The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z

You Suck At Ghost Stories

It was campfire night, and all campfire nights needed a good ghost story. Or two. Or twelve. Either way, it was the Hero from the sky's turn, but he'd taken a short break to munch on his s'more. No, he wasn't very good at keeping the atmosphere for a ghost story, but he thought his story was plenty creepy nonetheless.

"So," he said, swallowing his delicious marshmallowy treat, "I entered the Silent Realm, and I had to collect these tears in order to pass the trial."

The Hero of Twilight snorted. "Ooh, tears, big deal."

"It gets scarier! See, I couldn't just walk around and grab them. No, I had to run around and avoid the guardians."

"Guardians?" Piped up the Hero who had restored the Spirit Tracks. "You mean, like Phantoms?"

"Kind of. They would normally be asleep, but if you woke them up - " his face grew serious as he spoke, " - they would chase you. And you couldn't hide from them, either. They knew where you were. And if you couldn't grab a tear before they caught you…!"

"You have to start all over again, right?" The Hero of Winds rolled his big, expressive eyes. "You're not very good at ghost stories, Sky."

The affectionately nicknamed 'Sky' pouted. "…Well it was pretty scary to me."

The Hero of the light and dark worlds spoke up. "They sound about as scary as Wallmasters." He stuck a marshmallow on his twig and began to roast it. "The only terrifying part is the thought of having to start back at the beginning."

"You guys don't get it! I didn't even have a sword or anything!"

"Neither did we!" cried the Hero of Winds and his successor simultaneously.

"I think," suggested the Hero of Twilight, "we should let Time tell the ghost stories from now on. He has the best ones!"

The Hero of Time beamed, snickering with pride. "Thanks, Twilight!"

Sky slumped in his seat. "Okay, fine," he said, resigning himself to the fact that he probably wouldn't ever be able to scare his fellow Heroes.

"Right," said Time with a wicked sneer, "who wants to hear the one about - " he paused for dramatic effect, " - the Bottom of the Well?"

The younger Heroes whimpered as he told the tale, while the older ones simply listened silently in terror. Indeed, no one else had the experience nor the flair the Hero of Time had to tell a good scary story… except possibly the Hero of Winds when he spoke of Tingle.