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Chapter 5

"Link...I do love you." Link wasn't sure what to think of this. It was all too soon. "I... I need to

think on this..." Link stood and left the room, heading to the garden. Ganondorf was surprised by

this action. He expected Link to be angry and hateful. He smiled seeing there may be hope. Gan-

ondorf walked over to the balcony and saw Link pacing around, deep in thought.

Link, consumed in his contemplations, did not notice Ganondorf staring down at him. Was it

possible for someone so evil to love? Probably. Seeing as how Zelda loved Ganondorf and she

was worse than Ganondorf. Why did Ganondorf love him though? He wasn't anything special.

Link sat on the ground and picked one of the flowers, twirling it between his fingers. It was

strange having someone love him. He had never been loved before. People liked him because

they had to. They only wanted him to save them then leave. They never cared about him. So why

was it someone who should want to kill him, loves him?

Link turned to look at the sky but met Ganondorf's eyes instead. Had Ganondorf been watching

him the whole time. He was surprised to see the smile on Ganondorf's face. Link didn't know

what to do, was Ganondorf trying to make a fool out of him? No. The look on his face told him

otherwise. There was such happiness and love in his eyes, as well as worry and despair. Link

smiled. Was Ganondorf worried about what he would say? Of course Ganondorf would be.

Link stood and turned his gaze towards the stable. What kind of answer could he give Ganon-

dorf? He entered the stable and approached Epona. He pet her mane and hugged her tightly. "I

don't know what to do." "Do you love him?" Link jumped at the sound voice. He faced the Ge-

rudo who had spoken. To his amazement it was Nabooru. "Does everyone enjoy surprising me?"

"It isn't our fault you don't notice us. Anyway, do you love him?"

"How do you..." "How do I know? I am Ganondorf's best friend. I think I would know a lot

about him." Link just nodded in understanding. Did he love Ganondorf? How could he? Ganon-

dorf had caused him so much misery. No. Zelda had caused him so much misery. It wasn't Gan-

ondorf's fault that Link had always come to fight. Link thought about the question and let out a

weary sigh. "I don't know."

"Think about it for a while longer. You do have all year to figure it out. Ganondorf will wait pa-

tiently. I mean, he has waited this long." "Wait... how long has he liked me?" "Let me think...

probably about... 9,000 years." "What?! That long!" "Yeah. I kept telling him to tell you, but he

doesn't listen to me. I guess it was good thing you turned up here. Everything finally came out.

Well, it was nice talking with you Link. I better be going. Don't want Ganondorf mad at me for

meddling in this." Nabooru left the stable and out of sight.

Link turned back to Epona and stroked her mane. "I told you things were going to bizarre here. I

feel like I am in a dream. I can't tell if it is good or bad, but it feels like a dream nonetheless. Oh

well... might as well let things play out as time goes by. I will see you later my friend. I should

confront Ganondorf and calm his nerves a bit. Although, I don't know how calm he will get since

I still won't be able to provide him an answer. Well, got to hope for the best." He left the stable

and headed back into the castle. He walked through the halls and up to his room. He was hoping

Ganondorf would still be in here. To his dismay Ganondorf was not.

Link first went to the room where Ganondorf kept his organ. Ganondorf was not there. He didn't

want to start searching through other rooms. He didn't know what he would find. He knew where

the sages and Zelda were, that was about it. He knew Ganondorf kept a dungeon, and that was a

place he didn't want to stumble upon. He decided he would confront Ganondorf tomorrow. He

went back to his room and laid down. It had been a long day. At least things weren't all bad. He

knew Ganondorf would never hurt him and he would make sure Zelda would stay away from

him. Zelda. He never wanted to see her again. Hopefully that would be something that came true.

Ganondorf headed up the steps to Zelda's room. He was furious with her. She would pay for

what she did to Link. He would make her feel unbearable pain, he thought as he opened the door

to her room and walked in. Zelda turned to him, fear consuming her. She knelt in front of him,

tears forming in her eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry my love. I won't do anything anymore. I'll be-

have."

Ganondorf stared down at her, there was no passion in his eyes. Only hate. Zelda stared back into

his eyes. It was then that she realized her apologies would go unnoticed. There would be no

mercy. Tears flew from her eyes. She would never be able to be with him and the only thing he

would ever show her was cruelty. He would make her suffer until the end of time. "I will show

you the same amount of love you showed Link." Zelda's eyes grew wide with terror. "N...No.

Please... anything but that. Please. I beg of you!"

Ganondorf began to wonder what exactly Zelda had done to Link. He knew Zelda had been cruel

to Link, but not the extent. He needed to know. He placed his hand on top of her head and closed

his eyes. She tried to pull away, but to no avail, Ganondorf was much stronger. "P...Please don't

look..." "Quiet wench." A purple glow emitted from his hand as he began to probe her mind.

Zelda screamed out as her memories were being scanned.

Ganondorf watched as Zelda observed Link being beaten and raped by the bandits, and all the

while a smile planted on her lips. He watched as Zelda would bring Link to a secret house and

torture Link for days on end. The picture of Link curled up on a cold floor, blood flowing around

Link, made his heart wrench in pain. Ganondorf pulled away, not wanting to see anymore.

"Y..You... How could you do that?! I will kill you!" "Love..." "No. I am not your love! If you

had loved me you wouldn't have hurt Link. What you have done to him, it is unspeakable!"

Ganondorf lifted her by her hair, making her cry out in pain. "No... I won't kill you. I will make you suffer. I will make

you wish you were never born. You execrable fiend!" He threw her across

the room, making her collide with the back wall. A loud crack echoed through the room. Zelda

fell to the floor in excruciating pain, her spine had been broken. Zelda tried to get up, but was

unsuccessful, her body had become paralyzed.

She sobbed silently knowing it would take interminable time to heal. She moved her head slowly

upward to see Ganondorf approaching her. She was glad at least one part of her hand not been

paralyzed.

Ganondorf lifted her from the ground and twirled her around by her hair then quickly smashed

her into the floor. Zelda screamed out in pain as she felt a few of her ribs break as well as her

nose. "P...Please... I beg of you. Please stop this..." "Why should I? You never stopped when you

did these horrible things to Link. You deserve this. I will not stop until I am satisfied."

He picked her up by her arm and took a finger into his hand. He snapped it back, breaking it. She

screamed out in agony. She didn't know how much more she could take. She continued to

scream out as he broke every one of her fingers.

Link awoke from his slumber to the sounds of screams. The screams were so high pitched and

were filled with pain. He slithered out of bed and walked down the halls, wondering who was

screaming. He came upon a familiar door and it dawned on him that Ganondorf had to be doing

something terrible to Zelda.

He didn't know why but he started filling bad for the girl. He realized he didn't want others to

have to suffer the way he did, even if they were the cause of his suffering. He walked up the

stairs and into the room. He let out a gasp as he saw her body horribly mangled. Her back was

hunched over in such an odd way, her fingers were going in every direction, and one of the bones

in her legs was sticking out.

Link gained as much composure as he could. "Ganondorf!" Links voice came out in a light

whisper. He tried again. "Ganondorf!" His voice was loud and full of force. "Stop!" Ganondorf

turned to Link surprised and dropped Zelda on the floor. "Link?! What are you doing here?!"

"Her screams were echoing through the rooms! I had to come see what you were doing!"

Link slowly approached Ganondorf, sympathy pervaded his eyes. "Please stop this... don't hurt

her anymore... please..." Link whispered. Ganondorf looked at him with shock and disbelief.

"But she has caused you so much pain! She must suffer for what she has done!" "No! No more

pain. Please... Just leave her be. Lock her up here for the rest of time, I don't care. Just don't hurt

her anymore." Tears welled up in his eyes as he uttered his last words. "Please stop..." Ganondorf

let out a sigh and hugged Link. "I'm sorry. I didn't think it would cause you such misery. I won't

do it anymore." "Thank you." Link whispered.

"Why..." Came Zelda's raspy voice. Link looked at Zelda and smiled lightly. "Because no one

should have to suffer. Not even you." Zelda laid there in incredulity. Ganondorf had Link leave

the room and turned to Zelda. "Zelda. If you ever touch him again, I will make your life a living

hell. Am I understood?" Zelda could only nod, still in a state of utter astonishment. "Good."

Ganondorf left the room, locking the door behind himself.

Ganondorf and Link walked down the steps in silence, neither knowing what to say. Link went to

speak but stopped himself, turning his gaze to the floor. Before long they had reached Link's

room. They stood in the doorway for what seemed endless minutes. "Link..." Ganondorf said,

finally breaking the uncomfortable silence. "I'm sorry... I should have..." "Don't worry about it

Ganondorf. It's fine. Really." Link smiled at him. "As long as you don't go doing something like

that again." Ganondorf inclined his head and smiled back. He leaned closer to Link and kissed

him on the forehead. "Anything for you." He backed away and left Link in the doorway, standing

there mystified.

Link entered the bedroom, the kiss never leaving his mind. It wasn't as harsh as he thought it

might have been. It actually seemed quite soft and comforting, and full of love. A smile crept

across his lips, he had never felt like this before. Maybe he was developing a soft spot for Gan-

ondorf. At the beginning of his stay he would have been utterly disgusted by the idea, but now,

things seemed to have changed. Link crawled into the bed and laid beneath the covers, the smile

never leaving his face even after he fell asleep.