When Ganondorf opened his eyes he found himself looking up at Din! He leaped to his feet.

"Calm down, Ganondorf. There's someone you should meet."

Ganondorf looked at the goddess suspiciously. She moved aside to reveal a girl.

"Ganondorf, this is Maria, your daughter."

Ganondorf stared her.

"You're kidding, right?"

Din's face was serious.

"You're serious?"

"Yes. She is your daugher, and now your responsibility."

"What?"

Din then disappeared.

"Din, what do you mean, my responsibility?"

Ganondorf sighed and turned his attention to Maria. She seemed no older than Link, but Gerudos aged differently. The dark lord's eyes slowly traveled over evey inch of her, taking in her features.

Her skin was dark like his but not quite as dark, her eyes were sky blue, her hair was flaming red, like his, she had a few of his other features, she was slim, and beautiful.

Ganondorf sighed again.

"Come with me."

Maria followed him to the Gerudo Desert.

"You haven't spoken this entire time." Ganondorf said, unable to stand the silence.

"Did you want me to?"

Ganondorf stopped and looked at her.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I was taught only to speak when asked to."

Ganondorf sighed for nearly the fifth time that day!

"You may speak on your own free will. The days of only speaking when asked to are long over."

They traveled a little ways more in silence.

"What was it like?"

Ganondorf turned her.

"What was what like?"

"Ruling Hyrule as the King of Evil?"

Ganondorf thought about that time of his life.

"I'd rather not talk about it."

"Oh. I see."

They continued on in silence until Ganondorf thought he'd go crazy from the stillness!

"Who was your mother?"

"You don't know?"

"I don't have the slightest clue."

Ganondorf was surprised at how good it felt to tell the truth like that.

"Princess Zelda."

Ganondorf stopped dead in his tracks. The thought of the night before he fought the Hero of Time made his stomach churn! He hadn't been in his right mind that night. Just the thought of it made him feel sick!

"Father, are you all right?"

Ganondorf shook his head and blinked.

"Yeah."

He came up alongisde her again and looked down at her. She was small for her head just barely came up to his chest.

Ganondorf realized that he was feeling guilty!

What was happening to him?