Chapter 1: What happened?
As promised, here is my new story! Besides Mario, Pikmin and Kid Icarus are my favorite Nintendo series, so I thought I'd put them together. Thus "Cut Down to Size" was born! WARNING: Contains spoilers for Kid Icarus: Uprising.
"Ah, what a beautiful day!" Pit said as he came out of his home in Skyworld. It was indeed a beautiful day, with the sun shining brightly, casting its golden glow upon the floating city that was home to him and his goddess, Palutena.
Wrapping his hand around one of the marble columns that supported the overhang of his Mediterranean styled abode, Pit hung his head out into the wind, feeling the gentle morning breeze brush past his angelic face. Gathering his trusty blue and gold bow, he set off gliding though the hovering buildings around him.
"It's so wonderful that I can fly by myself at last." He thought. After Pit had defeated Hades, Palutena put in a good word for him to Lord Dyntos, the God of the Forge, one of the most powerful Gods in all of Angel Land. Seeing how much Pit had gone through, Dyntos gave his wings the proper size and strength needed for independent flight, much to the angel's joy.
Arriving at Palutena's temple, Pit took a step back to admire the structure's design and craftsmanship. Almost all of it was made out of marble and bronze, with numerous statues and fountains in the goddess's likeness.
"Wow, it's amazing how fast the centurions put this place back together!" Pit said. He then thought back to when the magnificent palace was in ruins during the Chaos Kin incident. It took weeks to bring the city back to its former glory, but at last all was returned to normal. Breathing in the fresh morning air, Pit proceeded to meet his goddess inside the temple.
Walking into the main hall, Pit found Palutena with her back to him hunched over the Reflecting Pool, which served as a mirror to see other areas of the world without having to leave the temple. "Hey Lady Palutena, what's up?"
The Goddess of Light startled and spun around quickly, apparently she'd been peering intently into the pool and didn't see Pit walk up behind her. "Oh good morning Pit!" she greeted nervously.
The angel gave her a confused look and asked, "Something wrong? I haven't seen you this flustered since the living vegetable fiasco last weekend!"
This made both of them giggle a little, and somewhat calmed down the goddesses' frayed nerves.
"So anyway Lady Palutena, what's wrong?"
Palutena took a deep breath and gestured toward the Reflecting Pool with her hand. "See for yourself."
Walking up to the puddle of water on the swallowed out marble stand, Pit leaning over to see what it was that distressed his goddess so. And what he saw shocked him. "P-Palutena, w-what is that?"
What was depicted in the reflection was a vertical, swirling black hole hovering just outside of Skyworld, about the size of a Whaler.
"I don't know Pit." The goddess said worryingly, "It just came out of nowhere an hour ago. I'm not even sure where it came from!"
Hiding the fear rising up in him, Pit puffed out his chest and proclaimed, "Don't fret about a thing my Lady, I'll go see what this black hole thing is!"
Giving the angel a small nod, Palutena gave him permission to check things out. "Just be careful." She added cautiously.
With that, Pit ran off, jumping into the air as soon as he was clear of the building. Feeling the wind in his brown semi-spiky hair, the angel opened his wings to their full 10 foot span and headed toward the ominous pitch black void.
Stopping about a yard away, Pit contacted Palutena via telepathy. "I'm at the mysterious hole in the sky Lady Palutena, what should I do?"
"Try to get a little closer, circle around and see if you can find anything suspicious." The goddess said in answer.
Flapping his wings a few times, Pit flew around the black hole, finding the strange phenomenon to be completely flat, no width to it whatsoever. Being experimental, he shot a light arrow from his bow at it, only to see it disappear without a trace.
"This thing is flatter then a pancake. And it seems to absorb anything." He reported.
"Hmm. Pit, just come back for now, I need to contact Viridi and see if she knows anything about this."
"Got it!" As Pit started to fly back to the city, he went a little too close to the void, and started to feel a slight tug on his body. His eyes then shot open in horror, it was sucking him in!
"Pit! What's wrong?"
"Lady Palutena! This thing is trying to drag me into it like a vacuum! Help me!"
"Hang on Pit, I'm starting the teleport now!"
But unfortunately, since they never did this in Skyworld before, neither realized that it wasn't possible to teleport around up here, so nothing happened to save the struggling angel.
"Ahhhh!" Pit screamed as he disappeared into the void that closed behind him, his hollering goddess echoing in his head.
The bright, warm, and sunny atmosphere of Skyworld was replaced by the dark, cold, and desolate black hole. Pit could not feel or see anything around him, just the rushing air as he fell, fell, fell ever deeper into the seemingly endless chasm of black space. The rush of gravity was so strong, he couldn't open his wings to slow down his decent.
"Will I ever stop falling? Will I ever see Skyworld, or Lady Palutena again? I just wish I learned how to read before I met my end!"
Just when it seemed there was no end to the fall, Pit suddenly saw the dark silhouettes of vegetation coming to his limited vision below him. Throwing out his arms, Pit yelped in pain as he crashed through the undergrowth, until finally hitting the ground, passing out upon impact.
Yes, a rather short chapter. Just until I get better idea material for this cycling through my head. Most of the focus will be about Pit in the Pikmin world, but we'll see a little from Palutena's side as well. But anyway, I'd love to see a review or two!