Chapter 1

Of men and pigs

Samus worked down the grey hallways. On either side of her was a knight that held her arms and feet with chains. She struggled with the weight of the chains as filthy pigs store at her. This felt like prison.

Men store at her with a weird look, but most did with a mischievous, perverted look.

“Finally we get a babe in here!” One scruffy man whistled at her.

She wanted to punch him; she wanted to tear all of their eyes out of their head. But the shackles around her wrist and ankles cut into her skin and held her back.

Finally they arrived at a cell with rusty metal. There were disgusting looking old men in it, that or disgusting middle-aged men. They took off her chains and pushed her in roughly then slammed the gate closed.

Samus felt filthy just standing in the cell. The men looked as if they haven’t bathed in years and had grime on their bare bodies and faces. Their teeth were yellow and rotting out of their mouths. Some of them were wounded and had dried blood on them. Some had missing limbs that were old and had gone infected, dried blood and puss was left on them and she could tell they would die without treatment.

Samus stood their uncomfortable under all the stares and glares from the men. She walked over to a small bench in the cell and sat their and never looked at any of the men.

The smell was foul; there was the smell of death and body odor. Samus looked up and saw rats on the ground that were tearing at some of the men’s skin. He seemed to not even care.

Samus thought she was going to puke when she heard someone shout at her.

“Hey girly, what’s your name?” said a man who’s hair had almost been eaten away.

She stayed quiet and his grin faltered a bit.

“Your awfully too pretty to be in a dump like this,” he continued.

She just glared at him as he came closer to her.

“So you have a name or not?!” He yelled and snatched her arm.

She had enough; she grabbed his wrist and twisted it around his back. Taken by surprise he screamed in pain as he felt the bone crack.

“Don’t touch me again or I’ll tear your arm off,” she threatened.

He nodded his head vigorously with tears forming in his eyes and she released him.

“Bitch!” He screamed.

The men around him just chuckled.

She was left sitting there for god knows how long. It felt like hours and she was bored out of her mind.

It was then she heard metal hitting the soft ground and she looked up to see two knights opening the cell across from her. They stepped in and the men cowered in fear. The knights laughed and hit a man for no reason. Then he dragged him out of the cell while the man was screaming for his life.

Samus winced at the unnecessary brutality.

“There goes another one...” said someone from next to her.

Samus turned to someone sitting on the ground next to her. He was not human; he was more like an animal. He had razor sharp teeth and claws to match; he had mud plastered to his grey fur. He looked like he resembled a wolf.

“What do you mean?” She asked.

He turned to her and gave her a toothy grin, “I mean he’s gonna be feed to the lions.”

She stared at him emotionless, “So we’re here for lion bait?”

He shook his head “No, we’re here to fight the lions. But you could say we’re all bait” he grinned “Not a lot of people have come back, as you can see some people already lost limbs but made it back. We’re here just to entertain those sick people.” He snarled.

“But if we manage to get through killing the lions. Then we have to fight each other, if we make it through that, they promised freedom,” he whispered.

“Freedom? There is no freedom!” Said a gruffy looking man with torn up armor.

“They have no intention of letting us go.”

Everyone stayed silent for awhile until someone said

“Hey has anymore seen that Princess Zelda girl? She’s fucking hot!”

All the men laughed and agreed on that, talking about what they would do to her.

Samus just rolled her eyes at them

“So what IS your name? Or are you gonna hurt me too?” Asked the wolf man.

She hesitated before she said “Samus...”

He grinned “Samus hm? What a nice name...”

After a moment she asked “What about you?”

“I’m Wolf.”

She smirked and said “That’s simple enough.”

They both laughed and talked for awhile longer.

A few hours later more guards came back and everyone was released into a giant coliseum. There were thousands of people and they were taunting the gladiators, throwing stuff down at them.

Then guards stood around them in a circle, no escape.

“Ladies and Gentlemen I now give you the Queen and King of Hyrule!”

The crowd cheered as two wealthy dressed people were sitting in two chairs almost close to the ground. They smiled and waved to the onlookers.

“And now there first daughter, Princess Zelda!”

Everyone cheered again and men were howling and whistling at her.

Samus looked up and saw her. She must have been the most beautiful girl she’s ever seen. She had soft midnight blue eyes and light brown hair. She was pale and wore a very eloquent gown, and strangely enough had pointed ears. But everyone did in this kingdom and Samus found it strangely attractive.

Her face heat up and she felt her heart beating faster.

She already knew she had to win this battle for her.