I updated! Only 4 days left 'til Skyward Sword! I only have one Zelda OC, so Ari will do the disclaimer again.

Ari: No. I don't wanna.

hlf1495: Do it, or you'll come back as a Goron in your next life.

Ari: Fine, hlf1495 does not own Zelda. She does, however, own me. *grumble*

Ari's POV

I'm in a very white space. I'm not in pain. I must be dead.

"Ariadne…" now I'm dead and crazy. "Ariadne…" There it is again. "Ariadne, you need to go back."

"So send me there. I think I'll be a Gerudo this time." The whiteness of this place swirls around me and lifts me up. I close my eyes, and open my mouth to cry as a baby.

"It's a girl."

"Well of course it's a girl. She's a Gerudo."

I hear a third voice. This one is weaker.

"Lurai…is her…name." Lurai being me. I guess I need a new name anyways. I can feel myself being passed to another person.

"Poor child," She murmurs, "Your mother isn't going to make it." This is just fabulous. I'm a helpless baby, and an orphan, and I haven't even opened my eyes yet. This day just keeps getting better and better. "I guess you can live in the daycare for now, but someone will need to take you in." I open my eyes to see a Gerudo midwife. I start crying again, just for the heck of it. I'm a baby; I need to act the part. "Awwww, poor sweetie, let's get you cleaned up."

Three months later

Link was creeping Ganondorf out. Ever since Ari's death, Link had become a blank, emotionless, thing that reminded Ganondorf of a redead. Link would just stand there until given an order. The boy would then march off to carry out the order, his face never changing. He wouldn't even eat unless ordered to. The younger Gerudos often entertained themselves by daring each other to wave their hands in front of Link's face, trying to get him to react. He never did, though. He never reacted to anything. The new Link was creeping everyone out, to the point that Ganondorf gave him long, unimportant errands to run to escape Link's aura of creepiness. One of these errands was to inspect the entire Gerudo Fortress. Link was in the process of doing this when he noticed a little baby in the daycare. She was in a cradle. A little wooden horse was in her little hands. She looked at it closely, and then put the horse's head in her tiny little mouth. Her eyes wandered until she noticed Link. Her eyes widened and she slowly pulled the toy out of her mouth. Link found this somewhat amusing. He smiled a little, patted the baby on the head, and then he left to finish inspecting the fortress. A caretaker noticed this and ran like the wind to tell her King that Link had actually smiled.

"He smiled." Ganondorf looked at the Gerudo, "He actually smiled?"

"Yes, sire. He noticed Lurai. He smiled at her."

"Lurai?" Ganondorf had never heard that name before.

"She's an orphaned baby, sir. Her mother died in childbirth, so she lives at the daycare. The other workers and I have been trying to find someone to take her in."

"Bring her here. Link will look after her. If she really made him smile…"

"Right away, sire. Shall I also bring Link back here? He is still inspecting the fortress."

"Good." As soon as the Gerudo had left the room, Ganondorf gave a relieved sigh. If this baby had gotten Link to smile, then maybe the creepiness would finally disappear. The evil king didn't want a redead for a lieutenant. He wanted an actual person. He specifically wanted a person with combat skills. Ganondorf wanted a sparring partner. Link, in his current state, had all of his skill, but without emotion, he had no motivation to fight. He was absolutely terrible in a sparring match.

Ari's POV

I saw Link today. He looked…dead, really. His eyes were dull and unfocused, and his entire expression was completely blank. I decided to try to cheer him up by being cute. I had a toy in my hand, so I began examining it. I then decided to try to eat the toy. While I nommed away, I noticed that Link was watching me with that dead expression. I widened my eyes and pulled the toy out of my mouth, looking scared. That seemed to work because Link's mouth twitched into a tiny smile. I noticed a caretaker looking at him, incredulous. I guess that this is the first time he has shown any emotion. He patted my new tiny head and left. The caretaker ran out of the room as fast as she could, probably to tell someone that Link wasn't a zombie. I decided to nap after that.

I woke up to the sensation of being lifted. The caretaker was back, so was zombie Link. The caretaker carried me to a very familiar set of ornate doors. This was where I was killed. The doors opened and Link entered first. The caretaker and I followed. Both adults kneeled before none other than that murderous pig himself. I couldn't shoot death glares as a baby, so when the caretaker offered me to Mister Piggy, I started crying, loudly. Link's mouth twitched again. His eyes sparkled a little. He approached the caretaker and took me himself. Wow, this is weird. I'm supposed to be his big sister, yet here he is trying to calm baby-me down. He bounced me a little and tickled my belly. I responded with cute baby cooing noises.

"Link," Ganondorf, or Mister Piggy as he shall henceforth be known, said, "This child, Lurai, is an orphan. You are to care for her. Is that clear? You may leave."

"Yes, sir." Link intoned in a blank voice that matched his zombie-ness. The person that was once my brother carried me to what I assumed to be his chambers. My assumptions were confirmed when I saw the weapons on the display rack. I saw his ocarinas, shields, masks, longshot, the Lens of Truth and other familiar items hanging on the rack. Hanging among the other things were my blade and my necklace. He kept them. He always was a pack rat. When I get older; I'm going to steal them back. I'm Gerudo now. Gerudos are thieves. I reached out for the shiny blue Ocarina of Time. Link set me on the bed and took the ocarina down. I reached out for it again. He didn't give it to me. Instead, he started to play it. He played some slow lullabies. I drifted away with the familiar melodies.

My first fanfic ever. Please be nice. Reviews are welcome. Flamers and haters are not. Thanks to the Twilight's Shad0w for reviewing. This story has gotten over a hundred hits!

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