Family

Chapter 215 Wolf and Imp

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

Zant and Veran exited the portal and entered Hyrule. The two villains took a moment to enjoy the night air before they both took flight and headed to Gerudo City. In the city the feast was over and most of the people were retiring for the night. A Gerudo was fixing to lead Link and his party to a room, when Zant and Veran suddenly landed before them. Link and the others took a startled step back from the newcomers.

"Zant!" Cried out Midna with a bit of fear in her voice.

"Hello Midna." Said Zant with a cold chuckle.

"So this freak with the helmet is the guy, were supposed to beat. He doesn't look so tough." Said Greed.

"I suggest you watch your tongue light dweller, your addressing a king." Said Zant as he casually waved his arm at Greed.

An invisible force slammed into Greed sending him flying and crashing onto a table shattering it to bits. The other heroes glanced at Greed with a bit of concern, before turning to face Zant and Veran taking up fighting stances. Finn and Link had their swords drawn, while Phoebe had her hands glowing with fire.

"Quit an interesting group you have here Midna. You really must be desperate to beat me if your associating yourself with these rift raft." Said Zant.

"Don't underestimate us helmet head, you'll find us to be a lot tougher then you think." Said Greed as he got up to join the others.

"What an amusing bunch, thinking they actually stand a chance against you my king." Said Veran with a chuckle.

"Quit right. Tell you what Midna if you surrender your piece of the Fused Shadow to me and pledge your allegiance to me, I will spare you and your little friends. All you simply have to do is acknowledge me as your king." Said Zant.

Midna stared up at Zant with a tiny bit of fear, before casting a glance at Link, who stared the villains down with a definite look on his face and bravely held his sword standing between Midna and Zant. The imp felt herself become inspired by Link's courage and knew what she had to say. She glared at Zant as she hovered over next to Link.

"I will never surrender to you or acknowledge you as the king of the Twilight Realm. Your an arrogant cruel man, whose mad ambitions will lead our people to ruin. Your no king, Zant and the Twili deserve better then you. I will free our people and lead them down a path to a brighter future! A future you will have no part in!"

Zant just stared at Midna and although his face was covered by his mask, the heroes could tell that Midna's words had touched a nerve on the evil king. The villain's body tensed and quivered a little with rage.

"Spoken like a true ruler." Said Ling.

"Will back you up Midna and help see your ideals for your people become a reality. Just leave Zant to us and will deal with him." Said Link.

Midna felt her confidence grow a little. The heroes were fixing to spring forward and attack Zant and Veran, when the masked king finally spoke.

"So you got some bravery from your little friends Midna. I'm going to enjoy squashing it along with your hope as I make you experience agony like never before! You'll beg for death, before I'm done with you!" Declared Zant with a twisted laugh.

Zant pointed an arm at Midna and an invisible force yanked her over to Zant, until she was only a few feet from him. Link and the others were fixing to charge forward, but Veran lifted her hands up and fired a bunch of magical spider webs at the heroes entangling them and prevented them from moving forward. Midna struggled before Zant, but invisible bonds held her. Zant lifted up his other arm and the Shadow Crystal appeared in his hand.

"Now the real fun can begin." Said Zant as he levitated Midna a few feet away and held her there.

Midna continued to struggle to no avail. Link watched as Zant prepared to fire the crystal into Midna. He felt his anger grow and the Triforce of Courage began to glow brightly on his lefthand. Link let out a mighty yell as he broke through the webs that held him, dropping his sword and shield, and rushed towards Zant and Midna. The others heroes began to break free from the webbing as Zant hurled the Shadow Crystal at Midna! Link put on a little more speed leaping forward and ended up taking the blow meant for Midna! The Shadow Crystal struck Link in the chest and he let out a gasp of pain as he crashed to the ground.

"Link!" Cried Midna in dismay.

Link laid on the ground with the crystal sticking in his chest. Then the crystal sank into the heroes chest and vanished.

"Oh how nobel. The fool sacrificed himself for the former princess. Now that Shadow Crystal will reduce him to nothing, but a spirit. I guess I'll deal with you the old fashion way Midna." Said Zant as a curved sword popped out from his sleeve and he prepared to attack the princess.

It was then that the back of Link's lefthand began to glow with the Triforce of Courage and his body began to shake as he got on his hands and knees. Link let out a howl as his body began to change before everyone's eyes. His teeth became fangs, his arms and legs turned into paws, black hair sprouted from his body, and his body took on a new form. In a matter of seconds Link had transformed into a black wolf with a white grey underbelly. The wolf still had Link's blue eyes and it lifted it's head back and let out a howl. Everyone was stunned by this especially Midna, Zant, and Veran. Link's transformation meant something special for the Twili.

"A...Scared Beast!" The three Twili thought at the same time.

Wolf Link sprung into action and charged at Zant and before the evil king could think of doing anything, the wolf leapt forward and bite his arm! Zant screamed in pain and rage as the fangs sank into his arm making him drop his sword and stumble back and furiously try to beat Wolf Link off with his other arm. The power that had held Midna captive was gone and now she was free. Midna watched Wolf Link trashed around with Zant's arm and the masked villain battered away at him with no success. Veran tried to come to Zant's aid by throwing a fireball at Wolf Link, but Midna stopped her by forming a giant hand with her hair and slammed it into Veran sending her skidding back and nearly made her fall to her knees. Zant finally managed to knock Wolf Link away with a kick and he stumbled over to Veran. Wolf Link and the others faced the two villains.

"I'll admit that took me by surprise, but don't think because that light dweller took on that form, that changes anything! I am the King of Twilight and soon this world will mine! My army will soon be ready and when the face of malice appears on the moon the invasion will begin!" Declared Zant.

"Talk all you want Zant, the appearance of the Sacred Beast proves that you will be defeated!" Said Midna.

"You put your fate into an old silly legend. My power comes from a god! Destiny is on my side!" Shouted Zant.

"My king I think it would be best if we retreated for now." Said Veran.

"Fine." Said Zant.

The two villains vanished in a burst of black particles. The heroes lowered their weapons. Finn looked over at Wolf Link.

"Can you understand us?" Asked Finn.

Wolf Link nodded his head.

"Can you talk to us?" Asked Finn.

Wolf Link let out some growls and shook his head no.

"Well we know Link's mind is in that wolf and that he can understand us, but can't speak back. So Midna what is this talk about a Sacred Beast and what does it have to do with Link's new look." Said Ling as he looked at Midna.

"Well...there's an ancient legend among my people. I was told this legend when I was a small child. The legend goes like this. In the darkest days of the Twilight Realm a savior would come. A warrior who could take on the form of a wolf will bring peace and a bright future to the Twili. I think Link is the warrior the legend talked about and his transformation proves it." Said Midna.

"That's quit a story. Link is the descendant from a line of heroes and he bares the Triforce of Courage, so he could be the warrior your legend talks about." Said Phoebe.

"But how does he change back to his regular self?" Asked Finn.

"Well that thing that hit him was a cursed object. We just have to figure out a way to reverse it." Said Ling.

"Maybe this book Zelda gave me can help us." Said Midna as she summoned the book from her mask.

"Well let's get settled into our rooms first." Said Finn.

One of the Gerudo led the heroes to some rooms. Finn and Phoebe took one room, Ling got another, and Wolf Link and Midna got one. A blanket was laid out for Wolf Link to sleep on, while Midna sat on the ground nearby with a candle and began to look through the book for answers to help change Wolf Link back into Link.

Miles away, Zant and Veran had returned to the temple and were fixing to return back to the Twilight Realm, when Ghirahim suddenly appeared between the two draping an arm around the two Twili. Zant and Veran were so stunned by Ghirahim's sudden appearance that all they could do was stare and stiffen up.

"You two have been busy. I have to say Zant, the whole turning that boy into a wolf was very impressive and unexpected. I actually got a chuckle out of it." Said Ghirahim.

"It..was unexpected, but I'm glad you approve." Said Zant.

"Yeah the thing is neither of you told about your little plan and that troubles me. You also told them about the signal for the invasion which also troubles me." Said Ghirahim with a slight frown on his face.

"I was just trying to eliminate Midna and get her piece of the Fused Shadow. As for what I told about our plan, I only told them a little bit. It'll be far to late to stop us once the invasion begins." Said Zant.

"Your actions could have jeopardize everything we are trying to accomplish! If you had both been captured or killed then that would have cost us control over the Twilight Realm. Those heroes are smarter then you think and by telling them about the moon, you told them a part of our plan and they could ruin the festivities." Said Ghirahim as he walked away from the Twili.

"It won't happen again sir." Said Veran with a bow.

Zant just nodded.

"Good. You may confront the heroes once they either entered the temple or enter the Twilight Realm. Now I'm going to put a little barrier around the temple to buy us more time and force the heroes to go questing for the Fused Shadow. You two go back to the Twilight Realm and prepare the army." Said Ghirahim.

Zant and Veran entered the portal and vanished. Ghirahim stepped outside the temple and used his powers to construct a light yellow barrier around the temple before teleporting off.

Back in Gerudo City, Wolf Link was laying on the blankets resting. Wolf Link saw that Midna had fallen asleep and was laying on top of the book. Every now and then Midna would let out a whimper and toss around a bit. Apparently she must have been having a bad dream. Wolf Link watched this for a little bit, before he stood up, went over to the imp, and laid down besides her. The creature carefully positioned his body so Midna was leaning against his chest. The warm fur and steady beat of Wolf Link's heart seemed to relax Midna. Wolf Link gave his own version of a smile at the sleeping imp, before laying his head down and fell asleep.

To be continued.