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Chapter 3

Link sighed happily as he brought the blankets closer. He was so comfortable in this bed. It was

soft and warm. He had never been in a bed like this. Normally he would be sleeping on

the ground or on a hard bed with nothing but

a thin sheet. Link quickly rose from the bed. "I cannot

get comfortable here. I can't! I will stay here for the time needed then I am gone."

Link walked out of the room and through the halls, being wary of getting noticed by someone,

only to realize that there was no one here except the Gerudo's. Where were they? Had Ganondorf

let them all go? Link knew Ganondorf would let them go, but so soon? Did Ganondorf trust him

that much? Link debated on if he should stay or not seeing as Ganondorf was giving him the per-

fect opportunity to leave.

He was quickly pulled from his thoughts as his face came in contact with the floor. He looked up

with a groan, looking to see what had made him fall. All he saw was Ganondorf pulling away a

Gerudo who was apologizing and begging for mercy. Link looked at the two puzzled, but de-

cided not to intrude. He didn't want to know what Ganondorf planned on doing to the Gerudo. It

finally dawned on him as he stood and brushed himself off. Had the Gerudo tripped him? No... it

couldn't be. Link couldn't see Ganondorf getting that mad over someone tripping him. Link just

let the thought slip from his mind and kept walking.

Link came upon a hallway with six doors. He decided to open the third door. Everyone always

said three was lucky. He cautiously opened the door and entered. Inside was an ice pathway that

led to yet another door. Around the pathway was water. As Link stared down at the water, it

seemed as if it got continuously deeper, never to end. Link turned away from the water, he would

not want to fall down there. He headed to the next door and opened it. Before him stood Ruto

perched on a piece of large ice. "Link!" Yelled out a surprised Ruto. Link swiftly turned around

and ran vigorously from the room, quickly closing the door behind him. He left the next room

with as much speed and persistence. He closed the last door and leaned against it.

Now he knew what was down this hallway. He would not be opening anymore doors. As he

counted the doors again he realized Zelda would not be with them. A smile crept across his face,

knowing that he was no where near that wretched woman. Link began to wonder why the sages

hadn't come out. He was able to easily go in and out of the room. Maybe there were special

spells for the sages. Anyway, he was glad he did not get stuck in that room.

What did Ganondorf have planned for the sages? Was he going to let them sit in those rooms for

the rest of eternity? Why hadn't he let the sages go like he had with the others? He said he

would. Link pushed the thought away. He didn't care what happened to the sages. His days of

fighting were over. The sages as well as Zelda were all in the past.

Link decided to confront Ganondorf about the Gerudo. If Ganondorf had taken away the Gerudo

because she had tripped him he wanted to know why Ganon-

dorf was mad at her. Surely Ganondorf didn't care about his well being. However, seeing Ganondorf from the time he spent here

already, it seemed Ganondorf did care. Link chuckled. "Yeah right. Like that is possible. It is just

my imagination..." "What is?" Startled, Link turned to see Ganondorf standing behind him. "Do

you have to do that?!"

Ganondorf just smiled, ignoring Link's question. "Are you going to tell me?" Link just crossed

his arms. "Now I'm not..." He mumbled. Ganondorf raised an eyebrow and stepped closer. "Oh?

So you were going to tell me?" Link slapped himself in the face. He shouldn't have said that.

"Now don't do that. You could hurt yourself." Ganondorf stated as he pulled the hand from

Link's face. "Are you mad at me?" "Why would you think that?" Link asked sarcastically. "Are

you always so spiteful towards your friends?" "What friends?" Link grumbled. Ganondorf just

frowned. He didn't know what to do. He wanted to hug Link, but he knew that would draw Link

even further away from him. Ganondorf beamed with delight as he finally got an idea.

He grabbed Link's hand and began walking down the hall. "Where are you taking me?" Link

asked bewildered. He probably shouldn't have asked since this wasn't the first time Ganondorf

had pulled him away to bring him somewhere without telling him. He was not surprised in the

least when he got the answer that he did. "You will see."

After a few minutes Ganondorf opened a door to reveal a prodigious room. There were shelves

upon shelves of endless books. Link had never seen so many books before, not that it ever mat-

tered much. "You can come here and read whenever you like. I have books here that you are sure

to like. I have become a collector of sorts. If you have a question about any book I can tell you. I

have read all 5,786 books in here." Link turned to Ganondorf in astonishment, Ganondorf had

read that much!

Link's face turned to misery. "It... It's great... really, but I don't think this is the place for me..."

Link turned to the door. It would be great to be able to read all of this, he had always liked the

idea of reading. He couldn't tell Ganondorf that he couldn't read, Ganondorf would probably

laugh at him. In all of these years he never really got the chance to read. Most of the time he was

either fighting Ganondorf or someone else, and when he did get time off from fighting he just

wanted to relax. Whenever he did get the notion to read he always felt ashamed that he couldn't

read and decided it was best not to ask anyone, just in case they might laugh. "Oh look, the great

hero of time can't even read! How is it possible that he is even able to lift a sword? What a buf-

foon!" He covered his face in shame at the thought of them saying those words.

The only person he had ever told was Zelda, and of course, being the virago of a woman she was,

laughed. He didn't think he could handle another person laughing. Link was taken away from his thoughts as he felt Ganondorf place a hand on his shoulder. "Link? What's wrong? I thought you

might like it here..." Link slowly removed his hands from his face and looked up at Ganondorf.

"I do like it here... I mean books are great... but... I... I better go..." Link opened the door and was

about to walk out but was stopped by Ganondorf's arms wrapping around his waist. Link blushed

furiously and quickly pushed Ganondorf off of himself. "W...What are you dong?!" "I was trying

to get you to stop. It seems to have worked."

Ganondorf smiled at the blush on Link's face and continued on. "Why are you so persistent on

not reading?" It had finally struck him. Could Link even read? Ganondorf cleared his throat and

decided to ask. "Link... can you read?" Link looked at Ganondorf surprised. Ganondorf had fig-

ured it out so quickly. Link looked down at the ground and closed his eyes, waiting for the laugh-

ing to begin. To his amazement he did not hear laughing. When he opened his eyes, Ganondorf

was standing right in front of him. He slowly rose his head to see Ganondorf looking at him with

sympathy and remorse. "I'm sorry Link."

Ganondorf's expression soon turned to happiness. This was something Link could not under-

stand. How can someone be sad then happy the next second. "Link. I will teach you to read."

Link stared at Ganondorf in disbelief. Ganondorf pulled Link back into the library and sat Link

down in one of the chairs. Ganondorf left Link for a few minutes and returned with a couple of

books. He sat next to Link and opened the first book. "This is the easiest book I have in here. I

know it isn't a beginner book, but it will have to do." "You know... you don't have to do this." "I

want to do it." A small smile formed on Link's face. He was finally going to be able to read.

"Thanks..." He whispered. Ganondorf inclined his head and smiled as he showed Link the first

page. "Now, let's begin."

After a couple of hours the two left the room. Link's eyes felt like they were going to pop out of

his head. A yawn escaped his lips as he stretched his arms. He didn't know learning how to read

would take all of his energy. Before he knew it, Ganondorf had led Link to his bedroom. "We

will continue with your practices tomorrow, but for now you need some sleep." Link only nod-

ded, too tired to do anything else. Ganondorf smiled at Link as he watched him crawl into bed.

Things were working out so well for him. Maybe he would get Link to fall in love with him after

all. One can always hope to dream. "Sleep well." Ganondorf whispered as he closed the door to

the room and left Link to sleep.

Ganondorf walked down the halls of his castle and smiled. He loved it here. He liked living in

this castle and he enjoyed ruling over all of the people here, even if they didn't like it, but that

made it even better. He wanted to people to fear him, then they would follow him without ques-

tion or complaint. Soon he would have to broaden his territory. What should be the next kingdom

to go after? Ganondorf went into his office and sat down at the desk, pulling out a map. South of

Hyrule was Termina, North was Koholint Island, West was the land of Holodrum, and East was

the land of Labrynna. He rubbed his chin as he thought. "So many choices... I suppose I could

work my way up. That settles it. I will start with Termina."

Note:

If no one knew, I thought I would let you know that the 4 areas I just put down were all other areas that were visited in the games. It is not totally accurate where they actually are, so I placed most of them at random spots. The only one for certain was Termina (in Majora's Mask) because you saw Link leave Hyrule at the end of the game. Koholint Island was in Link's Awakening, Holodrum was in Oracle of Seasons, and Labrynna was in Oracle of Ages.

Oh, and don't worry, you will be able to see the sages again. Can't have them be in the story for such a short time. -