CHAPTER 1
Shurai leaned against the balcony rail. Ten years ago, after Laura was killed, she was reborn as Zelda and Sheik's child. Shurai remembered that day like it was yesterday. Laura could have been re-raised as a Princess, but it wasn't to be. Shurai had snuck Laura to Gerudo Valley, and ordered Ganondorf to care for the child. She wondered how the princess was doing now?
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Laura ducked as the black iron sword swung over her head. Frustrated, she rolled out of the way before the weapon could catch her foot.
Laura hated Sparring Tournaments. She always lost because she was weaker than the other Gerudos, and wasn't as good a fighter.
Standing up, Laura glared at Enya, her spear in hand.
Enya narrowed her discolored amber eyes. "Give up yet?"
Laura smirked. "I don't think so."
Running at Enya, Laura jabbed the butt of her staff into Enya's gut. The Gerudo child staggered back a few feet.
Impatiently pushing a strand of hair out of her face, Laura quickly tightened her ponytail before Enya could jump attack her.
Enya jumped back before Laura's spear hit her again. Then, something lashed out and struck Enya in the chin before she could see it.
Pushing Enya to the ground, Laura held her spear up to Enya's throat.
Enya swallowed her breath. "Okay, I surrender!"
Laura watched as Nabooru and Laura's step sister Naru* carried Enya off. The Gerudos cheered for Laura.
Sighing, Laura jabbed the tip of her spear in the sand, walking to the sidelines beside her father.
Ganondorf looked at Laura in surprise. "What's wrong? You finally beat someone."
Laura glanced at the Gerudo king. "Enya's my best friend, dad. I didn't want to hurt her."
Then, without permission, Laura walked into the fortress, and trudged into her room. She plopped down on her bed.
Lacing her fingers together, Laura rested her chin on them. Why was Enya so different like Laura was? That's how they had become friends. Both of them had guarding duty when they were about eight, and they ran into each other. Laura had been cautious at seeing Enya's discolored amber eyes, and stepped back. Enya did the same thing at the sight of Laura's pointed ears.
Enya was nine months older than Laura, and was about a foot taller than her. Although she was a good fighter, Enya was weak. She had been adopted by her grandaunt Nabooru at Ganondorf's command. Laura was surprised to see that Enya was adopted. Laura claimed she was too, because she had pointed ears, unlike the Gerudos. Of course, some young girls said that Laura was born with a deformation, and Laura believed both that she was deformed, or that she was adopted.
Although Laura and Enya had become really good friends, neither of them brought anything up about their strange looks. For instance, Laura had pointed ears, and red and black hair. Plus, she was shorter than most Gerudos her age. And Enya... whoa. Laura couldn't describe what Enya was like. Her amber eyes looked like she was a cat, and she had pointed, black talons that were about two inches long, maybe longer. People always ran from her because she had sharper teeth than everyone. Enya had asked Nabooru about this, but the Gerudo woman refused to answer.
Laura had overheard a group of troublemaking Gerudos spreading a rumor about Enya's mother. Laura couldn't remember much, only that Enya's mother was an infamous Gerudo named Lamia Carna*, Laura's step sister, and that Carna had been killed by Laura's aunt.
Laura sighed. Who was Lamia? Was she really Enya's mother? But what about Laura's mother? Who was she? Maya had adopted Laura, but the girl constantly asked Maya who Laura's real parents were.
Maya told Laura that she'd tell her when Laura was older. But that was five years ago. How old did Laura have to be?
Hearing her door open, Laura saw Naru come in. Naru looked at Laura with her purple eyes. "Well, I got good news for you."
Laura looked up at her stepsister. "Is Enya alright?"
Naru laughed. "Yeah, she's fine. Just a few bruises here and there, but nothing serious. But, guess what?"
Laura blinked. "What?"
"Dad said you can compete in the older Gerudo Tournaments at the pyramid!"
Laura felt her jaw drop. "You're kidding!"
Naru grinned, shaking her head.
"But I'm always the flunk of the Training Class!"
Naru laughed. "Well, dad decided to give you some slack this time."
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Enya wrapped her sprained arm in a bandage, turning to Nabooru. "Laura didn't mean to hurt me."
"I know, I know," Nabooru sighed. "But, you know... Gerudo Tournaments. Someone has to get hurt no matter what."
Enya nodded, and leaned back against the wall, feeling a migraine coming on. She was feeling weak again. "Nab, why am I weaker than everyone else? I mean, Grandpa Ganondorf said I should be stronger than Ganiox, but I'm weaker than a Leever!"
Nabooru fell silent. It took her a while to answer. She made up the quickest TRUE answer she could find. "Must be your diet."
Enya cocked an eyebrow. "Well, true. Eating cooked meat each day isn't that healthy. But I tried eating collared greens last week and they made me sicker than a dog the next day!"
Nab grimaced slightly. "Well, maybe you can't have your meals cooked for so long."
"Maybe. But, Nab?"
"Mm?"
"I.. uh... found something," Enya said, her gaze dropping.
Nabooru came over to her. "What do you mean? What did you find?"
Enya reached under her bed. "I snuck in the Library last night, and grabbed this. The people in this book look just like me. Pointed teeth, talons, discolored eyes, the works."
Nabooru flipped through the book. She swallowed. "Y-you didn't read where they lived, did you?"
Enya shook her head. "I'd really like to. Maybe they know something about my real mother?"
"NO!" Nabooru cried, slapping the book shut. "I refuse to let you find out about her! Your mother was the most evil Gerudo in the world aside from your grandmother*. Enya, I can't let you find out. You won't end up like her. I forbid it completely!"
Enya clenched her fists. "Well, what about Laura? She has no idea about her real family!"
"Laura was born deformed, and everyone knows that."
"WAS NARU BORN DEFORMED, TOO??!!!!" Enya shouted, her eyes turning frightfully red.
Nabooru's eyes widened. "Wh-what do you mean?"
Enya glared at her grandaunt. "Naru. I know what Taraconians are. They're mixes between Sheikahs and Gerudos. Laura looks like a Hylian, but not really. She has green/grey eyes. She's part Sheikah. I know it. So don't tell me she's deformed."
Nabooru put her hands on Enya's shoulders. "En, you can't find out. Please promise me that you won't."
Enya blinked, her eyes returning to the discolored amber. She sighed. "Alright. I promise. But you promise me something."
Nabooru blinked. "What?"
"Promise me that you'll tell me about my mother someday."
Nabooru bit her lip before replying. "Okay. But it won't be for a long time, okay?"
Enya nodded slowly. "Okay."
Nabooru creaked a smile. "Why don't you go tackle Laura or somethin'? Pay her back for the Tournament."
Enya smirked. "Gotchya."
Running off, Enya ran to Laura's room.
Nabooru stood from her crouch. Every Gerudo knew about Enya and Laura...
...even the Parapa Undead.
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Laura looked up as Enya came in. "Hey, En!"
Enya grinned. "Oh, Laura???"
Laura stepped back. "Enya, I don't like that look on your face..."
"You're not supposed to. You know, I'm gonna make you pay seriously for the Tournament."
Laura cocked her head. "Oh, don't tell me you're sore about that!"
Enya tackled Laura in a tickle torture. "I know you always lose in tickle tournaments!!"
The Gerudo tickled Laura until she cried out 'Spirit Temple,' a sign of surrender. Laura laughed a bit. "Sorry, En."
Enya shrugged. "It's okay. But you know me; I always pay you back."
Laura rolled her eyes. "And watch those claws of yours. They almost made me bleed."
Enya grimaced. "Sorry 'bout that."
Enya helped pull Laura up to her feet. Laura rubbed her arm. "Haven't you tried clipping those suckers?"
Enya gritted her teeth. "A thousand times. They grow back in less than a minute. I'll show you."
Taking a dagger from the small scabbard at her side, Enya cut off the claw on her right forefinger.
Laura watched in bafflement. Enya was right; in less than a minute, the talon was back to it's regular length. "That's weird."
Enya slowly shook her head in disgust. "One of these days, I'm going into the Spirit Temple and contacting Lilu*. I know all of Nab's spells. I know Lilu is the Goddess of Evil, but she's got to have answers. I know she does."
Laura cringed at the thought. "I don't think that's such a good idea. I'm just as curious as you are, but I don't want to go that far..."
"What other choice do I have? Din, Nayru, and Farore would just give me a riddle to answer... they usually always do with kids, from what I've researched."
"Yeah, and Lilu's not gonna exactly talk nicely to you. I'd take my chances with the goddesses," Laura said.
"You would," Enya snapped.
Laura's gaze dropped. "Sorry."
Enya looked up. "What do you mean?"
"About your mother. You don't know who she is."
"Was," Enya corrected, unaware of the viciousness in her voice. "And what about you? You're not sorry about your mother?"
Laura shook her head. "I was born deformed, and Maya's my mother."
"You still believe that?" Enya asked, plopping down on the ground. "Lar, ya weren't born deformed."
"How would you know?"
Enya looked at Laura. "Check out Naru's case. She is a whole different race than Gerudos, and she has pointed ears and purple eyes."
Laura sighed. "Yeah, but I still don't know why my mother would abandon me. You're completely Gerudo, Enya, but we're both the laughing stock of the training class."
"I know I'm Gerudo, but sometimes I wonder if I was born deformed," Enya murmured.
Laura bit her lip. "You want to help me research some more?"
Enya looked at her friend, surprised. "Yeah, but we've looked through each book in the library over a thousand times. There's nothing about us except for this one book that I found, and Nab took-" Enya shut up as soon as she saw the grin on Laura's face.
Laura raised her eyebrows. "Nab took what?"
Enya grimaced. "I don't know if I should tell you..."
"It was a book, we know that. C'mon, En, we gotta find out about you!"
"But Nab took it!"
"SO WHAT?! We can find it! Nabooru doesn't have good hiding places, and we know that."
Enya grinned. "Very true."
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Zelda squeezed her eyes shut as the Sages around her argued.
"We can't let Lamia continue her reign with her child! Enya must be destroyed!" Ruto shouted.
Impa yelled over Darunia's bellowing. "We canna let th' Undead come back!"
"What if Enya finds out she is an Undead, then attacks Laura? We'll have more trouble then before! Didn't Zelda say that her child was born exactly like the Queen of Evil? Firepowers and all!?" Rauru demanded.
"WILL EVERYONE CALM DOWN???!!!???" Zelda ordered. Every Sage fell silent.
The princess sighed. "I'm upset about my daughter and Enya, too. But Nabooru can't help it. Enya is definitely going to find out about Lamia sooner or later."
"An' what about Link an' Vanessa? They've tried te find th' Princess an' Enya, but have failed!" Shurai exclaimed.
Zelda looked desperately towards Sheik. The Sage of Myths stood silent on his Ivory platform.
Sheik was made the Sage of Myths soon after the renewed Laura was born at the Goddess' order.
Impa sighed, exasperated. "I donna know what te do except suggest that all information about Lamia is destroyed. It's our only hope te save Hyrule."
Nabooru nodded. "I know. But there's thousands of records of that whelp. How are we going to find them all and destroy them? There's even a record of Lamia in the Hylian Records book, and we certainly can't destroy that."
Saria growled. "Why would those two even look in the castle, anyway?"
"I don't know," Zelda agreed, slowly shaking her head. "All I can say is that we keep looking for Laura and/or Enya, and bring them to the castle alive."
"We won't be able te succeed," Shurai snorted.
Zelda looked towards her husband. "Sheik, I really wish you'd say something. You're being too quiet. You haven't been talking at all today."
Sheik only shook his head, and stared down at his platform. Impa looked towards him. "Are ye alright?"
Sheik solemnly nodded, but his face looked frustrated at his aunt's sudden interruption.
Zelda took a step back. "Sheik? Are you getting any readings in the Desert?"
"Not many," Sheik mumbled softly.
Nabooru sighed heavily. "Well, if you're concerned that much about Laura and Enya, I could try and bring them to the castle to-"
"No! We can't bring either of them into the Hylian World. The villagers... they still remember Laura. If they see her-"
"Aye," Shurai agreed.
Impa ran a hand through her white-purple hair. "Well, if I can, I'll contact th' Heavens an' try to talk te Laura."
"Heavens?" Saria asked, cocking an eyebrow. "She got sent there this time?"
Zelda nodded. "She died saving Hyrule, so she gets to go to the Heavens. Everyone who is in the Heavens is reborn, or their spirit is placed into someone. Linkchepto was into Link, and my mother was placed into me. And Laura was just reborn."
Darunia snorted. "I still think she should spend some more time in the Underworld."
"Why? Just so Tartara, Lamia, Ganon, and her can have a fight, and then Lilu casts them all out?!" Zelda demanded.
"That would be a problem," Ruto grimaced.
Shurai shuddered. "I donna want te think anything about Ganon right now. I still remember ev'rythin' he did te Hyrule. He almost killed Laura, nearly killed Ganondorf, an' beat ev'ry one of his children except Tartara."
Nabooru growled. "He never beat her just because she was an Undead, and she was better than every Gerudo. Heck, when I was an Undead, I was twice as better as Tartara when she was two years old!"
Impa chuckled. "I can agree with ye."
Nabooru was about to protest with Impa's joke, but didn't press the matter further. "Well, Dad wasn't the best person in the world, I'll tell you that. Heck, I'd have Ganondorf as King ANY day rather than have Dad back. You should have seen what he did to my mother sometimes."
Zelda blinked. "He attacked Twinrova once?"
"Once. Dad was about to kill Ganondorf for curing everyone, but Mother got in the way, and she got the crap beat out of her. He hardly knew Naru. If he found out she was Impa's daughter-"
"Nab, can it," Impa growled, folding her arms over her chest.
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"CAN YOU CALM DOWN???!!!" Link shouted. Vanessa grabbed his shoulders. "Link, you never told me that coming to the heavens could be so risky!"
"Well, I just had to talk to Din, Nayru, and Farore about some stuff, but then Laura jumps my case..." Link protested.
"Shut up," Laura growled. "How come you never told me that Lame-ia had a kid?"
"Maybe because we never knew in the first place!" Vanessa snapped.
Laura rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure. WHATEVER!!! I know when you guys lie."
Link stepped in between the two. "We aren't lying, Lar."
Laura folded her arms over her chest. "Well, explain this: If I was reborn, then how come my soul is still here?"
"Because the part here is your evil soul," Din jutted in. "We're trying to keep Lilu from stealing you. We've had a few sightings of Undead in the past few weeks."
"What happens if Lilu gets her?" Link asked.
"What do YOU think? Lamia, Ganon, Tartara, Laura. Back in Hyrule. Having HUGE fight like when Tartara and Laura escaped. You do the math from then on," Vanessa growled.
"Point," Laura sighed. She then widened her eyes. "Din, how come you never told me that you can keep evil spirits here?"
"You never asked. Plus, only our chosen ones can come here. You and Ganondorf are the only evil chosen," Din replied.
"Yeah," Link grinned. "You're special."
"But what about Dis? Wasn't he here?" Laura asked with a smirk.
Din bit her lip. "That I cannot answer."
Farore sighed. "Link, Vanessa, try to find Enya and Laura. If any of the Parapa Undead find either one of them, Hyrule's doomed. Especially if Enya finds out what she is..."
"I stink at math, but I can figure out the aftermath on that one," Laura said sarcastically.
Link was about to say something, but stopped after Laura's idiotic remark. "Look at me; I'm losing an argument to a ghost!"
"Soul," Vanessa and Laura corrected.
"Whatever," Link rolled his eyes.
Vanessa ran a hand through her hair. "Lar?"
"Yeah?"
"What about interferences? Can't you enter the new you's mind and tell her to stay away from Enya?"
"WHAT GOOD WILL THAT DO?!" Laura shouted. "I've interfered with minds before, and it doesn't do any good. I've tried it with several 'breeds.' Sheikah, Goron, Zora, Hylian, Ancient Hylia, Kokiri, Gerudo, you name it, I've tried it, I've succeeded in getting the message to them, and I've always failed at getting it through to them. And trust me; the incantation isn't easy to cast. Vanessa couldn't even cast it if Lamia was beating the living crap out of her, Link was asleep, and she had to wake him up."
"That is bad," Vanessa muttered.
"And," Farore said, "Laura and Shurai are the only ones in Hyrule that can cast the incantation. They know every single Hyrulian incantation and spell by heart."
"I found that out the hard way when I first fought her," Link murmured. Laura chuckled.
"I can cast any spell or incantation you want me to, but I don't think we can separate Enya and Laura," Laura sighed. "But I'll try the interference spell tonight if I can. I seriously doubt it will work, though."
Link clenched his fists. "But we have to get them to turn on each other! If we attack them, and they both are together, we'll have problems."
Laura sighed. "And the new kid is exactly like me in every way. I never mastered my fire powers until I was 10. We'll have to wait and see if she'll find the power in her. I think she even has the exact amount of Power that I do. Next thing ya know she'll have half of the Triforce of Power."
"Shut up, will you?" Link asked harshly.
Nayru rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Link, Vanessa? Go back down to Hyrule, and continue your search. If you find the new Laura, at least bring her here."
Link bowed to the Goddess. "I will."
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Laura jumped down from the platform. "What do you mean, you can't find it?"
Enya turned to her friend. "Nab always hides stuff away from me in here and-- hey... I was looking for these!" She pulled a pair of shoes out of a pile of clothes. Laura laughed.
"Well, she must have found a good hiding place this time," Laura sighed.
Enya's eyes then widened. "Hide! I hear Nab coming!"
"Huh? I can't," Laura said.
Enya pulled her down under a table with a long tablecloth. "Just shut up!"
Laura then felt something under her feet. "Huh?"
She pulled away a large, loose cobblestone away from the floor. "En, look!"
Enya grinned. "Yes!" She pulled the book out of the small hole. "Pretty clever, Auntie. Pretty clever. That's the best hiding place she's ever had. I'll remember that."
Laura gritted her teeth. "But how are we gonna get out of here?"
Enya tapped something on the floor with her fingernail, and disappeared.
Laura growled. "Requiem of Spirit. How could I have been so stupid?"
Taking her small dagger, Laura tapped out the tune, and followed.
Laura landed on the sand just a few feet away from the platform where Enya stood.
Laura spat out sand. "Y'know, when ya get to the desert, you're supposed to get off the platform so the next person isn't pushed into the sand."
Enya giggled, sitting down. "Well, help me look through this book!"
Laura flipped through the pages, then suddenly stopped on one page. "Enya... look at this girl," she pointed to a picture.
Enya looked at the picture. "She looks pretty much like me... where does it say her name is?"
"Right here," Laura pointed to the print. "But it's in Ancient Gerudo. Can you decipher it?"
Enya narrowed her eyes. "Her name is..."
"What?"
Enya swallowed. "Lamia Carna."
Shurai leaned against the balcony rail. Ten years ago, after Laura was killed, she was reborn as Zelda and Sheik's child. Shurai remembered that day like it was yesterday. Laura could have been re-raised as a Princess, but it wasn't to be. Shurai had snuck Laura to Gerudo Valley, and ordered Ganondorf to care for the child. She wondered how the princess was doing now?
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Laura ducked as the black iron sword swung over her head. Frustrated, she rolled out of the way before the weapon could catch her foot.
Laura hated Sparring Tournaments. She always lost because she was weaker than the other Gerudos, and wasn't as good a fighter.
Standing up, Laura glared at Enya, her spear in hand.
Enya narrowed her discolored amber eyes. "Give up yet?"
Laura smirked. "I don't think so."
Running at Enya, Laura jabbed the butt of her staff into Enya's gut. The Gerudo child staggered back a few feet.
Impatiently pushing a strand of hair out of her face, Laura quickly tightened her ponytail before Enya could jump attack her.
Enya jumped back before Laura's spear hit her again. Then, something lashed out and struck Enya in the chin before she could see it.
Pushing Enya to the ground, Laura held her spear up to Enya's throat.
Enya swallowed her breath. "Okay, I surrender!"
Laura watched as Nabooru and Laura's step sister Naru* carried Enya off. The Gerudos cheered for Laura.
Sighing, Laura jabbed the tip of her spear in the sand, walking to the sidelines beside her father.
Ganondorf looked at Laura in surprise. "What's wrong? You finally beat someone."
Laura glanced at the Gerudo king. "Enya's my best friend, dad. I didn't want to hurt her."
Then, without permission, Laura walked into the fortress, and trudged into her room. She plopped down on her bed.
Lacing her fingers together, Laura rested her chin on them. Why was Enya so different like Laura was? That's how they had become friends. Both of them had guarding duty when they were about eight, and they ran into each other. Laura had been cautious at seeing Enya's discolored amber eyes, and stepped back. Enya did the same thing at the sight of Laura's pointed ears.
Enya was nine months older than Laura, and was about a foot taller than her. Although she was a good fighter, Enya was weak. She had been adopted by her grandaunt Nabooru at Ganondorf's command. Laura was surprised to see that Enya was adopted. Laura claimed she was too, because she had pointed ears, unlike the Gerudos. Of course, some young girls said that Laura was born with a deformation, and Laura believed both that she was deformed, or that she was adopted.
Although Laura and Enya had become really good friends, neither of them brought anything up about their strange looks. For instance, Laura had pointed ears, and red and black hair. Plus, she was shorter than most Gerudos her age. And Enya... whoa. Laura couldn't describe what Enya was like. Her amber eyes looked like she was a cat, and she had pointed, black talons that were about two inches long, maybe longer. People always ran from her because she had sharper teeth than everyone. Enya had asked Nabooru about this, but the Gerudo woman refused to answer.
Laura had overheard a group of troublemaking Gerudos spreading a rumor about Enya's mother. Laura couldn't remember much, only that Enya's mother was an infamous Gerudo named Lamia Carna*, Laura's step sister, and that Carna had been killed by Laura's aunt.
Laura sighed. Who was Lamia? Was she really Enya's mother? But what about Laura's mother? Who was she? Maya had adopted Laura, but the girl constantly asked Maya who Laura's real parents were.
Maya told Laura that she'd tell her when Laura was older. But that was five years ago. How old did Laura have to be?
Hearing her door open, Laura saw Naru come in. Naru looked at Laura with her purple eyes. "Well, I got good news for you."
Laura looked up at her stepsister. "Is Enya alright?"
Naru laughed. "Yeah, she's fine. Just a few bruises here and there, but nothing serious. But, guess what?"
Laura blinked. "What?"
"Dad said you can compete in the older Gerudo Tournaments at the pyramid!"
Laura felt her jaw drop. "You're kidding!"
Naru grinned, shaking her head.
"But I'm always the flunk of the Training Class!"
Naru laughed. "Well, dad decided to give you some slack this time."
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Enya wrapped her sprained arm in a bandage, turning to Nabooru. "Laura didn't mean to hurt me."
"I know, I know," Nabooru sighed. "But, you know... Gerudo Tournaments. Someone has to get hurt no matter what."
Enya nodded, and leaned back against the wall, feeling a migraine coming on. She was feeling weak again. "Nab, why am I weaker than everyone else? I mean, Grandpa Ganondorf said I should be stronger than Ganiox, but I'm weaker than a Leever!"
Nabooru fell silent. It took her a while to answer. She made up the quickest TRUE answer she could find. "Must be your diet."
Enya cocked an eyebrow. "Well, true. Eating cooked meat each day isn't that healthy. But I tried eating collared greens last week and they made me sicker than a dog the next day!"
Nab grimaced slightly. "Well, maybe you can't have your meals cooked for so long."
"Maybe. But, Nab?"
"Mm?"
"I.. uh... found something," Enya said, her gaze dropping.
Nabooru came over to her. "What do you mean? What did you find?"
Enya reached under her bed. "I snuck in the Library last night, and grabbed this. The people in this book look just like me. Pointed teeth, talons, discolored eyes, the works."
Nabooru flipped through the book. She swallowed. "Y-you didn't read where they lived, did you?"
Enya shook her head. "I'd really like to. Maybe they know something about my real mother?"
"NO!" Nabooru cried, slapping the book shut. "I refuse to let you find out about her! Your mother was the most evil Gerudo in the world aside from your grandmother*. Enya, I can't let you find out. You won't end up like her. I forbid it completely!"
Enya clenched her fists. "Well, what about Laura? She has no idea about her real family!"
"Laura was born deformed, and everyone knows that."
"WAS NARU BORN DEFORMED, TOO??!!!!" Enya shouted, her eyes turning frightfully red.
Nabooru's eyes widened. "Wh-what do you mean?"
Enya glared at her grandaunt. "Naru. I know what Taraconians are. They're mixes between Sheikahs and Gerudos. Laura looks like a Hylian, but not really. She has green/grey eyes. She's part Sheikah. I know it. So don't tell me she's deformed."
Nabooru put her hands on Enya's shoulders. "En, you can't find out. Please promise me that you won't."
Enya blinked, her eyes returning to the discolored amber. She sighed. "Alright. I promise. But you promise me something."
Nabooru blinked. "What?"
"Promise me that you'll tell me about my mother someday."
Nabooru bit her lip before replying. "Okay. But it won't be for a long time, okay?"
Enya nodded slowly. "Okay."
Nabooru creaked a smile. "Why don't you go tackle Laura or somethin'? Pay her back for the Tournament."
Enya smirked. "Gotchya."
Running off, Enya ran to Laura's room.
Nabooru stood from her crouch. Every Gerudo knew about Enya and Laura...
...even the Parapa Undead.
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Laura looked up as Enya came in. "Hey, En!"
Enya grinned. "Oh, Laura???"
Laura stepped back. "Enya, I don't like that look on your face..."
"You're not supposed to. You know, I'm gonna make you pay seriously for the Tournament."
Laura cocked her head. "Oh, don't tell me you're sore about that!"
Enya tackled Laura in a tickle torture. "I know you always lose in tickle tournaments!!"
The Gerudo tickled Laura until she cried out 'Spirit Temple,' a sign of surrender. Laura laughed a bit. "Sorry, En."
Enya shrugged. "It's okay. But you know me; I always pay you back."
Laura rolled her eyes. "And watch those claws of yours. They almost made me bleed."
Enya grimaced. "Sorry 'bout that."
Enya helped pull Laura up to her feet. Laura rubbed her arm. "Haven't you tried clipping those suckers?"
Enya gritted her teeth. "A thousand times. They grow back in less than a minute. I'll show you."
Taking a dagger from the small scabbard at her side, Enya cut off the claw on her right forefinger.
Laura watched in bafflement. Enya was right; in less than a minute, the talon was back to it's regular length. "That's weird."
Enya slowly shook her head in disgust. "One of these days, I'm going into the Spirit Temple and contacting Lilu*. I know all of Nab's spells. I know Lilu is the Goddess of Evil, but she's got to have answers. I know she does."
Laura cringed at the thought. "I don't think that's such a good idea. I'm just as curious as you are, but I don't want to go that far..."
"What other choice do I have? Din, Nayru, and Farore would just give me a riddle to answer... they usually always do with kids, from what I've researched."
"Yeah, and Lilu's not gonna exactly talk nicely to you. I'd take my chances with the goddesses," Laura said.
"You would," Enya snapped.
Laura's gaze dropped. "Sorry."
Enya looked up. "What do you mean?"
"About your mother. You don't know who she is."
"Was," Enya corrected, unaware of the viciousness in her voice. "And what about you? You're not sorry about your mother?"
Laura shook her head. "I was born deformed, and Maya's my mother."
"You still believe that?" Enya asked, plopping down on the ground. "Lar, ya weren't born deformed."
"How would you know?"
Enya looked at Laura. "Check out Naru's case. She is a whole different race than Gerudos, and she has pointed ears and purple eyes."
Laura sighed. "Yeah, but I still don't know why my mother would abandon me. You're completely Gerudo, Enya, but we're both the laughing stock of the training class."
"I know I'm Gerudo, but sometimes I wonder if I was born deformed," Enya murmured.
Laura bit her lip. "You want to help me research some more?"
Enya looked at her friend, surprised. "Yeah, but we've looked through each book in the library over a thousand times. There's nothing about us except for this one book that I found, and Nab took-" Enya shut up as soon as she saw the grin on Laura's face.
Laura raised her eyebrows. "Nab took what?"
Enya grimaced. "I don't know if I should tell you..."
"It was a book, we know that. C'mon, En, we gotta find out about you!"
"But Nab took it!"
"SO WHAT?! We can find it! Nabooru doesn't have good hiding places, and we know that."
Enya grinned. "Very true."
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Zelda squeezed her eyes shut as the Sages around her argued.
"We can't let Lamia continue her reign with her child! Enya must be destroyed!" Ruto shouted.
Impa yelled over Darunia's bellowing. "We canna let th' Undead come back!"
"What if Enya finds out she is an Undead, then attacks Laura? We'll have more trouble then before! Didn't Zelda say that her child was born exactly like the Queen of Evil? Firepowers and all!?" Rauru demanded.
"WILL EVERYONE CALM DOWN???!!!???" Zelda ordered. Every Sage fell silent.
The princess sighed. "I'm upset about my daughter and Enya, too. But Nabooru can't help it. Enya is definitely going to find out about Lamia sooner or later."
"An' what about Link an' Vanessa? They've tried te find th' Princess an' Enya, but have failed!" Shurai exclaimed.
Zelda looked desperately towards Sheik. The Sage of Myths stood silent on his Ivory platform.
Sheik was made the Sage of Myths soon after the renewed Laura was born at the Goddess' order.
Impa sighed, exasperated. "I donna know what te do except suggest that all information about Lamia is destroyed. It's our only hope te save Hyrule."
Nabooru nodded. "I know. But there's thousands of records of that whelp. How are we going to find them all and destroy them? There's even a record of Lamia in the Hylian Records book, and we certainly can't destroy that."
Saria growled. "Why would those two even look in the castle, anyway?"
"I don't know," Zelda agreed, slowly shaking her head. "All I can say is that we keep looking for Laura and/or Enya, and bring them to the castle alive."
"We won't be able te succeed," Shurai snorted.
Zelda looked towards her husband. "Sheik, I really wish you'd say something. You're being too quiet. You haven't been talking at all today."
Sheik only shook his head, and stared down at his platform. Impa looked towards him. "Are ye alright?"
Sheik solemnly nodded, but his face looked frustrated at his aunt's sudden interruption.
Zelda took a step back. "Sheik? Are you getting any readings in the Desert?"
"Not many," Sheik mumbled softly.
Nabooru sighed heavily. "Well, if you're concerned that much about Laura and Enya, I could try and bring them to the castle to-"
"No! We can't bring either of them into the Hylian World. The villagers... they still remember Laura. If they see her-"
"Aye," Shurai agreed.
Impa ran a hand through her white-purple hair. "Well, if I can, I'll contact th' Heavens an' try to talk te Laura."
"Heavens?" Saria asked, cocking an eyebrow. "She got sent there this time?"
Zelda nodded. "She died saving Hyrule, so she gets to go to the Heavens. Everyone who is in the Heavens is reborn, or their spirit is placed into someone. Linkchepto was into Link, and my mother was placed into me. And Laura was just reborn."
Darunia snorted. "I still think she should spend some more time in the Underworld."
"Why? Just so Tartara, Lamia, Ganon, and her can have a fight, and then Lilu casts them all out?!" Zelda demanded.
"That would be a problem," Ruto grimaced.
Shurai shuddered. "I donna want te think anything about Ganon right now. I still remember ev'rythin' he did te Hyrule. He almost killed Laura, nearly killed Ganondorf, an' beat ev'ry one of his children except Tartara."
Nabooru growled. "He never beat her just because she was an Undead, and she was better than every Gerudo. Heck, when I was an Undead, I was twice as better as Tartara when she was two years old!"
Impa chuckled. "I can agree with ye."
Nabooru was about to protest with Impa's joke, but didn't press the matter further. "Well, Dad wasn't the best person in the world, I'll tell you that. Heck, I'd have Ganondorf as King ANY day rather than have Dad back. You should have seen what he did to my mother sometimes."
Zelda blinked. "He attacked Twinrova once?"
"Once. Dad was about to kill Ganondorf for curing everyone, but Mother got in the way, and she got the crap beat out of her. He hardly knew Naru. If he found out she was Impa's daughter-"
"Nab, can it," Impa growled, folding her arms over her chest.
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"CAN YOU CALM DOWN???!!!" Link shouted. Vanessa grabbed his shoulders. "Link, you never told me that coming to the heavens could be so risky!"
"Well, I just had to talk to Din, Nayru, and Farore about some stuff, but then Laura jumps my case..." Link protested.
"Shut up," Laura growled. "How come you never told me that Lame-ia had a kid?"
"Maybe because we never knew in the first place!" Vanessa snapped.
Laura rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure. WHATEVER!!! I know when you guys lie."
Link stepped in between the two. "We aren't lying, Lar."
Laura folded her arms over her chest. "Well, explain this: If I was reborn, then how come my soul is still here?"
"Because the part here is your evil soul," Din jutted in. "We're trying to keep Lilu from stealing you. We've had a few sightings of Undead in the past few weeks."
"What happens if Lilu gets her?" Link asked.
"What do YOU think? Lamia, Ganon, Tartara, Laura. Back in Hyrule. Having HUGE fight like when Tartara and Laura escaped. You do the math from then on," Vanessa growled.
"Point," Laura sighed. She then widened her eyes. "Din, how come you never told me that you can keep evil spirits here?"
"You never asked. Plus, only our chosen ones can come here. You and Ganondorf are the only evil chosen," Din replied.
"Yeah," Link grinned. "You're special."
"But what about Dis? Wasn't he here?" Laura asked with a smirk.
Din bit her lip. "That I cannot answer."
Farore sighed. "Link, Vanessa, try to find Enya and Laura. If any of the Parapa Undead find either one of them, Hyrule's doomed. Especially if Enya finds out what she is..."
"I stink at math, but I can figure out the aftermath on that one," Laura said sarcastically.
Link was about to say something, but stopped after Laura's idiotic remark. "Look at me; I'm losing an argument to a ghost!"
"Soul," Vanessa and Laura corrected.
"Whatever," Link rolled his eyes.
Vanessa ran a hand through her hair. "Lar?"
"Yeah?"
"What about interferences? Can't you enter the new you's mind and tell her to stay away from Enya?"
"WHAT GOOD WILL THAT DO?!" Laura shouted. "I've interfered with minds before, and it doesn't do any good. I've tried it with several 'breeds.' Sheikah, Goron, Zora, Hylian, Ancient Hylia, Kokiri, Gerudo, you name it, I've tried it, I've succeeded in getting the message to them, and I've always failed at getting it through to them. And trust me; the incantation isn't easy to cast. Vanessa couldn't even cast it if Lamia was beating the living crap out of her, Link was asleep, and she had to wake him up."
"That is bad," Vanessa muttered.
"And," Farore said, "Laura and Shurai are the only ones in Hyrule that can cast the incantation. They know every single Hyrulian incantation and spell by heart."
"I found that out the hard way when I first fought her," Link murmured. Laura chuckled.
"I can cast any spell or incantation you want me to, but I don't think we can separate Enya and Laura," Laura sighed. "But I'll try the interference spell tonight if I can. I seriously doubt it will work, though."
Link clenched his fists. "But we have to get them to turn on each other! If we attack them, and they both are together, we'll have problems."
Laura sighed. "And the new kid is exactly like me in every way. I never mastered my fire powers until I was 10. We'll have to wait and see if she'll find the power in her. I think she even has the exact amount of Power that I do. Next thing ya know she'll have half of the Triforce of Power."
"Shut up, will you?" Link asked harshly.
Nayru rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Link, Vanessa? Go back down to Hyrule, and continue your search. If you find the new Laura, at least bring her here."
Link bowed to the Goddess. "I will."
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Laura jumped down from the platform. "What do you mean, you can't find it?"
Enya turned to her friend. "Nab always hides stuff away from me in here and-- hey... I was looking for these!" She pulled a pair of shoes out of a pile of clothes. Laura laughed.
"Well, she must have found a good hiding place this time," Laura sighed.
Enya's eyes then widened. "Hide! I hear Nab coming!"
"Huh? I can't," Laura said.
Enya pulled her down under a table with a long tablecloth. "Just shut up!"
Laura then felt something under her feet. "Huh?"
She pulled away a large, loose cobblestone away from the floor. "En, look!"
Enya grinned. "Yes!" She pulled the book out of the small hole. "Pretty clever, Auntie. Pretty clever. That's the best hiding place she's ever had. I'll remember that."
Laura gritted her teeth. "But how are we gonna get out of here?"
Enya tapped something on the floor with her fingernail, and disappeared.
Laura growled. "Requiem of Spirit. How could I have been so stupid?"
Taking her small dagger, Laura tapped out the tune, and followed.
Laura landed on the sand just a few feet away from the platform where Enya stood.
Laura spat out sand. "Y'know, when ya get to the desert, you're supposed to get off the platform so the next person isn't pushed into the sand."
Enya giggled, sitting down. "Well, help me look through this book!"
Laura flipped through the pages, then suddenly stopped on one page. "Enya... look at this girl," she pointed to a picture.
Enya looked at the picture. "She looks pretty much like me... where does it say her name is?"
"Right here," Laura pointed to the print. "But it's in Ancient Gerudo. Can you decipher it?"
Enya narrowed her eyes. "Her name is..."
"What?"
Enya swallowed. "Lamia Carna."