The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z

Wait Until You See The Fanfiction They Wrote

Twilight grunted as he pushed his bookshelf back into its rightful position, having just dusted and swept the area behind it. When he finished, he wiped his brow on a rolled up sleeve before sighing with a grin.

"I hate spring cleaning," he mused, "always wears me out."

Time, who was wiping down one of the end tables in the room, laughed. "You manage to tame goats with your bare hands just fine," he said, "how can a little bit of cleaning wear you out?"

"That's completely different," said Twilight, leaning against the bookshelf and yawning. "Herding the goats isn't boring." He stretched his arms. "Thanks again for helping me out, Time. I appreciate it."

Time shrugged. "What's family for?" He finished his wiping and walked over to Twilight's closet, opening it. "Now let's get this closet cleared out and - "

He was interrupted by several small items tumbling out of the closet and landing by his feet. Normally, this wouldn't have surprised him - closets had a tendency to get quite cluttered, after all - except these items seemed, well, cuter than the kind of things Twilight usually had. There were boxes tied with pink and red ribbons, envelopes sealed with heart stickers, boxes of candies and chocolates, and - was that a teddy bear? At the sight of these odd trinkets, Time knelt down and inspected them, furrowing his brow in intense thought.

"...Time?" Twilight walked over to him. "Time, what's the matter?"

The Hero of Time turned the small teddy bear over in his hands. "Twilight," he said, "who is she?"

"'She'? What are you talking about...?"

"These!" He scooped off a few more of the items and showed them to his protégé. "Who gave them to you? What's her name? Why didn't you tell me about her!?"

"What!?" Twilight started and turned bright red. "I-It's not... those aren't - "

"Don't give me that!" Time stood and gave the younger Hero a scowl. "If you're having some sort of secret, torrid love affair, I - "

"It's not an affair!"

"Then what is it!?"

Twilight groaned, slapping a palm to his forehead. "Okay, there are these girls - "

"There's more than one!?"

"No, dammit, listen to me! They're not girlfriends, they're - " he sighed again, " - I guess you could say they're my fan club. They started fawning over me back when I was alive, and, well... they never really stopped."

Time's face softened at the explanation. Yes, he did recall a group of highly enthusiastic... fangirls who followed the boy around Castle Town. He sighed, relieved that there was, in fact, no secret affair going on, and looked back at the presents. "Well, you don't seem like you appreciate these very much if you keep them in your closet."

"That's the thing, though! You know I'm not a chocolate and teddy bears kind of guy." He took one of the unopened letters and frowned sadly. "And these letters just embarrass me. But I can't just throw them away, you know?"

"Because you appreciate their feelings."

"Yeah. That."

Time laughed softly. "Ah, well, what can you do?" He began gathering up the gifts in his arms. "Come on, let's find a place we can put these."

Twilight crossed his arms. "You sure sound like you know a lot about this sort of thing, Time."

"I do," said Time with a grin and a wink. "You think I didn't have to deal with adoring fans when I was alive? It's part of the curse of looking as good as we do."

"Now you're just being conceited!" Twilight took the trinkets from his teacher and began looking for a place to put them.