(A quick AU - I've got my own computer back and will hopefully put up more TP fics. Enjoy.)

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Arrogance.

The man was the epitome of arrogance. Each smirk, each look, each step he took breathed of it and it sickened her. He acted as if he had the entire world in his grasp; and he did. Zelda was not foolish enough to admit that the world did not hang on a delicate balance. All of it depended on Link. Yet, Link was not there in the castle, with its gray walls and endless rain. The entire place had the cheer of a funeral march. Ganondorf was the only thing that gave it color. His desert heritage spoke clearly on his clothing and coal-hot eyes. He was arrogant, and had no qualms with showing it. So arrogant he had proposed she become his queen. That arrogance disappeared as she refused. She would not give up her kingdom.

But she already had. His arrogance, it seemed, was justified.