The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z
Hello, Dollie
"No, Thunderbird, I believe it is you who will fall! Pshew! Pshew! Hiya! Pew pew pew!"
With a swing of his mighty blade, the miniature Link doll "slayed" the imaginary Thunderbird. Brown chuckled, enjoying his immature little play session as he turned the doll that looked just like him over to face its shadow.
"Oh no, it's Shadow Link! Will our hero conquer himself!? Yah! Hiya! Eyaaaah!"
"Um…"
Startled, Brown looked up to see Duo, who was staring at him in confusion, and Light, who was grinning ear to ear. The younger Hero yelped, trying to hide the doll as quickly as he could.
"No no, go on," chuckled Light, "I wanted to see how that battle turned out!"
"Shut up," said Brown, his face bright pink in embarrassment, "you know how it turned out."
Duo simply tilted his head. "Where did that doll come from, anyway?" he asked, "It's really cute…"
Hesitantly, Brown brought the doll back into view and took a long look at it. "Honestly, I have no idea. I just found a bunch of these things lying around Hyrule while I was trying to wake the princess. I kept them for good luck, I guess."
Light cocked a disbelieving eyebrow. "You found them? Just lying around?"
"I'm telling the truth!"
"I wonder what they were doing there," said Duo, scratching his cheek in thought. "Maybe they were dropped by some kids?"
"Can't be," said Brown with a shake of his head, "a kid wouldn't go anywhere near the places I found them."
"Then maybe you had a fan following you around, and they wanted to give them to you as a present!"
Brown grimaced a little. "Duo, that's kind of creepy."
Duo frowned. "Sorry, it was just a suggestion…"
"Come to think of it," said Light, furrowing his brow, "they could have been dropped by Ganon's minions."
"What would they be doing with dolls that looked like me, though!?" asked Brown, clearly growing uncomfortable with this conversation. "They were trying to kill me!"
"Exactly." Light's face darkened as he explained. "You see, there's a kind of magic that involves taking a person's likeness and putting a curse on it. Ganon's army wanted your blood - they may have been trying to use the dolls to get it."
Brown gulped at the implications, stared at the Link doll for a moment longer, then threw it against the floor, kicking it away once it landed.
"That's so scary to think about," said Duo, cringing.
Light shrugged. "But it makes sense, right?"
"That's it," said Brown as he buried his head under his arms on the table, "I'm burning that thing."