AN- I've never written for this fandom before, but an idea hit me while playing Uprising the other day, so I couldn't turn it down. So, I don't own Kid Icarus, only my own ideas. Thanks and enjoy! –Twilight Joltik
A Mistake I Could Never Regret
By Twilight Joltik
I knew something was wrong the second Pit defeated the Aurum. The air around me seemed to solidify, filled with some great darkness that even my innate light couldn't pierce. In an instant, something began to nip away at my consciousness, and I felt myself be knocked back. Something was fighting me for control, but I strained my mind to see Pit, to call out to him for help.
A swirling wall of black stopped me. "He cannot save you," whispered a voice that seemed to come from my own mind. I thought I heard a beating of wings accentuate the hiss, but I could not be certain. "But call if you must; he'll be useful once I'm done with you."
This creature, I couldn't pinpoint anything about it except the fact that it was trying to take control of my mind. Could I fight it? Surely, the goddess of light would be able to dispel this darkness. But if I expelled it, surely it would pursue Pit next, and he wouldn't be able to fight it at all. He'd be lost forever, while I had a chance. I felt it grow closer, stronger, and I knew I wouldn't be able to overcome this if I used any of my power at all to save Pit. I was an inch away from falling, but I could save myself if I didn't save him.
Two paths lay before me. I could save Pit and fall to the darkness attacking my mind, dooming the human race to my forced tyranny, or I could save myself and lose Pit. Either way, I had to dash down the path of my choice without a second's hesitation, as if I didn't act in that moment, all opportunity to do anything at all would be lost.
The correct path was obvious. Cast out the darkness, let it devour Pit, and strike him down, taking this fell beast with him. It would break my heart to kill my best friend, my most loyal servant, a boy who trusted me implicitly, a boy I trusted beyond all others and loved like a brother or a son, but it had to be done. I had to find that strength inside of me. If it existed at all, which the stinging in my eyes told me it didn't.
In a split second, I made a selfish decision, one that I knew was the wrong choice but was one I could never regret. A spell came back to me, one I'd read so long ago I'd forgotten it's source. I muttered it under my breath, knowing what it would do. Pit's heart couldn't be preyed on by this creature if it was hidden away somewhere it could not be found. It would be hidden inside a ring that would easily be lost and impossible for this monster to track down. His body would be an empty shell unless the ring was reunited with it, which seemed to be what the monster wanted.
The cast used up the bit of my strength that separated me from the encroaching darkness. With the last of my consciousness, I smiled. Pit was safe, and I had likely doomed the human world to save him. Oh well, surely someone else would be able to stop "me".
I saved my dearest friend, the monster got a new puppet, and Pit might one day be able to find his way home. Everyone wins.
AN- When I was playing through the stage where Pit fought Chaos Kin/Palutena, I found myself yelling at the screen/Pit "You idiot! She clearly just turned you into a ring to save your soul from the Chaos Kin!", but no dialogue in game said anything to confirm what seemed obvious to me. So, this headcanon story was born, which I think makes a lot more sense than the Chaos Kin just trapping Pit in a ring and casting him aside. Anyways, thanks for reading! –Twilight Joltik