(Warning: in this chapter we have a major plot twist, so please, hang in there with me.)
"Goodbye, Friend, my the winds of fate allow us to meet again, later in the future." Zant teleported out of Hyrule, and back to the Twilight World.
Ganondorf and Qynth stood side by side, outside the castle, watching the sky until the portal disappeared. Ganondorf turned and grasped her hands. He smiled. "So what would you like to do today? It's a beautiful day out, how about a visit to Lake Hylia?"
"As much has I would love to, you have work to do." Qynth replied.
"So? I can put it off, come on, let's go." Ganondorf said.
"How's this, you need to work, so if you spend one hour working, then we'll spend the rest of the day at the lake."
"Deal, I'll come get you in an hour." Ganondorf kissed her on her cheek.
"I'm going to take a walk, but don't worry, I promise I'll be back before an hour passes." Qynth smiled.
"Okay, I best get to work then." Ganondorf walked away. "One hour, remember that." He looked back at her.
"I promise. In fact, I'll even bring Ooccoo. She'll teleport me back here." Qynth walked out of the castle.
South Hyrule Field was about an hours walk away, so Qynth decided to walk to there. As Qynth walked over the large sand dunes, she was glad she wore one of her oldest dresses, because she was covered in dust from the waist down by the time she got out of Gerudo Desert. She reached the South Hyrule Field about ten minutes early, so she decided to rest awhile. She sat down under the shade of one of the trees in the field. She was almost comfortable when she noticed a man on horseback, at the far end of the field. She squinted, "That can't be Ganondorf, it hasn't been an hour…" she stood up, trying to see who it was. As the rider came closer, she could see who it was.
"What do you want, Link?" She snapped. Hate seethed from her words. She walked out of the shade of the tree.
"Qynth! I was looking for you!" Link said urgently. "Something happened to Ganondorf and I'm supposed to take you to him." He was lying of course, in fact, Ganondorf was just filling out the last bit of paperwork he needed to do.
"Why would he send you?" Qynth replied suspiciously. She didn't trust Link as far as she could throw him, but, if Ganondorf was hurt….
"We were arguing at the time. He was waiting for you outside the castle gates, and I rode by. We started to fight, and when he tried to take a swing at me, he tripped and broke his leg. He waiting for you at the Hyrule doctor's office."
"Is he hurt bad?" Worry appeared on Qynth's face. She stepped closer to Link.
"No, but you will be!" Link pulled a rag dipped in Deku Shrub juice out of his pocket and put it over Qynth's face.
She took one breath of the poisonous fumes and fainted, falling to the ground. The last thing she thought was, "it's a trap."
Link jumped down from Epona and not breathing in the fumes, he threw the rag into the bushes. She tied Qynth's arms behind her back with rope, and then set her in the wood wagon that he had been pulling when he saw her. He then hoped up onto Epona and flicked the reins. Epona started walking at a brisk trot, heading to Link's secret hiding place, one of the random holes that appeared in Hyrule.
When they reached his favorite hole, he placed her in an abandoned cage that used to be used to hold Bulbins. The cage walls went up to the ceiling of the hole, and the door could only be unlocked by the key that Link kept in his pocket at all times. The bars of the cage were placed closely to each other, so that no one could slip through the bars.
Satisfied that she couldn't get out, Link untied her bonds and left the cave/hole, leaving Qynth down in the cave, not able to escape.
"Where is she?" Ganondorf was pacing outside the castle. He looked at the clock that was over the door of his castle. "She's half an hour late." He kept pacing. "What if she fell? Hat if she broke her leg? What if, because she's hurt, Bulbins are attacking her right this instant?" Ganondorf rushed out to the stables. He was dressed in his swim trunks, but he didn't care. He leapt on Greytone and shot out of the gate. He followed her footprints in the sand, which were only still there because the wind hadn't been blowing. He followed her tracks all the way to South Hyrule Field. When he got to the tree that she had been sitting under, he leapt off of Greytone. He could see that another person had come this way, someone on a horse, pulling a cart. He sniffed the air. "That's strange…." He could smell just a hint of Deku Shrub juice in the air. He looked around on the ground, searching for what made the terrible smell. He found the source in a bush. He held up a rag dipped in the juice. Holding his breath, he looked at it for some clue of who left it. It was just a normal green rag. "Green? Link!" Ganondorf dropped the rag. He urged Greytone back to the castle. He leapt off and quickly changed into his armor. Then he rushed back outside, and climbed back on Greytone. Then he rode off to the Castle.
"What do you mean Ganondorf is here?" Princess Zelda was sitting on her throne, reading a romance novel when one of the guards came in.
"He wishes to speak to you." The Guard said to Zelda. The rude Gerudo had showed up out of nowhere, demanding to see Zelda.
"Fine, send him in, but first, take his weapons. I do not want to be kidnapped again." Zelda sighed and put a bookmark in her book then set it on a table next to her.
"GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF ME, FOOLS!" Zelda heard Ganondorf voice outside the door. The door burst open, and a very angry Ganondorf barged in, weapons and all.
"Ganon, if you're here to princessnap me, could you do it later? I have a book signing this afternoon." Zelda held up a copy of her book, When the Hero Comes. "Everyone is expecting me to be there."
"I don't give a shit about kidnapping you, or your stupid book!" Ganondorf's face was beet red. "I'm here for Qynth!"
"Who is this Qynth, that you speak of?" Zelda asked, ignoring his language. "Or is that another name for drugs?" "Do not mock me, woman! You know who Qynth is! You sent Link to kidnap her!" Ganondorf yelled at Zelda.
"I have not sent Link to kidnap anyone." Zelda replied. She was shocked that he could even think that about the strong, brave, kind, Link. "Why do you think he did it?" "Well, first, he hates me, second, I found Epona's tracks in the ground where she was, third, he hates me, fourth, I found a piece of his dress dipped in Deku Shrub juice, used to render someone unconscious, and did I say he hates me?"
"I see….. Well, the evidence is piling up… let us hear his side of the story, before we make any conclusions." Zelda said. She turned to a guard, "Go fetch Link."
A few minutes later Link walked through the door. "Zelda, my love, you called for me?" He kissed Zelda's hand.
"Linky, Ganon here says you kidnapped his…..Um….." Zelda looked at Ganondorf, "What is she anyway?"
"The love of my life, and I swear to Din that I shall kill him if I do not get her back!" He pointed at Link.
"I see… Link, did you kidnap Qynth?" Zelda asked.
"I cannot lie, I did." Link replied with a straight face. "Love of his life? Wow… he does have some problems…." Link thought to himself.
"Link, give him back his love." Zelda serenely said. She thought to herself, "These to need to shut up so I can go back to my reading."
"But I had a good reason to do so! He kidnaps you practically ever day, yet, when I kidnap someone dear to him, he freaks out." Link protested.
"Yeah, but I kidnap Zelda to gain control of the castle, and to rule Hyrule! Yet you did it out of spite."
"I have heard both sides of your story, and I have my judgment." Zelda stood up. "Ganondorf, to get back your love, you must defeat Link, and free her. Just like Link must do every time you kidnap me."
"That will be easy." Ganondorf replied to Zelda's sentence.
"Your screwed!" Link smiled smugly at Ganondorf. "You couldn't defeat me when I had to battle you, what makes you think that you could defeat me now?" Link began to taunt Ganondorf. "You'll NEVER, never get her back if you have to beat me to get her back."
"Can it, Pipsqueak. Tomorrow, 6'oclock, at the Gerudo Dueling center. Be there, or forfeit." Ganondorf stormed out of the castle, and rode back to his castle. "Well, that's an ironic twist." Ganondorf went inside his castle to train for his final match.
Back to the Hole in the Ground
Qynth awoke. She attempted to move her arms, but they had been chained back to the wall the same way that Ganondorf was chained when he was defeated. She hung limply, her shoulders and arms hurting from the way they were chained back.
"I see that sleeping beauty finally woke up." Qynth looked around, and saw Link sitting on a rock.
She struggled against her bonds for a moment at the sight of him, attempting to get free. Knowing it was useless, she stopped struggling and allowed herself to hang limply. "Let me go!" She shouted at Link.
"Do you really think that I would let you go?" Link laughed at her. "I bet your hungry, aren't you?" Link pulled out two ham and cheese sandwiches. He unwrapped one, and bit into it. "To bad, 'cause you don't get any."
At the sight of food Qynth remembered about the picnic at Lake Hylia. "You will never get away with this. Ganondorf will know it was you, and he'll come and save me." "He already knows I did it…. But, Zelda declared that because I have to defeat him to save her, he has to defeat me to save you." He laughed again. "But we all know that that will never happen." Qynth was silent. He had been defeated so many times by Link. Could he really save her? "What happens if he doesn't…"
"Defeat me?" Link finished for her. "If he can't then to bad, 'cause he only gets one chance to defeat me, and if he wastes that one chance, then I guess you'll be my prisoner forever." Link stood up and left the cave.
"Ganondorf…please save me…." Qynth whispered. Tears rolled down her face. "Din, help him." She prayed to one of the goddesses of Hyrule.
The Day of the Battle
The two met at the dueling arena. Link had his shield and sword ready, and walked to where Ganondorf stood. "Be prepared to lose, Carrot Top." Link sneered.
Ganondorf stood opposite of him, his great sword in his hands. "I won't be the one losing today. You will."
"We'll see about that." Link replied. "And by the way, when you lose, I won't being showing you any mercy."
"Good, 'cause neither will I. Now shut up, and fight!" Ganondorf snarled.
The two crossed swords and began their epic battle. Link feigned to the left, while thrusting his sword towards the right. Ganondorf blocked it easily and sliced at Link's head. Link ducked just in time, his green pointy hat got knocked off by Ganondorf's sword.
Zelda sat on the bleachers that surrounded the arena. Qynth sat beside her, brow wrinkled with worry. Zelda yawned and looked over at Qynth. In the background, the two fighters' swords clashed together, with the occasional cry of pain as the sword hit flesh.
"How can you be sleepy at a time like this?" Qynth looked over at Zelda, who was supposed to stop her if she tried to escape.
"Well, I guess after having to watch those two fight almost every other week since I was thirteen, it starts to get boring." Zelda replied. She looked back at the fight. "Looks like Ganondorf's about to fall…."
As Zelda said it, Ganondorf was hit by Link's sword across the chest, it was blocked by his armor, but he fell backwards anyway. Link got into the Ending Hit stance and leapt into the air.
"Finish it!" Zelda shouted from the stands. Qynth worriedly looked at the fight, afraid that this was the end for Ganondorf.
Just before Link's sword came crashing down into his stomach, Ganondorf rolled out of the way. Link's sword got stuck in the ground, and Link attempted to free it. Link freed his sword, but Ganondorf had moved behind Link. As Link turned, Ganondorf's fist came crashing into his face. Link fell, his sword skittered a few feet away. Ganondorf brought his sword close to Link's neck, the point grazing Link's Adam's apple.
"You lose." Ganondorf put his sword into it's sheath. He began to walk toward the exit, his armor dinged up and full of scratches.
"He won." Qynth stood up and ran down the steps, and into the arena. Zelda followed her and rushed to Link's side. Qynth ran to Ganondorf, a smile upon her face. "You beat him!"
Ganondorf raised one eyebrow in a quizzical expression. "You doubted me?"
"Not once." Qynth said truthfully. "Your not hurt are you?" She surveyed the cuts, scratches, and dents in his armor.
"I'm fine." Ganondorf pulled her close to him. "You really scared me… I thought that a Peahat or something ate you."
"I'm sorry. I'll try not to get kidnapped again." She gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"We never did go to the lake…. Maybe we could still go and have some time to swim. The sun doesn't set for another two hours."
"You need to rest. You look exhausted." Qynth looked into his eyes. "Maybe tomorrow. After you do some work."
Ganondorf didn't reply, he did feel exhausted. "But I only have a little bit of work left." He lied, thinking of the huge pile of work that sat on his desk.
"Your both pathetic." They turned to see Link getting up from the ground, blood running from his broken nose. "Why don't you get a room, you freaks."
"Would you like to…" Ganondorf gestured at Link with his hand. "I would love to." Qynth walked over to Link, and slapped him across the face. The pain from Qynth slapping him across his broken nose was to much for Link. He fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Link!" Zelda rushed forward to try to heal Link with her magical powers.
Ganondorf and Qynth walked out of the arena, hand in hand, heading back to his castle, which sat just over the next hill.