Begonia raced Kivuli across the desert sand. She knew that her husband was in trouble, or Kivuli wouldn't have come to her. Raiquen fussed as Begonia yelled commands to her steed, following her quivering shadow. It led her to the arbiter's grounds...a forgotten place in the desert.
Navigating through such a place brought a difficulty, as she carried her baby in her arms. She put great faith into her shadow, knowing that it would lead her to her husband.
She reached a large pavilion at the top of the grounds, where an enormous mirror hung. She hid behind a rock, quieting her baby the best she could. Ganondorf was there, along with most of his army. The rest of the beings she did not recognize, but she didn't have time to try and see if there were any there that she knew. The trial had begun, and she watched in horror as her husband was tied by hands and feet in front of the mirror.
Ganondorf slowly lifted his head to glare at the sages that stood before him, but the moment he noticed his wife standing there, he panicked. He knew he would be executed, but he didn't want her to see it. He pulled at his chains, only to stop a moment later as he realized that it was futile. He was to die in the eyes of his people...what? He looked at his wife again. She held his child in her arms.
"...Begonia..." he mouthed.
A sword of light pierced through the air.
'...I'm sorry...I have failed you...'
Ganondorf let out a painful yell as the sword impaled his chest.
'I must not...I WILL not die.' Ganondorf thought to himself in agony. He suddenly felt a power surge through his body as the sacred triangles marked his right hand.
He tightened his hands into fists and lifted his head up in a roar. With great power, he pulled against the chains. First breaking the chain on his right hand, he then showed the sages the triforce given to him by the goddesses. Such a mark, given to such a man put great fear into the sages as they watched him break all of his chains.
Ganondorf laughed evilly as he pulled the sword from his chest. He lunged forward and killed the sage of light, roaring as he did so. He looked around at all the sages, then to his wife. She reached for him. In turn, he reached for her, realizing that he could be with her once again. However, while he was distracted, the sages called forth the power of the mirror of twilight. It shined brilliantly, creating a portal on the black wall that Ganondorf was chained to. As it shined on him, he stumbled backwards a few steps. His body began to disintegrate into twilight. As a last resort, he reached for Begonia, for the last time; He placed a spell on her and Raiquen...one that would preserve their lives until he could return someday. With one last breath of fresh air, he yelled Begonia's name as he disappeared into the twilight.
Begonia's world shattered. She screamed his name as the fresh tears ran fully down her face.
Her mind grew numb to everything that was happening around her. The Sages turned every way, talking to one another and pointing to see who cried beside themselves. Time seemed to slow around her. She had only one thought in her mind; her husband was gone. Gone forever. The grief hit her like a wall, a wall that could never be penetrated. She wanted to cry forever, stay here in her mad sadness forever. Raiquen's cries suddenly broke through her mind, and she was aware of the Sages mourning over their own lost brother. She quickly scooped up her baby, took a last look at the mirror that had swallowed her husband forever, and ran down the slope with shaking sobs.
Begonia's life was a slow, lonely one. Everyone she knew...had gone. Her husband, and his people were gone. She wandered the land with her son, searching for her sister. After many years of searching, she came to the conclusion that her sister was dead.
She figured that the boy that she always traveled with, the one they call a 'hero', was dead along with her. She watched over her son and raised him as any good mother would, but she always knew that he would never know his father. He grew to be about the age of ten years old when she noticed it; neither he nor her were aging. She didn't feel like a spell had been cast on her, but as the years turned into decades and the decades into a century, she watched the land change and begin again as she and her son stayed the same.
Throughout the decades she traveled with her son, her only happiness. He was what kept her happy, yet it was her torture. He had his father's eyes. It would seem that it was her destiny, to live forever...traveling the land.
She always found home, her destiny, in the forgotten sands of the gerudo desert.
A/N: This is the end of Sands of Destiny! Lear and I are very excited to know that some people have read this far, and we shall let you know that the sequal is going great!
This story is NOT over yet. Sands of Destiny was merely just the first half, so stay tuned and watch for the first post of part 2!
Thank you for reading!!
Disclaimer: All nintendo characters (c) Nintendo
Begonia, Raiquen, Kalidas, Pippa (c) Me, a.k.a Begonia
Lear, and Fala (c) My writing partner, a.k.a Lear