The Beast Within

Ch.2- The Surface

Authors Note: I'm sorry, I lied. I will be doing POV's even though they're somewhat annoying. I'll only be doing 5 POV's though. Author's, Link's, Ghirahim's, Dark's and 'Unknown'. The unknown one will be revealed later on in this chapter... Actually pretty early. Hylian shall be English here. When I say things like 'barked, growled, whined etc.' it means in Animal Language... I'll think of a better name later, hopefully. 'Things' is what Link calls the wolves. Okay... Sry bout how long it took to update the last chapter and this one... And the fact it's so short... Again... Sry...

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~Unknown's POV~

I crouched down low in the dark and sniffed the air. Good, I'm downwind of the deer. I pawed the ground as I slowly went forward, the darkness of night covering me. The leaves were crunching quietly underneath my slim build. My white, black and red fur coat was kinda short. I targeted where I wanted to bite down and make the kill. Then I darted towards the deer. My red paws stomped furiously against the dirt. It sprinted away, but I soon caught up with it. Then I pounced. I bit down on its neck and didn't let go. It let out a final breath before it went still. I howled out for my pack to come and eat. After a while, I could see their bodies bobbing up and down on the hillside, somewhat if a ways away from my location. My packs name was the Lunar Pack and my name... I can barely remember. Sad isn't it... But I think it's... Crystal... Ya, that sounds right. My pack's alpha leader was the first one up the hill. "Great job, Crystal. This'll feed the pack for a moon and a sun." Barked our pack leader, Scar. We call him that because the has a scar across his left eye down to the end or his snout. "Thank you, Scar. I learned it all from you." I growled lowly. "Ok." Was all Scar said. All of my of my pack soon appeared up over the hill, panting. The pregnant females got to eat first, it's Spring or mating season... Don't worry about me though. I don't have any pups. Then it was my turn. Believe it or not, I'm the only female wolf without any pups. Never had any, never will. Once I finished eating I trotted off to my own personal spot no one else could get into. Once I got there I was surprised to see a... Human? No it can't be a human, humans don't have a tail and ears. It was sleeping so I didn't have anything to worry about. It couldn't be a Hylian... No... Those are extinct. Or is he The One? I had to make sure I was right or I could be kicked out of the pack, for good. I ran back to my den while my white ears were swiveling back and forth, listening for sounds and my black fur was flowing in the cool wind of dusk. I then moved a rock inside my den that was covering a small hole I dug when I was younger. It housed a black and orange diamond shaped crystal that gave off a dark aura. I shivered as I took it from the hole with the string tied around it. I ran with it in my mouth. When I got back to the Hylian... Boy, I held the crystal next to him and it reacted the way only told in the stories our pack was told by the elders. The orange designs on the Shadow Crystal glowed blue and shined brightly, nearly blinding me. I yelped rather loudly, too loud. The boy opened his eyes and smiled warmly at me then jumped up and started to approach me. I was surprised he wasn't scared of me. He pat my head and didn't say anything... I wonder why.

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~Link's POV~

I woke up to something shining near my face and the piercing... Something of a something. I opened my eyes to see... Something with red... Feet, I guess. It has white ears and the rest of its body was black. Its tail was between its legs. Wait... A tail and ears?! It's one of me. I smiled at it and walked over to pet it, but my smile soon faded away. How did I even get here? Am I dreaming again, or is this... Reality? I stopped petting the... Thing and started to walk away, but for whatever reason it followed me. My tail rose slightly. 'Why are you following me?' I thought to myself. It whined at me then grabbed my tail, making me fall down, and dragged me to some unknown place. I'll admit it hurt a lot but I kept quiet because it had big canines, just like me. My ears swiveled around as I was being drug to goddess knows where. My ears pearked up and eyes widened when I heard rapid stomping. I yanked my gray tail from its mouth and got up when I heard the sounds of something big coming. The thing sat down and looked at me as to tell me to sit down too, and I did. Turns out it wasn't something gigantic it was just more of the things, that I don't know what to call yet. I waved my hand at them and smiled slightly. Then the thing with a scar on its face started growling at the thing behind me. That sounds like the sound I make when I'm mad at someone or something... I hope they aren't about to break out into a fight. I gripped my tail in a soothing effort. That'd be terrible if they did.

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~Crystal's POV~

The One snatched his tail from my mouth and looked around in fear. Scar and the others ran up the hill wide open to greet The One. "What's this supposed to be?" Scar barked demandingly at me. I shied away slightly, but I responded, nonetheless. "Scar... I believe I've found him." I whispered, standing up on all of my paws. I then grabbed the small boy by the cuff of his shirt and pulled him over to Scar. Scar sniffed him and said, "Fine, he can stay... But if he isn't who you say he is, he'll be eradicated." Scar growled. My tail wagged a little, not from the eradicated part, and I picked him up by the collar and dragged him to my den. His tail was tucked between his legs as I set him down. He then dragged his finger around in the dirt, forming some words. It's times like these I'm glad I learned Hylian. 'What are you?' It read. I looked at him as if to say, 'I can't talk, I'm a wolf. I mean I can, but you wouldn't understand me.' I'm pretty sure he got the message. Then he scribbled down something again. 'Link. That's my name. My family on Skyloft,' He pointed skyward. 'Used to call me Hero, but they dumped me here and I don't know why.' He finished. I walked slowly towards him and laid my head on his stomach and closed my eyes. I could hear his tail thumping against the ground and I, for the first time in forever, smiled.