Okay, this has been sitting here, taking up space, for LONG ENOUGH.

I DON'T CARE if anyone is reading this, or likes it, or will bother to read and review it, I'M POSTING THE REST! SO THERE! *gives raspberry*

Disclaimer: Me no owning Zelda. I will however, claim Neela, Juniper, and anything else I can think of

"Talking"

'Thinking'

[Speaking in other languages]

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They hadn't been three days in Hyrule before the scouts found them. Link had rushed out of his tent at the alarm.

Hannaval, the head of the watch, reported seeing Hylian spies at the edges of the camp. They had escaped before the guards could seize them. Ganondorf called an emergency meeting.

He and Link, plus Neela, Hannaval, and the other three captans in camp sat in Ganondorf's tent, trying to plan a course of action.

"We should try to avoid a war," Hannaval said. "We are too few for outright bloodshed."

The other captains agreed.

"If we are so few, they may not send a large force," Neela pointed out.

"But the Princess will surely come. She will want to get rid of me," Ganondorf said, bitter humor tingeing his voice.

Link tried to think. He still didn't really remember the princess, but he had an idea.

"We should send most of the caravan ahead, and leave a small force to fight." Link said. "If we stall them long enough, the caravan can get away."

The others nodded thoughtfully.

"I will have to be there, to make it look real," Ganondorf mused.

"Hannaval, you and your warriors will stay behind. Banteel is in charge until I get back. Neela, you will stay with me."

The Gerudo's all bowed and ran to follow his orders. Ganondorf turned to Link.

"It isn't fair for me to ask you to fight against your people," he began.

Link cut him off.

"For the last year and a half, these have been my people. [I will be honored to fight alongside them]," he said in Gerudo.

Ganondorf grinned.

In the light of early dawn, two-score Gerudo warriors waited. They were all on horseback, arrows waiting. They had set up various obstacles around the hill they stood on.

Link had his arrows ready as well. Juniper was just as alert. The caravan was long gone, and any traces were well covered. Thunder snorted as Ganondorf rode up.

"You know, before we try to get killed, there's something I have to say. You remember asking me about that mark on your hand?" Ganondorf pointed to Link's left hand.

There, three triangles stacked in a pyramid shape marked the back. The lower right one glowed.

"You said it was the 'Triforce' mark," Link said curiously.

"Yeah, I have that too." Ganondorf showed Link his.

The top triangle glowed on his.

"I forgot to mention, they're different. Mine is of the Triforce of Power, and yours is of the Triforce of Courage."

"And Zelda has Wisdom…" Link mused.

"Uh huh. I thought I should remind you before she gets here."

"You really think she'll come?"

"Without a doubt. You want to watch?"

Link gave him a smirk before taking Juniper in among the ranks of Gerudo.