Kingdom of Power, of Courage, and of Wisdom

Majora's War - Edge of Wrath

-Ganondorf Dragmire-

At the earliest light they pressed on into the forest. With the light of dawn the path the Twilight took became plain and open. Eventually into the day they came across a few dead Twilight. The Twilight had been torn into pieces.

Solitare stopped and bent down to look at them. "The wounds are not clean, no blade did this. They were pulled into pieces... Splinters and shards of wood fill their bodies."

"Looks like the Fae have started their battle," Link commented.

Ganon turned his eyes into the forest and searched as best he could without entering. They were already in danger from entering the domain of the Fae without their protection, but ironically their sole protection was within the torn up land by the Twilight, as if the land was too wounded to fight back or notice the new intruders.

Link continued, "I see no more in the distance... Ghiradrim is not here. The path continues, so the great beast must still be carrying its master and the lesser beasts were left behind."

"This doesn't make sense... why flee deeper into hostile territory? Why be so hard pressed to go this way?" Solitare wondered. "They could have fled along the border."

Link had no answer, but Ganon gulped. He felt he had one, though he did not know how well he liked it. Faint memories returned to him and a dark feeling entered his gut. The direction the Twilight pressed on to also was familiar to him as they pressed on.

Ganon answered, "They are fleeing to the valley of dragons."

"The what?" Link wondered. "Dragons are real?!"

Ganon nodded. "Kept in secret and protected by the Fae, but yes. I was there once when I was young. I do not know if the dragons themselves are what the Twilight seek, but something else that lies within. Inside the valley, alongside the dragons, is a Fae Grove."

Solitare's eyes widened and she gulped. Link cursed under his breath.

Ganon explained further, "The waters of a Fae Grove is supposed to be able to heal anything, but it is also divine and holy and will wound anyone or anything of darker origins, such as the Twilight, so long as it is untainted."

"Then why go there?!"

"Because that is only while it is untainted, and I..." Ganon hesitated. His eyes fell guiltily as memories came to light. "I tainted it, and what more, I may have created something... hellish from it. As you know, when I was imprisoned by the Mitagi, the Twilight came to the city for me." Link nodded, remembering the battle. "But what you don't know is that one of the monsters snuck in and spoke to me. He said... that I had made them. He called me 'father.'"

They stood in silence briefly. Solitare looked between them, marveling at an event that had apparently transpired between them. Ganon's eyes darkened in memory, and Link huffed.

"Well, are you?" Link asked.

"Am I what?"

"Are you their father? I thought you were Malon's ward."

"I am! I'm her guardian and adoptive father."

"So what does it matter of these freaks of nature think? I doubt you did it on purpose, otherwise the Fae probably would have been pissed with you all this time, right?"

"I..." Ganon blinked. "True."

"Then it don't matter. If you get some Twilight to stop eating people and get adopted as a monster-puppy, great. But what matters is Ghidradrim has them and is taking them somewhere, where it seems a bunch more can be made. I don't know about you, but with how many appeared at the plains of Jouto without a Fae Grove, I'm more worried about how many can appear at a location with that kind of energy and power... or if he can use it for other means. Clearly there is purpose behind it at least and whatever the purpose is, probably ain't good for us."