A/N: So this is my first Kid Icarus Uprising fic, it's an AU but the world and lore remain the same. I hope you enjoy and I'll update again soon.
"So our plan is almost ready to execute, no longer will we have to put up with this pathetic charade." A deep voice said across the dark room he isolated himself in. At the door stood a woman, she dressed elegantly and her face was beautiful. She would have been perfect if not for the snakes that sprouted from her hair. "My dear Medusa..."
"So I can finish up with this stupid job soon? My, that's music to my ears..." The woman says as she drinks a potion, altering her appearance to that of a young woman with raven hair, fair skin and deep scarlet eyes.
"Until later my dear, Ms Shadowflare..." The man's voice says as the woman leaves the room, engulfing it once again in complete darkness. "Soon I'll take back what's rightfully mine!"
Pit leaned over the balcony that leads from his bedroom, making sure not to lean too far as to avoid what happened last time. He watched as all the others flew down to land for school and sighed.
"I wish I could fly like everyone else..." he mumbles. He then goes to change from his sleepwear into his toga, groaning in annoyance as his wing gets stuck while wrapping the cloth around him. "You know sometimes I think I'd be better off without you, you don't even work."
There's a knock on his bedroom door, Pit has no time to react before a woman with emerald green hair walks in.
"Good morning lady Palutena." Pit says whilst still trying to get his wing untangled, as he persists though the problem gets worse and worse. Palutena chuckles.
"Come here Pit." She says as she starts to unravel the fabric from his wing and then going on to wrap it around him with gentle hands in a proper fashion. "There you go. Why did you try wrapping your toga again Pit, you know you always manage to get stuck."
"Yeah I know but everyone else at school knows how to do it properly. It's just because I can't manage to get these stupid wings to work." He says. Pit is an angel born and bred but his wings have never managed to start moving, after fourteen years Pit still can't fly.
"Don't take it out on your wings Pit, they'll start working eventually and I'm sure you'll be the fastest angel in the sky." Palutena says as she pulls him into her embrace. "Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, you'll always be my little Pit."
When Pit was born the lack of the use of his wings caused his parents to abandon him, to angels 'stiffs' are dead weight. Through her all seeing fountain Palutena saw the infant angel crying in a basket, knowing the reason for his abandonment Palutena took Pit in as her own.
Pit continued to strap his sandals on and grabbed his packed satchel, slinging it onto his left shoulder. After the two said goodbye to each other Palutena summoned her staff and encased Pit in a beam of light, sending him down to the world below.
When the light faded Pit saw the main campus building in front of him, there were as many people roaming around outside as there always were. The school that Pit attends is 'That School'. The special thing about this school is that it not only houses angel students but it houses humans, those of the underworld and those of the forces of nature. It was meant to be a sign of peace but not everyone can accept each other's' differences.
Pit is one of those kids that can never seem to fit in, he's looked down upon by the other angels because he can't fly and regardless of his wing capabilities he's still an angel so he doesn't fit in with humans. He's very much alive so that rules out the underworld and the forces of nature see themselves higher than angels, especially ones that can't fly. For Pit that meant sitting at the bottom of the food chain, and the fact that he was seen as the goddess of light, Palutena's favourite made it even worse.
"Hello School, nice to see you again." Pit says with a smile. Even though Pit wasn't the most popular kid on campus, he enjoys school and continues to face everything thrown at him with optimism, even if it can be annoying to others sometimes. The bell rang signalling homeroom so everyone made their way to their respective classes except for one, although technically they weren't even a student. After everyone had cleared the dark haired teen smirked and flew off.
"So now that's out of the way I'm meant to tell you about how we have a new student, but I'm pretty sure he's more than capable of it himself." The raven haired woman said shortly after roll, then continues to pull out a book and starts to read. The door opens to admit the entry of a boy angel with auburn coloured hair kind of similar in style to Pit, and amber eyes. Once he stood in front of the class he opened his amber coloured eyes and began to state his name.
"Hello, my name is Cyrus." The boy states before hurriedly taking a seat in one of the many spare desks around Pit. Other students began to glare and say things along the lines of 'why is he sitting next to stiff wings' and 'why is he sitting next to the most annoying person here, his grades will suffer'. He buries his head into the desk, hiding his face from everybody.
"Cyrus, you should probably choose a different seat, I mean sitting next to 'Stiff Wings' is going to get you nowhere but trouble." A nearby nature student says. Cyrus lifts his head to look over at the brown haired angel sitting on his left. 'What's so wrong with him?' he thought to himself. Pit noticed that Cyrus hadn't moved.
"You should move Cyrus, it'd be best for everyone." Pit says but he didn't mean it. In truth he was happy that someone was giving him a chance, even if it was only by chance. The female nature student persisted until finally Cyrus spoke up.
"Stiff Wings? Is that meant to be his name? Because I'm sure he'd appreciate it more if you called him by his actual name." He says, slightly annoyed. It was out of character for him to stand up to himself, let alone someone else but it felt good. He didn't regret his choice. The other student turned around and started talking with her other friends.
"Thanks but you didn't need to do that you know, I'm used to it though that was really brave." Pit says. Cyrus shakes his head.
"Throughout that whole thing I was terrified, even showing up here in the first place I was unsure but it isn't fair to be outcasted like that, even if you've done nothing wrong." He says. Pit gives him his trademark beaming smile which earns him a chuckle.
"I'm Pit by the way, nice to meet you." Pit says, extending out his hand. Cyrus accepts it and they shake.
Across the room peering over a book, scarlet eyes watch the new friends. 'So Palutena's little brat has managed to gain a friend has he, well that won't do now will it. I'll leave them to have their fun now though.' She thinks to herself.
"Ms Shadowflare? Are we actually going to do any work this period?" One of the human students asks, their scarlet eyed teacher looks up from her book.
"Make it a study hall!" she says before resuming her 'book'. 'Maybe when the time comes there'll be some use for this class, take Darc for example. He has proven his ferociousness countless times. Maybe he'll be useful, along with all the other underworld students. I am their queen after all.' Medusa thinks to herself, she starts to laugh and soon her maniacal laughter can be heard all over the room.
"Excuse me miss, we're trying to study." The same human student from before says.
"Right, sorry." Medusa says as she clenches a fist under her desk. "Soon..." she mutters.