. The worst thing was they made me watch. Just as I thought they were going to kill her, a man came riding in to the camp killing bokoblins left and right. After he'd killed them all, he came over and untied us, put us on his horse and rode away.

After we woke up, he took care of us and never once did he try to force us to stay. While we were there I could see the change in my mother. Afterwards I realized that they had fallen in love. After a year they asked if I wanted to change my name. Since I had come to love the man too I wanted his name, Link.

He later woke in Lanaryu Springs. After falling back asleep and waking up again, he went to Rusl and asked if everyone was there. He just shook his head and told the two people that had died; which he already knew and started to cry again full with grief. Later that week after everything settled down, Link and Rusl announced that they were going back to the village to kill all the stragglers. Standing up to his full height (6'1) Rusl asked if there was anyone that would join them. "I will." Looking at who stood up and volunteered, to everyone's surprise it was Vandor. There were many reasons why everyone was surprised it was him. For one he wasn't that large, being only 136 pounds he was small compared to most of the men and some of the women. The second thing was he was no fighter; though he was a good shot with a bow. And last of all he was a coward. Still reeling from the shock Rusl asked him if he was sure and responding with more confidence than anyone had ever heard him say before. "Yes." Still unsure with the wisdom of his decision he asked if anyone else wanted to come but no one else volunteered. So with that they set off for the village.

As they were walking, Vandor started to ask Rusl questions about what to do in certain situations. When they got there they all stopped in shock. The village was completely decimated. "OMG" Link mouthed, Bertha's shop was completely ransacked and destroyed, and Rusl's house was destroyed along with everything else in the village. As Rusl went to his house, Link went to his house to see if it was still there, to his relief it still was. Sighing with relief he went back into his house to get the items his father and mother had left him.

From his father he got a bag that could hold and infinite amount of items and you would always grab the item you needed or wanted. Furthermore he left him an item called the longshot, which was like a grappling hook. You would shot it at an object and if it stuck you would get pulled towards the object (which had saved Link a couple of times, but he stopped using it once he broke his shoulder using it). Finally, he grabbed the red and blue tunic which didn't fit him when he was younger, but now that he was older they fit. He knew what the blue one did, which enabled him to breathe underwater, although he wasn't sure what the red one did. Lastly he grabbed the item his mom had given him before she died, a necklace that had only a single pendant on it; a golden head of a Hell Basilisk. A very rare, very dangerous type of dodongo, the face was golden but the fangs were real. And with that he left.

After walking back to the village, he saw that Vandor and Rusl were nowhere to be found. Getting worried he started to shout trying to find them. As he was looking for them he saw a shadow behind Rusl's house. "Rusl?" he whispered, when he didn't get a response he started to walk back there. As he rounded the corner he heard a noise behind him, and as he looked around something came up around behind him and hit him in the back of the head. "Wha-"he started to say then was blinded by complete darkness.

When he woke up he was immediately confused. Where am I? He looked around and was scared more than he had ever been, even more so than the night the bokoblins kidnapped him and his mother. He was in a dungeon, not a nice dungeon (not that any dungeon is nice by-the-way), but this one is worse than he ever thought. To start off with the dungeon really, really stunk. The walls were cracked worse than an earthquake which allowed water to seep in, and collect in puddles. It was completely dark, so dark he could barely see. The most disturbing thing is this: there were bodies lying around (none with flesh on them) there was at least three skeletons hanging off the wall by rusted chains that kept them from completely falling off the wall, with pools of blood that looked deep enough to hold the whole of Ordon village in it. "Help!" he "yelled" in complete and utter dread. After this he passed out from fear, though he could have sworn he'd heard a wolf howl at the night.

The next day; at least he thought it was the next day. He decided that he would try to get up. When he did though he saw that he was chained down, and then he saw something horrifying: instead of a human hand he saw a wolf paw. Not sure if what he saw was real, he dragged himself over to a puddle, and hopped back in confusion. "What happened to me?" Just as he thought that question, he realized in quick horror.

He was the wolf!

Spinning around in utter uncertainty, he tried to wrap it around his brain. "How did this happen?" knowing he wouldn't get an answer, he started to chew at the chain, trying to break it.

"Need some help there, pup?" looking up with worry in his eyes, he saw the strangest creature he'd ever seen. To begin with it was floating; he wasn't sure if it was male or female. It appeared to be short though he couldn't be sure. With strange silvery markings covering its forearms, calves, and ears, it was all black except for its chest and nose-and-mouth area. Its teeth had pointed canines, with one, wild red and yellow eye. He couldn't see the other eye because it was blocked by a crown that had two spire-like points on the top, right above the eyes with flaming orange hair coming out the top.

Snapping at him, bringing him back to reality, she said, "So do you want help, or not?!" growling at her, afraid because of her sudden hostility and because he didn't know what she could do. Yelling in sudden frustration of his silence, "You know what?! I don't care your coming out!" and with that she snapped and sent an electric energy bolt to the leg chained down. Even in his new form having all the properties of a wolf; he was still too slow. After recovering from the shock of the bolt, he sat: not wanting to make this creature angry again. Shrugging its shoulders in annoyance, muttering low enough that Link had a hard time hearing it "So now I did the hard work for you, are you gonna try to get out?" he immediately tried to find a way out.

Going to a puddle to see what he looked like. He had a black pelt, except for two silver lines on the corners of his mouth going onto his sides and branching out under his stomach to connect with each other, then the same silver lines going down each of his legs to go into the white fur on his paws. Though he didn't understand what they meant it was his forehead that confused him the most. Just like the lines at the corners of his mouth they were silver; but that's where the comparison stops. There were no lines connecting it to the other markings along his body; it was just there. It was three triangles: one on top with one connecting the top point of the second triangle to the bottom right point of the first triangle, same on the other side except on the left side. Not giving it anymore thought he continued to look for an exit… and found one in the far left corner. Seeing a hole that's already been partially dug out; presumably by one of the deceased bodies, though it didn't matter, he started to dig his way out, which took him a while to dig out of the cell. As he got out he noticed that the creature that was out there wasn't there, worried he started to look around when a figure plunged onto his back, looking up he saw the figure from before. Leaning down to whisper in his ear as not to disturb the bodies she whispered "Hurry up and go. They're coming." And with her holding on, he started running as fast as he could, afraid for his life.