Prologue

Here are a few important facts that you must know before reading:

Setting: Palutena's Palace (in the past)*

*Things to know: This galaxy's time goes by much slower than ours. So when they say "5 years," it's really about 20 years in our world. It's a huge complicated math problem, I know, but somehow I managed to make it work . . . . I think. Ya know what? How about none of us think about it and we just go with whatever my weird mind comes up with. I like that idea. :)

Events that happened before the prologue started - guards are all fighting outside of the palace, defending it from the ambush that had just started. Pit realizes that no one was inside protecting Palutena. He runs inside to find three demons, a human girl, and Palutena by themselves.

Characters (so far):

Ahriman = evil demon leader (new demon species that none of the angels knew about)

Akhos = demon leader's main minion

other minion = other minion

Palutena = Goddess of Light

Pit = captain of Palutena's army

Tiffany = OC

"How could you do this to her! She is just a child!" Palutena was furious that Ahriman would go to such great lengths just to get his way. Yes he was evil, but who knew that he had the ability to travel between worlds? The poor girl standing next to the threatening demon looked bewildered. She had no idea what she was put in the middle of.

"Oh, Palutena. You still don't understand me do you?" Ahriman asked while pacing the room, with the little girl in tow. "You see, I've been patient, waiting for the right time to strike you down. Now that I have finally gotten my chance, I am not going to let it slip away because you don't want this girl to interfere," he proclaimed while raising his hand that held the girl's wrist. She yelped as she was lifted off the ground temporarily by one arm. Noticing this, Ahriman put her back on solid ground. After all, he didn't want his plan to be ruined.

Palutena was starting to lose her patience with him. "So what is it that you want? I presume you have brought her here for negotiation purposes, yes?"

Ahriman grinned, showing his sharp white teeth. "That is correct, Goddess of Light," he said while bowing in a cocky way, showing that he didn't care what her status was. "My negotiation is simple really. If you allow me to kill you off, I'll let the human go. Otherwise you can run out of here freely with that captain of yours, while I slay this child. It's your call, but let me warn you. Her God probably wouldn't be too happy if one of his own was killed because of your selfish acts." With that said, he tossed the little girl over to his minions who began setting up her demise.

By this point Palutena felt like her head was going to explode. She couldn't allow this young girl to be killed. Especially since she is from a different world that probably has a very strong God. But Palutena had to think about her angels as well. Without her leadership, they would be blindly led for centuries. If they could last that long on their own. Palutena was frustrated with Ahriman.

"Palutena?" asked a quiet voice from her side. "What are you going to do?" Palutena looked down at her young captain, Pit, with sadness in her eyes. "I'm afraid he has me beat Pit. There's only one thing I can do."

"No! You can't give yourself up just like that!" Pit shouted. "Palutena, please. We need you." Pit begged for her not to do this, but her mind was set. There was no turning back now.

"Ahriman, I will agree to your negotiation if you make one minor change."

"And what might this 'small' change be?" He asked amusedly.

"I will let you take me, but you must let the girl go and leave Angel Land alone as well." She hoped this would work. If not, her efforts were in vain.

". . . . Fine, but we'll just see how well your children do by themselves. Without your leadership their peaceful way of life will become corrupt. But I would just like to make myself clear. The only way I'll make this a deal is if I can return to Angel Land in 5 years to crown myself king."

Palutena wasn't sure whether or not if she should agree to this. Ahriman does look like the deceiving type of demon after all. He could get tired of waiting and come back before the 5 year time limit was up. "I accept." Pit gasped when he heard this. He couldn't believe that his goddess was giving up so easily. She must be up to something. "But first, may I speak to the child?"

"Sure, if that is your final request then I will gladly make it happen. Guards, let her go." With no delay, Ahriman's men led the girl over to Palutena and Pit. Once there they let her go and walked back to their master, leaving the girl and the goddess in privacy.

Palutena got down on one knee so that she could be eye level with the girl. That way, she'd get a better look at the life she was saving. The girl appeared to be a three year old toddler. Her hair was a light brown, almost blonde color. It was put up partially and tied at the top with a little pink bow. Her outfit was a black and white polka dot dress with a pink and yellow bow tied onto the shoulder. The sight of this girl made Palutena feel happy. "Child, what is your name?" she asked with a sincere smile.

At first, the girl looked like she was going to cry. Her hazel eyes got red and watery. "Tiffany," she replied with a sniffle. "Where am I?"

"You are in Angel Land, but don't worry. We'll send you back home to your parents, alright?"

"Okay. You're really pretty," Tiffany said with a smile while placing her finger on Palutena's nose. The gesture almost made Palutena lose it.

"Thank you Tiffany. You are very kind." Then Palutena got closer to Tiffany's ear and whispered, "I'm going to give you a gift. It is a part of me. My spirit. I'm giving it to you so that I will live on. Maybe someday you'll return here and I may be brought back again. Do not tell anyone of this, or you will be killed. Do you understand?" The toddler quickly nodded in response. With her point being made, Palutena whispered some words that no human could ever translate and blew a puff of air into Tiffany's face. A white powder floated into the child's mouth but wasn't seen by anybody. Their secret would never be known.

Palutena looked up at her captain and saw that he was desperately trying to hold back tears. He was facing a different wall but Palutena could tell that he was upset. She gracefully got back up on her two feet. "Pit, I need you to do something for me." Hearing his goddess calling for him he turned around and faced her with puffy eyes and tear-stained cheeks. "When you get back to the main hall, I need you to form a council of angels that will work cooperatively with each other. Those angels will be everyone's new leaders. They will take on their own duties and keep the peace in Angel Land. I'll start you off by making you the leader of the army since you already are."

"Anything for you, Palutena," Pit said while bowing in respect to his Goddess.

Unexpectedly, Ahriman's guards came up to Palutena and grabbed her forcefully by her arms. She was dragged over to where they had originally had Tiffany standing. Their contraption that they had been building was now complete. It looked like a portal but Palutena couldn't tell. She had never seen a portal look like that before. "Wait!" she shouted while turning around to see Ahriman with a surprised look on his face. "Before I go I want to make sure that you send Tiffany home safely. I wouldn't want you to break our deal."

"Of course. Akhos if you would." The minion named Akhos went over to a wall, said some unrecognizable words, and then slammed a palm to the bricks. A wave of energy swirled into the wall, causing it to look rippled. Out of nowhere, a light formed in the middle and grew in size with every second. Soon enough, there was a portal leading to a brown house on top of a hill.

Tiffany looked excited and shouted, "Home!" Akhos quickly picked her up and threw her into the portal. She gasped as she went through the portal, and landed on a patch of green grass where she was heard making an "Ugh!" sound. On the other side, she looked unharmed and happy to be home again. She was running up the driveway to her house when the portal disappeared.

Palutena was glad that she was safe. Since Tiffany made it home, that meant that the little piece of herself that she gave to her would live on. With that final thought on her mind, she walked into the vortex in front of her and disappeared from view. Palutena had been disintegrated from existence.

"Well, now that the dirty work is done. I believe that it is time for us to go." As Ahriman and his men headed for the door at the front of the throne room, they passed a sobbing Pit. Ahriman gracefully walked up to Pit, whose head hung low in grief. He quietly put his lips near Pit's left ear and stated in a dark low voice, "I'll be back in 5 years." The sound of it sent chills down Pit's spine. Ahriman's men held the door open for their master, who laughed evilly on his way out. The two remaining demons closed the doors to leave Pit alone to grieve for the loss of his goddess.

"This can't be happening," Pit whispered in the cold emptiness of the room.

Author notes: okay I know this sounds like a super depressing story, but trust me I have come up with the whole thing already. I know how it is going to end, and it will be happy. It will not be some romance novel, or an emo sort of thing where there's no comedy (I do love comedy, but I suck at making it). To end this rather long prologue, THIS STORY WILL NOT BE SUPER DEPRESSING! Or at least I'm hoping not. :)

I'd like to add just one more note too. This is one of those stories that will start off boring, and eventually get better. I believe that stories should always be in this format:

Prologue = good so that people get interested.

Early Chapters = sucky because they have to describe the characters.

Middle Chapters = a bit more action and/or drama because...well...the climax is coming!

Ending Chapters = amazing and/or depressing because either "the story is ending" :) or "THE STORY IS ENDING!" :'(

Epilogue = good so that people know what happens after the story. (Not sure if I'm gonna do an epilogue though. I wasn't really planning on it. I'll just have to see how the story turns out.)

Enough of my rambling. Review! Read on!