A/N. Hello! You happen to have clicked on my story. Well thank you for that! I'll just leave this short and let you do the rest. Hey, you might like it.

Disclaimer- Zelda is not mine…

Remedy In the Shadows Chapter 1

A troubled boy walks through a field in the daylight. He dresses in green garments that most wouldn't be familiar with. As he walks his head is tipped forward, cornflower hair hiding his main facial features. Atop of his hair lies a simple green cap, matching his clothing. Along his back is a simple engraved metal shield. A strait steel sword accompanies the shield, both objects are securely strapped to the boy's body. He wouldn't go anywhere without them. Along his shoulder is a small satchel.

He isn't alone though, within his hat is his partner, Navi. The fairy that accompanies him wherever he goes. Ever since she met him, Her job has been to help him throughout life, so far she has done well.

As the boy walked, his mind thought back to what had happened, the voices of his kind echoed in his head.

'It's not your fault'

'It's not safe here anymore, get out while you can'

'Maybe the cure is elsewhere'

'How are you helping by being here?'

They had just come from their home in Kokiri forest. The forest had been peaceful, everything was normal up until two weeks ago. It started with one of his fellow Kokiri feeling ill. It wasn't a big deal, sure it was rare that they would get sick, but it was possible, so some of the children took care of the weak one. However, the treatment the boy was receiving didn't help, he seem to get even more sick as time passed. The children went to the young (but experienced) Deku Tree for any special types of potions, or herbs to help the boy, but at that point, the illness had begun to spread. A few more of the Kokiri showed symptoms that the first child had shown, it was obvious that they ha the illness as well.

At night Link found himself praying to Saria, she was his friend. Once Link had gotten rid of Ganondorf, she had left to helped protect the forest while being the sage of the Forest Temple hidden within the woods. All of the sages had gone to the appropriate temple. Saria never answered his prayers, none of the sages ever did, it was understandable, but it made Link feel so alone.

Since prayers weren't going to help, Link and others went throughout the forest, using everything they could find, they tried dozens of herbal combinations, but still a cure could not be found. At one point, Link made a suggestion of him leaving the forest, and that perhaps a cure for the illness could be found elsewhere. Of course he wasn't being serious, he didn't want to leave his only home. He had only "disposed" of Ganondorf one year ago, he didn't want to leave his home when he started to feel comfortable there for the first time. And, he didn't want to leave his friends in the hands of danger.

'I still don't know how I actually got to this decision.' Now was not a time to be thinking about this, but he couldn't stop his thoughts from wondering. It had only taken a matter of time, and soon half of the Kokiri population was infected. Everyone grew worried, at a meeting one of his friends recalled his comment about leaving. After some debating it was soon decided, Link had been asked to search for a possible cure outside of the forest. Some thought he should go because, he had already survived outside of their home before, and he knows the area. However, some of the Kokiri thought in the other direction. Some accused Link of being bad luck, that his existence caused disturbance within the forest, and that getting him out would let the forest be in peace. Navi told him to ignore them, but he thought that they had the right to think that, he had always been the scapegoat of the tribe.

Whatever their reason, it seemed like everyone wished that Link would leave the forest, and with nothing else to do, that's what he did. He had to leave, to save his friends.

'Was that the real reason you left? Or where you worried about you own safety?' The unwanted thought passed though his mind slowly, it started to sink in, but he shook it off. He couldn't do anything about that now, he left, if he were to turn back now, it would all be a waist of time.

Sighing, Link looked at his surroundings, and smiled as Navi came out of his cap to join him. Hyrule Field hadn't changed much since the last time he saw it. Miles of luscious green grass, it was a wonderful site, the fact that no evil grew in the field made it even more beautiful. There weren't many trees within the field, most of the trees in Hyrule grew in the surrounding forests, so whenever he did passed a tree, small animals took advantage of the provided shade. Link didn't blame them, a summer day in Hyrule felt as if Satan had shared some of Hell's weather with the world. The overbearing heat often tempted Link to look at the clear river that ran right through the field, it seemed to call to him, he could almost taste the cool droplets in his mouth. However, he kept in mind that dehydration was the least of his worries, and that all he wanted to do was help out his tribe, he couldn't worry about himself while others were in far worse condition.

'Right, just search for any possible help and get back home.'

"Ya' all right there Link?" Navi's voice chirped, she actually startled him since the trip had been silent up until now.

He gave her a faint smile as they continued to walk towards Kakariko Village, they had decided to go there first. "Yeah, just a little tired, that's all."

They were walking on a dirt path, that led to locations, Link may have spoke fine, but Navi suspected something more was bothering him. She moved in front of him, and faced him flying backwards, "…Something's up. I know you pretty darn well." She laughed, he had to smile at that. When her soft laughter faded, she finished speaking, "I know you want to help, and so do I, but it might take more than just us to solve this."

Walking a little slower, Link raised an eyebrow, "And…what would you be suggesting?"

"Well…" She paused seeing the frustrated look on his face, she could tell he wasn't in a talking mood, "If this starts to become life threatening, we would want to go to the castle…"

Link rolled his eyes and groaned at her words. He was now walking faster than before, ignoring the rest of her statement, "Navi, don't think like that, this might not be as severe as it looks, all we need is a medicine that just doesn't happen to grow in the woods, that we CAN get from a medicine worker. Now lets not trouble the Royal Family with a little case of the flue, ok?"

'…But if that is needed, how would we get in'?

Navi was silent, she flew next to Link, than finally spoke, "True, true, don't overreact," her voice stiffened and grew serious, "but don't overlook the situation either, ok?" With that she fluttered back underneath his hat to escape the sun, and the possibility of the conversation continuing.

Link sighed again, he looked at Kakariko Village in the distance, the crystal river ran in front of it, a well-sized wheat field was also there, providing the village's people with valuable sources for making their food. Link walked toward the town, ignoring the fact that he was both hungry and thirsty. His needs could wait.

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"Thea! How 'bout you hurry up! Or perhaps you would like to do kitchen duty 'till the next blue moon?" The voice echoed through the Gerudo Halls all the way to the kitchen where Thea was zoning out of the world. She sat on a single wooden table, legs dangling to the stone floor. When the voice shook her back to reality, she took a quick glance at her surroundings. The room was quite small, since it wasn't as important as others. Along one wall stood a wood stove, with wooden racks of ingredients and tools. Along the opposite wall were some fragile wooden benches to sit and eat at, if someone wasn't one of the lucky eight who got to sit in the more lecherous chairs at the main table. Candles hung from the ceiling, firelight danced along the dark walls. They provided just enough light to allow someone to see what they were doing. Thea just wanted something to allow her to see if someone else was in her presence.

At that moment no one else had been in the room, but then the voice's owner, the advisor of the younger Gerudo girls, marched into the room, not looking happy. Thea quickly picked up the steel case beneath her, and began to look like she was working by sorting the foods displayed in front of her on the table.

"Now, If you really had been working as hard as you currently are now, we'd have left already!" Anita said, strolling over to the young girl. She was somewhat short, probably around 5 foot 4 inches, but she was strong. Thea had seen her take on some of the most stressful work without showing any exhaustion. She wore black Gerudo pants, and a matching free-flowing blouse, slightly showing her muscular stomach. Over her body was a black coat. Thea had always teased her saying it looked like a cape, her comments were always returned with a glare. Anita's dark clothes matched her long black hair that was tightly pulled back in a perfectly shaped braid. Her steel eyes stared down Thea, who was fumbling with the case.

"Please…" Thea said with confidence turning her back to her superior, "I'm practically done!" With that she quickly shoved the foods into the case, not really caring if anything got ruined.

'There's always some dumb kids in Kakariko anyways, they wont care if a some of their homemade food goes 'missing'' She smiled at the thought, then quickly snapped up the case, picked it up, and turned on her heels to face Anita.

"Here, how's everyone else--" She stopped in mid-sentence, she and Anita weren't the only one's now in the room. When she turned she saw Isabel, another Gerudo in training. She stood next to Anita with her jewelry-covered arms folded over her slim, bare stomach. She wore dark purple Gerudo-style pants with a shining silver belt decorated with jewels. The belt held a single scimitar attached to it, she had always liked to have one hand empty while training with blades. Her short top matched her pants, short enough to show a good amount of her stomach and her upper torso, on the edges it was decorated with various gems. Her neck shined in the candlelight with the hanging silver necklaces enhanced with multicolored gems, much like her own golden ones.

Isabel smiled at her, green eyes sparkling, "We have finished quite a long time ago Thea. We've been waiting for you to figure out how to discover the difference between things that are edible, and things that aren't" She ran a set of slim fingers through her fairy red hair, then set her hands on her hips, waiting for a response.

Thea took a step forward, her she raised her eyebrows, "Well, looks like it wasn't hard to figure out huh?" She tossed the metal case to her rival carelessly.

The case was barely caught by Isabel, Anita had to lean over and help the object be steady in her arms. The older women shot a frustrated look towards Thea, but didn't say anything, she knew her words could do nothing between the pair. All she did was walked towards the exit and motion the girls to follow. Isabel shifted the case more comfortably in her arms and walked after Anita, but not before she shot Thea a nasty look.

Sighing, Thea had no choice but to go along too. She took time to think while walking down the halls. It wasn't that she didn't want to go, it was just that she didn't enjoy spending time with girls like Isabel. She knew that she would have to work with her on the trip, but if it meant that the reward could be good for her and the Gerudo, than she would suck it up and just do it. As her thoughts wandered, she soon reached the exit of the hideout and stepped outside. The sun had rust risen, the sky was painted orange, and slightly pink, as if some kid had carelessly tossed paint into the air, and it had left a stain. With the large complex behind her, she followed Anita to the horses and wagons. She passed the night watch girls, some greeted her with a nod or a smile, she only returned the gestures to some. A familiar noise caught her attention, she turned and saw that a few of the guards were bringing in new horses up to the animal-care, and track area to her right. She wasn't old enough to own her own horse, but she always dreamt of one.

'Newcomers, and not a bad bunch.' Her gaze continued to look at the horses, even as they were nearly out of sight. She looked a little too long however, She suddenly felt her body walked into a stiff object. The shock sent Thea stumbled backwards, she fell to the desert ground, she felt her body hit the sand. She shook her head, her long brown hair was in her eyes, blocking her vision. She tried to brush it away, and she felt something moving by her side. When her vision was clear she saw Anita kneeling besides her, she started to help her, but stopped. Her head dropped, Thea looked up, and felt her heart skip a heat.

A tall young adult stood in front of her. His dark garments were covered in an even darker armor. He wore jewel-encrusted gauntlets with spiked knuckles. His hands rested near the hilts of his twin swords attached to the belt around his waist. She shifted her gaze upward and saw his face, it was pale and emotion-less. She couldn't read his dark eyes. His black hair rest upon his strong shoulders, moving slightly in the wind. He moved forward slightly. Soon he was right above her, black boots almost touching her simple brown shoes.

"That's and interesting way to greet a leader in the morning, 'eh young one?" He raised an eyebrow, but the rest of his face was still unreadable.

'Your not THAT older than me…' Thea let the thought drift off as she noticed that the rest of the Gerudos had joined Anita in a bow towards their leader. She decided to speak quickly to get out of the situation.

"Ambro- LORD Ambrose," she had stopped to correct herself, "I apologize for that." She laughed, trying to lighten the obviously dark mood, "I've never really been known to be a morning person, and I got destra-" Ambrose put up a hand signaling her to stop, he looked around impatiently, then back at Thea who was annoyed at being interrupted.

"Dear child, don't bored me with your excuses, you're sorry and that's what matters. I have no time to hear you babble. Just go along with Dear Anita and the rest." With that he brushed passed her, the women stayed kneeling until he passed and went into the Hideout. They then went back to their duties.

'Scum!' Thea almost spoke that, when Anita helped her up, she spat on the ground where Ambrose had stood. After their old leader Ganondorf had "left", Ambrose stood out in becoming the new leader. She was told little about him, but she heard that he had led a gang rebels in another land, but they had all been killed in the war that ha been going on. He was the only one that survived. However he wasn't King of the Gerudos yet, he was given the title leader, but the elder Gerudos didn't think he deserved the term "King", they said he would have to prove that he should be their king.

She brushed dirt off of her red clothing, and secured her pair of scimitars along her golden belt. When all was well, Thea glanced up and saw that Isabel was smiling at her. She didn't stop smiling at her when she hoped into the wagon that would take them out of the Valley.

A/N. So how was that? I just wanted to give the readers a look at two main characters, If ya liked this, than look for the next chapter coming soon.

Peace out

Crimson Bandit