The Reformed Gerudo King (Legend of Zelda)

Chapter Nineteen-Grandstanding

Nadia woke up the next morning and sat up, rubbing her eyes. She looked over to Ganondorf, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at the door. "Ganondorf, what are you doing?"

"I made a promise." He said. "You might think my protection is pointless, but I'm going to do it anyway."

Nadia looked at his tired eyes and placed a hand on his shoulder. "You should really get some sleep, tonight is very important." She said softly. "I'm sorry for snapping at you last night."

He looked at her. "Do you think you can't talk to me? We've been through enough together for you to know better than that. You can tell me anything and I would understand."

She looked down. "I can't tell you this."

He turned and took her hand. "What's stopping you?" His eyes narrowed. "Who is stopping you?"

Her heart jumped and she looked up at him. "Ganondorf I..." She sighed. "....Ganon came into contact with me."

"I knew it!" He hissed. "That was the only thing that made sense. What did he do? What did he want?"

"He wanted to threaten me and shake me." She said. "He said that being in contact with him puts me in serious danger if others find out."

"What crap." Ganondorf said. "He wants you to hide it so when people eventually do find out, you'll look more suspicious and dangerous!" He put his hands on her shoulders gently. "Nadia, we have to tell the world leaders. We'll tell Mother first."

"We can't!" Nadia looked worried. "What if they see me as a threat? They already do!"

He stroked her cheek and smiled. "Nothing is going to happen to you. Mother and I won't allow it. If we tell them exactly what happened in your dream, that ruins Ganon's plans." He kissed her forehead. "I'll always protect you." He took her hand. "Let's find Mother. We need to get this to all of the leaders as soon as possible."

Nadia grabbed his hand tightly. "You're right..." She walked with him and made their way to Urdania's room, where she was brushing out her hair. "Urdania?" She held onto Ganondorf's arm tightly.

Urdania looked over at her and smiled. "Don't be a stranger, you two, come in." She continued brushing her hair. "How did you sleep, Nadia?"

"I had a nightmare." Nadia said. "That's why I came to you."

"What was it about?" She looked into the mirror, parting her hair.

"Ganon made contact with me in the form of my great grandfather." Nadia said.

Urdania dropped her brush and looked over at her, her eyes wide. "He did what?" She walked over to her and grabbed her shoulders. "What did he do? What did he say?"

"He threatened me." She said. "He told me that since he got into contact with me, that means we're connected and people will become suspicious and if I told anyone, I would be persecuted."

Urdania crossed her arms, a worried look on her face. "Well...He's not completely wrong..." She shook her head. "Nadia, we need to tell the other world leaders right away about this. As soon as everyone arrives, we'll have a meeting before the ball." She picked up her brush and put her hair back. "Both of you get ready, they should be arriving soon."

"Yes Mother." Ganondorf led Nadia out and sighed. "Based on Mother's expression, this isn't going to be easy."

"When is it ever easy?" Nadia asked. "It's going to be okay, it always works out." She walked into her room and grabbed her clothes. She cleaned up and tied her hair up, getting in her outfit, along with drawing red winged liner on her eyes. She took a deep breath and walked out, Ganondorf and Urdania waiting for her patiently. She looked at them and gave a nod before heading down the hall. They made their way into the main meeting hall where all of the leaders had already gathered and Urdania spoke up.