Chapter 2: Nabooru's Return
The sun began to rise and brighten the horizon of the desert. Nabooru rubbed her eyes in relief to a good nights sleep. As she slowly began to open them she noticed that Ganondorf was nowhere in sight. She gasped and scrambled to her feet as fast as she could. "How could he leave me here alone!" she blurted out. She scanned the desert, noticing that she didn't know where in the hell she was. She could feel tears running down her cheeks from disappointment. "I can't believe him, some leader he is to just leave me all alone, lost. I guess I could find my way out of this one, that is how I ended up here in the first place." Nabooru mustered up her strength and began to walk in the direction she thought would lead her to safety. Just then she heard someone yelling in the distance. She turned around to see Ganondorf riding swiftly towards her. Wiping her tears away vigorously, she waited for his arrival.
Ganondorf stopped his horse just before trampling her as if to test her courage. The sand from the commotion blew up in her face making her squint her golden eyes. "Are you mad at me Nabooru? It looks as if you have been crying?!, I only left to find us some food for the day." "This dessert heat is making you see things your highness, I would never cry, for I am as strong as any Gerudo woman." Nabooru lied not wanting him to think she was weak. "Please call me Ganondorf, for I do not consider you as one of my servants" Ganondorf handed her a leather pouch full of desert chicken meat, also known as lizard, for her to eat for the day. Nabooru sighed in relief realizing that she had overreacted. She took a piece of the meat and placed it in her mouth enjoying the taste. It had been a long time since she had eaten. "Thank you for such a great meal Ganondorf, I know that I am not up to standards, for it is me that should have been out hunting for your food" "Don't worry about it Nabooru, it can be our little secret. Plus, I was bored. I needed something to do. Ganondorf then led them in the direction that would lead them to the Gerudo Valley.
It had been many hours since they had stopped to rest and Nabooru was growing very weak. She began to get very dizzy and started swaying. She noticed that the ground was getting closer and closer and then she felt her face against the scorching sand. She then seemed to fall into a deep sleep. As soon as Ganondorf noticed this he quickly dismounted his horse and came to her rescue. He lifted her up onto his horse and mounted behind her. He held onto her waist tightly and galloped as fast as he could, heading to safety. It wasn't too long until he could see the Gerudo Valley in sight with its large structures gleaming. It had never looked so good to him before. He sighed in relief as the women began greeting him with their arms waving wide. He looked down at Nabooru and rubbed some water on her forehead making sure that she did not get any more dehydrated. He couldn't help but feel a little shy, with a woman so beautiful lying in his arms. He then shook it off as one of the women ran up to greet his arrival properly. "Your highness" said the guard. " We welcome your return and ….." she paused as she noticed a young woman in his arms. She couldn't help but feel some jealousy build up within her. After all, with only one man to compete over who wouldn't be. "and hers as well" he continued for her. "This is Nabooru, the girl that should be second in command. The one who was made fun of because she was a little different then you" "Your grace, we were only children then, we didn't want her to run away, really! We ..we were just immature" She began to feel bad about the things they had done. "Well, you better make sure that it doesn't happen again or you will be held responsible. What was you name again?" "Its Luna, can't you remember any of our names?" She asked as politely as she could. "Don't get that tone with me or I'll…" He drew back his arm and was about to hit her, but stopped himself in the process. "What is this feeling inside of me?" He thought, he could see the fear in her dark violet eyes. He darted to his headquarters not saying another word to any of the women, while Luna stood there shaking. "That could not be Ganondorf." She thought to herself. "What made him act like that? Was it Nabooru? No, I cannot think such things after what we put her threw. Maybe it was something that happened at the Spirit Temple, I've heard that it was a strange place" She then headed off to her duties concerned for her king, while the other women began whispering amongst themselves.
When Ganondorf reached his headquarters, he quickly entered ignoring his servants' greetings. He placed Nabooru on his bed, and noticed that she was still a little dehydrated. "Damn this desert heat!" he said aloud. He then commanded his servants, Anastasia and Jasmine, to tend to her. "I am going to sit awhile in my study, so do not wait up for me" he told them. "Yes your grace" they said with no question. They wondered about his journey, but were too afraid to ask. They had already heard what he had done earlier, news traveled fast when it was a palace full of women. They looked down at Nabooru and wondered how she had survived out there all these years. "You know that Jade isn't going to like this." Anastasia blurted out. "She thought she had it all, being second in command and all. She thought for sure that Ganondorf was hers for the taking." "Well I am kind of glad that Nabooru is back, anything is better than that witch." Jasmine said in response. "Really", they both said together laughing.
Ganondorf paced around his study, wondering why he had overreacted. He then paused and wondered about the curse and if that had anything to do with it. He began searching vigorously through all of his books searching for anything about the curse and if there was anything to reverse it. After he had been reading for a while he began to grow tired. The words weren't making any sense to him any more. He then laid his head down on his book and passed out.