Chapter Two
Both Link and Ganondorf walked up to each other and…
Ganondorf pulled him into a strong manly hug that equaled to a Goron's. He ruffled his hair and said "So how's the great General of Hyrule doing!"
Link struggled and pulled away from Ganondorf's grasp with a laugh. "Great until you tried to suffocate me and take my head off," he said brushing back his now frizzy hair.
"Get used to it," said another figure that walked beside him, yawning tiredly. He also had blonde hair like Link, but it was pulled over his left eye. His eyes were red and he was dressed in midnight blue clothes and wore a simple black breastplate with the symbol of a red crying eye across it. He also had white bandages all on his bare arms and hands.
"Morning Sheik, or should I say afternoon since it is already two o' clock," Link said to Sheik who replied with a snort.
"I'm in hiding, I can do whatever the fuck I want," Sheik snapped. This was true. They were in a tunnel in Goron City that was blocked by a huge group of rocks that could only be moved by a very strong Goron. And that wasn't possible since all the Gorons were shut off from the city and now lived deep in the volcano. Link picked this hideout for Ganondorf and Sheik himself, since they were his two greatest friends and no matter how loyal he was to Serenity, he would always protect his friends.
Dark Link appeared with a grin. "Except come out of hiding of course," he corrected him.
"Whatever. So Link, still fuck-buddies with Serenity?"
"Of course," Dark Link answered before his lighter counterpart could even reply. Link shot a glare at him.
"I'm amazed that I haven't considered suicide because of you."
Upon hearing this Sheik leaped onto Dark Link and ruffled his hair much like Ganondorf did to Link and happily said in a high-pitched voice. "Aww, you hurt Darky's feelings!"
"Aww, thank you for defending me Sheiky!" Dark replied in a voice just as high-pitched and hugged him back. The whole group laughed before Link fumbled through his belt through satchels of stuff until he pulled out a bag of freshly salted meat.
"Here you go," Link handed the meat to Ganondorf. "I brought you some food in case you got sick apples and peaches from the forest."
"Thanks," Ganondorf said and ripped a piece for him and threw the rest to Sheik, who caught it graciously with a happy smile.
"So I'm guessing there was no problems with the Lost Woods?"
"Yeah there was," Ganondorf shot a look at Sheik. "Sheik almost got lost while picking some fruit."
Link and his shadow looked at him with a weird look. "How do you get lost? There's a huge group of peach and apple trees next to the tunnel!" Dark Link asked. Sheik blushed and fiddled his fingers.
"I shaw a rabbit," he said embarrassed. Everyone rolled their eyes, knowing that Sheik has a bad habit of doing stupid things for very stupid reasons.
"So how is Serenity?" Ganondorf asked. "Put any people in jail for racist reasons? Example, my people?"
Link glared at him and sighed, but before he could answer Sheik interrupted him.
"Serenity doesn't put your people in jail for racist reasons, She's just a power-hungry egotistical overlady who wants your Triforce of Power," Sheik stated. "She wants to the Sheikah in jail for racist reasons."
Although Sheik was joking, Ganondorf did actually have the Triforce of Power, hidden beneath his thick armor. It seemed like a very good hypothesis, but Link wondered if Lady Serenity even knew that Ganondorf had the Triforce of Power. She never mentioned it to him when it was annouced that the Gerudo was a wanted man.
"Why haven't I sent you two to jail yet?" Link said exasperated.
Sheik darted up to him and grinned. "Because we have cookies. And that's much better than sex with royalty."
Ganondorf laughed and calmed down before saying, "All right guys, that's enough busting Serenity and Link, I want the juicy news."
Link nodded. "Serenity doesn't believe me when I said that you two were possibly hiding in Zora's Domain. She wants me to widen my horizons."
"Well, keep at this belief. The last thing we want is someone to suggest Goron City and have guards at every corner," Ganondorf stated. "I'd also watch for the Nabooru. She is second in command and from what I know of her, she is probably hiding most of my people. The last thing I want is her in Serenity's hands. Her arrest and death would affect the Gerudo's immensely."
Link nodded. "I'll see what I can do."
"Bye Link!" Sheik shouted. Ganondorf waved as both Link and his shadow left through the dark tunnel.
"General!" shouted Smith. He ran up to Link and braced himself as Epona came to an abrupt stop.
"I have a message from Lady Serenity of Hyrule," he stated. "She wants you to immediately come back to the castle."
Link nodded. "Any reason why?"
Smith shook his head. "She said she would explain it to you when you returned."
"All right," Link replied and galloped off for the Hyrule Castle Bridge. He had Epona guide him through the crowded streets of the market and head up to the castle itself.
When he opened the door to Serenity's throne room; he saw her sitting upon the golden chair twirling her wild blue hair completely bored.
Link respectively kneeled on his left leg and bowed before her.
"You asked of me milady?"
Serenity smiled. "Yes, General Link, I have another assignment for you."
Link looked up and nodded. Serenity got up from her throne and slowly walked around Link.
"Stand up, no need for formalities," she said calmly. Link obeyed as Serenity continued to walk around him.
"Under some information that one of the guards picked up, there is a Gerudo hideout nearby Hyrule Castle. I have asked a very large amount of soldiers to look into this. From what we could guess, it is very big suggesting that there could be six to a dozen Gerudo's in there," She said.
"I have assigned Anton to lead the group," Link stiffened. "But I want you to be there to make sure everything goes as planned."
"What do you want me to do?"
Serenity made a calm smile and stopped. "Always focused on the goal. You get straight to the point," she complimented him and moved up behind his shoulders and only a few inches away from his ear.
"I love that about you Link," she said in a husky voice before circling around him again.
"I want every Gerudo killed. I don't want to take any chances with these thieves. They are extremely skilled and dangerous," she said and then paused.
"Although I do want one of the Gerudos kept alive. From what we picked up their second in command has set up the hideout, and I want to see her."
"Her name would be?" Link asked, beginning to remember what Ganondorf said.
"I'd also watch for the Nabooru."
"Nabooru."
"Her arrest and death would affect the Gerudo's immensely."
"And where will this hideout be located?"
Serenity stopped again. "Lon Lon Ranch."
Although Link seemed unaffected by this on the outside, his insides were screaming on the inside. What! How! Is Malon apart of this? Was she forced to help them? Or was she a traitor? Link always knew that Malon was proud of her mother, but he didn't know she was that proud of her heritage enough to hide an extremely large group of fugitives at the ranch!
"The animals seem to need double the food this year, isn't that strange?"
It wasn't that animals that needed food. It was the Gerudos! Malon had them hiding there for a while now. He wondered how long she had been lying about this and covering it up.
"You can leave now," Serenity finished. Link nodded and walked out of the throne room back silently into the empty halls. While he did this, thoughts raced through his head.
Dark Link appeared concerned and shocked. "Are you going to tell him?" He said referring to Ganondorf.
Link didn't answer. Dark Link's eyes widened.
"Please tell me you are."
Link kept silent but then answered hoarsely. "If I leave to do something else, it'll make it look suspicious."
"Then I'll go," Dark Link said.
"Wait!" Link shouted. Dark Link stopped.
"You know Link, you're betraying him by not telling him this. You promised no matter what happened, you would not betray your friends, no matter what Serenity requests."
"I know, but this would be better," Link pleaded with his shadow. "You know Nabooru will already be put in jail and he will immediately go and break her out."
Dark Link walked up to him angrily. "I don't care! You have to tell him. Link if you are thinking of actually listening to Serenity's reasoning then you need to get your head straight!"
He began to walk off angrily, and Link groaned and ran after him.
"Dark!" he ran up and reached for him but his shadow suddenly disappeared at his touch. It was obvious that Dark Link already was heading for the hiding spot. He could sense it.
Link sighed and kept walking and cursed under his breath. Everything was going wrong. His old friend was in danger now, and he had to follow out the plans and arrest her.
There was also the chance that she might have to be killed. He could never do that to her. He didn't care if she was a traitor. He knew that Malon was still the same kind and compassionate girl he had met sixteen years ago.
There was also the fact that Ganondorf would get invovled with this. Ganondorf warned to instantly tell him if Nabooru was discovered. What happened if he tried to break her out of jail and ended up getting caught, along with Sheik. Link couldn't bear to have his friends locked up for the rest of their lives.
He walked out of the castle and rode Epona back out through the market. Once he crossed the bridge, he reached the group of soldiers by a patch of tall weeds.
"General Link!" some of them called out. Link got off his horse and ran to the group.
"We have ten men set around the walls of the ranch ready to ambush in case anything goes wrong," Edmund stated. Link nodded in reply.
"All right, I want at least a dozen men to come with me, since there will be about a dozen Gerudos. I repeat do not kill anyone until we have found who Nabooru is, got it?"
They all nodded in reply. "Lets move," Link gestured.
They marched up to the ranch quietly one by one with Link in the lead. Suddenly he heard Anton run up to him.
"What took you so long?" Anton whispered angrily at him. "We were waiting her for a while, you could've risked their escape!"
"If they escaped, guards would be there to find them. They have no where to escape," Link explained. That shut Anton up. He grumbled in frustration.
"All right, but I'm still leader of this group. Lady Serenity just sent you to check up on things," Anton stated. Link turned to him.
"Yes, she did, so don't make me send word to Lady Serenity if I do have to take charge," he warned. The rest of the trip into the ranch was in complete silence.
When they finally reached the inside of the walls Anton divided teams to ambush the stable and house. They checked if the stable, which was completely empty with the exception of a few cows and horses.
Next came the house. Link accompanied with Anton, Edmund, Smith, and a few other soldiers. Anton was the first to open the door and move in as they unsheathed their swords, bows, and arrows.
Link couldn't look at her face as Malon spilled her glass of milk onto the floor with a shocked look. She was roughly taken by two of the guards and tied in ropes. Anton walked up to her.
"Where are you hiding the Gerudos?" he yelled at her. Malon couldn't speak. She refused too and shook her head. Anton growled and slapped her across the face. That hurt Link as much as it hurt Malon. She didn't deserve that for protecting them.
"I'm not playing games with you! Where are the other Gerudos!"
Malon opened her mouth. "Storage room," she choked out.
They pulled her out of her house and into the field and began to walk over to the storage room. But as soon as they entered the field, Link instantly heard something. He turned around with his sword up to block as a Gerudo leaped off the barn with a jump attack and smashed her scimitar down at him. One thought crossed his mind as this event played out.
The Gerudos had an ambush waiting for the Hylian soldiers.
So that's the second chappie. I'm extremely amazed how close to 'Right Over Wrong' this is. I never planned it to be, but oh well. This story will get more individuality in the next chapter.
I've always thought Link needed some male friends, and I can't make very good male friends, so I took every male that had a large effect on OOT and added them as Link's friends. It doesn't make Link seem as crowded by females anymore.
I also love the oxymoron of this story, since Link doesn't really have a sense of humor but Dark Link, Sheik, and Ganondorf are happy, crazy, and funny people. But in OOT Link is the good guy, and Ganondorf, Sheik, and Dark Link are either dark, mysterious, and/or evil.
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