Gerudo valley
"Hey Nayla"
Nayla turned around, just in time to see her friend Kisota running forwards her, her long ebony hair whirling after her.
"Hey, what are you so excited about?" Nayla knew that Kisota was prone to overreact about everything, but lately, things had been boring, so secretly, she hoped that something excited would break the monotony.
"Me and Karima have been asked to bring everybody to the practice grounds" Kisota's whole face was lit up. "Do you think they're finally noticing how good I've become?"
Nayla didn't want to disappoint her friend by saying that that was very unlikely, that they just asked whoever was near at that time, so she just shrugged it off.
"Anyway, do you know what this "meeting" is about?" Nayla couldn't help but feel curious, after all, something was finally happening, and Kisota knew things that she didn't.
"Well no….they refused to tell me…But they did seem really happy?"
Wait…Alarm bells started running in Naylas head. Who could Kisota mean with they? After all, the only ones who had the authority to command everyone to come to the practice area would either have to be Nabooru, or her second in charge, Misaro. And frankly, no one had seen or heard anything from Nabooru in about two weeks. Nayla would never forget that day, after all, it's hard to forget about the day on which your home was set on fire. Nabooru had left for the temple only hours ago, to do some meditation, if Nayla remembered correctly.
Anyway, Kisota could have never been asked by a plur/
"Say Nayla, you wouldn't happen to know where Nabooru is, do you?" Nayla was roughly brought back to earth.
"I'm afraid I haven't, in fact, nobody has heard from her for two weeks…"
"Well, I have to go and find her anyway. They want her there as well, they specially asked me to bring her" Nayla would have to remember to drag Kisota back to earth someday, but now, the mystery was just too intriguing to lose her only source of information.
"Well then, let's go look for her together then"
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"What's the use? She's probably not even here..."
"But Nayla…." Kisota was trying to pull of her puppy dog face but Nayla wasn't going to let it get to her, this time…. "We've got to find here, I mean, they won't be pleased with me if I don't bring her…"
"Well that's something I've wanted to ask you. Who do you mean with they?"
Kisota's facial expression changed so quickly, it scared Nayla. It was as if all traces of happiness were erased by a holy piece of gum. What was up with her? How many times can someone change emotions in one minute? If she didn't know any better, Nayla would have thought that Kisota was PMSing…
"You'll see" was Kisota's response. Now this just unnerved Nayla. It was almost as if Kisota was acting like Nayla…
Suddenly, a shocked expression flashed over Kisota.
"Oh CRAP!!!" We're late!!! Oh how could I lose track of time for so long, and especially now? Why didn't you warn me?"
Kisota dragged her off to the practice grounds before Nayla had a change to tell her that she failed to tell her when the meeting was supposed to start.
From where they were walking, they could hear that said meeting had indeed already begun.
"Let's just sneak in the back ok? They probably even haven't noticed that we're missing".
And that's when Nayla saw something that made her blood turn into ice. In the middle of the practice grounds, surrounded by all her friends and family, stood they object she feared the most. Twin rova.
"I don't think this is a good idea" Nayla pulled for hand free from Kisota's grasp and she pulled both of them behind a crate, close enough to hear what this meeting was about, and far away to not be noticed.
"Fellow Gerudo, the day has come to end our misery. The day has come to take revenge on those that suppressed us for so long. The day has come to accept our true leader back.
Two weeks ago, the seal to the sacred land was broken and our leader managed to escape. The time has come for him to get back what's rightfully his. First of all, he's taking back his people"
From their hiding place, Nayla could hear that her friends didn't quite agree about being taken back by Gannondorf. Many remembered his reign of tyranny during the Dark Age, even if it hadn't actually taken place in this timeline. Suddenly, a large light flashed over the valley and everything became eerily quiet.
"From now on, you will be His servant, names are no longer required. You're only objection is to kill those that oppose Him. You will fight to defend him with all your might, at any time it may be required. No freedom of speech and acting on your own will be allowed. From now on, you're a collective, not an individual. From now on, you are His people."
A loud cheer erupted from the fast crowd gathered in the training grounds. Next to her, Nayla could feel Kisota shaking with fear.
"Nayla, what's happening? I'm scared" Kisota buried herself deep into Nayla's arms.
"I know Kisota, I know". Gently stroking Kisota's long ebony hair, she knew what had to be done.
"Get up Kisota, we're leaving." She pulled the reluctant maiden to her feet and quickly ran to the armoury, taking a pair of weapons for herself and a pair for Kisota with her.
"We have to warn the princess of what's going on….He's back and he's not alone"