The younger Dragmire princess was born sickly. Little Fi came a month earlier than she should have, weighing a scant three pounds and looking as white as a sheet. Her brilliant blue eyes were the only color on her body, even her hair was as white as her skin.

As Fi grew, her skin and hair remained pale, and her blue eyes began to show flecks of purple. "Sun sickness" the doctors called it, a disease of old harmless to Sheikah but which tended to kill Gerudo. Thus, Fi couldn't go outside without layers of dark clothing covering her skin and hair.

Her appearance was a source of grief from others. The local children would mock her protective clothing, make fun of her colorless hair and purple eyes, and tell her she was not a Gerudo. Even perfectly innocuous things like the stuffed jellyfish she carried everywhere brought ridicule, and before long, Fi refused to be around other people.

Princess Kira was highly protective of Fi, and was rumored to break the toes of whomever insulted her little sister. Kira helped Fi stylize her clothing, and taught the younger princess how to sew. Before long, Fi had turned her boring protective suits into beautiful outfits.

Because of her fragility, Ganondorf and Link did not train Fi with weapons. Instead, they focused on words, using the enormous castle library and the king's own private collections to sharpen her wit. Fi had read everything in sight by the time she was five, often using the library as a sanctuary from the bullies. She liked cuddling up on her father's lap for fairy tales, sleeping in Kira's arms while their mother told them stories from her past, and using the larger books as the base of a blanket fort.

Fi was sleeping in the middle of one such fort when she heard a commotion. The door clanged shut and she heard what sounded like a chair scraping against the floor. Coming out to investigate, she saw a young boy roughly her age hiding behind another chair that wasn't propped against the door.

"What are you doing in here...?"

The boy jumped at Fi's voice; she was barely audible for being scared (and for hiding behind her jellyfish), but his long ears picked up her voice right away. When he turned her way, she realized he was not quite Hylian. His ears were dual toned gray and charcoal, black lines zigzaged up his neck, and he bore a diamond shaped birthmark below his left eye.

The strange boy sighed when he saw it was just a little girl, and ran his fingers through silver-blue bangs. "I was trying to hide, but I guess I'm caught now. Just don't turn me in too soon, I'd like to breathe a little more before my lungs are ripped out."

Fi lowered the jellyfish, exposing the rest of her face. "Who would remove your lungs? I read that punishments like that were from the old old days." She looked him over a little more, before asking, "Are you a Twili?"

The boy didn't answer, and instead stood still and gawked at Fi. It hurt her, having been recipient of far too many similar and malicious stares, and so she turned to run.

"No, wait! Please don't go!"

The little boy jumped out and reached for her, but missed and knocked into a footstool. She heard him seethe at his now scraped knee, and reluctantly came back to help him up.

"I'm Ghirahim. What's your name?"

"...My name is Fi."

"Fi..." Ghirahim smiled wide, then rubbed his head. "So who's your friend? It looks like you two are really close."

It took Fi a moment to realize he was talking about her toy. "Kuri...?" She responded with eyes turned to the ground. "Kuri's my jellyfish. My sister Kira gave me her when I was just born, so I've had her for almost six years. Kuri is always there. Kuri doesn't make fun of me for my condition. Kuri doesn't stare at me."

Ghirahim jumped back, then immediately bowed his head. "I'm so sorry, Fi! I didn't mean to stare at you, not at all! It's just... you're so pretty, I've never seen someone like you before in all the times I've been to Hyrule, and there's certainly no one as brilliant as you in the Twilight realm. Man, how could his lordship Ganondorf hide such a pretty girl from everyone?"

A blush popped up on Fi's pale cheeks. "You... think I'm pretty? But I'm not pretty, I'm abnormal. I have a condition."

Ghirahim looked shocked. "Abnormal? No way, you're an angel. My Ma with her freaky mobile hair is abnormal."

"GHIRAHIIIIIIM!"

Fi didn't get a chance to respond to Ghirahim's compliment, because he was suddenly plucked into the air by a floating black and blue hand. Midna, Queen of the Twilight Realm, materialized in the library with an angry look on her face.

"You fresh little whelp, you'll know what abnormal is when you can't sit down for a week!" Midna laid her son across her lap and promptly smacked his bottom. "Not only did you set the training room on fire, you broke a window, and then LIED to Ganondorf about who did it! He invited you here to learn, not to break shit!"

Fi giggled, watching as Ghirahim's face turned red in embarrassment from Midna's spanking. She was starting to like this strange Twili boy who found her pretty.

"Ow, Ma, stop that! Not in front of Fi!"

"You woke up the little princess with your commotion, too?! Rotten brat, I'm going to beat your father too for making you this naughty!"

After Midna and her rambunctious boy teleported away, Fi padded down the hallway to her mother's room, dragging Kuri behind her. Link was fond of grass and gardening, and had a large greenhouse installed in the castle. Fi found her there gathering pumpkins for a meal.

"Mama?"

"Fi, come here baby. You look like something's bothering you." Link picked up her youngest, then kissed her cheeks. "Did you have a bad dream during your nap? Wasn't Kira with you in the library?"

"Kira read me a story, but then she had to go to her riding lesson. I was napping in the library when a little boy came in and made a commotion. Queen Midna then came in and spanked him for setting Papa's training room on fire."

"Ohh... Now that I think about it, you've never met Ghirahim, have you?" Link had remained close with Midna ever since Ganondorf and Zelda reforged the Twilight Mirror, and the Twilight Queen was a frequent visitor to Hyrule, even having assisted in Fi's delivery. But her son Ghirahim had only just begun training under Ganondorf, and Fi was usually resting when he was in the castle.

"He asked me about Kuri. Then he said I was pretty and brilliant and an angel."

Link smiled. "Really? That's great! Ghirahim is a little silly, but he's a really nice boy. Come on, let's go find Papa and tell him you've made a new friend."

"But I thought we weren't allowed to be friends with boys? Papa gets real mad when he catches Kira writing letters to King Ralis."

"If Papa has a problem with you making friends with boys, he can bring it up with me."

A/N: Something I thought I'd post in the meantime while I work on Kira's story. Hint, this oneshot isn't going to stay a oneshot. ;)

Mkad07: That is TOTALLY accurate! Ganny is a complete papa boar. He would send his girls to live with the Gerudo if Link didn't stop him. ^^;