DISCLAIMER: I do not own. ACHTUNG! SLASH HERE! This is before "The Cricket and The Shadow" You ask I deliver! How Gannondorf came to find Link attractive! And no I Don't hate Zelda, but Gannondorf does so bear with me.

He was so small. . .fragile. . .but not weak, never weak.

I first noticed him in the palace, As I knelt before the bloated wretch that called himself a king. I would show them all what a true king really is. I had known that the wet nosed brat of a princess was watching me. But then I felt new eyes on me, searching, cold, as if they could see into my soul. I snapped my head in the direction of the gaze, and for one breathless moment I looked in to eyes of pure sapphire, framed by porcelain skin and bangs as golden as the sand of my homeland, peeking out from beneath a hat that could have been made from the leaves of the forbidden forest's trees. Then the face disappeared. whatever the slug on the throne had said in that space of time I had not heard, nor did I hear anything else. I had looked into the eyes of my enemy. . .and he was an angel.

The moment I could leave without being rude I did. Striding into the courtyard brushing past the guards, I entered to find it empty. Empty to the untrained eye at least, but I spotted them, two distinct trails of footprints and the slight bending of the grass that signified the passage of that thrice cursed Sheikah woman. One, only going, was the imprint of the brats slippers, those I passed by, the other, coming and going was the one I wanted. Boot prints, about a centimeter deep, he was carrying weapons and equipment then. I smiled , so he thought he could beat me with whatever equipment he had eh? He would be shown different. I retraced his footprints to the edge of the water flow out of the castle. Sneaky boy, coming in through that opening, no one would suspect it.

I left through the door, to see the castles milk delivery stacked tall enough for a child to jump and reach the small opening. I couldn't believe it, No other kid would have thought of it, but this one had. The cook was going to have a hard time getting those crates upright. The servants were useful friends to have, and I wanted to keep their loyalty, so I heaved the crates back into position just as the kitchen hands came. They were pathetically grateful. But I had no time to converse, his foot prints had ended, but I had a shrewd notion of where the brats maid had taken him. Outside, where my power was weaker, so they thought.

I continued away from the castle, entering the town, ignoring the cowering fools, and mothers who grabbed their children out of my path. My boots made hollows thumps crossing the drawbridge. Reaching the fields I looked around, there was a small scorch spot just behind the stone mooring. I walked over to it and knelt in the grass, the wind had obliterated all but one footprint, and it pointed toward Death Mountain. They had sent him to the pathetic worms that lived on the mountain. But he would never clear out the cave, or so I thought.

Late that night the magical alarms I had placed on the cavern went off. I was surprised, he had made it farther then I had expected. I stood and strode over to the mirror I had brought with me from the valley. It was enchanted, and bent to my will. "Find the boy in Dodongo's Cavern." I snarled. The glass became a blur of colors, red, brown, orange, gray, then, suddenly a flash of green. The image stopped and became clear, It was him fighting two Lizalfos. I was stunned, his grace of movement, his skill with the sword, he was a natural. The last lizard fell, and the boy shook himself. A high tinkling voice floated above the burble of the lava. "Come on Link! It's not far now!" I grinned, now I had a name for my enemy, Link.

The cooled lava crunched under my boot heels. How? HOW had a mere CHILD done this? I looked at the corpse of what once had been my most faithful monster. I rested my hand on the remains of the head, and called the image of the battle. I saw it, the ingenuity, the precise calculation that had been the downfall of my most loyal pet. Gohma, had only followed my plan for a place to create her nest. He had destroyed her to, I had checked earlier this morning. An Idea occurred to me, he didn't know where the third stone was, odds were with that fairy of his he would head straight for Zora's domain. And, if he was as clever as I was assuming, he'd look for largest body of water when he discovered that the Zora's precious princess had gone missing.

The sun bounced off the gentle ripples as I tossed the bottle into Lake Hylia a little ways away from the hidden passage to Zora's domain. I saw it hit the bottom, then I went into part two, Link was moving quickly, I'd have to try for the ocarina tonight. I called my power to me and willed my self into the stomach of the gigantic fish that the amphibian slime worshipped. There, growing was another one of my pets, attached to the ceiling. It sent a tendril snaking down towards me, I held out my hand and the tendril caressed it. I gently gripped the appendage and sent my power into it making it grow larger, stronger, more lethal. Soon it reached from ceiling to floor. I summoned some greater jellyfish and my creation attached those to itself as an armor. But I knew, I knew that Link would kill it. With a final farewell I transported myself to the town entrance.

I could feel it in my soul, today was to be a turning point. The carpet muffled the sound of my boots as I headed for the grand hall. There she was, clutching a riding cloak as if she were waiting for someone, her nurse probably. "Where is it princess?" I made no secret of my intentions now. She knew, she looked up at me defiance masking a terror so palpable it hung like an aura around her. "I don't know what you're talking about Gannondorf." I grinned and she backed up a pace. "Don't play the fool your highness." I spat the word out, this little piece of whimpering filth didn't deserve to be called anything other then trash. She stepped back and I noticed that the right side pocket of her skirt had a rather large lump in it.

I could have had it then, but Fate had other plans. "Leave her alone!" I was blinded by a flash, and my body was frozen. A scrawny kid ran up to the brat, dark purple trousers, a navy blue tunic with an eye of truth on it and pale straw blonde hair poking out of a black cap. "My aunt's waiting for you in the stables, Hurry!" I felt my jaw clench as my prey escaped, damn that boy. I glared at him and found it met with a glare of equal intensity, his crimson eyes, swirling with hatred and disgust. My hand twitched, averting his gaze, fighting the stun I made a swipe at the boy but he dodged, and ran. I stood there for a few seconds torn between running down the interloper and following the royal brat. Chasing the girl won out and I dashed to the stables. Not bothering to saddle Torment I rode after the receding figure of a ghostly white horse. Stupid of them really, to ride a white horse at night.

There he was again! A flash of lighting revealed him, his forest clothes blending with the night. I wouldn't have seen him if the glow of his fairy hadn't drawn my attention to that spot at that time. I reined in my horse. I couldn't help my self, If I had kept going I wouldn't have lost them. . .but something told me to stop. "Hey Kid. . .did a white horse go by here?" His eyes bore into mine, and his reply was to draw his sword. "Do you really think you can take me on?" Then it came to me. . .the way to get into the "Sacred Realm" and claim the artifact known as the "Triforce". ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

AN: Ooooo I'm evil. . .I think. . .I'm not really sure. . .Anyway, Pleeeze review. My fragile little Ego needs you support.