The Wolves (Discontinued)

Chapter 2: The Awakening

Camilia awoke to the sound of wolves howling. Everything she saw was fuzzy and blurred. She felt.. different. She staggered up to her feet.

Why am I so short? She glanced around and tried to stand taller.

I thought I was tall for my age not... this short!

Looking down, she screamed. Well, yelped.

What the heck happened to me!?!

Camilia had furry paws. Four of them. She also had a tail. She was panicking.

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god what am I going to do!? I can't go back to Mamita with me being like this!

Suddenly the events of before she blacked out rushed back as if it was a tidal wave. Camilia's knees buckled, and she fell to the ground whimpering. She curled up into a ball and started to cry as she remembered how Mamita had left her and ran. She had lost all sense of time, and fell asleep. When she awoke she realized it was silent. She tried to call out, "Is anyone here?" but instead just heard a bark. No...

She tried again to speak but simply barked. She slowly rose to her feet, and glanced around. She spotted a silhouette in the distance.

Is that someone who can help me? I'm gonna go find out.

Weakly, she walked over to the shadow. When she was a few yards away, she noticed, the figure looked similar to a human, but with no hair, short arms and legs, and was holding a club. She padded around him and just as she was going to alert the creature that she was behind him, he swung his club at her. She ducked and the club just barely missed her head.

"No, don't attack I--" Camilia was cut off roughly as the creature swung again, and just missed.

Camilia was to tired to fight, and dodge again, so when the creature swung one last time, she was sure that she would be wounded. Then an orange shape shot forward and threw the creature away. The wolf turned around and looked at her savior. Standing there was a creature with a strange headpiece, white with black swirls all over her body, one glowing orange eye, and glowing blue lines around her. And she was floating, not standing.

"You-you saved me. Why?" Camilia asked before she remembered that no one could understand her.

"Because you're the chosen one," the creature replied simply.

Shocked, the wolf said, "Wait, you understand me?"

The creature laughed and said in her strange voice, "Of course I do. Hello, my hair becomes a hand! I can at least understand animals."

Camilia was confused so she decided to backtrack.

"What do you mean I'm the chosen one?" she asked.

"Hehehe, we'll get to that in time. For now, I'll just tell you one thing. My name is Midna. You see this darkness all around you?" she gestured to the land, "This is something called Twilight."

Camilia paused to think for a minute.

Hesitating she asked, "So you created this? You're the one who sent that awful person to make this, and threaten to kill my great-grandmother?"

Midna recoiled as if the wolf had just slapped her.

"HOW DARE YOU SAY I SENT HIM!? WHY HE IS THE ONE WHO CURSED ME INTO BEING STUCK IN THIS FORM! HE TOOK OVER--" Midna stopped before saying anymore.

Camilia turned her head and gave her a look.

"He took over...?"

"Nothing. I will explain more as we go on," Midna said.

"Go on? What do you mean go on? I'm not going anywhere until I'm out of this body.. until I'm a human again not a wolf," Camilia retorted.

"Camilia, listen, you can't escape that body, or this darkness, unless you find all the tears of light. Then the spirit, or guardian, of this region, Farore, can come back to power and bestow you the body that you once had," Midna explained.

Hesitantly, Camilia answered, "Ok. I'll come with you. But just until I get my human body back."

"Good. Now let's move."

What have I gotten myself into? Camilia thought.

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Hey again! If you're reading this then, great! You gave this a shot! :D Anyways, I'll upload the next chapter next week!

- The Legend of Splatooner