Pit looked at the small, wooden bow, "It doesn't look like much"

Lady Palutena smiled, "That's the point, Pit, it's not supposed to be much"

"Suddenly I have a lot more confidence in my ability to defeat Ares"

"Hm... it looks like Ares is catching wind of our little plan here, he's sending his forces after Phosphora"

"We've gotta help her! But, how am I supposed to help without my weapons?"

Palutena smiled, "These are just his troops, Pit. They'll be vulnerable to your fire like anything else would. But it looks like there's plenty of them to go around. You should take something that takes out masses of enemies at once"

Pit picked up the Twinbellows cannon, "Not a problem! I fixed the speed upgrade on this bad boy so it'll be like shooting a machine gun!"

"Good luck, Pit"

Pit smiled as he leaped out of the doorway and into the sky, which was covered in several minions he'd fought before, "What the heck? There are all kinds of baddies here, from the Underworld minions to the Force of Nature! Is that a group of centurions?!"

"Yes, Pit. Ares builds his armies off of those who've fallen in battle. Even if they get back up afterward, anyone who's fallen can be recreated in battle as long as Ares walks the earth. Keep your guard up, you never know what might be lurking around"

Pit continued to blast through the dark clouds of enemies, "I don't see Phosphora anywhere... where could she be?"

"Up there, Pit!"

Pit looked up to see two bolt of lightning strike each other at once, "Is that Phosphora... and Phosphora?!"

As the two goddess of lightning duked it out, Palutena confirmed his suspicion, "Yes, Ares must've made the copy from the last time you defeated her. The copy will be equal in every sense, so you'll need to help her defeat it in order to save her"

"I don't think so, Pit stain!", Pit was knocked through the air by the blast of a staff.

He looked to see that it was Dark Pit, surrounded by a red aura, "What the, Pittoo?"

Dark Pit continued to fire, "That's not my name! Now get ready to die!"

Pit and Dark Pit started circling each other, Pit dodging the timed lasers and retaliating with a volley of cannon fire. Eventually, Pit managed to land several hard hits on Dark Pit, who disintegrated upon the final hit. Pit flipped, "Did I just kill Pittoo?!"

"No, that was a copy, made by Ares to stall for time. You need to get to Phosphora, and quick, there's only two minutes left on the power of flight!"

Pit booked it into the clouds as fast as he could to find the two were still fighting each other with all their might, "They're moving too fast! I can't tell which one is the copy!"

Phosphora started shouting, "Hey, Pit! I could really use some help right about now!"

"If I shoot at the wrong moment, I could hit you instead of the copy!"

"Well dang it, Pit! Haven't you made shots like this before?"

"Yeah, but not at this speed!"

"I believe in you, Pit. You can do this, you just have to time it right. Just breathe, picture where the shot's going to hit, and fire!"

"How does she know that's how I shoot?", Pit shook his head, "I can't think about that right now, I have to make this shot. Deep breath... see it in your head... and... release!"

Pit let the cannon balls fire, and just as he had seen in, one of the Phosphora's was hit by two shots, sending her flying as the other Phosphora dove in to finish her off. Pit's heart did a backflip when the one he'd hit disintegrated as the fake Dark Pit had. Phosphora nodded to him, "Nice shot"

Pit nodded back, "Thanks for believing in me. Oh crap! Time's almost up!"

Pit dove toward the earth, firing his cannon like crazy trying to clear a path so he could reach the earth in the next few seconds. He made it with one second to spare, but no time to rest, as the baddies on the ground started to surround him. He was about to start taking them out when a flash of lightning turned them all to dust. Phosphora smiled, "You can defeat a goddess, yet you can't fly"

Pit was a little mad that she'd hinted at that, but he remembered why he was there in the first place, "Hey, Phosphora, I need to ask you something"

"What's up?"

"You wouldn't happen to have a string, would you?"

She seemed confused by the question, "A string?"

"Yeah, like one you could use to make a bow"

Phosphora had a mixed look on her face, like she hadn't decided if she was upset or happy, "Why would I have something like that?"

"Someone told me that you would have it. She also said that it used to belong to me. If you had it, I was hoping you could tell me more about it"

Phosphora frowned, "You really don't remember, do you?"

Pit hung his head, "No... I'm sorry"

Phosphora tussled his hair, "That's okay, it's not your fault. So, what is it you want to know?"

"Anything. Everything. I have no memory at all"

"Hm... where to start...? Well, I'll be straightforward. You and I are brother and sister"

"Say what?"

"What, you think I've been a goddess forever? No, I was only named a goddess less than forty years ago. About the same time you've been an angel. We used to be mortals, you and I"

"Then how did we become... immortal?"

"A goddess got tired of being the goddess of lightning, and decided to bestow her powers onto me. Palutena found you, but until after someone had dunked your head into the River Styx. At first, I thought you might remember something if I jogged your memory, but no matter how much we fought or how much I teased you, your brain was a rock wall"

"... Do you know anything about this?", he showed her the wooden bow.

"Duh, you used to use it all the time when you were a kid. Funny thing was, you would get all mad after the first few times you used it, 'cause you wouldn't hit anything. It was funny, the way I went from seeing you miss all the time to seeing you become Palutena's greatest marksman. I imagine that you're rebuilding this bow to take down Ares, huh?"

"That's the plan"

"Here", Phosphora pulled her scarf off and then pulled a black string from it, "This is your string. You asked me to hold onto it a long time ago, remember that?"

Pit had a quick blur of memories flood his mind. Bits and pieces of a life where he argued with a human girl that looked exactly like Phosphora. It hit him and sunk in quickly, "You really are my sister..."

Phosphora gave him a thumbs up, "No duh! You finally remember everything?"

He shook his head, "No... I remember a small house... and you and me being siblings... but nothing else. Oh, maybe this will help", he pointed to the small word that had been carved into the bow, "Who's Icarus?"

Phosphora sighed, "I knew it was too much to hope for..."

"What was too much to hope for?"

She smiled, "Nothing. You should go get the other piece of the bow. Where is it, by the way?"

"Viridi has it"

Phosphora looked shocked, "... No way... you're kidding, right?"

"No. It has to be Viridi. I'm almost a hundred percent sure it's her"

She cocked her head to one side, "... I'm gonna go talk to her..."

Pit held his hand up, "Wait, take me with you!"

She vanished in a flash of lightning before he could reach her. Palutena sighed, "Looks like she wants to speak with Viridi alone. We should just leave her be and get prepared for whatever Ares is planning"

Pit nodded, "Okay", then he was raised into Skyworld by the light.

Viridi smiled warmly as she held a small object wrapped in cloth. It wasn't often the nature goddess had time to herself, but when she did, she usually treasured the rare moments. As the door to her room was kicked open, she quickly put the wrapped object away before her intruder could see it. She pretended to have been working, noticing it was Phosphora, "What do you want, Phosphora? I'm busy"

Phosphora crossed her arms, "Pit remembered me"

Viridi tried to hide her excitement, but she gave way to a quick outburst, "Really?!"

"Well, aren't you excited about this?"

Viridi put the facade back up, "No. I'm curious. Did he remember anything else?"

"Not really. He's reclaimed two parts of his bow, and he says he knows where the third one is"

"His bow? Oh, the one you told me about. So, did he say where the third part is?"

"He said the craziest thing... he said you had it. He was a hundred percent sure of it"

Viridi raised an eyebrow, trying to hide her blush, "What would he mean by that? It's not like I have any connection with him or his past life"

Phosphora nodded, "Oh, sure you don't. Come to think of it, he mentioned a girl that he liked..."

Viridi's voice perked up, "He did?!"

"Yeah, a girl with blonde hair..."

"Really?!"

Phosphora turned around and pointed directly at Viridi's guilty face, "No, he didn't, but you are a liar! You were that girl he talked about! That he met that day in the woods! That was you! You so love him, you little liar!"

Viridi looked like a ripe tomato, "Uh... no?"

"So that's why you were so quick to jump to his side when Palutena went crazy! You liiiiiike him!"

"I do not!"

"Oh, right, you loooooove him!"

"Shut up!"

"Pit and Viridi, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

Viridi whacked Phosphora on the back of the head, "Shut up!... So does he remember me...?"

Phosphora rubbed the huge bump on her head, "Ow... no... he barely remembers me. I don't think he even remembers our mom... he sure as hell doesn't remember who he is"

"... Oh...", Viridi looked a little sad.

Phosphora put her arm around Viridi's shoulder, "Don't worry about it, I'm sure that he'll remember sooner or later"

"But... he's already taken an oath to serve Palutena..."

"Oh, oath, schmoath! He's got a crush on you and he doesn't even remember all that stuff yet! Besides, he's going to come here to try and get back whatever it is he needs to make the bow and arrows he's gonna use to beat Ares!"

"I should take it to him..."

"No, let him come here"

"But, I asked him to do this, I should at least give him what he needs to do it"

"Viridi, you know you want him to come visit! Just leave the front door open for him!"

"... Is that really a good idea?"

"Don't worry about it! Have I been wrong about things like this before"

"Yes"

"Well, I'm not this time! Just let him come to you"

"... Okay..."

Pit looked at the bow and the string together, for some reason, they just felt right sitting in his hands. He looked at Palutena, "Hey, Lady Palutena?"

The light goddess looked at Pit, "What is it, Pit?"

"Phosphora is my sister... that would explain why she had the string... but what about... Viridi?", he wanted to say 'Medusa', but he remembered that she wasn't supposed to know he had her soul.

"Hm... that's a tough question... maybe Viridi knew you in your past life?"

"What about her past life? Phosphora was my sister, maybe Viridi was my cousin or something?"

"I doubt that. Viridi was born a goddess, she's never had another life to live. You could've met her in another life, but she doesn't have another life. She's probably forgotten you if she ever met you"

"That makes me feel better..."

"Maybe not. Maybe you were really important to you and she still keeps you in her heart as she silently prays that you'll come back to her"

"... Then I would feel bad for putting her through that... now I just suck..."

"Pit, it's not like you did it on purpose, don't be so hard on yourself"

"... I guess I'll just have to go talk to her about it"

Palutena gasped, "Now might be a good time, Viridi's being invaded by Ares's army!"

Pit jumped up and grabbed his bow and before he realized what he was saying he shouted, "I gotta save her!"

"Just don't forget to get the arrows, lover boy!"

Pit tripped over his own foot and hit his head against the table when he heard the words 'lover boy'. As he picked himself back up, he tried to hide his furious blush, "S-Shut up, she's in danger"