Kid Icarus: Rise from the Ashes

Chapter 1;

Sounds and Sights

The Archangels' log 1: Icarus

Is this on? Was that the right button? ARGH! TECHNOLOGY! What? It was on for…HOW LONG!? *ahem* Hello again world! It's me! Icarus! Oh? What's that? You thought you had heard the end of my story? HAHAHAHAHA! OH GODS! AHAHAHA! Okay, enough of that! The sad truth of it is, my story isn't even close to being done! Sure I seemed to tie all the loose ends in the last story and explained about all of it! However, I…hold on a sec. yeah? Sorry! I was just- wait, what? Oh crap! Sorry, but I may need to cut this log a bit short! Kind of on the run from killer monsters of death. But I'll try to tell as much as I can. Now… as for the issue of where to start…oh! I got it! *Ahem*

The morning was bright and nice, and I awoke with a pleasant sight; Persephone lying with me in my bed. Oh relax you perverts! Nothing scandalous happened! We just spent the night enjoying each other's company! Anyways, I ran my fingers through Persephone's midnight-black hair, and kissed her forehead. She stirred and looked up at me with those gorgeous violet-red eyes that drove me crazy.

"Good morning!" she said. "How did you sleep?"

"Oh, pretty good" I replied. She sat up and stretched, parting her lips in a yawn. She looked amazing, even after just waking up! Gods I loved this girl!

She got up and walked over to my bathroom, and closed the door. I heard her fingers snap, and 2 seconds later, she walked out in jeans and a Black Sabbath™ sleeveless shirt on. She had a black choker around her neck, and wore a ring with a black rose pattern on it.

"How do I look?" she asked.

"Amazing!" I responded almost immediately. A second later, her ring started glowing, and she groaned.

"My mom wants me back at my house." She sighed. By 'house' she meant her mom's castle. "Sorry! See you later!" she said. She walked over to me and brushed her lips against mine before teleporting away, leaving only a black rose in the ground. I picked it up and held it in my hands for a minute or two before I got changed myself.

I put on a gold t-shirt with a whit trim and my family's crest on it; an outstretched golden wing. I ran/flew downstairs to the dining room to see my mom and dad eating breakfast.

"Good morning dear!" my mother said happily. My dad was too busy wolfing down pancakes to say the same, so he just waved.

"Morning" I said. I sat down and filled my plate with bacon and pancakes covered with syrup. My dad finished his breakfast and wiped his mouth and said

"How did you sleep?"

"Like a baby!" I responded. My parents exchanged a look

"Did Persephone call you recently?" my mom asked

"Yeah, we chatted last night" I replied. My dad raised an eyebrow

"About what?" I stopped chewing and swallowed. I looked at my pancakes and nibbled on my bacon.

"Oh you know…stuff"

My mom sighed "If she spent the night, you could just tell us!"

I nearly choked on my bacon. "H-how did you…?" I stammered.

"I see everything" my mother explained. "As long as you don't…you know…I'm fine with her staying the night!"

I breathed a sigh of relief, my mom was so cool! I finished my breakfast and said

"I was planning on seeing a movie today with Persephone…"

"Alright!" said my mom "Have fun!"

After breakfast, I practiced training till 3, which was when I flew down to the surface disguised as a human. I met up with Persephone and we went to see Insidious 3. You see, she got me into watching 'horror' films, though to be honest, they weren't as scary as her dad's insides, believe me! During the movie, while everyone was screaming at all the cheap jump scares, Persephone was groaning.

"This isn't scary!" "It's just dumb!" "All special effects and no actual talent!" she kept criticizing, as if the directors could actually hear her!

After the movie, Persephone and I went home. When I got to my house though, I was greeted by a strange sight; Viridi crying, with my dad comforting her and my mom on her other side, patting her back

"What is going on? I turned to my dad.

"Icarus! I didn't hear you come in!" my mother said. "Sit down" I obliged

"Okay…why is Viridi here?"

My dad stood up "Alright, well, you know that before your mother and I were past the 'servant and master' stage, Viridi and I were dating."

"Yes I know"

"Well, we kind of…uh…" my dad trailed off and moved his fingers around in a random manner. A few moments passed before my eyes widened in realization. I opened my mouth to say something, but all that came out was;

"You…wa…? With the…and the….wa…?"

Viridi stood up "Nine months later, I had twins" I thought for sure my mom was about to blow a gasket. But she looked rather calm! Probably because that's what she's like, kind and forgiving. Besides, the 'twins' were conceived before my mom and dad were even dating!

"These twins" Viridi continued "I named Narcissus and Echo. Last night we got in an argument, and they…ran away…" Viridi's eyes began to water. "Down to the mortal world. And New York of all places!" she said disgusted

My mom stood up. "Icarus" she said in a very serious tone "I need you to go down to the mortal world and find these twins, convince them to make up with Viridi, and bring them home."

"Yeah, no pressure" I muttered

I spent the afternoon looking for my half-siblings. Wow. That's a sentence I never thought I would ever say! Huh? Oh, right, got to hurry. Sorry, Persephone is pestering me. Anyway, turns out Narcissus loves fashion shows and Echo followed Narcissus so…convenient? Yes. Easy to find? Hardly. Do you know how many fashion shows are held in New York? Neither do I, but in my defense, it was a lot! As I said before, it took almost all afternoon, but I finally managed to find them. I managed to spot them in the crowd of clothing nerds- oh sorry, 'fashion enthusiasts'.

Echo was short, and kind of cute, I guess. She had blonde hair like her mom, tied in a ponytail that barely went past the nape of her neck. She wore a modest dress that went down to her shins. As for Narcissus, he had rather long grape-purple hair. I almost got them confused a couple times! By the time the show was over, it was five in the afternoon. I managed to corral them into an empty alleyway, where I confronted them.

"Hey!" I yelled. They turned around and faced me. I almost choked at how similar they looked. It wasn't just each other either! It was almost like I was looking into a mirror! Both of them had emerald green eyes and fair completions.

"Yes? What do you want mate?" Narcissus asked with a British accent. Echo retreated behind her brother, before peeking over his shoulder.

"Okay, long story short, your mom asked me to find you and-"

"Sorry mate, not happening! My sis and I are free spirits now!"

I gritted my teeth together "It wasn't a request" this guy was starting to get on my nerves really fast. I started walking over to him when a wall of vines appeared behind and in front of me.

"Try and get us then!" Narcissus taunted. At least I thought it was Narcissus, it was a little higher pitched. In any case, I looked up and noticed that the vines only stretched ten feet in the air. I rolled my eyes at how easy this was. I expanded my wings and jumped a good thirteen feet in the air, right above the tips of the vines. I flapped my wings a couple times for good measure. I landed safely in front of them, arms crossed.

"Wow that was so impressive!" I said sarcastically. Narcissus and Echo both had their jaws opened in shock

"You…you're a bloody…you…" Narcissus stuttered. I sighed at his incompetence, and pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Yeah, okay, now that that's over with..."

"WE'RE NOT GOING!" yelled Echo. It was the oddest thing though, because she was saying it, in my voice!

"Yes you-WOAH WHAT!?" I said only just realizing that she was mimicking my voice. "How did you do that?!" I asked

"How did you do that?!" she said (In my voice)

"Stop that!"

"Stop that!"

"Quit it!"

"Quit it!"

This went on for…actually, I don't even remember how long it went on before Narcissus' laughter covered over our arguing.

"Bloody hell! This is too good! Ahahahahaha!" he laughed

"Alright, what the heck is this? How are you perfectly mimicking my voice?"

"I was born without a voice" Echo explained while using Narcissus' voice "So, my mother gave me the power to mimic anyone's voice just by hearing them speak once."

"And I can mimic what people look like just by looking at them once" Narcissus added. I looked at Echo, then at Narcissus, then back to Echo, realizing that I underestimated them.

"Alright then, how do you feel about coming with me to-" I was interrupted by a large rock fist to the face. It sent me flying, and not in the voluntary way. I crashed landed around midtown east. Taking into consideration that I was around Times Square….ow. That hurt me…and that just occurred to me! I must've been unconscious for about half an hour or so, because the sun had moved when I came to.

I stood up, stretched a bit, and tried to make the spinning stop. I forgot exactly what I was doing, but then I spat out some dirt that had mysteriously appeared in my mouth, and remembered the boulder sized knuckle sandwich that Narcissus and/or Echo gave me. I nearly had a heart attack when I tried searching for their godly auras; they weren't even in New York!

"Oh great" I muttered "Viridi is going to kill me!"

HOLY CRAP! Oh, sorry! There was just a giant boulder headed for my face. No big deal. Alright, I'll admit I have been hiding…details of my predicament from you, but the less you know, the better, believe me! All I can tell you is that I am on the run from monsters that haven't existed since before time itself. Also, I have some companions with me, which was who I was arguing with before…Yes I know we're running out of time, STOP YELLING AT ME ECHO! Huh? Oh yeah, I'm traveling with Narcissus and Echo along with some others. Relax everyone! All will be explained, but I need more time! I may not be the one telling all of these, some of my friends will take over from time to time. Uh-oh, I need to go! See you all on the flipside! …. Alright, how do you turn this thing off?