The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z
Hey Batter Batter Batter!
Light twirled the Cane of Somaria in his hand, grinning as he looked back and forth at his two successors. "Let's see," he said, "who's next?"
Brown looked at him intently, while Duo nervously braced himself.
Suddenly, the eldest of the three spun around towards Duo. "Duo!" he cried, giving the cane a wave and forming a bright red block in the middle of the air. As it fell, he swung the cane, hitting the block hard and sending it flying. "Go long!"
Duo stumbled backwards, holding his hands up in the air. He cried out when the block fell into his arms - it was much heavier than it looked! - and he struggled to keep from falling over. When he regained his balance, however, he laughed, proudly holding the block up in the air. "Got it!"
"Finally," said Brown, turning to Light and holding out his hand. "Okay, he caught it; that means you have to pass the cane to me now."
"Aww," said Light in mock disappointment, "I was having fun."
Brown took the cane and beamed. "We know how good you are at hitting," he said, summoning a new block and batting it towards Light, "but let's see how good a catcher you are!"
Realizing that the block was going way over his head, Light entered a mad sprint trying to catch it. He reached out, stretching his arms as hard as he could - but it was too late, and the block had crashed through the window of a building instead.
Brown and Light winced at the crash, while Duo placed his hands over his mouth. "Oh, no!" he said, "That's Engie's house!"
Suddenly, Engie poked his head through the window, a scowl etched in his boyish face. He held up the block that had landed in his living room. "You guys mind telling me what this is doing in my house?"
"It was an accident!" said Brown, sulking a little. "We were just playing…"
"Yeah, well," he chucked the block out the window again, causing Light to yelp and sidestep it. He continued, "your little game of cane-ball nearly killed me! Again!" He pointed to Brown. "And you're replacing the window, I hope you know!"
Brown sulked even more. "F-Fine… I'll go grab some glass…"
Duo looked at Light sadly. "Maybe next time we shouldn't play so close to our houses."
"Yeah." Light took the cane back from Brown. However, he couldn't help but smile, leaning over to the other two and snickering. "I do like the name 'cane-ball', though," he said quietly.
"What was that just now!?"
"N-Nothing, Engie!"