Back at the fortress, at around noon, Begonia was laying in bed. She currently is feeling sick to her stomach, and is in a very bad mood.

"GANONDORF! I AM NOT EATING THIS!" Begonia screamed at Ganondorf. Ganondorf stood at the other side of the room, staring her down as she threw her bowl of porridge at the wall.

"Begonia. You must eat." Begonia grabbed a pillow and threw it at her husband.

"You've been giving me nothing but porridge for the past 3 WEEKS! I REFUSE TO EAT IT!" she screamed at him again. Ganondorf glared with his arms crossed.

"You WILL eat what I give you!" his voice bellowed.

Begonia glared at him, positively fuming, then suddenly buried her face in her arms and flopped back down on the covers. She was sobbing and begging him for forgiveness. When he sat down next to her on the bed, he nodded his head and told her everything was all right. Suddenly she whipped around and pointed an accusing finger at him, blaming him for everything gone wrong.

"...t-this is all your fault!" she said to him, her voice quivering. Ganondorf groaned slightly, standing up from the bed. He began to pace around the room with his hand to his chin.

"Hm...yes, it is my fault." his deep voice said quietly to her, hoping that she would calm down after hearing him agree with her. Unfortunately for him, her mood quickly switched from a crying one, to a fuming one.

"YES. It is! I am SO GLAD you agree with me!" she screamed at him again. Ganondorf winced at her high pitched shriek. 'Hormones...' he thought with spite. If only pregnancies didn't have to mess around with a woman's hormones. They certainly know how to scare a man.

Begonia had suddenly stopped though. "Ganondorf, come quick! The baby, it's kicking!" Ganondorf had no prior experience with pregnancies, and he had no idea that this was a natural occurrence.

"What?! Is it hurt? Do I need to call the nurse? Are you all right?!" He was pacing back and forth between her and the door.

"No, it's not hurt; no, don't call the nurse; yes, I am all right. Now get over here and come feel!" She was smiling wide and had her hand on her belly. Ganondorf slowly walked over, like a child who sees a spider across the room.

Ganondorf slowly sat down next to her on the bed. She reached for his hand, he let her take it. Begonia promptly placed her husband's hand on the place that she felt the kicking. Ganondorf waited for something to happen, should he be happy? He didn't know what was going on, and why Begonia suddenly became so happy. A kick. He felt it; the kick was small, but he felt it underneath his hand. The look on his face was one of pure amazement; he didn't realize it, but he was smiling. What was this feeling that he felt? He wasn't familiar with such an occurrence, yet he found himself feeling happy. Feeling proud. This was his child, and he just felt it move.

Begonia just beamed. "Do you feel it?" He just nodded and continued to feel his son kick.

"He's going to be an excellent fighter, I can tell." Begonia raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, how so?" He smiled.

"Father's intuition." The baby had stopped kicking and he put his hand down with an injured expression. "That's it?" Begonia laughed and got off the bed with care.

"He'll kick another time, I assure you. For now, can we get some EDIBLE food?!" Ganondorf could tell her temper was rising again, so he just complied and followed her heels out of the door. The women that usually kept watch on the chambers were giggling, but straightened up as soon Begonia and Ganondorf emerged from the doorway.

Ganondorf followed closely behind Begonia, she was headed straight for the kitchen. He didn't make any physical contact with her as they walked, it's not like him to do such things in the presence of his people. Begonia understood this though, and didn't mind much. When they arrived in the kitchen, all they found was porridge...and more porridge. Clearly, it was time to go shopping.

"You're joking. We don't have anything other than porridge??" Begonia asked with a long face. Ganondorf noticed that this could cause her temper to rise, so he almost immediately acted upon her inquiry.

"You two.", he pointed to the two teenaged girls that had accompanied Begonia to the market in the past, "Go to the market in Hyrule. Fetch whatever is needed, now." The two girls complied and bowed.

"Ganondorf, I want to go with them!" Begonia said to him. He shook his head.

"No, you shall not. You will not be going anywhere today. The wind is beginning to pick up and it is not good for your health." He said as he gestured to the window. Begonia gasped. The wind? That could only mean that her sister is on her way for a visit!

"Uh," Her eyes darted around the room. "Well, um, at least let me go for a walk! Just a little one! I'll just go around the fortress. It'll be good for both the baby and me." Ganondorf's eyebrows knitted.

"I said no. With the wind like this, the sand with be everywhere and-" Begonia glared at him. If looks could kill, he thought, I'd want to be dead and buried by the time that look reached me.

"I AM GOING FOR A WALK." was all she said as she left the room. She hoped that Lear hadn't reached the fortress already. The took off at the fastest pace she could muster to get to a secluded area. The wind was calming down now; Lear must have caught her image and knew where she was. Begonia squinted in the direction of Hyrule, tapping her foot nervously.

In the distance, she spotted a horse making its way towards her. No doubt it was Fala. She's known that horse for many years; and even though she never liked horses, she knew Fala when she saw him. Begonia grew both nervous and excited. Somehow, she will have to get her husband to stay in a different room, or better yet, completely out of the fortress. As the steed neared her, she began to wave her arms at her sister! Lear saw this and encouraged Fala to gallop faster, stopping just in front of Begonia.

"Lear! You came!" Lear dismounted Fala, grinning at her.

"Of course I did! I promised you, didn't I?" Begonia grinned.

"And you're wearing your old outfit, too! Certainly brings back memories." Lear nodded, brushing some dust off of her skirt. She sniffed and looked around. "Don't worry, he's not outside. Yet. C'mon we have to get you to a safe place. If he does happen to see us, you let me do the talking, alright?" Begonia said as she grabbed her sister's wrist and led her on. As they trotted along, Begonia heard a clinking sound coming from her sister. She turned her head around with a quizzical expression.

"What's that noise? Oh no...don't tell me-you brought your sword?!" Lear stopped dead and looked serious.

"I don't go ANYWHERE without my sword, ok? It's my protection and my strength." Her sister looked hurt. "Oh, c'mon, what do you think I'm going to do? Attack him the moment he happens to meet us?" Lear herself hoped she wouldn't do that. She'd told Link that she'd be back before sunset and she knew he'd come after her if she didn't return.

Begonia led her sister into a secret entrance of the fortress. She looked down the hallway, left and right, and continued to walk. "Where are we going?" Lear asked her.

"I'm taking you to the organ room! Ganondorf is NEVER in there at this time of day. He's always reading in his secret library during the day, if he's not attending to me, that is." Lear looked at her quizzically, making Begonia laugh. "He's under my control, pretty much. All I have to do is glare and I get what I want!" They both laughed at this, stopping as they made it to a large door. Lear looked around nervously as her sister opened the door. She prayed that he wasn't in there. "The coast is clear!" Begonia chirped; Lear let out a sigh of relief.

They hustled into the room as Begonia shut the door quietly behind them. Lear stared at the organ in the back of the room. It looked dark and foreboding to her, but her sister approached it like an old friend and sat down at the bench. "I wish I could play something for you, but he'd hear and show up here in no time..." Lear gave a half-smile.

"That's ok, Next time, I'll just have to visit when he's out!" She thought about this statement. Out doing what, killing innocents and plotting to rule Hyrule? And she'd be here, relaxing and enjoying the day, while Link fought him and his minions all alone. She suddenly felt a fear rise up in her that made her vision shiver. Alone? Begonia interrupted her thoughts.

"The baby, it kicked today!" She beamed and Lear thought she looked much older.

"Really? What did it feel like?" Lear asked, she became curious about this sort of thing.

"It's an amazing feeling...it almost felt like...a fluttering feeling." Lear watched her as she talked about it. She certainly has matured a lot; and she seemed to have some sort of motherly aura about her. "I had Ganondorf feel my stomach when the baby kicked...it was amazing to watch him; he was nervous!" Begonia said happily; Lear winced slightly at Ganondorf's name, but she couldn't imagine him like that.

"That's wonderful! I'm glad the baby and you are doing well." They sat in silence for a few moments before a knock at the door made them each jump. Lear put her hand to her neck as she tried to catch her breath. Was it Ganondorf?

"Uh, hold on just a sec!" Begonia yelled and motioned for Lear to hide. Where? Her head scanned the room as the knocking came louder. The only place was the organ. She dove behind one of it's many large pipes and found a depression in the rock behind it. She nestled here as she heard Begonia walk to the door. "Coming! Please, have a little patience..." The door opened as Lear held her breath. She couldn't hear the voice on the other side, nor her sister's. For a while, silence crowded her ringing ears. A spider the size of a marble crawled down her arm, causing her to whimper and swat it away.

Begonia finished speaking to the person and closed the door. She walked back over to Lear, who looked very nervous.

"Who was it?" Lear asked, hoping that it wasn't Ganondorf. Begonia waved her hand as if she was brushing something off.

"Oh, it was just one of the maids, she was just asking me what I wanted them to pick up at the market." Lear let out a sigh of relief as Begonia continued. "Which is good, because they've been feeding me nothing but PORRIDGE for a while now." She said as she glared at the floor, her temper began to rise at this. Lear seemed to notice, as Begonia's glare was pretty scary looking.

"Uh, oh. I see. Well, that had me going for a while there!" Lear said with a nervous laugh as she brushed the dirt from herself.

"Yes, you look pretty pale...Lear, don't you trust me? If I said you'd be safe here, then you'll be safe here!" Lear looked down sheepishly.

"Of course I trust you, it's others that I'm worried about." She looked out the small window that was carved into the stone on the opposite wall. The sun would set within the hour. "Begonia, I've got to go. I promised Link that I'd be back before sunset." Begonia looked sad as she nodded.

"I understand. You'll visit again soon, right? I don't want this to be our last visit before the baby arrives." Lear nodded and shuffled her feet in the dirt.

"Yes, I'll be back. But please write me a letter and have the mailman deliver it to me when you want me to visit. And when the coast is completely clear."

Begonia nodded with a smile. "Don't worry, I'll make sure that..." she was interrupted by the sound of the door opening. Both of the girls whipped around to see who it was. It was Ganondorf. Lear's face went pale and Begonia tried to keep her composure.

"Ah, Begonia. I was searching for you...hm?" He noticed a girl standing next to Begonia, she bore a resemblance to her. "She is your sister, no doubt." Begonia took a few steps towards him, making sure that she was in between her husband and Lear.

"Y-yes! This is my sister. She was just visiting..." Ganondorf stepped closer to the two of them, staring at Lear; his heavy footsteps made Lear much more nervous. Oh how Lear wanted to get out of there; this is her first time meeting him face-to-face, and she didn't like it.

"...Lear, is it? Begonia has told me about you." He smiled, however to Lear, it seemed to be an evil one; Begonia knew this smile, he seemed to be pleased to meet her. Lear couldn't speak, nor move for that matter. Ganondorf towered over the both of them. Ganondorf began to laugh. "Frightened, are we? There is not a need to be. I am pleased to meet the sister of my wife." Begonia grabbed her sister by the arm.

"Ganondorf, um, she actually needs to leave now, so I'll just escort her out..." she said as she practically dragged her out of the door, leaving Ganondorf to play his organ.

Lear stared at the stones that flew under her feet as she walked. Her hand itched to reach up to her sword hilt; to avenge every horrible act that the people of Hyrule have suffered as a result of that man; to help Link in his fight against the evil that emanated from Ganondorf. Her anger made her face red and her head spin. Begonia just kept walking, making sure that the organ was still bringing music to their ears. As they reached the cooling desert outside, Lear walked ahead of Begonia in getting to Fala waiting in their hiding spot. Fala whinnied and pawed the ground as she approached and got the reins ready for the long ride. Begonia looked back towards the fortress.

"Whew, close one, huh?" She turned smiling but it evaporated as soon as she caught sight of Lear hurrying to leave. She walked over to Lear, hoping to ease any sort of trauma.

"Lear? I'm so sorry that happened...next time I'll make sure he's completely out of the fortress when you come to visit. And I'll even send you a letter!" Begonia frowned, Lear didn't respond. "Oh c'mon, Lear! It wasn't that bad, was it? Next time..." Lear cut her off.

"I don't think there will be a next time...I don't want to see that man again." Begonia's heart ached, she didn't want her sister to be this way.

"T-then I'll come visit you!"

"No, you can no longer travel with the baby." She paused in her busy work to look at the ground.

"Begonia, send me a letter when you get near to having the baby. I'll come then, and help you from afar." Begonia looked like she was going to cry. Lear felt horrible, but she couldn't come back here.

"Please understand, Begonia. When I was in there, I felt...oh, I felt so much anger and hatred toward-" She broke off as her sister hung her head. "I'm sorry, but that's how it is. Link and I were always destined to be heroes. As such, we fight against anything that causes evil to darken the good that this world needs. I can't come back here and control myself. Please, write to me still, I want to hear everything." Begonia nodded and looked up with tears in her eyes.

"We've come quite far from our childhood days in the village, huh?" Lear felt the sadness rise up inside of her that had become so familiar since the beginning of all of this.

"Yes. But at least we still have each other. Be safe, Begonia!" She hugged her sister as she cried and whispered.

"You too...Wait for my letters." Lear mounted Fala and turned him towards Hyrule field. The sun set everything on liquid fire and she shielded her eyes from it's light as she turned towards her sister again.

"Goodbye, Begonia!" With that, she spurred Fala towards home.

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