In a World of Twilight (Link x Reader)

All But a Memory

All the while, Caeus hoped that the worst would never come and that Link could be saved from his own madness. He pitied Link, his light side anyway. He always saw when the very last bit of Light would try to take over the Shadow, but it was to no success.

A flash of bluish-white caught the Twili's eye and he stopped in his tracks. Normally, he would have disregarded it, but his senses told him that whatever passed by was extremely powerful, maybe even as powerful as Link.

Caeus sensed a familiar power, the power that Link had, with the strange force. He needed to find out for himself because maybe this was the answer to the solution.

No one knew exactly how to stop the Shadow except for Link himself, and the Shadow was anything but willing to share that information. The Shadow intended to have it stay that way.

A growl came from behind a bush as even more light emitted from behind. Caeus's senses were tingling and he knew at that very second, the source did indeed share the same powers with Link. As wise as he was, Caeus held his hands up in surrender and brought his knees to the floor. Surely, he would save himself trouble if he showed that he wasn't malicious.

But he wondered...

Why was the source already thinking wrongly of him?

"I bring you no harm. My intentions are clear, and I only want to ask a simple question."

A rustling came from behind and a pristine wolf revealed herself. Her golden eyes looked the cloaked man up and down, but he was flabbergasted.

A wolf? He didn't really expect the source to be an animal.

Behind the hood of his cloak, his orange irises viewed the creature in front of him. Without question, this wolf was powerful; it was written all over her face. His gaze suddenly traveled down the neck of the creature and that was when he saw it.

The crescent mark that Link told him about. Was it only a mere coincidence? Or was this wolf her? Link did mention to him that (Y/N) was a shape-shifter.

The wolf approached with small steps, and it seemed that she was sniffing the strangely dressed man. She appeared to be like a normal wolf and the Twili-man almost frowned when a voice entered his thoughts.

"You reek of them and of him. Take off your hood. I want to see your face."

She was speaking to him telepathically.

"Can I trust you won't bite off my face?" Caeus questioned.

"Weren't you the one who said your intentions were clear? If you mean no harm, then I mean no harm as well. Now, remove the hood," she fought back.

When Caeus removed his cloak, the wolf still stared at him intently. (Y/N) wasn't sure if she could trust this random stranger, but for the time being, she would make it appear that way.

"Just as I thought," she said one last time before transforming into her human form.

It was the perfect fit. She was just as Link had described to Caeus. The Twili-man had many questions to ask her, but she made it clear that she would be the one dominating the conversation.

"Tell your people to stop watching over us." Her still golden gaze held no amusement nor gratitude, "It's rather creepy and unnecessary. We can manage on our own." She eyed him once again. "You work for him, don't you? Link?"

Under her gaze, he really had no choice but to answer her questions. The gaze was fierce and she was part wolf. In an instant, if he tried anything, she would surely pounce back.

"Yes, yes I do. He is my--"

"Tell him I don't need protection from you or from him because by the time I may actually consider it, I will have taken him down."

His ears perked up at this. She was, indeed, the answer to the solution.

"Well?" she asked impatiently.

"I have a proposition for you, Miss (Y/N) (L/N)."

Her brow arched at the strange man. She was rather surprised that the man was already proposing something when they had barely met.

"My name is Caeus, and I am Link's most trusted visor. Let me help you take him down, but, I will not tell him you don't need his help because he would become suspicious. In other words, I am not really proposing anything, but rather, offering my assistance."

"Why? Don't you want to see your ruler take over everything?" She asked skeptically. It was rather odd for someone so important within a court to want that of their ruler.

"We have the same goal in mind, (Y/N). We both want to see Link return to the way he was." 

He spoke sincerely as a smile formed on the girl's face.

Maybe she was rushing into things and maybe she was trusting him too easily, but something in her wolf senses told her he was worth her time.

"Alright, but you need to prove yourself first."

Author's Note

Always gotta have those OC's huh? Obviously, Caeus is a character made up by yours truly. I will leave you to imagine how he looks, but my idea of him is basically of the vocaloid, Gakupo, just with shorter hair and the Twili attributes.

Date Published: July 21, 2016