Aeris awoke several hours later to the sound of raised voices.

"She's not a goddess damned spy!" Urora's usually calm demeanor was gone.

"I know that Urora! Koume and Kotake just want to talk to her," Isha held her hands up as she spoke seemingly ready to deflect any blows from the seething woman across from her.

"No! Absolutely not, I'll be damned if I let those witches anywhere near her right now! Not after everything she's been through," Urora's hands were firmly on her hips

Aeris sat up unnoticed by the arguing women, taking in her surroundings. The women were standing on either side of the kitchen table glaring at each other. A young girl of about twelve leaned against the wall opposite Aeris a small smirk on her pointed face as she watched the two women. She glanced toward the couch her eyes passing over Aeris briefly before moving on, then jumping back to the small girl.

The two girls looked at each other, neither blinking. "Uh… Mom," The gerudo girl glanced to Urora quickly, then back to Aeris.

"Not now Nabooru!" Urora snapped uncharacteristically.

"Mom, She's up," Both women stop yelling abruptly, and both looked to the girl sitting on the couch their eyes softening.

"Hey sweetie. Did you sleep well?" Urora's harsh tone from before was gone, replaced by a motherly one.

Aeris shifted uncomfortably before nodding. "Did my mama ever make it?" she looked to both women meekly.

Urora and Isha shared a look and Urora opened her mouth to speak but Isha spoke first. "I haven't made it back to check with Nali yet, but I'm sure she'll be here soon," Urora shot Isha a withering glare. If Isha saw this she didn't show it, "Do you feel like talking to some people? They just want to know what happened last night,"

Aeris began to answer but Urora interrupted, "Are you kidding me? I just said that's not going to happen right now! Not until she feels up to it,"

Isha rolled her eyes, "And that's why I asked if she WANTED to,"

Urora blinked quickly several times and the two started arguing once again, yelling over each other. The young gerudo girl, Nabooru, threw her hands up and moved from her spot against the wall and headed to a beaded curtain that separated this room from another. She stopped before parting the curtain and turned to Aeris, "Good luck with those two, Kid," And then she was gone, leaving only the clacking of the beads in her wake.

Aeris watched wide eyed as the two women argue. Urora looked ready to leap over the table and Isha stood ready to meet her.

"I… I don't mind," Aeris meekly tried to answer Isha's question, but her voice was drowned by raised voices.

"I said I don't mind," She tried again and went unheard again.

She took a deep breath and gripped the hem of her tattered nightgown. "I SAID!" Her voice reverberated through the room both gerudo snapped their attention to Aeris, eyes wide. Nabooru was cackling in the other room. "I don't mind,"

"Well I guess that settles that," Isha said laughing lightly.

"Are you sure Aeris? You don't have to if you don't want to," Urora looked more than a little concerned.

Aeris nodded "I don't mind. I don't know how much I can tell them though… I didn't see much of what was happening,"

The two women exchanged looks and Urora sighed, "All right. Let's get you a bath first, at least,"

"No, there's no time for that. Koume and Kotake want to see her as soon as possible, and we've wasted enough time arguing as it is," Isha crossed her arms.

"But she's filthy!"

"It doesn't matter, they want to see her now." Isha paused. "Still being dirty may actually help her,"

Urora signed deflating. "You're right. Let's go then,"

The two women standing before them were… odd. They were obviously gerudo and obviously twins, but something was strange about them. Aeris hid behind Urora's legs trying to avoid their gazes.

"So this is the little hylian vai?" The one in blue spoke, her voice sent chills down Aeris' spine.

"Yes sister it appears so," The other sisters voice crackled like flames.

"Tell us little vai, what exactly brings you here?" They spoke in tandem.

Aeris stood trembling, unable to answer.

"What's the matter little vai?" Aeris struggled to breath under an icy gaze.

"I think she's nervous sister," Heat roared to life in her cheeks.

"No matter," The two women were suddenly in front of her. Urora and Isha let out cries of surprise as they found them on the other side of the room, both of them scrambling trying to make it back to Aeris' side. "We have other ways to get information,"

Aeris was frozen in fear as the twins leaned toward her she could barely hear Isha and Urora yelling her name as each woman placed a hand on her face, one freezing the other scorching.

Her whole life flashed before her eyes. Her first word, her first steps. Her mother and father looking down at her smiling. Playing with Go-Go. Chasing the cuccos. Her first trip to the fortress. The kings eyes. The barn in flames. Her mother screaming.

Tears streamed down her face as they withdrew their hands. Arms wrapped around her and she sank into the embrace. "What the hell was that!" Urosa yelled as she wrapped Aeris tighter in her arms.

"Well it would appear that she is not a spy sister,"

"Yes but she is still a problem,"

"Yes she is,"

"What to do with her?" The twins completely disregarded the chaos they had caused. "Send her back to Hyrule. If the hylian king discovered we have a hylian vehvi among us it could spell doom for our plans,"

"Excuse me!?" Urora rose suddenly, "You want to send a helpless child across war torn Hyrule alone?" Urora and Isha stood eye to eye with Koume and Kotake, the four women eyed each other.

Aeris slipped from the room unnoticed and slid down the wall just outside the door. Tears streamed down her face as she sat there. Everything she knew was gone, she wasn't stupid. She knew her mama and papa were dead, sure some part of her hoped if she kept asking they would come back, but she knew deep in her heart, it wouldn't happen. She didn't know anyone in Hyrule, what would she do if they sent her to Castle Town? Could she even make it there on her own?

"Are you alright?" Aeris jerked her head up and met golden eyes.

The gerudo king stood before her wearing a loose cream colored shirt and pants. His long red hair was pulled into a low ponytail and he wore no jewelry.

"You're the vehvi of the hylian vai that trades with us, right?" He crouched down to look at her.

Aeris nodded and wiped her eyes. "You're the king,"

"Yes, I am, but you look like you need a friend more than you need a king," He sat down next to Aeris. "So do you want to tell your new friend what's wrong? I can hear my mothers yelling, does it have something to do with them?"

Aeris nodded and began to tell him what had happened to her parents and how his mothers wanted to send her away. He squinted at this and stood, "I'll be right back," He turned into the doorway and the women inside gasped.

"Your highness!"

"Ganondorf!"

Aeris peeked her head inside the door just enough to see what was happening inside. Ganondorf stood in front of the women his arms folded.

"What are you doing here? We told you to stay in your room," Koume and Kotake looked at each other.

"I'm the king. I don't have to listen to you," Urora and Isha did little to hide their laughs. "You were just telling me the other day that I'm old enough to start being the king and making decisions, and this sounds like the perfect on to start with,"

"She is a hylian. If King Daphnes discovers that we have a hylian among us it will give him reason to attack us," Aeris squinted hadn't they said something about plans earlier?

"If he was going to send troops here he would have already," The adults in the room balked, "Think about it, only one farm in Hyrule continued to trade with us after the war started, and their farm was just burned to the ground, the night after they traded with us. The chances of her family having been dubbed traitors and dealt with are far to high, if you sent her back to Hyrule she would likely been tried as the child of traitors." All eyes were on the boy king, "She stays here," With that said he turned and left the room, leaving the women slack jawed. He gave Aeris a small smile on his way past her and then disappeared around a corner.

"I'd be more than happy to take her in," Urora broke the silence.

"Yes you do enjoy taking in unwanted children don't you," Aeris couldn't tell if it was Koume or Kotake, but whoever said it their voice was full of malice.

"Someone has to," Aeris scrambled to her feet when Urora appeared in the doorway. "Come on vehvi. Let's go home,"

Aeris took Urora's hand and allowed the woman to lead her back to her new home.

A/N: Whoo! We're done with the first part of this story! Thank you to everyone who has followed or reviewed, you guys are the best!

I'm going to slow down updates to either once or twice a week as I've caught up with what I have written.