The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z

Not The Bees! They're In My Eyes!

Not all of the Heroes were fond of bugs, but Sky, Twilight, and Light had all managed to develop a certain odd affection for them in life. So, naturally, there were places for them to go in death to watch and catch all kinds of bugs, from the familiar and mundane to the strange and weird. Best of all, it was something they could all do together as friends, and anything that they could do together was fun in their books.

Twilight had his eyes set on one particular bug; a phasmid crawling around on the branch of a tree. Knowing that the best way to catch these was by simply letting them come to you, he held his hand out in front of the bug, allowing it to walk into it, its legs tickling his fingers. Slowly, he turned to his comrades and pointed to it.

"Hey guys," he said, "look what I got!"

Light looked at the find carefully. "Oh, that's a walking stick, right?"

"Yup. Sky, look!"

Sky turned his attention away from the ladybugs he was holding in his cupped hands and towards Twilight. He chuckled. "Wow... that's kind of creepy looking, Twilight."

"I don't think it's creepy," chimed in Light, "I think it's cool!"

"It's like a twig, though," he replied, "but with legs. Twigs don't usually have legs."

Twilight pouted a little. "That's exactly what makes it cool, though!"

The boys' ears suddenly picked up on a faint buzzing noise, a noise the three of them knew far too well. It was a bee; a bee that, they discovered as they tracked it with their eyes, was headed back to its nest, which hung low in a tree about two yards away. As if by instinct, they immediately dropped their bugs and crouched behind a nearby boulder. They knew what these monstrous little pests could do, and they knew that they would need a battle plan to deal with them effectively.

"Oh great," muttered Sky, "now what?"

Light swallowed a little, clutching his bug net tightly. "If we get too close, we'll be dead for sure!"

"Light, we're already dead."

"Oh... Yeah, uh, I knew that..."

Twilight reached into his pouch and fished out a slingshot. "Don't worry guys," he said with confidence, "I've got it all taken care of."

"Twilight, are you nuts!?" spat Sky, "That'll just make them angrier!"

"Not if they don't know it was us...!"

Before the other two could stop him, however, the brave cowboy had aimed a deku seed at the bee's hive and fired it, expecting them to panic and disperse at the disturbance. Instead, the bees seemed to know exactly who was responsible for destroying their home, and not a second later did they commence their attack on the three boys.

Screaming, they got up and tried to outrun their tiny assailants, but they were no match for their swift wings and painful stingers. Of course, bee stings wouldn't have much of a lasting effect on them - they were all dead, after all - but they still hurt like hell. After a few choice swears and noises they didn't even know they could make, they spotted a small pond.

"There!" cried Light, pointed straight ahead, "Get in the water!"

They jumped (more like clumsily stumbled, actually) into the water, dunking their heads to wait out the swarm. Eventually, the bees turned tail and left, and the Heroes surfaced, gasping for air.

Sky shot a glare at his rowdier counterpart. "'Got it all taken care of,' you said..."

Twilight glared back. "I didn't think they'd be able to see through rocks, Sky! They weren't supposed to know it was us!"

Light sighed. "I'm telling you guys," he said, removing his soaking wet hat, "bees are the worst."

The other two nodded in agreement before climbing out of the water. Though their world had been filled with strange and wonderful creatures, bees were the one creation of Farore that they could have done without.