Well, here it is, folks. My first sequel story. In case you haven't figured out, this is a sequel to my first Kid Icarus story, The Origin of Pit, and is quite possibly going to be my biggest Kid Icarus story. Before we begin, I just want to say a few things.
1. Reading The Origin of Pit is not required to read this story, but I strongly recommend that you do in order to fully understand some things, especially some things regarding Pit's past.
2. This story is going to be much, much, much longer than The Origin of Pit. I plan on splitting this story into three different acts, which are basically going to be the beginning, middle, and end of the story. The first act will pretty much just set up everything for the story, and I'm still making plans for the second and third act.
3. I'm really going to start off this story with the trailer that I posted at the end of The Origin of Pit. The song is called We Will Rise by Meghan Baird, and you can find a link to it on my profile. This is basically just a little teaser of what's to come in the story. If you've already seen the trailer, then you can just skip ahead to the actual story, but if you haven't, then enjoy this little teaser.
The trailer opens up with a view a single tree standing in the middle of an empty field, its leaves swaying with the gentle wind. A single leaf falls from the tree as the lyrics start.
A leaf falls down from the tree of life, and is falling towards the earth
The camera focuses on the leaf, revealing that it is not a leaf, but a feather. The feather slowly decends and lands on the ground.
It silently lies on the ground, awaiting a rebirth
The feather silently lies on the ground until someone appears and picks it up. It is Pit, who stares at the feather, and then at the sky.
So it is with those who die, their souls confessing hope
Pit then starts to run away from the tree with determination on his face. As he is running, the tree slowly starts to turn grey and its movement suddenly stops.
Because he is risen, with him they will rise
Pit is now in Skyworld, watching a group of Centurions repair the rest of Palutena's temple.
As we watch right through the door, the stitches being fixed.
Pit then takes out the feather and stares at it for a moment.
The memories that stay with us, the ones that haunt our minds
Pit closes his eyes as everything around him goes dark. He then gets an intense feeling as he remembers when he was trapped in the Underworld many years ago, lying on the ground bleeding to death. The pain from the horrible memory is enough to snap him back to reality.
The road to glory lies ahead, these momentary trials
Because they have risen, with them we will rise
We will rise
Palutena is wandering around her temple with a look of worry on her face. She then looks into Pit's room and sees that he isn't in there, the only thing left behind is a single feather on his bed.
Weeping may last for an evening, but rejoicing comes with the dawn
Pit is now seen being carried by a mysterious being flying across the sky in the dark of night. He is then taken to an area hidden at the bottom of a dark cave. Pit manages to climb all the way up to the top and is shocked by what he sees.
Weeping may last for an evening, but rejoicing comes with the dawn
During the instrumental part, Pit is looking into the eyes of a woman. Tears are forming in both of their eyes. The woman lifts Pit's head up and runs her hand through his hair. They stare at each other for a long moment, and then embrace.
The scene changes to where we now see Pit standing on top of a cliff. Behind him are what look to be a group of angels. In front of them is a strange shadowy figure, the only thing visible being its glowing red eyes. Surrounding it are several strange shadow creatures, all preparing to attack the angels.
For all the wonders they will do, imagination's blind
What has been made will bring anew, in the twinkling of an eye
The dark itself will be destroyed, swallowed up by light
Because they have risen, with them we will rise
Pit raises his bow in the air, and the angels from behind him begin to attack the figure's army.
We will rise~
Pit and the dark figure are locked in an intense fight to the finish. Pit is flying with his bow and strangely enough, his wings aren't glowing. The figure fires two orbs of dark energy at Pit, who manages to dodge both of them. The two then prepare to clash as the screen suddenly fades to white.
With them we will rise~
We will rise
Because they have risen, we will rise with them
The trailer ends as Pit is staring at the sunset from Skyworld. He then flies away as a single feather falls to the ground.
With them we will rise~
We will rise
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Kid Icarus: Rise of the Shadows
Act I
Chapter 1: Things Change
If there was anything that Pit had learned in the past 28 years, it's that your life can really change unexpectedly. Before he became the head of Palutena's guard, there was an angel before him that had taken that position. That angel was Polemius, his very own father. Pit had heard many stories about how Polemius was a legendary warrior, and that he possessed strength that no other normal angel had. He hoped that he would be just like his father someday, and that he would be able to find his true purpose in life. Although he was almost as loyal and skillful as Polemius was, there were times when Pit felt like he would never be able to live up to the legacy that his father had created. It would make him question if he really was meant to be a warrior or if he was meant to be something else. However, he had stayed in Skyworld for many years and fought for the humans as the world needed someone to protect them from various threats that lurked around every corner.
Pit would never forget the day that forever changed his life. The day that Polemius's life had ended thanks to Medusa and the Underworld. Since he was really young that day, he couldn't really understand the whole concept of death, and had been told that Polemius was asleep, and that he would never wake up again. It was also the day that Polemius was going to try to teach him how to fly, but unfortunately the lesson came to a tragic end before it could even begin. Sometimes, Pit would wonder what his life would be like if Polemius never died, and that he still had his family and would still be living in his old home, and that he would be protected by Polemius.
Pit stared out the window of his room. It's been several months since he had defeated Hades and ended the war, and now things were really getting back to normal in Skyworld. Even though peace has returned to Angel Land, Pit still had some duties to do, but it was just helping repair Skyworld and even going down to the Overworld every once in a while, but it was nothing major. With no sign of the Underworld or any other threats to attack the humans, Pit hoped it would stay that way.
As Pit stood in his room, watching as a group of Centurions were finishing repairing Palutena's temple through the window, he picked up a feather that was lying on the stand next to his bed and stared at it. It was a feather that belonged to his mother Amber, and he had managed to keep it with him for all these years, as it was the only thing he had left of his past. As Pit continued to stare at the feather, the horrible memories of that fateful came back to him. He remembered the Underworld monsters attacking his home, him being separated from his mother forever, him being trapped in the Underworld while he was bleeding to death. Pit could practically feel the pain that he had endured at that moment. It was the most painful experience he had ever felt, both physically and emotionally. He had lost everything that meant something to him on that day, and he began to lose hope and thought he was going to die a slow and painful death in the Underworld. That is, until Palutena found him and healed his wounds and gave him a bow. He then proceeded to escape from the Underworld and make his way to Skyworld, where he managed to stop Medusa and free Palutena. Ever since he had he had saved her, Pit had made a promise to Palutena to always protect Skyworld and fight for all things living and breathing. Over the years, Pit felt a strong bond grow between the two of them. He had always seen Palutena as a mother and even loved her like one, and felt like she was the closest thing that would ever be family to him.
After Pit had defeated the Aurum and managed to get his body back after his soul was trapped in a ring for three years, when he found out that Palutena had been under the control of the Chaos Kin and had been attacking the humans, that whole feeling of loss had returned to him. He felt like he had lost the only other person that he had ever considered to be family. If it wasn't for Viridi and his dark twin, then Pit would have probably never gotten back to Skyworld and Palutena would of had her soul eaten by the parasite.
As Pit continued to stare into the feather, something came to his mind. What happened to all the other angels on the day the Underworld attacked? Were they all killed just like his parents? He thought that it might actually be the case, but there had to be other angels somewhere. The only ones he knew were the ones that lived in his old home of Agios, but there must be some other angels that lived somewhere out there, unless they had all killed as well. Pit hadn't heard about any other angels existing, but he decided that he would ask Palutena to see if she knew anything about them.
Palutena stood in her temple, looking over the Centurions that were working. Several months have gone by since Hades had been defeated, and she had spent those months fixing the damages that had been done from the war. Just a few more repairs to her temple, and things would really be back to normal. During the past few months, Palutena had sent Pit down to the Overworld a few times to check on the various towns, but luckily there were no threats, at least for now. She had even offered Pit's dark clone to stay in Skyworld with them, but he immediately rejected and eventually went to become an officer with the Forces of Nature.
'Things change.' Palutena told herself. 'Things change.'
"Umm...Lady Palutena?"
Palutena turned around to see Pit coming in. "Oh, hello Pit."
"Lady Palutena, can I ask you something?"
"Of course, Pit. What is it?"
Pit paused for a moment, before finally deciding to ask the question. "Well...I was just wondering. What do you know about angels? Do...Do you know if there are any other angels out there in the world...besides me and Pittoo?"
Palutena's eyes widened upon hearing that question. She tried to think if there was really other angels out there, but the truth was, she was certain there wasn't. There hadn't been sightings of any other angels since they had all been supposedly killed from the Underworld attack, and it seemed like Pit was the only surviving one. It was a question not even she knew the answer to. After about a minute of silence, Palutena let out a sad sigh and finally answered.
"Pit, I...I'm not exactly sure about this, but...I don't think there are any angels left. I...I think you might be the only one left."
Pit's face fell upon hearing that. "Well...do you at least know if there are any possibilities?"
"I'm sorry Pit, but there hasn't been any signs of other angels in years. People have looked everywhere, but there's been nothing. Not even us gods have seen or heard of any in recent years."
Pit didn't respond and lowered his head, deeply saddened by the fact that he was the only angel left in existence. Palutena knew that he was thinking about his old life, and it made her remember the day when they first met and Pit thought that he would be alone the rest of his life, and how completely devastated she was when Polemius had died.
"Pit, I know you're sad that there's no more angels, but there's nothing we can really-"
"I know, Lady Palutena. I know there isn't anymore of my kind out there. I never should have even asked." Pit replied sadly as he started to walk out of the room. Palutena could only watch in slight remorse as he closed the door behind him.