The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z

What Sorcery Is This!?

Twilight stopped scratching the ears of a fat, grey cat that had made itself comfortable in his lap and stared, wide-eyed. "And that spell can take out anything?"

Brown nodded. "If the lightning can touch it, it's toast," he said, "but it takes a lot out of me, so I never used it very often."

"Still, though," Twilight said as he reached to another cat who had been pawing his legs for attention, petting her neck affectionately, "I'm really jealous, Brown - I never got the chance to learn any magic in my lifetime." He grinned. "You were pretty lucky!"

"Yeah, it's pretty cool," he said, "I can shoot fire from my sword, make myself jump really high, turn into a fairy and bypass enemies…" He laced his hands behind his head and smirked. "I probably know more magic than all the rest of you combined."

With a wave of his free hand, Twilight dismissed him. "Yeah, rub it in, why don't you?"

"Hey, speaking of," Brown leaned in closer to Twilight and his cats, "did I ever tell you about Spell?"

"Which spell?"

"No, that's the name, the Spell spell!"

The elder Hero raised an eyebrow. "That's kind of redundant, don't you think?"

"Yeah, I don't get it either." He beamed. "Anyway, wanna see what it does?"

Twilight shrugged. "Sure, why not? Can't imagine what a spell called 'Spell' would — "

He was interrupted when Brown began reciting words so archaic that even he, a Hero from an earlier era, couldn't decipher them. Then, he heard a poof and felt something awfully slimy under his fingers. He looked down and screamed - the two cats he had been playing with had turned into blue bots! Startled and panicked by their new form, the cats-turned-blob-creatures lept away from Twilight's lap and scurried off.

"Bo! Beth!" he cried before turning to Brown with a glare that could paralyze the most vicious of beasts with fear. He stood, dragging the younger Hero up with him by his collar, and began shaking him. "You," he growled, "what the hell did you do to my cats!?"

Brown raised his hands nervously. "E-Easy, Twilight! I didn't hurt them; they'll turn back in a few minutes — "

"You turned my cats into jelly blobs, you bastard!" He shook Brown around some more. "If you weren't already dead I swear I'd kill you right here!"

"I'm sorry!" he pleaded, getting dizzy from all the shaking, "I won't do it again, I'm sorry! They'll turn back, I'm serious!"

Twilight dropped him and spun around, fully intent on finding his poor kittens before they got themselves lost. "I believe you," he said, "but if you ever do that to my cats again…!"

"R-Right," stammered Brown, adjusting his hat, "I'm sorry… I can, uh, help you look for — "

Twilight had already begun to storm off, however, signaling that he didn't want his help. The newest Hero sighed, sulking as he realized that they weren't going to be on very good terms for a while after this.