A/N: Well... I'm not dead... But I am back! With a new name and a new story...And I am complete Trash, anyway have a Ganondorf/OC story that I promise not to abandon! It's set pre-OoT all the way through the main events of the game...

"Vasaaq!" The sounds and smells of the makeshift market filled the morning air, and even though it was only hours after sunrise the heat was reaching almost unbearable heights.

A young hylian girl followed closely behind her mother staring in awe at the limestone fortress looming before them. She gripped her mother's skirt tightly in her tiny fists when one of the tall spear wielding warriors smiled at her.

"There's no need to be scared, Aeris." Her mother's soft voice did little to ease her anxiety. These women were impossibly tall, even taller than her father and the spears they carried looked wickedly sharp.

A sharp squeak left the small girl when the goat pulling their small cart nudged her from behind causing several of the Gerudo around her and her mother to laugh lightly.

"Good morning Urora," Her mother greeted one of the women as they stopped in front of her stall. Aeris pushed herself as close as she could to her mother. Wishing she could melt into her mother under the gaze of the fire haired woman. Even with half of her face covered by a gossamer veil she was impossibly beautiful, her golden eyes were lined with thick khol making them look like molten gold rimmed with obsidian.

"Sav'otta, Ahia I see your little one has joined you today," Aeris buried her face in her mother's skirt. Urora laughed, "There's no need for fear, Vehvi,"

Aeris wrinkled her nose, "My name is Aeris," Fist still balled in her mother's skirt she faced the stall keeper. "Not Vehvi," The word felt strange on her tongue.

The woman let out another boisterous laugh. "And that is a beautiful name," A few more chuckles came from behind her veil. "Vehvi is our word for child,"

Aeris blushed fiercly as Urora and her mother laughed, after several moments they began discussing adult things and Aeris soon lost interest and she drifted between the daydreams of a child and playing with their goat she affectionately called Go-Go.

As the sun rose higher in the sky so did the temperature, the already unbearable heat was soaring ever higher and Aeris quickly realized that her cotton dress was not at all fitting for a desert climate. By midday her dress was sticking to her calves and her long hair was plastered to her face and the nape of her neck. The small girl panted lightly as she wondered why no one else seemed to be bothered by the scorching heat, even her mother seemed to be hardly fazed by the heat.

The shade of one of the buildings that made up the fortress where she and her mother rested for lunch did little to cool the air around them. A small sigh left her when a young Gerudo brought them a clay jug of water. She gulped greedily from the cup her mother handed her, only to have it pulled away from her lips, she whined softly and reached for the cup that her mother cruelly held away from her.

"Slowly darling. If you drink to quickly in this heat you'll make yourself sick," Aeris gingerly took the cup as it was handed back to her and took a small sip. Her mother gave her a nod of approval before going back to checking the inventory of their cart.

She took a few more sips before looking to her mother thoughtfully, "Mama, why doesn't Papa come with you when you come here?"

Ahia stopped briefly before continuing, "The Gerudo don't allow men into their fortress,"

Aeris scrunched her nose,"Why not? Is it because boys are icky?"

Her mother stopped again laughing lightly, "Yes it's because boys are very icky,"

The two laughed together for a moment. It made Ahia's heart happy to see her daughter still so young and innocent, untouched by the troubles of the world. "We just have one more thing to deliver then we can head home to Papa,"

"Do you think Daisy had her baby while we were gone?"

The question took the woman by surprise, "She may have. I'm sure your Papa is taking care of her if she did, and you'll have a brand new baby goat to play with." She turned to her daughter briefly wondering where the sudden question had come from.

The thought of a new baby made Aeris smile, they were so cute and wobbly. "Mama, If the Gerudo don't have any boys how do they have babies?"

Ahia blanched at her daughter's question. Sure Aeris was smart and growing up on a farm taught her things about life, but how in Hylia's name was she supposed to explain the Gerudo's method of conception to a six year old?

"Well... You see…" She sent a silent praise to the Goddesses when a sudden commotion drew the young girls attention. Several of the Gerudo were talking loudly amongst themselves forming a crowd around the main building of the fortress. Aeris tugged on her mother's skirt and pointed to the growing mass of women.

"Mama, can we go see?"

"Our last delivery is that way, but I think we should wait until it dies down some," The six year old pouted and flashed her green eyes at her mother.

"But Mama! I want to see what's happening,"

"Alright baby. I know today has been rather boring for you. We'll make this last delivery then we can see what all of the fuss is about,"

Aeris squealed and hugged her mother thanking her repeatedly. She waited impatiently as her mother secured the last of the hides and salted meats. She barely waited for her mother to give her the ok before dashing off toward the crowd, ignoring her mother's calls to wait.

She used her small size to wiggle her way through the growing crowd of Gerudo. She could almost see and opening in front of the crowd when a pair of strong hands grabbed her, she was suddenly hoisted into the air and placed on someone's shoulders

"Nice to see you again little one," Aeris sighed in relief realizing it was only Urora.

"What's going on?" Aeris used her vantage for Urora's shoulders to scan the crowd looking for anything exciting but nothing seemed to be happening. She did spot her mother on the edge of the group who visibly relaxed when she saw her daughter was safe.

"The king is supposed to be coming out today," Urora sounded hopeful, almost like a child expecting a present.

"But Mama said that you don't have any boys," Aeris scanned the crowd again and found not a single male face.

"That is normally true, but every hundred years a single voe, that's a boy, is born and he is born to be our king,"

Aeris mulled this new information over and thought of what it would have been like to be born into royalty. The question of how Gerudo had babies briefly crossed her mind again, but she thought it best not to ask. Instead she asked another question, "What's his name?"

"Ganondorf,"

Almost as if a summoning spell had been cast, said king appeared.

And he was nothing like Aeris imagined, in her head he had been an old man as wise as he was strong, but the boy before them was just a few years older than Aeris, but he was nothing like the hylian girl had ever seen.

If Urora's eyes were molten gold, his were the sun, his crimson hair fell in waves across his brow and was long enough to brush his shoulders. His skin was a crisp brown and impossibly smooth, gold adorned his arms and chest in place of a shirt, his legs were clad in a pair loose white pants.

He scanned the crowd with those golden eyes and Aeris felt her heart stop when they landed on her. He paused briefly, and Aeris ducked her head, her heart hammering in her chest.

But Just as quickly as he appeared he was gone, whisked away by two Gerudo. One dressed in red the other in blue their hair pulled into tight pigtails were most of the Gerudo sported a single high ponytail.

She watched as he disappeared back into the fortress, and somehow she knew that it would be a long time before she would forget those eyes.