Chapter 11: Life in A Dessert of thieves
A girl looked out through an opened window and saw sand being dragged from the barren floor and hauled up into dry winds. The female thieves could easily be distinguished from their yellowish background with their purple uniforms which in Karina's opinion, looked a little tacky and old-school. Blue would suit so much better, she thought, and wouldn't look so sinister.
"What's your name, girl?" A Gerudo with a white uniform questioned.
" I don't know."
This has been the fiftieth time that the Gerudo had asked her the same question and got responses like "Why don't you ask the butterfly?" or "My horse would tell you, -if you can find her" and even "The birds took that knowledge away because you're plain evil."
This response was the most reasonable and the woman felt that she had made progress. "Where did you get the gems? Do you know where the other gems could be, by any chance?"
"Um, ask my fairy but she doesn't seem to be around, huh?" Karina giggled. "Do you have ice cream? It's extremely hot on this wonderful spring day."
The woman sighed and came to a decision. The girl's stubbornness could be of some use and maybe she could even… "Well, from now on, your name will be Katri. Tomorrow, you are to report to the training grounds among the others training to be a Gerudo thief."
Karina's eyes widen. " A thief? And what use would it be to be a theif?"
"It's either that, or your life."
Karina knew what that meant and she just smiled. "Sooooo, do you still have ice cream?"
The Gerudo slapped her own forehead in sudden frustration. Maybe she should have gone with the alternative.
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So, five long years crawl by. Yeah, it's amazing but five years past and Karina, well, Karina becomes the thief the woman wanted her to be and Karina learned that her name was Geryl. Somehow, Karina forgets about Link ( yeah, great friend she is) and remembers him on the day of his birthday of the fifth year since she last saw him. Karina knew that she should give his tunic back, now that's rotting in the closet of her room and the Koriri sword that had grown to be too small for her and the boots Link loved so much but oh well, it was hers now.
Karina smiled. She hadn't changed much. Just grew a little taller, a little stronger and her hair a little longer. She wore a uniform like the Gerudos did but to her fun pleasure made it into a nice pleasant crystal blue. The fit Geryl threw over the uniform's color was unforgettable.
A common Gerudo knocked and came into Karina's room announcing the annual terrorizing robbery. This was begun by no other than Karina herself and such a glee that she was given an honor to create a long-lasting tradition.
Karina quickly jumped out of the window, which was her substitute route she loved to take. The drums of initiation played along with cries of excitement and without a second thought, she jumped on her horse and onto the route to Lake Hylia.
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This tradition consisted of doing the following: to steal from anyone and everything you possibly can. Karina saw it as a wonderful game with this single rule and it didn't matter where she traveled to as long as she came the following day. You can say that Karina thought Lake Hylia the best place to find wonderful treasures because of the wealth Zoras had. And that's where she was headed to: Zora's Domain.
Karina had traveled a considerable amount of time when she came to see a camp fire burning out and a sleeping figure under a blanket. But that wasn't what interested her; it was the brown leather bag hanging on a branch near the figure. " Jackpot!" she whispered to Olpa, her horse.
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Note: Earlier than usual. Yeah, I'm full of surprises.
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Next chapter: Link's B-day
