Oh look, I finally posted! Yay!

Lol, no, but I'm not even going to bother apologizing. I mean, it gets redundant, no? But, anyway, first a few little shout outs! Thank you to koryandrs for commenting! Very much appreciated! Also big thanks to both Sibela Kahkariko and Captian-Winter for adding to their alerts! Thank you so very much!

And in other news, but you can skip over this, how many of you have played ALBW? It's so great if you haven't; the ending was phenomenal. Very short though, at least it seemed that way… But, I'm just sorta gonna advertise and say that I'm going to be writing a prequel of it set in Lorule, and it will follow the events leading up to ALBW. It'll be called "Of Sins and Misery: The Fall of Lorule," or at least when I begin posting. It's subject to change.

Anyway, enough of my rambling.

Read, Review, Enjoy!

Zelda sat within the wooden carriage, drowsy and hardly awake. Throughout the night, she had drifted in and out of sleep, with flitting dreams and images passing in and out of her head, but the wooden carriage which she was kept in was uncomfortable and knocked her awake every time it would hit a bump in Hyland's uneven terrain. Besides, she had not wanted to fall asleep as it was. She did not want to lose track of where she was, what time it was, or where she was going. However, though she had forced to keep her eyes open, she still inevitably lost her focus on all of that.

After a period of light half sleep, the carriage hit a bump and knocked Zelda's head against the wall of the carriage, forcing her awake. Her eyes went wide and she became alert, looking frantically about her. She found that she was still within her mobile prison, but that light was now showing through the barred windows. The light which shone was not what caught her attention, however; it was the scenery which was just beyond that.

Quietly, Zelda crawled to the window, quietly forcing the boards to creak, and looked out. She wrapped her hands around the metal bars, and her eyes grew wide as she took in the sight.

Trees… trees as far as she could see. She had just come this way, just come this way not but a few days before on Epona when traveling to The Capital of Hylia. Link was with her then. She knew more than well where she was. She was back out in Faron Woods. She was near Skyview. She was near Ordon.

Why would he take me out here?! she wondered, Why are we out in the woods? He has no reason to come out here, to take me out here; the Gerudo live in the Desert, and he is no longer after Ordon. He doesn't have any reason to come out here, no- Not unless...

"GANONDORF!" she shouted, jerking around and glaring at the wall of the carriage which she knew he was just past.

"Oh," the man replied smoothly, "her majesty has awoken."

"WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?" Zelda shouted. "WHY ARE WE IN THE FOREST? I WANT ANSWERS; TELL ME NOW!"

"All in time, my dear Princess, all in good time." Ganondorf simply replied.

Zelda could feel anger building, bubbling up inside of her. She could feel that same energy from when she'd first encountered this horrid, horrid man, within her heart and soul. The light energy of Hylia was becoming hers, and she could feel it beginning to take her over in her rage.

"YOU'LL TELL ME NOW!"

Zelda raised her hand and without thinking threw a blast of electrical light energy at the wall which Ganondorf was behind. The blast threw her back into the door of the carriage and made the whole vessel creak loudly. The vehicle came to a sudden stop, lurching Zelda forward from her place. A loud thud came from outside the carriage, and Zelda looked up to the source, knowing it to come from Ganondorf.

Ganondorf let out an irritated grumble, making inaudible curses under his breath as Zelda heard him coming to the back of the carriage. Zelda moved around in the back of her small space, shifting so that she would face the door as Ganondorf made his way to the back of the wagon. Her rage was building once more, and light energy was forming in her fists and eyes. She listened as Ganondorf hastily unfastened a lock on the outside of the carriage, a loud thud notifying her that he had thrown it on the ground. The doors of the carriage swung open and Zelda immediately swung her hand without hesitation to Ganondorf, the built up light powers flying toward him.

Ganondorf had been prepared, however. He quickly shielded himself by swiping his hand across the space between him and the cart, conjuring a protective wall of purple magic between him and the strike of light magic. The light magic faded in his protective purple barrier, and he was quick to create within his other hand another ball of the dark magic, which he aimed and shot at Zelda.

Zelda's eyes went wide the minute she realized what he had done, her powers already having gone and faded, no longer providing her with a form of defense against the Gerudo and his magic. The ball of purple magic struck her hard in the chest, absorbing into her body and sending the painful shockwaves of the dark magic throughout her entire being. She let out a shrill cry as pain consumed her, her body going weak, weaker than it had been from the night before.

Once the last traces of the magic left her, their power now out, and once her voice had given way to raspy breaths, she collapsed onto the wooden floor of the carriage in a lumbering heap. As she lay, she paid no mind to Ganondorf as he stood there, his booming voice and harsh words sounding distant and incoherent to her. She could not even think to herself, let alone pay attention to him. She also found it quite difficult to breathe, and she could not move. With her ear pressed to the boards of the carriage, the only thing she could focus on was the loud and irregular pounding of her heart which she felt in her chest and eardrums. Even her harsh breaths seemed to be distant to her.

"...the powers which you claim are no match for mine, you unruly girl. Magic is nothing if the one who possesses it cannot control it," Ganondorf ranted, going on endlessly about how Zelda could not control her magic, and how she was no match for him. She could not respond, however, for the only slightest thing she could do now was twitch her fingers.

"...now get up," Ganondorf ordered, ending his rant as he reached down and yanked Zelda up by her shoulder. Zelda let out a sharp gasp as pain seemed to shoot through her body again, for Ganondorf took her and practically dragged her out of the carriage. He let go of her when she was at the edge of the wagon's bed, and she fell to the road with a thud, the wind knocked out of her once more. She tried to push herself up off of the ground, but she could not find the strength to do so. She was too weak.

Ganondorf watched as Zelda groveled, forcing herself up though her face was in the dirt. It struck him, for a moment, that she was actually physically incapacitated, that his dark magic had inflicted too much pain onto her to allow her to stand and walk on her own. He saw this to be a problem for a short time as she still tried to push herself up, fearing only for the fact that he may not be able to go through with his plan if she was too badly injured that she may even be near death. As he watched her, however, she had managed to stabilize herself on her hands and knees, trembling as she was.

"I said for you to get up," Ganondorf grumbled as he leaned down and snatched the back of her dress, pulling her up to her feet. A cry passed Zelda's lips, and once on her feet she automatically leaned to the side of the cart for support, holding onto it as tightly as she could. Her legs were shaking, trembling under her weight, and her knees felt as if they'd buckle from underneath her at any moment. Ganondorf watched her as she shuddered, but felt no sympathy for her in her weak state.

"Now Princess," he hissed as he leaned forth and stretched his hand out to Zelda's side. Zelda opened her eyes and peered over as she absently pressed herself closer to the carriage. "Though I can plainly see that you are in pain and are struggling to even breathe, I suggest that you find the strength to go on, unless-" Ganondorf said, stopping short and looking down to his hand nearest Zelda. She looked down as well, and watched as, with a flick of his fingers, he conjured up a ball of his dark purple magic. Zelda gasped and flinched, clutching onto the side of the wagon. With a quiet chuckle and dastardly grin on his face, he said, "I am sure you see my point."

Zelda was fraught with fear of the magic, more fearful of it than she had been before. She didn't want to move, she didn't want to hardly even breathe for fear he'd strike her with it.

"Now get moving." he ordered intently. Zelda, her eyes wide with terror, looked up to Ganondorf. The man with his amber eyes showed no mercy; he was fierce. He seemed to be holding true to his threat, and Zelda did not wish to find out if he was bluffing. And so she moved.

Zelda began walking, or rather stumbling, through the woods, led by Ganondorf who had a hand behind Zelda's back, the black magic conjured up within his hands forcing her forward. Zelda staggered and struggled as best as she could through the woods, forcing herself to keep up and walking so that she would not fall to the mercy of Ganondorf and his magic. If only she could run off... Skyview and Ordon were near. But she could hardly walk, she was still in pain. Running off and away was not an option; She couldn't take another hit. Never minding her pain, by doing that she'd endanger the two quiet villages, and who knows what Ganondorf would do to the people there. And then there was now Link to worry about... She knew he was in the forest, and she knew that Ganondorf was on his trail. Why else would he have taken her there?

"What are you going to do to us?" Zelda asked, her voice soft and slow as she continued to walk through the woods. Ganondorf simply smirked and shook his head.

"All in good time, my dear Princess. All in good time."