Disclaimer: I DO NOT own any of Kid Icarus or Kid Icarus Uprising. All rights belong to the rightful owner and creator. The only thing I own is my made up inserted character Selena. This is ONLY written for the enjoyment of the fans.

Chapter 2: Not a Dream

"Welcome to Skyworld, Selena." The boy said with an amused smirk on his face. He began laughing at her even more when she grew wide eyed at his statement. She gave him a look, like he was some kind of alien. She absolutely could not believe this was happening. She looked down at her hands and from her eyes she became very frightened. Selena was absolutely speechless. She opened her mouth to try and say something to him, but no words came out of her mouth. The boy gave her an expressionless look.

"Are you alright, Selena? It looks like you've just seen a ghost." She felt her heart skip a few beats. This was all too much for her to take at once. She was hoping that if she goes back to sleep again then this would all just be a bad dream.

"I have," she said before passing out again on the bed. He put his hand over his forehead in exasperation and shook his head.

"Okay, maybe I was a bit too blunt. Let's try that again when she wakes up…again."

When Selena woke up again, she was disappointed to see that she was in the same room as she was in before. She was even more disappointed when she turned her head to the left to see the same dark angel sitting in a chair next to her. This still didn't convince her that this was real. Selena stared up at the ceiling for a long while before exclaiming,

"You gotta be kidding me?! I'm still dreaming?!" The boy waved to her.

"Yo," he greeted coolly. "Welcome back." Selena groaned and put the pillow she was laying on over her head for a few seconds, then peaked from behind the fluffiness the dark angel's face. Despite being rude, she thought that he was actually quite cute. Her cheeks turned red at the thought and she put the pillow down on her lap, when she stopped blushing. The boy raised an eyebrow at her. His tone was very stern. "Do you still think your dreaming?"

"Yes."

"If you were dreaming do you think this wouldn't hurt?" He reached down to her arm and pinched her hard. She pulled her arm away.

"OW! Okay, maybe I'm not dreaming."

"Good, that's what I like to hear." The boy walked over to the dresser and opened it to take out a lovely topaz blue dress that matched her eyes. He threw it at her. "Now go and put this on. I'll be back in a little bit." Before he could open the door knob, Selena stopped him by saying,

"Wait!" He did so and turned around to face her.

"What is it?"

"What's your name?" He pondered on the answer for that question.

"I don't have one, but you can just call me Dark Pit." With that being said he left the room and Selena looked down at the dress she held in her hands. It was a very gorgeous dress. It came down to her ankles when she put it on. The dress was tight in the wait and sleeves, showing her skinny waist and wide hips. She wasn't used to wearing this type of clothing, so she felt a bit uncomfortable in it, but didn't want to complain to the person who saved her.

When Dark Pit came back, right when he laid eyes on her, he flushed a little in the face and looked away for a second to regain himself. He approached her and told her that she needed to come down to the dining room with him so that she could eat. This reminded Selena of her stomach that was growling a little.

"Okay, I will, but on one condition."

"And what is that?"

"You need to answer some of my questions." Dark Pit shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright, I'll tell you, only if you promise me one thing." Selena crossed her arms, feeling like this was deja vu.

"And what is that?" A sly grin spread across the dark angel's face.

"That you won't faint again." She thought it was terrible of him to remind her of that. She felt anger boiling up inside of her, thinking that this kid has some nerve.

"Fine," Selena growled. Dark Pit sneered for a little bit at her cute, furious expression.

"Basically, when you were unconscious I brought you to Skyworld, so that one of my physicians can help dress your wounds. Also, you're in the mansion that I own." She was taken aback from his last statement.

"You own a mansion?"

"Sure I do," he said like it was nothing. She glared at him and once again shrugged his shoulders. "It's not like you're going to stay here forever or anything. I'll make sure to get you back to the mortal realm, at least, once you wounds have healed." Dark Pit pointed to her terrible head wound that was bandaged up. "It's too dangerous traveling from realms, when you're injured."

"Hmm…I see." The two of them stared at one another for a long while, waiting for someone to say something. Selena thought that she should be the one to break the silence. "What happened to the bullies that were coming after me?"

"Let's just say that they got what they deserved." Unshaken by his mysterious explanation, she clapped the palm of her hands together rather cheerfully. "Okay, let's go and get something to eat then."

Selena was breathless when she followed Dark Pit around his mansion. It was so amazing! She thought that all of the black paint on the walls was kind of depressing, but other than that, the place was huge. Crystal chandeliers hung from the sky high ceilings and the going up and down all of those spiral staircases made her feel dizzy after a while. The food that she ate at the dining room tasted very delicious. Sure, it wasn't as good as pizza or macaroni and cheese, but it was still worth eating. In fact, she didn't even know what she was eating. :/

After the meal that they just had, she had Dark Pit escort her back to her room, sensing that she would need some more time to rest, which was true. Sometimes when Selena turns her head too fast, she gets really dizzy and even almost fainting. Luckily Dark Pit was there to catch her whenever that happened, and when it did both of them would usually blush a bright red.

When they arrived back to her room, Selena laid back down onto her bed and sank into the warm fluffiness of the soft mattress and pillows, literally! They were seriously so comfortable that she would want to fall asleep forever in an endless peaceful dream, with her hero in it. Dark Pit was a bit quieter than before, but Selena didn't think anything of it. He stood there as he watched her smile radiate throughout the entire room.

"That was enjoyable," she said optimistically, hugging her pillow. "Also, thanks for the food, water, fluffy pillows, and…"

"You don't need to thank me," he interrupted coldly. Selena felt his bitter words pierce right through her. Feeling bad for being so annoying to him her heart sank down. She clutched the pillow in her hand even tighter. Her forehead touched her pillow.

"Sorry," she muttered. Ignoring what she said Dark Pit headed for the door and wasn't going to say anything, but Selena asked him, "Hey Dark Pit, am I going to see you again?"

"Why ask?"

"I really like spending time with you." He clenched his fists by his sides and grew stiff, fighting off his urge to blush. He couldn't help but to think that the way she says things so innocently and cheerfully was so cute. Dark Pit felt butterflies flutter about in his stomach.

"Yes, you are." Was all that he said before he left. When she heard the door shut, Selena continued to grip the pillow she had in her hands and curled up into a little ball on the bed, with a big grin on her face. Ever since the dark angel saved her from the bullies at school, all that she could think about is Dark Pit. She always thought that he was so handsome with his black hair and crimson red eyes. Selena never felt so love stricken, not in her whole entire life. At the same time she hopes that when her wounds heal that she'll be able to see her family again back home.

As the days passed by, Selena's wounds were healing better each day. Sometimes instead of the physician changing her bandages, Dark Pit would do it for her, which made her feel a little embarrassed, because she wasn't used to being this close to a boy before, especially a handsome one. Selena would spend most of her time in her room to rest, but once in a while Dark Pit would take her around the mansion to get a little exercise in for her, besides, staying in a room all day with nothing to do is really boring. Over time the two of them felt like they were growing attached to each other. Deep down inside Dark Pit felt very in love with her, but he has never felt like this before, because of that at times he would get really frustrated and lash out at Selena over nothing, making her feel like she has done something wrong, even though she hasn't. He also thoroughly enjoyed teasing her, in his hardhearted way. She did her best to suck it up and pretend that it wasn't a big deal whenever that happened.

Two weeks have passed and Selena's wound were very much healed. Sure she had a small crack in her skull and still felt a little bit of pain on the right side of her head if she pressed down on it, but other than that she was as good as new. Dark Pit noticed her recovery as well and was glad that she was feeling better, even though he didn't express it.

Early in the morning Selena was in a really good mood. She was so peppy and cheerful that she couldn't contain herself. She ripped off her bandages that morning and ran all around the room, just to make sure that her head was better. When she was still completely normal, even after all that exercise, she put her fists up in the air and congratulated herself.

It wasn't long before Dark Pit knocked on the door before she allowed him to come into the room. He was a bit taken aback at how energetic Selena was this morning, or at least more than usual. Sure, she usually smiles a lot and has a positive attitude, but this time, he knew why she was so thrilled. His heart sank at the thought of it.

"Good morning Dark Pit," she greeted happily. "Did you have a good evening yesterday?" He scratched his head, still a bit tired.

"Yeah, I did, but I'm curious, where do you get your energy from? Seriously?!" His speech was more on the negative side, chilling Selena to the bone, but that still didn't stop her from smiling at him. She put her hands behind her back shyly.

"Umm…I don't know. I guess that's just the way I am."

"Well anyway, what do you want to do today?" She stood up from her bed and thought that it was obvious.

"Well…since my wounds have healed and I'm feeling better, I was wondering if…" Dark Pit put out the palm of his hand in front of her.

"Don't! I know what you're going to say. You want to get back to your family, right?" Selena nodded her head in her meek way. It saddened him to know that it was her time to go already, but the dark angel knew that this time would have to come eventually. Still, he was glad that he got to meet her.

"Alright," he replied assertively. "Let's go."

They finally arrived in the middle of the courtyard of the mansion. There were neatly trimmed hedges and vegetation that grew all around them. There were tons of flowers planted everywhere, but they weren't colored, the only colors that the flower petals had on them were a midnight black color. Still, Selena still found them beautiful, because there wasn't such a thing as black roses in the mortal realm. Of course, in the middle of the courtyard was the thing that they needed in order for her to get back home. Dark Pit told her that it was called, the Fountain of Realms, where it connected their Skyworld realm and the mortal realms together. It was the only thing that was needed in order for any of the angels to travel to the planet called Earth. Selena stared down in the beautifully large fountain, with water in it that shimmered like a thousand crystals scattered upon it. She brushed her hand though the water.

"Here it is," Dark Pit said. "The Fountain of Realms."

"So I'll be able to go back home now?" He nodded his head, miserably.

"If you jump into this fountain you'll find yourself in the same place that you once were in." Selena smiled.

"Okay Dark Pit, thank you very much for your help. I'll never forget you." She tried looking at him directly in the eyes, but he avoided her gaze. He wanted to say something, but couldn't muster up the courage to say it, especially since he probably won't meet her ever again after this. His tone was quiet, but still emotionless.

"You should go now." She timidly nodded her head.

"Okay, and thank you very much." She slightly bowed to him and he continued to look away from her, as she prepared herself to jump into the fountain. Selena took one last look at her hero and she noticed how sad he looked when she gazed into his eyes. Even so, she took a great leap into the fountain.

Splash!

But when she did that, all that happened was that she was soaking wet from the impact. Her topaz blue dress drenched with water. She tried going down, inside of the fountain, but there was nothing. It was like jumping into a regular fountain. Not knowing if this is supposed to happen or not, Dark Pit grew impatient with her and yelled at her just to get going already.

"I'm trying," she replied. "But it's not working." He inspected the fountain water closely and saw that it was beginning to turn an icky brownish red color. Selena quickly got out from it and squeezed some of the absorbed water from the ends of her dress.

"Something's not right." He scooped up a small handful of the dirty water from the fountain and realized that only one person, could do something like this to turn this sacred water into muck. "Medusa," Dark Pit angrily muttered under his breath. Selena carefully put a hand on his shoulder. He turned to look at her and her eyes were beginning to swell up with tears.

"Dark Pit, am I going to be able to go back home?" He then turned away at the question. He couldn't bear to see her so sad and upset, but had to tell her the truth, even if it hurts her.

"No."