Hooray, another one-shot up and ready to go! :D I'm so VERY sorry it took me so long, guys. :( These past few weeks have been crazy for me, with finals and moving out of my dorm and my sister's graduation and such. I hope you can forgive me- I PROMISE, I've not stopped writing, at all! Far from it! You have my word as an author; I won't stop with these guys any time soon! :)
Anyways, here's another silly, somewhat pointless, but still fun mini-adventure for our Four Sword Links. ^^ It occurs right after the Links defeat the Shadow Darknut on Snowfreeze Mountain. Hope you guys enjoy!
And, yes… I am enjoying writing these pun-titles. :)
'Snow Problem
The cold, powdery snow crunched lightly beneath the footsteps of the children as they walked across its surface, their toes and heels occasionally kicking up the powdery ice in their trek over the mountainside. Their boots left small, yet noticeable tracks in the freshly-fallen snow, and bits of the ice stuck to the bottom of their feet, the child wind of the mountains blowing around them with every step and adding to the chill of the snow-side. And yet, despite the frost eating at each of them from their surroundings- they were instead filled with warmth, flooding from the grins on their faces and the uplifting of their hearts.
"I still can't believe the magic that thing has," Green said with a laugh as he shook his head, the others also laughing at the conversation they were immersed in during their walk. He crossed his arms and looked with a bright smile at the rope dangling from Blue's fist, and once more shook his head. "Hey, Vio? Remind me not to get on Blue's bad side," he joked with another grin, elbowing Red, who was walking beside him, playfully.
"Damn straight," Blue said with an equally matching grin, though his was more enthusiastic and bold- one befitting of an eager warrior as he pumped his fist in the air, the sling in his grasp whirling around in the chilled air of the mountain side. Once more snapping it by his side, he crossed his arms a bit smugly and looked at the others who were walking alongside him over the mountaintop. "Magic, and power. None of you guys would be able to beat it!"
"Careful, now, Green," Vio said with a quiet smile, still looking ahead calmly, briefly studying in the back of his mind the layout of the mountain as they walked over its peak, prepared to come to the descent at any moment. Looking over his shoulder, the Link said with a sort of mischievous glint in his eye, "Stroke that precious ego of his too much, and we'll all be bowing at his feet before long. Which would prove quite difficult… seeing how very close he is to the ground."
Hiding a grin behind his hand, Red laughed and dove behind Green for safety as he watched Blue explode angrily at the insult. And even Green couldn't help but laugh at the two's antics, shaking his head a bit sadly.
"And what's THAT supposed to mean?-!" Blue roared, shoving his sling into his pocket and jabbing an indignant finger in Vio's direction. "You're just as tall as I am, shorty!"
"Then, by your logic, we are both just as short," Vio replied as calmly as ever, though smiling just as widely back at Blue. The two had solidified their friendship over the events which had just recently unfolded, true… but, that only paved the way for the two's bickering to go on, this time unheeded by any past grudges. And, despite how they each outwardly expressed disgust and contempt in their arguments towards each other… each of them enjoyed the back-and-forth bantering. With a feigned, arrogant shrug, the Link turned around and continued walking, calm as ever, saying with an idle wave of his hand, "You said it- not I."
Still fuming, Blue shot a glance over at the laughing Red and Green- who were now nearly doubled over in their laughter at the two's argument- then back at Vio's walking away figure. "Hmph…" he grumbled in resentment- though, like Vio had done, a calm, almost devious smile crept across his face, and he grinned mischievously as he knelt down on the snow. "Let's see…" he said with a creeping grin, his hand slowly curling around the crunching snow beneath him… "how short I am… NOW!" he shouted with a bold, wild laugh, standing up and flinging the tightly-packed ball of snow straight in front of him towards Vio's back.
The snowball smacked soundly in the back of Vio's shoulder- and instantly, Red and Green stopped laughing, and stopped, staring dead ahead at the frozen Vio. The Link was quiet for a moment… then, idly glancing over his shoulder towards Blue, Vio smiled quietly back.
"Oh…?" he asked quietly, looking back in front of him and away from the Links. "Two can play… at that game!" he shouted suddenly, whirling around and throwing from his own hand a just-as-large, rounded ball of snow right back at the Blue Link. Blue, caught off-guard by the sudden change of events, could only widen his eyes in the fraction of a second before the snowball struck him dead center in the middle of his chest. Startled- though the snow crumbled harmlessly into powder as soon as it hit him- the Link took a step back, blinking once.
"Why, you… you sneaky devil!" Blue roared with a wide grin as he instantly bent down, sweeping his hand quickly over the snow beneath him and, just as quickly, pounding it into a sphere with both hands and sending it flying Vio's way, along with a loud and excited laugh. However, the opposite Link was well ready for the new attack and, with a grin just as wide as his friends', quickly rolled to the side, also picking up snow in his hands and already forming another missile.
"Wait! Actually, FOUR can play that game!" Red shouted excitedly as he jumped out from behind Green, bending down and scooping up a snowball ecstatically- only to turn around and, with a cheerful laugh and grin, throw his weapon right at Green's shoulder.
"Wha…? H-hey!" Green shouted in surprise as he recoiled from the light hit, looking at Red in brief confusion. He couldn't help grinning slightly, too, but he looked awkwardly back at Blue and Vio, who were feverishly running around, scooping up snowballs and throwing them wildly at each other. Laughing and shaking his head, Green lifted a hand to brush the snow off his shoulder, and, grinning, walked in between the two, holding up a hand. "Hey, wait a minute, guys…"
Frowning, Blue looked over at Green with a pout, and even Vio held a sort of disappointed, grim smile as Green stepped calmly in between the snowball fight. Red's smile also fell slightly… all of them knew that Green, being the sensible and level-headed leader that he was, wouldn't stand for any horsing around, and would probably tell them to knock it off, or to be serious, that they had to go rescue Zelda and be heroes.
And yet… each of them were surprised, and grinned widely, at Green's words, as the hero smiled, almost mischievously, right back at his friends, crossing his arms with a raised eyebrow.
"... Let's call teams."
Immediately, knowing what his friend was up to and seizing the opportunity, Red's grin brightened and widened across his face. Jumping up with a squeal, he dropped his snowball and ran up to Blue, nearly tackling his friend and wrapping his arms ecstatically around his friend's arm. "Yay! I call Blue!" Red shouted with a gleeful grin.
"Wh-what?" Blue stuttered, stumbling back and caught off-guard by Red's tackle, looking down strangely and a bit weirded out at his friend. Why did Red always have to be so… clingy?-!
A small, quiet chuckle came from Vio, and the Link shook his head, crossing his arms with a smile. Uncrossing an arm, he pointed it idly in Green's direction with a soft, yet smug grin; "Fine, then. I pick Green."
"H-Hey! Wait a second!" Blue roared, finding himself cornered into the situation before he'd even had a chance to voice his own opinion. He grumbled under his breath- of course Vio would choose Green, Green was a great leader and would be a valuable asset to any snowball fight- how'd he get stuck with Red? Sighing, though, as Red continued to eagerly tug on his arm and try and pull him to the side, the Link shook his head and shrugged. Oh, well… However, he looked over at Red and flashed a grin. "Fine, then. Let's take down those ego-maniacs!"
"You said it!" Red said with another loud, cheerful laugh, relinquishing his grip on Blue's shoulder and running to the side, falling quickly down on his knees and starting to scoop together the snow. However, it was not scooped up into a snowball- but he began to pile the snow on top of each other, bringing the powdery ice from every angle and patting it on every angle. Looking over his shoulder with a bright grin, he shouted on to his friend, "C'mon, Blue! We gotta build a snow fort first, DUH!"
Blue raised an eyebrow, and a grin tugged at the corners of his mouth. Huh… maybe Red would be a pretty good partner, after all. He certainly hadn't thought of building a snow fort for protection- but he knew it was a good idea, and grinned, going along with the plan as he knelt down and pushed more snow towards Red's gathering, helping him form the basic structure of their defensive wall.
Meanwhile, as Blue and Red hurriedly built their fort, Green smiled and nodded over towards Vio, in the back of his mind commenting to himself how the teams more or less picked themselves. Yet, he was more than happy to join Vio against Blue and Red and, with a mischievous grin, partnered up with the other and began to look around for a spot to build their own fort.
"Here," Vio said with a quick nod to his partner, having already knelt down by a flat surface of snow. He gave a quiet smirk to the side as he watched Blue and Red hurriedly, and messily, build their single, tall and thick wall. Amateurs… did they know nothing of siege? He had obviously superior intelligence and knowledge on the structure and defense of successful forts, so he set straight to work- rounding the corners of his fort, the Link already begun to construct their rounded, circular fort-wall.
With a nod, Green joined his friend- however, instead of helping with the fort, the leader gave a clever smile as he instead turned his back towards the wall, scooping up the excess snow and starting to create their supply of weaponry. Looking briefly over his shoulder at the other, Vio grinned slightly- he hadn't understood why Green wasn't helping, at first, but now it was obvious. And clever, too. With him starting to build the wall, and Green creating their snowballs to throw- they would defeat the other two, coldly and soundly!
And yet- soundly was exactly how the snowball smacked Vio straight in the side of his face, and he gasped in surprise, recoiling and flinching slightly at the unexpected hit. Instantly he whirled around and peeked over his half-finished wall at the opposing team.
Rolling back on his heels and roaring with laughter, Blue held on to their messy, yet thick and strong single wall of snow, wearing a large grin and looking over towards Red. "We got 'im! We got 'im! Quick, Red, make me another snowball!" he shouted, his fists pumping up ecstatically and looking back over towards Vio and Green.
Mumbling under his breath, Vio ducked under his wall and wiped the snow off the side of his face. Perhaps, there was some advantage to Blue and Red's reckless and charging style- they'd built a strong, heavy- if not somewhat crude- fort quickly, and were only creating their weapons as they used them. Perhaps, it was advantageous at first- but in the long run, they'd see. Returning to his fort, Vio now was careful to keep his head under the fort as he continued to carefully and accurately construct it, his fists grabbing the powder and sliding it, patting it, and sculpting it carefully to make the perfect, impenetrable fortress of snow which would protect them.
And as Vio continued to build the fort, Green, suddenly standing up and wearing a large grin, looked over towards Blue and Red. "FIRE!" Shouting loudly and with a laugh, cradling in one arm about half a dozen snowballs and his left fit clutching one already, the hero took a step forward, swinging over Vio one of his snowballs, aimed perfectly at the other two Links.
"OW! Bluuuueee, Green hit me!" Red's whine was an effective symbol that he'd hit his mark, and, with another laugh and grin, Green wasted no time and grabbing another snowball from his supply in his arm- and continued to fire off snowball after snowball, over Vio who continued to build the fort, assaulting the Links in a seemingly never-ending barrage of snowballs.
"Oh YEAH?-! We'll show 'em!" Blue roared angrily as he ducked beneath his fort, scooping up numerous snowballs and pounding them fiercely into the tightly-packed balls of ice that would serve as his projectiles. He gave a sly grin- eventually, Green would run out. And that's when he'd strike! And when the last snowball from the barrage fell, and there was a few seconds of silence…
"HA!" Blue roared with a grin, leaping up and winding back an arm to shoot his snowball-
Stumbling back, Blue could only cry out in muffled speech as a ball of snow smacked him straight in the face, clogging his open mouth and briefly covering his entire face in the cold wetness of the ice.
Vio grinned, giving a nod to Green at the plan. It had been Vio's suggestion, really- to 'feign' running out of snowballs, only to strike when Blue exposed himself. Finally, Vio was finished creating the fort- and a grand, splendorous fort it was, for one made out of snow by a child- and he crouched beneath it, starting to make more snowballs along with Green, who was laughing happily at having hit his opponent.
"GRRRR…" Growling under his breath, and quickly wiping the ice and water from his face, the Blue hero shook his head and ducked back down towards Red, giving a determined, wild grin. "Alright, Red! Things are gettin' SERIOUS now!" he shouted, pounding a fist into his other hand. "Let's devise a plan!"
Eagerly, Red nodded and grinned, scooping forward the collection of snowballs he'd crafted in the brief assault of Green's seemingly never-ending rain of snowballs. Most of them had missed and, to their advantage, remained mostly intact- giving him more ammunition with which to create his snowballs. "Got it!" he said eagerly, picking up a snowball. "Hey, Blue, why don't we try throwing them from different angles? Instead of just crouching behind one fort… let's make a whole bunch of 'em, and attack them from all sides!"
Blue blinked in silence for a moment as he listened to Red's speech. He… he'd never thought of something like that before! He scowled, though, thinking about it and shaking his head. "We don't have time to make a ton of forts!" he said angrily, brushing off the idea and scooping some snowballs in his arms, cradling them by his side as he peeked carefully over the wall, waiting to see either of his opponents' hats peeking over the side of their fort.
On the other side of the snowy mountain-side, the other two Links were also huddled up against their protective barrier of ice, creating their own weaponry and discussing a plan, with serious, yet excited, grins on their faces.
"Can we use our surroundings to our advantage, Vio?" Green asked as he risked peeking around the fort to see what lay around them. A snowball came whizzing by him and he ducked back behind the fort just in time to avoid it smacking him across his face, shouting briefly in surprise and falling back against the snow.
Sighing as he shook his head, Vio instead picked up another snowball, looking briefly over their supply. "No," he said, looking back up at Green, "We're downhill from them, and there are no boulders or trees nearby. Our only cover is this fort- we should either extend it, or create a sort of crenellation to allow us to be both on the offensive and defensive…"
"Crena-what?" Green asked, puzzled, as Vio continued to ramble on. Another snowball whizzed over their fort, and he could hear Blue's shout of frustration from across the field- apparently, he was still attempting the reckless barraging of snowballs- and while it wouldn't get him anywhere in the nearby future, if his snowballs continued to hit the fort, or if he got lucky… Either way, they were running out of time.
"Leave the fort to me," Vio said with a calm smirk, turning his shoulders towards the wall of snow yet looking over at Green. "See what you can do about firing back- I have a feeling Blue will continue to pop up and return fire at random."
"Blue, you can't keep popping up and firing at random!" Red whined for the dozenth time as Blue fell back down on his knees, grasping another ball of condensed snow in his fist and readying another assault on the other fort. "How're we gonna get Green and Vio to come out from hiding behind the fort?" he said, shaking his head firmly. "Like you said, we need a plan!"
Ignoring him, the hero once more jumped up and swung his weaponry- and yet, as soon as he let it go, shouted in surprise as Green also stood up and returned fire. Luckily, Blue ducked swiftly beneath the fort, and the ball of snow hurtled right over him. Green was clever- and was watching him for whenever someone popped out of hiding.
Suddenly, Blue blinked and realization dashed across his face. He grinned wildly. "That's it!" he shouted, whirling around and grabbing Red enthusiastically by his shoulders, shaking him. "I've got a plan, Red!" he roared boldly.
"Owowow! Okay, okay, but stop shaking me!" Red whined, shrinking back and closer against the tower. "Quiet, or they'll hear us!" He then grinned, picking up a snowball. "What should we do?"
"You'll be the decoy, okay?" Blue said with another laugh, picking up a snowball and looking cleverly over their fort. "Just jump out to the side- Green'll see you first and throw his snowball at you- and I'll just jump out on the other side and throw mine at him! WHAM! We'll be sure to get him!"
"Uhm… okay, but… why do I have to be the decoy?" Red whined, but reluctantly peeked over the fort.
"Because, um… you're… faster than I am," Blue said weakly, giving a grin and quickly looking away. "Yeah, that's it! You'll be able to dodge 'em better than I could. Now hurry and get out there!" he finished with an eager nod.
Instantly, Red beamed, nodding back at his friend enthusiastically, well receiving the praise- even if he didn't completely comprehend the meaning behind it. "You got it, Blue!"
Vio's hands continued to dig away at the snow, and continued to build the raised blocks of snow over the wall. Already, it was looking like the top part of a medieval castle, a battlement tower- having studied ancient warfare tactics before, the hero Link was well endowed with such knowledge of battle strategies- yet it was Vio who remembered every lesson and was able to perfectly recreate the circumstances. The notches in the top part of the wall were being carefully, almost expertly, crafted- and soon, they would be ready to be used as an expert way to fire their own ammunition while being kept out of harm's way at the same time.
Occupied by creating snowballs, and occasionally peeking over the side of the wall, Green gathered up the weapons he had created thus far, holding them carefully in one arm while his throwing hand was wrapped tightly around his first projectile. His eyes were narrowed and focused as he carefully looked over and around the wall, waiting for that familiar blue hat to appear over the tower…
"HEY GREEE-EEEN! OVER HEEEEERE!"
Startled, Green's eyes flew open as his attention was jerked to the side, where he saw Red jumping out from beside the fort, in full view- no less, waving his hat around and grinning, almost tauntingly. In an instant, Green reacted- and threw his snowball, standing high above his fort, in Red's direction. With a frightened squeal, the Red Link jumped to the side, jerking his hat fearfully over his head and rolling away from the snowball- where the snowball landed uselessly on the ground. And before Green could even recover from the miss-
WUHMPH!
"Ack!" Green choked out in surprise as he stumbled backwards, the cold, powdery snow having smacked him soundly in his face- he'd never even seen the projectile coming, and yet, it had struck him quite accurately, right in the center of his face. His hand reached instantly up towards his eyes, where he brushed the ice away in an instant, looking fiercely across the way, with an angry frown, at his attacker. However, this time, Blue wasn't wasting his glory time in the center of attention- and instead, laughing, had disappeared once more behind their fort.
"Hey, we got 'im, Blue, we got 'im!" Red cheered with an ecstatic- albeit nervous- laugh as he, too, dived behind the fort. Grinning weakly, he rubbed the back of his neck, shaking his head as he said with a lightly shaky voice, "I'll admit, it was kinda nerve-wracking, being the decoy, but to see you hit him right in the face- I knew ya could do it!"
"Rinse and repeat, Red!" Blue said eagerly with another, ecstatic grin and nod, once more picking up a few more snowballs in his arms. "We'll just repeat this until they've had enough, and we'll be the victors!" he laughed, once more peeking over the fort. "You ready?" he asked with a grin, looking over at Red.
"A-OK!" Red responded with a cheery grin and a thumbs-up, placing a hand on the side of the fort as he prepared to jump out.
"Okay then… GO!" Blue urged with a grin, and Red, following his instructions, jumped out almost instantly, waving his arms around and shouting at the others.
"Hey! Hey Green! Over heeeere!" Red yelled with another, wide grin as he jumped into sight. Once more, Green stood up and lashed out his snowball- and, shouting out in surprise, Red rolled off to the side, ducking the snowball. However, as soon as he avoided the first one- he squealed in surprise as another snowball suddenly hit his shoulder, and looked over at Green. The Link was grinning widely- why not? He held many snowballs in his arms, and was already preparing another one.
Grinning, Blue clutched his snowballs, ready to fight back, while Green was distracted. "Ha!" he shouted triumphantly, jumping up and reeling his arm backwards, preparing to swing. "Gotcha again, Green!" he yelled as he prepared to swing his arm- and yet, before he could even throw his snowball, he stumbled backwards in surprise as a snowball appeared from seemingly nowhere, striking him dead center in his chest. And… and… it wasn't even Green!
Vio's calculating eyes- and quiet smirk- peeked out from in between his battlement-formed terraces, smugly tossing in his hand another snowball, ready to be thrown. True, Red and Blue had the draw on them for a moment- but not any longer. Not now that his true weapon was revealed- the power of his fortress, leaving him perfectly ready and open to fire at Blue and Red, while also remaining safely- and deceitfully- behind the fort. The others wouldn't even know what hit 'em!
"Blue! HELP!" Red whined as he ran around in circles, covering his head as move snowballs from Green's arm rained down around him, occasionally striking his shoulder or arms. And yet, Blue was also trying to recover from Vio's snowballs- the two were attacking at the same time, were on the offensive and completely overrunning the two.
Growling and gritting his teeth, Blue lifted an arm to shield his face from the snowballs as he ducked and quickly ran behind his fort. "Red! Get behind the fort, now!" he barked orders to the other, hiding behind their fort for the time being and brushing the snow off his tunic. In an instant, Red, panicked, ran behind the fort as well, sliding down in the snow to his knees and also brushing the snow off of him.
"Ha! That'll teach them!" Vio said with a smug, confident grin, crossing his arms and sitting back on his knees as he looked through his tower. "Good work, Green!" he said with a nod to the other, who was kneeling back down and replenishing their stock of snowballs. Looking back through his tower, the Link grinned as he continued, "All we need to do now is keep up this rate, and we'll have 'em soaked to the bone in no time!"
"Grrr," Blue growled beneath his breath as he took off his hat, wringing it like a rag in order to get the water out from it. Pulling it back down over his already-soaked hair, he looked at Red fiercely, nodding and saying firmly, "We need a different tactic! That devious Vio probably made something that can let 'em attack and be safe at the same time. Not very fair, if you ask me!"
"Well, if it's not fair," Red said as he peeked over the fort, then returned his gaze to Blue- this time, with a strangely mischievous grin across his face- "Guess that means anything goes now, huh?"
Once again, Blue was surprised- yet encouraged by Red's words, and grinned, nodding. "And I've got JUST the plan to finish 'em, once and for all… Here, help me out!" he snapped suddenly, once more digging his hands in the snow- yet forming something completely different. And yet, as Blue grinned- Red could easily see where he was going. And, with a large grin and nod back, began to help him with their final weapon.
"Cease fire," Vio snapped from the other side of the field, his eyes darting to their supply of snowballs. "We need to replenish our supply so we don't run out in the middle of a barrage," he concluded, ducking away from his battlements and grabbing more snow in his fists, starting to form more weapons.
Nodding, Green knelt back behind their fortress, taking more snow in his hands and creating more snowballs. Yet as he did so, he glanced briefly over their fort- and blinked in brief confusion. "Huh," he mused quietly to himself, yet turning to continue working on their supply of snowballs. "They've stopped firing… do you think they're planning something?"
"Doubtful," Vio said simply with a quiet smile, building their pile until once more it was fresh and as large as it was before. "Most likely, they've run out of ideas. It's only obvious, after all, that we'd emerge the victors," he said with a shrug, once more picking up a snowball and turning to his fort.
"I dunno… I wouldn't be so quick to doubt 'em, Vio," Green said with a quiet smile of his own, looking suspiciously over their fort. "They are us, after all, in a way… I'm pretty sure they're plotting something. They're not the type to give up that easily…"
"… True." Vio looked suspiciously over his fort once more, his back against the snowy wall and his hand holding on carefully to his projectile. It was getting quiet… he could no longer even hear the other two on the other side of the battlefield. His suspicion was growing, and he darted his eyes over back towards Green in light, frustrated confusion. "What do you think they're doing…?"
"Alright, ready, Red?" Blue asked, the mischievous, almost devilish grin on his face growing wider and wider by the second.
Saluting his fellow soldier, Red grinned and gave a nod right back towards his friend. "Ready, Blue!" he chirped up as he knelt alongside his friend, both hands on their secret weapon as they prepared to launch their final attack.
"On my mark, then!" Blue shouted, triumph raising in his voice- no longer caring to keep quiet. "One… Two…!"
"Wait… you don't think they're…" Green said, his eyes widening in surprise as he heard Blue and Red, and began to realize just what they were doing. His widened eyes looked over towards Vio- who bore a similar expression of surprise and realization. And, in his surprise and frustration, Vio's eyes narrowed- yet also held a hint of unease- as he looked over their fort. Together, Vio and Green peeked over the top of their fort…
"… Oh, HELL, no..."
"… You've got to be kidding me…"
Vio and Green could only stand and stare, the latter wide-eyed in shock and the former practically snarling in anger, at the sight which was plummeting towards them and an unstoppable speed.
"CHAAAAAAAAARRRGGEEEEE!" Blue and Red shouted as they ran forward, grins bursting across their faces and their arms pushing along in front of them a giant, colossal snowball, which gathered incredible speed as it rolled downhill towards the other two, its massive size increasing by the inch as it picked up more and more snow on its bowling path, aimed straight for the others.
And as the snowball rapidly approached its target, Red and Blue let go of their final weapon- momentum carried it the rest of the way down the slope, right towards their opponents. In an instant, the ball careened into the fort, slamming over the wall and sloshing entirely over the two heroes who stood behind it, effectively burying the opposite team in the white snow.
Laughing and cheering, Blue and Red ecstatically turned to each other, giving the other a high five and jumping around in victory.
Once the snow had settled, out from the large mound of snow popped two, colored hats- one purple, the other green. Soon after, Vio and Green wiggled their way through the snow, the snow moving aside to uncover their faces, upon which were written brief surprise and an obvious grudge.
"Well, uh… I guess they got us on that, huh?" Green said with a weak grin as he looked over at Vio next to him, as Green struggled and wiggled through the snow, attempting to get out of the pile. Wrenching his arm free of the snow, he sighed and put it on top of the snow, looking with a humored, albeit slightly irritated, smile at the two celebrating Links and resting his chin on the palm of his hand with a resigned sigh and a shake of his head.
"Please. That was entirely uncalled for," Vio said with a huff, also pulling free of the snow and placing both hands on top of the mound, trying to pull himself out of the snow. Failing and instead falling back down on the snow, he caught his breath and glared daggers at Red and Blue, pointing his finger accusingly at the two. "Since when was attacking with giant snowballs considered adequate warfare tactics in a simple snowball fight?"
"Well, ya know what they say," Red chirped up with a grin, looking over his shoulder at Vio with a carefree shrug, "All's fair in love and war!"
"Yeah! Not to mention that intricate little 'fortress' business you whipped out on us," Blue added with a smirk, turning around and crossing his arms triumphantly. "Who ever said you could use something like that, huh?"
Sighing, Green shook his head and once more buried his face in his palm, hiding a quiet smirk and suppressing a laugh. The four of them… they certainly were an odd bunch, he'd give 'em that…
Suddenly, though, a quiet rumbling sound, and a gentle- yet unsettling- shake began to rattle through the ground. Startled, the two standing almost lost their footing, looking down with wide eyes at the ground as they felt the vibrations and heard the ominous sound. And even those stuck in the snow could feel the vibrations through the snow, and heard the quiet, yet low sounds of rumbling in the distance…
"Oh… no…"
Far off in the distance, high above the four children, the mountain was beginning to move. Or, not necessarily the mountain itself… however, slowly but surely, the load it bore was beginning to slip. With the massive rumbling growing across the ground, the heavy tons and tons of snow on the peaks of the mountains were beginning to slip… and, before their eyes, the wave of snow began to crash down the mountainside, growing in size and intensity as the massive avalanche began to race towards them.
Each of the four children were silent as they stared up at the incoming avalanche in shock- jaws dropped, eyes open, and frozen in their tracks.
"Oh… crap," Blue muttered under his breath, still staring at the sea of snow rapidly approaching them.
"This… is gonna be cold," Red whimpered as he clung close to the others.
Sighing, Green merely slapped his forehead with the palm of his hand and shook his head.
And, with a frown, Vio calmly crossed his arms, and looked off to the side. "For the record," he said, snapping at Blue and looking back at the avalanche as it finally cascaded towards them-
"I blame you."
Again, I'm sorry it took so long to finish and upload this, everyone. I do plan on releasing more, soon! I'm also working on a VERY special surprise for ya'll! ;)
Also- if you haven't yet, please PM me with a question for the Links that you'd like to ask, for an up-coming one-shot! :D
Thanks again guys, see ya'll around!
-Tiggz