The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z

Mighty Multi-Colored Hero Rangers

When Mini decided that he was going to try and overcome his dislike of cats, Twilight was more than happy to help. In fact, he took advantage of the perfect opportunity to get the smaller Hero used to his furry friends - he and Sky were going on a camping trip for a few days, and during that time, Mini would be responsible for keeping Ilia, an affectionate, cream-colored cat who often got lonely when Twilight was away. He would feed her, keep her company, and, of course, change her litter when needed, in the hopes that, by the time Twilight returned, Mini would have gotten over his apprehension and possibly even come to like cats. Little did he know, however, that caring for Ilia would prove to be more of a challenge than he thought.

"Ilia!" cried Mini, his gaze locked on the branch where the poor cat had gotten herself stuck. "Come on, Ilia, get down from there!"

Ilia simply stared at the boy, her eyes wide in fear as she gripped the branch for dear life.

"Oh, come on!" He put his hands on his hips. "I know it's scary - but you can't stay up there forever! Twilight'll get mad at me!"

The cat mewed pathetically in response. Surprisingly, Mini found himself feeling sorry for the poor creature; yet he couldn't for the life of him figure out a way to get her down. He sighed and hung his head.

"I wish one of the others was here," he muttered. "Maybe they'd know what to do."

"Ho! Is that a cry for help I hear?"

Mini jumped and looked toward the source of the familiar voice. When he saw who had spoken and where they had come from, he gaped in astonishment - there they were, Green and his personas, all lined up on the roof of the building behind him, wearing Roc's Capes and masks in their corresponding colors.

"Oh, you've gotta be kidding me…!"

Blue snickered a bit at Mini's surprise before getting elbowed by Vio. Then, Green continued his speech, his arms crossed triumphantly.

"Ahem! …Never fear, good citizen! We, the Hero Rangers, are here to help!"

"Hero Rangers?" Mini rolled his eyes. "You guys look ridiculous!"

"Hey!" cried Red, pouting indignantly, "Don't laugh! We all worked really hard on this!"

Vio shrugged. "And besides, it was Green's idea. Don't blame the rest of us."

"Whatever. Just get down here and help me get Ilia out of this tree!"

"We're on it!" Green jumped gracefully from the roof, the others following suit. "Okay, guys - formation number five! Go!"

"Roger!"

They all rushed over to the base of the tree. Then, Blue extended his hands to Vio, who stepped on them and used them to climb onto his shoulders. Green followed suit, climbing onto Vio's shoulders, and finally Red topped the tower of Links, their combined height allowing him to grab the cat from her perch.

"There we go!" sang Red happily, petting Ilia. "Good girl, good girl…"

The four Heroes dismounted from each other, and Blue fell onto his bottom, his legs and arms giving out from the weight of the others. "How come I have to be on bottom?" he muttered to himself.

"What's wrong, Blue? I thought you said you were the strongest," said Vio with a smirk.

After taking Ilia back from Red, Mini smiled sheepishly. "Guess I owe you guys an apology," he said. "That was actually pretty cool."

"No apologies necessary!" said Green with pride. "We're just doing our jobs." He motioned to his personas. "Come, Rangers - I think I hear a cry for help over by Engie's place!"

And before Mini could even say 'thank you', the four bounded off to help their next, er, distressed citizen. Looking down at Ilia, he snickered.

"Those guys are pretty weird, huh, Ilia?"

Ilia meowed in agreement.