Author's notes: Dun dun dun dun! The Sequel to 'A Wolf in the Fall of Dusk' has arrived! Hope you enjoy it as much as the last. Anyone remember seeing a bed in Link's house? 'Cause I didn't, so I mentioned it in this. If it's completely wrong, blame my stupidity.

Ya, I said this wouldn't be out until the end of the month… which is only… about nine days away. I typed this up in an hour out of boredom o-O

The Five Alone

The Five Children of Destiny, Link, Ilia, Colin, Hanako and Midna all walked through the Faron Woods. They had been away from Ordon since their journey started, and for Link, Ilia and Colin, this was a well welcomed trip home. Hanako's black hair, which had a slight blue tint in it, flew behind her as she kept darting ahead of the others, her red eyes scanning the area.

"Hanako!" Ilia yelled out a split second too late as Hanako flipped, and smacked into a tree branch. The Shadow Hylian moaned and got up, rubbing her head. "Poor Arty." Ilia muttered, referring to Hanako's light version. She sighed as the girl who appeared thirteen walked over to them.

"Done now?" Link raised an eyebrow. Hanako nodded, rubbing a bump on her head.

They continued on through the woods, until they got to the bridge, where Link noticed that something wasn't quite right. He mentioned it to the others, who nodded. They all continued with caution from that point on. When they got to the spring they were shocked to see Ordona lying in the water weakly. Link was the first to rush in.

"H…hero…" Ordona's voice was faint. "Ordon was… attacked… I saw… the Ordonians… fleeing… I tried to protect… them…" The large gold goat looked to Link as he fell to his knees beside its head.

"Ordona…" Ilia whispered when she got to where Link was.

"Ilia… Bo asked me… to tell you… that… if you… wish… you may continue to live… in Ordon…" Ordona's voice was faint. Hanako, Midna and Colin all walked up to the others slowly. Link, for the first time, put a hand on the Light Spirit's neck. It felt like something in between air, and something solid. Ordona raised her head, looking at a figure at the gate to the spring, glowing with a green light. Link looked over at the figure, it looked like a Hylian-sized green fairy, only her skin was the colour of a normal Hylian's (even if it was hard to tell), and she had Hylian ears. She appeared to be around nineteen or twenty. Her green hair was tied back and braided with twine. She wore a green Kokiri style dress. Her brown eyes were watching Ordona.

"Ordona." The woman spoke. "Your actions today were much appreciated, by both me, and the Ordonians."

"Farore…" Ordona spoke weakly. Link's eyes widened. Farore nodded slowly, confirming Link's unasked question, before looking back to Ordona.

"I will send you back to the heavens to regain your lost power, Ordona." Farore said calmly. "When your power has returned, I will send you back here."

"But… Link… who will watch over him?" Ordona had a worried look in its eyes.

"Do not worry, Ordona." Farore closed her eyes. The Triforce symbol on Link's hand started glowing brightly as Ordona faded from sight. Farore looked to Link with a nod before fading away slowly. Link didn't even blink for awhile, until Ilia tapped his shoulder.

"We must go." She said to him. He nodded and slowly got to his feet, having a lot to take in.

They paused in front of Link's house, seeing no damage to it. Link raised an eyebrow at its lack of damage, until they got to Ordon, where doors were either no longer existent, or swinging on broken hinges. Link was looking through the ransacked general store when Colin yelled out.

"Link! There are still goats here!" There was a pause before "One just got loose!" Link sighed, and went outside; darting onto the path he knew the goat would take. He readied himself as the stampeding goat got closer, until it got close enough, when he grabbed its horns and tossed it to the ground, knowing that it wouldn't harm it. He watched to goat get back up, and started leading it back towards the farm, looking at the damaged houses as he did.

He entered the ranch and closed the gate behind him as the goat rejoined the others. He was shocked to see Epona rushing over to him, stopping in front of him with an excited whinny. Link let out a laugh and walked to her side before climbing into the saddle. He grabbed her reins, gave them a flick, and Epona took off. They circled around the fence, watching the goats.

Ilia walked up to the gate and leaned against it, resting her arms on the top of it. She watched Link as he rode around, and after awhile, Hanako, Midna and Colin joined her. They stayed there until the sun started setting, you could tell by the look on Hanako's face that she wondered how he kept riding in circles without getting bored, but what she didn't know was that you could learn a lot by watching the goats, and maybe he even enjoyed being home, like before his adventure started again. Link started herding the goats into the stables, and soon every last one was inside. He then stoped Epona, motioning for everyone to move. They all ducked below the gate.

"It'll work…" Link muttered, spurring Epona, taking off towards the gate. The ginger horse jumped the gate. Everyone watched the horse as it soared over their heads and landed gracefully a little ways away. Link stopped Epona, and turned to face them as they all got up and rushed over.

"Nice one." Hanako let out a laugh. "I bet I could beat it though."

"Fine." Link smirked. "Whatever came through left the fences for jumping behind." He paused. "Do you even have a horse?" He raised an eyebrow.

"I do." Arty walked up to the group from what seemed like thin air. "Hanako, you said your memories have been returning lately, right?" Hanako nodded. "You remember Demon, then, right?" Hanako paused, then smirked.

"Delcela eaklingeraw?" Hanako laughed. Arty glared, then stood on the tips of her toes in an attempt to tower over her.

"You challenging my horse?!" Hanako got on the tips of her toes.

"Maybe I am!"

"Alright, we'll settle it later." Link commented. They nodded, returning to their own heights. The group returned to Ordon, and agreed that since Link's house was the only untouched, they'd stay there until some of the other houses were repaired a bit. Link dismounted Epona in front of his house, allowing the horse to wander. He started up the ladder first, looking at some slash marks on it with a laugh before grabbing a key from his bag and unlocking the door.

"That explains why your house was untouched." Ilia commented once they were all inside.

"Ya, I was the only one smart enough to lock the door." Link replied as he climbed up the ladders to the window at the top floor, which was closed with a single piece of wood. He carefully pushed it at the bottom, and caught it when it fell from the window, setting it down near by. He didn't bother climbing down the ladders again, just jumped down to the floor. Colin's eyes widened, and Link stiffed some laughs. Midna had that 'what's with the kid' look on her face, as she had seen Link nearly kill himself by jumping… several times.

Link went through some things in his house before jumping down a ladder to his basement. A faint light emitted from the basement, before it disappeared and Link returned carrying five sleeping mats, and blankets. Ilia looked around. This had been the first time she'd been in Link's house, and she noticed something missing… a bed. Link silently sat the mats down, before climbing the ladders back up to the window and silently looked out it.

"What's wrong with him?" Midna crossed her arms.

"This is the first time he's been even slightly at peace, and the first time he's been home for months." Arty commented. "Now that the remains of Ganon's army are gone, things are going to calm down a lot." Ilia nodded in response. Ilia and Colin set up the mats and blankets, Midna found it quite comfortable lying on a pillow, due to her small size (do. Not. Ask.). Colin set the blankets beside the mat, and sat down on the mat, Ilia doing the same. Hanako and Arty on their mats, ignoring the blankets.

"It's actually nice for a change," Arty commented, laying down and putting her hands behind her head. "I don't remember last time it was I was allowed to sleep with a roof over my head… unless being locked up in prison counts…"

"What for?" Ilia asked.

"I'm hunted down by a clan of Shadow Hylians. They're always looking for Shadow Hylians to bring into their clan." Arty replied.

"Only you're different. Din was your next door neighbour for awhile." Hanako commented. Arty nodded.

"Along with Nayru and Farore, until Din left for the heavens. Then the other two came to Hyrule."

"Ever find it weird that the first wish they granted was to a young orphan?" Hanako asked. Arty sat there silently. "Arty?" Hanako looked over at her, noticing her eyes gleaming. "Sorry I said anything."

"No," Arty spoke, before inhaling deeply. "It's okay."

Eventually everyone but Link fell asleep, and he climbed down the ladders, walked over to Colin, who was lying sideways on his mat. He straightened the boy up, and covered him with the blanket, before noticing that Ilia had fallen asleep, her blanket somehow ended up across the room. He pondered it, before fetching the blanket, and covering her with it. He stood back up, glanced over at the others, before climbing back up, sitting down and looking out the window, falling asleep with his head leaning against the side of the window sill.

Ilia was the first to awaken, about an hour before the sun rose. She noticed the blanket covering her, and looked to where Link was. She set the blanket aside and quietly climbed up the ladders, sitting by him. He always was the loner… She thought, looking out the window. He never really hung out with anyone at all… everyone called him an outcast when we were younger… Ilia jumped as Link stirred and looked at her.

"You're jumpy." He commented with a yawn. She nodded before looking down below, hearing voices. Hanako and Arty were both awake now, sitting up and talking to each other in hushed voices. Link sat on the edge of the wooden platform with Ilia and watched the two below, barely able to make out what they were saying.

"What about Sleinr?" Hanako asked. "You've still got his pendant."

"I dunno…" Arty looked away. "I haven't been to the afterlife lately. Din tells me he's been wanting to speak to me… but with the bounty on my head, I can't get anywhere near the portal." There was a silence, Link was deep in though about what they were saying.

"… Farore says the spirits always watch… and some come to Hyrule… I wonder…" She looked up.

"So do I. Adrian and Sawako… gotta miss them." Arty then noticed Link and Ilia. "We're being watched." She smirked, and Hanako jerked her head towards them.

"How long have you two been watching?" Hanako asked.

"Only long enough to hear about Sleinr's pendant." Link slid off the platform and onto the ground below. Ilia hesitantly did the same. Hanako's face paled. "Don't worry. I won't repeat it."

"If you DARE repeat any of it to anyone, mostly Shad, I'll kill you." Arty glared. "He'll go crazy, trust me"

"Alright." Link nodded. "Oh, was either of you going to try and out jump me with the fences today?" He smirked.

"I will." Arty replied, getting to her feet. "My horse isn't far from here. I can get him and return."

"Alright, later today though, before I let the goats out." Link nodded, looking over at Colin. "When does he usually wake up?"

"Before you, usually." Ilia laughed. Link rolled his eyes with a sigh.

"And that is?"

"Sun rise."

"Great…" Link grumbled. Sun up wasn't for another couple of hours, and he didn't feel like jumping while it was still dark. He looked over at Arty, who had a big grin on her face. "Fine… I'll go try to figure out how to set up the fences… in the dark." He noticed Ilia putting her gloves on.

"No need." She smirked. Link nodded and the two headed outside.

"I'm going with them." Midna commented. "I don't trust them." She darted out after.

"When did she wake up?" Arty looked to Hanako, who shrugged.

"I dunno."