Sorry I messed up the chapies and put ch. 4 in ch.1 !!! Tidus2529 pointed it so thanks! Its fixed now! So read on ! ready go!

Clue: we own nada!

---Chickadee-one--

The young Gerudo guard paced the top of the wall, she was tense and glanced around nervously.

"Kejia! For the love of the goddesses calm down."

Kejia looked over at her post mate, she was calmly leaning against the parapets and staring out over the desert, "I'm sorry Malki its just, I can't believe it.." the young woman trailed off while she smoothed out her new guard uniform, "I don't want to mess this up."

"Well you can't guard your post if your busy pacing around can you," Kejia agreed with her older superior and leaned against the parapet with her.

The sun had traveled across the sky till it was bearing down on them from over their shoulders. Kejia stared lazily out over the unchanging desert; not noticing the figure emerging over the nearest dune.

"Kejia! What does that look like to you," Kejia was startled from her heat-induced gaze and looked were Malki was pointing.

"Is it a spirit?" she asked.

Malki gave her a disapproving look," you know better than that you live here,"

"But its not called the haunted waste land for nothing," Kejia shrugged, "think it's a traveler?"

"Must be,"

The traveler came to the large gate in the door, booth Gerudos stared over the edge and waited, they both knew the new orders but neither were to sure about carrying them out.

They watched as the traveler adjusted a rather large pack underneath a light tan cloak of some kind, it was the same kind the Gerudos use to keep the sun off when traveling, and for a moment considered if it could be one of their sisters.

The traveler waited for a few more moments before kicking the large gate several times, the banging echoed up to the guard's ears. Kejia gave Malki an unsure glance; Malki gave a sigh and took a deep breath.

"Who goes there!" she hollered down at the cloaked figure.

"Link," came the deep smooth reply.

"Malki I think it's a man..." she whispered frighten,

"Hush, its alright"

"But I've never seen a man before," she whispered mostly to her self

Malki tore her attention away from the new guard and back to the man below her, "what business do you have?"

Link shifted again, he wished the sun would just go away. He knew this was going to be the hard part, "I am only passing thru and wish to seek supplies and a place to get out of the sun,"

Malki noticed the irritation in his voice near the end of the statement, and was not sure what to make of it.

"Kejia open the gate," she ordered slowly.

"What!"

"You know the knew orders, no visitor is to be turned away with out cause," Malki paused, "but I agree if it was my choice I would not let him in. now open the gate"

Link waited, still scorching in the high noon desert sun, he adjusted his load again and squinted up at the guards, suddenly the gate sprang to life and clanged and clinked open. Link made a dash for the shade under the gate; just in case the Gerudos changed their minds and locked him back out.

The two guards and their suspicious looks met him; he suddenly thought that maybe it had been too easy to get in.

"Come with us," Malki ordered with a wave of her glaive. Link obeyed and stepped out back into the light and Gerudo fortress.

The female guard led him toward a mass of stacked mud brick houses. The whole settlement was stacked, one house on top of the other, like a some mad giant child had been stacking his blocks up and the Gerudos had only carved out the insides to make there homes. The fortress was built in the lee of a cliff and was protected from the deserts harsh winds. A slight breeze still blew and played with the many red banners and flags the decorated the buildings. The place was a flurry of activity, guards in their purple uniforms on patrol and many others going about their business.

Malki watched the man as they entered the fort; he had yet to remove his hands from behind his back, she was becoming as nervous as Kejia had been that morning.

Kejia was surprised when Malki suddenly stopped and waved her the hand signal to be on guard, "show me your hands!" she ordered. Kejia heard the man swear softly and she tightened the grip on her glaive as his right hand reached father back behind him. Malki motioned to one of the near by guards, and the attention of most of the women in sight had turned toward the stranger.

Link slowly brought forward his left hand and pulled his cloak off, it was Malki's turn to tense.

Link watched as the small crowd visibly relaxed, "Hey, Chickadee, still with me?"

Kejia had not expected there to be a small child under the cloak, she had expected anything but that, but there she was. They had been worried for nothing.

She watched Link shake the girl on his back awake, "I'm up, I was a awake the whole time," the young brunet proclaimed groggily as she placed on her own two feet. Link held up both his hands palm up towards Malki. Malki nodded to Kejia and continued to lead them toward the terracotta houses.