Desert Child
What lead Naboruu to be a Gerudo thief?
Chapter Twenty-One: Meeting Destiny
The very fearful Naboruu gathered up her things and tip toed to the royal stable. She had to be extra quiet. If any guard saw her and confronted her, she would definitely have no excuse for why she was loitering around in the middle of the night when everyone knows if you aren't a guard, you should be asleep.
It was slightly chilly, and there was a little breeze that caused Naboruu to shiver a little bit. She pulled her shawl tighter over her shoulders. She looked around, and then sprinted up to the stable.
Naboruu decided that she was going to ride Nina, the horse she had rode to the ranch during earlier training, to Irena. She as she mounted Nina, she pulled out a wrinkled and folded map that she took from Tibir. She unfolded it. There was a map of Rainia, Hyrule, and Irena. Irena and Rainia were the countries that bordered the left and right of Hyrule.
As she looked, Naboruu saw that there was a pass by the castle that lead into the country of Irena. She wasn't sure where Destiny was, but she was sure she'd ask the villagers or something.
Naboruu shivered again, for you know a silk shirt revealing your belly and thin silk pants are no match for the cold. Or maybe it was the fact that since Naboruu was desert-born, she thought, as all the Gerudos thought, that 75 degrees was cold...
Nina neighed. "Quiet, girl!" whispered Naboruu. Nina began to trot. "Easy does it, Nina..." she said. She crossed the bridge from Gerudo Valley, land lucky that the night watch woman was on a break, and rode out of the valley.
As soon as she was in Hyrule field, the feeling of enchantment tickled her stomach. Riding in the darkness, and being free was all Naboruu ever longed for. She glanced at the ranch. She had promised Rose...and Link...that she would return. It had been two years. It wasn't as if Link or Rose had ever thought of her anymore, anyway...
Naboruu and Nina came to an area with some trees scattered throughout the field, along with some thorny bushes. They were on the left side of the castle.
Squinting, Naboruu saw the gate that lead to Irena. She steered Nina towards it, and to her dismay, saw a royal guard standing beside it, watching over.
Naboruu sighed in despair and impatience. "This won't be as easy as I thought," she said, and boldly approached the guard.
The guard glared as Naboruu neared closer to him. "Can I help you?" he asked.
It was a man. It was very hard for a Gerudo to respect just any man, but since Naboruu needed some help, she kept polite.
"Yes, I think you can," she said. "I am looking for a girl named Destiny."
The guard then chose to do the last thing in the world that Naboruu would ever expect him to do. He burst out laughing.
"Excuse me?" demanded Naboruu. "What's so funny?"
Nearly panting for breath, and shaking his beet red head, the guard said, "Who are you and why would you want to see Destiny?"
Naboruu raised her eyebrows and said with such honor, "I am Naboruu, daughter of Deseneria, of the Gerudos!"
The guards expression changed all together. He opened his mouth kind of helplessly, and said," Did you say Gerudos? You certainly don't mean those blasted thieves I've been hearing of!" he shook his head fearfully. "Please say your not!"
Naboruu snickered. "You foolish man," she said, and let all of her disrespect towards men go out, "Why, yes I am!"
Now it was her turn to laugh.
Still quite fearfully, the guard glanced around. "I'll tell you what," he said as if he was letting Naboruu in on some sort of secret, "Let me write you a pass to see Destiny. Whatever reason you have must surely be important. I wouldn't want the villagers to give you a hard time!"
The guard whipped out a piece of parchment and a pen. He scrawled down a little something, then handed it to Naboruu. "Tell them Lance sent you," he said.
"All right," said Naboruu, and began to trot to the gates towards the entrance.
"One more thing!" piped up the guard.
Nabooruu stopped Nina and turned around in annoyance. "What?"
"Are you stealing anything?"
Naboruu then smiled as she said, "No, I'm not like the others."
The guard breathed a sigh of relief.
Naboruu gripped the reins and the pass Lance wrote her in the same hand. 'Thank Nayru I'm a Gerudo,' she thought, for once being proud of her heritage.
The houses in Irena were set up neatly, like streets in our world today. They were mostly white and were large and grand. The people of Irena must have been richer than most in Hyrule. There was a lot of pavilions set up also, with picnic tables and torches on the sides to light them up. Nobody was out. The only sound made was from the occasional cawing of a crow.
Irena was really nice looking, and as Naboruu looked beyond, she saw the big ice capped mountain peeking at her from above, Lonely Mountain. This mountain had been rumored and fabled about in Hyrule. It was said to have an ice breathing - man eating dragon inhabiting the top.
Shrugging at the thought, Naboruu continued forward. She needed some sort of help.
Naboruu allowed Nina to trot along a dirt path that was lined with palm trees. She finally came to a wrought-iron gate.
Lone behold there was a golden placard on it, and engraved upon this placard was:
Home of Destiny Oakenshield
The Foreseeing Child
No Trespassers
Irena's Finest
"Humph," said Naboruu and slouched down. She patted Nina's side of her face. She looked around, eyeing her surroundings.
She remembered what Nayru had told her:
"Your powers will only be used for good causes," or something like that.
Anyway, Naboruu used her powers to open the gate. The hinges creaked as the gates open slowly. The first thing Naboruu saw was a sparkling and sprouting fountain of crystalline blue waters. Exotic and colorful plants surrounded it. There was a cobblestone sidewalk that lead to the large, cottage-styled home.
Naboruu lead Nina to the stairs and approached the door.
Taking in a deep breath and mustering up a few more ounces of courage, she patted lightly on the door.
In only a few seconds, a posh, immaculate woman opened the door. She looked down at Naboruu, for she was fairly tall in her black heels.
"What do you want?" she asked sharply. The woman gave Naboruu an icy glare.
Naboruu pulled out the slip Lance wrote for her. "Lance has sent me," she said boldly. "I am Naboruu of the Gerudos, son of Deseneria."
Maybe it was the way she said it, or even where she was from, but for the second time in the night, a person looked intimated when were mentioned to about the Gerudos.
"Forgive me, please," said the lady, laughing lightly. "I am Signori , Destiny's mother. What do you need?"
"I need to see your daughter, Destiny," Naboruu answered, coming straight to the point.
Signori lead Naboruu in. The inside was surely fine, the Oakenshields were obviously rich. Probably as rich as Ganondorf, if not more.
Signori walked over to a counter and took a goblet of champagne. "There have been many people from afar that have come just to see my blessed daughter."
But Naboruu was busy gawking. There were easily hundreds of maids and butlers roaming a scurrying around like a bunch of busybodies.
Signori lead Naboruu up a set of stairs then rose her pointer finger to her lips. "Shh..." she whispered.
"Destiny, dear child, are you busy?" she asked.
A tiny reply was, "No mother! Send the woman of the Gerudos in!"
Naboruu's jaw nearly dropped.
"She knows," said Signori, and winked. "I'll leave you two alone," she said, and went down the stairs.
Naboruu let out a sigh, and went into the room. There was a long blue carpet that lead to a chair where Destiny was sitting, quite thoughtfully.
"Hello, Naboruu!" said Destiny, somewhat cheerily. "Sit down!"
Naboruu sat in a chair beside Destiny. She felt kind of weird seeking advice from a girl about ten years younger than she.
"I need to know where to go," said Naboruu. "I believe you already know my problems, so I need not to explain them all..."
Destiny nodded with far much more wisdom far beyond her years. "I know," she said. "You have two especially good friends, that is true. Go to them. They live on a ranch..."
"You mean Link and Rose? On Hyrule Ranch? Are they okay?"
Destiny gave Naboruu a blank look and then she said, "I am not sure of that. But I know you should go there. Ganondorf and the peoples of the valley have already learned of your disappearance. They will be searching wickedly. In fact, you will be killed if caught."
Naboruu gasped. She never knew that believing in the right thing would lead to all this mishap. "Am I going to die?" she asked worriedly.
"Not if you hurry to the ranch. I a more than sure they will keep you."
Naboruu sat up. "Well, okay...if you say so..." Then she stood up and ran out of Destiny's room.
She sped past everyone, and at last, Signori wished a good-bye, but Naboruu ignored that, too, and then she ran out of the house and quickly mounted Nina.
Hurriedly, they rode towards the ranch. She had to beat Ganondorf.