Chapter 2: The First Night

Hey guys, sorry if I took a while. School's started for me so the time between chapters will be longer, but I totally intend to finish this story. But anyways, let's see how Palutena's handling the twin angels.

Enjoy the story.

Books flew across the air, each sporting an aura of gold and spring green sparkles. They floated effortlessly through the air, before opening and rapidly flipping their pages before shutting again and flying back to their place on the shelf. Palutena didn't often use her powers for something as trivial as lifting books up and scanning through them without even touching them, but where she was at she had no choice.

She was currently back at her temple, laying on her couch while two baby angels slept on either side of her, nestled into her side while each wrapped in a soft, white blanket. The way they were cuddled up, all innocent looking while they slumbered, she didn't have the heart to get up and disturb them. So she was left using her magic to look through her books for a solution of their current predicament.

After zipping through the umphteenth book in the past hour, she finally set it down and sighed, feeling thoroughly tired from her power usage and the lateness of the night. Her eyes fell onto the ornate, golden embroidered clock on the mantle, frowning at the numbers the hands were pointing at.

"10:57," she thought annoyedly.

Summoning the remainder of her energy, she directed it towards a blanket draped across another couch beside her and brought it over by her magic. It was a simple one made of soft, vanilla fabric, but it was warm and since she apparently couldn't move from her spot, she might as well get settled in and comfortable for the night. Once it was in her grasp, she unfolded it and carefully wrapped it around her, trying not to disturb the two. Pit shivered a few times and yawned while Dark Pit squirmed in his sleep, but they remained unaware of the slight movement beside them. Just to be careful though, Palutena gently threaded her fingers through their hair, soothing them back to sleep.

Laying her head back onto the soft cushions on the couch, her eyes went to the golden designs on the ceiling. Artistic swirls, dots and shapes covered the pearlescent ceiling. It wasn't so much as a picture, as it was just random brush strokes done in fancy designs. Her eyelids began to feel heavy as she kept staring at them. The glass orbs with firefly-like sparks floating inside them and the tall, white candles spread out all around the place dimmed before coming out as the Goddess of Light rested for the night.

Her green eyes shot open later and her head thrust up off her pillow as the sound of an infant crying reached her ears. Her staff immediately flew into her hand and glowed, armed to fight.

Several of the lights illuminated, shedding their glow to reveal the intruder. She blinked rapidly, trying to remove the hot flashes and tiredness from her eyes as she looked around the room. Seeing nothing, she looked down at the wailing Pit wiggling in his blanket, while his companion squirmed uncomfortably in his sleep.

Sighing, half in relief and half in irritation, she returned her staff down onto the side table beside the couch. She then leaned forward and gently picked up the wiggling Pit and held him close. His yells pierced her ears painfully like an arrow and his tiny fists banged against her neck as he tried to shake himself free of what had frightened him.

As she held him close, one hand traveled up and down his back in a soothing manner, careful around his tiny wings. Several feathers on them stood straight up, much like goosebumps on skin. Her lips came close to his tiny ear and she began murmuring in a calm voice to him.

Eventually, his cries subsided to quiet whimpers and his head fell limp against her chest. In another moment, he had fallen peacefully asleep again. A smile graced her lips as she leaned back, content with letting him sleep like this for the rest of the night.

His blanket had fallen off him as she had picked him up, so her free hand came down to retrieve it. After struggling a bit to find and grasp it, she started to lift her hand up, when then she felt something hit her hand lightly. Her eyes fell down to her side where a pair of red eyes stared back at her. Dark Pit's hands clutched her dress while his face looked up at hers almost expectantly. She instantly felt drawn to show compassion towards him.

After placing and adjusting Pit's blanket on him, her hand went down to Dark Pit and carefully picked him up and placed him beside Pit. The black-winged infant squirmed a bit as he tried to adjust to his new sleeping space. His head eventually came rest upon her chest and soon he was lulled to sleep over her heart beating beneath.

Palutena quietly stared at the two baby angels asleep on her chest, enamored by the adorableness and innocence of the two. Her fingers gently went up to comb through their hair one last time before a wave of tiredness swept over her. She didn't have to look at the clock to know that it was well after midnight. Her captain of her guard and his dark mirror twin were fast asleep, soothed by the warmth and softness she provided.

She felt relieved and assured that hopefully they would stay asleep for the rest of the night. Eventually, she began to feel tiredness take her over once more and she laid down again, draping one of her arms over the children before she fell back into slumber.

A bit short for the chapter, but hopefully the next ones will be longer. I wanted to highlight a characteristic of Palutena towards Pit, her compassion and concern. In the game, we see that she often times teases and pranks Pit, though it never comes off as mean or hurtful to him. However, when it came to situations that were exceedingly dangerous that Pit had a low chance of survival in we see her express genuine concern and worry towards him, not wanting him to get hurt. She's basically a benevolent troll who still has everyone's interests at heart. I want to go for the more motherly side of her towards Pit and also show some towards Dark Pit as well.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a review if you liked it and stay tuned for the next chapter. Sincerely, v.t.7