i do not own zelda.
Chapter 1:
"Did you hear?" Zarita whispered to Aliyah. "Nabila gave birth to a son!"
"Are you serious?" Aliyah whispered back in surprise. Zarita nodded. It had been one hundred years since a boy had been born in the Gerudo tribe. The Gerudo Thieves were a fierce tribe of all women, but every hundred years a boy who would become the next king was born. Everyone had expected Lanai to have a son, since it was said that she was a descendant of the last king, so it had been a great surprise when Nabila's baby had turned out to be a boy.
Nabila sat on her bed cradling her new born son in her arms. She was still young, only sixteen, and she had always been fairly weak, so most of the others had shunned her. How was it that she had become the mother of the future king? It should have been Lanai. Lanai and Nabila had been best friends since they were little, but the two girls couldn't have been more different. Lanai was eighteen, a much more suitable age for a young Gerudo to have her first child, especially if it was a son. She had always been exceptionally strong, and already she held a very high rank. And of course, there was the added factor that royal blood ran through her veins. Nabila sighed, and pressed the baby closer to her chest.
There was a light tap on the door, and Lanai burst into the room without even waiting for an answer. "Nabila!" she cried. "I just heard the news! That's great! Can I see him?" Nabila looked up at her friend's beaming face and smiled weakly. Lanai was already 38 weeks pregnant, and her own baby would be born in just a couple of weeks. Lanai saw her friend's forced smile, and immediately knew something was up. "What's wrong?" she asked, sitting down on the bed next to Nabila.
Nabila looked down at the baby in her arms, and fidgeted with the cloth it was wrapped in. "Oh, I don't know," she replied, with a sigh. "I guess it just doesn't feel right that I should be the one to have this baby.
"Now don't tell me you think I should have been the one!" Lanai exclaimed. Nabila nodded. Lanai put an arm around her friend's shoulders. "Listen, that whole thing about me being related to the last king is just a rumor. It's probably not even true! And just because you aren't particularly strong, doesn't mean anything. Not every one is suited for the life of a normal Gerudo. Maybe this life will suit you better."
Nabila smiled. "I guess you're right."
"Of course I am!" Lanai exclaimed. "I'm always right!" Nabila laughed softly. Lanai wrapped her arms around her friend and hugged her tightly and whispered in her ear, "Everything will be fine. I promise."