Chapter Five:

The castle was easily navigated, more so than Ganondorf had previously expected. The tight feeling in his chest was starting to subside as he passed the last heavily guarded region, making his way easily to the main hallway. Just as link had said the guards didn't guard this area. Still, Ganondorf found it wise to make his way to his father's room without any encounters. Managing his way to the stairs he slowly ascended them. The castle was quiet, and the lights were dim in this part of the building. Perhaps everyone was asleep at this hour? He took the way Link had instructed and paused outside the door. Beyond that door, there was no going back. Beyond that door, was a father, that more than two days ago he didn't even know existed. The flash of hatred that filled his mother's eyes made him flinch, squeezing his eyes shut for a breath. He shook his head, his hand moving to the door knob and entered the room.

The room was dark, the only light that was visible spilled in from the dim hallway and the window. The room was unlike any other he had ever seen. The tall nicely printed walls, the soft carpet beneath his feet. Furniture was visible even in the dark, and at the other end of the room was a bed that was larger than any in the Gerudo Fortress. Stepping closer to the bed, he made out a sleeping figure. The man looked to be the same age as his mother, his hair was cropped short, and it was brown. His looks where nothing special Ganondorf noticed as the man opened his eyes slowly. Ganondorf froze in the dark. Upon noticing his presence the man jerked awake, sitting up in the dark.

"W-Who are you!?" He bellowed, and Ganondorf quickly moved into the light.

"Don't panic sire! I don't mean you harm..." He whispered desperately, his words seeming to flounder on his lips. The man struggled for a match, which he struck and lit the candle by his bed. He narrowed his eyes, squinting at the Gerudo male.

"You're one of those dessert dwellers. What on earth are you doing here?...Are you robbing me?" He hissed, clutching his covers to his chest. The man's eyes were green and wide on him, his words made Ganondorf's chest hurt.

"I am not here to rob you. I am here because I have been informed...I am your son." He breathed helplessly, his body feeling weak with desperation. If his people could see him now, they would surely disown him. The man's jaw dropped as he momentarily began to shake his head when he froze.

"Nabini..."He murmured, and Ganondorf's head snapped up. So it was true then, his mother, the Hylian hating Gerudo Captain, had truly been with this man.

"She is my mother. She does not know I am here..." Ganondorf explained, hoping this would further ensure his safety within the castle. The man before him nodded carefully as he stood. Out of bed, he was quite tall. He stood only a mere inch taller than Ganondorf himself, his broad form lay hidden behind a formless nightgown. He chuckled softly.

"My boy...You are my boy." He seemed to beam, pulling Ganondorf to sit with him at a small writing desk. Ganondorf stared at this man in awe. He could see some features they shared in his strong jaw, and sharp cheek bones.

"I came...to ask for your help." Ganondorf spoke, his red eyebrows knitting together in desperation once more. The man's brows rose in surprise.

"What is it I can do? I will do my best to fulfill any wish you have, my son." He smiled softly, staring at him in the flickering candle light. Ganondorf felt relieved, for maybe his people would truly be saved.

"My people. The Gerudo, they are starving. They depend of stealing for a way of survival. The King wishes to crush them because of this behavior...but if you...or him could supply us with a means of survival surely all this hatred will end...Perhaps we could live as one Kingdom." Ganondorf explained, the man listened intently. He nodded after a moment.

"You are right. I will see to it, that this hatred, as you say, will come to an end, my son." He patted him on the shoulder, standing and leading Ganondorf to the door.

"I will speak to my brother, the King at morning light. And in three days, I will bring men to your village with supplies. We will talk negotiations then. " He whispered as he pulled a tether by the door that tolled a bell in the hall. Ganondorf stared at the man in confusion.

"Why three days? Why not tomorrow?" He questioned, his yellow eyes trained on the man before him. The man chuckled as a soft knock at the door arrived.

"Because, just as I need to talk with my brother for calm negotiations, you need to speak with your people for the same. We don't want more fighting on our hands, do we? " he explained and Ganondorf nodded silently in agreement.

"Impa, will take you safely back outside the grounds. " He said as he opened the door. Beyond it a character that looked no older than Ganondorf himself stood beyond it. The person wasn't noticeably male or female, their young face was tanned, and their eyes were slanted slightly. What was most shocking was the white hair that hung loosely around their face, this androgynous person looked back at him with an emotionless gaze.

"This way sir, or else you will be caught by the palace guard." The character spoke, sounding undoubtedly female. He nodded, still in awe at this strange female. She turned her back on him and led him slowly down the stairway.

"What race are you?" Ganondorf couldn't help but ask out loud. She paused, her red eyes looking up at him. She didn't speak, only stared at him with a firm gaze. After a beat she turned back away and led him down a secret hallway that led out to the castle town gate.

"This is where your journey ends. " She said finally after the silent walk. He nodded looking in the distance, the sun would be up soon and he had to speak with his people. Impa paused for a moment drawing Ganondorf's attention.

"To answer your question, Gerudo. I am a Sheikah...My race has almost become extinct as well...the remainder of us are sworn to the royal family. I respect your urge to save your people." She said softly before bowing lowly to him. He smiled at her kind words as she vanished before him, leaving the Gerudo blinking in confusion. Without further thought he headed home to speak with his fellow Gerudo.

Ganondorf had walked the half a days journey from castle town to the back of Lon Lon Ranch where Link stepped out from behind a few trees. Upon spotting his Lover the blond's young face lit up going to Ganondorf.

"How did it go? " He breathed excitedly, resting his hands on the Gerudo's shoulders. Ganondorf hugged the other male around the waist.

"He has promised to help us. My people will not die." He laughed blissfully, picking the other boy up around the waist and swinging him around. Link hugged his neck, sighing happily in Ganondorf's ear.

"I am so happy for you..." The blond smiled as Ganondorf placed his feet back on the ground and pulling back to look into Link's blue eyes. Everything was going to work out in the end. The Gerudo and Hylian hatred would finally end, and maybe with that...He and Link could remain together. This reminded him of Link's earlier promise.

"Link...what is that secret you promised me?" Ganondorf reminded the blond whose face turned bright red. He pursed his lips shyly and shook his head with a smile.

"You have business to attend to first sir. You have to go speak to your people...and I have to return to my post. When we meet again. I will tell you." He winked. Ganondorf frown stepping closer to his blond friend. Link laughed softly pulling away and running behind the Gerudo male and kissing his cheek.

"Work first. I wont tell you until it is finished." He murmured sheepishly pulling away once more as Ganondorf spun around to catch him. The blond Hylian smirked over his shoulder as he ran off towards his guard post near Lake Hylia. Ganondorf watched him go with wistful eyes. His heart hurt, and he didn't know why.

Shaking off the strange feeling he headed into Gerudo Valley to speak with his family. His body ached from his many nights without rest as he entered the fortress. No one was in the fortress at this time as they were outside doing their daily training. TwinRova spotted him in the halls and floated quietly on either side of him.

"I have spoken with my father. He has promised to send supplies and means of peace within three days. Allow me this day to rest, and prepare my mother and the others to discuss this meeting. Allow no one to go out on raids until then. That is my order as King." Ganondorf said seriously. TwinRova smiled and bowed their heads to him in unison.

"It is good, you have decided to take on you duty as King fully. We will do as you command." They said obediently, escorting him to his room where he collapsed exhaustively into his bed.

"Rest well our Majesty." TwinRova whispered softly as Ganondorf's eyes closed, and they left the room to gather the Gerudo.

He didn't know how long he was out. He didn't know how long it had all happened. He was awoken by the screams of Nabooru and she pounded on his door. He leaped out of bed and opened the door. The Gerudo woman fell inside, blood on her tanned face.

"What is going on?" He commanded of her, she looked up at him, her lips stammering. Male voices could be heard in the fortress halls, and sharp clangs of metal on itself.

"Hylian Guards...they are attacking the fortress..." She breathed desperately. Ganondorf's eyes widened. Surely it couldn't be? His father had promised peace...why did they attack now? He stood and pushed the woman into his room and shut the door as he grabbed sword and headed down the hall at top speed. Sure enough guards were fighting with Gerudo in the halls at every turn. He passed them with little trouble, ending the guards who seemed to have the upper hand on his Gerudo relatives. This was far from what he wanted. He didn't want more Gerudo blood shed on the sand. Making his way outside he froze, a man in full armor on a white horse chased after Nabini, his mother. Grabbing the nearest horse he pulled himself upon it and took off after him. Nabini ran for the entrance of Hyrule field. She was fast, known for her athletic abilities and great stamina she was losing fast against a palace horse. The soldier's sward was drawn and held poised to strike as he rode after her. Ganondorf pulled his own blade as he urged his horse faster. She managed to make it just beyond the Gerudo border into Hyrule field as the man caught up with her and striked her with his blade straight across her back. She called out as She fell to the ground. He froze, nearly falling off his horse. The man stepped off his horse and walked to the struggling Gerudo captain and plunged his sword deep into the back of her chest. Ganondorf charged at him, still on his horse. He screamed as he ran, his sword high in the air as the man turned to face him dodging Ganondorf's swing, and knocking him from his horse. He fell on his back, knocking the breath from him. He stared at the sky for a brief second trying to catch his breath as the man stood over him, removing his metal helmet. Ganondorf stared up in horror. The man was his father.

"But...Why...?" He wheezed, his eyes flickering to his dead mother. The man smirked, his green eyes staring down at him as he drew his blade.

"I am the King's brother. I am in line for the throne, and for glory. I will not have a Gerudo whore and my half-blood bastard get in the way of any of that." He hissed, holding his blade face down as he moved to plunge it into Ganondorf's stunned form. He froze, his narrowed green eyes slowly widened as a thin line of blood spilled from his lips. Ganondorf slowly sat up staring up at the man in confusion. The man slowly fell to the side, like a freshly cut tree, three arrows stuck in the gaps of his armor protruded from the mans back. Gasping Ganodorf looked up for the arrows shooter. Link stood in the distance, his bow freshly fired. His face twisted in horror a worry as he ran towards Ganondorf.

"Ganon...Did he..are you...?" He stammered coming to a halt a few feet in front of him. Ganondorf looked at the blond and at his dead parents before him. Link had saved his life as his father was about to take it.

"I'm alright...Link...You just killed one of the Royal family you shouldn't be here...You need to leave right now. " Ganondorf breathed, moving to lead the blond away. Link shook his head moving to step closer as his body Jerked as an arrow nails him right in the left side of the chest. Spinning around he grabs his scimitar at his feet, the soldiers that were with his father have gathered at the mouth of the valley. He charged at the men, his body charged with a foreign energy. His body seemed to be full with an electric pulse. He swung his blade, connecting with the first soldier, knocking him off his horse and ending him before he hit the ground. Spinning on his heels he aimed for the other soldiers who surrounded him. His anger blinded him. In his rage, a voice spoke to him.

End them all... Use my power...end them all.

The voice crooned to him as he cried out, his body seeming to explode. A wave of electrical power seemed to blast from him, striking the surrounding soldiers. One by one they fell,each dead on Hyrule field. The world seem to grow quiet, and the voice vanished. Ganondorf slowly looked around, he was confused at how he had manged to kill them as he had. His eyes fell on Link. Shaking he ran to him as he lay on the grass, to Ganondorf's relief he was still breathing though it was shallow. The blonds lips were rimmed with blood as his breath seemed to gurgle out of his mouth.

"Link...please stay with me...I can heal you..." He whispered snapping off the end of the arrow and picking him up off the ground carefully. The blond shook his head clutching to the fabric at the Gerudo's chest. Gandondorf froze staring down at Link's fading form. The Gerudo male could feel his heart start to rip. His village had been almost destroyed, and both of his parents now lay dead with a group of Hylain soldiers. Now Link...He couldn't lose Link too. Link's sapphire eyes stared up at him admirably as he opened his lips to speak and Ganondorf moved to lay him under the tree they often met under.

"No..no save your breath..." He whispered struggling to make the boy comfortable as he desperately looked around for something to pull the arrow head out with and seal the wound. Link grabbed the Gerudo's shaking wrist and pulled him closer.

"I...need to...keep..my promise." He coughed, drawing more blood into his mouth as he spoke. Ganondorf's yellow eyes filled with tears as he stared down at the blond. He couldn't stand for a goodbye as he looked away. Link placed a small kiss on the back of Ganondorf's hand, where a curious triangular mark began to form. Not noticing it, he sighed heavily and leaned in close to listen to him.

"I...have..a-always loved you..." Link murmured...tears now filling the blond's blue eyed gaze. "...from that first...day I ..saw you sneaking...in castle town..." He breathed painfully. Ganondorf shut his eyes tightly, his form leaning further till his forehead pressed against the blond's.

"I love you too Blondie...please don't go...please..."Ganondorf whispered. The blond's gaze drifted far away as he smiled softly.

"Am I a good...or a bad Hylian? What will become of me...?" he whispered as his blue eyes remained transfixed on the blue sky. Ganondorf pulled away to look down at him as the blond closed his eyes with a grim smile.

"I...had...hoped...to see the world...change...It needs...change..." He said just barely over a breath, and with his last word, Link was gone. Ganondorf stared down at him for a long time. After a while had passed he gathered the boy in his arms and carried him back into the gerudo valley. It had seemed some of his people had came up victorious in the end. TwinRova spotted him first and went to his side.

"Open the desert gates for me." Ganondorf commanded. TwinRova exchanged a strange look but did as told. They opened the gate to the desert for him and he and deceased Link made their way to the Temple of the Sand Goddess.

Ganondorf had long ago forced himself to forget the days of his youth as he was stopped by Impa within the castle's halls. She hadn't changed much since Ganondorf's vist with his father all those years ago. She had kept her mouth shut about his connection to the royal family all these years, perhaps it was for that exact reason. Despite his intentions for the Royal family, he was still apart of it himself, and Impa couldn't discard her duty to him as well.

"Ganon...I will not allow you to harm her...She has nothing to do with what happened ten years ago..." Ganondorf sneered, this woman had no idea of what truly happened ten years ago. He tilted his head.

"I just want the Ocarina. She will not be needed until much later, so I wont harm a hair on her head just yet." He laughed. He would bring change, even if that meant he had to be the bad guy to do it. Impa shook her head pulling off that vanishing act she does. He growled knowing she had probably gone somewhere to princess Zelda's side. He too forced his way outside with his own power. He had hoped to wait a little while longer playing favorites with the king before awakening his powers but they had forced his hand. He saw the flash of a white horse, Impa and the small girl running quickly towards the gate of castle town. He mounted his own horse and raced after them. Upon exiting the gates the white horse and the princess both vanished. Pausing at the exit a small gasp caught his attention. There stood that boy. His eyes widened staring into the wide blue eyes of this young ten year old blond. He was the exact image of Link the day they had met. Though this boy was dressed in green and a fairy floated at his side. His heart twisted as his past lover's words filled his mind. What will become of me...?

Unable to bring himself to harm the boy he knocked him aside. Perhaps he would lose his nerve and stop this pursuit against him. The boy stared after him in fear as he Charged off after the long forgotten white horse. As he rode he couldn't clear his mind. After Link's death ten years ago, he took him into the temple of the Sand Goddess where he and TwinRova resided while he mastered his newly found power. It is there he made Dark, his loyal servant, and it is where his Link was buried. Ganondorf stared down at his hand as his horse rode on into the night. The glaring triforce of power blazing upon his skin. Fate was cruel. and thus Ganondorf prepared himself for battle.

End.

Ok, so this was the final chapter. It was a story that I made up on a whim. Perhaps I will redo it later down the line when my writing skills improve. Maybe enrich certain parts and go into further detail on others. I hope you all like it and didn't find it to lame :) Thank you! This is my FIRST ever COMPLETED fanifiction ever! I usually give up part of the way through! So Yay me!