AN: The next chapter has finally arrived

AN: The next chapter has finally arrived! What? That was only an hour's wait? Well, I did tell you the chapters would be coming in faster, didn't I?

Ganon led Ryu to her stallion. It was a tall midnight black horse, with silver eyes. Ganon's own horse stood next to it. It was an even larger midnight black horse, with red eyes. Ganon pointed to the silver-eyed stallion.

"That stallion is yours to keep. It doesn't have a name yet."

Ryu stared wide-eyed at the beautiful horse.

"I…It's beautiful. Thank you Ganon. I think I'll name him…Ryoma."

"Ryoma. It is a perfect name for a perfect horse. Hurry now, so we can get to Gerudo Fortress before noon."

She nodded. Both Ryu and Ganon mounted their stallions and galloped off towards Gerudo Fortress. On the way, Ryu stiffened as she saw Link peering out of Lon Lon Ranch's gate. Ganon slowed slightly when he noticed how tense Ryu was.

"Is something wrong, Ryu?"

Ryu straightened herself into a more proud, and less suspicious riding stance.

"I am just a bit nervous, dear. Could we just get this meeting over with as soon as possible, so we can go do something more…fun?"

As soon as Ryu said this, she regretted it. Ganon grinned the most foul, evil grin that Ryu had ever seen.

"Well, my little dragon, let's push the horses into a canter, and we'll be there in no time at all! The announcement won't take very long either. I promise after this that we'll do something that I'm sure we will both love to do! Hyaah!"

Ryu now felt helpless, since she knew that whatever Ganon liked, it wouldn't be good. As she urged her horse on and began to canter out of sight, Ryu turned in her saddle and mouthed the words "I'm sorry" to Link.

A short while later, they reached the entrance to the Gerudo's canyon. Just as they were about to dismount their horses to climb the stairs to the fortress, a Gerudo guard stopped them.

"HALT! Who dares to attempt entrance into the Gerudo's domain?"

Ganon seemed to seethe in anger until he finally shouted at the poor, unsuspecting guard.

"HOW DARE YOU! DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM!? I, GANON, AM KING OF THE GERUDO! YOU DARE DENY ME ENTRANCE TO MY OWN DOMAIN!?"

Just as Ganon rose his hand to strike the guard, Ryu put her hand on his shoulder to stop him.

"Ganon…to them, it has been seven years since you disappeared. After you were defeated, time was sent backwards to about the time you had just begun to assemble your plan to take over Hyrule. To the Gerudo, it is as if you simply disappeared right before your plan was to be implemented. Take a look at how young this girl is. By the look of her, she is only ten, maybe twelve at the most. That is much too young to remember when you were their king."

Ganon frowned as he thought over what Ryu had just said. Finally, he lowered his hand and spoke to the girl.

"Girl, take me to Nabooru."

The scared girl simply shook her head no. Ganon clenched his teeth and spoke to her again.

"…Why…not?"

The girl was so frightened, she had tears in her eyes.

"N-Nabooru died six and a half years ago. Her daughter, Sahira, took over ruling the Gerudo when she turned fifteen last year."

Ganon looked very thoughtful at that statement, while Ryu simply looked shocked. Ganon spoke up, this time with his normal rough tone, instead of an angry one.

"Then take us to Sahira, please."

The girl nodded yes this time, and directed up the stairs and into the main doors of the fortress. They walked down the hallway for quite a while until finally they took a left into the throne room, and the girl introduced them.

"Queen Sahira, I present to you Ganondorf and…?"

At this point the girl looked confused. Ryu took pity on her and spoke up.

"Ryu, the Dark Dragon."

Sahira… Well, to say the least, inwardly she was both very shocked and confused. All she could think about was the fact that the evil man her mother had told her about was back, and that her godmother was standing with him. Outwardly however, she simply raised an eyebrow and asked a question.

"Where have the both of you been for the past seven years? I have missed my godmother, and the Gerudo's have missed their king."

Ganon and Ryu both spoke at the same time. "Godmother?"

Then an instant later Ryu snapped her fingers and said, "Oh, that's right! While Nabooru was pregnant, she needed someone to look after her temple. The Dragon of Light was out on a long-term mission at the time, and Impa suggested I watch over Nabooru's temple because I was the only one available at the time. Right around the time that Sahira would have been born is when all of us dragons…disappeared. Nabooru must have made me Sahira's godmother in thanks for keeping the temple in good shape while she couldn't! …But, Sahira, how did your mother die?"

"That is not something I like to speak about," she said quite darkly.

AN: Yes, I know. A slight cliffhanger. At least I wrote some more, right? Runs into a reader-proof room to avoid any angry reviewers Any flames will be used to roast rabid plot bunnies, which may result in the discontinuation of this story! the lights go out in the reader-proof room, and readers hear a scream as several plot bunnies attack the author. Akira appears in front of the room. Ryu is currently indisposed right now. Please leave all messages in the form of reviews or emails. That is all, and thanks for your continued patronage of this story! bows