Ganondorf rode through the burning streets of Castle City, he had been practicing sorcery for a long time now, and his skin looked puss-like with the tint of gerudo magic. The creatures of his own void tortured him even when he was awake now.

But despite, or perhaps even because, the magic had dented his sanity, the attack on Castle City was going well, even without the triforce. He was looking for one knight in particular: Chariton. Finally, he spotted the traitor. Chariton was battling a moblin, and winning in fact. He had improved quite a bit since Ganondorf had last seen him. Ganondorf dismounted just as the moblin was felled. Chariton looked up as Ganondorf approached, the smoke blocking his view.

"Who's there?! Show you're self!"

Ganondorf obliged, stepping out of the smoke, his face contorted into insanity "It's been a long time Chariton."

"Ganondorf."

"The one and only."

Chariton's expression was unreadable "You must have been quite happy to hear the order to attack this place."

Ganondorf raised his eyebrows "Heard? Ah yes, I never did get around to telling you. I don't hear orders, I give them."

You could almost see the wheels turning in Chariton's head, and his expression turned to shock "You- you're the gerudo ruler?!"

"Genius Chariton, you should be a scholar."

"But- Ganondorf did you do all this just for revenge?!"

Ganondorf sneered "Revenge? No Chariton, not quite. Revenge would be stabbing you in the back during the night. At first I thought I might try and realize Sir Giffard's dream, to bring peace between the gerudo and hylian." Ganondorf smiled, and it was not a pleasant smile "You know, I've become a sorcerer Chariton. My people say a gerudo sorcerer is doomed to insanity, but I think that everyone but the gerudo sorcerers are doomed to insanity. Now I realize that the only way hylians will no longer trouble the gerudo is if the hylians are all dead."

Chariton's expression turned to horror "By the goddeses and sages Ganondorf, what have you become?"

The maniac expression dropped from Ganondorf's face "Chariton, when you passed the test with me you became a gerudo. Do you know the sentence for a gerudo traitor?"

"Exicution?"

But Ganondorf shook his head "Not exactally."

Ganondorf needed no weapons, only his sorcery, but he carried two very small weapons anyway. They were two daggers, one carved with a boar and the other with a wolf. He drew them now, and tossed the wolf to Chariton. Chariton caught it.

"A traitor must battle for their life against another gerudo. If the traitor wins then they shall only be banished. If they lose… they will not be around to have further sentence."

Chariton had his dagger in one hand, his sword in the other. In one fluid movement he dropped the sword and assumed ready position, once Ganondorf might have seen the significance in that.

Without another word, the two flew at eachother, the gems on their daggers shining in the firelight of the burning streets.

Midna and Link materialized in the inner sacred grove. Link immediately headed for the arena they had battled Skull Kid in. He began to whistle as he did, the same song that Skull Kid played all the time. Soon the sound of a trumpet joined him and Skull Kid appeared on a nearby wall.

"Hee hee! Hello doggie boy! Imp girl is with you again huh? Where's the pig man?"

Link just smiled as the "imp girl" came forward to talk "Link said you have the mask of truth? Could we use it?"

Skull kid shifted from one foot to the other, thinking "Weeeell… it's not really mine. I just borrow it every now and again."

"Could you bring us to the person you borrow it from so we can ask for it then?"

"Hmmm… well I suppose since you already know her she won't mind."

"Already know who?

The sky suddenly turned dark as what seemed to be eons of clouds covered the sun. Skull Kid let out a high pitched, almost maniac, giggle and ran off before they could say anything else. His trumpet sounded from ahead, and Link and Midna realized that this was going to turn into another deadly game of tag.

A section of wall disappeared and the two ran through it, Skull Kid's lantern light echoing ahead, soon they heard the far of squawking of the trumpet and headed toward it.

Suddenly Link stopped in his tracks "Midna… the song is different. He isn't calling the puppets."

Midna stopped as well to listen. The song went through it's normal phrase, but instead of having the long note that called the wooden golems, he just started over.

Midna smiled nervously "You don't think he's just being nice do you?"

Link didn't even respond to that one, if someone had you that gorons would learn to swim or Skull Kid would just give someone what they wanted, you should bet on the gorons. Suddenly the music stopped all together, and the passage behind them sealed to solid stone again. Midna and Link moved so they were back to back. Link drew his master sword; the blade glowing slightly in the dark with the light of the two sols, and Midna readied her magic. The stone around them slowly began to turn to darkness. Link looked down at his feet and quickly looked away again, looking a little sickly. It was quite disturbing to see that you weren't standing on anything.

Midna glared into the darkness "Do you really think you can scare a twili with darkness?!"

"Hee hee! No, this is just the area in-between! I'll see you on the other side!"