My father is Ganondorf. Don't act all surprised now, he used to go out before he became evil. He had a social life. Who am I kidding, he was always evil! Well, he just was never good at it until I came along. You see, I'm the brains of ever operation he puts into action. You could say I'm evil too. But, I have a good heart. All I want to do is make my father proud of me. Love me. But he pays more attention to his enemies, Link and Zelda to even notice me. Now I've never met them or seen them before. Correction: I've seen Zelda before. All I know is my father hates them. So I must hate them.

My name is Layna. I was named after my mother. My mother's gone now, ever since… what happened. I know that she would love me. I have to admit, I am actually a very sweet person. I like to dress up pretty. The only thing on me that is not ladylike is my sword. My father gave it to me to… use on prisoners if it pleased me. I am glad to say that I have never used it. But I just wish that I had some friends.

"Lana!" I sighed. My father was calling me. He calls me "Lana". He thinks it sounds more devious. I like "Layna" just fine.

"Coming father!" I called. I ran to his study. I stopped in front of his door and took a deep breath. I smoothed my dress and put my hand on the hilt of my sword. I opened the door and stepped in.

"Yes, father?"

"Lana, darling. I need a plan. I need to kidnap Link and Zelda. You must have an idea in that sharp head of yours?"

"Yes father, I will get started on it right now." He gestured toward his desk and I sat. He laid out a map and a piece of paper in front of me. I closed my eyes and brain stormed. I thought of what I knew about Link. I knew about his horse, fairy, sword… That was it! Kidnap his fairy! I started scribbling plans and arrows on the map. Within thirty minutes, it was complete.

GANONDORF'S POV

Lana was furiously scribbling on the paper and on the map. As I looked closer I saw that it was one of her most elaborate plans ever. As she finished the last paragraph with a flourish I was delighted. I had the most evil scheme making daughter in the world!

If only she had been a boy. Then I would have been proud of her. But she was born a girl. Bad enough she looks like her mother. Ridiculous deep purple eyes and straight black hair. She is the splitting image of her mother. At least she had my evil brains.

"Done father." She said. She stood and gestured for me to sit and look at the plan.

"Yes, yes, yes!" I cried. It was perfect. I would finally crush Link and Zelda. Or, I would have my perfect daughter in Zelda. I would crush Link. And maybe Lana. Then I could go on to rule Hyrule. I would have the perfect kingdom. Link and Lana gone. My plan is perfect…

LAYNA'S POV

I beamed. Father loved my plan! Maybe, just maybe he was… No, I would know if he was proud of me.

"You can go now, Lana. Go feed the prisoners or something." I nodded. I practically skipped out of his study. I silently shut the door. I ran and skipped and hummed to myself all the way to the kitchen.

I knocked on the little door and the window opened.

"Here you go, Layna. Remember that they go in order of cells. And the prisoners like it when you tell them exactly what they're getting."

"Ok, thank you." I took the tray and walked to the prisoners. I went through the wooden door. I went up to the first cell. A man looked up. He had a straggly grey beard. His head was bald. I shuddered as I saw that my father didn't feed prisoners much. I could see his ribs sticking out of his stomach. I opened the little door in the cell door and slid the tray in.

"Regular," I said. The man looked up.

"Thank you, kind girl." I smiled. I don't know why, but when I do stuff like this, it makes me happy.

"You're welcome," I said. I went to the next cell. Someone was in the corner. I couldn't see exactly who, but I saw someone was in the corner.

"Vegetarian." I slid in the tray. I continued to do this until all the food was given. I then left the people. I went to my favourite room in the whole castle.

It was the Crystal Room. It's just beautiful. The walls and floors and carved out of a huge crystal. The furniture is crystal, everything's crystal. When it's morning and the sun rises, the whole room glitters and throws rainbows everywhere. It's so beautiful it takes my breath away.

The sun set it just as beautiful too. That was what I was waiting for. While I looked out the window, I felt peace. Just a very content feeling. Like nothing was wrong and never would be. I really hoped that father would kill Link and Zelda. It would make him so happy. Maybe even proud of me. The thought of my father on one knee with his arms held out for me brought tears to my eyes. I could picture him saying, "Come here my dear Layna! I am so proud of you!" Then I would run into his arms and we would hug. And he'd say, "I love you, Layna." And I'd say, "I love you too, father." Because even though you might hate Ganondorf, I can't. He's my father, loving him is like a reflex.

I held my breath. The sun was going down. Rainbows flashed all around me. Everywhere I looked it sparkled. I smiled and laughed. I love this room! I imagined me and a handsome gentleman in this room. I pretended to talk with him and accept his dance. I danced and danced until the sun was completely down. I sighed. Maybe, just maybe, my father was proud of me. In his own little way. Just the thought of it lifted my spirits higher and then I knew what it was like to be an optimist.