A/N: So as I said, things will start to take a turn for the worse. In this chapter Ganondorf will be wickedly cold hearted and for those of you who were starting to like him, I bet you'll despise him by the end of the chapter. Upsetting, I know, but unfortunately, most all good things must come to an end, and if I had kept Ganondorf nice, that wouldn't tie into Ocarina of Time at all! LOL.

So brace yourselves, and thank you for all the supportive reviews. This story isn't quite over yet, and to answer ForeverZeldaGirl's question, I intend on continuing the story after the seven-year reign of Ganondorf. So you're going to see Nalissa as a young purple, because as I mentioned earlier, the girls are ranked starting at eight.

So please enjoy!

I present to the readers Chapter 10:

Chapter 10

Three months later, Nabooru was running around the fortress, finalizing things for Nalissa's first birthday. They were holding a huge celebration and the whole fortress was to attend.

"You're going to keep track of the games for the little ones, right Jamila?"

"Of course Mrs. Nabooru; I told you several times we've arranged multiple activities to keep the young ones entertained! Please don't get too stressed over this, Miss!" the young Gerudo said. Nabooru blushed.

"Of course, it's just the party's in three weeks, and Ganon keeps sending me to run errands, and…"

"I understand, Miss! It's your child's first birthday and you want it to be perfect, especially since the whole fortress is coming." Nabooru smiled and nodded.

"Nobby, your hubby wants you!" Katara exclaimed from afar, smiling. She respected Ganondorf a bit more now since he'd been home for a change the last three months, but she still had her many doubts about him. Nabooru dashed over and pointed a finger at her.

"DON'T call me that!" she said, smiling as she darted into the hideout. Katara smirked and walked off.

***

Ganondorf greeted his wife with a kiss as she entered their chambers.

"Where's Nalissa?" she asked.

"Janka's got her. She's giving her a bath and trimming her nails and…all that stuff." Ganondorf replied. Nabooru smiled.

"So what did you need me for?" Ganondorf reached into his pouch and pulled out ten red rupees.

"Here are two hundred rupees. Go to the market and buy Nalissa some birthday gifts." Nabooru took the rupees and placed them in her pouch.

"Why are you sending me?" Ganondorf smiled.

"Well Nabooru, you are her mother. You know what she likes. Go buy her something nice." Nabooru gave him a questioning look and then took off.

***

Nabooru had never been to Hyrule before. So therefore she'd never been to Castle Town Market either. She felt very out of place. As soon as she entered, Hylians stared at her because she was the only Gerudo there. They seemed somewhat intimidated. So as not to look like the stereotypical Gerudo warrior, Nabooru relaxed her hard facial features and smiled as she made her way through the market. Hylians still stared but they didn't seem as frightened like they had when she first entered.

"Wow, I must be pretty scary looking." She mumbled to herself. Finally she saw a nice little booth stocked with clothes. Nabooru walked up to it. She found a cute little baby blue dress and tights in Nalissa's size. "How much for the whole outfit?" she asked the man running the booth.

"Uh, forty rupees." He said, staring at her. Nabooru handed him two red rupees and he bagged the outfit for her.

"Thank you." Nabooru said politely.

"Mm-hmm." The man said, eyeing her like she was going to take her scimitars out and slice him any second.

Nabooru bought random things for her baby that day, including toys. She had one red rupee left at the end of the day. She chose to buy a recipe book for herself. It was for Nalissa too, in a sense, so she could help prepare her food not only at the party but also for the rest of her childhood. Ganondorf still laughed at her when she cooked because he didn't see the point of knowing how to cook when they constantly had servants serve them meals all day, but Nabooru thought it might come in handy one day and she intended on teaching Nalissa how to cook too, when she was old enough. Nabooru thought that there was nothing more relaxing after a stressful day than to eat a nice meal, and it was a personal bonus if you made it yourself. Nabooru was more appreciative towards the chefs (and more thankful for having any food in general) than Ganondorf because he had been waited on since the day he was born, and Nabooru used to go hungry with the other low-ranked Gerudos before she became an Elite and met Ganondorf. So she knew what it was like to be practically starving, and therefore she appreciated a good meal.

"Excuse me, Miss. Are you a Gerudo? I've never seen one before." A young girl stopped Nabooru on her way out.

"Yes I am." She replied. The girl smiled curiously.

"You have an odd accent." Nabooru laughed.

"Well to me, all you Hylians do, too."

"Do Gerudos in the desert speak to each other in Gerudo?" Nabooru smiled at the red haired girl, happy that someone with pale skin wasn't afraid to approach her for once.

"Typically, yes we do. But everybody knows Hylian as well. We learn Gerudo first, then as we begin our training at the age of eight, we have teachers teach us Hylian.

"Do all Gerudos train in the ways of combat?"

"Yes. We are all required to train once we turn eight."

"Excuse me, Miss…you wear a lot of jewelry, such as gold and gems. Do all Gerudos dress like that?" Nabooru frowned.

"Unfortunately, no. I'm more…well…I can afford more than most Gerudos. See, I'm married to the king." Nabooru didn't add that most Gerudos steal any jewelry or anything valuable then sell it for money since her people already seemed to have a bad reputation in Hyrule. The girl's blue eyes widened.

"King Ganondorf? I've heard of him! I heard he's very handsome." Nabooru smirked.

"He is, but he thinks too much of himself." She said in a joking way.

"Miss…no, Your Highness, I am very honored to have met you. It must be nice being married to the Gerudo king." Nabooru smiled. No one ever called her 'Your Highness' back in the fortress.

"It is." She said, meaning it for the first time in a long time. "It really is."

"Well, I need to go. My dad is the owner of Lon Lon Ranch and he's also the castle's milkman and he hasn't come back yet from delivering milk since last night. I sent a boy in green to look for him. I need to check up on that." Nabooru frowned.

"Is your dad alright? Want me to send some Elites to look for him?"

"Oh, no. He probably just fell asleep somewhere. He does that all the time."

"Oh." Nabooru said, wondering how a person could possibly be that lazy.

"It was nice talking to you! Bye, Your Highness!" she said, running off. Nabooru waved and exited.

***

When Nabooru returned, Nalissa was back in the chambers and playing with her dolls.

"Mama's here!" Nabooru shouted.

"Dada." Nalissa said. "Cati."

"No, don't say that anymore. That's a bad word." Nabooru told her, since Ganondorf had disapproved of his daughter referring to one of his top Elites as 'Cati', even if she was Nabooru's greatest rival.

"Dada. Cati." Nabooru shook her head. "Dada and Cati. Here."

"What?" Nabooru asked. She had taught her some new words recently, but did she even know what 'here' meant? Nabooru picked up an unfamiliar doll. "Where did you get this?"

"Cati." Nalissa said.

"What?"

"Nabooru! Kali stopped by earlier and she dropped that doll off for her." Ganondorf shouted from the bedroom. He was reading an old book.

"Oh, okay. Wow! You're very smart!" she told Nalissa. She briefly wondered what Kali was doing in the Royal Chambers, but she shrugged it off. She put her shopping bags in the room then went about making more plans for the party.

***

"Wow!" baby Nalissa shouted. Everyone in the fortress was gathered around her watching her unwrap her presents. Nabooru had taught her to say 'wow' before the party and she was saying it after opening every present. Everyone thought she was adorable.

"Time for cake!" Nabooru shouted, bringing out the cake (which she had made herself –despite Ganondorf's teasing). She'd made enough for everybody, so everyone – adults and children alike – dashed to get a decent sized piece. It was a bright hot day and they had set up a huge tent to have the party under.

"Nabooru, not bad for your first time." Katara said, tasting Nabooru's cake.

"Thanks. I got it out of a Hylian recipe book I got at the market." She said.

"Honey." Said a voice. It belonged to Ganondorf. He darted over to Nabooru. "I'll be right back. I need to go get Nalissa her special surprise gift I left inside our chambers."

"Okay, I love you!" she said, kissing him.

While all the girls enjoyed their cake, Nabooru watched Kali, who was acting very odd. She refused cake, and she stood far away from the group during present time.

"Perhaps she's jealous again." Nabooru said to herself, wondering why she'd be taking it out on her baby. Nalissa hadn't done anything to her except call her Cati, which she didn't even know what it meant in the first place.

Nabooru watched as Kali looked around suspiciously, then disappeared into the hideout.

Soon it was game time. Nalissa and all her little friends seemed to enjoy game time. Even the adults were having fun watching them, because the tribe hardly ever threw parties, and it was fun for them to get away from being fierce warriors all the time and just hang around being sisterly.

"Hey Katara, Ganon went to get Nalissa a present, and he hasn't come back for a while. Watch Nalissa while I check on him, please?"

"Sure." Katara said, running off to play with the little kids.

Nabooru entered the hideout. She made her way up to the chambers. As she neared it, she wondered if Ganondorf needed help finding the present, and that's what was taking him so long. Perhaps he'd lost it, she thought.

Just as Nabooru was about to open the door, she heard a voice from the inside.

"I've been waiting for you to come." It was Ganondorf's voice. Nabooru's thievery training kicked in as she put her head against the door to eavesdrop. There was a moment of silence then some shuffling and heavy footsteps. Someone was walking toward the bedroom. Then there was more talking, but it was muffled. Nabooru quietly and carefully opened the door and tiptoed in, relying on eleven years of training.

She crouched her body over and tiptoed to the bedroom. She sidled up to the wall, turned her head slightly, and peeked in. She was horrified at what she saw.

Kali had her arms around Ganondorf's shoulders, and his were around her waist, too close for comfort to her backside. The two were smiling and staring deeply into each other's eyes.

"I'm sorry, Ganon. It was difficult for me to sneak out of the party without somebody seeing me and getting suspicious." Kali said.

"Never mind that, now. I told Nabooru I was getting Nalissa a present. What is she doing, do you know?" he asked her.

"She's organizing the games for the toddlers. She'll be busy for at least the next twenty minutes or so."

"Good. Then we've got time." He said, kissing her passionately.

Nabooru turned her head away from the scene. She had to cup her hand over her mouth to keep from gasping and giving herself away. Tears streaked her bronze cheeks, causing black liner to streak down from her copper eyes.

How could he do this to me, and with her?? She thought. Holding her breath to restrain from sobbing loudly and giving herself away, she turned her head back. What should she do? Should she go in screaming and shouting? Or should she wait? Should she seriously cause a scene in front of all the Gerudos at her daughter's birthday party?

"Mm, I love you." Ganondorf whispered. "More than I have ever loved any woman."

"Ooh, really?" Kali whispered with a mischievous smile. "Show me how much."

"Of course." Ganondorf responded. Nabooru almost cried out when Ganondorf threw Kali on the bed and climbed on top of her.

Nabooru couldn't watch any more. She snuck back out of the Royal Chambers then went dashing to the entrance room of the hideout. When she got there, Nabooru fell to the floor screaming and crying. She cursed repeatedly. After a moment of this, she realized a few Elites were watching her, including Katara.

"Come on, Nabooru." Katara whispered, grabbing her arm and leading her to her personal chambers.

***

Locking the door, Katara faced Nabooru.

"So what's wrong?" through sobs, Nabooru told Katara what she saw.

"How could he do this, and with her? Now I understand why he's been sending me out on errands a lot lately and why he sent me out that particular day to get Nalissa presents and what she was trying to tell me when she said 'dada' and 'Cati' in the same sentence." Katara shook her head angrily.

"Oh, Nabooru. I'm sorry."

"I can't even say or do anything! He's the king. And I can't start drama at my daughter's party!" Katara sighed but then looked up suddenly, as if she'd gotten an idea.

"You can do something," Katara told her, "to Kali."

***

"What? You're demoting me?" Kali screamed.

"Sorry, Kali. But the Upper Elite Court agreed. You're not carrying out your responsibilities as an Elite." Katara said.

"Oh. By the 'Upper Elite Court' you mean Nabooru? Don't tell me that conniving little 'accidental Elite' planned this out!" Kali shouted.

"Well one, Nabooru's position wasn't accidental. She deserved that position much more than you did. She just got it faster than she would have due to the king taking a personal interest in her. I knew she'd get that position since I first saw that girl fight." Katara said. "And two, it doesn't matter who complained. I've had multiple people complain, so now we must take action." Nabooru had recently promoted Katara to a higher rank of Elite, so therefore Katara now had the power to demote and promote other girls.

"No fair! I've worked my butt off since I was a child! Nabooru still is a child! If anyone deserves this position, it's ME!!!"

"Nabooru's nineteen. She's hardly a child anymore. She's been the Elite-Elite and second-in-command since she was sixteen and a half, she got married to the king at seventeen, got pregnant, had his baby at eighteen, and here she is now at nineteen years of age, still with the king, has a beautiful child with him, she's still the top Elite, and she is basically living the life you wish you had. You're twenty-seven, and you definitely act more like a child than her. I signed your papers. You are to be a Red."

"A RED?!?!"

"Yes, a measly little Red. And you know that once you're demoted from an Elite position, you can never get it back. Go now and receive your uniform from Jasela before I make you a Purple." Kali was red with anger.

"AGHHHH!!!!" she screamed, frustrated, as she dashed out of the room. With a smile on her face, Katara ran to the door and laughed silently as Kali ran down the hallway screaming and knocking boxes over in pure anger.

"Our plan has begun." Katara said to herself.

***

It took every little bit of patience Nabooru had not to scream and cry and throw things in the presence of Ganondorf. But she played it off according to her and Katara's plan. But he was starting to smell a rat.

Nabooru was cooking dinner one night while he came up from behind her, wrapped his arms around her, and kissed the top of her head.

"What's up with you, Honey?" he whispered.

"Nothing." She said shortly, avoiding making eye contact or having a conversation with him.

"You've been acting oddly since Nalissa's birthday party two days ago."

"Oh? How so?"

"Well, you haven't been talking to me much and you've slept on the couch the last two nights."

"Sorry. I've just needed some time to myself these days. I've been doing it to Katara, too. I've been discovering a lot about myself this past week."

"And about you too", Nabooru wanted to add, but she bit her tongue. No matter what the plan was, she could not bring herself to sleep in the same bed with the man just two days ago she thought loved her and respected her enough not to cheat on her. Also, she found the thought of lying in the bed he'd made love to someone else in – especially Kali – repulsive.

Ganondorf looked at her like he knew she knew something he didn't want her to know.

"Well, if you need anything, you know I'm here." He kissed her forehead. "I love you, Nabooru."

"Yeah." Nabooru replied coldly, not looking up from her recipe. Ganondorf looked confused for a second then walked away. Nabooru shook her head. "Scum bag." She murmured.

***

It had been a week, and Katara was telling Nabooru all of the reported breakdowns Kali had been having.

"She was so ticked off, you should have seen it! It was rich!" Katara shouted, laughing.

"So she's a Red?" Nabooru asked.

"Yep. I got Kelina and Janina to sign it."

"Too bad I missed it." Nabooru laughed.

"Yeah, well I've got to go take care of some business. See you, Nobby." Nabooru smiled as Katara walked away.

After brushing Blaze, she decided to go take care of some business herself.

***

"Hey Kali, how is it being a Red?" Kali glared at her. Nabooru wanted to fight the woman, but she held back. "Let me tell you, that color looks much better than the green or white. You still would look better in purple, but you can live with a red, right?" Nabooru was really enjoying herself. Just as she began to walk away, Kali spoke.

"I know you know." Nabooru stopped dead in her tracks as she registered those words.

Turning around slowly, Nabooru glared and said, "what? Is there something I should know?" Kali smiled evilly and walked forward.

"You can quit playing it off. Ganon tells me everything. He said you don't sleep in the same bed anymore. You haven't for the last week or so."

"Is that any of your business?"

"Yes it is, actually. Ganon loves me. We make love every time you're gone and he says he'll leave you one day and be with me."

"I don't believe you." Nabooru said with a frown. She wished that she had just left Kali alone.

"I'm sure you do, but if you don't, then that's fine. You'll find out soon enough."

"Whatever." Nabooru said, starting to walk away.

"Oh, think about it, Nabooru. How many times has he sent you to Hyrule in the last month or so? Did he ever send you before recently?"

"I don't care and I don't believe you, Kali." Nabooru shouted over her shoulder, still walking away.

"Well maybe this will make you believe me. Let me tell you something, he's a great lover. The way he passionately kisses my neck, how he wraps his arms around me when I'm sad, how he whispers sweet things in my ear…" Nabooru stopped, painfully being reminded of all the things Ganondorf used to do with her. So it was all true. He hadn't just cheated with Kali once; they were having an affair. Kali walked up to her with a smirk, and whispered from behind (since Nabooru still refused to look in Kali's direction). "And in bed…"

"AGHH!" Nabooru screamed. She turned around, grabbed Kali by her hair, and punched her in the face all in one swift motion. Kali fell to the floor with a shocked expression. She felt her lip and was surprised to see blood on her fingers. Then she smirked.

"Ooh, so I'm getting to you." Nabooru felt like she could kill the woman and not feel remorse.

"I don't care about Ganondorf. He is an ass and if you actually have standards that are that low and you really want him then you deserve him. But you know what? He'll get bored with you then find someone else. And you'll be the sorry one." Nabooru began to walk away.

"ARRGH!" Kali screamed, jumping up and wrapping her arms around Nabooru's neck. She threw all her weight back, causing both women to fall backwards to the floor. Still on the floor, Nabooru forcefully knocked Kali's arms off of her neck and turned around to punch Kali in the face again. Kali grabbed her fist before she could land a punch, twisted her arm, and threw her on her back. Now it was Kali's turn to stare down at Nabooru. Kali managed to land a punch in her nose. Well aware of the blood dripping from it, Nabooru immediately became angry. She brought her foot up and kicked Kali in the face, causing her to fall backwards. Nabooru quickly rolled to get to her feet. Once she did, she went into a fighting stance.

"Come on, get up." She said. Kali groaned in pain with her head down. "What? Am I more for you than I was last time? When we were both Greens?" Kali crawled around on the floor, obviously in pain. Finally she slowly started to get back to her feet, clutching her face in her hands and looking down at the floor. "Face me. I want to see the damage." Nabooru told her. Kali glared and took her hands away from her face. Nabooru had a petty little nose bleed from Kali's fist, but it seemed Nabooru's foot had done more damage. Kali's nose was very obviously broken, and it looked by far more painful than Nabooru's.

With incredible speed, Kali charged at Nabooru, and did the infamous Gerudo spin attack, except without the use of scimitars. Instead, she used her fist, which knocked Nabooru to the floor again.

Nabooru groaned. Kali's fist had collided with the side of her head, and the room was spinning. Nabooru blinked. Next thing she knew, Kali was crouching over her with one leg on each side so she couldn't get away.

Kali wrapped her cold, long fingers around Nabooru's neck and began to choke her. All Nabooru could see was Kali's smirking face.

"When he questions me about your death, I'll tell Ganon you attacked me first…which you did." She said. Nabooru grabbed Kali's hands, trying to pull them off her neck, but she couldn't focus enough from the blow to her head. She gasped for air but she couldn't breathe. Smiling evilly, Kali tightened her grip.

Nabooru continued to choke. She was losing focus quickly. The room was still spinning, and now she saw three smiling Kali's choking her instead of one. She didn't know if it was from getting hit in the head or being strangled or both, but she knew she needed to do something fast or she was going to die.

"Well I guess Nalissa will be needing a new mother now, with you dead and all." Nabooru's eyes widened at this. "Don't worry, I'll take care of her as if she was my own. As a matter of fact, I'll tell her she's mine, so she won't ever be embarrassed by the fact her real mother was a sad, sorry excuse for a Gerudo warrior."

There was no way Nabooru was going to let this horrible woman raise her child and try to pass her off as her own. Kali smirked and laughed evilly as Nabooru tried to gasp for air.

Nabooru reached into her pouch subtly. Once her fingers curled around the handle, she yanked it out and thrust it into Kali's stomach. It was her mother's dagger in which her mother had passed on to Nabooru, telling her to use it if she was ever in a situation like this.

Kali quickly let go, causing Nabooru to gasp and take in a big chunk of air. Kali stared at the dagger sticking out of her stomach, looked at Nabooru in shock, then began to weakly crawl away, most likely to get help.

Nabooru fell to the floor again, and then everything went black.

A/N: Whew, this is officially my longest chapter.

Poor Nabooru, I told you Ganondorf was going to become evil, and now he is.

And did anyone realize young Malon's appearance? Yep, Malon was talking to Nabooru in the market. That was the same day she sent Link to go find her dad in Hyrule castle if you're familiar with OoT.

I bet everyone's excited to finally see Nabooru and Kali go at it! But unfortunately, both got hurt. So what's going to happen in the next chapter? How will Ganondorf feel about the two women fighting? Remember to review and I'll try to post the next chapter tomorrow! Thank you all my faithful reviewers. If it weren't for you people, I wouldn't even be putting the effort into this story, and I'm glad I did, because I've become really proud of this story. =]

~Green Eyed Gerudo