Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda, it is the property of Nintendo. All I own are my OCs and the story.

Warning: This story contains yaoi, that's boyxboy love. If you don't like this then don't read. You have been warned.

A/N: Something I should mention, Xavier is left handed. I meant to put that in the last chapter, but I forgot, and I don't want to go and change it so I'm telling you now. Anyway, now you know. Enjoy the story.

Name Pronunciation:

Ila – [ī'lə]

Aveline – [ă-və-lēn']

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Xavier POV

Walking down the hall, I headed towards the courtyard. That seemed like a good place to start looking for my uncle and cousin.

I haven't seen Uncle Marcus and Ila since my 17th birthday celebration. That was four months ago. No doubt Ila will all but kill for being asleep when she arrived. She and Uncle Marcus live in the Ordona Province to the south, and can't visit as often as she would like.

My father and uncle are the sons of the former mayor of Ordona's capital Ordon. They enlisted in the Hylian army at the beginning of the Gerudo war. After making knighthood my father stayed in Hyrule, while his brother, upon being injured, returned to Ordona.

My father eventually saved my mother from an assassination attempt by the Gerudo. The king was impressed, and awarded him honorary nobility, and my parents were later wedded. As for my uncle, he took over his father's role as mayor and married Ila's mother, a local healer. She died five years ago from an unknown illness.

I was distracted from my thoughts by loud footsteps coming from behind me.

"XAVIER!" I barely managed to turn around before being tackled in a hug by my over eccentric cousin.

"Ila," I wheezed. "Could you let me breathe."

I gasped for air when she released me, stepping back and putting her hands on her hips. An accusatory glare in her emerald eyes.

"I hear you were sleeping in when I arrived." She said, a foreboding tone in her voice. "what do you have to say for yourself."

I grimaced as she glared daggers at me. "In my defense. Ocura was supposed to wake me." I said, hoping to any god she wouldn't kill me.

She glared for another moment, before breaking out into a large smile and giving me another crushing hug.

"It's so good to see you little cousin." She cooed, making me smile. It really has been too long.

"You're only older than me by 5 months." I retorted, making her laugh as she stepped back.

"Yes, but I'm still older. So that makes you my little cousin." She exclaimed.

I smiled. It really was good to see her.

Her outfit was a bit fancier then she usually wears. One of her mother's I presume. She wore a regal dress top, cut on the left to show her tattoo, a symbol of her position as a village healer. It consisted of a collection of curved lines in the shape of a tier drop. (see A/N). the other side had long sleeve that ended at her elbow and hung down. It was paired with a skirt made from two pieces of cloth parting over each leg. The right being longer then the left. She had on a pair of brown trousers with leather heeled boots. On her wrists, she had wrapped leather strips up to her mid forearm.

"Now than, since you're awake you can show me around." She cheered.

"But you've already seen the castle multiple times." I said, confused.

"Yes, but I want to see it again. We never get to just hang out." She stated, walking down the hall towards the courtyard.

"That's probably because I'm the prince." I commented, catching up to her.

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It didn't take very long to reach the courtyard. Along the way we had caught up on each other's lives since last we talked. It was nice to talk to Ila after so long.

We saw Ocura, though we could only wave as she was busy preparing for our visitors.

When we reached the courtyard, I let out a deep breath. Even though I grew up in them, the castle walls could still be a bit constricting.

Ila seemed to enjoy the open air as well, though that would make sense. She grew up surrounded by forest.

At the other end of the courtyard we could see Ila's father conversing to some servants about where to keep the goats that had drawn the wagon he and Ila arrived in.

He looked a lot like my father. Same deep brown eyes and hair, though his was longer than mine. He wore similar clothes to Ila, with the addition of a few leather straps on the vest and it wasn't cut off one side. Strapped to his back was his sword, The Gale Blade. A scimitar with a golden hilt and a silver blade shaped like a wing.

As we approached him, it looked as if he had won his argument with our stable boy, a young fit lad with short cropped blond hair and blue eyes.

Uncle Marcus turned noticing our presence when the stable boy had left. His face lighting up with a large smile.

"Ah Ila my dear, I see you've managed to wake Xavier from his late sleep." He said with a hearty laugh.

"yes Father, it was quite a challenge." she replied with a sly, as she went to hug her father.

"That's not true, you found me in the hall." I mumbled disgruntledly. Ila only gave me a shit eating grin.

Recomposing myself I turned to my uncle. "Anyhow, it is good to see you Uncle Marcus. I apologize for not being able to greet you upon arrival."

"Don't be," he chuckled. "There is no harm done. You are here now and that is what matters. Though I wish we had more time. Perhaps after the ceremony we could have a sparring match. I know your father doesn't have much time for such things anymore."

"I will gladly take you up on that offer Uncle." I said with a smile.

He returned my smile, but it faded quickly as his face turned serious. He pulled me to the side a little way, and made sure Ila wasn't following. She was busying herself with a nearby flowerbed, though she was obviously trying to listen in. I'll have to tell her later.

"your father has made you aware of the concerns he has about the peace talks." Uncle Marcus whispered after making sure Ila wasn't paying attention.

"Yes, he filled me in shortly before I set off to find you and Ila." I replied in the same low voice. He nodded before continuing. "Good. To be honest I agree with him. These sudden withdraws and promises of peace sound too good to be true. If there is anything I know about the Gerudo king, he cannot be trusted.

"Of course."

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We were all standing outside the front gates awaiting the arrival of the Gerudo ambassadors.

My father and I stood at the front of the group, with Uncle Marcus and Ila standing to our left and slightly behind. Ocura stood off to the side with a handful of other servants waiting to assist in any way they are needed. On either side of the gates, royal guards stood at attention, six in all.

We all stood tensely, not sure what to expect. After my conversation with Uncle Marcus, I filled Ila and Ocura in on my father's concernes about the ceremony. That thought seemed to be on everyone's mind as we waited for our guests.

Soon the sound of hooves on stone could be heard as our guests came into view down long walkway.

At the lead of the small group was a large boar with blue fur, and tusks longer than its head protruding from its mouth. It was covered in black and silver armor, made from large plates latched together by chains. Riding atop its back was a broad chested man with dark bronze skin, wearing thick plated armor matching in color to its mount. His red hair was pulled back in multiple curls and held in place by an intricate crown. His dark yellow eyes held a sinister glint.

To his right was a young woman atop a similar boar, though hers' was brown. She wore a pair of cream colored pants, with gold chains around the waist and dark red high heels that looked anything but comfortable. As for her top, it was nothing more than a red piece of cloth plated in gold wrapped around her chest. Exposing the bronze skin of her midriff. She wore a gold plate colored red on her left shoulder, and had 3 gold hoops around her right wrist. Her pin strait red hair was held in a high pony tail by a ruby studded clasp, and she wore a gold circlet on her forehead.

Behind them were two more boars, each supporting two Gerudo warriors. They were dressed in similar attire as the first woman, but less flashy and they each had vails covering their noses and mouths.

My father stepped forward when the boars reached the top of the stone stairs in front of the castle. As the riders dismounted, he opened his arms in greeting. "Welcome King Ganondorf, Princess Aveline it is an honor to have you here." He said, shaking the man's hand.

My blood ran cold when the man, Ganondorf, opened his mouth to reply.

"Of course Your Majesty, we are honored to be here." It was the same voice from my dream.

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A/N: please review, I'm new at this and would really like some feedback. Sorry for the long wait but I don't get a lot of time to write between classes and work, so just bear with me here. I'm going to try to get new chapters out as fast as I can but no promises.

As for Ila's tattoo, It's the tattoo of the female monkey in Twilight Princess. Just thought that would give a better picture.