Twilight-Dipped Dreams

Chapter 8

The carriage that had brought Ganondorf and Kohana to the Northern Safehouse was, once again, being loaded quickly while Kohana slept a nightmare-plagued slumber. With her being sick because of the cold, his plan to get closer to her by forcing her to stay indoors had completely backfired, but even now as he sat next to his bed where Kohana slept he realized that perhaps it wasn't a total loss. After all, she was staying in doors and she couldn't turn down his offer of protection with that weird freak on the loose. Still, the northern safe house wasn't really safe anymore and her sickness would only get worse without the proper medical treatment that Hyrule Castle's doctors could offer. There were no other options they would have to return to Hyrule Castle if she was to get better. "Ganon." Ganondorf looked up and pushed his thoughts aside as Kohana called him,

"Hm?" He questioned coolly and she touched the damp, folded up towel on her forehead. "It's not cold…anymore…" She breathed and Ganondorf pushed down the will to hear her speak more in such a breathless and exhausted tone while he stood up and took the compress. It was as cold as when he had dampened it with ice water five minutes ago but he wrung it out and re-dampened it again before laying it back on her forehead. "Thank you." Kohana said softly, closing her eyes and trying to get more sleep as Ganondorf let his mind wander again while he stared at her.

In terms of her staying next to him, it was impossible aside from this situation alone but even then it had a time limit that would expire when she got better. Somehow. If she gets better. The immune system is created when someone is but a child, A voice countered in his head, Don't you think it will take a long time to build it up? That's right. It would take a long time. What if he married her? A valid idea. If she's 'allergic' to you, she'll over come her sickness with more time around you. He was a fucking genius. "Kohana." Kohana's eyes opened slowly and she looked at him, "I'm moving us back to the Castle and the carriage is almost ready. Do you think you can walk?" She closed her eyes,

"Yes. I can." She said, "But…why the castle?"

"That thing that attacked seems to have the ability to vanish and make people move on their whim, so it's best if we go back to a strong hold where I have forces to overcome the freak if he has friends." Ganondorf responded, crossing his arms, "You are also sick and the medicines that you need we don't have here. The doctors in Hyrule do." Kohana nodded and he stared at her, "Marry me." He said bluntly and she looked over at him to see if he was joking. His face was expressionless.

"No." She responded shooting him down swiftly.

"Why not?" He asked, raising an eyebrow, "I have everything a woman wants. Wealth, power, respect and I've been told I'm quite skilled in the bedroom. Why reject me?" Ganondorf questioned, "You know it wasn't I who bound you to me. If push comes to shove and that thing that attacks you once more when I am not around, you'll be too traumatized to defend yourself properly." Kohana blinked, "I'll ask you nicely once more. I beseech you to be my wife." (He has a hard time saying 'please').

"No." She said again, forcing herself to sit up, "I don't want to be here, I don't want to be anywhere near you, I don't even want to KNOW you!" Kohana yelled to the best of her ability though her throat was dry, "I hate this curse on me. Why is it- that you're always the one I have to wait for? Why can't you ever wait for me?!" Ganondorf was taken back by her yelling, "Do you know this feeling I have? This feeling that every moment of my life, I know that when you vanish from this place, I am alone and I must drop everything I'm doing to fall asleep and wait for you!? Even if I wanted to, I could never have a lover, or have children or a husband because you'd ruin it all with your stupid hex on me!" He had honestly never thought of it that way. Ganondorf had always thought that she had nothing better to do that wait for him, just so that she could happily serve him. Kohana stared at the ground, her voice gone from all her yelling just now and Ganondorf gritted his teeth.

"If I released the hex on you, would you marry me?" He demanded sharply and she shook her head defiantly. He got up abruptly, "You will walk down the aisle with me whether you want to or not, so get used to calling me 'husband' from now on!" He commanded before he stormed out of the room, too blinded by rage to remember that he wasn't supposed to, and went outside to let the cold air cool him down.

~O~ With Zelda and Midna ~O~

"Who are you?" Midna questioned warily and the person responded,

"You may call me 'Kelik'." They said, "Right now, I need help and in return I can help you find your friend and save her." Kelik said and Zelda smiled, Midna smirking,

"alright so what's your price?" Midna asked and Kelik shook their head,

"I only wish…for that orange-haired man to be my opponent. Your friend has very little meaning to me." Kelik voiced and Midna and Zelda knew exactly what that would entail. A fight with Ganondorf may not only cost Ganondorf's life but Kohana's as well. The two reluctantly agreed,

"Very well, please take us to where they are." Kelik got to their feet and mounted a grey horse before it charged off as Zelda and Midna got on their own horses,

"Midna…" Zelda said softly and Midna nodded, "I know, but we'll have to try and…make time for Ganondorf to get away. Even though I hate it, it will give Kohana a little more time too." They agreed before going after Kelik.

~O` With Ganondorf and Kohana `O~

"Up you go." Ganondorf ushered and helped help an unstable Kohana into the carriage before he got in himself and laid out on the bed as Kohana sat down, "Why sit down? Why not lay with me?" Ganondorf asked, turning on the charm to perhaps charm her into liking him before he forced her to marry him. Kohana looked away from him before he leaned over, grabbing her arm and pulling her to the bed anyways. He wrapped her in the sheets in such a way that the more she struggled the more she twisted herself into the sheets. "Calm yourself, Kohana." Kohana looked at him, "You'll get sicker if you're making up such a ruckus. Just try to calm down." Kohana relaxed a little and Ganondorf smirked, "Isn't that better?" He loosened up the sheets and sat up to lean against the carriage wall, holding her in his lap even as she bluntly ignored him, "Stop ignoring me, Kohana. At least glare at me. Hit me or something." Kohana looked away even as Ganondorf tried to continuously get her attention from poking her to gently pulling her hair until he kissed her neck, making her shiver, "I see you like that." He quipped before he slid his tongue up her neck as she shivered more.

Ganondorf moved her thick red hair aside and nibbled on her neck then her earlobe. If she came to drown in the pleasures he could give her then she couldn't refuse to marry him anymore, right? Because she would be too intoxicated with him to leave him. Even if it only turned into lust rather than love, she would still stay and he could continue to monopolize her. He continued his lusty assault as she struggled weakly. I could never have a lover, or children, or a husband! Echoed in his mind and he slid his tongue up her stomach as he smoothly transitioned from behind to her at her waist as she laid on the bed, "Kohana, I'll be what you need." He told her and she stared at him as he met her gaze, "A lover…and a husband. I'll give you children. Anything. Will you accept me now?" Even as she cried she shook her red locks from side to side violently and he sighed, kissing her stomach, "You'll feel differently in a few days time." He told her, hugging her waist and resting his cheek against her stomach. What a strange feeling he had in his stomach now. Was it- regret?

"Do-Don't." He glanced up, Kohana crying, "Don't do this-" He blinked in surprise. 'This'? She must have meant about how his wish to take her on this bed. He softened up, hating to see her crying. What if he was in her shoes? What if he had to be chained to some guy he hated, and on top of that is scared out of his mind by some freak that appeared in his bedroom? And to top it off, this was happening to him? Ganondorf gave up, pulling her against him as he rolled on to his side, gently pushing her head into his chest,

"That's enough, stop it you stupid woman." He grunted, trying to keep his composure as she tried to stop crying against him, "I apologize, Kohana, I didn't mean to frighten you." He wrapped her protectively in his cloak and she calmed down to just laying there. It looked to Ganondorf as if she was meant to be here, perfectly fitting against his chest despite their height difference. "Would you like me to be nicer? Less gruff perhaps?" He questioned and she looked at him somewhat sadly, "The-" She covered his mouth and shook her head, pulling her hands back and he laid there. This must mean that Kohana wanted him to be quiet. Ganondorf uncomfortably laid there, never having shut his mouth for so long but she didn't refuse him when he hugged her closer. As a strange heaviness slowly set in on his eyes, the sound of the handle to the door of the carriage rattling startled Kohana and she quickly got up, Ganondorf sitting up, "What-!" The door flung open and the stranger in the white cloak was riding a horse, "It's the freak!" Ganondorf snapped before Kohana ran out from the bed and grabbed an arrow that almost hit him in the head, snapping it as the stranger lowered their bow. She grabbed a small dagger from Ganon's pant leg and threw it, hitting them in the head. "N-Nice shot…" Ganondorf said bleakly, but the face of the strange crumbled to dust. The toy solider slumped over in the saddle of the horse he was riding, before another took his place.

"Don't get too close-!" Someone yelled before the toy was blasted away by some of Ganon's dark magic.

"Sit back down, Kohana." Ganondorf grunted, "I'll take care of this problem. Don't leave the cabin, got it?" He ordered and as she opened her mouth to protest he swiftly ended her protesting, "The sick should stay in bed!" Kohana watched as he went to the door, poking his head out and blasting a few more toy soldiers to oblivion, before grabbing the roof and swinging himself up, taking care to lean over the edge and look back at Kohana, "Keep quiet and stay down." He concluded and shut the door before kneeling on the roof as Kohana sat on the bed, trying to do her best to brace herself through the now more turbulent ride. He noted how there seemed to be dozens of toy soldiers, almost no end to them even as he continued on almost to exhaustion and their master smirked.

"Ganon." He glanced back, Kohana holding up a potion, "Here." He took it before she retreated back into the carriage and he shut the door. He flicked off the cork and drank down the blue contents of the small potion, a mana potion for his magic, that she had given him. Careful, A voice rang in his head again, If Kohana vanishes, then you won't come back. If you die she'll be vulnerable too. Ganondorf bit his lip before taking a deep breath, holding it as he opened one of the lit lanterns of the carriage that guided its way and blew into it some of the potion he held in his mouth still. The flames flared out and slammed into the ground, the horses of his enemies rearing and neighing in horror and ran the opposite way as a thick line of fire separated the two. Ganon panted, exhausted, and stood up as he watched three leaders come to a halt and watch him leave. When they turned into small dots and didn't cross the line of roaring flames, he slipped back into the carriage and laid down on the bed, Kohana watching him and he closed his eyes as he tried to catch his breath.

"You'll be fine, Kohana." He promised and she stared at him with a faint frown on her lips, "You won't fall back asleep." He assured and Kohana was quiet for a long time before falling asleep but Ganondorf stayed up until they arrived at Hyrule Castle once more and he exited out first, winter having bitterly come to the Castle Grounds and he wrapped her up in his hunting cloak once more and helped her off the Carriage. "Secure all the exits and post guardsmen. I don't want anyone suspicious to get in." The guards nodded and he added, "Bring me a the best tailor in the Castle." He continued on and Kohana followed, Ganondorf holding her hand as he led her, to make sure that when she fell he was right there as their feet crunched on the fresh snow upon the stairs outside the castle.

"Cold…" She panted lightly, swimming between consciousness and fainting as he continued on, while she shivered. "I can't.."

"You can." Ganondorf replied and stopped, "We'll take a break, so warm up." He said and she pulled the cloak about her more, collecting herself to push back the dizziness and the sickly feelings that swarmed her mind. He reached out and pulled up the hood to his cloak and she looked up at him, "You're doing excellent for being in the condition you're in." He told her and she looked at the snow from the compliment as he gently ushered, "Just a bit further now. Do you think you can make it?" The servants watched in shock as he treated her gently and Kohana nodded a little, and he offered his hand to her and she uneasily took the offer and they continued on. With a multitude of breaks for her to rest and a length of patience Ganondorf had never displayed before, Kohana made it to a bedroom that had a warm orange glow that gave off dancing shadows on the walls and Ganondorf helped her to the bed that she stumbled and fell on. The thin sheets were blanketed in thick blankets of fur to keep the warmth in and she laid on them, more tired than before.

Ganondorf gently unlatched the brooch for the cloak and unties the small rope bow to it, pulling it from her and moved away from the bed to lay it down on something as she slipped under the covers in her clothes still. He threw another log on the fire, poking and prodding it with an iron instrument to raise the flames and pulled the curtain over the window. He untied the curtains from the canopy posts of the bed as she watched him with a blurred vision. The curtains fell and she couldn't see him anymore and then she couldn't see or hear anything anymore.

When she came to a couple of days later, the curtains had been pulled back and Ganondorf was snoring softly in a chair not too far away. She looked around the room and something seemed to click in her head. She remembered this room.

It was slightly circular in shape with grey stone like a tower's room, a fireplace on one wall and a barred stain-glass window in the wall opposite of the thick oak door. Against the wall opposite of the fireplace, was a canopy bed with curtains and four strong posters to hold it up. This…was Zelda's room, when she had been in the castle after Ganondorf took it over. Her heart began to race as her mind fixated on the barred windows, the thought of never being able to leave now that she was back consumed every part of her mind. Ganondorf sat next to the door, for what reason she didn't know but he knew why she wanted to run off and now there was no way he couldn't stop her. Surprise had been in her favor until she opened her big mouth and her breath caught in her lungs as breathing become more difficult for her. Kohana started hyperventilating and Ganon must've awaken sometime in the middle of it because not too long after he held a firm grip on her arms and whatever he was saying to her was deformed in her ears.

"Don't touch me!" She snarled as he tried to lay her back down and her heart only raced faster in a frightened fury as a maid pushed Ganon aside for his uselessness while Kohana gripped her chest as a tightness seemed to only cause her more distraught pain. "Ow, ow, stop that it hurts!" She gasped as the maid tried to help. Kohana was suffering from a panic attack that only seemed worse through her already weakened state. The servants pulled their master from the room and tended to her as Kohana gripped the sheets in pain, while elsewhere, Kelik watched and his finger tips twitched as he manipulated the attack.

"The muscles contract, the pupils shrink, the pain coils around the spine. A perfect manipulation of a human being." He purred to himself, his gloved fingers continuing to twitch and turn as he manipulated her pain. He scowled and hissed, "It's not enough. That's not the expression I want to see! I really want to see… THAT look." Kelik said, licking his lips, "Ganondorf tries to hard but he's quite dense, isn't he, Kohana?" Kelik said and got to his feet, guards patrolling almost every corner of the castle. "He certainly is dense." Kelik said, jumping down before vanishing just after he did so.