A/N: Thank you again, James Birdsong. You're a good dude. I reward you with a virtual hug. And another chapter.

Now or never, right? With or without Luna. Although, I must admit. I'm worried about her. What if she gets taken by Ganondorf or Cryoheim? What if someone realizes who she used to be and isn't very forgiving? Luna would get burned at the stake for the things she did. Wherever she is, I hope she's ok. No matter what, thought, I still had to stop Ganondorf. I've stopped him with half the Triforce of Courage before. I can do it again. But I also had the power of the sages backing me up…

I forgot how hot the Gerudo Desert was. If I don't drown in my own sweat by the time I get to the castle, I'll be amazed. Luckily, I had a few bottles of cold, enchanted water. Impa was kind enough to give them to me before I left Castle Town. If I didn't have these, I'd probably die from heatstroke. I should almost be to Gerudo City by now. Hopefully, somewhere will be shaded.

Once I passed through the gate, I made sure to keep my head down. Something tells me that I wouldn't exactly be very welcome here. Between wanting to end their king and the fact that I'd be the only man among the tribe of strong women warriors, I'll stick out like a sore thumb. In order to get to Ganondorf's castle, I slipped through alleys, hid behind crates full of bananas (I'm sure they won't notice a few of them missing. Bananas grown in the Gerudo Valley were the sweetest, most perfect bananas in all of Hyrule.), sneaking around corners.

"Stop!" an angry voice shouted at me. Before I knew it, half a dozen spear tips surrounded me. One wrong move and I'd be impaled. It brought me back to meeting Luna in the Lost Woods. I guess she had to learn it somewhere, "Who are you?"

"I'm…"

"Not important!" she drove her knee into my lower back, "We'll take you for questioning now."

The leader of the small Gerudo attack force hit me in my forehead with the end of her spear and knocked me unconscious. More than likely, I'll be taken to the dungeon. The dungeon is in Ganondorf's castle. Since I need to go there anyway, I can think of it as a protected escort. Then, I'll break out, find Zelda, take Ganondorf out, and if there's time, I can find my sister.

The cold cement of my cell floor was definitely welcomed when I woke up. Anything is better than that blazing sun. At least there was a positive about my capture. Let's see…I only have one guard, so we can count that as a blessing. I'd only have one Gerudo warrior to fight if I'm going to break out of here. By the looks of her, she might have been new. This one didn't look too much older than me.

"It wakes!" she jumped, preparing her spear.

"Hey," I stopped her, "I'm not going to hurt you."

"No!" she kept her stance.

"Ameerah!" the leader came in, "What did I say about engaging?"

"Forgive me, Mother," she bowed, backing away.

"Now," the leader came into my cell, "I'm going to show you how to conduct a proper interrogation. Pay attention."

"Yes, Mother."

POW!

A heavy fist clocked me in the jaw, "Why are you here?"

"Where is she?" I recovered quickly. A perk of the Triforce, "Where is Princess Zelda? I know she's being held here."

"That's none of your business, voe!" the leader prepared herself for another hit, "Why are you here?"

"I'm here to stop Ganondorf from destroying the kingdom," I stood my ground, "He's too powerful and you know it!"

"Hush!" she hit me again, fully aware I was right.

"He's corrupted one of your own," I hoped my name dropping would pay off, "She's well-known throughout Hyrule as the Gerudo princess, but her name is Luna."

The leader froze in her tracks, keeping her weapon up, "How do you know about Luna? No outsider knows what her name is."

"She's my sister," I crossed my fingers, watching as she started to settle down.

"LIES!" she growled, hitting me once more, "Stay down. When you're ready to start telling the truth, then you can get up. Ameerah, watch him closely."

"Yes, Mother." The leader of the Gerudo attack force left me on the floor of my cell. That last hit hurt worse than I thought it would. My guard slowly approached my cell, getting down to my level, "Are you alright?"

"I've been worse," I wiped the blood from my lip, "Do you have my bag in here, by chance?"

"Yes," she got up, "What do you need?"

"The red potion," I requested, "Please."

"Sure..." She dug through my bag and gave me a bottle of red potion. Immediately, I started to feel better, "Shira loved her, you know. Luna...When she died and Luna went off with His Majesty, we were all worried. But when she came back this morning, she seemed so different. Life had returned to her eyes."

"She's here?" I wondered.

"Yes," she nodded, "I saw her at the castle with some of the king's...attendants."

"But," I assumed, "You can't let me out, can you?"

"My mother would have my head for something like that!" she squeaked, checking the hall, "But we'd have to make it quick. There's a passage that she doesn't know about. Behind the barrels."

"Thank you," I smiled, "I promise you. I can make Luna better again."

"Hurry," she popped the lock off the cell door, "But wait..."

"What is it?" I stopped, pushing the barrel out of the way.

"Are you him?" she asked, "The Hero of Time?"

"You can just call me Link," I insisted, "No need for formalities."

"Then, you can call me Ameerah," she introduced herself, giving me a map, "Go. Stop him. Save her. Be the hero."

"That was the plan," I crawled through the hole in the wall and into the empty hallway. Alright. Zelda, Luna, Ganondorf. I'd have to be careful. Gerudo warriors could be vicious and the ones guarding the king were a million times worse than the average foot soldier. They could probably twist my body into a pretzel and launch me into the sun if they so decided. For right now, I needed to find Luna. If she's in the castle, she'll help me fight Ganondorf.

Where do I start? This castle's huge. This map Ameerah gave me might not even work for me. This whole place was a labyrinth. I could find her. I'm sure. She's got to be somewhere around here. Let's see…There's a training room up here. If I were Luna and I'm about to overthrow Ganondorf, who just happens to have the Triforce of Power, I'd want to make sure my physical being was prepared for something of that magnitude. Right here on the left.

"HEY!" a bunch of squealing women made me cover my eyes. Oops. Bathhouse, not battle room.

"HOW DARE YOU?"

"DO YOU KNOW WHO WE HAVE IN HERE?"

"I'm sorry!" I defended, "I'm so sorry!"

"HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?"

"HAVE YOU NO RESPECT FOR ROYALTY?"

"Link…?" Finally…A familiar voice. And someone that won't viciously yell at me, "All of you. Out."

"Yes, your highness," all of the others left the two of us alone.

"Luna," I relaxed, "I'm so glad to see you again."

"How'd you know I was here?" she asked, sinking further into the water.

"I was told you were in the castle," I sat down, still keeping my eyes covered, "Luna…Why?"

"I'm sorry," Luna got out of the water and me, being the kind soul that I am, gave her a towel, "Trust me, though. I'm a master of infiltration, Link. I know what I'm doing."

"So," I thought, "You're not going to switch sides on me? You didn't come here, knowing I'd look for you, only to lead me to Ganondorf's feet?"

"Of course not," she promised, "I'm not going to turn on you, dummy. We're two halves of a whole greater power, Link. If we can't work together, neither one of us should have it."

"But," I thought, "You said you weren't coming back here…"

"That was just so you wouldn't come looking for me," Luna gave me a little smile, "You still have a mission to do, Link. You don't need to be distracted. Could you hand me my tunic?"

"Sure," I gave Luna her tunic.

"I should've known you were a traitor," a deep, rumbling voice boomed behind us, "At least you did one thing right, Luna. The Hero of Time…Guardian of the Triforce of Courage. Link, you have far too many titles for someone of your…caliber. But I'm sure there's something I have that you want."

Snap!

"Link!" Zelda let out a squeal, held prisoner in a glass prism suspended in the air.

"Let her go!" I demanded, ready for a fight.

"Luna," Ganondorf ordered, "Kill him."

"I can't," Luna stood her ground, "And you know I can't.

"You're cute," Ganondorf scoffed, sending Zelda away, "When you're ready, you know where I'll be, traitor."

Shortly after, he did the same, disappearing to the top of the tower. I unsheathed the Master Sword, "We have to go."

"Absolutely," a bright, blazing fire burned in Luna's eyes. She stormed out of the bathhouse, slinging her bow around her shoulders on the way out. The two of us slaughtered moblin after moblin, bokoblin after bokoblin. Any creature that Ganondorf had to throw at us wasn't living. Luna and I ran up the stairs into the room at the top of the tower. This was it. Ganondorf was going down right here and now.

"I'm not going to repeat myself, Princess," Ganondorf growled, "Kill him now."

"No!" she pulled an arrow out of her quiver.

"That wasn't a suggestion," he threw a ball of black magic, hitting her right in her heart. Luna fell to the floor. Along with my heart.

"What did you do?" I pulled my sword on him, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"

"She wasn't listening," Ganondorf threw me aside, "So, I gave her something to make her more…obedient."

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

Luna got back on her feet, stumbling a bit to regain her balance. Good…She's alive. Without another word, she drew and pointed her bow at me. Her once bright blue eyes so full of life had turned black. That wasn't Luna in there anymore. And she was under Ganondorf's control. He had her as his puppet and there was nothing I could do about it.

"Now, Luna," Ganondorf ordered, "Be a good girl for your king and kill him."

FWHIPPP!