Ganondorf sat in the spirit temple, concentrating on his open palm. Twinrova wouldn't come that day, but he liked to practice here. He suddenly felt the surge of magic and he fought to control it. It was a bit like pouring salad dressing out of a bottle: it seemed as if nothing was happening so you tipped it a bit more, and then suddenly it was rushing out too fast and you ended up with more than you wanted. Ganondorf turned his palm away from him as the overflowing magic burst from it, hitting the wall instead of his face. He shivered, knowing that he had just almost taken his own head off. He turned his palm around and began to concentrate again. As he looked for the magic in the void of himself, it seemed as if there were other things there, things that reached for him and chased him. He tried to ignore them as he snatched up the magic and pulled it toward him, he did it slowly this time, resisting the urge to yank at it and get away from the things as quickly as possible.

"What are you doing?"

Ganondorf gave a yelp of surprise and accidentally yanked the magic again, he turned his palm away and the blast speckled the spirit temple's wall with yet another scorch mark. He spun around to find Nabooru staring at him for the entrance.

"Don't DO that!"

Nabooru was staring at the wall, the scorch marks covered most of the stones "So you really are becoming a sorcerer?"

Ganondorf nodded "I can't even do the simplest spells yet though, I keep over shooting and almost incinerating myself."

Nabooru frowned and sat down beside him "Ganondorf, you're planning on getting revenge aren't you?"

"It's not just revenge. If we don't do something about the knights then they'll eventually wipe us out. The gerudo need freedom."

"We both know that's not why you're doing it."

Ganondorf turned to face her "So what?! He betrayed us Nabooru, he was accepted into our ranks and he betrayed us! And why does it matter why I'm doing it? It will give the gerudo freedom either way!"

"Ganondorf, I just don't want you to ruin your life for this. I mean, you've taken up sorcery! Look at what that did to Koume and Kotake!"

"I'm stronger then them."

"No you aren't."

"Just leave me alone Nabooru."

Ganondorf wandered through the streets, he couldn't sleep so he had decided to look for information. If this place was anything like Hyrule, then all the best information could be found from the "rats" that roamed at night. It was raining, something that he had always found a prize. Rain was a wonderful thing in the desert and they always use to have a festival when the rain came. Even when he had lived in Castle City, where rain was not longer rare, it felt like riches to him.

He walked past the streets and into the fields surrounding the town, barely noticing where he was going. His foot suddenly hit a moss covered stone and laughter burst out in the air. Ganondorf jumped back and drew his sword, expecting rock creature. Instead the laughter died out and a voice squealed into the air.

"BONG, BONG! The current time is 12:11"

Ganondorf lowered his sword, surprised. He made his way toward the stone, sheathing the sword as he did. He knelt down next to the stone and scraped the moss off. Slowly, a sheikian symbol appeared. Ganondorf grinned, he wasn't sure how it had gotten here, but this might be just what they needed.

Midna looked confused "A what stone?"

"Gossip stone."

Midna looked at Link "You ever heard of these things?"

Link shook his head, but Zelda spoke up "I've heard of them, they supposedly know all sorts of information. I heard they were all destroyed."

Ganondorf shrugged "Well who knows, maybe the sheikians just moved them here."

"Maybe, but unless we have the mask of truth they just function as a fancy timepiece."

Ganondorf shrugged "So we need to find the mask."

Midna rolled her eyes "Unless this mask comes when you call it, I don't think it's going to be so easy."

Link suddenly spoke up "I think Skull Kid might have it."

Zelda looked confused "Who?"

Midna groaned "A twerp that runs around the sacred grove torturing visitors." She gave an overdramatic sigh "All right, I'll create a portal so we can get there and back quickly. I say that Link, since he seems to be on an almost-friendly-basis with him, and I go and ask the little twerp while you two keep looking for clues here."

Ganondorf smiled "No complaint from me, your opinion of Skull Kid seems to be the only thing I agree with."

Midna smiled wryly "Great, now figure out a way to be the one that warps Link there instead of me."

Midna and Link left the hotel, as soon as the door stopped swinging Zelda turned to Ganondorf "You do know a way to borrow her warp powers."

Ganondorf gave her his best innocent look, which, on his face, ended up looking more deviously gleeful than anything else "Now why would you think that?"

"If I recall correctly, you borrowed a few of Zant's powers."

Ganondorf grinned "Well, then perhaps you don't recall correctly, besides, I'm not going to volunteer to be around the twerp."

There was a strange jumble of sound from outside that came with portals appearing. All the men in the bar rushed to the window to see what happened. There were a few mutters of "witchcraft" and one of the men spoke up in a somber tone.

"There's around men. Keep on you're watch."

Zelda and Ganondorf exchanged shocked looks at the horrified reaction of the men at sorcery. Apparently magic was forbidden here,

Ganondorf leaned toward Zelda, speaking in a worried whisper "Well that's going to make our mission about a million times harder."