The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z

Tonight on "Hyrule's Most Haunted"…

"Well, here they are," said Time as he sat an old leather book bound with string on the table, "copies of Twilight's baby pictographs, courtesy of his parents!"

From their seats at the opposite side of the table, Wind and Light took a quick look at the book; then, almost simultaneously, they broke out into huge grins and returned their gaze to Time. "Wow, Time," said Wind, "for a moment there I didn't think you actually had these!"

"Come on, Wind, why wouldn't he?" said Light, reaching forward to open the album's cover, "Everyone knows what a sentimental slob he is, especially over Twilight."

Time chuckled, scratching his cheek somewhat sheepishly. "Yeah, I guess I am a little. I keep this album next to the ones I have for my own boys - but don't tell Twilight I said that, he'd definitely kill me again just for showing these to you, haha."

"Oh, look at this one!" said Wind, pointing to a picture of a small, chubby, year-old Twilight crawling over a pumpkin that was probably twice his size. He began to snicker. "I'm not gonna lie, that's actually really cute."

"I know, right?" said Time, his smile growing as he took a seat and began to go through the pictographs with them. "He really was the sweetest little boy... oh, this one's one of my favorites!" He pointed to another picture of a slightly older Twilight laughing as he sat on the neck of an Ordon goat. "He used to climb on top of the goats all the time when he was a toddler... he definitely had an adventurer's spirit from the very beginning!"

Light laughed and turned the page. "Man, these are great," he said between snickers, "Twilight would get so embarrassed if we - " He stopped, raising his eyebrow at the next pictograph of the infant Hero being bathed in a wooden tub just outside of his treehouse. "...Hey, do you guys see anything weird in this picture?"

Wind tilted his head and looked over the pictograph. "No, not really... oh, except for that big white smudge over in the corner."

Time took a look at the smudge Wind referred to. He tensed somewhat, but dismissed it soon after with a small wave. "T-That's probably just a problem with the film," he said.

"But if that's the case," said Light, pointing to a few other pictures with similar bright "smudges" in inconspicuous spots - behind bushes and rocks, next to fences and buildings, but always within a short distance of the young Twilight, "how come it's in all of these?"

Wind blinked as he watched Light point out the anomalies. "You're right," he said, "that is weird..." Then, his eyes widened in realization. "Oh, I just remembered! Lenzo once told me that people sometimes unintentionally capture paranormal activity in their pictographs, and it usually shows up as streaks of light or little floating orbs..." He returned his gaze to Light. "Maybe that's what's going on in these?"

"Who knows?" Light turned the page; then, on the pictograph of the toddler Twilight making mud pies, he startled somewhat and pointed to a bright silhouette peering from behind a tree in the background. "...Hold on, is that a dog!?"

"That's too big to be a dog!" said Wind, "That's gotta be a..."

There was a short silence that followed as Light and Wind slowly began to come to the same conclusion. Then, they lifted their heads towards Time, eyeing him suspiciously. Time, who was already looking off to the side and covering his mouth in discomfort, coughed slightly before shifting his gaze back to the other two Heroes.

"...W-Well," he muttered, "I had to make sure nothing bad happened to him before his calling..."

With a snort, Light's lips curled into an amused half-smile. "Wow," he said with a hint of slight derision, "you really took the whole guardian ancestor thing seriously, didn't you?"

"I bet he was just looking for an excuse to watch his descendent acting cute," added Wind with a smarmy grin of his own.

Time huffed, crossing his arms in annoyance. "And? Don't tell me you two wouldn't have done the same thing if you'd been in my place!"

The other two thought about this for a moment; then, with a sigh, Wind conceded. "...Good point," he said, "if I hadn't been here, I'm sure I would have hung around and bothered Engie back on the mortal plane."

Light simply nodded in agreement. He knew Time had a point - a love and concern for their successors was simply one more quality that their kind shared amongst themselves.