The following morning, Begonia woke up to find herself facing Ganondorf. He was asleep on his side, his head propped up onto his hand. His other arm was around Begonia's waist. She blushed. This was the first time that she saw her husband shirtless. He was extremely well-built, and his hair was let out of his curl-rows. Begonia couldn't keep her eyes off of him!

She decided that she should slip away and let him sleep longer. However, when she did try to snake out from under his arm, she found that he pulled her closer to prevent her from getting away. She blushed furiously, she was stuck in that position.

She heard him make some sort of 'mmmmm' noise in his throat. Shoot! she thought. I woke him up!

"...Where are you going?" Ganondorf asked in a half-asleep tone of voice, with his eyes still closed.

"I was...just going to go make breakfast!" She said. "Can you let me go so your wife can get you something to eat?"

"...mmmmmnoo...don't want breakfast." Ganondorf said, keeping his grip around Begonia's waist. Begonia grunted, trying to pull away, then gave up.

"Then what do you want?" She asked, staring at his closed eyes.

"...hmmmm...you." Ganondorf said as he opened one eye a little bit, just so he could watch her reaction.

Begonia blushed, then tried to look mad. "I'm not breakfast, Ganondorf." Begonia gave him a quick kiss, hoping that would wake him up. "There. Happy? Now let me go." She tried to wriggle away again. "...Fine." was all he said and he loosened his grip, allowing Begonia to escape his grasp.

Begonia hurried off with a quick smile to the kitchen quarters. As usual, there were a few kitchen maids trying to come up with a fast breakfast to feed all of the other Gerudo before the morning grew too old. They bowed and politely said hello as she entered, then went back to their work as soon as she greeted them. 'Strange', she thought, 'I've never been bowed to before!' She shook her head with another smile and went to see what was cooking. Porridge, again. Breakfast wasn't going to be the same 'ol thing this morning. She picked up her money purse and decided to visit the market to see what she could buy. Walking outside, it was only a couple of minutes walk to the Gerudo market. All there was were a couple of stale loaves of bread and some mushy fruit.

She groaned at the selection of food. 'How am I supposed to make breakfast with that?' she thought to herself. She then made up her mind. She'll be going to a better market today, but of course, she'll need a carriage and possibly a couple escorts as well. She'll be buying a lot today; she won't be a bad wife and give her husband crap for breakfast. Oh no she won't.

She called for a carriage and found it ready surprisingly fast. Two younger Gerudo girls climbed in with her and they chatted lightly as the carriage bounced to the edge of the desert. The cabby driver stopped as the sand ended and begged her pardon, stating that the carriage was not allowed to leave the desert boundaries.

"Alright. It's a nice day...I guess I'll walk." Begonia said, waving to the cabby driver and beckoning to the teenage girls with her. They started walking for Hyrule Market in the late afternoon sun.

The two girls Begonia walked with had never seen the hyrule field before, they looked around in awe. Begonia then remembered the first time she saw it too, she must've had the same look that these two girls had.

"Is this your first time outside of the desert?" She asked them. They both looked at her, then at the ground and nodded. Begonia smiled at them, "there's no need to be shy! I know I may be the wife of your King, but I'm no different from any other girl. You may speak as you wish to!"

At first the girls made no change in their actions, but after several long minutes and much walking, they began to freely talk to Begonia. They told her all about the Gerudo culture and answered all her questions. They were at the market sooner than Begonia had thought possible.

"Stay close," She warned, "The market can get pretty hectic." Today seemed like a particularly busy day. People bustled and jostled them about, trying to sell and buy everything they could. The girls kept stopping about, trying to haggle prices on jewelry and fabric. Begonia pulled them deeper in the market until they were pushed to the outskirts. A crowd separated them for a short time, and Begonia found the girls after much worry and searching. They were looking at a large tent.

"Look, a S.T.A.R. game!"

"I wonder what that is?" They both looked at Begonia expectantly, but all she could do was shrug.

Begonia wanted to see what was inside, but she knew she had somewhere to be: in the kitchen back at the fortress. She handed the girls some of the items she had bought. "We need to head back now girls, my husband still hasn't had his breakfast yet!" she said with a laugh. She made sure not to mention Ganondorf's name, for it could cause panic if the wrong person heard her. The other reason why she needed to leave, was that she could feel her sister's presence somewhere nearby. She was sure her sister didn't want to see her just yet, not after their conversation the day before.

Begonia lead the way out of the market, making sure that they didn't get separated. When they finally made it out of the hustle and bustle, they all sighed at once, laughing afterwards. "Alright, let's head home, shall we?" the girls just nodded. They then departed towards the desert, Begonia hoping that Ganondorf wouldn't be mad about his breakfast being late. 'Heck, he might still be asleep!' she thought to herself. Now that would be a fortunate event.

Little did she know that her sister already knew she was there. Sitting from her perch on top of a nearby roof, she watched her sister and her companions travel the market. She listened to the wind's guidance and news of how her sister had been. 'Well,' She thought while standing and hopping across the roofs back towards Pippa's bar, 'At least I'm following Link's directions.' She hoped he would be proud of her; she'd been stubborn and impatient to his counsel lately. She tried her best to help him anyway she could, but she refused help herself. Suddenly she skidded to a stop on the top of a roof near the center of the market. 'I want to do something for him, get him a present or something. I've been so cruel lately.' her thoughts badgered at her. She tapped her foot on the pavement impatiently until she made up her mind and hopped into the market below.

Lear searched through the market for something Fairy boy would want. Hm...food, not bad. Men like food, right? Spring water...too long of a line. She sighed and was beginning to turn around when a little voice stopped her.

"Hey, you 'looking for something to buy?" She turned around and looked down. A Goron child was smiling up at her.

"Yeah, actually! Do you have anything a swordsman might enjoy?" His smile widened as he pulled out a pack and ushered her to a corner. He laid out the contents in front of her. Arrows, bombs, knives, now she had found the good stuff! She scanned until she her eyes stopped on a particular quiver of arrows. The quiver was beautiful, with symbols and pictures carved into it's sides. The arrows jutting out of it had bright green and blue feathers attached to top.

"I'll take that!" She said, pointing. The child Goron asked her a hefty price for it, but she complied without a moment's hesitation. Taking her gift tenderly and placing it in her own pack, she trotted off.

Lear's excitement to present her gift made her feet feel like air. She jumped down the stairs leading to Pippa's bar and flew through the door. "What's wrong with you, 'hon? You look as if you've won the S.T.A.R. game!" Pippa stopped Lear dead in her tracks before she could bowl an innocent customer over.

"Oh! Pippa, sorry. I...well, I got a gift for Link. And...I was wondering where he was." Pippa winked and pointed upstairs.

"A gift, huh? Well, Link left quite some time ago, but you can leave the present in his room if you like." Lear felt fear rise up in her gut at the word 'left'. He wouldn't leave without her, would he?

"Do you know where he went?" She asked hesitantly. At this, Pippa burst out laughing.

"Why don't you mosey on over to the S.T.A.R. tent and see who's playing for top dog now?" She laughed again and turned away. Lear was puzzled by this, but she delivered her gift and decided to check this new game out.

Lear ran to the S.T.A.R. tent. It wasn't hard to find, a crowd was gathered around it and fighting to find a seat inside. Lear squeezed through the crowd, passing a group of young girls on the way.

"He's SO awesome! I mean, challenging the master? WOW!"

"I hope he wins, I'm rooting for him!"

"Me too!" The flustered girls were laughing as they ran in the tent. Finding a seat near the entrance, Lear sat and stared around the S.T.A.R. arena. A huge cage was in the center of the tent, and a man was standing in the center.

"We have a new S.T.A.R. rising! I've been challenged and we will see who will rise above as the ultimate Star! Please welcome...Challenger Link!" Lear gasped and followed the crowd in turning their heads towards the smiling boy walking into the cage.

"Why that little..." Lear shook her head as Link walked into the center of the ring. He shook hands with the current Star champion, who bent his head and said something to him before walking to their corners of the cage. A large buzzer was sounded and the game began. Lear watched with anticipation as the Star champion pulled out a rope with a hook on the end and began to swing, collecting Stars as he went. Link wasted no time in pulling out his hookshot and also began his collection of Stars. The minutes felt like hours, Lear noted, and watched as the stars disappeared and dwindled. At one point, Link and the champion tried to catch the same star. Link reached out his hand to grab it, but a sharp shove in his side made him lose his grip and topple to the ledge below. Lear let out a sharp gasp (noting with a little annoyance that the fan girls beside her had screamed) and watched as Link shook it off and tried to make up the loss of time and stars.

Only a couple more left...Once more a struggle ensued between a star, but Link came out victoriously this time.

One more star left! Link aimed his hookshot at the point above the last star and was about to release the shot when something pulled on his ankle and threw off his balance. The champion had his rope around Link's foot and was pulling furiously to try to knock him to the ground. Lear found herself on her feet before she knew what she was doing.

"THAT'S PLAYING DIRTY!! CHEATER!!" She was not the only one, most of the rambunctious crowd was either booing or yelling. Suddenly Lear noticed a bright flash of light hit the champion full in the face, causing him to stumble backward. Link shook his leg free and aimed his hookshot once again. Only a couple of seconds left!!

"GO FOR IT, LINK!!" Lear yelled along with the fan girls. His hookshot released and the crowd held their breath as he fell to the ground below. Hitting the ground and saving himself from harm, he retaliated with a barrel roll and paused. Nobody spoke. Standing up slowly, he looked into his hands...and smiled. The crowd cheered as he held up the winning star, and became the new Star Champion!

Lear looked with satisfaction as the old S.T.A.R champion banged his fists on the floor and yelled accusations at Link while running out of the ring. The crowd continued to go wild and cheer while running down to meet the new champion as he emerged from the cage. Lear tried to reach him, but the crowd was too much as she was soon shoved to the outside of the tent. Taking a last look back at Link, she noticed the group of fan girls surrounding him and smiling at him. He was smiling back and talking. She scowled and walked back towards the inn.

Lear didn't know how long it had been since she had last seen Link, but when she heard the door close and laughter, she didn't look up from the book she was reading over by the fire. The group continued to laugh and talk about the new champion while Pippa gave them a round of drinks. Lear's mind fumed until she heard a voice near her. "May I join you?" She looked up into Link's beaming face and noticed that he hadn't been one of the group that had just come in.

Lear looked up at him. "You sure I'm not going to embarrass you, seeing as your the new champion and all?"

Link frowned at this and looked down. "Oh, you saw the show, huh?" Scoffing, she returned to her book. He sat down anyway and sighed, pulling something out of his tunic as he did.

"Here...I won this for you. But, you might not want it seeing as it came from this champion anyway." She looked up curiously and gasped a loud as she saw a shimmering necklace in his hands. A large star pendant hung from it, and it shone different colors in the firelight. The crystals running up and down the length of the necklace shown like little stars themselves. She was speechless, until she remembered what she had said earlier. Then she ducked her head in shame.

"Thanks Link...but I don't think you should be giving such a gift to me. I've treated you so unkindly...and a simple sorry wouldn't make up how cruel I've been to you. You should give it to somebody who's kind and takes care of you, like one of the fan girls who really cheered you on..." Link stared at her.

"Fan girls? Oh! You mean Fay and the others. They're friends of Pippa's. She asked them to come cheer me on, as support for me! We thought that only a couple of the game's fans would come, we had no idea that the show would bring such a turnout!" He gave a crooked smile and they both began to laugh. "Here, I want you to have it. I won it for you!" Link said while handing her the necklace.

She accepted it with a hushed "Thank-you...thank-you so much!" And slipped it on her neck. He smiled at her as she fingered the star pendant with near reverence. "Oh!" She started, looking up at him. "That reminds me. I got you a gift also, but it's in your room. I hope you like it...I'm not very good at shopping for boys, seeing as I've never done it. But, you're a swordsman and a good hero, so you should like it...but in the case that you don't I can get you something different and...yeah..." She broke off as he began to laugh.

Link was about to stand up to go find his gift, but Lear pulled him back down. "You don't have to go...now." She said and blushed as he looked down at her hand on his arm. She pulled it away and cleared her throat nervously.

"Ok, I'll stay a while." He said with a sly smile. "So...why were you jealous of those girls earlier?" It took a moment for this to process in Lear's brain, then it was if a volcano had erupted.

"JEALOUS?! You think I was jealous of those giddy children?! Yeah right, if you think that, you've got another thing coming! I mean, who could be jealous of them? Sure they're pretty and have perfect hair and perfect charm, but who cares for that anyway?! Sure, you liked it because they were absolutely drooling over you. I mean, c'mon, who acts like that?! And you shouldn't like girls like that! They're nothing but trouble, y'hear me?" She stopped to take a breath and froze.

The entire bar was staring at her, including a very cross-looking Pippa. She heard somebody cough near the back of the room and sniffed. As people turned back to their activities, Lear looked down sheepishly to find Link hiding his face.

"Shh! Link, stop! You'll only make her angry..." Navi whispered in his ear, but he still hid his face as his shoulders rocked. Lear made a face at him as she sat down. He turned to her, trying to control his laughter through a bright red face.

"Um...yeah, c'mon, (snort) Lear! Lighten up, will you?" At this he burst out laughing again. She sat patiently until he was able to control himself, then announced with the air of somebody who's pride's been shattered.

"I'm going to bed. Good night, champion."

Link still had a huge smile on his face. "Aw, Lear...c'mon I was just joking!" But he let her march up to her room anyway.

Lear didn't go to bed like she said she would. Something was nagging at the back of her mind like an buzzing fly. She was sitting on the roof of the inn and looking out across the market with her head propped up on her hands. Why did she get jealous of the girls that looked at Link with such looks...? 'Humph. Because they're players and they'd play Link like a fiddle.' She thought angrily. 'He's too modest and too honest to realize such trouble when he sees it.' But she couldn't help but remember the smile that he gave them...wait a minute, that smile! That was a courtesy smile, one that he gives to everybody because he's nice to everyone. But he didn't do his real smile; the one where it spread happiness to whom ever get the brilliant opportunity to view it...the one where he is smiling huge and he lets out a little laugh as he does. She satisfied herself with this thought and smiled herself to think that those girls missed out on the chance to see his real smile.

She was still smiling to herself when a voice made her jump, letting out a yelp as she did so. She turned quickly to see Link laughing again and showing his true smile.

"What was that?" She demanded, folding her arms and trying to look as bold as she could.

"I said," he laughed, sitting down next to her and looking up into her glaring eyes. "Thank-you for the quiver! It's incredible, and I'm sure it will help us on our adventures." She blinked and sat down next to him, noticing with a flush of happiness and pride that he was gazing at her gift.

"Uh...it was no problem, really. I thought you needed a new quiver after that Like-like swallowed your other one...and I just happened to pass this, so I grabbed it." She smiled in spite of herself.

"Well, I'll keep it near! No Like-like is eating this one."

They sat for a while in silence, gazing up at the stars. Then Lear pointed up and laughed. "Look! The constellation Siyavash is out. That's not a good sign..."She thoughtfully placed her hand on her chin.

"Siya-what is out?" Link asked while squinting at the stars.

"Siyavash. He's a popular constellation among my people. Siyavash was said to be a great leader of the Glaiciens who lived on the mountains long ago. One day, the king of the moors below declared that he wanted the mountain to be apart of his kingdom. Siyavash replied that the land belonged to everybody, and they were willing to share it. The king refused his offer and declared war. As the king's army prepared to attack the mountain, a great storm suddenly appeared and overtook them. The soldiers claimed that they saw Siyavash with hundreds of black horses riding the storm. Their hoof beats sounded as thunder and their speed caused a great wind. The rain was said to fall from the sadness that war has caused throughout history. The king withdrew his army and made peace with the Glaiciens. Siyavash was such a great hero that the gods put his image in the stars. There he is, right...there!" She pointed her finger and helped Link to find the constellation.

"It looks like he's riding a huge horse!"

Lear laughed and nodded. "That's supposed to be the King of Horses too!" They both stared up at the stars thinking of kings and storms. "Well, it's supposed to storm whenever Siyavash appears in the sky...better be ready for tomorrow." Lear stated while standing up. Link smiled and followed suit.

"But...you like The rain, don't you?"

Lear blushed and waved her hand. "Yeah, I love it! I just...don't want the horses to catch a cold in the rain. Can you imagine two sick horses? Horrible!" She coughed and turned towards her room. "Um…good-night. And...thanks again for the necklace."

He smiled. "You deserve it. Thanks for the quiver!" She nodded and smiled. Turning towards her room, she wondered to herself.

She decided that he really meant what he said.

A/N: Ok! I hope you enjoyed these last three chapters! I decided to post 3 today, because I didn't post any at all these last couple days...

PLEASE review!!