AN: Hello to anyone and everyone who decides this might be worth reading! This is my first attempt not only at a tWW story, but an attempt at a story in first person, so try not to be too harsh. I always wondered what ol' Ganondorf's thinking during the WindWaker, so that's where this story popped up. So read and enjoy I guess.

Chapter 1: A new captive

Water.

Water.

Water as far as the eye could see.

Goddess how I hate that water...

See, once I would have loved to see so much water. To be able to go less that 20 feet and touch it, to drink it! But now? I hate this water. And with a vengeance.

Scowling, I stare out at the vast expanse of ocean that lies beyond the walls of my new fortress. This was unsettling, there was no way there should be water here. This was my land, and that damn princess had screwed up my rule!

That princess. How I hate her! I can see the maddening triumphant grin she gave me as it had started raining so long ago. I had been so close! After so many years stuck in that blasted void, I had been reborn, I had resurrected and perfected the land the way it should be. Except for that damn princess!

Your time has come princess! I hold all the keys now! Where's your precious hero now!

I don't need him now! It's over Ganondorf! You can't win! May you drown with the land you tried to destroy!

Hers was the last face I saw as the water had enveloped me. I don't know how long I lay dormant, trapped under the weight of millions of gallons of this damn water and knowing that I could not do anything to free myself...

Until now. Due to some twist of fate that blasted princess may not have forseen, I once again can move freely. Now, my powers are resurrecting, now, I have been freed of this damn water to once again stand above it and reign once again.

I speak too hastily, for before I can take back my land, I need all the pieces of the puzzle. One I know is scattered across this damn ocean and virtually unreachable. But I don't worry, for I will get that soon enough. The other, I am so close to obtaining. I can feel it in my weary bones...

Speaking of which, I look up and out the window as I see in the distance a large shape with flapping wings approaching my tower. I smirk, for the bird looks like it's accomplished it's mission, which makes me quite happy. As it comes nearer, I can clearly tell that it is the Helmaroc King, and as he swings up and to the left of room here at the top of my tower, I can see the blonde head sticking out from between it's talons.

Turning, I reach the door in time to here a muffled shriek followed by a thud outside the door.

"Where am I...?" a shaky female voice asked. A moment later, "This isn't my island! Take me back to my island you overgrown cucco!" HK's only response is to screech, causing the girl to shriek as the door in front of me rises up.

Silhouetted by the light behind me, I hear the girl gasp in shock and fright at my rather imposing figure. Glaring down at her and I growl, "This may not be your island, but this is MY fortress little girl."

The girl whimpers, crawling backwards on her frantically trying to put as much distance between us as she can but stumbles over her blue dress. "Wha-what do you want with me?" she asks terrified, and I am suddenly struck by how young she is. I don't know much about Hyrulian maturity rates, since they are slower than the Gerudo, but I can tell she is younger than the other girls this damn bird has brought me.

"I thought I told you to bring me the ones I specified!" I say angrily, glaring up at it. "This one is barely out of diapers!"

The Helmaroc King instantly starts shrieking, going into a long winded explanation about something to do with pirates, and rocks, and some other girl. But this does nothing but annoy me further. "You mean to tell me you left the other one there and grabbed some baby!" I demand.

"I"m no baby!" the girl said stubbornly, bringing my back to her. But she instantly shuts up as I stare at her. Quicker than she can react, I reach down and pull her upwards by her arm. "Is that so? Then you'd better be the one!" I say icily. Concentrating, I feel the TriForce of Power pulse and see it start to glow on my hand. I wait, hoping beyond hope that this girl bears the next piece of the puzzle. But nothing happens, and in a fit of anger, I toss her, so that she lands painfully against the wall and slumps down to the floor. Snapping my fingers, I summon a Moblin and pointing at her. "Take her and throw her with the others."

"Permission to eat?" the stupid beast asks excitedly.

"No, leave them, something tells me I must keep this one around..." and to my suprise, I find that I do. But why I don't know. I watch the Moblin sling the girl over it's shoulder before turning back to the bird who is still waiting anxiously beyond the balconey.

"It's the WRONG GIRL YOU STUPID BIRD!" I snarl at the Helmaroc King, before unleashing a ball of black magic at it, which connects and produces some satisfying shrieks of pain from it. I watch it plummet before it finally can collect itself and flap back up to me. "Now, go and get the right one or I'll banish you and this whole damn Fortress to the Void between Realms!"

I watch it fly off, panting, I'm getting too old to be having these outbursts. Grumbling, I glare at the ocean again, knowing that I have one bit of reassurance, Princess Zelda is out there, and as history has taught me, it will be only a matter of time before I have her power. Only a matter of time...

And so we end here. I know it's short, but I didn't want to put all of the beginnning of the game right in the first chapter. So R&R if you want to, I'll be honest and admit I don't review for all the stories I've read, so I'm not expecting any of you to. Until next chapter!