Chapter two:

Shackled

Jakob usually enjoys the rain, definitively when it is night, as listening to the soothing sound of water dripping against the window always calms his mind. This time however, it is anything but calming, as a red-yellow eye look directly into his two grey ones.

"It found me? What does she mean by that?" As Jakob tried to come up with a conclusion on why she had said what she said, she jumped, rather highly at that, over him, landing in front of iron bars, which quickly told Jakob where he was; a prison.

"Well would you look at that? A little wolf, all alone. Eee hee!"

By her sarcastic tone, the wolf quickly understood that she couldn't be trusted. Almost as if his body reacted to his uncertainty, he began to growl while trying to muster the most menacing appearance as possible… which would maybe had worked, had he not been shackled to the ground, with his tail between his hind legs.

"Oooh! Aren't you scary?" The same tone answered the question of is she was scared, she wasn't. Tough he didn't give in, and continue to growl, this time showing his new fangs, which he knew held some strength to them, as he now had a killer jaw, quite literally.

"Eee hee! Are you sure you want to be doing that? Snarling and glaring at me?" He didn't let up. "Too bad… cause I thought I might help you, if you were nice." Instantly Jakob stopped his charade, in his position, he knew it would be better to just play along, if she was serious that is.

"Ah! Much better!" She floated towards him, to his surprise. "You humans have always been so obedient." Ok, maybe she wasn't the friendliest of creatures, but if she could help, then Jakob were willing to live through it. "Oops! But you AREN'T a human anymore, are you? You're a beast! Eee hee!"

Ok, she was not helpful. Almost in pure rage, Jakob bit after her, only for the little thing to jump back with that annoying giggle of hers. "Calm down! No need to bite. Eee hee! Now be a good boy and stay still." Doing as she says, he observes that the thing seem to conjure something up, a black orb with red lines flying around it.

"What is tha-!" Jakob's line of thought stopped instantly, as the iron around his hand broke… or rather the chain broke, the cuff was still around his paw. Before he could even react to the sensation of feeling free again, the face of the creature appeared from the side with a toothy grin.

"You look kind of surprised! Eee hee!" She slowly flew away from me, still holding that smirk. "So I'll make you a deal." Jakob almost didn't hear her, as she went straight through the prison bars, through iron. " If you can get over to this side, I'll not only show you where you are, I'll even give you a hand in getting out. Sounds like a great deal right?" That yawn really didn't make Jakob feel better but, right now, following feelings were out of the picture, he had to concentrate at getting out of the cell.

Walking slowly towards the prison door, while keeping an eye on the smiling imp, he tried to push it open with his paw.

"Really? You're in a cage and you think you can just waltz straight out? Are you an idiot or something?"

The wolf barked back annoyed, and looked to the side embarrassed, which made him see that some of the iron poles looked a bit…off?

"What do we have here?"

Seeing the iron poles that seemed off being obstructed by a wooden box, he quickly grabbed it with his teeth, and pulled it out of the way, which revealed a small hole. Jakob, being happy for the first time since all of this happened, dug himself through the tight gap, which caused his fur to get dirty.

When out, he felt his instincts take over, and he started to shake off all the dirt. However, before he felt clean enough, he heard that damned giggle again.

"That's right! Where is that thing!?"

Looking around frantically, he couldn't find the owner of the laugh… until it found him by jumping on his back. Jakob, being the reasonably normal individual that he was, started to jump around and tried to shake off the intruder of his personal space. This little dance was stopped as the little creature grabbed his ear rather harshly and pulled his head back, so that he stared directly into the red eye of his now rider.

"Stop that!" It demanded with its condescending tone, which got him to stop. "Hmph, seems you're not completely stupid after all. "Listen, I like you, so I will help you out from here." One would think that this would be a good thing, as the imp even petted his fur, but Jakob KNEW that it wouldn't be that easy, and he was right. "But in return, you have to do exactly like I say!" She said this while pulling on his ear again; he didn't have to tell her the amount of pain he felt because of it, as the grimace he showed should tell her exactly that.

As she let go of his ear, he pulled his head down, almost to show her that he agreed to her terms. "If you need something, just give me a sign or something. You can't exactly talk now can you?" Her grin went to full effect when she continued her taunting "Though I have a feeling this is an improvement for you! Eee hee!" If Jakob could talk, he would have called her the most cruel things he could imagine, but before he could figure out a way to show her that, she kicked his side, causing him to give off a yelp. "Hurry up! You're so slow!"

The next hour was… interesting to say the least. Jakob, being in not just an unfamiliar area, but also a completely new body, had some problems adapting to everything. Every time he spaced out, a kick, from his unnamed companion, woke him up from his daze, which was followed by a rude, and or sarcastic comment. Even with the horrible company he had with him, he was in some aspect grateful, he could definitively not trust this being, but he was sure that he would probably be in some corner, crying and bleeding out, completely alone. Because there were some dangers in this prison, though was it really a prison?

Almost as if reading his mind, his rider spoke out, which she seemed to enjoy to do. "You probably have no idea where you are… Want me to give you a hint?" Hearing this, Jakob looked back at her, only for her to have a huge smirk. "Nah, you can figure it out alone! Eee hee!"

"She's an a-hole…"

Not focusing on where he walked, he crashed straight into another pair of iron poles, just like the ones in the cell he was able to leave from. As he brought a paw up to his snout to tend to it, a giggle came from the imp. "You are such an idiot!" Jakob was eternally grateful that his new face hid pretty well his facial expression. Looking at the wall of iron, the multi-colored creature flew through it, and turned to look at the wolf, straight into his eyes.

"Time to see if you can do something by yourself for a change. Get over here! And don't make me wait!"

"Keep demanding stuff like that, as I swear I will eat you! I will put that one eyed face of your into my jaw and-"

"Hey, get a move on!"

"- and get a move on…"

Taking in the setting, Jakob's eyes ended up on a hole in the wall to the left of the iron poles. Giving what could closely resemble a shrug, he went into the dark abyss, only to enter what almost looked like a cave.

He would have just continued onward to his now waiting companion, but something caught his eyes: A glowing light?

"No… that is…" As the wolf focused on the light, he started to see a…a ghost? It seemed like a medieval knight cowering in fear, shaking and almost crying. Before Jakob could think of how that could've been himself without this guide, the knight surprised him by talking!

"Please… help me… can anyone hear me? These black creatures… I don't want to die…"

It seemed more like a prayer than a shout for help.

Having no reason to stay, as Jakob came to the conclusion that it had to be some sort of apparition of some kind, he walked to the clearing where he saw the floating, snarky, selfish, uncari-

"Took you long enough!" She stopped his train of thought as she landed on his back, again rather roughly. "Anyway, we're getting close. There is someone I want you to meet." Taking her silence after that as a cue to walk, he walked into a room with a spiralling stair way, made of rock. It didn't take to long for Jakob to understand that this new world that he was in had to be something out of a fantasy film or something. A knight, a dungeon, everything made of rock.

"I'm in some sort of fort or castle. Seriously, why did this have to happen to me!"

He still hoped that it was all just a nightmare, but the kicks from his "partner" kept reminding him that no, it was not a dream. Getting another kick to his side, Jakob ran up the stairs, hoping to quickly get out of the dark, gloomy place. Though there was one problem, a huge gap in the stair way.

"What? Scared of heights?"

Looking down the hole, knowing that he is now a wolf and not a cat, he had to be careful. Inhaling some air, he made himself ready with a stance, that would made the unknowledgeable believe that the wolf was attacking something, and then he jumped. He did land on the other side, but the sound of a yelp came out of his and the imp's mouths, as the other side collapsed, making them fall into the water.

"Oh god that was scary!"

He thought to himself before looking at the imp on his back, who seemed like she was in between anger and annoyance, as it tried to not gag while getting the filthy water out of her strange hair.

"What. Is wrong with you!?"

Jakob has never been used to so much criticism in his life, and it all come from the same little mouth… actually it is a rather big mouth considering her height… or her big head? It was difficult to really understand her physical appearance, as he has never seen anything like her before, but before he could take in more of her looks, he got a kick to his side, making him wince in pain.

"Hurry up! And this time don't screw up!"

Running back up to the area they fell, she flew from his back to the other side of the now un-jumpable hole.

"Listen here, I'll help you, since I'm nice! Jump too exactly where I am standing, and if you are about to fall, I'll make sure you won't fall."

Jakob felt like he couldn't trust her on that, as she gave off that smirk of hers.

"Come on already!"

A sigh escaped his mouth, as he jumped, this time with determination, and to his surprise, he was on the other side. He actually froze, he has never felt so…empowered before, and all from a jump.

He was quickly back into reality, as the creature landed on his back, again making a stinging pain shoot through his spine by how she landed.

"Good, you can follow orders! Eee hee! Now get a move on. We've spent too much time here, don't you agree?"

For the first time since he met her, he felt the same.

Thing truly went much faster when the little imp decided to help, Jakob knew deep down that he shouldn't go into a blind sense of security because of her aid, as without a doubt the creature was only using him. But it did make the rooftops feel much safer than it would have without her close by.

He found quickly out that he was truly in a castle, and a huge one at that. True, he has never been in castle before in his life, but he has been outside his own country's King's royal palace, and it was nothing compared to the magnificent fort that he was climbing on now. The only thing keeping him from truly enjoying the sight, was the completely pitch black sky, with yellow/orange clouds that seemed to illuminate the world with a glow, closely resembling the colours of the golden hour known as dusk.

A spirit also seemed to give him information about where he was: Hyrule Castle…

"For all that people hold holy, where the hell is Hyrule?"

Jakob would normally welcome change in his life, exploring something new and feel the sense of importance in his life. But when that new thing holds monstrous black birds without faces, he'd rather take the boring life.

"Hey! Watch out behind you!"

Quickly dodging to the side from said avian monstrosity, he landed on the side of the roof, where it slides down, which he suddenly did because of the smooth tiles. Heart pounding, he began to try to stop himself from sliding down, but he almost lost all of his balance, as the bird came for a second attack, only for the wolf to purposely slide down so that the flying attacker would follow him down, only for him to surprise it by jumping straight at its throat.

"*gag* that taste…urgh…."

A yawn got him to slightly forget the horrible taste of the dark bluish blood.

"Done? Because we are close to the person I want you to meet."

After Jakob got his footing right, the imp forcefully grabbed his ear, making his head tilt toward her.

"I said, are you done?"

A growl from the wolf made her pull harder, to which he stopped and nodded.

"Eee hee! That's what I thought!"

Running up to the window, he jumped inside, shaking his body to get dry after the rain. The 4 feet creature, holding itself tightly to his body trying not to fall off.

"Hey! Careful!" Jakob snickered, it seems like his only type of enjoyment so far has been of stuff annoying her.

Continuing up a stairway, they ended up standing in front of a big ominous door, if one could feel dread from doors. Slowly pushing the door open, Jakob and Midna looked inside, where a being dressed in black stood against a window. On instinct, the wolf lowered himself and growled, which caused the imp to giggle at the sight, and the being in black giving off a gasp. As the gasp was definitively more of the female pitch, he stopped and slowly walked towards the woman, to which the imp again, sighed and rolled her eyes at the scene.

The woman in black turned directly toward the wolf and the otherworldly being, looking both surprised and interested.

"…Midna?!" She began, as she focused her eyes on the rider of the wolf, whose name finally was given to the beast. Midna, gave a chuckle, which sounded more calculating than the ones that she gave him earlier.

"Eee hee! You remembered my name? What an honour to me…"

Heeding the imp no mind, the dark clad woman now looked down at the wolf, holding no animosity or fear, but rather… Jakob couldn't place the look in her eyes, as he was rather captivated by them, but he understood that they seemed almost lifeless, like the eyes he has seen in the mirror so many times before.

"So, this is the one for whom you've been searching…" It didn't really sound like she directed that sentence toward Midna, but she still answered with her belittling tone.

"He's not exactly what I had in mind. But he'll do."

Jakob turned his head to give Midna a look, to which she smirked at him.

"I'll do? How about you-!" His train of thought was interrupted as the woman kneeled down to get to Jakob's level of height, looking directly into his eyes. He looked back, mimicking her expression unintentionally, as he was in almost the same sense of emotional turmoil as she was at the moment. Though luckily for him, his beastly appearance must have hidden it…he hoped at least. Her eyes went further down to his right paw, where the rest of his shackles were locked .

"You were imprisoned?"

A pause filled the room.

"I am sorry."

"huh?" If Jakob could talk he'd probably say a half assed joke, in hope that she would lighten up. Though not for being a good man, but for learning on how to make people like him. He had these ticks from his family, where he had observed how to act around other people, and now something was telling him to make her happy, as she was showing signs of depression and hopelessness.

But before he could so much as even blink, he felt his rider pet his shoulder.

"Poor thing, he has no idea where this is or what's happened…"

The last pat on his shoulder was a bit harder than what he would have liked.

"So, don't you think you should explain to him what you manage to do? You owe him that much…"

This made Jakob look in interest, was she the reason of why he was in this foreign land? Why he was a wolf? Why he was with this little-

"…Twilight Princess! Eee hee!" Thought interrupted again by Midna, great.

Who seems to be the so called Twilight Princess looked down, thinking. She then quickly looked up, locking eyes with the wolf.

"Listen carefully…"

Alright, on it…

"This was once the land where the power of the gods was said to slumber. This was once the kingdom of Hyrule."

"Mental note, Hyrule is the kingdom, not the castle"

"But that blessed kingdom has been transformed by the king who rules the twilight."

"Wait, but aren't you the twilight princess? So your father?" Jakob already felt like an idiot, confused just after what? The third sentence to what he needed to listen to 'carefully'.

"It has been turned into a world of shadows, ruled by creatures who shun the light." She continued.

Jakob knew he had to listen carefully now.