And now, just because I'm bored...the rest of the story! (well, almost)
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Link sat in his tent and put his head into his hands, mumbling something in Kokirish. A slight tapping sound drew his attention. Ganondorf stood at the door.
"Can I come in?"
Link nodded, and Ganondorf sat next to him.
"I could hear some of the shouting, and I saw you stomping by. Do you want to talk?"
"Just let my hearing come back first," Link said with a bitter laugh. "I really thought…"
"You thought she'd understand? But instead she's ripped your relationship to pieces?"
"Yeah. It wasn't really that big a thing, but we did have something."
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"Link, let be the first to tell you you are luckier in your first relationship than I was in mine."
"What happened in yours?"
Link saw Ganondorf's expression darken.
"We were in love, and got married. She gave me a son, and then they both died. I think you know what happened from there."
"A son?" Link was confused.
"She was Hylian."
Ganondorf looked wistful as he pulled a small locket from his belt.
"This is the only thing of hers that I have."
He showed Link the picture inside. It was the woman from his dreams!
"My dreams!"
"What?"
"Ever since this-" Link pointed to his scar, "-I've been having these dreams where my past is replaying in front of me. She's always right next to me, and I keep thinking I know her from somewhere."
Ganondorf stared at his wife's picture in amazement.
"I saw her…"
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He looked sheepish, like whatever he was going to say made him look like an idiot.
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"After I was sealed in the Dark Realm, I realized I had been a fool, being evil. And she appeared in front of me, and helped me cast off the dark magic that had been in my blood. She helped me escape the Dark Realm. The last thing she said to me before she disappearing was, 'Northwards. Find him again and see.'"
Link thought furiously.
"You found me…but see what? Why would you find me 'again', anyway?"
Link stood and paced.
"How recent was your last dream?" Ganondorf asked.
"The first night we were in Hyrule. It was exclusively of the times I've been at the desert and forest."
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"Forest?!"
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Ganondorf jumped up too.
"I found her body in the forest! Right near the edge, as if someone carried it there but couldn't go any further. There were some green flowers in her hands."
"Did you find your son anywhere?"
Link thought he had an idea of where this was going.
"No, and when I tried to look for him I got lost. I figured he was dead - Link?"
Link was pale and sat down again.
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"Ganondorf, what do you know of my past before we first met?"
"Not much, actually. You had the Spiritual Stone of the Forest when I saw you spying on me through a window. I never did figure out how you got through those woods."
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"Oh, it's easy to get through the woods, that is if you were raised there."
The words hung in the air as Link walked out.