Prologue
As the red sun set on the golden sands of the desert, the cries of a Gerudo guard left to die in her tower cell were heard throughout the fortress sending chills down the spines of the young guards standing at the base of the tower.
"Let me out. I am elite. I am a Gerudo. It's cold. It's dark. I'm hungry. Oh Fayrore, I'm thirsty. Give me water. Let me out. I am elite. You cannot leave me here. Why am I here? He put me here. He put me here to die. He will die. I will make him die."
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Serinna picked the brown bag off the wooden floor and slung it over her shoulder. The cries of her friend were carried through her open window by the warm desert wind. She had to leave now, before it was too late for Narisina. She tried to think of anything beyond the contents of her travel-worn bag that could be of any use to them when they left the only home that they had ever known. After deciding that she had packed all the essential items for escape she grabbed her bow, quiver, and her favorite weapon. It was a slightly curved blade with a long, spear-like handle. She tied a dark purple cape over her shoulders to hide her pale violet uniform and left the room that had been hers for so long, never to return.
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Link watched the young Gerudo guard as she walked toward the prison tower. Her dark cloak made it hard for him to see her in the moon's light. Navi flew down from his shoulder where she had been sitting and watched the girl from the shadows. She flew back and told Link what she had seen.
"She's dressed for travel. There's something strange about her, Link. She's not like the others." Link made no reply. They waited in the small alcove above the main entrance of the fortress. The guard exited the tower with another girl, who Link recognized as one of the fighters he had bested in battle to free the carpenters. The two girls stealthily made their way into the fortress. Moments later they came back out. The second girl was now wearing a deep red cloak over her red clothes and carrying a bag and two curved swords.
They walked along the road to the stables. Filled with curiosity, Link followed.
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Marina dipped the small glass vile into the swift moving water at the base of the waterfall. She was kneeling on the edge of the narrow stretch of land deep in the valley under the bridge that connected Hyrule to the Gerudo's territory. The scientist who lived in the house by the Hylian lake had sent her to collect the water for his research.
She looked over at the man and woman standing on the other side of the piece of land. She could not hear their conversation, but from the look on the girl's face she could tell that he was annoying her. She put the stopper on the vial and placed it in the bag with the ten identical vials that she had already filled.
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Roux reached around the Gerudo woman's back. He pretended to be playing with her hair when he was really pulling out her earring. In his other hand he held a blue flowered vase.
"It is an exquisite vase. It was made in the Zora's domain. It is very rare, and very expensive, but I will give it to you for the cow." He leaned in closer and whispered in her ear. "I would not make such a deal with anyone less beautiful than you." The girl giggle and he put the earing in his pocket. He prayed to Din that that he would give him the cow. He and Bela, his horse, had not tasted milk in a long time.
"I don't know," the girl said. Roux placed his hands on either side of his face. He pulled her other earring out, put it in his pocket, and pulled out a string of cheap costume pearls.
"For you, I will throw in these precios pearls. They would look lovely on a neck as graceful as yours." The girl giggled again, then took the pearls in her hand.
"Fine," she said. Roux handed her the vase and lead the cow onto the large wooden raft that was waiting in the river for him. The other girl, who he had brought to the river on his raft walked over and sat down beside the cow. He untied it and as they drifted down the river toward Lake Hylia they heard the Gerudo woman shreak.
"My earrings. By Din I'll get you for this. Come back here you theif. I'll kill you."
