Ganondorf smiled as he put the finishing touches on a crib. It was so much easier with the carpentry tools he recovered from Koholint Village. Marin had woven a bassinet, but he wasn't sure how quickly the baby would grow once she was born. He'd seen some Gerudo sprout from babe to toddler almost overnight, and wanted to be prepared. After all, she was due any day now...

Looking down towards the river, he spotted Marin rinsing some vegetables. She was adorable- she had her hair tied up high on her head, and since she had fallen asleep with it wet the night before, it fell down in lovely curls. She wore Ganondorf's shirt a lot nowadays, not just because it fit but because she didn't like him staring at her belly.

Marin was excited to become a mother, but she was very shy about the changes that had occurred to her body. She didn't like that she couldn't run or hunt as well as she used to, or that her breasts and feet had swollen. She took her anger out on the fish in the river or her basket weaving, and occasionally played some serious fetch with Fuzzy.

Ganondorf watched Marin work, admiring her, when she abruptly decided to return to the cavern. He turned back to his own work, thinking she had gone in to rest, when a few moments later he felt a tap on the shoulder. "...Pumpkin? I thought you were going to rest. I'm not ready for lunch yet, I'll come in a little later, okay?"

Marin frowned and shook her head, picking up his hand and motioning back to the cavern.

"Is something wrong?"

Sighing, she lifted up the hem of the shirt and showed him that it was damp.

"...Your shirt is wet. So...?"

Marin pursed her lips in annoyance. Just as she opened them to speak, however, she winced in pain. Ganondorf immediately understood, and scooped her into his arms.

"Why didn't you say your water broke?" he grumbled, running to the cavern. He smiled when he saw the little basket of vegetables inside, it was just like her to put them away first and not waste food even in the most serious of circumstances. He grabbed the bassinet sitting by the bed and rushed to the back of the cavern, confusing Fuzzy who had been napping in the corner.

Down by the faerie pool, Ganondorf had set up a second bed and gathered extra supplies. He hurried and carried Marin down to the pool, and laid her atop the bed. She whimpered and moaned in pain, so he used his magic to create some light.

"Okay Baby, I'm just going to look and see how far your womb has opened up, alright?" Ganondorf gently opened Marin's legs and started examining her, recoiling no more than a few seconds later. "Oh my Goddesses, I can feel her head! Why didn't you tell me you were this far?!"

"Unngh..." Marin winced in pain again, though she seemed to have acknowledged her instinctual need to push.

"Oh well, nothing to be done now." Ganondorf quickly undressed Marin, then picked her up and ran over to the pool. He softly sat her down in the water, and resumed his position at her feet. "We'll just do it this way, instead. My people have utilized water births in the past. It will ease your pain and make everything go smoother."

Marin found the warmth of the water extremely soothing, and it helped take some of the weight off her back. With Ganondorf's encouragement she was able to resume her pushing, and not thirty minutes later she delivered a healthy baby girl.

"Ha HA! Oh Marin, Marin! She's so adorable!" Ganondorf quickly severed the umbilical cord and cradled his newborn daughter, before turning and handing her to Marin. "Look at our baby girl! We have a baby girl!"

Despite her pain, Marin reached out and cradled her daughter against her chest. She was so happy to finally hold her baby girl. But after a few moments, she looked up at Ganondorf and realized something was wrong. She was still in as much pain as she was before, and didn't understand why. He immediately screamed for the Great Faerie as a precaution.

"What's wrong?! What is it?!" Ganondorf demanded as soon the Great Faerie arrived and examined Marin. "Why is my wife in pain?!"

"Calm down, Lord Ganondorf, everything is alright. You can help by holding your daughter," she instructed, and brushed her hand over Marin's stomach. After a few moments, she smiled and helped Marin sit up. "It seems we are not finished."

Ganondorf's eyes went wide as he held his daughter. "Not finished? You mean, twins?"

"And what a lucky mother you are, Lady Marin, to have carried two babies and yet kept such a beautiful figure," the Great Faerie praised, ignoring Ganondorf's stupefied expression. "Now, I need you to push for me..."

After an hour of pushing, baby number two was delivered safe and sound with nothing but the placenta left inside. "Baby..." Marin called for the child immediately, and rocked the little surprise in her arms. Two little babies instead of one...

"Another beauty," Ganondorf remarked, causing Marin to snicker.

"No, son."

"Son?!" The Gerudo king stumbled backward and landed on his rear in the water, but thankfully the Great Faerie had already taken the baby from him or she would have been soaked. "Are you telling me that I, a Gerudo male, have sired another Gerudo male? The so called 'unicorn species' of Hyrule?"

Marin held up their son so he could see. "Yes. Boy parts."

"Congratulations on the birth of your daughter and son," the Great Faerie exclaimed, holding back her own laughter. "I checked them both, they are exquisitely healthy babies. Have you names for them?"

"We only thought of one name, Elaan after Marin's mother," Ganondorf admitted, still shocked as could be. "I seriously never considered that I would have a son."

"...Cuin," Marin mumbled, rocking the little baby.

"Quinn?" the Great Faerie repeated as she passed Elaan to her mother.

"No, with a C. It's an old Gerudo superstition, never start a name with a Q," Ganondorf explained, scooting closer to his babies. "Elaan and Cuin... two little rascals..."

The Great Faerie watched Marin and Ganondorf cuddle with their children, and decided to make a silent exit. Before she left, she whispered an enchantment into the air and water to ease Marin's pain, and ensured that the air temperature was comfortable. She didn't want anything to disturb this lovely new family.