Hey everyone, this is Latias 4.5 here, and welcome to my first Kid Icarus story. I decided to write this story because I've always wondered how Pit came to be. So, I decided to write my own Pit origin story to see how the original Kid Icarus all started, and that it is also the 30th anniversary of the Kid Icarus series. I do have to warn you that this is going to be a little more violent than my other fics, and there's even going to be blood at one point. But if you don't mind that stuff, just go ahead and read on.

Kid Icarus: The Origin of Pit

Chapter One: A Hero is Born

A long time ago, Earth was ruled by two mighty goddesses. Palutena, the Goddess of Light, and Medusa, the Goddess of Darkness.

Palutena was considered the serene one, as she always bestowed the humans with light, always making them happy. Medusa on the other hand, hated the humans with a burning passion, drying up their crops and turning them to stone. Palutena was extremely enraged by this, and as a result, she turned Medusa into a hideous monster and banished her into the Underworld. Medusa always swore vengeance on Palutena and that someday, she would be the ruler of Earth.

Out of all of Palutena's troops, no angel was considered more powerful, more skillful, more loyal than Polemius. There was a good reason why he was considered the head of the Skyworld army. Polemius possessed strength unlike any other. Some say that he could take on a whole army just by himself, and he was skilled in every kind of weapon you could imagine. He preferred to use his special Holy Bow, which was given to him as a sign of his loyalty to Palutena. Despite his somewhat intimidating appearance, with his cold cobalt eyes, jet black hair, and a scar over his left eye, Polemius actually had a big heart. He was caring to his troops and was deeply loyal to Palutena, and he usually spent most of the time in Skyworld watching over to make sure everyone and everything was as normal as normal could be.

But lately Polemius was spending less time in Skyworld and more time in Agios, a village located several miles away from Skyworld, a village that was completely inhabited by angels. It was the village where Polemius had grew up in and spent most of his time there when he wasn't out doing something urgent. With no trace of Medusa, Polemius was sure that he had nothing to worry about. Agios was also where his wife, Amber lived. Amber always stayed in the village, taking care of everything that went on there while her husband was away in Skyworld. But recently, things have started to get a little complicated. Amber was going to have a baby, which surprised everyone. It was considered rare for an angel to give birth, and no one could really remember the last time it happened. That was probably the reason why there weren't many angels left.

Polemius had just returned to Agios after another day of protecting Skyworld. He always returned to Agios after his work was done in Skyworld, but now it was for a much longer time. His wife was going to have a baby any day now, and Polemius promised to be with her as much as possible so that they could take care of it together.

Just as Polemius was about to head home to see his wife, a nurse came calling frantically for him.

"Polemius! Thank goodness you're back! The baby! It's coming!"

Polemius' eyes widened and he let out a gasp. The time had come. Polemius quickly rushed to the nursery where a group of nurses were tending to Amber, who groaned when she saw her husband standing there.

"Polemius..." Amber moaned as she weakly held her hand out.

"It's okay, honey. I'm here. I got you." Polemius rushed over to his wife and knelt down right next to her, staring intensely into her gold eyes.

"Okay, I'm gonna need you to start pushing." The head nurse calmly told Amber.

Amber stared into her husband's eyes. "It's going to be okay. I'm going to be right here." Polemius told her calmly and held onto her hand.

Amber nodded and then started to push. She groaned and squeezed her husband's hand as she continued to push. She then stopped for a moment, staring into Polemius' eyes as tears of pain appeared in her eyes. "Everything's going to be okay." Polemius said calmly as he gently stroked her chin.

"Okay, just a little more." The nurse said. Amber then calmed down a little and then started to push a little more. "Almost there." Amber started panting and let out a scream of pain as she pushed one last time. She loosened her tight grip on Polemius' hand as the room became filled with the baby's confirmation cry.

"It's a boy!" The nurse announced. While the nurses handled the baby, Amber looked at Polemius, smiles growing on both of their faces.

"We did it, Polemius! We're parents!"

One of the nurses came back a moment later with the baby, who was now wrapped in a small blue blanket. She handed the baby to Amber, and she and Polemius both gasped in awe at the sight of their newborn son. The baby had gorgeous sapphire eyes, chocolate brown hair, and tiny bones poking out of his back where his wings would eventually grow.

Tears of joy ran down Amber's face as she watched her son move his tiny arms around, whimpering as he tried to touch his mother's face. "Oh Polemius, he's beautiful!"

"What are you gonna name him?" Polemius asked.

Amber thought for a moment. She actually haven't though of a name for the baby yet, because they didn't know if the baby would be a boy or a girl. Finally, she thought of a name. "I got it. His name is going to be...Pit. Because his eyes shine like a pit of stars in the night sky." Amber watched as Pit slowly fell asleep in her arms. Amber looked at her husband with tears of joy in both of their eyes. It was the happiest day of their lives.

"He looks like one happy little guy. I know he's gonna grow up to be a hero someday." Polemius said.

On that faithful day, a legendary hero was born.