Author's Note:
Thanks for the reviews!
With What Lies In the Darks in the completed section, I can now focus on this! I will try to get some chapters up before I start school on Wednesday, but please don't count on anything. I can't make any promises.
I'd like to say this now that after Chapter 3, each chapter is going to focus on one character at a time, like this chapter. You will understand better as the story progresses and will get use to it.
Enjoy!
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Power of the Elements
Chapter 2: Seventeen Again (Pit)
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Alone.
He was alone, in an area unknown to him.
Familiar voices appeared in every direction, echoing throughout his mind. Shouting. Arguing. Crying. A battle was in play, happening around him.
He felt himself crouched on the ground, near a dirty graffiti dumpster. His knees were brought to his chest; his clothes were torn, and dirty. Blood trickled down his chin, from his busted lip, and water dripped from the ends of his brown hair.
The shouting continued, and forces of powerful energy surrounded him. Tears rolled down his cheeks, as his eyes had fallen to the only light in the area. A necklace was hanging from his neck. At the ends, a silver hand was holding a small blue orb. The blue orb was glowing with massive power.
A person was seen running by him, who just noticed the teen sitting in the alleyway. It was a woman as she hurried back to the teen, bending down in front of him.
" Hey!"
He lifted his head to the woman known as Persia. She shared the same look as the teen, her clothes torn and dirty. Her curly blonde hair fell to her shoulders, and her blue eyes stared at the frightened teen. A deep cut had gone across her forehead, causing blood to fall from her face, and she wore a similar necklace to the teen. Hers has a white orb, glowing at the same pace as his.
" We're not going to make it out of this…" She panted speaking softly. " Please, you are our only hope."
She closed her eyes, clasping her hands together as if praying. He watched her carefully, as her white orb suddenly lit up brighter. The teen felt himself being healed, as he was immediately sucked into the white light.
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A cell phone rang.
Pit immediately opened his eyes as he propped up in bed, his heart racing. He licked his dry lips, briefly wiping his eyes before realizing where he was. His eyes scanned his dirty, spacious room, before he turned tossing the covers and pillows everywhere searching for his damn phone.
He had finally located the small vibrating cell and flipped it opened bringing it to his ears. He listened for a bit, before finally speaking in a low groggily tone.
" Hello?"
" Hey Pit, what's up?" Came the reply.
Pit began mumbling incoherently.
" What?"
He suddenly snapped awake. " Uh, sorry."
" Where you sleeping?'
" Yeah." Pit replied as he turned to his window next to him.
He used his index finger to pull a blind down. Rain continuously fell from the dark gray clouds above, pounding against his window. It wasn't a storm, just light rain causing the roads to become slick and the flowers to get their daily shower. It was the perfect kind of shower to go walking in, with a large umbrella over your head.
" Hey Pit!"
" Yes?"
" Happy Birthday."
Pit directed his attention to the calendar hanging on the far wall. August 18th was circled with a red marker, and written on the small square box below was, birthday. Pit frowned, as he leaned back in bed. It was his birthday, and he was finally seventeen years old…for the rest of his life.
" Thanks, Link." Pit replied, rubbing his fingers through his brown hair.
" No problem. I wanted to give you a call and be the first to wish you a happy birthday." Pit's best friend, Link explained.
Pit chuckled. " You must feel lucky."
" No doubt about it." Link replied. " So, what are we going to do for your birthday?"
Pit frowned, " I don't know…"
" Well, school starts tomorrow…"
" Don't remind me."
" Okay, I won't." Link was heard laughing.
Pit felt himself smile, as he grabbed a necklace sitting on the nightstand next to him. He held it up in front of his face, glancing down at the green orb in the palm of the sliver hand. It was glowing, at a steady pace.
" Hey, Link…I'll call you if I'm going to do anything. Right now, I just want to relax." Pit explained.
" Alright. Don't forget to call." Link replied. " Talk to you later."
" Bye." Pit closed his phone.
He sat up in bed, and placed the necklace with the other four on the nightstand, while he tossed his phone back on his bed. He swing his feet down onto the cold wooden floor and stood heading over to his full length mirror next to his desk. He glanced at his reflection.
His brown hair looked messy, sticking out in every direction. His blue eyes moved up and down as he continued to study himself. The only clothing he wore was a pair of loose black sweats that were clearly to big for him, revealing part of his boxers.
Today was his birthday. It was his last official birthday. He was going to seventeen for the rest of his life. A teenager, who was going to watch everyone around him grow up. He was going to be the only one experiencing eternity. He was living his life like he had been through the fountain of youth, which could possibly be the truth.
" So this is what it's like…" Pit spoke softly to himself as he turned away from the mirror. "…To grow up already knowing what you are going to look like."
Pit walked over to one of his drawers and pulled out a white sleeveless T-shirt slipping it over his head. He walked over to his desk and took a seat in his rolling chair, staring at his black screen. With just the click of his mouse, the computer had woken up from hibernation mode. His desktop appeared on the screen.
Silence filled the room, with the exception of the light rain pounding outside. The white arrow reflected in Pit's soft blue eyes as he continued to gaze at the screen, opening up a document with his notes. He removed his hand from the mouse and brought it down to his keyboard immediately beginning to type.
His gaze never left the screen, as he listened to his fingertips pounding on the keys. He typed today's date and wrote underneath that, that it was his birthday and he had finally turned seventeen. Once had finished, he wrote a quote, what he had just said a few minutes ago.
So this is what it's like to grow up already knowing what you are going to look like.
After that, he leaned back resting his elbows on the arms of the chair. He looked at the computer screen, reviewing the notes he had already written. They were mostly simple tasks he had to complete, and some quotes people had said to him.
Locate the next five chosen element holders.
Bring them together, when you turn seventeen.
Pit frowned, as he briefly closed his eyes.
" Please, you are our only hope." Persia's words echoed throughout his mind.
" Mentor Pit. I am going to send you back to earth. You are going back to your hometown of Wii and are going to relive another life…you will grow until the age of seventeen." His boss, Master Hand, spoke to him.
A sudden knock came to the door, causing Pit to open his eyes and turn off the monitor. He swung around in his chair, facing the door as it had opened, and his foster mother stepped into the room.
" Pit, you awake?"
" Yes, mother." Pit replied.
His mother stood in the doorway, still dressed in her blue and black pajamas. Her black hair was pulled up into a ponytail, and on her feet were white slippers.
" I made you a birthday breakfast. Come down and eat."
Pit nodded, " I'll be there in a few."
Pit's foster mother nodded, and carefully stepped out of the room, closing the door behind her. Pit turned back to the computer, and turned the monitor back on. He saved the document, and exited out of Word, causing the screen to return to his desktop.
Pit stood, pushing his chair behind him and walked over to the door. He grabbed the doorknob, and briefly glanced down at the five necklaces sitting on the nightstand. They had stopped glowing, but still held their color to them.
Pit sighed deeply and nodded, as he opened the door and left the room.
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Author's Notes:
I hope you enjoyed the second chapter. Once again, not much happened, but after Chapter 3, I promise things will get interesting. This chapter focuses on Pit and trust me, I know you all are probably freaking out by now…
Why does Pit only grows until seventeen?
What does the title mean, Seventeen Again?
Well, things will make sense in the later chapters. I promise. I can't just have everything make sense at once; there would be no point of a story then, so calm down readers. I'm letting you know now.
Also, could someone please tell me what Link, Marth and Roy's last names are? I've noticed a lot of people have Lowell as Marth's last name, but what about Link and Roy? Thank you.
Until Next Time!
