Link goes to see Midna, who fails a spot check and has him captured.

Deciding to trust his long-gone friend, Link raced through the palace, sniffing around until he caught the scent he remembered so well: Midna’s scent! Following that, he soon arrived on the outside of a door, one whose opening mechanism was unknown to Link, with or without the use of opposable thumbs. Without any clear way of obtaining entry, Link’s wolfy brain immediately came up with the idea of plomping down in front of the door and waiting for Midna to leave.

Outside that room, Link waited for what felt like an inordinately long time until the door finally opened, and Midna, in the more humanoid form he’d briefly gotten used to before she left, stood there, looking down at him curiously. Link whined, unable to actually speak, but before he could do anything to try and reveal his true identity to her, she called out, “Guards!” In seconds, a pair of Twili guards, their pale skin covered in dark plate mail, marched up and looked down at Link, scowling. Trying to look a little compassionate, Midna told them as she looked Link in the eyes, “Send him to the Royal Kennel. Have Lashda train it immediately.” Even as Link fought against the guards, trying to escape, their strong hands refusing his teeth or claws, the thing that hurt Link the most as they carried him away was the fact that she’d called Link ‘it’.

The Twilight Kingdom’s Royal Kennel housed half a dozen wolves of Twili descent, their fur darker and their size smaller than their Hylian counterparts, Link currently included. After being thrown in, the other wolves took some interest at first before ignoring him once he’d refused to reply to their gestures of communication. Lying down in the confined room, on a small mound of straw, Link tried to think of a way out. Before he could get very far, the door opened once again and in walked a woman of middle age and sharp eyes, her red hair and odd-colored skin clearly marking her as Twili. Looking down at Link, she frowned. “You’re an odd one, aren’t you? Never seen a wolf like you, but I’ll tame you nonetheless, as our princess has ordered. Your training starts tomorrow, pup, so be ready.”

Then she left the room, and it was then that Link noticed, however they opened the door, it left a small window of time where the person was out of the doorway and Link would be able to race through. Of course, he only realized this once the door had already closed, so he’d need to be ready to do this the second she came in tomorrow morning. Of course, it might help to have others working with him…Link didn’t really know how to communicate with other wolves, but if he reached down within himself and connected with his inner beast, he might be able to pull it off. Of course, it was also possible he’d forget the plan entirely and just be a dumb wolf afterwards…