Disclaimer: None of the Zelda characters mentioned belong to me. If they did, the whole story would be screwed. Some of the characters mentioned are real flesh and blood people, others (i.e. Heero T.R. Yuy and Kris Malfoy) are made up, but the names aren't mine also.

A/N: A special thanks to my pal two good pals: LOTRchick for my first review and Patrick Kowalski for my second! I'm so happy y'all! I love getting feed back from my readers so much! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I love getting feedback from readers, so keep it coming! Tell me what I can do to make it better, please! I live to please you! Well, okay sort of. ^Sighs deeply^ Two more quick notes, I don't know the Deku Tree's exact words, so I paraphrased a lot, and I'm extremely sorry if I offend anyone who has or knows a gay person. I don't intend to offend anyone at all. I have two gay friends, and Kris just acts like that, but he's really strait. Please don't be mad at me, and I'm sorry in advance to the people sensitive about the issue.

P.S. ~This means psychic talking.~

Chapter 2: And so it begins…

"Okay," said Heero through the door to the room she was in, "I think I'm finally ready." Kris let out a sigh of relief. She had been in there half an hour, figuring out which colors would best bring out her features.

"Finally." He said. "Now, how many times did I have to come in there? Three, four times?" Heero unlocked the door, and slipped out, closing it behind her. "Now, let's see how you look." Heero slowly turned and looked at him, but to Kris, it was like seeing the face of an angel. He couldn't help but gawk at her; the way her blue eyes sparkled beneath the black mascara that highlighted her eyelashes; how much her long, braided blonde hair shone against the pink and white of the dress that she wore.

"What?" asked Heero. "You're giving me this really weird look like I look like a clown or something. Uh, Kris? Why are you drooling?" Heero slipped a gloved hand towards his mouth and wiped the drool away that was creeping from his mouth.

"Can you stand like that for an hour or so?" He asked blankly.

"No!" she snapped. "We have a dignitary to meet, or at least I do. So come on, let's go." She grabbed Kris' wrist and started to drag him along, when he finally snapped out of his revere and walked with her.

"Do you know what you're supposed to do when you walk into the throne room?" he asked.

"No." she said.

"Well," said Kris, clearing his throat, "when you walk into the room, you curtsy to your 'father' and tell him that it's good to see him, and then you take your place right beside him. Once the dignitary arrives, everyone stands as he or she is walking in and once he or she is seated, the king and whoever is sitting next to him is seated, then everybody else." Heero looked at him in amazement.

"Where'd you learn all this?" she asked.

"The captain's second in command of the guards told me when he was walking by on the was to get ready to greet the dignitary. By the way, just what is this dignitary's name, and why are you so worried about him that you had to have me protect you?" Heero looked at him for a moment, then looked away.

"Lord Ganondorf, crowned king of the Gerudo Thieves." Kris gawked at her once more.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yep." She said. "Dead positive. Impa said it herself, and we know for sure that she is not one to lie like a rug." They rounded a corner, and two large wooden doors came into view. Heero sighed deeply, as the butterflies in her stomach began to emerge from their cocoons.

"Ready for this Heero?" Kris asked, as they came closer to the doors leading into the throne room. Heero shook her head.

"If I die in there, tell everyone back home and here that I loved them lots." Kris smiled at her. "Are you gonna be in there with me?" she asked. Kris nodded.

"Standing right next to Impa, who will be at your side until the day you die in the game." Kris saluted the guards as they mechanically swung open the doors to the throne room, and Heero and Kris entered quietly.

Out side the castle, a mounted patrol returned from their mission in the Gerudo Valley. The six brave men carefully rode into the castle walls surrounding a single male Gerudo on a black horse. As they crossed the drawbridge, it was immediately raised back up again, and locked tight. Once the drawbridge was locked tight, the mounted patrol brought their horses to a halt. More guards were brought out from their normal posts, and they quickly surrounded the Gerudo, spears carefully aiming at his cloaked body, which was considerably taller than the Hylian guards, as he dismounted from his horse.

"Welcome Lord Ganondorf." Announced a voice from behind the Gerudo. He spun around to be facing a young man in his thirties, dressed elaborately in a knight's outfit, with the symbol of the royal family on it in conjunction with the Triforce. "I apologize if my men were too rough with you." He walked over to him, and undid the chains that bound his hands too close together. "Go back to your posts, I shall escort him from here." He started to walk a way with Ganondorf following, but one of the men protested.

"But sir," he said, "shouldn't you at least take some extra protection?" the captain turned sharply around, giving the solider a death glare.

"Do not question my judgement!" he shouted. "Now leave my sight before I decide to give you a flogging for insubordination!" The solider quickly saluted and left. With that, the captain and Ganondorf left. Once out of hearing range, and sight of the other knights, the captain bowed deeply to Ganondorf. "Forgive my men, Lord Ganondorf," he said humbly, "they are ignorant to your power. But soon they will know." From beneath the cloak, fiery red eyes blazed at the captain.

"How many men are still loyal to the current fool?" growled a voice from beneath the cloak.

"Mostly all of them. They all favor that idiot that's my second-in-command. He's their 'friend' when they're off duty or training. It's sickening my lord." Ganondorf was quiet for a moment.

"And what of the princess?" he asked, beginning to walk again towards the throne room. "Describe her." The captain smiled to himself.

"She's like an angel, only prettier. Her eyes are a sparkling crystal blue color, and she has golden blonde hair. I can't describe her very well. It's just better if you see her in person." He sighed deeply. "She was engaged to be married to a boy from a country called Termina, but the engagement was broken off sadly. It's a shame really my lord. She's really quite beautiful and you really get attached to her after about ten minutes of being around her." But Ganondorf wasn't listening to the last part. He was busy making plans for the royal family.

After minutes of struggling, and a few bad words, boys had finally gotten the long awaited Kokiri sword and the Deku shield required by Mido, the boss of the Kokiri children, to pass and travel the path to the Great Deku Tree, which he guarded.

"How come you guys are favored by Saria and the Great Deku Tree? Huh?" he said, and grumbling, moved out of the way for them to pass.

"Bastard." Snapped Paul, once they were out of earshot. "We're going to save his ass one day."

"I say we go back there and kill him." Said Nick.

"Yeah," said Will, "he's no help in the game. He's a gay bastard anyways." They chattered a little, but soon the chat was cut short when the surprise attacks of what seemed like harmless plants. Will, who was walking in the middle of the group, was suddenly thrown backwards and badly cut on both of his legs and arms.

"Will!" shouted Anthony, running to his side. "Are you okay?" Will winced in pain, but the bleeding was minor. He winced slightly when he touched it for a brief examination, and nodded his head. Paul jumped at one of the deadly plants, unsheathing his sword from his back, sliced at one of the plants. The plant yelped in pain as Paul's sword cut through it, and turned into a stick as it hit the ground. Two more plants popped up near where the stick landed.

"LOOK OUT!" Navi shouted a bit late. "THOSE ARE DEKU BABA'S! THEY'RE DANGEROUS IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL!"

"Piss off Navi!" Snapped Will. "We kinda noticed!" Anthony bounded over towards them and easily sliced them in half. The Deku Baba heads fell to the ground and turned into sticks as well. Nick walked over and picked up one of the sticks, which was covered in green slime, grass, leaves, and dirt.

"This," he said, "is disgusting. Too bad we need these things later on." Patrick picked up another one and looked at it.

"I think the green stuff is supposed to be blood, but I'm not sure." He stuffed it in the bag that he wore beneath the scabbard for his Kokiri Sword. "Let's go before those things re-grow and kill us." Everyone agreed, and with a little help from Anthony, Will stood up and every one proceeded onward to the Great Deku Tree, but Navi raced ahead.

"GREAT DEKU TREE!" She called. "I HAVE RETURNED TO YOU!" The guys heard a rumbling sound as the tree's eyes slid open a little from beneath two very bushy eyebrows.

"Navi," the tree called weakly, "have you brought me the boys that I have spoken of?"

"YES I DID!" She shouted happily. "THERE RIGHT HERE!" His eyes slid downwards and fell upon the boys. The Great Deku Tree smiled weakly at them.

"Thou art brave to be answering my call." He said. "I pose to thee a challenge my children. I am cursed and you art the only ones who can help me. Wilt thou accept my challenge to you?" They nodded in agreement.

"What the hell else are we gonna do?" Nick muttered. The Great Deku Tree smiled.

"Step forth, my children, and rid me of this curse that the man from the desert hath placed upon me." He said, opening his mouth, revealing a hollow inside.

"Damn, I didn't know the whole dungeon was that huge." Paul said as he, Nick, Patrick, Anthony, and Will began their journey into the Great Deku Tree.

The sun hung high above the corral, scorching everything that was below it, including a very tired Danielle, who was carrying a bucket full of water across the corral to a large shed, containing a water box for the horses.

'This is bullshit.' She thought bitterly, spilling more water out of the bucket. 'The real Malon probably didn't have to do this.' She trudged along, spilling more water on the grass and her boots, as a horse galloped by her, kicking dirt in the bucket and her eyes. 'Bitch.' She thought, coughing and rubbing the dirt from her eyes. When she could finally see, Danielle continued walking, and soon she reached the shed. She lifted the water bucket to the best of her ability, and poured what ever was left into the water box.

Danielle sighed, and sat down on the cool grass to rest her tired legs. She closed her eyes and let the shadows wash over her, cooling off her sun-heated clothes.

"God, this feels good." She muttered, and began humming a song that she didn't recognize from anywhere. "Whoa. Where did I learn that song?" she hummed it again and again, not realizing that she was attracting a four-legged friend, who was quietly coming up behind her. "I swear I know that song from somewhere." She hummed it once more, as the little friend grew ever so close to her. Suddenly, Danielle felt something breathing down her neck.

'Oh my God,' she panicked, her heart racing a million miles a minute, 'what is that?' she slowly turned around to be facing a small horse. The horse was brown with a white star that went down from his forehead to his velvety nose, and the fur on his legs slowly turned black as it reached his hooves.

"Epona!" she sighed, very relieved. "Where did you come from?" the pony threw his head back towards the barn. "You came from inside the barn?" the pony nodded his head furiously as Danielle stood up. "Well, I guess you're my buddy now." She patted his head, seeing that his head came up to just be low her chest, and he snuggled up to her. Danielle giggled as the pony followed her as she made her way across the pasture, humming the song that called the little pony. "Guess I'll make up words to the song about you. What do you think about that?" Epona gave a little whinny and reared up as high as he could, making Danielle giggle even harder.

Heero sat quietly next to the man that Kris called her father, listening to him welcome the thieving liar that called himself their ally. Heero hated sitting by while her father listed off a number of things in the castle that were available for Ganondorf's use.

~Kris, this is bullshit.~ She said to him through a telepathic channel that Kris opened for them to talk.

~I know, but just stay quiet for a little while longer.~ He channeled back. ~The longer you stay quiet, the smoother this will go for both of us.~ They were silent a moment.

~I'm glad you're here with me.~ she channeled. ~If it were just me, I would have been tossed out by now and into the loony bin.~ She sighed. ~So after this, you wanna try and contact Danielle?~ She looked over at Kris, who only nodded slightly in response. ~Right then, I'm killing the communication pathway.~ she channeled, closing her mind to his.

"The peace talks shall resume within a day or so," the king was saying, "as soon as you feel ready to." He smiled warmly at Ganondorf, but Ganondorf remained emotionless and cold.

"I shall inform your captain when I am ready." He said. The king nodded in agreement.

"I hope you adjust well to your temporary surroundings, and don't hesitate to ask for anything." The king stood, and Heero stood also. "This council is dismissed for today." Beside him, one of the higher officials banged the gavel, as the king left with Heero and Kris trotting along behind him. The captain appeared beside Ganondorf as Heero passed quietly by.

"What do you think milord?" he whispered, as the counsel of high lords and ladies emptied out around them. Ganondorf was silent for a moment.

"She will satisfy. Make sure no other suitors dare to challenge me, for she will be a key in my overthrow of King Harkinian." He hissed. The captain nodded and led the way out of the room.

"Shall I set up a private meeting for you?" asked the captain, and Ganondorf nodded curtly. "It shall be in here, in a few minutes." He said, pushing a large door open just outside of the counsel hall. "I shall gather the princess."

Meanwhile, back in Heero's room, Heero and Kris flopped on her canopy bed, tired from the welcoming ceremony.

"That was so friggin' dull." Said Heero, staring at the top of the pink canopy. "I felt like standing up and screaming at everybody to start singing a song or something." Kris nodded in agreement.

"At least you were sitting in a comfy chair. I had to stand in this rusty armor." He banged on the chest plate with his right gauntlet. "I feel like I'm 50 lbs. heavier with this thing on. I don't know how they run, much less walk with this on." Heero looked at him.

"Dude, you're only, what, 80 lbs. soaking wet? You need the extra weight, because the wind might carry you away." Kris glared at her.

"Piss off my weight."

"Well, don't act like such a metrosexual." She quipped.

"What?"

"Meterosexual. A guy who acts gay, but is strait."

"Oh." He said. "So, do ya think that dress will fit me?" He whispered.

"Well, we're basically twins, even though we're not related, so I'd say yeah." She whispered. "And, we need to figure out who Danielle is in the game." She added.

"Prolly Malon." He said, sitting up with some difficulty. "Malon is a key character, and we've all been put into situations that we're not used to, and she's not used to being around large animals, unlike us." Heero stared at Kris for a moment.

"Good lord," she said, "that's the first time I've heard you get philosophical on me and actually make sense." Kris shrugged.

"There's a first time for everything." He said, getting off the bed and standing up as best as possible, when there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" Heero called politely.

"It is I," called the voice, slightly muffled, "Captain Dante of the Hyrulian Elite Guard. Your presence has been requested in a meeting with Lord Ganondorf." Heero looked at Kris, and Kris shrugged his shoulders.

"I think it's safe." Heero nodded, and walked over to the door. She carefully opened it and peaked out to see the captain bowing very deeply to her.

"I'm ready to go captain." She said, as the captain stood up to his full height of a little over 5"5, and Kris opened the door wider so he could see as well. The captain looked at Heero, then looked at Kris, then looked back at Heero.

"I'm very sorry princess, but Lord Ganondorf has requested that you meet with him alone."

A/N: And the plot thickens. Sorry for the long wait for an update. Been a bit busy with school, church, work, an such. Read an Review for me!!